RARE AND SCARCE from Monroe Bridge Books, SNEAB Member

Kjobenhavn [Denmark]: J. Frimodts Forlag, 1899. First and only edition published. Scarce, only 3 copies held in OCLC. [4], 402pp, bound in three quarter leather and marbled paper, with binding and hinges tight. Covers in Good Condition, showing a scuffed spine with upper edge loss, with corner wear. The Interior is in Very Good Condition, with… Read more

Glasgow: James MacLehose & Sons, 1898. SCARCE. [8], 71pp, deckled page edges, blue endpapers, bound in original brown cloth, with binding and hinges tight. Pages printed on a hand-made heavy stock paper, showing the watermark "Unbleached Arnold", which was a paper distributed by the Wholesale Paper Merchants Strong & Hanbury at 196 Upper Thames Street, E.C. Complete… Read more

Charleston, S. C.: Self Published, 2014. SCARCE. 169pp, with binding and hinges tight. Inscription reads "To, / John and Julia / In friendship ! / "Bish" / xx". John being John A. [Riley] Perks, the Author, Major Domo to Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and Celtic Buddhist teacher. "Bish" may be the author of this book, as… Read more

London: Readers Union / Hodder and Stoughton, 1967. 251pp, 5 illustrations [as called for], binding and hinges tight, covers show lightly bumped corners, light age darkening to pages. The Dust Jacket is in a protective mylar cover, is price-clipped, and shows edge wear. Ownership inside the front cover of the Author, Major Domo to Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and… Read more

California: Aeronutronic Systems, Inc. / A Subsidiary of Ford Motor Company, 1957. 1957-1960. **1) Publication No. U-110, September 23, 1957. Report Concerning Combustion in the Laminar Boundary Layer of Chemically Active Sublimators by M. R. Denison and D. A. Dooley. [4], vi, 55pp, printed on recto side of the pages only, diagrams and formulas throughout. **2)… Read more

Tokyo: The Japan Times, Ltd., 1978. Text is in English. 28pp, bound in stiff paper covers, with photographic illustrations throughout. Includes: *The Chushingura Theme *Yanone *Sado Chushingura *Cho No Michiyuki from "Keisei Yamato Zoshi" *Satsuki-Yami Utsunoya Toge *Yasaku No Kamabara *Kyo Kanoko Musume Dojoji and *Sonezaki Shinju. Light foxing to covers… Read more

Self Published, 1992. September 1992. SIGNED MM on the colophon page. 8 leaves bound in handmade paper, with the paper label intact.. BOOK SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Limited. Soft Cover. New. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Book.

Self Published, 1988. "November 1986" on copyright page. "This special Boston Tea Party edition was brought out on the 16th day of December, 1988, the 215th anniversary of this glorious day, back in 1773, in the tea-drinker's calendar! Each handmade copy bears my initials: MM" on colophon page. 8 leaves bound in handmade paper, with the paper… Read more

NY: Magico Magazine, 1983. With an Introduction by Isaac Asimov. LIMITED EDITION, this being #105 of 121 copies SIGNED by the Author & Isaac Asimov. xi, [3], 32pp, bound in red cloth, with the Publishers promo sheet laid-in. "Written by the world's leading forensic pathologist. A modern day Sherlock Holmes explores the master".. BOOK SIGNED… Read more

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924. 525pp, bound in dark green cloth, binding and hinges tight. With G. M. Trevelyan's signature on the ffp, this being his working copy with notations throughout. George Macaulay Trevelyan (1876-1962) Author, British Historian and Academic, was Fellow and then Master of Trinity College. Many of his writings promoted the Whig Party in British… Read more

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: The Friends of The Arthur Conan Doyle Collection, Toronto Public Library, 2010. LIMITED TO 250 COPIES. SCARCE with only 2 copies in OCLC. [3], 27pp, [2], staple bound, with stiff paper covers. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS.. First Edition, Limited. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Japan: Kodansha, 1978. SCARCE - none in OCLC. 204pp, bound in creme cloth, with binding and hinges tight. Complete with all 236 woodcut illustrations by Un'ichi Hiratsuka, some folding, some in colour. Hiratsuka (1895-1997) was born in Matsue, Shimane in Japan, and became one of the prominent leaders of the sosaku hanga movement in 20th Century Japan.… Read more

Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1887. OVERSIZED. Frontis-piece with tissue guard, [6], 739pp, [1], printed on fine glossy paper, bound in decorative cloth, with all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, binding and hinges tight. Includes the map in back, and 336 Gravures Sur Bois D'Apres Les Photographies De L'Auteur. Text is in French. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS NOR MARKINGS. … Read more

Kerala, India: Original Manuscript Circa 18th - 19th Century. From the Collection of Jacques Marchais [1887-1948] who in 1938 opened an Indian and Tibetan Art Gallery in Manhatten, to fund her desire to build a center of Tibetan Art on her property in Staten Island, showing her label on the wooden cover. The polished, bevelled wooden boards measure… Read more

WArszawa - Krakow: Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1976. Text is in multiple languages, Polish, Russian, French, English, German and Slovak. 380pp, printed on fine glossy paper, bound in gray cloth, with binding and hinges tight. Illustrated with photographs, line drawings, graphs and folding maps throughout. Covers and pages show bumped corners. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS.. Hard… Read more

Boston: Ira Bradley & Co., 1880. Cira 1880. 62pp, [4], bound in decorative mustard cloth, with binding tight, gilt on spine bright, hinges starting. With title vignette and 8 plates. Occasional foxing, book label inside cover, pencil ownership inside back cover, discoloration to endpapers from protective paper cover, now removed. No copies in OCLC.. Hard Cover.… Read more

London: The Adelphi Press Ltd., 1910. viii, 188pp, bound in blue paper over boards, paper spine and cover labels intact, binding and hinges tight. Limited Edition, this being number 42 of only 100 copies published. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the limitation page. Covers faded, corners bumped, paper thin at spine edges, occasional foxing. Embossed ownership… Read more

London: R. Cocks and Co., 1840. Circa 1840. vi, [2], 75pp, [1], 32pp, 24pp, bound in green cloth, mounted paper label on front cover intact, binding tight, includes musical notation throughout. Cover labels shows the price "Price Two Shillings". Lacking upper edge of spine covering, front hinge starting. Interior in Very Good Condition.. First Edition.… Read more

1986. An 18th Century tale of a young couple in forbidden love, ending in suicide. 138 color lithograph, story telling cards, with Japanese text on the back of each card. All housed in a silk covered box, with a working clasp. The cards measure 13 1/2 centimeters tall by 12 centimeters wide, with box being 7 centimeters… Read more

New Zealand: Published By the Society ii, 18pp, iii-v, printed on fine glossy paper, staple bound, with stiff paper covers. Scarce, only two listed in OCLC worldwide. Corner tear to covers.. Soft Cover. Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Magazine & Periodicals.