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TETE-BECHE < Back to Terminology List TETE-BECHE Feature Tête-bêche describes one volume that binds the text blocks of two separate works, one text running head-to-tail and one text running tail-to-head. Such a book has two front covers, a common spine, and no back covers. These images show a Czech language tête-bêche volume of two collections of short stories, first published together in 1929. The first image shows the opposed covers, the second shows the opposed, facing tables of contents, and the third shows the dust jacket that replicates the covers. Previous Next

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The Brighton Boys with Engineers at Cantigny PRICE 10.00 PURCHASE / MORE INFO View Member Profile Philadelphia, John Winston Company, 1919, first edition. Scarce. 8vo, 256pp, lightly soiled spine cover. Spine ends are lightly bumped. A nice copy. Very good wi th missing d.j. This is a series written for boys from around the time of World War I into the 1920s, fraught with adventure and discovery in all sorts of different locations; submarines, flying corps, WWI Trenches, the radio service, etc. Not blood and guts graphic stories, but historical and interesting reading even now by boys and girls to get a picture of what life was like for youngsters of that era and to read about how, at that time, patriotism, honesty and honor were considered the norm. PURCHASE / MORE INFO More items from The Wright Book The King Ranch, volumes 1 & 2 See Item Ten Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Years with Pogo by Walt Kelly See Item Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest, Five Volume Set See Item The People Could Fly, American Black Folktales Told by Virginia Hamilton See Item Navajo Trading Days by Elizabeth Compton Hegemann See Item The Brighton Boys with Engineers at Cantigny See Item Opere, Volume I by Pietro Metastasio See Item Cookery for Seamen by Alexander Quinlan and N.E. Mann See Item The Down Easters by Basil Lubbock See Item The Orphant Annie Book See Item

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< BACK TO MEMBER DESK July 26, 2026 Roman Numerals for Booksellers and Cataloguers Roman numerals appear frequently in publication dates, volume statements, chapter headings, preliminary pagination, and plate counts. IOBA_Roman_Numerals_for_Booksellers_and_Cataloguers.pdf provides a quick conversion table, examples of common publication dates, and notes on historic forms that may be encountered in older books. It also explains such cataloguing conventions as terminal j, non-standard additive forms, and Roman-numbered preliminary pages. IOBA_Roman_Numerals_for_Booksellers_and_Cataloguers(1) .pdf Download PDF • 125KB Previous Next

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Thomas Russell's annotated copy PRICE $ 950 PURCHASE / MORE INFO View Member Profile Life in California During a Residence of Several Years in that Territory comprising a Description of the Country and the Missionary Establishments, with Incidents, Observations, etc., etc. | to which is annexed a Historical Account of the ... Indians of Alta-California by Fr. Geronimo Boscana [Thomas Russell's annotated copy] Robinson, Alfred, 1846, New York:Wiley and Putnam Alfred Robinson(1806–1895), immigrated to Mexican Alta California in 1829 as an resident agent in the export of cattle hides and tallow. He became a well-connected businessman, and sympathetic to Californio society by marrying into a prominent family (de la Guerra). In this book, Robinson describes his personal activities and the politics of California under the Mexican control. He describes the history of the settlements, ranchos, and the Catholic missions. He was witness to the changes in the California economies and social structure with the increasing American and foreign immigrants and interests. He published the book in 1846 anonymously and it covered the period from 1829 to 1842. The Mexican-American war (1846-48) and the American conquest of the province had great impact to the California society along with the discovery of gold in 1848. Robinson’s book became very popular with people rushing off to California. It was reprinted a number of times in various forms and abridgments. The provenance of this book is unusual and important. In 1925, Thomas C. Russell ( - 1931), decided to research and republish Robinson's 1846 book as part of his California history series from his private press. Laid in is a hand written card stating 'This copy of Life in California was the one used by Thomas C. Russell in his reprint [1925] and contains his pencil noted throughout (purchased by K.M.J. from John Newbegin)'. Also, laid is an 1984 invoice from California Book Auction, San Francisco and catalogue description. The pencil annotations throughout the book are extensive and typical of editing notes. In the 1925 book's preface, Russell lists edits in places and peoples names from the 1846, and, in a cursory review, the pencil annotations on this 1846 first edition reflect the changes made in the 1925 edition. Thomas C. Russell was a long prominent San Francisco printer, publisher and author from the mid-1880's to his death in 1931. His books were well researched, beautifully written, designed and printed. His research has added to the history of California and the exploration of the Pacific Northwest. The printings were always limited and the early books were numbered and signed with a full signature along with occasional handwritten annotations by Russell. 12mo [8x5.25in] xii [2] 226 pp., [5], 232-341 pp. (two works in one volume with continuous pagination), 9 lithographic plates of views and portraits with one tinted (by G. W. Endicott from Robinson sketches); Modern three-quarter bound in maroon goat and dark red cloth with gilt lettering on ribbed spine, top edge dark ink other edges untrimmed, maroon marbled end papers; Light shelf wear to covers with few rubbing and along edges and joints, light age toning of text and plates, small ink spot to bottom edge on several front pages, Book plate of Kenneth M. Johnson on front end paper, light pencil annotations throughout by Thomas Russell [see below for details]. [Volkmann-Zamorano 80 65, Hill 1467, Howell 50:211, Howes R363, Cowan II p.536, Graff 3525] The nine plates are (1) Frontispiece View of Presidio or Santa Barbara [town view], (2) Mission San Luis Rey, p24, (3) Mission San Gabriel, p33, (4) View of Presidio or Santa Barbara p40 [water view with ship], (5) Mission Santa Barbara, p45, (6) Mission San Buena Ventura, p49, (7) View of Anchorage of "Yerba Buena" in San Francisco, p56, (8) Portrait of Father-Friar Geronimo Boscana, p[229], (9) An Indian Dressed in the "Tobet", p290 [tinted]. This book also includes Robinson’s translation of Father Boscana’s ‘Chinigchinich’ which is an important and early contribution to the ethnology of the native Californians (from Gary F. Kurutz article in the Volkmann Zamorano 80 catalogue, 2003). PURCHASE / MORE INFO More items from David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA First Ascent of Highest Mountain in Africa See Item John Muir's Unpublished Journals on the Sierra Mountains, Yosemite, and Nature See Item Colorado River Exploration See Item Signed Thomas Russell's Edition of Life In California by Alfred Robinson See Item Thomas Russell's annotated copy See Item A British account of the California Gold Rush See Item

