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‎Royer, Galen B.‎

‎CHRISTIAN HEROISM IN HEATHEN LANDS.‎

‎189p. Original orange cloth binding.‎

‎Royer, Galen B.‎

‎THIRTY-THREE YEARS OF MISSIONS IN THE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN.‎

‎448p. 8vo. Original blue cloth binding. Prelims foxed.‎

‎Barber, Edwin Atlee.‎

‎ANGLO-AMERICAN POTTERY. Old English China With American Views. A Manual For Collectors.‎

‎pp. 161, (xiv)[Index]. Ninety three illustrations. Manuscript listing marks used at Sevres to indicate dates of manufacture pasted on back pastedown. 8vo. Original full blue decorated cloth binding, faded and worn. First Edition of this indispensable guide to historic Staffordshire and other British potteries depicting American figures and scenes. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ART 4‎

‎Brown, Brian (Editor).‎

‎THE WISDOM OF THE CHINESE. Their Philosophy in Sayings and Proverbs. Preface by Ly Hoi Sang.‎

‎208p. Frontis. Uncut. Original full cloth binding. Some spotting. Original dust jacket. OCC 8‎

‎Confucius.‎

‎THE WISDOM OF CONFUCIUS. Edited and Translated with Notes by Lin Yutang.‎

‎pp. xvii, 265. Color illustrations by Jeanyee Wong. 8vo. Original cloth backed dragon pictorial paper boards. Spine faded. OCC 8/5‎

‎Cranmer-Byng, L.‎

‎THE VISION OF ASIA. An Interpretation of Chinese Art and Culture.‎

‎pp. xi, 306. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding. Original paper labels on spine and front cover. Some spotting on spine. Bookseller's label. An important essay covering China's cultural and artisti c traditions. The dream of Paradise, fellowship of life, vision of cosmopolis, the two golden ages of art: the T'ang and Sung dynasties - demonstrating their inter-relationships. OCC 10‎

‎Dawson, Miles Menander.‎

‎THE BASIC THOUGHTS OF CONFUCIUS. The Conduct of life.‎

‎pp. xxi, 323. Uncut. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding. Inked ownership. OCCULT; MYSTICISM; PHILOSOPHY; ESOTERIC; NEW AGE; HERMETIC; ARCANE; TRANSCENDENTAL; CONFUCIUS; CHINA; SUPERIOR MAN; SELF DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN RELATIONS; FAMILY; STATE OCC 10‎

‎Douglas, Robert K.‎

‎CONFUCIANISM AND TAOUISM.‎

‎pp. 287, (8) [Publisher's catalogue]. Folding frontis map. Small 8vo. Original orange full cloth binding decorated in black and gold. Bookseller's label. Very nice binding. Text starting to brown. OCC 4‎

‎I Ching.‎

‎I CHING. The Book of Changes. Translated by Frank J. Mac Hovec.‎

‎63p. Color illustrations by Marian Morton. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. OCC 8‎

‎Leggett, Trevor (Compiler and Translator).‎

‎A FIRST ZEN READER.‎

‎236p. Illustrated. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Numerous pencil underling and notes. Second printing. OCC 9‎

‎Phrenological Journal.‎

‎THE PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL AND LIFE ILLUSTRATED. A Repository of Science, Literature, and General Intelligence. Vol. LI, Old Series-Vol. II. - New Series; Vol. LII, Old Series - Vol. III, New Series. January to June, 1871. (Bound with Vol. LIII, Old‎

‎Two volumes in one. pp. 436, 426. Numerous engravings. Small. 4to. Original half leather binding. Rear board detached. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PHREN 1‎

‎Denny, Walter B.‎

‎ORIENTAL RUGS.‎

‎126 p. Illustrated. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original soiled and slightly torn dust jacket. Smithsonian Illustrated Library of Antiques. TEXTILE 2. -‎

