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1976005851Budapest Hungary: Akademiai Kiado 1976. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket light wear at the spine ends. Book is clean tight and unmarked. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Akademiai Kiado Hardcover books
1990002739Bloomington IN: Indiana University Institute for Advanced Study 1990. Distinguished Lecturer Series 1. Stapled wrappers with gilt lettering front wrapper. 16 pages2. Near Fine tiny spot faded front wrapper book appears to be unread. A lecture given by Eco while he was a Fellow at the Indiana University Institute of Advanced Studies from July 10-24 1989. No limitation given but purportedly fewer than 300 copies printed and one of Eco's scarcer A items. Contursi A029. First Edition First Printing. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Indiana University Institute for Advanced Study Paperback books
1964008518Roma: Pontifcium Institutm Biblicus 1964. Analecta Orientalia Commentationes Scientificae de Rebus Orientis Antiqui 34/39 1955/ 1964/1967 3 volumes bound as one. Bound in handsome blue buckram gilt lettering at spine the signature of noted Egyptologist E. Cruz. Uribe front paste down. Near Fine faint bottom corner creases near back of book binder's instruction slip laid in from Director's Library Oriental Institute University of Chicago. lxxxiii 625 pp. Paradigmen 15 pp. Register der Zitate 1967 ix 55 pp. Text in German. Uncommon in lovely and durable binding. A heavy book priority and international mail will require added shipping charges - please inquire before ordering. . First Edition. Buckram. Near Fine. Thick 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Pontifcium Institutm Biblicus Hardcover books
19761311965Amsterdam: Paddington Press Ltd 1976. Hardcover. Small quarto; pp 240; G/G; black spine with yellow text; dust jacket has minor chipping to edges; slight rubbing to exterior; cloth shows minimal wear to exterior; strong boards; text block has soiled exterior edges; light pencil to endpapers; light ink to rear pastedown; interior clean; profusely illustrated with many photographs. 1311965. FP New Rockville Stock. Paddington Press Ltd hardcover books
199710010NY: Henry Holt. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0805047115 . First printing. Fine in a dust jacket that would also be fine save that it is price clipped. . Henry Holt hardcover books
1974005852New York: Gilgamesh Publishing Co. 1974. Text in English and Hungarian. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilgamesh Publishing Co. Hardcover books
1958169613Beijing: Zhongguo kexueyuan shaoshu minzu yuyan diaocha di yi gongzuo dui ä¸Â國科å¸院少數民æ—Â語言調查第一工作隊 1958. 155p. mimeographed spine panel chipped with some edge tears in the last several pages; numerous fold-out maps and charts. 7.25x10.25 inches. Text in Chinese with phonetic representation of the Shui language. An early draft report on linguistic fieldwork among the Shui people of southern Guizhou; a statement printed on the cover notes that this was an internal reference publication whose circulation should be guarded whoops!. OCLC lists only a much later edition credited to Yao Fuxiang. Zhongguo kexueyuan shaoshu minzu yuyan diaocha di yi gongzuo dui ä¸Â國科å¸院少數民æ—Â語è unknown books
199721597NY: Copernicus Springer-Verlag. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0387982418 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Copernicus (Springer-Verlag) hardcover books
19722291New York: The Viking Press 1972. Third Printing. Small Quarto 9 1/2 x 6 inches; 240 x 150 mm xxiv 232 pages in black cloth titles to spine red top stain in a printed dust jacket. <br /><br />A letter inscribed by Janet Flanner is taped to the front end paper: "For Adele with friendly recollections and gratitude for a long memory. Faithfully Janet Flanner November 13 - '72." The letter is on Ritz Hotel Paris stationery. <br /><br />A collection of Flanner's articles from The New Yorker for 1925-1939. Flanner 1892-1978 used the pseudonym Genêt and wrote on a wide variety of political and cultural topics. This collection edited by Irving Drutman has pieces on Josephine Baker Marlene Dietrich Mae West Sarah Bernhardt Picasso Gertrude Stein's art collection lurid murder affairs Paul Signac gambling the gathering clouds of war in the late 1930s and much more. <br /><br />An engrossing and entertaining look at Paris between the wars by a young journalist who wrote a fortnightly "Letter From Paris" for The New Yorker. <br /><br />CONDITION: Letter from Flanner taped to front end paper slight lean to spine minor rubbing to cloth internally clean and unmarked. The dust jacket's upper panel has some creases a short closed tear and a couple small nicks to the top edge as well as some foxing to the verso of the jacket. Overall Very Good. <br /><br /> The Viking Press hardcover books
191347660Chicago: Nákladem a tiskem Aug. Geringera 1913. First Edition. Octavo 25.5cm.; original color lithograph wrappers;33826adspp.; illus. throughout. Wrapper extremities chipped with shallow one-inch loss to fore-edge of upper cover spine crown chipped a few interior leaves dog-eared else Good to Very Good. Text entirely in Czech. Czech-American literary almanac including a daily calendar cartoons poetry jokes short stories and articles on major events of the year among these the Great Dayton Flood of 1913. Literary content includes tales set among the early Czech settlers of Texas and the Czech upper crust in New York. Uncommon item in the lovely color lithographic wrappers signed "Nádherny" in image. Nákladem a tiskem Aug. Geringera unknown books
