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2016222762Boston; New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016. xxi 438p. very good hardcover in dj personal inscription by the author. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt unknown books
UHOCMIR00FPMariner Books 207. Very Good. Hochschild Adam. The Mirror at Midnight: A South African Journey. Boston MA: Mariner Books 207. x 308pp. Indexed. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Light rubbing to edges. Mariner Books paperback books
1994023772New York: Viking 1994. xxvii 304p. b/w illus. dj. Viking unknown books
1974230453San Francisco: Ramparts Magazine Inc 1974. Magazine. 60p. slick magazine format illustrated throughout wraps worn and soiled some pages toned address label on front wrap else good condition. Stories on the health care system Israel and Palestine an interview with Jean-Paul Sartre and more. Ramparts Magazine, Inc unknown books
2005Embry 189601Houghton Mifflin & Co. 2005. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Houghton Mifflin & Co., 2005. First edition, first printing. unknown books
2016Embry 173305Houghton Mifflin & Co. 2016. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Houghton Mifflin & Co., 2016. unknown books
1824TB28287London: Hurst Robinson & Co.and A. Constable & Co. 1824. First Edition. Both volumes of this two volume set are in very good condition in 3/4 leather calf and marbled paper covered boards with gilt text and rules on the spines. Both volumes are octavos measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/8" with rubbing and light wear to the leather around the tips of the boards at the head and heel of the spines and at the joints. Volume I contains a preface followed by 405 pages which includes an errata on page 405. It is illustrated with a frontispiece map. Volume II contains a fold-out frontispiece map 459 pages followed by a tipped-in errata and is illustrated with the aforementioned frontispiece and several engravings of Native American implements and ornaments on pages 442 and 443. With the exception of offsetting from the frontispieces and engravings there is no foxing or tanning present within these two volumes. This is the more complete and revised edition of Hodgson's letters. The earlier version was printed in New York in 1823 and strips much from its content. The author spent eight months traveling through out the eastern states of the US. In the process he wrote 44 letters which are published in these volumes. He arrived in New York City and traveled to Washington DC Richmond Norfolk Raleigh Fayetteville Lumberton Charleston Savannah Augusta Mobile New Orleans Natchez Greenville Huntsville Lookout Mountain Knoxville visited Jefferson at Monticello Baltimore parts of New England and Philadelphia. His main areas of interest were slavery which he abhorred and Indian culture where he had a great interest. Howes considers this set as "quite scarce" and provides "Unbiased observations." Clark Vol. 2 208; Howes H-560 Hurst, Robinson, & Co.and A. Constable & Co. hardcover books
18243471baY4London: Hurst Robinson 1824. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. Later edition. Octavo 8vo. 2 volume set. Hardcover; bound in original paper covered boards covers detached. Protected in an attractive custom clam-shell box with a leather spine. Contains 2 errata slips; appendix volume 2; bookplates; private/personal library book pockets. Howes H560: "best edition". Measures 23.6cm. Hurst, Robinson Hardcover books
182413380London: Hurst Robinson and Edinburgh: Constable 1824. First UK edn. 8vo pp. 405 473. expanded from the more common 335 pp. NY edition of 1823. Bound in original paper backed boards spine paper missing and one cover separate uncut and partially unopened offsetting to the title-page little water stain to the endpapers in vol. 2 with errata slip in each volume and two plates. Housed in a custom slipcase and chemise. Howes H-560 Best edition with the extra 12 pages added to vol. 2 that are in just some copies; Clark II:207; Sabin 32358; Field 704. The letters were originally published in the London Christian Observer and here contain the addition of an appendix of Hodgson's account of his visit with the Choctaws Chickasaws Creeks and Cherokees and a description of the missions at Brainerd and Elliott. Hodgson travelled primarily through the south and Northeast. He traveled from Washington met with Jefferson at Monticello went up the Hudson to Albany and Niagara to Montreal. He continued down through Vermont saw the Quakers in New Hampshire and on to Boston and Philadelphia. This volume is from the library of General Sir William Henry Clinton son of Sir. Henry Clinton. see DNB. Hurst Robinson and Edinburgh: Constable unknown books
