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$10.57 Shipping Location: New Brunswick, United States This is a Atlas of Resources of British Columbia from 1956. There are about 92 pages in this Atlas. This atlas is in overall good to very good condition ... moreshowing minor wear and tear due to aging.
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Free Shipping Location: San Francisco, United States Illuminated Illustrations of Froissart. Condition:(Two of the illus. selected from the Ms. in the British Museum. Vol.1 only. Illuminated title in colours ... more& gold and 36 hand-coloured & chromolithographed plates. ).
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$25.00 Shipping Location: India 009862 Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree Tao Upanishad. Text In Hindi Jiwan Jagriti Aandolan 1974 Bombay 640 Pages. Text In Hindi BINDING - Hardcover Hindi 8vo ... more- over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Jacket - Fair.
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$20.00 Shipping Location: India 009864 Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree Jina Sutra. Text In Hindi Rajneesh Foundation 1976 Poona 480 Pages. Text In Hindi BINDING - Softcover Hindi 8vo - over ... more7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Edition CONDITION - Used/ Good 69.99 For Sale Valid.
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$23.26 Shipping Location: WIGSTON, United Kingdom UTTA PRADESH.INDIA. LARGE 1970's WALL MAP. LARGE ENOUGH TO LOOK SUPERB IN A BAR OR RESTAURANT! Also shows Part of southern TIBET (CHINA).
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$25.00 Shipping Location: India 009880 Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree The Empty Boat Rajneesh Foundation 1976 Poona 451 Pages BINDING - Hardcover English 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Jacket - Fair.
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$20.00 Shipping Location: India Text In Hindi Rajneesh Foundation 1976 Poona 575 Pages. Text In Hindi. Blind Card Covers BINDING - Card Covers with light wear Hindi 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" ... moretall No Jacket 1st Edition CONDITION - Used/ Good 69.99 For Sale Valid.
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$1.60 Shipping Location: Berlin, Germany Antonin Řivnáč (23. October 1843 Prague – 27. August 1917 Prague) was a Czech bookseller and publisher who took an active part in economic and social ... morelife in Prague. Biography: He was born to František Řivnáč (1807–1888), whose bookshop (established in 1848) was an important center of Czech Revival life for decades. Antonín resigned on January 1. Joined the company on November 18, 1858 at the age of fifteen. In 1873 he became a partner and in 1885, after his father retired, he took over the management of the company. He maintained his good reputation and important business relationships (e.g. commission sales of publications from the Museum of the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Royal Czech Society of Sciences, Matice české a Moravské). The bookstore was originally located together with the Museum.
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$20.00 Shipping Location: India 009883 Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree Kahe Wajid Pukar. Text In Hindi Rajneesh Foundation 1979 Poona 338 Pages. Text In Hindi BINDING - Hardcover Hindi 8vo - ... moreover 7¾ - 9¾" tall No Jacket 1st Edition CONDITION - Used/ Good 79.99 For Sale Valid.
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$20.00 Shipping Location: India 009875 Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree The Grass Grows By Itself Rajneesh Foundation 1976 Poona 2239 Pages BINDING - Hardcover English 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall ... moreNo Jacket 1st Edition CONDITION - Used/ Good 79.99 For Sale Valid.
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$20.00 Shipping Location: India 009867 Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree Maha Gita. Text In Hindi Rajneesh Foundation 1978 Poona 316 Pages. Text In Hindi. Original Blind Cloth BINDING - Hardcover ... moreHindi 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall No Jacket 1st Edition CONDITION - Used/ Good 79.99 For Sale Valid.
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$25.00 Shipping Location: India 242 pages. Printed c 1908. Original edition. Title and last page of index in facsimile. First and last page with loss on margins. Overall a good working ... morecopy only.
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$14.00 Shipping Location: India 000971 Fanshawe, H. C: Delhi Past And Present. 1998 Gurgaon (Haryana). First Published In 1902. Very Good. Hardcover 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall used/very ... moregood. 29.99 For Sale Valid.
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$25.00 Shipping Location: India 009861 Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree Tao Upanishad. Text In Hindi Rajneesh Foundation 1978 Poona 586 Pages. Text In Hindi BINDING - Hardcover Hindi 8vo - over ... more7¾ - 9¾" tall No Jacket 1st Edition CONDITION - Used/ Good 99.99 For Sale Valid.
