Rare Books & Ephemera

1 vol. (Wood, Robert.) The Ruins of Balbec, Otherwise Heliopolis... London, 1757. First edition. Folio, contemp. 1/2 morocco & marbled bds.; rub...

1 vol. The Musuem of Classical Antiquities: A Quarterly Journal of Architecture and... Classic Art. London, 1851-1852. Vols. 1 & 2 in 1. 4to, co...

2 vols. Bulleid, Arthur; St. George Gray, Howard. The Glastonbury Lake Village: A Full Description of the Excavations and Relics Discovered, 1892-1

1 vol. Wood-Martin, W.G. Pagan Ireland: An Archaeological Sketch, A Handbook of Irish Pre-Christian Antiquities. London, 1895. First edition. Thick

9 vols. (4 wrappers) Ancient & Classical Art, including: Parrot, Andre. The Arts of Assyria. New York, (1961). 4to, orig. cloth, d/j. Color plat...

5 vols. (3 wrappers) Primitive, Tribal & Ancient Art, including: (The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection.) Masterpieces of Primitive Art. New York...

4 vols. (2 wrappers) African Art: Fagg, William. Bildwerke aus Nigeria. Munich, (1963). 4to, orig. cloth, d/j. Photo illus. Light wear. * Meauze, P

3 vols. Oceanic & South Asian Art: Fuhrmann, Ernst. New-Guinea. Hagen: Folkwang, 1922. (Kulturen der Erde, Band XIV.) 4to, orig. bds.; worn, spi...

5 vols. (1 wrappers) Mexican & South American Pre-Columbian Art: Soustelle, Jacques. Arts of Ancient Mexico. New York: Viking, (1967). 4to, orig...

4 vols. Mexican Art: Smith, Bradley. Mexico: A History in Art. Garden City, (1968). 4to, orig. cloth, d/j. Color illus. Light wear. * (MoMA.) Twent

6 vols. (3 wrappers) Indian & Tibetan Art, including: Frederic, Louis. The Art of India. New York: Abrams, (1959). 4to, orig. cloth, d/j. Photo ...

10 vols. (4 wrappers) Chinese Art, Decorative Art & Architecture, including: Sickman, Laurence; Soper, Alexander. The Art and Architecture of Ch...

6 vols. Japanese Art & C: Harada, Jiro. A Glimpse of Japanese Ideals. Tokyo, 1937. 1st ed. 4to, orig. cloth; moderate wear & dust soiling. C...

8 vols. Japanese Woodblock Prints: Michener, James A. Japanese Prints. Rutland, etc.: Tuttle, (1959). 2nd ptg. 4to, orig. cloth; light wear, d/j (l

1 vol. Michener, James A. Japanese Prints. Rutland, etc.: Tuttle, (1959). 1st ptg. 4to, orig. cloth, d/j, slipcase. Mounted color plates, other ill

1 vol. Eckardt, Andreas. History of Korean Art. London, 1929. 4to, orig. red cloth, gilt; light to moderate wear & dust soiling. 4 color plates,...

7 vols. (wrappers) [Japanes Decorative Designs - Textiles?] [Tokyo?], [ca. 1900]. Sm. 4to, orig. color wrappers. Numerous, ca. 700 color woodblock

1 vol. Kummel, Otto. Chinesische Kunst. Berlin: Bruno Cassirer, 1930. 1/300. Folio, orig. gilt-lettered orange cloth, somewhat worn, spine ends fra

1 vol. The Japan Advertiser. Enthronement of the One Hundred Twenty Fourth Emperor of Japan. Tokyo, 1928. Folio, orig. color pictorial embroidered

7 vols. Japanese Woodblock Print Books: Arashibashi Sanro. Ca. 1820 or later. Tall 4to, orig. flexible bds.; some wear, bound accondian-style. Wood

1 vol. Krom, N.J. L'Art Javanais dans les Musees de Hollande et de Java. Paris, 1926. 4to, modern buckram. 60 photo plates. Ex-library, ink stam...

1 vol. Zepplin-Welfahrten. Dresden, 1933. Sm. oblong folio, orig. pictorial flexible bds.; somewhat worn. Portrait + 265 pictorial cigarette cards.

1 vol. Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters. N.p.: L.T. Meyers, 1912. Lg. 8vo, orig. black & red lettered & decorated tan cloth, p...

