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New York: Gresham Press, 1947. First edition. Hardcover in blue cloth boards w gilt print on spine. Very Good unmarked, sunned spine. An anthology over over three dozen articles by experts about the state of their fields in 1947, including Aeronautics, Anthropology, Architecture, Art, Biology, Domestic Scene, Economics, Education, Electronics, Geopolitics, History, Intl Affairs, Labor, Law, Literary Criticism, Military Science, Minorities, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Poetry, Politics, Post-War, Psychical Research, Psychology, Radio, Religion, Social Criticism, Sociology, Theatre, and War Industry. Nice clean tight copy of a scarce, fascinating time-capsule from 1947. 6-1/2 x 9-1/2, 502 pp.

London: Longmans Green & Co, 1952. Fifth Impression. Hardcover volumes in red cloth boards w red banners & gilt print. Very Good Plus, slightly sunned spines, in Very Good Plus slipcase. Near perfect set.. This is the two-book set that contains all four volumes of the original edition. Vol 1-Chaucer*s England and the Early Tudors, Vol 2-The Age of Shakespeare and the Steward Period, Vol 3-The Eighteenth Century, Vol 4-The Nineteenth Century. All are delightfully illustrated w b/w & color plates. 6 x 8-3/4, Vol 1-175 pp, Vol 2-206 pp, Vol 3-209 pp, Vol 4-186 pp. Slipcase is 6-1/4 x 9 x 3-3/4. Each volume contains b/w & color illus, extensive descriptive notes to the illustrations, and indexes.

Philadelphia: HS Smith & CR Graham for Historical Publ Co, Weekly from Jan. 15, 1894 through May 14, 1894. First editions of original magazine issues. Oversize oblong Paperbacks in olive pictorial wraps w black print. Good Plus to Very Good Plus. All issues clean & unmarked; Nos 2, 3, 9, 10, & 17 w detached wraps; No 18 rear wrap missing; a few issues (only) w small edge chips. . With Graphic Descriptions by America*s Brilliant and Descriptive Writer this is A Photographic and Historical Representation of The Magic City By-The-Lake, with its Vast Treasures of the World*s Art Reproduced in Splendid Realism, as it was seen by millions of visitors, in a series of 300 Magnificent Photographic Views, Published Weekly, Subscription Price $25 per year. Each issue presents 16 full-page b/w photos (in purplish ink) depicting scenes from the 1894 Chicago Worlds Fair, each with long descriptive caption. Extremely rare consecutive set. Each issue is 13-3/4 x 11-1/4, 16 glossy pp (except issue 1 with 20 pp),… Read More

Norwalk CT: Easton Press, 2001. Signed Limited 1st Edition (266 0f 1250).. Deluxe Hardcover in red full leather boards w gilt decoration on panels & spine, gilt spine titling, raised bands,satin moire endpapers, all edges gilt, sewn binding, silk ribbon placemarker.. As New. Signed on title page, also w publishers note card and author-signed Certificate of Authenticity laid-in. Brilliant political study by Pulitzer Prize author. 6-1/4 x 9-1/2, 543 pp, index,bibliography, notes.

WI History Comm, 1911. Limited edition of 5000 copies.. Hardcover in brown boards w dark brown print, cream spine w gilt print. . Good w dampstaining at upper left edge, owner signature on fep else unmarked, slight wear at spine ends, spine mottled (but gilt titling still bright). Clean tight copy w surface blemishes.. Illustrated women*s history. Not a library copy. Scarce. 6-1/4 x 9-1/4, 190 pp, index, b/w illus incl one foldout view.