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Hernandez, Felicia I DON'T KNOW YOU BUT I LOVE YOU - WRITE ME A LETTER?
Berkeley: Shameless Hussy Press, 1978 Soft Cover. Very Good. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 74 pp. Book based on the author's experiences as a counselor at juvenile hall, with authentic letters from teens being held there.
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Anonymous LA MORTAJA, O EXAMEN DE LA COSTUMBRE DESUPLTAR LOS CADAVERES CON HABITO DE RELIGIOSO
Lima: Imprenta De Masias, 1829 Original Wraps. Good. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 22 pp. Spanish text. On indulgences and burial in religious habits.
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Mihailescu, Vintila CARPATII SUD-ESTICI DE PE TERITORIUL R.P. ROMINE - STUDIU DE GEOGRAFIE FIZICA CU PRIVIRE SPECIALA LA RELIEF
Editura Stiintifica, 1963 Original Wraps. Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 373 pp. Romanian text. 1 fold-out relief map, 8 fold-out charts and many in-text illus.
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Warren, Samuel PASSAGES FROM THE DIARY OF A LATE PHYSICIAN
Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1838 Hard Cover. Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Second edition. Volumes 72 and 220 of the Collection of Ancient and Modern English Authors, 397 and 402pp, respectively. Marbled edges, red leather spine with raised bands, marbled paper over boards. Two neat address labels of frmr owners on inside front cover. Scattered foxing, wear-through at corners, two short tears top spine of vol.72. Attractive spi ne w/ bright gilt numbered on spine "1" and '2" . Firm binding.
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Ehernberger, James L. COLORADO & SOUTHERN NORTHERN DIVISION
Callaway: E & G Publications, 1968 Near Fine Hard Cover. Fine First Edition. Signed by Author. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Folded poster included of engine. Map endpapers. B&w photos w/ interesting captions. 64pp.
Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. 003092   details     inquire
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Case, Gerard R. PICTORIAL GUDE TO FOSSILS
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co, 1982 Cloth. Fine/Very Good. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12"tall. Over 1,300 photos and drawings with an excellent text. 515pp. Closed tear back top of dust jacket.
Price: USD 40.00 other currencies   order no. 003093   details     inquire
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Wolfe, Harriet HAPPY DAYS WITH LONEE AND NONEE STORIES OF PAIUTE CHILDREN
Sparks: Dave's Printing & Publishing Co, 1973 Wraps. Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Children's story. Color illustrations.40pp.
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Sharp, William ECCE PUELLA AND OTHER PROSE IMAGININGS
London: Elkin Mathews, 1906 Cloth. Very Good First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An "In Praise of Women" book. Flowery prose.124pp.
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Bernhardt, Sarah ART OF THE THEATRE
London: Geoffrey Bles, Cloth. Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Discusses qualities necessary tothe actor.224pp. Bump w/ small tear at top back cover.
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Houseman, Laurence NEW HANGMAN
London: National Council for the Abolition of the Death Penalty, 1930 Wraps. Very Good Limited. 8vo- over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited to 1,500 copies, Short play. 23pp
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Nade., S.F. NUPE RELIGION TRADITIONAL BELIEFS AND THE INFLUENCE OF ISLAM IN A WEST AFRICAN CHIEFDOM
New York: Schocken Books, 1970 Cloth. Fine First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First American, scholarly work, 288pp.
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Waley, Pamela CURIAL AND GUELFA
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1962 Cloth. Fine/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FromMiddle Ages. Chivalresque romance, historical novel. 287pp. Waley is translator.
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Flew, Antony LOGIC AND LANGUAGE (FIRST SERIES AND SECOND SERIES)
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1963 Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. essays on the subject. 206pp. Some rub spots on cloth. Former owner's bookplate on front endpaper.
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Levi, Peter IN MEMORY OF DAVID JONES
London: The Tablet, 1975 Wraps. Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 12pp unpaginated. The text of a sermon delivered in Westminster Cathedral at the Solemn Requiem for the poet and painter David Jones on 13 December 1974.
