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The Holy Kabbalah. With an introduction by Kenneth Rexroth. A study of the secret tradition in Israel as unfolded by sons of the doctrine for the benefit and consolation of the elect dispersed through the lands and ages of the greater exile
New Hyde Park, NY:: University Books,, [1960]. 8vo. xxxv, [3], 636 pp., plus 4 pp. publ. ads. Frntsp. Quarter-blk cloth over brwn, gilt lettrng (slght bmpng to crnrs), VG copy, w/ frmr ownrshp signature on ffep. First University Books edition. ... (more information)
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The Kabuki handbook. A guide to understanding and appreciation, with summaries of favourite plays, explanatory notes, and illustrations
Rutland, VT:: Charles E. Tuttle,, [1968]. 12mo. xxi, [1], 487, [1] pp., plus 4 pp. publ. ads. Numerous illusts. Green limp tweed boards, blk & red lettrng, w/ d.j. (vry mnr shlfwr, slght rubbng), NF/VG, w/ frmr ownrshp signature on ffep. Early printing. ... (more information)
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Concepts in quantum mechanics
New York:: Academic Press,, 1965. 8vo. xiii, [1], 358 pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettrng (mnr bowng to bk cvr, slght shlfwr), still nice copy from library of mathematician & physicist, John A. Simmons. First edition. No. 18 in the Pure and Applied Physics series. ... (more information)
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The diaries of . . . 1910-1913. Edited by Max Brod
London:: Secker & Warburg,, 1948. Two vols. 8vo. 345, [1]; 343, [1] pp. Facsmile pp. of leaves from the diary. Blue cloth, gilt lettrng (mnr dustsoilng), w/ d.j. (2 vry sml clsd tears bk cvr vol. I), VG/VG- set. First edition in English of these diaries supporting the editorÕs thesis that it was the everyday drudgery and overwork which created KafkaÕs fatal neurosis. ... (more information)
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Jungle babies. Foreword by Kermit Roosevelt. Illustrations by Paul Bransom and Don Nelson
New York:: Rand McNally & Co.,, [1935]. 8vo. 255, [1] pp. Numerous colour plates, blk & wht illusts. & text illusts. Black cloth, decrtd & lettrd in silver, colour plate mntd frnt cvr, w/ d.j. (mnr sunng to spine, edgewear), NF/VG-. Early printing of this wonderful collection of stories on baby African jungle animals, and another title in the Windermere series. ... (more information)
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Rockets and spaceflight. Translated by Alex Helm
London:: Scientific Book Club,, [1961]. 8vo. 154 pp. Numerous illusts., diagrams. Blue boards, blk lettrng (slght bmpng fore-edges), w/ d.j. cover art by Eric Fraser (slght dustsoilng), VG/VG. First SBC edition. ... (more information)
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The Settlement cook book. Tested recipes from the Settlement cooking classes
Milwaukee:: Settlement Cook Book Co.,, 1931. 8vo. xlvi, 623, [1] pp. Photo frntsp., numerous illusts., colour plate. White enamel over cloth boards, lettered & illust. in blk (annotations of recipes on rear endpaper), an excellent bright copy. Twenty-Seventh edition of this classic cook book, and seldom seen in such excellent shape. ... (more information)
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The far North: explorations in the arctic regions; Monarchs of Ocean: Columbus and Cook. Two narratives of maritime discovery
Edinburgh:: W.P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell,, [1886]. Two works in one. Thick 8vo. 228; 227, [1] pp., plus 16 pp. publ. ads. Frntsp. engravng for both vols. Brown cloth, decrtd & lettrd in blk, yellow, blue (mnr rubbng, slght bmpng to crnrs, w/o ffep), still G copy. Early printing of this famed account of the second Grinnell Expedition to search for the lost Franklin and make scientific observations north of Smith Sound Greenland. The extensive data on the vegetation, wildlife, Eskimos, and the ice are ... (more information)
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Inelastic behavior of solids. Battelle Institute Materials Science Colloquia
New York:: McGraw-Hill Book Co.,, [1970]. Thick 8vo. xvii, [3], 743, [1] pp. Numerous illusts., diagrams. Gray cloth, blk & wht lettrng (mnr shlfwr, ex-lib mrkngs on title, lbl residue on spine), still nice copy from library of mathematician & physicist, John A. Simmons. First edition of this work including sections on plastic flow, plasticity, dynamics, and fracture. ... (more information)
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Generalized functions. Theory and technique
