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19464450NY: Greenberg 1946. First printing of this ‘Newly Revised and Enlarged’ edition. 226 pp. Very good plus in like dust jacket darkened at spine and extrems. NY: Greenberg unknown books
195725715London: Secker & Warburg. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1957. 1st U.K. edition. Hardcover. a couple of tiny spots on top edge of text block no other significant wear; jacket just lightly rubbed. Novel about a young man in the Baltics who is caught up in the passions and events of the Russian Civil War between the White Russians and the Bolsheviks that broke out following the October Revolution of 1918. Originally published in French in 1939 it was filmed by German director Volker Schlöndorff in 1976 the film's title was "Der Fangschuß". . Secker & Warburg hardcover books
19641342173London: The Hogarth Press; The Institute of Psychoanalysis 1964. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-/G; dark blue spine with gilt text; odd volume; volume XXIII; no jacket; cloth has some slight spots to exterior; mild wear to edges; strong boards; text block exterior fore and tail edges have mild tone; exterior head edge painted blue; frontispiece; tight binding; slight underlining and marginalia; pp 326. 1342173. FP New Rockville Stock. The Hogarth Press; The Institute of Psychoanalysis hardcover books
194273858New York and London: Whittlesey House 1942. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Second printing. Master locksmith Charles Courtney of Manhattan achieved international fame in the 1920s and '30s with daring feats that included unlocking the safes of the Egypt torpedoed during World War I with a cargo of gold and diamonds and the underwater recovery of gold from the wreck of the British cruiser Hampshire. Octavo: 335 p. with textual photographs. Original cloth binding with brown titles. A file copy with the label of the Music Corporation of America MCA to the front flyleaf. Small nick to the spine head which corresponds with a chip to the dust jacket which is a touch faded along the spine; otherwise very good. Whittlesey House hardcover books
196977476New York: Kraus Reprint Co 1969. Hardcover. Fine. xv 205p. Original buckram. 28cm. No jacket. Reprint of the 1950 edition. <br/><br/> Kraus Reprint Co hardcover books
198831248New York: Harry N Abrams 1988. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. A Fine copy in a similar jacket. 304 pp including Index. Illustrated with much in color. 4to. <br/><br/> Harry N Abrams hardcover books
195558882Paris: Crapouillot 1955. Magazine. 72p. 9.5x12.5 inches text in French illustrated with photos and artwork very good magazine in white pictorial wraps. French satirical magazine begun by Galtier-Boissiere in the trenches of WWI. The title is derived from trench warfare black humor meaning a combination of "the little toad" & "small trench mortar Crapouillot unknown books
1921427276E. P. Dutton & Company 1921. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 8vo. Red cloth. 265 pp. Light shelfwear. Slight fading to spine. Light soiling to covers and edges. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Upper fore-corners of pp. 259-265 torn away although no loss of text. Very good no jacket. E. P. Dutton & Company hardcover books
19991341929Bountiful UT: Family History Publishers 1999. Hardcover. Large Thick Octavo; VG-; dark blue spine with gilt text; no jacket; cloth has slight soiling to exterior; ex-library sticker to spine; strong boards; text block exterior edges have minimal wear; ex-libris plate to front pastedown; text pages clean; ex-library pouch to rear endpaper; previous owner's stamp to front pastedown and rear endpaper; tight binding; pp 519; inscribed and signed by Lowell Hammer; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. 1341929. FP New Rockville Stock. Family History Publishers hardcover books
196061352Denver CO: Sage Books 1960. First edition. 8vo. 205 pp. Illustrated from photographs plates. Grizzlies in the American West British Columbia and Alaska. Biscotti p. 214. Very good. Green cloth illustrated dust jacket old tape shadow at base of rear panel. #7390. <br/><br/> Sage Books hardcover books
193165656Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran & Co 1931. First edition. 8vo. viii 313 pp. Illustrated from photographs plates frontispiece portrait of the author illustrated endpaper. Howes D-39. Adams Six-Guns 549. Original decorated brown cloth top edge red others untrimmed. Very good. <br/><br/> Doubleday, Doran & Co hardcover books
1960175108London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson 1960. First British edition. Hardcover. 383 pages. Important examination of surrealist painting by Marcel Jean and Arpad Mezei translated from the French by Simon Watson Taylor. Includes numerous black and white and some color illustrations. A clean and tight near fine copy in near fine price clipped dust jacket but lacking the acetate over jacket. Weidenfeld & Nicholson unknown books
19633200qsLondon: Macdonald 1963. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by the author. Octavo black cloth hardcover 288 pp. Photos. Fine with bookplate in dust jacket. Macdonald, (1963). First Edition. hardcover books
1991253650Rabat: Royaume du Maroc Ministere de l'Habitat 1991. Paperback. 119p. profuse aerial photography contemporary b&w a number of line and plat maps many in tinted monochrome very pretty and numerous b&w sketches. The dust jacket supplies seven aerial shots in full color. Texts and imagery are all reproduced on coated alkaline paperstock and softbound in 12.5x9.5 inch plain printed wraps enclosed in a colorphoto-decorated dust jacket. Book itself is fine: entirely sound clean and unmarked really as new while the dj is mildly edgeworn has faint smudging near spine panel and a couple small areas of silverfishing. A very good copy. Ancient cities undercut by a receded watertable and. overtaken. Royaume du Maroc, Ministere de l'Habitat paperback books
