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LONDON: LUZAC & CO., 1945 LIGHT BROWN COVER, CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. PREFACE BY PROFESSOR DR. DJANG TSUKUNG. INTRODUCTION BY STRAELEN, LONDON, 1945. VERY INTERESTING BOOK WRITTEN FROM AUTHORS RESEARCH AND AND CONSULTATION WITH MANY INDIVIDUALS KNOWLEDGEABLE OF THE FAR EAST. TOPICS INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO WORLD STAGE, INFORMATION/ DISINFORMATION, DIPLOMAT OF FUTURE, FAR EAST DRAWS NEARER, VALEDICTORY, BIBLIOGRAPHY. VERY INTERESTING BOOK CONSIDERING HOW IMPORTANT THE FAR EAST HAS BECOME. JAPAN AND CHINA OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE. The Society of the Divine Word (Latin: Societas Verbi Divini, abbreviated SVD), popularly called Verbites or the Divine Word Missionaries, and sometimes the Steyler Missionaries, is a Roman Catholic missionary religious congregation. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

New York: The Heritage Reprints, 1944 Very nice book with beautiful artwork. Green cover with gold design front and spine. Forest design inside front and back. Artwork in color throughout with a few black and white. No internal markings, tight construction. Hudson, William Henry, 1841-1922, English author and naturalist, b. Buenos Aires of American parents. He spent his childhood on the pampas but developed a heart condition and finally emigrated to England in 1870. Hudson was a sensitive observer of nature, particularly of birds. In his books he describes plants and animals in a highly personal manner with great force and beauty. His best-known work, Green Mansions (1904), is a romance set in a South American jungle. 1776 Bookstore, where history lives.

NEW YORK: ALFRED A. KNOPF, 1942 BLACK COVER WITH PRINT ON SPINE. TIGHT AND CLEAN INSIDE. INDEX IN THE BACK. INTRODUCTION, THE MUSIC, THE RECORDED PERFORMANCES, A LIBRARY, JAZZ AND THE PHONOGRAPH. A TERRIFIC BOOK FOR THE LOVER OF MUSIC AND ITS HISTORY. Bernard H. Haggin (December 29, 1900 - May 28, 1987) was an American music critic. He was music critic of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle from 1934 to 1937, and from 1936 to 1957 was music critic of The Nation. From 1946 to 1949, he wrote a column for music on the radio for The New York Herald Tribune. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO., 1882 NICE LEATHER PADDED HARD COVER, WEAR AROUND EDGES, GOLD PRINT AND DESIGN FRONT. NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, HEAVY PAGES, GOLD TRIM OMN PAGE EDGES. TIGHT. BOOK MADE INTO A MOVIE IN 1900'S. CIRCA 1880, NO DATE LISTED. FIRST PUBLISH DATE 1882. Ludovic Halévy (1 January 1834 ¿ 7 May 1908) was a French author and playwright. M. Halévy's peculiar qualities are even more visible in the simple and striking scenes of the Invasion, published soon after the conclusion of the Franco-German War, in Criquette (1883) and L'Abbé Constantin (1882), two novels, the latter of which went through innumerable editions. Émile Zola had presented to the public an almost exclusive combination of bad men and women; in L'Abbé Constantin all are kind and good, and the change was eagerly welcomed by the public. Some enthusiasts robustly maintain that the Abbé will rank permanently in literature by the side of the equally… Read More

CHICAGO: COLUMBIAN BOOK COMPANY, 1893 DARK BROWN COVER WITH GOLD PRINT FRONT. LIGHT WATER MARK FROM A GLASS ON FRONT. FIRST BLANK PAGE IS LOOSE. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. FIVE SHORT RELIGIO-SECULAR SANDAY EVENING LECTURES DELIVERED FROM THE PULPIT OF THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, EMPORIA, KANSAS. IN THE SUMMER OF 1889. TOPICS INCLUDE SOCIALISM, IMMIGRATION, BACCHANALIANISM, ROMANISM, MAMMONISM, AND DENOMINATIONALISM. GREAT BOOK ABOUT AMERICA AND RELIGION. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

