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2008131407Ottawa Ontario Canada: Canada Science and Technology Museum 2008. Softbound. Good several bumps to spine bent corners. Color illustrated wraps. 172 pp. BW illustrations. Original scholarly articles on science and technology history in Canada. Canada Science and Technology Museum paperback books
196668124NY:: Viking. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. A few color mostly black and white photographs by Gilbert Ask throughout. First edition. Very near fine in like dust jacket. A bright clean and well preserved copy. . Viking, hardcover books
1984SKU1033321W W Norton & Co Inc 1984-07-01. Hardcover. Good/Good. 0393017036 Dust jacket is wrapped- dust jacket has minor sunning to the spine and front edges. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Ships from our bookstore in West Columbia S.C. W W Norton & Co Inc hardcover books
1970247518New York: Viking 1970. hardcover. very good/very good. Color frontispiece and illustrated with 428 plates a few in color. 379 pages. Thick 4to red cloth d.w. New York: Viking Press 1970. A very good copy.<br/><br/> A Winterthur Book.<br/><br/> Viking unknown books
1902269706Akron: Saalfield 1902. hardcover. very good-. Six full page color plates plus black-and-white text illustrations. 159pp. tall 8vo decorative red cloth; neat ink inscription front free endpaper front hinge weak covers lightly worn. Akron: Saalfield 1902. A very good - copy.<br/><br/> Saalfield unknown books
190634763New York: Macmillan & Co. 1906. 12mo. viii 282 pp 2 ads ff. double-page map. <br><br>Travel account cum history. Author visits islands and missions throughout the Pacific: Polynesia Micronesia Hawaii New Hebrides Melanesia New Zealand the Philippines Fiji etc. "Published for the Central Committee of the United Study of Missions. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Not in Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages. Publisher's wrappers. Owner's signature on front wrapper. One leaf dog-eared and one passage on it underlined in ink. Very good. Macmillan & Co. unknown books
197075203Fresno:: Giligia Press. Fine. 1970. Paperback. 087791012X . First edition paperback - 2000 copies. Fine in a variant binding of sewn soft cloth wraps with gilt lettering on front cover. ; 16 pages . Giligia Press, paperback books
200787471New York: Ruder Finn Press 2007. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. frontis photos 198p. Original Cloth. dj. 30cm. <br/><br/> Ruder Finn Press hardcover books
1988184254New York: St. Martin's Press 1988. Hardcover. VG-/VG- ex-library with labels and stamps on dj spine block inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Several pages have pencil markings and underlining but are otherwise very clean and clear. Black boards with gilt spine lettering; red dust jacket with white red and black lettering bw illustration; xxii 567 pp; 16 unnumbered pages of plates; bw illustrations and maps. "In this important new study to Japanese imperialism Michael Montgomery focuses on the psychological factors which lay behind it; the sense of inferiority engendered by the wholesale adoption of Chinese culture the feeling of uniqueness encouraged by the long period of isolation and acceptance of authority conditioned by the rigidly hierarchical nature of Japanese society. These factors still apply today he believes and the recent attempt to sanitise school history textbooks revives uncomfortable echoes of the pre-war Bureau of Thought Control."- dust jacket. Includes bibliographical references pages 545-550 and index. St. Martin's Press hardcover books
1955006492The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 1955. SCARCE. Fine library binding "Annotated" in ink front wrapper. Paginated 185-207. Genealogy Virginia History. . Reprint. Pamphlet. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Paperback books
182824435Philadelphia: Carey Lea and Carey; New York G. and C. Carvill etc. etc. 1828. 12mo. 192 pp. <br><br>First American edition. Montgomery 1807-1855 combined Byronic poetic charm with devout Christian belief to produce a book that was wildly popular during his lifetime with more than 40 editions! In addition to the main poem there are miscellaneous poems p. 121-192.<br>Â Â Â Â With the bookseller's ticket of "John P. Haven Theological Bookseller American Tract Society House No. 142 Nassau-street New-York" on the front pastedown.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Manuscript ownership "Ex libris G.R.W." William R. Wittingham fourth Anglican bishop of Baltimore a Latinophile who used "Guillelmus" for "William" dated July 28 1829; later in the diocesan library of Maryland; deaccessioned 2006. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shoemaker 34181. Uncut copy. Publisher's quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. Cloth split at joints front cover loosening. Spine discolored. Some foxing. Carey, Lea and Carey; New York, G. and C. Carvill [etc., etc.] hardcover books
196925090London: Fulcrum 1969. First edition numbered & signed issue. 45 pp. Fine in full green buckram with gold stamping. Fine unprinted acetate dust jacket. One of 150 numbered copies on olive laid paper SIGNED by Montgomery with a holograph poem. Laid in is a token for an LP issued simultaneously by Stream of Montgomery reading this title poems and others. London: Fulcrum hardcover books
1997181428New York: Rizzoli 1997. Hardcover. Good. rough shelf-wear to lower cover edges & corners; indentions & rubbing. covers have light spotting. corners edges & spine rubbed. lower textblock edge scuffed/shelfwear. Blue cloth/boards; gilt lettering; decorative end papers. 272 pp. with more than 300 color photos. no dustjacket. Presents 26 historic castles and manors in the land of ancient legene that inspired Sir Walter Scott and Shakespeare's Macbeth. The selection of houses reflects the development of architectural style in Scotland from old tower houses such as Cawdor and Traquair to the spectacular baroque of Drumlanrig and the pioneering classicism of Kinross by Sir William Bruce. A timely chronicle of the living history of these great houses beautifully photographed by Christopher Simon Sykes with interiors that invite to sit and enjoy a cup of tea. Rizzoli hardcover books
