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(Cartes Larousse).
Cartes Larousse: Atlas de la Guerre. With Directions in English, I-XLI [COMPLETE 41 ISSUES WITH 206 PLATES].
41 issues bound in one volume. Thick royal quarto. Unpaginated. With hundreds of letterpress maps, many of which are in colour, printed on recto only on 246 leaves of plates. Some photo-plates. Explanatory text to each map. Introductions. Hardcover, bound in handsome brown quarter morocco, bit rubbed and scuffed in places, spine with raised bands, gilt lettering to second compartment, gilt fleuron to each of the others, vellum French corners, marbled endpapers, with original yellow card wrapper of first issue bound-in. In about fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition. Very rare.
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(Catalogo).
Collezione del Prof. J. Purves Carter: quadri antichi dei secoli XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, mobili artistici e mobili inglesi, tappeti persiani. Vendita all'asta a "Villa Torrigiani", Quinto (Sesto Fiorentino).
Firenze, Galleria d'Arte G. Cavalensi & G. Botti (Via Cavour 14), maggio 1933, in-8, brossura, pp. 54, (2). Con 32 tavole in b.n. e 3 illustrazioni nel t. che mostrano gli esterni della villa Torrigiani (a corredo di una introduzione dedicata alla storia della medesima, acquisita da Carter per fondarvi un'Accademia d'arte antica: "The Torrigiani Academy").
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(Catherine the Great) Reau, Louis, editor
Crrespondance de Falconet avec Catherine II 1767-1778
Paris: Champion 1921. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in half green morocco minor rubbing at joints else fine. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> Champion unknown
Bookseller reference : 234498
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(CATLIN). WASHINGTON. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Voyages of Discovery Cover title. 26 Paintings by George Catlin from the Paul Mellon Collection lent by the National Gallery of Art
Washington: n.d. Exhibition catalogue. square 8vo. pp. 15. profusely illus. in b/w. wrs [Washington]: n.d unknown
Bookseller reference : stela1717
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(CELSIUS, Olof, the elder)
Runæ Medelpadicæ ab importuna crisi breviter vindicatæ auctore O. C.
Uppsala Wernerianis 1726. 4to. 36 pp. Printed on thicker paper. Disbound. From the library of L. F. Rääf. Warmholtz 661. Fiske Runic Literature p. 15. Response in the form of a letter to Erik Julius Björner to an attack made by Björner on Olof’s and his nephew Anders Celsius’ writings on the runes of Medelpad. unknown
Bookseller reference : 29620
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(Center for the Advancement of Process Tech)l, (Center for
Process Quality
Pearson Education. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean average condition without any missing pages. Pearson Education unknown
Bookseller reference : 9789811-6 ISBN : 0137004095 9780137004096
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(Center for the Advancement of Process Tech)l, (Center for
Process Quality
Pearson Education. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean average condition without any missing pages. Pearson Education unknown
Bookseller reference : 5805617-6 ISBN : 0137004095 9780137004096
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(Center for (Center for the Advancement of Process Tech)l
Process Quality
Pearson Education 2010. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Pearson Education hardcover
Bookseller reference : G0137004095I3N00 ISBN : 0137004095 9780137004096
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(Center for the Advancement of Process Tech)l, (Center for
Process Quality
Pearson Education. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Pearson Education unknown
Bookseller reference : 17440927-6 ISBN : 0137004095 9780137004096
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(CENTO) CENTRAL TREATY ORGANIZATION.
[THE BAGHDAD PACT] Security in unity: CENTO exercise Midlink Three.