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$25.00 Shipping Location: India 009854 Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree Tao. The Three Treasures. Binding Shaky BINDING - Hardcover.
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$1.62 Shipping Location: Berlin, Germany Life: He was born into the family of František Vyskočil (1854–??), a high school professor from Příbram, and his wife Marie née Belšanová (1860–). He ... morebegan his law studies in Prague in 1900 and interrupted his studies after a year. In the years 1901-1904 he studied at the German Mining Academy. From 1904 to 1909 he studied modern philology at the Faculty of Philosophy at Charles University in Prague and received his doctorate in 1910. He first worked as a high school professor, from 1915 he was a judge. In 1920 he became a librarian and later head of the library department of the Department of Commerce. At 6. February 1926 he married Jiřina Antonia Kaninská (1900– ??) in Prague. He retired in 1946. He is buried in his hometown Příbram in the municipal cemetery "on Panská louka". Život:Na.
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$1.60 Shipping Location: Berlin, Germany Life: He was born into the family of František Vyskočil (1854– ??), a high school professor from Příbram, and his wife Marie née Belšanová (1860–). He ... morebegan his law studies in Prague in 1900 and interrupted his studies after a year. In the years 1901-1904 he studied at the German Mining Academy. From 1904 to 1909 he studied modern philology at the Faculty of Philosophy at Charles University in Prague and received his doctorate in 1910. He first worked as a high school professor, from 1915 he was a judge. In 1920 he became a librarian and later head of the library department of the Department of Commerce. At 6. In February 1926 he married Jiřina Antonia Kaninská (1900– ??) in Prague. He retired in 1946. He is buried in his hometown Příbram in the municipal cemetery "on Panská louka". Živo.
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$14.00 Shipping Location: India 000995 Sencourt, Robert: India In English Literature. 1990 Gurgaon (Haryana). First Published C 1920. Very Good. Hardcover 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall used/very ... moregood. 13.00 For Sale Valid.
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$20.00 Shipping Location: India 009869 Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree Gita Darshan. Text In Hindi Rajneesh Foundation 1976 Poona 458 Pages. Text In Hindi BINDING - Softcover Hindi 8vo - over ... more7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Edition CONDITION - Used/ Good 69.99 For Sale Valid.
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$20.00 Shipping Location: India 009860 Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree Bhakti Sutra. Text In Hindi Rajneesh Foundation 1976 Poona 290 Pages. Text In Hindi BINDING - Hardcover Hindi 8vo - over ... more7¾ - 9¾" tall No Jacket 1st Edition CONDITION - Used/ Good 79.99 For Sale Valid.
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$30.00 Shipping Location: India Text In Hindi Rajneesh Foundation 1979 Poona 726 Pages. Text In Hindi BINDING - Hardcover Hindi 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall No Jacket 1st Edition CONDITION ... more- Used/ Good 79.99 For Sale Valid.
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$25.00 Shipping Location: India 009863 Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree Jina Sutra. Text In Hindi Rajneesh Foundation 1978 Poona 488 Pages. Text In Hindi BINDING - Hardcover.
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$30.00 Shipping Location: India 009886 Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree Jyoti Se Jyoti Jale. Text In Hindi Rajneesh Foundation 1978 Poona 665 Pages. Text In Hindi BINDING - Hardcover Hindi 8vo ... more- over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Jacket - Fair.
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$18.00 Shipping Location: India 009856 Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree Yoga. with light wear 1st Edition CONDITION - Used/ Good 69.99 For Sale Valid.
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$20.00 Shipping Location: India 009866 Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree Maha Gita. Text In Hindi Rajneesh Foundation 1979 Poona 365 Pages. Text In Hindi BINDING - Hardcover Hindi 8vo - over 7¾ ... more- 9¾" tall No Jacket 1st Edition CONDITION - Used/ Good 79.99 For Sale Valid.
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$20.00 Shipping Location: India 009868 Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree Maha Gita. Text In Hindi Rajneesh Foundation 1978 Poona 302 Pages. Text In Hindi BINDING - Hardcover Hindi 8vo - over 7¾ ... more- 9¾" tall No Jacket 1st Edition CONDITION - Used/ Good 79.99 For Sale Valid.
