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198426279Milano Italy: I/Com/International 1984. 95 pages; illustrated with black and white pictures of ancient Armenian rock-engravings found on the slopes of Oughtasar. Armenian French Italian and some English text. Approx. 9 3/4"" x 13" size; illustrated polished stiff paper wraps; some edge tips wear; contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. I/Com/International paperback books
188743186Budapest: M. Deutsch Artistic Etablishement 1887. 1st printing. Printed buff paper wrappers. Advert to rear wrapper. Age toning to paper. Oval shop stamp to front wrapper with prior owner initials at top. Paper repair along spine. Very Good. 15 1 blank pp. Text partially unopened. Illustrated with cuts. 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6-1/2" <br/><br/>No copies found on OCLC. M. Deutsch, Artistic Etablishement unknown books
196525281New Orleans Louisiana: Nobility Recording Company 1965. A 12" record album LP Nobility 703; High fidelity mono. Signed by Cottrell Joseph Howard & Adams on the back cover in various inks. The band participants were: Louis Cottrell clarinet and vocals; Lester Santiago piano; Avery "Kid" Howard trumpet and vocals; Waldren "Frog" Joseph trombone and vocals; Placide Adams bass fiddle; Paul Barbarin drums. Not dated; our research indicates these pieces were recorded live in the 1960s; several band members were dead by the end of that decade. Cover design: Emerson E. Mangum & Richard Malanoski; Recording Engineer: Cosimo Matassa; Cover made by American Box & Tag Co. New Orleans; cover notes by Donald M. Marquis. Illustrated cover-sleeve; plain unprinted liner; some edge tips wear and soiling to cover; signatures clear and strong; very good and clear; disc not played by us to check for fidelity; in good condition. Signed By Performers. Record Album. Record Album . Good. Nobility Recording Company paperback books
1970006382New York: Simon & Schuster 1970. Near Fine faint crease to spine slight rub to paper at base of spine. First Printing stated. Introduction by Eldredge Cleaver. A counterculture classic. . First Trade Paperback Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Simon & Schuster Paperback books
198321393Luna Ward Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1983. Hardcover. Very good. 11 x 9.75 inches 301 pp extensively illustrated. Minor damage to lower corner of front board spine lettering rubbed. Internally sound and clean. History people and reminiscences of Luna New Mexico with an emphasis on the Mormon population published in conjunction with the town's centennial celebration. Luna Ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hardcover books
21700New York: American Anti-Slavery Society. Softcover. Very good. Anti-Slavery Tracts No. 4. Undated but 1855. 8 pp 4.75 x 7.5 in.original sewn self-wrappers. Spot of foxing on front cover light handling wear; very good. Higginson was a Unitarian minister and decicated abolitionist. The text in this tract was originally delivered as a sermon in Worcester Massachusetts in June 1854. Supported by reports from Southern ministers Higginson argues that despite slaveowners' claims of benevolence and the alleged civilizing moral influence of slavery upon the enslaved slaves in the United States in fact receive no sound religious instruction from their masters and exist in a state of "moral degredation" and are "the heathen of this Christian country. American Anti-Slavery Society unknown books
2006003676Bloomington Indiana: Indiana Univ Press 2006. First Printing of this massive 863 page book which is full of gorgeous prints and has been hailed as "A landmark in the history of art". As New in As New dustjacket. This heavy book will require additional shipping charges for anything above media mail shipping. All books are shipped in well-padded boxes and with delivery confirmation. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Indiana Univ Press Hardcover books
1895917Portsmouth N.H.: The Stovene Manufacturing Company c. 1895. Loose_leaf. Printed Bag. Very good. 21 x 10.5 cm. Buy a mitten for 15 cents and get a ten-cent box of Stovene stove polish free! The shine on your stove lasts twice as long when polished with Stovene as when blackened with other stove polishes. Stovene stove polish was manufactured by the Stovene Manufacturing Co. of Portsmouth New Hampshire. The company was formerly called John Torrey Manufacturing Company but was renamed in 1895. Advertising in the 19th century once again targeting women in the domestic sphere. Gussested paper bag; folded flat; text imprinted on upper panel. Rubber stamped at top "S.O.S. Defiance 2." Manufacturer's hole punch at top of lower panel. Minor wear at some edges. <br /> The Stovene Manufacturing Company books
