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Schone, Albrecht DAS ZEITALTER DES BAROCK
Munchen: C.H.Beck, 1963 Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Blue cloth, two bound-in ribbon page-marker, 1113pp. Former owner name on front endpaper. One inch chip at top spine. All in German.
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Tittmann, Friedrich Wilhelm UBER DEN BUND DER AMPHIKTYONEN
Berlin: Julius Eduard Hitzig, 1812 Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Marbled boards, cloth spine, 240pp. German text, major study on the relationships between early Greek city-states. Minor foxing, several small chips a t edges.
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Kuhnert, Hellmut GERMAN COMMERCE YEARBOOK, 1930/31
Berlin: Struppe & Winkler, 1931 Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Introduction by Hans Luther, the President of Reichsbank. Articles by German economic experts on wolrd trade, trade with U.S., industrial wo rkers, role of radio, air, tourism; all aspects of trade from steel to book business, A wonderful "snapshot" of experts' views of the German economy prior to the Nazi takeover.
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Schiller, Herman, 1839-1902 VERGLEICHENDE (SYNCHRONISTISCHE) UBERREICHT DER HAUPTTHATSACHEN DER WELTGESCHICHTE
Berlin: Spemann, 1901 Cloth. A Very Good Copy. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Professor Schiller, who is known for his classical scholarship, also wrote a 4 volume world history. This scarce volume is composed of his para llel charts of historical events with columns for Europe and two small columns with events in America and Africa. An interesting comparison of what was deemed important at the beginning of the 20th Ce ntury.
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Ravaisson, Felix ESSAI SUR LA METAPHYSIQUE D'ARISTOTLE
Paris: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, 1953 Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 158p., uncut, sleightwarping from dampness. (series: Hellenisme-Judaisme-Christiianisme)
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Stern, Martin Franz ZUR BIOGRAPHIE DES PAPSTES URBAN'S II
Berlin: W.Weber, 1883 Soft Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 100pp. Text in German. Cover detached, back cover missing, last page wrinkled. Other pages clean.
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Kelly, Gail P. INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF WOMEN'S EDUCATION
Greenwood Press Westport, Conn. 1989 . A thorough 657 page book on International Women in Education. Articles by leading women scholars in Africa, Asia, South America, Middle East, along with Europe and America.
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Jenni, Ernst DAS WORT 'OLAM IM ALTEN TESTAMENT
Berlin: ALFRED TOPELMANN, 1953 Soft Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. From library of G. Ernest Wright, preeminent Biblical archeologist; his stamp is at upper right corner on title page. 87pp. Front cover missing. Pages clea n.
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Wilhelm Stoermer Frueher Adel, Studien Zur Politischen Fuehrungsschicht Im Fraenkisch-Deutschen Reich Vom 8 Bis 11 Jahrhundert
Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann, 1973 Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good Copy First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Monographien zur Geschichte des Mittelalters. Band 6,I. 252pp. with 5 maps. Embossed cloth with gold lettering on cover and Studies inthe political leading class in the Franco-German kingdom from the 8th to the 11th centuries
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K. Rosenkranz Hegels Naturphilosophie, Und Die Bearbeitung Derselben Durch Den Italienischen Philosophen Augusto Vera
Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1979 Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original Wraps. Good Copy First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Nachdruck der Ausgabe. 180 pp. A reprint (1979) of the Berlin edition of 1868
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Helge Lyngby Beitraege Zur Topographie Des Forum-Boarium-Gebietes in Rom, Testimonien Nebst Kommentar Und Kritischem Apparat
Lund: Gleerup, 1954 Very Good. Original Wraps. Good Copy First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Skrifter Utgivna Av Svenska Institutet I Rinm 8, VII. 167 pp. with plates. Uncut.
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Dr. Hubert Michiels Ueber Englische Bestandteile Altdeutscher Glossenhandschriften
London: Ann Arbor University Microfilms, 1980 Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Cloth. Good Copy 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Authorized facsimile of the original book, printed by microfilm-xerography on acid-free paper. Original Bonn 1912. 84 pp.
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Charles Snow Thayer Ueber Das Verhaeltniss Der Psalmen Zu Jeremia
Goettingen: Dietrich'schen Univ. 1901 Original Wraps. Fair. Disbound. Good Copy First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inaugural-Dissertation. Hohen Philosophischen Fakultaet der Georg-Augustus-Universitaet zu Goettingen. 38 pp. G. Ernest Wright stamp. The famous Greek Lexicographer study on the Psalms of Jeremiah which earned him his first PHD.
