Silver Spring, MD: Lietuviu Tautosakos Leidykla (Lithuanian Folklore Publishers), 1979. Number 227 of a limited edition of 300 copies. Inscribed by author to his friend, Professor Felix Oinas (a well-known folklorist), on half-title page. 172 p. Illustrations, bibliographies. Text in Lithuanian and German; some English; table of contents in English and Lithuanian. CONTENTS: Part 1: Childhood (a list of 933 customs in Lithuanian). Part 2: Marriage (consists of a reprinted German article, with an English summ... (more information)

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Madison, WI: Brant & Fuller, 1889 Scarce. Complete set of 2 volumes (viii, [19]-498 pp. + [17]-509 pp.; despite pagination, all pages are present). Plates. This comprehensive history of the Upper Maumee River Valley (northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio) is composed of a series of short monographs and essays by several authors. CONTENTS: VOLUME ONE: The valley of the Upper Maumee River [Col. Robert S. Robertson]. Geology and physical geography [Charles R. Dryer, MD]. Settlement and development [compiled... (more information)

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Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1999. vii, 159 pp. Introduction, excerpted texts, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. Texts translated from Italian into English. In the process of creating the massive work that eventually became "Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects," painter and scholar Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) spent much of the mid-sixteenth century traveling throughout Italy, meeting Renaissance artists and writing about their lives and works. ... (more information)

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Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1975. xv, 522 pp. Color illustrations, 3 fold-out plans, bibliography, index. Lavishly illustrated throughout in color, this is much more than just a beautiful guidebook to the Vatican, containing many engaging essays on its history, architecture, and art collections. CONTENTS: PART 1: THE VATICAN. The Pope and the Roman Curia. Saint Peter's (articles: The Memorial of the Apostle and the Constantinian Basilica; The Remains of Peter; The Wooden Cathedra; The New Sain... (more information)

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Dragvoll, Norway: Linguistics Department, University of Trondheim, 1986. 18 pp. Bibliography. In stapled card covers. Light overall wear. Text clean and free of all marks.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 30 x 20 cm. ... (more information)

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New York: Peter Lang, 1991. x, 387 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. Inscribed in title page by author to some friends who helped him escape from Saigon after the communist takeover. In this book, the modern novels of Vietnam are analyzed for their expression about politics and society. The Vietnamese modern novel made its first appearance in the 1920s during the French domination. As a looking glass of the social and political world, it mirrored the realities of the times. In the beginning, the novel reflect... (more information)

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Aldershot, Hampshire, England: Ashgate Publishing, 2005 xvi, 349 pp. Maps, illustrations, footnotes, bibliography, index. A dense, scholarly study of the traditional Karamojong religion in northern Uganda. CONDITION: Minor shelf rubbing to dustjacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good. 24 x 17 cm. ... (more information)

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Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University Press, 1997. xv, 301 pp. Map, foreword by Dora Guerra, illustrations, appendices, index. Oral history concerning the restoration and conservation of several colonial Spanish mission buildings in San Antonio, Texas. 1.5 centimeter tear in base of hinge of back board.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 16 x 24 cm. ... (more information)

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La Laguna: J. Regulo, 1966. 197 pp. Footnotes, errata. Text in Esperanto. This is an authoritative presentation of the use of participles in Esperanto, written by one of the great Esperanto poets and grammarians, Kalman Kalocsay (1911-1976). Oversized card covers lightly chipped at ends of spine and along edges. Light overall wear and browning to covers from age. A small, 5-character code written in pen on first free endpaper, else internally clean and free of marks. Light foxing to top edge of book block. ... (more information)

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Novi Sad, Yugoslavia: Istorisko Drushtvo u Novom Sadu, 1939. Rare. Volume 1 only (of 2). x, 571 pp. 2 large fold-out maps, color and black-and-white plates, illustrations, footnotes, index, errata. Text in Serbo-Croatian (Cyrillic script). A landmark collection of scholarly essays covering all aspects of the Serbian region of Vojvodina (geopolitical, geographical, geological, archaeological, historical, religious, artistic) through the seventeenth century. Well-illustrated. CONDITION: Ex-library copy (stamp... (more information)

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Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1962. vi, 183 pp. Bibliographical footnotes, selected bibliography. Sewn binding. Light overall handling wear.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 23 x 16 cm. ... (more information)

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Halle: Cansteinsche Bibelanstalt; Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, 1862. This volume includes two scarce, unrelated works on Martin Luther's German translation of the Bible, bound together in one volume. The first work (1862; iv, 87 pp.) by Frommann is complete in itself, but was published as a companion to Carl Mönckeberg's "Theologisch-kritischer Theil" (1861; published as vol. 1 of the "Vorschläge..."). The second work (1873; xi, 275 pp.) by Lehmann is a more substantial criti... (more information)

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