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New York: George Braziller. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. 0807604232 . Includes the TWO ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS CREATED ESPECIALLY FOR THIS VOLUME. Cover is red cloth with gold lettering on front and spine. DJ covered by original glassine [as issued] B/W monochrome photo, appears to be of Jerusalem, off in the distance on both endpapers. Pages are clean and tight. Translated by Elaine Desautels. Printed in France; published in association with Horizon Magazine. Mark Zakharovich Shagal, known today all over the world as Marc Chagall, was born on July 7, 1887, in Vitebsk, Belorussia. Chagall's exposure to Cubism resulted in his attempts to incorporate the Cubist multiple points of view and geometrical shapes into his compositions...These earlier life and educational experiences clearly influence Chagall's later work, as seen in this volume. "Each of the twelve stained-glass windows reproduced on the following pages, is preceded by a… Leer más

Los Angeles: Books Nippan. Near Fine. 1702. Paperback. 9294630056 . 1988-06-06 Series; Color Illustrations; 16 1/2 x 11 1/2; 38 pages; Soft cover is red with stapled wraps. Oblong shaped. Covers have slight rubbing, scuffing, bumpng. Published in 1988. Includes 38 different color and b/w illustrations and sketches of the future. The 4th illustration in the book is a full page, full color vision of what a Tokyo Disco will look like in the future, while the 13th illustration in the book is another full page b&w design of a police vehicle for the movie "L. A. 2015". Mead is, of course, known for his designs on such science fiction movies as Blade Runner and Tron. "Sydney Jay Mead (1933 – 2019) was an American industrial designer and neo-futurist concept artist, widely known for his designs for science-fiction films such as Blade Runner, Aliens and Tron. Mead has been described as "the artist who illustrates the future" and "one of the most influential… Leer más

Louisville, KY: Lewis N. Thompson. Very Good-. 1898. First Edition (?). Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 9.30 X 6.30 X 2.40 inches; 1104 pages; Brown boards with black lettering and figure; black lettering on brown spine. Hard cover has rubbing, scuffing, bumping, sunning. Weak front hinge, spine has separated from text block, but is attached at gutters. Pages are clean and tight to sewn binding. Extensively illustrated with 77 b/w engravings. Color flag frontispiece. Orphan Brigade was the nickname of the First Kentucky Brigade, a group of military units recruited from the Commonwealth of Kentucky to fight for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. The brigade was the largest Confederate unit to be recruited from Kentucky during the war. The regiments that were part of the Orphan Brigade were the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 9th Kentucky Infantry Regiments. Units of the Orphan Brigade were involved in many military engagements in the American South during the… Leer más

London: J. A. Allen & Co. , Ltd.. New in New dust jacket. 1989. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 085131452X . Plain, cardboard slipcase. Very oversized. Cover is cloth with gold lettering on the spine, b/w facsimile on the front. Pages are clean and tight. This is a NEW book. Lavishly illustrated with dozens of b/w facsimile engravings by Grispin de Pas, the younger; many of them full page sized. Originally published by JA Allen, in French, in 1969. Based on the 1626 edition printed by Gottfried Muller in Braunschweig, Germany. "...although horsemanship as an art form was rediscovered in the 16th century in Italy with the creation of the Neapolitan Riding School, it was 17th century France that gave the equestrian art its particular direction and imprint, paralleling the development and hegemony of French Classicism in other fields of endeavor. This change in spirit and goals is especially evident in Antoine de Pluvinel [1555-1620], gentilhomme dauphinois, ecuyer principal,… Leer más

London: Rowland Ward's At Holland & Holland Limited. Fine. 1985. Second Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 6 1/4 x 8 3/4; v, 91 pages; INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR: TO R. L. CASSIDY, WITH BEST WISHES, JOHN A. CRAWFORD, on front end paper. Hard cover is black with gold lettering on front. Slight rubbing, bumping to covers. Sunning inside front cover and facing end paper, appears to be from something that was laid in. Pages are clean and tight. Illustrated with 83 B/W photographs. Appendix. SCARCE TITLE! ; Signed by Author .