Fine English Original wrappers. Oblong 4to. (21 x 27 cm). In English. [14] p., b/w photos. Scarce photographic booklet documenting the maritime exercises under the code name "Midlink Three" in the Arabian Sea, of thirty-five warships from the navies of CENTO (Central Treaty Organization) countries, participated in during two important weeks in October and November of 1960, which was the third in a series of annual CENTO naval exercises. This book was printed in Ankara, where is the organization's headquarters from 1958 to 1979 thereafter in Baghdad, Iraq from 1955 to 1958. The booklet includes 30 b/w photographs with descriptive texts and documents the process of the operation began on October 25 at Pakistan Naval Station Karsaz, near Karachi. Cover photo shows a bugler sounding the opening of Midlink Three as senior staff and ships' officers arrive for a preliminary briefing conference at Pakistan naval station Karsaz. Interior photos show warships of the Iranian navy (Shahrukh and Shahbaz) equipped with flags of all member countries of CENTO., Rear admiral A. R. Khan and F. L. Ainsworth for a briefing conference.; Royal navy "Sea Hawk" jet fighter aircraft aboard American carrier Essex during the first sea phase of Midlink Three.; etc. Most photographs are full-paged. The Middle East Treaty Organization (METO), also known as the Baghdad Pact and subsequently known as the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO), was a military alliance of the Cold War. It was formed in 1955 by Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, and the United Kingdom and dissolved in 1979. US pressure and promises of military and economic aid were key in the negotiations leading to the agreement, but the United States could not initially participate. John Foster Dulles was involved in the negotiations as United States Secretary of State under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. In 1958, the US joined the military committee of the alliance. It is generally viewed as one of the least successful of the Cold War alliances. Eleven copies in OCLC 123251373, 654418496.
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(Central Committee of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party)
The Bolsheviks and the October Revolution
London: Pluto Press 1974. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. stiff wrappers 331pp. notes index Minutes of the Central Committee of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party Bolsheviks August 1917-1918. Translated from the Russian Pluto Press unknown
Bookseller reference : R67862
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(Central Committee of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party)
The Bolsheviks and the October Revolution
London: Pluto Press 1974. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. stiff wrappers 331pp. notes index Minutes of the Central Committee of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party Bolsheviks August 1917-1918. Translated from the Russian Pluto Press unknown
Bookseller reference : R64385
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(Central Statistical Board of the USSR Council of Ministers)
National Economy of the U.S.S.R. Statistical Returns
Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House 1957. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. orig. boards 230pp. Foreign Languages Publishing House hardcover
Bookseller reference : R66078
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(Central Statistical Board of the Council of Ministers of the USSR.). U. S. S. R.
WOMEN IN THE U.S.S.R.: Brief Statistics.
Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House 1960. 1960. Good. - Small square octavo blue cloth titled in gilt. The spine & extremities are faded with the titling on the spine completely faded; there is a small stain to the rear cover. 99 & 1 pages. Illustrated with statistical tables. The edges of the endpapers & title are slightly darkened & the front endpaper is slightly soiled. Good. Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1960. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 12473
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(Centre Marcelin-Berthelot).
Sous le signe de l'uniforme: Le huitième Salon de l'Armée.
Quarto. Unpaginated (ca. pp. 120). With 8 colour plates of uniforms studies, each with a semitransparent overlay; 8 monochrome photographic plates mounted on grey card, depicting various military subjects and scenes; 13-page catalogue with reproductions of works of art in the exhibition; facsimiles and list of works exhibited. Numerous pages of commercial advertisements, mostly illustrated, some in colour. Original wrappers, cover lettered in red, gold relief, bit browned, foot of spine chipped, cover illustration has been removed. In fine internal condition. ~ Published to coincide with the exhibition held in July 1956. Nice illustrations, historical and contemporary, as well as a source of authentic commercial advertisements.
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(CHA).
Horsemanship Manual. Level 1 2 3 4.
np.: Certified Horsemanship Association. 1999. Revised edition. Soft cover. . Fine copy. . 4to. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Certified Horsemanship Association. paperback
Bookseller reference : 230169
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(Change in the Army Uniform)
MIS. DOC. NO. 127. CHANGE IN THE ARMY UNIFORM. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR IN REFERENCE TO THE RECENT CHANGE IN THE ARMY UNIFORM &C. MAY 4 1858.
