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Sheffield: Frontier Town Preiss, Lillian - FIRST PRINTING OF A LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY AUTHOR
Sheffield, MA Sheffield Bicentennial Committee 1976 Stated 1st Printing of a Limited Edition Hard Copy Fine Very Good+ 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author
188 pages. Signed by author on title page. Stated 1st printing of a limited edition of 1500 copies. Book is in Fine condition. Dust jacket is in Very Good+ condition - has three small closed tears on rear cover, one is about 1/2" long and the other 2 are smaller. Chapter headings are: Of Rocks and Red Men; The Frontier; Theocracy to Democracy; Nationalism and Individualism; Town and Gown; Out of One, Many; The Frontier Recedes; Commitment to Culture; Commitment to Agriculture; In War and Peace; Mischief and Miscellany. 50 illustrations, mostly old photographs; also includes a fold-out map of Sheffield, which has not been opened.
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32.00 USD
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602 |
Monday's Troll - COLOR POSTER (NOT A BOOK) Prelutsky, Jack - LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR
New York, New York, U.S.A. Greenwillow Books 1996 Limited Edition Very Good Sis, Peter Signed by Author & Illustrator
This is not a book. It is the poster (signed, limited edition) that was issued by the publisher, Greenwillow Books, in connection with the publication of the book. The poster is signed by both the author and the illustrator. The left side of the front of the poster states that it is number 449 of 600 copies that were signed by the author and artist. This glossy color poster is in Very Good condition: very light wear; wrinkling on the border near two corners; no pinholes; no folds. Photograph available. Measures 24" high by 15-1/2" wide. Laid in is a letter from William Morrow & Company to "Dear Friend" dated March 16, 1996, and stating, "Enclosed please find a signed poster for MONDAY'S TROLL, a new bok written by Jack Prelutsky and illustrated by Peter Sis, award willing creators beloved by children and critics alike."
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45.00 USD
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The Dragons Are Singing Tonight - COLOR POSTER (NOT A BOOK) Prelutsky, Jack - LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR
New York, New York, U.S.A. Greenwillow Books 1993 068809645X Limited Edition Very Good+ Signed by Author & Illustrator
This is not a book. It is the poster (signed, limited edition) that was issued by the publisher, Greenwillow Books, in connection with the publication of the book. The poster is signed by the both the author and the illustrator. The bottom of the front of the poster states that it is number 662 of 800 copies that were signed by the author and the artist. This glossy color poster is in Very Good+ condition: very light wear; very light wrinkling at one corner; no pinholes; no folds. Photograph available. Measures 24" high by 16-1/2" wide. Laid in is a letter from William Morrow & Company dated August 30, 1993, to "Dear Friend" stating "On behalf of Greewillow Books, it gives me great pleasure to send you a special limited edition poster of The Dragoons are Singing Tonight signed by Jack Prelutsky and Peter Sis."
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45.00 USD
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Hygiene and Sanitation; a Text-Book for Nurses Price, George M., M.D.
Philadelphia Lea & Febiger 1936 Sixth Edition Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
295 pages. 6th edition. "The Nurses Text Book Series". Chapter headings: Hygiene, Sanitation and Public Health Nursing; The Hygiene of Habitations; The Hygiene or Foods and Food Supply; Hygiene of Childhood; Hygiene of Occupations; Infectious Diseases and Their Prevention; Constitutional Diseases and Personal Hygiene. Book is in Very Good condition - has wear and some small stains on outside boards and fading on spine, prior owner's name written in ink on front end page. No dust jacket. Gift wrap and gift card available.
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7.75 USD
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605 |
Plays of Far Places Price, Olive
Boston Baker's Plays 1936 First Edition Hard Copy Very Good+ Good- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Baker's Plays, Boston, 1936. 208 pages. Book is in Very Good+ condition - some spots on exterior front board, a little edge wear. Dust jacket is in Good- condition - large chips missing from bottom edge, small tears, scotch taped, general edge wear, and faded spine. Contents are: The Blue Loggia (Italy); The Dark Castle (England); The Golden Goddess (France); The Princess and the Shepherd - The Isle of the Silver Bow (Greece); The Eastern Gate (Persia); The Forbidden Grotto (The Arabian Sea); Amritsar (India); The Bridge of the Pink Cloud (Japan); Achachila (Bolivia); The House in the Wind (Mexico).
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8.25 USD
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606 |
Inspector Calls Priestley, J. B.
