Manila: Operation Brotherhood International, 1974. Hardcover. The definitive history of 'Operation Brotherhood', the Filipino humanitarian project to provide medical care for refugees in Vietnam. From Carlos P. Romulo's foreword: 'It is a meticulously detailed history, and it is not likely to be superseded. As Father Bernad tells the story, it.....
TASCHEN, 2016. Hardcover. Using key pieces of art, this book introduces the Dada movement and its impact on modern art. In addition to some minor shelf-wear, 1 corner on the back cover is slightly bumped. Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked.
The Olympia Press, 1958. Soft cover. After his return from Paris, Henry Miller wrote this novella about his in Paris in the early 1930s, when he and Alfred Perlès shared an apartment in Clichy as struggling writers. Description: Second printing. 6.75" x 4.25". Original grey, black, and yellow wrappers over.....
The Book Club of California, 1956. Hardcover. From the Prospectus: "Early Printing in California encompasses the whole field of typography in the State from 1833-1850. Not only has Mr. Rahey explored thoroughly the output of the Zamorano Press--the first in California--but also the products of other presses, including those of.....
Oso Publishing, 2002. Hardcover. Fine hardcover of Jack Bowden & Tom Dill's history of the Modoc Line, "from the roots of the narrow-gauge Nevada-California-Oregon Railway in 1880 to the final operation of a through train by Union Pacific on June 30, 1997" (from the back cover). No jacket as issued.....
Harry N. Abrams, 2003. Hardcover. A comprehensive book on the art of cinematography including a history of the craft, film analyses, illustrations and enlargements of film frames. The dust jacket of this book has been wrapper in mylar. This book is almost like new with clean and unmarked pages.
1951: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition of The Presidential Cookbook. From the jacket: 'The Presidential Cookbook is not only an interesting, anecdotal account of the managing of what we, in its time, the most important household in the world, but also a sound cookbook.....
University of Chicago Press, 1993. Hardcover. The translation into English of the groundbreaking work on proto-cuneiform. From the jacket: 'Using the latest philological research and new methods of computer analysis, the authors have for the first time deciphered much of the numerical information. In reconstructing both the social context and.....
Levenger Press, 2007. Hardcover. A limited edition facsimile of the Grimani Breviary. With a foreword by Ross King, a preface by Giorgio E. Ferrari, an introduction by Mario Salmi, and commentaries on the plates by Gian Lorenzo Mellini. 110 color plates with notes and commentary on the facing page, with.....
Philadelphhia: Hubbard Brothers, 1882. 1st Edition. Hardcover. We are pleased to offer John W. Urban's glimpse into the events of the Civil War, his exploits in battle and the deprivations he suffered in several of the prison camps of the Confederacy, including the notorious Andersonville. Dark blue cloth over boards.....