Total: 18 postcards

  • Let Us Learn Korean (DPRK)

    This is a small (3-7/8″ x 5-3/4″) softcover phrasebook.  The phrases are in English, Korean, and transliterated Korean.  On the one hand, it contains benign requests such as “The metro of Korea is wonderful, I hear.  I want to have a ride in it.”  It then moves into the more exotic:  “I don’t eat pork.  Give me chicken or pheasant meat.”  It proceeds through “Korea is the people’s paradise where there are no beggars and all people study.” It goes further, but for that we suggest you enter the title into Google and see any of the sites showing each page of this handy little guide.  Please note:  this is not a reprint, but was sourced in DPR Korea.   Grade: 1

    Code: 20312329

    Price: $39.00

    Let Us Learn Korean (DPRK)

  • Richard E. Byrd, DISCOVERY

    New York, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1935 so we think it’s a first edition.  Definitely signed by Admiral Byrd in the front.  There’s no dust cover jacket.  Grade: 3 (you can ask for more detail)

    Code: 50000035

    Price: $95.00

    Richard E. Byrd, DISCOVERY

  • Bram Stoker, THE LADY OF THE SHROUD

    London, William Rider & Son, Ltd., 1909.  This is the same year as Heinemann’s first edition, but not from Heinemann.  So we’ll call it an “early edition”.  You’re welcome to ask us for more photos and details.  Grade: 3

    Code: 50000036

    Price: $105.00

    Bram Stoker, THE LADY OF THE SHROUD

  • Sir Harry Johnston, THE STORY OF EXPLORATION: THE NILE QUEST

    London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1903.  A big book, 1.5kg.  Might be a first edition — other online listings are confusing.  We’ll be happy to e-mail more photos to you.  Grade: 3

    Code: 50000037

    Price: $85.00

    Sir Harry Johnston, THE STORY OF EXPLORATION: THE NILE QUEST

  • NOBU the Cookbook

    From world-famous chef Nobuyuki Matsuhisa, first edition (2001) from Kodansha International.  Signed by Nobu.  Wraparound sleeve.  You’re welcome to ask for more details.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000055

    Price: $79.00

    NOBU the Cookbook

  • THE BLACK ARROW, Robert Louis Stevenson

    Cassell & Co., Ltd. (1888), first English edition.  Scuffed but intact.  Grade: 3

    Code: 50000056

    Price: $110.00

    THE BLACK ARROW, Robert Louis Stevenson

  • A TALE OF TROY, John Masefield

    The Macmillan Co., 1932, early if not first edition signed by the author.  Feel free to ask for more photos or details about the book, whose dust jacket is its worst feature.  Grade: 3

    Code: 50000057

    Price: $89.00

    A TALE OF TROY, John Masefield

  • HOW I FOUND LIVINGSTONE IN CENTRAL AFRICA, Henry Stanley

    The first edition of this title came out in 1872 but this copy is dated 1876, from Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington (London).  For whatever reason, online searches reveal very few examples for this date.  Please ask us for more photos and details if you wish.  Grade: 2

    Code: 50000058

    Price: $295.00

    HOW I FOUND LIVINGSTONE IN CENTRAL AFRICA, Henry Stanley

  • AFTERMATH, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

    The best things to be said about this book are that it is intact and old:  published by James R. Osgood & Co. in 1873.  Many online versions claim “first edition” but we don’t, even if it may actually be … however we will be happy to e-mail more photos if you wish.  Grade: 4

    Code: 50000059

    Price: $25.00

    AFTERMATH, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  • MORE NEW ARABIAN NIGHTS: THE DYNAMITER, Robert Louis Stevenson

    Rarely do we see as much misinformation about versions of this book as there are about this one, online.  They can’t all be first editions regardless of year, and the new ones pictured weren’t all published in 1885.  So here’s what we have here:  the moth-eaten item as you see, published by Longmans, Green & Co. (London) in 1885.  Is it a first edition?  We can e-mail photos to you, and you can decide.  All scuffed up over time, but intact.  Grade: 3

