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Sitwell, Sacheverell MONKS, NUNS, AND MONASTERIES
Holt, Rinehart and Winston New York (1965) 1st ed 205pp B&W illustrations HC good+, brown cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket)
Price: USD 4.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS005230I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Religion and Religious History)
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Stearn, Jess INTIMATES THROUGH TIME: EDGAR CAYCE'S MYSTERIES OF REINCARNATION
Harper & Row San Francisco (1989) 1st ed 262pp HC ISBN 0062508199 good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 8.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS005237I   details     inquire
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von Auw, Alvin HERITAGE & DESTINY: REFLECTIONS ON THE BELL SYSTEM IN TRANSITION
Praeger New York (1983) 480pp HC ISBN 0030696070 On January 8, 1982, AT&T announced that to settlea protracted and debilitating antitrust suit it had reached an agreement with the Justice Department calling for divestiture of upwards of two thirds of its assets. The author recounts the policy struggles, internal and external, that led to that announcement and to the imminent breakup of the "biggest company on earth." very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Hoffman, Paul LIONS IN THE STREET: THE INSIDE STORY OF THE GREAT WALL STREET LAW FIRMS
Saturday Review Press New York (1973) 244pp HC ISBN 0841502358 very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 5.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS005268I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Vaughan-Thomas, Wynford THE PRINCES OF WALES
Kaye & Ward Kingswood, Surrey (1982) 240pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0718258908 fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS005273I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Royalty)
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Bush, Douglas MATTHEW ARNOLD: A SURVEY OF HIS POETRY AND PROSE
The Macmillan Company New York (1971) 1st ptg 202pp HC Masters of World Literature, Louis Kronenberger, Editor. very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 4.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS005282I   details     inquire
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Schiffer, Herbert F. and Schiffer, Peter B. MINIATURE ANTIQUE FURNITURE: INCLUDING DOLL HOUSE AND CHILDREN'SFURNITURE FROM THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE
Livingston Publishing Co. Wynnewood, PA (1972) 1st ed 265pp over 300 photographs HC ISBN 0870980491 Over 300 color and black and white photographs present a unique essay on children's and dolls' genuine antique handcrafted furniture. Refers the reader to and invites comparison with similar pieces in other specialized works on antique furniture. Emphasis is placed on certain items whose regional characteristics are dominant. very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS005287I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Furniture)
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Downing, Antoinette F. & Scully, Jr., Vincent J. THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE OF NEWPORT RHODE ISLAND 1650-1915
Harvard University Press Cambridge, MA 1952 1st ed 241pp text 230 plates, map HC very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket
Price: USD 140.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS005289I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Architecture)
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Michael, George GEORGE MICHAEL'S TREASURY OF FEDERAL ANTIQUES
Hawthorn Books, Inc. New York (1972) 1st ptg 235pp B&W illustrations HC "Mr. Antique's" Guide to America's Renaissance Age of Design and True Craftsmanship. A study of important contributions in the areas of furniture, ceramics, glass, pewter and silver, and timepieces. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Jones, Charles; Iacopi, Robert L.; Fontana, Bernard L. (e... LOOK TO THE MOUNTAIN TOP
H. M. Gousha Co. San Jose, CA (1972) 121pp B&W and color illustrations HC good w/chipped dustjacket(hardcover)
Price: USD 12.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS005312I   details     inquire
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Greene, Stephen STEPHEN GREENE: MEMORIES OF HIS LIFE
Privately published n.p. 1903 188pp B&W illustrations HC "with Addresses, Resolutions and other Tributes of Affection." very good, gray cloth, teg (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Genealogy Related Titles)
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Simpson, Hazel B. (ed) UNDER FOUR FLAGS: OLD GLOUCESTER COUNTY 1686-1964
Board of Chosen Freeholders Gloucester County, NJ (1965) 2nd ptg 125pp B&W illustrations HC "A History of Gloucester County, New Jersey." good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Genealogy Related Titles)
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Boucher, Jack E. ABSEGAMI YESTERYEAR