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$25.00 Shipping Location: India 009876 Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree The Revolution. Discourses On Kabir Rajneesh Foundation 1979 Poona 397 Pages BINDING - Hardcover.
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$20.00 Shipping Location: India 009859 Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree Yoga. Spine Chipped. BINDING - Hardcover English 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall No Jacket 1st Edition CONDITION - Used/ Good ... more69.99 For Sale Valid.
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$9.95 Shipping Condition: Unspecified Location: MARYPORT, United Kingdom After his father's death he was taken in by relatives for school and university education at Leiden, and then spent a period in Lausanne. Ordained deacon ... morein 1764, Bouyer served as a curate at Burwell, Cambridgeshire.
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Laboulaye's Fairy Book / NY Harper 1st Edn 1866-7 / Plum Cloth w/Engravings!
Laboulaye. Edouard: Laboulaye's Fairy Book. Fairy Tales of All Nations. New York: Harper& Bros. 1867. First Edition; read on: There seems to be some confusion regarding the actual publication date of this book. The copyright was entered in 1866. But the title page shows 1867. One would ordinarily ASSUME a second or very early printing; but like another copy I've researched, this copy has a Christmas inscription to the front free endpaper ~ which means the book was obviously available to the buying public prior to the year 1867. Added to that is the fact that no less a personage as LW Currey(whose Science Fiction& Fantasy Authors is a standard reference) states his copy from 1867 is a first edition as well. VERY SCARCE: we locate only 7 copies of this edition for sale worldwide. This is a difficult book to find. Because it ... morewas only reprinted once, in 1920, as a"Golden Age" illustrated children's book. Octavo. 7-1/2" x 5" 4] + xi + 363pp + 4pp ads +[4] Bound in plum cloth. With titles& designs to spine in gilt. Illustrated with fanciful engravings throughout the text. CONTENTS: Perlino(A Neapolitan tale) Yvon and Finette(A tale of Brittany) The Castle of Life/ Destiny(A Dalmatian tale) The Twelve Months(A Bohemian tale) Sswanda. The Piper(A Bohemian tale) The Gold Bread(A Hungarian tale) The Story of the Noses(A Bohemian tale) The Three Citrons(A Neapolitan tale) The Story of Coquerico(A Spanish tale) King Bizarre and Prince Charming; or. The Art of Governing Men(A tale of all nations) Abdallah; or. The Four-Leaved Clover(an Arabian tale) CONDITION: Binding is solid. NO loose pages or starting signatures; inner joints unsplit! Uniform pale edgetoning throughout; but NO foxing! Pp 161-165 show traces of an old& likely accidental dog-earing. As mentioned above, small neat gift inscription to front free endpaper. COVERS are VERY clean as far as scuffs or damage are concerned; but we do see faint mottlings and rubs to the plum color. TIPS show wear to the cardboard. SPINE
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Report of Decision on Dred Scott vs John Sandford: Washington 1857 1st Edn RARE!
Howard. Benjamin C. Report on the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. And the Opinion of the Judges Thereof, in the ca se of Dred Scott versus John F. A. Sandford. December Term. 1856. Washington: Cornelius Wendell. 1857; first edition. HOWES S218/ SABIN 3324. Published simultaneously in New York; NO priority has been assigned between these printings. SCARCE and IMPORTANT: we locate only 8-9 copies available on the market. Priced as high as $1,875.00; ALL of them in"compromised" condition; see below. Octavo. 9" x 5-1/2" 239pp. Originally issued by the publisher in green paper wraps. This copy b ound long ago in golden sheepskin. Or"law leather" as it's often been called. Unfortunately, sheep is not the best quality leather for binding. Scott's efforts to free himself go back as early as ... more1843, when his master died; Scott was living in Missouri. An anti-slavery state. He offered the master's widow the modern equivalent of some $7000.00( for his freedom but to no avail.so in 1846-7 he sued in court. The judgement went against him, but a retrial was called for. In 1850, a Missouri court upheld his case; the widow appealed. In 1852 the Missouri Supreme Court struck down that ruling. Scott tried again in federal court, but was struck down again. At that point, Scott appealed to the federal Supreme Court ~ again, to no avail. The Court's ruling was based upon the notion that, essentially, NO non-white person could be recognized as a citizen of the United States to begin with; consequently. Scott had no legal standing to bring suit in federal court in the first place! Moreover, slaves were considered private property, as such, granting Scott his freedom would involve violating the master's rights, depriving him of property without"due process" It gets more complicated ~ the Ordinance of 1787 regarding US-held territories was involved, and the Missouri Compromise of 1820 got thrown out the window.it was concluded that Congress hadn't the right
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Edgar Rice Burroughs: TARZAN & the LION MAN / ERB 1st Edn 1934 NICE!!
