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Eldad, Dr. Israel; Moshe Aumann
Chronicles: New of the Past - Three Volumes
Large format: 9 3/4"w x 13"h. Edge wear and tears to dust jackets. Age-toned paper, loosely bound in a "newspaper" format. Three volume set: Volume One, In the Days of the Bible, From Abraham to Ezra, 1726-444 BCE [Third Edition, 1968]. Volume Two, Second Temple/Rise of Christianity, From the Maccabees to Spanish Jewry's Golden Age, 165 BCE - 1038 CE [Third Edition, 1968]. Volume Three, The Dawn of Redemption, From the Crusades to Herzl's Vision of the Jewish State, 1099-1897 [First Edition, 1972]. "Using the vehicle of modern journalism, the publishers and editors of Chronicles have endeavored to draw, in vibrant, living terms, a composite picture of the life of our forefathers as they lived it, in all its drama and all its simplicity, its joys and its tragedies, its hope and disappointments."
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Blank Journal (Southey)
Recycled ex-library book with the usual library stamps and markings titled, "Southey". Illustrations from the original book (about the "Lake School" poet Robert Southey) interspersed amongst blank pages. Bright red and dark red patterned buckram cloth cover. Bright white 28 lb paper inside measures 5 1/4"w x 8 1/4"h. Approx. 250 pages. Orange ribbon book mark.
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Blank Journal (Hoosier Heritage)
Recycled ex-library book with the usual library stamps and markings titled, "Hoosier Heritage". Pages from the original book interspersed amongst blank pages. Bright orange, red and tan patterned buckram cloth cover. Bright white 28 lb paper inside measures 5 1/4"w x 8"h. Approx. 200 pages. Orange ribbon book mark.
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Blank Journal (Greeks: Their Legacy)
Recycled ex-library book with the usual library stamps and markings titled, "Greeks: Their Legacy". Pages from the original book interspersed amongst blank pages. Bright orange, red and dark orange patterned buckram cloth cover. Bright white 28 lb paper inside measures 5 5/8"w x 8 3/4"h. Approx. 190 pages. Purple ribbon book mark.
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Blank Journal (Blijf Met je Fikken van de luizepoten af)
Recycled ex-library book with the usual library stamps and markings titled, "Blijf Met je Fikken van de luizepoten af" [Dutch]. Olive, maroon, and blue patterned buckram cloth cover. Bright white 28 lb paper inside measures 4 3/4"w x 7 3/4"h. Approx. 150 pages. Brown ribbon book mark.
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Blank Journal (Look-It-Up Book of Mammals)
Recycled old book titled, "Look-It-Up Book of Mammals". Pictorial cover. Library tape on front and rear hinges. Previous owner's inscription inside. Bright white 28 lb paper inside measures 7 3/4"w x 11"h. Informative illustrated pages from the original book insterspersed amongst blank pages - aardvark to weasel. Page block is 1/2" thick. Orange ribbon book mark.
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Laing, G. Blair
Memoirs of an Art Dealer 2
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full blue cloth boards. In Near Fine slipcase which shows very slight edge wear. 214 pages. Tipped-in color plates. A beautiful volume.
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Swenson, John
Bill Haley: The Daddy of Rock and Roll
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 174 pages.
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Wilson, John H.
Ordeal of Mr Pepys's Clerk
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full blue cloth boards with gilt decoration and black spine. Slight wear to dust jacket. 150 pages.
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Eldad, Dr. Israel; Moshe Aumann
Chronicles: New of the Past - Three Volumes
Large format: 9 3/4"w x 13"h. Edge wear and tears to dust jackets. Age-toned paper, loosely bound in a "newspaper" format. Three volume set: Volume One, In the Days of the Bible, From Abraham to Ezra, 1726-444 BCE [Third Edition, 1968]. Volume Two, Second Temple/Rise of Christianity, From the Maccabees to Spanish Jewry's Golden Age, 165 BCE - 1038 CE [Third Edition, 1968]. Volume Three, The Dawn of Redemption, From the Crusades to Herzl's Vision of the Jewish State, 1099-1897 [First Edition, 1972]. "Using the vehicle of modern journalism, the publishers and editors of Chronicles have endeavored to draw, in vibrant, living terms, a composite picture of the life of our forefathers as they lived it, in all its drama and all its simplicity, its joys and its tragedies, its hope and disappointments."
