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New York:: Grosset & Dunlap,, [1941]. 8vo. xii, [2], 356 pp. Orange cloth, blk lettrng (vry mnr sunng to fore-edges, slght shlfwr), w/ d.j. (mnr clsd tear hd of spine), great cover art of Tyrone Power in bullfighting regalia, as well as Linda Darnell and Rita Hayworth, NF/VG-. First photoplay edition of this excellent book about the rise and fall of a bullfighter, made into the movie starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth, and Alla Nazimova. ... more information

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New York:: Franklin Watts,, 1957. 4to. 60, [4] pp. Illust. throughout, many in colour. Green boards, blk lettrng, w/ d.j. (slght scuffng to spine), NF/VG. First edition, early printing of No. 36 in the First Book Series. ... more information

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Weiser, ID:: Signal American Printers,, 1951. 8vo. [8], 39, [1] pp. Photo illusts. Printed softcvrs, stapled as issued, inscribed by the author on title, NF. First edition, inscribed, of this scarce history of Salubria, Idaho, and the Weiser Valley, focusing on the Cuddy Family and their grist mill. ... more information

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Boise, ID:: Statesman Printing Co.,, 1959. 8vo. 246 pp. Numerous illusts. Black cloth, gilt lettrng (slght sunng to spine), VG copy. First edition of this collection of historical anecdotes and stories of pioneer Idaho. ... more information

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Washington, DC:: Service Center for Teachers of History,, [1959]. 8vo. 22 pp. Printed softcvrs (mnr creasng to fore-edge), VG-. First edition. ... more information

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[London]:: Hodder & Stoughton,, [1939]. 4to. 255, [1] pp. Frntsp. photo, numerous plates (some in colour), letters, engravings. Colour-illust. softcvrs (mnr chppng & creasng to spine, edgewear), still G copy. First edition of this fundraising anthology containing work by A.E.W. Mason, John Masefiled, A.A. Milne, Daphne Du Maurier, Eric Ambler, and others. The illustrators include Edmund Dulac, Emund Blampied, Dame Laura Knight, Arthur Wragg, Rex Whistler, Mable Lucie Attwell, and others. ... more information

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New York:: George Braziller,, [1969]. Sml. folio. 26, [6], [approx. 130 ff.]. 139 colour plates (some double-page). Burgundy cloth, gilt lettrng, armorial on frnt cvr, w/ slipcase, F/F. First edition, thus of this impressive facsimile. ... more information

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London:: Chapman and Hall,, [1880]. Two vols. in one. Thick 8vo. xvi, 168; [2], 169-344 pp., plus 8 pp. publ. ads, & 1 stunning double-page full colour Japanese woodblock print for the Kosho Kaisha Institution, Amsterdam International Exposition. 1 large folding coloured map, 81 plates, some with multiple images. Three-quarter pebbled cloth over marbled boards (mnr bmpng to crnrs, mnr scuffng & edgewear, occasional foxing & toning), still a very nice copy. First edition of this impressive refer... more information

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Princeton:: Princeton Univ. Press,, [1985]. 8vo. xv, [1], 447, [1] pp. Illusts. Black cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. F/F. First edition of this fresh interpretation of medieval South Indian society & folklore, and in particular, the political order, as seen in literary images in Tamil, Telugu, and Sanskrit texts. ... more information

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Indianapolis:: Wm. B. Burford,, 1903. Two vols. in one. Thick 8vo. 447, [1]; 680 pp. 100s of photos, text illusts., diagrams, several large folding colour maps & diagrams. Black cloth, gilt lettrng (shkn, mnr rubbng), still G copy from the library of the former Oregon State Geologist, Paul Lawson. First edition of these two annual reports combined, including sections on Gold and Diamonds in Indiana, Geology of the Lower Carboniferous area of Southern Indiana; A geologic and topographic section across s... more information