Atlantic County Hist. Soc. Egg Harbor City, NJ (1963) 2nd ptg 149pp B&W illustrations HC Absegami was one of two tribes of the Lenni Lenape to inhabit Atlantic County during aboriginal times. This is the story of the people, place and events of this area, deep in the Pine Barrens of South Jersey, from that era to 1875. good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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Rogers, Fred B., & Sayre, A. Reasoner THE HEALING ART: A HISTORY OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF NEW JERSEY
Medical Society of NJ Trenton, NJ (1966) 346pp B&W illustrations HC The Medical Society of New Jersey was the first such organization in the country founded in 1766. This is its 200-year history. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Pomeroy, Ralph THE ICE CREAM CONNECTION: ALL YOU'D LOVE TO KNOW ABOUT ICE CREAM
Paddington Press Ltd. New York (1975) 288pp B&W illustrations PB ISBN 084670062X A fun book. very good, wraps (softcover) minute tear on front cover
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Clark, G. N. THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
Oxford University Press Oxford 1929 372pp HC good, green cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket)
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Faris, John T. HISTORIC SHRINES OF AMERICA
George H. Doran Co. New York (1918) 421pp B&W illustrations HC "Being the story of one hundred and twenty historic buildings and the pioneers who made them notable." good+, green cloth (hardcover) nice clean and tight copy
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(See also our catalogue Americana)
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Kauffman, Henry J. EARLY AMERICAN IRONWARE: CAST AND WROUGHT
Weathervane Books New York orig pub 1966 166pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0517229013 "The crafts ofthe blacksmith, whitesmith, tinsmith, farrier, cutler, locksmith, gunsmith and others." good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Sampson, Anthony THE ARMS BAZAAR: FROM LEBANON TO LOCKHEED
The Viking Press New York (1977) 352pp HC ISBN 0670132632 very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Military)
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Gitlow, Abraham L. ECONOMICS OF THE MOUNT HAGEN TRIBES, NEW GUINEA
J. J. Augustin Publisher New York (1947) 110pp B&W illustrations HC Monographs of the American Ethnological Society XII. good, light blue cloth (hardcover) light bump bottom corners
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Houghton, Walter E. THE POETRY OF CLOUGH: AN ESSAY IN REVALUATION
Yale University Press New Haven, CT (1965) 2nd ptg 236pp HC good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Poetry)
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Morris, Henry Curtis THE MINING WEST AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY
published by the author Washington, DC (1962) 80pp B&W illustrations HC "Illustrated accounts of many mining camps that I knew when they were discovered and richly productive; and we could sell our gold and silver without official interference." Inscribed by the author. Laid in are five typewritten letters, and one card, signed from the author to Wm F. Kelleher (a New Jersey bookseller) from 1956-1961 concerning the buying and selling of books. very good+, brown cloth (hardcover)
Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS005404I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Roe, F. Gordon VICTORIAN FURNITURE
Phoenix House Limited London (1952) 160pp B&W illustrations HC Author shows that there was no one uniform "Victorian Period", but sundry Victorian periods overlapping each other, linked by the person of the Queen. Main emphasis is on the home. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Furniture)
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Blum, Andre EARLY BOURBON 1589-1643
George G. Harrap and Co. London (1951) 28pp text 66 B&W and color plates HC Part of the Costume of the Western World series of 36 monographs. This monograph is part of Vol 3. The Tudors to Louis XIII. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 14.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS005419I   details     inquire
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Gannon, Robert I. THE CARDINAL SPELLMAN STORY
Doubleday & Co., Inc. New York 1962 1st ed 447pp B&W illustrations HC good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Religion and Religious History)
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Saunders, M. G. (editor) THE SOVIET NAVY
Weidenfeld and Nicolson London (1958) 340pp B&W illustrations HC very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Military)
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Barret, Richard Carter BENNINGTON POTTERY AND PORCELAIN: A GUIDE TO IDENTIFICATION
Crown Publishers, Inc. New York (1958) 1st ed 348pp over 2,000 items ill. HC very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the author
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS005452I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Pottery Books)
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Waring, Janet EARLY AMERICAN STENCILS ON WALLS AND FURNITURE
William R. Scott, Publisher New York (1937) 1st ed 149pp 165 B&W figures HC First limited edition of 800 copies. Influential, scholarly book which re-established the stencil as a tool of decoration. Part One: Stencilled Walls, Part Two: Stencilled Furniture. good, cloth cover light soiling/wear (hardcover)
