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Freyre, Gilberto
Ordem e Progresso: Processo de Desintegracao das Sociedades Patriarchal e Semipatriarcal No Brasil Sob o Regime de Trabalho Livre. A Two Volume Set.
Rio de Janiero: Jose Olympio 1959. Soft cover. Good. Obras Reunidas de Gilberto Freyre Primera Serie stated; Aspectos de um Quase Meio Seculo de Transicao do Trabalho Escravo para o Trabalho Livre; e da Monarquia para a Republica. 8vos white paper covers; pages uncut; good covers dustsoiled; covers and spines toned; spines creased ends and edges bumped and worn; faint foxing to edges; weak hinges; cracks throughout; 792pp incl. index. <br/> <br/> Jose Olympio paperback
Référence libraire : 13139
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Bandelier, Adolph F.
A History of the Southwest. Two Volume Set.
First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Vol. 1 'A Catalogue of the Bandelier Collection in the Vatican Library' is publ. by Jesuit Historical Institute Rome 1969 Sources and Studies for the History of the Americas Vol. 7. Vol. 2 'The Original Text and Notes in French 1887 edited with English Summaries and Additional Notes.' is by Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Vatican City 1987 Studi e Testi #325. Vol. 2 includes folding maps in a rear pocket. Both are in vg condition bottom edges of covers bumped and creased; Vol. 2 has two tiny tears to spine tail and bumped and creased side edges of rear cover unopened in matching grey wraps. 233 516 pp. <br/> <br/> paperback
Référence libraire : 12643
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Ballester, Rafael
Curso de Historia de Espana
Barcelona: Talleres Graficos de la S.G. de P. 1929. Hardcover. Good. Corrected 4th edition; this is an abridgement for schools of the multi-volume work in blue cloth no dj. Good only; both hinges are weak the front is starting cracked at p. 448-9; bookplate on front pastedown; tear in rear free endpaper; tear to cloth on front joint. 453 pp. Spanish text. <br/> <br/> Talleres Graficos de la S.G. de P. hardcover
Référence libraire : 12272
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Sarmiento, Domingo F.
Recuerdos de Provincia
Buenos Aires: Editorial Nova 1943. Hardcover. Very Good-. Reprint of the autobiography of the 7th President of Argentina a vg- copy in tan cloth; has bookplate and pencilled owner's name on ffep and pages are browning. Spanish text. <br/> <br/> Editorial Nova hardcover
Référence libraire : 12247
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Friedlaender, Ludwig
La Sociedad Romana: Historia de las Costumbres en Roma desde Augusto hasta los Antoninos
Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Economica 1947. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good-. 1st Spanish edition trans. from German by W. Roces lg. 8vo in textured blue cloth vg- bottom of spine bumped no dj. 1217 pp. incl. folding map. INSCRIBED in Spanish by the translator on the blank before the half-title and dated 28.11.47. <br/> <br/> Fondo de Cultura Economica hardcover
Référence libraire : 12015
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Peron, Eva
La Razon de Mi Vida
Buenos Aires: Peuser 1951. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair. First Edition. A fair copy; I hate to describe it. Both book and dj are water-damaged at the foreedge and the covers and pages warped so that it won't lie flat. Pages waterstained throughout. Cracked at pp290-1 rear hinge well started. The spine of the dj is faded and chipped and the panels look awful thanks to the waterstains; luckily the portrait of Eva on the front panel is away from the water. Edges of dj worn torn and chipped. Pages are not sticking so all text is readable Spanish. 317pp index. <br/> <br/> Peuser hardcover
Référence libraire : 11837
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The Nanking Massacre - 70 Years of Amnesia
Toronto: Toronto Alpha 2007. First Edition . Illustrated Wraps. Fine. A commemoration publication of the massacre of Nanking China by Japanese forces in 1937. Foreword by John Fraser. 205 pages filled with art and photography. Square 8vo 8" x 8". <br/> <br/> Toronto Alpha paperback
Référence libraire : 002973 ISBN : 0973918314 9780973918311
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Wong, Jan (INSCRIBED)
Jan Wong's China: Reports from a Not-so-Foreign Correspondent
Toronto: Doubleday Canada 1999. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine . The former Globe & Mail China correspondent & present columnist reflects on the 50th anniversary of the revolution and her time spent there. Wong was the author of Red China Blues. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 331 page with index. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR and signed in English and Chinese on full title page Later edition. <br/> <br/> Doubleday Canada hardcover
Référence libraire : 002990 ISBN : 0385259026 9780385259026
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Die Volkskunst in Rumanien
Bucharest: Verlag des Rumanischen Instituts fur Kulturelle Beziehungen mit dem Ausland 1955. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. Edition unknown 4to ltr. blue cloth vg- water spot on front cover faded spine in vg- dj water spot in the same place some soiling. Unpaginated. Folk Art in Romania. Includes sections on woodcarving architectural and otherwise clothing other weaving painted pottery manuscript illustration and decorated eggs. Text in German. <br/> <br/> Verlag des Rumanischen Instituts fur Kulturelle Beziehungen mit dem Ausland hardcover
Référence libraire : 11192
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The Watchmaker of Dien Bien Phu: A Collection of Vietnamese Short Stories 1945-1964
Hanoi Vietnam: Foreigh Language Publishing House 1974. First Edition . Very Good. Collection of Vietnamese short stores written during the post-colonial period reflecting a culture and society always at war and trying to find its voice. Blue and white card covers. 281pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Former owner's name and stamp on inside pages. Minor rubbing to spine and a crease on top corner of cover. Uncommon first editi <br/> <br/> Foreigh Language Publishing House unknown
Référence libraire : 002957
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Rodriguez y Rodriguez, A.
