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1981DBS-9780387055510Springer 1981. 1st. Hardcover. New. Springer hardcover
1957mon0000128570Jonathan Cape Limited 1957-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Hardback/Hardcover. Missing dust cover. Clean text sound binding. Jonathan Cape Limited hardcover
19981181901998 Abbaye Sainte-Madeleine du Barroux - 1998 - Deuxième édition revue et augmentée - 6 volumes in-8, brochés - 2959 pages (pagination continue) - Les volumes sont numérotés au dos IA, IB, IIA, IIB, IIIA et IIIB, contenant respectivement la thèse, les sources, annexes, biblio et index
1986DADAX0306422263Springer 1986-05-31. 1986. hardcover. New. 7.00x1.00x10.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Springer hardcover
1942412632New York: Hearst's International 1942. Softcover. Fine. 10.5" x 13.5". Illustrated broadside printed in blue and black. Just a touch of foxing and rubbing else about fine. Hearst's International unknown
194411573Books Inc. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1944. Hardcover. Blakc cover is rubbed at corners and spine caps but clean bright and in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Former owner's name and a small sticker on front end sheet. Pages are lightly toned but clean and near pristine. Dust jacket is worn and very lightly tattered at extremities with light soiling but bright and in good condition. DJ protected by a brand new clear acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. If pictured shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. . . Books, Inc. hardcover
1907WOC-1895Préface de MM. F. Carta (Directeur de la Bibliothèque d'Este) & G. Bertoni (Professeur à l'Université de Fribourg (Suisse). Modène, P. ORLANDINI & Fils Photographe. Éditeurs, 1907. In-8 (17,5x12cm) relié plein parchemin blanc, avec sur le plat supérieur lettrine rouge dans un carré et décoration, titre et édition en rouge et noir, lacets et vignette de portrait, plat inférieur Armoirie en couleurs et lacets, tranches rouge et or de motifs géométrique. 62pp.
1999x-1861560478John Wiley & Sons Inc 1999. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 200 pages. 9.25x6.50x1.75 inches. John Wiley & Sons Inc hardcover
1921156096Boston: Small Maynard & Co 1921. First Edition. hardcover. Spine lettering fading some page tanning VG no Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR: "For Virginia with Faith's Love '26." The previous owner has clipped a 1923 poem by Baldwin from a newspaper and tipped it to the pastedown endpaper which has caused some offsetting to the free endpaper. Additionally a small printed brochure from Small Maynard announcing the release of this book and featuring a lovely youthful photograph of the author is attached to the rear pastedown endpaper The author's first book. A love story set in Boston and Cuba. A rare first edition especially signed Small, Maynard & Co hardcover
1937014849Farrar & Rinehart 1937. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy In a Very Good Plus Jacket Small Chip in Heel. First Edition $2.00 on Flap. Very Rare Biblio-Mystery Excellent Fresh copy. Loosely Based on Ben Abramson and the Argus Bookshop of Chicago. Farrar & Rinehart Hardcover
1937014849Farrar & Rinehart 1937. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy In a Very Good Plus Jacket Small Chip in Heel. First Edition $2.00 on Flap. Very Rare Biblio-Mystery Excellent Fresh copy. Loosely Based on Ben Abramson and the Argus Bookshop of Chicago. Farrar & Rinehart Hardcover books
196020899Mexico: Author Published 1960. 4 122 pages; the first page a real-photo head & shoulders portrait of the "Rev. Bishop and Dr. M.H. Franz" in priest's garb with white collar; the author recounts his awakening to a life of service to mankind apparently via a mystical experience aided by an extract of ".leaves combined according to certain laws."; his mystical 'call' to go to Mexico at first thinking that he was only going for a vacation and ending spending 12 years there as a faith healer; recounting his adventures and the events of his life in Mexico with occasional digression into why the U.S. ought to be paying more attention to the neighbor to the south in addition to his thoughts regarding a more spiritually-based United Nations of the world; the doctor brings people back from the dead among other miracles and the final 30 pages of the text are filled with the thankful testimonials of those the author healed - of kidney and bladder diseases psychological problems loss of memory various inflammations and illnesses of children and adults more; he was also able to make accurate predictions for rain; we have been unable to find any corroboration of this person's life or indeed any finding whatsoever on the Doctor; there are a few clues in the text regarding his giving of sermons in New York and there is a possibility that further research would reveal more; an OCLC search at time of cataloging disclosed nothing that we could find; a couple of pencil numbers & names on title page & dedication page; printed single-side in double-space typing as is usual with a typescript; with an errata page at back; in blue stiff-paper covers about 8 ¼" x 11" size; with cloth spine glued-on gilt cover title; some wear sunning to cover spine cloth coming away in pieces; photo portrait with some wrinkling; contents in very good condition still securely bound and an interesting account. . Good. Author Published hardcover books