Burroughs. Edgar Rice: Tarzan and the Lion Man. Tarzana. CA: ERB, Inc. 1934; first edition. Stated. See Heins. LiM-1. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5" 318pp + 1p ads. Bound in basket-weave textured grey cloth. With titles& designs in red& black. Top edge of textblock stained red. With frontispiece and 4 illustrations in the text by the one-and-only J. Allen St. John! The Lord of the Jungle literally meets his match in this. The 19th adventure in Burroughs' immortal series! A movie safari, a scientist of questionable sanity, mistaken identity, talking gorillas& more! I recall ERB once said something to the effect that he thought this tale was one of his weakest; but the readers of Liberty Magazine, in which the story first appeared, overwhelmingly called it one of the very best! CONDITION: The Good News: Binding firm. Text is clean ... morewith NO foxing, and just the merest suggestion of edgetoning. Plates are bright and crisp. Endpapers clean. Inner joints intact; NO sign of a former owner. Covers are very clean; spine shows virtually NO suntoning. 3 of 4 tips just lightly rubbed; the 4th, at lower front cover, shows more wear, just barely exposing the underlying cardboard. The Bad News: Damping mark to the lower covers: starting at bottom front edge 1-1/2" from spine. Rising up to just touch the"E" in"Edgar" running across the spine at the 1/3 level, dropping off steeply on rear cover to 1" from bottom, then running across the bottom of rear cover to 1" from the bottom rear tip. I have included a close-up shot of both the rear cover& spine, and the bottom of the rear endpapers, which show VERY light influence of damping. Winning bidder gets FREE SHIPPING in USA! Canada& overseas extra; please inquire! Thanks for looking!
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Kibun Daizin: From Shark-Boy to Merchant Prince / 1st Edn Century 1904 Illust'd
Murai. Gensai: Kibun Daizin. Or, From Shark-Boy to Merchant Prince. Translated by Masao Yoshida. New York: Century Co. 1904; first edition; xiii + 164pp. Bound in slate-blue cloth. With pictorial front cover of Japanese boy hanging from tree limb to stab a shark, in black, pale pink and pale mint-green; titles in gilt. With 12 nice illustrations by George Varian. This story.is founded upon the life of Bunzayemon Kinokuniya. A Japanese merchant of the eighteenth century, whose pluck, wisdom, and enterprising spirit made him one of the most prosperous and respected men of his time. SCARCE: We find 6 copies only for sale: one is a modern reprint. And three of the other copies are missing their front free endpapers. CONDITION: As stated above. A clean, neat copy with no foxing or edgetoning. Inner gutters intact; no sign of a former owner. Plates ... moreare bright. Tips are rubbed, with very slight bumping noticed. Spine shows rubbing to the 4 corners, and along the hinges. Winning bidder please add $2.50 shipping in USA. Canada& overseas extra; please inquire! Thanks for looking!
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Agnel: Chess for Winter Evenings: NY 1st Edn 1847 Illustrated w/Plates !!