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Gardner, Gail I. ECHOES OF THE PAST TALES OF OLD YAVAPAI
Prescott: The Yavapai Cow Belles, 1955 Cloth. 2 vols. Fine/Very Good. Vol. 1Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Stories about cowboys to frontier doctors are written by 14 writers. Many illustrations. 160pp. Vol. 2 First Edition. Twenty-ni ne tales of Old Yavapai. 312 p. index
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Lamb, Charles LIFE AND WORKS OF CHARLES LAMB
Troy: Pafraets Book Co. 1888 No Jacket. Hard Cover. Very Good Limited/Numbered. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "The Life and Works of Charles Lamb, Library Edition in 12 volumes". A few scattered small chips on some spine paste-ons.
Price: USD 275.00 other currencies   order no. 003120   details     inquire
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Moore, Thomas WORKS OF LORD BYRON WITH HIS LETTERS AND JOURNALS AND HIS LIFE BY THOMAS MOORE
London: Francis A. Niccolls & Co, 00 Cloth. Good Limited/Numbered. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Complete in 16 volumes. Color frontispiece w/ tissue, tear to volume I. Some fading and chipping to spine paste-ons. Mostly fine pages.
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Karolevitz, Robert F. FLIGHT OF EAGLES THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN KOSCIUSZKO SQUADRON IN THE POLISH-RUSSIAN WAR 1919-1920
Sioux Falls: Brevet Press, 1974 Cloth. Fine/Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "Dramatic story of the intrepid air unit fighting for Poland." Photos. Bright color jacket, some chipping and creases at top edge front cove r. Fine pages.
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Spencer, Herbert ESSAYS: MORAL, POLITICAL AND AESTHETIC
New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1883 Cloth. Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Generally nice pages, stain on spine
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Paulsen, Friedrich SYSTEM OF ETHICS
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899 Cloth. Very Good Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brightspine gilt, 723pp. "Not written for experts, but for all those who are interested in the problems of practical philosophy."
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Boudway, Becky TREASURE IN THE DUST, ENDURING GOLD AND SILVER'S CENTURY OF DIVORCE
Fresno, CA: Panorama West Books, 1985 Cloth. As New/As New. First Edition. Signed by Author. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stories with colorful details from one family's experience in the early American mining scene tracing the origins of t he U.S. Mining Laws adopted by the U.S. Government in 1876 to become a form of common law springing from the American West. 30 b/w illustrations, including photos. Endpaper maps. Bibliography. Index. 177 pgs.
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Manetti, Gianozzo (de Petris, Alfonso, ed.) VITA SOCRATIS ET SENECAE
Florence: Leo S. Olschki Editore, 1979 Original Wraps. Very Good First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 240 pp. Inscribed by editor and commentator. Slight creasing along lower right front cover, light soiling back cover. Classic humani st life of Socrates and Seneca with critical notes.
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Paxson, Frederic L. AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND THE WORLD WAR (3 VOLS.)
New York: Cooper Square, 1966 Cloth. Very Good Set Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 420 pp. v. I; 465 pp. v. II; 401 pp. v. II. Original 1936. Owner's book label upper left inside front covers each volume, otherwise clean.
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Bellinger, Alfred R. SIXTH, SEVENTH AND TENTH DURA HOARDS - NUMISMATIC NOTES AND MONOGRAPHS NO. 69
New York: American Numismatic Society, 1935 Original Wraps. Very Good First Edition. 32mo - over 4"- 5" tall. 75 pp. Five out-of-text plates with 64 figures. Near new condition.
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Gerry, Elbridge, Jr. (Bowers, Claude G. Ed.) DIARY OF ELBRIDGE GERRY, JR.
New York: Brentano's, 1927 Cloth. Very Good First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 222 pp. Diary of the son of James Madison's vice-president and signer of the Declaration, written during Spring 1813 of a journey from Weste rn Pennsylvania to Washington D.C.
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Green, Richard NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY OF MCGEE AND NIXON
Seattle: Northwest Short Line, 1985 Dust Jacket. Very Good First Edition. 11"x8 1/2". 270 pp Binding slightly cocked, black & white photos.
