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Robinson, Fay Mexico and Her Military Chieftains, from the Revolution of Hidalgo to the Present Timecomprising Sketches of the Lives of Hidalgo, Morelos, Iturbide, Santa Anna, Gomez Farias, Bustamente, Paredes, Almonte, Arista, Alaman, Ampudia, Herrera, and De La Vega
Glorieta: Rio Grande Press, Inc. 1970 Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 353pp. index. Fold-out map attached to back paste-down. Originally published in 1847. B&W illustrations. First two signatures misbound by 1/8 inch in relation to the others. Ink mark on bottom edge of pages. Covers have light wear.
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Mendell, Clarence W. Jeanne d'Arc at Roven
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1931 Hard Cover. Good. Limited. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 500 copies. Closed tears on top edge of first few pages. Slightly cocked. Some wear to bottom edge of spine. Gray-blue boards with gold lettering and decorations.
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Miller, Hugh Old Red Sandstone; or New Walks in an Old Field to Which is Appended a Series of Geological Papers, Read Before the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh
Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1858 Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 427pp. + list of othertitles published by Gould and Lincoln. Brown cloth is worn. Gift inscription on ffep.
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Apostol, Jane EL ALISAL; WHERE HISTORY LINGERS
Hist. Soc of Southern Calif. Los Angeles 1994 1st a fine copy in a fine slipcase 250 copies printed. There is a collector's edition available signed by the author and designer for $150.
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Salvini, Roberto RAPHAEL
Milano: Arte Grafiche Ricordi, 1963 Silkscreened Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. (Slight beginning wear to extremities and stain to back endpage.) Biographical sketch of the Renaissance master of tranquility and study of 12 paintings with details about the condidtion of the works. 12 reproductions silkscreened on cloth and matted. Translated from the Italian by Ruth Harris.
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Ashurst, Joseph Thurman and Richard Howard Whiteside DESERT ODYSSEY AND OTHER POEMS
Phoenix: , 1925 Poor. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (Scuffed and buckram peeled from cover in places -scarce item; Heroic poetry with Homeric aspiration about World War in France and mining towns and gold rush days in the American West and Mexico.111 pp.
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Stevenson, Robert Louis FAMILIAR STUDIES OF MEN AND BOOKS
London: Chatto & Windus, 1905 Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (Wear at extremities ofcover.) Collected literary criticism and biographical sketches of major literary figures of the 19th Century from monthlies: "New Quarterly," "MacMillians" and "Cornhill Magazine." 397 pp.
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Millet, Chas. Rev. Of Duns (Minister of the United Presby... MAGDALENE NISBET, THE MAIDEN OF THE MERSE, A Tale of the Persecution of Charles the Second's Time
Edinburgh: Thomas Grant, 1857 Half-Leather. Poor. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. (Library stamp insidecover. Cover scuffed and worn at extremities.) Clergyman's fiction from 1800's in Scotland. 224 pp.
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Bancroft, Hubert Howe History of Alaska 1730-1885
San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft & Company, Publishers, 1886 Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 775pp. index. Volume XXXIII of Bancrofts works. Brown cloth is worn with moisture stains to back cover and some of the back pages.
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Bowman, Rufus D. Church of the Brethren and War
Elgin: Brethren Publishing House, 1944 Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Second Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 348pp. + index. Green cloth with a weak front hinge. Gold stamping on spine.
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King, Howard N. CLUB MANAGEMENT
International Assoc Printing n.l. 1941 1st a very good copy in original two-tone cloth, inscribed by author to Jack Catell, als (1p) laid in from author to Jack Catell.
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Kunkel, Reinhard ELEPHANTS
Abradale (div of Abrams) New York, 1989 reprint a fine copy in a very good dust jacket Beautifully photographed by author, with 120 full page color photographs. One of the finest pictorial studies elephants ever done.
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Wells, Merle and Arthur Hart IDAHO; GEM OF THE MOUNTAINS
Idaho Historical Society Boise, Idaho 1985 1st a fine copy in a fine dust jacket
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Monroe, Rev. David S. Journal of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church Held in Omaha, Nebraska May 2-26, 1892
New York: Hunt & Eaton, 1892 Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 776pp. index. faded black cloth with gold stamping on spine.
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Jennings, Renz L. Boy from Taylor
Phoenix: Carthage Press, 1977 Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. First Edition. Inscribed By Author. 8vo -over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 278pp. B&W photographs. Dust jacket has edgewear and crinkling on the back. Foreward by Barry Goldwater.