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Lucas, Victor
Tolstoy in London
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, no tears. 112 pages with map endpapers, b&w photos, copies of handwritten letters.
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Headlines of History from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Large format staple-bound: 11"w x 15 1/2"h. 80 pages. Printed on newsprint. Discoloration to cover and some light stains at edges of pages.
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1909, Lewis County, Washington as Told in Writing and Pictures
A reproduction of the original 1909 edition of the Alaska - Yukon - Pacific Exposition Number of the Centralia Daily Chronicle. Slight edge wear to cover. 10"w x 14 1/8"h. Unpaginated.
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The Illustrated London News Vol. 59
Large format volume with leather spine and corners. Edge wear and tears to edges of cover. 11 1/2"w x 16 1/4"h. From Saturday, Sept. 23, 1916 to December 30, 1916. Library label inside, but no other library markings.
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Navasky, Bruno (editor)
Festival in My Heart: Poems by Japanese Children
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full bright yellow cloth boards. Slight wear to dust jacket. 8 3/4"w x 10 1/4"h. 120 pages. Color illustrations.
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Dingey, P.S.
Machinery Pattern Making
Book is in excellent condition; 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. Reprint of a earlier publication, this is not a modern production. Heavily illustrated with quality fine line mechanical drawings. Part of "Lost Technology Series" Contents include: Marking and recording patterns, Printing-press cylinders, How to cast journal boxes on frames, Elbow and tee pipes, Slide valve cylinders, Corliss cylinders, Fly wheels, Spur gears, Worm wheels, etc.
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Wilson, Edward
Diary of the Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic 1910-1912
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full beige cloth boards. Edge wear and fading to dust jacket. 7 1/2"w x 9 3/4"h. 280 pages. Many illustrations, including 27 watercolors.
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Dickson, Lovat
The Ante-Room
Book is in excellent condition with light wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking except for previous owner's name. 270 pages.
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White, Gilbert; Chatfield, June E.
The Illustrated Natural History of Selborne
Book shows very light shelf wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have lightly bumped corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except for previous owner's inscription on front end paper. Dust jacket shows light wear no tears, price clipped. Published in Colaboration with the Gibert White Museum. This is the redesigned and illustrated edition with additional material of the first publication in 1789. 256 pages with large color prints throughout.
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Hodgkinson, Frank
Kakadu and the Arnhem Landers
Light spots on front and rear endpapers. Previous owner's inscription inside. 9 5/8"w x 12 3/8"h. 304 pages.
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Creighton, Margaret S.
Dogwatch and Liberty Days: Seafaring Life in the Nineteenth Century
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 8"w x 10"h. 88 pages. Light wear to cover.
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Camus, Albert
The Plague
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 278 pages. 4 7/8"w x 7 1/8"h. Full green cloth boards. Light wear and spots to cover and a bit of fraying at top of spine and edges. Rockwell Kent torchbearer design on endpapers and in on cover. Stated Modern Library First Edition.
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Coward, Noel
Pomp and Circumstance
Book shows light wear with age-toned paper. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Author photo on back.
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Tozzi, Federigo; Elio Vittorini, Domenico Rea; Mario Tobino; Carlo Casola; Italo Calvino; William Arrowsmith (ed.)