Price: USD 60.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS005453I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Furniture)
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Matthew, Christopher A DIFFERENT WORLD: STORIES OF GREAT HOTELS
Paddington Press, Ltd. New York (1976) 351pp photos by Ben Martin HC ISBN 0846701359 The world of the great hotels is a world of impeccable taste and exquisite food, of perfectly chosen decor and of unspoken but unshakeable assumptions about the proper way of doing things. And most of all, the greatest hotels are those that have long and distinguised histories behind them. Here, Christopher Matthew sets out to tell the glorious past and elegant present of some fifty hotels he considers to be among the very greatest in the world. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Lager, Fred "Chico" BEN & JERRY'S: THE INSIDE SCOOP
Crown Publishers, Inc. New York (1994) 242pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0517597160 "How Two Real Guys Built a Business with a Social Conscience and a Sense of Humor." In 1978, with a total investment of $12,000 Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield opened a homemade ice cream parlor in an abandoned gas station in Burlington, Vermont, and set out to serve the best ice cream they could make. very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) coupon cut out
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(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Hobbs, Michael GOLF: A VISUAL HISTORY
Crescent Books New York (1992) 207pp B&W and color illustrations HC ISBN 051706684X Three centuries of golf presented through informative text and a rich collection of paintings, prints, drawings, cartoons, magazine covers, calendars and photographs. very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
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McDowell, Elliot PHOTOGRAPHS
David R. Godine, Publisher Boston (1981) B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0879234229 very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) lower corner bumped
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Sobel, Robert IBM: COLOSSUS IN TRANSITION
Times Books New York (1981) 360pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0812910001 very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Lichten, Frances DECORATIVE ART OF VICTORIA'S ERA
Charles Scribner's Sons New York (1950) 1st ed 274pp 96pp of B&W ill, 14 2-col pp HC very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Eliot, Elizabeth Ann THE CROWNED KNOT OF FIRE: A STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF MEDIEVALSYMBOLISM ON MODERN POETRY
Vantage Press New York (1980) 1st ed 153pp HC ISBN 0533044251 very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by the author
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS005533I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Religion and Religious History)
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Styron, William & Granin, Daniil (forewords by) - Soviet/... THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE: CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN AND SOVIET FICTION AND POETRY
Alfred A. Knopf New York 1989 2nd ptg 357pp HC ISBN 0394570618 very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Literature)
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Cox, Marian Buckley GLIMPSE OF GLORY: GEORGE MASON OF GUNSTON HALL
Garrett & Massie, Inc. Richmond, VA (1954) 254pp drawings by Elmo Jones HC good, light blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket)
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(See also our catalogue Biographies (Literary, Business and General))
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Earnest, Ernest EXPATRIATES AND PATRIOTS: AMERICAN ARTISTS, SCHOLARS, AND WRITERS INEUROPE
Duke University Press Durham, NC 1968 310pp HC very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Biographies (Literary, Business and General))
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Ottenheimer-Sammlung, Peter SPIELZEUGAUTOS 1890-1939
Denys Ingram Publishers London (1984) 168pp absolutely wonderful photos HC ISBN 0907724043 Astounding collection of printed tin toy automobiles. Captions in English, German, and French (pictures are in English!). Foreword in German. A beautiful toy car book. very good, black cloth (hardcover)
Price: USD 100.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS005579I   details     inquire
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AMERICAN HERITAGE
American Heritage Pub. Co. The first 6 issues in "Book Form". Volume VI Nos 1-6, December 1954, Feb. 1955, April, 1955, June, 1955, August, 1955; and October, 1955. vg+
Price: USD 40.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS005580I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Americana)
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AMERICAN HERITAGE
Published by the American Association for State and Local History, Sturbridge, MA. Winter 1954 Vol4, Number 2. One of the last soft cover issues prior to the Book Form published by American Heritage Publishing Co. g, wraps
