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Asian Music. Volume III-1, 1972. Journal of the Society for Asian Music

Society for Asian Music. Slobin, Mark, ed · 1972 · Kaaterskill Books

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New York, Society for Asian Music, 1972. First edition. Paper wrappers. 48 pp. 8vo. Articles include: Western Influence in Gamelan Music; Turkish Village Music; The Symbolism of the 'Ud; Personal Approaches to the Study of Japanese Art Music; Means of Preservation and Diffusion …

Asian Music. Volume II-2, 1971. Journal of the Society for Asian Music

Society for Asian Music · 1971 · Kaaterskill Books

$22.50 (€20.41 | £17.03 | ¥3,593)

New York, Society for Asian Music, 1971. First edition. Paper wrappers. 48 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo. Articles include Plurality of Cultures or Synthesis; A Birthday Offering (for Lee Hye-ku); Musical Instruments of India; The Yukcha-Paegi; Conversations in Tashkent. A ver…

Asian Music. Volume II-1, 1971. Journal of the Society for Asian Music

Society for Asian Music · 1971 · Kaaterskill Books

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New York, Society for Asian Music, 1971. First edition. Paper wrappers. 47 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo. Articles include: Transcendental World Music; Means of Preservation and Diffusion of Traditional Music in Japan; Means of Preservation and Diffusion of Traditional Music: …

An Account of the Religious Opinions and Observances of the Khonds of Goomsur and Boad," [from] the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol VII, 1842

Macpherson, Samuel Charters. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. Art. XX. Read November 20, 1841 · 1842 · Kaaterskill Books

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

London, Royal Asiatic Society, 1842. First edition. Removed from a larger volume. [172-199] pp. Illus. with one folded b/w drawing. 8vo. Khonds (Kandhs) were an aboriginal tribe of Orissa who provided protection for the Raja of Goomsur during the Goomsur Wars of 1835 to 1837. Di…

The Journal of the Bihar Research Society. Buddha Jayanti Special Issue. Vol. II [Only]

Bihar Research Society · 1956 · Kaaterskill Books

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Patna, Bihar Research Society, 1956. First edition. Paper wrappers. [333-511] pp. Illus. with three b/w plates. Sm. 4to. Articles on Buddhism. Paper loss at head of spine else very good. Signed by the Tibetologist and Sanskrit scholar Alex Wayman.

The Journal of the Siam Society. Volume L. Part 2. December 1962. 2505

Siam Society · 1962 · Kaaterskill Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Bangkok, Siam Society, 1962. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. [81-216] pp. Illus. with b/w photos and maps. 8vo. Includes "The Khwan and its Ceremonies," plus Study of Early Cartography of Thailand (Siam), the Mission of Sir John Bowring to Siam, and Expedition to the Khon…

A Bibliography of Near and Middle Eastern Studies Published in the Soviet Union from 1937 to 1947. Oriens. Vol. IV, Nr. 2, 1951. Rusya/Russia

Journal of the International Society for Oriental Research · 1951 · Kaaterskill Books

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Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1951. Offprint. Stapled paper wrappers. 328-344 pp. 8vo. Lowenthal, Rudolf, trans. 262 items covering the Middle East, India, and Africa. A very good+ copy, small crease to one corner.

Terrae Incognitae. The Journal for the History of Discoveries. Volume XV. 1983

Society for the History of Discoveries · 1985 · Kaaterskill Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Detroit, Wayne State University Press, 1985. First edition. Paper wrappers. viii, 256 pp. Illus. with b/w maps. Sm. 4to. Special Columbus issue with articles on the Caicos, the Diario de Colon, passage to Cuba, a transcription of the Diario of Columbus' first voyage, and much mo…

Essay on the Prize-Question, Whether the Use of Distilled Liquors, or Traffic in Them, Is Compatible, at the Present Time, with Making a Profession of Christianity

Stuart, Moses (American Temperance Society) · 1830 · Kaaterskill Books

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

New York, John P. Haven.- Boston, Perkins & Marvin.- Philadelphia, Tower [i.e. Towar], J. & D.M. Hogan & Co.- Pittsburgh [Pa.], Hogan & Co. Flagg and Gould Printers Andover, 1830. First edition. Removed. 70 pp. 8vo. An important document of the two-wine theory. Though Temperance…

Florida, New York: Orange County, an Early Look at Its Faces, Places and Winding Staircases

The Florida Historical Society · 2002 · Kaaterskill Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Unionville, The Florida Historical Society, 2002. Cloth. ix, 262 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 4to. Histories, architecture, maps. An excellent production. A near fine copy with penciled inscription to free endpaper in a very good dust jacket with a few closed tears.