Washington DC: Congress. Very Good. 1858. Disbound. 4 p. This document is disbound removed from a larger binding with wear/remnants to the spine. The text-block is solid. The contents are bright and clean. . Congress unknown
Bookseller reference : 78313
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(Charity) ‘An Officer of the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children’
Child Torture in Scotland.
Edinburgh: The Edinburgh Press 1895. 8vo pp. xii 164 frontispiece. Further full-page photographic illustrations included within pagination. Original red boards printed in black. A little shaken lightly soiled. Bindng somewhat marked and soiled a little bumped and rubbed to extremities. A scarce emotively-written work subtitled to the cover as ‘the Experiences of an Officer of the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children’ detailing cases of neglect cruelty and negligence to children across Scotland with the final chapter given over to the particulars of the Society which produced it the forerunner of the modern charity Children First. Library Hub records just two copies at NLS and BL. The Edinburgh Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7375
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(Chef van de Generalen Staf).
Alle wapens. Ontwerp-voorschrift No. 2041: Vernielingen.
Small octavo. Pp. 62. With 20 illustrations, some full-page, tables. Original wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Deals with explosives, detonation, mines, demolition, bangalore torpedoes, etc.
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(Chef van de Generalen Staf).
Infanterie opleiding. Ontwerp voorschrift No. 1534: Terreinvaardigheid, gevechtsdril, optreden van groep en peloton. 2e herziene druk.
Small octavo. Pp. 206. With 22 illustrations, some full-page, tables. Original wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ Second, revised edition.
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(CHENEY, Brainard, John Traugott, WR. Irwin, Ralph Ross, Daniel G. Hoffman, Brewster Ghiselin, E. Lucas Myers, Hilary Corke, Cha
The Sewanee Review – Volume LXIX Number 4 October-December 1961
Sewanee TN: University of the South 1961. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Blue wrappers. Octavo. 515-712pp. iv. Yapped edges bumped and nicked spine lightly cocked and sunned very good. "A Voyage to Nowhere with Thomas More and Jonathon Swift" by John Traugott. Essays poetry fiction art and letter contributions by Brainard Cheney John Traugott W.R. Irwin Ralph Ross Daniel G. Hoffman Brewster Ghiselin E. Lucas Myers Hilary Corke Charles Tomlinson Sister Mary Gilbert P.H. Lowrey Robert Kent James Schevill R.W. Stallman James W. Gargano Frederick R. Karl Eliseo Vivas Warren Eyster Gene Baro Bernard Grebanier and Charles Harrison. University of the South unknown
Bookseller reference : 422387
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(Chief of the Air Corps).
AIRCRAFT ENGINES. Technical Manual No. 1-405. War Department Washington November 4 1940. Prepared under the direction of the Chief of the Air Corps.
Washington DC: War Department 1940. 1940. Very good. - Octavo printed tan wraps. The wraps are lightly soiled & bumped & slightly faded along the spine. The initials "T.F.P.U. -- S.E.A.C.T.C." are handwritten on the front wrap. Approximately 60 pages plus index page numbering is irregular. Illustrated with black-and-white diagrams & photographic illustrations. The page corners are lightly creased. Very good. (Washington, DC: War Department, 1940). paperback
Bookseller reference : 23619
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(Chief of the Air Corps; director).
AIRCRAFT INDUCTION FUEL AND OIL SYSTEMS. Technical Manual No. 1-407.
Washington DC: War Department 1940. paperback. VERY GOOD. Near Fine. US Govt light tan pamphlet 1940 96pp staplebound. Slight wear otherwise like new no marks or writing. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order daily shipments and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA. Washington, DC: War Department, paperback
Bookseller reference : 50271
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(Chief of the Air Corps; director).
AIRCRAFT INDUCTION FUEL AND OIL SYSTEMS. Technical Manual No. 1-407.
Washington DC: War Department 1940. 1940. Very good. - Octavo softcover bound in printed tan wraps. The spine & extremities are faded. There is a tiny stain to the top corner of the front wrap & there are handwritten initials along its top edge. 96 pages. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings & diagrams with a folding temperature graph laid in. The top page corners are very slightly creased & there are tiny stains to the top corners of the first 2 leaves. Very good. Washington, DC: War Department, 1940. paperback
Bookseller reference : 14608
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(Chief of the Air Corps).
