San Diego, California: San Diego Chamber of Commerce, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Ford Carpenter on the front flyleaf. Recounts the development of meteorology and climatology in San Diego, while extolling the virtues of..... More
Glendale, California: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 1,027 copies. "Beale was a major figure in the history of the West, particularly California. Except for a rather mediocre biography by..... More
La Mesa, California: Postal History Associates, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. This is copy number 427 of 500 signed by the author. A comprehensive and authoritative work, recording 5,597 post offices, including branches and stations, navy..... More
New York: Twayne Publishers, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Jay Boyer on the title page, and additional inscribed by him on the dedication page. "In this in-depth analysis of Bob Rafelson's eight films, Jay..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. "Drawing attention to prominent writers (including Wordsworth, Austen, Clare, Cowper and Bronte) as well as those less well-known, Sarah Houghton-Walker examines representations of gypsies in literature and..... More
London and New York: Routledge, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. "Gypsies have lived in England since the early sixteenth century, yet considerable confusion and disagreement remain over the precise identity of the group. The question 'Who..... More
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf. "Widely recognized by contemporaries as the most powerful theologian of his generation, Jean Gerson (1363-1429) dominated..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. This magisterial new history of seventeenth-century republican political culture sets key texts by Marvell and Milton in a richly detailed context, showing how writers reimagined English literary..... More
London: Edward Arnold, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by David Cressy on the title page. The author's first book, which describes the formative period of English education, its teachers and curricula, opportunities available to women..... More
Williamsville, New York: Twin Bridge Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. This is Copy #338 of 450. "Some English churches rest upon pagan foundations, and a study of these foundations may make it possible today to..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1904. Hardcover. Cambridge English Classics. Edited by William Aldis Wright, M.A., Vice-Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. Octavo: 304 p. Original burgundy cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Previous owner's ink signature to..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by David Cressy on the title page. "...deals with the collapse of the government of Charles I, the disintegration of the Church of England, and the..... More
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. "Romani is one of Britain's oldest and most established minority languages. Brought to the country by Romani immigrants from continental Europe in the sixteenth century or even..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author on the half-title. "Modern scholars, fixated on the 'winners' in England's sixteenth- and seventeenth-century religious struggles, have too readily assumed the inevitability of..... More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. "Witchcraft beliefs and accusations flourished as never before in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. This study of some of the least explored regions of post-Reformation society..... More
Aldershot: Ashgate, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed by both authors on the front flyleaf. "Richard Greenham was one of the most important and respected figures among the Elizabethan clergy. His contemporaries described him..... More
London: Printed by S. Gosnell, for T. Chapman, 1799. First Edition. Hardcover. "The London Missionary Society was founded in 1795, mainly to send missions to Polynesia. The voyage of the Duff was undertaken for the..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Trade paperback. Octavo: 368 p. Original paper wrappers. A fine copy. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by David Cressy on the title page. "From childbirth and baptism through to courtship, weddings, and funerals, every stage in the lifecycle of Tudor and Stuart..... More
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by David Cressy on the title page. "...brings together in a novel and illuminating way the history of popular culture and mainstream..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and dated by Adam Zagajewski on the title page. The poet's second volume to appear in English. One of the “Generation of ’68” or..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and dated by Adam Zagajewski on the title page. One of the “Generation of ’68” or “New Wave” writers in Poland, Zagajewski (1945-2021) rose..... More
New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Frank Herbert to Portland, Oregon bookseller Chuck Garvin on the title page. Garvin and his partner, Jeff Levin, opened a book shop on Burnside..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Signed by Hunter S. Thompson on a blank leaf inserted by the publisher. A brilliantly tangled love story of jealousy, treachery, and..... More
