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393 pages. "The first attempt to give a complete and comprehensive study of the Jew of Newport, picturing from the religious, economic, social and political points of view the entire colonial background with which the Jew identified himself." - From Preface. Includes 36 black and white illustrations, 11 appendices, notes, glossary, bibliography and index. Chapters include: The Dim Beginnings; Dawn; Progress; From Inquisition to Freedom; The Synagogue; A Glimpse of Jewish Life; Visitors; The Jew in the Community; Uproar, Dispersion and Decline; Evacuation and Revival; The Close of a Colorful Chapter; Noble Memories; Reconsecration; Adjustment; Immorality. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear to blue boards. Lettering worn from spine. Both hinges almost fully open. Tape protects top and bottom of spine. A fragile yet worthy copy of this excellent reference. Book
297 pages including selected recommended readings. "A caring and compassionate journey. Michael Gurian teaches us to separate the threads of our mothers' influence on our lives - the parts we love, as well as the parts we hate - and to claim all the power contained in the mother-son bond." - Warren Farrell, author of The Myth of Male Power. Occasional markings/underlining to contents. Average wear. Reading creases to spine. Good working copy. Book
193 pages. The timeless investment secrets of the Swiss bankers..."Useful arguments... refreshing and worth considering." - The New York Times. 12 major axioms and 18 minor axioms that can help you succeed in investing - Swiss-style. Bookseller's inkstamp upon front flyleaf else clean and unmarked. Average wear. Spine leaning. Good working copy. Book
124 pages. Recommended by the Minister of Education for use in the schools of Ontario. Originally published in 1933. Colour frontis. Dozens of excellent illustrations. Wonderful Ontario history. Chapters include: Pioneer Co-operation - "Bees"; Amusement and Social Life in the Towns; Pioneer Sports - Curling. Former school reference copy with card pocket inside back cover and writing upon front free endpaper. Spine secured with strip of cloth tape. Back hinge open. Above-average wear. Still a useful copy of this truly delightful and now important work which presents true original Canadian rural culture. Book
19842082702114609074HOLT RINEHART AND WINSTON 1984. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 HOLT RINEHART AND WINSTON paperback
44 pages. Glossy colour illustrated boards have some rubbing and bumping to corners and spine ends. Once corner has a quarter inch tear. Contents are very clean and only lightly worn. The adventures of Mickey and Goofy as they encounter a flying car. (ISBN 0792454041) Book
185 pages. "Presents proven methods to turn pain into power, stiffness to strength and aching into action!" - from back cover. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Worthy working copy. Book
1906351797London : Caxton Pub. 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Good sety in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 2 volumes only: vols. II & III ; 30 cm. Contents; Vol. 3. Part I School and hospital planning ; Part II The law of easements ; Part III Heating ventilating and lighting -- Vol. 4. Part I Public buildings ; Part II Steel construction ; Part III Fire-resisting construction. Subjects; Building Great Britain. Architecture Great Britain ; Designs and plans. Building. Architecture. Architecture Great Britain. Architecture South Africa. Architecture Australia. Architecture as Topic. Building 20th century. Architecture Modern 20th century. Great Britain. Genres; Architectural drawings. Illustrated. London : Caxton Pub. hardcover
266 pages including index. The first source to offer a foundation and reference for the sound application of respiratory care in the home. Written for respiratory therapists, students of respiratory therapy, nurses, home care personnel, discharge planners, social workers, as well as physicians, this useful text focuses on the medical and technical rationale behind the selection of respiratory therapy and ancillary equipment and its safe, effective use by patients and caregivers. Prior owner's inkstamp upon each endpaper else contents clean and umarked. Moderate wear to blue boards. Partial lean to spine. Book
316 pages. "By providing only a glimpse of northern people's own statments and the problems of uranium mining, this book proves that the real 'outside agitators' are the mining companies." - from introduction. "We as a society have failed the Wollaston Lake community in the basic human right to information and to health. We are multiplying comparable self-destructive behaviors all over the world. Please read on because the story of Wollaston Lake is our own story, the story of our land, our food and our brothers and sisters." - from Foreward by Rosalie Bertell, Ph.D. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Mild lean to spine. Very good copy. Book
19802082702114603126Kobundo fixed 3200 yen 1980. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Kobundo fixed 3200 yen paperback
Approx. 1 inch thick. Provides the service man with complete information on the construction, operation, maintenance and repair of various units of the 1949 to 1954 Series 2000 and 2200 Pontiac passenger cars. Sections include: unit serial numbers/lubrication; body; frame/shock absorbers; front suspension; rear axle/universal joints/rear springs; brakes; engine mechanical/engine cooling/engine fuel/engine clutch; transmission/1951-52 Powerglide/1953-54 Powerglide; fuel and exhaust; steering gear/power steering; wheels and tires; chassis sheet metal; electrical system. Bit of writing at top of front cover. Orange covers with average wear. Major lean to spine. Average soiling and wear to unmarked contents. Decent copy. Book
19842082702114607456Fixed 2000 Yen Iwanami Shoten 1984. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Fixed 2000 Yen Iwanami Shoten paperback
19302082702114600120Kaizo-sha 1930. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Kaizo-sha paperback
20601Paris, Norma, 2006 Relie, cartonnage noire, jaquette illustree, 235 x 310mm., 286pp., illustration tres profonde en couleurs. Edition bilingue Fr/ Angl. *Neuf. ISBN 9782915542004.