New York:: Academic Press,, 1983. 8vo. xiii, [1], 428 pp. Numerous text diagrams, illusts. Red boards, gilt lettrng (slght shlfwr), still NF copy from library of mathematician & physicist, John A. Simmons, w/ frmr ownrshp stmp on ffep. First edition of this excellent work. ... (more information)
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Linear integral equations. Theory and technique
New York:: Academic Press,, 1971. 8vo. xii, [2], 296 pp. Gray cloth, blk & yellow lettrng, w/ d.j. NF/NF, from library of mathematician & physicist, John A. Simmons. First edition of this wrk with a variety of examples and exercises taken from various fields of mathematical physics, theoretical mechanics, and engineering. ... (more information)
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Advanced calculus
Reading, MA:: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., , [1959]. 8vo. xiii, [1], 679, [1] pp. Diagrams, illusts. Gray cloth, red & gilt lettrng (vry mnr shlfwr, slght bmpng to couple crnrs, ownrshp stmps on title), VG-, from library of mathematician & physicist, John A. Simmons. Early printing. ... (more information)
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Treasure seeker in China. Translated from the Swedish by Naomi Walford
London:: Cresset Press,, 1957. 8vo. xii, 215, [1] pp. Photo frntsp., numerous plates, map. Blue cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (slgt shlfwr), VG/VG. First edition of this memoir on how this railroad engineer in the course of building railroads in northern China amassed a fine collection of Chinese pottery and bronzes. ... (more information)
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The Swedish heritage in America. The Swedish element in America and American-Swedish relations in their historical perspective
[St. Paul, MN]:: Swedish Council of America,, 1975. Thick 8vo. 863, [1] pp. Numerous photos, colour photos. Gray cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (mnr edgewear, 1 sml clsd tear bk cvr), NF/VG, w/ tipped-in card of author's signature on 2nd flyleaf. First ediiton, signed, of this invaluable work prepared for the Bicentennial describing the history of Swedes in the New World, focusing on their roles in the Civil War, opening the West, and much more. ... (more information)
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A luggage and leather goods manual
New York:: Luggage & Leather Goods Manufacturers,, [1948]. 8vo. xviii, 235, [1] pp. Numerous photos, illusts. Red cloth, gilt lettrng (fnt tidemrk to fore-edge of textblk, fnt mustiness), still G- copy. First edition of this informative and nicely illustrated history of Baggage, luggage, suitcases, and purses in leather. ... (more information)
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Seventy-Six! A story of the Revolutionary War. Illustrations by Clyde O. De Land
New York:: Hampton Publishing Co.,, [c. 1926 (ca. 1935)]. 8vo. 298 pp. Colour frntsp., numerous text illusts. Orange cloth, blk lettrng, w/ d.j. (hd of spine w/ 2 cm. sectn lackng, minor shlfwr), NF/G-. Reprint edition of this third work in Kauffmans Colonial Classics series set against the backdrop of the Continental Congress and Benjamin Franklin. One in the Hampton Classics series. ... (more information)
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The pencil book. Combined edition including pencil broadsides, pencil pictures, and a portfolio of drawings
New York:: Van Nostrand Reinhold,, [1979]. Folio. 111, [1] pp. Frntsp., over 150 blk & wht pencil illusts. Burgundy cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (mnr sunng fore-edges, edgewear), VG/VG-. First combined edition of this classic work. ... (more information)
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Ways with watercolor. Second edition, enlarged
New York:: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.,, [1968]. Sml. folio. 136 pp. Colour frntsp., over 100 illusts., 37 colour plates. Green cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (mnr sunng to fore-edges, edgewear), VG/G. Second edition of this work emphasizing landscape watercolour painting. ... (more information)
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The Japanese are like that
Rutland, VT:: Charles E. Tuttle Co.,, [1970]. 12mo. 232 pp. Numerous text illusts. Colour-illust. softcvrs, w/ frmr ownrshp signature on ffep., VG. Later Tuttle edition. ... (more information)
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The secret son
[New York]:: Harper & Brothers,, [1942]. 8vo. [6], 300, [2] pp. Black cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (mnr chppng hd of spine, rubbng, shlfwr), NF/VG-. First edition of this novel set in the English countryside. ... (more information)
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