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Ramsey, L. G. G. (editor) THE CONNOISSEUR NEW GUIDE TO ANTIQUE ENGLISH POTTERY, PORCELAIN AND GLASS
E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. New York (1961) 128pp text 64pp photos, line drawings HC very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 8.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS006565I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Glass History)
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Burton, William A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF ENGLISH PORCELAIN
Cassell and Company, Ltd. London 1902 196pp 35 color plts, 90 B&W ill. HC Copy 402 of limited edition of 1,200 copies. Marks also illustrated. Franklin 3239. very good, green cloth, teg (hardcover)
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS006568I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Porcelain Books)
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Chaffers, William (revised and editied by H. M. Cundall) THE NEW KERAMIC GALLERY - Two Volumes Complete
Reeves and Turner London 1926 2 vols, 694pp B&W illustrations HC An exceptional set - companion volume to Chaffer's MARKS ON MONOGRAMS ON POTTERY AND PORCELAIN. This is the third edition enlarges by over 100 additional illustrations. Over 700 illustrations in all including eight full-page color plates. fine w/good+ dustjackets (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Pottery Books)
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Janzen, Reinhild Kauenhoven, and Janzen, John M. MENNONITE FURNITURE: A MIGRANT TRADITION (1766-1910)
Good Books Intercourse, PA (1991) 231pp 241 B&W and color ill. HC ISBN 1561480479 Tells the story of the Plains Mennonites and their journeys. It recounts the roots of their furniture tradition and documents its connection to life in the Vistula Delta in the late 1700s and early 1800s. very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Furniture)
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Gloag, John THE ENGLISH TRADITION IN DESIGN
Adam & Charles Black London (1959) revised 89pp 40 plates, 72 B&W text ill. HC This revised and enlarged edition on the history, survival and contemporary expression of the English tradition. Embraces many branches of design. Discussed is the decline and fall of design in the nineteenth century, the unrecognised birth and growth of what is now called industrial design, the decay of handicrafts during the transition from handwork to machine production, and their revival by William Morris. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) - EX-LIB
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Haley, Jacquetta M. (editor) PLEASURE GROUNDS: ANDREW JACKSON DOWNING AND MONTGOMERY PLACE
Sleepy Hollow Press Tarrytown, NY (1988) 1st ed 96pp B&W and color ill. HC ISBN 0912882654 Downingwas America's first professional landscape gardener. He worked in the Hudson River Valley during the 19th century, and his greatest admiration was for Montgomery Place, in New York's pastoral Dutchess County. very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Architecture)
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de Angeli, Marguerite COPPER-TOED BOOTS
Doubleday & Company. Inc. New York (1938) 94pp ill. by Marguerite de Angeli HC Dark red cloth binding, $2.00 price on dustjacket flap. good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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Edwards, Samuel THE DOUBLE LIVES OF FRANCISCO DE GOYA
Grosset & Dunlap New York (1973) 1st ptg 248pp B&W photo section HC ISBN 0448013770 very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Art and Art History)
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DU PONT: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN AMERICAN ENTERPRISE
E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co Wilmington (1952) 138pp B&W and color ill. HC "The Story of E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company published in Commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the Founding of the Company on July 19, 1802." Written as a living record of the company. good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Marcosson, Isaac F. THE BLACK GOLCONDA: THE ROMANCE OF PETROLEUM
Harper & Brothers New York (1924) 1st ed 369pp B&W illustrations HC Men and companies by regions incrude-oil production the world over as of 1923 with some historical background. Emphasis is on company organization, not on administration or operations. Critical of Royal Dutch Shell and favorable to Standard Oil concerns. A journalistic work, superficial, but useful as a sketch of the development of companies and the industry. Facts not to be relied upon. Larson 2851. good, red cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket) white mark on spine
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(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Lief, Alfred THE FIRESTONE STORY: A HISTORY OF THE FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc. New York (1951) 437pp B&W photo section HC good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Shopsin, William C. & Broderick, Mosette Glaser (introduc... THE VILLARD HOUSES: LIFE STORY OF A LANDMARK
