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New York: Galahad Books Boxed set of two books. The Best of Mystery (ISBN: 0-88365-644-2), 63 Short Stories Chosen by the Master of Suspense, 636 pp, hardcover with DJ, book is clean. Tales of Terror (ISBN: 0-88365-710-4), 58 Short Stories Chosen by the Master of Suspense, 631 pp., hardcover with DJ, book is clean. Slipcase is worn, but intact.. Hard Cover. Very Good-. Size: Approx. 6 3/4" x 9 1/2". Mystery.

Washington: Government Printing Office 12 consecutive years in 12 volumes. 1880 Appendix: Great Comet of 1882. 1881 Appendices: Orbits of Oberon, Titania, and Neptune's satellite. 1882 Appendices: Orbit Iapetus, the outer satellite of Saturn, Annular Eclipse of the Sun March 13-16, 1885 with fold-outs and Flexure of Meridian Instruments. 1883 Appendices: Six Inner satellites of Saturn; Observations for stellar parallax; and Observatory Temperature Room and Competitive Trials so Chronometers in 1884 and 1886, including Plates, some of them fold-outs. 1884 Appendix: Catalogue of Stars observed at the United States Naval Observatory during the years 1845 to 1877. Third Edition. 1885 Appendices: The International Astrophotographic Congress and A Visit to Certain European Observatories and Other Institutions, by Albert G. Winterhalter; Saturn and its Ring, 1875-1889, by Asaph Hall; and The Solar Parallax and its related constants, including the Figure and Density of the Earth, by William Harkness,… Read More

London: John Sharpe Volume I: Books I. II. Ancient and Classical. 288 pp. Authors include Cicero, Pliny. Volume III: Pope and His Friends. Books V. VI. Modern of Late Date. 288 pp. Authors include Pope, Berkley, Blount, Atterbury, Swift, Prior, Duchess of Ormond, Arbuthnot, Bollingbroke, Gay, Bathurst. Volume IV: Books VII. VIII. Miscellaneous, of Modern and Late Date. 288 pp (misprint on last page to read page 222). Authors include Lady Betty Germain, Steele, Lady M. W. Montague, Hoadly, Lyttleton, Secker, Rundle, Herring, Duchess of Somerset. Volume V: Books IX. X. Middle of the Last Century. 288 pp. Authors include Mrs. Montagu, Chesterfield, Richardson, Lady Bradshaigh, Shenstone, Gray, Sterne, Sancho. Volume VI: Books XI. XII. Recent. 287 pp. Authors include Johnson, Cowper, Beattie, Warburton, Jones, Hume, Dunning, Gibbon, Seward, Fox. Pink/white marbled boards with tan leather spine and tips, faded gilt lettering and design on spine. Cover corners and edges are bumped and rubbed, some to… Read More

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers Run from December 1901 through December 1963.. Remarkable unbroken run of 123 six-month bound volumes of one of America's premier literary journals. All ex-library, with modest markings .All volumes are in original bindings, in condition ranging from Fair to Fine externally, Good to Fine internally.. Vols.104-132 include some vols. which lack spines or pieces of spines. The latest 47 years, from 1916 to 1963 (Vol.133 to 227), are uniformly bound in matching black library buckram with gilt lettering, all Very Good Plus to Fine. Buyer to select shipping method, and to pay actual cost of shipping. Will require an estimated 20 shipping boxes.. Buckram. Very Good. 8vo. Bound Periodicals.

London: John Murray, 1843. The volumes cover: Literature of Europe from the Middle Ages to 1700; History of Theological Literature in Europe from 1520 to 1700; History of Speculative, Moral, and Political Philosophy, and of Jurisprudence, in Europe, from 1520 to 1700; History of the Literature of Taste in Europe from 1520 to 1550; Scientific and Miscellaneous Literature of Europe from 1520 to 1550; History of Poetry from 1550 to 1700; History of Dramatic Literature from 1550 to 1700; History of Polite Literature in Prose from 1550 to 1700; History of Physical and Miscellaneous Literature from 1500 to 1700; History of Mathematical and Physical Science from 1600 to 1650. and History of some other Provinces of Literature from 1600 to 1650. VOLUME I: 568 pp. VOLUME II: 586 pp. VOLUME III: 648 pp. including Index. Volumes covers are brown paper? over boards. Spines reinforced with black tape. Paper labels on spine with typed letters. Covers rubbed, some stains. Corners bumped. Spine ends bumped/rubbed… Read More

Seoul: The Korea Herald, 1971. 5 magazine issues. March, May, June, July and August. ex-mus. stamp on cover. Crease down length as if folded ,otherwise all exteriors are Very Good. One issue tear on first page, bottom edge, otherwise all interiors are VG+. July issue on President Park's Inauguration.. Paper Cover. Good+ to Very Good-. Size: Approx. 8 1/4 " x 11 3/4". Korea.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, The, 1959. "Art Seminars in the Home". Published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art as a course on art study. 12 Portfolios: WHAT IS A PAINTING, REALISM, EXPRESSIONISM, ABSTRACTION, COMPOSITION (Pictures as structures), COMPOSITION(Composition as expression), TECHNIQUES(Fresco), TECHNIQUES(Tempera and Oil), TECHNIQUES(Water Color, Pastel, Etching, Engraving), THE ARTIST AS A SOCIAL CRITIC, and THE ARTIST AS A VISIONARY. Each volume has a pocket with colored plates-frameable. Missing 19 of 144 plates. Two plates slightly damaged. Exteriors are Good to Very Good. Interiors are Very Good. Some yellowing in front hinge area. . Hard Cover. Good to Very Good.. Illus. by color Plates. Size:10" x 13". Art.

