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Cambridge, Massachusetts: Maurizio Martino Publisher, 1992. 2 separate HARDCOVER volumes, complete. BRAND NEW in perfect condition. STILL SEALED in the publisher's clear plastic SHRINKWRAP. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. No date (but 1992, First Martino printing "strictly limited to 350 copies"). A key reference. Illustrated with 48 plates, mostly photos of bindings and title pages. Facsimile reprints of the two volume set, both originally published in 1951. Vol. I: xxxiii, 399pp. + 32 plates. Vol II: vi, 195pp. + 16 plates. Subtitle: A Bibliographical Record Based On His Own Collection. Contained here are thousands of detailed descriptions, many with extensive notes. The introductory essay should be required reading for all book collectors. According to Otto Penzler, "these volumes illustrate how great a collection can be."… Read More

London: Constable & Co., Ltd., 1951. 1951. First Editions. 2 separate HARDCOVER volumes, complete. Limited to 1,025 sets. Very Good condition but for small brown speckles (foxing) -- moderate on the endpapers; otherwise quite light. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. A key reference. Vol. I: xxxiii, 399pp. + 32 plates. Vol II: vi, 195pp. + 16 plates. Contained here are thousands of detailed descriptions, many with extensive notes. Illustrated with 48 plates on glossy paper, mostly photos of bindings and title pages. NO foxing on the plates. The introductory essay should be required reading for all book collectors. According to Otto Penzler, "these volumes illustrate how great a collection can be." In his address to the 1995 annual meeting of the Bibliographical Society of America, Stephen Weissman of Ximenes Rare Books paid tribute to this work. He said XIX CENTURY FICTION "remains to this day perhaps my favorite single contribution to bibliography.… Read More

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Maurizio Martino Publisher, 1992. 2 separate HARDCOVER volumes, complete. BRAND NEW in perfect condition (just removed from the publisher's shrinkwrap so we could write this description). NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. No date (but 1992, First Martino printing "strictly limited to 350 copies"). A key reference. Illustrated with 48 plates, mostly photos of bindings and title pages. Facsimile reprints of the two volume set, both originally published in 1951. Vol. I: xxxiii, 399pp. + 32 plates. Vol II: vi, 195pp. + 16 plates. Subtitle: A Bibliographical Record Based On His Own Collection. Contained here are thousands of detailed descriptions, many with extensive notes. The introductory essay should be required reading for all book collectors. According to Otto Penzler, "these volumes illustrate how great a… Read More

New York:: Boulevard Books / Berkley , 1997. A beautiful copy -- bright, shiny, clean and tight. The spine is square and flat with NO creases. NO owner's name. NO ink stamps. Pages are fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. First printing with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. Novel based on the Marvel Comic book characters. The X-Men face their old enemy Sinister.. First Edition - Paperback Original (PBO). Mass Market Paperback. As New condition.. Illus. by Hildebrandt, Greg & Tim (cover art); Roger Cruz (interior art).. 4" wide by 6.75" tall. 344pp.. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York:: Berkley Boulevard Books, 1998. A beautiful, pristine copy -- bright, shiny, clean and tight. The spine is square and flat with NO creases. NO owner's name. NO ink stamps. Pages are fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. First printing with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. Novel based on characters in Marvel Comics. $6.99 cover price. From the rear cover: "When Spider-Man finds a century-old picture of himself and the X-Men's Bishop at a museum exhibit, he decides to pay a visit to the X-Men. He arrives in time to hear of a shocking discovery made by Cable at the powerful Time Displacement Core: someone has shot four 'time arrows' into the past that, when activated, could wipe out dozens of timelines!". First Edition (Paperback Original - PBO). Mass Market Paperback. New condition.. Illus. by Burns, Jim (cover art); Tom Grummett & Doug Hazlewood (interior art).. 4" wide by 6.75" tall. 298pp..

Eindhoven, The Netherlands:: Centrex Publishing Company, 1965. 7.25" wide by 10.75" tall. A square, tight copy. Bound in the original green boards. Spine color is faded a shade or two but gold lettering on the spine is still bright. There is one minor ding to the edge of the rear cover (however, NO pages are affected). Stamped "WITHDRAWN" on the rear endpaper. Text pages are clean and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with numerous figures and photographs. Tables. Graphs. Bibliographical references. Subject Index. . First Collected Edition.. Hard Cover. Good EX-LIBRARY./No jacket.. xi, 312pp..

New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1942. Very Good condition. A square, reasonably tight copy. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Well illustrated. Bibliographical references. Index. Original blue cloth. This copy is from the personal library of, and bears the small ink stamp of Robert B. Sosman. A geophysicist and physical chemist, Robert Browning Sosman is the author of THE PHASES OF SILICA (1965, New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press). Beneath his name in this volume, there is a brief pencil note in Sosman's microscopic hand that this book was used as a reference in writing SILICA. 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… Read More

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1966. Appears unread. Near Fine EX-LIBRARY, stamped "WITHDRAWN" on endpapers. Clean, square, tight copy. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated throughout with 252 figures/photos and 34 tables. Bibliographical Notes / References. Index. Original black cloth.. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine EX-LIBRARY/No Dust Jacket. 8vo. xxii, 531pp.

Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1969. Very Good condition. This is the original clothbound edition. NOT a Print on Demand reprint. Clean, square, and tight. EX-LIBRARY copy, stamped "WITHDRAWN" on rear endpaper. No pocket. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. From the Preface: "The emphasis is on a rigorous development of the basic diffraction theory... The main part of the book is devoted to the application of x-ray diffraction methods to non-structural problems such as temperature vibration effects, order-disorder, crystal imperfections, the structure of amorphous materials, and the diffraction of x-rays in perfect crystals." Addison-Wesley Series in Metallurgy and Materials. Keywords: solid-state physics. physical metallurgy.. First Edition. Hardcover. Original orange cloth/No dust jacket. 8vo. (x), 381pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Plenum Press, 1968. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean, square, and tight. EX-LIBRARY copy, stamped "WITHDRAWN" on endpapers. Near Fine condition. Illustrated throughout with diagrams, tables, and photographs. Bibliographical references. Index.. First Edition. Hardcover. Original blue boards/No Dust Jacket. 8vo. x, 164pp.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company Undated, but probably published in the late 19th century. Previous owner's name else Very Good condition. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Inner hinges are firm. Illustrated with fold-out map of the Route of the Ten Thousand. A biography of Xenophon with commentary on his writings, ANABASIS; RECOLLECTIONS OF SOCRATES; EDUCATION OF CYRUS; and other works. A volume in the series ANCIENT CLASSICS FOR ENGLISH READERS, edited by Reverend W. Lucas Collins. . Unknown edition -No additional printings. Hardcover. Publisher's rust color cloth. 12mo. 180pp..

Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1967. Very Good+ EX-LIBRARY, stamped "WITHDRAWN" on endpapers. No pocket. No library markings on the spine or covers. Clean, square, and tight. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated throughout with diagrams, tables, equations, and photos. Bibliographies / References. Index. Original black cloth.. First Edition in English. Hardcover. Very Good+ EX-LIBRARY/No Dust Jacket. 8vo. x, 264pp.