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198665 pages. The famous beginning reader book. "I sat by a lake. I looked at the sky, and as I looked, a fly went by...." Bright glossy colour-illustrated boards. Last page had five inch tear along spine which has been repaired. Not a book club edition. Book
199410 page board book with wonderful functioning pop-ups. Here you'll find astonishing new theories about the ridiculous insect life that appears to inhabit a romote moon of Saturn. Some damage to spine else average wear. Unmarked. Book
1991127 pages. Glossary. Index. Unlimited black and white illustrations. Colour plates. "Meet all the tiny creatures who share your backyard, and let an experienced naturalist and noted natural history illustrator make the introductions for you. You'll learn how to hunt for insects in the air, on the ground, and underwater - along with tips on how to create your own collection. You'll also find out how they live, how they breed, and what they eat." Clean, and unmarked with very light wear. Tight and square. Very nice copy. Book
197680 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. "An account of the life cycle of the earthworm." - from back board. Somewhat above-average wear. Usual library markings. Solid working copy. Book
1983Features: Roadchucks - street smart woodchucks; The spirit of the wild - Four artists; Salvador the Snapping Turtle - raised by humans; Trees of the Western Wind - the wind whispers among the limber pines; Spiders in fact and fancy; Lost Stands - the crisis in our forests - part two. Few library markings. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
196664 pages. Features: The U.S.S.R. and I - colour-photo-illustrated article describes what it's like to be a tourist in the Soviet Union; Fantastic one-page colour-photo ad for the 1967 Dodge Dart, red - convertible and black hardtop; When the Cable Came to Heart's Content - one hundred years ago the ship 'Great Eastern' linked Newfoundland with Europe; Snow Cruiser snowmobile half-page colour-photo ad; Let's Give The All Assists - a discussion of how assists are awarded in the NHL; Nice one-page colour-photo ad for the line of C.C.M. sports products; Lt.-Gen. E.L.M. Burns discusses what hope he sees for peace in the nuclear age; Vintage one-page colour toy ad for Eldon Road Racing Sets and new Eldon Tinyrooms; Centrefold colour ad for Parker Pens; My Pet Tarantula - Robert Scarlett describes his pet, one of 2,500 insects, butterflies and spiders in his collection; Safe Driving Week - A Sad Report on how Canadian motorists die; Great one-page colour-photo ad for Aylmer Soup features two photos of Phyllis Diller; How to Build a Candy House; Nice photo-illustrated article on Brampton radio station CHIC's all-girl team of disk jockeys, Jan Campbell, Marilyn Macdonnell, Penny Machtell and Febby Barnard; (Toy) Dolls Come Alive with Personality; Great photo-illustrated article on Beatle John Lennon going to war as Gripweed in making of the film 'How I Won The War'. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1914Pages 502-598, plus 28 pages of vintage ads. Features: The Hunting Down of Tiburcio Vasquez, the Dick Turpin of California; "Red Fagen" - a veteran shipmaster's story of the undoing of a villainous 'crimp'; A Cycling Tour Through Central Africa (part II) - photo-illustrated adventures on the way from Rhodesia to Egypt; The Spectre of Mekeo - a supernatural tale from British New Guinea; Spiders; The Javelin Throwers - an exciting adventure with Venezuelan savages; Following the Fur Trails - photo-illustrated article of a Canadian government naval survey crew's winter on the ice-bound shores of Hudson Bay; Lost in an Underground Labyrinth - photo-illustrated account of a man who was thrown into the sewers of Milan and lost for many days; The Eagle's Nest - the mountaintop town of Peillon in the South of France - article with many photos; The Mystery of Fraser Island - a strange sequence of events on an island where the Queensland 'dumped' troublesome blacks; Our Lunatic; A Matter of Business - a West African trader is charged with removing stock from stations set to be closed - despite native objections; The "Crooked House" - at Kingswinford, near Birmingham; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Covers detached as one but present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
