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1951réf. 4769New York: The Macmillan Company 1951. Hardcover. vii 227p. later printing very good condition. No dj. "The story of a special agent of the Department of Justice" immigrant from Russia and newspaperman in Chicago "who for 30 years specialized in uncovering subversive activities. He tells of his work in the deportation cases of 1919 and 1920 of early U.S. communist meetings of the Bridgeman Michigan arrests and of particular communists he knew." Seidman S316. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
2003réf. 2354116Mineola New York: Dover Publications Inc 2003. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x8. 2025 reprint. An exceptional copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 2003 Trade Paperback. xxv 243 pp. These 27 world-famous fairy tales have inspired countless adaptations in many languages and all public media and have for millions of people become an integral part of childhood. Included are such favorites as "Hansel and Gretel" "The Brave Little Tailor" "Cinderella" "Little Red Riding Hood" "Sleeping Beauty" and "Snow White" as well as less familiar ones: "The Danced-Out Shoes" "The Golden Bird" "The Six Swans" "Mother Holle" and "Straw Coal and Bean." Stanley Appelbaum provides excellent English translations on pages facing the original German allowing students to read some of the finest stories of the Brothers Grimm in the original while simultaneously improving their German language skills. Dover Publications, Inc paperback books
1866réf. 2353034New York: Harper & Brothers 1866. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Corners rubbed and exposed parish library bookplate on front endpaper but no other marks fore edge margin of a few pages stained lightly foxed throughout. 1866 Hard Cover. xv 463 pp. Green cloth gilt titles engraved frontispiece portrait of Julius Caesar hand-colored fold-out maps. Volume 1 only. Abbott chronicles the life military campaigns and political rise of Rome's most famous statesman. First published in 1849 as part of the Makers of History series it was specifically written to be a clear distinct and connected account for general readers and younger students. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
2017réf. 2352066Glasgow Scotland: Quality Chess 2017. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 9x6x0. First edition. An exceptional copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 2017 Hard Cover. 408 pp. Aagaard describes his chess improvement philosophy developed over more than twenty years of thinking about one question: how do we make better decisions at the chess board The final volume in the award-winning Grandmaster Preparation series. Quality Chess hardcover books
2015réf. 2352060Glasgow Scotland: Quality Chess 2015. Trade Paperback. Fine. 6x0x9. An exceptional copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 2015 Trade Paperback. 283 5 pp. Positional Decision Making in Chess offers a rare look into the mind of a top grandmaster. In his efforts to explain his way of thinking Boris Gelfand focuses on such topics as the squeeze space advantage the transformation of pawn structures and the transformation of advantages. Based on examples from his own games and those of his hero Akiba Rubinstein Gelfand explains how he thinks during the game. Quality Chess paperback books
2004réf. 2352218London: Gloucester Publishers 2004. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x0x9. An excellent copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 2004 Trade Paperback. 192 pp. There are many differing opinions among the top players in the world of chess but there is one thing upon which World Champions Grandmasters and other experts all agree: the art of chess calculation is the absolute key to the success of a player. Master this discipline and chess players can surely expect their results to improve dramatically. And yet there have been very few serious attempts in the past by chess authors to delve into this delicate topic perhaps not surprisingly given its complexity and difficulty. Gloucester Publishers paperback books
2004réf. 2352216London: Gloucester Publishers 2004. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x0x9. An excellent copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 2004 Trade Paperback. 238 pp. Being able to solve puzzles and combinations is one of the principal components of a successful chess player. But how can one improve on such an important skill How can one acquire combinational vision The answer lies within the pages of this book! Experienced chess writer Jacob Aagaard explains how tactical intuition and ability develops and uses pattern recognition to improve the reader's tactical ammunition. It's also no secret that the continued practice of puzzles and combinations helps to sharpen the chess brain and here there is a wealth of exercises and problems to solve accompanied by the full solutions and explanations. This book is a must for the serious competitive player. Gloucester Publishers paperback books
