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Danny's Boys: A Female Impersonator Paper Doll By Tom Tierney
Twelve page paper doll book with illustrations printed on only one side. 12 1/8"w x 12 1/4"h. Wear to cover.
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Twelve page paper doll book with illustrations printed on only one side. 12 1/8"w x 12 1/4"h. Wear to cover.
'This book offers instructions for making basic puppets and step-by-step suggestions for staging a complete play.' 224 pages. Covers slightly frayed at top/base of spine and lightly worn on corners; light soiling overall.
Enlarged 2nd German edition of the first book on gemstones in English language. – Contents, Editions: »A Lapidary or, the History of Precious Stones«, a seminal reference work for jewellers of it's times and a book also of importance for the development of geological science, had first been published by the Cambridge editor Thomas Buck in 1652. A first German edition had appeared in 1675, published in Hamburg by Naumann & Wolff. Nicols' treatise is described as „ ... the first English work on precious stones, which [probably for the mystic elements which it contains] proved highly popular, and was translated into several European languages...“ (Copinger). The author lists 89 precious stones in just as many chapters, but also reports about fossils including amber, as well as corals, pearls etc. For each stone he provides information about the forms, appearance, properties (including alleged magical, mystical and medical claims), origins, etymological meaning of names, classification, uses and notes about market value. The book puts a particular focus on practical aspects related to jewellery, such as enhancing stones with reflective foils or dyestuffs, hardening softer stones, and the related subjects of adulteration. – Present second German language edition is substantially enlarged with 32 pages, containing a comprehensive index of terms, a preface and several additional explanatory notes within the text. – Provenance: Fly leaf recto with a pen and ink remark „Ignatii Widman“ (18th ct.) and an additional owner's remark with pencil dated 1932. – Condition: Bottom part of vellum spine skilfully renewed, boards occasionally worn, otherwise well preserved copy. – Rarity: Though well represented in institutions the German editions of »A Lapidary» from 1675 and 1734 are particularly hard to find in trade. – Reference: Catalogue of printed books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library IV, p. 236; Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain’s Repertorium bibliographicum I, no. 4819 (for the 1st German edition of 1675); Duveen, D.I. Bibliotheca alchemica et chemica, p. 432; Sinkankas, J. Gemology, no. 4758; Young, J. Bibliotheca chemica II, p. 138.
cm. 17 x 24, xxvi-602 pp. con 7 tavv. f.t. e 1 cartina. Studi albanesi - Tradizioni popolari degli albanesi in Italia 1173 gr. xxvi-602 p.
The story of an unspoiled island and an English family making a home by the Aegean Sea. In the early 1960s Emma Tennant's parents, on a cruise, spotted a magical bay and decided to build a house there. This book is the story of that house, Rovinia, set above the bay in Corfu where legend has it Ulysses was shipwrecked and found by Nausicaa, daughter of King Alcinous. It is also the story of the couple who have been at Rovinia since the feast in the grove that followed the roof-raising-Maria, a miraculous cook and the presiding spirit of the house, and her husband, Thodoros-and of the inhabitants of the local village, high on the hill above the bay. Tennant offers us the delights of quotidian adventures-salt water in the well, roads to nowhere, collapsing walls-all hilariously presented. That the house is still lived in and loved, with new generations coming to understand the delights of Corfu, is a tribute to the people and a special landscape which is distinctly Greek. Full of color and contrast, A House in Corfu shows the huge changes in island life since the time of the Tennant's arrival, and celebrates, equally, the joy of belonging to a timeless world: the world of vine, olive, and sea205p. Book
2 v. illus. Hardcover Very good ex lib.
252 pages. Faint one inch crease to top corner of front cover. Very limited signs of use. Looking for your ideal love match? The dating scene has changed. Both sexes seem to be confused, lonely and looking for love in all the wrong ways. Author uses insight and humor from her love column to help readers on their quest to find that special someone. Discusses: preparing yourself for a relationship, the mystery of attraction, who should ask first, where to look for singles, dating for single parents, and much more. Book
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. [ii], 292 p. Researches on folk culture in Çayeli District of Rize City. Çayeli. Geçmis günler ve halk kültürü.
289 p. Hardcover Very good condition good
ISBN : 2226022627. ALBIN MICHEL. 1985. In-8 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 230 pages
Book is in excellent condition in heavy weave tan HB covers, gilt over red at spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners with a very light bump to lower front, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears, price clipped, now wrapped in clear protective cover. 322 pages on high quality heavy white paper, reprinted form 1903. Rare by this publisher. Full page Author illustration opposite title page, Illustrated by one hundred and forty engravings, in which are represented most of the popular diversions; selected from ancient paintings. "This book is a key source for information on leisure time activities in 'Olde England,' including sports, hunting, games, dancing, gymnastics, music, festivals including Christmas and May Day and customs such as Mumming, The Boy Bishop, and The Lord of Misrule, Horse Racing, Slinging of Stones, Hand Ball, Archery, Dancing, Tumbling, Balancing, Jugglers, Juggling, Bowling, Tennis, Bat and ball, Jousts, Tricks Taught to Horeses, Animals Imitated, Quintain, Tilting, Kayles, Cards, Chess,. It answers questions such as "How do you score a joust?," "When did feral wolves become extinct in Britain?," and "How much do you pay the piper?" And what is Shakespeare talking about when he mentions Shove-Groat or Nine Men's Morris? (The modern equivalents are shuffleboard and tic-tac-toe). Included are numerous quotes from original documents and dozens of plates based on period illustrations. Strutt also documents the constant conflict between popular culture and the religious and secular powers."