1977Best.-Nr. UARABUI00TMEastern National Park and Monuments Association 1977. Fine. Arana Luis Rafael. The Building of Castillo de San Marcos. Manucy Albert. NP: Eastern National Park and Monuments Association 1977. 64pp. Small 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Near fine with light rubbing. Eastern National Park and Monuments Association paperback books
1736Best.-Nr. 6421Sevilla: Juan Francisoc Blas de Quesada 1736. Small octavo 20ff 367pp. The imprimatur and aprobation by censor are dated 1736 in Seville but no date is given on the title page. Palau seems not to have been aware of this book but he does record a "libro segundo" printed in Madrid 1773 with Bishop Salcedo y Azcona as the author. Palau v. xviii 369. OCLC lists several copies of a Seville printing a couple by this printer but no date on any of them; there is one copy only of the Madrid 1773 printing. The title states that it was in fact published by Salcedo y Azcona but that it was written by a Juan Arana SJ 1666-1747. Salcedo y Azcona was a very prominent churchman being successively archbishop of Santiago Compostela and Seville. Neat contemporary signature on ffep. Rare. Fine copy in contemporary vellum with ties. Juan Francisoc Blas de Quesada hardcover books
1836Best.-Nr. 008312Seville: Juan Francisco Blas de Quesada 1836. RARE. No date title pages dated 1836 in Licencia. Two volumes bound in contemporary sponged calf floral gilt backs edges dyed red marbled end papers ribbon markers. Very Good dampstain to margin not affecting text final 20 pp. Tome I end papers soiled light wear at edges some old pencil notations at end pages. Interior pages clean and bright. . Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Juan Francisco Blas de Quesada Hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 319844Philadelphia. Brinton's Library of Aboriginal American Literature Number VI. 234 2pp. 8vo. Original cloth uncut. VG. Brinton's Library of Aboriginal American Literature Number VI. 234 2pp. 8vo. INSCRIBED BY WIFE WITH SIGNED POHOTO OF BRINTON. Laid in is a carte-de-visite of Brinton signed on mount below. and with the inscription on ffep to "Henry L. Broomall from Mrs. D.G. Brinton." Daniel Garrison Brinton 1837-1899 was a polymath surgeon ethnologist racial realist. This work was written in 15671 and finisheds in 1604 by the author's grandson Francisco Rojas and is considered an important historical document on post-classic Maya civilization in the highlands of Guatemala. unknown books
1955Best.-Nr. M3136In:: Journal of Neurosurgery Vol. XII No. 6 1955. 1955. pp. 601-613. 8vo. 535-660 pp. 5 figs. 2 tables refs. indexes. Original printed wrappers. Very good. Journal of Neurosurgery, Vol. XII, No. 6, (1955). unknown books
1913Best.-Nr. 35474Santiago de Chile: Imprenta y Encuadernación Universitaria; Imprenta Litografía y Encuadernación Barcelona 1913. First edition and later. Half mottled brown morocco over alligatored boards four raised bands tan title label green volume label gilt titles. Very good copies spine ends scuffed Vol. I with faint dampstain on first few leaves Vol. II last leaf repaired owner's name and stamp on title. xv 538 pp.; 620 pp. 8vo. Mixed editions uniformly bound with Volume I a first edition and Volume II from: Obras Completas de Diego Barros Arana Vol. XV. Diego Jacinto Agustín Barros Arana 1830-1907 is perhaps Chile's most important nineteenth century historian. "A sound detailed narrative presenting a great deal of factual information on Chile's political financial administrative and cultural development during a decade that the author considered 'one of the most instructive sections of national history.' Based upon official documents and the periodical press" Griffin p.533. Palau 24960. Griffin 5714. Spain & Spanish America I 71. Chiappa: Bibliografia Barros Arana 246. Imprenta y Encuadernación Universitaria; Imprenta, Litografía y Encuadernación Barcelona hardcover books
1940Best.-Nr. 61197Buenos Aires: Imprenta de la Universidad 1940. Paperback. Very Good. 249-284p. Original wrapper. 24cm. Unopened. Corner bumped. Spanish text. Noticias para la Historia Del Teatro Nacional 7. Imprenta de la Universidad paperback books