London Samuel French 0-573-01205-9 Acting Edition Soft Cover Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
64 pages. Acting edition. Book is in Very Good condition - first 18 pages have a small crease in the upper right corner; tiny tear at bottom of spine; minor edge wear.
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7.75 USD
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607 |
Film Technique and Film Acting Pudovkin, V. I.
New York, New York, U.S.A. Bonanza Books 1949 Hard Copy Very Good+ Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Bonanza Books, New York, 1949. Book is in Very Good+ condition: light shelf wear; binding is tight and square, and pages are clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Very Good condition: some nicks on top edge; some rubbing. Translated by Ivor Montagu. Introduction by Lewis Jacobs. From the dust jacket: "...these two classics of cinema theory and practice...have earnedan unchallenged position of preeminence as essential tools for the film maker and the film actor."
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20.00 USD
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608 |
Son of a Bishop! What a Life Puma, Rev. Msgr. Vincent E. - 1ST EDITION SIGNED BY AUTHOR
Fairfield, NJ, U.S.A. Associated Graphics Inc. 2000 097056550x Stated 1st Edition Hard Copy Very Good+ No Jacket as Issued 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author
Associated Graphics, Fairfield, NJ, 2000. Signed by author on front free end page (flat-signed). Stated 1st edition. Book is in Very Good+ condition: bumped corners; spine slightly cocked; binding and hinges are tight, and pages are clean and bright. No dust jacket as issued. From the rear board: "Fearless enough to reach out dangerously and foolish enough to be fearless. A bit of Don Quixote, willing to march into hell for heavenly causes and never lost the capacity to dream impossible dreams. . . . . Humor, sorrow, pain, and passion for the poor, flow through the pages of Son of a Bishop."
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55.00 USD
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609 |
Every Kind of Patchwork Pyman, Kit
Kent, UK Search Press 1983 0-85532-536-4 Hard Cover Very Good+ Near Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Campbell-Harding, Valerie
112 pages. Chapter headings are: Oversewn patchwork; Applied patchwork; Seamed patchwork; Stuffed patchwork; Folded and gathered patchwork; Quilting and finishing; Glossary of patchwork tchniques. From the dust jacket: "...contains twenty different methods of doing patchwork, from the tiny hexagonal mosaic patchwork so popular in England, to the large machined block patchwork quilts we associate with the United States. Beyond these well-known examples, thre are many types of patchwork which have been developed at different times and in different places in answer to special needs. These are all described and illustrated with plenty of colour, informative diagrams and charming decorations, and in a way that will encourage readers to try their hand at a new variety of their favourite craft." Book is in Very Good+ condition - book does not lie quite flat and top corners of board are bumped. Dust jacket is in Near Fine condition.
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6.75 USD
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611 |
Jung Goes to the Movies, or the Puer and the Puella Are Alive and Well Radloff, Roger Jerome and Feaster, Scott Vandiver
Privately Printed 1990 Soft Cover Near Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Privately printed, 1990. Book is in Near Fine condition - very light edge wear; spine is not creased. Contents are: Part I. On the Creative Brink (Creative Success and Failure; A Jungian Philosophy of Film); Part II Creative Success (The puer in 'LadyHawke"; The puer in 'The Year of Living Dangerously'; The puella in 'A Room With a View'; The puella in 'The Color Purple'); Part III. Creative Failure (Jesus in 'The Last Temptation of Christ'; Mozart in 'Amadeus'; Maurice in 'Maruice'; Christ Taylor in 'Platoon'; Mary Shelley in 'Gothic'; Sally Bowles in 'Cabaret'; Mother Watts in 'The Trip to Bountiful'; Ms. Tobias in 'The Accused'); Postscript; Works Cited. Gift wrap and gift card available.
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22.00 USD
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612 |
Wind and Fog Raiguel, George Earle - 1ST EDITION SIGNED BY AUTHOR
Philadelphia, PA, USA The Magee Press 1950 First Edition of 1000 Copies Hard Copy Very Good+ Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Signed by Author
The Magee Press, Philadelphia, 1950. First edition of 1000 copies signed by the author on the half title page; this is copy number 154. Book is in Very Good+ condition: prior owner's name on the front free end page as follows: "Phoebe B. deWolfe Gift from the Author 1950"; front free end page has a sticker about 5-1/4" long by 4" wide saying "Announcing a Novel By George Earle Raiguel" with a drawing of the author; binding is tight and square, and pages are clean. Dust jacket is in Good condition: chipped and small tears on edges; rubbing; not price-clipped. From the dust jacket: "The story of Wind and Fog, with its setting in suburban Philadelphia, involves the perplexities of young moderns facing the problems of marriage for love and divorce for convenience."