197825762Fallbrook CA: Aero Publishers. Fine in Fine dj. c.1978. First Edition. Hardcover. a nice as-new copy with no significant wear to either book or jacket. B&W photographs "This is the true story of Hanns-Joachim Scharff who was the master interrogator of the Allied fighter pilots captured by the Germans in World War II. This Luftwaffe intelligence officer gained a reputation among his contemporaries superiors and with Reichmarschall Goring himself as the man who magically was able to get the answers he had to have from captured Allied fighter pilots. The magic spell used by Hanns Scharff made prisoners talk even though they were conditioned to remain silent. His methods broke down barriers to effectively that after the war the U.S. Air Force invited him to lecture senior officers at the Pentagon on POW interrogation." After settling in the U.S. he became a prominent creator and manufacturer of mosaic art and furniture. NOTE that additional shipping charges will be requested for international shipping of this moderately heavy book or for Priority Mail service to U.S. destinations. If this concerns you please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. . Aero Publishers hardcover books
19831336116Goleta CA: Goleta Valley Historical Society and the Institute for American Research 1983. 15/500. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-; pp 104; black spine with gilt text; no jacket; signed limited copies; this is 15 of 500; cloth has minor wear to exterior; strong boards; text block exterior edges show light wear; frontispiece; illustrated; tight binding; signed by Walker Tompkins. 1336116. FP New Rockville Stock. Goleta Valley Historical Society and the Institute for American Research hardcover books
1958JC-T3193Boston / Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin / Riverside Press 1958. First Edition First Printing Stated. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Cloth-backed paper over boards. Inscribed by Lasswell on the title-page. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin / Riverside Press hardcover books
197551325New Malden Surrey United Kingdom: Almark Publishing Co. Ltd 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 16 pp. color illustrations with numerous textual photographs and line drawings. This book describes the uniforms and organization of the lancer and dragoon regiments of the German army in the period leading up to World War I. Also includes information on the uniforms of the medical veterinary and administrative troops who were common to all branches of the cavalry. The spine is leading just a bit. Some general minor edgewear to the dust jacket; otherwise very good. Almark Publishing Co. Ltd hardcover books
1997118873Andover MA Cambridge MA and Washington D.C.: Addison Gallery of American Art Phillips Academy & The MIT Press in association with The Phillips Collection 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Monograph published on the occasion of a traveling show that started in Washington D.C. and then traveled to New York Andover MA and Los Angeles CA. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. One of the best books on Arthur Dove. Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy & The MIT Press in association with The Phillips Collection unknown books
194023241New York: Whittlesey House/McGraw-Hill Book Company. Very Good in Fair dj. c.1940. First Edition. Hardcover. moderately shelfworn still a good solid copy very slight bumping to a couple of corners some staining to rear endpapers; jacket edgeworn chipped along top edge spine somewhat faded and lightly stained paper loss at base of spine etc. Whittlesey House Sports Series Series B&W photographs "The hard-hitting get it autobiography of the most popular heavyweight champion the world has ever had." . Whittlesey House/McGraw-Hill Book Company hardcover books
198618341Chicago: Chicago Books 1986. First edition. Golub Leon. Cloth oblong folio fine. Offset printed artist's book. <br/><br/> Chicago Books hardcover books
197584338Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz 1975. Paperback. Very Good. index x 209p. Softcover in original wrapper. 25cm. Slightly faded. INSCRIBED by Raisdongug. Asiatische Forschungen Band 45. <br/><br/> Otto Harrassowitz paperback books
197516317San Francisco: The Rainbow Bridge 1975. Wraps. Very good. 8vo. Publisher's printed wraps. Light edge-wear and a touch or rubbing to wraps. Some instances of neat underlining. Interior bright. Very good. 191 pp. <br/><br/>A biography of the Hindu mystic who reportedly lived to age 137. The Rainbow Bridge paperback books
195758631Denver CO: World Press 1957. First edition 1/500 copies signed by the author. 8vo. 234 pp. Illustrated from photographs plates. Courtright c. 1845-1887 was elected city marshal of Fort Worth Texas in 1876 serving in that capacity for eight years earning a reputation as "a fearless man of gunfighting ability" Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography. Dust jacket title: "Longhair Jim Courtright." Adams Six-Guns 2104: "The author devotes quite a few pages to Sam Bass telling about his Texas train robberies and other activities." Very good. Original cloth dust jacket illustrated with a portrait of Courtright front panel with old light splash stain spine ends frayed and tape repaired. #5767. <br/><br/> World Press hardcover books
197573334New York: Pantheon Books 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The author's final book. "Drawing upon the ancient resources of Lao-tzu Chuang-tzu the Kuan-tzu book and the I Ching as well as the modern studies of Joseph Needham Lin Yutang and Arthur Waley to name a few Watts has written a basic textbook on Taoism in his inimitable style documented with many examples from the literature and illustrated with Chinese characters." Octavo: 134 p. Original cream cloth binding with black titles and blind-stamped designs. Previous owner's small watercolor signature to the front flyleaf. The dust jacket a bit toned more so along the spine and folds with some minor soiling and edgewear; else about very good. Pantheon Books hardcover books