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Slusser, Robert M. CALENDAR OF SOVIET TREATIES 1917-1957
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1959 Cloth. Fine First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "A documentary study of every identified international agreement entered into by Soviet Russia." 530pp
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Hoopes, Gene, Illustrated by Phippen, George JIM DAWSON RETURNS
San Antonio: The Naylor Co, 1964 Cloth. Very Good/Fair. Reprint. Inscribed. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscription thus: And more of the same, if you like it. Gene Hoopes 3-26-'66. "Told in the vernacular of the hard-riding cowhand, these tales are boun to be favorites of the Westerners and dudes alike." 127pp. Dust jacket has nice cover illustrations, chips on spine & corners.
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Wood, Elizabeth Lambert LONG ROPE
Portland: Binfords & Mort, 1955 Cloth. Very Good First Edition. Inscribed. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscription thus: Cordial best Wishes Elizabeth Lambert Wood. Novel. 168pp, Several pencil illustrations.
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POETRY OF EARTH A NATURE ANTHOLOGY
New York: The Dodge Library Cloth. Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Poems about each month of the year. Attractive color floral paste-on on front cover. Slight bottom corner bump.
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Behrman, Lucy C. MUSLIM BROTHERHOODS AND POLITICS IN SENEGAL
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1970 Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The influence of traditional and religious groups on modern politics.224pp.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 003176   details     inquire
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Seltzer, Charles Alden, Illustrated by J. Allen St. John SQUARE DEAL SANDERSON
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Western novel. 323pp.Nice color cover on dust jacket. Light color chips on book cover. Small chips along edges of dust jacket.
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Cable, Gertrude MAMA CAME TO CALIFORNIA
Santa Ana: Pioneer Press, 1971 Cloth. Fine/Very Good. First Edition. Inscribed. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscribed thus: To my good friend, John Dower Gertrude Cable. Some photos. "A sprightly styled history of pioneer Yuba Count y, California. Gold mines and pictures of frontier life.76pp.
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Phillpotts, Rev. Henry LETTER TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE GEORGE CANNING ON THE BILL OF 1825 FOR REMOVING THE DISQUALIFICATIONS OF HIS MAJESTY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC SUBJECTS
London: John Murray, 1827 Soft Cover. Fair 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound pages, no covers, 165ppcomplete text. Allows Roman Catholics to serve in the British government. Pages are very good+.
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Staufer, Alvin F. CENTRAL'S EARLY POWER 1831 TO 1916
Alvin F. Staufer, 1967 Very Good Fine Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Covers in photos and text the seven major railroads that comprise the System. Minor corner color rub. 352pp, over 800 photos and drawings.
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Busher, Jimmie LOST MINES AND TREASURES OF THE SOUTHWEST
Mesilla Park: Treasure Guide Publishing, 1975 Soft Cover. Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 200 stories and maps from California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado. Each mine is named with its specifics listed. Unpag inated about 125pp. Former owner's name on title page and inside cover.
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NATIONAL CONSTITUTION AND DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES OF THE SOCIALIST PARTY
Chicago: Socialist Party, 1932 Soft Cover. Good 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 30 page pamphlet. Nice pages. Cover corners are creased & marked from old paperclips.
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Berenberg, David P. SOCIALIST FUNDAMENTALS
New York: Rand School Press, 1932 Soft Cover. Good First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 121pp discussing social change, economics, class struggle, methods. In back is list of readings for radicals. Some pages have old paper clip markings. Clear cover with wear and short tears to extremities.
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NO MORE WAR!
Chicago: Socialist Press Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Leaflet with World War I killed, wounded,crippled and cost of war w/ accompanying picture. Text decries the cost of war and says the Socialist Party fights against wa r by fighting against capitalism. Paper clip marks.
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WHAT SOCIALISM MEANS
Chicago: Socialist Party Good 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Discusses Socialist ideas, encourages people to vote for their presidential candidates Norman Thomas and James Maurer. Socialist Party stamp on face, old paper clip mar ks.
