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PARIS, Imp. Générale Lahure - 1898 - In-12 - 1/2 reliure - Dos à 5 nerfs avec titre doré - Plats et gardes marbrés - Tranche supérieure dorée - Signet - Tirage limité à 200 exemplaires numérotés hors commerce, exemplaire n° 37 - Couverture conservée - 88 pages - Très bel exemplaire Envoi : "A Monsieur le Comte de Montaigu, Hommage affectueux de l'auteur."
xx, 498 pages. Footnotes, bibliography and index. "Describes the development of the fee tail from the late twelfth to the fifteenth century, and the invention, development, and early use of the common recovery, a reliable legal mechanism for the destruction of entails, from 1440 to 1502." - from preliminary page. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Binding tight. An excellent copy. Book
"Under British Columbia's Forest Act, all timber harvested from both Crown and private land must be scaled. Timber is scaled to determine its volume and quality. This manual documents how timber is scaled for purposes of The Forestry Act and the Scaling Regulation." - from Introduction. Topics include: Scaling Overview; Timber Marking and Branding; Species Identification; Common Defects; Firmwood Scaling Procedures; Timber Grading; Documenting and Reporting Scale Results; Special Forest Products; The Weight Scale System; Weight Scale Sampling; Scaling Administration. Includes some colour illustrations. Very large and heavy binder (shipping weight 10 pounds) almost three inches thick - contains many hundreds of pages. Moderate wear. Prior owner's name and details upon first page. No other markings found. A quality copy of this very comprehensive and informative manual. Book
32mo., small neat contemporary inscriptions on front free endpaper and blank preliminary; original full calf, sides with brass frame enclosing multiple frame border in blind, back with five raised bands, second compartment lettered in gilt, , all edges gilt, chocolate endpapers, original and elaborate brass clasp, a near fine copy in wholly unrestored publisher's binding. A BRIGHT, CRISP COPY.
16mo., blank preliminaries very lightly spotted; original black full calf, sides with double Oxford frame in blind, back with four raised bands, second compartment lettered in gilt ['Church Services'], all other compartments tooled and ruled in blind, all edges red, marbled endpapers, a near fine copy. A remarkably well-preserved, bright, crisp copy.
16mo. small neat signature on blank preliminary; handsomely bound in burgundy full morocco sides with frame border in black back with five raised bands ruled in black second compartment lettered in gilt gilt edges gilt doublures black endpapers blue silk With an elaborate presentation label in black leather ornately lettered in gilt on front paste-down. A MS letter from the recipient dated 1874 is loosely inserted. No. 60. Long Primer 24's.
48mo., contemporary full roan, sides with double frame border in blind, back with four raised bands, second compartment lettered in gilt, gilt edges, ivory endpapers, multiple silk markers, corners lightly bruised else a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy in wholly unrestored period binding. This scarce edition measures just 3.75 x 2.0 inches (approx. 85 x 55 cms).
Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1872; in-folio, 127 pp., reliure moderne demi-percaline beige, dos lisse, pièce de titre en cuir gris. Texte de 16 pages suivi de planches certaines avec une gravure d'autres en contenant plusieurs. Les planches sont divisées en deux parties une sur la Guerre de 1870 l'autre sur la Commune. Bon ouvrage sauvé par son propriétaire par une reliure modeste mais très bien exécutée.
français In-12 de 279 pp.; demi-toile (reliure modeste de l'époque). Edition originale. Importante cerne claire au fond des feuillets, plats légèrement voilés. Rare.
