Reference & Bibliography from OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)

Tokyo Japan: Tokyo Art, Showa 55 [Republic of China 69], 1980. Illustrated by calligraphy throughout. First edition. 157-1-0318-5167. Brown cloth and endpapers, 2 marking ribbons. Slipcase restored in-house by our binder KTB: re-colored with proprietary sealant, hence only flaw is bumped top corner. 4to (27cm). pp. vii, 80, 770, ix. Fine/No jacket, as issued/Near Fine. Eastern Jin Dynasty (321-379),… Read more about this item

Chicago: University of Chicaco Press, January 1929 and October 1930. Edited by E. Preston Dargan. Both first edition. University of Chicago Studies in Balzac. 2 volumes. Blue cloth backed paper boards. 8vo. pp. xi, [1], 190. VG/Very Good-/Unclipped prices (5.00 & 2.50) in clear archival cover. Light board wear to both volumes; Bibliography has bumped bottom corner to pp. xiv… Read more about this item

New Haven: Published by Bronson, Walter & Co. O. Steele & Co. Printers, 1806. First (SD-33rd year of independence) edition. Original Calf backed paper covered boards conditioned and restored: Leather redyed, paper boards covered with japanese tissue in same color, with re-used tissue pastedowns; light propriety sealant added to covers. Paper printed label. Inscribed by "Abel Rosseter's property Jan. 12th… Read more about this item

Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1911. First thus edition. A La Meme Librairie. Green blindstamped leather boards backed with brown calf with six gilt decorated and printed bands, marbled eps. Imperial 8vo (28cm). pp. 2087. VG. Trace rubbing to spine edges and overall page toning. The grand French encyclopedic dictionary. Book rack suggested for use. Oversize shipping quoted to your… Read more about this item

1870, 1871. First edition. Three quarter leather on marbled boards. 4to (34cm). pp. xiii, 133, xxii, 349. Indices. VG. Bookplate of Henry William Hoskyns, ink and stamped owner, foxing starting, edge and joint wearAppendix 57: Phelips Collection "Law Papers" a collection of documents relating to the Gunpowder Plot..

New York: Viking Penguin, (1999). Edited by ten contributing editors. Illustrated by full color and black and white. First Printing and edition. Cloth backed paper boards. 4to (26cm). pp. 464. Index. Fine/In like jacket/No price in clear archival cover. No flaws or ownership. ISBN: 0670100110. Oversize..

Menlo Park, CA: AFASE (Phoenix, AZ) with Stanford Research Institute, 1959. First printing of stated second edition. c.1955 (research through 1954). Blue cloth. 4to. pp. 275. Author index. VG/No jacket/Ex-Lib. Observatory bookplate, rear envelope, spine letters and stamp with light cover soil. Internally near fine. This supplement is the revised edition of the original bibliography-directory published in 1955. Part I:… Read more about this item

Washington, DC: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (U.S. Department of Commerce), July 1974. Illustrated by line drawings. Pictorial Stapled wraps. Tall 8vo. pp. 29. Near Fine. Light cover soil. Contents of symbols for World Aeronautical Charts (WAC) and Terminal Area Charts (TAC): Culture, Hydrography, Relief, Aeronautical..

New York: Prentice-Hall General Reference, (1994). Illustrated by b/w photos. Stated first edition. Black cloth backed creme boards. 8vo. pp. x, 405. Glossary. As New/In like jacket/Unclipped price in clear archival cover. Comics, dime novels, sherlockania, pulps, sci-fi mysteries and more in essay with bookstores, organizations & awards, magazines and journals..

Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences, 1958. First Edition covers 1930-1944; First Supplement (c.1950) covers 1945-48; Second Supplement covers 1949-1952. The Second Edition encorporates some titles prior to 1930 through 12/56. Green buckram, gilt print spine. Demy 4to. pp. xii, 1491. Directory of Publishers, Author and Subject Indices. VG/No jacket/Ex-Lib. Technical library markings: bookplate, rear pocket and rubber… Read more about this item

Springfield, VA: Clearinghouse for FSTI, 1968. AD 676 797 and AD 676 798, respectively. 2 volumes. Side-stapled wraps (with applied cloth backed mylar covers). 4to. pp. 498; 398. VG/No jacket/Ex-Lib. Technical library: rubber stamp and rear envelope. Covers periodicals and books by accession number, alphabetical by author in part 1, then alphabetically by subject in part 2. (Post quoted for… Read more about this item

Sanford, CA: Sanford Research Institute for AASE, Phoenix AZ, (1955). First edition. Tan and blue illustrated cloth. Demy 8vo. pp. ix, [1] blank, 298. VG+/No jacket/Ex-Lib. Technical library markings are only defects: (spine letters, bookplate, rubber stamp over rear pocket). Beautiful clean copy of scarce bibliography. Scarce bibliography later published as second edition with supplement ..

New York: Scott Stamp & Coin Co., Ltd, (1932). Illustrated by b/w in text. 1st printing of 89th edition. Blue cloth, stamped silver, 3-column page format. Royal 8vo. pp. [xviii] blue index and information, 987, [14] Blue watermark, [36] Stamps in sets, [12] packets, Ads. Near Fine/No jacket, as issued. Light cap and corner wear, small seller ticket, tiny ep… Read more about this item

New York: Co-operative Publication Society (Collier), (1902). 10 volumes. Dark green pebble cloth, marbled edges, gilt ruled and printed spines with alphabetical volume notation. Royal 8vo. pp. 7289. Near Fine. One volume has slight discoloration on binding, internally fine. Scarce. (Post calculated to your domestic destination >35lbs before packaging)..

New York: Theo. Audels & Co, (1944). Illustrated by numerous text cuts. First US edition. Black blind-stamped cloth, gilt print spine, a.e.red. 12mo. pp. 1242, [2], [8] ads. Index. Near Fine/No jacket. Slightly bumped corners on limp binding on flaw..

Springfield, VA: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, December 1974. TID-3351. Red pictorial wraps. 4to. pp. iv, 218 Abstracts, 138 Index. VG/No jacket, as issued/Ex-Lib. Technical markings: spine stack number, rubber stamp, rear envelope o/w NF. Scarce..

Washington, DC: NBS (GPO), July 7, 1965. First thus edition. Miscellaneous Publication 271, Supersedes Circular 567. Salmon wraps. 4to. pp. 220. Index. Near Fine/No jacket, as issued/Ex-Lib. Technical markings: rear envelope from Dudley Observatory..

New York: Scott Publications, (1945). Illustrated by b/w in text. 1st printing of 102nd edition. Green cloth, stamped gilt, 3-column page format. Thick royal 8vo. pp. x, 772, Addenda, 942, Addenda, Index, Ads. Near Fine/No jacket, as issued. Light wear to binding, internally fine. Volume 1: Americas and the British Commonwealth of Nations; Volume 2: European Countries and Colonies… Read more about this item

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co, 1919. Stated First edition. Teacher's Key to Unit I Elements of Accounts. Stapled grees-grey card wraps printed black. 8vo. pp. 85. VG. Rubbed cover fold. Department of Accounting Boston University..

North Wrentham, Mass: Charles Simmons, 1852. Stated first edition. 1/2000 copies. Original blind-stamped red cloth, gilt stamped spine. Thin 8vo. pp. 552. VG. Head a bit chipped, foxing starting, faint dampstain to edge of several pages, two sections are faintly browned (different paper). Small illustrated slip laid in "American School Cards 118, Anderson & Cameron, 117 Fulton St., N.Y."..… Read more about this item