Fisonomia y Alma de Galicia. The Face and the Soul of Galicia.
Madrid: Self Published 1955. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-. 1st green cloth/white cloth spine vg- no dj; spine sunned and rear board slightly bowed ffep has a corner clipped. 525 pp. Spanish text no Galician. <br/> <br/> Self Published hardcover
Référence libraire : 11139
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Ferreira, M. Aguilar
Los Gobernadores de Michoacan
Morelia Michoacan Mexico: Talleres Graficos del Estado Michoacan 1950. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Softcover 1st vg many pages unopened; a sm. waterstain on the lower right corner throughout front cover creased and spotting to rear cover w/ bumped and creased rear corners. 126 pp. a gallery of portraits of all 29 governors to 1950. Spanish text. <br/> <br/> Talleres Graficos del Estado (Michoacan) paperback
Référence libraire : 10876
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Hillerman, Tony
Ajan Varas. A Thief of Time.
Helsinki: Otava 1989. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Finnish pictorial hardcover vg covers rubbed; spine ends lightly bumped; light wear to corners; pages toning. 240 pp. SIGNED on the half-title. <br/> <br/> Otava hardcover
Référence libraire : 10950 ISBN : 9511106082 9789511106081
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Hillerman, Tony
Odjuret. Skinwalkers.
Stockholm: Legenda 1992. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1st Swedish gray-green cloth nf in vg dj. 232 pp. <br/> <br/> Legenda hardcover
Référence libraire : 10953
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Hillerman, Tony
Hellige Klovner. Sacred Clowns.
Oslo: Aschehoug 1995. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good. 1st Norwegian red cloth vg- bumped corners; three smudges on side edge; crack starting at copyright and last page in vg dj edgeworn esp. at spine ends and corners. 268 pp. SIGNED on the title page. <br/> <br/> Aschehoug hardcover
Référence libraire : 10951 ISBN : 8203200400 9788203200403
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Hillerman, Tony
Ruah Haaravah Coyote Waits
Tel Aviv: Schalgi 1991. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Israeli edition and as far as I know the only one of Tony's books to be translated into Hebrew or published in Israel. 210 pp. beginning at what we English-speakers would call the 'rear' cover. Pictorial hardcover vg; covers a little rubbed. SIGNED on the title page. <br/> <br/> Schalgi hardcover
Référence libraire : 10969
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Hillerman, Tony
Tidstjuven. A Thief of Time.
Stockholm: Legenda 1989. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Swedish orange cloth vg spine ends lightly bumped in a vg dj with wear at spine ends. 226 pp. <br/> <br/> Legenda hardcover
Référence libraire : 10966 ISBN : 915821397x 9789158213975
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Hillerman, Tony
Talande Guden. Talking God.
Stockholm: Legenda 1990. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. 1st Swedish hardcover vg spine ends and corners bumped; pages toning in vg- dj edgeworn esp. at corners and spine ends; bottom corners chipped small chip to bottom edge. 239 pp. SIGNED on the title page. <br/> <br/> Legenda hardcover
Référence libraire : 10971 ISBN : 915821609x 9789158216099
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Hillerman, Tony
O Deus Falante. Talking God.