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Gaevernitz, Gero THEY ALMOST KILLED HITLER: BASED UPON THE PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF FABIANVON SCHLABENDORFF (Introduction by William J. Donovan)
Macmillan New York 1947 1st a very good copy in a good dust jacket (large chip at top of dj) A goodsurvey of various assassination attempts on Hitler's life.
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Cotton, Charles SAXON CATHEDRAL AT CANTERBURY AND THE SAXON SAINTS BURIED THEREIN
Manchester University Press Manchester 1929 1st a good copy in original blue cloth with light beginning wear Written for the Archaeological societies, the book contains illustrations of Canterbury, Silchester, and material relating to Dunstan, a scarce and important item. Wrapped in protective mylar.
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WESTERNERS BRAND BOOK, NO. 13, LOS ANGELES CORRAL
Los Angeles Westerners Los Angeles 1969 1st a fine copy in a fine dust jacket contains Dan Thrapp'sarticle GERONIMO'S MYSTERIOUS SURRENDER, Earle R. forrest, THE DOGE CITY BUFFALO HUNTERS, Iron Eyes Cody, GENERAL ELY S. PARKER, and article s on other important western items. 6-Guns 2357.
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McPherson, Edward TRIBUNE ALMANAC AND POLITICAL REGISTER, 1877
Tribune Associate New York 1877 1st a fair copy in original wrps 144 pages, fascinating statistics,vote by county on Presidential candidates, states (and territories); several ads for patent medicines, railroads, etc.
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DeYoung, Larry ERIE LACKAWANNA IN COLOR, Volume 2: Nw York State
Morning Sun Books Edison, N.J. 1994 First Edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
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Pennisi, Bob NORTHEAST RAILROAD SCENE (6 vols in original wrps)
Railroad Avenue Publishers Flanders, N.J. 1976-1985 1st a very good set with no chips and only sleight creases on corner The complete set including the scarce volume 6. Covers Lehigh Valley, Reading Company, Erie Lackawanna, Lehigh and Hudson River, Pe nn Central, and Jersey Central. Each volume has important black and white photographs of the locomotives of the trains that covered the Northeast Railroad System. The 20 years before the Conrail takeo ver are covered (mostly diesel but some steam are included also). One of the fine pictorial studies of this area.
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Ford, Boris (editor) Cambridge Guide to the Arts in Britain, Volume 8 the Edwardian Age and the Inter-war Years
Cambridge University Press, 1989 Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 367pp. index. B&W photographs and illustrations. Dust jacket is price-clipped.
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COWBOY ARTISTS OF AMERICA, 1977, TWELFTH EXHIBITION
Northland Press Flagstaff, AZ 1977 1st A very good copy in origianl wrps, owner's named stamped includes price list for 96 items sold in 1977 sale (laid in)
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COWBOY ARTISTS OF AMERICA, 1971, SIXTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION
Northland Press Flagstaff, AZ 1971 1st A very good copy in original wrps
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COWBOY ARTISTS OF AMERICA, 1980, FIFTEENTH EXHIBITION
Northland Press Flagstaff, AZ 1980 1st A very good copy in original wrps
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McElroy, C. J. McElroy Hunts Asia
Tucson: Sincere Press, Inc. 1989 Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 205pp. B&W photographs. Dust jacket has closed tears and minor edgewear.
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Reafsnyder, Michael 4 DAYS IN MAY IN LURAY
n.p. n.l. n.d. 1st a fine copy with artistic cover
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PHOENIX OPEN, 1997
Phoenix Open Phoenix 1997 A very fine copy in original cloth The Phoenix Open 1997 book with notes of great Phoenix Opens going back to the 1930's.
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Fisher, Loren R. (editor) Claremont Ras Shamra Tablets
Roma: Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, 1971 Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 58pp.B&W photographs. Owner's name inked on cover and ffep.
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Meckler, Steven TUCSON ARTISTS, Photographs, Steven Meckler; Essay by Margaret Regan
Black Spring Tucson 1995 1st a fine copy in a fine dust jacket
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Coates, Ken S. Best Left as Indians, Native-White Relations in the Yukon Territoy, 1840-1973
Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1991 Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo- over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 356pp. index.
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Gritsch, eric W. REFORMER WITHOUT A CHURCH; THE LIFE AND THOUGHT OF THOMAS MUENTZER,1488-1525
Fortress Press Philadelphia 1967 1st a good copy in the original cloth; some yellow highlighting 214 pages, index, bibliography. A scarce work with some limited yellow highlighting, owner's name on front endpaper. One of the importan t studies on Muentzer especially on his transition from pastor to prophet.
