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Zurich: Eco-Verlag. Very Good+. 1980. First Edition. Paperback. 80 pages; Publisher's pictorial wrappers. Semi-transparant portrait of the artist as frontispiece (overlaying the title page). Ludmila Vachtova's brief text appears in German, and in English translation on a facing page. The textile artist Roland Jung, renowned in Constructivist and Suprematist circles, also supplied notes (in German) on his materials, techniques and aims. Blindstamp on title page, otherwise fine. OCLC: 636989279; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings. .

New York: The World Publishing Company, Inc.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Autograph; 170 pages; Clean and tight in original binding in very good dustjacket. Inscribed and SIGNED by the author to Justice Potter Stewart. Justice Potter Stewart served on the U.S. Supreme Court for nearly 24 years. In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower nominated Potter Stewart to the Supreme Court to replace Justice Harold Hitz Burton, who was retiring. Stewart served on the Supreme Court until he announced his retirement from the Court on June 18, 1981 at the age of 66. During his tenure (1958-1981) as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Potter Stewart made major contributions to criminal justice reform, civil rights, access to the courts, and Fourth Amendment jurisprudence. Stewart leaned toward moderate, pragmatic positions, but was often in the position of dissenting during his time on the Warren Court. Stewart's philosophy might be… Read More

Bruxelles: Societe Des Chemins De Fer Vicinaux Du Congo / Imprimerie Lelateur. Very Good. 1948. Sixth. Paperback. 639, (1) pages; Complete and secure in original pictorial wrappers; institutional mark on tp stamped "withdrawn", small ink number at base of spine, otherwise clean and unmarked. Wrappers worn and chipped along yapped edges. Two folding maps at rear, complete with just a couple small holes at corner of folds; paper toned and fragile. OCLC 66288446 A detailed guide to the means of travel and the various sights and activities of interest to both business and tourist travellers. Much history and cultural information, economic and business information, as well as geographic, flora and fauna guidance (scientific and related to hunting and fishing). Illustrated with b&w photographs. The Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo (lit.?'Company of Minor Railways of the Congo'), known as CVC or Vicicongo, was a railway company that operated… Read More

Anderlecht [Brussels, Belgium]: A L'Embleme Du Cygne. Very Good-. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. 61, 3 pages; Anderlecht [Brussels, Belgium]: A l'Embleme du cygne. Very Good-. N. D.. First Edition. 61 & 3 pp. Pages; Publisher's ivory boards, with original dust jacket printed in sepia "Anderlect Erasmus" on artificial vellum-like paper. Nicely printed gravure plates from photographs. The fragile dust jacket is chipped at the top of the front panel, with some loss, but is largely intact. C. 1934 A charming volume with text in French, serving as a guide book to the historic house in Anderlect -- a municipality of Brussels. The house dates from the Renaissance and was built between 1460 and 1515 under the sponsorship of Peter Wijchmans, canon and schoolmaster of the chapter of Anderlecht, and a friend of the great scholar Erasmus, who stayed in the house for five months from May to October 1521 while working on his translation of the Novum Testamentum. After… Read More

Baltimore: Baltimore Museum Of Art. Very Good. 1961. First Edition. Original Pictorial Wrappers. 54 pages; Baltimore: Very Good. 1961. First Edition. 54 pages; Contents clean and secure in original pictorial wrappers with self-portrait of Van Gogh on front cover. Catalogue for a touring exhibition shown Baltimore, Cleveland, Buffalo, and Boston. Foreword by Adelyn Breeskin on Additional text on the Paintings and Drawings of Vincent Van Gogh by Ir. V. W. Van Gogh. Chronology of Van Gogh's life. Illustrated with b&w and colour reproductions. 142 numbered plates on treated paper. .; Art and Art History, Most Recent Listing, Most Recent Listing .

New York: Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Very Good. 1933. First Edition. Pamphlet. 104 pages; Publisher's color pictorial wrappers. Minor wear, and a tiny stamp (in the red field of the image: "L.C. Duplicate / Exchange Permitted." Halftone frontispiece and b/w text illustrations throughout. The vivid cover illustration is quite poster-like; although it is unsigned, it is most likely the work of George E. Smith, credited on the title page as "Art Director." A scarce and significant tract in the American disarmament and pacifism movement, with great graphic interest. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings. .

