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19311831Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. xxx 408 pp illustrations with frontispiece. Majority of pages are unopened name written on front pastedown small embossed stamp on title page; else fine. No dust jacket. A selection of letters published for the first time in this volume most addressed to Dom Antonio de Ataide King John's Chancellor of the Exchequer. Harvard University Press hardcover books
1969122790n.p. 1969. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet printed in dense green type on one side. very good condition. Open letter by prominent Vietnamese Catholics then living in Europe; calls on US Christians to support immediate withdrawal of troops from Vietnam. "The number of prostitutes of children of unknown fathers and of mixed parentage grows each day in a disquieting manner." Letter was issued on the occasion of Moratorium Day October 15 1969. unknown books
1904001026Paris: Ancienne Librairie Furne Combet & Cie. 1904. 1st Edition. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. Leloir Maurice. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 92 pp. Lavishly illustrated luscious folio sized 14.75 by 11.75 inches children's and/or young adult biography part of series of such covering monarchs and towering figures of French history this being of Louis XIV the "Sun King". Virtually every other page has bright color illustrations some illustrations cover two pages and some are underlay to the print as the norm of the genre. Also lovely header decoration. Some soilage to the boards and wear in corners and spine tips. Page with age toning. Minor chips on FFEP and half title page. Text and plates are clean and bright. Overall comfortably very good. <br/><br/> Ancienne Librairie Furne, Combet & Cie. hardcover books
200534060NY: Delacorte Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0385732252 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Delacorte Press hardcover books
1961183654Barcelona: Direccion General de Relaciones Culturales 1961. Softcover. Good heavy wear to wraps library stamp on ffep glue for spine is loose but all pages are intact and clear. Color illustrated wraps with yellow lettering; 666 pp 96 pages of bw plates. Text is in French. Exhibition organized by the Spanish Government. Bibliography: pages 623-664. Direccion General de Relaciones Culturales unknown books
1846001217Napoli Naples: Tipografia Floriana 1846. 1st Edition thus. Quarter Calf. Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 787 pp. 11 color plates of soldiers and fighters and 4 steel engravings of panoramas or views. Comprehensive history of Algeria from Ancient Carthage to the then present of French control. Binding and text blocks are tight. Some occasional foxing and on some pages it is considerable as inevitable given the paper stock used. The costume color plates though are attractive and mostly clean albeit their paper is toned a bit. Red calf spine and boards have a fair amount of rubbing scuffing and wear with some rawness on spine extremities. Overall better than a good copy. <br/><br/> Tipografia Floriana unknown books
186433077Glogau Polland: Verlag von Carl Flemming 1864. 8th edition. Water tinted. 1 vols. 38 x 32 1/2 inches unfolded; 8vo. Original brown cloth folder with title in gilt on upper cover advertisement on yellow paper on pastedown printed title torn on yellow on upper fold of folded map with stamp on title. Rubbed some soiling map panels mounted on linen tear along inner hinge of binding some browning of linen and panels offsetting else very good. 8th edition. Water tinted. 1 vols. 38 x 32 1/2 inches unfolded; 8vo. Railroads and Steamships. Verlag von Carl Flemming unknown books
1912001092Paris: Combet & Cie. Ancienne Librairie Furne 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Guillonnet O.D.V. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 84 pp. Lavish full page color illustrations virtually every other page. Part of series of young adult biographies of French heroes and leaders from the early twentieth century. Soilage on white decorated boards. One page with close tear about 1.5 inches in margin. Overall a very good copy. <br/><br/> Combet & Cie. (Ancienne Librairie Furne) hardcover books
199734468Flagstaff: Rising Moon Northland Publishing. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0873586808 . Illustrated by the author. First impression. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Rising Moon (Northland Publishing) hardcover books
200322857Brookfield: Millbrook Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0761325212 . The author's first book. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Millbrook Press hardcover books
2005006434Faber and Faber 2005. Book. Fine. Cloth. Signed by Authors. First English Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in like jacket.True First Edition.Signed on the Title Page.Beautiful Copy of this Pulitzer Prize Winner's "Memories of a City.". Faber and Faber Hardcover books