The Viking Press New York (1980) 144pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0670746851 When Henry Villard built his handsome Roman Renaissance style mansion on Madison Avenue opposite the rear of St. Patrick's Cathedral he broke with an architectural tradition that had existed in New York for decades. He also spared no expense. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) closed tear on jacket
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(See also our catalogue Architecture)
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Sinclair, Andrew WAR LIKE A WASP: THE LOST DECADE OF THE 'FORTIES
Hamish Hamilton London (1989) 321pp B&W and color ill. HC ISBN 0241125316 fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover)
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Northend, Mary Harrod WE VISIT OLD INNS
Small, Maynard & Co. Boston (1926 2nd ptg 176pp B&W photos HC Twenty-one inns are investigated, andwith each an area of colonial antiques is explored and described including: clocks, tobies, Liverpool Ware, samplers, scenic wall papers, brass, bandboxes, etc. Thus the reader gets an insight to colonial times in New England. very good (hardcover) exceptionally clean, tight and bright copy
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(See also our catalogue Architecture)
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Nolthenius, Helene IN THAT DAWN: THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY IN ITALY
Darton, Longman & Todd London 1968 262pp 48 B&W plates HC Historical picture of life and society inthirteenth-century Italy. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Miller, George and Miller, Dorothy PICTURE POSTCARDS IN THE UNITED STATES 1893-1918
Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. New York (1976) 1st ed 280pp 71 color, over 125 B&W ill. HC ISBN 0517524007 An exhaustive and meticulously researched story of the development of the postcard in America. A MUST IN THE POSTCARD COLLECTOR'S LIBRARY!! very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Aron, Robert THE GOD OF THE BEGINNINGS
William Morrow & Co. New York 1966 244pp HC Based on the Bible, the Talmud, and the Midrash - a significant contribution to our heritage. good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Religion and Religious History)
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Sencourt, Robert T. S. ELIOT: A MEMOIR
Dodd, Mead & Co. New York (1971) 266pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0396063470 good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) small chip on jacket
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(See also our catalogue Biographies (Literary, Business and General))
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Wittlich, Petr ART NOUVEAU DRAWINGS
Octopus Books London (1974) 198pp 63 B&W and color ill. HC ISBN 0706402979 "The works of Mucha, Beardsley, Redon, Rodin, Klimt and other important Art Nouveau artists." good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Art and Art History)
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King, Roma A. THE FOCUSING ARTIFICE: THE POETRY OF ROBERT BROWNING
Ohio University Press Athens, OH 1968 288pp HC "Shows how Robert Browning's poetry from PAULINE through ASOLANDO arises from and embodies Browning's two major concerns." very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Poetry)
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Randier, Jean (translated from the French by M.W.B. Sande... MEN AND SHIPS AROUND CAPE HORN 1616-1939
David McKay Company, Inc. New York (1969) 1st Amer 360pp wonderful B&W ill some color HC ISBN 0213764768 Study of ocean-going sailing ships and the men who sailed them; in particular, their struggles against one of nature's most formidable obstacles - Cape Horn and the terrible seas which pound its shores. good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Nautical and Maritime History)
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Churchill, Winston S. THE ISLAND RACE
Dodd, Mead & Co. New York (1964) 312pp B&W and color ill. HC very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue British History)
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Hibbard, Howard THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
Harper & Row New York (1980) 1st ed 592pp 1050 ill., 608 in color HC ISBN 0060118873 Founded in 1880, the Metropolitan Museum has wonderful and rich collections. This magnificent book gives an account of the collections in the eighteen separate departments, as well as the history of the museum itself. In effect then, this book becomes a concise history of world art. very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Art and Art History)
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Domanska, Janina THE TORTOISE AND THE TREE
Greenwillow Books New York (1978) 1st ptg unpaginated ill. by Janina Domanska HC ISBN 0688801323 Adapted from a Bantu folktale that explains how the tortoise got his patchwork shell. Unread copy from the author/illustrator's estate. very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
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Domanska, Janina DIN DAN DON IT'S CHRISTMAS
Greenwillow Books New York (1975) unpaginated ill. by Janina Domanska HC ISBN 0688800033 Illustrated with the feel of stain-glass windows, Polish artist Janina Domanska retells this Polish Christmas carol. This copy from the author's estate. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Domanska, Janina THE FIRST NOEL
