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Montross, Lynn and Captain Nicholas A. Canzona U. S. Marine Operations in Korea 1950-1953, Volume 1. The Pusan Perimeter
U. S. Marine Corps Washington, D. C 1954 First Edition Hardcover Blue cloth with gilt lettering anddecoration, illustrated with photos and maps, map endpapers, light rubbing on spine, very slight slant to spine, tight, 271 pp.; 8vo Very Good+
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 414   details     inquire
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Martin, Robert W. The Lindbergh Flight
Aviation Week & Space Technology/ McGraw Hill U. S. A. 1967 First Thus Hardcover Paper Covered Boards. Scarce book. A reprint in its entirety of the editorial on Lindbergh's famous flight that first appeared in AVIATION on May 30, 1927. Ochre colored tipped in pages of the article along with reproductions of other photos and old ads that appeared in the magazine as well. An interesting collectible on Lindbergh. White glossy covers, with some soiling, light edgewear, 1/2" tear in paper at edge of mid spine.; Square 4to Very Good
Price: USD 40.00 other currencies   order no. 417   details     inquire
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Illustrated American Horse Book Containing a Plain Practical and improvedModern treatment, Profusely Illustrated...diseases of the horse, historyof breeds of Horses...origin, Development & Performances of the Trottinghorses of America...
Live-Stock Publishing Company Chicago 1879 Revised Edition Hardcover Full calf, moderate rubbing and edgewear, light chipping and wear at spine ends, 2 corners worn to boards at tips, 1" tear edge of upper spine, black leather title inset on spine with 3/4" chip in middle, marbled endpapers and page ends, inner hinges professionally reinforced, light foxing on endpapers, owner name on front endpaper, 600 pp. Illustrated with numerous engravings, interior in nice shape with some sporadic light foxing mainly in margins of a few pages.; 4to Fair
Price: USD 50.00 other currencies   order no. 422   details     inquire
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Hall-Edwards, J. Carbon Dioxide Snow: Its Therapeutic Uses (methods of Collection andapplication)
Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. London 1913 First Edition Hardcover Rare book on using Carbon Dioxide snow to freeze asnd treat lesions and skin diseases. Illustrated with several photographs and diagrams of equipment and treatments. Written by a senior radiographer of the X-ray Dept. at General Hosipital, Birmingham. Black cloth with gilt lettering, some edgewear and rubbing, spine ends a little worn, owner nameplate and name on front endpaper, endpapers browning, foxing on text block page ends , 78 pp.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Very Good
Price: USD 55.00 other currencies   order no. 426   details     inquire
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Gross, Samuel W., M.D. A Practical Treatise on Tumors of the Mammary Gland; Embracing Theirhistology, pathology, diagnosis, and Treatment.
D. Appleton & Co. New York 1880 First Edition Hardcover Gross was a prominent physician of his time. Illustrated with 29 engravings. Brown cloth with gilt lettering, corners lightly bumped, corners and spine ends have light wear and rubbing, thin crease on cloth of rear board with some wrinkling of cloth next to it, top of spine chipped with small tears in end cloth, . Owner inscription on front endpaper, owner nameplate on front pastedown, light soiling on endpapers, a few pencil checkmarks in margins, 246 pp.; 8vo Very Good-
Price: USD 300.00 other currencies   order no. 427   details     inquire
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Martin, Franklin H. Electricity. Diseases of Women and Obstetrics.