2003réf. 2352217London: Gloucester Publishers 2003. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 6x0x9. An exceptional copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 2003 Trade Paperback. 176 pp. Positional chess remains a mystery to many and yet an understanding of the finer points of the game so often makes the difference between two equally matched players. Improve your positional play and you will see chess in a totally new dimension! Gloucester Publishers paperback books
2004réf. 2352215London: Gloucester Publishers 2004. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x0x9. Minor smudges on bottom edge otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 2004 Trade Paperback. 184 pp. "And the rest is a matter of technique" is an annoyingly common phrase used in chess literature. The implication from the author is that the task of converting a typically winning position into a full point or converting a drawing position into half-a-point is relatively straightforward. However as all of us practical players realize it's not always a simple as this and many hard-earned points are wasted through "a lack of technique". Gloucester Publishers paperback books
2008réf. 2352687New York: Metro Books 2008. Reissue. Large Softcover. Near Fine. 10x8x0. Vankin Jonathan; et al. First printing of 2008 reissue. An excellent copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 189 pp. A visual reimagining of more than fifty traditional fairy tales from the collection compiled by The Brothers Grimm. Jonathan Vankin and dozens of top comic artists have collaborated to bring a fresh version of these classics to modern readers. Metro Books paperback books
2019réf. 2346938London: Flame Tree Publishing 2019. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 6x1x9. Brand new from publisher. An exceptional copy. 2019 Hard Cover. 478 2 pp. A collection of dozens of fairy tales from The Brothers Grimm translated into English from the original German by Margaret Hunt with a foreword by Jack Zipes. Malevolent and dark the fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm are not for the faint-hearted. The stories were originally published in 1812 and form a vivid and fascinating body of work that is rich in folkloric significance. Replete with sinister characters and grotesque imagery this collection is the perfect addition to our series of deluxe Gothic Fantasy giftbooks and features some of the lesser-known tales alongside favourites like Snow White Rapunzel Rumpelstiltskin and Hansel and Gretel. Flame Tree Publishing hardcover books
1887réf. 2343511New York: Hurst & Co. Publishers / Argyle Press 1887. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Boards soiled pencil name on first blank and pencil note on title page. 1887 Hard Cover. 128 14 pp. 8vo. Translated into English from the original French by Jacob Abarbanell. The author was a popular feuilleton writer and a follower of Emile Gaboriau whose character Monsieur Lecoq was a major influence on Sherlock Holmes. Hurst & Co., Publishers / Argyle Press hardcover books
2000réf. 2344316New York: Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing Corp 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Edges lightly foxed. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 2000 Hard Cover. xv 5 538 pp. Translated from the Italian by David Selbourne with 'Remarks on The City of Light' by Wang Lianmao. "In 1270 a scholarly Jewish merchant called Jacob d'Ancona set out on a voyage from Italy. A year later he arrived in China at the coastal metropolis of Zaitun the "City of Light" now known as Quanzhou four years before Marco Polo arrived at Xanadu in 1275. Nothing was known of this epochal journey until 1990 when David Selbourne was shown d'Ancona's account of his travels a remarkable manuscript that had been hidden from public view for more than seven centuries. Eventually translated and edited by Selbourne and published in Great Britain in October 1997 as The City of Light the account was praised as providing an unparalleled insight into life in the medieval world. Controversy followed. Selbourne had pledged to the manuscript's owner that he would not reveal its whereabouts and that raised doubts about its authenticity. As a result of U.S. sinologists' criticism of plans for American publication the first edition was canceled. Now a year later Birch Lane Press happily publishes the controversial work. Criticisms of the textual evidence of d'Ancona's account have been answered by Selbourne. Most notably other academics--particularly and significantly in China--have come to the support of d'Ancona's account. The work is to be published in a Chinese translation. Vivid and insightful this account has great historical significance. It not only describes the adventures of a medieval trader but also comments on Chinese society and manners through the eyes of a European man of learning. The City of Light brings spectacularly to life d'Ancona's encounter with one of the world's great civilizations. Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing Corp hardcover books