1843WRCAM53884Baltimore: Printed by James Young 1843. 31pp. including one woodcut illustration. Dbd. Minor edge wear two small ink numbers on titlepage. Very good. The confession of Adam Horn who was convicted in Baltimore in November of 1843 of chopping up his wife and burying part of her in the orchard and then carelessly leaving other parts of her strewn about the house. He later admitted his real name was Andrew Hellman. Includes a woodcut illustration of the murderer looking quite sinister and strange. Relatively scarce with only eleven total copies between McDade and OCLC. McDADE 484. OCLC 8611516. Printed by James Young unknown books
193339Osprey Publishing 2021-01-26. Paperback. Very Good. Light wear. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Osprey Publishing paperback books
20111334545Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2011. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-/VG-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine black illustration white print; DJ has light edgewear but is clean and bright; Boards quarter bound with grey cloth to spine and black paper to boards light wear to spine caps else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; Signed in ink by the author on the title page; xx 448 pages. illustrated b&w plates. 1334545. FP New Rockville Stock. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt hardcover books
1692019576Amstelodami Amsterdam: Peter Le Clert 1692. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Early edition. Octavo 8vo. Book I: xxxiv 372 pages of text viii pages of index. Book II: xxiv 274 pages. Book III; 275-638 pages followed by vi pages of index. In book III pages 451-537 are mis-numbered 551-637. Original full vellum binding with minor shelfwear moderate soiling hand-lettered spine and a small paper label. Gilt heraldic device stamped on the front cover. Measures 196mm x 157mm. Illustrated with a frontisportrait of the author and complete with two 2-page tables and a large fold-out table. Title printed in red and black. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the inside of the front cover over a remnant of another bookplate: Bruno Kisch Pragensis. Previous owner's markings on the front endpaper and stamped on the back of the title page. There is a small amount of minor damp-staining and rippling to the bottom corner of the final half of the text. The final two endpapers have a small crease. Numismatics. Early printing. Peter Le Clert Hardcover books
20091341126Atlanta: Atom Hughes Ent. Inc 2009. Softcover. NM; minor wear to cover creasing and edge wear; sketch book signed by Hughes on the cover. 1341126. Special Collections. Atom Hughes Ent., Inc unknown books
1976141670Santee CA: The Blueboy Library 1976. Paperback. 184p. very good first edition PBO in original camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Gunn page 170. Blueboy Library 80016. Sequel to The Bright Young Men featuring agent Bruce Doe in a drug smuggling saga featuring a cornucopia of villains led by Krishna Rau leader of an international Communist conspiracy!!! The Blueboy Library paperback books
2012166987Cape Town: Struik Nature 2012. Hardcover. VG/VG. Glossy color-illustrated boards with white lettering matching dust jacket. 240 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Maps. "Published with the support of the South African National Biodiversity Institute and the Botanical Society of South Africa" Struik Nature hardcover books
1749677611749. 1749 Treatise on the Game Laws of Bavaria Austria and Mainz Ickstatt Johann Adam von 1701-1776. Klett Johann Friedrich Editor and Translator. Grundliche Abhandlungen von den Jagdrechten: Wie sich Solche aus den Allgemeinen Naturlichen Und Besondern Staatsrechten Erweisen Lassen. Mit einer Vorrede von dem Verschiedenen Zustande der Jagden bey den Romern und Deutschen und einem Anhang von den Neuesten Mehrentheils Ungedruckten Churmaynzischen Churbayerischen Erzherzoglich-Oesterreichischen Und Andern Jagdordnungen. Nebst einem Entwurf von einer Vorteilhaft Eingerichteten Waldordnung. Herausgegeben und mit einem Register Versehen von Johann Friedrich Klett. Nuremberg: Auf Kosten Johann Georg Lochners 1749. xlvi 428 16; 172 pp. Two parts each with title page. Title page of second part with title beginning Wald-Ordnung dated 1748. Quarto 7-3/4" x 6-1/4". Contemporary speckled calf blind rules to boards raised bands and lettering piece to spine marbled pastedowns. Light rubbing and a few minor worm holes to boards moderate rubbing to extremities light chipping to spine ends corners bumped and somewhat worn later library bookplate to front pastedown later owner bookplate to front free endpaper. Title page of first part printed in red and black attractive woodcut head and tail-pieces. Light toning to text light foxing in places early owner signatures to verso of front free endpaper and head of title page later library stamp to title page's verso. A handsome copy. $850. Only edition Part II a reissue of a work first published in 1748. The first part is overview of Bavarian forestry hunting and fishing laws from 1664-1742 followed by similar sets of laws promulgated in Austria in 1743 and in Mainz in 1744. The second part is a translation of the Bavarian laws with editorial commentary by Klett who also translated Part I. Early game and land laws record the earliest attempts to preserve the environment. They also offer fascinating insights into social history due to their relevance to topics ranging from class structure to foodways. Das Verzeichnis Deutscher Drucke des 18. Jahrhunderts 14598590-006. unknown books