W. T. Keener Chicago 1892 First Edition Hardcover Rust cloth with gilt lettering, moderate rubbing,beveled edges, corners worn to boards at tips, spine ends have some rubbing and fraying, paisley endpapers, owner nameplate on front pastedown, repair to inner hinges, with many illustrations, 252 pp.; 8vo Good
Price: USD 90.00 other currencies   order no. 429   details     inquire
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Lehmann, Lotte Gedichte
Privately Printed Austria 1969 First Edition Softcover Printed Wraps. SIGNED by Lotte and dated 1969 on half title page. Light edgewear, spine a little yellowed, 1/8" tear lower spine edge, 119 pp.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; Signed by Author Very Good+
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 433   details     inquire
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Inbar, Reuben Birds of Israel
Natib Hasefer-Haifa Israel First Edition Hardcover c. 1970. Pictorial cloth, light edgewear, text in both Hebrew and English, illustrated with color and b & w photos, 128 pp. Dust jacket has small chips and tears, light soiling, 1/2" closed tear with associated crease lower front panel, corners and spine ends chipped, small stain upper front cover, 1" closed tear upper rear panel.; 4to Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 435   details     inquire
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Sargeant, J. A. Sumo the Sport and the Tradition
Charles E. Tuttle Rutland, Vermont 1959 First Edition Hardcover Cloth. Book has light wear, illustrated with photos, 96 pp. Dust jacket has very light edgewear, price clipped.; 8vo Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. 443   details     inquire
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Kampion, Drew The Book of Waves; Form and Beauty on the Ocean
Arpel Graphics Santa Barbara 1989 First Edition 0916567141 Hardcover Cloth. Very light edgewear, small chipping at one corner, small stain to lower front cover. 122 pp. Profusely illustrated with pictures of waves and surfers on waves.; Square 4to Very Good
Price: USD 65.00 other currencies   order no. 448   details     inquire
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L. L. Hall Hall's Instructive Positions; Problems, Games and End-game Studies in theGame of Checkers
Hall-Martin Pub. Co. Los Angeles, California 1952 First Edition Hardcover Tan cloth, very light edgewear, 129 pp. Dust jacket has light soiling, tiny chips at corners, chipping at spine ends, 1/3" tear upper spine edge.; 8vo Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 468   details     inquire
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Backgammon and Draughts (or checkers) Comprising G. F. Pardon's Completework, and Many Valuable Parts of Andrew Anderson's "checkers"
Frederick A. Stokes New York 1889 First Edition Hardcover Illustrated paper covered boards, some edgewear and rubbing, corners worn to boards at tips, very light soiling, in quite nice shape for paper covered boards of this vintage, 126 pp.; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall Very Good-
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 470   details     inquire
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Jordan, R. and George Crookston Draughts: Jordan V. Stewart. Match games, Played at Edinburgh, October1897, for a Stake of L100 and the Draughts Championship of the world,Containing Biographical Sketches of the Players
John Horn Glasgow 1897 First Edition Softcover Printed Wraps. Light edgewear and soiling, someone circled the date in pen and put a star next to it on the front, light browning along spine, spine ends chipped, 64 pp.; 8vo Good+
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Erichsen, John Eric On Concussion of the Spine, Nervous Shock and Other Obscure Injuries tothe Nervous System in Their Clinical and Medico-Legal Aspects
William Wood and Company New York 1886 Revised Edition Hardcover Black cloth with gilt lettering, corners lightly bumped and rubbed to boards at tips, light edgewear, spine ends chipped and frayed, rubbing in spots along spine edge, 159 pp.; 8vo Good+
Price: USD 120.00 other currencies   order no. 483   details     inquire
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The New Practical Housekeeping. a Compilation of new, Choice and CarefulyTested Recipes.
Home Publishing Co. Minneapolis, MN. 1890 Hardcover Green cloth with black lettering, all edges red, covers have a little bit of remants from it looks like paper being glued to it, also the covers look like possibly someone used an iron over them because the fabric looks a little melted? thats the best I can describe it. Little edgewear, owner name on front endpapers, light soiling on endpapers, interior clean, book is tight, 689 pp. Filled with recipes.; Large 8vo Good
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 488   details     inquire
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Brillat-Savarin The Handbook of Dining; or, Corpulency and Leanness ScientificallyConsidered. Comprising the art of Dining on Correct Principles Consistentwith Easy digestion, the Avoidance of corpulency, and the cure ofLeanness; Together with Special Remarks...
