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1930662G2984Toronto: The Missionary Monthly/The Woman's Missionary Society of the United Church of Canada 1930. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pages 245-292. Individual photos of fourteen of "Our Missionaries 1930"; Antonio and the Doctor - Dr. Strangway at Chissamba Hospital in Africa; The Maritime Home for Girls Truro Nova Scotia - article with photo; Little Chiyoko San and a Christian kindergarten in her home in Shizuoka Japan; Travel letter from Effie A. Jamieson; The President's Journal - with photo looking over Foochow and photo of sampans; on the Upper Yangtsze; The Gyproc House - The Nurses' Home at Gypsumville Manitoba; and much more plus several nostalgic ads for The Bank of Toronto The Hwaiking Shops The T.Eaton Co. Sterling Trusts Corporation and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this diminutive yet highly informative issue. Reading it will provide an excellent snapshot of the wonderful worldwide works of the Woman's Missionary Society in 1930. The Missionary Monthly/The Woman's Missionary Society of the United Church of Canada Paperback
197025431Chicago: Sage Books/Swallow Press 1970. First edition thus . Hardcover. Fine. Vallez Jerry. Number 99 of 250 copies signed by the editor snell and the artist Vallez. Said to be an authentic reprint of the long suppressed 1882 edition published J.H.Chambers & Co. See Howes; USiana T-355a. See Adam; Six-Guns 2245. 344 pages with photographs illustrations bibliography and index. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket in fine publisher's slipcase. <br/> <br/> Sage Books/Swallow Press hardcover
1938011096Virginia : Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 1938. This is a very good hardcover copy in the publisher's original royal blue moire silk cloth with gilt decorations and titles. Very clean inside and out. This is Volume 1 only in the series. This is a hand-numbered limited edition of 1000 copies. The volume consists of 11 separate softcover volumes published by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in the years 1936 through 1938. All covers bound in. Illustrated in black & white. 9" high X 6" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Hardcover
189548397Washington DC: United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO 1895. First edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 598 pages with index and the required two maps in rear pocket. All plates present. Main chapter titles are; Geology and Mining Industries of the Cripple Creek District Colorado; A Geological Reconnaissance Across Idaho; The Geology of the Road-Building Stones of Massachusetts; Economic Geology of the Mercury Mining District Utah; The Public Lands and Their Water Supply; Water Resources of a Portion of the Great Plains. Bound in the original dark brown cloth with gilt lettering and illustration. A very good copy. <br/> <br/> United States Geological Survey/USGS/Government Printing Office/GPO hardcover
1936DEMO008123ILondon & New York: Longmans Green 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 253pp. red cloth rubbed <br/><br/>Chapter 1: "The Intelligent Woman's Guide to the Ethiopian Question" Longmans, Green hardcover
198925275Denver CO: Sundance Publications 1989. First edition first printing . Hardcover. Fine. The railroads and logging of Boise Payette Lumber. 192 pages with photographs maps and rosters. Fine and bright in fitted clear vinyl dust protector as issued. <br/> <br/> Sundance Publications hardcover
1993301288Alexander M. Palmer 1993. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Jacket. 30 to 37 cm tall Folio. Title - Above and Beyond: Being a Record of Awards to Her Majesty's Forces for Gallant and Distinguished Services During Military and Peacekeeping Operations Since 1945 Volume 1. Posted within 1 working day. Royal Mail Tracked 24 to UK. Tracked Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item. Alexander M. Palmer hardcover