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Guthmundsson, Barthi Origin of the Icelanders
Lincoln: Universtiy of Nebraska Press, 1967 Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 173pp. index. It is the author's revolutionary contention that the settlers of Iceland were not necessarily of Norwegian origin, but rather East Scandinavians from Denmark or Sweden - more precisely, Heruli who had followed the Goths in their migration through Russia during the third century A.D.
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Robertson, William Spence DIARY OF FRANCISCO DE MIRANDA, TOUR OF THE U.S. 1783-1784, THE SPANISH TEXT WITH INTRODUCTION BY W.S. ROBERTSON
HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA New York 1928 Cloth Very Good 1st very good copy in original blue cloth, owner's name on front ep Inscribed by the author, W.S. Robertson, to Ronald Hilton, 206 p., index, maps, limited to 1500 copies.
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Ray, N. and Walker, G. ADAMS MEMORIAL SYMPOSIUM ON ALGEBRAIC TOPOLOGY, VOL. 1 (LondonMathematical Society Lecture Note Series 175
Cambridge University Press Great Britain 1992 1st very good condition in original wrps Bibliographyof J.F. Adams, Hochschild homology theory
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Glassie, Henry PASSING THE TIME IN BALLYMENONE; CULTURE AND HISTORY OF AN ULSTER COMMUNITY
Univ of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia 1982 A very good copy in a very good dust jacket
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Calabria, Antonio COST OF EMPIRE, THE FINANCES OF THE KINGDOM OF NAPLES IN THE TIMEOF SPANISH RULE
Cambridge University Press Great Britain 1991 1st a very good book with a very good dust jacket, rem mark at foot A study of early modern government finance in Naples, Italy.
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WESTERNERS BRAND BOOK, NO. 15, LOS ANGELES CORRAL
Los Angeles Westerners Los Angeles 1978 1st a fine copy in a fine dust jacket Articles include Dan Thrapp, "Poor Tom Cover", Abraham Hoffman, "Fact and Fiction in the Owens Valley Water Controversy", Burt Proctor, "Of People and Art." , tip ped in plates of Proctor's work throughout. 6-Guns 2359.
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Gates, Elgin T. Trophy Hunter in Asia
Capistrano Beach: Charger Productions, Inc. 1982 Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Second Printing. Signed by Author. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 270pp. B&W photographs. Dust jacket has light edgewear.
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Robinson, Mairi CONCISE SCOTS DICITONARY
Aberdeen University Press Aberdeen, Scotland, 1985 A very good copy in original cloth, 820 pages, charts, maps September 1985 issue (with corrections of errors in August 1985 issue), 36 page introduction on Scottish History and Language, text 820 page s with table on weights, measures; diagram of churches in Scotland 1700-1950
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Palmer, Arvin ELIJAH WAS A VALIANT MAN; ANNALS OF THE THOMAS FAMILY OF PINEDALE,1876-1967
Palmer Publications Taylor,Arizona 1st1981 A very good copy in original maroon binding, signed by author 234 pages, index, bibliography, focuses on Navajo County Cattleman and Sheepman. Pugh, VI, 1146.
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Ireland, Tom War Clouds in the Skies of the Far East
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1935 Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 452pp. index. B&W photographs. Inscribed by author to Senator J. Hamilton Lewis. Spine darkened and worn from age. Book plate on front paste-down.
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Tooker, Elisabeth ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE HURON INDIANS, 1615-1649 (Bureau of AmericanEthnology, 190)
Smithsonian Washington, D.C. 1964 1st a very good copy in original wrps
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Dragnich, Alex N. Serbia, Nikola Pasic and Yugoslavia
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1974 Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo -over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 266pp. index. B&W photographs. First political biography of a great politician and statesman of the Balkans in the early decades of this century.
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Adams, Kramer A. COVERED BRIDGES OF THE WEST; A HISTORY AND ILLUSTRATED GUIDE:WASHINGTON, OREGON AND CALIFORNIA
Howell-North Berkeley 1963 1st A fine copy in a good dust jacket with some chips
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Powers, Tim Last Call
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1992 Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 479pp.
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Unbegaun, B. O. Selected Papers on Russian and Slavonic Philology
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969 Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.341pp. index. Dust jacket is clipped and has blue scuff marks across cover.
