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1987293947Milan: Bompiani 1987. paperback. near fine. Illustrated color and black & white. 402 pages. 4to paper wrappers. Milan: Bompiani 1987. A near fine copy.<br/><br/> Bompiani unknown books
1971000837Seattle: Young Asians for Action 1971. Softcover. First limited edition; 6" x 8 3/4"; pp. 3 2-56 4 including text to last page; original stiff pictorial wraps tied with a decorative string; illustrated from photographs; near fine with minor wear and scuffing to top edge and upper corners of covers. A delightful poetry book with works by various young Asian Americans. Contains two photographs by Gary Locke former United States Secretary of Commerce and Governor of Washington and currently serving as an ambassador to China. Seattle: Young Asians for Action paperback books
1915041557Trenton NJ: Trenton Potteries 1915. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition. Moderate general wear toblack buckram a little shaken and binding loose but intact. Size: Octavo 8vo. Text is clean and unmarked. Heavy foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Engineering Industrial & Trades; Inventory No: 041557. <br/><br/> Trenton Potteries hardcover books
1883002090San Francisco: T. E. Flynn & Company 1883. Softcover. First edition; 9 x 5 3/4; pp. 1 406-480; grey wraps printed in black; a few rubbed spots along spine; small signature of previous owner to front wrap; back wrap advertisement illustrated with a woodcut; very good condition.Being the official organ of the Department of Public Instruction the journal featured new methods and experiments in teaching new educational devices poetry hints and advice on schools and universities etc. Right around the same time the Department of Public Instruction led a campaign through the journal to take away textbook printing from the major commercial publishers and entrust it to the state. The movement would prove successful culminating with the famous Perry Amendment to the Constitution of California in 1884. San Francisco: T. E. Flynn & Company paperback books
1998186462Cambridge England / New York New York: Cambridge University Press 1998. Second Edition and Third Edition. Hardcover. Good Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine inside front and rear covers ffep and block. Bindings are tight and pages are otherwise clear. This is an incomplete set all bound in red cloth boards with gilt spine lettering. Many of the volumes have a red dj with bw illustration. Several volumes have no DJ. Bw illustrations charts and diagrams throughout. Set contains the following volumes: Volume 1 part 2; Volume II Part 1 and 2; Volume III Parts 1 2 3; Volume IV; Volume V; Volume VI; Volume VII Part 1 and 2; Volume VIII; Volume IX; Volume X; Volume XI; Volume XII; Volume XIII; Plates to Volume I & II; Plates to Volume III; Plates to Volume IV; Plates to Volume V and VI; Plates to Volume VII Part 1. Some volumes are second edition and some are third. Cambridge University Press hardcover books
19672162Mystic: The Marine Historical Association Inc. 1967 First edition. Illustrated throughout with black & white plates. Some fading to the spine and top edges spine ends rubbed. Family letters regarding the fate of Henry Jackson Sargent Jr. The Marine Historical Association, Inc. unknown books
1877001454Salem MA: The Salem Register 1877. Softcover. Very good. Two brochures 1877 and 1883; 9 1/4 x 6 and 11 3/4 x 6 1/2; single leaves folded pp. 4 text to pp. 1 and 4 only; cream stock ruled with intricate boarders and printed in red and black respectively; the 1877 copy with a few very minor nicks to fore-edge; in very good to near fine condition; the 1883 copy with several closed cuts to edges an old horizontal crease and a small chip to lower corner; in good to very good condition. Used as "Thank You" keepsakes the brochures were given by carriers to their customers on the first day of each new year and contained a long-winded cheerful poems which presented the previous year's news in verse. The Salem Register 1800 - ca 1911 was a newspaper published in Salem Massachusetts. Established by William Carlton its initial purpose was to advocate for the election of Thomas Jefferson to the Presidency. The Salem Register paperback books
1946001480S.l.: United Labor's Legislative Committee AFL - CIO - Railroad Brotherhood 1946. Softcover. Broadside n. d. ca 1946; 11 x 8 1/2; single sheet recto only; beige stock mimeographed text; a few creases and light age-toning to margins; very good or better. The broadside announces an "emergency meeting to act against Truman union smashing legislation" concerning railroad workers. S.l.: United Labor's Legislative Committee AFL - CIO - Railroad Brotherhood paperback books