1948534G1567Springfield IL U.S.A.: The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company. Good. 1948. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 78 pages. Articles:Campus Crusader - Harold Taylor of Sarah Lawrence College; Designs for Touring 5 - a trip to New York's Finger Lakes; No Miracle in the Marshall Plan - we must wage a war of education in Europe; High Prices Make Cheap Living - the effects of inflation on America's middle class; Brothers in Crime - The Notorious Renos train robbers of the 1860s; Bob Taft's Martha - she's a veteran politcal campaigner. Fiction: A Cross for Urdia; Fair Exchange; A Penny For Your Thoughts; Madam President; The April Load; The Gracious Senor. Includes the following ads: Studebaker inside front cover; Listerine antiseptic - featuring black porter; RKO movies of the month; American Kitchens; De Beers Diamonds - with portrait of Miss Virginia H. Palfrey of Boston; Heinz Ketchup; Philco radio-phonographs; International Harvester TD-24 bulldozer great color photo; "Frontier-Buck" shoes by Fortune; Talon slide fasteners; Ballantines Ale; Old Thompson Whiskey; Life Savers; Emerson Radios; Prince Albert pipe tobacco; MontaMower; Dromedary Corn Muffin Mix; Spam; United Jewish Appeal full-page fundraising ad featuring crying Israelli infant in crate; Interesting US Savings Bond ad shows large wolf with teeth bared and caption "Wolf Poison" they equate bond purchasing with keeping the wolf away from your door; Rutland Patching Plaster; Lucky Strike cigarettes back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's Magazine April 3 1948 Campus Crusader - Harold Taylor of Sarah Lawrence College; Designs for Touring 5 - a trip to New York's Finger Lakes; No Miracle in the Marshall Plan - we must wage a war of education in Europe; High Prices Make Cheap Liv . The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company unknown
1931117405London: Cope and Fenwick 1931. Large octavo original terra cotta cloth stamped in gold fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. Limited to 350 numbered copies signed by Mackenzie. Collection of short fiction by the wife of Compton Mackenzie. About half of the stories are set in Italy. "Queer Lady" is an ironic and rather enigmatic fairy tale. Tiny private owner's book label on front paste-down. Tiny faint damp stain to front cover small faint stain to top edge of text block else a near fine copy with clean interior. #117405 Cope and Fenwick unknown books
1999633j0843British Columbia: Presentation House Gallery/Arsenal Pulp Press. Very Good. 1999. First Edition. Paperback. 1551520710 . Signed without inscription by author upon title page. Produced in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name curated by Faith Moosang and held from September 4 to October 17 1999 at Presentation House Gallery. "An extraordinary collection of photographs by C.D. Hoy 1883-1973 a Chinese-Canadian photographer whose startling evocative portraits of First Nations Chinese and Caucasion subjects in small-town British Columbia taken between 1909 and 1920 form an important historical and cultural document about the roots of 'otherness' in Canada." - dust jacket. 159 pages. Clean bright and unmarked with light wear. A high-quality copy of this lavishly-produced work.; Photography; Sm 4to; Signed by Author . Presentation House Gallery/Arsenal Pulp Press paperback
1957639873London: Jonathan Cape 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. - First Edition - Authors dedication to upper front free endpaper dated 1957 - Black board edges a little rubbed and extremities slightly bumped - Edges of text block foxed - Dustwrapper worn w/ edges chipped - Spine sunned - A little loss to ends and corners - Book ow/ solid clean and tight - Good Jonathan Cape hardcover