182920283London: John Murray 1829. Hardcover. Very good. Second edition. 8vo pp.lvii 464. Bound in 3/4 green leather and green marbled boards spine with gilt lettering and ornaments all edges marbled green silk ribbon bookmark bound in. Binding signed William Taylor Morrell. Scuffing to leather at extremities spine slightly faded foxing to first and last few leaves otherwise clean and sound. Armorial bookplate of William Ruddell Clarke of Trabolgan County Cork Ireland on front pastedown. "Clarke 1870-1937 inherited Trabolgan a large Georgian house and the surrounding estate of 1500 acres from his father in 1911. After his death the estate was purchased by the Irish Land Commission" National Library of Australia. Sadler 1780-1835 was a social reformer and political economist whose beliefs are described by his DNB biographer as "violenty anti-Malthusian." On this work specifically the biographical entry continues "Against the individualist and Ricardian views that underlay most English thinking about Ireland Sadler here proposed the establishment of an Irish poor law on the paternalist principle that in proportion to its means 'wealth should be compelled to assist destitute poverty but that dissimilar to English practice assistance should in all cases except in those of actual incapacity from age or disease be connected with labour.'" John Murray hardcover books
186820282London: Longmans Green Reader and Dyer 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo pp.vii 302 with corrigenda slip tipped in. Bound in 3/4 green leather and green marbled boards spine with gilt lettering and ornaments top edge gilt green silk ribbon bookmark bound in. Binding signed William Taylor Morrell. Scuffing to leather at extremities spine slightly faded foxing to first and last few leaves otherwise clean and sound. Armorial bookplate of William Ruddell Clarke of Trabolgan County Cork Ireland on front pastedown. "Clarke 1870-1937 inherited Trabolgan a large Georgian house and the surrounding estate of 1500 acres from his father in 1911. After his death the estate was purchased by the Irish Land Commission" National Library of Australia. Fitzgibbon 1793-1882 was a prominent Irish barrister. This work addresses the educational land religious and other questions of the time. Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer hardcover books
199327387NY: Allen Lane / The Penguin Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0713990988 . Book club edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Allen Lane / The Penguin Press hardcover books
19878422Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0674399757 . Translated from the French by Arthur Goldhammer. First printing. About fine in like dust jacket. . Harvard University Press hardcover books
190116723London: Edward Arnold 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 331 pp publisher's catalogue with 8 plates additional illustrations in the text and two folding maps. Original burgundy cloth with some uneven discoloration to the spine and mild wear to the corners small stain on front board. Internals clean and sound. An interesting travel narrative in which Percy also expresses his deep sympathy with the Turks and his belief that Britain and Germany should work together to stem Russian influence in Constantinople. Edward Arnold hardcover books
19771906Columbia MO: University of Missouri Press 1977. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. xii 253 pp with bibliography index. Name on front pastedown very light wear to bottom edge; else fine. Dust jacket shows very light shelf wear with a few short chips and tears price clipped. The authors "examine quantitatively the social and educational backgrounds and career patterns of the nearly six hundred men appointed by the Spanish crown to the American audiencias high cours from 1687 to 1808" dust jacket. University of Missouri Press hardcover books
P6877Munich: Free Europe Press 1954. Single folded leaf measuring 20.8 à 14.6 cm printed to recto and verso and when folded resembling a US airmail envelope. With one duplicate copy; laid in is a small flyer depicting the Czechoslovak and US flags with the text "The American people greet the Czechoslovak peoples' opposition in their fight for a free tomorrow." Very good. Scarce anti-communist flyer in Czech one duplicate copy in all likelihood printed in Germany by Free Europe Press and distributed over Czechoslovakia via balloon in 1954. The flier mentions the recent currency reform 1953 which decimated the savings of peasants and workers and led to considerable unrest. It addresses workers and peasants as members of a "people's opposition" and urges them to raise awareness among others about possible forms of resistance and the growth