D. Appleton & Co. New York 1865 First American Edition Hardcover Brown cloth with gilt lettering, spine faded, gilt on spine faded, some fading around edges, one corner lightly bumped, light soiling, lower spine cloth has a couple tiny tears, interior clean, 200 pp.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Very Good-
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Skeat, Rev. Walter W. An Etymological dictionary of the English Language
Clarendon Press, Oxford 1974 Revised Edition Hardcover Rust cloth, minor wear, small stain on lowercorner of text block page ends, tiny dent on upper spine cloth, 780 pp. Dust jacket has light soiling on rear, moderate foxing on front, small chips and tears, 3" closed tear on front and rear upper panels, rubbing on spine edges, 1/8" x 1/3" chip at edge of mid spine.; 4to Very Good+ in Good dust jacket
Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. 499   details     inquire
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Nakamura, Tadashi Karate Technique and Spirit
Shufunotomo Co. Tokyo, Japan 1986 First Edition Hardcover Cloth. Profuse photos. Dust jacket has light wear, 3/4" closed tear upper spine edge, 1/2" closed tear upper rear panel.; 4to Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. 522   details     inquire
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Cottrall, Leslie G. Introduction to Stuff Preparation for Paper Making
Charles Griffen & Co. London 1952 First Edition Hardcover Maroon pebbled cloth with gilt lettering,183 pp.; 8vo Very Good
Price: USD 18.00 other currencies   order no. 528   details     inquire
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Erratic Enrique (Henry Clay Lukens) Jets and Flashes
John W. Lovell Co. New York 1883 First Edition Hardcover SIGNED and inscribed by Lukens on the front free endpaper; "Henry Clay Lukens to his friend Henry George Sept. 18, 1883" Also a silly poem on page facing title page that ends with "kindess of the author Francis Daley original" so I am not sure if Lukens wrote it or not. Brown cloth with red stamping, some rubbing and edgewear, gilt lettering on spine, corners and spine ends have some wear and rubbing, top of spine edge frayed, 200 pp.; 8vo; Signed by Author Good
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Capp, Al, Illustrated by Al Capp The World of Li'l Abner with Introduction By John Steinbeck and ForewardBy Charles Chapin`
Farrar, Straus and Young New York 1953 First Edition Hardcover Tan and red cloth, minor wear, one corner lightly bumped, light browning on endpaper edges, 175 pp. Dust jacket has small chips and tears, light rubbing and mnior soiling.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
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Ezell Edward Clinton and Linda Neuman Ezell The Partnership; history of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (signed By GeneCernan astronaut)
NASA, Washington, D.C. 1978 First Edition Softcover Signed by Astronaut Gene Cernan. Large 8vo. Gene Cernan is mentioned several times in this book and I was there when he signed it so guarantee the signature. Blue printed wraps, light edgewear, some creasing on the spine, illustrated with photos, 560 pp. Signed on title page.; Large 8vo; Signed by Astronaut Gene Cernan Very Good
Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. 545   details     inquire
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Wyatt, Geoffrey At the Mighty Organ
Oxford Illustrated Press 1974 First Edition Hardcover Brown cloth, minor wear, tiny bump to upper spine edge, illustrated with photos, a few small pen marks in margins of two rear pages, 98 pp. Dust jacket has a few small chips.; Large 8vo Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 555   details     inquire
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Moynihan, Sir Berkeley American Addresses on War Surgery
W. B. Saunders Philadelphia 1917 First Edition Hardcover Green ribbed cloth with gilt lettering, bright, light wear at spine ends, small area on rear panel that is rubbed, owner stamp on front endpaper, 143 pp. Dust jacket has some soiling, small chips and tears, spine a little darkened, corners and spine ends chipped, a few small chips where "lightly scraped" on rear panel.; 8vo Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
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Magriel, Paul David A Bibliography of Dancing; a List of Books and Articles on the Dance andRelated Subjects
Benjamin Blom New York 1966 Reprint Hardcover Black cloth, ex-university library copy, name stamp on endpapers and text block page ends, small white label on lower spine and lower front cover, no other markings.; Large 8vo Very Good
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Fiske, Horace Spencer In Stratford and the Plays; Sonnets on Shakspere with Illustrations ofFamous Actors and Actresses
Stratford Company Boston 1917 First Edition Hardcover SIGNED and inscribed by author and dated in 1920. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, light edgewear and rubbing, 37 pp. Photos of Edwin Booth, Sir Herbert Beerbohm, Julia Marlowe and many others. A scarce title!; 8vo; Signed by Author Very Good
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Weinstock, Herbert Handel