Agnel. Hyacinth R. Chess for Winter Evenings; containing the Rudiments of the Game, and Elementary Analyses of the Most Popular Openings. Exemplified in Games actually Played by the Greatest Masters; including Staunton's Analysis of the King's and Queen's Gambits. Numerous Positions and Problems on Diagrams, both Original and Selected; also a Series of Chess Tales, with Illustrations Engraved from Original Designs. The whole Extracted and Translated from the Best Sources, by H. R. Agnel. New-York: D. Appleton& Co. M DCCC XLVIII(1848) First Edition. Copyright 1848; Preface dated December 9. 1847. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5-1/4" xv + 509pp + 8pp ads. Bound in crimson ribbed cloth, with elaborate floral blindstamping to both covers. Creating a central cartouche enclosing a chessboard with pieces in gilt; the spine replaced by ... morea recovering in burgundy ribbed cloth. With four tissue-guarded engraved plates. And approx. 135 diagrams throughout the text. EXTREMELY RARE: We locate only 1 copy for sale worldwide! CONDITION continued: The binding is still firm: NO loose pages or starting signatures; however. There are a number of points in the book where the gutters may be seen between the signatures. We see occasional, widely scattered pale foxings; the text shows mild edgetoning throughout. Original endpaper& prelim with signatures of owners in the same family from 1848 to 1930. COVERS show extensive edgerubbing to the cardboard; tips worn and bumped. The rebacking should have been done better: the hinge-side edges of the original cloth should have been lifted up. To be laid down over the new cloth, so only the spine would show as new.ah well. Winning bidder gets FREE SHIPPING in USA! Canada& overseas extra; please inquire! Thanks for looking!
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Irving: Legends of the Alhambra: Lippincott 1st Edn 1909 w/7 Color Plates LOVELY
Irving. Washington: Tales of the Alhambra. With an introduction by Hamilton Wright Mabie. Philadelphia& London: J.B. Lippincott& Co. 1909; first edition, October 1909; intro dated August. 1909. Large wide Octavo(almost a Crown Quarto) 9-1/2" x 7" xix + 230pp. Bound in deep blue cloth, with pictorial pastedown label. Titles in gilt; top edge gilt; decorative endpapers. With marginal illustrations and 7 wonderful color plates by George Hood. RARE: We locate only 5 copies for sale worldwide. One of them a later reprint. ULTRA-RARE in this condition: this copy beats the others by a mile! CONTENTS INCLUDE: The Arabian Astrologer/ Prince Ahmed al Kamel; or. The Pilgrim of Love/ The Moor's Legacy/ The Three Beautiful Princesses/ The Rose of the Alhambra/ The Two Discreet Statues/ Don Munio Sancho De Hinojosa/ The Enchanted ... moreSoldier. Like Atkinson Fox. The illustrations by Hood were obviously inspired by Maxfield Parrish. CONDITION ~ As mentioned. In an absolutely FINE state of preservation. Lightest of rubs to the tips and corners of spine. Lightest rubbing to the lower gilt borders of the cover pastedown label. PERIOD. Winning bidder please add $3.50 shipping in USA. Canada& overseas extra; please inquire! Thanks for looking!
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Tales of the Tokugawa: The Yotsuya Kwaidan / Lippincott 1st Edn 1917
Benneville. James S. Tales of the Tokugawa: The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Retold from the Japanese Originals. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. 1917; first edition. Bound in pale blue-grey ribbed cloth. With titles in gilt. With a lovely colored frontispiece. The O'Iwa of the Tamiya Inari Jinja of Echizenbori, Tokyo" A SCARCE WORK ~ we locate only about 8 copies worldwide. it contains all the machinery of the Nipponese ghost story. In the Nipponese ghost story. The vengeful power of the ghost acts through entirely natural means. The characters involved suffer through their own delusions aroused by conscience. In the old days, and among the common people in Nippon today, the supernatural was and is believed in, with but few exceptions. Such stories still are held to be fact, albeit the explanation is modern. Hence it can be ... moresaid that the"Yotsuya Kwaidan" is a true story. O'Iwa, the Lady of Tamiya, really did exist in the Genroku and Horei Periods(1688-1710)Victim of an atrocious plot of her husband and others, she committed suicide with the vow to visit here rage upon all engaged in the conspiracy.The shrine of the O'Iwa Inari(Fox-witched O'Iwa) in Yotsuya was early erected(1717) to propitiate her wrathful ghost. CONDITION is as stated above; tight binding. Clean text shows no foxing or edgetoning; inner gutters intact, no sign of a former owner. Looks like something was spilled on the front cover and wiped off long ago. Aside from that, only the faintest rubs to extremes. Winning bidder please add $2.50 shipping in USA. Canada& overseas extra; please inquire! Thanks for looking!
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H. Bedford Jones: The Cross & The Hammer: 1912 1st Edn of Author's First Book !
