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B9781344053600Hardback. New. hardcover
1869163075Paris: Librairie Militaire J. Dumaine 1869. First Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Title continues: ".a posage DES OFFICIERS DE TOUTES ARMES ET DES FUNCTIONNAIRES DE L'ADMINISTRATION des lignes telegraphique qui peuvent etre appeles a faire partie du service telegraphique civil en campagne". An early text on the military uses and applications of the electric telegraph. 178pp; 69 figs; several tables some fldg. Examines all aspects of military telegraphy including the manpower required. Minor marks to paper covers otherwise a nice copy. In French. <br/> <br/> Librairie Militaire, J. Dumaine paperback
1966821a2343USA: Kalmbach Publishing 1966. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Features: Railroad News Photos; New Ontario Northland Logo; Steam News Photos; Great photo of The Milwaukee Railroad #2104 later 564; Concerning Dr. Gakuo and his Garratts - Kenyan Steam - article and photos; Definition of a Redball - B&O rolls tonnage up to 77 mph . in 1938; Photo Section; GM EMD colour illustrated centerfold; EXCLUSIVE - The Only Complete and Authoritative Analysis of World-wide Train Speed - Japan Quickens the Pace to 106.2 mph!; and more. Average wear. Date stamp on front cover else unmarked. A sound copy. Kalmbach Publishing Paperback
193131080Hollywood CA: Anton Mazzanovich/Self Published 1931. Third revised edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Adams: Six-Guns 1470. States unrecorded facts of operations in the field against hostile Apache Indians with an occasional glimpse of the old-time West as it really was when the frontier country was in the making. 322 pages with photographs. Bound in original blue pebbled cloth with lettering in gilt. Small owner's stamp on front endpaper. Rear hinge just barely starting. A near fine copy without dust jacket. <br/> <br/> Anton Mazzanovich/Self Published hardcover
193131081New York: Wehman Bros. Publishers/Anton Mazzanovich 1931. Third revised edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Cancel publisher's label covering original publisher on title page. Adams: Six-Guns 1470. States unrecorded facts of operations in the field against hostile Apache Indians with an occasional glimpse of the old-time West as it really was when the frontier country was in the making. 322 pages with photographs. Bound in original red cloth with lettering in gilt. A near fine copy without dust jacket. <br/> <br/> Wehman Bros. Publishers/Anton Mazzanovich hardcover
3631568851.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1988akxqThe Chamber of Mines of South Africa 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 515 pages complete. A collection of addresses and papers presented at the 1988 Symposium for the Association of Mine Managers of South Africa. The red cover is handsome. It has mild wear and marking. The corners have shallow shelf depressions. The paper trims have handling marks. Inside the front cover there is a previous owner signature. The contents are clear very clean tight against the binding sturdy and fresh. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. The Chamber of Mines of South Africa hardcover
19431905Calcutta: Thacker Spink 1943. First. Orig Printed Wraps. VG. 126 pp. Large pull out frolding map laid inside front cover. Detailed guide book on Tibet. The people touring information centers for touring bibliography fishing and shooting and detailed tours as well as frontier passes. A VG copy in original printed wraps showing virtually no wear and large folding map in near fine condition. Scarce and perhaps much more so in this condition. Thacker Spink unknown
1813216463Pauli und Comp. Coblenz 1813. Softcover Zustand: Exemplar einer Privatbibliothek mit Kennungen keine Beschädigungen keine Eintragungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten gut. Pauli und Comp., Coblenz, paperback
1990056383Tucson AZ: Press of the Gigantic Hound 1990. First edition First printing. Hardcover. Fine. Signed by Hieb on the limitation page. Limited to 1000 copy. 88 pages. An excellent reference. A fine copy issued without dust jacket. <br/> <br/> Press of the Gigantic Hound hardcover