Rio de Janeiro: Rocco 1991. First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Brazilian trans. by Eliana Sabino. Trade pb vg covers rubbed; corners lightly bumped; spine ends worn. 220 pp. SIGNED on the title page. <br/> <br/> Rocco paperback
Référence libraire : 10965 ISBN : 8532500633 9788532500632
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Vento, Arnold C.
El Hijo Prodigo: A Critical Index of XX Century Mexican Thought
Albuquerque: Pajarito 1978. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Special Series No. 6. 1st paperback vg covers rubbed; edgeworn; bottom front corner bumped and creased; brown smudge to top end of side edge bottom end toned. 121 pp. incl. index. Text in English but quotes many Spanish texts without translating. <br/> <br/> Pajarito paperback
Référence libraire : 11006
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Hillerman, Tony
O Vento Negro. The Dark Wind.
Portugal: Circulo de Leitores 1993. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Portuguese edition pictorial hardcover vg rubbed with bumps on top edge no dj. 282 pp. <br/> <br/> Circulo de Leitores hardcover
Référence libraire : 10170 ISBN : 9724207951 9789724207957
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Hillerman, Tony
Schusse aus der Steinzeit. Dancehall of the Dead.
Munich: Goldmann 1993. Soft cover. Very Good. German mass market paperback vg. SIGNED on title page. 154 pp. <br/> <br/> Goldmann paperback
Référence libraire : 10169 ISBN : 3442414458 9783442414451
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Hillerman, Tony
Odjuret. Skinwalkers.
Stockholm: Legenda 1992. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. 1st Swedish gray-green cloth vg spine ends lightly bumped; pages toning in vg- dj edgeworn; small tears to edges. 232 pp. SIGNED on the title page. <br/> <br/> Legenda hardcover
Référence libraire : 10173 ISBN : 9127031993 9789127031999
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Hillerman, Tony
Nattens Sang. Talking God.
Arhus Denmark: Klim 1990. First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Danish trade pb vg sticker scar on rear cover; edgeworn; pages toning. 205 pp. <br/> <br/> Klim paperback
Référence libraire : 10179 ISBN : 8777241088 9788777241086
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Hillerman, Tony
Gengangerne. Skinwalkers.
Arhus Denmark: Klim 1989. First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Danish trade pb vg sticker scar on rear cover; edgeworn. 194 pp. <br/> <br/> Klim paperback
Référence libraire : 10180 ISBN : 8777240820 9788777240829
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Bullet, Emma E.
First Lessons in French
Cincinatti: Van Antwerp Bragg and Co. 1878. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. First Edition no additional printings; 12mo maroon cloth; good boarsd soiled; spine and joints faded; spine ends and corners bumped and worn corners to boards; broken front hinge; eps and pages toned; 108pp. Laid in is a small advertisement on blue paper for other books by the publisher. <br/> <br/> Van Antwerp, Bragg and Co. hardcover
Référence libraire : 10186
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Porto-Bompiani, Gonzalez
Diccionario Bompiani de Autores Literarios: Volumenes I a V
Spain: Planeta-Agostini 1987. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover stamped green boards overall vg no djs. Vol. 3 has a light waterstain on the top edge and the pages are a little stiff; else vg. Spanish text. Please be aware that shipping this item internationally will require extra charges above our standard rate. <br/> <br/> Planeta-Agostini hardcover
Référence libraire : 2594
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Hillerman, Tony
Coyote Vantar. Coyote Waits.
Stockholm: Legenda 1991. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Swedish green cloth vg edges yellowing from sun; starting at last rfep in vg dj w/ wear at corners spine ends. 253 pp. <br/> <br/> Legenda hardcover
Référence libraire : 10234 ISBN : 9158218181 9789158218185
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Hillerman, Tony
Presidentens Stav. Sacred Clowns.
Stockholm: Legenda 1995. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Swedish blue cloth vg spine ends lightly bumped; slightly cocked in vg dj w/ a 1" tear at top right of front panel. 271 pp. <br/> <br/> Legenda hardcover
Référence libraire : 10218 ISBN : 9127040437 9789127040434
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Hillerman, Tony
L'Ultima Danza del Sacro Giullare. Sacred Clowns.
Milan: Mondadori 1994. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good. 1st Italian hardcover vg- lower corners bumped broken at half-title page and rear colophon in vg though price-cl. at bottom of rear flap dj. 236 pp. <br/> <br/> Mondadori hardcover
Référence libraire : 10233 ISBN : 8804389281 9788804389286
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Hillerman, Tony
Morka Vinden. The Dark Wind.
