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New York:: Pergamon Press,, [1974]. Thick 8vo. xiv, [2], 643, [1] pp. Text figures, diagrams. Red cloth, gilt lettrng (slght bmpng to crnrs, ex-lib mrkngs on title), w/ d.j. (mnr rubbng, mnr sunng to spine), still G/VG-, w/ additional preface laid-in, from library of mathematician & physicist, John A. Simmons. First edition of this scarce work on elasticity, covering linear theory, matrix notation, tensors, and more. ... more information

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New York:: P.F. Collier,, [c. 1936 (ca. 1940)]. 8vo. [4], 240 pp. Purple embssd cloth, gilt lettrng (rubbng, soilng, creasng to textblk), G-. Reprint edition of one of Sabatinis famous tale and of course our favorite pirate. ... more information

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New York:: Grosset & Dunlap,, [ca. 1935]. 8vo. [10], 366 pp. Blue cloth, blue lettrng (slght interior toning), w/ d.j. (1 sml clsd tear), VG/VG. Early printing of this historical adventure of Sir Oliver Tressilian, Cornish gentleman, and later Barbary Corsair. ... more information

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New York:: P.F. Collier,, [c. 1939 (ca. 1940)]. 8vo. iv, 393, [1] pp. Purple embssd cloth, gilt lettrng (mnr dustsoilng & foxing to fore-edges, vry mnr shlfwr), still VG-. Reprint edition of Sabatinis rousing tale of Renaissance maritime adventures in the Mediterranean against the Ottoman Empire. ... more information

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New York:: P.F. Collier,, [c. 1934 (ca. 1940)]. 8vo. vi, [2], 323, [1] pp. Purple embssd cloth, gilt lettrng (mnr rubbng, edgewear), still VG copy. Reprint edition of Sabatinis tale of espionage and adventure set in Northern Italy between May 1796 and May 1797, against the backdrop of conspiracies surrounding the Venetian Republic, and the French Revolution. ... more information

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Boston:: Houghton Mifflin Co.,, [1925]. 12mo. ix, [1], 339, [1] pp., plus 2 pp. publ. ads. Black cloth, red lettrng (mnr sunng to spine, edgewear), still G copy. Early printing of one of Sabatini's lesser-known historical romances which hinges on the struggle between vengeance and filial instinct in a son brought up to avenge his mother, set in Paris and London in 1721. ... more information

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New York:: Grosset & Dunlap,, [c. 1922 (ca. 1924)]. 8vo. iv, 356 pp., plus 6 pp. publ. ads. Photo frntsp., plates. Blue cloth, blk lettrng (mnr shlfwr, rubbng), still VG copy. First Photoplay edition of one of Sabatinis famous tale, and of course our favorite pirate. This silent movie version predating the Errol Flynn film starred J. Warren Kerrigan, Jean Paige, Charlotte Merriam, and James Morrison. ... more information

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[La Center]:: Spirit Lake Press,, [2002]. 8vo. [14], 286 pp. Colour-illust. softcvrs (slght bmpng to 1 crnr), NF. First Spirit Lake Press edition of this scarce historical fiction set against the backdrop of the Italy of Cesare Borgia. ... more information

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New York:: Little Simon,, 2008. 4to. 5 large double-page pop-up illusts., numerous small text illusts inserted into booklets, colour-illust. throughout. Colour-illust. boards, F. First Sabuda edition, offering a spectacular example of his paper engineering in the classic fairy tale. ... more information

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New York:: Bonanza Books,, [1985]. 4to. 313, [1] pp. Colour-frntsp., 121 colour plates, 472 blk & wht illusts. Blue boards, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (mnr shlfwr, rubbng), NF/VG-, w/ frmr ownrshp signature on endpapers. First Bonanzaedition of this wonderfully illustrated history of American quilting and folk art. ... more information