Greenwillow Books New York (1986) 1st ed ill. by Janina Domanska HC Domanska takes the words of a familiar carol and transforms them into a glorious pageant with wonderful illustrations. very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Domanska, Janina A SCYTHE, A ROOSTER, AND A CAT
Greenwillow Books New York (1981) 1st ed unpaginated ill. by Janina Domanska HC ISBN 0688803083 A retelling of a Russian folktale in which three sons each took his share of his father's inheritance and set out in search of work. Unread copy from the author/illustrator's estate. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover)
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Borneman, Henry S. PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN BOOKPLATES: A STUDY
Pennsylvania German Society Philadelphia 1953 171pp 24 bookplates ill. in color HC Volume 54 of thePublications by Pennsylvania German Society. very good+, red cloth spine, (hardcover) inscribed by the author
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Bova, Ben (editor) CLOSEUP: NEW WORLDS
St. Martin's Press New York (1977) 222pp B&W and color photographs HC "Modern views of the solar system by science-fiction writers who are scientists in their own right." These writers explore newly-opened worlds of planetary possibilities. Recent space probes such as Pioneer 10 and the Viking Mars landing demand creative new theories to explain their discoveries. very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) BCE
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(See also our catalogue Science)
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Clark, Ronald W. THE SURVIVAL OF CHARLES DARWIN: A BIOGRAPHY OF A MAN AND AN IDEA
Random House New York (1984) 1st ed 449pp B&W photos HC ISBN 039452134X good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Science)
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Reader's Digest Association THE READER'S DIGEST BOOK OF CHRISTMAS
Reader's Digest Association Pleasantville, NY (1973) 303pp color illustrations HC very good w/good but lightly worn dustjacket (hardcover)
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Petersham, Maud and Petersham, Miska MOSES: FROM THE STORY TOLD IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
The Macmillan Company New York 1958 new ptg unpaginated ill. by the authors HC First published in 1938., "this new edition of one of the Petersham's loveliest books tells simply but in detail the complete story of the life of this great religious leader." Nice clean, tight and fresh copy. very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Religion and Religious History)
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Wallace, Lew THE FIRST CHRISTMAS
Harper & Brothers New York 1902 1st ed 109pp ill. by William M. Johnson HC From "BEN-HUR". BAL 20851. very good, teg bright gold and silver stampings (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Literature)
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Seton, Ernest Thompson BANNERTAIL: THE STORY OF A GRAYSQUIRREL
Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1922 1st ed 265pp 100 drawings by Seton HC Exceptionally nice bright and tight copy. very good+, brown cloth (hardcover)
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Dunbar, Leslie W. THE COMMON INTEREST
Pantheon Books New York (1988) 1st ed 233pp HC ISBN 0394565584 How our social welfare policies don't work and what we can do about them. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue American History)
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Haywood, Charles F. YANKEE DICTIONARY: A COMPENDIUM OF USEFUL AND ENTERTAINING EXPRESSIONSINDIGENOUS TO NEW ENGLAND
Jackson & Phillips, Inc. Lynn, MA (1963) 207pp HC very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's inscription
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(See also our catalogue British History)
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Rubin, Louis D. GEORGE W. CABLE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A SOUTHERN HERETIC
Pegasus New York (1969) 304pp HC The life and art of George Washington Cable, a pioneering realist in Southern literature and the first Southern novelist to deal directly and honestly with the racial dilemma that emerged from the ruins of the post-Civil War South. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Literature)
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Engel, Lehman THE AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER
CBS Legacy Collection Book New York (1967) 236pp B&W illustrations HC good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Music History and Appreciation)
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Mills, D. Quinn THE IBM LESSON: THE PROFITABLE ART OF FULL EMPLOYMENT
Times Books New York (1988) 1st ed 216pp HC ISBN 0812916905 The author, a Harvard Business School professor, looks at IBMs transfer and retraining of 20,000 of its 200,000 employees in the US. He describes every phgase of the operation, and underlines the lessons that all companies can learn from the IBM experience. very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Wyant, William K. WESTWARD IN EDEN: THE PUBLIC LANDS AND THE CONSERVATION MOVEMENT
University of California Pr. Berkeley (1982) 1st ptg 536pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0520043774 very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Western Americana)
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Malcolm, Andrew H. UNKNOWN AMERICA