Lausanne: Henri Mignot Editeur. Near Fine. 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. 502, 510, 544 pages; Three volume set beautifully bound in warm brown leather spines and corners over marbled boards. Five raised bands at spine, gilt lettering and gilt dentelles at top and bottom of spines. 502, 510, 544 pp. Berthold Van Muyden (1852-1912) was an important 19th century Swiss historian, particularly of the Lausanne region. He was also president of the "Société d'histoire de la Suisse Romande." Contents include: I. 1. Les origines; 2. Période héroique; II. 3. Période de la réformation; 4. Dix-septième et dix-huitième siècles; III. 5. La Révolution helvétique; 6. Reveil de l'esprit national. Three large heavy volumes, additional shipping charges. .

American Law Review. Very Good. 1882. First Edition Thus. Paperback. 22 pages; This is the original offprint from 1882, NOT a modern edition. Clean and tight in original printed pale blue wrappers. OCLC: 60724121 One page has a short tear at the top edge (rough opening). From the American Law Review, November 1882. G. Willett Van Nest attended Harvard where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the Hastry Pudding, the O.K. Society and the A.D. Club. He received his law degree there in 1876. In 1882 he commenced the practice of law in his own offices in New York, successfully arguing a number of cases in the Court of Appeals. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings. .

Washington: Government Printing Office. Very Good. 1856. First Edition. Removed Document. 34th Congress, 1st session, House Mis. Doc. No. 100; 3 pages; Removed document, clean and complete. OCLC 1065564008 Excerpt: "Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be further instructed, and our representatives requested, to use their best endeavors to secure the passage of laws prohibiting slavery in the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and all territory embraced in the Missouri Compromise, and re-establishing the original American policy as declared in the regulation proposed by Thomas Jefferson, in 1784, for the exclusionof slavery from all territory ceded, or to be ceded, and of such other laws as shall best fulfil the high duty repeatedly acknowledged by the people of Ohio, of using all power clearly given by the terms of the national compact, to prevent the increase, to mitigate, and finally eradicate the evil of slavery ..." .

Washington: Library of Congress. Very Good. 1939. First Edition. Paperback. 56 pages; Clean and tight in original printed cream wrappers, wrappers lightly dust soiled. The annual report of the Law Librarian of the Library of Congress of the United States details on acquisitions and exhibitions. .

Washington: The Library of Congress. Near Fine. 1942. First Edition. Paperback. 49 pages; Clean and tight in original printed wrappers. This annual report contains information on the administrative and operational activities of the Law Library of the Library of Congress, there is also fascinating information about the acquisitions such as two editions of Gratian's Decretum (Strassburg, 1484 and Venice, 1498); De Romano Imperio (1476?); Malleus Maleficarum (Nurenberg, 1496); Ta Ming Lu - Criminal Code of the Ming Dynasty (1722); Statutes Made in the Reigns of Edward III and Richard II (1327-1398 - manuscript on vellum); An Abridgment of the Publick Laws of Virginia, 1772; etc. .

Washington: Law Library of Congress. Very Good. 1941. First Edition. Paperback. 58 pages; Clean and tight in original printed cream wrappers. The annual report of the Law Librarian of the Library of Congress of the United States details on acquisitions and exhibitions. .

Brussels: Inlichtingsdienst der Verenigde Staten. Very Good+. 1955. First Edition. Paperback. 20 pages; Clean and secure in original staples wrappers. Catalog of an exhibition held Sept. 3-Oct. 2, 1955. "C'est a` l'occasion du 150e. anniversaire de la fondation de l'Academie des Beaux-Arts de Philadelphia, que cette manifestation artistique est organisee" -- Page [4]. Listing of titles and details of 100 items exhibited. Text in Dutch and French. OCLC 79856785 .

Cleveland: The Monarch Brass Company. Near Fine. 1913. First Edition Thus. Paperback. 24 pages; Contents clean and tight in original brown printed wrappers with stylized lettering and a stamped image of a lion with his front paw on a brass fixture on front wrapper. A supplement to their primary Catalogue (1912), this publication includes illustrations of thirty-two brass items (plumbing fixtures and parts) which they manufactured at the time. Printed by Victor Brown Printing Company of Cleveland. Date of publication is estimated. According to the Catalogue of Copyright Entries, the Monarch Company received copyright patents on at least two devices in 1912. More than 500 figures of brass items for sale. Not found in OCLC; no copies located on the e-market. .

