Detroit: Singing Tree Press, 1968. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1889 first edition. Classic exploration of botanical lore, with chapters on plants in witchcraft, love-charms, sacred plants, etc. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with green and..... More
Los Angeles: AACC Publisher, 1991. Spiral bound. Bilingual Version: English - Español. "Although they may be other Cuban cookbooks, this one is the most authentic and complete including drinks of the island, and written in..... More
Los Angeles: Photo Friends of the Los Angeles Public Library, 2015. First Edition. Trade paperback. Using photographs, news articles, recollections, and unique ephemera from the LAPL Special Collections, this work illustrates the complex story of..... More
Totnes: Prospect Books, 1996. First Edition. Trade paperback. Tall octavo. Original blue paper wrappers. A crisp, unread copy. Near fine. More
London and New York: Routledge, 2001. Hardcover. Reprint, with a new introduction by Chris Wrigley. 281 p. with 4 maps. Octavo. Original printed boards; issued without a dust jacket. A very good copy. More
London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd, 1932. Hardcover. This collection of Neopolitan fairy tales was originally published posthumously in Naples, Italy in 1634 and 1636 under the pseudonym Gian Alesio Abbatutis. Although neglected for..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated in the year of publication on the front flyleaf by Bernard to Irma Wyckoff, who served as secretary to Maxwell Perkins..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated in the year of publication by Kang to Irma Wyckoff, who served as secretary to Maxwell Perkins at Charles Scribner's Sons..... More
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Examines post office murals of the 1930s not only as paintings but as part of American cultural history. 348 p. with numerous textual illustrations. Octavo. Original..... More
Lubbecke: Uhle & Kleimann, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Important study of the American jazz clarinetist and bandleader. Over his long career, Hall (1901-67) worked extensively with many top performers as both a sideman and bandleader..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed on the verso of the front flyleaf by both Chin and Fowler to Irma Wyckoff, who served as secretary to Maxwell Perkins at..... More
Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2003. First Edition. Trade paperback. Tall octavo. Original paper wrappers. A fine, unread copy. More
New York: Rinehart & Company, Incorporated, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Special Limited FLORIDA EDITION, signed by Douglas on the half-title. The author's second book and first novel, a fictional account of the real estate boom..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author to Irma Wyckoff, who served as secretary to editor Maxwell Perkins at Charles Scribner's Sons, on the front flyleaf. Published in August..... More
Independence, Missouri: Press of Zion's Printing and Publishing Company, 1926. Hardcover. Inscribed and dated by Heber J. Grant (1856-1945), the seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, on the front flyleaf..... More
Oxford: Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. India has the Mahabharata, Greece has Homer’s epic cycle, and the national history of Iran is chronicled in Firdausi’s epic poem The Book of Kings..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814. First Edition. Hardcover. 92 full-page plates (collated complete), including the double frontispiece, all engraved by J. Grieg from paintings by Luke Clennell, George Arnald, and others. Quarto..... More
Edinburgh: Polygon, 1994. Trade paperback. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. A fine, unread copy. More
La Salle, Illinois: Open Court, 1986. Trade paperback. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. A fine, unread copy. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Historical novel about the great Boer trek of the 1830s. It served as the basis for the 1961 20th Century Fox film starring Stuart Whitman, Juliet Prowse..... More
London: Burns & Oates, Limited, 1895. Third Edition. Hardcover. A French member of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, Laboure (1806-76) is believed to have relayed the request from the Blessed Virgin..... More
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Mission Hills, California: The Saint Francis Historical Society, 1992 and 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Massive gathering of essays by the prolific Roman Catholic priest, archivist, and historian, published over 40 years in various historical and..... More
Los Angeles: Interreligious Council of Southern California, 1976. First Edition. Trade paperback. This edited collection of essays by six religious historians sketches the strength, color, and character of the various religious groupings in the Los..... More
Hong Kong: Cathay Press Limited, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 300 copies. This informative and intelligent account of Cantwell's activities relates in considerable details the events that crowded the life of the prelate who..... More
Los Angeles: Westernlore Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 250 copies. This intimate and realistic glimpse into the life and works of a prelate who had earned a national reputation as president of the..... More