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Buenos Aires: Libreria El Ateneo, 1942. Near Fine condition. Publisher's dark green leather spine, and blind-stamped, green cloth-covered boards. Gilt stamping on the spine is still bright and shiny. Leather is unusually well preserved. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Pages are white, fresh and crisp. "Edicion argentina presentada por Avelino Herrero Mayor" and "Primera Edicion Argentina" are so stated. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. No foxing. . First Argentine Edition Primera edición. Oversize Hardcover (heavy). Near Fine condition/No dust jacket. 8vo. 1,179pp.

Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 1956. Appears unread. Very Good+ condition. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked -- apparently never read. 1956. First Edition. 2,897 annotated entries. Edited by Alexander H. Schutz. Dedicared to the memory of Robert V. Merrill, with a bibliography of his writings. Bound in the original gilt-stamped blue cloth.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 397pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1930. Unrecorded binding variant. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. Dust Jacket has a few small chips, and a short (less than 1 inch) closed tear. NOT price clipped (3.00). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. An anthology of Cabell's writings. Subtitle: Chosen with an Introduction and Initiatory Notes by John Macy. "First Published, September, 1930" is so-stated on the copyright page. Bound in the original brown cloth, lettered in dark brown on the spine. This appears to be a scarce binding variant of the first edition, unrecorded in the standard Cabell bibliography by James N. Hall and Nelson Bond. Hall #23 describes three binding variants: 1) black cloth with gilt lettering; 2) brick-color cloth with black lettering; 3) yellowish-tan cloth (code G: only 11-30 copies bound, valued between $480-$720 (in 1974). Could this unrecorded 4th binding variant be as rare as the yellowish-tan copies?… Read More

Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada, 1991. BRAND NEW in perfect condition. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO rubbing. NO fading. NO owner's name or bookplate. Fresh, crisp, and unmarked -- obviously never read. 1991. Bound in the original black leatherette (imitation leather), stamped in shiny silver on the spine and front cover.. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Hardcover. New/No jacket, probably as issued. 8vo. xxx, 474pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada, 1999. INSCRIBED ("To Larry") SIGNED/DATED ("UNLV June 11, 1999") by co-author William N. Thompson on the front free endpaper. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Fine condition. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO rubbing. NO fading. Fresh, crisp, and unmarked -- apparently never read. 1999. Third Edition, Revised & Enlarged. Published by Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming, College of Business Administration, University of Nevada, Reno. Bound in the original maroon leatherette (imitation leather), stamped in shiny gold on the spine and front cover. From the publisher: "From the gaming Mecca of Las Vegas to new republics of Russia, the casino gaming explosion has arrived. Yet, until the first edition of this book, no single source of information on international casino gaming existed. The recently published second edition of International Casino Law updates the world gaming scene with… Read More

Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada, 1999. Very Good condition. Previous owner's name blacked out on the front pastedown endpaper. Yellow highlighting in the sections on Nevada and New Jersey. Other sections are unmarked. 1999. Third Edition, Revised & Enlarged. Published by Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming, College of Business Administration, University of Nevada, Reno. Bound in the original maroon leatherette (imitation leather), stamped in shiny gold on the spine and front cover. From the publisher: "From the gaming Mecca of Las Vegas to new republics of Russia, the casino gaming explosion has arrived. Yet, until the first edition of this book, no single source of information on international casino gaming existed. The recently published second edition of International Casino Law updates the world gaming scene with facts available nowhere else. It covers over a dozen new jurisdictions and has almost twice as many authors as the previous edition. Each… Read More

Las Vegas, Nevada: UNLV International Gaming Institute, 1996. NOT a library discard. Near Fine condition. Condition would be FINE but for one paragraph only highlighted in yellow on one page. All other pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. NO owner's name or bookplate. Square and tight. Laid-in this copy is a b/w photo of Mead Dixon, marked on its blank side: "Courtesy Harrah's Archives." Bound in the original glossy laminated gray and white boards, stamped in red and black. . First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No dust jacket, as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. viii, 527pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Harper Collins, 1999. A beautiful copy. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. No store stamp. No owner's name. Flat spine. No creases. Appears unread. First printing, with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. TV tie-in. From the rear cover: "Hopelessly lost in the trackless depths of interstellar space, the JUPITER TWO, piloted by John and Maureen Robinson, is suddenly beamed aboard a starship the size of a small planet. Inside is a place beyond imagination where secret dreams can seemingly come true. Is this the Eden the Robinsons longed for when they first blasted off from a polluted, dying Earth? Or is it something more sinister? Are they honored guests -- or helpless prisoners? The answer soon becomes clear as John and Maureen Robinson, their children, Penny, Will, and Judy, and their crewmates, the murderous stowaway Dr. Zachary Smith and swaggering fighter jock Don West, face their biggest challenge yet. One of today's most… Read More