1954132728London: Renown Pictures 1954. Collection of 5 vintage full-color still photographs from the 1954 UK film. <br/><br/>A once-successful dancer and her husband fight for the attention of their daughter who has become a dancing prodigy herself. <br/><br/>A story set and shot in Surrey England. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light rubbing overall else Near Fine. Renown Pictures unknown books
182942759London: Longman Rees Orme Brown and Green 1829. Eighth edition 12mo pp. xviii 3 294; contemporary full green morocco covers ruled in gilt gilt-lettered spine a.e.g. yellow glazed endpapers; extremities a bit scuffed early 20th century bookplate on front pastedown; a very good sound copy. First published in 1812. Emory only copy in North America in OCLC. <br/><br/> Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green unknown books
19769009241Boston: New York Graphic Society 1976. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Published in conjunction with Bicentenniel Celebration exhibition held jointly at the Yale University Art Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum. With 44 color and 280 black-and-white illustrations. The dust jacket has chips and closed tears to the extremities. <br/><br/> New York Graphic Society hardcover books
19509019902Silver Spring: Denlinger's 1950. Hardcover. Very good. Bound in the publisher's original illustrated blue cloth over boards spine and cover stamped in gilt. Light wear to extremities of cloth. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Ffep has begun to separate but is holding. <br/><br/> Denlinger's hardcover books
1960113418Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press 1960. cloth-backed boards dust jacket. small 8vo. cloth-backed boards dust jacket. viii 80 2 pages. First edition. Presentation by the author at the head of the title-page "For Gene Welden / with best wishes / Marion Montgomery." Author's first book. Southern author. Endpapers edges and a few pages lightly foxed lightly rubbed dust jacket internally foxed with a closed tear at the foot of the spine and spine faded and missing a small piece. University of Nebraska Press unknown books
19389001334New York: Derrydale Press 1938. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated with photographs. One of 950 numbered copies. Front inner hinge beginning to separate spine label missing cover worn interior condition good. <br/><br/> Derrydale Press hardcover books
1997150933New York: Rizzoli 1997. Hardcover. Good/G. rough shelf-wear to lower cover edges & corners; indentions & rubbing. covers have light spotting. corners edges & spine rubbed. lower textblock edge scuffed/shelfwear. dustjacket has shelf & edge-wear; scuffs & scratches; foxing to interior. Blue cloth/boards; gilt lettering; decorative end papers. 272 pp. with more than 300 color photos. glossy pictorial dustjacket w/ blue spine; white printing. Presents 26 historic castles and manors in the land of ancient legene that inspired Sir Walter Scott and Shakespeare's Macbeth. The selection of houses reflects the development of architectural style in Scotland from old tower houses such as Cawdor and Traquair to the spectacular baroque of Drumlanrig and the pioneering classicism of Kinross by Sir William Bruce. A timely chronicle of the living history of these great houses beautifully photographed by Christopher Simon Sykes with interiors that invite to sit and enjoy a cup of tea. Rizzoli hardcover books
1993WN63513Lambertville NJ: Arts & Crafts Quarterly Press 1993. Green cloth with yellow printing. Book is without defects dust jacket has some very minor chipping and rubbing. A very complete explanation of the place and importance of Grueby ceramics. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Collectibles. Arts & Crafts Quarterly Press Hardcover books
1988S10371Cambridge:: Cambridge University Press 1988. 1988. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. xiv 300 pp. Diagrams indices. Brown cloth black-stamped spine dust-jacket; jacket foot slightly torn. Ownership signature. Very good. ISBN: 0521341434 Cambridge University Press, (1988). hardcover books
1928242531Galion Ohio: Bradford-Brown Educational Company 1928. Hardcover. 247p. front. twelfth edition very good condition in a bright dj with only traces of soiling. "Banish Gods from skies and capitalists from earth" -sub-title from dust jacket with a cool hammer sickle design. Bradford-Brown Educational Company hardcover books
2014180460New York: The Monacelli Press 2014. Hardcover. VG/VG. Green boards with silver lettering on spine; color illustrated dust jacket; green spine with white lettering; 382 pp profusely illustrated in color. "A fully revised reissue updated and enhanced with new color photography of an influential work on American textiles and their British antecedents regarded as a classic text on both sides of the Atlantic. Printed Textiles was first published by Viking for the Winterthur Museum in 1970. A history of the cotton and linen textiles printed in Britain and America between 1700 and 1850 discussing their design methods of manufacture use and means of trade. Building on research that has come to light since 1970 and utilizing the technical and scientific expertise of the conservators and scientists at Winterthur and adding pieces acquired by the museum since 1970 Senior Curator of Textiles Linda Eaton presents a thorough and sweeping study enriched by the diverse approaches to material culture today. The book illustrated with 600 photographs offers a full appreciation of the beautiful fabrics that are an intimate part of the Winterthur Museum Collection"-- publisher's description. Contents include: The British Calico Printing Industry -- British Trade with North America -- The Use of Printed Furnitures in America and Britain -- Textile Printing in America -- Designers and Design -- The Chemistry and Technology of Calico Printing -- The Catalogue. The Monacelli Press hardcover books
1940214482London: George G. Harrap 1940. First. hardcover. very good-/good. Illus. 8vo red cloth d.w. torn and lightly soiled top of cloth spine faded. London: George G. Harrap 1940.<br/><br/> Presentation copy from the author to Frederic R. Coudert Jr.<br/><br/> George G. Harrap unknown books