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(See also our catalogue Americana)
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Leithauser, Joachim G. WORLDS BEYOND THE HORIZON: THE GREAT AGE OF DISCOVERY FROM COLUMBUS TOTHE PRESENT
Alfred A. Knopf New York 1955 1st ed 412pp, index B&W illustrations HC good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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Cotes, Peter A HANDBOOK FOR THE AMATEUR THEATRE
Oldbourne Press London (1957) 424pp B&W illustrations HC very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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Trimble, Vance H. SAM WALTON: THE INSIDE STORY OF AMERICA'S RICHEST MAN
Dutton New York (1990) 1st ptg 319pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0525249222 Founder of the Wal-Mart stores. very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Garner, Philippe CONTEMPORARY DECORATIVE ARTS: FROM 1940 TO THE PRESENT
Facts on File, Inc. New York (1980) 224pp B&W and color illustrations HC ISBN 0871964724 The post WWII years have been amoung the richest and most complex in the history of the decorative arts. The author (Sotheby's expert in modern applied arts) looks at the evolution of style; furniture and the interior; silver and metalwork; ceramics; jewellery and glass design; textiles; fashion; industrial design; film and photography. very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
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Schucking, Levin L. THE PURITAN FAMILY: A SOCIAL STUDY FROM THE LITERARY SOURCES
Schocken Books New York (1970) 196pp HC First published in Germany in 1929. An investigation between literature and social values through a study of the effects of Puritanism, and particularly the Puritan family, upon the development of literary taste during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
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Sobel, Robert ITT: THE MANAGEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY
Truman Talley Book New York (1982) 421pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0812910281 With full access to company records, the author has written this history of the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation as it enters its third generation. good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Sotheby's ANIMATION ART: NEW YORK Saturday, June 10, 1995 - COLLECTOR'SCARROUSEL: NEW YORK June 9 and 10, 1995
Sotheby's New York 1995 B&W and color illustrations PB Double catalog. very good+, wraps (softcover)
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(See also our catalogue Art and Art History)
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Gerhardie, William (edited and with an introduction by Mi... GOD'S FIFTH COLUMN: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE AGE - 1890-1940
Simon & Schuster New York (1981) 1st ptg 360pp HC ISBN 067143652X very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
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Khader, Aicha Ben Abed Ben & Soren David (eds) CARTHAGE: A MOSAIC OF ANCIENT TUNISIA
American Museum of Nat. Hist New York (1987) 238pp B&W and color illustrations HC ISBN 0913424110 very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Gernsheim, Helmut CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY: AESTHETIC TRENDS 1839-1960
Bonanza Books New York orig pub 1962 258pp 244 photographs HC ISBN 0517135744 First comprehensive study written and illustrated exclusively from the artistic aspect of photography's picture making capacity. very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Burchell, S. C. UPSTART EMPIRE: PARIS DURING THE BRILLIANT YEARS OF LOUIS NAPOLEAN
Macdonald London (1971) 370pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0356038017 "In this highly enjoyable book S. C. Burchell penetrates the bright facade and sees through the artifice to an era of immensely important change." very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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McAdam, Roger Williams PRISCILLA OF FALL RIVER
Stephen Daye Press New York (1956) new ed 224pp B&W illustrations HC First published in 1947. The Priscilla, which made its first voyage on June 25, 1894, was the acknowledged queen of the great ships of the Fall River Line which operated from Fall River, MA to New York. good+, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket
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(See also our catalogue Massachusetts History)
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Neider, Charles (editor) THE GREAT WEST: A PANORAMA OF THE AMERICAN WEST
Coward-McCann, Inc. New York (1958) 457pp over 100 ill. and maps HC The men who discovered and created the American West in 250,000 words of first-hand accounts. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Western Americana)
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Harnack, Curtis GENTLEMEN ON THE PRAIRIE
Iowa State University Press Ames (1986) 2nd ptg 254pp B&W ill., map HC ISBN 0813807913 The formation in the 1880s of a colony of upper-class British immigrants who viewed Iowa pioneering as a way of perpetuating the Victorian gentleman's code. First published in 1985. very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's name