1987réf. 2344588Interlaken New York: Empire State Books 1987. Reissue. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x7. 1987 reissue. An exceptional copy. 203 pp. Incorporating text of 1852 edition and illustrations from 1843 edition. This book is a historical fiction that follows a young boy named Marco Paul on his travels along the Erie Canal during the mid-19th century. It provides interesting insights into the history of the canal and its role in shaping American transportation. Empire State Books paperback books
1793réf. 2340792Boston / Worcester: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews 1793. Full-Leather. Fair/No Jacket. Lacks pp. 81-88 107-112. Boards rubbed with a few abrasions and bookworm holes wooden boards beneath leather splitting along horizontal with some loss from rear endpaper ownership marks of Benjamin Church of Hubbardston Massachusetts on rear endpaper dated 1799. Church was a lieutenant in the United States Army and his tombstone reads "In memory of Lieut. Benjamin Church who died June 23 1806. in the 30 year of his age. His death was occasioned by a fall from a frame.". 1793 Full-Leather. xvi 17-112 pp. ESTC W22054 Evans 25695. Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews hardcover books
2012réf. 2342747New York: Puffin 2012. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 6x1x9. Cruikshank George; Jeffers Oliver; Blake Quentin; Briggs Raymond; Clark Emma Chichester; Scheffler Axel; Oxenbury Helen. New. An exceptional copy. 2012 Hard Cover. 367 pp. Six noted illustrators lend their talents to a definitive Grimms' gift edition This is a beautiful treasury of some of the most famous stories of the Brothers Grimm reproduced in their original form. Among many others the stories include: "The Travelling Musicians" illustrated by Oliver Jeffers "The Golden Bird" illustrated by Quentin Blake "Tom Thumb" illustrated by Raymond Briggs "Snow-Drop" illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark "The Frog-Prince" illustrated by Axel Scheffler and "Ashputtel" illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. With an unjacketed foil-stamped fabric cover six full color plates and colored endpapers this is the perfect edition for gift-giving or for anyone who collects books as art. Puffin hardcover books
1981réf. 2334703Philadelphia: ISHI / Institute for the Study of Human Issues 1981. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9x6x1. Wehnert Edward H. First edition. Jacket spines faded faint sticker ghost on front endpaper of each volume. 1981 Hard Cover. xi 1 431; 477 pp. 8vo. First English translation of the complete stories originally collected in Deutsche Sagen. Edited by Donald Ward with a foreword by Dan Ben-Amos. ISHI / Institute for the Study of Human Issues hardcover books
2017réf. 2337200Lincoln Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press 2017. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 6x0x9. First edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket. 2017 Hard Cover. xii 253 pp. Homesteading the Plains offers a bold new look at the history of homesteading overturning what for decades has been the orthodox scholarly view. The authors begin by noting the striking disparity between the public’s perception of homesteading as a cherished part of our national narrative and most scholars’ harshly negative and dismissive treatment. Homesteading the Plains reexamines old data and draws from newly available digitized records to reassess the current interpretation’s four principal tenets: Homesteading was a minor factor in farm formation with most western farmers purchasing their land; most homesteaders failed to prove their claims; the homesteading process was rife with corruption and fraud; and homesteading caused Indian land dispossession. Using data instead of anecdotes and focusing mainly on the nineteenth century Homesteading the Plains demonstrates that the first three tenets are wrong and the fourth only partially true. In short the public’s perception of homesteading is perhaps more accurate than the one scholars have constructed. Homesteading the Plains provides the basis for an understanding of homesteading that is startlingly different from the current scholarly orthodoxy. University of Nebraska Press hardcover books
1949réf. 2322089Washington D.C: Department of the Army 1949. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 9x6x1. First edition. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 1949 Hard Cover. 899 pp. Includes: Leadership Drill and Exercise of Command; Hygiene and First Aid; Physical Development Methods; Maps and Aerial Photographs; Military Organization; Individual Weapons and Marksmanship; Small Unit Tactics; Military Teaching Methods; Military History of the United States; Index. Department of the Army hardcover books