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CATALOGUE OF THE KEIOGIJUKU LIBRARY CLASSIFIED
Keiogijuku Library Tokyo 1929. 1st a good copy with light waterstaining running through margins A huge printed catalogue of the holdings of the library in 1929. Library catalogue is 1701 pages, with an index of an additional 215 pa ges. A remarkable way to see the extent of the best Western scholarship present in the library's holdings.
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Kotzebue, August Von ALMANACH DRAMATISCHER SPIELE ZUR GESELLIGEN UNTERHALTUNG AUS DEM LANDE
Leipzig: Paul Gotthelf Kummer, 1820 Fair. First Edition. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. 312 pp. Fratkur.Five full-color plates. frontispiece of Kotzebue. Covers rubbed, three vertical splits running length of binding, upper 1/2" binding torn. Very light browning, text clean. Pictorial cover depicting lyre enwreathed with laurels, back cover 3 cherubs, one holding lyre. First volume to be issued after Von Kotzebue's death.
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Pernice, Erich GRIECHISCHES PFERDEGESCHIRR IM ANQIQUARIUM DER KOENIGLICHEN MUSEEN - SECHSUNDFUENFZIGSTES PROGRAMM ZUM WINCKELMANNSFESTE DER AREAEOLOGISCHE GESELLSCHAFT ZU BERLIN
Berlin: Druck und Verlag Von Georg Reimer, 1896 Half-Leather. Very Good. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 35 pp. Modern type. Gilt titles on binding. Three b&w plates at end of text, 23 illus. Original owner's bookplate, name in ink on frontpapers with 1896 date.
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Sterling, George The House of Orchids / and Other Poems
San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1911 Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 16mo., 140pp. In gilt stamped blue cloth. Gilt illustration on front panel. Text block is clean and tight, without marks; Outer boards are rubbed, with one stain on rear panel, and small scrape on fore edge.
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Norling-Christensen, Hans and Glob, Peter V., et al. WINTHER FESTKRIFT: ARKAEOLOGISKE STUDIER TILEGNET JENS WINTHER
Kobenhavn: Ejnar Munksgaard, 1938 Original Wraps. Good. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.207 pp. Signed by P.V. Glob, editor and contributor. Cover partly detatched with closed tears lower, upper cover, upper spine. Frontispiece of Jens Winther with two dedicatory poems. 8 papers by colleagues. 79 photo illustrations.
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Velarde, Frank ASUNTOS RELACIONADOS CON EL TRATADO DEL CANAL DE PANAMA
Panama: Imprenta Nacional; Star & Herald, 1927 Cloth. Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 140 pp. Spanish text with facing English translation of 1926 Treaty with Panama, three documents from Panama's National Printer bound with critique of the treaty by Frank Velarde.
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Walter Wittke Untersuchung Der Um- Und Unterlaeufigkeit Des Tavera-Dammes in Der Dominikanischen Republik
Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original Wraps. Good Copy First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Veroeffentlichungen des Institutes fuer Grundbau, Bodenmechanik, Felsmechanik und Verkehrswasserbau der RWTH Aachen. Erfahrungen mit Zementpasten bei Injektionsarbeiten in klueftigem Fels. 167 pp. with scientific illustrations and maps.
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Segur, Marquis de MARIE-ANTOINETTE
Paris: Calmann-Levy, 1925 Three-quarter brown morocco leather over marbled boards with rich light brown morocco labels with title and author gilt stamped. A Very Good Copy 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 413 pp. Ribbon marker.
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Muntz, M.A. LES VIGNES RECHERCHES EXPERIMENTALES
Paris - Nancy: Berger-Levrault, 1895 Half-Leather. A Very Good Copy 1st. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.577 pp. Many tables. Material covering all the major wine-growing regions of France.
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Pereira, Ricardo S. LES ETATS-UNIS DE COLOMBIE
Paris: C. Marpon et Flammarion, 1883 Decorative Cloth. A Very Good Copy 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 312 pp. Detailed fold-out maps on each province. Slight rubbing on upper spine.