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22.00 USD
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613 |
The Valuable Library of William D. Breaker, November 26 & 27, 1935 Rains Galleries
New York, New York, U.S.A. Rains Galleries 1935 Soft Cover Near Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Rains Galleries, NY, 1935. 148 pages. Catalog is in Near Very Good condition - cover is age-tanned and dirty; pencil notations on cover; prices and some notes and doodling in pencil on some of the pages; 1/4-inch tear on edge of rear cover; rubbing on top and bottom and along sides of spine; binding is tight. Auction consists of 734 lots of which 16 have b/w illustrations.
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23.00 USD
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614 |
Barbie's Queer Accessories Rand, Erica - SIGNED BY AUTHOR
Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A. Duke University Press 1995 082231620x Soft Cover Very Good+ 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author
Duke University Press, Durham, 1995. Scarce copy signed by author on title page as follows: "10/05 Happy Accessories [signed] Erica Rand". Soft cover. Book is in Very Good+ condition: light edge wear; spine slightly cocked; binding is tight and pages are clean and bright; spine is uncreased. From the publisher: "She’s skinny, white, and blond. She’s Barbie -- an icon of femininity to generations of American girls. She’s also multiethnic and straight -- or so says Mattel, Barbie’s manufacturer. But, as Barbie’s Queer Accessories demonstrates, many girls do things with Barbie never seen in any commercial. Erica Rand looks at the corporate marketing strategies used to create Barbie’s versatile (She’s a rapper! She’s an astronaut! She’s a bride!) but nonetheless premolded and still predominantly white image. Rand weighs the values Mattel seeks to embody in Barbie -- evident, for example, in her improbably thin waist and her heterosexual partner -- against the naked, dyked out, transgendered, and trashed versions favored by many juvenile owners and adult collectors of the doll. Rand begins by focusing on the production and marketing of Barbie, starting in 1959, including Mattel’s numerous tie-ins and spin-offs. These variations, which include the much-promoted multiethnic Barbies and the controversial Earring Magic Ken, helped make the doll one of the most profitable toys on the market. In lively chapters based on extensive interviews, the author discusses adult testimony from both Barbie 'survivors' and enthusiasts and explores how memories of the doll fit into women’s lives. Finally, Rand looks at cultural reappropriations of Barbie by artists, collectors, and especially lesbians and gay men, and considers resistance to Barbie as a form of social and political activism. Illustrated with photographs of various interpretations and alterations of Barbie, this book encompasses both Barbie glorification and abjection as it testifies to the irrefutably compelling qualities of this bestselling toy. Anyone who has played with Barbie -- or, more importantly, thought or worried about playing with Barbie -- will find this book fascinating."
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35.00 USD
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615 |
Geo. Keller, Architect Ransom, David F.
Hartford, CT The Stowe-Day Foundation 1978 Soft Cover Very Good+ 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
218 pages. Book is in Very Good+ condition - remnants of label on front cover; 1/2-inch tear on near spine, and light wear. Chapter headings are: Boyhood and Beginnings: Cork and New York; Nineteenth Century Career; The Twentieth Century: The Closing Years; His Work: Churches, Public Buildings, Office Buildings, Public Monuments, Private Monuments, Houses, Libraries, Tantalizing Loose Ends.
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32.50 USD
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616 |
Gnomes Goblins & Fairies Rawson, Christopher
1980 Hard Copy Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Cartwright, Stephen
Book lists publisher in England, Canada, Australia, and the United States without indicating which this copy is. Book is in Very Good condition - light cover wear; tiny chip at top of spine and another at bottom of spine; bumped corners. No dust jacket. From the rear board: "This delightful book offers a rich variety of stories and information to encourage children to read. The superbly imaginative illustrations are deliberately detailed and numerous so that reading will be made easier. In this way, success will be assured and confidence reinforced."
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18.50 USD
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617 |
The Moral System of Dante's Inferno Reade, W. H. V.
London, U. K. Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1909 Hard Copy Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Oxford at the Clarendon Press, London, 1909. Book is in Good condition: fraying at top and bottom of spine; wear on edges, corners, and along spine; light discoloration on rear board; corners bumped; light foxing on end pages; binding and hinges are tight and pages are clean and tanning with age; not ex-library. No dust jacket. From the introduction: "Aesthetic enjoyment and erudition are very different things, but the line must not be drawn too sharply; and if Dante did mean to represent the working of Divine Justice in the spiritual world, our actual delight in his poem as literature must partly depend upon an understanding of his moral philosophy. Even the most technical and scholastic discussions may thus lead to a fine sort of artistic appreciation,and not the expert only but the general reader is suffering a disadvantage so long as the philosophical foundations of the Divine Comedy are unrevealed."