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Karnosh, M. D., Louis J. Psychiatrist's Anthology Consisting of Illustrations and Verses
Cleveland: Occupational Therapy Press, 1931 Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Limited/Numbered. Signed byAuthor. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 36pp. Number 137 of 200 copies. The typography and printing, the sketching, offset printing and the illuminating are done by the author. A card about the book is laid in. Cracked front hinge. Some wear to boards.
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo Compensation, an Essay
Boston: Riverside Press, 1903 Hard Cover. Very Good. Limited/Numbered. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 70pp. Number 207 of 530 copies. Light wear to edges of spine.
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Chidester, Otis H. Brand Book 3 of the Tucson Corral of the Westerners
Tucson Corral of the Westerners International, 1976 Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾"- 12" tall. 276pp. + index. B&W photographs and illustrations. A collection of Smoke Signals with other materials added. Numbers 21-30, 1970-74. Cartography by Don Bufkin. Green cloth with black lettering on cover and spine.
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New Mexico Geological Society MESOZOIC GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY OF THE FOUR CORNERS REGION (NewMexico Geological Society, 48th annual field conference)
New Mexico Geological Soc 1997 1st a fine copy in orignal wrps 288 pages, large format, profusely illustrated.
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Hansen, Niles BORDER ECONOMY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTHWEST
University of Texas Press Austin, TX 1991 1st A fine copy in a fine dust jacket
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Chavez, Fray Angelico NEW MEXICO TYPTYCH; BEING THREE PANELS AND THREE ACCOUNTS: 1, THEANGEL'S NEW WINGS; 2.. PENITENTE THEIF; 3 HUNCHBACK MADONNA
St. Anthony Guild Press Patterson, New Jersey 1940 1st a very good copy in a very good dust jacket,signed by author located in New Mexico section
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Burhoe, Ralph Wendell Toward a Scientific Theology
Belfast: Christian Journals Limited, 1981 Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 240pp. index. On the grounds of sociobiological facts, Burhoe's evolutionary picture of the creation of humans shows how religion is the "missing link" in the scientific explanation of the emergence of the unique social nature and altruism of humans. Some light pencil underlining.
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Lydenberg, Robin WORD CULTURES, RADICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE IN WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS'FICTION
University of Illinois Press Urbana, IL 1987 1st A fine copy in a fine dust jacket
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Burroughs, William S. RE SEARCH #4/5 A SPECIAL BOOK ISSUE: WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS, THROBBINGGRISTLE, BRION GYSIN
RE/SEARCH San Francisco 1982 1st A very good copy in original wrps, some light wear at spine edge Includes Burroughs' The Cut-Up Method of Brion Gysin, Cities of the Red Night (a chapter not included), and excerpts from Revised B oy Scout Manual, Early routines, Place of Dead Roads; Vale's interview with Burroughs; as well as much Gysin material.
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Burroughs, William S. LAST WORDS OF DUTCH SCHULTZ; A FICTION IN THE FORM OF A FILMSCRIPT
Seaver Books New York 1975 1st paperbound A very good copy in first paperbound format illustrationsof Dutch Schultz, tighly knit work of fiction--a gruesome, hallucinatory exposition of the dying words of Prohibition mobster D utch Schultz.Publishers Weekly. "Our only writer whose socio-politcal apocalyptica transcend both paranoia and trivility; his imagination is superb, his ear savagely satiric."--Kirkus
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EVERGREEN REVIEW, No. 16
Evergreen Review New York 1961 1st a very good copy in orignal format with light wear at top spine includes Corso's Berlin Impressions and Burroughs Naked Lunch material that had not yet appeared in the U.S.
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Burroughs, William S. INTERZONE
Viking New York 1989 1st A fine copy in a fine dust jacket
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Leinfellner, W. (editor) THEORY AND DECISION, An International Journal for Philosophy and Methodology of the Social Sciences, Volume 14, No. 3
Cordrecht: Holland/Boston: U.S.A.: D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1982 Original Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (Inscribed in pencil on cover.) Four essays debating social science methodology in the language of mathematics. Endnotes. References. p.226-328.
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Coletta, Paolo E. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
Westport/London: Meckler, 1989 Cloth. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bibliographies of the Presidents of the United States No. 26. Photograph. 271 pp.