Alfred A. Knopf New York 1947 First Edition Hardcover SIGNED and inscribed on half title page by author, "This copy of Handel is dedicated to Bert Knowles by its fond begottor, hoping he will like it. Herbert Weinstock 1/17/48". Red cloth, light edgewear, 326 pp. with index. Dust jacket has light rubbing at foredges, small chips and tears, spine a little yellowed.; 8vo; Signed by Author Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
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Winn, Edith Lynwood Violin Talks
Carl Fischer, Inc. New York 1905 First Edition Hardcover Containing suggestions for teachers of children, analyses of important teaching works, practical information concerning technic, bowing, intonation, and other subjects related to violin study and a short treatise on the Joachim and Sevcik schools of violin playing. Olive ribbed cloth with gilt lettering, some rubbing and wear at spine ends and corners, owner name on title page, 139 pp.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Very Good
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Sigsbee, C.d. Illustrative Cloud Forms for the Guidance of Observers in theClassification of Clouds
U. S. Hydrographic Office Washington, D.C. 1897 First Edition Hardcover Cloth. Contains 16 beautiful chromolithographs of clouds, shown either over the ocean or shore or other bodies of water. One plate has a 1" tear at lower page, another has a 3" tear on the text portion not affecting picture. Otherwise plates in VG condition. The book has most of the outer cloth chipped away from the spine, corners and edges worn, front inner hinge paper cracking, owner name crossed out on front endpaper.; Oblong 16mo. Fair
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Ehret, Wendell, Illustrated by Wendell Ehret "Dear Gertrood"
Robert M. McBride & Co. New York 1945 First Edition Hardcover Decorative Paper Covered Board. Corners have minor bumps, some light chipping at spine ends and corners, 1/4" chip upper front spine edge, 128 pp. Some drawings in color. Dust jacket has small chips and tears, 1 1/2" tear upper and lower front foredge, spine faded, upper spine has chipping.; 4to Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
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Bowers, q. David Muriel Ostriche, Princess of Silent Films and Early American FilmProduction
Vestal Press, Vestal, New York 1987 First Edition Softcover Printed Wraps. Scarce book on Muriel Ostriche. Light edgewear, 240 pp. Profusely illustrated with photos.; 4to Very Good
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Kreutzberg, Harald Harald Kreutzberg. At the Piano: Friedrich Wilckens
Concert management, Frances Hawkins New York First Edition Softcover Printed wraps, orange picture on tan paper, SIGNED by Harald Kreutzberg on title page. This seems to be a compilation of various dances or performances by Kreutzberg. Each full page is a photo of Kreutzberg performing the dance in costume which is titled below, Between each photo is a 1/3 page with the title of the dances and a description of them, some with press reviews. Light edgewear. Scarce.; 4to; Signed by Author Very Good
Price: USD 80.00 other currencies   order no. 596   details     inquire
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Hodge, Leta Soldiers, scholars, Gentlemen. The First One Hundred Years of theMissouri Military Academy
Missouri Military Academy, Mexico, Missouri 1988 First Edition Hardcover Brown leatherette with gilt lettering and decoration, numerous photos, 152 pp. Dust jacket has moderate rubbing, light edgewear, tiny chips, lower 1 1/2" of front cover is wrinkled.; 4to Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. 600   details     inquire
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Dowley, Tim & Dunnage, Barry Bob Dylan, from a Hard Rain to a Slow Train
Midas Books/Hippocrene Books, Turnbridge Wells/New York 1982 First Edition 0882546538 Hardcover Paper Covered Boards. 176 pages plus bibliography. Includes a discography of Dylan's albums, e.p.'s, samplers, bootleg albums, etc. Illustrated with photographs. Price on dj in dollars and pounds. Former owner name label on pastedown. Book and dj very clean.; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
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Pattie, Jane Cowboy Spurs and Their Makers
Texas A & M University Press, College Station 1991 First Edition Hardcover Cloth. Illustrated with85 black and white and twelve color photographs. Book is very clean with only real flaw being a slight bump to one corner. Dust jacket has one 3/8" tear but is otherwise very good or better.; 4to Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 627   details     inquire
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Bhattacharya, B. Varanasi Rediscovered
Munshiram Manoharial Pub. New Delhi 1999 First Edition Hardcover Blue cloth, light bump to two corners, minor wear at spine ends, illustrated with photos, 315 pp. Dust jacket has light wear at corners and spine ends. A nice copy.; 8vo Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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Ibsen, Henrik Nora; or, a Doll's House. a Play
Lily Publishing House Chicago 1890 First American Edition Hardcover Only authorized american edition, this is the first american edition. Olive green cloth with red lettering, light edgewear, light rubbing at spine edges, corners have some wear and rubbing, spine ends have some wear and rubbing. Lower spine edge has some chafing with a couple small chips, interior clean, 108 pp. With Ghosts story at the end. Translated from the Norwegian by Henrietta Frances Lord.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Very Good-
