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New York:: Viking Press,, 1954. 8vo. xlvi, 356 pp., plus 12 pp. publ. ads. Burgundy cloth, gilt lettrng (vry minor dmpstn bk uppr crnr), still a nice copy. First edition, 2nd printing of this excellent translation, by noted poet Marianne Moore of the Fables choisies, first written in the 17th century. ... more information

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New York:: A.L. Burt Co.,, [c. 1925]. 12mo. viii, 339, [1] pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettrng (edgewear, mnr spttng), w/ d.j. cover art of La Salle & Iroquois (mnr edgewear, rubbng), VG-/VG-. Reprint edition of this famed historical novel about Robert Cavelier La Salle (1643-1687), French-Canadian explorer and adventurer. Very scarce in jacket. ... more information

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San Francisco:: Sailors Union of the Pacific,, 1985. 4to. [4], 62, [2] pp. Numerous photos, illusts. Colour-illust. softcvrs (slght shlfwr), VG copy. First edition. ... more information

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[Kyoto]:: Kyoto National Museum,, [1995]. Folio. 223, [1] pp. Text in Japanese & English. 100s of colour photo illusts., text illusts., blk & wht photo illusts. Colour-illust. softcvrs, NF. First edition of this exceedingly scarce and invaluable exhibition catalogue exhaustively describing and illustrating over 220 pieces of Japanese Makie. ... more information

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Paris:: Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres,, 1869. Folio. iv, [4], 530 pp. Colour chromolith frntsp., 16 chromolith plates, over 400 woodcut text engravings. Original deluxe publisher's binding of embssd brown morocco over bevld boards, gilt inner dentelles, 5 raised bands, gilt rulng, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. (vry mnr scuffng, innr hnges startng), still a very nice copy. First edition of the famed French work. Included are sections on textiles, arms & armour, horology, playing cards, stained glass,... more information

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Chicago:: Univ. of Illinois Press,, [1976]. 8vo. xii, 370 pp. Map, tables. Colour-illust. softcvrs (mnr creasng, shlfwr), still VG- copy. First Illini Books edition of this classic social history from the Annales School. ... more information

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Hildesheim:: Georg Olms Verlag,, 1988. 12mo. 270, [2] pp. Green cloth, gilt lettrng, F. First reprint edition of this critical biography of the Greek text of Diogenes' life of Greek philosopher, Pythagoras. This work was first printed in 1922 in the series Memoire couronne par la classe des lettres et des sciences morales et politiques (Prix Grantrelle, XIVe periode, 1919-1920). ... more information

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New York:: Random House,, [1958]. 8vo. [8], 182 pp. Numerous illusts. Blue cloth, w/ d.j. (mnr creasng, edgewear), NF/VG-, w/ TLS from Hodding Carter on The Delta Democrat Times stationary laid-in. First edition, stated of No. W-34 in the Landmark series, with typed letter signed laid-in. ... more information

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Chicago:: Univ. of Chicago Press,, [1973]. 8vo. xi, [1], 586, [2] pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettrng, NF. First edition. ... more information

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Portland, OR:: Binfords & Mort,, [1958]. 8vo. [8], 156 pp. Numerous photos, illusts., maps on endpapers. Gray cloth, brwn lettrng & illust., w/ d.j. (mnr edgewear, mnr wear to crnrs) VG/VG-. First edition of this history of Lake Oswego, Oregon. ... more information

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Garden City, NY:: Garden City Publishing Co.,, [1943]. 8vo. xv, [1]], 389, [1] pp. Maps on endpapers. Green cloth, illust. & lettered in blk, slght shlfwr, NF. Reprint edition of this fast-paced history of the expansion of the Mongol Empire over much of Asia, Russia, India, and Europe. ... more information

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Garden City, NY:: Doubleday & Co., Inc.,, 1964. 8vo. [6], 568 pp. Red cloth, blk & gilt lettrng (minor shlfwr, sml tear to uppr crnr ffep), w/ d.j. (minor edgewear & chppng), VG/VG, w/ frmr ownrshp signature on ffep. First edition of perhaps Harold Lambs scarcest work containing the collected stories of Khlit, originally published only in magazine format. ... more information

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Garden City, NY:: Garden City Publishing,, [c. 1931]. 8vo. x, 490 pp. Frntsp., numerous plates, text illusts. Black cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. great cover art of Richard the Lion Hearted battling on horseback (mnr tear hd of spine, chppng, edgewear), still VG+/G-, w/ frmr ownrshp signature. Early printing of Harold Lambs scarce and classic work on the later Crusades. ... more information

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Garden City, NY:: Doubleday & Co.,, 1947. 8vo. viii, 374 pp. Green cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (old tpe repairs to clsd tears, edgewear), still NF/G-. First edition, early printing of this Lost Race fantasy set in Kurdistan, of a lost civilization of Assyrians. Locke, Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 131; Bleiler, p. 117. ... more information

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Garden City, NY: : Doubleday, Doran, & Co.,, 1935. 8vo. [8], 325, [1] pp. Frntsp., numerous plates, illust. endpapers. Red cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. cover art by Edgar D'Aulaire (mnr rubbng, shlfwr), NF/VG-. Early printing of this biographical account of the Mogul Emperor Jahangir, and Nur Mahal. ... more information

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Garden City, NY:: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc, 1936. 8vo. [6], 316 pp., plus 4 pp. publ. ads. Black cloth, gilt spine (vry mnr soilng hd of spine, slght rubbng), VG-. Early printing. ... more information

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Garden City, NY:: Doubleday & Co., Inc.,, 1948. 8vo. vi, [4], 309, [1] pp. Numerous folding maps. Red cloth, minor fading. VG. Early printing. ... more information

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Garden City, NY:: International Collectors Library,, [1930]. 8vo. xi, [1], 368 pp. Frntsp., numerous plates. Brown simulated morocco, gilt decoration, lettrng on spine, NF. Reprint edition of Harold Lamb's classic work on the Crusades. ... more information

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New York:: John Day Co.,, [1953]. 8vo. [8], 247, [1] pp. Tan cloth, red lettrng, w/ d.j. (vry mnr shlfwr), NF/VG. First edition of this savagely realistic account of the life of Big Red, a bush kangaroo. ... more information

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New York:: Bantam Books,, [1984]. 8vo. [4], 423, [1] pp. Half-cloth, w/ d.j. (mnr chppng hd & ft of spine), VG/G-. First edition, 1st printing. ... more information

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