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[Bismarck, ND]:: State Historical Society of North Dakota,, 1971. 4 vols. in three. 530 pp. 100s of photo illusts., text illusts. Colour-illust. softcvrs (mnr shlfwr, creasng), VG set. First edition of the complete Vol. 38 of this Historical Quarterly. Of particular interest is the facsimile reprint of the famed memoir by Waheenee-wea, Buffalo Bird Woman, of the Hidatsa tribe whose memoir chronicles life as a Sioux Indian from before the Civil War. ... more information

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New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1931. 8vo. [10], 208 pp. Frntsp., plates, map, plans. Blue cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (slght chppng hd of spine, vry mnr dustsoilng), VG/VG-. First edition, A on verso, of this scarce work on the history and archaeology of Tara, the most august place in ancient Ireland, and where the Druid High Priests sat, and Ireland's kings were crowned. ... more information

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St. Paul:: Irish American Cultural Institute,, [1974]. 8vo. xi, [1], 241, [1] pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (vry mnr shlfwr), NF/VG. First edition of this fascinating reference work. ... more information

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Dublin:: Printed, for the Editor, by M. Graisberry,, 1789-1790. Two vols. in one. Thick 8vo. xxxiii, [1], 328; xi, [1], 364 pp. Engraved vignettes on title, four engraved head- & tail-piece historiated vignettes. Contemporary Irish tree calf, gilt inner dentelles, gilt decrtns on cvrs, elaborately gilt decorated spine, red & gilt morocco spine labl (mnr rubbng, edgewear), marbled endpapers, a very nice fresh copy from the library of H. Scofield, w/ bkplate on frnt pstdn. First edition of what is co... more information

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New York:: Pocket Books, Inc.,, [1945]. 12mo. 260 pp., plus 6 pp. publ. ads. Colour-illust. softcvrs, cover art by Manso (slght shlfwr), NF. First Pocket Book edition, early printing, No. 253, of this hard-boiled mystery made into the famous film noir starring Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, Alan Curtis, Thomas Gomez, Elisha Cook, Jr. ... more information

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New York:: Popular Library,, [1944]. 12mo. 192 pp. Colour-illust. softcvrs, splendid cover art of face against a burning building, NF. First Popular Library edition, No. 137, of this hard-boiled mystery anthology, including the grim and famous Marihuana story of an evil girl who releases a hopped-up murder onto a city, as well as the famed novella Rear Window, made into the famous film noir by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Jimmy Stewart, Grace Kelly, and Aaron Burr. ... more information

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New York:: G.P. Putnam & Co.,, 1855. 8vo. 383, [1] pp., plus 12 pp. publ. ads. Engraved frntsp., engraved title. Blue-green embssd cloth, gilt illust on frnt cvr, gilt lettrng on spine (vry slght bmpng to couple crnrs), still an excellent crisp copy. First edition, early printing of this collection of anecdotes,essays, and travel accounts by the famed author; including such subjects as a Creole village in Louisiana, the Bermudas, Malta, Minorca, the Mississippi Bubble, his experiences in Paris, an exce... more information

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Berkeley & Los Angeles:: Univ. of California Press,, 1962. Tall 8vo. [12], 255, [3] pp. Numerous photo illust. Beige cloth, red lettrng (vry slght shlfwr), w/ d.j. (mnr scuffng), NF/VG. First edition, 3rd printing of this classic anthropological work. ... more information

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Cincinnati, OH:: Helen Bann,, [1970]. 8vo. [4], 36 pp. Numerous photo illusts. Green cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (mnr dmpstng), NF/VG, signed by author on ffep. First edition, signed, of the author's travels and experiences to see her friend, Kiku Ishihara who met her at the Cincinnati Kindergarten training school in 1908. ... more information

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New York:: Viking Press,, 1960. 8vo. viii, [8], 488 pp. Frntsp., maps, folding diagram. Blue cloth, red & gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (mnr shlfwr, slght rubbng), VG/VG. First edition of these memoirs by the chief of Winston Churchill's personal staff during World War II, and later Secretary General of NATO. ... more information

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