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Holzammer, Dr. J.B. DR. SCHUSTERS HANDBUCH ZUR BIBLISCHEN GESCHICHTE (ERSTER BAND: DAS ALTE TESTAMENT)
Freiburg Im Breisgau: Herdersche Verlagsandlung, 1886 Half-Leather. A Very Good Copy 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 867 pp. Fraktur. Beautifully marbled endpapers, marbled edges. Many in-text engravings. Several end-maps and charts. Almost no wear on the copy.
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Pappas, John (ed) ESSAYS ON DIDEROT AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT IN HONOR OF OTIS FELLOWS
Editions Droz Geneva 1974 1st a very good copy An important festschriften on behalf of Fellows. Articles on Rousseau, Voltaire and Pope, Pursuit of Peace in the Enlightenment, the Article Liberte in the Encyclopedie, Buffon's essai d'arithmetique morale, the verdict of prosperity, as well as important articles in French by Bede, Besse, May, Pappas, Romeau, JacquesProust, Seznec, Thousson, Varloot, Vart anian, Venturi, Vercr uysse, Vernier. Also there is a list of the published writings of Fellows.
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Jusserand, J.J. ENGLISH ESSAYS FROM A FRENCH PEN
New York - London: G.P. Putnam's Sons - T. Fisher Unwin, 1895 3/4s Leather. Near Fine. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 215 pp. Full-panel binding, gilt titles, elegant green leather, ribbon marker. Several articles on travels to England, including Voltaire's, flanking a large essay on dramatist Paul Scarron. Five engraved plates in-text.
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Jusserand, J.J. (Lee, Elizabeth) ENGLISH NOVEL IN THE TIME OF SHAKESPEARE
New York - London: G.P. Putnam's Sons - T.Fisher Unwin, 1899 3/4s Leather. Near Fine. Third Printing - Revised and Enlarged. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 433 pp. Elegant 3/4s green leather, full-panel binding with gilt titles, ribbon marker. Translation of 1887 French original expanded, with material on early French nouvelles, Lyly, Philip Sidney, Thomas Nash. 57 illus.
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Flandrin, Jean-Louis FAMILIES IN FORMER TIMES; KINSHIP, HOUSEHOLD, AND SEXUALITY IN EARLYMODERN FRANCE
Cambridge Univ Pr Cambridge 1979 1st a very good copy in a very good dust jacket an important book on family relations in France in the period prior to the French Revolution. Besides a detailing of the structures of households, dutie s and rights of husbands and wives, authority over children and the rights of servants are discussed. He also deals with sexual life, birth control at the beginning of the 18th century, abortion, and divorce.
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Mousnier, Ronald PEASANT UPRISINGS IN SEVENTEENTH CENTURY FRANCE, RUSSIA AND CHINA.
Harpers New York 1970 1st a very good copy in a very good dust jacket The author compares the peasant uprisings in 17th century France, Russia and China where direct taxation and compulsory military service were the issues . An important study. Out-of-print. Books on Demand offers a copy at $108.50.
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Cowherd, Raymond G. POLITICAL ECONOMISTS AND THE ENGLISH POOR LAWS; A HISTORICAL STUDY OF..CLASSICAL ECONOMICS ON SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY
Ohio University Press Athens 1977 1st a very good copy in a very good dust jacket a study of English poor law from 1785 to 1834, detailing progressive ideas leading to education for indigent children, providing work for unemployed and other reforms.
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Herrick, C. Judson GEORGE ELLETT COGHILL; NATURALIST AND PHILOSOPHER
University of Chicago Press Chicago 1949 1st A very good copy in a fair dust jacket (part of jacketspine msg a critical study of the life and work of George Coghill including his philosophy and scientific method.
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Curran, William Henry LIFE OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN PHILPOT CURRAN; 2 Vol Set
London: Constable, 1819 Half-Leather. A Very Good Copy 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. one flyleaf has a 1" tear, text clean, tight binding, contemporary tooled calf over marbled boards. John Philpot Curran (1750-1817) was an Irish orator and barrister. He defended all the leaders of the United Irish conspiracy when brought to trial in 1798 with a rigorous defense that refused intimidation. Appointed Master of the Rolls with a seat in the Privy Coucil by the Whig Ministry of 1806. Famous for his defense of Robert Emmett. DNB
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Treney, Xavier LES GRANDES ECONOMISTES DES XVIIe ET XIXe SIECLES
Paris: A,. Picard et Kaan, 1900 Half-Leather. A Very Good Copy 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 495 pp. Gilt edges, ribbon bookmark, leather spine. Engravings of all economists discussed.