19922082702114604039Hokkaido Shimbun 2200 Yen 1992. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Hokkaido Shimbun 2,200 Yen paperback
19752082702114604891Regular 2800 yen green frog room 1975. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Regular 2,800 yen green frog room paperback
19732082702114607462Sada San Thousand Yen Heibonsha 1973. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Sada San Thousand Yen Heibonsha paperback
19732082702114609547Regular 2700 yen Heibonsha 1973. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Regular 2,700 yen Heibonsha paperback
19732082702114609548Regular 3200 yen Heibonsha 1973. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Regular 3,200 yen Heibonsha paperback
19822082702114607775Furukawa shobo 1982. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Furukawa shobo paperback
357 pages including index and bibliography. Draws upon newly discovered archival sources and previously untapped documents of the Paris foundling home in order to depict the actual conditions of abandoned children and to reveal the bureaucratic and political response. Illuminates in detail the family life of nineteenth-century French poor. Average wear. Moderate lean to spine. Average quantity of highlighting else unmarked. Some reading creases along spine. Book
310 pages including bibliography and index. Will aid those interested in the practical art of horology. Intended to serve as a course of study, as a means of reference, and as a textbook or working manual to be used in the school, at the bench, or in the library. Completely revised to include new material on automatic watches, shock-proof watches, and other recent developments in watchmaking. Features a handsome set of handsome illustrations in full colour showing exploded views of alarm and self-winding watches. Rubber stamp upon front endpaper else book clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Some foxing to top edge. Average wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is missing some chips and is partly sunned at top of front panel. Solid copy. Book
a89840One 4to hardcover volume of original typescript text printed on rectos. 353p. Brown cloth with gilt spine. Original novel. VG light wear; light toning. no marks. no place and no date given but appears to be mid 20thc or a bit earlier. . hardcover
1920134025Brooklyn New York: Brooklyn Public Library 1920. Hardcover. Good ex-library with a few marks and stamps binding solid one or more postcards separated un-glued toning of old newspaper clippings pages wavy probably from glue moisture though there is an occasional localized dampstain. Blue library buckram silt spine titles unpaginated approx. 100 pages with with pasted color illustrations on both sites approx. 25 leaves blank. OVERSIZE GA2. A scrapbook of images of architecture and color images of many beautiful places and things produced the early 1900s. Many are of New York City but also around the country and world presumably collected by the Brooklyn Public Library. Includes many large samples of the work of illustrator Louis Biedermann 1874-1957 along with Clara M. Burd Charles Livingston Burd Adolph Triedler Wilfred Jones Fred Kulz Chum Vine Edmond Oakdale Vincent Lynch and Mary Bassett. News articles from the New York Herald show articles with large color illustrations of views of cities and bridges. Travel postcards from the era depict architecture throughout the world. Includes stained glass windows a real slice of life during an age when color images in magazines and periodicals were fairly new and illustrators. Artcyclopedia calls the years of 1880-1920 the Golden Age of Illustration: it "was a period of unprecedented excellence in book and magazine illustration. It developed from advances in technology permitting accurate and inexpensive reproduction of art combined with a voracious public demand for new graphic art." Probably a librarian's pet project. Brooklyn Public Library hardcover books