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SOCIALIST PART CANDIDATES AND PLATFORM 1932
Chicago: Socialist Party, 1932 Good Three-panel pamphlet stating the Socialist presidential bid platform listing labor legislation, banking, constitutional changes, the Negro, etc. Wrinkles and short tears to edges.
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Stanley, F. IKE STOCKTON
Denver: World Press, 1959 Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Limited/Numbered. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited edition numbered 261and signed. Listed in Six Guns. Discusses the Lincoln, Colfax and San Juan County Wars. Top of dust jack et spine has very small surface scuff.
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Burton, Sir Richard KASIDAH OF HAJI ABDU EL-YEZDI
Portland: Thomas Bird Mosher, 1915 Hard Cover. Very Good Limited. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Facsimile of the original on front endpaper as issued. "If ever poesy of didacticism had pith, founded on logic, it is in this poem." Section of "Notes" and bibliography in back. 67+pages, uncut fore and bottom edges. A few faint spots and mild sun-darkening of edges. One of 250 copies.
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Morris, John HIRED TO KILL SOME CHAPTERS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY
London: Rupert Hart-Davis/Cresset Press, 1960 Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor. First Edition. 8vo - over7¾" - 9¾" tall. Morris' first thirty-five years of his life as soldier and travelor. Dust jacket has clear cover and spine.
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Hyde, H. Montgomery ROOM 3603 THE STORY OF THE BRITISH INTELLIGENCE CENTER IN NEW YORK DURING WORLD WAR II
New York: Farrar, Straus and Co, 1963 Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Churchill chose Sir William Stephenson for Anglo-American intelligence efforts. 257pp. Former owner name on front endpaper. Corner and edge wear to dust jacket.
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Cox, Palmer ANOTHER BROWNIE BOOK
New York: The Century Co, 1890 Hard Cover. Poor First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. All pagespresent, cover clear and still attractive. Torn spine, worn-through corners. Illustrations still attractive despite faint water-sta ined pages, front endpaper and first flyleaf loose.
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Narkiss, Bezalel HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
Jerusalem: Encyclopaedia Judaica, 1974 Cloth. Fine/Fine. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Contains 60 mss. in full color from the Orient, Spanish, French, German, Italian. A serious work. 175pp. An attractive work.
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Anger, Dr. Gottfried INVERSE IMPROPERLY POSED PROBLEMS IN DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1979 Soft Cover. Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "Proceedings of the conference on mathematical and numerical methods held in Halle/Saale (GDR) from May 29 to June 2, 1979." 296pp. Closer to near fine .
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Phillips, Charles J. STAMP COLLECTING THE KING OF HOBBIES AND THE HOBBIES OF KINGS
New York: H.L.Lindquist, 1936 Cloth. Fine/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Discussions and illustrations of an important stamp collector and dealer, "covers the entire field of philately." 408pp.
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Stevens, William Chase KANSAS WILD FLOWERS
Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1948 Cloth. Fine First Edition. Inscribed. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tipped-in color frontispiece. Many b&w photos of the long list of wild flowers discussed. 463pp. Inscribed by Stevens to Forrest N. And erson, MD.
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White, William Allen THEORY OF SPIRITUAL PROGRESS
Emporia: The Gazette Press, 1910 Cloth. Very Good Limited/Numbered. Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Number 258 of 600 copies, signed by author. Clear cover and spine paste-ons. Narrow chipping of spine paste-on. Fine pag es. Former owner's gift inscription .
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Burnett, Frances Hodgson, Illustrated by Alfred Brennan MY ROBIN
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co. 1912 Cloth. Good First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Author writes about a bird in her garden. This is basis of The Secret Garden by same author.42pp. Color frontispiece
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Coatsworth, Elizabeth, Illustrated by Helen Sewell AWAY GOES SALLY
New York: Macmillan Co, 1934 Cloth. Very Good/Good. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Coatsworth is collectible children's author whose real name is Mrs. Henry Beston. Dust jacket spine ends have some chipping. Nice pages.