199820421Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books. As New in As New dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0811705196 . Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Second printing. As new in like dust jacket. . Stackpole Books hardcover books
19603163Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/good. xi 222 pp with maps index. Light spotting to boards concentrated around edges name on front free endpaper; text clean binding tight. Dust jacket has a 2.5-inch closed tear extending from the front panel to upper spine and is price clipped. From the Preface: "The major focus of the book is the contemporary group-life of the Chinese in Thailand their community structure principal institutions and interests. The account carries the Chinese from their origins in China and subsequent emigration to their possible role today vis-a-vis Communist China. An analysis is made of the developments occurring in familial educational economic religious political and other institutional aspects of overseas Chinese life. Hong Kong University Press hardcover books
1995008482New York: Times Books a Division of Random House Inc. 1995. First Printing with Random House number row 2-9 and First Edition stated. Fine in a Very Good Plus dust jacket 1" closed tear with tiny chip at bottom edge front spine fold. President Barack Obama's SCARCE first book published two years before the start of his political career. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Times Books, a Division of Random House, Inc. Hardcover books
197928145New York: Basic Books Inc 1979. 1st edition. Blue cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Dust jacket. NF poi to ffep/NF. xv 1 429 1 pp including Index. 8vo. <br/><br/> Basic Books, Inc hardcover books
200422548NY: Fourth Estate HarperCollins. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0007163061 . First printing. Remainder mark on bottom edge else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Fourth Estate (HarperCollins) hardcover books
1894044954Paris: Charavay Mantoux Martin 1894. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. Montader. Light wear and rubbing to publisher's decorative cloth rear hinge slightly split. Light browning internally a few torn tissue guards otherwise unmarked. Size: Octavo 8vo. Illustrator: Montader. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Children; History. Inventory No: 044954. <br/><br/> Charavay, Mantoux, Martin hardcover books
1791045038Paris: Buisson 1791. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. 2 volumes bound in one in contemporary mottled calf; worn leather chipped at the head of the spine scattered mild foxing small stain to first title. Complete with the half titles reuniting the two parts of Paine's treatise on democracy and revolution that were published a year apart. There are two editions dated May 1791 on the title page with no clear priority between them. The first part was translated from the original English edition that was almost immediately edited and softened. Paine was a star in France an enlightenment philosopher of the first order and a frequent guest along with the likes of Franklin Jefferson and Adam Smith at the salon at the Hôtel de la Monnaie. "The government tried to suppress it but it circulated more briskly.Rights of Man can be seen for what it is: the textbook of radical thought and the clearest of all expositions of the basic principles of democracy." Printing and the Mind of Man xii 227pp; iv 16 224pp. Howe P-31 and 32 The English ed. PMM 241 the English ed. Size: Octavo 8vo. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; History. Inventory No: 045038. <br/><br/> Buisson hardcover books
2002003094Ferdinand IN: Dubois County Genealogical Society 2002. Near Fine a few random check marks and inked initials front endpage by prior owner Else Fine. Genealogy Genealogical research Local History. 295 pages. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dubois County Genealogical Society Hardcover books
04678112 1/4" x 7 3/4" agreement in Dutch dated 1737. Watermarked laid paper folded full sheet 15.5" wide the other half blank. Neatly written a few small stains small tears at top touching a few letters. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 046781. unknown books
190926188New York: Dodd Mead 1909. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarter cloth over decorated boards. 360 pp including index. Illustrated with photographs. Covers are a bit worn but the book is clean and still well-bound. Small sticker afixed to the inside front pastedown else no other plates or markings other than a wonderful FULL-PAGE INSCRIPTION by the author dated in New York in 1911 "My idea in writing this book was to set forth a true picture of the manners and customs framing the joys and sorrows beliefs and superstitions and toils and pleasures of the Dutch who founded New Amsterdam; and to whom though not a trace of their little city can be found the second greatest city in the world owes its origin. Esther Singleton Dodd, Mead hardcover books