2 vols. Transportation: Homans, James E. Self-Propelled Vehicles... New York, 1910. 8vo, orig. cloth; light wear. Double-page plate, text illus. *

4 vols. Berzelius, J. Jacob. Lehrbuch der Chemie. Reutlingen, 1821-1832. 8vo, contemp. bds.; scattered wear. 12 plates. $80-120

3 vols. Chemistry - 18th & 19th-Century Imprints: A Dictionary of Chemistry. London: T. Cadell, 1777. Vol. 3 only. 8vo, bdg. broken. Plates. * L...

1 vol. Hooper, W. Rational Recreations. London, 1802. Vol. 2 (of 2) only. 12mo, orig. morocco-backed bds.; joints & extremities rubbed, other we...

1 vol. Herschel, Sir John F. W. Outlines of Astronomy. London, 1864. 7th ed. 8vo, contemp. full calf, gilt, red morocco spine label, marbled edges;

7 vols. Medicine - American 19th-Century Imprints: Cooper, Samuel. The First Lines of the Practice of Surgery. Philadelphia, 1808. 9 plates. * Syde

1 vol. (Jahr, C.H.G.) Jahr's New Manual of Homeopathic Practice. New York, 1851. Edited by A. Gerald Hull. 8vo, contemp. 1/4 sheep & marbled...

1 vol. Heinigke, Carl. Pathogenetic Outlines of Homoeopathic Drugs. New York: Boericke & Tafel, 1880. First edition. 8vo, orig. cloth, gilt-spin...

2 vols. James, William. The Principles of Psychology. New York: Holt, 1890. First edition, second issue. Tall 8vo, orig. olive-green cloth, spines

3 vols. (Phrenology.) Vimont, J. Traite de Phrenologie. Paris: J. B. Bailliere, 1832, 1835, 1836, 1833. 4to text vol., 2 vols. in 1, 2 title pages,

1 vol. (Phrenology.) Mackenzie, G. S. Illustrations of Phrenology. Edinburgh, 1820. First edition. 8vo, contemp. 1/4 brown calf & marbled bds., ...

1 vol. (Phrenology.) Sewall, Thomas. An Examination of Phrenology. Boston 1839. Second edition, revised. 8vo, orig. gilt-lettered brown cloth; edge

6 vols. Zoological Gardens & C: (Bennett, E.T., editor.) The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society. Chiswick, 1831. 2 vols. - Quadrupe...

1 vol. Knight, Charles, publisher. The Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature Vol. II: Birds, Reptiles, Mollusca, Insects. London, n.d. [ca. 1860]. Fo

1 vol. British Zoology. Chester, 1769. Vol. 3: Reptiles, Fish only. 8vo, 19th-century cloth; worn. 17 engraved plates. Scattered light foxing. $

26 vols. Zoological Society of London. Transactions. London, 1863-1866, 1903-1910, 1914, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1936-1939. Assorted issues: Vol. V, part

5 vols. The Zoological Journal. London, 1825-1835. Vols. 1-5. 8vo, contemp. calf, rebacked. Hand-colored & b/w plates; scattered light foxing. E...

18 vols. British Museum Fauna Catalogues: Catalogue of the Mammals and Birds of New Guinea. London, 1859. 8vo, contemp. bds. * Catalogue... Mammali

2 vols. Wallace, Alfred Russel. The Geographical Distribution of Animals. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1876. First American edition. 8vo, orig. ...

1 vol. Beebe, William. Galapagos: World's End. New York, 1924. First edition. #89/100 signed by Beebe. 4to, orig. gilt-lettered white cloth, t.e...

5 vols. African Fauna: Stevenson-Hamilton, Major J. Animal Life in Africa. New York, 1912. Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. 8vo, orig. cloth; worn,

1 vol. Blanford, W.T. Observations on the Geology and Zoology of Abyssinia. London: Macmillan, 1870. 8vo, orig. green cloth, gilt spine; joints &...

2 vols. Indian Fauna: Baldwin, Captain J.H. The Large and Small Game of Bengal and the North-Western Provinces of India. London, 1877. 2nd ed. Sq.

1 vol. Emmons, E. Agriculture of New York:... An Account... Soils and Rocks,... Common... Insects. [Natural History of New York, Vol. V.] Albany, 1

1 vol. Colvin, Verplanck. Topographical Survey of the Adirondack Region of New York, Seventh Annual Report... To the Year 1879. Albany, 1880. 8vo,

2 vols. Blackwell, John. A History of the Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. London, 1861. Folio, orig. flexible bds. 28 hand-colored plates. Sc

6 vols. Snakes & other Reptiles: Cope, Edward Drinker. The Crocodilians, Lizards & Snakes of North America. Washington: GPO, 1900. Lg. 8vo, ...