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Leishman MD, William SYSTEM OF MIDWIFERY INCLUDING THE DISEASES OF PREGNANCY AND THE PUERPERAL STATE
Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1873 Full-Leather. Good First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrataed, 715pp + publications advertisements in back. Bookplate of former owner who was a doctor. Front inside cover has "General Laws with reference to the use of the forceps." Back inside cover and back endpaper has "Measurements of the Female Pelvis" and "Signs of Pregnancy" chart. Wear to cover and extremities, small white spots on front cover. Black paste-on on spine.
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Guest, Captain Freddie ESCAPE FROM THE BLOODIED SUN
London: Jarrolds, 1956 Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Escape from Hong Kong culminating in tramp over 1200 miles. Attractive color cover and spine illustration on dust jacket.
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Crawley, Aidan ESCAPE FROM GERMANY A HISTORY OF RAF ESCAPES DURING THE WAR
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956 Cloth. Very Good/Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall."First full and detailed account of all the attempts at escape made during the war by the 15,000 officers and men of the Royal Air Forc e who where captured alive by the Germans."291pp. Small label of former owner on front endpaper.
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Whitehouse, Arch SUBS AND SUBMARINERS
Garden City: Doubleday & Co, 1961 Cloth. Very Good/Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "Factual account of submarine warfare." Emphasis on World War II. Bookplate of former owner on front endpaper; stamped on top edge.
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LITTLE CHILD'S BOOK
New York: Blakeman & Mason, 1830 Cloth. Good 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Child's learning book describing and discussing all kinds of objects, each with an attractive line drawing. Green cloth, blindstamped design. 64pp. Attractive pages with an occasional stain spot. Spine cloth is detaching from binding.
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Richardson, Jabez RICHARDSON'S MONITOR OF FREE-MASONRY
No City: No Publisher Soft Cover. Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. "Being a practical guide to the ceremonies in all the degrees conferred in mason lodges, chapters, encampments, etc. explaining the signs, tokens and grips and giving all the words, pass-words, sacred words, oaths, hieroglyphics used by masons." Decorative wraps, some line illustrations, 192pp. Pages nice. Cover has creases, some edge chips. former owne r bookplate inside cover.
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Wilkinson, Tony J. TOWN AND COUNTRY IN SOUTHEASTERN ANATOLIA
Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 1990 Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾"- 12" tall. Three Volumes; Settlement and Land Use at Kurban Hoyuk and Other sites in Lower Karababa Basin, 315 pages; The Stratigraphic Sequence at Kurban Hoyuk Text, 438pp; The Stratigraphic Sequence . Plates, respectively. A scholarly work.
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Acher, Don, Illustrated by MARC BRODY CHICKEN WITH THE CROOKED EYES
New York: Story Book House, Inc, 1947 Hard Cover. Very Good Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on front endpaper. Oblong 8vo, about 26pp. "A Don Acher book". A few small, faint marks on the covers. A nice copy.
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Acher, Don, Illustrated by MARC BRODY PUDDGIN AND TWIDGET (HOW THE SQUIRRELS GOT THEIR TAILS)
Philadelphia: Story Book House, Inc, 1948 Hard Cover. Very Good First Edition. Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author thus: Best wishes Don Acher. Nice pages & front cover. Small scuffs on back bottom cover.
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Louys, Pierre WOMAN AND PUPPET
Privately Printed, 1930 Cloth. Fine Limited/Numbered. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Numbered/limited edition number 797 of 2500 copies. 153pp. Attractive cover and spine. Slipcase in disrepair w/ very good paste-on.
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Morris, William CENTENARY WILLIAM MORRIS CRAFTSMAN, ROMANCER, POET, PROPHET 1834-1934
California: Mills College, 1934 Soft Cover. Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. One page work celebrating 100 years after the writing of Morris's work. Photo of Morris with The Arts of Life in decorative script and floral decoratio n. Gift inscribed by former owner.
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Shakespeare, William BRILLIANTS FROM SHAKESPEARE
Buffalo: The Hayes Lithographing Co Hard Cover. Very Good 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Excerpts fromShakespeare's plays and poems with color floral illustrations. Bevelled edges. Fine pages, bright cover. Small paper chip at front side bevel and lower spine. Former owner's name on front endpaper dated Xmas 1911.
