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London, , 1807. Rmvd. . Light fxg. VG. 4to. Full pg. frontis copper plate portrait & biography rmvd. from "The Historic Gallery Of Portraits And Paintings, With Brief Memoirs Of The Most Celebrated Men, Of Every Age And Country, Embellished By Engravings In Outline, Of The Finest Specimens Of The Arts, Ancient And Modern." Plate & text pages measure 8 1/4 x 10 5/8 in. incl. wide margins. The engrd. image measures 2 3/8 x 3 7/8 in. From a very rare large paper quarto copy with the pl... more information

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Boston, , 1964. Prntd. wrprs. VG. 8vo. Famous quarterly journal of American Academy of Arts and Sciences. An issue on "The Contemporary University: U.S. A." with various essays on the subject.  ... more information

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Cambridge, , 1973. 1st edition. Orig. softcover. . Upper right corner bumped a bit. A clean nice copy. Gd. - VG. . 8vo. Entire issue of noted quarterly journal publ. by Harvard U. on language & language issues. With 16 contributers. Essays on nature & history of language, inequality among speakers, neurology of language, problems of variation & repertoire, linguistics & anthropology, understanding sentences, second language learning, linguistics & poetry, curse of Babel, automatic tr... more information

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Boston, , 1965. Prntd. green wrprs. . 24pp. w/ underlining & rear ep. with notes. 8vo. Special issue entirely with essays on "Utopia" and how it was viewed historically. With editor's Preface & essays by 13 contributors. An Impt. issue because of the 1960's growing interest in utopian communities. ... more information

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Boston, , 1964. Prntd. wrprs. VG. 8vo. Famous quarterly journal of American Academy of Arts and Sciences. An issue on "The Woman In America" with various essays on the subject.  ... more information

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Berkeley, , 1912. . Later cloth. . Uniformly browned, but not too brittle. A few tears, a bit of chipping. Bdg. wear. Gd. . Tall folio. . Daily newspaper by students of University of California at Berkeley. With school news, many v. interesting local business ads, many illustrated, some showing clothing. ... more information

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London, , 1953. VG. Folio. ... more information

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N.Y., , 1933. . Browned. Folio. Headline, "Gangs Murder 4", rear headline, "Zangara Dies Today!". Cover photo of Presidential assassin Zangara, to be executed for murdering Chicago Mayor Cermack (1 column on 2nd pg.), Mussolini proposes European peace plan, picture of Joan Crawford & Douglas Fairbanks (will they get back together?) other news articles, photos, & great store ads, picture of Mel Ott in Sports section, Yankees win on Ott's homer. ... more information

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N.Y., , 1933. . Browned throughout, front & back pg. chipped, a piece msg. Worn. Folio. Headline is "Beer In 3 Weeks" (end of Prohibition), also Zangara, attempted assassin of Franklin Roosevelt & murderer of Chicago mayor, Cermack, to be executed next week, Franklin Roosevelt in cover photo in a swimming pool, FDR early speech, other news & photos, NY store advertising. ... more information

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Prague, , 1860. Velour gilt stamped dated presentation bndg. . Mild rubbing to binding, a few slivers of velour missing at joints & head of spine. VG. 16mo. Text in Hebrew & German. Daily prayers, prayers for Sabbath, Jewish holidays, etc. Actually 2 works in one bound at opposite ends. With separate titles at fronts. Front title (reading book right to left) is main title of 394pp. "Die vollftandigen Gebete der Israeliten fur Das ganze Jahr." Commentator or translator: R.J. Furftenth... more information

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London, , 1941. Pict. wrprs. . Quite browned, a little creased & frayed at bottom. Gd. . 8vo. Printed by the Communist Party of Great Britain. Gallacher ( photo on cover) was a Communist M.P. On condition of working classes, Gallacher attacks the big capitalist financiers & the press using Lenin's thesis in a debate with another member. Against conscription of labor. Claims the Government has infiltrated the Daily Worker & Communist Party. The Daily Worker if left alone has done much to st... more information

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London, , 1879. 1st edition. Prob. lacks outer wrprs, o/w vg. 8vo. . Entirely on description of the Dakota Indians calendar. Article by Alfred Morgan. With large fldg. illustration of calendar, printed color. ... more information

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(Washington),, (1863). Folio map. Normal folds, some creasing to edges & margins, a few minor repairs from back, v. minor browning at folds, hardly visible. VG. Lg. folio. Large map measuring 22 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. incl. margins. Uncolored. Many many rivers shown plus place names plus the Indian Reserves in the southeast incl. the Yankton Cessions, the Yankton Reserve, Ponka Reserve. Map is House Reps. Ex. Doc. No. 1. 38th Congress, 1st Session. ... more information

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N.Y., , 1997. 1st edition. Cloth w/ dj. Black dot on bottom edge of book, o/w as new. . 8vo. . Illustrated. ... more information

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Munich,, (1920). Pictorial paper over bds. Bkstrp. worn & part of bkstrp. gone, hinges brkn., nice internally. Gd. . 8vo. On then current interpretive dancers such as Isadora Duncan, Anna Pavlova, Beatrice Friedl, many others. 78 photos, some quite sensuous, several of complete nudes. Text in German. ... more information

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N.Y., , 1964. 4th printing. . Softcover. A fine copy. . 8vo. . Random House. Publ. by Anti-Defamation League of B'nai Brith. Detailed & scholarly w/ 25pp. on the John Birch Society which was in its heyday. ... more information

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Washington, , 2003. . 1st edition. Cloth w/ dj. As new. 8vo. . Attacks U.S. foreign policy and blunders and wrong global hinking in the State Dept. such as orig. supporting Saddam Hussein and giving him arms, supporing & giving arms to other foreign dicatorships like Saudi Arabia, foreign policy errors in dealing w/ Somalia, and many other specified events & policies that have had a detrimental effect our foreign policy has had in combatting terrorism, the rising number of radical Islamic reg... more information

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San Francisco, , 1990. Prntd. wrprs. Very fine. . 8vo. ... more information

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Kobenhavn, , 1901. . Orig. 3/4 calf & marble bds. . Spine rubbed, bit of occas. tect browning. Gd. - VG. . 8vo. . 1,074 recipes plus appendix. Text in Danish. ... more information

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London, , 1807. Rmvd. . Light text fxg., heavier fxg. to margin of plate. VG. 4to. Full pg. frontis copper plate portrait & biography rmvd. from "The Historic Gallery Of Portraits And Paintings, With Brief Memoirs Of The Most Celebrated Men, Of Every Age And Country, Embellished By Engravings In Outline, Of The Finest Specimens Of The Arts, Ancient And Modern." Plate & text pages measure 8 1/4 x 10 5/8 in. incl. wide margins. The engrd. image measures 2 3/8 x 3 7/8 in. From a very r... more information

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