199287704London: Bloomsbury 1992. Gebunden mit Schutzumschlag. Bloomsbury unknown
1984133229Editorial Escudo De Oro Barcelona 1984. Softcover Gut 93 Seiten / Editorial Escudo De Oro Barcelona, paperback
1972249478EOS Verlag Erzabtei St. Ottilien 1972. Softcover Zustand: keine Eintragungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten sehr gut. Mit Klebespuren auf Innendecken und Vorsatz. Mit Kennungen einer Klosterbibliothek. EOS Verlag, Erzabtei St. Ottilien, paperback
188352639London: Chatto & Windus 1883. First edition small 8vo 2 volumes pp. xii 2 354 2 32 Chatto & Windus ads; vi 381 3; 2 folding maps chromolithograph frontispiece in vol. II a few illustrations in the text; original decorative red cloth stamped in red and black; spines soiled and spine extremities chipped; cloth a little soiled; good and sound. Penzer p. 106-7; Casada 65: "The work was an outgrowth of the trip Burton made with Cameron who was the first European to cross central Africa 1873-75 to explore the Kong Mountains and search for gold in the valley of the Ancobra River . Burton wrote virtually all of the first volume and much of the second although Cameron was an accomplished literary hand in his own right. Chatto & Windus unknown
19262133London: John Murray 1926. Second and Best. Hardcover. VG. with historical notes on the Kurdish tribes and the Chaldeans of Kurdistan. Second and best edition with a memoir of the author by Sir Arnold Wilson. 421 pp ill index. VG in original gilt titled brown cloth. John Murray hardcover
19561632Rome: Instituto Poligrafico Dello Stato 1956. First in English. Printed Soft Covers. VG. Diary of the expedition to Tibet in the Year MCMXLVIII. With an appendix on Tibetan medicine and hygiene by R Moise. 195 pp ill. Translated into ENGLISH by Mario Carelli. One fold out map. From Marco Polo onwards the Italians have made numerous trips to Tibet and Central Asia. This translation is of an important 20th century expedition that yielded much valuable historical information. VG to near fine in original colored printed wraps. Instituto Poligrafico Dello Stato unknown
18851206T058London: Kegan Paul Trench and Co 1885. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: xiv 275 40. Good Plus. 5.25 x 7.75 inches 13.5 x 19.5 cm. Red buckram binding illustrated to front board. Bevelled board edges page edges untrimmed. Stain to rear board fading and light marking to spine. Bump to upper corner of front board. Foxing to page edges heavy foxing to first and last few pages. A few pencilled markings to the text. Page 63/64 has a section torn from the outer margin text is not affected. Map frontis plus 8 plates. Travels in Tunisia and Libya. Scarce. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 5.25 x 7.75 inches 13.5 x 19.5 cm. Kegan Paul, Trench and Co hardcover
198424937Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta 1984. Gebunden mit Schutzumschlag. Klett-Cotta unknown
2000306488Hahnsche Buchhandlung Hannover 2000. Hardcover kartoniert ohne Schutzumschlag Zustand: keine Beschädigungen keine Eintragungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten gut. Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover, hardcover
1930018511New York: The John Day Company 1930. This is a very good hardcover copy with just light wear to corners. No dust jacket. Very clean inside and out no marks to pages some foxing to illustrations. Top page-edge red. Introduction by George Gershwin. Illustrated with 8 black & white photographs of Tin Pan Alley personalities: George Gershwin Irving Berlin John Handy etc. 9" high X 6" wide 341 pages. Heavy book foreign postage may be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. The John Day Company, Hardcover