Stockholm: Legenda 1991. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Swedish tan cloth vg corners bumped in vg dj edgeworn. 244 pp. <br/> <br/> Legenda hardcover
Référence libraire : 10235 ISBN : 9158214739 9789158214736
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Moheno, Roberto Blanco
Este Mexico Nuestro! Novela
Mexico City: Libro Mex 1960. First Edition . Soft cover. Good. Softcover 1st good plus covers sunned soiled and rubbed; spine darkened ends bumped and worn; black mark to side edge; pages heavily toned; publication flaw to p81 bottom corner dog-earred. Binding is in good shape and the pages are clean. 252 pp. Spanish text. <br/> <br/> Libro Mex paperback
Référence libraire : 10366
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Cicero (Marcus Tullii Ciceronis)
Epistolarum Liber IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. Tomus II. Epistles Book IV to XVI. Volume II.
Amsterdam/Batavia: Daniel Elsevier/P.J. & Cornelius Hackios 1676. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume 2 only. A vg copy internally bound in soiled vellum probably later that is beginning to warp. Handwritten spine. Red speckled edges the top very much darkened. Pages are clean with only very minimal foxing. Title page has the publisher's sigil of an eagle flying in an oval with the word 'Movendo'. The 'books' are paginated separately. About the final third of the book is filled with commentaries indices and a variorum for both volumes. <br/> <br/> Daniel Elsevier/P.J. & Cornelius Hackios hardcover
Référence libraire : 10376
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Otto, Emil & Edward S. Joynes
Introductory German Reader
NY: Henry Holt & Co. 1878. Hardcover. Very Good. Revised Edition with a New Vocabulary". 282 pp. 4 pp. ads. Vg in original maroon cloth; has faded spine sm. spot of paint on the edge of the spine small spot on side edge. <br/> <br/> Henry Holt & Co. hardcover
Référence libraire : 10409
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Wulffen, Erich
Sexualspiegel von Kunst und Verbrechen
Dresden Germany: Paul Aretz Verlag. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition no additional printings no date but probably 1928. Rebound in fine soft red leather with a faded probably original title piece applied to the spine; new binding vg scratches to front board; text overall vg foxing on endpapers and edges; German text ONLY; 444pp many b&w plates. <br/> <br/> Paul Aretz Verlag hardcover
Référence libraire : 10489
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Feldhaus, Franz-Maria
Ka-Pi-Fu und Andere Verschamte Dinge
Berlin: private 1921. First Edition . Soft cover. Good. Softcover 1st good edges bumped and rubbed; corners creased; edges of rear cover torn; tear to front joint at spine head; spine ends bumped and chipped. 320 pp. A history of the toilet in German. <br/> <br/> private paperback
Référence libraire : 10608
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Schidrowitz, Leo, ed.
Sittengeschichte des Intimsten: Volume I Bett Korset Hemd Hose Bad Abtritt and Volume II Intime Toilette Mode und Kosmetik im Dienst der Erotik Etc.
Vienna: Verlag fur Kulturforschung 1929. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. First Editions; 8vos green cloth no djs. Vol. I good rear hinge starting stamping worn; 320pp with many color plates rear pocket pocket which contains illustrations two with moveable flaps. Vol. II good hinge starting at title page outer pages foxed; stamping worn off spine with good slipcase rubbed worn scraped and scarred; shelfworn; number II written on rear panel; panels stained creased and torn; corners bumped crimped worn and torn; 344pp. numerous color plates. <br/> <br/> Verlag fur Kulturforschung hardcover
Référence libraire : 10607
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Lewin, L.
Die Fruchtabtreibung durch Gifte und Andere Mittel Abortion by Poisons and Other Means
Berlin: Georg Stilke 1925. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-. 1st decorated boards/gray-green cloth spine & tips vg- no dj. Worn corners sunned spine faded title. 524 pp. incl. index. German text. <br/> <br/> Georg Stilke hardcover
Référence libraire : 10612
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Hillerman, Tony
Svart Vind. The Dark Wind.
Gjovik Norway: Aschehoug 1992. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Norwegian black cloth vg boards slightly bowed in vg dj <br/> <br/> Aschehoug hardcover
Référence libraire : 10150 ISBN : 8203167527 9788203167522
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Hillerman, Tony
Dieu qui Parle. Talking God.
Paris: Rivages 1990. First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good. The 1st French edition a trade softcover in vg condition. SIGNED on the half-title. 286 pp. <br/> <br/> Rivages paperback
Référence libraire : 10146 ISBN : 2869303777 9782869303775
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Hillerman, Tony
La Ou Dansent les Morts. Dancehall of the Dead.
