Search Results: Titles starting with V from Black Paw Books

Boston: Boston Chapter League for Labor Palestine, 1933. Softcover. Very Good. First-hand account of "the settlement of the first colony of the type known as the Moshav Ovdim--where individual ownership is combined with communal efforts and sharing." 12mo, 79 pp. Five black & white plates From private collection. Cover shows light wear with faint crease to back wrap. Name printed on title page.

Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Scholarly work on Vastu shastra, a traditional Indian system of architecture that incorporates traditional Hindu and Buddhist beliefs. Volume I (Hardcover). Text in English and Hindi. Thick octavo, 848 pp. Tan cloth. Clean, unmarked copy. Light wear to dust jacket.

New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1875. Hardcover. Very Good. Anti-Catholic work by Gladstone with the replies of Archbishop Manning and Lord Action. First printed in 1874, this publication was a response to the Vatican Council's decree of papal infallibility, which Gladstone vehemently opposed. He argues that this decree placed British Catholics in a dilemma over their loyalty to the Crown and their loyalty to the Pope. Octavo, 96 pp. Rebound in custom red cloth binding, with original wraps preserved. Name of Boston-area historian printed on ffep; Xavier Union stamps on upper wrap.

Det Nordiske Vorlag, 1902. Hardcover. Good. Uncommon Danish language by noted Danish topographer and explorer Daniel Bruun. title. Quarto, 19 pp. Black & white maps and illustrations. Bound in green cloth library binding. Booklet is part of a large collection of deaccessioned AMC titles that we acquired through the estate of Cambridge bookseller Jeffrey Worrall. Usual stamps and markings. Pages are a little agetoned. Chipping to back wrap.

Dr. A. Petermanns Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt, 1912. original folded map. Very Good. Original folded map entitled Verbreitung der Speerschleuder in Australien by F. Graebner (Dr. A. Petermanns Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt, 1912). Map is approximately 16.5 inches tall x 24 inches wide. Scale: 1:10,000,000. 2 colors. German language map shows distribution of woomera (speer-throwing devices) across Australia. Corners show some minor creasing. Clean, unmarked copy.

Dr. A. Petermanns Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt, 1912. original folded map. Very Good. Two original folded maps related to rice production by C. Bachmann: "Verbreitung und Intesitaet des Reisbaus auf der Erde" and "Verbreitung und Intesitaet des Reisbaus in Asien" (Dr. A. Petermanns Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt, 1912). Global map is approximately 12 inches tall x 18.5 inches wide; that of Asia, 15 inches tall x 18.5 inches wide. Both maps remain clean and unmarked.

Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. 9" tall. 80 pp. Paper-covered boards with blue cloth backstrip. Cover show some soiling and wear to edges and corners. Foxing to edges of book block. Pages remain clean and unmarked.

Rascher Verlag, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1955 printing (zweiter Auflage). Octavo, 195 pages. Red cloth with title gilt-stamped on spine and front board. Clean, unmarked copy.

Washington, DC: Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, 1961. Hardcover. Good+. Volume in the official history of the Medical Department of the US Army in World War II. Book not only covers the care of animals by the Army during WWII, but also the inspection and safekeeping of dairy and meat products. Octavo (26 cm), xxii, 779 pp : illustrations. Maroon buckram binding. Deaccessioned library copy with usual stamps and markings.

London: Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, 1861. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Good. Two-volume set focuses on the history and genealogy of prominent families in Great Britain by 19th century Irish genealogist and heraldic scholar Bernard Burke. Two-volume set. 8vo. Red cloth. From private collection. Binding show some soiling, including large stain on front board of second volume. Previous owner's name printed on front pastedowns.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. Memoirs of Anglican priest and ecclesiastical historian. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley. Octavo, xv, 312 pp. Red cloth. From private collection. Light rubbing to spine ends. Fore-edge of book block shows some foxing.

University of York, 1983. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo, 49 pp. Stapled wraps. From private collection of Boston-area historian. Name stamped inside book. Booklet's pages remain clean and unmarked.

London: John W. Parker & Son, 1859. Hardcover. Very Good. First published in 1794, this work is a defense of the Christian faith and an argument for the truth of the Bible. Paley begin by outlining the various arguments for the existence of God, including the design argument and the moral argument. He then discusses the historical evidence for the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, including the reliability of the Gospels and the testimony of eyewitnesses. Octavo (23 cm tall). 406 pp. Brown cloth. From private collection. Binding is a little faded and starting to fray along crown of spine. Diocese bookplate on front pastedown; previous owner's name printed on ffep. Several pages show penciled lines in margins.

Paidos, 1967. Softcover. Good. In Spanish. Uncommon work by noted porteño author Bernardo Verbitsky. (The use of "villas" to describe immigrant neighborhoods comes from the book's title.) Octavo, 284 pages. In wraps (softcover). Pages' margins show some spotting and discoloration. Paper label along heel of spine. All said, a solid reading copy.

Westchester, Pennsylvania: Miner & Bryan, 1824. Fair. Issue is largely devoted to events and goings-on in and around Westchester, Pennsylvania. 20" tall x 13.5" wide. Four pages. Five columns of text. Pages are browned and show some small insect bore holes. 6" x 3" article clipped from last page. Small taped repair to corner of crease.

Advocate Press, 1981. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo, 104 pages. In wraps (softcover). Clean, unmarked copy. Brief history of the Holiness and Pentecostal movement as it pertains to the Holiness churches generally and primarily of the Pentecostal Holiness Church.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Privately Printed, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto, 352 single-sided double-spaced pages. In red buckram. From the personal library of Pulitzer Prize-winning Lincoln biographer and historian David Herbert Donald. No ownership ink. Clean, unmarked copy.

Institut et Musee Voltaire, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. English-language Octavo, 201 pp. Black buckram binding. From the private collection of Frederick A. Hagar. No dust jacket (presumed as issued). Previous owner's name on ffep. Pages remain clean and unmarked; binding, tight.

Chicago: L'Ora Queta P. and J. Co, 1907. Hardcover. Very Good. Presumed First Edition. 8vo. [308] pp. Brown cloth binding. From inventory of Cambridge bookdealer Jeffrey Worrall. Presentation plate from author to the Military Order of the Loyal Legion United States" affixed to front pastedown. Paper label along heel of spine. Endpapers show some minor smudges from handling. Scarce.