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Sutherland, C.H.V. ROMANO-BRITISH IMITATIONS OF BRONZE COINS OF CLAUDIUS I (NumismaticNotes and Monographs, 65)
American Numismatic Society New York, 1935 1st A fine copy in original wrps
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Mahaffy, J.P. SOCIAL LIFE IN GREECE; FROM HOMER TO MENANDER
Macmillan London 1894 Very Good 7th ed, repr. A very good copy in original blue cloth with gold decorations index, 494p.
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Mahaffy, J.P. GREEK LIFE AND THOUGHT; FROM THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER TO THE ROMANCONQUEST
Macmillan London 1896 Very Good 2nd ed, corr. A very good copy in original blue cloth with gold decorations index, 669p.
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Mahaffy, J.P. RAMBLES AND STUDIES IN GREECE
Macmillan London 1894 Very Good 4th ed, corr. A very good copy in original blue cloth with gold decorations index, 476p.
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Mahaffy, J.P. PROBLEMS IN GREEK HISTORY
Macmillan London 1892 Very Good 1st A very good copy in original blue cloth with gold decorations index, 240p, unnumbered index
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STORY OF CHOCOLATE AND COCOA
Hershey Chocholate Company Hershey, Pennsylvania 1926 1st A fine copy in original pictorial, saddle-stitched wrappers a fine copy with pictorial wrappers, many photos, some tinted.
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Linton, Ralph, in collaborations with Rene D'haroncourt. ... ARTS OF THE SOUTH SEAS
Museum of Modern Art Mew York 1946 1st a very good copy in a very good dust jacket (light edgeware)a very good copy in a very good dust jacket (some edgewear, small closed tear), 199 pages, bibliography, profusely illustrated.
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Martin, Edward Sandford IN A NEW CENTURY
Scribners New York 1908 1st A good copy in original green cloth, rear hinge cracked a fascinating look at the rest of the 20th century by a writer whose interest was primarily on the changing social milieu of America. The chapter on "women's suffrage" is, in the main, conservative but leaning toward limited but a more extensive right of women to vote. The chapter on divorce is written at the alarming increase the author saw from statistics at the turn of the century.
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CHEVROLET MASTER SIX [1934]
N.p.: General Motors, 1934 Original Wraps. Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Oblong. Rare promotional booklet showing 9 different photographs of the `1934 Chevrolet [including cover photo]. The list of features in the back note Delco-Lovejoy shcock absorbers and Fisher No Draft Ventilation as well as the GMAC Plan [showing how little is new in automobile advertising].
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Torrey, Charles C. GOLD COINS OF KHOKAND AND BUKHARA (Numismatic Notes and Monographs,117)
American Numismatic Society New York, 1950 1st A fine copy in original wrps
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Winter, Eduard RUSSLAND UND DIE SLAWISCHEN VOELKER IN DER DIPLOMATIE DES VATIKANS 1878-1903
Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1950 Hard Cover. Good. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 186 pp. Paper much yellowed. Includes timeline as well as diplomatic correspondence with the St. Petersburg court. Slight soiling on covers.
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David M Robinson HOARD OF SILVER COINS FROM CARYSTUS (Numismatic Notes andMonographs, 124)
American Numismatic Society New York, 1952 1st A fine copy in original wrps
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Adelson, Howard L. LIGHT WEIGHT SOLIDI AND BYZANTINE TRADE DURING THE SIXTH AND SEVENTHCENTURIES (Numismatic Notes and Monographs, 138)
American Numismatic Society New York, 1957 1st a very good copy in original wrps 187p, 14 plates.
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Buttrey, Theodore V. TRIUMPVIRAL PORTRAIT GOLD OF THE QUATTUORVIRI MONETALES OF 42B.C. (Numismatic Notes and Monographs, 137)
American Numismatic Society New York, 1956 1st A very good copy in original wrps
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Goldoni, Carlo (Aldington, Richard, Trans.), Illustrated ... GOOD-HUMOURED LADIES
London: C.W. Beaumont, 1922 Decorative Cloth. Very Good. Limited/Numbered. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 76 pp. xxiii. Number 97 of 475. Introductory essay by Arthur Symons. Gilt spines titles, cover devices faded. Soiling along spine, wear along all edges, sliglhtly bumped corners. First English translation.
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Whistler, James McNeill MR WHISTLER'S "TEN O'CLOCK"
London: By the Author, 1888 Original Wraps. Fair. Second Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 29 pp. Cover detached, ragged. former library in stamp, former owner's name ink on inner reverse cover. Light pencil markings.Whistler's mocking lecture on dilettantism and aesthetic trends.
