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New York: Thomas Y. Cromwell Co.. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover. 0690001924 . 226 pp. Cover is blue with black and white lettering on spine; light bumping on edges; small dent in front cover. DJ has some edge wear and rubbing and is a double thickness, folding out into a map of Massachusetts Bay. Pages are clean and tight. Illustrated with some b/w drawings/diagrams. Some chapters are: Dead Reckoning Track; Depth Sounding; Running Fix; Tides; Fog; and two appendices. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo ; 226 pages .

New York: Henry Holt & Co.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. 080504924X . Nonpaginated. Cover is glazed boards with slight bumping. End papers are yellow. Pages are clean and tight; this is a NEW book. Illustrated by the author's mother, the internationally known folk artist, Malcah Zeldis, who has paintings hanging in many US and foreign museums. Every page has a brilliantly colored illustration, really bringing the text to life. This is the internationally renowned story of Anne Frank, and her family, who hid in a building annex in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from 1942-1944, before being betrayed to the Nazis and shipped off to concentration camps, where Anne and her sister Margot died of typhus, Anne was just 15 years old. Her father Otto was the only one of the eight from the Annex who survived the war. Anne wrote in a diary she had recieved on her 13th birthday, chronicling the everyday life of hiding in the annex, with her family and… Read More

Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1964. Hard Cover. 0879511133 . Published in 1964. Text is as new; DJ has some sunning and edge wear; very small tear on top of front side of DJ. The book contains 3 stories: "Return No More, " a story of revenge, when a former German officer returns after the war to the family he lived with in Normandy, where he loved the youngest daughter and executed the oldest son; "Cake, " An American is caught up in the French resistance who must wait out the war in an asylum and feign insanity. There he meets a Jewish girl also hiding out from the Nazis; the account of their brief affair is poignant and heartrending. "Sweet Mars, " two old friends play a dangerous, psychological game that reveals devastating truths about themselves and their friendship. ; 8vo ; 205 pages .

New York: Edward W. Sweetman. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1974. Reprint. Reprint; Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 5 1/2 x 9; xix, 153 pages; Hard cover has slight bumping, rubbing. 1974 reprint. Top of text block is brown. Some sunning on pages. No DJ. Pages are clean and tight. Lavishly illustrated with b/w drawings, diagrams, plates and charts. Originally published in 1848. .

Hildesheim, Germany: ASIL Club/Georg Olms. New in Fine dust jacket. 1993. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. 3487083493 . Cover is black board with gold lettering and club logo on front in German and English; on spine in German, English and Arabic. End pages illustrated. Application form for club laid in at rear. Magnificently illustrated with 500+, mostly color, pictures. Foreword by W. Georg Olms. Printed in Italy. Pages are clean and tight; printed on glossy paper. This is a NEW book! DJ is NEW; and also in cardboard slipcase, also NEW. Book originally sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap, removed to check the book, but book will be put back into it. All of the comments on the DJ are in German; there are comments by Dr. Helmut Kohl; Prince Chaled al Feisal; Gen. Kurt Albrecht [noted expert on dressage]; Gen. Pierre Durand, Chief Rider of the Cadre Noir in Saumur, France. The sections of the book are: ASIL Arabians; Stud Book; ASIL Club List of Members and List of Horses. The book is written in… Read More

London: John Blake. New. 2013. Third Printing; Paperback. 1857829557 . Color Photographs; 5 1/4 x 7 3/4 ; 249 pages; Soft cover has a black spine with gold lettering. NEW book. Illustrated with 23 color photographs. The must-have book for any fan of The Hobbit A is for auditions. Find out which pop star auditioned to play an elf and who impressed Peter Jackson the most. B is for Bilbo. Martin Freeman had reservations about playing Bilbo at first--discover why and find out who he loved working with, and who he didn't, and uncover why the movie Bilbo is different from Bilbo in the book. C is for cast. Filming The Hobbit threw up all kinds of challenges for the cast. Find out who injured themselves on set and who the biggest prankster was. All this and more, including all the behind-the-scenes set secrets, why Elijah Wood had to be involved, and what to expect from the second Hobbit movie. .

No Place: Mulder Holland. Very Good. 1947. Hardcover. No. 2030 Series; Color Illustrations; 22 x 25 cm/9 3/4 x 8 3/4"; Unpaginated pages; Oblong shaped board book, of ABCs in Dutch. No location or date in book. May be published in 1947, previous owner's name inside front cover, dated 3/28/48. Spine is red cloth tape. Covers have bumping, rubbing, scuffing, some light marks, as do other pages in the book. Pages not numbered, but including the front and back cover, which have letters of the alphabet on them, 12 pages. Hinge very weak in back half of book, but holding together. A children's book which was lovingly used. No author listed. Wonderful, vibrant color illustrations by Rei Cramer. Cramer was (1887-1977) a Dutch children's book illustrator. She moved to the Netherlands from Indonesia when she was nine years old, and studied at the Art Academy in the Hague. Her most famous book was 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' from 1927. .

