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1960257431New York: Hawthorn Books 1960. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. Signed & Inscribed by Hatch on front free endpaper. Light chipping to dust jacket; dust jacket soiled but protected in a new mylar cover; no markings in text. Very Good binding / Good dust jacket. Hawthorn Books unknown books
188318425London: Richard Bentley 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes pp xii 374; xii 424 illustrated with portraits. Bound for John N. Guss in three-quarter green leather with marbled boards; gilt spines in six compartments top edges gilt marbled endpapers. Rubbing to corners spine heads and hinges; internals fine. Richard Bentley hardcover books
18952441London: William Heinemann 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. xviii 312 pp publisher's catalogue with frontispiece many illustrations from photgraphs one map and three plans. Re-cased with new endpapers. Mild spine slant moderate wear and soilding to boards light foxing--mostly concentrated around illustrations--owner's name on title page and page 1. Chitral a remote mountainous region in the north of modern-day Pakistan was the subject of a power struggle between Czarist Russia and the British Empire. In early 1895 the British fort at Chitral was attacked and beseiged by Pashtun chief Umra Khan who sought official recognition. Relief troops were sent from Gilgit to the East and then in a second wave--described in this book--from India proper. The author joined this relief force as press correspondent. William Heinemann hardcover books
1919651New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1919. Softcover. Very Good. 21 pp in original wrappers with stapled binding. Some general handling wear including one short tear to front cover at spine; previous owner's book plate affixed to verso of cover and small name stamp on back cover.Contents clean. G.P. Putnam's Sons paperback books
1927240491London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd 1927. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. 289pp. with 8 illustrations; Hardcover cloth binding with light edgewear to extremities. Heavier wear at bottom edge of rear board and bottom corners. Binding slightly cocked. Large chip at bottom dustjacket spine. Chips at top dustjacket spine. Small chips at bottom of front and rear dj covers. Dustjacket flaps are clipped; there is a previous owner name; no markings in text. near Very Good binding / Good dust jacket. John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd unknown books
19723166Boise ID: Offset Printer 1972. Softcover. Very Good. 115 pp with illustrations footnotes in original wrappers. Price sticker on inside front cover very light handling wear; else clean. From the Introduction: "The first part is an expanded version of the publication 'History and Origin of the Basque' first published in 1962 . Part II points out the highlights of recent Basque history from 1931 to the present and deals primarily with the short-lived Basque Republic and the Spanish Civil War which followed." Offset Printer paperback books
184821287London: Charles Gilpin 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 512 pp publisher's ads bound in original brown cloth. Old staining to boards. loss of cloth at head of spine mild spine slant. Internally clean but with a section of pages 283-317 that were opened roughly and have creasing and or chipping at the top margin. Text unaffected. Penciled ownership signature dated 1859 on front free endpaper binder's ticket Remnant & Edmonds London on rear pastedown. Somerville was a British radical journalist soldier and promoter of free trade. After being hired by the Anti-Corn-Law League in 1842 "travelled over the entire country for much of four years writing a prodigious number of articles for newspapers. In the spirit of a social anthropologist he described farming communities-work habits the condition of the soil crops prices rents wages the state of the roads diets dwellings crime discontents religious beliefs-all laced with arguments for free trade" ODNB. Much of his autobiography focuses on the political agitation he engaged in while in the Army and the fallout from his actions. Charles Gilpin hardcover books
197414756LaSalle IL: Open Court 1974. Hardcover. Fine. xvi 354 pp with index bibliography. An as-new copy with no dust jacket. Clean tightly bound unmarked. Andrey Ivanovich Zhelyabov 1851-1881 was a Russian revolutionary and a leading Narodnik. n June 1879 he took part in a congress of political terrorists and became an advocate of such a policy. He helped found the worker student and military arms of the extremist organization People's Will and the newspaper of that organization in 1880 and wrote several of the organization's manifestos. One of the organizers of the assassination of Alexander II he was arrested on February 27 March 11 demanded to be tried together with his subsequently captured compatriots and was found guilty and executed Britannica. Open Court hardcover books
19886436Gloucester: Alan Sutton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0862995094 . First edition. Very near fine in like price clipped dust jacket. . Alan Sutton hardcover books
1987M11782Barcelona:: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona 1987. 1987. 8vo. 163 pp. Printed wrappers Mylar cover. TLS from former University of Houston biochemist J. Oro explaining the volume's origin laid-in. Very good. From the library of chemist and biologist Stanley Miller who was most famous for conducting the Miller-Urey experiment in 1952. He demonstrated that organic compounds could form naturally from inorganic precursors essentially providing a scientific basis for the theory of abiogenesis. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 1987. unknown books
19169067Paris: Bloud and Gay 1916. Staple-bound pamphlet; 22pp. Wear and sunning to edges of covers pages foxed and chipped at two points of fore edge else a clean and sound copy. Praise for Serbia's role in WW1. Publication of the Committee "The Effort of France and of her Allies. Bloud and Gay unknown books
200531089NY: HarperCollins. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0060753617 . First American printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . HarperCollins hardcover books
