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Leighton, PA: Leighton High School. 1932. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Two Yearbooks From Leighton High School, Leighton, Pennsylvania, 1931 and 1932. Franz Kilne was a student there and was Artist for the Yearbook in his Junioi Year. Most of the cartoons and decorations were done by him. His Signature appears in both books. Franz Kline was part of abstract expressionist movement in New York City in the 1940's and 50's. Both Books are in good condition. The 1931 Yearbook has a weak and loose spine. The 1932 Yearbook has a weak spine. Both have some edgewear. ; B&W Illustrations .
The Second World War London [Six Volumes With Dust Jackets] by Churchill, Winston - 1948
by Churchill, Winston
The Second World War London [Six Volumes With Dust Jackets]
by Churchill, Winston
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London: Cassell and Company limited, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. 1st Printing 6 Copyright dates are 1948-54. In six volumes. First edition. First printings. Original black cloth stamped in gilt; patterned endpapers; top edges tinted red, some lightly faded, light foxing to fore-edges of Volumes I and II, less so to IV and VI; light foxing to prelims in first volume, front and rear; in unclipped dust-jackets with foxing to verso of all volumes, six-inch closed tear to front panel of Volume VI repaired with sellotape to verso, largely invisible from recto, two short closed tears and a three-inch section of wrinkling in bottom edge of same, also obscured by pattern on dust-jacket. A near fine handsome set.
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- Publisher Cassell and Company limited
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- Date Published 1948
- Pages 4447
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- Keywords History
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TWO YEARBOOKS FROM LEIGHTON HIGH SCHOOL, LEIGHTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 1931 AND 1932
by Leighton High School
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THE CASSIUS CLAY STORY.
by [Ali, Muhammad] Sullivan, George.
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New York:: Fleet Publishing Corporation, , (1964.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fair condition only in a fair dustjacket (bumped at several corners, also bumped and dented at bottom center of front cover - hard enough to have created a short split in the board; jacket is price-clipped and has several ragged tears and associated creasing along the bottom edge of the front panel, along with internal tape repairs. . First printing. SIGNED by the book's subject with his birth name, "Cassius Clay" -- a rare signature and especially so in this rather hard-to-find book, the first published biography of the great heavyweight champion. Issued later in the same year in which Clay took the heavyweight crown away from Sonny Liston (in their February 1964 bout), the book includes an account of the turbulent months that followed -- including the new champ's relationship with Malcolm X and his conversion to Islam, the controversy over his draft status, his much-publicized trip to…
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The works ... in three volumes. Consisting of his poems and plays
by Congreve, William
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Birmingham: John Baskerville for J. & R. Tonson, 1761. 3 volumes, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, 5 engraved plates; contemporary polished calf, red and green leather labels on gilt-decorated spines, marbled endpapers; spine toned, else a near fine copy in a fine set of red morocco slipcases. Gaskell 16.
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A Fine Box with Imagery of 2 Lovely Young Ladies in a Rose Garden on the Cover and 20 Trinket Boxes within- European Women c1840
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1840. A 10 1/2" x 8 1/4" pressed board box with applied lithograph on the front cover depicting two young women musing while standing arm in arm in a rose garden. The surprise within the box is 20 trinket boxes each 2 5/8" x 1 1/2". Each pressed board box is covered with embossed gilt paper with an applied litho on the top of predominantly a woman or women posed in outdoor scenes. Two of the boxes depicting courting couples. One is in the style of the Marie Taglioni fairy. Each box designed with the sole purpose of retaining ones tiny keepsakes and treasures. A joy to be received by any young woman. One box with-3 corner repair. Light warping from storage in dry environment.
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Atlas National Illustree des 86 Departements et des Possessions De La France.
by Levasseur (Victor)
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Paris: Combette, 1856. [issued 1859?]. . 4to. Quarter-calf & red patterned boards, the front cover designed and lettered in gilt, the spine lettered in gilt on a black panel. Marbled end papers. Decorative engraved double-page title, statistics table, and 92 numbered double-page maps. At the rear are an additional 6 double-page maps of the continents, and two large folding maps of France and the two-hemisphere Mappemonde. Bound at the rear is a final map, a single-page Carte Speciale, of the war in Italy, dated 1859. Almost all maps have contemporary colouring in outline. Some chipping at lower spine, a bit of wear along upper hinge, inner front hinge cracking, an attractive very good copy in general. A complete copy, 101 Maps in all, plus the decorative title.
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The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 13 volumes complete with the atlas.
by Lewis, Meriwether And William Clark.
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Lincoln, Nebraska. : University of Nebraska Press. , 1983-2001 . 1st editions. . Blue cloth. . Near fine, atlas volume has some sun fading to covers, otherwise a near fine set in near fine dust jackets except for the atlas which was issued without dust jacket. . This the definitive edition of these important journals of western exploration. Heavy set, requires extra postage. Edited by Gary L. Moulton.