1958251171958. BALDWIN Faith. Typed Letter Signed. Two pages on both sides of a single sheet; hand-written in ink: "Rt. 2 Meed Ave. Norwalk Conn Sept. 26/58." Note: There are numerous typing errors and hand-written corrections in ink throughout the letter and spelling errors are for the most part not noted in the follow textual description- as there are many. To a teacher in California Baldwin apologizes for the delay in her response to several questions posed by the teacher. "I can reply to your questions only informally and in bad typing as I have never used a secretary and employ two fingers." Baldwin discusses several of her books and writes that Many Windows will be published on her 65th birthday. "About education. I don't have the true equivalent of a high school education. Mrs. Dow's school did give courses which if passed took you into college; but I wasn't interested in college; I was about 17 and a ga half sic when I left Mrs. Dow's. The education in Germany was during the war and consisted of house keeping school didn't learn a thing and of German which I learned. I am not sorry I didn't go to college; I think I would have frittered away my time and probably flunked. I was not a good student for I was far too lazy." Baldwin goes on in some detail about advising students to go to college "if it is possible" and discusses the benefits of a college education and the difficulty of supporting herself as a writer. "You can only eat while you write if you have rich parents or generous and/or a well-heeled husband or wife." Baldwin writes about the demands for college degrees in the business world and says she always advises her students to at least have a good secretarial degree "for this is really an open door. I have seen one advance from typist to private secretary to asst. editor and then editor on a national magazine." Baldwin continues about her father's profession lawyer and her mother's a grade-school teacher and her family's background missionaries editors etc. "It's tougher if you are born into a family without the cultural background but that can be overcome by education." She writes "in this era a college education is extremely valuable and certainly a high school education a must." Also signed by Baldwin as "Mrs. Hugh Cuthrell." Baldwin was known for typing her manuscripts quickly but inaccurately and. <br/><br/> unknown books
1958251171958. BALDWIN Faith. Typed Letter Signed. Two pages on both sides of a single sheet; hand-written in ink: "Rt. 2 Meed Ave. Norwalk Conn Sept. 26/58." Note: There are numerous typing errors and hand-written corrections in ink throughout the letter and spelling errors are for the most part not noted in the follow textual description- as there are many. To a teacher in California Baldwin apologizes for the delay in her response to several questions posed by the teacher. "I can reply to your questions only informally and in bad typing as I have never used a secretary and employ two fingers." Baldwin discusses several of her books and writes that Many Windows will be published on her 65th birthday. "About education. I don't have the true equivalent of a high school education. Mrs. Dow's school did give courses which if passed took you into college; but I wasn't interested in college; I was about 17 and a ga half sic when I left Mrs. Dow's. The education in Germany was during the war and consisted of house keeping school didn't learn a thing and of German which I learned. I am not sorry I didn't go to college; I think I would have frittered away my time and probably flunked. I was not a good student for I was far too lazy." Baldwin goes on in some detail about advising students to go to college "if it is possible" and discusses the benefits of a college education and the difficulty of supporting herself as a writer. "You can only eat while you write if you have rich parents or generous and/or a well-heeled husband or wife." Baldwin writes about the demands for college degrees in the business world and says she always advises her students to at least have a good secretarial degree "for this is really an open door. I have seen one advance from typist to private secretary to asst. editor and then editor on a national magazine." Baldwin continues about her father's profession lawyer and her mother's a grade-school teacher and her family's background missionaries editors etc. "It's tougher if you are born into a family without the cultural background but that can be overcome by education." She writes "in this era a college education is extremely valuable and certainly a high school education a must." Also signed by Baldwin as "Mrs. Hugh Cuthrell." Baldwin was known for typing her manuscripts quickly but inaccurately and. unknown
1975147518N.p.: N.p. 1975. Draft script for the 1975 play which premiered on April 20 at the Theatre de Lys in New York.<br /> <br /> A southern melodrama focusing on the toxic relationship between a former heavyweight boxing champion and a young teacher.<br /> <br /> Set in rural Georgia.<br /> <br /> Blue titled wrappers with credits for playwright Larry Ketron. Title page present dated 1975 with credits for playwright Larry Ketron. 98 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-3-36. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. N.p. unknown