Bedford-Jones. Henry: The Cross and the Hammer. Elgin. IL: David C. Cook Publishing Co. 1912; first and only edition. Quarto. 8-1/4" x 6-1/2" 95pp. 3/4-bound in deep blue-green marbled boards over burgundy cloth spine& tips. With 8 b&w illustrations by E. H. Hartke. SCARCE: we locate only 6 copies available worldwide. Henry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones(1887~1949) was one of the very best writers of the Pulp Era. Starting about 1909. He was a quick writer, with a strong narrative sense. He wrote an astonishing 1,400 magazine stories and 80 books, including"D'Artagnan" a sequel to"The Three Musketeers" He became one of the highest-paid Pulp writers as well. And eventually became known as"King of the Pulps" This work of historical fiction tells the tale of how Christianity came to the Kingdom ... moreof Norway; how the Hammer of Thor. War-God of Northern Europe, was at length overcome by the Cross of Christianity. CONDITION continued ~ Binding is firm; text is creamy with NO foxing or edgetoning; inner joints intact; no sign of a former owner. Marbled papers show rubbing at the fore-edges. Tips show some bumping. But offly, almost NO rubbing at all. Extremes of spine show normal"crimping" with just a touch of rub. Unfortunately, half the spine and the hinge area of the rear board show mottled signs of damping, NOT extending into the book at all. When I first obtained this book many years ago, there were 5 copies available on the'net. Offered at $85, $145, $200, $300, and $400. NOW, there are 6 copies, offered at $35, $55, $60, $75, $90, and $140; I wonder what happened? Winning bidder please add $2.50 Media shipping in USA. Canada& overseas extra; please inquire! Thanks for looking! RcmdId ViewItemDescV4,RlogId p4%60bo7%60jtb9%3Fvo%7B%3Dd70f%2Bf%60%60%3E-1442fe145e7-0xf6-
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Essay on Credulity & Superstition: Appleton 1st Edn 1849 in Decorated Cloth RARE
Blakeman. Rufus: A Philosophical Essay on Credulity and Superstition; and also on Animal Fascination. Or Charming. New York: D. Appleton& Co. 1849; First edition. Copyright 1849; preface dated September 4th. 1849. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4" 206pp + 36pp catalogue of Appleton book ads. Bound in glossy deep-sea blue-green ribbed cloth, with both covers and spine elaborately blindstamped in floral patterns; title to spine in gilt. QUITE RARE: we locate only 2 copies on the market! YES. You can go ahead and look up Rufus Blakeman, but you'll be hard pressed to find out anything! I'm afraid I've come up with virtually nothing about him. Condition continued ~ Binding is tight. NO loose pages. Text is on very white paper, but scattered foxings throughout. Endpapers are clean, inner joints are NOT split! Covers show light bubbling ... moreto the central panels, and scattered nits. Tips show light rub& bump. Spine show virtuall NO wear at all! ~ only faintest touches. Gilt still bright! Winning bidder gets FREE SHIPPING in USA! Canada& overseas extra; please inquire! Thanks for looking!
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Anthony Hope: The Prisoner of Zenda: 1st US Edn 1894 in NICE Condition!
Hope. Anthony: The Prisoner of Zenda. Being the History of Three Months in the Life of an English Gentleman. New York: Henry Holt& Co. 1894; first edition. Royal 16mo. 6-1/2" x 3-3/4" 226pp + 1p ads. Bound in tan buckram, with titles& design of owl with the HH&C logo to cover in crimson; top edge gilt. Other edges untrimmed. Text printed on laid paper. With a b&w frontispiece by Wechsler. SCARCE in this condition: This book is notorious for poor production values ~ the buckram was very acidic. And can tone to a deep, almost brown color. The red titles& design just don't show up well. The frontis tissue guard is acidic, toning the title-page. We've never seen a copy without these issues to one extent or another. Hope's classic work, which has been made into at least 4 films! The Prisoner of Zenda" ... morewas the first of what became known as"Ruritanian Romances" In which the protagonist takes on a dual role, usually for intriguing political purposes. In this case, our hero takes the place of the King of Ruritania, who has been drugged by his brother in a plot to take over the throne. Hope's sequel, Rupert of Hentzau" was also very popular; and George Barr McCutcheon's tales of Graustark carried on the tradition. Condition. Continued ~ The binding is firm; the text is clean with NO foxing; we see a mere trace of fore-edge toning. Endpapers are clean. With a small penned owner's name; the inner joints are intact, but we do see a split just starting at the bottom of the front inner joint. Covers are about as clean as one can ask for; we see one tiny fox-dot to the rear board, and a couple of dark marks to the front board, and a mark to the upper spine. The frontis tissue has toned, as usual, with a pale tone transferred to the title-page. Tips are still remarkably sharp! Spine shows only the faintest of rubs! DESPITE THE NITS. THE NICEST EXAMPLE OF THIS NOVEL WE'VE SEEN. Winning bidder please add $2.50 shipping in USA. Canada& overseas extra;
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Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Land that Time Forgot: 1st G&D Edn 1925 in NICE DJ!!