Tucson, Arizona: KW Publications. Near Fine. 2005. Softcover. 0962478970 . 8 3/4 x 11 x 1"; xxi, 360 pages; Soft cover has black plastic comb binding. Slight rubbing to covers. Pages are clean and tight. Pages are not numbered sequentially, the page #s jump around. Ca. 360 pages. Laid in is a signed letter from Weiss. .

Detrioit, MI: Wayne State University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1985. First Edition. First Printing; Hardcover. 0814317685 . B&W Illustrations & Maps; 10.2 X 8.7 X 1.3 inches; 488 pages; AUTHOR SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE, below his printed name. Oblong shaped book has tan colored boards with black lettering on spine. Boards have some bumping, rubbing, scuffing. DJ has rubbing, scuffing, sunning, creasing, bumping, fading, 2 x 1 1/2" chunk missing from bottom of front, series of closed tears around edges; in a mylar cover. Black end papers. Slight bumping to bottom corner of a few pages. Pages are clean and tight. Exhaustively illustrated with 100+ b/w pictures. 28 chapters, each with notes at end of chapter. Walter William Ristow (April 20, 1908 in – April 3, 2006) was the head librarian of the map library at the New York Public Library and later the Library of Congress. Ristow graduated with a degree in geography from the University of Wisconsin in 1931. He… Leer más

Corvallis, OR: Rowland Ward's At Holland & Holland Limited. Fine. 1983. First Edition. First Printing; Softcover. B&W Illustrations; 6 1/4 x 8 3/4; iv, 44 pages; EXTEMELY SCARCE TITLE! Soft cover is black stapled wraps, with gold lettering on front. Slight rubbing, bumping to covers. Pages are clean and tight. Illustrated with 44 B/W photographs. Appendix. .

Franklin, NC: Earthshine Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0965165078 . 11.1 X 8.5 X 0.6 inches; 157+ pages; Hard cover has black spine with white lettering. Some rubbing, scuffing to boards. Name neatly written on front end paper. DJ has light rubbing, scuffing and shelf wear; in a mylar cover. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Lavishly illustrated with mostly color pictures. 'Mokume gane is a traditional Japanese metalsmithing technique by which sheets of different metals - generally copper, silver, gold, and alloys of those - are stacked and welded together. This results in a piece of metal that displays a woodgrain-like pattern that shows the different metals' colors. This book focuses on the different techniques to make mokume gane. It addresses the 2 usual methods, liquid and solid bonding, and also deals with more complex and high tech methods. One of the best feature is an entire chapter on a great low cost method. Not only does it… Leer más

New York: The Monacelli Press, Inc.. New in New dust jacket. 1995. First Edition Thus. Soft Cover. 1885254156 . Limited printing of 500 copies. In publisher's shrinkwrap. Slipcase is cardboard, covered with yellow cloth on top and bottom, black cloth around the main body of the case. Front and pack has a paste down with the title, author and The Monacelli Press Fondation [sic] L. C. Originally published in Milan, Italy in 1994, in Italian. In English and French; translated from the Italian by Mila Dau. The original four Carnets [notebooks] are written in French, with mostly b/w, a few in color, drawings, sketches, notes, which are pencil like in appearance. Some of the pages are numbered, others are not. This set presents four meticulously reproduced travel notebooks of Charles-Edouard Jeanneret Le Corbusier on his travels through Germany, which came at the end of his tour of the Orient. In pocket-sized journals, he noted what he saw, sketched ideas and places, and offered thoughtful… Leer más

New York: The Monacelli Press, Inc.. New in New dust jacket. 1995. First Edition Thus. Soft Cover. 1885254156 . Limited printing of 500 copies. In publisher's shrinkwrap. Slipcase is cardboard, covered with yellow cloth on top and bottom, black cloth around the main body of the case. Front and pack has a paste down with the title, author and The Monacelli Press Fondation [sic] L. C. Originally published in Milan, Italy in 1994, in Italian. In English and French; translated from the Italian by Mila Dau. The original four Carnets [notebooks] are written in French, with mostly b/w, a few in color, drawings, sketches, notes, which are pencil like in appearance. Some of the pages are numbered, others are not. This set presents four meticulously reproduced travel notebooks of Charles-Edouard Jeanneret Le Corbusier on his travels through Germany, which came at the end of his tour of the Orient. In pocket-sized journals, he noted what he saw, sketched ideas and places, and offered thoughtful… Leer más

