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Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2006 xi, 659 pp. 26 cm. Contents: Introduction. The Players. Appendix 1: Television Series Catalog Appendix 2: Players Too Late for Date Range. Bibliography. Index. This reference work includes entries on every player who had a role in a crime or mystery series during the early era of television; 1948 through 1959. Entries include the player's real name, family information, education, career preceding the series, marriage, children, death dates, and f... more information

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Turku, Finland: Turku University Library, 1964 276 pp. Indexes, appendix (a selected list of books published from 1961 to 1963 inclusive). Contains 4,912 unannotated entries. In addition to books, this comprehensive bibliography also includes English-language articles and periodical publications. CONDITION: Sewn binding. Light overall wear and minor fading to card covers; light bending at corners of covers and a few adjacent pages; sticker stain at base of spine (but no indication that this was a library co... more information

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New York: Dial Press, 1973 85 pp. Affectionately inscribed by the author to a friend on the first free endpaper. A collection of delightful folktales from southern Africa (retold by author from the folk legends of the Hottentot, Zulu, Bantu, Bushman, Thonga, and Tshindao). CONDITION: Small bumps to top and bottom of spine. Dustjacket shows chipping at ends of spine and several tears to edges, and has light overall rubbing and soiling. Both corners of front flap of dustjacket clipped.. First Edition, Third P... more information

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New York: Putnam's, 1989 206 p. ; 23 cm.. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. ... more information

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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: Soros Foundation - Kyrgyzastan, 2005 775 pp. A trilingual, one-way English-Russian-Kyrgyz dictionary. Entries include an English head term (part of speech is indicated), one or more Russian equivalents, and one or more Kyrgyz equivalents. Russian and Kyrgyz in Cyrillic script. CONDITION: Very minor overall rubbing to card covers, else like new. OVERSIZED.. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good. 28 x 19 cm. ... more information

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Nairobi, Kenya: Kenya Literature Bureau, 1979 xii, 340 pp. Illustrations, footnotes, title index, bibliography. A literary study of the Swahili poetry of Muyaka bin Haji al-Ghassany (1776-1837 or 1840), an outstanding and influential poet from Mombasa. Approximately one half of the book consists of Muyaka's Swahili verse (romanized) with parallel English translation (Part Three). CONTENTS: PART ONE. Introduction. 1) Sources. 2) Social, political, and cultural setting. 3) Form, language, diction, and style o... more information

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Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1995 xx, 245 p. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. NF condition in like dustjacket.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. ... more information

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Austin: Encino Press, 1976 xi, 309 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Series: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; no. 40 Index. Contents: Shuffler, R. H. And that's how some folklore is born.--Nichols, O. M. Jack Ruby.--Marcus, S. Neiman-Marcus lore from the inside.--Carpenter, A. Cobras at K-Mart.--Duncan, R. J. Chain letters.--Byrd, J. W. A bumper crop of modern epigrams.--Hudson, J. The sissy test.--Dykes, L. L. The ghost and tiny Alice.--McCullen, J. T. From the halls of justice.--Russell, R. L. The folkl... more information

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Firenze, Italy: Stamperia Albizziniana, 1800 Published 1800-1801. A complete set of 2 volumes bound together: Vol. 1 (vi, 187 pp.; texts of 42 Latin inscriptions, footnotes, index); Vol. 2 (308 pp.; texts of 26 Latin inscriptions, footnotes, several plates showing medals [obverse and reverse], index). The inscriptions discussed generally date to the 14th-18th centuries AD, and each inscription is accompanied by a descriptive essay in Italian. Bound in later quarter leather and red cloth; 4 raised bands, gil... more information

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New York: Doubleday, 1989 First American edition . xv, 186 pp, 22 cm. Includes index. Bibliography: p. [177]-181. VG+ in dustjacket with slight creasing of spine top area.. First Edition. Hard Cover. ... more information

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Verona, Italy: Cassa di Risparmio di Verona, Vicenza, Belluno e Ancoma, 1992 430 pp. Color illustrations (2 folding), facsimiles, bibliography. Translated into Italian from the original 15th-century Spanish text ("Historia natural y moral de las Indias," 1590) by Jose de Acosta (1549-1600), a Jesuit missionary and naturalist sent to Latin America. Includes two short, historical essays (pp. 21-52): "Supra litus oceani maris" [Gabriella Airaldi] and "Acosta e il Nuovo Mondo" [Fra... more information

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Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, 1943. lii, 248 pp. Extensive prologue by Joaquin de Entrambasaguas. Text in modern Spanish. This is a modern Spanish translation of "Conspiratio haeretico-christianissima," an important document on Spanish foreign relations originally written and published in 1634 by an Inquisitor for the Spanish Inquisition, Adam de la Parra. Sewn binding. Some chipping to covers. The prologue only has been underlined in black and red ink using a ruler. Pag... more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993 Cream colored boards backed in white cloth, lettered in gilt. First edition. NF condition in like dustjacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. ... more information

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Boston: Little, Brown, 1988 xii, 401 p. : 115 illustrations. ; 28 cm. "A New York Graphic Society book." Includes index and chronology. VG+ condition [slight wear to lower edges and corner tips] in spine sunned dustjacket with small tear to front panel. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. ... more information

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Fort Bragg, Calif: Lost Coast Press, 2003 vii, 261 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. NF condition in like dustjacket. Signed with dedication by author on title page.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. ... more information

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1934 19 pp. Frontispiece, bibliography of Kemp's publications. Kemp was an American geologist. CONDITION: In original stapled card covers. Catalog number and "reprint" stamped on cover (from a private individual's library; part of private library's "reprint" collection, although this pamphlet is not a reprint). Text clean and neat. Light overall handling.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 23 x 16 cm. ... more information

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1932 32 pp. Frontispiece, bibliography of Hunt's publications. Hunt (1826-1892) was a American geologist and chemist. Original reprint from the National Academy of Sciences "Biographical Memoirs," v. 15 (7th memoir), pp. 207-238. CONDITION: In original stapled card covers. Catalog number on cover (from a private individual's library). Text clean and neat. Moderate overall handling (light abrasion along spine).. Reprint. Paperback. Good. 23 x 16 cm. ... more information

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Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1997. v, 164 pp. This study presents a new view of locomotor development-the processes involved in acquiring adaptive mobility. We report a longitudinal investigation of infants' ability to adapt movements to variations in the terrain and to changes in their physical capabilities. CONDITION: Light cover wear.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 23 x 16 cm. ... more information

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Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, 2007 x, 450 pp. Maps, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index, list of contributors. 14 scholarly essays examine topics concerning history, the arts, literature, politics and religion during the first three centuries of Heian Japan (794-1086 AD). CONDITION: Tiny bumps only to the tips of the front board and dustjacket, else as new.. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. 24 x 16 cm. ... more information

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New York: Springer-Verlag, 1989 xiv, 311 pp. References, index. 9 essays. CONDITION: An ex-library copy in good overall condition: text clean and neat; moderate overall handling/shelfwear; small tears to head of spine from mishandling. Library marks to title-page; call number and barcode labels; due date slip and pocket inside rear; stamped "withdrawn.". First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 24 x 16 cm. ... more information

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