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INTERNATIONAL GEMOLOGICAL SYMPOSIUM, 1982, Ed. Dianne Eash Proceedings, 1982 (International Gemologial Symposium)
Gemological Instit. America Santa Monica 1982 1st a fine copy in original blue cloth 567 pages, illustrations (some colored); articles by the leading gemologists of the world on essential information for the gem trade (also of interest to antique collectors).
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Henley, W.E. ed., Society of Illustrators LONDON GARLAND
London - New York: Macmillan and Co. 1895 Full Calf. Good. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 196 pp.Verse on London, selections by Wordsworth, Keats, Tennyson, Byron, Blake, Milton, Spenser, D.G., Morris, Rossetti, Many others. Includes illustrations by Whistler, Beardsley, Pennell. Gilt edges. Calf and gilt titles much worn, corners slightly bumped, binding slightly cocked.
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Whistler, James McNeill BARONET AND THE BUTTERFLY: EDEN VERSUS WHISTLER
Paris: By the Author, 1899 Decorative Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 80 pp. Moderate soiling spine and covers. Lightly bumped corners. Gilt cover device still birght.
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Rand, Ayn INTELLECTUAL BANKRUPTCY OF OUR AGE
New York: Nathaniel Branden Institute, Inc. 1962 Original Wraps. Very Good. No Edition Stated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 12 pp. Lecture given by Ayn Rand, printed as pamphlet for the Brand Insitute. Owner's name in felt tip ink on title page.
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Branden, Nathaniel PSYCHO-EPISTEMOLOGY
New York: Nathaniel Branden Institute, 1964 Original Wraps. Very Good. No Edition Stated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Oblong. 11 pp. Reprint form the Objectivist Newletter. Owner's name in felt tip on front.
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Branden, Nathaniel SOCIAL METAPHYSICS: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DEPENDENCE
New York: Nathaniel Branden Institute, 1962 Original Wraps. Poor. No Edition Stated. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" Tall Oblong. 6 pp. Repinted from the Objectivist Newsletter. Owner's name in felt tip on front.
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Congres bibliographique interntional. 1st-3rd COMPTE RENDJ DES TRAVAUX (Kraus reprint of 1878-1898, 3 volumes in 4.
Kraus Reprint Liechtenstein 1979 a fine set Complete records of the 1st 3 Bibliographic Congresses held in Paris. French text. Originally published in Paris in 1900, all 2560 pages are reprinted here in red cloth buckram.
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Bordeaux, Henry TROIS TOMBES
Paris - Mexico: Librairie Plon, 1916 Original Wraps. Very Good. Later Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 287 pp. Light soiling on cover, text very clean. Portraits of friends fallen in 1915.
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Disney, Walt MICKEY MOUSE: THE MIRACLE WORKER
Racine: Whittman Publishing Co. 1948 Pictorial Cover. Very Good. First Edition. 48mo - over 3" - 4"tall. 96 pp. Cover colors bright. Mickey is served by a genie.
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Bianco, Margery Williams, Illustrated by Artzybasheff, Boris APPLE TREE
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1926 Cloth. Very Good. Later Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 47 pp.
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Appel, Friedrich DAS RESERVE-INFANTERIE--REGT. NR. 205 IM WELTKRIEG (Deutsche Tat imWeltkrieg, 82)
Bernard & Graefe Berlin 1937 1st a good copy with some rubbing and very light wear A good copy in original blue cloth, light wear to extremities, some rubbing, maps in back blue band. 317p. p. 259-317 lists those who died on the field of battle (over 2,000 full names, date of death, lists of 24 Flanders, Russia, Serbs, and the Western Front. Maps in text (as well as those in back blue band. A scarce and significant volume on this regiment.
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Meynell, Francis TYPOGRAPHY OF NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS
Ernest Benn, Ltd London 1929 1st a very good copy in original cloth binding, dampstain on corner Subtitle: .with a display of English, American, French, Dutch and German type-faces; a table for calculating the number of words of any type which can be fitted into a given space; a a gallery of contemporary advetisements, 240 pages, light waterstaining on lower right hand margins not affecting text.
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Best, Gerald M. SNOWPLOW; CLEARING MOUNTAIN RAILS
Howell-North Berkeley 1966 Good Very Good 1st A very copy in a good dust jacket (a few chips and closed tears) 119pages, profusely illustrated with black and white photographs, diagrams and designs of snowplows and snowsheds.
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