AIRPLANE INSPECTION GUIDE. Technical Manual No. 1-415. Prepared under the direction of the Chief of the Air Corps.
Washington DC: War Department 1941. 1941. Fair. - Octavo softcover bound in printed tan wraps. The wraps are lightly dampstained with some creasing. The notation "T.F.P.U. - S.E.A.C.T.C." is handwritten in ink on the front wrap. 113 pages. The top corners of the pages are dampstained & their top edges are rippled. Good only. Washington, DC: War Department, 1941. paperback
Bookseller reference : 25622
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(Chief of the Air Corps; director).
AIRPLANE STRUCTURES. Technical Manual No. 1-410.
Washington DC: War Department 1940. 1940. Good. - Octavo softcover bound in printed tan wraps. The wraps are lightly bumped & soiled & the spine & extremities are faded. There are handwritten initials along the top of the front wrap. 132 pages. Black-and-white photographic illustrations & diagrams. There is a small area of light dampstaining to the fore-edge & to the front edges of the pages in the rear three-quarters of the manual. There is also a small area of light dampstaining to the top edge with minor rippling to the top edges of the pages. Good. Washington, DC: War Department, 1940. paperback
Bookseller reference : 34268
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(Child Of The Shadows), COTS C. O.
Child Of The Shadows
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 991800715X.G ISBN : 991800715X 9789918007158
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(CHILLIDA). NEW YORK. THE SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Chillida
Paris: Maeght Éditeur 1979. 1979. 4to. pp. 197. b/w illus. with some full-page colour. wrs. Soft cover. Very Good. [Paris: Maeght Éditeur, 1979]. Paperback
Bookseller reference : WilNEW Y52
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(China) Der Ling, The Princess
Two Years in the Forbidden City
New York: Moffat Yard and Company 1912. Fifth Impression. Illustrated. 383 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth. Very good. Fifth Impression. Illustrated. 383 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The story tells the life of the First Lady in Waiting to the Empress Dowager who was the daughter of Lord Yu Keng member of the Manchu White Banner Corps and a progressive official to whom the book is dedicated. <br/><br/> Moffat, Yard and Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 43587
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(Christmas Book) The Goswogii
The Advertising Conference
Chicago: The Holiday Press 1927. No. 55 of 175 copies. Embellishments by Ervine Metzle. 1 vols. Small square 8vo. Cloth-backed purple boards paper label yellow leaves. Extremities rubbed else Fine. No. 55 of 175 copies. Embellishments by Ervine Metzle. 1 vols. Small square 8vo. Ffep inscribed: “To Bob Mach / with the best wishes of the ‘Artistic Perpetrator’ of this HAR BOOK / Ervine Metzl / 1928 / Chicago.â€Â. <br/><br/> The Holiday Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 57001
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(Church of the Brethren, Pennsylvania) Quinter, James; Mary N. Quinter
Life and Sermons of Elder James Quinter Late editor of Gospel Messenger President of Brethren's Normal College and author of "Trine Immersion." By his Daughter
Mt. Morris IL: Brethren's Publishing Co 1891. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo cloth very good light wear. 426 pp frontispiece. Quinter was involved with almost every aspect of Brethren life in America with several stints in different congregations that took him across Pennsylvania including to Fayette County in the 1850s and to Huntington. Brethren's Publishing Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : H13169
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(CIA), The Culinary Institute of America
Baking at Home with The Culinary Institute of America
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pu 2004. Hardcover with. Very Good. Prompt shipment with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Food & Drink: Very Good Hardcover with Dust Jacket Clean Pages Prompt Shipping with Tracking. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pu hardcover
Bookseller reference : Lower20JM020 ISBN : 0471450952 9780471450955
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(Cigaretten-Bilderdienst Dresden).
Das deutscher Heer im Manöver. Eine Bildfolge vom Wirken unseres Heeres. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst Dresden].