3 vols. Fish & Fisheries: Goode, George Brown. The Fisheries and Fish Industries of the United States. Washington: GPO, 1884. 4to, orig. cloth; ...

1 vol. Garman, Samuel. The Galapagos Tortoises. Cambridge, Jan., 1917. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, Vol. 30, no.

4 vols. Bird Books: Murphy, Robert Cushman. Oceanic Birds of South America. New York, (1936). 2 vols. 4to, orig. green-blue cloth, gilt; light wear

1 vol. Warren, B.H. Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, 1890. 4to, contemp. morocco & bds.; worn & repaired. 100 plates (99 col...

3 vols. Ornithology: Stejneger, Leonhard. Results of Ornithological Explorations in the Commander Islands and in Kamtschatka. Washington: GPO, 1885

2 vols. Ornithology - Canaries & Cage Birds: Blakston, W.A., et al. The Illustrated Book of Canaries and Cage-Birds, British & Foreign. Lond...

2 vols. Ornithology - Birds of Pennsylvania: Warren, B.H. Report of the Birds of Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, 1888. 1st ed. Lg. 8vo, orig. cloth; some

1 vol. Krider, John. Forty Years Notes of a Field Ornithologist. Philadelphia, 1879. 12mo, orig. gilt-lettered green cloth; light wear. $60-90

1 vol. Forshaw, Joseph M. Parrots of the World. Garden City, 1973. Illus. by William T. Cooper. Folio, orig. purple cloth; moderate wear. Bdg. brok

2 vols. British Mammals: Johnston, Harry. British Mammals. London, 1903. 4to, orig. gilt-lettered & pictorial green cloth, t.e.g.; edge wear, hi...

2 vols. American Fauna: Palmer, T.S. North American Fauna No. 23. Index Generum Mammalium. Washington: GPO, 1904. 4to, modern cloth & bds.; ligh...

2 vols. Fur-Bearing Animals: Coues, Elliot. The Fur-Bearing Animals of North America. Boston, 1877. 1st ed. 8vo, orig. terra-cotta cloth, gilt; som

1 vol. Allen, Joel Asaph. History of the American Bison, Bison Americanus. Washington: GPO, June 1, 1877. [Extracted from the Ninth Annual Report

1 vol. Boaz, J.E.V.; Paulli, Simon. The Elephant's Head: First Part, The Facial Muscles and the Proboscis. Jena, 1908. Folio, orig. printed wrap...

2 vols. Zoological Journal Extracts: Owen, Richard. "Notes on the Anatomy of the Nubian Giraffe." [London?], [ca. 1840]. Sm. folio, modern...

2 vols. Elliot, Daniel Giraud. The Land and Sea Mammals of Middle America and the West Indies. Chicago, 1904. Publications of the Field Columbian M

1 vol. True, Frederick W. A Review of the Family Delphinadae. Washington: GPO, 1889. Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 36. Contribu

2 vols. Lydekker, R(ichard). Wild Oxen, Sheep & Goats. London, 1898. First edition, #172/500. 4to, orig. gilt-lettered green cloth; somewhat wor...

1 vol. Bateson, William. Materials for the Study of Variation. London: Macmillan, 1894. First edition. 8vo, orig. green cloth, gilt-lettered spine;

1 vol. Friedenthal, Hans. Tierhaaratlas. Jena, 1911. Folio, orig. morocco & cloth; extremities rubbed. 35 plates. Ex-library copy (Zoological So...

1 vol. Sowerby, John E., illustrator. British Wild Flowers. London, 1882. 4to, orig. green cloth, gilt, a.e.g.; spine ends frayed, joints starting,

1 vol. Darwin, Charles. On The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants. London: Green, Longman, Roberts & Green and Williams and Norgate, 1865. ...

1 vol. Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. London: John Murray, 1859. First edition. 8vo, orig. blind-stamped

1 piece. 19th-Century Illustrated Lithographic Zoological Evolutionary Chart. Redfield, A(nne) M(arie). "A General View of the Animal Kingdom.&...

1 vol. Mayhew, Edward. The Illustrated Horse Management. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1864. First edition. 8vo, orig. gilt-pictorial purple cloth; som

1 vol. Blacker, W(illiam). Art of Angling and Complete System of Fly Fishing and Dying of Colours. London: W. Blacker, March, 1842. First edition.