Hand-coloured copper engraving (1819) from the GRANDEST BOOK of VIEWS OF CONSTANTINOPLE. PRICE £750 PURCHASE / MORE INFO View Member Profile Title: Grand Place de l'Hippodrome à Constantinople". Duplessis Bertaux & François Denis Née (Engravers), Antoine Ignace Melling (Artist). Publisher: Paris, Treuttel et Würtz. Publication Date: 1819 Binding: No Binding Book Condition: Very Good Edition: 1st Large hand-coloured copper engraving of 1819. Measurement of the engraved part 45.3 x 72 cm. Very mild marginal foxing. Mounted, glazed and framed in attractive, period style frame (104 x 75 cm). Extracted from Antoine Ignace MELLING s Voyage pittoresque de Constantinople et des rives du Bosphore , [Paris, Treuttel et Würtz, 1819] with a vertical crease where it was originally folded into the folio volume. Stunning hand-coloured delineation of the Hippodrome Square of Istanbul, the city's skyline, & members of Ottoman society in the foreground (in the background the Obelisks of the Byzantine Emperors Theodosius II and Constantine VII & on the left the Mosque of Sultan Ahmed I) Melling (1763-1831), having studied architecture, painting and mathematics, went to the Italy and Egypt at the age of nineteen. In 1784, Melling moved to Istanbul as attaché to the Russian Embassy and remained in Constantinople for eighteen years. He was architect to Sultan Selim III and his sister Hatice, with whom he maintained a close relationship. Melling in 1795 designed the gardens and the interior of Hatice Sultan's palace in Ortaköy, and the interior of the newly built palace in Defterdar Burnu, in neoclassical style, as well as jewellery and clothes for the Turkish court. He was consequently granted access to the Sultan's palaces, including the Harem, Melling's sketches of which provided the earliest interior views that soon unfolded before the eyes of Europeans in an unparallelled way( Melling saw Istanbul as an Ottoman citizen but was able to paint it as an insightful Western European). Having completed various projects for Selim III, Melling returned to Paris in 1803. In order to prepare the publication of his drawings, Melling set up an engraving studio, with the assistance of the best engravers of the time. The excellent quality of this edition, in select paper, realized by the best typographers of the time was achieved thanks to Melling's diligence, an impeccable engraving and the originality of the drawings. In order to write the accompanying texts Melling worked and consulted with Lechevalier, P. Deval, Pouquevile, Lacretelle, Choiseul-Gouffier, Barbie de Bocage and others. Production did not start until 1809 and was not completed until 1819 after the appearance of the thirteenth livraison. Later on, coloured versions of the engravings were also published. The outstanding success of the exhibitions on which the work was based earned Melling the title of Painter to the Empress Josephine, Napoleon's wife. Individual prints, least of all the most attractive views such as this, infrequently appear for re-sale. Bibliography: Cornelis Boschma & Jacques Perot, 'AIM', Paris (Carnavalet) 1991 Elisabeth A. Fraser, 'Mediterranean encounters : artists between Europe and the Ottoman Empire, 1774-1839', 2017. Atabey 798-799; Blackmer 1105; Brunet III, 1591; Lipperheide LB 41. Bookseller Inventory # 4379 PURCHASE / MORE INFO More items from Camden Lock Books AN ALMANACK FOR The Year of our Lord God, 1679. John Goldsmith. >>WONDERFULLY ANNOTATED<< See Item 222 year old embroidered Royal binding See Item HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. FAIRY TALES. 12 LARGE DESIGNS IN COLOUR BY Eleanor Vere Boyle. See Item OVER 100 HAND-COLOURED AQUATINT COSTUME PLATES FROM 1814 See Item Gideon Harvey The city remembrancer: being historical narratives of the great plague at London, 1665 See Item WILLIAMS (Samuel Wells) . Narrative of the American Embassy to Peking, in July, 1859 See Item A Thelemic Tarot Baphomet Publishing 1977 See Item Danger 66,000 Volts TGM 0038 Submission Stage 2 Rem Koolhaas/Office for Metropolitan Architecture See Item JOHANN LEONHARD FRISCH 1712 Nouveau dictionnaire des passagers françois-allemand + allemand-françois See Item Hand-coloured copper engraving (1819) from the GRANDEST BOOK of VIEWS OF CONSTANTINOPLE. See Item