Quarto. Complete with all 250 colour cards, neatly mounted. Original pictorial stiff wrappers, spine red, covers black, a corner creased. In a very good condition, fine interior and plates. ~ First edition. A most charming collection.
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(Citizens of the United States).
MEMORIAL TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS FROM CITIZENS OF THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN STATES IN RELATION TO AN ACT OF CONGRESS PASSED ON THE 30TH OF AUGUST 1852 ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED 'AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE BETTER SECURITY OF THE LIVES OF PASSENGERS ON BOARD OF VESSELS PROPELLED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY STEAM' AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
New York: Francis Hart Printer and Stationer 1852. 1852. Good. - Octavo 9 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Softcover bound in printed pink wraps. There are chips and short tears to the edges of the soiled covers. There is a vertical crease down the center of the covers and pages from having been folded. 15 pages. There is some minor foxing to the edges of a few pages. Good. <p>RARE. WorldCat locates only a single copy at Harvard. New York: Francis Hart, Printer and Stationer, [1852]. paperback
Bookseller reference : 96327
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(Civil War) Joinville, The Prince de
The Army of the Potomac: Its Organization Its Commander and Its Campaign … Translated from the French With Notes by William Henry Hurlbert
New York: Anson D.F. Randolph 1862. Copyright Edition. Folding map frontispiece. 118 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Lightly chipped else Fine. Copyright Edition. Folding map frontispiece. 118 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Anson D.F. Randolph unknown
Bookseller reference : 58519
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(CIVIL WAR) THE MORNING CHRONICLE
THE MORNING CHRONICLE; Wednesday May 6 1863
Washington: The Morning Chronicle 1863. Folio folded 4 pages a good copy. Civil War news:. The Morning Chronicle unknown
Bookseller reference : 59274
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(CIVIL WAR) The World
THE WORLD; Thursday Janueary 3 1861
NY: The Globe 1861. Folio folded good copy. The War! Fortifications in Charleston harbor the South Carolina Convention speech of Senator Baker that the southern states have the right of self protection and much more. The Globe unknown
Bookseller reference : 59264
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(CIVIL WAR: A WISCONSIN SAILOR ABOARD THE USS ELFIN)
Union Navy Autographed Letter Signed
1864. unbound. fine. Union Navy A.L.S. 8vo. 2 pages August 27th 1864 Aboard the USS Elfin. Just three months before she would be destroyed by bombardment while in service on the Tennessee & Cumberland Rivers. Letter from a sailor who is trying to get his Land Grant application to Wisconsin but he can't raise the $11.00 application fee on his ship. In part: "I received the papers alright and I signed an affidavit before my Commanding Officer - and I signed them and sent them off but could not get $11.00 aboard of the boat. The Captain signed them also. Write to my wife and have her send the eleven dollars down to Menasha before the 20th of September. I was transferred from the 18th Wisconsin Infantry Co. into the United States Navy as I suppose they could get Soldiers easier than they could get Sailors. I think I can serve my country better here than I could in the land service as I have formerly been to sea and I am an able seaman at present." Fine condition.<br/> <br/> unknown
Bookseller reference : 283337
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(Close Encounters of the Third Kind '78 Magazine) [Steven Spielberg related] [Fo
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND '78 MAGAZINE: OFFICIAL AUTHORIZED EDITION
Warren Publishing Co. Used - Good. Good condition. Warren Publishing Co unknown
Bookseller reference : K02A-00367
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(Collectif)
LES MILLE ET UNE NUITS
6 volumes de 502, 488, 504, 528, 466 et 502 pages, format 145 x 210 mm, illustrés, reliés cuir, publiés en 1972, Jean de Bonnot, bon état
Bookseller reference : LFA-126749426
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(Collectif)
Vendée. Le Livre De La Memoire.
