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London: H. Twyford, T. Bassett, J. Place & S. Keble, 1685. Second Edition. Hardcover. Square octavo, [8], 64, 63-452, [2], 453-553, [4] pages. In Very Good condition. Rebound in three-quarter leather (tooled) and dark blue cloth boards. Rebound by Forster Alexander Sondley of North Carolina (late 19th-/early 20th-century). Extensive notes in the hand of an unknown late-17th century owner on front free endpaper and in margins throughout. RW consignment. Shelved Room G. 1352883. Special Collections.

Cambridge UK: Cambridge University, 1934. 1st. 8vo in gray boards, 32pp, Very Good condition NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #1. 1173596. Shelved Rockville Bookstore.

Colombo, Sri Lanka: Afro-Asian Writer's Bureau, 1967. 5x7", pictorial wraps, 59pp, Very Good condition, with little edgewear and some color transfer on the lighter rear cover. Opera set in 1939 during the War of Resistance Against Japan (WWII) about a communist party member who works for the railroad and resists the Japanese. Includes photos of the principals in scenes from the play. Includes as foreword a letter from Chairman Mao congratulating the performers after a performance of a different production, "Driven to Join the Liangshan Mountain Rebels" in 1944. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #1. 1173625. Shelved Rockville Bookstore.

Washington DC: US Congress, 1848. 1st. 12mo, 27pp, Good condition with light foxing typical for a document of this age. Disbound from a bound volume of congressional reports, all pages loose. Report #187 30th Congress - 1st Session Committee on Military Affairs 1848. Granting of a petition for compensation of loss of property, namely a slave, while in goverment service. 1173557. Rockville Non-Retail Listings.

New York: NAACP Mid-Manhattan Branch, 1970. Folio; VG/no-DJ paperback; Thin white spine with no text. Covers have minimal shelf wear, age toned, apart from that, clean, binding strong, no tears; Textblock has fold line on front paste down, otherwise, clean, free of underlining/highlighting; pp 56; [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates] NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Oversized Ephemera Case. 1252142. FP New Rockville Stock.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980. Softcover. Octavo; Fair; Paperback; Spine, blue with white print; Cover has edgewear, with light creasing and curling to corners, crease to front, else mild shelfwear; Text block has name in ink inside front cover, highlighting and underlining in ink, notes in ink inside rear cover; x, 230 pages. 1361445. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: The Overlook Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 114 pages. In Good plus condition with Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine is pale orange with red and blue lettering. Dust jacket has some scuffing and light creasing on the front and back covers, with minor shelf wear. Half title page has tearing damage along the gutter. Front pastedown has minor staining. Title page is pen inscribed by previous owner. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2. 1369382. FP New Rockville Stock.

Jerusalem: Breslov Research Institute, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-; black spine with white text; first edition; no jacket; some rubbing wear to cloth exterior; mild lean to spine; text block exterior edges clean; pp 377; text in Hebrew and English. 1354996. FP New Rockville Stock.

London UK and Totowa NJ: Frank Cass and Company Limited, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; G+/G; off-white spine with red text; first edition; dust jacket exterior shows modest wear; damp staining to front and spine; damp staining partially visible at rear; cloth has damp staining to rear and lower spine and front edges; good binding; textblock exterior edges show light wear; pictorial map image to pastedowns; slight pencil notations to interior; illustrated; pp 294. 1366887. FP New Rockville Stock.

London: C. Hurst & Company, 1971-1987. Hardcover. Octavo, Four volumes. In Good plus condition with Good dust jackets. Spines are white with black print. Dust jackets have light edge wear, first volume dust jacket has stains and soiling. Boards in green cloth. Light wear to spine caps. Illustrated: b&w drawings, photographs, maps. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area. CONTENTS: Vol. 1. Tripoli and Fezzan, Tibesti or Tu (1974; ISBN 0900966777; xix, 460 pages, 2 folded maps in rear pocket) - Vol. 2. Kawar, Bornu, Kanem, Borku, Ennedi (1980; ISBN 0903983966; xv, 540 pages; price clipped, small vendor label on front flap) - Vol. 3. The Chad Basin and Bagirmi (1987; ISBN 0905838475; xxii, 519 pages, 3 folded maps in rear pocket; small vendor label on front flap) - Vol. 4. Wadai and Darfur (University of California Press, Berkeley, 1971; ISBN 0520017897; xxi, 439 pages, folded map tipped in at rear; price-clipped). [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders.… Read More

