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8vo green cloth, gilt spine titles, dj rubbed, po to fep ow VG/vgdj: vii, 571 pages ; illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; A History of Robertson County, Texas by J.W. Baker, supt Bremond Public schools

8vo. Red cloth, with black spine titles. Prevowner name. DJ orange at top and bottom front, b/w photo of Pueblo man emerging from canyon home. DJ worn and torn to edges, sunned spine. ow sharp corners, good copy of the 1960 printing. VG/gdj: Xvii+490 pages, with b/w photographs. Introduction by Charles F. Lummis. First published 1890. Historical novel of Pueblo Indians of New Mexico by Swiss-born, archaeologist Adolf Francis Bandelier (1840 - 1914), supported by scholarly descriptions of country, natural settings, architectual ruins, cultural values & patterns of behavior. " The Pueblo Indians of New Mexico are the subjects of this remarkable novel. Their mysterious history, their early relations with the Spaniards, relics of which still mystify the tourists, and their equally queer customs are all described while the reader is being entertained with a most thrilling plot. The book is a classic of its kinds and of great value to both tourists and students of the unique aboriginal life of the great… Read More

1stedn, ONLY Teil 1 (= mehr nicht erschienen). 8vo ¾ Black leather with gilt lettering, four raised bands, marbled papered boards. Exterior is sturdy, but with deep chipping on spine. Edges, including leather, are worn. Interior is clean and firm. Occasional light foxing, heavier near end pages. Title page and an interior page have a perforated library stamping. Ex-Meadville Library with the usual treatments. Ow G/ndj:x + 420pp. German text. History of old testament prophecy / X, 420 Seiten. Nur Teil 1 erschienen. Zeitgenössischer privater Halblederband mit goldgeprägtem Rücken,

1stedn; 8vo stamped leather bds, gilt stamped deco to fntcvr, MISSING spine strip and back cover, all edges gilt, ow tight binding, VG/ndj: From the Introductory: "Our beloved nation was rent apart, North against South. Every facet of life was affected, and the churches of the Old Order of Baptists felt the division keenly." A stalwart proponent of the Old School or Primitive Baptist theology and present at the denomination's September 1832 schism from the Missionary or New School Baptist church at the Black Rock Meeting House (aka the Black Rock Convention or Black Rock Address) in Baltimore County, Maryland, Elder Gilbert Beebe founded the religious newspaper "Signs of the Times" in the fall of 1832 at New Vernon, New York. At least five vols published.

1stedn; hb 8vo blue cloth PO Jack Wills sign to fep with his underlining and notes in text, ow VG/vgdj: xxv+320pp. Figures, maps, bibliography, notes, glossary and index. ASSOCIATION: John E. Wills, Jr. 1936-2017, Longtime USC China Studies Professor was PO of this volume and has signed his full name to fep. Wills was a prolific scholar of works on relations between China and the West during the age of exploration; his book on the Ming-Qing transition period entitled 1688: A Global History. is now a classic

First Edition, second Printing. lg8vo blue cloth, silver gilt spine titles, PO Jack Wills sign to fep ow appears unread NF/vgdj: xxiv, 211pp plus 16 pages of glossy color photos. Inner front flap: "In 1659, a vast and unusual map of China arrived in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. It was bequeathed by John Selden, a London business lawyer, political activist, former convict, MP, and the city's first Orientalist scholar. Largely ignored, it remained etc 8 chapters: 1, What is Wrong with this Map?; 2, Closing the Sea; 3, Reading Chinese in Oxford; 4, John Saris & the Chinese Captain; 5, The Compass Rose; 6, Sailing from China; 7, Heaven is Round, Earth is Square; and 8, Secrets of the Shelden Map, followed by Epilogue and 2 appendices. Exploring the story behind a handpainted 17th century Chinese martine map, donated to Oxford's Bodleian Library in 1654 by lawyer John Selden (1584 - 1654), where it sat undisturbed for some 350 years in 2009. Sinologist Timothy Brook probes the mystery of how this ancient… Read More