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The Wit and Wisdom of Albert Schweitzer.

Schweitzer, Albert, edited and with introduction by Charles B. Joy, · 1949 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Boston, Beacon Press, 1949. 2nd ptg. VG in G DJ. It was a favored household intowhich Schweitzer was born on 1/14/1875, a home not of wealth but of culture and affection. His father was a pastor at Kaysersberg, and his mother the daughter of another preacher in the same Alsatian…

A Hope In The Unseen: An American Odyssey From The Inner City To The Ivy League

Ron Suskind · 1998 · Book Haven

NZ$10.50 (€5.26 | $5.80 | £4.39 | ¥926)

Broadway 1998 Paperback, 392pp. "The inspiring true story of a ferociously determined young man who, armed only with his intellect and his willpower, fights his way out of despair. At Ballou Senior High, a crime-infested school in Washington, D. C. honor students have learned to…

Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society for 1979, Volume XCVII (97)

Smith, B S; Herbert, N M; (ed) · 1980 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

The Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Bristol, 1980. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 9780900197130 Contents include: The Bells of Gloucester Cathedral, by Gilbert Thurlow; Frocester Court Roman Villa - Second Report, by H S Gracie & …

Who's Who In Magic: Comprising A List of the Leading Magicians of the World

Durbin, W.W.; Harry Blackstone; F.E. Powell; Servais Leroy; Len Vintus [of Winnipeg]; Ernest K. Schieldge; Gene Gordon · 1926 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Kenton, Ohio International Brotherhood of Magicians First edition Unpaginated. [pp. 32]. 8vo. Stapled card covers. Illustrated green card covers with gold and black lettering and illustration to front cover. Listed alphabetically, this remarkable pamphlet details the names and a…

Railroad Gazette: A Journal of Transportation Vol XIV - No. 6 (Saturday, May 7, 1870)

RAILROAD GAZETTE · 1870 · S. Howlett-West Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Chicago, IL: Railroad Gazette, 1870. Magazine. B&W Illustrations; This gazette is made up of 7 oversized unbound sheets, printed on both sides. The gazette is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The sheets are clean and bright, with only a few spots of …

A Musical Grammar, in Four Parts: I. Notation, II. Melody, III. Harmony, IV. Rhythm.

CALLCOTT (John Wall): · 1806 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London: Printed by B. Macmillan...for Robert Birchall..., 1806. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 178 x 91 mms., pp. xxii [xxiii blank, xxiv, Errata], 308 [309 - 312 adverts], contemporary half calf, dark red morocco label; small ink-stain on half-title, which is bound after contents, smal…

The Toadstool Millionaires - a Social History of Patent Medicines in America Before Federal Regulation

YOUNG, JAMES HARVEY · 1961 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$199.95 (€181.41 | £151.35 | ¥31,929)

USA: Princeton University Press, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. 282 pages including index. Black and white plates. Traces the development of patent medicine promotion and criticism, relating it to broader trends in health, education, journalism, marketing, and government. Illus…

A Lot of Six (6) Issues of the Trollopian: A Journal of Victorian Fiction: Volume 2, Number 4, March, 1948; Volume 3, Number 1, June, 1948; Volume 3, Number 2, September, 1948; Volume 3, Number 3, December, 1948; Volume 3, Number 4, March, 1949; Volume 4, Number 1, June, 1949

Booth, Bradford A., ed. · 1945 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$156.00 (€141.54 | £118.08 | ¥24,911)

Berkeley, California, University of California Press, . First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Exceedingly scarce in the trade, as any copies of this literary journal, which ran only from 1945 to 1949, are difficult to come by. A lot of six (6) issues of The Trollopi…

CARTE - De - VISITE [CDV], Albumen Photograph. Hurd's Gallery

Denton, Benjamin F. [b. 1830]. Hurd, E. - Photographer · 1872 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$269.50 (€244.51 | £203.99 | ¥43,036)

Virginia, Nevada: E. Hurd, Photographer. 140 South C. Street, (n. d.). Ca 1872. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Peach colored mount, with gold rule at the perimeter. Photographer imprint to verso. Photograph: 3-5/8" x 2-1/4". Mount: 4-1/4" x 2-1/2" Scarce Nevada pho…

Yorkshire Life Illustrated, January - December 1956, Volume X

J B Priestley and many others · 1956 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

The Whitethorn Press Ltd, Manchester, 1956. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Twelve monthly issues of the Yorkshire Life Illustrated magazine bound together in clean pale blue hard covers with gilt lettering on spine. Includes original coloured cover…