1986185856Berkeley / Los Angeles: Univeristy Of California Press 1986. Hardcover. VG ex-library w/ textblock stamps internal stamps usual markings etc. interior clean; fairly tightly bound. dustjacket has ID to lower spine taped to cover edges light sunning to spine plastic cover scuffed. black boards w/ white spine printing. book xvi 181 pgs. maroon grey dustjacket w/ pink printing; protective plastic. A nice clean ex-college library copy. Univeristy Of California Press hardcover books
1948708563London: Rupert-Hart Davis. 1948. Very Good in Very Good closed tear DJ. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Rupert-Hart Davis hardcover books
1973149662N.p.: N.p. 1973. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1973 French film showing actress Brigitte Fossey in silhouette.<br/><br/>A man recently released from the hospital falls in love with a woman who is identical in appearance to his wife.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Morbihan France. <br/><br/>9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1983152235N.p.: N.p. 1983. Six sets of original storyboards for the 1983 film. Housed in a MCA Universal City Studios manila envelope.<br/><br/>The dead-end drivers of a rundown cab company must band together with the help of their naive newest member to save themselves from a rival company and to help Mr. T teach kids to say no to drugs. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Washington DC. <br/><br/>Approximately 200 leaves in total. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine each set partially bound with a single paperclip. N.p. unknown books
1983145600Universal City: Universal 1983. Archive of three scripts for the 1983 film including a Second Draft Third Draft and Revised Final Draft with the Second and Third Draft scripts appearing under the working title "Capitol Cab." Scripts belonging to producer Cassius Weathersby with his name on the cover sheet for revision pages dated 5/16/83 laid into the Revised Final script. Also included is a borderless double weight photograph of Weathersby conferring with star Mr. T on the set and a promotional button for the film. <br/><br/>The dead-end drivers of a rundown cab company must band together with the help of their naive newest member to save themselves from a rival company and to help Mr. T teach kids to say no to drugs. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Washington DC. <br/><br/>Second Draft: Yellow titled wrappers noted as Second Draft on the front wrapper. Title page present dated January 4 1983 noted as Second Draft with credits for screenwriter Joel Schumacher. 94 leaves with last page of text numbered 93. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Third Draft: Orange titled wrappers noted as Third Draft on the front wrapper noted as production No. 00864 dated February 10 1983. Title page present dated February 10 1983 noted as Third Draft with credits for screenwriter Joel Schumacher and producers Jon Peters Peter Gruber Topper Carew and Cassius Weathersby. 90 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 89. Xerographically reproduced on eye-rest green stock with pink and blue revision pages dated 2/14/83 and undated. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine lacking the rear wrapper bound with three gold brads.<br/><br/>Revised Final Draft: Yellow titled wrappers noted as Revised Final Draft on the front wrapper and production No. 02156 dated April 5 1983. Title page present dated April 5 1983 noted as Revised Final Draft with credits for screenwriter Joel Schumacher and producers Jon Peters Peter Gruber Topper Carew and Cassius Weathersby. 94 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 88. Xerographic duplication with pink and yellow revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/11/83 and 5/30/83. Pages Near Fine front wrapper lightly soiled else wrappers Near Fine bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Parish and Hill Black Action Film. Universal unknown books
200872873Tuscaloosa:: University of Alabama Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2008. Hardcover. 0817316256 . First edition. As new in like dust jacket. Still in original shrinkwrap. . University of Alabama Press, hardcover books
20089005413Tuscaloosa Alabama: University of Alabama Press 2008. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Bound in the publisher's original cloth with the spine stamped in gilt. <br/><br/> University of Alabama Press hardcover books
2015164295New York: Random House 2015. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A collection of short stories from the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel "The Orphan Master's Son." A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Johnson on the title page. Random House unknown books