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Winter, John Strange STRANGE STORY OF MY LIFE (THE COLONEL'S DAUGHTER)
Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co, 1897 Cloth. Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Decorative cloth cover, 265pp. Slightly cocked. Former owner on front endpaper dated Chicago, March 29th, '14.
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SCOTT'S STANDARD POSTAGE STAMP CATALOGUE
New York: Scott Stamp & Coin Co, 1931 Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Price guide with stamp illustrations and descriptions of stamps w/ thumb index. 1,887pp + more in the back. Covers the world. Subdued gilt on cover and sp ine.
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Cantwell, Robert, Illustrated by Robert Ball ALEXANDER WILSON NATURALIST AND PIONEER
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1961 Cloth. Very Good/Fair. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Includes 8 reproductions in full color and twelve in black and white from the original engravings. Wilson was the first to study the bi rds of America in their native forests. 319pp. Two inch taped tear front upper corner.
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Ratchford, J.W. SOME REMINISCENCES OF PERSONS AND INCIDENTS OF THE CIVIL WAR
Austin: Shoal Creek Publishers, 1971 Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Facsimile reproduction of the 1909 edition with a preface by Dr. Bluford B. Hestir. Ratchford was assistant adjutant-General in the Confederate Army. 69pp.
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Alcott, Louisa, Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty LOUISA ALCOTT'S PEOPLE
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936 Cloth. Very Good First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bright color paste-on front cover, color and b&w illustrations. 211pp. Attractive spine. Minor rub to extremities. Small former owner labe on fr ont endpaper.
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Clute, Eugene PRACTICAL REQUIREMENTS OF MODERN BUILDINGS
New York: The Pencil Points Press, 1928 Cloth. Good First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. "The purpose of this book is to present as clear a mental picture as possible of the practical requirements of all kinds of modern buildings the a rchitect is called upon to design." Many photos and plans, diagrams.231pp. Water stains to covers and page edges.
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McDermin, William, Illustrated by B.G.Allin SONGS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
New York: Hinds, Noble and Eldredge, 1905 Cloth. Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Photo paste-on on front cover, gilt title. Former owner Jessie Bard of University of Chicago, 1910-1913. Contents and first page detached.151pp. Some foxing to pages. Cover is attractive and bright. Minor rub to corners.
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White, James Edson BEST STORIES FROM THE BEST BOOK AN ILLUSTRATED BIBLE COMPANION FOR THE HOME
South Bend: Review & Herald Publishing, 1923 Cloth. Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Heavily illustrated with major emphasis of lessons on Christian teachings.194pp.Marbled edges. A printed presentation page as issued with gift inscription i n pencil dated Oct. 5, 1925. A few scattered mild stain spots on pages.
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Mershon, S.L. MYSTIC VOICES AN INTERPRETATION OF NATURE
New York: Theo. E. Schulte, 1906 Cloth. Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Many nice photos. Spine separating at front hinge. Spine area faded. 63pp. Former owner label on front endpaper.
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Elliot, G.F. PREHISTORIC MAN AND HIS STORY A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF MANKIND FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES
London: Seeley, Service & Co, 1915 Cloth. Fine First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrations and photos, folding chronological chart. 398pp. Bright cover and spine gilt.
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Landes, Fannie Johnson SILENT MEN
Topeka: Floyd Burres Printing Service, 1957 Soft Cover. Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Biographiesof Peter knott, John George Hilbert, Swan Johnson, Abner Yates. Decorative cover. 59pp.
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SCOTT'S STANDARD POSTAGE STAMP CATALOGUE
New York: Scott Stamp & Coin Co, 1919 Cloth. Very Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Purple stamped cloth. "Giving date of issue, color, shape and value of every postage stamp that has ever been issued by any government in the world with il lustrations of nearly every type of stamp, and giving the price at which most of them may repurchased, used or unused." 1161+pp. Special stamps section in back.