Oakland, CA: PM Press. New. 2010. Paperback. 1604861983 . Reach and Teach Series; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; 189 pages; NEW. Soft cover has blue spine with black lettering. Portraying the pressures of teens to live a normal life while facing mental illness, this suspenseful young adult novel follows the journey of success-bound Abe, who struggles with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. A senior in high school, with a loving and wealthy adoptive family, Abe is on track for a big scholarship and an open future. Suddenly, horrific flashbacks rip him back to war-torn Africa, where five years previously he lost his mother, sister, friends, and almost his own life to torturous violence. During therapy, he uncovers even darker moments from his past that make him question how he survived. This action-filled thriller will open the eyes and hearts of teenagers to the lives of young people who have been exposed to profound violence around the world .

New York: NBM Comicslit. New. 2012. First English Edition. First Printing; Hardcover. 1561637017 . Color Illustrations; 11.1 X 8.8 X 0.7 inches; 128 pages; NEW. Hard cover has blue spine with white lettering. Originally published in French. Beautifully illustrated with color cells. "The charm of Renaud Dillies strikes again: after the mouse of Bubbles and Gondola, here is another dreamer, little chick Abelard. To lure pretty Epily, Abelard sees only one solution: to catch the moon for her! So off he goes to America, the country which invented flying machines. Armed with his banjo and his proverb-sharing hat, he launches out on the country roads, meets Gypsies, then Gaston, a grumpy bear with whom he will share a good bit of his way-- As opposed to dreamer Abelard, Gaston has his feet firmly planted on the ground" .

New York: NBM Comicslit. New. 2012. First English Edition. First Printing; Hardcover. 1561637017 . Color Illustrations; 11.1 X 8.8 X 0.7 inches; 128 pages; NEW. Hard cover has blue spine with white lettering. Originally published in French. Beautifully illustrated with color cells. "The charm of Renaud Dillies strikes again: after the mouse of Bubbles and Gondola, here is another dreamer, little chick Abelard. To lure pretty Epily, Abelard sees only one solution: to catch the moon for her! So off he goes to America, the country which invented flying machines. Armed with his banjo and his proverb-sharing hat, he launches out on the country roads, meets Gypsies, then Gaston, a grumpy bear with whom he will share a good bit of his way-- As opposed to dreamer Abelard, Gaston has his feet firmly planted on the ground" .

New York: Kegan Paul. New in New dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0710306253 . Vol. 1; 8.4 X 5.7 X 1.6 inches; xxxiv, 597 pages; Hard cover is black with gold lettering on spine. DJ in mylar cover. Black end papers. The International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) in Leiden has compiled a bibliographic database documenting publications on South and Southeast Asian art and archaeology. Twenty editors and documentalists in Leiden, Colombo, Bangkok, Dharwad, and Jakarta have collected the material in this first volume, and over 1,000 records describe monographs, articles in monographs, and articles in periodicals including reviews and Ph. D. Dissertations published in 1996 and 1997. The records are arranged geographically and according to subject: pre- and proto-history, historical archaeology, ancient and modern art history, material culture, epigraphy and paleography, numismatics and sigillography. 3 indices. Overweight/3#. .

New York: Scholastic Inc.. Near Fine. 1989. First Edition Thus. Softcover. 0590427202 . Pete Seeger's Storysong Series; Color Illustrations; 7 1/2 x 9"; Unpaginated pages; Soft cover has stapled wraps. Slight rubbing to covers. Pages not numbered, 45 pages. Pages are clean and tight. Illustrated with color pictures. "A boy and his father are banished because the father, a magician, has a habit of making things vanish. But when the monster Abiyoyo appears . . . The father makes Abiyoyo disappear, and all is forgiven." .

Sydney, Australia: The Association for the Protection of Native Races. Very Good. 1959. Softcover. Illustrated with b/w photos. Pages are clean and tight. Possibly published in 1958. Some of the chapters are: European Settlement: Aboriginal Decrease; Essentials of Administration; Alcohol; Commonwealth Social Services Benefits; Health; Exemption Certificates; Aborigines--A Distinct Group; Difficulties of Assimilation. ; B&W Illustrations; 5 1/4 x 8; 31 pages; Stapled wraps. Cover has edge wear, bumping, sunning and creasing of the back; owner's name label on front, in upper corner. .

