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Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Physics. General, Nuclear, Solid State, Molecular, Metal and Vacuum Physics, Astronomy, Geophysics, Biophysics, and Related Subjects. (Nine Volumes)

Thewlis, J., ed · 1964

$200.00 (€181.45 | £151.36 | ¥31,941)

New York / London, Macmillan / Pergamon, 1964. First edition. Cloth. 7,424 pp. Illus. with b/w drawings. Sm. 4to. From the Abbe refectometer to the Zwitter Ion, a comprehensive and invaluable reference work with subject and author indices and multilingual glossary in English, ...

Lives of the Leaders of the Church Universal: From Ignatius to the Present Time. (Two Volumes)

Piper, Ferdinand, ed. Trans. with additional lives by H. M. MacCracken · 1880

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

Edinburgh, T. & T. Clark, 1880. First edition. Cloth. xvi, 430 pp. + adv. [16]; [431]-873 pp. + adv. [16]. 8vo. MacCracken added lives of leaders in both American and a few other countries which Piper did not cover. A near fine copy with spine extremities lightly bumped.

Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History from 458 A.D. To 1905. Based Upon the Plan of Benson John Lossing. With a Preface on the Study of American History by Woodrow Wilson. Complete in Ten Volumes

(Lossing, Benson John [1813-1891]). Harper & Brothers; Wilson, Woodrow; Fisk, John; et al. · 1907

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.33 | ¥13,575)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1907. Later printing. Cloth. Illus. with b/w drawings. Maps. Portraits, Documents, Plans. Thick 8vo. An updated and expanded version of Lossing's "Cyclopedia of United States History" first published in 1881 with contributions by many notable autho...

Caroline the Illustrious: Queen-Consort of George II. And Sometime Queen-Regent. A Study of Her Life and Time. Two Volumes

Wilkins, W. H. · 1901

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1901. First edition. Cloth. Frontis, xiv, 388 pp.; frontis, vi, 375 pp. + adv. [32 pp.]. Illus. with 40 b/w photos & drawings. 8vo. Heavily sunned spines and rear boards, chips and tears to head and heels of spines, interiors clean, usual ex-lib...

A.Y. 's Canada

Jackson, A. Y. (Illus.) and Naomi Jackson Groves (text) · 1968

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.62 | ¥8,784)

Toronto / Vancouver, Clarke, Irwin & Company Ltd. 1968. First printing. Tan buckram with gilt titles, Illustrated endpapers. 248 pp. Illus. with b/w drawings. Obl. 4to. Over a hundred pencil drawings of Canada by the first Canadian artist to be represented in the Tate Gallery....

The Aftermath of 'Real Existing Socialism' in Eastern Europe, Volume 1: Between Western Europe and East Asia

Hersh, Jacques and Schmidt, Johannes Dragsbaek, eds · 1997

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

New York, St. Martin's Press, 1997. First printing. Cloth. xxix, 330 pp. 8vo. International Political Economy Series. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. As new.

The Philosophy of Mind: Classical Problems / Contemporary Issues

Beakley, Brian and Peter Ludlow, eds · 1994

$22.50 (€20.41 | £17.03 | ¥3,593)

Cambridge, MIT Press, 1994. Third printing. Paper wrappers. 426 pp. Sm. 4to. A near fine clean crisp copy.

The Idea of the University: A Reexamination

Pelikan, Jaroslav · 1992

$22.50 (€20.41 | £17.03 | ¥3,593)

New Haven, Yale Univ. Press, 1992. First edition. Cloth. 238 pp. 8vo. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.

The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Political Institutions

Bogdanor, Vernon, ed · 1987

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Oxford, Blackwell, 1987. First edition. Cloth. xvi, 667 pp. Sm. 4to. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.

Oxford Companion to Politics of the World

Krieger, Joel, ed · 1993

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press, 1993. First edition. Cloth. 1056 pp. Sm. 4to. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Leonard Woolf: A Political Biography

Wilson, Duncan · 1978

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, St. Martin's Press, 1978. First edition. 282 pp. 8vo. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.

Calligraphy and Paintings (1983-1985)

Lam, Dominic Man-Kit · 1986

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

(China), Guangtung Academy of Paintings, 1986. n.ed. Cloth. 32 pp. Illus. with 32 color photos. Sm. 4to. Inscribed by the author. Paintings by the biotech scientist and artist. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.

The Animal Kingdom: The Strange and Wonderful Ways of Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes and Insects. A New and Authentic Natural History of the Wildlife of the World (Three Volumes Complete)

Drimmer, Frederick, ed · 1954

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

New York, Greystone press / Hawthorne Books, 1954. First edition. Cloth. xl, 2062 pp. Illus. with b/w photos and drawings. 8vo. Volume 1: Mammals; Volume 2: Mammals, Birds, Reptiles; Volume 3: Fishes, Invertebrates, Insects. Index. A very good+ set with light rubbing to spines...

Wandering in France

Hulme, Edward M. · 1941

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Caldwell, Caxton, 1941. Cloth. 322 pp. Illus. with b/w photos and maps. 8vo. The author, a well known and popular history professor, takes the reader on a leisurely cultural tour of France just before World War II. A very good copy in a good dust jacket with chips and edgewear.

Die Deutsche Plastik Des Vierzehnten Jahrhunderts

Pinder, Wilhelm · 1925

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Munchen (Munich), Kurt Wolff, 1925. Third thousand. Black cloth with gilt titles. 86 pp. + 104 plates. Illus. with 104 b/w collotype plates. Captioned tissue guards. 4to. Fourteenth century German sculpture. An earlier volume covered the fifteenth century was published earlier...

Special Effects: Creating Movie Magic

Finch, Christopher · 1984

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

New York, Abbeville Press, 1984. Second printing. Cloth. 252 pp. Illus. with 237 color & b/w photos. Sm. Sq. 4to. From the beginning in the silents to the era of computerized effects, this book covers it beautifully. Detailed sections on King Kong, Star Wars, Alien, Jaws, E. T...

The Autumn of the Middle Ages

Huizinga, Johan · 1996

$22.50 (€20.41 | £17.03 | ¥3,593)

Chicago, Univ. Chicago Press, 1996. First printing. Cloth. 467 pp. Illus. with 45 b/w plates. 8vo. Trans. Rodney J. Payton and Ulrich Mammitzsch. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. As new.

England Before the Norman Conquest: Considered with Especial Reference to Its Literary Character

Sydenham, G. (George) · 1972

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, Haskell House, 1972. Reprint. Cloth. 196 pp. 8vo. History and criticism of Anglo-Saxon literature first published in 1861. A fine copy. No dust jacket as issued.

Wing Leader

Johnson, Capt. J. E. · 1957

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.81 | ¥4,392)

New York, Ballantine Books, 1957. Cloth. 292 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo. The Story of an engineer who joined the RAF in 1939 and became the top scoring allied fighter pilot with thirty-eight confirmed victories. A very good copy in a good edgeworn and chipped dust jacket.

France in the Middle Ages 987-1460: From Hugh Capet to Joan of Arc (a History of France)

Duby, Georges · 1992

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

Cambridge, Blackwell, 1992. Reprint. Paper wrappers. xvii; [10], 331 pp. Illus. with b/w drawings + maps. Trade format. Trans. Juliet Vale. The first of five volumes of Hachette's History of France series published in France 1987-88. (See our other volumes from this series und...