The Last of the Forty Niners. Surviving Veterans in 1952 of Columbia Arts and Mines at 49th Street

Society of Forty-niners · 1952 · Kaaterskill Books

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New York, Society of Forty-niners, 1952. First printing. Paper wrappers. 26 pp. Pamphlet. A listing of the names and addresses of those who attended Columbia University when it was located at 49th Street (in the 19th century). Some browning to wrappers else a very good copy.

The Lincoln Dioramas from the Chicago Historical Society As Reproduced in Abraham Lincoln Friend of the People, a Distinguished Book by Clara Ingram Judson

Chicago Historical Society. Works Progress Administration · 1950 · Kaaterskill Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Chicago, n.p. 1950. First edition. Loose in portfolio. 15 leaves. Illus. with color plates. 8vo. This collection reproduces fourteen of the Lincoln Dioramas of the Chicago Historical Society depicting important events in the life of Abraham Lincoln. Initiated by Historical Socie…

Through Pathless Skies to the North Pole" and "the Discoverer," in the National Geographic Magazine. Volume LLLL, No. 1-6, January-June, 1928

(National Geographic Society). Wyeth, N. C. · 1928 · Kaaterskill Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Washington, D. C. National Geographic Society, 1928. First edition. Half red leather over cloth boards. 766 pp. Illus. with color & b/w photos & drawings & maps. 8vo. The two fold-out murals by N. C. Wyeth plus articles on Lindbergh, Dalmatian Days, Bird Banding, adventures on t…

Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of New York

Society of Mayflower Descendants · 1907 · Kaaterskill Books

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

New York, n.p. 1907. First printing. Cloth. frontis, 126 pp. 8vo. Very early record. State number 371. Bylaws, officers, and members with their ancestry. Boards spotted and soiled, damp stain to lower edge of rear board and lower edge of leaves not affecting text, and still over…

Oxford. Special Number February 1937

(The Oxford Society) · 1937 · Kaaterskill Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press, 1937. First printing. Paper wrappers. 62 pp. + adv.[10]. Illus. with 21 b/w photos & drawings and 2 plans. Sm. 4to. A special issue of the magazine focussing on the monetary appeal, the bulk of which was to expand the Bodleian Library, with an additio…

Calder: Alexander Milne, Alexander Stirling, Alexander

Society of the Fine Arts · 1961 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

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Wilmington, Delaware Art Center, 1961. Softcover. Bw wraps. [10] pp. 10 bw plates. Includes laid-in ephemera. Catalogue listing of 49 works by 3 members of the same illustrious art family best know for their monumental public sculptures. Alexander Milne created the sculpture of …

Painting & Sculpture Today

Indianapolis, IN: Contemporatory Art Society and the Indianapolis Museum of Art, April 1970 · 1970 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

1970. Softcover. Silver wraps. 120 pp. 95 bw plates. Includes works by 149 contemporary American painters and sculptors. A lot of big names were represented in this exhibition, along with some names which are quite unfamiliar. Brief biographical information provided on each arti…

22nd Annual Exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists

NY: Society of Independent Artists, Apr. 27 to May 18, 1938 · 1938 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

1938. Softcover. Yellow spiral-bound wraps. Appx. 150 pp. Appx. 170 bw plates. Lists 906 works alphabetically by the artists who created them. Very useful since there are so many bw plates. VG-, light soiling to cover .

The New York Society of Etchers: First Exhibition of Prints

New York Society of Etchers · 2000 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

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New York , New York, The Society, 2000. Softcover. Off-white wraps. 64 pp. Several bw plates. Exhibition held at the National Arts Club, New York, N.Y. September 10th - 29th, 2000. VG- (light soiling to cover, one copy has light foxing to front cover) .

Noriko Yanagisawa

Washington, D. C.: The World Bank Art Society, April 13 to May 12, 1989 · 1989 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

1989. Softcover. White ill. stapled wraps. Unpaginated. Profuse bw and color plates. Text in Japanese and English. VG-, light wear to cover edges .