New York: The Monacelli Press, Inc.. New in New dust jacket. 1995. First Edition Thus. Soft Cover. 1885254156 . Limited printing of 500 copies. In publisher's shrinkwrap. Slipcase is cardboard, covered with yellow cloth on top and bottom, black cloth around the main body of the case. Front and pack has a paste down with the title, author and The Monacelli Press Fondation [sic] L. C. Originally published in Milan, Italy in 1994, in Italian. In English and French; translated from the Italian by Mila Dau. The original four Carnets [notebooks] are written in French, with mostly b/w, a few in color, drawings, sketches, notes, which are pencil like in appearance. Some of the pages are numbered, others are not. This set presents four meticulously reproduced travel notebooks of Charles-Edouard Jeanneret Le Corbusier on his travels through Germany, which came at the end of his tour of the Orient. In pocket-sized journals, he noted what he saw, sketched ideas and places, and offered thoughtful… Leer más

London: Kegan Paul International. As New in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. First Edition (?). Hardcover. 0710304277 . Covers are blue with gold lettering on spine. In a blue slipcase. Pages are clean, tight and crisp, these are NEW books. Slip case has some bumping, scuffing, scraping. This is a comprehensive, two volume set edited, annotated and introduced by K. K. Aziz. The Aga Khan III was a social reformer whose concerns included the alleviation of rural poverty and the uplift of women in society. An advocate of modern education, he became an ardent supporter of male and female educational advancement in India and East Africa, and played a key role in the development of the Muslim University of Aligarh...he advocated a truly multicultural education blending the best and highest of Western and Eastern literary classics. He was a champion of amity between nations and peoples. In India he consistently supported the ideal of Hindu-Muslim unity, reminding both that India was their common… Leer más

Ann Arbor, Michigan: College of Engineering, University of Michigan. Very Good. 1988. Soft Cover. Extremely SCARCE title. Soft cover is heavy, glazed blue paper. Spine is blue with black lettering. Pages are overall clean and tight. Shows signs of use, but NO MARKINGS on pages. Owner put color plastic tabs, with titles inside, on the various sections, for greater ease of use. Contents are: Introduction to Computers and Fortran; Arthmetic Structures; Input and Output; Running Fortran-77 Programs on the IBM PC; Running Fortran-77 Programs Under MTS; Logical and Conditional Structures; Subscripted Variables and Iteration; Additional Input and Output Features; Additional Declarations; Function and Subroutine Subprograms; Character Structures; 2 appendices with solutions to exercises and summary of statement types; index. ; Graphs, Formulas & Tables; 7 x 10; 150+ pages; Cover has shelf wear, rubbing/scuffing, bumping, miscellaneous small marks, creasing, signs of careful use. Title page missing. . Leer más

North Pomfret, VT: Trafalgar Square Books. New in New dust jacket. 2007. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 1570763747 . B/W and Color Illustrations; 9 1/4 x 11 1/4; 192 pages; Hard cover is white cloth with gold lettering on spine. Red end papers. DJ in mylar cover. Lavishly illustrated with mostly color photographs and some b/w drawings. Notes and commentary by Dr. Gerd Heuschmann. "The definition of classical equestrianism: It is the ability, by means of good exercices, logically structured and based on the natural laws of balance and harmony, to train the horse so that it subordinates itself to the ridewill contentedly and with self-confidence, without any detriment whatsoever to its own natural sequence of movement". Gorgeous book on dressage that lays out the steps in a reasonable and careful manner, to the maximum benefit of the rider and the horse. Over sized, 4#. .