1953137487Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1953. Revised final script for the 1953 film "The Great Sioux Uprising" seen here as "Sioux Uprising." <br /> <br /> Though very loosely based on true events surrounding the two-year Red Cloud's War during which a Cheyenne Native American chief repeatedly attacked US forces in an effort to stem the flow of White settlers this film centers around a white man who attempts to help a Sioux tribe retrieve a large number of stolen horses white attempting to convince them to join up with the Union soldiers instead of the Confederates. Shot on location in Oregon with a cast partly comprised of local Native Americans. <br /> <br /> Tan titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper dated September 3 1952. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Levy and Gill. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Multilith duplication with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated 9/22/52 and 9/15/52. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown
195765795Lahore Pakistan: International Cooperation Administration 1957. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Stamp on fep. Cover has some wear and soiling. COrners bumped. xii 187 p. Includes illustrations. All listed pictures present. Foreword by M. A. Makhdumi Director of Education Lahore Region. Faith Smitter was a Guidance Specialist from Washington State College with the International Cooperation Administration. Iqbal Dar was the Director of the Child Guidance Centre Lady Maclagan College Lahore. This work was not meant to be a comprehensive analysis of child development and children's problems. Although not a research document it is the result of observation discussion with parents and children and reports by college students of their childhood experiences. International Cooperation Administration paperback
1999G0966844203I3N10Lockwood and Marshall Booksellers 1999. Unknown. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Lockwood and Marshall Booksellers unknown
1980BN68852Sauerländer Verlag 1980. Hardcover/gebunden. Ecken rundherum leicht berieben mit abgedecktem Namenseintrag Innenseite des vorderen Buchdeckels mit Fleck Seiten sauber! Extrem selten! Tilly ist eine Puppe in einem Puppenhaus. Sie ist Dienstmädchen und wird nur herumgescheucht bis es ihr eines Tages zu viel wird. Nachts zieht sie heimlich aus. Mit dem Teddy sucht sie sich eine neue Wohnung. In einer Holzkiste im Gartenhaus richtet sie sich eine niedliche kleine Wohnung ein und ist glücklich. Niemand scheucht sie mehr sie ist frei. Sauerländer Verlag hardcover
1946316G2172USA: Crowell-Collier Press. Good. 1946. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 74 pages. Features: Nice 1-page photo ad features 'teen-age' fashion model Kitty Higgins and her two children; Nice 1-page color ad for Lyon Whitewall Tires; The Sweetest Town on Earth - the modest community of Grasse in southern France has the perfume industry by the nose - article with color photos; The Bosom of My Family fiction; The Railroads Fight Back; The Flappers Chilidren - a veteran of WWII compares the doughboys who returned from WWI with today's ex-G.I.s - article with photos; Who's Kilroy Cocktails for One fiction; Sleeping Beauty fiction; Life Liberty and Orrin Dooley fiction; Nice 1-page color ad for International Trucks features a K-7 parked outside a diner; 1-page color ad for Seagram's V.O.; Great color one-page ad for Borden's Hemo vitamin drink; 1-page color-photo ad for Ansco film; Grand Slam Gags - a bridge tournament champ passes along some funny stories; Two-page color ad for Old Mr. Boston Liquor; Very colorful 1-page Christmas ad for Carling Red Cap Ale; The Host fiction; Nice 1-page color ad for movie 'The Jolson Story'; 1-page color ad for Harwood's blended Canadian Whisky; Nice 1-page color ad for Gordon's Gin; The Songs Roll By fiction; 1-page ad for the New York Stock Exchange NYSE features great photo of the first national auto show in 1900; The Bell of San Anselmo fiction; Nice 1-page color ad for Goebel Beer; Christmas in the Desert - color photos of Christmas lights on cactii; Christmas Coke ad on back cover shows family gift-wrapping. Somewhat above-average wear. Small chips from cover fold. A worthy vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's Magazine December 28 1946 Kyle Crichton Robert C. Ruark Bill Davidson Lee Hazen Thomas H. Wolf Amy Porter Oren Arnold teen-age' fashion model Kitty Higgins and her two children; Nice 1-page color ad for Lyon Whitewall Tires; The Sweetest Town . Crowell-Collier Press unknown
1957k5280London: Jonathan Cape. VG : in very good condition with edge-worn dust jacket in clear protective wraps. Browning to rear of jacket. 1957. First Edition. Black hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 140mm 7" x 6". 160pp. Faith Compton Mackenzie's last novel revisiting the early years of her marriage living in the parish of an eccentric High Church Anglican vicar in Cornwall. Tatting draws on the early years of her marriage when the couple stayed with Fr Leighton Sandys Wason incumbent of the Cornish parish of Gunwalloe before moving into Toy Cottage. The cottage bears a simple slate plaque recording that Sir Compton Mackenzie novelist lived here 1908-9. No mention of the forgotten Faith. . Jonathan Cape paperback
