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New York: Random House, 1938. Hardcover. Good in Good dust jacket. Square, sound binding and hinges. Clean but age-darkened pages. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed. DJ has light overall shelf wear, minor edge wear. ; Includes Psychopathology of Everyday Life, The Interpretation of Dreams, Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex, With and Its Relation to the Unconscious, Totem and Taboo and The History of the Psychoanalytical Movement. Modern Library Giant; 8.25" tall; 1001 pages.

Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary markings. Original softcover rebound as a sturdy hardcover with original wraps preserved under laminate. Pages clean, bright. Paper over boards has light overall shelf wear. Tables, maps, figures. ; A critical study of post World War II collectivization of agriculture in Hungary. "By examining agricultural changes in one Hungarian village, Dr. Vasary explores some of the possibilities and limitations inherent in collectivization."; Ex-Library; 8.75" tall ; 308 pages.

Charlottesville, Virginia: University Press of Virginia, 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hard Cover. Good in Good dust jacket. First Edition; First Printing. aper over boards is edge rubbed. DJ flaps glued to book. Illustrated with black and white photos. ; A history of of the racially-charged integration of black players into baseball's southern minor leagues. Ex-Library; 6.25 x 9.25 inches; 275 pages.

Boston: Ginn and Co, 1908. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. A sound, tight copy, in a brown cloth binding with gold lettering and gilt top text block edge; text is clean and tanned, with all plates present. Several unopened pages. Cloth over boards has bumped corners, edge rubbing, overall moderate shelf wear. Tissue separating frontispiece from title page missing; gift message on front free endpaper. Biography of 19th-century German immigrant and Wellesley educator Carla Wenckeback. 7.75" tall ; 209 pages.

Los Angeles: Jeremy P. Tarcher, 1985. Book Club Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Book Club Edition. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Paper over boards is lightly edge rubbed. DJ has very slight fading at spine, overall light shelf wear. Beginning with a short course in steam cookery, Coralie Castle offers up a wide range of nearly 200 American and international recipes that will please both the health conscious and the gourmet. Book Club Edition; 9.5" tall; 248 pages.

New York: W. W. Norton & Co. Inc, 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Sound binding. Front hinge starting. Clean, off-white pages. Cloth over boards is slightly edge rubbed, clean. DJ has overall light shelf wear. ; Examines the interconnections between creativity and successful psychotherapy. ; Norton Professional Books; 9.25" tall; 224 pages.

Chicago: Hotpoint Institute, 1946. Soft Cover. Good with no dust jacket. Stapled binding is sound. Pages off-white with handling wear overall and a scrape on page 53. No publication date noted, but previous owner dated this copy 1946 on front cover. Wrappers have general heavy handling wear, light soiling. Illustrated in b&w. A vintage guide to cooking with a new Hotpoint electric range. 9.0" tall; 64 pages.

South Brunswick, NJ: A. S. Barnes & Company, Incorporated, 1979. Hard Cover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Square with sharp corners, tight binding and hinges, clean and bright pages. DJ has minor edge rubbing. Objective view of the pseudosciences, written with wit and humor. Disciplines such as phrenology, pyramidology, palmistry, numerology, I Ching, and Tarot cards are included along with other pseudosciences. 8.5" (21.5 cm) tall; 189 pages.

New York: The Ronald Press, 1966. Hard Cover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, off-white pages. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed with small amount of wear to bottom edge front. Previous owner's name on ffep. Illustrated with black and white photographs. ; A book for the beginning tumbler and physical education teacher who wants to teach the fundamental skills of tumbling and balance. Detailed coverage of all the basic tumbling skills, as well as coverage of a number of related skills, variations, and combinations involving the basic skills. 10.25" tall; 97 pages.

Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada: Rasmussen Co, 1986. Soft Cover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Heavy card covers in a plastic comb binding; text is clean and bright. Wrappers have light shelf wear. ; A compilation of Heintz family recipes: appetizers, beverages, salads, dressings, soups, sauces, vegetables, main dishes, breads, and desserts, with a section on canning and one of "Extra Special" recipes including Milky Noodle Soup, German Kuchen, Koenigsberger Klops, Sauerbraten, more. 9.0" tall; 108 pages; Renumbered.

Hollywood, California: Historical Films, 1968. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Good with no dust jacket. Second Edition. Staple-bound with heavy card covers; text is clean, bright, and unmarked, with no creased or torn pages; white binding is generally clean, with light edge wear, small label on back cover, and ghost of a small price label on front. A catalog of vintage films available in first generation 16mm rephotographed directly from the original 35mm paper prints. 11.0" tall; 69 pages.