of the opposition movement. It also references the "Ten Demands" list compiled by Radio Free Europe workers based on interviews with Czechoslovak refugees. The "envelope" features a printed stamp with T. G. Masaryk and the "postal stamp" reads "Pravda vÃtÄžÃ" or "The truth wins." Also laid in is a small flyer depicting the Czechoslovak and US flags with the text "The American people greet the Czechoslovak peoples' opposition in their fight for a free tomorrow." The envelopes were sent on April 29 1954 and were also issued in Slovak. "In the 1950s at the height of the Cold War numerous psychological warfare leaflets were prepared by the Free Europe Press FEP of the Free Europe Committee. The group worked in cooperation with Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA funding much of the operations. FEP leaflets were a major part of the post-World War II psychological warfare battle between East and West. The operation sent 590415 balloons that carried 301636883 leaflets posters books and other printed matter from West Germany over the Iron Curtain to Czechoslovakia Hungary and Poland from August 1951 to November 1956" Source: Free Europe Press Cold War Leaflets Accessed 2019 http://www.psywarrior.com/RadioFreeEurope.html. The envelope cannot be traced via KVK or OCLC. unknown books
P6897Munich: Free Europe Press 1954-1956. Single leaf measuring 14.5 Ã 57 cm folded four times to create a pamphlet with ten pages of text and images. Very good. Scarce anti-communist flyer in Czech printed in Germany by Free Europe Press and distributed over Czechoslovakia via balloon from 1954 to 1956. With short articles in Czech and Slovak the publication informed Czechoslovak readers about political news unavailable to them. It also explained the "Ten Demands" program compiled by Radio Free Europe workers based on interviews with Czechoslovak refugees. Approximately 56 numbered issues were printed many of them such as the present one illustrated with drawings and small photographs. "In the 1950s at the height of the Cold War numerous psychological warfare leaflets were prepared by the Free Europe Press FEP of the Free Europe Committee. The group worked in cooperation with Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA funding much of the operations. FEP leaflets were a major part of the post-World War II psychological warfare battle between East and West. The operation sent 590415 balloons that carried 301636883 leaflets posters books and other printed matter from West Germany over the Iron Curtain to Czechoslovakia Hungary and Poland from August 1951 to November 1956" Source: Free Europe Press Cold War Leaflets Accessed 2019 http://www.psywarrior.com/RadioFreeEurope.html. KVK OCLC show three issues at the British Library and a more significant run lacking only 12 issues at Wisconsin-Madison. unknown books
1909001090Paris: Boivin & Cie. 1909. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Toudouze G. Gustave. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. ii 80 pp. Lavish color illustrations generally full page every other page by Toudouze of Renaissance king warrior and builder of fantastic chateaux. Soilage on rear board and RFEP. Minor soilage and wear to boards elsewhere. Toning to pages. Overall very good. <br/><br/> Boivin & Cie. hardcover books
200633391Woodstock: Overlook Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 1585677337 . First American printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Overlook Press hardcover books
2002004828Bloomsbury 2002. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bloomsbury Hardcover books
1916241078Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 1916. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering. Light silverfishing to front and rear boards. Top of spine lightly bumped. Light edgewear to extremities. no markings in text. Very Good binding. Princeton University Press unknown books
4139Card with a die-cut image of the Kaiser in color laid onto a card with raised leaf pattern; colors still vibrant on the image; used postmarked 6.12.15. 1-2 N K.D. Feldpostexp. 107. Jnf. Div.; some edge tips wear and darkenining to card; good condition. Good. unknown books
001018Leipzig: Kayser'sche Buchhandlung; Franz Beyer 2840. Half Calf. Marbled boards. Near Fine. Opiz G. 652 iv pp. 25 steel engraved plates. 9 x 6.5 inches or 24 by 16 cm. Plates generally depict famous battle milestones in the development of Switzerland and scenes depicted framed with small cameos of other scenes all rendered with intricate detail. Some scuffing to calf on spine and wear to corner triangles. Calf over attractive marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Book tight. Plates clean. Tissue protectors well preserved. Slight browning where verso pages not touched by tissue. A very attractive copy. Near fine. <br/><br/> Kayser'sche Buchhandlung; Franz Beyer hardcover books