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Rossi, Albert RABELAIS - ECRAVAIN MILITAIRE
Paris: Henri Charles-Lavauzelle, 1892 Buckram. with morcco label bound by la Douarin.A Very Good Copy 1st. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 154 pp. By an officer of the military academy.
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BUSINESS BIOGRAPHIES; ISSUED BY THE N.K. FAIRBANK COMPANY AND DEDICATED TO THEIR MEN IN THE FIELD
N.K. Fairbank, 1902 3/4 Suade. A Very Good Copy 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Back pages have drawingsor photographs of factories at Chicago, St. Louis, Montreal and Gretna, Louisiana. interior has photographs with biograp hies of top officers, office staff and salesmen. Bound in 3/4 suade over cloth boards with all outer edges gilt, this is a remarkable history of a business which had enormous growth during the last qu arter of the Nineteenth Century. It manufactured baking products, soap, cotton items, etc. By the turn of the century, it has offices in the United Kingdom and Germany.
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Montalembert, Charles; Henry of Orleans; Montravel, Lou... UN DEBAT SUR L'INDE Bound with: Lettre Sur L'histoire De France; La Plata Au Point De Vue Des Interets Commerciaux De La Frnace; Buenos-Ayres Sa Situation Presente; La Paraguay et Les Republiques De La Plata; La Russie et Ses Chemins De Fer
London; Paris et al. Various Half-Leather. A Very Good Copy Limited. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 392pp. Bound with: LETTRE SUR L'HISTOIRE DE FRANCE ADDRESS AU PRINCE NAPOLEON by M. le duc d'Aumale; LA PLATE AU POINT DE VUE DES IN TERETS COMMERCIAUX by l. Tardy de Montravel; BUENOS AYRES, SA SITUATION PRESENTEby M. Balcarce; LE PARAGUAY ET LES REPUBLIQUES DE LA PLATA by Th. Page; and LA RUSSIE ET SES CHEMINS DE FER by Emile Barrault. Montalembert's Un Debat led to his persecution and imprisonment; the second booklet transation: Letter on French History addressed to Prince Napoleon (Napoleon's cousin}, this booklet was also siezed leading to the arrest and condemnation of the editor. The next three deal with issues of the Rio de la Plata in terms of politics, economics and related issues, The final booklet deals with Russia and its Railroads. Barrault was devoted to the railroad in Russia, and the construction of network of 4,000 kilometers shortly after the Crimean War. These were all controversial issues especially to the French government which used censorship, imprisonment and death in an attempt to prevent their wider distribtuion.
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Sabbe, Maurice LE SONNET DE PLANTIN
1928 1st a fine copy in original wrps a small booklet (23 pages) about Plantin's sonnets.
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Thomajan, P. K. AMERICA'S OLDEST PRIVATE PRESS
Herrin, Illinois: Trovillion Private Press, 1952 Original Wraps. A Very Good Copy First Edition. Signed by Publishers. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Copy 202 from historic press, two plates, List of titles, pp 8.
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Clair, H. LES MONUMENTS D'ARLES ANTIQUE ET MODERNE
Arles: D. Garcin, 1837 Half-Leather. A Very Good Copy 1st. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 504 pp. Ribbon marker. Population table at rear.
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Nisard, M. QUINTILIEN ET PLINE LE JEUNE
Paris: J.J. Dubochet, 1844 Half-Leather. A Good Copy 1st Thus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 808 pp.Double columns, French translation above Latin text. Bumped corners, light wear on spine.
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Tarkington, Booth Lady Hamilton and Her Nelson
New York: House of Books, Ltd. 1945 Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. First Edition. Signed by Author. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 16mo., unpaginated (30pp.) A play, originally written for Radio, with an emphasis on sounds. Limited to 300 numbered copies. This is out of sequence, and signed by the author. Below the author's name is an inscription with a different ink. An uncommon copy.
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Sterling, George Beyond the Breakers and Other Poems
San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1914 Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 16mo., 141pp. Poems. In gilt stamped green cloth, with gilt illustration on front panel. Front endpaper has offset shadow, and stain appears on rear panel. Otherwise a clean and tight copy.
