Dr. Tanaka's Japanese Fishes in Life Colours by Tanaka, Shigeho - 1930

(Paris, France: Picaron Editions, 1996. stiff paper wrappers, glassine front cover, string bound. Picaron Editions. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, glassine front cover, string bound. xxxvii, 99+(1) pages. Text in English, French, and German. Limited to 300 numbered copies. Table of contents, index. Color and black and white illustrations. Binding by Studio Corazza, design by Rik Gadella. Printed on recto only. Light tanning at edges of text. Two advertisement cards laid in.

Albany, NY, 1902. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very good. Staple-bound pamphlet. 9"x5 3/4". 8 pp. No wraps as issued. Small chip to upper right corner of first page. Light toning to edges and margins. 1" closed tear at bottom of crease. This is a report read at a New York State conference on penal reform in 1902. It was prepared and presented by committe chariman and progressive reformer Eugene Ambrose Philbin, cowritten by 8 other noted activist leaders, including Josephine Shaw Lowell and William Church Osborn. The report admonishes the presence of politics and profiteering in the administration of prisons and charitable organizations, the first seeds of corruption that have now blossomed into America's billion dollar prison industrial complex. The pamphlet reads today as an early warning and somewhat naive call to action, concluding with the hope that if earnest workers were to make a "black-list, which would contain the names of all politicians who sought to use the alms of the poor for their… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1913. First Edition. With a Frontispiece in colour by Edith S. Lees and 60 photographic illustrations by the Author and a folding Map at the end of the volume. 8vo, publisher's original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover, upper cover framed in blind. 350 including the index pp. A very nice copy, near as fine, clean, tight, with very little evidence of age or use.. FIRST EDITION OF THIS HANDSOME AND WELL ILLUSTRATED BOOK. A complete tour with illustrations through one of the most beautiful areas of greater Italy. The author cover the Valley of the Nervia, the road to San Remo, Bussana, the Impero and Arroscia, Albeng and along the coast to Finalmarina and Genoa where some fine rambles are described, on to Mote Portofino, to Varese Ligure and the Spezzia and beyond. A well illustrated book.

New York: Harmony Books, 1996. Signed by Stephen Jay Gould. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, black paper-covered boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

New York: Knopf. As New in As New dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A collection of Updike short stories. A very collectable set of first edition and uncorrected proof. First edition book is as new. Warmly inscribed to noted bibliophile and Updike collector; "for Albert J Raman that epic collector and exemplary Philadelphian John Updike". Dust jacket also as new, unclipped with archival protection. Uncorrected proof with white wrappers also as new. A great collectable set with a connection to a long time Updike collector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 316 pages; Signed by Author .

Wellington, NZ: NZ Dept of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1965. Cream heavy card wraps with Red cloth spine (initials to front) pp 283 with 21 tables and 43 figural illus including many maps. Very tight and clean with presentation slip tipped in to ffep. Overweight #New Zealand History#. First Edition. Quarto Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1894. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. This book details a wealth of information on the geology of several regions of the United States, most notably Washington, the Rocky Mountains, and the Great Lakes. It is filled with maps and other illustrations. The text is a strange mix, with the majority in English, but a substantial amount in French as well. I can't find a pattern in this, and it is not simply a bilingual printing. Size: 4mo - over 9 3/4" - 12" tall. 529 pp. A few marks on the endpapers, but the core text pages are tight and clean. Front board is literally hanging on by a thread, and should be considered detached. The spine covering is broken in several places and is also in imminent danger of being lost. However, the binding remains tight, and al pages are in very good condition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 5-6 pounds. Category: Natural History & Resources; Non-English Language::French;… Read More

Trenton, N. J: John L. Murphy Publishing Co.. Very Good. 1889-90. Hardcover. Geological Survey of New Jersey. Volume II, parts I & 2. Catalogue of minerals found in New Jersey; of plants; of insects and vertebrates. Clean black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Texts tight, clean & intact . Part 2 with lightly bumped top corner and slightly darkened gilt lettering. Geology ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1466 pages .

Dublin:: Graisberry and Campbell, 1803., 1803. 4to. (Article): 21-43 pp. 2 engraved plates of giant's causeway. (WE OFFER: whole volume): 487, 172, 7 pp. Various engraved plates, articles; occasional light foxing. Original half calf, marbled boards; spine a remnant. AS IS. Content is very good. FIRST EDITION. Study of the geology of Whynn's Dykes in Ireland with 2 beautiful engraved plates of the geological area discussed. William Richardson was born at the Manse in Aberfoyle, Stirling, Scotland, on 1 October 1743, the first son of the Rev. James Richardson. He received his MA from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, in 1763, and attended a few sessions in Divinity before abandoning the idea of entering the Church. For four years he was tutor to the sons of Lord Cathcart and then secretary to His Lordship while Ambassador at St Petersburg. He became Professor of Humanity at the University of Glasgow in 1773, a post he held until 1814. His published writings include the following: Poems; Analyses of… Read More

Random House, New York. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 274 pp Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting. School library, Front board somewhat Loose. Some rubbing on upper corner of spine. The spine remains undamaged. The dust jacket is missing.