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New York, U.S.A.: McGraw Hill, 1929. Presidents Conference on Unemployment. Maroon bds heavily embossed with crisp gilt spine titles, condition is clean, fresh and unread only sl. canted cnrs. Original blue wrappers have browned spine and minor edge wear. Overweight. 3rd Impression. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
The Royal Touch in England : A Theory of Origin Derived from Observations in the New Zealand Maori. The New Zealand Numismatic Journal by Gluckman, L K (Laurie Kalman) - 1971
by Gluckman, L K (Laurie Kalman)
The Royal Touch in England : A Theory of Origin Derived from Observations in the New Zealand Maori. The New Zealand Numismatic Journal
by Gluckman, L K (Laurie Kalman)
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Wellington, New Zealand: Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand, 1971. The 2nd Sutherland Memorial Lecture 1970. "First section considers the use of coinage as a treatment for disease with special reference to mediaeval England. Second section considers similar usage in modern Maori culture in NZ." Taupe cloth with Black titles (unworn with sharp cnrs) pp 36 with 19 photo plates. Original DJ unworn. Slight age toning to DJ spine and eps else nice crisp copy. #New Zealand History#. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Date Published 1971
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Recent Economic Changes in the United States 2 Vols
by Hoover, Herbert
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Tempestuous Journey: Lloyd George His Life and Times
by Owen, Frank
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London, United Kingdom: Hutchinson, 1954. Special Edition in Fine bindings of Blue tooled leather with 5 raised bands and crisp gilt title (not worn, has faded spine and top edge) Heavily gilded top edge of page, Blue eps, pp 784 with 41 half tone photo illus with errata slip tipped in, printed on quality India paper. Condition is tight and clean, state unread. Overweight. First Edition. Full-Leather. Fine/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Modern History, from the Destruction of the Western Empire, A. D. 476, to the Close of the Year 1818
by Piquot, A
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London, United Kingdom: W B Whittaker, 1827. Original text first published 1819, assumed 2nd edition with the addition of "Together with Rise and Progress of the Arts and Sciences, and of Civilisation in Europe, to which is added, a Compendious Table of Chronology, from the Creation of the World to the Present Time." CONDITION Professionally rebount in Brown Calf with raised bands to spine and Gilt title, with the addition of new eps, pp xii 486 with publishers list to rear, internally bright and clean, marks and light damp stain to prelims, not inscribed. An exceptionally good copy of very scarce title.. First Edition Thus. Full-Leather. Very Good/Not Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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The Great Pyramid. Observatory, Tomb and Temple
by Proctor, Richard A
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London, United Kingdom: Chatto & Windus, 1883. "Proctor was inspired by a passage in the neo-Platonic philosopher Proculus's commentary on Plato's Timaes, which mentioned that before the Great Pyramid was completed it was used as an observatory. Based on his reading of the account he surmised that when the Pyramid was completed to its fiftieth course, i.e. to the level of the top of the Grand Gallery, which was also the floor of the Kings Chamber, it would have made an excellent observatory." CONDITION Brown bds with Black ruled design and bright Gilt tooled detailing (light rubbed cloth which is just starting at spine ends, white mark to rear and smudge to front) pp 323 with with 8 illus and publishers list to rear. Mostly very bright but tissue guard to frontis is discoloured and half title sl foxed, title page has name in pencil. Copy is sl shaken.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Adventures on the road to Paris, during the Campaigns of 1813-14. Extracted from the Autobiography of H Steffens. Translated from the German; & Story of the Battle of Waterloo. 2 Books Bound as One
by Steffens, Henry; Gleig, Rev G R (George Robert)
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London, United Kingdom: John Murray, 1847. "Adventures on the Road to Paris" by Henrich, Norwegian-born German philosopher, scientist, poet and Rector of the University of Berlin. First English edition 1848, originally published in German 1844-45. pp viii 167. "Story of the Battle of Waterloo" First Edition 1847. Gleig was a noted soldier and chaplain, appointed Chaplain-General of the Forces in 1844. pp vi 305. CONDITION Quarto bound with Red Morocco spine and cnrs with bright Gilt title with Marbled bds, spine is starting to crack top 2 inches at front, small chips to spine heel, bds mildly scuffed, mild foxing to endpages with odd spot internally, named to front pastedown. A nice tight copy.. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good/Not Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Recent Economic Changes in the United States 2 Vols
