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192539301Peking: Peking Society of Natural History 1925. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A good copy spine ends chipped dampstain on top edge of front wrapper and first leaf else contents clean. lxxv pp. Sm. 4to. Proceedings; Collected Papers including Black River pirates medicinal plants sea shells; Membership List. Founded 1925. Peking Society of Natural History unknown books
199431753Austin: University of Texas Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 0292751532 . First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . University of Texas Press hardcover books
1931004597New York: Harper & Brothers 1931. Will Hays personal copy with postcard laid in that is addressed to "Will H. Hays Esq. The Waldorf- New York 17- New York" and postmarked May 18 1948. Will Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America MPPDA which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. When the Catholic Church formed its Legion of Decency and threatened nationwide boycotts of movies Hays installed a more formal production code called the Hays Code later simply "The Code" which became the virtual law of Hollywood until the 1960s. Book is Very Good lacking the dustjacket. spine lettering dulled yet still legible cloth at spine 3 small white spots. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Harper & Brothers Hardcover books
195228731Garden City: Doubleday 1952. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good /near fine. 8vo. 316 pp. 1952 reprint edition of this Rutledge classic volume of nature essays. Offsetting to blank endpapers else a very attractive near fine copy in gray cloth covers. The dustwrapper is clipped at front flap but is otherwise in exemplary condition. SIGNED by Rutledge on the half-title page and quite uncommon thus. Doubleday unknown books
1536044194Cologne: Eucharii 1536. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary elaborately stamped calf over wood boards depicting the muses worn scattered worn holes remains of clasps boards expertly reattached but cords broken; attractive decorative endpapers. An attractively printed and bound copy of Orosius's influential work on the history of the pagan peoples. Early color to the title vignette and some of the historiated initials. Some early notes and underlining in red and black scattered discolortation title a little soiled and with an old signature. lxviii 567pp. Scarce imprint just 3 in Worldcat. Not in Adams. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044194. <br/><br/> Eucharii hardcover books
1551046063Florence: Lorenzo Torrentino 1551. First Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. Rebound in half leather over paper boards title page soiled scattered light foxing but very clean otherwise. Attractively printed with wide margins and fine initial letters. Last 40 pages with mostly light marginal dampstaining. 340 3pp. Adams G 639 Graesse III 490 Sabin 27478 for the bio of Columbus Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: History; Inventory No: 046063. <br/><br/> Lorenzo Torrentino hardcover books
199914988Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society 1999. Hardcover. Fine. 248 pp with acknowledgements short titles index. Clean and tightly bound with no visible wear. No dust jacket. A legal history study focusing on relations between indigenous populations and whites in North America when dealing with disputes over homicides. Reid highlights both the dissention between cultural ideas and crosscultural assimilation of ideas about homicide vengeance and the issues created. Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society hardcover books
2013192886Marine Corps 2013-09-04. Paperback. Very Good. Only minor wear. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Marine Corps paperback books
43457San Luis Obispo n. d. Ca 1880s. Photograph clear & sharp with one little nick to right edge. Very Good. Black & white photograph showing chef standing to the left of a small table with knife in hand and wisk on the table in front of a small cake on cake platter. Photograph: 5-1/2" x 3-7/8". Mount: 6-1/2" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/> unknown books
20062222274<p>First edition. Octavo. 16 pages of b/w illustrations and facsimiles. Dust jacket unclipped designed by Susan Olinsky. Fine fresh copy. 293 pages.</p><p><strong>Signed and inscribed on front free endpaper: "For Jill Hope you enjoy the PARTY! Best wishes Deborah Davis."</strong></p> John Wiley & Sons, Inc. hardcover books
1815267901New York 1815. unbound. 2 pages front and back 13 x 8 inches signed "Ruggles Hubbard" as Sheriff of New York City -- an arrest warrant for two defendants to appear in Mayors Court September 25 1815 in part: ".I Ruggles Hubbard Sheriff of the City of New York do hereby assign the within written Bail Bond to the use of the plaintiff s to be sued for _____ according to the form of the statute in that case made and provided." Evenly toned with usual folds and a minimum of fraying at the borders; very good condition overall.<br/><br/> New York City Sheriff and adventurer who joined his friend General Gregor McGregor's expedition in conquering Spanish Florida June 29 1817 - December 23 1817 culminating in his appointment as Governor of Fernandina. His six-week reign came to an abrupt end after being overthrown by the notorious pirate Luis Aury who claimed Florida in the name of Mexico.<br/><br/> unknown books
188639050New York: F. M. Lupton 1886. Early printing. Printed self-wrappers. Age toning to paper. Two stab holes in margin along spine. A VG copy. 16 pp text triple column. Ornamental masthead. Folio. 11-5/8" x 8-3/8" <br/><br/> F. M. Lupton unknown books