Quadrangle New York (1974) 301pp photos by Gary Settle HC ISBN 0812904850 Author spent three yearsroaming the American countryside for THE NEW YORK TIMES, searching out interesting people, tales, customs, and places. Learn such important facts as: why a cowboy wears a cowboy hat, and where the expression "Your name is mud" comes from. very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue American History)
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Aldington, Richard THE DUKE: BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE & ACHIEVEMENTS OF ARTHURWELLESLEY, 1ST DUKE OF WELLINGTON
The Viking Press New York 1943 2nd ptg 405pp B&W illustrations HC good, light blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket)
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(See also our catalogue Royalty)
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Hatch, Alden THE MOUNTBATTENS: THE LAST ROYAL SUCCESS STORY
Random House New York (1965) 1st ptg 472pp 35 B&W photographs HC Genealogical table. good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Royalty)
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Stearns, Peter N. JEALOUSY: THE EVOLUTION OF AN EMOTION IN AMERICAN HISTORY
New York University Press New York 1989 225pp HC ISBN 0814778887 Traces the key changes in the ways in which jealousy has been viewed by Americans over the past 150 years. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Psychology Books)
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Glatthaar, Joseph T. PARTNERS IN COMMAND: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEADERS IN THE CIVIL WAR
The Free Press New York (1994) 286pp HC ISBN 0029118174 Reveals the importance of personal relationships to cooperation, command and success. very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Civil War)
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Dorival, Bernard CEZANNE
Continental Book Center New York (1948) 113pp of text over 160 B&W & color plates HC good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Art and Art History)
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Pope-Hennessy, Una CHARLES DICKENS 1812-1870
Chatto & Windus London 1945 476pp B&W illustrations HC good, red cloth (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Biographies (Literary, Business and General))
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Straus, Ralph DICKENS: A PORTRAIT IN PENCIL
Victor Gollancz, Ltd. London 1928 319pp B&W illustrations HC good, orange cloth (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Biographies (Literary, Business and General))
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Pearson, Hesketh DICKENS: HIS CHARACTER, COMEDY, AND CAREER
Methuen & Co., Ltd. London (1949) 366pp 15 B&W plates HC good, green cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket)
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(See also our catalogue Biographies (Literary, Business and General))
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Banks, Ivy Jackson BANKS OF THE DELAWARE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FREDERICK BANKS 1898-1964
Trenton Historical Society Trenton, NJ 1967 204pp B&W photos HC very good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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Reingold, Nathan (editor) THE PAPERS OF JOSEPH HENRY: VOLUME I - DECEMBER, 1797 - OCTOBER, 1832- THE ALBANY YEARS
Smithsonian Institution Pr. Washington, DC 1972 496pp HC ISBN 0874741238 Henry was a founder of the Library of Congress, and a founder of the American scientific community. good+, (hardcover) light stain to foreedge - does not bleed in
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(See also our catalogue Science)
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Renard, Jules (translated by Elizabeth Roget) NATURAL HISTORIES: A BESTIARY
George Braziller New York (1966) 1st ptg 127pp ill. by Toulouse-Lautrec HC very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Tannahill, Reay FLESH AND BLOOD: A HISTORY OF THE CANNIBAL COMPLEX
Stein and Day New York (1975) 209pp 20 B&W ill. HC ISBN 0812817567 It has only been in the last two thousand years that the practice of eating your fellow man has ceased to be respectable. In the long history of cannabalism, hunger has been only one of the incentives that have led men to absorb other men's flesh and blood. Religion, revenge, justice, war, and an ineradicable belief in the symbolic value of flesh and blood have all played a part. very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Goldscheider, Ludwig RODIN SCULPTURES
Phaidon London (1970) 8th ed 126pp 95 B&W plates HC First published in 1964. good w/good dustjacket(hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Art and Art History)
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Fodor, Nandor BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
Parker Publishing Co. West Nyack, NY (1964) 297pp HC "Amazing True Case-Histories of the Occult, the Mysterious, the Marvelous and the Supernatural." very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), BCE
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van Wolferen, Karel THE ENIGMA OF JAPANESE POWER: PEOPLE AND POLITICS IN A STATELESS NATION
Alfred A. Knopf New York 1989 2nd ptg 496pp HC ISBN 0394577965 The first full-scale examination ofthe inner workings of Japan's political/industrial system. very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Burgess, Fred. W. OLD POTTERY AND PORCELAIN