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New York:: Academic Press,, 1971. 8vo. xi, [5], 221 pp., plus 3 pp. publ. ads. Tables, diagrams. Red cloth, gilt lettrng (vry mnr shlfwr, slght scuffng), VG, from library of mathematician & physicist, John Simmons. First edition of this title from the Mathematics in Science and Engineering Series, Vol. 80. ... more information

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Tokyo, Japan:: Kiyoshi Saito Studio,, [1957]. 4to. [48 pp (unpaginated]. Illust. throughout (some in colour). Colour-illust. wrappers, signed by Saito on verso of frnt cvr (vry mnr shlfwr), VG. First edition, thus, and signed of this excellent and scarce catalogue by the noted Japanese artist (d. 1997), first became noted for his Winter in Aizu series, and began exhibiting after World War II. His work was influenced by the works of Mondrian, and after this catalogue became widely exhibited in the United St... more information

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New York:: Viking Press,, 1942. Thick 12mo. xiii, [1], 718 pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (mnr shlfwr, chppng & clsd tear hd of spine), VG/VG-. Early printing of these 135 stories by the noted English humorist and novelist. ... more information

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New York:: Modern Library,, [c. 1959 (1961)]. 12mo. [8], 302 pp., plus 8 pp. publ. ads. Gray cloth, blk & gilt lettrng (mnr dustsoilng), w/ d.j. (old tpe repairs to fore-edges, price-clppd), listing to 403 titles on verso, VG/G. Early printing of No. 301 in the Modern Library Series, including the stories Just before the war with the Eskimos, Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes, and others. ... more information

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New York:: Grosset & Dunlap,, [1942]. 8vo. 251, [1] pp. Numerous text illusts. Green cloth (mnr shlfwr, mnr bmpng to hd & ft of spine, crnrs), w/ d.j. (mnr chppng hd & ft of spine, edgewear), G/G, w/ frmr ownrshp signature on ffep. Early printing of these heartwarming stories by the author of Bambi. ... more information

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[Tokyo:: Shogakukan,, 1970]. Folio. 250, [2] pp. Over 300 illusts., photos (many in colour). Quarter-beige cloth over patterned cloth, gilt rulng on cvrs, spine, w/ d.j. (mnr edgewear, slght rubbng), NF/VG, preserved in open-backd slipcase. First edition of this exceedingly scarce volume in the Japanese Arts & Culture series which was published in 30 volumes on assorted subjects. This lavishly produced work illustrates 100s of samurai swords, their makers marks, assorted types of Samurai armour, helms,... more information

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New York:: Simon and Schuster,, 1946. 8vo. 228 pp. Black cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. NF/NF, w/ advance review slip laid-in, along with original drawing of George Sanders on folded slip. First edition of this mystery ghost written by the famed Science Fiction author and screenwriter, Leigh Brackett, for the actor who played the Saint. ... more information

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New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1962. 8vo. xiv, 376, viii, [2] pp. Frntsp., numerous illusts., maps by Sidonie Coryn. Blue cloth, red illust. frnt cvr, gilt lettrng on spine (occasional annotations, pencil corrections in text & margns by the reviewer, Leverett G. Richards), w/ d.j. (mnr chppng & edgewear), still G-/VG- copy from library of Leverett G. Richards, w/ stmp on endpapers. First edition, stated, of this chronicle of elephants, and their extinct ancestors including gomphotheres, mastodons, di... more information

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London:: Cassell & Co.,, [1958]. 8vo. xxiv, [4], 423, [1] pp. Maps, charts, numerous text illusts. Green cloth, gilt lettrng (slght shlfwr), w/ d.j. (1 vry sml clsd tear uppr fore-edge), VG/VG. First edition of this detailed and erudite description of the history of whaling. ... more information

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Norman:: Univ. of Oklahoma Press,, [1968]. 8vo. xiii, [1], 146 pp. Maps. Tan cloth, blk & gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. NF/NF. First edition of this volume in the Centers of Civilization Series, examining the height of the Mermnad Dynasty under Croesus, before being conquered by Cyrus of Persia. ... more information

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