Editions du Rocher, 1993 29 x 24 cm., 160 pp, cartonné
Bookseller reference : 241024
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(Coaching) Beaufort, His Grace the (Eighth) Duke of
Driving
London: Longmans. Green and Co 1901. Fifth edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarter brown morocco and cloth boards t.e.g. by Riviere & Sons for Sotherans. Fifth edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Longmans. Green, and Co unknown
Bookseller reference : 43275
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(College of the Pacific.)
THE STATE VISIT OF HIS MAJESTY KING MOHAMMED V OF MOROCCO TO THE COLLECGE OF THE PACIFIC.
Stockton: COP 1957. 8vo. Wraps. Photographs by Hal Barnett. Pamphlet commemorating the first visit by a reigning monarch to the collecge. Minor cover soil else very good. Stockton: COP 1957. paperback
Bookseller reference : 23930
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(COLOR PLATE BOOKS). (COSTUMES AROUND THE WORLD). (CHILDREN'S BOOKS). VENNING, MARY ANNE
A GEOGRAPHICAL PRESENT: BEING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD. WITH REPRESENTATIONS OF THE VARIOUS INHABITANTS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COSTUMES BEAUTIFULLY COLOURED
London: Printed for Harvey and Darton 1820. Third Edition. 155 x 95 mm. 6 x 3 3/4". 144 pp. <br/> Appealing sprinkled calf by Wallis for C. E. Lauriat stamp-signed on verso of front free endpaper covers bordered by double gilt fillet raised bands spine gilt in compartments with floral spray at center encircled by small tools leafy branch at corners red morocco label densely gilt turn-ins marbled endpapers all edges gilt. WITH 60 HAND-COLORED PLATES of costumes from around the world. For first edition: Lipperheide 480; Osborne Collection p. 193. See also: Megan Nourcia "X Marks the Spot: Women Writers Map the Empire for British Children 1790-1895" pp. 33-34. A tiny bit of wear to the top of the front joint occasional trivial marginal stains or the faintest of browning but still a fine copy clean and fresh internally with brightly colored plates in a well-preserved lustrous binding.<br/> <br/> Attractively bound and enhanced with excellent contemporary hand coloring this charming introduction to geography aimed at young readers contains numerous plates depicting the traditional dress of cultures from around the world. Beginning in London and spreading to almost every corner of Western Europe the book then guides us to Asia Africa and finally to the Americas ending in Tierra del Fuego. First published in 1817 "A Geographical Present" was the author's most successful work. There is little known about the life of Mary Anne Venning but according to Megan Nourcia the present work "had a broad circulation launching her career as a scientific writer and establishing her authority as an educator of the young." Nourcia also notes that "Venning's texts were marketed as educational aids of keepsake quality"; as we see here the attractive binding and lovely hand-colored plates add an element of luxury to this pedagogical work and the fine condition of our copy suggests that it was carefully looked after by its presumably young previous owners. Printed for Harvey and Darton unknown
Bookseller reference : ST16372e
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(COLOR PLATES - COSTUMES). "COSTUMES OF THE VARIOUS COUNTRIES": A COMPLETE SET OF SEVEN SEPARATELY BUT UNIFORMLY ISSUED COSTUME
COSTUME OF CHINA 1800 and PUNISHMENTS OF CHINA 1808; DALVIMART OCTAVIEN. COSTUME OF TURKEY 1802; ALEXANDER WILLIAM C. W. MÃœLLER et al. THE COSTUME OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE 1803; MOLEVILLE BERTRAND DE. COSTUME OF THE HEREDITARY STATES OF THE HOUSE OF AUSTRIA 1804; PYNE WILLIAM HENRY. COSTUMES OF GREAT BRITAIN 1808; and CLARK JOHN HEAVISIDE. MILITARY COSTUME OF TURKEY 1818
London: William Miller; T. M'Lean; William Bulmer 1800-18. 370 x 270 mm. 14 1/2 x 10 1/2". Seven volumes. <br/> Uniformly bound in stately contemporary dark burgundy straight-grain morocco covers with gilt palmette-and-wheat-sheaf border inner frame of blind-stamped grapevine raised bands spine compartments densely gilt with repeating botanical tools gilt lettering gilt-rolled turn-ins all edges gilt. Two engraved titles with hand-colored vignettes not included in plate count and 356 FULL-PAGE HAND-COLORED PLATES FEATURING COSTUMES OCCUPATIONS AND SOCIAL INTERACTION OF VARIOUS NATIONS. Volume I-III V and VI with text in French as well as English. Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn. Abbey Life 430; Abbey Travel 71 244 370 373 532 533. Joints and extremities lightly rubbed one board with a couple of faint scratches two rear boards with neat older repairs to short tears at tail edge but the bindings quite sound and most attractive on the shelf. Flyleaves a little foxed minor offsetting from plates to text leaves occasionally more pronounced but never offensive isolated minor marginal foxing to plates otherwise very fine WITH CLEAN BRIGHT PLATES.<br/> <br/> This is a collection of major early 19th century color plate books with well-drawn and richly-colored engravings in bindings that make a handsome appearance on the shelf. All of these works have appealing plates where the costumes of the various social strata are carefully and colorfully delineated. And two of the volumes--those showing British costumes and the book on Chinese punishments--contain in addition a good deal of diverting background detail that serves as a revealing context for each of the costumes depicted. The content of each of the volumes is worth noting. With a few exceptions the plates in the "Costumes of China" portray ordinary working-class men and women toiling at their trades. We see a bookseller with his wares spread out on a mat women sewing and embroidering a butcher a fisher a barber a man with a "magic lantern" show and a "man striking a small gong during an eclipse" an ancient ritual that the author tells us he was privileged to witness on 17 November 1789. The "Punishments of China" volume is filled with almost gleefully painful depictions of all degrees of disciplinary action from the relatively minor twisting of the ears or chaining to an iron pole to the humiliating ordeal of the wooden collar to methods of execution by beheading or by crucifixion using a cord. The opulent and brightly colored costumes in Dalvimart's volume on Turkey are mostly those of the ruling classes although also represented is a wide variety of native dress from the many regions of the vast Turkish empire of the day which included Bosnia Albania Syria Egypt and parts of Greece. It is particularly interesting to contrast the clothing of the very heavily veiled Turkish and Egyptian women with the much more relaxed style of the Greek women and the nearly immodest garb of the female Bedouin. We also are shown a eunuch an odalisque from the harem a grand vizier various royal functionaries and government officials all splendidly attired. The Russian costumes based on engravings done by C. W. Müller at the request of Empress Catherine the Great are focused on the ethnic dress of the empire's many holdings. The Laplanders and Finns wear clothing that would look familiar to most Europeans but the Mongols in their Oriental dress would be quite exotic. The clothing of the northern tribes such as the Kamchatkans Aleutians Koriaks and Tungoosi will impress the modern reader with their similarity to the traditional dress of Native American and First Nation peoples. The Tchutski woman is even depicted naked to display her tattoos. Bertrand de Moleville's Austrian costumes also illustrate the native dress of the empire's citizens but the illustrations here are less fashion plates than romanticized scenes: peasant couples are shown courting and dancing; Croatian women gossip beside a stream; and a wild-haired Bohemian gypsy whose "profession is not hard to guess" from her state of "déshabillé" flees with her naked and no doubt illegitimate child. Pyne's "Costumes of Great Britain" is one of the most highly praised works in this set and for good reason: the simple working men and women of Britain it depicts are always shown going about their daily tasks in the midst of a well-realized scene. The woman selling "salop" a hot morning beverage is seated at her cart with its urn judiciously located by the watchman's stall surrounded by customers including soldiers and a woman with her market basket. A fireman with an ax and a torch hurries toward his engine company while they unwrap their hose. The potter is at his wheel the tanner is cleaning skins and the bill-sticker posts the winning lottery numbers. The clothing while carefully detailed is almost secondary to the depictions of everyday life. The "Military Costumes of Turkey" illustrates the official regalia "uniform" is much too drab a word for these outfits worn by officers in various regions of the empire. Perhaps the most intriguing plate here is that of the Ladle Bearer a post that was also illustrated in "Costumes of Turkey." What appears to be a man with a giant spoon is in fact the holder of an important military position equivalent to the color-bearer in a western army. We are told that the loss of its ladles