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Ying U Tsap Ts’un or The Chinese and English Instructor. 5 volumes (of 6).
by T’ong Ting-Ku.
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Canton. , 1862. Stabbed and stitched plain wraps, paper labels, contemporary wooden case with ribbon ties. . Very good, some soiling a wrinkling to paper labels, a little soling to covers, ends of ribbon ties frayed.. 28x16 cm. . Very scarce. "It is written by the author, a native of Canton province, in the Canton dialect, chiefly to suit the Canton people who have transactions, or are connected, with foreigners. The words are first given in Chinese; then pronunciation of such words, written in English; then the meaning of such words in the English language; and lastly, the pronunciation of the English will enable foreigners to learn Chinese. As the words are arranged under different headings, references can easily be made. This book also contains a copy of the Tariff, and many other useful tables, such as times and seasons, weights and measures, &c.”. Heavy book, weight: 3.2 lb. may require extra shipping.
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THE PROPHET BY KAHLIL GIBRAN, RARE VINTAGE Edition, 1st Ediition, 3RD PRINTING, AUGUST 1924, )--Published one year after the first printing of 1923. HARDBACK NODustjacket
by KAHLIL GIBRAN, B/W Frontispiece, FRONT BK COVER VERY LOOSE & Crack at Inner Hinge STARTING SOME WEAR, RUB, Illustrated by 12 B/W Glossy Beautiful Plates
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HARDBACK NODustjacket, VG/GOOD, Condition, AS-IS, NOJACKET ,1st Ediition, 3RD PRINTING, AUGUST 1924 of the American edition, 1924 on TITLE PG & Copyright Pg, Hardcover. Very Good-/GOOD-, NO Jacket. FRONT BK COVER VERY LOOSE & Crack at Inner Hinge. authors Magnus Opus-- WITH INNER HINGES STARTING SOME WEAR, RUB and one of the most enduring and meaningful books every printed. This copy is from the early third printing (1924)--published one year after the first printing of 1923. Moderate edgewear to the tips and head and heel of the black spine. Gold gilt lettering and design to the front board--with the gilt being faded from "The Prophet". The lettering on the spine is completely faded. There is also an original owner's name and date on the front free pastedown. A nice collectible copy. 107 pg ,Including Frontispiece reproduced from original drawings by Gibran (Lebanese-born mystic poet, 1883-1931, Moderate Classic poetic meditation on the redemptive power of love. Early Editions Near…
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TEXT FROM THE SUFFRAGES
by INDIVIDUAL ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAVES, OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY, WITH SMALL MINIATURES FROM A BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN
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Northeastern France, probably Arras, late 15th century. 146 x 95 mm. (5 3/4 x 3 3/4"). Single column, 15 lines in a pleasing bâtarde hand. Rubrics in red, one- and two-line initials in brushed gold on a red or blue ground, EACH SIDE OF EACH LEAF WITH A BRUSHED GOLD PANEL BORDER WITH VERY PRETTY ILLUSIONISTIC FLOWERS; EACH LEAF WITH ONE SMALL MINIATURE (measuring approximately 40 x 25 mm.). Headlines written in French in a later (18th century?) calligraphic hand. ◆Light soiling, a couple small stains in margins, Trinity leaf with one initial a bit rubbed and a few very tiny chips of paint to miniature, otherwise excellent specimens, generally clean and smooth, with ample margins and attractive decoration. From a charmingly decorated 15th century prayer book, these lovely leaves offer the opportunity to acquire a miniature with considerable gold ornamentation at an attainable price. One leaf depicts an image of the Trinity in which God the Father holds the body of a crucified Christ in his arms;…
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Letters from a Father to His Daughter, Being a Brief Account of the Early Days of the World, Written for Children. [SIGNED Copy]
by Nehru, Jawaharlal
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Allahabad: Kitabistan. Very Good-. 1937. Second Edition; Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 84 pages; [SIGNED] 1937 Kitabistan, Allahabad. HC. 2nd edition, 4th impression. Signed by Nehru on the half-title page without date or inscription. Soundly bound in original gray paper covered boards, blind stamped with a reptile skin pattern and lettered in black to cover and spine. Lightly shelf bumped and rubbed to corners. Light toning to spine and board edges. Contents clean, unmarked and neat with expected mild toning to the glossy paper stock. Illustrated with b&w figures and reprodcuctions in text. Composed as a series of letters to his daughter Indira, the chapters outline a history of the world for an engaged and curious child. "I hope that such as them who read these letters may gradullay come to think of this world of ours as a large family of nations" (foreword). Surprisingly uncommon in early editions, and among a very limited number of books…
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