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55.00 USD
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618 |
At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern Reed, Myrtle
New York, New York, U.S.A. Grosset & Dunlap 1902 Hard Copy Good Plus No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1902. Hard copy. Book is in Good Plus condition: wear and starting to fray along the edges of the boards; worn along sides of spine; foxing and staining on end pages and a few interior pages; gift inscription on free front end page; binding is tight and pages are otherwise clean.
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25.00 USD
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Irish Landmarks in New York Reilly, A. J.
Worcester, MA, U.S.A. Harrigan Press 1939 Soft Cover Good+ 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
Harrigan Press, Worcester, MA, 1939. 78 pages. Book is in Good+ condition - tears on cover around staples, but cover is secured to book; staples rusting at center pages; discoloration on covers; light stain on bottom of title page; binding is tight and pages are clean. Includes 7 photographs and an index. From the Foreword: "While members of the Irish race have taken a prominent part in the development and life of New York City, no guide book has heretofore been published identifying buildings and sites of particular Irish interest. The present book, the first of its kind, should be useful and informative for New Yorkers and visitors seeking tangible evidence of the Irish contribution to the city's life."
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28.00 USD
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620 |
Wind From a Foreign Sky Reimann, Katya
New York Tom Doherty Associates Book 1996 0-312-86007-2 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Near Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
379 pages.Stated 1st edition. 1st printing. Book I of the Tielmaran Chronicles. "Fantasy at its best -- danger, intrigue, compelling characters, and magic as real as yesterday" (by Lynn Abbey, on back of jacket). Book in Fine condition. Dust jacket is in Near Fine condition - has crease on inside front flap and small crease on bottom of front cover and shows minor edge wear. Gift wrap and gift card available.
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3.00 USD
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Rio Grande Reynolds, Robert; Hillerman, Tony
Portland, Oregon, USA C. H. Belding 1975 0912856181 Hard Copy Very Good- Very Good+ Folio - over 12" - 15" tall Reynolds, Robert
127 pages. Half-bound, marbled tan & black with gilt print on spine. Book is in Very Good- condition - pages are somewhat wavy and board does not lie flat; chip on top edge; fore-edge has some light staining. Dust jacket is in Very Good+ condition - light edge wear. Not price clipped. From the dust jacket: "In length, the Rio Grande is second among North America's great rivers, bowing to the Mississippi-Missouri system. But it is second to none in the richness of its history and the variety of its character. In its 1900 mile journey from the snow-buried Stony Pass on the Continental Divide to the tropical salt marshes of the Gulf of Mexico, it passes through the spectrum of the continent's life zones - from the cold tundra of the highland meadows to hot, empty desert wastes....In this spectacular volume, the scenes and seasons of the Rio Grande are captured by the lens of Robert Reynolds, one of America's preeminent nature photographers, and the pen of Tony Hillerman, an award-winning novelist noted for his skill at evoking the mood of landscape. The two worked separately - Reynolds examining the river through his viewfinder; Hillerman studyhing its mystique and its history. Together their work explains why the Rio Grande deserves the place it holds as the 'Great River' of America's imagination."
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10.25 USD
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622 |
Blood Canticle Rice, Anne
Santa Ana, CA, U.S.A. Books on Tape 2003 0736694463 Audio Tape Very Good+
Books on Tape, Santa Ana, CA, 2003. Unabridged. In Very Good+ condition - in original Books-on-Tape cardboard box; not ex-library. Read by David Pittu. Consists of 7 cassette tapes. From the publisher: "Anne Rice continues her astonishing Vampire Chronicles in a new novel that begins where 'Blackwood Farm' left off -- and tells the story of Lestat’s quest for redemption, goodness, and the love of Rowan Mayfair. Welcome back to Blackwood Farm. Here are all of the brilliantly conceived characters that make up the two worlds of vampires and witches: Mona Mayfair, who’s come to the farm to die and is brought into the realm of the undead; her uncle, Julian Mayfair, guardian of the family, determined to forever torment Lestat for what he has done to Mona; Rowan Mayfair, brilliant neurosurgeon and witch, who finds herself dangerously drawn to the all-powerful Lestat; her husband, Michael Curry, hero of the Mayfair Chronicles, who seeks Lestat’s help with the temporary madness of his wife; Ash Templeton, a 5,000-year-old Taltos who has taken Mona’s child; and Patsy, the country-western singer, who returns to avenge her death at the hands of her son, Quinn Blackwood. Delightfully, at the book’s centre is the Vampire Lestat, once the epitome of evil, now pursuing the transformation set in motion with Memnoch the Devil. He struggles with his vampirism and yearns for goodness, purity and love, as he saves Patsy’s ghost from the dark realm of the Earthbound, uncovers the mystery of the Taltos and unselfishly decides the fate of his beloved Rowan Mayfair. A story of love and loyalty, of the search for passion and promise, 'Blood Canticle' is Anne Rice at her finest."