by Hoover, Herbert
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New York, U.S.A.: McGraw Hill, 1929. Presidents Conference on Unemployment. Maroon bds heavily embossed with crisp gilt spine titles, condition is clean, fresh and unread only sl. canted cnrs. Original blue wrappers have browned spine and minor edge wear. Overweight. 3rd Impression. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Tempestuous Journey: Lloyd George His Life and Times
by Owen, Frank
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London, United Kingdom: Hutchinson, 1954. Special Edition in Fine bindings of Blue tooled leather with 5 raised bands and crisp gilt title (not worn, has faded spine and top edge) Heavily gilded top edge of page, Blue eps, pp 784 with 41 half tone photo illus with errata slip tipped in, printed on quality India paper. Condition is tight and clean, state unread. Overweight. First Edition. Full-Leather. Fine/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Modern History, from the Destruction of the Western Empire, A. D. 476, to the Close of the Year 1818
by Piquot, A
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London, United Kingdom: W B Whittaker, 1827. Original text first published 1819, assumed 2nd edition with the addition of "Together with Rise and Progress of the Arts and Sciences, and of Civilisation in Europe, to which is added, a Compendious Table of Chronology, from the Creation of the World to the Present Time." CONDITION Professionally rebount in Brown Calf with raised bands to spine and Gilt title, with the addition of new eps, pp xii 486 with publishers list to rear, internally bright and clean, marks and light damp stain to prelims, not inscribed. An exceptionally good copy of very scarce title.. First Edition Thus. Full-Leather. Very Good/Not Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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The Great Pyramid. Observatory, Tomb and Temple
by Proctor, Richard A
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London, United Kingdom: Chatto & Windus, 1883. "Proctor was inspired by a passage in the neo-Platonic philosopher Proculus's commentary on Plato's Timaes, which mentioned that before the Great Pyramid was completed it was used as an observatory. Based on his reading of the account he surmised that when the Pyramid was completed to its fiftieth course, i.e. to the level of the top of the Grand Gallery, which was also the floor of the Kings Chamber, it would have made an excellent observatory." CONDITION Brown bds with Black ruled design and bright Gilt tooled detailing (light rubbed cloth which is just starting at spine ends, white mark to rear and smudge to front) pp 323 with with 8 illus and publishers list to rear. Mostly very bright but tissue guard to frontis is discoloured and half title sl foxed, title page has name in pencil. Copy is sl shaken.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Adventures on the road to Paris, during the Campaigns of 1813-14. Extracted from the Autobiography of H Steffens. Translated from the German; & Story of the Battle of Waterloo. 2 Books Bound as One
by Steffens, Henry; Gleig, Rev G R (George Robert)
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London, United Kingdom: John Murray, 1847. "Adventures on the Road to Paris" by Henrich, Norwegian-born German philosopher, scientist, poet and Rector of the University of Berlin. First English edition 1848, originally published in German 1844-45. pp viii 167. "Story of the Battle of Waterloo" First Edition 1847. Gleig was a noted soldier and chaplain, appointed Chaplain-General of the Forces in 1844. pp vi 305. CONDITION Quarto bound with Red Morocco spine and cnrs with bright Gilt title with Marbled bds, spine is starting to crack top 2 inches at front, small chips to spine heel, bds mildly scuffed, mild foxing to endpages with odd spot internally, named to front pastedown. A nice tight copy.. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good/Not Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Collectible Dolls: Facts & Trivia Volume One
by Bennett, Betty O
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Light shelfwear to edges. Glossy covers. Clean interior pages free of markings. 152 pages. 0.3" X 6" X 4.5" 1cmX 15X11cm Facts and trivia about collectible dolls such as many dolls made between 1700 and 1780 were called Queen Ann dolls, the first manufactured dolls to look like a baby were made by Madame Augusta Montanari, and the swivel socket neck was invented in 1861 by Mme. Huret in France.
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Kovels' Know Your Antiques
by Ralph Kovel; Terry Kovel
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364 Pages. This fascinating reference book on antiques' dust jacket has a repaired tear on the front side and worn areas along the top and bottom edges and on its corners. The interior book, other than having an inscription to the former owner inside the front cover, has no other visible markings and thus is in extremely well preserved and Fine condition.This book will be carefully wrapped up and then boxed and shipped right away to you from here in New Jersey and comes with our absolute appreciation for your order.
