Search Results: Titles starting with I from Craftsbury Antiquarian Books

Diction Press, 1946. Book. Illus. by 6 Full Page Modern Etchings By Rahnghild. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by the author on the half-title, and by the illustrator the page before. Psychological poems for the most part, some dealing with insanity. Pages 126. No place listed for the publisher. Dustjacket is browned, with small pieces gone from the spine, protected in a clear, mylar sleeve and NOT price-clipped..

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982. Book. Illus. by 331 Plates,. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A beautiful copy, with no edgewear, no prior owner marks, no price clip to a perfect dustjacket. SCARCE in this condition. Pages 180 with index, and fine plates at the back. The High Middle Ages took a special interest in Paul's letters..

New York: Farrar,Straus and Firoux, 2019. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First U.S.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original fine cloth binding in a fine dust jacket that is NOT clipped. No prior owner marks. Am intrepid French journalist, the daughter of a French mother and an Iranian father, writes her memoir to her beloved grandfather, who died before he could teach her his language. And she tells of her adventures in search of Iran's future and her own family past. A brave, honest young woman. RECOMMENDED!.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1981. Book. Illus. by Fine Color Photos. Fine. Hardcover. 2nd PRINTING. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Photos taken by a great lady photographer, the first female member of Magnum, taken in 1979 on a long trek through China focused on the people and culture. Pages 201. A square folio, 31 cm by 30cm in a black binding with fresh silver title on unfaded spine, no edgewear. Very clean and tight inside. Dustjacket has a bit of edgewear. .

London: Edward Arnold, 1896. Book. Illus. by 16 plate illustrations by Charles Whymper. Good. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Original red cloth with gilt horned goats and rocks on the front cover, unrubbed. The spine is faded with gilt title and some wear at the edges and spine ends. Edge wear mostly at the corners where the cloth is rubbed away on all four corners. Inside, clean and tight. Hunting in Tibet, Kashmir, Ladakh, etc. for the last two decades of the 19th Century. Now protected in a clear, mylar dust jacket. .

Los Angeles, New York: Suttonhouse, 1936. Book. Illus. by Erwin R.F. Neumann mostly color or color accented very nice illustrations. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An historical novel of the second Century G.C. Said to be for children, but the format would now better be labeled young adult. And the themes on honor and friendship are adult, and recommended for adults. Handsomely illustrated, with gilt endpapers of an elaborate Chinese landscape. Original red cloth with a gilt title on the front, and snot bright on the spine. No visible edge wear. Very clean and tight inside, with no prior owner marks. . .

Riyadh and London: Transworld Arabia Library and Stacey International, 1983. Book. Illus. by profuse photos of Eastern Saudi Arabia. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Mustard cloth boards with no edgewear, bright gilt title on the spine. Very clean and tight inside. Dust jacket has very slight wear along the edges. Subtitled "A Portrait of the Bedouins of Eastern Saudi Arabia in Mid-Century". No hint of the modernization or oil wealth in this book; a fine record of Bedouin life in the 1960s, the near end of their long desert history. .

London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co., 1889. Book. Illus. by horse and hunting sketches and photos, plus three folding house pedigrees. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very good original maroon cloth with light blue & black horizontal design horizontal across the front cover, and gilt title on the front and spine, with a faded gilt fox also on the spine Bit of wear at the corners and spine ends, now protected in a clear, mylar sleeve. Inside, Very clean with no foxing or stains. Internal hinges are cracked but still solid. Chapters include Malton to Wit, Ashgill and the Osbornes, The York and Ainsty, Hilsdale and Sinnington, Cleveeland and Eskdale, Hunting Round Malton, The Hon. Captain Johnstone's Hounds, Cleveland Rays, and Some Yorkshire Shorthorns. The author lists himself as the Editor of the Cleveland Bay Stud Book. Clearly his life was full of horses and hunting. 8 pages advertisements for chimneys, hotels, horse remidies etc… Read More

Norman: Univ of Oklahoma Press, 1970. Book. Illus. by 24 Pages Plates, 3 Maps, Plus Text Illustr.. Fine. Cloth. A Modern Reprint of a Travel Classic. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Edited and with an introduction by Victor W von Hagen. A very nice copy with no prior owner marks. Clean and tight inside and out..

London: A & C Black, 1912. Book. Illus. by Mortimer Menpes 75 Full Page, Tissue Captioned Watercolors. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 2nd Printing. 8 Vo. Publisher's decorative cloth with gilt peacocks and India design on the front coverand spine, same as the first edition. Pages 216 with index. Ms. Steel, who lived long and wrote often on India, comments on history of Rajputs and Moghuls, India's many religions, arts and crafts, architecture, status of women, and the mutiny of 1857 among other topics. Very readable, with an understandable colonial bias in the eyes of the reader a Century later. Inside, clean and tight, with a hint of foxing that does not affect the plates. Menpes, a noted Australian illustrator, evokes the India colors and scene beautifully, all plates clean. Inman 38..

