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2004réf. 009212London: Cecil Woolf 2004. Book. Fine in Wraps as Issued. Soft cover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at title page -" For Gary and Ann with Warm gratitude David 21 Nov. 2008" with 1 page ALS with same date on the author's letterhead stationery "Dear Gary and Anne ." extending the author's thank yous and gratitude. Book and letter are both Fine. Cecil Woolf Paperback books
1966réf. 008665Boston: Ginn and Company 1966. Book. Very Good Plus. Cloth. Sixth Edition. Double Elephant - over 25" - 50" tall. 25 3/4" h x 18 1/2" w. A teacher's book for reading to the whole class with folding wings that unsnap so book can be fully open and on display. Contains 9 stories 38 pages each page with great period illustrations featuring biracial children playing. earlier editions have only 6 stories and 25 or fewer pages. States "100 Edition" bottom of title page copyright dates of 1966 1964 1961 1957 1952 1948. Very Good Plus bump top edge of front cover slight waviness to thick paper pages a clean and quite handsome copy would be lovely displayed in a child's room or given the condition with years of use left for a preschool. Ginn and Company Hardcover books
1993réf. 1418021New York NY: Springer Verlag 1993. First Edition. Softcover. Large octavo xxii 404 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Cover is dark blue with yellow text as is spine. Some scratching to front and back covers. Price sticker on back cover from previous seller. Spine shows some color fading from sunning. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column A ND-A. 1418021. FP New Rockville Stock. Springer Verlag unknown books
1838réf. 21432New York: J.H. Colton 1838. 16mo cloth with title stamped in gilt on front board. Folding pocket map in full period color. 15.5" x 13." Near Fine pinsize closed split at a fold intersection with no loss. Insets of the Hudson River Valley and Niagara River are included. J.H. Colton unknown books
1890réf. 20098Plano IL: Printed at the True Latter Day Saints' Herald Office 1890. 14pp. Caption title as issued. Folded partly uncut. Printed in double columns. Light edgewear. Tanned. bound with EPITOME OF THE FAITH AND DOCTRINES OF THE REORGANIZED CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS. 4. Published by the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ at Lamoni Decatur County Iowa. 1890. 1 1 blank pp. Caption title as issued. Printed in double columns. Light edgewear. Tanned rather brittle. Good to Good. OCLC suggests the first item was published in Plano Illinois. It argues that no religious or ethical foundation exists for polygamy. OCLC 11817939 12 first item. OCLC notes several variants of the second item. Printed at the True Latter Day Saints' Herald Office unknown books
1843réf. 18497Pittsburgh: A. Jaynes 1843. 23 1 blank. Disbound with small wrapper remnants last blank dustsoiled minor foxing else Very Good. Riddle bemoans contemporary identifications of Radicalism with Fanaticism. "Genuine radicalism goes to the roots of the evil it designs to rectify." The root of evil lies in the human heart and its only cure is Christianity. AI 43-4321 5. Not in Sabin Eberstadt or Decker. A. Jaynes unknown books
1991réf. 2351073Hanover: Brown University Press 1991. Trade Paperback. Good. 5x1x8. Pencil underlining and marginalia wrappers rubbed ink name address and date inside. 1991 Trade Paperback. 314 pp. A look at the connection between deconstruction and atrocity focusing on the Holocaust and concentration camps as an example. Brown University Press paperback books
2005réf. 2341179New Haven: Yale University Press 2005. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 11x8x2. First edition. Two inch tear on front jacket panel. 2005 Large Hardcover. xxiii 1564 pp. An essential work the first to celebrate document and interpret New England’s unique regional history and culture .Often defined by the familiar images of taciturn Yankees town meetings maple syrup and rocky seacoasts New England is both a distinctively American place and a distinctive place within America. Yet these images present only one aspect of the richly varied region that is New England in the twenty-first century. Today traditional scenes of white-clapboard buildings surrounding an idyllic village green hillside farms and red-brick mills rub shoulders with advanced research centers nuclear power plants and urban neighborhoods of immigrants from around the globe. In entries written by leading authorities in the field The Encyclopedia of New England presents a comprehensive view of this important region past and present. Both authoritative and entertaining this single-volume reference will be an invaluable resource for the scholar and an irresistible page turner for the browser. The Encyclopedia contains: 1300 alphabetically arranged entries examining significant people places events ideas and artifacts. Fascinating and little-known facts that rarely appear in history books. More than 500 illustrations and maps. Contributions from nearly 1000 distinguished scholars and writers including journalists academics and specialists from museums industries and historical societies. 