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197120229Enugu Nigeria: Nwankwo-Ifejika & Co. Publishers 1971. First Edition. Octavo; illustrated wrappers; 124pp. Some trivial rubbing to backstrip on rear wrapper else a Fine unread copy. Anthology collection fiction about Nigeria during war and peacetime with contributions by Chinua Achebe Andre Aletta Chukwuma Azuonye Victor Nwankwo Samuel Ifejika Flora Nwapa and Nathan Okonkwo Nkala et al. Nwankwo-Ifejika & Co. Publishers unknown books
2006179874London: V & A. 2006. Softcover. VG light scuffing to corners of wraps and block. Pages are crisp and clean. Color illustrated wraps with white lettering 420 pp richly illustrated in mostly color illustrations throughout. "This beautifully illustrated book is the first to look at the role of the urban Italian house in the development of Renaissance art and culture. "The Renaissance Home" brings together a wide range of objects from furniture and kitchen utensils to popular prints jewellery and everyday dress to reveal how the homes of the upper- and middle-classes made a crucial contribution to the flowering of the visual arts in 15th- and 16th-century Italy. Drawing on a wide array of sources including inventories account-books letters treatises and archaeological and conservation reports it offers a completely fresh exploration of the fascinating domestic world of Renaissance Italy."- publisher's description. V & A. unknown books
19801329542New York: Macmillan Publishing Company 1980. Hardcover. Octavo; First printing; G/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine white with brown print remnant of vendor label on front slight shelfwear else clean and bright; Boards in red cloth with gold print slight wear to spine caps else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; xi 148 pages illustrated b&w drawings. 1329542. FP New Rockville Stock. Macmillan Publishing Company hardcover books
1878743091878. APPONYI Flora Haines. THE LIBRARIES OF CALIFORNIA. Containing descriptions of the principal private and public libraries throughout the state. San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft and Company 1878. 8vo. purple cloth title gilt-stamped to spine. Ex-library; bookplate to front pastedown and no other marks. Sunned to spine and board perimeters. Shallow loss to heel and crown. Hinges starting but the volume remains solid. Clean within. About very good overall. unknown books
1878WRCAM44378San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft and Company 1878. 3046pp. Modern library buckram. Very clean internally. Very good. From an edition of 500 copies. Includes sketches of the libraries of Hubert Howe Bancroft the Society of California Pioneers the University of California Leland Stanford J. Ross Browne Charles and M.H. DeYoung Bishop William Kip J.D. Whitney and more. Many of these collections were damaged if not destroyed during the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. "A valuable and interesting record of these collections most of which have been long since dispersed" - Cowan. COWAN pp.17-18. A.L. Bancroft and Company hardcover books
187864185San Francisco CA: A.L. Bancroft and Co 1878. First edition. 8vo. 304 pp. Plates. Libraries considered include those of Hubert H. Bancroft J. Ross Browne Charles and M.H. De Young Joseph LeConte Leland Stanford and Arpad Haraszthy. Very good. Rebound in black pebbled cloth gilt spine title new endpapers. 10546. <br/><br/> A.L. Bancroft and Co hardcover books
195618968London: Faber and Faber 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 334 pp with bibliography index. Lightly bumped corners; internals clean and sound. Dust jacket has light shelf wear mild toning to spine. A modern critic writes: "Written simultaneous to Richard Aldington's Biographical Inquiry and tweaked before publication The Desert and the Stars reads like an extreme reaction to that skeptical tome. An admirable attempt at probing Lawrence's psyche Armitage falls short of an effective portrait" T.E. Lawrence A Biographical Review. Faber and Faber hardcover books
19461372Garden City: Doubleday. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. The author's first book. First edition. Top edge lightly soiled else near fine in a very good dust jacket that has a couple of small chips and closed tears along the top of the front panel and at the spine crown. . Doubleday hardcover books
1927197837San Francisco Grabhorn Press 1927. 1927. First edition. Small 8vo. Decorative initials throughout. Original gilt stamped parchment over blue/brown patterned boards. Fine. Publisher's gray slipcase. One of 50 unnumbered special copies from a total of 250 on Whitman hand-made paper. Signed by Arnstein on the colophon and with a ms correction on page 11. GB 94. Signed by Authors. F. Hardcover. San Francisco [Grabhorn Press] 1927. hardcover books