xiii, 287 p. illus. Hardcover Very good condition
448 p. Includes an extensive record of Amish Cemeteries and Family Records. 4to. Original full green cloth binding lettered and decorated in gold. Near new. PA SHELF 05B
138p. 12mo. Original full cloth binding, worn with loss. Spine repaired. First Edition. Hardbound. Very good. The colonial custom of bundling - according to which a courting couple shared a common bed without undressing - had fallen into general disuse by 1800, it seemed to linger on another century or so among the Pennsylvania "Dutch". JUN5 BOX 4
138p. 12mo. Original full cloth binding, worn with loss. Spine repaired. First Edition. Hardbound. Very good. The colonial custom of bundling - according to which a courting couple shared a common bed without undressing - had fallen into general disuse by 1800, it seemed to linger on another century or so among the Pennsylvania "Dutch". **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PAG 04
88p., illus. On undercover socialization in Puritan New England. Hardcover Very good condition, in slipcase Iluus. by Herb Roth (woodcuts)
88p., illus. On undercover socialization in Puritan New England. Hardcover Very good condition, in slipcase, gift inscription Iluus. by Herb Roth (woodcuts)
Challenging the conventional notion that these often malevolent demons belong exclusively to a realm of folklore or superstition separate from Christianity, the author looks at beliefs about the exotica and the Orthodox Devil to demonstrate the interdependency of doctrinal and local religion.330p.illus bibliography, index. Book
Limited Edition for subscribers.This is no. 58 of 600 copies. 8vo. 444 pp. Bound in half green cloth over decorative boards, title in gilt on spine. Black and white frontispiece and numerous plates., Sexual life, Syria, Hungary, Gypsy, Hindu, Algeria, Greece, Turkey, Mediterrranean, Mid-East, India, Islam, the Koran, harems, marriage.
ix, 123 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Hardcover Very good condition Includes bibliographical references and index
Fair French Modern full brown leather, gilt lettering of title on front board. Heavily water stained, and some chippings on extremities of some pages. A fair copy. 4to. (27 x 20 cm). In French. 63 p. The very rare autographed copy of this lecture given in Lebanon on January 20, 1937, at the Youth Center, by Ostrorog after his serving in China as Assistant High Commissioner, a French diplomat from a noble Polish family, who had served as Assistant High Commissioner in China and Syria in the 1930s. Signed and inscribed by Ostrorog as "Par Mahid, Avec autre au mille amitié, Damas, 1938". On the eve of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) between the Chinese and the Empire of Japan which is often regarded as the beginning of World War II in Asia, French ex-Assistant High Commissioner in China Ostrorog gave a lecture about Chinese power and policy. Some titles from book: "La Chine.; Le monde au temps de Confucius.; Humanisme Confuceen.; Opposition de l'humanisme Chinois a la morale idealiste de l'occident.; Facteur grammatical.; Universalite des caracteres.; Facteur geographique.; Facteur moral.; La republique des philosophes.; Reaction de Huang Ti au 3me siecle avant notre ere.; Evolution historique dans le cadre de l'unite.; Isolement.; Arrivee des Europeens au XVIme siecle les marchands et les missionnaires.; La querelle des rites condamnation des Jesuites.; Eclat du couchant Kien Lung.; Lettre de Kien Lung a Georges III.; Guerre de l'Opium.; Qeuvre des missions en Chine.; Tseu-hi et Abdul-Hamid.; Le Japon.; Propagande de Moscou.; Succes du mouvement nationaliste.; Intervention Japonaise en Mandchourie.; L'Unite Chinoise menacee.; La Grande pitie.; L'avenir de la Chine.". From the last chapter: "In our contract, the Chinese until now have taken only the faults and vices of Western civilizations. There is, however, something else to choose from and perhaps the time is near when the Chinese will understand it. Whether they are few in number, fifty, forty, ten, or five only, that will suffice. And on that day, with the power of assimilation which has always characterized it, China will integrate, in a way, all the foreign contributions of a moral or cultural order, to rebuild its unity, to resume the continuity of his story, and rediscover his genius." Only two copies in OCLC: 42804470. Signed and inscribed by Stanislas Ostrorog.
FLAMMARION .. Non daté.. In-12 Carré. Cartonné. Etat passable. Couv. légèrement passée. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur acceptable. 362 pages. Dos détaché. Quelques pages détachées.
Vol. XLIII , July - December 1916, Nos. 274 - 279, 816 pages, with a great many b&w photos throughout. Includes trade, travel, industrial, agricultural, export, census, building data, etc. for the Latin and South American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Central America, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Guatemala Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, etc.
85 p. Drawings by Jean Forden. 8vo. Softcover. Original pictorial wraps. Very good Third printing. Contents include: How to Live Without Wars and Wedding Rings - The Old Order Mennonite Way; Those Mouth Watering Mennonite Meals - They really schmeck!; Market day in Kitchener; Why the Old Amish Want No Part of Progress; The happily married Cities - Kitchener and Waterloo (Ontario, Canada). PA GER-ENG PAMP BX2/BAG 32