London: Thorpe imprint "for the Proprietor", 1856. Book. Illus. by 22 steel engravings by Wm. Daniell. Very Good. 3/4 Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very good contemporary 3/4 dark green morocco with all edges gilt, marbled boards and marbled endpapers. No prior owner marks and no foxing or stains inside. Very clean and tight. No edge wear to the binding, and the gilt title and decoration on the spine are bright. An exceptional copy since there is NO foxing. .

Calcutta: University of Calcutta, 1916. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8 Vo. A very scarce study of the early years of the East India Co., early English voyages, and early settlements in Bengal. Pages 251. Almost very good in original black cloth with bright gilt title on the spine. Some wear at spine ends and corners. First 2 pages only have some foxing; the last few days have 3 tiny insect holes, not uncommon for a book that resided in India for years. Very readable account of early English trade and activity in India..

Chicago: Univ Chicago Press, 1986. Book. Illus. by Profuse Photos. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. "In a magnificent cultural tour, the author documents toe continuous influence of Indian architectural and decorative style on the European sensibility from the 17th Century to the present", from the dust jacket. A fine copy except a bottom corner is mildly bumped. Pages xiii, (1), 210..

London: William Heinemann, 1900. Book. Illus. by 29 Full Page Plates, 99 Text, All 5 Maps. Very Good. 3/4 Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Describes hunting, among other animals, Marco Polo sheep, this is a notable trek through Gilgit to the Kilgit pass, over the Pamirs to Kashgar. It has a valuable bibliography. Pages xx, 354. Calf dark green 3/4 binding, with gilt lines and decorations on spine, and a fresh gilt red calf title label. The boards are marbled. Owner Hester Walcot in 1902 notes "From the author who I met in 1902". Clean and tight inside, neatly rebacked spine. Nice copy. The folding map has repairs on the verso, but in very nice condition. The map has Chitral in the SW corner, and Kashgar and Yarkand in the northeast. Overall, a very nice leatherbound copy..

Cambridge and London: The MIT Press, 2008. Book. As New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A thought provoking set of essays on climate change - looking at a variety of institutions as both solution and problem. An unread copy of this paperback. No prior owner marks.i.

London: printed for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1766. Book. Illus. by 4 engraved folding maps and 5 folding engraved plates, complete. Very Good. Full-Leather. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Title continued, "With a Seasonable Hint and Perswasive to the Honorable The Court of Directors of the East India Company. As Also The Mythology and Cosmogony, Fasts and Festivals of the Gentoo's, followers of the Shastah. Andl A Dissertation of the Metempsychosis, Commonly, thourgh erroneously, called the Pythagorean Doctrine." Three new bindings in full brown morocco with raised bands and bright gilt titles on the spines. No edgewear or scuffs, as new. Volume one (Second Edition corrected, with a Supplement, 1766) conforms with Part 1 (4) 233, 4 engraved folding maps at the end; volume 2 (1767 first edition) is the author's Part 2, (6) errata sheet, 152, 5 engraved folding plates at the end; and volume 3, a first edition of 1771 is part 3. (4) 227, errata page.Maps and… Read More

Stanford, Cal: Stanford University Press, 1980. Book. Illus. by tables and maps. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine copy with no edge wear and no prior owner marks. Dust jacket is near fine with a bit of edge wear. This was the first comprehensive book on China's energy system, and complex relationships on energy with other countries. A fine bench mark for what has become immensely more complex. .

London: Trubner & Co., 1877. Book. Illus. by one plate of ancient coins. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. A SCARCE title in its original cloth binding with a gilt title on the front. The cloth is faded and stained. It is also some loose on the boards, with pin hole insect damage to the paper within. I suspect the book was in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) for some decades subjected to that unfriendly climate. Pages 69 with index. Folio, almost 13 inches tall..

New York: Random House , 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8 Vo. Fine/ fine dustjacket. Recommended to anyone interested in the ambiguities between British colonialist and Africans late 19th & early 20th C. A wonderful read by a distinguished African author. On the copyright page, the first number is 2, denoting a first printings in thr Random House system..

London: The Argonaut Press, 1928. Book. Illus. by 5 Maps, 2 Illustrations. Very Good. Half-Leather. First in English. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Vellum spine on green cloth boads, an unnumbered copy of 975 limited edition. This copy has never been read, as top edges of signatures are uncut. No prior owner marks. A bit soiled, with a tiny snag on the spine. Varthema travelled 1502 to 1508 to Syria, Arabia, Bengal. Protected in mylar dustjacket. Translated by John Winter Jones in 1863 for the Hakluyt Society. With a discourse on Varthema and his travels by Sir Richard Carnac Temple.