Paris: Rivages 1986. First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine. 1st French edition mass-market paperback near fine. SIGNED on the half-title. <br/> <br/> Rivages paperback
Référence libraire : 10148 ISBN : 2869300093 9782869300095
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Hillerman, Tony
Haugbrjotar. A Thief of Time.
Reykjavik: Uglan 1990. First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Icelandic edition trade paperback vg edgeworn; corners lightly bumped; pages a little tanned. SIGNED on the half-title. 216 pp. <br/> <br/> Uglan paperback
Référence libraire : 10149 ISBN : 9979300302 9789979300304
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Hillerman, Tony
Il Popolo delle Tenebre. People of Darkness.
Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori 1982. First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good-. 1st Italian edition trade softcover vg- pages starting to tan corners splayed a bit and creased spine ends worn rubbed. 153 pp. SIGNED on the title page. <br/> <br/> Arnoldo Mondadori paperback
Référence libraire : 10155
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Hillerman, Tony
Flugan pa Vaggen. The Fly on the Wall.
Halmstad Sweden: Spektra 1975. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good. 1st thus vg in pictorial hardcover with no dj as issued acc. Hieb. SIGNED on the title page. 231 pp. This translation of Fly on the Wall was the first of Hillerman's books to appear in a Scandinavian language. <br/> <br/> Spektra hardcover
Référence libraire : 10142 ISBN : 9171361324 9789171361325
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Hillerman, Tony
Sacred Clowns. Korean Text.
Korea: Koreaone 1994. First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good. First Korean edition a trade softcover vg; bumped at the top of the spine. 321 pp. SIGNED on title page. <br/> <br/> Koreaone paperback
Référence libraire : 10147 ISBN : 8912111663 9788912111663
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Ohtani, Yoshiko
The Life of Eshinni
Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Colour photos fold-out map 114 pages. Translated from the Japanese by Taitetsu Unno . <br/> <br/> hardcover
Référence libraire : 002574
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Hieb, Louis A.
Tony Hillerman Abroad
Santa Fe: Parker Books of the West 1993. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 1st a pamphlet in grey wraps vg corners lightly bumped; very small ding to front wrap in a vg- blue-gray envelope creased and bumped along a flap; sunfaded along edge; corners bumped and worn as issued. This is an expanded edition of Hieb's 'Fifty Foreign Firsts' published 2 years earlier. Illustrated with color xerox plates of many covers. This is #30/75 copies and is SIGNED by both Hieb and Hillerman on the title page. <br/> <br/> Parker Books of the West paperback
Référence libraire : 9575
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Bade, Wilfrid
Die S.A. Erobert Berlin
Munchen: Verlag Knorr and Hirth 1933. Hardcover. Good. Early printing possibly first; German text only; 8vo brown cloth no dj; good cocked; spine sunned and faded; lattice pattern sunned on rear board; spine ends and corners bumped and worn; tear and wear to cloth on spine tail; bottom front corner worn to board; front hinge starting; cracked at pp108-9 and 221; eps and pages toning; 260pp book on Nazi Stormtroopers. <br/> <br/> Verlag Knorr and Hirth hardcover
Référence libraire : 9579
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Tamayo, Ruy Perez
El Viejo Alquimista. The Old Alchemist.
Mexico City: El Colegio Nacional 1984. Hardcover. Near Fine. Ruy Tamayo. 2nd lg. 4to in black cloth nf no dj. 54 pp. <br/> <br/> El Colegio Nacional hardcover
Référence libraire : 9079
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Penas, Don Pedro
Cartilla de Dibujo Geometrico Industrial 4 parts
Madrid: Editorial Hernando. Soft cover. Very Good. Record of Industrial Geometric Drawing". Part 1: Problemas de Geometria Plana y sus Aplicaciones Problems of Plane Geometry and their Applications 1949 Decimoquinta 15th edition. In brown wraps vg-; spine chipped. 94 pp. Part 2: Proyecciones Projections. 1945 Sexta 6th edition. In brown wraps vg. 134 pp. The other parts are 'atlases' of plates to accompany the other 2. Both are oblong 8" x 12" and folded in half. That for Pt. 1 is disbound; 16 plates are stapled together but with no covers. The plates are vg. That for #2 has a cover the rear spotted and soiled vg-. It has 20 plates. Spanish text only. <br/> <br/> Editorial Hernando paperback
Référence libraire : 8667
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