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2020x-303062661XPalgrave Macmillan 2020. Hardcover. New. 191 pages. 8.25x5.75x0.75 inches. Palgrave Macmillan hardcover
18486240St. Louis: W. H. Gray Ed 1848. First Thus. Loose sheet. Very Good. Published Saturday January 1 1848. Sheet folding to four pages each page measuring 9 x 11.25 inches. Printed sheet with autograph address and postal cancellation. With old mailing folds wax seal ghost some smudging and small stains. A well preserved copy. Commodities prices including Turkish opium and annual statement of the business in St. Louis. Now housed in a removable clear archival sleeve with acid-free backing. W. H. Gray, Ed unknown
24046701Burma Siam ca 1900-1920s. A set of copper & brass scales hand made contained in a two-part wooden case with three elephants carved in the top 16.5 x 7.5 cm. closed with a brass ring scale bowls 4.5 cm. diameter balance bar 11 cm. . . . HAND-MADE . . A lovely period piece entirely hand-made. This charming and unique ethnic piece came from the Golden Triangle area. . The case has a pivot point at the elephant's tail end. It opens by separating the two halves as if a clam-shell. Contained within the box is a matching carved form exactly matching the whole scale and its two brass bowls. . The bowls are tied with four purple dyed strings attached to each end of the copper balance bar. Held in the center by another string the pointer will balance to the exact center done with great & fine precision and accuracy. . One simply puts opium in one side and a counter balance in the other to get an exact weight measurement. . Likely the work of Karens or other Golden triangle tribes. Articles of this caliber and period are quite scarce. . Color photos are posted to our website. . . unknown
19982090502113717844Not Available 1998. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
B9798702690148Paperback / softback. New. paperback
ria9798325053788_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; N/A paperback
326 pages. Index. Footnotes. "Extensive coverage and perspicuity are the hallmarks of this invaluable reference source, which will be of immense value to a wide spectrum of readers, including academicians and applied scientists." - from preliminary pages. Moderate wear. Contents clean, bright and unmarked. Short closed opening to bottom of backstrip. A sound copy of this very informative reference. Book
1886115321886 Paris, G. Charpentier, 1886 ; in-12 de (4) - 607pp.; demi-percaline prune à la bradle, titre doré au dos, couverture et dos conservés.La dernière page ch. 607 est occupée par l'avis de décès du héros du roman Marcel Deschamp. Les premiers feuillets comptent une lettre de Bonnetain à Alphonse Daudet et la traduction par Ch. Baudelaire d'un extrait de Th. de Quincey.
59888Limoges, Librairie du XXe siècle - imprimerie Marc Barbou, S.d. ( vers 1900), in-folio, cartonnage pleine percaline rouge éd., couv. décor floral "art nouveau" doré, plats biseautés, décor et titre en noir sur dos lisse, reliure d'époque, 325 - (3) pp., trois tranches dorées, ill. d'un frontispice, de bandeaux, lettrine et culs-de-lampes et de 42 gravures in-texte, Bonne présentation des relations entre l'Europe et la Chine à la fin du XIXe siècle. L'Empire du Milieu, les missionnaires, la science, la guerre de l'opium, l'intervention de la Chine lors de l'expédition de la France au Tonkin, Formose et les Boxers. Pas courant Exemplaire très frais tant de la reliure que de l'intérieur; Pliures et léger décoloration du dos
1920033661.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
228647 February 1900. On letterhead of the Grand Hotel Cannes. 1p 8vo. On aged and worn paper. Attractive letterhead of the hotel and its surroundings. Addressed to 'My dear Willis'. Written in a shaky hand. Clearly writing in reference to his 1899 autobiography 'A Sailor's Life under Four Sovereigns' he states that he is glad that Willis is 'pleased with the book' and explains that he was 'suddenly driven' to Cannes 'by neuralgic pains'. He concludes: 'If I live to get back I should like to insert the Authors name in your Copy! Your sincere old friend Harry Keppel'. 7 February [1900]. On letterhead of the Grand Hotel, Cannes. unknown
20192-6139966272LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing 2019. Paperback. New. 120 pages. 8.66x5.91x0.28 inches. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing paperback