Washington: National Geographic Society Vol. 31-110. 79 Volumes. Brown embossed covers with gilt. Circular globe with gilt propeller plane sitting on top. Gilt lettering on covers and spine. Exteriors: Good- to Very Good-. Ex. lib. markings: "date due" paper on endpaper and pocket with slip on free endpaper. Otherwise interiors are Very Good +. Only one paper label on spine. Can purchase the additional volumes from 1957-1999 in different bindings.. Boards. Good- to Very Good-. Illus. by Photographs, Folding Maps. Size: Approx. 7 " x 10 ". National Geographic.

Washington: National Geographic Society 1957-1999 85 vols. red cloth. Vols. are Jan-June and July-Dec. Missing Vol. 145, Jan-June 1974. Red cloth covers with library "coding" label on front. Spine with white lettering. 4 with paper label at spine base. Most bindings are bright, some dull. Three volumes are a brownish red. Good+ to Very Good. Free endpapers with library "date due" slip and markings on some colored front cover issues. Otherwise interiors: Near Fine. Can purchase the additional volumes from 1917-1956 in different bindings.. Cloth. Good+ to Very Good. Illus. by Photographs, Folding Maps. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 10". National Geographic.

Washington: Government Printing Office Set of 15. 1900-1929 publication dates. VOLUME I. Transit Circle Observations of the Sun, Moon, Planets, and Miscellaneous Stars. 1894-1899. Professor William Harkness, and Professor A.N. Skinner. 1900 publication. VOLUME II. Zone Observations with the Nine-Inch Transit Circle. 1894-1901, by Aaron N. Skinner. 1902 publication. VOLUME III. Part I: Observations with the 26-Inch Equatorial, Part II and Part III: Observations with the 9-Inch Transit Circle, Part IV: Observations with the 6-Inch Transit Circle, Part V: Observations with the Prime Vertical Transit Instrument. 1903 publication. VOLUME IV. in Four Parts. Parts I to III. Part I: Transit Circle Observations of Sun, Moon, Planets, and Miscellaneous Stars, 1900-1903.;Part II: Transit Circle Observations of Sun, Moon, Planets, and Comets, 1866-1891.; Part III: Transit Circle Observations of Standard and Zodiacal Stars, 1901-1902. Part IV. Appendix I: Total Solar Eclipses of May 28, 1900 and May 17, 1901;… Read More

Madison, WI: Democrat Printing Company 1890, 1894 dates of publication. Part 1: 87 pp. Paper covers intact. ex.-mus. numbers on front cover. Covers mildly soiled, creased marks as if folded. Spine's paper chipped, missing 1" strip at base. In Good condition. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Part 2:195 pp. Front cover with ex.mus. stamp and numbers. Back cover detached. Chipping to paper spine, 1 1/2" strip missing at top and base otherwise intact. Mildly soiled. exterior is Good to Good-. Interior is tight, clean and VG+.. Wraps. Good, Good to Good-. Illus. by Tables. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10". Meteorology.

Washington: Government Printing Office All have plates except for 1905 annual report. One has Smithsonian Institution stamp on verso of title p. otherwise all interiors are tight, clean and in Very Good+ condition. Each volume includes lists of accesssions to the collections and a list of publications. Green silk binding, gilt titles. Exteriors are Good. Some minor soiling, fading to spines and rubbing on edges. Covers are sound. All top page edges "spotted" (foxing?).. Cloth. Good to Good+. Illus. by Plates. Smithsonian.

New York: SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN INC 2 issues: 1968 (Jan. & Oct.); 2 issues: 1969 (March & July); 1 issue: 1970 (July); 1 issue: 1971 (Oct.); 8 issues: 1974 (Jan.,June, July, August-Dec); 7 issues: 1975 (Jan., Feb., April-May, July-August, & Oct.); 5 issues: 1976 (May-Aug. & Nov.), and 1 issue: 1977 (March). All colored covers are in VG- or better condition. Some covers are mildly soiled or foxed(?) at borders otherwise VG. Interiors of all are clean, tight, and in VG+ condition. . Wraps. Very Good-. Illus. by Photographs, Charts, Tables, Diagrams, Maps. Magazines.

New York: Harper & Row, 1971. 5 Near Fine paperbacks in a slip cover case. Titles include: Freshwater Tackle by Baird Hall; Lures, Flies and Baits for Freshwater Fish by F. Philip Rice; Fish Cookery by Mel Marshall; Reading the Water: Where and When to Fish in Lakes and Streams by Joseph D. Bates, Jr.; Angler's Safety and First Aid by Mark Sosin. Light wear to each book spine ends, interiors are clean and books appear to be unread. Slipcase is Good+ with wear to edges, corners.. Paperback. Very Good+/G+ Slipcase. Illus. by Photographs, Drawings. Size: Approx. 4 1/4" x 7". Fishing.