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Mitchell, David M. Cri Du Coeur
Elkin Mathews and Marrot London 1931 First Edition Hardcover Signed and inscribed by Mitchell on front endpaper, "To Bertha and Harold on the occasion of my visit to them at their home in California, affectionately David Mitchell". Grey paper covered boards, still has original wrap around slip stating "Preface by W. H. Davies", light edgewear, spine slightly yellowed, endpapers browning, 46 pp.; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; Signed by Author Very Good+
Price: USD 60.00 other currencies   order no. 642   details     inquire
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Wood, William Ransom Legacy of Dreams
University of Alaska Foundation, Fairbanks, Alaska 1993 First Edition, Limited Hardcover Signed andinscribed on half title page, "To Dr. William Jovanovich. In appreciation of all that you have accomplished for mankind over the years. I can offer only this taste of the Alaska experience. Bill Wood, Fairbanks Alaska". LIMITED to 250 copies of which this is No. 84, SIGNED by Wood below limitation number. William Woods business card laid in front. Blue cloth with silver lettering, 86 pp. Dust jacket has minor wear; 8vo; Signed by Author Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von Tragedy of Faustus
Sampson Low, Marston Searle & Rivington London 1889 First Thus Hardcover Decorated Cloth. Translated in the original Rhyme and Metre Alfred Henry Huth. 245 pages. Pages largely unopened and untrimmed. Darkening to spine and soiling to cloth. Darkening to endpapers. Tight; 8vo Very Good-
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Lewis, Wyndham Tarr
Alfred A. Knopf New York 1918 First Edition Hardcover First Edition in the red cloth of Lewis' first novel. Covers are dampstained which has caused discoloration. Dampness has also caused some wrinkling to the last 100 pages or so. Red color has bled through to the pastedowns, around the perimeter. ; 8vo Good+
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50 Years of Naval Aviation (Sikorsky Aircraft)
Sikorsky Aircraft No Place First Edition Hardcover Paper Covered Boards. No Jacket as Issued. Sikorsky Aircraft from 1927-1977. Illustrated with full-page photographs. Light wear and soiling. 1" split starting at the lower spine/back cover.; Oblong 4to. Very Good
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Brenner, Anita The Wind That Swept Mexico: The History of the Mexican Revolution 1910-1942
University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas 1973 Second Printing Hardcover Cloth. 310 pp. Illustratedwith 184 historical photographs. Short former owner's inscription otherwise the book is nearly fine. Dust jacket is faded a bit at the spine and is worn at the spine ends and corners, price clipped.; 4to Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
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Wilkinson, W. L. Non-Newtonian Fluids
Pergamon Press London 1960 First Edition Hardcover Cloth. Fluid Mechanics, Mixing and Heat Transfer. Illustrated with graphs and a couple of photographs. Slight spine lean. Light wear to the dust jacket. Former owner's name and stamp.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
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Kolsky, Herbert & Prager, William, editors. Stress Waves in Anelastic Solids
Springer-Verlag Berlin 1964 First Edition Hardcover Cloth. 342 pages. The proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and held in 1963. Former owner name and stamp.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
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Koiter, W. T. , Editor The Theory of Thin Elastic Shells
North-holland Publishing Company Amsterdam 1960 First Edition Hardcover Cloth. 496 pages. Proceedings of the symposium held in 1959. Bumps to lower corners. Former owner's name to front free endpaper. Soiling to top edge. Dust jacket spine is darkened somewhat. Illustrated.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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Kornhauser, M. Structural Effects of Impact
Spartan Books, Inc. Baltimore, Maryland 1964 First Edition Hardcover Cloth. 199 pages plus index.Illustrated. Small note glued to margin of one page and some minor underlining to a few pages. Otherwise very good. Dust jacket has a 1/2" chip upper front edge and a 1/4" x 3/4" chip lower front corner, a few other small chips.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
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Proceedings of an Aerospace Scientific Symposium of DistunguishedLecturers in Honor of Dr. Theordore Von Karman on His 80th. Anniversary,May 11, 1961
The Institute of the Aerospace Sciences New York 1962 First Edition Hardcover Decorative Cloth. (1962). 127 pp. Inscribed by Nicholas J. Hoff, Head, Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Stanford University. He contributed one of the papers here published. There is also a typed letter, signed from Hoff sending this copy to the recipient. This is on his Stanford University letterhead. The letter is stapled to the front free endpaper. The original tissue dust jacket is present but taped to the endpapers.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Signed by Signed and Inscribed By Author Near Fine