1915252195Edinburgh: University Press of Edinburgh 1915. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 362pp. No pencil or ink markings in text; blue cloth binding; digital images can be made available upon request. Very Good binding. University Press of Edinburgh unknown books
190219917Philadelphia: Lilienfeld Bros. Steam Power Printers 1902. Softcover. Good. 36 pp with 3 illustrations from photographs many ads. Original stapled wrappers have chipping and internal tape repairs and are detached from text block; internals very good. Not found in OCLC. The Pannonia Beneficial Organization was founded in 1896 through the merger of three existing Jewish benevolent societies all of which had been formed between 1882 and 1894 a period during which thousands of Russian Jewish immigrants settled in Philadelphia. The Home for Jewish Orphans located at the corner of Tenth and Bainbridge Streets was one of Pannonia's first projects. This pamphlet offers a brief history of the organization lists its officers and board members and those of the Young Men's Hebrew Union and Women's Auxiliary and urges "every Jewish heart in Philadelphia" to "rejoice over the colossal achievement of the Jewish community in the founding in so short a space of time of an institution which shelters its fatherless and motherless children." The publication appears to have served its fundraising purpose well as it carries advertisements from more than 75 local businesses. Lilienfeld Bros. Steam Power Printers unknown books
200122620Cambridge: MIT Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0262024888 . First edition. As new in like dust jacket. . MIT Press hardcover books
200226543New York N.Y.: Spanierman Gallery LLC 2002. 71 pages; thoroughly illustrated in color with the artists' works for this exhibition; ".A husband-and-wife team who were both successful and mutually supportive.parallel careers before they were married and afterwards they encouraged and inspired each other celebrating each of their achievements and delighting in lives dedicated to art." from the Acknowledgements Laid-in gallery publication request card & mailer and the printed price list of Prellwitz works for sale at Spainerman. Approx. 9 1/4" x 10 3/4" size; color illustrated glossy glazed paper hardcover binding. Slight edge tips wear to covers; in very good condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Spanierman Gallery, LLC hardcover books
199819471NY: Rizzoli. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0847821161 . Color photographs throughout. First edition. Fine in a near fine two short closed edge tears dust jacket. . Rizzoli hardcover books
1662043191Amsterdam: Johannes van Ravesteyn 1662. Later Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum a bit discolored. 10486 18 118 14pp. Portraits of Henrik and Cosimo de Medici. 2 works bound in one by the eminent Dutch historian and playwright. Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; History. Inventory No: 043191. <br/><br/> Johannes van Ravesteyn hardcover books
199821963NY: Oxford University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0192116959 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Oxford University Press hardcover books
1999257619Copenhagen: Cities of Copenhagen and Malmoe 1999. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Oblong Octavo; no markings of any kind. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket. Cities of Copenhagen and Malmoe unknown books
199535108NY: Grosset / Putnam. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0399140484 . First printing. Previous owner's name stamped on front paste-down else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Grosset / Putnam hardcover books
1916004497Chicago: Laird & Lee Inc. 1916. SCARCE in the paperback 1st edition. Very Good small chips at bottom corners wrappera and a larger chip top corner front wrapper at spine none affecting text. Several photographs some with quite interesting captions such as under the frontis photo of Pancho Villa- captioned "Our pet bandit"- and under the photo of General Zapatista- "Note the Mongolian features-the mixture of Malay Hindoo and Mongolian". Quite interesting! . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good -/No Jacket As Issued. Laird & Lee Inc. Paperback books
1944006625New York: American Council Institute of Pacific Relations 1944. SCARCE. I.P.R. Pamphlets No. 12. 56 pp. in stapled pictorial wrappers map B&W photographs. Very Good light soiling and wear to wrappers. Stamped "RELEASE DATE JUNE 15th" top edge front cover prior owner name front cover. Henry A. Wallace was FDR's Vice-President at the time of this publication allegedly written by him. The Institute of Pacific Relations was an organization that had been infiltrated by Communists and Communist sympathizers and it ran a disinformation campaign in 1943-44 for the Chinese Communist forces who in the midst of the war joined with the Japanese armies to inflict a serious defeat on the Kuomintang troops allied with the United States. Wallace himself would spend July 4 1944 in Chita Soviet Siberia accompanied by I.P.R. members. His connections with Communism would later cost his only Presidential campaign dearly. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. American Council Institute of Pacific Relations Paperback books
200338977Ithaca:: Cornell University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0801439302 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Cornell University Press, hardcover books
187628551New York: United States Publishing Company 1876. First edition thus. Cloth. Very Good. Large thick clothbound 8vo. Two books in one volume. 482 and 480 pp respectively plus 83 pp index at rear of volume. Some expected light handling wear but overall in very good condition in rich green cloth covers illustrated in gilt. A large and heavy volume. United States Publishing Company unknown books