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25.00 USD
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623 |
Hans Richter: Ein Leben Fur Bild Und Film Richter, Hans - INSCRIBED BY ARTIST
Zurich, Switzerland Kunstgewerbemuseum 1959 Soft Cover Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Inscribed By Artist
Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zurich, 1959. Inscribed by artist on the title page as follows, "To [name] Best wishes Hans Richter 59." Unpaginated (26 pages). Catalog of an exhibition in Zurich on March 7 through April 19, 1959. Catalog is in Very Good condition: wraps and some pages beginning to yellow from age; binding is tight and pages are clean. Has brief (1/2-2 pages) essays by Dein Georg Schmidt; Will Grohman; Herbert Read; Jean Arp; numerous b/w illustrations.
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95.00 USD
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624 |
The Shadow of Kilimanjaro: On Foot Across East Africa Ridgeway, Rick - 1ST EDITION INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR
New York, New York, U.S.A. Henry Holt & Co 1998 0805053891 Stated 1st Edition/1st Printing Hard Copy Very Good+ Very Good+ 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Inscribed By Author
Henry Holt & Co., New York, 1998. Inscribed by author on title page as follows: "For Amy, [signed] Rick Ridgeway". Stated 1st edition. 1st printing. Book is in Very Good+ condition: light edge wear; tiny stain on head; light corner wear; binding and hinges are tight and square, and pages are clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Very Good+ condition: light rubbing on edges; light crease on front flap; no chips or tears; not price-clipped. From the publisher: "In one of the most acclaimed travel and adventure books of the past year, Rick Ridgeway chronicles his trek from the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro to the Indian Ocean, through Kenya's famed Tsavo Park. . . . .Ridgeway examines the effects of colonial expansion on the indigenous people, the landscape, and the animals, and contemplates the future for all of them."
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32.00 USD
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625 |
The Word of God in History: A Course in Basic Bible Study Ringenberg, Loyal R. - INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR
Winona Lake, IN, USA Lambert Huffman 1968 6th Edition Hard Copy Very Good Very Good+ 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Inscribed By Author
Lambert Huffman, Winona Lake, IN, 1968. Inscribed by author as follows: "To the Library of the Durand Baptist Church from Loyal and Rhoda Ringenberg". 6th edition. Hard copy bound in red cloth with gilt print and with glossy dust jacket. Book is in Very Good condition: ex-library (by the church to which the author inscribed it) with a few of the usual library markings; tape marks on boards and end pages; corners bumped. Dust jacket is in Very Good+ condition: light creasing on covers and rear flap; light rubbing on edges; dust jacket is crisp. This book "is intended to accomplish two things: First, to lay the essential foundation for intelligent Bible interpretation by observational study. Secondly, to lead students to the vantage point at which they may form a truly Biblical philosophy of history. Students who thus light their lamps at the altar of revealed truth witll have the essential answer to the vital issues of life."
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25.00 USD
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626 |
The Life and Hard Times of Heidi Abromowitz Rivers, Joan - 1ST EDITION SIGNED BY AUTHOR
New York, New York, U.S.A. Delacorte Press 1984 0385293593 First Edition/Stated First Printing Hard Copy Near Fine Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Sherman, James Signed by Author
Delacorte Press, New York, 1984. Signed by author on front free end page followed by a smiley face (flat-signed, meaning that the author signed her name but did not inscribe the book to any person). 1st edition/stated 1st printing. Book is in Near Fine condition. Dust jacket, which is in mylar, is in Very Good condition: small closed tear; closed chip; light rubbing along edges; price-clipped. 99 pages. Illustrations by James Sherman.