Garden City, New York: HANOVER HOUSE, 1961 THIS FAMILY REFERENCE WORLD ATLAS IS A WONDERFUL COLLECTOR ITEM. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC TABLES, COLOR PAGES ON WHAT A MAP IS- WHAT A MAP DOES- HOW TO USE A MAP- WHAT SCALE MEANS- PROJECTION: GLOBE TO FLAT- SYMBOLS- MAN'S STORY IN MAPS, AND THE WORLD ATLAS IN COLOR. THIS IS TERRIFIC. DON'T MISS THIS ITEM. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1897 TREMENDOUS PIECE OF HISTORY. PREFACE BY CHURCH. REFERENCING THE PERIOD OF ENGLISH HISTORY IN THE INVASION OF IRELAND BY THE PARLIAMENTARY ARMY IN 1649. THE FEELINGS WHICH CONTROLLED MARMADUKE THE SCOUTMASTER WERE LARGELY THE FEELINGS OF THE ENTIRE ENGLISH ARMY AND NATION. PASSION'S OF IRISH MASSACRES OF ENGLISH SETTLERS OVER 2 YEARS AND ATROCITIES FUELED ACTIONS. REVENGE WAS AN EYE FOR AN EYE- A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH. YET, SAVE FOR THE MIGHTY FIGURE THAT DOMINATES THE LAST CHAPTERS, THIS NOVEL IS WHOLLY A ROMANCE. NICE LOOKING GREEN BOOK. GOLD PRINT FRONT, SWORDS THROUGH HELMET DESIGN, SOME WEAR, TIGHT, STRONG BINDING, 4 VERY NICE ILLUSTRATIONS John Sappington Marmaduke (March 14, 1833 December 28, 1887) was an American politician and soldier. He served as the 25th governor of Missouri from 1885 until his death in 1887. During the American Civil War, he was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded cavalry in the Trans-Mississippi Theater.… Read More

PHILADELPHIA: THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1908 VERY NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER, DARK GREEN DESIGN, WHITE PRINT FRONT AND SPINE, PROTECTIVE JACKET INTACT, SAME DESIGN AS BOOK COVER, WORN AND DISCOLORED. FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE FRONT. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. BOOK INCLUDES, INTRODUCTION, ON THE SPEECH AND SPEECH MAKER, THEN TO BUSINESS, AFTER DINNER STORIES, TOASTS. STORIES FOR AFTER DINNER SPEAKING, TOASTS INCLUDED. GREAT BOOK FOR THE LOVER OF SHORT STORIES AND SPEAKER. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913 BEAUTIFUL BOOK, DARK RED COVER WITH LIGHT PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. SLIGHT WEAR LOWER SPINE, SMALL FADED SPOT LOWER FRONT. INSCRIPTION WHERE GIVEN AS GIFT INSIDE IN 1913 AT CHRISTMAS TO SISTER. FRONTISPIECE IS A VERY MICE COLOR FOLDOUT OF CANAL. PRIMARY BOOK PURPOSE IS TO TELL HISTORY OF THE CANAL. A ship canal, about 82 km (51 mi) long, crossing the Isthmus of Panama in the Canal Zone and connecting the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean. It was begun by the French in 1881, but the project was abandoned in 1889. The United States gained construction rights after Panama declared its independence in 1903, and the canal was opened to traffic on August 15, 1914. A 1977 treaty stipulated that the Panamanians gained full rights of sovereignty over the canal on December 31, 1999. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

PENNSYLVANIA: CLARENCE M. BUSCH, STATE PRINTER OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1897 NICE LOOKING LEATHER COVER, GOLD PRINT SPINE, FORMER LIBRARY BOOK UNIVERSITY (BUCKNELL) WITH NORMAL LIBRARY MARKINGS. MARBLE PAGE INSIDE FRONT AND BACK. GOOD NUMBER OF PICTURES INSIDE, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. GREAT DETAIL OF MEMBERS, PICTURES AND HISTORY. PART OF HISTORY. DESIGNED TO FOSTER TRADE IN U.S. AND ABROAD. The Cotton States and International Exposition was a world's fair held in Atlanta, Georgia, United States in 1895. The exposition was designed "to foster trade between southern states and South American nations as well as to show the products and facilities of the region to the rest of the nation and Europe." Daniel Hartman Hastings (February 26, 1849 – January 9, 1903) was the 21st governor of Pennsylvania, serving from 1895 to 1899. Daniel H. Hastings was born in Salona, Clinton County, Pennsylvania on February 26, 1849. He was educated locally, and worked on his father's farm. He tried several times to run away… Read More