1929000762UC Berkeley Students 1929. Softcover. Large folio; pp. 6; some scattered spots of foxing; 2 intersecting fold-lines through the middle with a small tear at their meeting point; profusely illustrated with photographs and cartoons; good to very good condition. 'The Daily Californian' a UC Berkeley student-run newspaper still in existence today was established in 1871 making it one of the oldest newspapers on the West Coast and one of the oldest college newspapers in the United States. The current issue covers a variety of topics some of which are: President Hoover's refusal to enter a discussion on the then Tariff Law which were to morph later into the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930; a large article on the escalating tension between Russia and China; a college football editorial and coverage with a large photo of Ben Lom a star halfback who was inducted into the California Hall of Fame in 1991; many others. The only copy in the trade. UC Berkeley Students paperback books
199713700London: The Walpole Society 1997. Hardcover. VG. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine 273 pp. 51 bw plates. The Walpole Society was founded in April 1911 to promote the study of British art history. Contains the following chapters: "The John Talman Letter-Book" "The Talman Collection Marks and Sales" and "William Talman's Inventory 1719." Issued only to subscribers. Contents include: The John Talman letter-book by Graham Parry based on the work of the late Hugh Macandrew -- The Talman collection marks and sales by Antony Griffiths based on the work of the late Hugh Macandrew -- William Talman's inventory 1719 introduced and transcribed by the late Lindsay Boynton. The Walpole Society hardcover books
186524156London 1865. Hardbound. Fair. Contents tight and fresh covers loose with clear tape in spots. Bookplates of G.W. Reid F.S.A 1880 and Ehrich Galleries. Boards. 442 pp. Numerous illustrations including one large folding photograph and sevceral photolithographs. Articles include: Gustave Dore 2 parts; The Life and Works of William NBlake; Eugene Delacroix 2 parts; Michael Coxcie; Catalogue of the Works of Cornelius Visscher IV; Newly Acquired Marbles at Thew British Museum; The Sistine Chapel and the Cartoons of Raphael illustrated with photolithographs; part three of the Catalogue Raisonne of Pictures in the Possession of the Society of Antiquaries at Somerset House; others. hardcover books
2004111411The Hague Netherlands: Kunsthandel Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder BV 2004. Softcover. VG. Greenish color glossy wraps. 68 pp. Numerous bw & color illus. Articles include various essays on specific painters and paintings. Kunsthandel Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder BV paperback books
2005111410The Hague Netherlands: Kunsthandel Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder BV 2005. Softcover. VG. Pictorial color glossy wraps. 52 pp. Numerous bw & color illus. Articles include various essays on specific painters and paintings. Also has a very nice illustrated section on painting restoration. Kunsthandel Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder BV unknown books
199735838The Hague Netherlands: Kunsthandel Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder BV 1997. Softcover. VG. Forest green wraps. 36 pp. Numerous mostly color plates. Includes an essay on and exhibition journal of the spring exhibition "The Beauty of Old Master Paintings" as well as four other articles. Kunsthandel Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder BV unknown books
2000146762The Hague Netherlands: Kunsthandel Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder BV 2000. Softcover. VG. Blue wraps. 48 pp. Numerous bw & color plates. A variety of interesting articles on art artists paintings and taxes. Kunsthandel Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder BV unknown books
1886CAT000572Haverhill: Stuart Lyall & Co 1886. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Promotional booklet with some recipes home economics tips and a great many ads many for Burnett's Cocoaine etc. products. Chromo lithographed covers chipped coming loose at spine very good internally. 94 unnumbered pages. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000572. Stuart, Lyall & Co unknown books
1922164213New York: Iron Age Publishing Co 1922. Hardcover. VG-. Covers show shelf wear and soiling. Library sticker inside front cover. Some pages are somewhat bowed and endpapers crinkled but overall contents are clean and tight with some age toning and a couple creased corners. Blue boards with golden cloth spine with black lettering. 1740 pp xxv index. Numerous BW illustrations. A collection of all Iron Age publications in Volume 110 between July and December 1922. An extensive read but an important publication on metalworking and its markets. Iron Age Publishing Co hardcover books
