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1975240677Jamaica Plain MA: SESPA 1975. 39p. staplebound magazine 8.5x11 inches wraps worn and lightly foxed else good condition. Journal melding science with radical politics; theme of this issue is "Energy Food Health Population" with articles on the energy crisis the United Nations' World Population Conference of August 1974 agribusiness and more. SESPA unknown books
198925100San Francisco: San Francisco Arts Commisstion Gallery 1989. 28p. 6x9 inches introduction illustrations very good first edition in stapled pictorial wraps. Photographic cover displays a succinct surrealist collage; vignette exhibit photos in the text. San Francisco Arts Commisstion Gallery unknown books
198979942San Francisco: San Francisco Arts Commisstion Gallery 1989. 28p. 6x9 inches introduction illustrations very good first edition in stapled pictorial wraps with brochure laid in. San Francisco Arts Commisstion Gallery unknown books
1999266664New York: Fordham University Press 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. A pristine First Edition copy with no marks of any kind. This copy appears to be unread and unmarked. Fine binding / Fine dust jacket. Fordham University Press unknown books
196146784Hamburg: Buchmarkt-Forschung 1961. cloth. 8vo. cloth. 430 35 pages. Reprint of the first edition. Starts with book selling at the time of Gutenberg and continues through the present time. An appendix is a 35 page facsimile of an 1816 article by Friedrich Christoph Perthes entitled "Der Deutsche Buchhandel Als Bedingung Des Daseins Einer Deutschen Literatur. Buchmarkt-Forschung unknown books
196245788Hamburg: Buchmarkt-Forschung 1962. cloth dust jacket. 8vo. cloth dust jacket. 445 35 pages. Second edition. Starts with book selling at the time of Gutenberg and continues through the present time. An appendix is a 35 page facsimile of an 1816 article by Friedrich Christoph Perthes entitled "Der Deutsche Buchhandel Als Bedingung Des Daseins Einer Deutschen Literatur. Buchmarkt-Forschung unknown books
196845786Hamburg: Buchmarkt-Forschung 1968. cloth dust jacket. 8vo. cloth dust jacket. 461 35 pages. Fourth edition revised and enlarged. Starts with book selling at the time of Gutenberg and continues through the present time. An appendix is a 35 page facsimile of an 1816 article by Friedrich Christoph Perthes entitled "Der Deutsche Buchhandel Als Bedingung Des Daseins Einer Deutschen Literatur." Other material loosely inserted. Jacket chipped. Buchmarkt-Forschung unknown books
196645787Hamburg: Buchmarkt-Forschung 1966. cloth dust jacket. 8vo. cloth dust jacket. 461 35 pages. Third edition revised and enlarged. Starts with book selling at the time of Gutenberg and continues through the present time. An appendix is a 35 page facsimile of an 1816 article by Friedrich Christoph Perthes entitled "Der Deutsche Buchhandel Als Bedingung Des Daseins Einer Deutschen Literatur. Buchmarkt-Forschung unknown books
1989221838University Park: Governors State University 1989. Magazine. 48p. includes covers8.5x11 inches poetry opinion stories articles services and resources illustrations and photos very good magazine in stapled white pictorial wraps. Governors State University unknown books
200440901NY:: ReganBooks HarperCollins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0060539097 . Color and black and white photographs throughout. First printing. Very near fine in like dust jacket. . ReganBooks (HarperCollins), hardcover books
200430098NY: ReganBooks HarperCollins. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0060539097 . Color and black and white photographs throughout. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . ReganBooks (HarperCollins) hardcover books
186622000107Wien C. A. Spina 1866. Inscribed. Toned and soiled due to age. Tape repair on inside front cover. . 7 pages cover has a floral decoration along with the image of six children dancing in a circle. The inside cover contains a list of of other songs published by Johann Strauss and his two brothers Josef and Eduard. In German. Measures 13 1/2" x 10 1/4". <br/><br/> Wien, C. A. Spina unknown books
186937299San Francisco: Winterburn & Co.'s Print 417 Clay Street 1869. Broadside 7" x 8-1/2". Receipt letterhead printed in green. Columns and Lines printed in blue and red. "PAYABLE IN U.S. GOLD COIN" The letterhead describes the Company as "Importers of Clothing Domestics Rubber Boots Duck Etc." and gives its location as "14 and 16 Battery Street between Bush and Pine." A small fox mark at head of receipt otherwise Fine.<br/><br/> Levi Strauss 1829-1902 a Jewish immigrant from Bavaria founded the iconic Levi Strauss & Company. He immigrated to New York in 1846 to join his two older brothers at their wholesale dry goods business. He moved to San Francisco in 1853 attracted by the Gold Rush. He established a wholesale business and was the west coast representative of the New York family business. He later renamed the company Levi Strauss & Co. Originally a dry goods business it became famous for its blue jeans. Levi's customer Jacob Davis a Nevada tailor invented a way to make pants with rivets at points of strain to extend their life. Levi partnered with Davis and they were granted a patent on May 20 1873 from which the now famous blue jeans were born. <br/> In addition to his clothing company Levi was a charter member and treasurer of the San Francisco Board of Trade; director