192047243San Francisco: Published by Fred B. Bain Inc 1920. 1st printing presumed. Printed self-wrappers now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Soiling staining & prior owner annotations to outer panels. Withal a VG copy. Single sheet of stiff stock folded 3x for 6 panels printed both sides with map side have a rivet-mounted 6-7/8" central pointer as the "Patent Indicatior". 4 outer panels with Street names corresponding to pointer segments. One outer panel "Facts Concerning Oakland". 6th panel title panel with advert for First National Bank of Oakland & The American Bank including graphic showing the 2 firms' buildings. Map side with inset in upper left indicating distances & routes to divers cities in Northern California e.g. Sacramento & Truckee. Unfolded: 14" x 17-3/4". Folded: 9" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>Uncommon early 20th C map of Oakland California with OCLC showing just one holding institution: OPL. Published by Fred B. Bain Inc unknown books
1817008967Philadelphia: M. Carey & Son 1817. Volume I only of the First American Edition issued without the maps and plates. 340 pages. Bound in contemporary paper covered boards. Very Good Minus front board nearly detached with broken joint rear joint starting to open but hinge holding well boards soiled and rubbed at edges moderate toning and foxing throughout title and dedication pages uncut. Koster's classic work on the North of Brazil first published in England in 1816 with a 2nd edition following in 1817. This 1st American Edition published and printed by Carey July 16 1817. While the English editions are valued for their maps and prints this American edition much the scarcer. No copies in current commerce last auction record 1986. Shaw & Shoemaker; 41213. Sabin No. 38272. First American Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good Minus. Tall 8vo. M. Carey & Son Hardcover books
196813847Glorieta NM: Rio Grande Press 1968. Hardcover. Very good. Reprint of the 1913 edition. 393 pp with index and illustrations. Rubbing to extremities brief gift inscription on half title page. Binding sound text unmarked. No dust jacket. "Covers the Ute Indian troubles and treaties the glorious days of gold and silver mining and the adventurous development of the early railroads in Colorado" Publisher's Introduction. Rio Grande Press hardcover books
1916241078Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 1916. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering. Light silverfishing to front and rear boards. Top of spine lightly bumped. Light edgewear to extremities. no markings in text. Very Good binding. Princeton University Press unknown books
1898006576Cleveland: Cleveland Hydraulic-Press Brick Company 1898. RARE early pictorial survey of Calfornian New Mexican and Mexican Spanish Mission architecture. With 24 spectacular full page black and white photographs and 8 pages consisting of title page 6 pages unsigned text and concluding page with information on The Cleveland Hydraulic-Press Brick Company. Photographs signed Franklin Co. Eng. Chi.cago. Very Good in string-tied green paper covers corner chips to covers and a 3" closed tear front cover stain top corner title page. Starting with the "Oldest Church in America" the Church of San Miguel Santa Fe and including the Cathedral of Mexico Missions of San Juan Bautista Santa Barbara Santa Cruz and San Juan De Capistrano among others. . First Edition. String Tied. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Cleveland Hydraulic-Press Brick Company Paperback books
1912004661Washington D.C.: The Carnegie Institute of Washington 1912. Very Good 1/2 leather 1/2 marbled clot with red leather title labels and gilt lettering gilt rules marbled endpages edges of page block with red speckles. Leather rubbed prior owner name stamps front endpage. Contents are clean tight and free of markings. Tight binding. SCARCE in the hardcover and in collectable condition. . First Edition. Cloth and Leather. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Carnegie Institute of Washington Hardcover books
1972220995New Delhi: Trimurti Publications 1972. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. No pencil or ink markings in text. Brown cloth binding. Boards cocked. Small closed tears and chips at top and bottom of dj spine. Long closed tear at top of dj spine at rear dj cover proceeding down then across dj spine. Small closed tears at top and bottom of front dj cover. Small tears at top and bottom of dj covers at folds; DJ protected with Mylar Cover. near Very Good binding / Good dust jacket. Trimurti Publications unknown books