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13.75 USD
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627 |
Violet Rays: Poems Robertson, Olive Allen - FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR
New York The Poets Press 1935 Stated 1st Edition Hard Copy Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Inscribed By Author
53 pages. 1935, stated First Edition, Connecticut Tercentenary. Rare original 1935 edition. Inscribed by author as follows: "'To have friends who are such because of the love and common interests which enrich our relationships with life, and with life itself - through mutual give and take ----' (Bertha Conde) Always sincerely yours, Olive Allen Robertson, Hartford, Conn. 1936." Beneath this is a handwritten note in different handwriting as follows: "(Came Jan. 21 - 1940 with her sister, Mrs. Brown) Left us this copy of her poems." Laid in are two poems by the author clipped from a newspaper called the Daily Times. Book is in Very Good condition - general wear; edge wear particularly at top and bottom of spine; lavender colored boards and spine are fading; gilt printing on front board is still very good; lavender marbellized end papers in very good condition; interior pages are lightly browning with age, but are clean and bright. A very nice copy. Gift wrap and gift card available.
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45.00 USD
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629 |
The Road to Kabul: The Second Afghan War 1878-1881 Robson, Brian
Kent, U.K. Spellmount Limited, Publishers 2003 1862271968 1st Printing Hard Copy Near Fine Very Good+ 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Spellmount Ltd, Kent, 2003. 1st printing. Book is in Near Fine condition. Dust jacket is in Very Good+ condition: rubbing at top of spine; slight shelf wear; not price-clipped. From the publisher: "Forty years after the disastrous First Afghan War, the British found themselves invading Afghanistan again to remove Russian influence and install a government friendly to the British Empire. The war was to last two and half years, cost the lives of thousands of British and Indian soldiers as well as countless thousands of Afghans, and came close to bankrupting the Indian Government. Illustrated with contemporary photographs and based on first-hand official documents as well as unpublished private accounts, diaries and privately-printed memoirs, this is the first full-scale treatment of the war for more than 75 years."
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40.00 USD
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630 |
John Rogers and the Rogers Groups, 1829-1904 Rogers, John
New Canaan, Connecticut, U.S.A. New Canaan Historical Society 1988 0939958031 Soft Cover Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
New Canaan Historical Society, New Canaan, CT, 1987. Soft cover. Book is in Very Good condition: small crease on top corner of cover; fading on cover; binding is tight, and pages are clean. The New Canaan Historical Society Annual, 1987. Volume X, Number 3. 66 pages. Stapled binding. This publication includes "John Rogers and His Rogers Group", and "Recollections of My Father, John Rogers (Sculptor)", by Alexander P. Rogers.
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28.00 USD
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631 |
Gano's Commercial Law Revised Rogers, Ralph E. & Thompson, Clyde O.
New York American Book Company 1929 Hard Copy Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
409 pages. Book is in Very Good condition - prior owner's name written in ink on front end page; very light edge wear. From the Preface: "In general, the plan of the text is to treat each subdivision of a subject intensively in an expository manner, and whenever necessary to clarify each principle of law or subject explained, by a concrete example which is usually an actual court case....Each subdivision is followed by questions which are intended primarily to aid the student in lesson preparation. The 'Important Points' following each general subject will focus the student's attention and afford him a means of rapid review."
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12.00 USD
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632 |
David Rohn's Watercolors: 1969-1984 Rohn, David; Museum of Fine Arts - INSCRIBED BY ARTIST
Springfield, MA, U. S. A. Museum of Fine Arts 1984 0916746070 Soft Cover Near Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Inscribed By Author
Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA, 1984. Inscribed by author on title page as follows: "for Charles & his magnificent museum. David Rohn [followed by his addresses and telephone numbers in Vermont and New York City]" Catalog of an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA, 9/23/84-11/4/84, and at The Queens Museum, Flushing, NY, 11/10/84-1/6/85. Includes 7 full-page color illustrations, and 3 b/w photos of the artist. Director's Preface article on the artist by Richard Mühlberger; "Light Repositories: On David Rohn's Watercolors" by Ann Lauterbach.
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Connecticut's Cannon: The Salisbury Furnace in the American Revolution Rome, Adam Ward
Hartford, CT, USA American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Connecticut 1977 091867610x First Edition/Stated First Printing Soft Cover Near Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
60 pages. Book is in Near Fine condition. Contents are: A 'Rabble in Arms' - But Short on Cannon; The Furnace in the Forest; A Day in the Life of an Ironworks; Salisbury Cannon in Service; But Connecticut was Not Alone; and A Job Well Done.
