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1980Best.-Nr. 154979Cambridge: Cambridge U. P. 1980. 1st edition / 1st printing. Nice copy. small quarto. 1/4 cloth xlviii 772pp. frontis. b/w plates text ills. bibliogs. index The fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking like the fourth is subdivided into parts for ease of presentation and assimilation each part bound and published separately. The volume as a whole covers the subjects of alchemy early chemistry and chemical technology. Black cloth quarter binding over decorated boards with bright gilt spine titles Cambridge U. P. hardcover
1984Best.-Nr. 153766Boston: New York Graphic Society 1984-85. reprints. Nice copies. small quarto. hardbacks with dust jacket xiii 272 x 210pp. frontis.2 b/w plates text ills. indexes Being volumes 2 & 3 of The New Ansel Adams Photography Series New York Graphic Society hardcover
1958Best.-Nr. SKU1021089William Heinemann 1958-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. William Heinemann Ltd.; London 1958. Hardcover. Very Good binding sturdy minimal shelf wear lightly sunned pages 2 discolored rectangle marks on title page due to decorative tape on copyright page else unmarked and clean some foxing/soiled spots to text block edges/fore-edge in a Good to Very Good some wear/scuff marks/soiled spots to panels some foxing to verso panels/flaps few small tears to top spine edge 1" tear to top front panel edge and rear top panel edge Dust wrapper. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches 289pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. William Heinemann hardcover
Best.-Nr. 15800291 pp.; 257 b/w and colour many pasted in by hand illustrations. index bibliography. Text: French. Fribourg: Office du Livre 1961. Hbk in dustjacket. Near mint copy. Version française par Huguette Berès. KEYWORDS: 026 Japan - Prints/Surimono/Paintings/Calligraphy etc. unknown
1941Best.-Nr. 13043New York: Reynal & Hitchcock Inc 1941. Limited Edition. Hardcover with slipcase. Very Good/Very Good slipcase. 8vo. Pp. xii 339 suite of photographs. Top edges gilt. Illustrations by the author. Quarter red leather over tan cloth spine lettered in gilt with gilt device to compartments illustration stamped in red on front board short gift inscription pen doodle to limitation page. In original red paper-covered slipcase with title label soiled and stained though sturdy and complete. From an edition of 550 numbered copies signed by the author #214. Account of author's life among the Inuit on King Edward Island in 1938-39. Due to the fall of Paris the author returned to France prior to his finishing signing the limited editions far fewer than the stated limitation where actually signed. Scarce thus. Reynal & Hitchcock, Inc hardcover
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1979Best.-Nr. 5593London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1979. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good. 4to. Pp. 287. Amply illustrated with black-and-white and color photography. Index. Bound in white cloth with red and black lettering stamped on spine. Dust jacket with a bit of age-toning to edges and slightly more to to spine. Signed by Hicks in his distinctive style on the front free endpaper. A fine contribution to Hicks' body of work presenting a continuation of his deployment colors and patterns mixed in a brazen and often arresting richness. Although he published some-eight or nine books in both England and the US signed copies are scarce. Dust jacket is now enclosed in a removable clear archival sleeve. Weidenfeld and Nicolson hardcover
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1940Best.-Nr. 64000Tokyo: The Kairyudo Press 1940. First edition 8vo pp. 6 453 1; dampstain at the bottom of the first three or four leaves else very good and sound in later black cloth gilt-stamped spine. Proverbs present in Japanese with English equivalents. The Kairyudo Press unknown
Best.-Nr. ria9781855660816_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; N/A paperback
Best.-Nr. 47396Université de Liège 1991. III124p. Soft cover. Series: Colloques d'histoire des connaissances zoologiques 2. Rare. Contents: C. LEFÈVRE L'homme et l'oiseau en Patagonie australe: 6 000 ans de relations pp.11-27; H. LIMET Les animaux d'élevage en Mésopotamie ancienne pp.27-43; A. FINET Usage et coût des bœufs dans les travaux agricoles d'après le code de Hammurabi pp.43-55; L. BODSON Les invasions d'insectes dévastateurs dans l'antiquité gréco romainepp.55-71 ; F. BIERLAIRE Érasme et le monde animal pp.71-89; M. MAMMERICKX Histoire de la fièvre aphteuse du bétail en Europe avant un changement important des méthodes prophylactiques pp.89-113; L. BODSON: Inventaire informatisé des connaissances et traditions populaires relatives à l'herpétofaune dans 1 les pays européens francophones pp.113-119. paperback
1961Best.-Nr. 2144My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House The Unforgettable Memoir That Opened the Doors to the White House's Most Private Moments A phenomenal bestseller upon its release in 1961 My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House is a landmark work of American history and a captivating piece of insider storytelling. Told by Lillian Rogers Parks in collaboration with Frances Spatz Leighton this memoir offers an unprecedented intimate glimpse into the lives of the presidents and first families from the perspective of those who served them. Lillian Rogers Parks who followed in her mother's footsteps had a unique vantage point. She began as a seamstress and maid in 1931 under Herbert Hoover and continued her service through the administrations of Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower retiring just as John F. Kennedy took office. Crippled by polio and standing at just four feet tall she moved through the halls of the Executive Mansion with a quiet observant eye becoming a trusted confidante and a keeper of its secrets. FLEET PUB. CORP. paperback
1975Best.-Nr. 023017New York: Macmillan. First Edition so stated. Original ivory cloth. Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1975. Macmillan hardcover
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Best.-Nr. mon0000072011PURNELL. Very Good. in x in x in. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post PURNELL unknown
