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Paris: Chez Aumont, 1821. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 276 pages. Hardcover in full tan leather with black label pastedown on spine. Binding is rubbed, has scuffing on boards and spine. There are gilt decorations on the spine. All edges of text block are marbled. Fore-edge of text block has scuffing. Endpapers are foxed. Hinges are secure. Text is toned, has occasional foxing. The white ribbon bookmark is still attached to the text block. Text is in French. A rough translation of the title into English is, "A Summary of Rollins' Treatise on Studies, for the Use of Colleges and Houses of Education.

Aachen, Germany: Edition Herodot / Rader Verlag, 1987. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. 539 pages. Soft cover bound in red wrappers. Light wear. Text is sound and clean; text in German. Sozialokonomische Schriften zur Rualen Entwicklung / Social Studies on Rural Development #69.

Copenhagen, Denmark: Branner og Korch, 1964. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. 282 pages. Soft cover bound in white wrappers. Light wear to the binding. Partly unopened. A sound copy and clean within. Text is in Danish.

Berlin and New York: Walter De Gruyter, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavos. 445; 326; 256 pages. Hardcovers bound in tan cloth. Light to moderate wear to the binding. A sound set and clean within. TEXT IS IN GERMAN

Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 135 pages. Hardcover bound in blue cloth. Light wear to the binding. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. There is a tear and wrinkle at the bottom edge of the leaf for pages 5/6 (Introduction). The rest of the book appears clean. Bilingual edition. Spanish is on the left-hand page and the English translation is on the facing right-hand page. Juan Francisco Manzano (1797-1854) was a slave of African descent born in the Mantanzas Province of Cuba. Both of his parents were slaves, and he grew up on a sugar plantation. He was raised as a domestic slave, and his first mistress showed him literature and plays. He learned to write and wrote some plays and poems himself. He autobiography was begun while he was still in captivity. His was the first slave narrative published in Spanish America, and it is the only account of 19th century Cuban slavery.

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1923. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 251 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in olive green cloth. The binding is worn and soiled from handling. Corners bumped. Endpapers foxed. Prior owner's inscription on the front flyleaf. Text is a bit toned.

Dusseldorf: Schwann, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 112 pages. Hardcover with a green pictorial dust jacket. The jacket shows some wear, and there is a 1 inch tear at the top edge of the jacket's front panel. A sound copy. Prior owner's 1976 inscription on the title page. Text is a little toned but generally clean. Illustrated. Text is in German.

Albany, NY: Institute for MesoAmerican Studies / State University of New York, 1978. Soft cover. Good. 4to. 182 pages. Soft cover bound in green wrappers. The binding is shows some wear and is sound with secure hinges. Some damping to the spine. Front edge of the text block is foxed. Text has some occasional pencil markings.

San Francisco and New York: Harper San Francisco, 1996. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 527 pages, indexed. Hardcover in tan dust jacket. DJ has light wear. The binding is a bit cocked. Text is clean. In English on one page, Hebrew on the other.

Paris: D'Adrien Herhan, 1816. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 16mo. 403 pages. A small book measuring 5 3/8 inches tall by just under 3 1/2 inches wide. Hardcover bound in black 3/4 leather with marbled paper covered boards. Binding shows moderate wear but is generally quite sound and fairly attractive. Marbled endpapers. Early owner's name of "Henry A. Worcester" on the second front flyleaf. The fore edge of the first page of text appears torn away (binding / printing error?) with loss of some letters at the edge. Text is toned and a bit foxed. The language is Latin. Henry A. Worcester appears to be Henry Aiken Worcester (1802-1841) who was a graduate from Yale (1828) and was a Swedenborgian minister. He was also brother to Joseph Emerson Worcester, the American Lexicographer whose Dictionary was in strong competeition with that of Noah Webster. (Worcester's Dictionary was more aligned to that of Samuel Johnson, and Noah… Read More

Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft: Darmstadt, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 145 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in light brown cloth. Light to moderate wear to the binding. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Endpapers foxed. Contains two prior owners' inscriptions on the front pastedown and front flyleaf. Text is clean. Text is in German.

Santafe de Bogata and Washington, D.C.: Hispanic Poetic Studies Center, 1992. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine. 12mo. 124 pages. Softcover bound in grey wrappers. A nice, clean copy. INSCRIBED by the author on the front flyleaf. Text is in Spanish.

Berwyn, IL: Bohemian National Cemetery Association, 1977. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 752 pages, indexed. Hardcover in blue cloth with title in gilt on front cover. Binding is foxed, scuffed. Toning between pages 14 and 15 where a small leaf was placed. Text is otherwise clean. Illustrations throughout. In English and Czech.

Paris: Picard, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large Quarto. 301 pages, indexed. Hardcover in black cloth. Binding has some smudges and contact marks. No dust jacket. White label on rear pastedown. Text is clean. Thin green ribbon bookmark. Illustrations throughout. Text is in French language.

Tours, France: Alfred mame et Fils, Editeurs, 1870. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. Small quarto. 358 pages. Hardcover bound in brown cloth with spine decorations in gilt. Moderate rubbing and wear to the binding. A sound copy with secure hinges and solid text block. All edges gilt. Moire endpapers. The front pastedown has an 1871 school prize bookplate and a Montreal bookseller's ticket. Text is clean. Illustrated with several plates. Text is in French.

Oxford: Aberdeen University Press, 1985. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Royal octavo. 819, [1] pages. Hardcover bound in full blue leather. Minimal wear to the binding; the spine is a little sunned or faded. There is some black spotting on the fore edge and on the top edge of the text block. The text is sound and clean. SIGNED on the verso of the front flyleaf by the editor Mairi Robinson, senior editor Iseabail Macleod, and by the Secretary / Treasurer of the CSD, J. W. Mort. Text is unmarked. Housed in a blue slipcase which is a little bumped at the corners but which is sound with no splitting edges. (No dust jacket; the "Very Good" jacket designation is for the slipcase).

Chapel Hill: U.N.C. Dept. of Romance Languages, 1975. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. 4to. 307, (2) pages. Hardcover bound in red cloth. Modrerate rubbing to the binidng, which is unevenly sunned. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Text is clean but a little musty. INSCRIBED on the front flyleaf: "To Dr. Daniel, with appreciation for your consideration. Joe.

New York: American Book Company, 1963. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 12mo. 398 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in tan and burgundy cloth. The binding is bumped and worn but sound. The binding is also a bit tanned, especially along the spine. There are some check marks and notations in the first 12 pages, but the rest of the text appears clean.

Paris: Adolphe Delahays, 1854. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. 12mos. 284, 362 pages. The bindings measure about 7 1/2 inches tall by 4 7/8 inches wide. Two volume set. Hardcovers bound in tan mottled paper covered boards. Binding is scuffed, worn down to the boards in places. Chipping at hinges, headcap and foot of spine. Pencilled notations on front pastedown of first volume. Some damping to bottom edge of some pages. Text has some occasional foxing. This is a 2 volume set about Dante and his poetry; it is NOT a collection of the poetry itself. Text is in French.

Tubingen: Hohenrain Verlag, 2012. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Quarto. 1245 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a white, blue and red pictorial dust jacket. Mild wear to the jacket. A fresh, clean copy. Text is in German.