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1953rif. 112407Philadelphia: United Publishers 1953. 60p. wraps foxed along spine and some rust showing through from the hidden staples else good condition. Short stories by an African American author from Philadelphia based on Black responses to ghetto conditions. United Publishers unknown books
1880rif. 40326Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office 1880. First edition. Original brown cloth ruled in blind gilt titles. About very good extremities worn with some loss of cloth especially at spine ends tape shadow on spine small bookplate to front pastedown marginal tear to one plate at fold otherwise contents and plates quite fine. xxxii 307 pp. Illus. with 11 b/w heliotype plates with tissue guards 1 of which is folding and 4 cross-section plates all folding. 4to. At the head of the title: Department of the Interior U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region. J.W. Powell in Charge. This copy is the text volume only the Atlas volume is not present. Provenance: From the library of Kenneth E. Hill with his bookplate. [U.S.] Government Printing Office hardcover books
1965rif. 30063Silver Spring: Newsbook. National Observer 1965. First edition. Paper wrappers. A very good copy light soiling on wrappers some preliminary leaves loosening. 159 pp. Illus. with b/w photos and maps. Sm. 4to. Newsbook. National Observer unknown books
1991rif. 13008Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press 1991. First printing. Cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket. As new. lxiii 618 pp. Tall 8vo. Volume Four of the series. Princeton Univ. Press hardcover books
1996rif. 214792San Francisco CA: K Kimpton Contemporary Art 1996. Softcover. VG. Color illustrated stapled wraps. 15 unnumbered pages. Color and bw illustrations. Essay by Lynne Warren. K Kimpton Contemporary Art paperback books
1970rif. 118308New York: Hill and Wang 1970. First. hardcover. near fine/near fine. 632 pages. Thick 8vo two-toned cloth d.w. New York: Hill and Wang 1970. First edition. Near fine. Hill and Wang unknown books
1920rif. 210980Garden City: Doubleday Page & Company 1920. Hardcover. VG. Light touches of shelf wear but remarkably well preserved. Bookplate from typographer J.M. Bundscho. Quarto. Hardcover. Rust cloth spine with paper boards and rust/black titles. 128 pages illustrations plates some color 29 cm. Doubleday Page & Company hardcover books
1929rif. 210983Garden City: Doubleday Page & Company 1929. Hardcover. G. Boards are toned. have heavy wear around the edges with some bumping and board loss. Front and rear joints are cracked so binding is a little loose. Name penciled inside front cover. Quarto. Hardcover. Rust cloth spine with paper boards and rust/black titles. 128 pages illustrations plates some color 29 cm. Intended for the use of the men of the Fifth Air Force and not the general public. Includes unlabeled group pictures of the men of the 5th Air Force as well as pictures of nose art on their airplanes and informal pictures of natives and the area. Includes several cartoons by one of the men. Doubleday Page & Company hardcover books
1953rif. 212777Denver CO: Alan Swallow 1953. Hardcover. VG. Toning along spine . Jacket paper fraying along fore edge. previous owners name penned inside. Twelvemo. Hardcover. Card stock boards in plain paper jacket with black titles. 41 pages 19 cm. Alan Swallow hardcover books
1892rif. 199264Washington: Government Printing Office 1892. Hardcover. Good- Ex-library; library bookplate ifc; library writing on the spine; boards are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; spine strip is pulling away from the textblock with the front cover; textblock is cracked; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged; interior is toned with occasional smudging or foxing. Light brown leather boards with dark brown library-reinforced taped spine with white lettering; xlvi 617 pp.; 8 unnumbered leaves of plates; 2 folded maps. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1899rif. 190457Philadelphia: E. Stern and Co. Inc 1899. Hardcover. Good soiling and overall wear to covers light foxing spots pages are otherwise clean and clear. Bound in half tan paper and green cloth boards bw illustration with red lettering on front cover; title page has red and black illustration and printing 7 preliminary leaves 53 pp. bw illustrations. Illustrated and arranged by Henry Loomis Curtis with quotations culled from various sources. Plates mae by the photo chromotype engraving co. E. Stern and Co., Inc hardcover books
1896rif. 183065Robert O. Law 1896. Hardcover. G-/Fair covers has significant wear stained and foxing. Pages have moderate yellowing light foxing spine hinge is loose but intact. A single page is loose. Grey illustrated/embossed cover. vii 544 xxii pages 3 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations portraits. A history of our great parties from the beginning of the government to the present year. A record of bygone conventions and the various platforms including the national conventions of the present day : the biographies and portraits of eminent political leaders and the lives of the candidates for president and vice-president of the United States : the issues of the day impartially reviewed. Not a collector's copy but the cover art is well done and is original - not a reprint. Robert O. Law hardcover books
2004rif. 171616Munster: Hachmeister 2004. Hardcover. VG- ex-library copy with barcode sticker inside front cover and pencil marking on title page. rubbing to lettering on front cover. Color-illustrated and 3/4 burgundy cloth boards with cream lettering. 149 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Portraits. Catalog of an exhibition held at Hachmeister Galerie Münster November 20 2004-February 26 2005. Includes bibliographical references. Hachmeister hardcover books
