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20064079NY: HarperTempest 2006. ARC Advance Readers Copy for the first edition. Glossy pictoral wraps. Signed by Oates on the title page. Short shallow corner crease and tiny abrasion on rear panel topedge. Near Fine condition. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/Not Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Advance Reader's Copy. HarperTempest Paperback books
185347350Lowell MA: James P. Walker 1853. Second edition "enlarged and improved." Octavo. Sewn pamphlet; printed paper wrappers; 80pp. Inscribed by author "Respects of." on front cover. Pronounced dampstain to front wrapper at upper margin extending more faintly onto title page and with decreasing severity onto first eight leaves of text. Front wrapper nearly detached but holding; scattered foxing; Good. Second edition of a work originally published in 1850 as An Essay on the Opium Trade. Allen's foreword states his reasons for issuing a new edition including renewed interest in the opium question spurred by "the recent discoveries of immense quantities of gold in California and Australia which must have a very powerful effect upon the Chinese nation and clothe with new interest everything affecting the welfare of that great people." Allen 1813-1889 was trained at the Pennsylvania Medical College and practiced most of his life in Lowell where he had a reputation as a reformer and guardian of public health a crusader for the promotion of preventive medicine especially among the working class for background see American Journal of Public Health vol 93 no. 5 May 2003 p.720ff. James P. Walker unknown books
196240968Los Angeles: California Council on Alcohol Problems the California Liberator 1962. 1st printing presumed. White printed paper. Modest wear to paper light age-toning horizontal crease. A VG example. Single sheet folded once. B/w photographic image of Oakland Police Chief Toothman with Mr. Birdsall. 10-1/2" x 8" <br/><br/>Includes articles such as: Sateve Post: "Abstainer Never Becomes an Alcoholic" "Oakland Police Educate Against Drinking and Driving" & "For the Pastor who Wants to Help the Alcoholic" & "New Accurate Inexpensive Device to Test Intoxication". California Council on Alcohol Problems, the California Liberator unknown books
190126596New York: Croscup & Sterling Company 1901. First edition. Hardcover. Good . Tall hardbound quarto. A volume of verse on the perils and pleasure of the grape and other beverages with 26 magnificent dry-point etchings by Jean Paleologue. This is number 447 of 750 special subscriber copies which has been Signed by the publisher and the author. Mild stains and wear to illustrated boards. The pages themselves are age-spotted. A good to very good copy of this intriguing volume. Tissue guard present at frontis. Croscup & Sterling Company hardcover books
1910207578Barcelona: the firm 1910. Pamphlet. Two slightly different copies of an 8x4 inch handy guide to Barcelona's upper-class attractions unpaginated one 20p. printed blue black green and brown on buff the other 16p. printed green purple and brown on white stock. Staplebound self-wraps. Staples a bit rusty toning and mild offset soil to both and some careless overprinting to one good copies. Sold as a pair. Differences; vignette portraits of opera stars vary ads vary texts vary slightly. Find places to buy fine liqueur places to drink it where to stay find pharmaceuticals enjoy nightlife especially opera. Even where to purchase sewing machines and things electrical. the firm unknown books