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(See also our catalogue Americana)
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Desmonde, Kay DOLLS AND DOLLS HOUSES
The World Publishing Co. New York (1972) 1st ed 80pp color illustrations HC very good+ w/very good+dustjacket (hardcover)
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O'Brien, Marian Maeve THE COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO DOLLHOUSES AND DOLLHOUSE MINIATURES
Hawthorn Books, Inc. New York (1974) 213pp over 230 B&W ill. HC ISBN 0801514045 Part I - Dollhouses, Part II - Dollhouse miniatures, antiques, reproductions and modern. Lavishly illustrated offers a panorama of miniature houses and all the tiny objects that go in them. Franklin 8195. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Kahane, Melanie THERE'S A DECORATOR IN YOUR DOLL HOUSE
Galahad Books New York (1968) 183pp line drawing illustrations HC very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Revi, Albert Christian (editor) SPINNING WHEEL'S COMPLETE BOOK OF DOLLS
Galahad Books New York (1975) 279pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 088365332X Some of the best articlesfrom the Spinning Wheel magazine. Contents include: American dolls, English dolls, French dolls, German dolls, rare and unusual dolls, pincushion dolls, contemporary dolls, doll's houses, and paper dolls. good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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Editors of Consumer Guide MINIATURES
Beekman House New York (1979) 1st ptg 72pp 100 photos, 13 drawings HC ISBN 0517298953 "An elegant guide through the land of dollhouses and shadow boxes, an exciting trip through the world of incredibly realistic furniture and accesssories - all done in one-twelfth scale." good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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Cadbury, Betty PLAYTHINGS PAST: A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO ANTIQUE TOYS
Praeger Publishers New York (1976) 96pp over 150 B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0275231909 very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Fales, Martha Gandy EARLY AMERICAN SILVER FOR THE CAUTIOUS COLLECTOR
Funk & Wagnalls New York (1970) 1st ed 329pp 250 B&W ill. HC Franklin 4948 - best on subject. In 1973 revised and enlarged and published as "Early American Silver." very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Silver Collecting Books)
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Campbell, Judith QUEEN ELIZABETH: A BIOGRAPHY
Crown Publishers New York (1980 184pp B&W and color illustrations HC ISBN 0517539748 very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Royalty)
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Simpson, Williams THE BUDDHIST PRAYING-WHEEL
University Books New Hyde Park, NY (1970) 303pp HC "A collection of material bearing upon the symbolism and circular movements in custom and religious ritual." very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Religion and Religious History)
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Sotheby's ROBERT HATFIELD ELLSWORTH COLLECTION OF MODERN CHINESE PAINTINGS
Sotheby's North America New York (1993) B&W and color illustrations HC Auction held on June 16, 1993. very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Art and Art History)
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Revi, Albert Christian NINETEENTH CENTURY GLASS: ITS GENESIS AND DEVELOPMENT - REVISED EDITION
Thomas Nelson & Sons Camden, NJ (1967) rev ed 301pp B&W illustrations HC Revised and enlarged edition. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Glass History)
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Singleton, Esther (with a new introduction by Ralph Adams... SOCIAL NEW YORK UNDER THE GEORGES 1714-1776 - Two Volume Set Complete
Ira J. Friedman, Inc. Port Washington, NY (1969) 2 vols, 407pp B&W illustrations HC First publishedin 1902. This reprint part of "Empire State Historical Publications Series No. 60." -- "Houses, Streets and Country Homes, with chapters on Fashion, Furniture, China, Plate and Manners." very good, maroon cloth (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue New York Related Books)
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Tannahill, Reay SEX IN HISTORY
Stein and Day New York (1982) 480pp B&W illustrations PB ISBN 0812861159 very good+, wraps (softcover)
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Hartung, Marion T. CARNIVAL GLASS - ONE HUNDRED PATTERNS - Ten Volume Set with 1981-1982Price Guide
published by the author 1960 to 1973 B&W illustrations PB Complete set of ten books, each with one hundred patterns illustrated. An excellent reference resource. The comb bindings have an occasional broken comb piece. Overall a good set. good, spiral bound wraps (softcover) some wear
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(See also our catalogue Glass History)
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Oakley, Jane RASPUTIN: RASCAL MASTER