1999rif. 140743New York: Columbia University 1999. Softcover. VG No illus. from original were photocopied. Dissertation copied from microfilm by UMI 419 pp. spiral bound; no illus Dissertation "concerned with the philosophical and aesthetic implications of the appearance of the train in the eastern landscapes of the mid-nineteenth-century American artist." abstract After addressing the topic in more general terms Maddox devotes separate chapters to four specific works: "River in the Catskills" by Thomas Cole; "Progress" by Asher B. Durand "Starrucca Viaduct Pennsylvania" by Jasper F. Crospey and "The Lackawanna Valley" by George Inness. Maddox went on to become an expert on the collected works of Jasper F. Crospey. Columbia University paperback books
1950rif. 142933Grand Rapids MI: Grand Rapids Art GALLERY 1950. Softcover. VG- Very clean tight text but catalogue has mailing stamp and address to original art museum. Yellow and grey stapled wraps with black lettering. 4.5x11 inches. 24 pp. with 10 bw illus. Catalogue of 67 works exhibited by as many artists from a total of 198 submitted for consideration from Jan. 8 to Feb. 14. The exhibition was held during the gallery's 50th anniversary year before it was renamed the Grand Rapids Art Museum and moved into new premises. Grand Rapids Art GALLERY paperback books
1984rif. 136332Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 1984. Hardcover. VG- DJ and top edge have some foxing otherwise good. Brown cloth brown dust jacket 305 pp. "The philosophical theory of scientific explanation proposed here involves a radically new treatment of causality that accords with the pervasively statistical character of contemporary science. Wesley C. Salmon describes three fundational conceptions of scientific explanation -- the epistemic modal and ontic. He argues that the prevailing view a version of the epistemic conception is untenable and that the modal conception is scientifically outdated. Significantly revising aspects of his earlier work he defends a causal / mechanical theory that is a version of the ontic conception." dj. Princeton University Press hardcover books
1964rif. 113077Van Nostrand: The New Jersey Historical Series 1964. Hardbound. Very good tight and clean. Blue cloth with gilt lettering; white dj with bw illustration and blue lettering; map endpapers; 114 pp. with occasional bw illustrations. The New Jersey Historical Series hardcover books
1926rif. 344647New York: National Bureau of Economic Research Inc 1926. 380p. hardcover cloth boards titling in gilt; very good condition. From the library of Marxist economist and Stanford professor Paul A. Baran with his ownership signature on the front endpaper. No. 8. National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc unknown books
1942rif. 621052New York: American Tract Society 1942. Hardcover. Very Good. Revised edition. Octavo. 365pp. Illustrated. Owner name penciled on front fly binding somewhat soiled and a very short tear at the crown very good lacking the dust jacket. American Tract Society hardcover books
1970rif. 008499Hill & Wang 1970. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in like jacket.Full Numberline.First Edition.Excellent Copy. Hill & Wang Hardcover books
1964rif. 46566N.p.: s.i. 1964. Very Good. N.p.: s.i. n.d. but 1964. Offprint. Large slim octavo; original staplebound self-wrappers; 221pp. Stock lightly toned and margins starting to curl else Very Good and sound. Offprint of a paper by Charles H. Wesley 1891-1987 first published in The Journal of Negro History Vol. 49 no. 1 January 1964. In it Wesley noted Black educator and historian argues for the need of a Black historical tradition citing the Irish- and Jewish-American traditions as notable examples. Wesley then tracks the timeline of a Black historical tradition beginning with a "doctrine of inferiority" before transitioning to the achievements of Black figures like William Wells Brown George Washington Williams and Carter G. Woodson. s.i. unknown books
1970rif. 192366New York: Hill & Wang 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. 632pp. A couple pages in the beginning with minimal pen underlining else very good in a very good dust jacket with short tears on spine ends and corners modest internal foxing. Hill & Wang hardcover books
2011rif. 295758Tappahannock VA: Wesley Pippenger 2011. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Volume 1 only. A clean copy with three small and neatly penned asterisks on pages 85 250 and 314 with a single mark in margin on page 102; otherwise no marks. Laminated pale blue covers. Very Good binding. Wesley Pippenger unknown books
1965rif. 258425New York: Carlton Press 1965. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. Signed & Inscribed by Smith on front free endpaper. Smith presents a forceful argument against Goldwater and his ideas. Dust jacket has several closed tears light chipping and is protected in a new mylar cover. Binding sound. No markings in text. Very Good binding / Good dust jacket. Carlton Press unknown books
1982rif. 294140Petersburg VA: Virginia State University 1982. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Quarto; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding; ii iii-viii 1-185 pages; with photographic illustrations throughout entirely portrait photographs of prominent African-American graduates.~~Virginia State University was founded in 1882 when the legislature passed a bill to charter the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institution. This “Who’s Who” was issued in celebration of the University’s Centennial. Near Fine binding. Virginia State University unknown books
