Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. A thoroughly revised and expanded version of the author's Dissertation on the Topography of the Plain of Troy (1822). Scottish journalist and geologist Charles Maclaren (1782-1866)..... More
London: The China Society, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. In this controversial work, Dubs (1892-1969) purports to show that a Roman legion that had been part of the army of Marcus Licinius Crassus defeated at the..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. Hardcover. Later printing. "The History of Theophylact Simocatta, the last major historian of classical antiquity, is our most important source for the reign of the emperor Maurice (A.D. 582-602) ....... More
Capitola, California: Capitola Book Company, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by the editor and all six contributors on the half-title, with program from the book release event laid in. An intimate portrait of a Chinese..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title by Rupert Pole, the second husband of Anaïs Nin, as well as her literary executor, to Jean Sherman, who translated..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title by Rupert Pole, the second husband of Anaïs Nin, as well as her literary executor: “For Charlotte [Hyde], Anaïs..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title by Rupert Pole, the second husband of Anaïs Nin, as well as her literary executor, to Jean Sherman, who translated..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front flyleaf by the translator, Jean Sherman: “For Charlotte [Hyde], who introduced me to Anaïs, and without whose love and help..... More
San Diego and New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title by Rupert Pole, the second husband of Anaïs Nin, as well as her literary executor: “For Charlotte..... More
San Francisco: David Magee, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 475 copies printed by Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem. "In the two decades following 1849, artists and printers in the West produced thousands of vivid..... More
London: Henry Mortlock, 1663. Hardcover. The Second Edition corrected and amended. First published in 1662, this work defends the authenticity and credibility of the Scriptures in three books. The first attacks the unreliability of the..... More
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New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Official account of the Harriman Alaska Expedition, which explored the coast of Alaska for two months from Seattle to Alaska and Siberia and back again..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Biblical scholar Cuthbert Turner's copy, with his signature and occasional underlining and marginalia. Critical edition of this 6th century work, one of the earliest essays in scientific..... More
Guildford, England: Genesis Publications Ltd, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. This is number XIII of 350 deluxe copies, from a total edition of 3,000, signed by Jeff Lynne, with a facsimile of George Harrison's manuscript of..... More
Los Angeles: Siglio, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed by Ricky Jay to Eric Idle on the half-title. Square octavo: 150 p. with numerous illustrations, including many color and a few folding and others..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968. Hardcover. Later printing. Signed by Will and Ariel Durant on the front flyleaf. A supplement to the authors' eleven volume The Story of Civilization (1935-75), this series of thirteen..... More
New York: Irving Publishing Co., 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Regarded by many as the 19th century's best book on Wall Street, providing a fascinating look at the financial markets during an era of little regulation..... More
Northfield, Minnesota: The Christian Way Company, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. "A carefully written book based upon contemporary newspaper accounts and considered accurate" (Ramon Adams, Six-Guns and Saddle Leather, #1087). Octavo: v, [ii], 119 p. with..... More
Johannesburg, South Africa: Static Publications, 1956. First Edition. Wraps. The rare self-published first edition of this work, which was subsequently issued by the Church of Scientology as "Summary of Scientology: A New Understanding of Life"..... More
Oxford: E Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1825. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo: vii, 351, [3] p. Full vellum binding by White of London, with red calf spine labels, decorative gilt stamping, and marbled endpapers and edges. Previous owner’s..... More
Oldham: Hugh Broadbent, 1979. Hardcover. From the library of revered English actor, comedian, musician, and writer Eric Idle, with his signature ("Ex Libris Eric Idle") on the title page, accompanied by a letter of provenance..... More
London: WEA Records Ltd., March 1978. Wraps. Signed by Eric Idle, who co-directed the television mockumentary of The Beatles, All You Need Is Cash (1978), with Gary Weis and appeared as Dirk McQuickly, the Paul..... More
![Item #75677 AN ENQUIRY INTO THE NATURE OF CERTAIN NINETEENTH CENTURY PAMPHLETS, [together with] A...](https://johnsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/75677.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1685818477)
London and Berkeley: Scolar Press, 1983. Hardcover. This edition is limited to eighty numbered copies, of which this is number 59. Landmark exposé of the forgeries of books and pamphlets by Harry Buxton Forman, an..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Octavo. Original black paper-covered boards over a red cloth spine, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a...... More
New York: Scholastic Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition, first printing with the correct number line, $17.95 price on the dust jacket, no year number on the spine, and 51795 above the bar..... More