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1) COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD. And Their Leaders Yearbook 2005. Two Volumes

Detroit, Michigan: Thomson Gale/The Gale Group Inc., 2004. First printings in hardcover without dust jackes as issued. A very clean ex-library set with minimal markings. Tidy stamps on top edge and front endpapers otherwise clean and unmarked. Three pages have some creasing from being folded in on themselves, a few other small nicks to top foredge of text block. A near fine set. . (more information)

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2) A BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR STUDENTS OF POLITICS

Oxford, England: Oxford University Press., 1971. First printing in stapled paper wraps. From the library of author and historian Graham A. MacDonald with his stamp on the back of the front cover. 113 pp. Some minor wear and soiling to white covers, contents fine. Very Good. Reduced postage on this item.. (more information)

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3) ARMAMENTARIA. Aflevering 9 1974

Leiden, Netherlands: Drukkerij De Bink N.V., 1974. First printing in card covers. Text in Dutch only. 111 pp. Plates including full page colour, drawings, photographs. Light shelfwear to covers. Near Fine.. (more information)

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4) ARMAMENTARIA. Aflevering I Zomer 1966

Leiden, Netherlands: Drukkerij De Bink N.V., 1966. First printing in card covers. Text in Dutch only. 57 pp. plus unpaginated plates in text including one fold-out. Light creasing to front cover, the last fifteen pages show some moisture rippling at bottom (one inch or so), three leave have scuffing from being separated with no loss of text, slightly musty (no staining). Good. Scarce first number.. (more information)

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5) ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS. Friendly Society. General Laws S.H.S., Juvenile Federation Laws, Companion of the forest Laws, Uniformed Branch Laws

Gault, Ontario, Canada: Executive Council., 1907. Small paper covers. 139 pp. plus index. Small creases and some chipping to bottom corners, light pencil writing and some creasing on rear cover, light soiling. Good.. (more information)

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6) PEASANT STUDIES NEWSLETTER. The First Five Issues

University of Pittsburgh., 1972. All in stapled card covers. Volume I, Number I has some fading to front cover. The other four issues have some bumping to corners and/or spine that have caused some creasing. All are clean and unmarked. . (more information)

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7) MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION. Coronation Year 1953. Guide and Biographies

Stapled card covers. 88 pp. Photographs, index. Some sunning and light creasing to front cover. Very Good. Reduced postage on this item.. (more information)

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8) THE STORY OF THE CHASTITY BELT. Folded Pamphlet

Coney Island, NY: No Date (ca. 1960).: Tortures of the Middle Ages.. Six panel brochure measures 6 1/2" by 10" unfolded. Front panel shows an attractive topless model in a chastity belt standing beside a suit of armor. Thee other drawings. Fine. Photograph on request. . (more information)

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9) CORNELIUS NEPOS, Latin et Francois; Traduction Nouvelle, Avec Des Notes Geographiques et Historiques

Paris: J. Dessain, Imprimeur., 1778. Reprint in hardcovers. 491 pp. Footnotes. This is a fair only copy with the boards heavily rubbed and worn, pieces missing from spine ends, front hinge has been glued. Photographs on request. . (more information)

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10) NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES POLICY. POLITIQUE DES LIEUX HISTORIQUES NATIONAUX

Ottawa, ON: Parks Canada., 1972. First printing in large stapled paper wraps. 14 pp. in English and 15 pp. in French. Light wear to covers. Very Good. Reduced postage on this item.. (more information)

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11) BASSINETTS, CRIBS, INFANTS' FURNITURE. Folding Brochure

Gardner, MA: No Date (ca. 1920).: Gem Crib & Cradle Co.. Folded brochure which measures which measures 12" by 18" when open. Absolutely lovely black and white illustrations of the cribs and bassinetts available, twenty-four models shown. A promotional letter and the price list are attached to the top panel. This was sent throught the mail to K.A. Sprague Dept. Store in Roscoe, NY. Covers show some age toning and light soiling. Photographs on request.. (more information)

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12) APOFTEMMI DI PLUTARCO. Motti Arguti Piacevoli, Esentenze Notabili, Cosi di Principi Come Di Filosofi. Tradotti in Lungua Toscana Per M. Gio Bernardo Gualandi Fiorentino. Cond due Tavole, L’una De Nomide Gli Autori, E’altra Delle Cose Piu Notabi

Venice : In Vinegia Appresso Gabriel Giolito De Ferrari., 1565. The Apoftemmi of Plutarch. Translated from the Greek into the Italian by Bernardo Gualandi. Very good ¼ vellum bound book/ leather label with stiff blue cloth boards and ties. Top-edge stained blue. 632 pp. Pages show some minor scattered foxing and six pages of worming. Title page has been professionally repaired by attachment to a newer sheet. Last four pages have some chipping to bottom corner. An attractive copy.. (more information)

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13) THE FIRE ENGINEER. The Monthly Journal for Fire Fighters January 1924

