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18307134Boston: Published by Carter and Hendee 1830. Octavo 19 x 12 cm. 128 pages. Second edition second printing styled "Third Edition" with substantial revisions and enlargement. In 1832 the title was changed to The American Frugal Housewife so as to avoid confusion with a Susannah Carter's work of the same name and with an earlier imprint note Bitting states incorrectly that the name was changed with this second edition. In soiled and edge-rubbed publisher's printed grey paper-covered boards with brown cloth spine; some wear to spine ends. Some soiling and foxing throughout otherwise very good. Early inscription to front endpages. OCLC locates twenty-one copies; Bitting page 86; Cagle 148; Lowenstein 131. Published by Carter and Hendee hardcover books
198314071ESanta Barbara CA: Neville 1983. First Edition. Advance copy consisting of unbound sheets. Illustrated. The shooting script for the classic mystery film from Paramount Pictures produced by Robert Evans directed by Roman Polanski starring Jack Nicholson Faye Dunaway and John Huston. Neville unknown books
197568447San Francisco: the Post 1975. 7.5x10 inch program glossy stiff red cover with a Ding cauldron pictured in color. Thirtieth anniversary of the inauguration of the post here VFW Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Chinatown post no. 4618. Text lists VF W officers for 1975-76 names of planning committee members announces presentation of colors guest speakers list of sponsoring individuals. the Post unknown books
1979139849Beijing: People's Fine Arts Publishing House 1979. 78p each page an illustration in full color captioned in Chinese and English. Drawings on themes ranging from the innocent and playful to the propagandistic: "Paying attention to hygeine" "Our commune's chemical plant" "Let's do our bit for the people" the last one depicting kids washing buses. People's Fine Arts Publishing House unknown books
197988791Santa Barbara: Cadmus Editions 1979. Paperback. 85p. frontis-portrait line-drawing of Tennesse foreword note very good first edition trade paperback limited to 1300 copies in wraps pictorial attached dj at spine and glassine wrapper. Cadmus Editions paperback books
197815712ELos Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1978. First Edition. Paperbound 8 1/2†x 11â€. A special film program made by the studio for advance screenings of the film of the classic Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot mystery Death on the Nile starring Peter Ustinov as Poirot Bette Davis Mia Farrow Angela Lansbury David Niven Maggie Smith George Kennedy Jack Warden Jane Birkin and Lois Chiles. Fine in printed wrappers. Paramount Pictures unknown books
2004Embry 183545Farcountry 2004 2006. First editions first printings. Fine in fine dust jackets in mylar covers. Farcountry, 2004, 2006. First editions, first printings. unknown books
1999264525New York: Columbia University Press 1999. Paperback. viii 169p. very good advance reading copy uncorrected proof paperback in tan printed wraps. Winner of the China Times Novel Prize a postmodern first person tale of a gay Taiwanese man refelcting on his life loves and the loss of friends and lovers to AIDS. Columbia University Press paperback books
19899011101New York: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates 1989. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. The book has minor shelf wear to the bottom edge. <br/><br/> Hugh Lauter Levin Associates hardcover books
191227204London: Chapman and Hall 1912. First Edition. 8vo pp. 314. Bound in little rubbed drab green cloth a very good tight copy. The author was unable to finish this MSS before he died. But he had finished the portions on "the Amazonian races and tribes south of the great river those of the Gran Chacu as well as the Araucabian Pampas and Patagonian Indians. Church was born in Massachusetts educated as an engineer and was resident Engineer for the building of the Hoosac Tunnel. After this work he was invited to go to Argentina as a member of a scientific commission to explore the southwestern part of the country and offer a report on the the best defense against the native peoples. Chapman and Hall unknown books
18892746311889. First. hardcover. very good-. Illus. 87pp. Small 4to 1/2 brown cloth front cover lightly soiled bottom of spine and edges of corners rubbed. N.p. 1889.<br/><br/> unknown books
1933qms1300New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1933. 2 volumes only of 6. Both are first American editions. Octavo bound at The Atelier Bindery for Lewis Hatch and Co. in 3/4 crimson levant & red linen top edges gilt uncut 311 pp 311 pp. Few minor scuffs and abraisions. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1933. 2 volumes only (of 6). Both are first American editions. unknown books
1937228698New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1937. First American Edition. With 21 portraits in half-tone. x 299 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Head of spine slightly frayed else near fine in lightly edgeworn SECOND IMPRESSION dust jacket. First American Edition. With 21 portraits in half-tone. x 299 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Churchill's twenty-one essays on Eral of Roseberry as Prime Minister The Ex-Kaiser Kaiser Wilhelm II George Bernard Shaw. Joseph Chamberlain Sir John French the Author with John MorleyHindenburg with Hitler Lawrence of Arabia Leon Trotsky Balfour as Foreign Secretary Hitler The Fuehrer Curzon Clemenceau and others. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