112 pages. Author's signature upon title page. Numerous black and white illustrations. "This story is an attempt to capture a young boy's experiences being raised in the 'Acre' section of Lowell, Massachusetts. The time frame is 1941 through 1951, and a major focal point is the people living in a portion of the Federal Project called 'The North Common Village'." - from introduction. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy. Book
603 pages. Illustrated with black and white photos and diagrams. A wonderful overview of Nova Scotia over 100 years ago. The forty-one chapters include: History; Geology; County Histories; Mines; Indians; Tourism; Fisheries; Apple Culture; Agriculture; Institutions of Learning; Timber and Lumber Resources; Paper Pulp Resources; Quarries; Game Law; Birds; Manufacturing Concerns; Institutions for the Blind and the Deaf and Dumb; Governance; The Common School System. Prior owner's details neatly written atop front free endpaper otherwise unmarked. Blue cloth attractively adorned with black decoration upon front board and bright gilt lettering upon backstrip. Binding intact with minor spine slant. Moderate wear. A quality copy of this informative work. Book
Topics: Curing Common Receiver Faults; Mains Hum - and how to Cure it; Noises - Their Cause - and remedy - 1; The "Pye Q" Portable; The Screen Grid Amplifier; The Why - and the Wherefore; Review of the Lotus Landmark Three kit; The Heart of Your Set -2; Automatic Grid Bias; Motorboard Musings; The Sonotone - special feature; The New Type of Mains Valves; Below 100 metres; Choosing Resistances; Directional Reception; When are we going to have real portables?; and more. Above-average wear. Small clipping from lower back cover. Book
Features: The Crooks Get all the Breaks - Virgil W. Peterson; Can our children learn faster? - at the Whitby School in Connecticut, the Montessori method is used to teach the three Rs; People on the Way Up - Gigi Reynolds Carrier, Dick Gregory, Joy Tymezyszyn Jr., Jane Marilley; Abraham Kaplan on 'Are Psychiatrists and Clergymen enemies or allies?'; Connie Francis - what made her a star, and how does she survive the competition?; Casey Stengel; How Sotheby's venerable London auction house sets prices and tastes for highbrows; The Vanishing Hillbilly - the proud Ozark mounaineer is being modernized out of existence as TVs become more common than indoor plumbing. Great 2-page color Chevrolet Jobmaster Trucks ad. Nice Coke ad on back cover. Somewhat above-average external wear. A sound copy. Book
72 pages. Features: Antisubmarine warfare, the 'St. Croix' and Vice Admiral Rayner; Big crowds for JFK in Berkeley and New Orleans; Test pilot Joe Walker and the X-15; Major Vietnam war coverage; Queen Juliana of the Netherlands; The European Common Market - toward ten; President Ayub of Pakistan; Manhattan's pioneering Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Photos of baseball players Cletis Leroy Boyer and Kenton Lloyd Boyer; Photo and coverage of Jack Nicklaus; Rocket Richard appears in Vitalis ad; Photo of Andy Warhol in art article; Passing of Frank Wilson Braden, Harry Guy Bartholomew, Walter Phelps Hall, Major General Ralph Emerson Truman and Helen Dortch Longstreet; Cosmonaut Gherman Stepanovich Titov tours U.S.; The P-1127 VTOL; Photo of California hod carriers on strike; Photo of Mr. Norman Brunt of Port Credit, Ontario in Atlas Steels ad; and more. Centerfold ad holding by one staple. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
160 pages. Features: Castro's War on Capitalism in Cuba; Counting Heads - the first U.S. census was no easy job; Juvenile Integrity Starts in the Home; The Korean Myth - Misconceptions Americans have about Korea; 1960 Version of "The Little Red Hen"; Cold War in International Athletics - opposing Communist athletes intent on propaganda; The Tenth Man - baseball's most important player can be the groundskeeper; Facts Russia Does Not Tell; School Teaching Beats Working for a Living; The Truly Satisfying Life; The China Clipper; Who are the Metrocrats?; Listen to This; Honey - Nutritious Nostrum; Who Wants to Abolish the HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)?; They Tamed the Wild Missouri River; Is There Free Speech?; The greatest Train Robbery; Walter, The Adaptable Weasel; A Kentucky Political Education; Don't Let your Shoulder Freeze; This Is Christianity - Young Korean Joon Gon Kim's Ministry to Communists; You Can Do Something; Those Modern Eskimos; A Return to Common Sense in Education - Pennsylvania teacher shuns methods that produce illiterate blockheads; The Organization Mother; January-June 1960 Index. Back cover Flag Day coverage features lovely photo of youngsters Kay and Tony of the Dario Politella family of Lindenhurst, Long Island. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
48mo., Minion text, nineteenth century and later signatures on front free endpaper; full roan, boards framed in brass, back with flat bands lettered in gilt, gilt edges, primrose endpapers, upper and lower portions of clasp present (wanting striker as often), a remarkably bright, crisp copy. Printing code: Minion 32g. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
London, Butterworth & Co., 1923, in-8 grande, tela edit. con titolo in oro al dorso, pp. XXXII, 407, [1], 51, [1]. Prima edizione. Ottime condizioni.
