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Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992. 342 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Hardcover binding is slightly sunned in thin strips at extremities. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal rubbing to extremities, protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with numerous historic black & white photographs. Inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title page. Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961).. ISBN: 0-89919-735-3. Signed. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good condition/Very good+ condition (DJ). ... more information

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Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China: National Palace Museum, 1988. xx, 202 pages of text. Creme hardcover simulated leather binding. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Contains 199 objects illustrated by photograph, many of which are in color. Text is in English and Chinese.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition/Very good+ condition (DJ). Quarto (4to). ... more information

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Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China: National Palace Museum, 1990. xiv, 210 pages of text. Creme hardcover simulated leather binding. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Contains 99 objects illustrated by photograph, many of which are in color. Text is in English and Chinese.. ISBN: 957-562-029-1. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition/Very good+ condition (DJ). Quarto (4to). ... more information

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London: Hutchinson & Co., 1931. 421 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with moderate sunning to spine, and heavily rubbed at spine extremities with a large tear; corners moderately rubbed. No dustjacket. Illustrated by a frontisportrait by Frank Slater. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page "Yours very sincerely [signed] Cecil Roberts. To the responsible fellow who made me face this page." Bookplate of Robert Lusty on front pastedown endpaper, with his signature on the front ... more information

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Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965. xx, 377 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with moderate shelfwear, rubbing, and minor staining; protected in archival mylar. Endpapers and page edges are somewhat foxed. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very good- condition/Very good- condition (DJ). Octavo (8vo). ... more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1949. xii, 245 pages of text. Hardcover binding is moderately to heavily shelfworn, with bumped corners, and fraying and scuffing to extremities. A few spots of staining to binding. No dustjacket. Contains numerous black & white photographs. Endpapers are map-illustrated. Previous owner's name neatly on front endpaper. Though worn, this book is intact.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+ condition. Octavo (8vo). ... more information

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London: The Bodley Head, 1968. [vi], 409 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Minor sunning to top edge of spine. Price-clipped dustjacket slightly browned at extremities, with several stains to rear panel, and overall minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Previous owner's ink stamp (bookstore?) on front paste-down endpaper, and minor thinning of first endpaper from removal of previous owner name. The 1st English edition, published in an edition of only 1000 copies.. First U.K. e... more information

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Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1967. [vi], 409 pages of text. Grey and black hardcover cloth binding; numerous minor spots of soiling or staining, with minor rubbing to the extremities. Unclipped dustjacket with minor sunning on spine, and moderate creasing and rubbing to extremities, but no chips or tears; protected in archival mylar. Signed in ink on title page with no further inscription. Decorative endpapers. Hinges are completely intact, but open easily.. Signed. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cond... more information

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San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1989. 127 black and white plates, some of which are double-page images. Several pages of introductory text. Stiff paperback binding in almost new condition. Slipcase with minor split at seam, otherwise in excellent condition with minimal shelfwear. Inscribed and signed by the photographer on the title page "To [name withheld] [signed] Yas. Ishimoto Feb 26, 94.". ISBN: 0-87701-668-2. Signed. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine condition. Quarto (4to). FICTION. ... more information

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Chicago, IL: Poole Bros., Printers, 1937. 56 page pamphlet, containing many black & white photographs (most are historic images from 1898 and 1899). Contains interesting and informative text for prospective tourists, using various methods of travel. Canadian National Steamships, Canadian Pacific Steamships, White Pass & Yukon Railway, Alaska Highway, Canada.. First Edition. Paperback. Very good+ condition. Oblong 48mo. ... more information

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Berkeley, CA: University of California, 1975. xiv, 261 pages of text. Hardcover binding. Unclipped dustjacket with minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with 102 black & white photographs. Previous owner's name clipped off of front endpaper.. ISBN: 0-520-02697-7. First edition. Hardcover. Very good+ condition/Very good+ condition (DJ). Tall octavo (8vo). FURNITURE MAKING HOUSE HOME. ... more information

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London: Elek Books, 1956. [xiv], 187 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear; spine title slightly darkened; slight warping of boards. Unclipped dustjacket with moderate browning to spine and minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. . First American edition. Hardcover. Very good condition/Very good condition (DJ). Octavo (8vo). ... more information

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Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1971. 75 black & white photographs, with accompanying text (unpaginated). Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with minor shelfwear, including a few small tears and creases; protected in archival mylar.. ISBN: 0-87474-106-8. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good+ condition/Very good condition (DJ). Oblong octavo (8vo). ... more information

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Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins Company, 1966. xvi, 1095 pages of text including an index. Maroon hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. No dustjacket. Illustrated with numerous black & white photographs. Includes dozens of contributors. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition. Quarto (4to). ... more information

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New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1975. xii, 236 pages of text including an index. Black hardcover cloth binding with minimal shelfwear and minor discreet stains to front cover. With contributions by numerous professionals.. ISBN: 0195018567. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good+ condition. Octavo (8vo). ... more information

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New York: National Society of Penal Information, Inc., 1929. xlviii, 1035 pages fo text. Hardcover binding with moderate shelfwear and soiling, slightly sunned and scuffed on spine. No dustjacket. Front hinge weakened, but intact and functional.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good- condition. Octavo (8vo). ... more information

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London: George Routledge & Sons, 1866. 96 page of text. Maroon hardcover library cloth; ordinary gilt spine lettering and library marks at base of spine and other typical markings. Illustrated with several chess problems. Eight leaves at end of text are loose. A complete copy.. New Edition (reprint). Hardcover. Good- condition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. ... more information

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Chicago, IL: Illinois Conference of Charities and Corrections, 1892. 180 pages of text. Original hardcover brown cloth binding with moderate shelfwear; title stamped in gilt on front cover; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. No dustjacket [doubtful that it was issued with a dustjacket]. Darker brown gilt-lettered spine label added at a later date (circa 1990), providing readable title and date from shelf. Illustrated with a fold-out map in red, green, blue and black, moderately darkened from offsetti... more information

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New York: Macmillan Co., 1915. x, 222 pages of text. Hardcover binding with fraying to top edge of spine, and minor soiling and shelfwear with a few scuffs. Tiny stain to numerous page corners. Minor pencil notations in text.. Reprint edition. Hardcover. Very good- condition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

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Chicago, IL: A. H. Andrews and Company, 1878. x, 99 pages of text; due to some changes made to the mechanical parts of the globe after printing, there is a page 5-1/2 inserted with the corrections. Hardcover cloth binding with moderate rubbing to top of spine, with fraying and chipping. Evidence of label removal from bottom of spine. Contains numerous in-text illustrations. Several indications that this is an ex-library copy, including a blind-stamp on the title page.. First (presumed) edition. Hardcover. V... more information

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