is the greatest disgrace that can befall a Turkish regiment: if the two great ladles the size of a grown man that are borne into battle at the head of the troops are captured the regiment must be disbanded and formed anew. Former owner Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant 1st Baron Penrhyn 1800-86 was a leading figure in the Welsh slate industry; he owned the Penrhyn Quarry the largest slate quarry in the world at the end of the 19th century. He was known for his paternalistic attitude to his employees creating the "model village" of Llandegai to house the quarry workers. It was notable for having "no corrupting alehouse." He was ruthless enough to fire 80 men in 1868 because they did not vote for his son George who was running for a seat in Parliament. Single volumes from this set appear with frequency in the marketplace; full sets show up much less often; sets as handsome and well preserved as the present are rarely seen. William Miller; T. M'Lean; William Bulmer unknown
Bookseller reference : ST17757
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(Comic & Visual) Ultraman THE FIRST Manga / Supervised by Yuzo Takada / Enkoku Productions, etc.
Special Ace Newtype THE LIVE March 2019
Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
Bookseller reference : 2090502113716956
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(Commander the Hon. Barry) Bingham
Falklands Jutland and the Bight
London: John Murray 1919. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Second printing. Size: Octavo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; History. Inventory No: 77842. . John Murray hardcover
Bookseller reference : 77842
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(Commedia dell'Arte; Theatre of the Grotesque; Fo, Dario; Perlini, Meme; et al). Kirby Michael; editor.
THE DRAMA REVIEW: Italian Theatre Issue. Volume 22 Number 1 T-77 March 1978.
New York: New York University School of the Arts 1978. 1978. Very good. - Octavo softcover bound in decorative white wrappers. The wraps are slightly bumped with some very light foxing to the front edge of the front cover. 120 & 2 pages plus ads. Black-and-white illustrations. Near fine. <p>Among the contents of this special issue are an interview with Dario Fo and articles on Adriani Lazzi of the Commedia dell'Arte Giuliano Vasilico's "Proust" the theatre of Meme Perlini Group Altro's "ICS" Spazio Zero's "To Salvatore Giuliano" and Ouroboros' "The Death of Geometry". New York: New York University School of the Arts, 1978. paperback
Bookseller reference : 23905
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(Commission for the Study of Shakespeare)
Shakespeare in the Soviet Union A Collection of Articles
Moscow: Progress Publishers 1966. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. chipped dust jacket 274 c. 55pp. frontis. colour & b/w plates text ills. bibliog. Ownership signature o/w nice copy Progress Publishers unknown
Bookseller reference : R65438
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(Commissioners of the Sinking Fund).
The Wharves Piers and Slip of the Corporation of the City of New York. East River. New York
Oblong 4to. 2 15 1 plus 66 color lithographed plates with facing page of description. A strikingly handsome illustrated survey of all the wharves piers and slips along the East and North Rivers. The purpose of this survey was to enable the repair and extension of the piers which were city property and deemed by the Commissioners to be among the City's most valuable assets. They sought to substantially increase the value of this property by repairing and maintaining it. The plates are colored in varying shades of blue and red with dimensions depths and other statistics in red and black. The facing page gives a description valuation and estimates of repair costs and final value. There is a light waterstain in the lower gutter margin visible mostly on the blank backs of the plate and text pages. A few pages show very light foxing some of the lithos are tanned and the text for Pier 20 is bound upside down. Overall an exciting visual artifact of Manhattan's waterfront history in excellent condition. Front hinge cracked. Bound in half black morocco over green boards with a leather label bearing the name William H. Graham in gilt on the front board. With a copy of the enabling legislation "An Act to Create a Harbor District and a Board of Wharves and Piers Therein. State of New York 1868" layed in.<br /><br /><br /> NY Printing Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 37342a
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