1.5 million words in 22 thematic sections ranging from agriculture to tourism each with an introduction by a leading specialist in the field. Extensive cross-references and a full index. Yale University Press hardcover books
2004réf. 2332680New York: Mormon Artists Group Press 2004. Limited Edition. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8x0x11. Atkinson Valerie; Poet Sallie Clinton; Anderson Monte; Twitchell Lane; Rane Walter; Lambourne Alfred; Smith Bruce Hixson; Myer Peter Livingston; Moore Stephen; Epting Thomas; Day Matthew; Brien Natasha; Southey Trevor; Williams Leslie; Snow. Signed by illustrator. Limited edition #106 of 201 copies 26 lettered 175 numbered. Color fold-out frontispiece by Valerie Atkinson who also embroidered the cover signed and dated by her in pencil. Scarce - 7 in OCLC none in trade. An exceptional copy. 2004 Large Hardcover. 116 pp. Hand-embroidered brown cloth color reproductions of artwork by eighteen artists piano scores by sixteen musicians and an essay by Michael Hicks with an introduction by Glen Nelson. Notes on recording and frontispiece follow text. Mormon Artists Group Press hardcover books
1976réf. 14838New York: New American Library. Very Good. 1976. Softcover. 0452251311 . A very nice softcover first Plume printing in Very Good condition. Some yellowing of pages; cover slightly soiled; but otherwise a clean tight copy; David H. Charney's Magic: The Great Illusions Revealed and Explained is a comprehensive book on the history and use of magic. The book discusses illusions such as the Magic 8-Ball the prestidigitation of mentalism and the use of magic for entertainment. The book also covers the history of magic and the different schools of thought that have influenced its practice.; 8vo ; 248 pages . New American Library paperback books
1829réf. 337474New York: David H. Burr 1829. unbound. Rawdon Clark & Co. Map. Copper plate engraving with original hand-coloring. Image measures 17 1/2" x 14 1/8" This map depicts Albany and Schenectady County in New York State hand-colored by town. The map denotes major routes rivers and creeks and other topographical details. An inset of the city of Albany is in the upper right corner. This first edition of Burr's county map appeared in his "Atlas of the State of New York" of the same year which was the second atlas of an individual state ever published. The map is in very good condition. Some foxing. Full original margins. David H. Burr 1803-1875 served as Topographer to the United States Post Office and Geographer to the House of Representatives and was widely known for his accuracy and attention to detail. His "Universal Atlas" was the first to map each of the United States individually. This map is a lovely rendering of a hard-to-find county in New York State. David H. Burr unknown books
1829réf. 337482New York: David H. Burr 1829. unbound. Rawdon Clark & Co. Map. Copper plate engraving with original hand-colored outline. Image measures 18 1/2" x 15 1/4" This map depicts Erie County in New York State hand-colored by town. The map denotes major routes rivers and creeks and other topographical details. Includes the city of Buffalo. Flouring mills saw mills manufactories forges and churches are indicated. This first edition of Burr's county map appeared in his "Atlas of the State of New York" of the same year which was the second atlas of an individual state ever published. The map is in very good condition. Some foxing. Full original margins. David H. Burr 1803-1875 served as Topographer to the United States Post Office and Geographer to the House of Representatives and was widely known for his accuracy and attention to detail. His "Universal Atlas" was the first to map each of the United States individually. This map is a lovely rendering of a hard-to-find county in New York State. David H. Burr unknown books