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Hoff, Nicholas John, editor High Temperature Effects in Aircraft Structures
Pergamon Press London 1958 First Edition Hardcover Cloth. 354 pp. plus index. Illustrated with graphs and some photographs. Foxing to page edges and endpapers. Binding cocked. Dust jacket is very good with light wear and soiling.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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Sears, W. R. Collected papers of W. R. Sears Through 1973
Cornell University Press 1974 First Edition Softcover Printed Wraps. Minor wear, 483 pp.; Large 8vo Very Good+
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Kawato, Mike Flight Into Conquest
Self Published, Anaheim, CA. 1978 Second Printing Softcover Printed Wraps. Abridged Special Edition-Second Printing. Written by a Japanese fighter pilot who saw action in World War II. Light edgewear, illustrated with photos, 150 pp.; 8vo Very Good+
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Marx, Karl Revolution and Counter-Revolution or Germany in 1848
Swan Sonnenschein & Co. London 1896 First English Edition Hardcover Red cloth, light edgewear and soiling, spine darkened, owner nameplate on front paste down endpaper, minor foxing on rear endpapers, top of spine chipped, 148 pp.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Very Good-
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Wilson, Eugene E. Slipstream; the Autobiography of an Air Craftsman
Mcgraw-hill New York 1950 First Edition Hardcover Signed and inscribed on front free endpaper, Eugene E. Wilson Hartford February 14/ 1950. Black cloth, light edgewear and rubbing, spine ends have a little rubbing and wear, 328 pp. Dust jacket has small chips and tears, rubbing at spine edges and foredges, small crease at upper rear panel.; 8vo; Signed by Author Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
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Holbrook, James G. Laplace Transforms for Electronic Engineers
Pergamon Press New York 1959 First Edition Hardcover Red cloth with gilt lettering, light edgewear,owner name on front endpaper, 259 pp. Dust jacket has small chips and tears.; 8vo Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
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Hoff, Ebbe Curtis and John Farquhar Fulton A Bibliography of Aviation medicine, Also the Supplement to This Volume (Two volumes)
Charles C. Thomas Springfield, Illinois 1942 First Edition Hardcover Very Good+/No Jacket. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, minor edgewear and soiling, 237 pp. The supplement is gray cloth with gilt lettering, 109 pp.; 4to Very Good+ with no dust jacket
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Sullivan, Louis R. Essentials of Anthropometry
American Museum of Natural History New York 1928 First Edition Hardcover Flexible leather binding.A Handbook for Explorers and Museum Collectors. 85 pp. With bibliography. Illustrated. Former owner's name.; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall Very Good with no dust jacket
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Carroll, John M., Editor, Illustrated by Lorence Bjorklund The Papers of the Order of Indian Wars
The Old Army Press Fort Collins 1975 First Edition Hardcover Cloth. 281 pp. plus index. Illustrated with line drawings. Wraparound dust jacket art by Bjorklund. Former owner stamp to front free endpaper. Slight soiling to page edges. Dust jacket with a couple of 1/2" tears and light chips to upper spine.; 4to Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
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Wissler, Clark The Relation of Nature to Man in Aboriginal America
Oxford University Press New York 1926 First Edition Hardcover Cloth. 237 pp. plus index. Illustrated with numerous charts and graphs. Tight copy with light wear. Former owner name to pastedown.; 8vo Very Good
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Roheim, Geza Social Anthropology; a Psycho-Analytic Study in Anthropology and a Historyof Australian Totemism
Boni and Liveright New York 1926 First American Edition Hardcover Green cloth, gilt lettering on spine faded, light edgewear, one corner with light bump, spine ends have minor wear and rubbing, owner name on front endpaper, 487 pp. Illustrated with maps and drawings, some maps are fold out showing locations of various types of totemism in Australia. An important book on this topic.; Small 4to Very Good with no dust jacket
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Tschopik, Harry The Aymara of chucuito, Peru 1. Magic
American Museum of Natural History New York 1951 First Edition Softcover Volume 44, part 2 -Anthropological Paper of the Am. Museum of Nat. History. SIGNED and inscribed on half title page, "To Bert & Ethyl with best regards, Harry". Bert and Ethel Aginsky were well known anthropologists and this book is from their library. Blue stiff wraps, light edgewear, spine yellowed, light bump at upper spine, illustrated with 33 plates, 308 pp.; 4to; Signed by Author Very Good
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Dennett, R. E. At the back of the Black Man's Mind or notes on the Kingly Office in WestAfrica