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Miller, Dick et al. RINGLING BROS AND BARNUM & BAILEY DIAMOND JUBILEE ROUTE BOOK 1945
Sarasota: Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey, 1945 Pictorial Cover. Very Good. Limited. 7"x4". 80 pp. Some soiling on covers. Frontispiece shows certificate awarded for War Service by the Treasury and signed by Henry Morgenthau, photo of giraffes with necks crossed in "V for Victory". Includes material on the routes of the two circuses before they merged also. Reverse cover shows the service flag with black star & number 904 below.
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Pearse, Mark Guy Daniel Quorm, and His Religious Notions
New York: Hunt & Eaton Decorative Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 202pp. Owner's name inked on ffep, title page and first page of text. Back fep missing. Front and back hinge starting. Moisture line on edge of back paste-down. Newspaper article glued to front paste-down and another to back of title page. Text clean. Cloth gold gilding bright.
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Rodow, B. DIE USA UND JAPAN BEI DER VORBEREITUNG UND ENTFESSELUNG DES KRIEGES IM STILLEN OZEAN 1938-1941
Berlin: Ruetten & Loening, 1953 Dust Jacket. Good. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 184 pp. DJ closed tears at all extremities. German translation of Soviet revisionist book concerning relations between the U.S. and Japan between Munich and Pearl Harbor.
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Gabrielson, Ira N., Illustrated by Murie, Olaus J. BIRDS OF ALASKA
Harrisburg: Stackpole, 1959 Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Green cloth, pictorial dust jacket with some small chips, 922pp. "This monumental work, which required 14 years of research, describes in detail the unique bird life" of Alaska. Color illustrated.
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Griffin, W.E.B. BLOOD AND HONOR
G.P. Putnam Sons New York 1996 1st (review) a good copy with a tiny chip on front cover A uncorrected advance proof copy that are not seen in recent catalogues
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Vasquez, Tomas O-Ryan y, and Villalon, Andres, eds. MEMORIA SOBRE EL VIAJE MILITAR A LA CRIMEA (3 VOLS. AS 1)
Madrid: Imprenta Del Memorial De Ingenieros, 1858 Half-Leather. A Very Good Copy 1st. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1337 pp. Leather spine with paste-down red morocco title. Four fold-out maps at end of text, 3 tinted, one of fortifications of port of Sebastopol. Errata, index, lists of casualties, many other tables and documents. Beautifully detailed volume.
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COLLECTION OF TESTIMONIES CONCERNING SEVERAL MINISTERS OF THE GOSPELS AMONG THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS, DECEASED; WITH SOME OF THEIR LAST EXPRESSIONS AND EXHORTATIONS
London: Luke Hinde, 1760 Full-Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. contemporary paneled dark brown calf rebacked with a blond spine and red morocco label. A good tight copy though the strange choice of color for the spine leaves a serviceable but not an aesthetic binding.
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Campbell, (Dr.) John MEMOIRS OF THE DUKE DE PIDDERDA; FIRST EMBASSADOR FROM THE STATES-GENERAL TO HIS MOST CATHOLICK MAJESTY;...
John Stagg and Daniel Browne London 1740 1st a good contemporary leather binding outer joint starting A nice tight copy in a contempory panelled leather binding, front outer joint starting. This work of Dr. John Campbell was typical of the fictitious biographies used by literary writers of the time.
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Capart, Jean LES MONUMENTS DITS HYCSOS
Brussels: Vromant, 1914 Original Wraps. A Good Copy 1st. 46 pp. 29 b&w photos. 1" tear on upper, lower spine. Spine loose.
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Melmoth, William (the younger), 1710-1799 LETTERS OF SIR THOMAS FITZOSBORNE [pseud] ON SEVERAL SUBJECTS
London: J. Dodsley, 1769 Full-Leather. 7th Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The author was famous for his translations of Pliny and Cicero, but it was this book that first attracted attention. Boswell quotes Dr. Johnson's rather negative view of him (III, 422-424) and Thomas DeQuincey also notes his distdain of Melmoth in his Pocket Book of a Late Opium Eater. A very good copy of the work in full leather with a red mor occo label.
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Cousin, Victor JACQUELINE PASCAL; PREMIERS ETUDES SUR LES FEMMES ILLUSTRES ET LA SOCIETE DU XVIIE Si'ecle
Paris: Didier, 1878 Half-Leather. Very Good. Neuvieme. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The eminent French intellectual and philosopher began a series on important French women including Pascal's sister. 465 p, half leather over paper boards with fullyl marbled edges.
