History from Great Expectations Rare Books

Koln (Cologne), Germany: TASCHEN GmbH, 2002. Book. As New. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softbound, quarto size volume bound in flexible pictorial covers. 160 pages. Parallel text in English, German and French. Illustrated throughout with photographs, drawings and paintings, chiefly in black and white albeit with some color images. New edition, the… Read more about this item

Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks, Inc., 2007. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Large trade paperback. 399 pages. Bibliographic References, Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with 16 page suite of half-tone engravings and painting and one map. First paperback edition, first printing with full number line. No previous ownership marks. … Read more about this item

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Fifth Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Large trade paperback. 432 pages. Notes, Sources, Index. Illustrated with over 125 black and white photographs. Fifth printing of the paperback edition [2005]. No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. Small rust… Read more about this item

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Dar Sader, 1976. Book. Near Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, blue cloth worn at extremities. Ex library copy originally published as a paperback, now recased in blue cloth covers, retaining original wrappers. Text entirely in Arabic. 519 pages. Edited and verified by Abdul Aziz… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1987. Book. Good. Hardcover. Later Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's price-clipped dust-jacket. 1237 pages. Notes on Contributors and Index. Illustrated with numerous maps. Later printing. A concise, single volume compiled by forty scholars from varying academic disciplines. No previous… Read more about this item

Williamsburg, Virginia: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1986. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Three slim paperbacks published in "The Foundation of America" series. 52, 42 and 40 pages respectively. Illustrated. All with further reading lists appended. Excellent, concise resource material for teachers. All are in fine condition but for… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, two-toned brown cloth lettered in gold, in publisher's dust-jacket. 199 pages. Index. Illustrated throughout with color photographs. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square and unmarked copy. Very good in a good dust-jacket..

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, bound in genuine dark green leather with real 22 kt gold decoration. 448 pages. All edges gilt, silk ribbon marker sewn-in, raised spine. Source Notes and Index. Two-page broad-side, Collector's Notes from… Read more about this item

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1992. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, bound in genuine black leather with real 22 kt gold decoration. 526 pages. All edges gilt, silk ribbon markers sewn-in, raised spine and silk moire end-papers. Bibliography. Two-page broad-side, Collector's Notes from The… Read more about this item

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1989. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, bound in genuine tan leather with real 22 kt gold decoration. 430 pages. All edges gilt, silk ribbon marker sewn-in, raised spine. Selected Bibliography, Index. Two-page broad-side, Collector's Notes from The Library of… Read more about this item

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1983. Book. As New. No Binding. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, full genuine brown leather binding, heavily gilt stamped with elaborate decorations and multiple rules. 438 pages. All edges gilt. Sewn in silk book-mark, marbled paper end-sheets and smyth sewn book block complete this work… Read more about this item

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1987. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, full genuine red leather binding, heavily gilt stamped with elaborate decorations and multiple rules. 717 pages. All edges gilt. Sewn in silk book-mark, marbled paper end-sheets and smyth sewn book block complete this work as… Read more about this item

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1986. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, full genuine burgundy leather binding, heavily gilt stamped with elaborate decorations and enclosed on covers by double rules. All edges gilt. 510 pages. Sewn in silk book-mark, marbled paper end-sheets and smyth sewn book block… Read more about this item

Princeton, New Jersey: Markus Wiener Publishers, 2019. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, blue pictorial boards lettered in red, no dust-jacket [as issued?]. 140 pages. Bibliographical References, Index of Names. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Translated from the German by Allison Brown. … Read more about this item

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, amber cloth lettered in gold on spine, in publisher's dust-jacket. 315 pages. Bibliographical essay. Illustrated throughout with black and white drawings, engravings, woodblocks and photographs. First edition, first printing with full number line. No previous… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 276 pages. Bibliographical References, Index. With eight pages of black and white illustrations. Stated first edition, first printing. A true tale of scientific duplicity in 1940"s Great Britain. … Read more about this item

New York: HarperCollins, 2003. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 852 pages. IBibliographical References and Index. Illustrated with 16 pages of color photographs. Stated first American edition, first printing. No previous ownership marks. Minor wear to dust-jacket extremities, but no tears… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover, dark blue cloth lettered in gold on spine, in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 449 pages. Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with eight pages of black and white images. First edition, first printing with full number line. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked… Read more about this item

McGraw-Hill, 1978. Book. Near Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition Thus. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format paperback. 224 pages. Discography, Index. Profusely illustrated throughout with 400 black and white photographs and 4 pages in color. Reprint edition' originally published a year earlier by Cameron House; this is the first McGrawHill… Read more about this item

Lola, WI: Krause Publications, 2009. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. arge format paperback, quarto size volume bound in stiff pictorial wraps. 256 pages. Foreword by Artie Kornfeld. Profusely illustrated throughout with color photographs. No printing date extant, copyright 2009, presumed first edition. No previous ownership marks. … Read more about this item