Burroughs. Edgar Rice: The Land that Time Forgot. New York: Grosset& Dunlap. 1925; first G&D printing. Check HHHeins. Page 160, code LTF-2. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5" 422pp + 4pp ads in rear. Bound in the usual red cloth. With titles in black. The rear panel shows ERB in oval portrait. With 16 titles listed. Inside DJ lists 16 titles as well. Ad in rear lists 15 titles. The narrowness of the spine, with the title so far to the right, makes me wonder if this DJ isn't from a later printing.but there's a tiny tan dot on the DJ spine that corresponds to a very faint dot on the book's spine, which leads me to believe these two pieces have been paired with each other a very long time. With 4 illustrations by the Master. J. Allen St. John. Thrilling adventures on an unknown South Pacific island. Swarming with Mesozoic monsters ... moreand sub-human races! VERY. VERY RARE in this state of preservation. From my personal collection. CONDITION. Continued: Binding is tight. Text is clean with NO toning or foxing; endpapers clean, inner joints NOT split; neat former owner's signature to front free endpaper. Covers are SUPER clean; tips are virtually untouched! Spine is lovely, just a hint of rub at the 4 corners! A SUPERB COPY. Dustjacket is VERY VG+. Showing only light rubbing along the fore-edges, and tiniest losses to the tips. SPINE is COMPLETE, with faint stressing to the upper& lower 1/8" A LOVELY. WELL-PRESERVED EXAMPLE. Winning bidder gets FREE SHIPPING in USA! Canada& overseas extra; please inquire! Thanks for looking!
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Muir: English Children's Books 1600 to 1900 1st Edn 1954 in DJ
Muir. Percy: English Children's Books 1600 to 1900. New York: Frederick Praeger. 1954) first edition. Octavo. 10" x 7-1/2; 256pp. Bound in blue cloth with titles in gilt. With over 100 illustrations throughout the text. Mr. Muir fills in many gaps left by previous historians on the subject. He presents the publishing histories of the most famous children's books for the first time. He also provides lists of the most important children's books for each period.as well as a full biography of the most useful works by earlier writers. To the collector and librarian. English Children's Books is an indespensible reference. CONDITION is nice once you get past the ex-lib stuff: peeling to endpapers where glue was once applied; small paper label to bottom of spine; trace of a stamp at bottom of title page. And 2 small stamps to ... morethe upper& outer textblock edges. Aside from that we see a neat 1-1/2" tear at top of front panel, and a 3/8" tear at bottom. Tips, head& tail of spine just lightly rubbed. SHOULD BE A $65.00 ITEM; we'll settle for somewhat less! Winning bidder please add $3.00 shipping in USA. Canada& overseas extra; please inquire! Thanks for looking!
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Edgar Rice Burroughs: Son of Tarzan: McClurg 1st Edn, 3rd Printing 1918
Burroughs. Edgar Rice: The Son of Tarzan. Chicago: AC McClurg. 1918; first edition, third printing. The first printing had 1917 on title page and no WF Hall imprint. The second printing had 1917 and the imprint. The fourth and final McClurg printing had 1918 and no imprint. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5" 394pp. Bound in dark green cloth, with titles to cover and spine in gilt. With numerous illustrations throughout the text by the great J. Allen St. John! The fourth Tarzan novel. Featuring Korak the Killer! CONDITION is VG. Despite a split to the paper of the rear inner joint. The binding is firm. Text is clean, with NO foxing and NO edge-toning. Covers show uniform rubbing to the outer edges, lower edges, hinges and extremes of spine. The tips are worn just to the point of the cardboard. More wear shows at the 4 corners of the spine. Winning ... morebidder please add $2.75 Media shipping in USA. Canada& overseas extra; please inquire! Thanks for looking!