1829réf. 337480New York: David H. Burr 1829. unbound. Rawdon Clark & Co. Map. Copper plate engraving with original hand-colored outline. Image measures 18 1/4" x 12 5/8" This map depicts Rensselaer County in New York State hand-colored by town. The map denotes major routes rivers and creeks and other topographical details. Features the cities of Albany Troy and parts of the Erie and Champlain Canals. Flouring mills saw mills manufactories and forges are indicated. This first edition of Burr's county map appeared in his "Atlas of the State of New York" of the same year which was the second atlas of an individual state ever published. The map is in very good condition. Some foxing. Full original margins. David H. Burr 1803-1875 served as Topographer to the United States Post Office and Geographer to the House of Representatives and was widely known for his accuracy and attention to detail. His "Universal Atlas" was the first to map each of the United States individually. This map is a lovely rendering of a hard-to-find county in New York State. David H. Burr unknown books
1941réf. 6143New York: Cadillac Publishing 1941. Very Good. 21 cm. 80 pages. Illustrated throughout. Stapled wraps. Insert tab A into slot B. Cadillac Publishing paperback books
1949réf. 17719THE ETERNAL CONFLICT Prime Press 1949 first edition near fine in vg to near fine slip-case. Of 400 large copies this is #22 SIGNED by the author. Additionally this copy is INSCRIBED by the author to a friend. Prime Press unknown books
1962réf. 14533FIGMENT OF A DREAM Anthem Press 1962 first edition fine. Signed by author. #62 / 175 copies. Anthem Press unknown books
1949réf. 05236THE FINAL WAR Perri Press 1949 first edition light wear to the upper right corner of the rear cover else fine in wraps as issued. A most curious and fun item as Keller pieced together this story from 10 different illustrations by 10 different artists all of which are included here in their original format with none of them being tipped to their prospective pages. A very scarce item and down right rare in this virginal state. From the library of one of the original members of the Portland Oregon Science Fantasy Society. Perri Press paperback books
1948réf. 170186New York: Ginn and Co 1948. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Good Illustrated hardcover with scribbling smudge marks on some text inside covers. Boards shelf rubbed with fading. Wear on corners and spine leans with some wear. Ginn and Co hardcover books
1986réf. 190701OK: Univ of OK 1986. Softcover. Near Fine. Later. Paperback Near fine in wrappers. Very minor rubbing on corners and spine nice clean copy. Univ of OK unknown books
1980réf. 223619OR: Far West 1980. Softcover. Very Good. Paperback Very good in wrappers. Light rubbing slight stain on cover. Far West unknown books
1994réf. 134683New York: Simon & Schuster 1994. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Sticker on back dust jacket Nice condition. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1949réf. 154131Boston: Ginn 1949. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good hardcover. Name scribbled out on front endpaper. Outer edges of pages light yellow clean text. Corners on cover slightly rubbed and bent. Spine ends rubbed and bumped. Spine lightly yellow on blue cloth cover. Ginn hardcover books
1982réf. 15762London: Tate Gallery / Arts Council 1982. Paperback. VG- light wear to extremities. Color illustrated wraps with brown lettering. 251 pp. Numerous color and BW illustrations. Between an introduction and catalogue of 147 annotated and illustrated works this volume offers the following chapters: The Happy Rural Life Italy and the Lessons of History Moral Landscape Art Historic Britain and The Rule of Nature. Tate Gallery / Arts Council paperback books
1959réf. 43662Macmillan Company 1959. GREENE David H. With Edward M. Stephens. J.M. SYNGE. NY: Macmillan Company 1959. 8vo. cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. With the pencil signature Carmel Snow- author and editor-in-chief at "Harper's Bazaar" magazine. Also with the estate stamp of American author Anita Loos on the front endpaper. Very Good; large tears some with internal repairs & chips d/j. $35.00. Macmillan Company unknown books
1999réf. 183437Scotch Plains New Jersey: Morning Sun Books 1999. Hardcover. Near Fine slight spine lean; textblock & hinges firm. dustjacket has edge-wear. green boards w/ gilt printing & emblem. 128 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. glossy pictorial green dustjacket. Appears to have been minimally handled; interior clean & bright. Wonderfully illustrated. Morning Sun Books hardcover books