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London: Houlston & Wright, 1857. "Tenth Thousand. By the Author of 'The Reason Why - General Science,' &c.". Very Good Plus, small scrape top corner front end page, top edge dusty. Contents are clean, tight, and unmarked. Embossed brown cloth with gilt decorations and title, advertising endpages for "The Reason Why Series". 352 pgs with questions index. A fascinating look into a housewife's duties and knowledge required in mid-Nineteenth Century London. . Later Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
The Arab Woman and the Palestine Problem by MOGANNAM, Mrs. Matiel E.T - 1937
by MOGANNAM, Mrs. Matiel E.T
The Arab Woman and the Palestine Problem
by MOGANNAM, Mrs. Matiel E.T
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London: Herbert Joseph Limited, 1937. SCARCE. Very Good in original blue cloth, no dust jacket, moderate toning, mainly at first and last m20 pages. Contemporary inscription in Arabic at front end page (possibly authorial?). 319 pages, illustrated with black and white photographs. "The aim of the book is two-fold: to present a faithful picture of the Arab woman and to explain the true facts of the Arab case in Palestine." (preface). First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Housewife's Reason Why: Affording to the Manager of Household Affairs Intelligible Reasons for the Various Duties She Has to Superintend or Perform
by Anonymous
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Memoirs of Celebrated Female Sovereigns
by Mrs. Jameson ( Anna Brownell nee Murphy, 1794-1860 )
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London: Saunders and Otley, 1834. Second Edition, Enlarged and Corrected. Very Good, three-quarter leather over marbled boards, boards a bit rubbed at the edges, scattered light foxing, an attractive set. . Second & Enlarged Edition. Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Optimism; An Essay
by Keller, Helen
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New York: T. Y. Crowell , 1903. Fine in green cloth with gilt and red lettering and decorations, top edge gilt. The bookplate of Edna Johnson, longtime assistant professor of English at Indiana University, which features a lady reading. Printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press, 75, [1] pages, frontispiece (portrait). A lovely copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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A Collection of 7 of the First 9 Redbook Magazines from 1950-1951 Containing Original Dr. Seusss Stories
by Dr. Seuss; (GEISEL, Ted [Theodore]
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New York: McCall Corporation, 1950. Seven of the first nine Redbook Magazines from 1950-51 ( 1.3.4.5.6.7, and 9 ) that each contained an original Dr. Seuss story, overall Very Good, wear with paper loss at spine ends, some with tears at spine folds, toning, some pages with small corner creases. Jun. 1950, Vol. 95, No.2, "Gustav, the Goldfish", p. 48-51; Aug. 1950, Vol.95, No.4, "Tad and Todd", p.56-58; Sep. 1950, Vol. 95, No. 5, "Marco Comes Late" p.58-59, Oct. 1950, Vol. 95, No.6, "How Officer Pat Saved the Whole Town"; p.46-48; Nov. 1950, Vol. 96, No.1, "Steak for Supper", p. 44-46; Dec.1950, Vol.96, No.2, "The Big Brag", p.46-47; Feb. 1951, Vol. 96, No.4, "The Rabbit, the Bear, and the Zinniga-Zanniga", p.46-47. Between June 1950 and December 1957, Seuss had 23 original stories first published in Redbook Magazine. At least 3 of the 23 predated the first book publications of the same titles. "Gustav, the Goldfish" was…
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Soghdische Texte. I. Mit 2 Tafeln
by MÜLLER, Friedrich W. K.