Children of the Lamp

P.B. Kerr · 2004 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, The Scholastic Press, 2004 . First edition. Paperback. A first edition, first impression proof copy of the first book in P.B. Kerr's children's series, in the original presentation box. An uncorrected proof copy. The first edition, first impression of the work.…

Noble Essences: or Courteous Revelations: Being A Book Of Characters And The Fifth And Last Volume Of Left Hand Right Hand! An Autobiography

SITWELL, Osbert · 1950 · Cotswold Internet Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Macmillan & Co Ltd , 1950. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket . 1950 1st edition with B&W illustrations; light wear to cover edges. Dust jacket not price-clipped with wear, tear and small losses to edges and corners and very slight discolouration. Otherwise, a cle…

A Handbook of the Birds of Eastern China (Chihli, Shantung, Kiangsu, Anwei, Kiangsi, Chekiang, Fohkien and Kwangtung Provinces) Vol. I-II

La Touche, J.D.D. · 1925 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

Taylor and Francis London xx, 500; xxiii, 566, 2 b/w frontispieces, 22 b/w plates, full-page line drawing, col map. . HB. 2 vols, 8vo, cloth, gilt title to spines. Vol. II: small stain to spine; slight bump to corner of front board; light stain to top edge of text block, minimal…

1909-1916 Charming French Diary of a Religious, Romantic Young Woman in Quebec’S Eastern Townships

UNKNOWN · 1909 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$399.99 (€362.91 | £302.76 | ¥63,873)

Eastern Township, Quebec. Softcover. On offer is an interesting journal written in rural Quebec, beginning in 1909 and concluding during World War One (WW1) in 1916. Despite the many time gaps in the entries, the author paints a picture of one young woman living in Quebec in the…

Lovely Britain

Mais, S. P. B. and Stephenson, Tom (edited by) · 1920 · Books & Bygones

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Book Good Fair Odhams London 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 7 x 10"; 514pp; green buckram with gilt, some spotting; dustwrapper, torn to top edge with some loss; must be 1920's, not a car in sight and horses working the land;

Materiali inediti dalla necropoli di Cumarola (Maranello di Modena) nel quadro dell'Eneolitico italiano.

BAGOLINI B. - FERRARI M. G. - GIACOBINI G. - GOLDONI M. - · 1983 · Libreria Piani

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

Trento, 1983, 8vo stralcio con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 39/78 con 28 illustrazioni. - ! ATTENZIONE !: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo, completo in se, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la st…

A Survey of the Antiquities of the City of Lincoln; the Stranger&Apos;S Guide Through Lincoln Cathedral

Anonymous · 1840 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

Lincoln, W. and B. Brooke, 1840-1848. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of two very scarce, anonymously authored, works on Lincoln and its Cathedral. Two signed very scarce first edition works bound together. The British Library suggests these two works were typic…

Brief History of Old English Porcelain and its Manufactories, A; with an Artistic, Industrial, and Critical Appreciation of their Productions

Solon, M. L. · 1903 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

London and Derby, Bemrose & Sons, Ltd, 1903 Blue/with cloth binding, 255 pages, 26 x 18 cm, Beautifully illustrated with 20 tissue-guarded colour plates and 72 in b/w. Not numbered. *Fine condition. Brief History of Old English Porcelain and its Manufactories, A; with an Artist…

Lytton Strachey: a critical biography: The Unknown Years 1880 - 1910 and The years of Achievement 1910 - 1932 (2 volume set)

HOLROYD, Michael · 1968 · Cotswold Internet Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1968. Used - Very Good. VG hardbacks in VG dust jackets, in slip case . 1968 1st US edition set of two volumes with B&W illustrations; volumes tightly bound in black cloth with silver lettering to spine and decoration to front. Dust jackets not price-cl…

Flore Francaise, ou descriptions succinctes de toutes les plantes qui croissent naturellement en France. Volumes 1-4 & 6.

Lamarck, J.-B. de & A.P. de Candolle · 1815 · Hermann L. Strack, Antiquarian Book Dealer

€352.00 ($387.97 | £293.66 | ¥61,953)

1815 (3rd ed.) Five volumes. cxvi, 224, 388, xii, 600, 731, 662, 11 engraved folded plates, 1 large handcoloured and folded map of France on thick paper, 1 folded table, contemporary quarter half calf or sheepskin (basane), spine gilt with red labels. Volume 5 (written by De Can…