Girard: Haldeman-Julius, 1926. Ephemera. Good with No dust jacket as issued. Wraps are faded and tanned. Stapled binding very sound. Light edge rubbing to exterior. No chips, tears or creases. 64pp plus wraps. Interior pages age-darkened. No writing or marks inside; one small ink mark at top corner on front. Little Blue Books were a popular series of abridged literature and instructional material published by Emanuel Haldeman in the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s (with some in the 1940s and 1950s, but the heyday had passed). The intent was to provide knowledge to the "common man" in a compact format for the purpose of self-education. 5.0" tall; Re#.

Jerusalem, Israel: Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, 1984. Hard Cover. Good with no dust jacket. Exlibrary markings. Book is sound and tight, in a red cloth library binding; extreme tip of one page is bent, o/w text is clean, bright, and unmarked; tiny stain on rear cover, o/w exteriror is clean; binding shows only minor wear, consisting of very mild rubbing at corners and spine ends. ; The results of the first independent empirical research on Jewish identity ever done in the Soviet Union, conducted by the organizing committee of a 1976 international symposium on Jewish culture. Chapter headings: Background and Method of the Study; Demographic Characteristics of the Sample; Jewish Self-Expression in the Soviet Union; Dimensions of Jewishness and Their Interrelationships; Attitudes Toward Soviet Jewry's Future; Conclusion. Includes 49 tables and three appendices. Ex-Library; 10.0" tall; 132 pages.

San Francisco, California, U.S.A.: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1989. Hard Cover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Square, tight binding and hinges. Clean and bright pages. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed with bumped corners. Signed by author with brief inscription on ffep. DJ is edge rubbed with some age-darkening and light shelf wear. Author shows executives, managers, and supervisor of human services agencies how they can develop a vision of more responsive and effecive service for clients - and provide the leadership necessary to achieve it (from DJ blurb). 9.25" (23.5 cm) tall; 167 pages; Signed by Author.

London, UK: Iliffe Books, 1969. Hard Cover. Good with no dust jacket. Exlibrary markings. Sound binding and hinges. Pages have some underlined passages, light reading wear. Paper over boards is lightly shelf worn. Illustrated. ; Contents: The Luminous Properties of Phosphors and Luminescent Screens, Testing Methods; Radiation Measurements and the Photometry of Phosphors and Luminescent Screens; The Spectrophotometry of Phosphors; Colour Measurements of Phosphors and Luminescent Screens; Measurement of the Afterglow of Phosphors; Measurements of the Electro-Optical Parameters of Luminescent Screens. Ex-Library; 8.25" tall; 204 pages.

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana: Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, 2006. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Text is clean, bright, and unmarked, with no creased or torn pages; exterior clean; wear to wrppers is limited to very mild edge rubbing; tiny stain on rear free endpaper. Illustrated with b&w photos. ; A biography of Mother Theodore Guerin, a slight French nun who founded the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. 8.5" tall ; 240 pages.

Santa Fe, New Mexico: Nedra Matteucci Galleries, 2000. Soft Cover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Dan Ostermiller. Staple-bound exhibition catalog with stylish black heavy card covers; very light wear and a shallow vertical crease to rear cover running through most of text, o/w book is clean, crisp, bright, and unmarked, in almost New condition. Unpaginated, profusely illustrated with b&w photos. ; Catalog for sculptor Ostermiller's June 23 - July 31, 2000 exhibition at the Nedra Matteucci Galleries in Santa Fe, New Mexico. 7.75" tall ; 23 pages.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Columbia University Press, 1985. Hard Cover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Square, tight book with sharp corners, sound binding and hinges, clean and bright pages. Foxing on exterior edges of pages (visible when closed). DJ has general light shelf wear. Explores the work of Piaget for a scholarly academic audience. 9.25" (23.5 cm) tall; 266 pages; Renumbered.

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1971. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Exlibrary markings. Originally a soft cover, rebound in library buckram over boards as a hardcover. Damp stain on front of book, over which is glued original front of wraps. Tight binding and hinges. Clean and just slightly off-white text pages. 146 pp. Volume in series published by the Industrial Research Unit of the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania. Ex-Library; 9.0" (23 cm) tall; 146 pages.

Munich, Germany: Verlag Sudostdeutsches Kulturwerk, 1989. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the artist on title page. Book is in the German language. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have light handling wear. Illustrated in b&w. ; Monograph of the prominent Romanian-born German painter, graphic artist, illustrator, and cartoonist, "one of the luminaries of the explosive generation of the 1970s." ; 9.0" tall; 66 pages; Signed by Artist.