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Picture Post - Hulton's National Weekly Magazine, April 17, 1943 - the Grip Tightens in Tunis

EDELMAN, MAURICE; HASTINGS, MACDONALD; FLORENCE, PHILIP SARGANT; LIVINGSTONE, SIR RICHARD · 1943 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$199.95 (€181.41 | £151.32 | ¥31,933)

London: Hulton Press, Ltd, 1943. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: Tunis - The Grip Tightens; After Tunis - The Next Step; Sir Stafford Cripps Visits An Aircraft Factory; Cast of a Barrie Play Entertain Scottish M.P.s on Stage; Night Operations - Report on a Live A…

Somersetshire Dialogues; or, Reminiscences Of The Old Farm House At Weston-super-Mare

1855 · Dodman Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Reynell And Weight, C E Wilson, Exceptionally scarce and very early, presumed first, edition of this curiosity, which presents a series of 'amusing' engravings before a short comic play where much fun is had at the expense of the Somerset dialect and accent. The drama be…

Punch and Judy, with Cruikshank's Etchings

1900 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

London, George Routledge and Co., . . Softcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Punch: "Ladies and Gentlemen, pray how you do? If you all happy, me all happy too. Stop and hear my merry littel play; If me make you laugh, me need not make you pay." No date of publication, but appears …

My Music, My Life.

SHANKAR, RAVI. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

New Dehli: Vikas Publishing House, 1995. 0706987535. With an Introduction by Yehudi Menuhin, and a complete manual on how to play the sitar. "My Music, My Life is more than the story of one man's remarkable life,for it embraces the history and theory of Indian music and the live…

John Bull's Other Island and Major Barbara: Also How He Lied to Her Husband

Shaw, Bernard · 1917 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

London, Archibald Constable & Co., Ltd., 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Bound in an olive-drab cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine, rubbed. Bumping to spine head and …

How kindergarten came to America : Friedrich Froebel's radical vision of early childhood education.

Marenholtz-Bülow, Bertha von. · 2007 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

[foreword by Herbert Kohl] ; translated from the German by Horace Mann. New York : The New Press, 2007. Paperback. 269 pp. - Originally published as Reminiscences of Friedrich Froebel, this enchanting 1894 account of the German inventor of kindergartens was instrumental in bring…

Audience. A Quarterly Review of the Arts. Volume V, Number 3. Summer 1958

Lowell, Robert; Sarton, May; Kumin, Maxine; Houghton, Firman; Williams, William Carlos; Cavanagh, Maura et al. Baskin, Leonard (artist) · 1958 · Mare Booksellers

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,111)

Cambridge, MA, Audience Press, 1958. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. 131 pp. Single issue of this little magazine devoted to literature and art. Front cover illustration by Leonard Baskin. Includes work by May Sarton, Maxine Kumin, Robert Lowell, William Carlos Williams, Rimbaud, and …

The World of Embroidery : July 1998 : Volume 49 No 4

GREY, MAGGIE (EDITOR) · 1998 · Godley Books

£7.25 (€8.69 | $9.58 | ¥1,530)

The Embroiderers' Guild 1998. 1998. Soft Cover, 11.75 x 8.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Faint crease down centre of magazine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 60pp. Embroidery magazine with featur…

A TRAMP ACTOR

Barnes, Elliott · 1886 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$137.50 (€124.75 | £104.06 | ¥21,960)

Chicago and New York: Belford Clark & Co, 1886. 1st Edition Thus (apparently also issued by Lovell in 1886). Not in Wright. Original decorative olive-green cloth. vi, 298 pp. Illustrated. 12mo. Average binding wear. Cocked. A Very Good copy. "A picaresque novel in the Twainsian …

Golliwog in Fairyland or How Edward the Teddy Bear Became a Knight

Cockrell, Maud · 1921 · Creaking Shelves Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Gowans & Gray Ltd, 1921. Soft Cover. Preface: This charming play owes it's attractiveness in large measure to the fact that it was written by the author, who is still a schoolgirl, at the age of sixteen. Hence its freshness, its directness, and its strong appeal to all young peo…