North Pomfret, VT: Trafalgar Square Books. New in New dust jacket. 2007. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 1570763747 . B/W and Color Illustrations; 9 1/4 x 11; 192 pages; Hard cover is white cloth with gold lettering on spine. Red end papers. DJ in mylar cover. Lavishly illustrated with mostly color photographs and some b/w drawings. Notes and commentary by Dr. Gerd Heuschmann. "The definition of classical equestrianism: It is the ability, by means of good exercices, logically structured and based on the natural laws of balance and harmony, to train the horse so that it subordinates itself to the ridewill contentedly and with self-confidence, without any detriment whatsoever to its own natural sequence of movement". Gorgeous book on dressage that lays out the steps in a reasonable and careful manner, to the maximum benefit of the rider and the horse. Over sized, 4#. .

Tallahassee, FL: No Publisher Listed.. Near Fine. 2000. First Edition. First Printing; Softcover. 0967741203 . Color; 8 1/2 x 11 x 1 1/4; 242 pages; Signed & inscribed by the author, inside front cover. Soft cover has black spine with white lettering. Light rubbing scuffing to covers. Pages are clean and tight. Laid in is receipt from Ejido Tulum, Parque Natural. Lavishly illustrated with color pictures.' A Complete Guide for Snorkeling, Cavern and Cave Diving the Cenotes of the Riviera Maya. This book includes over 200+ color photographs and provides details of where and how to swim, dive and enjoy these beautiful cenotes located on the Caribbean coast of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula.' Index. Extra heavy/3#. ; Signed by Author .

Tallahassee, FL: No Publisher Listed.. Near Fine. 2000. First Edition. First Printing; Softcover. 0967741203 . Color; 8 1/2 x 11 x 1 1/4; 242 pages; Signed & inscribed by the author, inside front cover. Soft cover has black spine with white lettering. Light rubbing scuffing to covers. Pages are clean and tight. Lavishly illustrated with color pictures.' A Complete Guide for Snorkeling, Cavern and Cave Diving the Cenotes of the Riviera Maya. This book includes over 200+ color photographs and provides details of where and how to swim, dive and enjoy these beautiful cenotes located on the Caribbean coast of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula.' Index. Extra heavy/3#. ; Signed by Author .

Tustin, CA: North Cape Publications. Very Good+. 1997. Second Edition. Paperback. 188239108X . B&W Illustrations; 8.4 X 5.5 X 0.7 inches; viii, 223 pages; Soft cover has brown spine with black lettering. Covers have some rubbing, scuffing, bumping; crease on spine, from book being opened. A few leaves, 113-126, are loose. Pages are clean. Illustrated with b/w pictures. This is a 2d edition. 'The M1 Garand was the battle rifle issued to American forces during World War II and the Korean War. It was the first semiautomatic rifle design to be used by combat forces in any army of the world. It was standardized in 1936 and saw its first combat in the Philippines in December 1941. Few other rifles have developed such a distinguished record as both a battle rifle and a match target rifle. General George Patton called the M1 Garand the greatest battle implement ever devised. The semiautomatic M1 Garand gave the American soldier a distinct firepower advantage over enemy soldiers armed with… Leer más

Los Angeles: Worth While Publishing Company/Coomassie Pulishing Co. , California. Very Good. 1923. First Edition. Hard Cover. Hard cover is light tan colored with dark brown lettering on front. Overall, pages are clean and tight; stitched binding. Extremely scarce book. Frontispiece is a b/w photograph of the author, 'Aldebaran,' probably a psuedonym. Illustrated with 9, tissued protected b/w drawings. Book is written as poetry, with 5 cantos. On the title page is a sticker, with 'Coomassie Publishing Co. , Los Angeles, Calif. , U. S. A. ' on it. "Against the glorious background of culture, under the rule "of wisdom, truth, and right," is thrown the pitiful picture of a money-mad world; where the rapacity of Insatiable greed bankrupts the human soul..." in the preface, by George S. Grant. In the introduction is found "...the great United States of West Africa now a British possession, and referred to as 'Ashanti and Ashantee,' is written in… Leer más