Six Modern Italian Novellas
Book has a tiny chip lower front cover, a tiny bit of edge wear, creaseless spine, otherwise a very clean copy. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind on age-toned paper. This is a collector's item; binding glue is over 50 years old and is likely fragile. Publisher's page marked "1st printing" m, yr. Includes "Journal of a Clerk" by Federigo Tozzi, "La Garibaldina" by Eric Vittorini, "What Cummeo Saw" by Domenico Rea, "Oscar Pilli" by Mario Tobino, "The Cutting of the Woods" by Carlo Cassola, and "A Plunge into Real Estate" by Italo Calvino.
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Blank Journal (Histoire D'une Maison Bruxelloise)
Recycled ex-library book with the usual library stamps and markings titled, "Histoire D'une Maison Bruxelloise". Cover size is 8 7/8"w x 11 3/4"h. Text block is 1/2" thick. The blank pages are made of heavy, stiff cream colored paper. A few photos and illustrations from the original 1950 book are interspersed among the blank pages. Brown ribbon bookmark.
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Blank Journal (Art of Photography)
Recycled ex-library book with the usual library stamps and markings titled, "Art of Photography". Bright orange buckram cover size is 9 3/4"w x 10"h. Text block is 1/2" thick. Bright white blank pages. Black and white photos from the original book are interspersed among the blank pages. Brown ribbon bookmark.
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Audubon, John James
The 1826 Journal of John James Audubon
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full white cloth boards. Slight edge wear to cover. 448 pages.
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Harrison, G.B.
The Elizabethan Journals Volume I - Being a Record of Those Things Most Talked of During the Years 1591-1597
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 490 pages. Cover design by Antony Groves-Raines.
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Pistil Prose: The All "Retail Hell" Issue
Re-printed on the 25th anniversary of Pistil Books, this zine was originally published in 2001. True stories of angst-ridden madness and euphoria from behind the counter of a small bookstore. Staple-bound, 24 pages. 5 1/4"w x 8 1/2"h.
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Chase, Mary Ellen
Recipe for a Magic Childhood
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 4"w x 6"h. 24 pages. Originally appeared as an article published in Ladies' Home Journal in 1951. Privately printed for the friends of the author and of The Macmillan Co. as a Christmas greeting.
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Sarton, May
As We Are Now
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight wear to dust jacket. 134 pages.
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Sarton, May
The Poet and the Donkey
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight wear to dust jacket. 134 pages.
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Sloane, Eric
Diary of an Early American Boy: Noah Blake, 1805
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Small bump on lower corner of front cover. A great many illustrations of tools, shops, trade skills of the time, such as making a wooden pail, grinding corn, hauling water, using a plumb-bob, making hay-ricks, rick ornaments, etc. 8 1/2"w x 11 1/4"h. 108 pages.
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Hubben, William
DOSTOEVSKY, KIERKEGAARD, NIETZSCHE AND KAFKA: Four Prophets of Out Destiny
Book is in excellent condition, with very light shelf wear to covers only, page ends have a small mark. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 188 pages. The glue in this perfect bound book is over 50 years old and is likely fragile..
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Arad, Yitzhak; Yisrael Gutman; Abraham Margaliot (eds.)
Documents on the Holocaust: Selected Sources on the Destruction of the Jews of Germany and Austria, Poland and the Soviet Union
Book is in excellent condition with two tiny flaws on the covers as the only sign of being used. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 504 pages. An impressive reference of 213 documents on the title subject with five appendices. Contents include: Evidence of Jewish escapees from the ninth fort in Kovno on the burning of the bodies; Operations diary of a Jewish partisan unit in Rudniki Forest, 1943 - 1944; Address by Gens on the danger of bringing arms into the Vilna ghetto, 1943; Death penalty for trade in a concentration camp; Extract from a report by Karl Jager, commander of Einsatzkommando 3, on the extermination of Lithuanian Jews, 1941, From notes made by Kurt Gerstein, an engineer working for the SS, on the extermination camp at Belzec. etc.
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Kantor, Alfred
The Book of Alfred Kantor
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Tears on dust jacket.
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YAVUZ BAHADIROGLU.
Osmanli'da derin devlet ve II. Abdülhamit.