PHILADELPHIA: THE BLAKISTON COMPANY, 1940 DARK RED COVER, LIGHT WEAR EDGES, GOLD PRINT SPINE, HEMINGWAY SIGNATURE ENGRAVED IN FRONT. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. NO MARKINGS. VERY INTERESTING AND ENTERTAINING. The Spanish Civil War (Spanish) was a civil war in Spain fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the left-leaning Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic, and consisted of various socialist, communist, separatist, anarchist, and republican parties, some of which had opposed the government in the pre-war period. Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style—which included his iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his adventurous lifestyle and public image brought him admiration from later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and he… Read More

PHILADELPHIA: THE GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1931 LIGHT BROWN COVER WITH THE LOGO ON THE FRONT IN GOLD OF THE GRAND LODGE OF PENNSYLVANIA. LIGHT WEAR ALONG EDGES AND SPINE. TIGHT AND CLEAN INSIDE WITH NO MARKINGS. 103 PAGES WITH A LARGE APPENDIX IN THE BACK, THO: CARMICK MANUSCRIPT, 1727 (FACSIMILE, TRANSCRIPTION), FACSIMILES OF MINUTES OF WESTERN NEW JERSEY, FACSIMILE OF AN INDENTURE APPRENTICESHIP. NICE HISTORY AND INFORMATION. Freemasonry or Masonry consists of fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of stonemasons, which from the end of the fourteenth century regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients. The degrees of freemasonry retain the three grades of medieval craft guilds, those of Apprentice, Journeyman or fellow (now called Fellowcraft), and Master Mason. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY AND SON, 1897 NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER, BLACK PRINT FRONT AND GOLD PRINT SPINE. NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, TIGHT, SIXTIETH THOUSAND LISTED. Ellen Wood (17 January 1814 ¿ 10 February 1887), was an English novelist, better known as "Mrs. Henry Wood". She is best known for her 1861 novel East Lynne. Ellen Price was born in Worcester in 1814. In 1836 she married Henry Wood, who worked in the banking and shipping trade in Dauphiné in the South of France, where they lived for 20 years. On the failure of Wood's business, the family (including four children) returned to England, settling in Norwood[disambiguation needed ] in London, and Ellen Wood turned to writing. This supported the family (Henry Wood died in 1866). She wrote over 30 novels, many of which (especially East Lynne), enjoyed remarkable popularity. A LIFE'S SECRET WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1862. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN: EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION, 1920 RARE BOOK, DARK RED COVER, BLACK PRINT SPINE, WEAR INSIDE CREASES OF SPINE, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT, PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH PICTURES, MAPS AND TABLES. PREFACE, 50+ EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS. TABLE OF CONTENTS INCLUDES EDUCATION, HISTORY, LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, SCIENCE, RELIGION AND FINE ARTS, GOVERNMENT AND LAW, TRADE AND INDUSTRY, INIVERSAL GAZETTE, ATLAS, BIOGRAPHY AND MULTIPLEX DICTIONARY. WONDERFUL BOOK WITH A GREAT DEAL OF IMPORTANT, EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION. TERRIFIC PICTURES ADD TO THE BOOK. ABOUT 700 PAGES. ONLY 1/2 FIRST PART OF BOOK NUMBERED AT 303 PAGES. LARGE BOOK, 4.23 LBS. FOR THE LOVER OF KNOWLEDGE AND HISTORY. THE BEST EDUCATED PERSON IS THE ONE WHO KNOWS THE ESSENTIALS OF THE GREATEST NUMBER OF SUBJECTS AND IS MASTER OF ONE. INCLUDES IS A SEPARATE BOOKLET. The Volume Library was a one volume general encyclopedic reference work that was published from 1911 to 1985. It remained as a two or three volume reference work until at least… Read More