19907837Club du Livre 1990 183 pages IN4. 1990. reliure editeur. 183 pages. Les Paradis Artificiels est un essai de Charles Baudelaire explorant les effets du haschisch et de l'opium sur l'esprit humain en particulier leur relation avec la création poétique et artistique. L'ouvrage à la croisée de l'observation de la confession et de la réflexion philosophique examine les altérations psychiques provoquées par ces substances et dénonce la recherche d'un idéal illusoire à travers l'ivresse
412 pages. Four black and white illustrations including frontis portrait of author. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Tight and square. A sound copy. Book
140 pages. Features: The New Marilyn Monroe - article with great color photos (part 1 of 3); When a President Needs a Friend; So We Sent Our Son to College; Baseball's Unlikely Magnate - John Petrakis; They Smuggle Dope by the Ton - Red China moves opium through Thailand; My Life in Bellevue - part 4; I Drive the Turnpikes... and Survive; Trouble at Coley Falls (part 1 of 3); The Wreck of the Mary Deare (part 4 of 8); four short stories. Yale & Towne ad inside front cover features Disneyland scene; Dromedary white cake mix ad features photo in President Monroe's law office; Fantastic two-page color ad for Lawn-Boy mowers; Nice two-page color-photo ad for RCA consumer electronic products; Glorious color-photo ad for Cadillac features a pink caddy!; Nice two-page ad for Planter's Nuts; Acme steel strapping ad features photo of 'idea man' Bob Moore; Charming Lifesavers ad features illustrationn of boy handing bouquet to girl; Detroit Diesel ad features color photo of Oliver tractor at work; Macgregor storts equipment ad features photo of Ted Kluszewski; Very nice one-page color ad for Hires Root Beer; and more. Piece of masking tape mid-coverfold. Above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
14460Grenoble, siège, 1900, 1 en cahiers. ensemble de 12 bulletins d'environ 20 pages chacun, paginé 1 à 244 ;
188657771886 Paris G. Charpentier et cie éditeurs 1886 In12 demi chagrin rouge dos à 5 nerfs fleurons dans les entrenerfs
1948PHO-2371Paris ; Calmann-Lévy, 1948, 1 volume in-12 (20x13,5cm), 331pp., demi basane pistache, dos à nerfs avec pièce d’auteur et titre, couverture conservée, cachet en page de garde, bon exemplaire.
10251 Broché, couverture illustrée rempliée d'édition. 24 x 18,5 cm, 73-[5] p. + hors-texte. Paris, Ernest Flammarion, 1929.
10251 Broché, couverture illustrée rempliée d'édition. 24 x 18,5 cm, 73-[5] p. + hors-texte. Paris, Ernest Flammarion, 1929.
14613- A Paris, Librairie Firmin Didot Frères, Fils et Cie, 1871 - Reliure In octavo demi chagrin verte, plats muets granulés frappés en creux d'encadrements successifs lisses, tranches dorées, quatre nerfs pour la tranche, titre au petit fer au second caisson, fleurons et encadrements dorés ornés d'arabesques en coins, nerfs rehaussés, ainsi qu'en tête et en pied, d'un filet doré gardes moirées claires, suit après un feuillet de garde, celui recto verso des ouvrages de R., gravure frontispice, 187 gravures sur bois dans le texte légendées et fines, 20 planches hors texte, bel exemplaire, coins piquants et bien peu élimés, petit frottement en arrière soiffe, belle luminosité des plats et des tranches. Rares et peu profondes rousseurs.
1774344791774 Bouillon - La Société Typographique - 1774 - 2 volumes in8 de VIII - 644 et X - 470 pages - Reliures pleine basane d'époque - dos cinq nerfs ornés mais frottés - Coiffes arasées - mors partiellement fendus - coins émoussés - Bon état intérieur -
989PARIS, P. ASSELIN - 1870 - In-4 ° Reliure fatiguée - 2 Volumes -Tome I : Préface V à XII Introduction I à CIV - 845 pages - Tome II : 1007 pages. Ouvrage fatigué, mais propre intérieurement.
PARIS, P. ASSELIN - 1870 - In-4 ° Reliure fatiguée - 2 Volumes -Tome I : Préface V à XII Introduction I à CIV - 845 pages - Tome II : 1007 pages. Ouvrage fatigué, mais propre intérieurement.
1418179412London.: Illustrated London News. March 141857. Half page engraving 14.5 x 23.5 cm on a single newspaper leaf with complete associated text engravings of explosive devices employed in the capture"Chinese Infernal machines” on the verso; and another unrelated half page engraving of "Chinese Smuggling Craft" spots of browning and edge-wear but in very good condition. Engraving and detailed battle commentary from correspondents on board the British vessels H.M.S. Sybille moored off Whampoa Island and H.M.S. Encounter moored off Canton Guangzhou prepared for "The Illustrated London News" describing the attempted capture of a passenger steamer by 53 Chinese junks in Canton during the Second Opium War. Engravings of the devices used appear overleaf. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . Illustrated London News. unknown