Roy. 8vo., with title in red and black, text in red and black within red frame surmounted by running heads in red, neat contemporary memorial inscription on front free endpaper, some light age-soiling, one or two leaves with short closed tears, some very occasional annotation; attractively bound in contemporary full roan, sides framed in blind, back with five raised bands, second compartment lettered in gilt, all other compartments ruled in blind, bevelled boards, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, very neatly recased, covers very lightly rubbed at extremities else a very good, bright copy. With two neatly typewritten lessons (Judith xiii, 18 and Luke i, 41) mounted on blank rear preliminaries. A nice copy of a late Victorian Pulpit Communion with large type suited to public address. A most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
Book is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, with a little edge wear, no tears. Signed by the author on title page. 205 pages. Based on an actual anarchist commune on Washington's Puget Sound with b&w photos both in 1900 and 2000 and using diaries from the earlier period. Publisher's page shows no additional printings.
534 pages. "Provides a complete, up-to-date, and synonymized checklist of all known vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens found in British Columbia, Canada. A concise and coherent reference work for professionals, students, and the general public. Lists 4,349 species and 604 infraspecific taxa belonging to a total of 1,128 genera and 304 families of plants native to British Columbia, and 582 taxa exotic but naturalized in the province. Contains 16,919 scientific names(including both accepted names and synonyms) and 3,976 common names." - back board. Small address label atop front free endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
174 pages. Deals with one of the most important aspects of contemporary international development - What is economic integration: is it a new phenomenon or a deep-rooted objective process? What do we mean by "organised integration"? Concludes that the basic aim of the Common Market is to extend the area for capital investment and to obtain a maximum rate of profit, entailing an all-out attack on the gains of the working people and further restrictions of national sovereignty for the EEC member states. Book clean, bright, tight and unmarked in beige cloth-covered boards which show very light wear. Minor lean to spine. Closed one inch tear to dust jacket which bears moderate wear. Nice copy. Book
79 pages. Bibliography. Chapters include: A Capsule History of Papermaking; Handmade Papermaking Methods; The Pressing and Drying of Handmade Paper; Sizing of Paper; Fiber for Handmade Pper; Handmade Paper Through the Ages; Mystical Watermarks and Ancient Symbols; Cooking and Bleaching Wood Fiber to Make Pulp; Modern Papermaking, or "The Mechanization of a Craft"; So you Want to Make Handmade Paper; Building the Deckle Box and Mold; Some Extra Things You Will Need; Recycle Pulping; Let's Make Paper; Couching and Stacking; Pressing and Drying; Watermarks and How to Make Them; Sizing and Coating Handmade Paper; Reprise, Odds and Ends. Two appendices includes: Watermarks from Olden Times; Common Sheet Sizes for Handmade Paper. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Usual library markings. Library binding. A worthy working copy. Book
42 pages. Features: LBJ on his way out; New Jersey Nuns Win Lottery!; Britain's Application to join the Common Market; Nigeria's Grim War Dance; Chelsea/Royal Engineers; Rotary International; Sardis and the Sons of Herakles; Herb Gardens; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
32mo., text in double-column; contemporary coarse-grain roan, sides with multiple frame border in blind, gilt back, red sprinkled edges, chocolate endpapers, brass edges with functioing brass clasp, small pull at headband else a very good, bright, clean copy. Edition code Nonpareil 32mo.
PARIS, Lib. C. Taillandier - 1899 - In-4 broché, couverture illustrée - gravure frontispice - Illustrations Pleine page HT Avant-Propos VII-VIII - 320 pages - Très propre intérieurement