New York: Abrams. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 0810907305 . B&W and Color; 10 x 10; 192 pages; Hard cover is white cloth with silver lettering on spine. Slight rubbing, bumping to boards. DJ has faint rubbing, scuffing; in a mylar cover. Front leaf has crease on upper corner. Pages are clean and tight. Lavishly illustrated in color and B/W. Charles Bragg (1931 – 2017) [was an American sculptor, painter, artist and author known best for his satirical artwork. Before pursuing art, Bragg worked as a cow driver, a truck driver, a stand-up comedian, and a factory worker. He eventually settled in California, where he began his artistic career. He started by painting portraits of wealthy families, as well as offering lessons. He began to pursue his own creative work and experienced some success. His success came from the humor and satirical style of his work, which often portrayed flaws in American society. His political opinions are featured in his work. Bragg… Read More

Central City, KY: West Kentucky Printing. Near Fine. 1990. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; 27 pages; Soft cover is stapled wraps. Price sticker on front, bar code sticker on back. August 1996 written on front page, under stamp of previous owner's name. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Illustrated with 2 b/w maps and one table. 'The Battle of Camp Wildcat (also known as Wildcat Mountain and Camp Wild Cat) was one of the early engagements of the American Civil War (Civil War). It occurred October 21, 1861, in northern Laurel County, Kentucky during the campaign known as the Kentucky Confederate Offensive or Operations in Eastern Kentucky (1861). The battle is considered one of the first Union victories of the Civil War, and marked the second engagement of troops in the Commonwealth of Kentucky'. .

London: MMS Gold. New. 2009. Paperback. 0237538490 . Grammar Ray Series; Color Illustrations; 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 ; 24 pages; Soft cover has a red spine with white lettering. Illustrated with many brightly colored pictures to help explain ADJECTIVES. It is difficult to describe adjectives, but they certainly are a useful, and sometimes colorful, part of speech. Your readers and young grammaticians-to-be can join Verb-man for another adventure in learning the lexicon. This particular journey is fraught with danger from very well-described adversaries. .

Valencia, Spain: Institut Valencia D'Art Modern,. New. 2001. Paperback. Oblong shaped soft cover has black spine, NEW, still in publisher's shrinkwrap. Illustrated with 39 color plates. Book is in English and Spanish. Adolph Gottlieb ( 1903 – 1974) was an American abstract expressionist painter, sculptor and printmaker. 'Throughout his career Adolph Gottlieb had 56 solo exhibitions and was included in over 200 group exhibitions. His works of art are in the collections of more than 140 major museums around the world. Gottlieb was accomplished as a painter, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. He designed and oversaw construction of a 1500 square-foot stained glass façade for the Milton Steinberg Center in New York City in 1954, and he designed a suite of 18 stained glass windows for the Kingsway Jewish Center in Brooklyn. He was the first of his generation to have his art collected by the Museum of Modern Art (1946) and the Guggenheim Museum (1948) '. ; Color… Read More

London: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Very Good+. 1981. First Edition Thus. Paperback. 0801824710 . 8.8 X 5.9 X 1.0 inches; xii, 383 pages; Soft cover has black spine with white lettering. Some rubbing, scuffing, bumping, creasing to covers. Psges are clean and tight; some bumping to the corners. 'This interpretation encompasses the role of women, the structure of the family, social mores, and the history of sexuality'. Bibliography; index. .

London: Ward Lock Ltd. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 070637147X . Hard cover is maroon with gold lettering on spine. Pages are clean and tight; appear as if unused. Lavishly illustrated with 26 color photographs and dozens of b/w ones, as well as dozens and dozens of drawings and diagrams. "in this comprehensive book, Olympic rider Tricia Gardiner examines the requiements of every stage of competition and the tests at every level...." Some of the 8 chapters are: Lateral Work: Piaffe and Work in Hand; Freestyle to Music; index. ; B & W and Color; 0.8 x 9.8 x 7.5 Inches; 160 pages; Cover has some bumping and shelf wear; front end paper has a crease in it. DJ has bumping and shelf wear, light rubbing/scuffing. Sticker residue on back of DJ. .

Buchanan, NY: Emerson Books Inc. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1973. Third Printing; Hardcover. 0875231810 . B&W Illustrations; 8.1 X 5.5 X 1.0 inches; 272 pages; Hard cover is blue with black lettering on spine. Slight rubbing, bumping to boards. Previous owner's name neatly stamped, 2x, on front end paper. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Illustrated with 158 b/w figures. This was written primarily for those with no previous knowledge of the workings of watches and clocks. It shows that, wide though the subject is, the basic principles are simple and easily learned; and it goes on to explain how a great deal can done in the overhaul of watches and clocks with limited facilities and a humble kit of tools. Index. .