Washington D. C: American Psychiatric Press Inc., 1994. Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket (only very lightly rubbed). NO chips, tears, creases or fading. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and unmarked. Bound in the original black boards, lettered in silver. From the dust jacket: "Despite lessening media attention, AIDS is still the leading cause of death among gay men in the United States. Although research and medical discoveries are producing vast amounts of biological information, less is known about the complex psychosocial pattern involved in preventing transmission of HIV, or about coping with the diagnosis of HIV infection and the development of disease. THERAPISTS ON THE FRONT LINE: PSYCHOTHERAPY WITH GAY MEN IN THE AGE OF AIDS explores how the AIDS epidemic has affected psychotherapists, their patients, and the therapeutic relationship. The book uses a multidimensional approach that… Read More

New York:: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1948. A solid reading/reference copy of the uncommon hardcover first edition. Reasonably tight. Spine ends are mildly frayed. The original brown cloth is moderately soiled. Spine lettering is dull. Inner hinges are sound. WITHDRAWN stamps, and a few other library markings. Text pages are generally clean. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with 123 figures/diagrams and photos. Index. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good EX-LIBRARY/No Jacket.. 8vo. vi, 356pp..

New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1948. Very Good condition. A clean, square, tight copy. NOT a library discard. Inner hinges are perfect. Pages are clean and crisp. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with 123 figures/diagrams and photos. Index. Bound in the original maroon cloth, lettered in gold on the spine. This copy is from the library of, and bears the tiny ink stamp of Robert B. Sosman. A geophysicist and physical chemist, Robert Browning Sosman received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907, at the age of 26. By 1908 he had joined the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Dr. Sosman worked at the Geo-Physical Laboratory for 20 years, serving 8 years as Assistant Director. During World War I, his contributions there were instrumental in establishing America's capacity for manufacturing optical glass. In 1928 he left to join the United States Steel Corporation as Assistant Director of… Read More

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 1999. A gorgeous copy of the Second Edition, Revised & Expanded. Brand New in a Brand New dust jacket. Perfect condition. STILL SEALED in the publisher's clear plastic SHRINKWRAP. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. 1999. Over 200 illustrations. Author index. Title index. Subject index. Chronological index. Bound in the original gilt-stamped blue cloth. From the pristine dust jacket: "A MATTER OF TASTE is a comprehensive bibliography of the famed international collection of books on food and drink housed in the Lilly Library at Indiana University… This second, expanded and revised edition adds hundreds of titles to the original edition of 1,261 works in the formidable collection left to the Lilly Library by Dr. John Gernon. A MATTER OF TASTE is strong in rare European… Read More

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 1998. Brand New in a Brand New dust jacket. PERFECT condition. STILL SEALED in the publisher's clear plastic SHRINKWRAP. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. 1998. First Edition (so stated). A standard gastronomy reference. Introduction. 1,049 meticulously described entries. Cross referenced to other standard bibliographies (Bitting, Axford, Brown, Lowenstein, Wheaton & Kelly, etc). Illustrated with 45 full page plates. Five indices: Personal Name Index. Title Index. Subject Index. Place of Publication Index. Chronological Index. Bound in the original gilt-stamped blue cloth. From the pristine dust jacket: "AMERICAN BOOKS ON FOOD AND DRINK is a comprehensive bibliography of the famed cookbook collection housed in the Lilly Library at the Indiana University. This extensive… Read More

