History from Trevian Books

Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1960 First edition. 4to, unpaginated (fifty-seven); 173 illustrations from photographs. Light wear to edges of covers, else a very good copy in a worn dust jacket. The plate volume only; a photographic catalogue of the texts - in Greek, Latin, Arabic, Hebrew and Aramaic and dating from the 2nd century - and fragments found… Read more about this item

Tokyo: Maru Graphic, 1976 First edition. 4to; 184 pp.; illustrated from photographs and two large folding drawings; a fine copy in original printed wrappers. A catalog of American warships, current and WWII eras. Text in Japanese..

New York: Sotheby's, 2010 First edition. 4to; 244 pp.; illustrated. 2 leaves with corner turned down; else a very good copy or better in original pictorial wrappers. Prices realized laid-in. One of several Copley auctions at Sotheby's, this with lots 190-556, comprising Arts & sciences and the Mark Twain Collection. Much signed material illustrated, invaluable reference..

Brno: Statni Vedecka Knihovna, (1`986) First edition. 4to; 207 pp.; illustrated. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. A comemmoration of 500 years of printing in Brno, with reproductions of many examples. Summary text in Engllish, Russian, and German. .

Canaan: C. H. Pease, (1898) First edition. 8vo; pp. 77, [10] Business directory; illustrated from photographs. A vey good copy in original gilt embossed white wrappers. "...a Scrap Book whose chief merit and interest are in the illustrations. The reading matter simply serves to fill the space between the pictures, and is a rambling, fragmentary batch of reminiscence gleaned… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1991) First edition. 8vo; 667 pp.; illustrated. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket..

Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1840 First French edition. 8vo; pp.391. Original wrappers bound in. Some foxing; else a good copy in gilt-stamped buckram with library indications to cover but not interior. A translation of the second part of the manuscript work, which was first published in Spain..

Chicago: Public Administration Service, ( 1958) First edition. 8vo; 256 pp.; illustrated from maps and charts. A very good copy in original blue cloth, w/o dj as issued. A digest of the major surveys made from 1928-1958 of the governments in metropolitan areas..

Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Free Pr, 1992. slightly cocked; else VG in VG dj..

New York: Oxford, (1964 Second printing. 8vo 307 pp. VG in good used dj..

Washington (D.C.): The Sulgrave Club, 1983 First edition. 4to; 213 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A few small spots of rubbing; else a very good copy in original gold wrappers. A celebration of the first 50 years of this legendary DC women's club. With a roster of members since 1932..

Chicago: H. A. Pierce & Co., 1881 First edition. 12mo; 190 pp.; A very good copy or better in original gilt-stamped brown cloth. Residential directory of Chicago with lists of churches, post offices, fire departments, etc., and full=-page ads for stores and services..

New York: Modern Age Books, (1937) First wrappers edition, published simultanwously with hardcover edition. 8vo; pp. xiii, 183, [8] publisher's ads. Owner's name; else a very good copy or better in original pictorial wrappers, in lightly soiled dust jacket. Ghost-written by Mary McCarthy and considered by many her first published book..

Duesseldorf: Verlag Stahleisen M.B.H., 1924 First edition. 4to; pp. vii, 246; 221 ilustrations from photographs and drawings. Spotting to endpapers; else a very good copy in original cloth-backed gilt-stamped boards. A history of the development of iron..

Zurich: Buch- und Kunstdruckerei Tschopp & Cie, 1927 Sechste, umgearbeiete reidierte und erweiterte Auflage. 4to; pp. 290, [36] advertisements. Minor rubbing to front cover; else a very good copy in original cloth backed boards. Sixth ed. of guide to Swiss schools and institutions. Ad section illustrated..

Berlin: Josef Altmann, 1926 First edition thus. 4to; unpaged [80]; 15 page pamphlet laid-in; some soiling to boards; interior fine, tight, and bright; a very good copy in original boards. A facsimile of an early printed haggadah from 1527. Pamphlet in German discusses the text. .

Norwalk: The Easton Press, (1999) "Signed Collector's Edition Bound in Genuine Leather", #638/5000. 8vo; 408 pp.; illustrated; all edges gilt; ribbon marker; a fine copy in gilt-stamped brown leather. Originally published in 1992..

Madison: John Kroom Ab Malmo Ljustrycksanstalt, 1949, 1949. First edition. 8vo; 249 pp.; illustrated from photographs. Owner's name; slight fading to spine; else a very good copy in original boards, in lightly worn publisher's slipcase..

New York: Robert M. McBride, 1922, 1922. First American edition. 8vo; pp. xvi; 159; 8 plates and other text cuts after wood engravings by Fraser; wear to covers, small repaired tear to spine; spine label lacking; some toning to leaves; else a good copy or better in original cloth-backed pictorial boards. Fraser's early catalgoue of the most famous pirates and… Read more about this item

New York: Exposition Press, (1959), 1959. First edition. 8vo; 134 pp.; illustrated from photographs. Some discoloration to covers; else a good copy or better in original blue cloth. The memoir of a real estate broker in Westchester in the first half of the 20th century. Many illustrations of houses, mansions, estates, etc., with stories of the people who bought and… Read more about this item