1927370611927. ARNSTEIN Flora J. A LEGACY OF HOURS. San Francisco: The Grabborn Press 1927. 12mo. green boards with paper title label. Limited Edition of 100 copies. Good some wear head of spine some soiling. $45.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
192718502San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press 1927. Second edition. Cloth backed boards nice condition. One of 250 copies. <br/><br/> The Grabhorn Press hardcover books
19279019947San Francisco: Grabhorn Press 1927. 1st . Hardcover. Very good. One of 250 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press in November of 1927. <br/><br/> Grabhorn Press hardcover books
1945370491945. ARNSTEIN Flora J. A MOTH'S WING. San Francisco: Jonathan Elkus 1945. 8vo. sewn printed wraps. Limited Edition of 75 copies. Signed presentation presumably from Arnstein signing as "Forgie" on front endpaper to Edith and Paul Baerwald. Paul Baerwald was the founder and long-time chairman of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. "To Edith & Paul with love & Holiday Greetings from Forgie." Near fine little darkening wraps. $75.00. <br/><br/> paperback books
1975142742n.p.: n.pub 1975. 85p. wraps. Modernist poetry by San Francisco native born in 1885; she wrote no poetry until age 40 after raising two daughters one a painter the other a professor of English and poet. Arnstein's first two books were 1920s Grabhorn imprints. n.pub unknown books
197516652Privately printed 1975. First edition inscribed and signed by the author. Original wrappers very good. <br/><br/> unknown books
1975131878San Francisco: Self-published 1975. Paperback. ix 85p. preface signed by poet very good first edition trade paperback in light blue wraps. San Francisco poet twice published by Grabhorn Press. Self-published paperback books
1986133035Berkeley: Cragmont Press 1986. Paperback. 78p. very good first edition in gray printed wraps. Personally inscribed signed and dated 1987 by the San Francisco poet. Cragmont Press paperback books
1950UBAISOM00NJThe Museum 1950. Very Good. Bailey Flora L. Some Sex Beliefes and Practices in a Navaho Community. Cambridge MA: The Museum 1950. Reports of the Ramah Project Report Number 2. 108pp. 4to. Paperback Wraps. Book condition: Very good. Light rubbing to extremities. The Museum paperback books
194990249NY:: Macmillan Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1949. Hardcover. B016CRC7UA . Decorations by Ralph Ray. Stated first printing. Very good in a good two long closed edge tears on front panel sun fading along the spine upper corner of front flap is clipped dust jacket. . Macmillan Company, hardcover books
195552499Laguna Beach California: Mermaid Books 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illustrated with full-page black-and-white plates. The text discusses both Filipino dolls and costumes and includes notes on Philippine women and history. Inscribed and dated by Bass on the front flyleaf. Original blue cloth binding. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Some light wear along the extremities of the dust jacket; otherwise an especially crisp and clean copy. Inscribed by Author. <br/><br/> Mermaid Books hardcover books
19555235NLaguna Beach CA: Mermaid Books 1955. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author Flora Gardner Bass with a warm inscription. A delightful book consisting of full-page photographs of handcrafted dolls in costumes which show the influences of other cultures on the dress in the Philippines with commentary and historical information by the author. Bass was a WW II refugee from Manila who was awarded the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Ribbon by Gen. Douglas MacArthur “for fortitude and courage which contributed materially to the success of the Philippine campaignâ€. Fine in dust jacket. Mermaid Books unknown books
1999229785New York: Arcade Publishing 1999. First. hardcover. very good/very good. Frontispiece and a few b/w illustrations. 420pp. 8vo two-toned cloth a bit rubbed d.w. New York: Arcade Publishing 1999. Inscribed and signed by author on half-title page. Some foxing on inside of dust wrapper otherwise not visible. First Edition. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Arcade Publishing unknown books
198746585NY:: Whitney Museum of American Art. Near Fine. 1987. Paperback. 0874270545 . Black and white photographs throughout. First edition paperback. Near fine in oversize illustrated wraps. . Whitney Museum of American Art, paperback books
1999Embry 148351Arcade 1999. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Arcade, 1999. First edition, first printing. unknown books
197028946Guelph: The Library of University of Guelph 1970. First Edition. Quarto 27.75cm.; original orange printed spiral-bound wrappers; 641 typescript leaves. Top edge of upper wrapper a bit toned else Near Fine. Bibliography Series no. 1. The Library [of] University of Guelph unknown books