G. P. Putnam's Sons New York 1916 426pp 130 B&W illustrations HC Franklin 2915 - general work. verygood, blue cloth (hardcover)
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Solon, M. L. A BRIEF HISTORY OF OLD ENGLISH PORCELAIN AND ITS MANUFACTORIES
Bemrose & Sons, Ltd. London 1903 255pp 20 color, 74 B&W plates HC "...with an Artistic, Industrial,and Critical Appreciation of Their Productions." Limited to 1250 copies. Franklin 3498 - Best on the Subject. good, blue cloth spine, white cloth boards, teg (hardcover)
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Laliberte, Norman and Jones, Maureen WOODEN IMAGES: A CREATIVE HANDBOOK FOR TEACHERS, DESIGNERS, AND CRAFTSMEN
Reinhold Publishing Corp. New York (1966) 136pp B&W and color ill. HC Illustrates the full range ofwooden images from sophisticated historic examples from all overthe world to folk-art images and contemporary examples. Authors demonstrate how to use the basic characteristics of wood to render numerous subjects. Majority of book illustrates antique folk art examples. very good, red cloth, (hardcover) (no dustjacket)
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(See also our catalogue Art and Art History)
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Kirk, John T. THE IMPECUNIOUS COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO AMERICAN ANTIQUES
Alfred A. Knopf New York 1975 1st ed 184pp 161 B&W photos PB ISBN 0394730968 First published in 1975. "What Early American Furniture and other objects can still be found at modest prices, How to recognized if a piece is genuine and has permanent aesthetic merit, How to spot something good in a cluttered shop, How to buy it without paying too much, How to display it to best advantage." good, wraps (softcover) - signed by the author
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Bobrick, Benson KNOTTED TONGUES: STUTTERING IN HISTORY AND THE QUEST FOR A CURE
Simon & Schuster New York (1995) 1st ptg 240pp HC ISBN 067187103X Fascinating and original social history, which combines literary scholarship with historical research. Author explores one of the great conundrums of medical history, its impact on the lives of the afflicted, and the astonishing therapeutic practices it has spawned. very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Carpenter, Donna Sammons and Feloni, John THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF HUTTON
Henry Holt and Co. New York (1989) 322pp HC ISBN 0805009469 In this book the authors untangle a web of intrigue unlike anything Wall Street has experienced in recent years. E.F. Hutton, one of the oldest and best-known names on Wall Street, did not fall victim to a stock market crash or the industry's relentless drive toward consolidation. The story of E.F. Hutton is a reminder that corporate culture more than anything else determines the success of failure of a company. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Schorsch, Anita (foreword by Robert Coles) IMAGES OF CHILDHOOD: AN ILLUSTRATED SOCIAL HISTORY
Mayflower Books, Inc. New York (1979) 1st ed 176pp over 120 ill., 20 in color HC ISBN 0831748753 An informal history of what it was like to be a child in the centuries before our own. Chapters on: the nature and nurture of children; the child as a member of the family; children at work, play, and at school. Explains how the changing attitudes through the years have been reflected in the visual arts. good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Americana)
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Buckley, Tom VIOLENT NEIGHBORS: EL SALVADOR, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE UNITED STATES
Times Books New York (1984) 1st ptg 358pp HC ISBN 0812910354 very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Milhous, Katherine SNOW OVER BETHLEHEM
Charles Scribner's Sons New York (1945) 99pp ill. by the author HC NOT a first edition. good+, graycloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket)
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Ashworth, Marjorie GLORY ROAD: PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE PAST & PRESENT
Link Press, Publishers McLean, VA 1986 138pp sepia tone ill. HC ISBN 0912991046 very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Hedren, Paul L. (edited by) THE GREAT SIOUX WAR 1876-77: THE BEST FROM MONTANA THE MAGAZINE OFWESTERN HISTORY
Montana Historical Society Helena (1991) 293pp B&W illustrations PB ISBN 0917298241 fine, wraps (softcover)
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Tisdale, Sallie STEPPING WESTWARD: THE LONG SEARCH FOR HOME IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Henry Holt and Co. New York (1991) 1st ed 284pp HC ISBN 0805013539 fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review press release & photo
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Trafzer, Clifford E. (edited with an introduction by) EARTH SONG, SKY SPIRIT - SHORT STORIES OF THE CONTEMPORARY NATIVEEXPERIENCE
Anchor Books / Doubleday New York (1993) 1st ptg 495pp PB ISBN 0385469608 very good, wraps (softcover) faint bump top of book block
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Hunter, George Leland TAPESTRIES: THEIR ORIGIN, HISTORY, AND RENAISSANCE
John Lane Company New York 1912 1st ed 438pp 147 B&W ill, 4 color plates HC Franklin 7701. good, decorated green cloth (hardcover)
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Thomas, Lately SAM WARD "KING OF THE LOBBY"
Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston (1965) 2nd ptg 533pp B&W photos HC Ward lived from 1814 to 1884. He wasone of New York's most prominent bankers. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Reichler, Joseph BASEBALL'S GREATEST MOMENTS - NEW REVISED EDITION
Crown Publishers, Inc. New York (1979) rev ed 264pp B&W and color photos HC ISBN 0517286009 very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Levine, I. E. ELECTRONICS PIONEER LEE DE FOREST
Julian Messner New York (1966) 3rd ptg 191pp HC "Written for Young People." very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
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Lord, Walter THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT
W. W. Norton & Co., Inc. New York (1972) 384pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0393054527 "The climacticshaping of 'the land of the free' during the hazardous events of 1814 in Washington, Baltimore, and London." good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover) BCE
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Crawford, M. D. C. THE CONQUEST OF CULTURE: HOW MAN INVENTED HIS WAY TO CIVILIZATION
Fairchild Publishing Co. New York 1948 rev ed 449pp HC Author was a popularizer of knowledge on theforce of technology on the history of culture. Lewis Mumford said of this book, "It is the best general survey of the role of invention in civilization, from pre-historic man to the present." Crawford traces mana's material culture from its earliest beginnings, with the cutting edge of flint, through the ice age, from herding to domestication, to the mechanical processes and inventions of the modern industrial complex. good, red cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket)
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Dreyfus, Jack THE LION OF WALL STREET: THE TWO LIVES OF JACK DREYFUS
Regnery Publishing Washington, DC (1996) 1st ptg 330pp B&W photos HC ISBN 0895264617 Dreyfus, WallStreet maverick and founder of the billion-dollar Dreyfus Fund, offers the story of his remarkable life, from his early years in Montgomery, Alabama, through college, the Coast Guard, and eventually to the New York Stock Exhange, where he created his formula for sharing America's wealth with millions of small investors. His second life involves his fight over depression. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover)
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Vicker, Ray THE REALMS OF GOLD
Charles Scribner's Sons New York (1975) 1st ptg 244pp HC ISBN 0684142694 This book covers every aspect of the long story of gold and its persistent importance to man. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Barmash, Isadore THE WORLD IS FULL OF IT: HOW WE ARE OVERSOLD, OVERINFLUENCED, ANDOVERWHELMED BY THE COMMUNICATIONS MANIPULATORS
Delacorte Press New York (1974) 1st ptg 269pp HC ISBN 0440097266 Author's full-scale attack on thecommunications manipulators in government, business, and entertainment. He illustrtes his contention that oversell, hypocrisy, and deceptiong are being practiced daily against all Americans. good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) small chip on dustjacket
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Jobe, Brock (editor) PORTSMOUTH FURNITURE: MASTERWORKS FROM THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SEACOAST
Univ. Press of New England Hanover, NH (1993) 1st ed 454pp B&W photos, 14 color plates PB ISBN 0874516080 First comprehensive study of the defining characteristics of Portsmouth furniture from 1670 to 1840. Essays on Portsmouth history, furniture production in the 18th and early 19th centuries, and entries for 117 individual objects. Published by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Boston. The hardcover was published just a short time, and then followed by this softcover printing. very good+, wraps (softcover)
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Traub, Marvin (and Tom Teicholz) LIKE NO OTHER STORE... THE BLOOMINGDALE'S LEGEND AND THE REVOLUTION INAMERICAN MARKETING
Times Books New York (1993) 2nd ptg 428pp B&W photos HC ISBN 0812919637 very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
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Moore, Harry T. TWENTIETH-CENTURY GERMAN LITERATURE
Basic Books, Inc. New York (1967) 224pp HC A succinct critical history of the literature of the twoGermanys, Austria, and the German-speaking parts of Switzerland from the beginning of our century to the middle 1960s. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Scobey, Joan RUGS & WALL HANGINGS: PERIOD DESIGNS AND CONTEMPORARY TECHNIQUES
The Dial Press New York 1974 1st ptg 244pp B&W ill, color plates HC ISBN 0803773862 Really two books in one: the history of rugs, and a primer on contemporary rugmaking techniques. The history is descriptive: how rug designs originated; how rugmaking traditions sprang up; what the materials and techniques were. The second half of the book is a how-to duplicate the great designs by using contemporary techniques and materials at home. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Lustig, Arnost NIGHT AND HOPE
Inscape Publishers Washington, DC (1976) 206pp 8 pages of B&W photos HC ISBN 0879534001 "The collected works of Arnost Lustig - Children of the Holocaust." very good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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