New York: The Fire Engineer Co., 1924. Stapled magazine format. 34 pp. Nice illustrations and advertisements. Bumping to bottom corners has caused some crimping throughout, light soiling to covers. Good. Photograph on request. . (more information)

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14) THE SECULAR SPIRIT: Life and Art at the End of the Middle Ages

New York: The Metropoliton Museum of Art and E.P. Dutton., 1975. First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 287 pp. Illustrations including full page color plates, notes, bibliography. Jacket has small tear and chip to the foredge of the front panel near top, light rubbing. Fine/Very Good.. (more information)

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15) CHAMBERS BOOK OF DAYS. A miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the Calendar

Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd., 2004. First printing of this edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 638 pp. Decorations in text. Tiny bump to one corner. Jacket has crease at this spot. Near Fine/Near Fine.. (more information)

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16) DUMBARTON OAKS PROPOSALS. For the Establishment of a General International Organization

Ottawa, Ontario: Wartime Information Board., 1944. First printing in stapled paper wraps. 22 pp. Flow chart. Some creasing and light soiling to covers. Very Good. Reduced postage on this item.. (more information)

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17) A HISTORY OF CELIBACY
Abbott, Elizabeth

Toronto: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd., 1999. First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 559 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. Jacket has some very minor rippling. Fine/Near Fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. (more information)

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18) MANUFACTURING THE FUTURE. A History of Western Electric
Adams, Stephen B. and Orville R. Butler

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1999.. First edition hardcover in dust jacket. 270 pp. Photographs, appendices, bibliographical essay, index. Jacket has one tiny tear, hint of soiling to rear panel, minor edgewear/rubbing. Fine/Very Good.. (more information)

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19) MACBETH. Man and Myth
Aitchison, Nick

Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing Limited, 2000. First printing in card covers. 216 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Small blemish to acetate at bottom corner of front cover, very light rubbing to covers. Near Fine.. (more information)

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20) THE RIGHT OPPOSITION. The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s
Alexander, Robert J

Westport, CT: Greenwood Press., 1981. First printing of this edition in hardcover without dust jacket as issued. 342 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. Small nick to top foredge of text block has caused some small creases to about twenty pages in text otherwise fine. Near Fine.. (more information)

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21) REFORMERS AND REBELS. A Calendar of Anniversaries
Anderson, M. Compiler

London, England: Cobbett Press., 1946. First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 146 pp. Index. Small curls to bottom corners, enpapers have a hint of offsetting from jacket flaps, FFEP has faint sticker ghost/scuff. Jacket has some small tears and chips, some sunning and minor staining to spine. Very Good/Near Very Good.. (more information)

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22) APPROACHES TO THE HISTORY OF THE WESTERN FAMILY 1500-1914
Anderson, Michael

London: Macmillan Education Limited 1992.. Reprint in trade paperback. 96 pp. Bibliography, index. Minor shelfwear, contents are clean and unmarked. Near Fine.. (more information)

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23) PASSION LOST. Public Sex, Private Desire in the Twentieth Century
Anderson, Patricia

Toronto: Thomas Allen Publishers., 2001. First printing in card covers with French flaps. 271 pp. Notes, index. Minor rubbing to covers. Near Fine.. (more information)

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24) BYZANTIUM. The Bridge from Antiquity to the Middle Ages
Angold, Michael

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited., 2001. First British edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 186 pp. Illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index. Fine/Fine. Unopened.. As New/As New. (more information)

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25) THE MEDIEVAL HEALTH HANDBOOK. Tacuinum Sanitatis
Arano, Luisa Cogliati (introduction)

N.Y. George Braziller 1992.. Pictorial wraps. Trade paperback. Color plates, table of concordance, bibliography. Very minor crease to FFEP. NF.. (more information)

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26) RAHEL VARNHAGEN. The Life of a Jewess
Arendt, Hannah. Edited by Liliane Weissberg

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press 1997.. First complete edition. Hardcover, 388 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, reading list, index. Jacket has some minor edgecreasing. F/NF.. (more information)

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27) DAWN BEHIND THE DAWN. A Search for the Earthly Paradise
Ashe, Geoffrey

New York: Henry Holt and Company., 1992. First printing in trade paperback. 274 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Hint of shelfwear otherwise Fine.. (more information)

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28) FOOTPRINTS. An Autobiography
Astor, Brooke

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited., 1980. First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 375 pp. Illustrations. Jacket has hint of edgecreasing otherwise Fine/Fine. Lovely copy.. (more information)

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29) EMPIRES OF TIME. Calendars, Clocks, and Cultures
Aveni, Anthony

N.Y. Basic Books 1989.. First edition hardcover. Illustrations, notes, index. Minor wrinkle to front panel of jacket o/w F/F.. (more information)

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30) THE PUNIC WARS 264-146 BC
Bagnall, Nigel

London, England.: Osprey Publishing, 2002. First printing in pictorial card covers. Osprey Essential Histories series. 95 pp. Colour plates, maps, list, glossary, index. Hint of shelfwear to covers otherwise Fine.. (more information)

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