200023961NY:: Oxford University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0198183593 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Oxford University Press, hardcover books
19452194619France Editions 1945. Stapled Binding. Good. Wrappers rubbed. 1945 Stapled Binding. 16 pp. French-language work with photographs silhouette illustrations and technical information on British aircraft during WWII. France Editions unknown books
199222385Cambridge: MIT Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0262061406 . Second printing. As new in like dust jacket. . MIT Press hardcover books
1946253585Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells skolbocker 19461946. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Slight bumping to corner edges; red cloth binding with black lettering; previous owner bookplate and name on ffep; otherwise no markings in text. Very Good binding. Almqvist & Wiksells skolbocker unknown books
1911008981London: Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum 1911. Near Fine end papers toned slight fading to rear boards. Original red cloth boards with gilt lettering at spine. xx 100 2 Appendix pages. Interior clean tight and unmarked. Uncommon in lovely condition. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum hardcover books
1948006652London: Oxford University Press for Intl. African Inst. 1948. All five volumes are Very Good Plus sticker shadow front wrappers inked name "Herzog" front wrappers and "Herzog Collection" stamp front end pages from the collection of noted folklorist and linguist George Herzog minor wear to wrappers contents are clean tight and unmarked. Publication dates 1948-1956. SCARCE as a collection. Four volumes with maps rear pockets one with rear fold-out map all maps are present and Fine. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oxford University Press for Intl. African Inst. Paperback books
1962008978Wiesbaden Germany: Franz Steiner Verlag GMBH 1962. Near Fine slight wear to wrappers at spines. the wrappers coming away from the spines of both volumes. The prior owner signature and business card laid in of Ruth I Meserve longtime secretary of The Mongolian Society in Bloomington Indiana. Most pages uncut 2 pages noted with tidy scholarly underlining and annotations. Text in German. The Secret History of the Mongols. Part I: Text Part II: Dictionary. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Franz Steiner Verlag GMBH paperback books
1950005068Saint Michaels AZ: St. Michaels Press 1950. 372 pages. Book in English and Navajo with two beautiful fold-out color reproductions of sandpaintings. SCARCE especially so in such lovely condition. Near Fine small date in ink front endpage spine a bit bowed. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. St. Michaels Press Paperback books
1952008983Wiesbaden Germany: Otto Harrassowitz 1952. Vols. I and II published 1952 Vol. III 1955. Hauer's classic Manchurian-German dictionary RARE in the First Edition. Three volumes in original printed wrappers Very Good small tears and wear ay spines. pages uniformly browning chips at wrapper corners of Vol. III. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Otto Harrassowitz paperback books
199037319San Diego:: Harcourt Brace & Company. Fine. 1990. Paperback. 0156482401 . Seventh printing thus paperback. Fine in illustrated wraps. . Harcourt Brace & Company, paperback books
1957002734Madrid Spain: Real Academia Espanola 1957. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half-title page- "A su distinguido colega y erudito amigo Agapito Rey como testimonio de gran aprecio John M. Hill 27-1x--57". Near Fine tips of boards a bit rubbed. Faux-marbled leather boards marbleized pastedowns and endpages a quite lovely production. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Buckram. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Real Academia Espanola Hardcover books
199135837The Hague Netherlands: Galerie Hoogsteder B. V. 1991. Softcover. VG. Gold wraps. 52 pp. Numeorus bw illus. This interesting irregularly-published journal explores portraits in this issue particularly family portraits. Galerie Hoogsteder B. V. unknown books
196331893Tokyo: Japan Ukiyo-E Society 1963. First edition. Illustrated paper wrappers. Chip at the head of the spine else a very good copy. 30 52 98 pp. Illus. with 6 color plates 321 b/w reproductions. Sm. 4to. Shigeo Miyao ed. Errata slip tipped in. Catalogue of 321 prints in English and Japanese. 8 pages of ads. Glossary. Japan Ukiyo-E Society unknown books
1903438871903. JAPANESE LANGUAGE THESAURUS OF EVERY DAY ENGLISH. By Howard Swan and Senkichiro Katsumata. Tokyo: ABC Publishing house 1903. 16mo. limp red cloth stamped in black and gilt spine in gilt. A good copy only with soiling at the boards ownership on brittle endpapers bearing some chips and wear at the spine ends. unknown books
1903431091903. JAPANESE LANGUAGE THESAURUS OF EVERY DAY ENGLISH. By Howard Swan and Senkichiro Katsumata. Tokyo: ABC Publishing house 1903. 16mo. limp red cloth stamped in black and gilt spine in gilt. A good copy only with soiling at the boards ownership on brittle endpapers bearing some chips and wear at the spine ends. unknown books