1978Best.-Nr. 049967Frankfurt am Main: Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten 1978. First edition 1978. Well illustrated throughout in black and white. Rust colored cloth printed in off-white 303 pages clear mylar dustjacket. Fine condition looks and feels new and unread tight binding clean pages no names or other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten Hardcover
1938Best.-Nr. 033203newark nj: Published by Allied Publishing Company 1938. Hardcover. Acceptable. FIRST EDITIONHardcover with original illustrationsCondition:Hardcover shows light edge wear and minor rubbing consistent with age.Front hinge shows exposed mull/netting but binding remains tight and secure.End papers have tape stains and age toning.Interior pages are clean unmarked with natural age toning.Illustrations remain sharp.No dust jacket if none present.A solid and uncommon first edition example of pre-WWII military fiction.Features:✔ First Edition 1938✔ Illustrated✔ Clean interior✔ Tight binding✔ Early American WWII-era literatureA collectible early military novel — very scarce in first edition.I ship Worldwide from Puerto Rico USA. Listing Includes Books Image . Please email me if you need to see more pictures! The orders are processed promptly carefully packaged and shipped within 1 day of purchase. PLEASE NOTE! if you need the book quickly please Purchase Priority Shipping. Media will not show updates in mail confirmation till reaches continental U.S. Published by Allied Publishing Company hardcover
1942Best.-Nr. 010627Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1942. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Tan cloth covered boards with blue lettering and design to front and spine. Near Fine in a Very Good unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated with more than 50 black and white photographs. Map end papers. Edges minimally rubbed. Dust jacket old internal tape mends at spine and assorted other modest edge wear. SCARCE in such lovely condition and with the uncommon dust jacket. Houghton Mifflin and Company Hardcover
1983Best.-Nr. 360378Paris France: Claude Duthuit 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Henri Matisse. For the Matisse lover and completists displaying 389 works of illustration in the first volume and another 439 black-and-white plates and six black-and-white photographs in the second; decriptions of 829 works by Matisse all in. A lovely set bound in rust-orange cloth over boards and from a printing of 5000 sets only. Texts are wholly in French. These exemplars are superior copies complete in two volumes gift-quality conditions inside and out no discernible wear to the cloth over boards sharp and distinct black lettering to spine facsimile of the artist to front covers. Slight smudging to the bottom fore-tips of both volumes else virtually pristine. Preface by Jean Guichard-Meili and with collaboration in mounting the catalogue raisonne by Francoise Garnaud. Tome I Engravings: xxvii1 2-311 pp. Tome II Lithographs: ix 1 2-379 pp. and with a Table of Contents and full list of the aquatints linogravures prints drawings and etchings.Member I.O.B.A. C.B.A. and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes and for sets. Claude Duthuit hardcover
1929Best.-Nr. 018258Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/None. 327pp; No DJ red cloth boards with silver titling to front faded titling to spine fraying to spine ends & corners of boards spine darkened endpapers illustrated with map small surface tear to FFEP hinges professionally repaired pages slightly age-toned text unmarked binding is sound Good condition. Inscribed & Signed by Author on 1/2 title page: "To Mr. John Simons with Compliments of Henry Morgenthau Oct 29/29." Scarce vintage volume containing first-hand account of Morgenthau's work as chairman of the Greek Refugee Settlement Commission established by the League of Nations helping to rebuild a nation while he "saved a million and a quarter starving a destitute people fleeing from the ravages of the Turks." Henry Morgenthau Sr. 1856-1946 was a German-born Jewish American lawyer and businessman best known as ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during World War One. He was one of the most prominent Americans to speak out on the Greek and Armenian genocides stating "I am firmly convinced that this is the greatest crime of the ages." Illustrated with photos. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. hardcover
1977Best.-Nr. 214820Canberra.: Australian National University Press. Reprint. 1977. Original publisher's green cloth with red title label lettered in gilt. xxxvi 1005pp addenda and corrigenda and list of scientific names which have to be changed as compared with the 1931 edition. Numerous black & white botanical illustrations. 24 x 16cm. Near fine copy clean and sound. English edition of "Indische Groenten" originally published in 1931 Dutch East Indies. . Australian National University Press. hardcover
1998Best.-Nr. 353641Casablanca Morocco: LAK International 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Mohamed Tabal. Extremely scarce in the trade there being only one additional copy available currently on-line. Superior copy gift-quality condition inside and out no discernible wear to the bright red cloth covers blind-stamped title to cover and spine bright and shiny dust jacket protected. Stated First Edition First Printing. A fine and engaging social history and art historical account of the social rituals of the Essaouiran Gnawa also known as "Gnaoua" an Afro-Moroccan group whose music and culture are the heartbeat of Essaouira in Western Morocco. Gnawa broadly Moroccan and other North African Islamic religious songs and rhythms are featured here and displayed prominently in a Gnawa-devoted music festival held annually in Essaouira Morocco. Non-African and Western artists and "mystical" Gnaouan musicians meet in glorious dialogue here. Mohamed Tabal 1959- is a prominent Moroccan painter and his work augments the music greatly and are printed on high-gloss paper. Preface by Georges Lapassade and contributions by heavy-hitters in musicology and Moroccan history. 13 14-177 pp.Member I.O.B.A. C.B.A. and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes and for sets. LAK International hardcover