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Critical Affairs: A Composer's Journal Rorem, Ned
New York George Braziller 1970 0807605697 First Edition/Stated First Printing Hard Copy Good+ No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Inscribed By Author
George Braziller, New York, 1970. 216 pages. First Edition/Stated First Printing. Inscribed by author on front flyleaf as follows: "To Fred Marks with pleasure Ned Rorem 87". Book is in Good+ condition - spine rubbed; spine slightly cocked; residue from sticker on front end page; part of what was apparently the dust jacket is glued to the rear end pages; mark on foredge; binding is tight and pages are bright and clean. No dust jacket.
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Flowering Cacti and Other Flowering Plants Rose, H.
New York Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 1958 Hard Copy Very Good+ Very Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Niepce, Janine, Photographer
99 numbered pages. 1st American edition. Contains 17+ pages of text and 40 color full-page photographs of flowering cacti with a description of the plants in the plates. Book is in Very Good+ condition - light edge wear; light fading on end pages. Dust jacket is in Very Good condition - small chips on the edges at the folds. Gift wrap and gift card available. The text has the following headings: Flowering Cacti and Other Succulent Plants; Different Families of Succulent Plants; Geographical Distribution; Utility of Succulent Plants; The Fashion in Succulent Plants; How to Make a Collection; How to Propagate the Plants; How to Cultivate and Care for Succulent Plants. Note that in this printing, the title on the title page ("Flowering Cacti and Other Flowering Plants") is different from the title on the half-title page and dust jacket ("Flowering Cacti and Other Succulent Plants").
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Moonbathing Rosenberg, Liz - FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR
San Diego Harcourt Brace & Company 1996 0-15-200945-0 Stated 1st Edition Hard Copy Near Fine No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Lambert, Stephen Inscribed By Author
Children's book. Lovely illustrations done in chalk pastels. Inscribed by author on title page as follows: "For Kelly - There's treasure everywhere - look for it! Best, Liz Rosenberg" Gift wrap and gift card available.
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Peace Through Strength; Bernard Baruch and a Blueprint for Security Rosenbloom, Morris V. - LIMITED FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY AUTHOR
Washington, D. C. American Surveys 1953 Limited First Edition Hard Copy Near Fine Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author
325 pages. "This limited first edition...has been specially bound with each copy numbered and signed by the author. This is copy number 1844." Signed by the author. Book is in Near Fine condition - light edge wear; light spot on interior front board. Dust jacket is in Good condition - smalls and tears along the edge. Foreword by Eleanor Roosevelt. Afterword by Charles E. Wilson. Laid in is a presentation card "with the best wishes of George L. Sall" that includes a quotation from this book.
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Italian Paintings. XIV-XVIIIth Centuries from the Baltimore Museum of Art Rosenthal, Gertrude, Editor
Baltimore, MD, USA Baltimore Museum of Art 1981 First Edition Soft Cover Very Good+ 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MC, 1981. First edition - 3,000 copies. Book is in Very Good+ condition - light cover and edge wear; binding is tight and pages are clean and bright. Numerous illustrations, most b/w, some color.
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John Smith's Chesapeake Voyages 1607-1609 Rountree, Helen C; Clark, Wayne E.; Mountford, Kent
Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A. University of Virginia Press 2007 0813926440 Hard Copy Very Good+ Very Good+ 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, 2007. This is a New book that was apparently dropped and is in Very Good+ condition: bumped on front and rear boards next to spine; wear along fore-edge of front board; fore-edge a little dirty; not a remainder.. Dust jacket also in Very Good+ condition: small closed tear on front bottom. From the publisher: " Captain John Smith's voyages throughout the new world did not end--or, for that matter, begin--with the trip on which he was captured and brought to the great chief Powhatan. Partly in an effort to map the region, Smith covered countless leagues of the Chesapeake Bay and its many tributary rivers, and documented his experiences. In this ambitious and extensively illustrated book, scholars from multiple disciplines take the reader on Smith's exploratory voyages and reconstruct the Chesapeake environment and its people as Smith encountered them. Beginning with a description of the land and waterways as they were then, the book also provides a portrait of the native peoples who lived and worked on them—as well as the motives, and the means, the recently arrived English had at their disposal for learning about a world only they thought of as "new." Readers are then taken along on John Smith's two expeditions to map the bay, an account drawn largely from Smith's own journals and told by the coauthor, an avid sailor, with a complete reconstruction of the winds, tides, and local currents Smith would have faced. The authors then examine the region in more detail: the major river valleys, the various parts of the Eastern Shore, and the head of the Bay. Each area is mapped and described, with added sections on how the Native Americans used the specific natural resources available, how English settlements spread, and what has happened to the native people since the English arrived. The book concludes with a discussion on the changes in the region's waters and its plant and animal life since John Smith's time--some of which reflect the natural shifts over time in this dynamic ecosystem, others the result of the increased human population and the demands that come with it."