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Hicks, Thomas Willing, Illustrated by Harold Lockerman Fate "AND ON THE THIRD DAY" A DESCENDANT OF ONE OF THE SEVENTY
Los Angeles: Bert Rose Co, 1929 Full-Leather. Good Limited/Numbered. Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Numbered 72A of 1000 copies. Cover has as issued a cut-out gilt bordered with illustration beneath of Jesus waving. Su ede leather. 144pp. Illustrations are pen drawings. Chapters include When Jesus Sinned, The Repentant Judas. Faded spine, small edge chips. Fine pages.
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Wright, J.W. WHIM HORSE AND A SONG OF FREEDOM ENTITLED FIVE THOUSAND MORE
Carmel-By-The-Sea: The Press in the Forest, 1925 Soft Cover. Very Good First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Flexible boards with nice cover illustration, attractive illustrations. Includes a poem. Front cover has wear on outer edge
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Arnold, Oren, Illustrated by Donald M. Yena YOUNG PEOPLE'S ARIZONA
San Antonio: The Naylor Co, 1968 Cloth. Very Good/Good. Inscribed. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Map endpapers, color pictorial dust jacket. 5th-6th grade level.128pp. Some photos. Inscribed to author's neighbor. Dust jacket cover has nice color picture of cowboy on horse drinking from a desert stream. Wear and chips to corners and edges.
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LOCKHEED 1011 JET TRANSPORT
Burbank: Lockheed-California Co, 1968 Cloth. Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Technical promotional piece to describe the benefits and specifications of this new jet. Color illustrations, photos, 55pp. Name "Luther" on upper top right corner of front cover. Raised orange design. Small former owner label on front endpaper.
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Foley, James W. SOME ONE LIKE YOU
New York: P.F.Volland Co. 1916 Hard Cover. Fine 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Colorful cover illustration w/ raised metal plate. Attractive color illustrations, poems. Box with same color design on cover as book w/o metal plate. Box has a few minor color chips, slightly darkened, otherwise nice. 12pp uncut; no poems or illustrations are within uncut pages. Former owner gift insciption to Stella from Fanny Christmas 1921.
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Waller, Bolton MICROCOSM AND THE MACROCOSM AN ESSAY IN PHILOSOPHY
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1894 Cloth. Very Good First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"tall. Discussion of science and thought. 95pp. Gilt on cover is bright; on spine is subdued w/ shine.
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Capes, Renalt POSEIDON A PERSONAL STUDY OF ADMIRAL LORD NELSON
London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1947 Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "From the results of wide research, sometimes among documents hitherto unused, not merely of Nelson the legend but the more human one of Nelson the man."206pp. color dust jacket.
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Aronson, Sidney H. STATUS AND KINSHIP IN THE HIGHER CIVIL SERVICE STANDARDS OF SELECTION IN THE ADMINISTRATIONS OF JOHN ADAMS, THOMAS JEFFERSON, AND ANDREW JACKSON
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1964 Very Good Fine Cloth. Fine/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "This book considers the ideas of three American Presidents-John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Andrew Jackson-concerning the role of soc ial class in political appointments."274pp.
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Lawson, Rev. R. CROSSRAGUEL ABBEY A HISTORY AND A DESCRIPTION
Paisley: J. And R. Parlane, 1883 Half-Leather. Very Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Half-leather w/ blue marble boards and endpapers and edges. 66pp+adverts in back. Illustrated. One inch seam separation at back top spine, rub to ex tremities. Nice pages.
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Harrison, Joseph La Roy CAP AND GOWN SOME COLLEGE VERSE
Boston: Joseph Knight Co, 1894 Cloth. Very Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Floral cloth design w/ gilt picture on cover and spine. Curious gift letter included from J.W. Wright to "Frannie Dear" dated 1918 referring to reading the book in the future 1950. Various poets.Bright gilt, slightly darkened spine with minor wear to bottom spine. Former owner's name on front endpaper.
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Lillibridge, Will, Illustrated by Maynard Dixon BEN BLAIR - THE STORY OF A PLAINSMAN
Chicago: A.C.McClurg and Co, 1905 Cloth. Very Good First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Western novel, 333pp.
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