New English Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 248 p. Osmanli'da derin devlet ve 2. Abdülhamit. OTTOMANIA Sultan Ottoman history II. Abdülhamid Union and Progress Party (Ittihad ve Terakki Cemiyeti) 2. Constitution Secret services.
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Prep. by ALI AKTAN, ÖZEN TOK.
Kayseri'nin 1910'lu yillarda yayinlanan ilk gazetesi: Erciyes (Metin ve degerlendirme).
New English Paperback. Pbo. 4to. (29 x 21 cm). In Turkish. [x], 516 p. 500 copies were printed. Kayseri'nin 1910'lu yillarda yayinlanan ilk gazetesi: Erciyes (Metin ve degerlendirme). First newspaper published in Kayseri City, Ottoman Period. Transcription and critics.
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ISMAIL OKDAY (ISMAIL HAKKI TEVFIK).
Adapazari gazeteleri.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Turkish. 14, [1] p., b/w ills. A most important study on newspapers printed in Adapazari City in the period of the Ottoman Empire and Early Republican Turkey. Extremely rare. Adapazari gazeteleri.
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ISMAIL OKDAY (ISMAIL HAKKI TEVFIK).
Afyon-Karahisar gazeteleri.
Fine English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Turkish. 14 p., b/w ills. A most important study on newspapers printed in Afyon-Karahisar City in the period of the Ottoman Empire and Early Republican Turkey. Extremely rare. Afyon-Karahisar gazeteleri.
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RIFAT N. BALI.
Jewish journalism and press in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In English. 428 p. Jewish journalism and press in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey. This edited volume is a collection of studies on the Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) press of the Ottoman Empire. Now defunct newspapers published in Constantinople, ¿zmir and Salonika, cities where a sizable Sephardi population lived are the subject of the various articles collected in this volume. In addition to newspapers, well-known journalists of the epoch as well as Hebrew printing is also among the subjects of studies of this volume. Contents: PRESENTATION., ON VERBAL HYGIENE AND LINGUISTIC MAVENS: LANGUAGE IDEOLOGIES IN THE OTTOMAN AND NEW YORK JUDEO-SPANISH PRESS., Yvette BÜRKI / Rosa SÀNCHEZ., THE ANTI-CASTILIANIST CREDO OF JUDEZMO., JOURNALIST HIZKIA M. FRANCO (1875-1953)., David BUNIS., THE EARLIEST JUDEZMO NEWSPAPERS: SOCIOLINGUISTIC REFLECTIONS., David BUNIS., TRES MUJERES COLABORADORAS DEL PERIÓDICO DE SALÒNICA LA ÉPOCA, DE 1900 A 1907., Elena ROMERO., Firmas y seudónimos en la prensa periódica sefardí, Paloma Díaz-MAS. THE CONTRIBUTION OF HEBREW PRINTING HOUSES AND PRINTERS IN ISTANBUL TO LADINO CULTURE AND SCHOLARSHIP. Paloma D¿AZ-MAS. JEWISH JOURNALISM IN SALONIKA AND GREECE. Gila Hadar. Ottomanism in Ladino. Sarah Abrevaya STEIN. Ester Morguez Algranti, Una Mujer de Tinta y Letra. Susy Gruss. AN EXAMPLE OF THE TURKISH-JEWISH PRESS. TÜRKIYE'NIN SESI (VOICE OF TURKEY). Erdem ÇANAK. Index.
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ORHAN KOLOGLU.
Ilk gazete ilk polemik: Vekayi-i Misriye'nin öyküsü ve Takvimi Vekayi ile tartismasi.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 148 p. Ilk gazete ilk polemik: Vekayi-i Misriye'nin öyküsü ve Takvimi Vekayi ile tartismasi. Research on 'which newspaper was first published in Ottoman Empire'?.
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MURAT ÇULCU.