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Remembering Williamsburg Rouse, Parke Jr. - SIGNED BY AUTHOR
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. Dietz Pr 1989 0875170595 Soft Cover Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Signed by Author
213 pages. Signed by author on front fly leaf. (flat-signed). Book is in Very Good condition - light edge wear and corner wear. From the rear cover: "Remembering Williamsburg is a rich collection of anecdote and biography from the time the town became Viriginia's capital in 1699 until the present. It touches the lives of many of those who led Virginia to greatness in the eighteenth century - Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Marshall - as well as of colorful local figures like James Blair, John Custis, and John Randolph the Tory."
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Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago Royko, Mike
New York New American Library First Printing Soft Cover Very Good++ 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
224 pages. Stated first printing. Book is in Very Good++ condition - minor edge wear and some light marks on rear cover. Gift wrap and gift card available.
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Minnesota's Vikings: The Scrambler and the Purple Gang Rubin, Bob
Englewood Cliffs, NJ, U.S.A. Prentice-Hall 1973 0135845653 Soft Cover Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Emmons, Malcoln; Biever, John and Vernon, Photographers
Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1973. 144 pages. Book is in Very Good condition - edge wear; corner wear; front cover has some rubbing on the photo of Tarkenton and has 2 nicks; 1/2-inch closed tear at top right corner of rear cover; light creasing on some pages; binding is tight and pages are bright and clean. "A Stuart L. Daniels Book". This book describes the history of the Minnesota Vikings from its beginnings in 1959 until 1972, and then profiles each of the players in 1972 - namely Frank Tarkenton, Alan Page, Jim Marshall, Gary Larsen, Carl Eller, Ron Yary, Paul Krause, Gene Washington, John Gilliam, Mick Tingelhoff, and also describes Bud Grant's background. Numerous b/w photographs.
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Icy Sparks Rubio, Gwyn Hyman
New York, New York, U.S.A. Viking Press 1998 067087311x 1st Edition/2nd Printing Hard Copy Very Good+ Very Good+ 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author
Viking Press, New York, 1998. Signed by author on title page. (flat-signed, meaning that the author signed the book but did not inscribe it to any person). 1st edition/2nd printing. Book is in Very Good+ condition: edges a little dirty; stamp of heart on rear paste down; binding is tight and square, and pages are clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Very Good+ condition: slight rubbing on edges; no tears or chips; not price-clipped; in mylar jacket. From the publisher: "In the tradition of To Kill a Mockingbird and The Cape Ann, a funny, sad, wise, and redeeming first novel about a young girl's battle with a troubling affliction. Rural Kentucky in the 1950s is not an easy place to grow up in, and it's especially hard for 10-year-old Icy Sparks, an orphan who lives with her grandparents. Life becomes even more difficult for Icy when the violent tics and uncontrollable cursing begin. Icy's adolescence is marred by the humiliation brought on by her mysterious condition, and its all-too-visible symptoms are the source of endless hilarity as everyone around her offers an opinion about what's troubling the girl. Eventually, Icy finds solace in the company of an obese woman who knows what it's like to be an outcast in this tightly knit Appalachian community. Narrated by a now-grown Icy, this first novel shimmers with warmth and humor as it recounts a young girl's painful and poignant journey to womanhood--and the many lives she touches and enriches along the way."
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Death at the Priory; Sex, Love, and Murder in Victorian England Ruddick, James
New York Atlantic Monthly Press 2001 0-87113-832-8 First American Edition Hard Cover Near Fine Very Good+ 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
209 pages. Stated 1st American edition. 1st printing. From the dust jacket: "...investigative journalist James Ruddick vividly retells this gripping story of love, greed, brutality, and betrayal among the elite, offering an intimate portrait of Victorian culture and of one woman's struggle to live in this repressive society - while unmasking the ture murderer for the first time. Simultaneously a murder mystery, colorful social history, and modern-day detective tale, Death at the Priory is an unforgettable, thrilling read and a wondow into a fascinating time." 8 pages of illustrations. Inside front and rear board and end pages have a plan of the house entitled "The Priory, Baltham Scene of the Crime". Book is in Near Fine condition. Jacket is in Very Good+ condition. Gift wrap and gift card available.
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