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Practical Book of Period Furniture 1st Edn 1914 w/250 Illustrations!
Eberlein. Harold Donaldson& McClure, Abbot: The Practical Book of Period Furniture. Philadelphia: JP Lippincott Co. 1914) first edition. One of the Lippincott"Practical Books" series. Thick octavo. 371pp. Bound in yellowish tan cloth, with cover illustration in brick red& black; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. With 250 illustrations throughout the text. CONDITION is as stated above. Firm binding. Clean text& pix, inner gutters intact. Covers are clean; slight fading to spine. Tips and extremes of spine show rubbing and a dash of fraying. Winning bidder please add $3.50 shipping in USA for this heavy book! Canada& overseas extra; please inquire! Thanks for looking!
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The Young Shetlander and His Home: 1st Edn 1870 Illustrated in Gilt Cloth RARE!!
Peirce. Bradford Kinney: The Young Shetlander and His Home. New York: Carlton& Lanahan. 1870) first edition. 12mo. Cabinet" sized 7" x 4-1/2" 336 pages. Bound in deep red-brown finely pebbled cloth over bevel-edged boards. With simple blindstamped lines to the covers. Spine with fancy gilt titles and designs. With 12 tipped-in engravings. EXTREMELY RARE. OCLC lists 8 holdings" ~ we have only found three. Valued at $350, $470 and $500, all in similar condition. This is the life and times of Thomas Edmondston(1825-1846) Shetland Islands Botanist and Naturalist. He compiled the first known list of Shetland plants at the age of 11. This book is important, being the very first to deal with the islands' natural history. The Contents pages are formatted so there are 40 or 50 subheadings under every chapter heading. Telling ... moreus every single thing that is written of in any given chapter. I cannot spend the large amount of time necessary to repeat it all here, but the chapters are: The Shetland Islands/ The Shetlanders: Their Habits and Customs/ Religion in the Shetlands/ Thomas Edmondson: His Childhood/ Studies in Natural Science/ College Life in Edinburgh/ The Teacher/ The Naturalist of"H.M.S. Herald" The Pacific and the Lonely Grave. CONDITION: Near VG: Binding is solid. Not shaken. Inner joints intact, no loose pages or starting signatures. TEXT is essentially clean and neat, with very pale edge-toning; but we see widely scattered tiny dark fox-spots here and there throughout. The plates are printed on a different type of paper stock; some show pale foxing, some don't. No sign of former owner. COVERS show only light overall rubbing, mainly to the edges. TIPS are worn to the cardboard. SPINE shows splits at the extremes of head& tail. Note the 3/16" hole at the front hinge. Title gilt is still bright! THIS VOLUME COMPARES WELL WITH WHAT FEW OTHER COPIES ARE OUT THERE. Winning bidder gets FREE SHIPPING in USA! Canada& overseas extra; please inquire! Thanks for looking
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RL Stevenson Treasure Island: Rand McNally 1st Edn 1915 w/14 Color Plates in DJ!
Stevenson. Robert Louis: Treasure Island. Chicago: Rand McNally. 1915) first edition. Large octavo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/2" 258 pages. Bound in heavy army-green buckram. With a pictorial paste-down label. Titles in gilt; illustrated endpapers. With 14 great color plates by the Golden Age illustrator Milo Winter. CONDITION: as stated above. Book is tight. Joints unshaken, text is clean. HOWEVER, paper stock for the plates was slightly acidic; so we see pale foxings to the edges of the plates, offsetting to the facing text page(see pics) There are a few small pale spots to the covers, not sure why. Top edge of the spine shows a slight tanning, no doubt from the sun, because the DJ is slightly shorter than the book. Dustjacket shows numerous chips along the two hinges. Top of spine, and upper corner area of back cover. Nevertheless, a very ... morerare and desirable addition! Winning bidder gets FREE SHIPPING in USA! Canada& overseas extra; please inquire! Thanks for looking!
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