Ikdam gazetesi'nde Çanakkale cephesi. 3 Kasim 1914 - 3 Subat 1916. Haber, yorum, bildiri, röportaj, gözlem ve anilar. 2 volumes set.
As New English Paperback. Pbo. Mint. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 15 cm). In Turkish. 928 p. Ikdam gazetesi'nde Çanakkale cephesi. 3 Kasim 1914 - 3 Subat 1916. Haber, yorum, bildiri, röportaj, gözlem ve anilar. 2 volumes set.
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FEYYAZ SAGLAM.
Bati Trakya Türkleri basin tarihi üzerine bir arastirma, 1924-2000.
Fine English Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish.[xvii], 142 sayfa, b/w ills. Bati Trakya Türkleri basin tarihi üzerine bir arastirma, 1924-2000. A study on history of press of Turks in West Thrace. TURKOLOGY Press Minority Balkans Thrace Bulgaria Greece Social history.
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J[OHANN] R[UDOLF] WYSS.
Isviçreli Robenson. Translated by Yasar Nabi Nayir. Cover illustration by Gevher Bozkurt. [= The Family Robinson Crusoe. Or Journal of a father shipwrecked, with his wife and children on an uninhabited island].
Very Good English Modern cloth bdg. with original covers made them as saved on cloth's faces. Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 12 cm). In Turkish. 156 p. Vintage cover. Rare first Turkish Edition of Wyss' 'Der Sweitzerische Robinson'. Original first edition published in German in 1812.
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NADIRE TOLUM.
Engizek. Sali, Persembe, Cumartesi günleri çikar, siyasî memleket gazetesi. 6 Kasim 1947 Persembe. Yil: 1 Sayi: 92. Sayisi her yerde 7 kurus. [Maras local newspaper]
Very Good English 4 p.; 4p. supplement: Cumhurbaskani Ismet Inönü'nin Büyük Millet Meclisinin 8inci devre ikinci toplantisini açis nutuklari. News in its period about Ismet Inönü, Kahramanmaras halkevi etc. Rare. Engizek. Sali, Persembe, Cumartesi günleri çikar, siyasî memleket gazetesi. 6 Kasim 1947 Persembe. Yil: 1 Sayi: 92. Sayisi her yerde 7 kurus. [Maras local newspaper]
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CÜNAYD OKAY.
Saka. Mühendis mektebi ögrencilerinin çikardigi mizah dergisi.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. Ills. 128 p. Saka (=Joke): A comic journal published by students of Technical (Engineering) University. Saka. Mühendis mektebi ögrencilerinin çikardigi mizah dergisi.
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SELIM KARAHASANOGLU.
Kadi ve günlügü. Sadreddinzâde telhisî Mustafa Efendi günlügü, (1711-1735) üstüne bir inceleme.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Mint. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Turkish and some facsimile prints in Ottoman. [xii], 234 p. B/w ills. ISBN: 9756053608165. A study on a diary of Ottoman kadi (cadi = Muslim judge), and social life in the Ottoman Empire based on it. Kadi ve günlügü. Sadreddinzâde telhisî Mustafa Efendi günlügü, (1711-1735) üstüne bir inceleme.
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Prep. by SERVER R. ISKIT.
Yeni tarih dergisi. No.: 1-36. 2 volumes. [= Journal of the New history].
Very Good English Publisher's original bdg. 36 issues in 2 volumes. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). Ills. Yeni tarih dergisi. No.: 1-36. 2 volumes. [= Journal of the New history].
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MEHMET PERINÇEK, ARDA ODABASI.
Türkiye'de çikan ilk Rusça gazete Stambulskie Novosti'de Jön Türk Devrimi.
As New English Paperback. Pbo. Mint. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 15 cm). In Turkish. 554 p. Russian newspaper Stambulskie Novosti [= Istanbul news] published in Constantinople in 1909-1910 on the subject of the Young Turks. Türkiye'de çikan ilk Rusça gazete Stambulskie Novosti'de Jön Türk Devrimi.
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