Berlin / Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Springer - Verlag / Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1962. 10.5" wide by 13.5" tall. EX-LIBRARY with the usual markings. No pocket. Stamped "WITHDRAWN" on endpaper. Pages are FINE -- clean, crisp, and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with 45 plates / Mit 45 Tafein / Avec 45 planches. Descriptive text, in German, French, and English, appears on the pages facing the plates. Bound in the original gilt-lettered two-tone (black and gray) cloth. . First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Good+ condition/No dust jacket. 96pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: IMG Publishing (International Merchandising Corporation), 1990. 7.75" wide by 10.25" tall. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Illustrated with color photos throughout. Introduction by Stig Ramel. Includes interviews with, and excerpts from the speeches by: Norman F. Ramsey, Hans G. Dehmelt, Wolfgang Paul (physics); Sidney Altman, Thomas R. Cech (chemistry); J. Michael Bishop, Harold E. Varmus (physiology or medicine); Dr. Camilo Jose Cela (literature); Tenzin Gyatso [14th Dalai Lama of Tibet] (peace); Trygve Haavelmo (economics). Contains a 12-page, photo-illustrated tribute (by Irwin Abrams) to Carl von Ossietzky, the Nobel Peace Prize winner who was martyred for his opposition to Hitler and the Nazis. Appendix lists all winners 1901-1989. Original maroon cloth, gilt . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/No jacket. xiii, 107pp.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1996. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. No price on Dust Jacket. Complete number row (1234567890) on copyright page. From the Dust Jacket "A pathbreaking anthology representing a tradition of the prophetic and practical wisdom of women's spirituality." "This collection reveals that across all boundaries - time, age, race, culture, and religion itself - women have in the past and continue today to walk a spiritual common ground." . First Hardcover Edition? . Hardcover. Very Fine condition/Very Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xxiii, 395pp . Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Nan A. Talese/ Doubleday, 2003. Fine condition in a bright, shiny Fine dust jacket. Not price clipped ($27.50). No chips. No tears. No creases. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. Not a remainder. Pages are fresh and crisp, apparently never read. With double-page map and 32 pages of illustrations on glossy paper. Endpapers illustrated in full-color. Pronouncing Glossary. Notes and Sources. Chronology. Index. "First Edition" is so stated, with complete number row (13579 10 8642) on the copyright page. Bound in the original blue boards. From the Dust Jacket: "The Greeks invented everything from Western warfare to mystical prayer, from logic to statecraft. Many of their achievements, particularly in art and philosophy, are widely celebrated; other important innovations and accomplishments, however, are unknown or underappreciated. In SAILING THE WINE-DARK SEA, Thomas Cahill explores the legacy, good and bad, of… Read More

New York: Nan A. Talese/ Doubleday, 2003. Fine condition in a bright, shiny Fine dust jacket. Not price clipped ($27.50). No chips. No tears. No creases. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. Not a remainder. Pages are fresh and crisp, apparently never read. With double-page map and 32 pages of illustrations on glossy paper. Endpapers illustrated in full-color. Pronouncing Glossary. Notes and Sources. Chronology. Index. "First Edition" is so stated, with complete number row (13579 10 8642) on the copyright page. Bound in the original blue boards. From the Dust Jacket: "The Greeks invented everything from Western warfare to mystical prayer, from logic to statecraft. Many of their achievements, particularly in art and philosophy, are widely celebrated; other important innovations and accomplishments, however, are unknown or underappreciated. In SAILING THE WINE-DARK SEA, Thomas Cahill explores the legacy, good and bad, of… Read More

New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978. Near Fine condition in a chipped clear plastic jacket. Internally Fine. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. 1978. First Edition. Limited to 250 clothbound copies. Illustrated with 12 plates. History and catalogue of the "most important and valuable gift to The Pierpont Morgan Library since the original donation by its Founders..." and "one of the finest private libraries in the world." -- from Cahoon's Preface. The collection includes illuminated Mediaeval and Renaissance manuscripts, incunabula, printed books, autographed letters and manuscripts, and musical manuscripts and letters. Printed at The Stinehour Press and Meriden Gravure Company. Bound in the original gilt-stamped maroon cloth.. First Edition, Limited 250 copies. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Chipped clear plastic jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. x, 109pp. + 12 plates. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York:: Academic Press, 1964. A square, tight copy. Stamped "WITHDRAWN" on the rear endpaper. Pages are clean and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bound in the original blue cloth, lettered in bright gold on the spine. Bibliographical references. Author Index. Subject Index. From the preface: "The lectures collected in this volume were delivered at the Fifth International School of Physics, which was held at Ravello from April 17 to May 4, 1963... The advances made in the last years in this field have been indeed of the greatest importance, so that the present volume offers a new panorama, and deeper perspectives than the previous ones.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good EX-LIBRARY copy./No jacket.. 8vo. xi, 294pp..