193877008Cincinnati Ohio: The Cincinnati Post. Very Good. 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. This book is hard-bound in black cloth with silver stamping on the upper cover and spine. The covers show scuffing to the edges edge-wear and light rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. The spine is lightly sunned. The front hinge is cracked causing a bit of play in the upper cover but with the binding solid otherwise. The contents are bright and clean with illustrations throughout. A nice Cincinnati / WPA item. . The Cincinnati Post hardcover books
1985163589Cincinnati Ohio: The Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati 1985. Paperback. Good. Tanning minor soiling shelf wear to covers. Ex-library book with usual markings. Text is clean and tight. Ivory wraps with color illustration. 76 pp. 33 color plates. Catalogue lists 43 works by 33 sculptors. Individual biographies provided. Essays by Sarah Rogers-Lafferty. Large color plates focus on the human figure in contemporary sculpture. The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati paperback books
19852791Cincinnati Ohio: The Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati 1985. VG. Ivory wraps with color illustration. 76 pp. 33 color plates. Catalogue lists 43 works by 33 sculptors. Individual biographies providedEssays by Sarah Rogers-Lafferty. Large color plates focus on the human figure in contemporary sculpture. The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati unknown books
2015203008Berkeley: CC. Marimbo 2015. 50p 8.5x11 inches text in Italian and English on facing pages very good handbound poetry book in string-bound pictorial covers. Angry poetry from a Roman street poet member of Hirschman's Revolutionary Poets Brigade in Rome supporter of the Native American movement. CC. Marimbo unknown books
187655559Boston: printed under the direction of the clerk of the court 1876. First edition 12mo pp. 7 10-141 1; original tan printed wrappers; wrappers a bit soiled spine partially perished at the top and bottom and a short tear in the front joint; but on the whole very good. Details of the trial including indictment arraignment testimony with the actions of the mutineers detailed as well as the bravery and resilience of the captain his wife and the remaining crew. The defendants were indicted for the murder of Corydon Trask Patterson on board the schooner Jefferson Borden. At the head of the title: "Circuit Court of the United States District of Massachusetts." McDade 679. <br/><br/> printed under the direction of the clerk of the court unknown books
197043919Washington DC: Citizens Advisory Council on the Status of Women 1970. First Edition. Quarto 25.5cm.; staplebound self-wrappers printed in dark blue; i118pp.; text printed in blue from typescript throughout. Fine condition. Includes chapters on the extant laws discriminating on the basis of sex and the "Relationship Between the Equal Rights Amendment and Existing Constitutional Provisions. Citizens Advisory Council on the Status of Women unknown books
19803417Woodacre or Burbank California 1980. Very good. Oblong 12mo 80 x 218 mm. Original tan illustrated wrappers stapled issued complete and unused with all 12 color-printed lottery tickets with perforated stubs and lottery rules on verso. Upper wrapper with two slight stains and almost imperceptible insect damage at left side; lower wrapper waterstained. Contents excellent. Scarce: no other copy of these cosmic lottery tickets has been located. <br/><br/>The Gilbert Initiative was a state-wide organization formed by Barton Gilbert to change marijuana laws in California. It was divided into northern and southern chapters. Gilbert sought to make the drug enforced in the same manner as alcohol offenses. Oddly NORML did not support the proposed change. In any case the initiative failed so according to its terms the winner would be given at least $500.00 but not more than $2500.00. <br/><br/>Visually and historically appealing California ephemera. unknown books
197626380Washington DC: Citizens' Advisory Council on the Status of Women 1976. First Edition. Slim octavo 21.5cm; printed wrappers stapled; 20pp. Fine copy. Compilation of some of the available information on the Equal Rights Admendment arranged alphabetically by organization. The list is comprised mainly of national organizations and their publications. Citizens' Advisory Council on the Status of Women unknown books
197439008Washington DC: Citizens' Advisory Council on the Status of Women 1974. First Edition. Quarto 25.75cm.; staplebound self-wrappers printed in blue; 14pp. A hint of toning else Fine. Citizens' Advisory Council on the Status of Women unknown books
197439007Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1974. First Edition. Quarto 26cm.; publisher's dark orange staplebound wrappers printed in purple; 6iv86pp.; photographic illus. Fine condition. U.S. Government Printing Office unknown books
1999184665San Francisco: City and County of San Francisco Commission on the Aging 1999. Two volumes 53p. & 62p. 8.5x11 inches each illustrated with tables and figures maps very good booklets one in stapled glossy wraps the other in spiral binding. Reports on a survey on aging in the 5 Bay Area counties. City and County of San Francisco Commission on the Aging unknown books
194791427n.p. 1947. Paperback. Good. folding map 96p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. Moderate cover soil and wear. Internally sound and clean. <br/><br/> paperback books