Macmillan London 1906 First Edition Hardcover Green cloth with gilt lettering, some edgewear, one corner worn to boards at very tip, lower spine rubbed with a couple tiny tears in end cloth, upper spine has rubbing and 1/4" tear in spine cloth and 1/3" tear at spine edge and some chipping, owner name on front endpaper, 288 pp. Illustrated with photos and drawings. Includes Luango and the Bavili, courts of Maluango and Mamboma, law, Bavili psychology, Ndongoism, Nkici-ism, sacred animals and trees, Bibila, the Bini, Benin districts and more.; 8vo Good
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Vaillant, George C. And Suzannah B. Excavations at Gualupita
American Museum of Natural History New York 1934 First Edition Softcover Printed Wraps. Anthropological Papers of The Museum of Natural History Volume XXXV, Part I. Light edgewear, minor chipping at spine ends, spine darkened. Illustrated with 35 figures. Includes excavations at Gualupita, pottery, figurines, wares and more.; 8vo Very Good
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Ratzel, Professor Friedrich The history of Mankind - 3 Volumes
Macmillan London 1896 First English Edition Hardcover These books are fantastic!! Many wonderful intricate bright color chromolithographs-extremely well done, I can't say enough about how great they are - many of native peoples and/or their costumes, belongings, etc. Also, several maps and more than 1,000 engravings. Volume 1 includes the races of Oceania, Australia, Malays and Malagasies. Volume 2 includes the Indians of North and South America, Eskimos, some African. Volume 3 includes the native peoples of Africa and Asia. Blue pebbled cloth with ornate gilt decoration and lettering, light edgewear, a few corners have minor bumps, spine ends have some rubbing with some tiny tears in end cloth, inner hinge paper starting to crack in some places, owner name on front endpaper. 486, 562, 597 pp. in the 3 volumes.; Large 8vo Very Good-
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2,000 Years of Calligraphy. a Three-part Exhibition By the BaltimoreMuseum of art, Peabody Institute library, Walters Art Gallery
Walters Art Gallery Baltimore, Maryland 1965 First Edition Hardcover Printed boards and white clothspine, light edgewear and rubbing, owner nameplate on front endpaper, 201 pp.; 4to Very Good
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Nikola Tesla Life and Work of a Genius
Yugoslav Society for the Promotion of Scientific Knowledge "nikola tesla", Belgrade 1976 Softcover Printed Wraps. Some rubbing on rear cover, small chips and wear at spine ends and corners, 107 pp.; 8vo Very Good
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Hunt, Charles B. Cenozoic Geology of the Colorado Plateau
United States Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 1956 First Edition Softcover Printed Wraps. Chipping at lower spine edge, 1/3" tear lower spine edge, light soiling and edgewear, light foxing on endpapers, 99 pp. Illustrated with maps, photos, and diagrams. Geological Survey Professional Paper 279.; 4to Very Good-
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morgan, Lewis H. Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family
Smithsonian Institution Washington city 1871 First Edition Hardcover Paper Covered Boards. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 218. Sections include Part I-Descriptive system of relationshipo Aryan, Smitic, and Uralian Families. Part II-Classificatory System of Relationship, Ganowanian Family. Part III-Turanian and Malayan Families. Original binding, handwritten title on spine, corners and edges chipped to boards, moderate soiling, spine covered with heavy duty clear tape, front inner hinge taped, owner name on front endpaper, a few pages with minor pencil notes in margins, 393 pp.; Folio Fair
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Bright, William (editor) International Encyclopedia of Linguistics-4 Volumes
Oxford University Press, New York 1992 First Edition Hardcover Cloth. Light edgewear, minor bumps to a few corners, clean and bright, interiors pristine, a great set!; 4to Very Good+
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Billingsley, M. W. (the Only Authentic White Chief of the... Behind the Scenes in Hopi Land: 60 Years with the Hopi People
Privately Printed, 1974 Softcover Illustrated Wraps. Profusely illustrated, 153 pp. Minor wear. Billingsley's life and experiences with the Hopi Indians in Arizona.; 8vo Very Good+
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Billingsley, M. W. (the Only Authentic White Chief of the... Behind the Scenes in Hopi Land: 60 Years with the Hopi People
Privately Printed, 1974 Softcover Illustrated Wraps. Profusely illustrated, 153 pp. Minor wear. Billingsley's life and experiences with the Hopi Indians in Arizona.; 8vo Very Good+
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Kemp, Tage (editor) Proceedings of the First International Congress of Human Genetics-fiveParts
S. Karger Basel 1957 First Edition Softcover Printed Wraps. Five volumes of the First meeting of this organization in Copenhagen August 1-6, 1956. Minor edgewear, spines yellowed, , part II has bump to lower spine. 613 pages total. Includes numerous scientific articles.; 8vo Very Good
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Anthony, Norman and o. Soglow The Drunk's Blue Book