St. Martin's Press New York (1989) 1st ed 208pp over 150 B&W and color ill. HC ISBN 0312032277 "A highly illustrated, colorful biography of one of our most celebrated dark heros of the past." fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Russian History)
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Rowse, A. L. JONATHAN SWIFT
Charles Scribner's Sons New York (1975) 240pp 25 B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0684145618 very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Biographies (Literary, Business and General))
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Wilmshurst, W. L. THE MEANING OF MASONRY
Bell Publishing Co. New York (1980) 216pp HC ISBN 0517331942 Facsimile reprint of the fifth edition published in March 1927, in London. very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Mullins, Edwin (editor) THE ARTS OF BRITAIN
Phaidon Oxford (1983) 288pp 380 ill., 80 in color HC ISBN 071482285X Articles by experts no only on the major arts (painting, architecture, glass, etc), but the minor arts as well; such as: book illustration, musical instruments, armour, clocks, garden design, etc. fine w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's inscription
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(See also our catalogue Art and Art History)
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Leitch, Gordon B. CHINESE RUGS
Tudor Publishing Co. New York (1935) new ed 171pp B&W and color illustrations HC First published in1928. Franklin 7603. very good, (hardcover) (no dustjacket)
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Mead, Margaret AN ANTHROPOLOGIST AT WORK: WRITINGS OF RUTH BENEDICT
Houghton Mifflin Company Boston 1959 1st ptg 583pp HC "Both the history of a new approach to anthropology and the biography of a brilliant, sensitive, and elusive woman." good w/lightly worn dustjacket (hardcover)
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Van Deursen, A. ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF BIBLE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
Philosophical Library, Inc. New York (1967) 128pp B&W illustrations HC good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Religion and Religious History)
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Wedeck, H. E. DICTIONARY OF ASTROLOGY
The Citadel Press Secaucus, NJ (1973) 189pp HC ISBN 0806503718 very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Schuller, Robert THE BE (HAPPY) ATTITUDES
Word Books Waco, TX (1985) 231pp HC ISBN 0849903637 fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Religion and Religious History)
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Schuller, Robert H. BE HAPPY YOU ARE LOVED
Thomas Nelson Publishers Nashville (1986) 257pp HC ISBN 0840755171 fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Religion and Religious History)
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Grant, Michael JESUS: AN HISTORIAN'S REVIEW OF THE GOSPELS
Charles Scribner's Sons New York (1977) 261pp HC ISBN 0684148897 very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) BCE
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(See also our catalogue Religion and Religious History)
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Osborne, Charles W. H. AUDEN: THE LIFE OF A POET
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich New York (1979) 336pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0151942862 very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Poetry)
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Clark, Ian Christie INDIAN AND ESKIMO ART OF CANADA -- ARTE INDIO Y ESQUIMAL DEL CANADA
Ediciones Poligrafa Barcelona (1970) 67pp text 120 plates follow text HC Text in four languages very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Art and Art History)
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Johnson, Peter THE PHILLIPS GUIDE TO CHAIRS
Merehurst Press London (1989) 160pp B&W and color illustrations HC ISBN 1853910643 This book "places the stylistic movements in the context of their times by considering each period of chair development..." it "is as much about people as furniture; it describeds the changing social patterns, and spans the sweep of history..." A good overview to the chair - types, styles, etc. very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Furniture)
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Robacker, Earl F. OLD STUFF IN UP-COUNTRY PENNSYLVANIA
A.S. Barnes and Co. South Brunswick, NJ (1973) 283pp over 180 photographs HC ISBN 0498012115 Fascinating look at the antiques and people known as the Pennsylvania Dutch in the up-country counties of Wayne, Pike and Monroe. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Lipman, Jean & Armstrong, Tom (editors) AMERICAN FOLK PAINTERS OF THREE CENTURIES
Arch Cape Press New York (1988) 233pp over 200 B&W and color ill. HC ISBN 0517661926 First published in 1980. Presents the richest collection of American folk paintings ever assembled along with authoritative biographical essays. very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Art and Art History)
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Corey, Lewis THE HOUSE OF MORGAN: A SOCIAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE MASTERS OF MONEY
G. Howard Watt New York 1