Desolation Row Newsletter. Community Psychosis for the Miami Valley

Moore, R. · 1986 · Mare Booksellers

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Yellow Springs, OH, R. Moore, Publisher, 1986. Unbound. Single leaf, approximately 17 by 10 inches, printed on both sides. A newsletter issued by a DJ at WYSO 91.3 FM in the Yellow Springs area of Ohio, promoting their show, Desolation Row. It aired on Friday nights at 1:30, and…

The Christian's Debt to His Country. A Sermon Delivered in Augusta, June 24, 1846, Before the Maine Missionary Society, at Its Thirty-Ninth Anniversary

Chickering, John W. et al. · 1846 · Mare Booksellers

$27.00 (€24.50 | £20.43 | ¥4,312)

Portland, William H. Cushing, Printer, 1846. Pamphlet. Pamphlet, lacking any wrappers issued. 53 pp. A sermon reflecting on religion and what role Christians should play in the society of the United States. Followed by a report from the Maine Missionary Society, giving an alphab…

The Rivals

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley · 1889 · Mare Booksellers

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,069)

New York, White and Allen, 1889. Cloth. Green cloth illustrated in gilt, black and red. Folio. xx, 61 pp. Color and black and white illustrations by Frank M. Gregory. All 5 color plates present as called for, with all black and white illustrations also apparently present. An ill…

Ernani: A Grand Opera in Four Acts. As Represented at the Royal Italian Opera, London, and the Academy of Music, New York

Verdi (composer) · 1860 · Mare Booksellers

$27.00 (€24.50 | £20.43 | ¥4,312)

New York, The Academy of Music, Publisher. Wraps. No date, perhaps circa 1860. Printed wraps. 21 pages. Double columned text in Italian and English, presenting the opera libretto. No music in this piece, perhaps as issued, as there is no evidence of removal. Front cover does men…

The Husband of an Hour. An Original Drama, in Two Periods. French's Standard Drama No. CCC

Falconer, Edmund · 1875 · Mare Booksellers

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

New York, Samuel French. Original Wraps. No date, circa 1875 based on OCLC records. Yellow wraps. 46 pages. Includes brief instructions on the costumes, as well as cast lists for London, New York and Providence, R.I. performances in 1857. A play set in the early part of Louis XV…

Educators on Trial: The Identification and Prevention of Classroom Malpractice

LEARY, JAMES · 1982 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$99.95 (€90.68 | £75.64 | ¥15,963)

Farmington, Michigan: Action Inservice, Inc, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 143 pages. Vividly describes how classroom malpractices can become education's most powerful influence during the next two decades. A sober reminder of the critical role that school-people play in the l…

Miniatures Showcase Magazine, Summer 1990 - Living Rooms and Family Rooms

MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTORS · 1990 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$49.95 (€45.32 | £37.80 | ¥7,977)

USA: Kalmbach, 1990. First Edition. Paperback. Features: The Rooms We Live In - living room feature; Miniature Storytelling - make your exhibit stand out by adding a touch of realism to your miniature display; Showcase - scenes include a Victorian parlor, a basement guest room, …

The Manila Hilton Filipiniana

CARUNUNGAN, CELSO AL. · 1968 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$89.95 (€81.61 | £68.07 | ¥14,366)

Quezon City, Philippines: Makiling Publishing House Inc, 1968. First Edition. Paperback. 248 pages. A bedside treasury of delightful and informative reading from the Philippines. Presented exclusively for guests of the Manila Hilton. Divided into the following sections: Portrait…

One Hundred and Seventy Five (175) Chess Brilliancies

WENMAN, P. · 1947 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$79.95 (€72.54 | £60.51 | ¥12,769)

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons (Canada), Ltd, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 19 x 13 x 2cm. Illustrated with 222 diagrams. Contains 95 complete games and 80 game endings (or composed positions). "Many very brilliant games and endings from both ancient and modern r…

The Greatest Games of All Time

COSTELLO, MATTHEW J. · 1991 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$49.95 (€45.32 | £37.80 | ¥7,977)

New Canaan, CT: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited, 1991. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0471529753. 178 pages including index. From Babylonian board games to Super Mario Brothers - a colorful history of games and their players. Illustrates dozens of games and puzzles, both anci…