1974272858Fribourg: Office du Livre 1974. First. hardcover. near fine/very good. Profusely illustrated throughout with color and black & white plates. 12 volumes. Large 4tos gilt-lettered blue cloth d.w. top edge gilt. Fribourg: Published for the National Trust by Office du Livre 1967-1996. One volume is lacking the wrapper and spine is a bit scuffed but all others are in near fine to fine condition some with partially sunned dust wrappers; 7 volumes also have the publisher's board slipcase. Quite scare as a complete set.<br/><br/> Paintings 1967. Sevres Porcelain 1968. Sculpture 1970. Meissen and other European Porcelain & Oriental Porcelain 1971. Arms Armour and Base-Metalwork 1974. Furniture Clocks and Gilt Bronzes 1974. Gold Boxes and Miniatures of the Eighteenth Century 1975. Illuminated Manuscripts 1975. Glass and Stained Glass Limoges and Other Painted Enamels 1977. The Savonnerie 1982. Architecture and Panelling 1996.<br/><br/> Office du Livre unknown books
1932001903S. l. Los Angeles CA: California Fruit Growers Exchange 1932. Softcover. First edition thus; 5 3/4 x 4 1/4; pp. 1-12; chromolithographed wraps; small nicks to tips of spine and corners; small closed cut to bottom edge of front wrap; illustrated with b & w drawings and two tables; very good or better condition. A charming coloring book for children it told the story of Betty and Billy visiting their Uncle Jim who lives on a ranch in California and grows orange trees. Kids were supposed to read the story and color the illustrations with crayons and water colors. The booklet also contained height and weight charts for keeping records of the development of its little owners and a list of good health rules. A sad fact of the times was that the prevalent reality of the California citriculture was that it completely relied on immigrant minority groups and more specifically Chinese Japanese and Mexican workers while literature and art portrayed the industry as always and only involving white people including the front wrap illustration of the current book which showed a white father and his two children gazing contentedly down rows of orange trees. S. l. (Los Angeles, CA): California Fruit Growers Exchange paperback books
1783046804London: R. Baldwin 1783. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Original leather backed boards quite worn hinges cracked shaken binding still more or less sound; scattered mostly modest foxing and browing. Originally the whole year but lacking the first 16 pages of January. July was the switch-over to being called The London Magazine Enlarged and Improved. Page 603 of the appendix prints The Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War - a very early appearance of the treaty which was signed September 3 1783. It also contains a section of American Papers with news from the colonies a list of the debts of the 13 states Washington's farewell address to the armed forces etc. Paginated continuously 17-640 a few plates. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Politics & Government. Inventory No: 046804. R. Baldwin hardcover books
1926356401926. Softbound. VG a pretty bright copy with few tatters at extreme edges of covers. Printed wraps. xii pp. 449-560 xii-xvi. Edited by J.C. Squire. Includes a review of the John Singer Sargent Memorial Exhibition in Burlington. unknown books
1957003358Mount Morris N.J.: Beaon Publications Inc 1957. First Edition. Magazine. Very Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 4to. 66pp. Typical gossip magazine with feature stories on Yma Sumac singing legend of Peruvian love songs and an incredible vocal range. Also Elvis Presly Jake La Motta George Raft and Sophia Loren. Beaon Publications, Inc unknown books
1769355<i>The Merry Droll or Pleasing Companion. Consisting of a Variety of Facetious and Engaging Stories; and Familiar Letters. In Which Several Entertaining Adventures are truly related; and Divers Instances of Love and Gallantry Elegantly Displayed. Including also Some Poetical Recreations; Being a Collection of Merry Tales Diverting Fables Pleasing Pastorals and Other Select Pieces. The Whole Moral Instructive and Entertaining. London: </i>Printed for C. Parker the Upper Part of New-Bond Street M DCC LXIX 1769. First edition. 17 cm. In-12 vii; 184 pages two concluding original blanks Page 97 mis-paginated as 73. Bound in modern quarter sprinkled calf marbled board sides a small blank piece torn from the inner corner of the title-page; repair to sewing of initial pages text slightly browned with a few minor creases. Traces of an old signature on the title page now illegible. "1769" has been pencilled at the foot of the title page. One of the entries is the text of a letter from then Princess Elizabeth to her younger brother Edward VI noted as having been in the Cotton Library at the time the Cotton Library burned in 1731. Lowndes II p. 1205. Winsor 1779. C. Parker, the Upper Part of New-Bond Street hardcover books
196229267New York 1962. Softcover. VG minor fading and yellowing to cover edges. Off-white ill. stapled wraps. Pp. 101 - 132. Numerous bw plates. Contributions by Stuart Feld Hanry Geldzahler and William Johnston. unknown books
2006428721Cambridge University Press 2006. Hardcover. Very Good. 2006 reprints. 8 volume set. 8vo. Cloth. Minimal shelfwear. Slight soiling to top of textblocks. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown of each volume. Overall very good plus in very good plus jackets. Cambridge University Press hardcover books