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Berlin: Verlag Der Konigl. Akademie Der Wissenschaften , 1913. RARE. 111 pages with 2 plates. Cloth spine over printed paper covered boards. Near Fine, wear at spine ends and corners, prior owner inscription in ink top edge front cover. Friedrich W.K. Muller (1863-1930) was " a scholar of oriental cultures and languages who, confronted with the texts discovered by the four German expeditions to Central Asia (1902-1914), was able to make groundbreaking discoveries about many languages hitherto almost unknown and to make a major contribution to the establishment of the philological and historical study of texts in Middle Iranian and Old Turkish and the study of original Manichaean texts. He is considered "the founder of the study of the Parthian and Sogdian languages as well as of Manichaean Middle Persian.(Encyclopaedia Iranica). No copies found at auction or in current commerce. . First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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The Housewife's Reason Why: Affording to the Manager of Household Affairs Intelligible Reasons for the Various Duties She Has to Superintend or Perform
by Anonymous
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London: Houlston & Wright, 1857. "Tenth Thousand. By the Author of 'The Reason Why - General Science,' &c.". Very Good Plus, small scrape top corner front end page, top edge dusty. Contents are clean, tight, and unmarked. Embossed brown cloth with gilt decorations and title, advertising endpages for "The Reason Why Series". 352 pgs with questions index. A fascinating look into a housewife's duties and knowledge required in mid-Nineteenth Century London. . Later Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Memoirs of Celebrated Female Sovereigns
by Mrs. Jameson ( Anna Brownell nee Murphy, 1794-1860 )
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London: Saunders and Otley, 1834. Second Edition, Enlarged and Corrected. Very Good, three-quarter leather over marbled boards, boards a bit rubbed at the edges, scattered light foxing, an attractive set. . Second & Enlarged Edition. Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Optimism; An Essay
by Keller, Helen
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New York: T. Y. Crowell , 1903. Fine in green cloth with gilt and red lettering and decorations, top edge gilt. The bookplate of Edna Johnson, longtime assistant professor of English at Indiana University, which features a lady reading. Printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press, 75, [1] pages, frontispiece (portrait). A lovely copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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A Collection of 7 of the First 9 Redbook Magazines from 1950-1951 Containing Original Dr. Seusss Stories
by Dr. Seuss; (GEISEL, Ted [Theodore]
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New York: McCall Corporation, 1950. Seven of the first nine Redbook Magazines from 1950-51 ( 1.3.4.5.6.7, and 9 ) that each contained an original Dr. Seuss story, overall Very Good, wear with paper loss at spine ends, some with tears at spine folds, toning, some pages with small corner creases. Jun. 1950, Vol. 95, No.2, "Gustav, the Goldfish", p. 48-51; Aug. 1950, Vol.95, No.4, "Tad and Todd", p.56-58; Sep. 1950, Vol. 95, No. 5, "Marco Comes Late" p.58-59, Oct. 1950, Vol. 95, No.6, "How Officer Pat Saved the Whole Town"; p.46-48; Nov. 1950, Vol. 96, No.1, "Steak for Supper", p. 44-46; Dec.1950, Vol.96, No.2, "The Big Brag", p.46-47; Feb. 1951, Vol. 96, No.4, "The Rabbit, the Bear, and the Zinniga-Zanniga", p.46-47. Between June 1950 and December 1957, Seuss had 23 original stories first published in Redbook Magazine. At least 3 of the 23 predated the first book publications of the same titles. "Gustav, the Goldfish" was…
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Soghdische Texte. I. Mit 2 Tafeln
by MÜLLER, Friedrich W. K.
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Berlin: Verlag Der Konigl. Akademie Der Wissenschaften , 1913. RARE. 111 pages with 2 plates. Cloth spine over printed paper covered boards. Near Fine, wear at spine ends and corners, prior owner inscription in ink top edge front cover. Friedrich W.K. Muller (1863-1930) was " a scholar of oriental cultures and languages who, confronted with the texts discovered by the four German expeditions to Central Asia (1902-1914), was able to make groundbreaking discoveries about many languages hitherto almost unknown and to make a major contribution to the establishment of the philological and historical study of texts in Middle Iranian and Old Turkish and the study of original Manichaean texts. He is considered "the founder of the study of the Parthian and Sogdian languages as well as of Manichaean Middle Persian.(Encyclopaedia Iranica). No copies found at auction or in current commerce. . First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Red Pottage
by Cholmondeley, Mary
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Red Pottage. By Mary Cholmondeley. Copyright 1899, Harper & Brothers First Edition. 375 pages plus adverts. Used. Good- condition/ No DJ included. Plot Summary: "Red Pottage follows a period in the lives of two friends, Rachel West and Hester Gresley. Rachel is a wealthy heiress who falls in love with the weak-willed Hugh Scarlett after he has broken off an affair with Lady Newhaven (which he does not originally realize has been discovered by her husband)." Book title is taken from the Bible story of Esau.
