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History of the United States from the Earliest Period to the Administration of James Buchanan. (in Three Volumes)

Spencer, J. A. · 1858

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.20 | ¥39,927)

New York, Johnson, Fry and Company, 1858. First edition. Half-bound calf with brown cloth; gilt spine title and bands; marbled endpapers. Frontis, engraved titles [2], xiv, 540 pp.; Frontis, engraved title, facsimile letter, viii, 540; Frontis, engraved title, viii, 552 pp. + ...

Aging and Public Health

Phillips, Harry T. and Gaylord, Susan A., editors · 1985

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

New York, Springer, 1985. First edition. Cloth. xxiv, 323 pp. Tall 8vo. Covers biological, environmental, and psychological aspects of aging. Owner's signature to ffep and occasional pencil marks to a few rear leaves, else near fine.

275th Anniversary. Harwich, Massachusetts. A Sketch of the Years 1694-1969, in Text and Pictures

(-) · 1969

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Harwich, 1969. First edition. #56 of 300 copies. Cream-colored stapled paper wrappers. 56 pp. Illus. with 7 drawings, 46 photos, 2 facsimiles, and 1 two page map. 9.75 x 6.75 inches. Includes facsimiles of original charter and purchase contract of land from Indians. Very good+...

Wall and Water Gardens

Jekyll, Gertrude · 0

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

London, Country Life" / George Newnes, n.d. First edition. Cloth. xiv, 177 pp. 132 illus. Tall 8vo. Rubbed boards, especially lower front, wear to tail of spine, soiled and light foxing to edges, thus overall a good or better sound copy protected in a clear archival jacket.

How to Solve Chess Problems

Howard, Kenneth S. · 1945

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, David McKay, 1945. First edition. Cloth. 171 pp. Illus. 8vo. Near fine with owner's name on free end paper in a very good dj with a small chips and some soiling to rear panels.

Life of Gen. U.S. Grant. Description of Tomb

Burnside, George D. · 1927

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, Enterprise Press, 1927. n.ed. Paper wrappers. Frontis, [4], 19 pp. [4]. 5.75 x 3.75 inches. Light rubbing to front wrapper and very faint dampstain to edge of a few leaves; overall a very good copy.

San Francisco. Center of the California Vacationland. A Guide Book for Visitors

(Californians, Inc.) · 1933

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

San Francisco, Californians, Inc. 1933. Frontis, 63 pp. 87 b/w photos. 4.25 x 7.75 inches. Guide to the city and its environs in the train era when $133.98 bought a round trip ticket from Boston. Light crease to corner of front wrapper else near fine.

Stories from the Indian Classics

Naravane, V.(ishwanath) S. · 1962

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

New York, Asia Publishing, 1962. n.ed. Cloth. 303 pp. Illus. with block prints by Mr. G. R. Naik. 8vo. Stories from the Kathasaritsagara, the Jatakas, and the Panchatantra, Bana's Kadamari, Dandin's Dashakumaracharita, and Subandhu's Vasavadatta selected and retold by the auth...

Celebrations of Life

Dubos, Rene · 1981

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

New York, McGraw-Hill, 1981. First edition. Cloth. 260 pp. Tall 8vo. Very near fine in a like dj.

Obras Maestras Del Mexico Antiguo

Westheim, Paul · 1977

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Avena, Biblioteca ERA, 1977. First edition. 279 pp. 140 illus. 8vo. Limited to 3000 of which this is #2212. Near fine with owner's signature. No dust jacket.

At the Bottom of the River

Kincaid, Jamaica · 1984

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.19 | ¥10,381)

London, Picador, 1984. First British edition. Cloth. 82 pp. 8vo. Ten stories comprise this first book by the author. Fine (and except for slight aging of leaves, about as new) in a very rubbed and scuffed but untorn very good- dust jacket.

Chinese Trade Porcelain

Beurdeley, Michel · 1962

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.90 | ¥15,172)

Rutland, VT, Charles E. Tuttle, 1962. First American edition. Gold lettering on maroon cloth. Frontis, xii, 219 pp. Chronology. Bibliography. Index. 24 hand-tipped color plates + 100 figures + 244 b/w catalogue photos. Sm. Sq. 4to. Trans. Diana Imber. Comprehensive study and c...

Vistula - the Story of a River

Styczynski, Jan · 1973

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

Warsaw, Interpress Publishers, 1973. n.ed. Illustrated gray cloth with silvered illustrated endpapers. xxxiii, 308 pp. + insert [6]. 300+ b/w photos. 4to. Trans. Krystyna Bidwell. Detailed photographic record of the most important of Poland's rivers. Very good+ with small snag...

The Life and Times of Cavour. Two Volumes

Thayer, William Rosco · 1911

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1911. Later printing. Cloth. xvi, 604 pp.; 562 pp. 43 illus. + 7 maps. 8vo. Biography of one of the greatest of Italy's 19th century statesmen who aided in the regeneration of Italy. Very good- with minor fraying to darkened spines, owner's signature ...

Contemporary Art. 12 November 1998. Cat. 9000

Christie's (Christie, Manson & Woods) · 1998

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.62 | ¥8,784)

New York, Christie's (Christie, Manson & Woods), 1998. First printing. Cardboard dust jacket over illustrated stiff paper wrappers. 147 pp. 50 color plates. Sm. 4to. Cat. # 9000. Auction results laid in. Includes short biography of each of the 37 artists, Cover shows "Man in D...

Including Horace

Untermeyer, Louis · 1919

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1919. First edition. Red lettering and decorations on blue cloth. xx, 158 pp. + index. Sm. 8vo. Odes ala Horace plus "Integer Vitae" as it might have been translated by twenty-two other poets from Browning and Shakespeare through Poe and Whi...

The Future of Law in a Multicultural World

Bozeman, Adda B. · 1971

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Princeton, Princeton Univ. Press, 1971. First edition. Cloth. 229 pp. 8vo. Very good in very good dj.

The Debt to Pleasure

Lanchester, John · 1996

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Henry Holt, 1996. Advanced reading copy. Paper wrappers. 251 pp. Trade format. Very near fine.

How Humans Adapt: A Biocultural Odyssey

Ortner, Donald J., ed · 1983

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983. First edition. Cloth. 560 pp. 8vo. Smithsonian International Symposia Series. Essays from the Seventh International Symposium held Nov. 1981. Prolog by Rene Dubos. Near fine in very good lightly soiled dj with edgewear.

Interns; from Students to Physicians

Mumford, Emily · 1970

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Cambridge, Harvard Univ. Press, 1970. First edition. Cloth. 297 pp. 8vo. A study of the differences between intern training at a large university affiliated hospital and a suburban hospital without university affiliation. Fine in very good- dj with sunned spine and some small ...