1872Best.-Nr. 26812Santiago Chile: Imprenta De La Libreria Del Mercurio De Orestes L. Tornero 1872. 101 pages. Spanish text. In three sections: Las Propiedades de los jesuitas en el distrito de Santiago; Adquisiciones de los jesuitas en las provincias de Chile; Diversas industrias de los jesuitas. Part of the Biblioteca de la Revista de Santiago. Don Diego Barros Arana 1830 - 1907 Chilean historian & investigative writer of Basque origin legislator minister and diplomat; "studied for a legal career but gave up the law to pursue his interests in history and literature. In 1859 the Chilean government exiled him for writing articles critical of the government. While in exile he visited Buenos Aires Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro where he collected historical data and he later did the same in France England and Spain. He was one of the first Latin-American historians to explore the rich Spanish archivessubsequently served as a dean of the humanities faculty at the University of Santiago and as Chilean ambassador to Argentina Uruguay and Brazil. As a historian Barros Arana was more a painstaking investigator and annalist than an interpreter of historical events though his works are somewhat coloured with ideas of Chilean nationalism. His reputation rests upon his monumental Historia general de Chile one of the landmarks of 19th-century Latin-American historiography." Ency. Brit. Info. Previous owner name and his small 1/2" approx. collection sticker on the half-title page of George R. Brush; he served in the U.S. Navy as a surgeon & medical inspector from 1861-1894 his death and was often on-station various ports in South America conducting his naval duties. An OCLC search at time of cataloging indicates a copy held in Spain. Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" size; original sewn printed yellow paper wraps; a little wear & soiling to the binding around the cover edges; contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Imprenta De La Libreria Del Mercurio De Orestes L. Tornero paperback books
1738Best.-Nr. 52488Lisbon: Lisboa Occidental 1738. hardcover. very good. Breve Compendio da Vida e Mysterios de Maria. 340pp. Small 4to contemporary calf. Lisboa Occidental: Domingos Gonsalves 1738. Very Good . Lisboa Occidental unknown books
1991Best.-Nr. 041819New Delhi: Indian Social Institute 1991. viii 94 1p. dj. A duplicate t.p. and 8-page intrduction is also bound in at the end as issued. Indian Social Institute unknown books
2006Best.-Nr. 1311838New York: The Dial Press/Random House Inc 2006. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 367; VG/VG-; black spine with ivory text; dust jacket shows minor wear to exterior; slightly sunned spine; minor wear to edges; cloth has light sunning to exterior; strong boards; text block shows minor wear to exterior edges; interior clean; signed by author. 1311838. FP New Rockville Stock. The Dial Press/Random House, Inc hardcover books
1999No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with some rubbing/creasing to upper edge. 320pp. This comprehensive work covers the keeping of reptiles, amphibians, spiders and insects as pets including housing, feeding, handling and common diseases and problems.
1987Best.-Nr. 83719Miami: Editorial SIBI 1987. Paperback. 97p. text in Spanish prefacio illustraciones personal inscription to fellow Nicarauguan poet and anti-Samoza activist and member of the Sandinista Liberation Front Daisy Zamora signed by the poet very good first edition trade paperback original in tan pictorial wraps. First book of poetry by the Nicaraguan American author. FSLN poet Daisy Zamora's copy. Six holdings located in OCLC as of 7/2019. Editorial SIBI paperback books
Best.-Nr. 126342San Sebastián Spain: Hiria n.d. Paperback. 138p. text in Spanish a few marginal notes words written in pen English translations in the first three pages otherwise good first editio trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Novel of gay adolescent sexuality. Hiria paperback books
1957Best.-Nr. 24386Mexico City: Publicaciones de Las Españas 1957. 21p. 7x9.25 inches text in Spanish very good booklet in stapled printed white wraps. Exile literature. The author calls for a movement for national regeneration in Spain in response to a questionaire sent out by IBERICA a New York weekly for Spanish exiles. Publicaciones de Las Españas unknown books
1990Best.-Nr. WRCLIT83221Buenos Aires: Editorial Charcas 1990. 321pp. Printed paper wrappers. First edition. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. Light shelf wear to wrappers pencil receipt inscription on verso of upper wrapper otherwise a fine copy with author's calling card tipped to free endsheet. Editorial Charcas unknown books
2008Paperback Like New. Pls. allow within 20 - 25 business days delivery time as this is a new relase book from publishers.
2002Best.-Nr. 39601Boston:: Little Brown. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0316815446 . Illustrated by the author. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Little, Brown, hardcover books