1859réf. 2310187Boston: John P. Jewett and Company 1859. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition Sabin 80503. Corners rubbed with a few tape repairs to spine library bookplate and stamp on front endpapers a few pages lightly foxed. 1859 Hard Cover. vii 1 280 pp. 8vo. Two-column format. Engraved illustration of Cleveland Ohio jail where the prisoners were confined on title page. An account of escape recapture and rescue of a 'fugitive slave' and subsequent indictment of the rescuers. From Sabin: "An extraordinary case under the Fugitive Slave Act. Wellington is located thirty-six miles southwest of Cleveland; Oberlin is nine miles north of Wellington. In January 1856 a negro slave called John was missing from a plantation in Mason county Kentucky. In August 1856 a friend of the owner recognized John at Oberlin and with the aid of friends from Kentucky arrested him with the intention of taking him back. They took him to Wellington where he was rescued by a large body of persons from Oberlin and Wellington---hence the title. Thirty-seven of the rescuers were indicted by the State and confined for many months in the Cleveland jail while the trial progressed. They were finally acquitted and great was the rejoicing. The account of the affair is contained in 280 double column solidly printed pages."---THOMSON'S Bibliography of Ohio. John P. Jewett and Company hardcover books
1861réf. 2307958Stuttgart / Bonn / Berlin / Gotha. / Hamburg: J.G. Cotta'scher Verlag / Adolph Marcus / Ferd. Dummler's Verlagsbuchhandlung / C.F. Thienemann / Agentur des Kauhen Hauses 1861. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Former library copy College of St. Scholastica and likely bound together by them with just a few marks on new end sheets. Marginalia throughout Grimm's work with a few instances of underlining. 1861 Half-Leather. 64; 81 1; 56; 23 1; 142; 8; 29; 22 pp. German text. A sammelband of seven pamphlets by German philologists including an essay by Jacob Grimm of The Brothers Grimm on the origins of language. While he is best known for his work with folklore and fairy tales he also wrote several important works regarding language with very detailed research about the history of the German language and its grammar and 'Grimm's law' is a set of statements about Germanic Sound Shift named after him. The scarce Dummler catalogue includes entries with brief prospectuses for 34 titles by Grimm Bopp Von Humboldt Steinthal and other notable German philologists; a similar Auszug of linguistic works published by Dummler caption title 8 pp. c. 1858 is present between pamphlets 5 and 6. Titles include: Goethe und die Erzahlungskunst; Chaucer in seinen Beziehungen zur italienischen Literatur.; Uber den Ursprung der Sprache; Verzeichniss von Werken aus dem Gebiete der Sprachforschung Erschienen in Ferd. Dummler's Verlagsbuchhandlung in Berlin. December 1852; Der Ursprung der Sprache in Zusammenhange mit den Letzten Fragen alles Wissens. Eine Darstellung Kritik und Fortentwickelung der Vorzuglichsten Ansichten; Auszug aus dem Linguistischen Verlagskataloge von Ferd. Dummler's Verlagsbuchhandlung in Berlin.; Schleiermacher seine Personlichkeit und seine Theologie.; Licht und Schattenseiten der gegenwartigen Culturentwicklung. J.G. Cotta'scher Verlag / Adolph Marcus / Ferd. Dummler's Verlagsbuchhandlung / C.F. Thienemann / Agentur des Kauhen Hauses hardcover books
1748réf. 2304868Augustae Vindelicorum Typis et Impensis Haeredum Ioannis Iacobi Lotteri 1748. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Boards lightly soiled and stained. 1748 Hard Cover. xvi 608 13 pp. 8vo. Vellum binding hand lettered spine sprinkled edges. An extensive history of philosophy by the author whose five-volume Historia Critica Philosophiae formed the basis of William Enfield's The History of Philosophy the first English language history of philosophy to treat thinkers beyond ancient history Locke Newton Hobbes Leibniz Descartes etc. Brucker is known primarily for his massive Historia Critica Philosophiae 5 volumes 1742-44 with an Appendix 1767. Passmore calls that work "the standard history of philosophy in the 18th century to which both Kant and the Encyclopaedists for example were very considerably indebted." 