1. Daubeny, Charles.

Sketch of the Geology of North America, being the Substance of a Memoir read before the Ashmolean Society Nov. 26, 1838.

First Edition. Oxford, Printed by T. Combe / The Ashmolean Society, 1839. Octavo. Frontispiece [Folded map of the eastern half of North America], XVIII, 73 pages. Original Softcover / Original printed wrappers in custom made cloth-case (see images). Content-Page detached and loosely inserted. Otherwise this publication is in its very rare original state and in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

2. Fewkes, Jesse Walter.

Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National park – Cliff Palace.

Washington, Government Printing Office, 1911. 23 1/2 cm. 82 pages with illustrations and plates as well as 1 double-folded plan. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Bookblock slightly detached

3. Harvard Professors.

Collection of four vintage cabinet photographs of Harvard University Professors (19th century). The collection includes: Francis Brown (Professor of Philosophy) / [William Watson] Goodwin – (Professor of Greek) / Charles Franklin Dunbar – (Professor of Political Economy) / James Bradstreet Greenaugh – (Professor of Latin).

Cambridge (Mass.), Pach Brothers, c.1880. 10.5 cm x 16.5 cm (4.25” x 6.5”). Four cabinet photographs. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

4. Mead, Margaret.

Male and Female – A Study of the Sexes in a Changing World [Including: “The Two Sexes in contemporary America” / “Our Complex American Culture”].

Second Impression of the first british edition. London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1950. Octavo. XII, 477 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar / with publisher’s dustjacket-advertising-wrapper loosely inserted (Ephemera). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor signes of foxing only.

5. Oakenfull, J.C.

Brazil in 1911 [With large fold-out map]. Third Annual Edition (10.000 Copies).

Frome and London, Butler & Tanner, 1912. 19 cm x 13 cm. IX, 395 pages. With several black-and-white photographs. The fold-out map in untorn and excellent condition. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slightest tear between spine and front cover. In protective mylar.

6. [Quine, Willard Van Orman] Cherry, P. P.

The Western Reserve and Early Ohio.

Ohio, R. L. Fouse, 1921. 14 x 20 cm. 332 pages with 40 illustrations. Original blue cloth covered Hardcover-edition. Gilt lettering on spine and frontcover. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of logician Willard Van Orman Quine – with his ownership-stamp to the front free endpaper.

7. [Vanity Fair] Bowles, Thomas Gibson / [Fantastic collection of political caricature portraits of 19th century American Politicans / British Politicians]

Vanity Fair: A Weekly Show of Political, Social & Literary Wares – Complete Annual for the year 1872 with 51 full-page portraits of victorian statesmen of england as well as the united states of america (Hamilton Fish, Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley etc.), politicians, writers, artists, “men of the day” and men of influence, portrayed in chromolithography / chromolithographs in colour (January 6, 1872 – June 29, 1872 & July 6, 1872 – December 28, 1872 ).

London, Vanity Fair, 1872. Folio. 208, 208 pages. Complete set. Interleaved with 51 chromolithographic portraits. Beautifully restored, original Hardcover (half-leather with orginal spine (gilt letttering and ornament). With new, linen-covered boards, using the original pastedowns and endpapers. A stunning Volume in excellent condition. All illustrations in wonderful colour.

8. Wa-Sha-Quon-Asin. [Grey Owl].

Pilgrims of the Wild.

London, Lovat Dickson & Thompson Ltd., 1935. 14.5 x 22cm. (22), 282 pages, with drawings and photographs. Original hardcover with gilt lettering. Very good condition with only minor signs of shelf wear.