of the Nevada Bank; director of the Liverpool London and Globe Insurance Company; director of the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company; and part owner of the Mission and Pacific Woolen Mills. In addition to his many business pursuits Levi was a philanthropist who contributed to the Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum and Home; the Eureka Benevolent Society and the Hebrew Board of Relief. "The Story of Levi Strauss" website of Levi Strauss & Co. <br/> Jewish brothers Adolph Cohn 1833-1906 and Simon Cohn 1834-1926 worked together as dry good merchants in Downieville California at the time of this receipt. Their business is cited as A. Cohn & Co. and also as S. & A. Cohn or Cohn Brothers. All are listed in the 1870 & 1880 U.S. Federal Censuses Adolph living with his wife Sarah 1849-1937 and Simon living with a roommate. Adolph Cohn was at one time secretary of the Mountain Torrent No. 2 Company of the Downieville Volunteer Fire Department a member of the Mountain Shade Lodge No. 18 of Free and Accepted Masons; and an officer with the Blue Range Encampment No. 8 Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Simon was also a member of the Masons. "A. Cohn & Co. receipts 1866-1877 Univ. California Berkeley Bancroft Library BANC MSS 2006/324; Fariss & Smith: ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF PLUMAS LASSEN & SIERRA COUNTIES. . . San Francisco: 1882 pp. 240 281 461-464. Winterburn & Co.'s Print, 417 Clay Street unknown books
19271909Paris: Librairie Stock Delamain et Boutelleau 1927. First edition. First edition. Oblong quarto. Original superb color illustrated card wrappers and glassine wrapper. 16 stunning full-page color illustrations by Andree Karpeles 1885-1956 famed French painter and illustrator student of Rene Menard and Lucien Simon. A Jewish painter living in India and France her work is highly regarded for its sensitivity and composition. This title is exceedingly scarce in the first edition and was reprinted in the next year by a German Publisher. A fine copy in the original glassine wrapper. The illustrations are thoroughly enchanting. <br/><br/> Librairie Stock, Delamain et Boutelleau unknown books
19619014189Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1961 - 92. Hardcover. Very good condition. Published by the Law School at the University of Chicago. From the library of noted constitutional scholar Paul L. Murphy with his signature in about half of the volumes. <br/><br/> University of Chicago Press hardcover books
1973404265Paris: Pierre Horay 1973. A near fine copy with some wear to the front panel of jacket. Oblong 8vo. Text in French. 75pp. Color and black-and-white photographs. Original beige cloth; dust jacket; with original woven tassel. FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH. <br/><br/> Pierre Horay hardcover books
19773325San Francisco: Levi Strauss & Company 1977. Single sheet 76 cm x 72 cm white stock printed in color. Gentle overall wear. Colors are bright. Fantastical promotional poster for Levi's featuring an illustration of a Levi farmer harvesting jeans. Levi Strauss & Company unknown books
1961031236New York: Criterion Books 1961. Translated by John Russell. 404p. b/w illus. dj. Criterion Books unknown books
1973028640New York Etc.: Harper & Row 1973. 1st U.S. Edition. 512p. b/w text figures lightly chipped dj Introduction to a science of mythology 2. Harper & Row unknown books
1965WRCLIT55646Paris: Presses Universitaires de France 1965. Pictorial wrappers. Second edition. Poet/translator Cid Corman's copy signed by him and with frequent often substantive annotations in his hand. Wrappers rubbed and creased but a good sound copy. Presses Universitaires de France unknown books
1949178544Paris: Presses Universitaires 1949. paperback. very good. 639pp. thick 8vo original printed wrappers pages evenly age browned. Paris: Presses Universitaires 1949. First Edition. Very good. Scarce and fragile.<br/><br/> The founding of structural anthropology reflecting the author's field expieriences in Brazil. With the small ownership label of art historian Meyer Schapiro.<br/><br/> Presses Universitaires unknown books
1966106637Guatemala: Departamento Editorial "José de Pineda Ibarra 1966. 64p. 6x8 inches text in Spanish very good in original stapled wraps. Cuadernos del seminario de integración social Guatemalteca Tercera Serie No.14. Departamento Editorial "José de Pineda Ibarra unknown books
196662744Chicago:: University of Chicago Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. Translated from the French. First edition thus. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper else very good in a very good moderate shelf wear and aging dust jacket. . University of Chicago Press, hardcover books
1968175215Chicago IL: University of Chicago Press 1968. Fourth impression. Hardcover. 290 pages. A classic book from this important anthropologist. A very near fine copy in decorated boards in a close to near fine slipcase that is slightly toned and with an abrasion to one end. No dust jacket as issued. An attractive edition. University of Chicago Press unknown books
1966006689Chicago: Univ of Chicago Press 1966. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket slight rubbing at head of spine spine slightly toned. A handsome copy. . First Edition in English. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Univ of Chicago Press Hardcover books
