LAND OF DAHORI by Ruhen, Olaf - 1957: Tales of New Guinea

Self Published, 1991. Illustrated laminated boards with general wear. Foxing to endpapers. 589 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. Heavy book (2kg). . Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Baltimore, MD: Helicon, 1968. 224 pages From jacket: "Contemporary prayer becomes meaningful when it reflects what man has to say to God; it can become formative and purposeful when it reflects what God has to say to man. The reason behind this book is to enable modern man to pray with God's own words as they are found in the Bible. The prayers of Abraham, David, Isaiah and Daniel, as well as those of James, John, Peter and Paul are here assembled for the first time, together with prayers composed from various other writings of the Old and New Testaments." Ex-library with typical treatments, jacket is covered with mylar; blank sticker on fep, remnants of pocket on rep. Edgewear, bumped head and heal of spine; worn bottom corners. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

Philadelphia American Book & Bible House, 1901, hardcover. SALESMAN'S SAMPLE COPY (a sampling, partial contents, "prospectus" of the book for potential buyers) with publisher's notice bound in. This copy shows several of the photographic illustrations, and pictures of the "Texoderm Binding" and the "Full Morocco Edition de Luxe" to be offered. -- Hardcover, brown cloth with photo of McKinley on cover. Condition: good-only (cloth scuffed, worn at corners; hinge cracked; one plate is clear-taped; some pages were printed on browning paper). -- Also called Salesman's Dummy.

Monbulk, Victoria, Australia: Monbulk R.S.L. Sub-Branch, 2000. Usual library marks. 218 pages with b/w illustrations. Records the service details of every volunteer from Monbulk who served their country in the Anglo-Boer war, the Boxer Rebellion and the First World War. . Limited Edition of 1000 Copies. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

London: The Studio. Very Good+. 1909. Hardcover. Rubbed corners - one bumped, but not frayed. ; Three-quartered red leather. Gilt borders on covers; gilt patterned and gilt lettering on spine. Five raised bands on spine. 42 pages of text and 40 tipped-in plates. Beautiful copy that will enhance any library shelf. ; Mezzotint; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 42 pages .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1923. Hardcover. Red cloth with pictorial paste down on the cover. The pastedown is clean and bright. 427p. Illustrated with a full color frontispiece and 3 black and white plates. Hinges starting to crack, ends lightly worn. General tone with lightly soiled endpages. The dust jacket is missing a large portion from spine and back panel. The front panel is heavily creased. A clear, removable, protective cover has a computer generated title adhered to it. From the "Series for Young People" first published with this cover in 1918.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Boston: Little Brown, 1974. one of the Library of World Biography, J.H. Plumb, General Edition Stated First Edition 8vo size red clothbound hardcover with dust jacket, subject photograph on back of jacket; endpapers are maps; 268 toned pages with some black and white photographs. From jacket: "Rhodesia was his namesake. In effect his private country, it bore his flag and coat of arms, his laws and ordinances. No other financial magnate of the modern world could command his own uniformed army, with which he could make war for the extension of his dominion, as he did. The British government itself could not restrain him. In his short lifetime, Cecil John Rhodes amassed unequaled wealth and power in British South Africa... By rallying the British and Dutch colonists in the area around the issue of race, Rhodes reached the apex of power...he introduced the Glen Grey Act of 1894 which became the blueprint for modern apartheid policies... Despite his undeniable achievements Rhodes was… Read More

NP: Pennwick/Crown, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Oblong 4to. Pp. 151. Introduction by Harrison Salisbury. Frontispiece photo of bridge on K'un Ming Lake, at the Summer Palace. Lavishly illustrated with reproductions of photographs throughout. Index of commercial and amateur photographers in China, 1846 - 1912. Bound in Chinese red paper-covered boards with gilt characters on cover, gilt lettering stamped on spine. Very slight nick to fore-edge of front cover. Else Fine. Dust jacket now covered in a clear, removable archival cover. A seemingly comprehensive survey showing all manner of life in China. Commentary and historical context by top-flight China scholars.

New York, 1979. Book Club. Hardcover. Book Club/Has Jacket. Book is a book club edition. Quite a few closed tears, chips, and other signs of wear to the dust jacket. Some bumping to the boards at corners, edges and ends of the spine. Pages are clean.

Golden Treasury Series. London, MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1899Small 6 1/2" X 4 1/2 " blue hardcover with gilt lettering. No DJ. Spine and edges are rubbed and bumped. Title and publishing company in gilt on spinePrinted by R & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh139 pages.Interior clean and unmarked except for previous owner's signature, and penciled 75 and another word that I can't read.Back inner cover has "Harvard Cooperative Society Booksellers" stamp.Back Board is not straight. Pages yellowed. Foxing noted especially on inner boards.