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Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky
by Nijinsky, Romola
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- 9780671411237
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Nijinsky, Romola. Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky. The Definitive Biography Copyright 1980. Simon and Schuster stated First Impression Thus. Number line starts with 1. EXLIB. Good Condition/ VG original dust jacket. 260 pages, indexed. ISBN0671411233. PERFORMING ARTS, RUSSIA, BALLET, VASLAV NIJINSKY. Summary: "The life of Vaslav Nijinsky is not merely a record of a great dancer's artistic triumphs; it is one of the strangest stories ever written. There is madness everywhere. From the child's first appearance with a troupe of wandering Russians to that last terrible performance, his "Marriage With God" , it is a growing chaos of madness, abnormality, distortion, genius and beauty." 260 pages, indexed. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4.
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SUPER LATE BLOOMER: My Early Days in Transition; An Up and Out Collection
by Kaye, Julia
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(Kansas City, MO): Andrews McMeel Publishing, (2018). First edition. A paperback original. "A highly personal collection documenting the early months of artist Julia Kaye's gender transition." From her popular webcomic, "Up and Out," which she used to "process her journey and help others with similar struggles realize they weren't alone." Oblong white paperwraps. Fine.
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The Seven Dials Mystery (A Midnite Mystery)
by Christie, Agatha
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The Seven Dials Mystery (Midnight Mysteries) 1944 Books, Inc. Stated 1st. Pr. Thus) RARE IN THIS EDITION. By Agatha Christie. USED. Good-/ No DJ. Black boards, gold titling on spine. Light pop bottle rings mar front board. Original copyright by Dodd, Mead 1929. Loose last gather has been neatly taped in. A clean copy. Summary: "When Gerald Wade died, apparently from an overdose of sleeping draught seven clocks appeared on the mantelpiece. Who put them there and had they any connection with the night club in Seven Dials? This is the mystery that Bill Eversleigh and Bundle and two other young people set out to investigate...".
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Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)
by Christie, Agatha
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Murder for Christmas, a Poirot Story by Agatha Christie (1944 Midnite Mystery) COPYRIGHT BY AGATHA CHRISTIE MALLOWAN: "It is Christmas Eve, and elderly Simeon Lee is found violently murdered in his locked office. The police are immediately called, but of course nobody has a clue until Hercule Poirot arrives..." USED. 1944 Books inc. Midnite Mystery. Copyright 1938 - 1939 Agatha Christie Mallowan. Good+/ No DJ. Black boards with gold titling on spine. Titles gilting is still nice Scarce.
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The Silence Of The North
by Olive A. Fredrickson with Ben East
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By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience
by Marianne Parrot
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience. Used. Very Good+ Condition. RARE/SCARCE. ANTIQUARIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK. Thomas Nelson & Sons First Edition, 1876. Color front paper paste-down label is in good shape. Complete. Dark Blue, blind-stamped boards. Pocket-size. 70 pages plus adverts.
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Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) G&D Hardcover w/DJ 1945
by Christie, Agatha
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Christie, Agatha: Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) 1945 HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET. Unabridged. Please see our stock photo. Used. VG/Fair unclipped DJ. 209 pages. 5 3/8 X 7 ¾. A COLONEL RACE MYSTERY.
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DELILAH LEONTIUM BEASLEY: OAKLAND'S CRUSADING JOURNALIST.
by [Beasley, Delihah L., 1867-1934] Crouchett, Lorraine J
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El Cerrito, CA:: Downey Place Publishing House,, 1990.. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (prev owner's name inside front cover).. First printing, a trade paperback original. Uncommon study of this Black journalist and writer. Beasley was the first to produce a history of Black Californians and she was, for almost two decades, a featured columnist with Oakland Tribune. Illustrated with photographs. Footnotes, index. vii, 66 pp.
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Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection)
by Christie, Agatha
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Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection) (aka The Mousetrap). Black faux leather binding. First Edition Thus Bantam Books Inc., NY, September, 1988. Number line: 0987654321. As New. Summary: "A blinding snowstorm—and a homicidal maniac—traps a small party of friends in an isolated estate." THE MOUSETRAP: Known as the "world's longest-running play," The Moustrap has been running since 1952 and celebrated 70 years in London in 2022."
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