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Cunningham, Edith Perkins OWLS NEST: A TRIBUTE TO SARAH ELLIOTT PERKINS
Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1907 Half-Leather. Very Good. Limited. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 322 pp. {anelled bidning, light staining, rubbing on front, reverse covers. Presentation signed by author to Mr. & Mrs. Fleming. 13 plates, two fold-outgeneologies. Light fraying lower edge covers. Howes C-935. Privately printed tribute to author's grandmother.
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Kipling, Rudyard KIPLINGIANA
New York: M.F. Mansfield and A. Wessels, 1899 Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (Beginning wear and uniform soiling to extremities. Owners name inside front cover.) Illustrated biography-anthology from wide range of writings from and about Kipling. Prints. Bibliography. Index. 188 pp.
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Bible.N.T. Romans. English.1977, Illustrated by Guttoso, ... ST. PAUL'S EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS
Roma: Stamperia Valdonega, 1977 Half Vellum. Fine. 1st Thus. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. This edition is limited to 150 numbered copies. [actually copies were not numbered as is the copy in the New York Public Library]. Is sued in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the death of Francis J. Cardinal Spellman. First leaf blank. Full-page col, illustrated by Renato Guttoso; "Comment" by Bruce Marshall; Cardinals F. Jo ening, P. Felici and S. Pignedoli and others. Binding, publisher's of quarter vellum and slate gray paper boards. Inscribed on front endpaper to MSGR. Robert J. Donahue, Phoenix, 1974.
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SCOTTISH NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL
Edinburgh Grant & Murray 1932 1st a very good copy in mylar protective cover a lovely illustration (most in color) of the Scottish War Memorial on behalf of those who fell in World War I. original update 1 2004
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Bell, Audrey F.G., et al. eds. MONUMENTOS DE LITERATURA DRAMATICA PORTUGUESA
Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 1919 3/4s Leather. Good. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 4 vols. bound as 1. Gilt spine titles, ribbon marker, corners lightly bumped. Browning, staining at edges not affecting text. The Comedia Eufrosina of Vasconellos, "A Vingance de Agamenom" of Annrique Ayrs Victoria, "Auto do Fisico" of Jeronimo Ribeiro. Index.
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Ginsburg, Lev TARTINI; HIS LIFE AND TIMES
Paganiniana Publications Neptune City, N.J. 1981 1st a very fine copy Translated from the Russian, deals with his complex violin techniques and provides fascismiles of scores, etc.
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Le Braz, Anatole AU PAYS DES PARDONS
Paris: Calmann-Levy Original Wraps. Fair. Later Edition. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 369 pp. Uncut. Verticle cracks in binding, tears along edges of the covers. No date, around 1910-1920. Chapels in Brittany.
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Trofimov, A.A. et al. CHUVASHSKOE ISKUSTVO
Cheboksary: , 1976 Cloth. Good. Facsimile. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 134 pp. Russian text. Rubbed cover. Studies of art and music of the Chuvash people in the former Soviet Union.
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Multi-Lingual International Publishers ARABIC DICTIONARY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, English-Arabic;Arabic-English
Routledge & Kegan Paul London 1986 1st a very fine copy
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Clausewitz, Carl von (ed. Greiner, Helmuth) DER RUSSISCHE FELDZUG VON 1812
Limes Verlag Wiesbaden 1953 A near fine copy, a few small pencil marks on endpapers An important reprint with scholarly notes of the 1813 edition. 212 p., footnotes at end of text, maps printed on endpapers. German text.
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Smull, John A. RULES AND DECISIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA TOGETHERWITH USEFUL POLITICAL STATISTICS..COUNTY OFFICERS
Benj. Sincerely Harrisburg, PA: 1871 1st a very fine copy in brown cloth and bright gold imprinting
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Johnson, Ron New Hampshire and Vermont Railroads, Classic to Contemporary Scenic Action
South Portland: , 1986 Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 42pp. B&W photographs.
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Robinson, Daniel S., Editor Royce's Logical Essays
Dubuque: Wm. C. Brown Company, 1951 Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 447pp. index.
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Gernes, Phyllis Hidden in the Chaparral, a Chronicle, from 1849 to 1942, of the Gold Rush Towns of Spanish Flat, Kelsey, American Flat, Garden Valley, and Surrounding Mining Settlements and Camps.