NEW YORK: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908 BEAUTIFUL BOOK IN VERY GOOD SHAPE. LIGHT BROWN WITH BLACK PRINT FRONT AND SPINE, NICE DESIGNS FRONT AND SPINE. FORMER OWNERS LABEL IN FRONT, SMALL STICKER FRONT FROM JC PENNEY CO. WONDERFUL ART, FRONTISPIECE TIGER AND MAN FIGHTING. 7 OTHER ART PICTURES THROUGHOUT. George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 ¿ 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century.The Boxer Rebellion, Boxer Uprising or Yihetuan Movement was a violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian movement which took place in China towards the end of the Qing dynasty between 1898 and 1900. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY, INC., 1929 NICE LOOKING DARK RED COVER WITH TEXTURE, TIGHT AND GREAT SHAPE INSIDE. PREFACE BY HERING, ARTWORK THROUGHOUT. GREAT BOOK FOR THE LOVER OF SCIENCE OR UNDERSTANDING. VERY INTERESTING. INTRODUCTION, ASTROLOGY, ALMANACS, TRANSMUTATION OF METALS, MOTION, HYPOTHESES, DIVINATION, GEOGRAPHY, HOAXES, PROPHECIES, CHARLATANISM, RADIATION, CHIMERAS. Daniel Webster Hering, Ph.D. (born 1850, died 1938) was an American physicist and university dean. He was born in Washington County, Maryland, and graduated from the Sheffield Scientific School (Yale).[1] He occupied positions at Johns Hopkins, Western Maryland College, Western University of Pennsylvania (now University of Pittsburgh), and NYU, where he was dean after 1902. He was the author of Essentials of Physics for College Students (1912). Hering is credited with taking the first human x-ray in the United States on February 5, 1896 at Bellevue Hospital. Hering also was one of the original citations for Martin Gardner… Read More

NEW YORK: BONI AND LIVERIGHT, INC., 1891 Sudermann, Hermann (Matziken, East Prussia, 1857-1928, Berlin), went to school at Tilsit and afterwards studied at Königsberg and Berlin universities. The son of a small brewer, Sudermann possessed a gift for writing and began in the 1880s with literary journalism in Berlin, which, except for short periods spent in Königsberg and Dresden, was henceforth the focus of his activity. NICE LOOKING BROWN COVER, POCKET, Frau Sorge ( Dame Care) is the first of Hermann Sudermann's complete novels (1887) and the work which brought him his fame as a writer of fiction. FLEXIBLE FAUX LEATHER COVER, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT FRONT AND SPINE, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, BOTTOM AND TOP OF SPINE SLIGHTLY WORN. The story is conceived around the imaginative legend of Frau Sorge, with which the story ends. It is the story of a mother so poor and lonely that she had no one to act as godmother for her son except Dame Care, who offers to see that the boy grows up to be a good man… Read More

LONDON: Dk Pub, A DORLING KINDERSLEY BOOK, 2000 BEAUTIFUL DARK BROWN COVER, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. GOLD PAGE EDGES, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. VERY GOOD CONDITION. THE PICTURES AND ARTWORK ARE TREMENDOUS. PART ONE THE HISTORY OF TRAINS, TWO IS ULTIMATE TRAINS, OTHER SECTIONS COVER 7 PERIODS OF TIME FROM 1800 TO 2000, PART THREE IS RAILROAD INVENTORS. GLOSSARY, INDEX AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INCLUDED. TERRIFIC BOOK FOR THE TRAIN LOVER. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY, 1876 VERY NICE LOOKING DARK GREEN COVER. GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. SOME DISCOLORATION SPINE. TIGHT, FORMER LIBRARY STAMP FRONT, PLACE IN BACK WHERE CARD HOLDER WAS. TAINE (born April 21, 1828, Vouziers, Ardennes, Francedied March 5, 1893, Paris) French thinker, critic, and historian. Taine came to believe as a youth that knowledge must be based on sense experience, observation, and controlled experiment, a conviction that guided his career. Teaching at the cole des Beaux-Arts in Paris (186483), he earned a reputation as one of the most esteemed exponents of 19th-century French positivism with his attempts to apply the scientific method to the study of the humanities. TAINE WRITES OF HIS TRIP TO THE PYRENEES. GREAT WRITING AND DETAIL. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

New York: ALFRED A. KNOPF, 1972 TERRIFIC BOOK ON A PART OF AMERICAN HISTORY. A GREAT PART OF NATIVE AMERICAN LIFE. NICE LOOKING BOOK, TIGHT WITH NO MARKINGS. WONDERFUL BOOK about the history of the buffalo. Pictures and artwork are tremendous. For anyone interested in history of the buffalo, Native American and the United States. ANTUQE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.