Cleveland: The Monarch Brass Company. Near Fine. 1915. First Edition Thus. Paperback. 12 pages; Contents clean and tight in original saffron printed wrappers. A Official List of items available (referencing item numbers in Catalogue B) with their prices in effect as of January 1915. "The lists shown in this pamphlet supercede all lists shown in our Catalogue B." According to the Catalogue of Copyright Entries, the Monarch Company received copyright patents on at least two devices in 1912. More than 500 figures of brass items for sale. Not found in OCLC; no copies located on the e-market. .

Washington DC: The Evening Star Newspaper Co.. 1974. Newspaper. 58 pages; Whole issue, 15 cent price under Masthead. By tradition, Washington's old "Evening Star" was an afternoon paper, and this "HOME FINAL" edition bears a date one day earlier than the more famous Washington Post issue devoted to this event (August 9, 1974). The Star was an older paper than the Post, having been founded in 1852. But after a century of dominance of the Washington market, the Star was in decline by 1974. It is interesting to note that it failed by one day to survive another seven years after this issue hit the streets. It had been the original journalistic home to columnist Mary McGrory, cartoonist Clifford K. Berryman, and also Carl Bernstein, who played a major role as a Post writer, along with Bob Woodward, in bringing about the downfall of the Nixon Administration. Happily, both men are alive and active today, just over 50 years after the initial break in at the Watergate… Read More

Cleveland: The Monarch Brass Company. Very Good-. 1912. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 142 pages; Contents clean and tight in original brown pebbled cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine and front cover and a gilt stamped image of a lion with his front paw on a brass fixture. Very good condition but for a small area of superficial staining at lower left corner of front board; mino 1/8 inch abrasion on edge of spine and foredge of rear board. A fascinating catalogue issued by The Monarch Brass Company in 1912 with illustrations of the hundreds of brass items (primarily plumbing fixtures and parts) which they manufactured and at the time. Printed by Corday and Gross Company of Cleveland. We are assuming this is "Catalgue B" as each item number is preceded by "B - " According to the Catalogue of Copyright Entries, the Monarch Company received copyright patents on at least two devices in 1912. More than 500 figures of brass items for sale. Not found in OCLC; no… Read More

London: Kegan, Paul, Trench & Co.. Very Good-. 1886. Second Edition. Hardcover. 1700 pages; Former owner's attractively printed small nameplate on front pastedown, otherwise clean and tight in original brown cloth bindings with gilt lettering at spine, endpapers splitting at hinges, but still tightly bound, cloth a bit worn at spine ends. Sir Henry Halford Vaughan, or Halford Vaughan (1811-1885) was an English historian, Regius Professor of History at Oxford University, 1848-1858. Heavy three volume set, requires additional charge for priority or international shipping. .

New York: Reynal And Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 48 pages; New York: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. First American Edition; First Printing. 48 pages; Contents clean and secure in original binding of yellow marbled boards with wide white cloth spine in original very good dustjacket (price-clipped) . Text by Robert Vavra; beautiful full colour illustrations from paintings by Fleur Cowles; preface by Yehudi Menuhin. "This is a magic book -- to see, to read, to experience. It tells the enchanting tale of Tiger Flower, King of the Grass, who lives 'where everything that should be small, is big, and everything that should be big, is small. ' It is a book that recognizes no age, no time, no limits but those of the imagination. Call it an adult fantasy, a children's story, an allegory of peace -- call it anything, it remains what it is: one of the most beautiful and wonderful books ever produced.… Read More

St. Louis, MO: A. R. Fleming Printing. Very Good+. 1909. First Edition. Burgundy Cloth. 91 pages; Clean and tight in original burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. Frontispiece and three additional illustrated plates. OCLC: 11198076 Frontispiece has some foxing, and in 3 places a brief marginal pencil note with supplemental information. This fascinating book is the author's reminiscences of her time in Washington in the 1830s and 1840s. The author relates detailed memories of people and events in Washington and Georgetown, such as Mrs. Doyle and her negro servent being struck by lightning in the doorway of her Georgetown house on Bridge Street on Aug. 12, 1839. Or that of the daughter of a Georgetown hatter, Miss Harriet Williams who mischievously stepped out in front of the horse drawn carriage of the Russian Minister and leaned over to tie her show. The minister stopped and was charmed by her mischievous smile and demeanor; they married a year later. Or the story of the jail… Read More