‎Gunn, Lilian M.‎

‎TABLE SERVICE AND DECORATION. Lippincott's Unit Texts Edited by Benjamin R. Andrews.‎

‎107p. Plus photo frontis. Full page photo illustrations. Small 8vo. Original full purple cloth binding. Spine darkened. Very XLib. WOMEN 1‎

‎Wilder, Marshall P.‎

‎SMILING `ROUND THE WORLD.‎

‎pp. 330, (6)[List of Author's Works] + Plus photo frontis and full page plates. Title printed in black and red. 8vo. Original full light brown cloth binding. Decorated in black, red and gold. XLib from the Reddig Library, Shippensburg, PA. Gilt call letters slightly erased on spine. Inked call letters on dedication page. Rear fly leaf and paste down marked. Otherwise a nice copy. HUMOR 2.‎

‎Antiques Magazine (Editors).‎

‎ANTIQUES AT THE HENRY FORD MUSEUM.‎

‎48p. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Folio. Original printed wraps. Slight wear at extremities. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ART 2 -‎

‎Alexander, Richard.‎

‎JADE BOOK. Ko-Tows to Chinese Jade Connoisseurs; Jade Always the Most Precious Jewel In China. Its Philosophy.‎

‎pp. 64 + Plus photo illustrations. Text drawings. Decorated title pages. 8vo. Original full green printed wraps. Front wrap detached. Green ribbon spine tie. Nice copy. .**PRICE JUST REDUCED! ART 6‎

‎Hsia Nai; Ku Yen-Wen; Lan Hsin-Wen; Hsiang Po; Lu Wen-Kao; Chang Li-Chuan; Lin Yu-Chin.‎

‎NEW ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS IN CHINA. Discoveries During the Cultural Revolution.‎

‎pp. 72 + Plus numerous color photo illustrations. Small 8vo. Original color printed wraps. Second printing. ART 1‎

‎Cole, Ann Kilborn.‎

‎MARY MERRITT'S DOLL MUSEUM.‎

‎44p. Numerous photo illustrations. Vignette Just's copy. 8vo. Original color printed wraps. VG+. The legendary collection amassed by the late Mary and Bob Merritt Sr, founders of the Douglassville, PA., museum that closed December 31, 2005. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ART 1‎

‎Earle, Alice Morse.‎

‎CHINA COLLECTING IN AMERICA.‎

‎pp. xi, 429. Numerous illustrations. Decorated title page. 8vo. Original full embossed blue cloth binding. Slightly faded and worn at extremities. First edition. Nice copy. ART 3‎

‎Earle, Alice Morse.‎

‎CHINA COLLECTING IN AMERICA.‎

‎pp. xi, 429. Illustrated. Decorated title page. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding embossed in black and gold. Spine slightly faded. Nice copy. ART 3‎

‎Eberlein, Harold Donaldson and Ramsdell, Roger Wearne.‎

‎THE PRACTICAL BOOK OF CHINAWARE.‎

‎pp. xix, 325 + Plus color frontis and full page plates. Two hundred and five reproductions and diagrams, some in color. Pennsylvania Dutch Folklorist - Pumpernickle Bill's copy. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, worn with some chips. ART 4‎

‎Gordon, Horace W. and Gordon, Elinor.‎

‎ORIENTAL LOWESTOFT.‎

‎pp. 32 + Plus frontis. Photo illustrations. Bookplate of Marion and Thomas U. Schock. 16mo. Original full yellow printed wraps. Second Edition. ART 6‎

‎Moore, N. Hudson.‎

‎THE OLD CHINA BOOK. Including Staffordshire, Wedgwood, Lustre, and Other English Pottery and Porcelain.‎

‎pp. xi, 300 + Plus frontis and full page illustrations. Decorated title page. William Troxell's copy. 8vo. Original full embossed blue cloth binding decorated with a blue plate on front cover. Spine slightly darkened. ART 3‎

