Recent Arrivals from A. Parker's Books, Inc.

1935. Ash, Percy. THEORY OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN. with William S. Lownes. EXAMPLES OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN. Scranton, PA: International Textbook Co. (1935). Numerous figures some in color with a color fold out figure. Small 8vo. Black cloth, limp boards. All edges dyed blue. Extremities fairly bumped and rubbed; all edges lightly soiled, light insect… Read more

New York: Charles ScribnerÕs Sons Macmillan Publishing Company, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. New York: Charles ScribnerÕs Sons Macmillan Publishing Company, 1994. Foreword by Nicholas Pileggi. First edition. Numerous b/w photographs. 372 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Orange with black spine cloth backed, paper covered boards. Silver lettering to spine.… Read more

Beijing: Foreign Language Press, 1982. First thus. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good-.

New York: MHQ, Inc, 1993. Hardcover. Very good+/No jacket issued. Volume 6, Numbers 1-4. New York: MHQ, Inc, 1993-1994. 4 vols. Numerous photographs and illustrations. 112 pp. Hardcover. 4to size. Illustrative on light blue paper covered boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Corners slightly rubbed, Vols. I, IIII & IV… Read more

1992. Singer, Susan R., ed. PLANT DEVELOPMENT LAB COLLECTION. Np: Society for Development Biology, 1992. 172 pp. Numerous figures and charts. 4to. Black plastic multi-ring binding with paper covers. Extremities bumped. Front paper cover lightly stained. Former ownerÕs ink stamp to front cover and title page. Ink marking to… Read more

Woodstock & New York: The Overlook Press, 2002. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good+. Woodstock & New York: The Overlook Press, 2002. Copious b/w illustrations; additionally, some in color. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Black cloth backed, paper covered boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Very nice clean, tight copy. Very good+/Very good+.

London: Country Life Ltd., (1958). Hardcover. Carol Moller.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, (1948). Later edition. Hardcover. Very good-/No dust jacket. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, (1948). Later edition. Signed by the author. Two b/w maps, one in the frontis matter. 1066 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan pictorial cloth. Illustrative endpapers. Extremities lightly bumped and rubbed, pressure points more so.… Read more

Venica, CA: Jaba Books, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. Venica, CA: Jaba Books, 2003. First edition. Signed by the author and subject. Numerous full color photographs. 86 pp. Hardcover. Oblong Small 8vo. White paper covered boards. Bumped at head, heel and corners; interior tight, clean and bright;… Read more

Boston & NY: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1935. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good+. Boston & NY: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1935. vi, 762 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark blue cloth. Top edge gilt. Very good + copy in a slightly edge-worn dust jacket with a small hole in the spine. With two publisherÕs pamphlets laid… Read more

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, [ 1958 ]. First British edition. Hardcover. Very good+/No dust jacket. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, [ 1958 ]. First British edition. xiv, 428 pp. Hardcover. 4to. Dark green cloth. A very nice copy indeed. Very good+/No dust jacket.

Cambridge: The University Press, 1938. First British edition. Hardcover. Very good+/No dust jacket. Cambridge: The University Press, 1938. First British edition. 241 pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Dark green cloth. Very small closed tear at head of spine, armorial bookplate on front free pastedown, else very good indeed. Very good+/No dust jacket.

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, (ca.1894). First edition. Softcover. Very good. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, (ca.1894). First edition. Cover, frontispiece, and title-page are chromolithographs, other illustrations b/w.. Softcover. Oblong 8vo (20.5cm). Light gray paper wrappers. (Donovan and Murdoch 3780). Slight rubbing and soiling to wrappers and very light foxing to… Read more

Paris: Norma Editions, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good+. Paris: Norma Editions, 2002. First edition. Copious full color illustrations. 318 pp. Text in French. Hardcover. 4to. Black paper covered boards. A lovely, gift worthy copy in like dust jacket. Very good+/Very good+.

London: Watts, 1735. Second edition. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. London: Watts, 1735. Second edition. Illustrated with six copperplate engraved plates, including the frontispiece. [ 14 ], 395 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown old full calf, with old, but not as old reback and recent contrasting lettering label. Head of spine chipped,… Read more

London: Pickadilly Press. Softcover. Very good/No dust jacket. London: Pickadilly Press, . Numerous b/w illustrations. 62 pp. Softcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth-backed stapled stiff wrappers. Gilt lettering to front board. Insect damage to the cloth tape that covers the spine and staples, gilt on front wrapper dulled and flaked, else a… Read more

Padua: Bertelli, 1656. Fourth and last edition. Hardcover. Padua: Bertelli, 1656. Fourth and last edition. Engraved title and 42 copperplate engravings. [ viii ], 115 pp. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan recent, period-style full pressed morocco, central gilt device on covers, spines elaborately tooled in gilt with contrasting leather lettering labels. … Read more

New York: Lithographed for Henry Austin Brady by Francis Michelin, 1848. Facsimile edition of the original London, 1698 edition. Hardcover. Very good+/No dust jacket. New York: Lithographed for Henry Austin Brady by Francis Michelin, 1848. 2 vols bound as one vols. Facsimile edition of the original London, 1698 edition. Illustrated with one folding map at… Read more

London: T. Werner Laurie, Ltd, 1925. One of an edition limited to 600 copies, this being # 522. Hardcover. Very good+/Good+.

New York: Grove Press, Inc, ( 1959 ). First American printing in a first state dust jacket. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good+.