200224304NY: Norton. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0393051943 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Norton hardcover books
19332769New York: Macmillan 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. viii 334 pp illustrations with bibliography index. Mild spine slant light wear to edges with lightly bumped corners bookplate on front pastedown; text clean binding tight. No dust jacket. History of relations between Russia and Asia primarily from the Russian perspective with chapters on the conquest of Siberia Peter the Great Catherine the Great "the Near and Middle East up to the Crimean War" annexation of the Amur region the conquest of central Asia the Russo-Japanese War World War I and more. Macmillan hardcover books
18902222234<p>First edition thus. Octavo. Illustrated with fine photogravures of Florence and other Italian sites of historical architecture. Original white cloth with rich gilt and red decorative stamping t.e.g. Original red linen dust jacket. No foxing. Fine. 2 volumes. No signatures or bookplates.</p> Estes and Lauriat hardcover books
199922373NY: Continuum. As New in As New dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 082641205X . First edition. As new in like dust jacket. . Continuum hardcover books
530London: Phaidon. Hardcover. Very Good /Good. 117 pp with 70 b/w and color illustrated plates. Very light wear including light offsetting to rear endpapers; else fine; clean and sound. Dust jacket shows shelf wear with some tape repairs and reinforcements. Undated. "The pictures in this book speak for themselves: we turn the pages and are led through Roman arches past ancient monuments and stones we are brought face to face with the Romans portrayed in stone and in mosaics we overlook vistas of Colosseum and Forum we walk by the fallen ruins of the glory of ancient Rome" dust jacket. Due to size shipping charges may be more than standard for priority or international orders. Phaidon hardcover books
1901001091Paris: Combet & Cie. Ancienne Librairie Furne 1901. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Leloir Maurice. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. iv 84 pp. Lavish color illustrations many full page others underlaying the text as was a winsome feature of this series of young adult biographies of French heroes and leaders from the early twentieth century. The Maurice Leloir illustrations for this biography of Cardinal Richelieu are arguably the finest of this series. A few tiny blisters on the decorated boards. Top corner with bumping. A very good copy or better. <br/><br/> Combet & Cie. (Ancienne Librairie Furne) hardcover books
1900309837V.p. in Europe chiefly Germany France Switzerland & Italy 1900. 92 vintage albumen and gelatin silver prints many hand-colored mounted to album leaves photos measure from approximately 6-1/2 x 4-3/4 inches to 10-1/2 x 8 inches. 4to. Full contemporary padded morocco with brass clasp a.e.g. Fine. 92 vintage albumen and gelatin silver prints many hand-colored mounted to album leaves photos measure from approximately 6-1/2 x 4-3/4 inches to 10-1/2 x 8 inches. 4to. Album of professional photographs of European travel destinations including the Midi Monte Carlo Stockholm Brussels London Capri Innsbruck Jena Paris Venice and St. Moritz. Many of the images are hand-colored; a few of the photographers are named including C. Hertel Sommer Naples and C. Naya Venice. The front cover title translates to "Memories of Travel unknown books
1874221821Philadelphia; Chicago: National Publishing Company 1874. Hard Cover. Good binding. Previous owner's name written at top of title page. No pencil or ink markings in text. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering. Good binding. National Publishing Company unknown books
199724237Amsterdam Holland: Fund for Central and East European Book Projects 1997. 125 pages; laid-in is a postcard inscribed and signed from the editor Vera Ebels-Dolonova; preface by Timothy Garton Ash; the 'portraits' include: Jelenkor Kiado- Gabor Csordas - Pecs Hungary by Renee Postma; Zeszyty Lierackie - Barbara Torunczyk - Warsaw Poland by Michel Maas; Savremennik - Vladimir Zarev - Sofia Bulgaria by Olaf Tempelman; Baltos Lankos - Saulius Zukas -Vilnius Lithuania by Felix Kaplan; Odjek - Nermina Kurspahic -Sarajevo Bosnia by Postma; Apostrof - Marta Petreu - Cluj Romania by Tempelman; Erasmus Guild - Vesna Pusic - Zagreb Croatia by Postma; Kritica & Kontext - Samuel Abraham - Bratislava Slovakia by Maas; Mlada Fronta - Vladimir Pistorius - Prague Czech Republic by Vera Ebels-Dolonova; also with an report on publishing in Central and Eastern Europe 'State of Affairs' by Ebels-Dolonova; also "The Book Continent" Reflections on the Trias Libraria" by Laurens van Krevelen and list of activities of the Fund list of supported publications funding contributors; approx. 6 1/2" x 8 3/4" size; bound in illustrated stiff cardstock softcovers; light wear; in very good condition interesting intimate details on the lives and struggles of these Central and Eastern European publishers to continue their literary and productive work. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Fund for Central and East European Book Projects Paperback books
1956250914Strasbourg: Council of Europe 1956. 318p. wraps 5.25 x 8.25 inches lightly worn front wrap dampstained along top edge else good condition. Council of Europe unknown books
1921316New York: William Edwin Rudge 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 36 pp with illustrations in the text. Original paper covered boards with spine label. Edgeworn backstrip rubbed chipped and loosening at head of spine. Small bookplate of W. Van R. Whitall on front pastedown; contents clean and sound. No dust jacket. Designed by Bruce Rogers and printed by Rudge at Mount Vernon NY in December 1921. One of five hundred copies printed on antique wove paper. William Edwin Rudge hardcover books
200540193NY:: Cambridge University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0521770904 . First edition. Previous owner's book-plate on front paste-down else fine in a very near fine short closed edge tear at the crown of the spine dust jacket. . Cambridge University Press, hardcover books
200033583Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 081172901X . First American printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Stackpole Books hardcover books