1992250738E.J. Brill Leiden 1992. Hardcover Leinen mit Schutzumschlag Großformat 12. Bd. Handbuch der Orientalistik. Handbook of oriental studies. 1. Abt. Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten. The near and middle east. HG H. Altenmüller E. Grube B. Hrouda R. Kruk K.R. Veenhof Nur 12. Bd. Zustand: keine Beschädigungen keine Eintragungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten sehr gut. Der Schnitt ist staubig. E.J. Brill, Leiden, hardcover
185433044New York: G.P. Putnam & Co. 1854. Early Printing probably the first with added slug to the title-page. With and engraved frontispiece and textual illustrations by the author throughout. A large folding map is included at the rear of the volume. 8vo publisher's original red cloth decorated and lettered in gilt on the spine and with gilt pictorial vignette to the upper cover. 522 pp. An honest copy the hinges strong and tight the text-block mellowed as expected some old library markings internally the map with a closed tear. Early printing in issuance year of Taylor's famous travelogue of Central Africa. Bayard Taylor was an American poet literary critic translator travel author and diplomat. As a poet he was very popular with a crowd of more than 4000 attending a poetry reading once which was a record that stood for 85 years. His travelogues were popular in both the United States and Great Britain. He served in diplomatic posts in Russia and Prussia. <br> In 1851 he traveled to Egypt where he followed the Nile River as far as 12° 30' N. He also traveled in Palestine and Mediterranean countries writing poetry based on his experiences. Toward the end of 1852 he sailed from England to Calcutta and then to China where he joined the expedition of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry to Japan. The results of these journeys were published as A Journey to Central Africa; or Life and Landscapes from Egypt to the Negro Kingdoms of the White Nile 1854; The Lands of the Saracen; or Pictures of Palestine Asia Minor Sicily and Spain 1854; and A Visit to India China and Japan in the Year 1853 1855.<br> He returned to the U.S. on December 20 1853 and undertook a successful public lecturer tour that extended from Maine to Wisconsin. After two years he went to northern Europe to study Swedish life language and literature. The trip inspired his long narrative poem Lars. His series of articles Swedish Letters to the Tribune were republished as Northern Travel: Summer and Winter Pictures 1857. G.P. Putnam & Co. hardcover
197771827New Delhi: Veda Pratishthana 1977. Gebunden. Veda Pratishthana unknown
3661Rostock: Adlerschen Officin. Gebunden. Adlerschen Officin unknown
18427160Regensburg 1842. Gebunden. unknown
19301889Boston: Little Brown 1930. First. Hardcover. VG. 370 pp end paper maps. The whole empire of Ghengis Khan was Tartary. Manchuria Mongolia the Pamirs and Tien Shan have also been considered part of Tartary. The barbaric hordes that broke through Central Asian barriers to the east and west were considered Tartars. In short this area is a line between the geography and history of Central Asia. VG in original black cloth. Little Brown hardcover
1837262219P.J. Collardin Liége 1837. Hardcover Leinen Alle 7 Bände. Kopie der Originalausgabe. Zustand: keine Beschädigungen keine Eintragungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten sehr gut. P.J. Collardin, Liége, hardcover
1997307879n.g. 1997. Hardcover kartoniert ohne Schutzumschlag Zustand: Keine Beschädigungen eine Zueignung auf dem Vorsatzblatt minimale Gebrauchsspuren. Mit einer Bibliothek-Kennung Rückenschild. Rücken Ecken Kanten sind sehr gut. n.g., hardcover
1928306602Verlag Alpina Paris 1928. Softcover Justicfication Du Tirage Exemplaire No.49 Zustand: Keine Eintragungen fleckig. Der Rücken ist beschädigt die Bindung hält aber noch gut. Ecken und Kanten leicht berieben/bestoßen. Verlag Alpina, Paris, paperback