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1931. First English Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Octavo; VG/no-DJ; black spine with gold text; cover has edgewear, sunning, rubbing, spine slightly cocked; textblock has age toning, edgewear, name written on front endpaper, a few small stains, otherwise clean; pp 349. SHELVED IN ANNEX C ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. 1295258. Full-priced Rockville.

Lausanne: L'Imprimerie de la Société de la Gazette de Lausanne (Press of the Lausanne Gazette Society), 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Fair Hardcover; tan spine with red lettering; boards show considerable staining and discoloration as well as shelf wear and creasing to top and bottom edges and corners; binding tight; text block clean; b/w and color photographs; previous owner gift inscription in ink on ffep;116 pp. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates.]. 1347087. FP New Rockville Stock.

New Delhi: Ajay Kumar Jain for Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-/VG; bright green pictorial spine with purple and black text; first edition; dust jacket has only light wear to exterior; cloth shows few smudges to exterior; mildly bumped corners; strong boards; text block exterior edges show mild wear; interior clean; tight binding; illustrated; pp 307. 1337927. FP New Rockville Stock.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Hardcover. Octavo, xv, 375 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is red with white print. Dust jacket in mylar. Boards in red cloth. Illustrated: b&w figures. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column E. 1377418. FP New Rockville Stock.

Surrey UK and Burlington VT: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2010. Hardcover. Octavo, xi, xvi, 257 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine blue with white and yellow lettering. Faint pinkish smudge to the rear flap. Boards have slight cocking to the spine and minor wear to the edges. Illustrated. 1372946. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1979. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo; 352 pages; VG/VG; spine red with white text; dust jacket protected with mylar; mild shelfwear to dust jacket, including scuffing, a small closed tear, and a small chip to the head of the spine; textblock clean, but slightly bowed away from the rear cover at the center of the fore edge; inscribed by Nagel on ffep; shelved Case 10. "This volume consists of the third of the John Dewey Lectures delivered at Columbia University under the auspices of the Department of Philosophy and eleven additional essays. Ernest Nagel was John Dewey Professor of Philosophy at Columbia from 1955 to 1966. He is now University Professor Emeritus" (copyright page). 1363170. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1971. Hardcover. Octavo; Fair+/Fair+; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, blue with gold print; DJ has edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, toning and rubbing to spine, smudging/shelfwear; Boards in cream cloth, slight bump to spine head, slight shelfwear, but clean and strong; Text block has date in ink on front flyleaf, penciled marginal notation through p. 87, light age-toning to paper; xvi, 376 pages. 1367831. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1964. Hardcover. Octavo; G+/G-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, brown and white with white print; DJ has light edgewear, toning to spine, price-clipped; Boards in brown cloth, clean and strong; Text block has date in ink on front flyleaf, else clean and tight; vii, 328 pages. 1368592. FP New Rockville Stock.

Allahabad: Kitabistan, 1943. Hardcover. Octavo, ix, 231 pages; G-/VG-; Light red spine with black lettering; Dustjacket has minor chipping to head of spine and top edge of backcover, some light soiling to spine and light wear to edges overall; Boards show moderate wear toning to top and bottom edges, and light bumping to corners; Textblock has moderate age-toning and foxing to edges; RWO. 1355933. Special Collections.

New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 934 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine pictorial black with gilt and white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Mild wear exteriorly with minor crinkles to the corners. Boards have extremely slight wear exteriorly with light rubbing to head/tail edges. Broken front hinge. Text block has light shelf wear to the edges. Deckled fore edge. Illustrated. First Edition. First Printing. Signed by the authors. 1371867. FP New Rockville Stock.