‎Palmer, Arlene M.‎

‎A WINTERTHUR GUIDE TO CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN.‎

‎114p. Highly illustrated with some in color. 8vo. Crown paperback. Original printed wraps. Slightly soiled. ART 3‎

‎Cooley, John K.‎

‎EAST WIND OVER AFRICA. Red China's African Offensive.‎

‎pp. viii, 246. Very XLib. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, with clear library wrap. AFRICA/3‎

‎Forbes, Archibald.‎

‎CHINESE GORDON. A Succinct Record of His Life.‎

‎215p. + Plus portrait frontis. Slight foxing and age stain. Small 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, gold decorated and lettered. Rubbed at extremities. AFRICA/3‎

‎Hershey, Burnet.‎

‎THE AIR FUTURE. A Primer of Aeropolitics.‎

‎258p. + Plus map frontis. Map endpapers. Inked ownership of Frank E. Williams on title page and front paste down. 8vo. Original full royal blue cloth binding. First Edition. Nice copy. WWIIA/1‎

‎Agar, Herbert.‎

‎THE PRICE OF POWER: America Since 1945.‎

‎pp. xi, 199. Numerous inked underlinings and notations. 8vo. Paperback. Coldwar/Economics 9‎

‎Appignanesi, Richard.‎

‎FREUD. For Beginners.‎

‎174p. Cartoon illustrations by Oscar Zarate. 8vo. Paperback. First American edition. Done in a comic-book style this useful review takes a (sometimes irreverent) look at Freud and his theories. Coldwar/Economics 1‎

‎Arechaga, Eduardo Jimenez De.‎

‎VOTING AND THE HANDLING OF DISPUTES IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL. United Nations Studies: No. 5.‎

‎189p. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original glassine wraps. Very scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Coldwar/Economics 6‎

‎American Academy of Political and Social Science.‎

‎MONOGRAPH 5. FUNCTIONALISM IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES: The Strength and Limits of Functionalism in Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, and Sociology. Editor by Don Martindale.‎

‎pp. ix, 162. 8vo. Original full printed wraps. ** PRICE JUST REDUCED!! Coldwar/Economics 6‎

‎Appignanesi, Richard.‎

‎LENIN. For Beginners.‎

‎169p. Cartoon illustrations by Oscar Zarate. 8vo. Paperback. First revised American edition. Done in a comic-book style this useful review takes a (sometimes irreverent) look at Lenin and his times. Coldwar/Economics 1‎

‎Armstrong, Hamilton Fish.‎

‎"WE OR THEY". Two Worlds in Conflict.‎

‎106p. Endpapers and paste downs browned. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding. Coldwar/Economics 3‎

‎Barnett, A. Doak.‎

‎CADRES, BUREAUCRACY, AND POLITICAL POWER IN COMMUNIST CHINA. With a Contribution by Ezra Vogel.‎

‎pp. xxix, 563. Large 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Nice copy. A detailed and analytical study of China's government in 1967. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Coldwar/Economics 7‎

‎Beard, Charles A. (Editor).‎

‎WHITHER MANKIND. A Panorama of Modern Civilization.‎

‎pp. vii, 408. Chapter headings illustrated. Tall 8vo. Original full gold stamped blue cloth binding. Original dust jacket, worn with slight loss. First edition. Coldwar/Economics 3‎

‎Benjamin, Robert Spiers (Editor).‎

‎THE INSIDE STORY. By members of the Overseas Press Club of America.‎

‎pp. x, 263. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding, worn. Third printing. "Strange but true stories previously unreported by reporters concerning the famous and not-so famous, in hindsight now often illuminating, anecdotes of incidents prior to World War II." Coldwar/Economics 3.‎

‎Briefs, Henry W.‎

‎PRICING POWER AND "ADMINISTRATIVE" INFLATION. Concepts, Facts and Policy Implications.‎

