London: Printed For R. Griffiths and Sold by T. Becket in Pall Mall, 1796. Hard Cover. Marbled boards with green cloth tape binding, covered in blue-gray paper wrappers. 288 pp. SIGNED by George Peabody on the contents page, and most likely from his collection. Containing the Peabody Institute bookplate on..... More

Paris: Librairie Grund, 1976. Cloth. ALL TEXT IN FRENCH. Ten volumes, arranged alphabetically, this work offers biographical and bibliographic information on painters, sculptors and other artists from around the world and spanning all ages and movements, as well as listing museums where their work is held, prizes received and a...... More

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1865. Cloth. Blue-green pebbled cloth. 474 pp., plus 6 pages of ads in the rear. A few black and white illustrations throughout, including a few hull outlines of approved steamers and an illustration of the ironclad monitor Dictator. A heavily mathematical based treatise on..... More

New York: Spon and Chamberlain. 1907. Cloth. Tenth thousand. Red cloth. Small oblong format. 33 numbered leaves, printed on single sides only, plus many ads in the rear. A guide to creating letters on a graph background, many angular in style, plus eight alphabets intended for engineering drawing. GOOD condition..... More

Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach Books, 2005. Wraps. Glossy illustrated wraps. 144 pp. Color photos throughout. A detailed guide to creating background and foreground scenery for model railroads. VERY GOOD condition. Minor toning. Light curling along the fore edge. Small price sticker on the lower rear cover. More

Munchen: Selbstverlag von Claudius Huther, 1913. Hard Cover. Boards with navy blue cloth binding. Xxviii, 115 pages. All text in German. With a few illustrations. A guide to various gambits and strategies, including Russian, Italian, and Spanish. GOOD+ condition. With a loose 4 page leaf tipped in the rear, apparently..... More

Leipzig: Georg Thieme, 1926. Cloth. Green cloth. 279 pp. 19 pages of black and white photo plates. All text in German. A detailed instructional guide, and history, to massage and physiotherapy, with principles, techniques and other aspects discussed. With a few illustrations throughout. Book 1 ONLY. GOOD condition. Minor spotting..... More

London: Privately printed for the author by Silk and Terry, 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover. Paper covered boards with a brown cloth binding. Small pastedown photo of clock on the center front cover. SIGNED by the author. 29 pages. With black and white photos throughout. Geared for the beginner, this..... More

Paris: Chez Auguste Aubry, 1858. Hard Cover. Stated third edition. Orange red cloth with a red leather spine. xxiv, 420 pp. Black and white plates throughout. All text in French. Volume 1 ONLY of this study of medals issued by the Roman Empire, as well as European medals issued during..... More

London: Sotheby and Co, 1965. Wraps. Green printed wraps. 70 pp. Black and white photo plates, with a color frontis plate. A catalog to a 1965 auction of various pieces of English porcelain, from the properties of Mrs. Derek Fitzgerald, A.R. Martin, Mrs. D.J. Morrison, C.C. Chisholm, Mrs., Meyer Sassoon..... More

New York: Street and Smith, Publisher. Cloth. no date, presumed circa 1890 based on OCLC records. Illustrated brown cloth. Stated new and revised edition, with the games of poker, euchre, Napoleon, solo whist, ecarte and cuckoo added to this. 215 pp. A guide to playing various games. This includes chess..... More

New York: The Architectural and Building Press, 1920. Cloth. Green cloth. No jacket. Quarto. 272 pp. A work outlining and documenting standards and specifications for the wide variety of materials used by architects and builders in the construction of buildings, in an effort to enable architects to specify with certainty..... More

No Place: Brown Company, 1924. Original Wraps. Oblong wraps. 23 pages. With black and white photos throughout. A instructional booklet on the Bermico Conduit Field Machine, which would allow a work crew in the field to machine short lengths of conduit to exact fits. With many detailed black and white..... More