1979838G4380Canada: Time 1979. Magazine. Illus. by Doret Michael cover. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 66 pages. Features: Rosalynn Carter campaigns for husband Jimmy; Carter's pollster Patrick Caddell; Portland Mayor Goldschmidt and his transportation system; New Orleans ex-mayor Landrieu - boisterous builder for HUD; Paul Volcker to the Rescue; SALT's price; Theodore Ted Robert Bundy found guilty; America looks for citizens who can construct a new consensus - a cry for leadership - with 50 brief profiles of the faces of America's future; Handsome color-photo centerfold Volvo ad features smiling man's face reflected in hood of his car; Nicaragua - Undoing the Dynasty; Evicting the Bedouins of the Negev; Israeli inflation; photo of murdered P.L.O. leader Zuheir Mohsen; Ibrahim Yazdi says "Captitalism Kills"; Jesse Jackson in Soweto Township; India's new Prime Minister Charan Singh; Neopagans; Male Strippers - article with action photos of Guy Garrett and Larry Slade; Warming up for the 1980 Olympics in Moscow - article with color photos; Newspaper editor Martin Yant and his challenges with the Mansfield News-Journal; Prices are still flying high inflation; Alcohol-fueled vehicles; Roller skating's wheels of fortune; Passing of Tony "Two Ton" Galento Sir Charles Clore Joseph Kessel and Rexford Guy Tugwell; George Burns - article with color photos; Is cholesterol the culprit; Photo of auto dealer Norma Proud; Review of book "The Neoconservatives"; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Time Paperback
1979838G4379Canada: Time 1979. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 72 pages. Features: Playing Politics with Gas The Energy Crisis - Pressured by Jerry Brown President Carter sounds optimistic - and confused; Backlash against Big Oil helps Alaskan conservation bill; Victor Louis provides a Soviet insider's view of the coming war with China; Two-page color photo ad for the Volkswagen Rabbit claims it can drive from Halifax to Vancouver on $69 of fuel!; A. Philip Randolph - "The Most Dangerous Negro"; American pilots William Spradley and Roy McLemore are captured in Columbia; The Zimbabwe Dilemma - what should the U.S. and Britain do about the Muzorewa regime; There is a contract on the Shah of Iran; The Rising Cost of Peace - Egypt and Israel beginning to feel the pinch; Riyadh and U.S. at odds over Saudis providing F-5 aircraft to Egypt; Invertiew with Taiwan's President Chiang Ching-kuo; Two-page article on North Korea with color photos; Wayne Murty vs. the Aga Khan; Fidel returns to Mexico to seek help from Lopez Portillo; Kissinger and Kraft in China; Celebrity photos of Willie Nelson Kirk Douglas Fereydoun Hoveida and more; Spectacular Bid wins the Preakness; Affirmitive action affirmed at Sears; Jay Van Andel; Education - learning to live with TV; US Health Costs - What Limit; Expensive new medical toys - the CAT scan and portable dialysis machine; Andy Kaufman - Comedy's stand-up Pirandello; Nice color Datsun ad features yellow 210; Color ad for the Fiat Strada blue inside back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Time Paperback
192762093New York: Harper & Brothers 1927. 8vo. xiii 3 278 pp. Sepia-tinted photo frontisp. numerous sepia-tinted photo plates. Black cloth gilt lettering front cover & spine pictorial map on front endpapers minor shelfwear rubbing minor age toning w/ d.j. wraparound cover art of Timbuctoo scene chipping to foot of spine edgewear backed in thick brown paper still a VG/G copy. First edition stated of this personal memoir by Hall 1883-1957 describing his life in Timbuctoo on the edge of the Sahara desert the many friends and contacts he made with the Arabs Berbers and African Blacks detailing the experiences with dysentery Malaria and observations on the conceptions of race and class. Of particular interest are his analysis of the unwarranted stereotypes against Blacks in the United States largely descended form slaves forcibly sold and settled into the United States. The author is perhaps best remembered for his horror/fantasy novel “Sinister House†considered a classic in the Haunted House genre. Scarce in original dustjacket. Harper & Brothers, hardcover
1860318476Verlag der Fr. Hurter`schen Buchhandlung Schaffhausen 1860. Softcover Zustand: Keine Beschädigungen mit einer Eintragung im Vorsatz. Rücken Ecken Kanten gut. Das Buch ist unbeschnitten die Seiten sind braunfleckig. Verlag der Fr. Hurter`schen Buchhandlung, Schaffhausen, paperback
178476151Upsala 1784. Liten 8vo. Nyere skinnryggbind med tittelfelt i vinrødt skinn. Marmorerte dekler. Ubeskåret. 187 5 s. Tryckt hos Direct. Johan Edman Svensk. <br/><br/><em>Sjelden. Mangler sidene 1-14 55-66 og 105-112. </em> unknown