2 vols. (English Sporting Subjects.) [Surtees, Robert Smith]: Mr. Sponges Sporting Tour. London: Bardbury & Evans, 1853. 1st book form ed. Illus...

1 vol. Somerville, William. The Chace: A Poem. London, 1735. First edition. 4to, contemp. full calf, gilt-paneled spine, red morocco spine label; s

1 vol. Wilson, James. The Rod & the Gun. Edinburgh: Aden and Charles Black, 1840. First edition. 8vo, orig. cloth; moderate wear, rebacked, orig...

1 vol. Beckford, Peter. Thoughts upon Hunting. London, 1804. Fourth edition. Sm. 4to, orig. later 19th-century 3/4 polished tree calf, gilt, gilt-p

1 vol. Roosevelt, Theodore & Kermit. East of the Sun and West of the Moon. New York: Scribner's, 1926. First edition. 8vo, orig. blue cloth,...

1 vol. Byrd, Richard Evelyn. Little America. New York: Putnam's, 1930. First edition. #491/1000 signed by Byrd. 8vo, orig. 1/2 vellum & blue...

1 vol. Brehm, Alfred Edmund. From North Pole to Equator. London, 1896 First English-language edition. Lg. 8vo, orig. gilt-pictorial red cloth; edge

1 vol. La Condamine, Charles Marie de. Relation Abregee d'un Voyage Fait dans l'Interieur de l'Amerique Meridionale. Maestricht, 1778. 8...

1 vol. Census of the Republic of Cuba, 1919. Havana, [1920]. 4to, orig. cloth; moderate wear & dust soiling. $50-80

2 vols. Herndon, William Lewis; Lardner, Gibbon. Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon. Washington, 1853-1854. Senate edition. 8vo, later cloth &a...

11 vols. Halliburton, Richard: Seven League Boots. Indianapolis, (1935). 1st ed. Lg. 8vo, orig. cloth, gilt; corners bumped, d/j (edge wear). Plate

17 vols. North Africa & the Middle East - Travel, primarily, including: Bell, Gertrude. The Letters. New York, 1927. 2 vols. 8vo, orig. cloth; m...

9 vols. Travel & C - The Middle East, including: Bell, Gertrude. The Letters. New York, (1928). 8th ptg. 2 vols. 8vo, orig. cloth; moderate wear...

2 vols. Doughty, Charles M. Travels in Arabia Deserta. New York, 1925. Third edition, third printing. Lg. 8vo, orig. black cloth, spines gilt; ligh

1 vol. Layard, Austen H. Discoveries in the Ruins of Ninevah and Babylon. New York, 1853. First American edition, late issue. 8vo, orig. gilt & ...

1 vol. Lehnert & Landrock, photographers. North Africa:... Architecture, Landscape, Life of the People. New York, (1924). 4to, orig. cloth; mode...

17 vols. Burton, Richard, translator. The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night. N.p.: Burton Club, n.d. [ca. 1910]. #483/1000, Medina Edition. 8vo

2 vols. Burton, Richard F. The Lake Regions of Central Africa. London, 1860. First edition. 8vo, contemp. full polished tan calf, gilt, morocco spi

2 vols. Stanley, Henry M. In Darkest Africa. New York: Scribner's, 1890. 1st edition. Lg. 8vo, orig. green cloth, gilt; edge wear, other moderat...

2 vols. Stanley, Henry. In Darkest Africa. New York: Scribner's, 1891. Lg. 8vo, orig. green cloth, gilt; edge wear, other moderate wear, some we...

2 vols. Lamartine, Alphonse de. Souvenirs, Impressions, Pensees et Paysages... Voyage en Orient. Paris, 1835. First edition. 4 vols. in 2. 12mo, co

3 vols. Travel: Baedeker, Karl. Italy, From the Alps to Naples. Leipzig, 1909. 2nd ed. 16mo, orig. flexible red cloth, gilt. Fold. maps & planss...

4 vols. 19th-Century Travel - Russia & Scandinavia: Laing, Samuel. Journal of a Residence in Norway... 1834, 1835 & 1836. London, 1851. 16mo...

4 vols. Travel: Stark, Mariana. Travels in Europe. Paris, 1836. 9th edition. 12mo, orig. vellum; somewhat worn, front hinge starting to split. Fold