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series
by Kipling, Rudyard
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Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2
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Forced Native Labor in Sixteenth Century Central America
by William L Sherman
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xvi+469 pages with appendix and bibliography. Royal octavo (9" x 6") bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First editionFocusing on the fate of the natives under Spanish rule, the author traces in graphic detail the rupturing of Indian traditions and the fate that befell the Indian people. While demonstrating the excesses of the conquistadors and unscrupulous crown officials, he also emphasizes that Central America was the scene of the first attempt to apply the famous New Laws. Although that legislation was not fully implemented, the reformist judge Alonso Lopez de Cerrato made significant improvements in labor conditions, in the face of furious opposition from the Spanish settlers. Aside from it discussion of labor practices, this account deals with population figures and the extent of the slave trade, and corrects a number of errors in traditional sources. In addition, Spanish Indian policy, particularly at the local level, is examined…
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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us
by Leaf, Munro
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Lucky You: What Science Has Done For Us J.B. Lippincott Stated First Edition. SCIENCE. Artfully illustrated by MUNRO LEAF. Good EXLIB in a Good unclipped $2.25 orig. price dust jacket. Last page states: 152 4.
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SOCIAL THEORY AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE ENLARGED TO INCLUDE TWO NEW ESSAYS ON THEORETICAL SOCIOLOGY
by MERTON, ROBERT K. (Meyer Robert Schkolnick)
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New York: The Free Press, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: [vi]vii-xxiii [4]1-702. THE FIRST EDITION of the 1968 Free Press publication. The copyright page states 'first printing'. Includes a preface to the 1957 revised edition. Robert K. Merton is generally considered the father of modern Sociology and a major influence in the study of criminology. This was his first book and has become established as a work of central importance in the social science. The 1968 edition includes the complete 1957 text and two new essays; "On the History and Systematic of Sociological Theory," and "On Sociological Theories of the Middle Range," This is a very good copy in a dust jacket with moderate edge wear, mainly at the top. There is some soiling and darkening of the spine. The jacket is now protected with a Brodart cover.
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A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
by Verne, Jules
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Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."
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The Natyasastra - A Treatise on Hindu Dramaturgy and Histrionics Ascribed to Bharata-Muni, Volume I (Chapters I-XXVII)
by Ghosh Manomohan
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Calcutta : Royal Asiatic Society, 1950. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Volume I only. Rebound in modern gray cloth. Pencil marginalia. Stamp to final text pages. Lacking original wraps.
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Vie De M. Thomas Dazincourt
by M. Thomas Dazincourt
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Paris France: D. Dumoulin et Cie, 1892. Pretre de la Congregation de la Mission d'apres ses manuscrits et sa correspondence par un de ses Confreres. Frontispiece photo of Dazincourt - Heliog. Dujardin, Imp. Ch. Wittmann, tissue guard intact foxing to it and first few pages, all other intact, lightly tanned, no writing. Marbled boards an endpapers. A very old repair is visible, a piece of old envelope was used to re-attach first few pages to front board. You can see the calligraphic ink writing, to Madame Marguenie Gillet..Charming actually. 570 pages. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Moose Fort Journals 1783-85
by Edwin Ernest "E E" Rich (1904-1979) editor
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xxx+392+iv pages with 3 fold out maps, appendixes and index. Royal octavo (9½" x 6½")issued in blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Edited by E.E. Rich, Assisted by A.M. Johnson. Introduction by G.P. de T. Glazebrook. Hudson Bay Record Society volume XVII. Number 1549 of a limited edition.A fort was built near the mouth of the Moose River on James Bay North East Ontario, Canada, by Charles Bayly, governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, in the early 1670s. In the struggle between the English and French in Canada, the fort changed hands several times and shortly after 1696 was destroyed. In 1730 the company built a post close to the ruins of the original fort. This post has been in continuous operation to the present day. This is the first publication of the Record Society to deal specifically with affairs at the "Bottom of the Bay."Condition:Pages unread. A very good to fine copy without jacket as issued.
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