‎pp. vi, 63. 8vo. Original full printed wraps. Stamped presentation copy from Pennsylvania Congressman Geo. A. Goodling. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Coldwar/Economics 5‎

‎Brookings Institution.‎

‎THE ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND OVERSEAS OPERATIONS. Report Prepared for the Bureau of the Budget Executive Office of the Present.‎

‎pp. xxv, 380. Tall 8vo. Original full printed wraps. First Edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Coldwar/Economics 1‎

‎Brookings Institution.‎

‎THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. A Major Problem of American Foreign Policy. Brookings Lectures, 1956.‎

‎pp. ix, 158. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. First Edition. Coldwar/Economics 5‎

‎Brookings Institution.‎

‎RESEARCH FRONTIERS IN POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT. Brookings Lectures, 1955.‎

‎pp. vii, 240. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. First Edition. Brookings lectures by Stephen K. Bailey, Herbert Simon, Robert Dahl, Richard Snyder, Alfred de Grazia, Malcolm Moos, Paul David, and David Truman. Coldwar/Economics 4‎

‎Burns, James MacGregor (Editor).‎

‎TO HEAL AND TO BUILD. The Programs of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Edited by James MacGregor Burns.‎

‎pp. xiv, 506. Numerous photographs. Large 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. A few tears. First edition, "second printing". Coldwar/Economics 7‎

‎Bush, Vannevar.‎

‎MODERN ARMS AND FREE MEN. A Discussion of the Role of Science in Preserving Democracy.‎

‎273p. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, worn. Coldwar/Economics 3/8‎

‎Cantril, Hadley.‎

‎HUMAN NATURE AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS.‎

‎pp. xiii, 112. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Ninth volume in the Brown and Haley Lecture Series. Coldwar/Economics 8‎

‎Cousins, Norman.‎

‎MODERN MAN IS OBSOLETE.‎

‎59p. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, worn with some loss. Second printing. "The complete and greatly expanded text of the famous Saturday Review editorial on the implications of atomic energy." Coldwar/Economics 2‎

‎Coughlin, Rev. Charles E.‎

‎FATHER COUGHLIN'S RADIO DISCOURSES. 1931-1932. Preached from the Pulpit of the Shrine of the Little Flower, Royal Oak, Michigan and Broadcast Over a National Network.‎

‎239p. 8vo. Original full green printed wraps. Slightly soiled otherwise a nice example. Rev. Charles E. Coughlin (1871-1979), "The Radio Priest" whose fiery and controversial broadcasts in the 1930s commanded audiences of millions. After hinting at attacks on Jewish bankers, Coughlin began to use his radio program to issue Anti-Semitic commentary. He approvingly supported some of the fascist policies of Adolf Hitler and of Benito Mussolini, and of Emperor Hirohito of Japan. Coldwar/Economics 4‎

‎Crankshaw, Edward.‎

‎KHRUSHCHEV'S RUSSIA.‎

‎176p. 8vo. Penguin paperback. A COLD WAR CLASSIC. Coldwar/Economics 8‎

‎Culbertson, Ely.‎

‎TOTAL PEACE. What Makes Wars and How to Organize Peace.‎

‎pp. viii, 344. Illustrated with maps. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Coldwar/Economics 3‎

‎Department of Defense.‎

‎FY-1988 DEFENSE SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM (SBIR). Program Solicitation. Closing Date: 8 January 1988.‎

‎pp. vii, 431. 4to. Original full printed wraps. How many of these projects became reality? Coldwar/Economics 6‎

‎Department of State.‎

‎COMMUNIST ECONOMIC POLICY IN THE LESS DEVELOPED AREAS.‎

‎pp. iii, 38. Illustrated. 8vo. Original full printed wraps. Very Good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Coldwar/Economics 8‎

‎Draper, Theodore.‎

‎THE ROOTS OF AMERICAN COMMUNISM.‎

‎pp. x, 498 + Plus photographs. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. First edition. Coldwar/Economics 4‎

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