    Code: 50000060

    Price: $75.00

    MORE NEW ARABIAN NIGHTS: THE DYNAMITER, Robert Louis Stevenson

  • BARAKEI: KILLED BY ROSES (Eikoh Hosoe and Yukio Mishima)

    You will have done online research about other copies of this book — actually, please do — and the most expansive descriptions you’ve seen would generally apply here too.  The first edition with original inscribed signatures is in excellent condition; the protective cardboard cover has been scuffed over time.   Published in 1963 by Shueisha.  Individual serial number 1136.  We would expect you to want more photos and details and we will gladly supply those — just ask.  We will need to add a few more dollars for postage and insurance, and will confirm with you first.  Grade: 2

    Code: 50000061

    Price: $1,999.00

    BARAKEI: KILLED BY ROSES (Eikoh Hosoe and Yukio Mishima)

  • THE GREATEST: MY OWN STORY (Muhammad Ali)

    By Ali, with Richard Durham.  Hardcover, with dust jacket and signed by Ali.  Random House 1975, 1st edition.  We’ll gladly provide whatever other photos you need.  Grade: 2 (because of dust cover very minor abrasion)

    Code: 50000062

    Price: $590.00

    THE GREATEST: MY OWN STORY (Muhammad Ali)

  • BOND ON BOND, Roger Moore

    Michael O’Mara Books Ltd., 2012 (1st edition), serial number 3000 of 5000 and signed by Roger Moore.  Ask for more details if you want them.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000063

    Price: $110.00

    BOND ON BOND, Roger Moore

  • Photogravurer fra Norge (Norway)

    This small (about 5″ x 7-3/8″) 36-page book has only text to caption the very old photographs inside.  Published by Paul E. Ritter (Kunstforlag, Art Publishing House) of Strandgt. 16, Bergen, we think it dates from 1910 — because we Googled it, and the very, very few references also have fixed that as the original date.  We would say:  especially if you are Norwegian, or have Norwegian connections or close friends, this would be ideal.  Grade: 1

    Code: 50000247

    Price: $119.00

    Photogravurer fra Norge (Norway)

  • Geo-Diary (Hong Kong)

    This July 2004 First Edition from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and Friends of the Country Parks was a superb introduction to important areas in Hong Kong’s countryside.  About 74 bilingual pages.  There’s a price sticker on the  back.  Grade: 2

    Code: 50000275

    Price: $29.00

    Geo-Diary (Hong Kong)

  • I SAILED WITH CHINESE PIRATES, Aleko E. Lilius

    This edition in its yellow dust jacket was published by J.W. Arrowsmith (London) in October 1932, making it early but not a “first” edition.  An esoteric and readable effort that would fit nicely in the library of someone living in the Far East.  Grade: 3

    Code: 50000305

    Price: $49.00

    I SAILED WITH CHINESE PIRATES, Aleko E. Lilius

  • Wolf Cub Scout Book

    This very heavily used manual for young boys entering the world of Boy Scouting dates back to 1954.  It’s full of signatures and extra writing, as it should be.  The experience was meant to be better than it turned out, however.  This book we’ll call Grade: 3 because all that writing in it is supposed to be there.

    Code: 50000348

    Price: $16.00

    Wolf Cub Scout Book

  • Macao in Maximum Card (II) (book – not a postcard)

    First, we must remind you this is not a postcard nor is it a book of detachable postcards.  Published by the Macao Heritage Ambassadors Association, edited by Lei Kun Min and Tam Chi Kuong, and translated by Leong Hio Lam, this unpaginated softcover volume is in full colour and was published in 2012 as the followup to Volume I.  Only 1,000 copies were printed, and it’s in Chinese and English–somewhat unusually, not also in Portuguese.    Grade: 1

    Code: 50000480

    Price: $59.00

    Macao in Maximum Card (II) (book – not a postcard)

Total: 18 postcards