J. B. Lippincott Company Philadelphia 1940 Revised Edition Hardcover Red cloth, light edgewear and rubbing, 1/8" light spot lower front panel, cloth lightened and rubbed in lower half of front cover spine edge, unpaginated. Dust jacket has minor edgewear, light soiling on rear panel, 2' x 1/3" area on rear panel where top printed layer of paper is rubbed away, small chip on inside front flap corner.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
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Miller, Robert H., Illustrated by Cheryl Hanna The story of Stagecoach Mary Fields
Silver Press Morristown, New Jersey 1995 First Edition 0382243994 Hardcover Pictorial Paper CoveredBoards. Map endpapers, the story of an African American woman who was a slave for the first 30 years of her life and the next 50 she spent wrestling bandits and carrying the mail. A nice copy!; 4to Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
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Sturges, Preson Five Screenplays
University of California Press, Berkeley, California 1985 First Edition 0520054423 Hardcover Black cloth, light edgewear, 848 pp. Jacket also has minor wear.; 8vo Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
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Anobile, Richard J. The Maltese Falcon
Universe Books, New York 1974 First Edition Hardcover Black cloth, light edgewear, profusely illustrated with photos, 256 pp. Dust jacket has small chips and tears, top of spine chipped.; 4to Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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Ritchie, Carson i. A. Bone and Horn Carving a Pictorial History
A. S. Barnes & Co. South Brunswick 1975 First Edition Hardcover Cloth. Discusses bone and horn carving from the bronze age to the present, illustrated with numerous photos. Red cloth, light bump to upper spine corner, owner name on front endpaper, 166 pp. Dust jacket has a few small chips and tears, rear panel has some light discoloration where it looks like something stuck to it.; 4to Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
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Kilpatrick, Jack frederick and Anna Gritts The Shadow of Sequoyah. Social Documents of the cherokees, 1862-1964
University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma 1976 Second Printing Hardcover Cloth. Light wear tojacket, 129 pp.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
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Egan, Van Gorman Tyee. The Story of the Tyee club of British Columbia
Ptarmigan Press, British Columbia 1988 First Edition 0919537413 Hardcover Maroon cloth, illustratedwith photos, 208 pp. Dust jacket has one 1/8" tear.; 4to Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
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The Genius of Arab Civilization source of Renaissance
MIT Press, Cambridge 1978 Hardcover Gray cloth, owner inscription on half title page, illustrated with photos. Dust jacket has small chips and tears.; Square 4to Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
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Miles, Charles and Pierre Bovis American Indian and Eskimo Basketry; a Key to Identification
Self Published San Francisco 1969 First Edition, Limited Hardcover Signed by both authors on limitation page. Limited to 1,000 copies of which this is #159. Profusely illustrated with photos of baskets and descriptive text. Brown cloth, minor edgewear, lower part of front cover and part of rear cover has lightened areas due to possibly to dampness, rear part may be a dampstain because rear jacket cover has thin dampstain, but it seems to be more a general foxing/dampness type environmentit was in rather than that the book actually was wet in these areas. There is light foxing on the endpapers. There are laminated tabs at the top of the book dividing the baskets of the book into distinct Indian tribes such as Salish-Pomo and Navajo-Pima and so on. Interior of book is clean, a great reference! Dust jacket has light soiling, spine a little browned, minor edgewear, thin dampstain on inside rear cover. 144 pp.; 8vo; Signed by Both Authors Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket
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Dom Henrique the Navigator
Executive Committee for the Quincentenary Commemorations of the Death of the Infante Dom Henrique, Lisbon 1960 First Edition Hardcover Gray cloth, light foxing on endpapers, small stain about 1/4" high at lower spine end, 96 pp. plus 56 pages of full page photos. Includes program for the lunch ast Catelo De S. Jorge for the Naval Commiteed for the Commemorations of the Henry the Navigator, August 9, 1960 in Lisboa, Portugal. There are numerous authors contributing to the book. Dust jacket has small chips and tears, rubbing along front foredge, light soiling on rear, 1.5" tear with crease upper front panel, a few short scrapes.; 4to Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
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Tompkins, Willis Ogham; a Brief account of the Language and Its Alphabets; Usages By theDruids; and Some Applications in Cryptology
Ogham Press New York First Edition Softcover Ogham was the secret language of the druids. Gray printed wraps with string binding, illustrated with rust colored woodcuts showing the alphabets and strokes of the language of Ogham. 14 pp.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Very Good+
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