1949307280Cassell 1949. hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall Octavo 8vo. Three books have a previous owner's ink inscription. Posted within 1 working day. Royal Mail Tracked 24 to UK. Tracked Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item. Cassell hardcover
63461872 CHAPMAN & HALL LONDON. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD COPY. RE-BOUND IN GREEN CLOTH. ILLUSTRATED BY 243 ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD. AND 8 CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS. 1872 CHAPMAN & HALL LONDON hardcover
15510JOHN MURRAY. LONDON. 1860. FOUR VOLUME HALF LEATHER. REBOUND. SOME SPLITTING NEAR THE SPINE OF TWO VOLS. BUT A VERY GOOD SET. FROM THE DEATH OF WILLIAM THE SILENT TO THE SYNOD OF DORT. JOHN MURRAY. LONDON. 1860 hardcover
23849LONDON FOR R BALDWIN 1758. SMALL OCTAVO pp vii 54. NICELY REBOUND IN STIFF MARBLED CARD NEW ENDPAPERS. A VERY NICE COPY. GIVES DETAIL OF THE DISPUTE ON THE ELECTION OF THE WARDEN OF WINCHESTER COLLEGE INVOLVING DR. LOWTH THE FELLOWS OF NEW COLLEGE DR. PURNELL AND MR. GOLDING. LONDON, FOR R BALDWIN, 1758 unknown
25664LONDON CADELL 1800. SECOND EDITION IN TWO VOLUMES. NEW LEATHER SPINES GILT TITLES ORIGINAL WORN BORDS NEW ENDPAPERS. VERY GOOD AND TIGHT BINDING. LONDON, CADELL, 1800 hardcover
178829122Paris: Buisson 1788. kart. Buisson unknown
1928044751New York: Harper & Brothers 1928. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Photographs; Dust Jacket By Wilkins. Xiv 166 Pp. Brown Cloth Stamped In Blue. Stated First Edition On Copyright Page. Dj Priced $3.00. Book Fine. Dj Near Fine Some Browning To Spine Panel And To Edges. As Useless A Tour And As Condescending A Report As Has Ever Been Documented. A Good Example Of The Banality Of New York Publishing Base On The Assumption That Every Reader Is Much Stupider Than The Author. <br/> <br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover
1933044662New York: Claude Kendall 1933. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Ix 278 Pp. Green Cloth Gilt Orange Endpapers Top Edge Green. First Edition Second American Printing Before Publication Stated. A Fine Bright Example Spine Gilt Brilliant No Marks. Dj Near Fine Slight Usage Unfaded Priced $3.00 Two Tiny Tears At Bottom Of Rear Panel. <br/> <br/> Claude Kendall hardcover
1933020571Los Angeles: Murray & Gee 1933. First Edition . Black Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. 197 Pp. Black Cloth. First Printing. Near Fine Book With Immaculate Paper Spine And Cover Labels #94 Of The "Author's Edition". With The Scarce Illustrated Dustjacket Printed On Brown Paper Immaculate Small Loss At Corners And Tips 1" X 3/4" Chip At Top Spine Edge Of Rear Panel Not Affecting Any Text. Inscribed By The Author At Length To His "Pal" Homer Laughlin Jr. "In Remembrance Of The Happy Dreams We Had Together". Laughlin An Engineer Was The Son Of The Founder Of The Laughlin China Works. With The Large Decorative Bookplate Of William Henry Burnham Financier And At One Time President Of The Bank Of Orange And His Wife The Artist Katharine French With Artists's Signature At Bottom "E D French 1902". Edwin Davis French 1851-1906 Was A Highly Esteemed Bookplate Engraver Producing At Least 330 Beginning In 1893. Born In North Attleboro Massachusetts His Artistic Career Had Begun In 1869 With Silver Engraving For The Whiting Manufacturing Company. Later He Became A Founding Member And Trustee Of The American Fine Arts Society. Two Men Who Influenced French's Work Were Albrecht Dürer And Charles W. Sherborn. Many Of His Patrons Belonged To The Grolier Club. He Was Interested In Constructed Languages And Was Active In The Volapük Movement 1 And Also Learned Esperanto. French Had Suffered From Poor Health Most Of His Life Having Left Brown University In His Sophomore Year Because Of It And Eventually Succumbed To Tuberculosis. See Brainerd Ira H. 1908. Edwin Davis French A Memorial: His Life His Art. New York: The De Vinne Press. <br/> <br/> Murray & Gee hardcover