Garden Valley: Phyllis L. Gernes, 1979 Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Second Printing. Privately Printed. Inscribed By Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 209pp. index. B&W photographs. Owner's inked name on ffep. Dust jacket has edge wear.
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Druckrey, Timothy Iterations: The New Image
New York: International Center of Photography, 1993 Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. 199pp. Color and b&w photographs.
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Public Relations Section, Headquarters, Fourth Armored Di... WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT THE FOURTH ARMORED DIVISION
author Landshut, German 1945 1st a good copy with fragile spine in need of repair A collection of accounts of men and correspondents surrounding the Fourth Armored Division. The Ohrdruff Camp with its cords of human bodies so enr aged the commander that he had army buses bring in the rich citizens in the surrounding community who had profited from the war to see the horror of what their system had done to the starved victims o f their Nazi system.
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Brown, Russell K. Fallen in Battle, American General Officer Combat Fatalities from 1775
New York: Greenwood Press, 1988 Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 243pp. index.
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Bar-Hillel, Yehoshua, Editor Pragmatics of Natural Languages
Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1971 Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 231pp. Synthese Library Volume 41. Ex-Lib. Underlining in pencil and ink. Notes on back fep and paste-down.
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Cox, LaWanda Lincoln and Black Freedom: a Study in Presidential Leadership
Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1981 Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 254pp. index.
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Lee, Weston Torrent in the Desert
Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1962 Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 186pp. + end color photographs. Spine has some wear.
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Hurd, C.W. Boggsville, Cradle of the Colorado Cattle Industry
Boggsville Committee, 1957 Original Wraps. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 89pp. + index. B&W photographs. Herd 1107, 6-Guns 1090. Ink name on cover, table of contents page and ink notes on first picture.
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Morton, John, Editor Biological and Social Factors in Psycholinguistics
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1970 Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 215pp. index. Label and owner's name on ffep. Dust jacket is price clipped.
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Sebeok, Thomas A., Editor Approaches to Semiotics, Cultural Anthropology, Education, Linguistics, Psychiatry, Psychology, Transactions of the Indiana University Conference on Paralinguistics and Kinesics
The Hague: Mouton & Co. 1964 Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 294pp. Slightlyshaken. General wear.
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Blank, George W. On the Western Front, German Cruelties in France and Belgium
1919 Original Wraps. Good/No Jacket. First Edition. Privately Printed. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 84pp. map. Photograph on frontispiece. Covers darkened with age. Sample copy stamped on front. Ink check on cover and ink 1919 on title page.
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Abraham, Ashley P. Some Portraits of the Lake Poets and Their Homes
Keswick: G. P. Abraham, Ltd. 1928 Original Wraps. Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 56pp. + 2pp. ads. B&W photographs. Edge wear.
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American Jewish Committee Jews in Nazi German, a Handbook of Facts Regarding Their Present Situation
New York: American Jewish Committee, 1935 Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo -over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 177pp. Covers have age discoloration.
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Godfrey, Elizabeth English Children in Olden Time
London: Methuen & Co, 1907 Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 336pp. + 40pp. book ads. index. Thirty-two b&w illustrations. Owner's name and info. on ffep.
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Thomas, Stephen N. Formal Mechanics of Mind
Hassocks: Harvester Press, 1978 Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 325pp. index. Harvester Studies in Cognitive Science.
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Tod, Marcus N. Greek Inscriptions from Egypt 1912-1947, an Nnotated Bibliography
Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Privately Printed. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 113pp. nd.
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Duckworth, Harry W. English River Book, a North West Company Journal and Account Book of 1786
Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1990 Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 212pp. index. Rupert's Land Record Society Series, Jennifer S. H.Brown, Editor. This copy is one of a limited edition issued only to members of the Rupert's Land Record Society, University of Winnipeg.
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Riehn, Richard K. French Imperial Army, the Campaigns of 1813-1814 and Waterloo
Ballston Spa: Imrie/Risley Miniatures, 1959 Original Wraps. Good/No Jacket. 9th Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 49pp. B&W illustrations. Includes final revisions. Covers faded and slightly stained along spine.
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Salamon, Stephen J. Baltimore and Ohio, Reflections of the Capitol Dome, New York to Cumberland
Silver Spring: Old Line Graphics, 1993 Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 128pp. Color photographs.
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Van Hasselt, Vincent B., Editor Handbook of Adolescent Psycopathology, a Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment
New York: Lexington Books, 1995 Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 773pp. index. Owner's name on ffep.
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