'The Idea of a History of Philosophy' in The Historiography of the History of Philosophy 'S-Gravenhage 1965. The present work contains 28 papers divided into three sections: Historico-Philosophica pp. 1-257; Historico-Literaria pp. 258-552; and Philologico-Critica pp. 553-608. The nine "observations" of the first part deal mainly with ancient philosophy with papers on: "number" in Plato and Pythagorian philosophy Brucker's dissertation; Pyrrhonism; Stoicism; the Alexandrian School et al.; as well as "Supplementa ad historiam de ideis exhibens" pp. 110-147 a supplement to Brucker's first book 1723. The second part opens pp. 258-290 with a paper that contains the first printing of six letters from Leibniz to Spizel Ravier 435. This section many of whose subjects appear to have connections with Augsburg also includes observations on Melanchthon's Hypotyposes theologicae 1521 sketches of the lives of Brucker's mentor Philipp Jakob Crophius the humanist Hieronymous Wolf and his student David Hoeschel as well as biographical sketches of several physicians. Osler 6614: "Bought 29.X.18 for the 3 medical lives i.e. J. Martius A.P. Gasser and L. Schroeck." To these three one might add a fourth "De Vita Matthiae Schenckii" pp. 334-351. Augustae Vindelicorum, Typis et Impensis Haeredum Ioannis Iacobi Lotteri hardcover books
1900réf. 21362Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company. Very Good. 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. no dust jacket an ex-library but nice-looking with only minor handling wear and with some interesting annotations on the rear pastedown see Notes for details. B&W photographic plates INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the ffep: "Faithfully yours / Jacob A. Riis." An account of the author's anti-slum crusade during the decade following the publication of his most famous work "How the Other Half Lives." By 1900 this Danish-American social reformer photographer and muckraking journalist was nationally famous and in demand as a speaker -- which is amply documented by the various markings in this copy which was inexplicably withdrawn from the collection of the Nebraska State Historical Society and is stamped as such on the title page and the rear pastedown. Also on the rear pastedown the original librarian's I assume annotation provides both authentication of the signature and provenance of the book: "Bot bought of HW Brown: $1.10 Pd 2-24-1903 Sig. of author same date heard author lecture at Oliver Theater on 'Tony's Hardships.'" An additional ownership signature that of a Mr. and Mrs. Williams of Lincoln Nebraska appears on a second front endpaper also dated 2-24-1903. The referenced lecture in all its particulars is confirmed by an account in the Nebraska State Journal of February 25 1903 with the reporter commenting that "the unconscious naturalness of Riis's pose and gestures the sincerity of the man and the fact that his words were the outcome of years of keen personal observation and experience all combined to make the lecture one of exceptional interest with the unusual charm of being seemingly a spontaneous talk with an audience with whom the speaker was in full confidence and sympathy." And incredibly some idiot librarian chose to deaccession this book. Well that's Nebraska for you. And I'm from there so I can say that. This book is among the nearly 150 items offered in ReadInk's new Catalog Number 4 "Booking Passage: Books on the Immigrant Experience." You can access this catalog and its contents in any one of three ways: 1 email us to request a PDF to be emailed to you; 2 view or download the catalog from the link on our website's main page; 3 browse the books individually including a few that didn't make the cut for the catalog on our website under these two subject headings: "Immigration: Fiction" and "Immigration: Non-Fiction." Signed by Author . Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover books
1839réf. 1414519Boston: Carles C. Little and James Brown 1839. First American Edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto iv 724 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in full leather. Spine has gilt titling and fillets with significant cracking and rubbing wear. Boards have light rubbing wear to edges minor bumping to corners scuffing and discoloration to surfaces. Textblock has age toning and minor soiling to the edges; a pencil inscription from a previous owner to the front free end page adhesive age toning to the edges of the end papers and foxing to pages throughout. Shelved in Room F. 1414519. Special Collections - Upstairs. Carles C. Little and James Brown hardcover books
1845réf. 1410519Dublin: Fannin and Co 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo vi 2 126 16 32 plus four plates. In Good condition. Bound in cloth boards with gilt titling to the front boards. Spine has a complete loss of cloth exposing the paper. Boards have age toning to edges bumping and chipping to corners and wear throughout. Textblock has a label to the front pastedown pencil writing to the front pastedown age toning very light occasional foxing light offsetting to some plates and wear to edges. A presentation copy: "For Dr. Bullmore with Dr. Jacobs best wishes" written in ink to the title page. Shelved in Room A. 1410519. Special Collections - Upstairs. Fannin and Co hardcover books
