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Me, Myself, And Why: Searching For The Science Of Self

Jennifer Ouellette · 2014 · Book Haven

NZ$11.50 (€5.76 | $6.35 | £4.81 | ¥1,014)

Penguin 2014 Paperback, 336pp. As diverse as people appear to be, all of our genes and brains are nearly identical. In Me, Myself, and Why, Jennifer Ouellette dives into the miniscule ranges of variation to understand just what sets us apart. She draws on cutting-edge research i…

American Political Ribbons and Ribbon Badges, 1825-1981

Fischer, Roger (and) Edmund Sullivan · 1985 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.75 | ¥23,155)

Lincoln, Mass, Quarterman Publications, 1985. Hardcover. Blue casebound book with the title in debossed silver lettering down the spine and across the front cover. There is a matte gray dust jacket with the title printed in black down the spine. Pages: (4), v-x, (2), 1-394. Illu…

Manhunt Detective Story Monthly: March, Mar. 1953

MANHUNT (MICKEY SPILLANE; RICHARD S. PRATHER; LESLIE CHARTERIS; CRAIG RICE; BRUNO FISCHER; FRANK KANE; WILLIAM LINDSAY GRESHAM; HAROLD Q. MASUR; EVAN HUNTER; ROBERT PATRICK WILMOT; FLOYD MAHANNAH; RICHARD MARSTEN) · 1953 · Books from the crypt

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

NY, Flying Eagle Publications. 1953. SingleIssueMagazine. Book, Vol. 1, No. 3. Edited by John McCloud. Cover art by Downes. Includes "Everybody's Watching Me" (pt. 3) by Mickey Spillane; "The Sleeper Caper" (novelette) by Richard S. Prather; "The Loaded Tourist" (novelette) by L…

The History of Trucking in Manitoba - the Manitoba Trucking Association 1900-1997

HARRIS, AL: EDITOR; ROSTECKI, RANDY R. · 1997 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$99.95 (€90.68 | £75.65 | ¥15,961)

Manitoba: Friesens, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1550565389. "A testament to the men and women who have contributed, in any way, to the movement of freight by truck in Manitoba. From the earliest pioneers to the modern day fleet owner, all have had the vision and the in…

A Serious and Friendly Address To some of the Inhabitants of [mutilated], And others inclinable to Skepticism and Infidelity.

[MORRIS (Thomas)], of Barton: · 1778 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Barton, Printed for, and sold by, J. Wilbar in Barton, Of whom may be had Books and Writing Paer of all Sorts, Quils, Pens, Ink, Wax, Slaes, Magazines, &c. also Penknives and Paying Cards, [no date] [c. 1778]. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8vo (in 4s), 200 x 128 mms., pp. [iii] iv, 4…

Rules and Instructions for Playing at Skittles. By a Society of Gentlmen.

SKITTLES. · 1786 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.32 | $1,651.42 | ¥263,711)

[London]: Printed for G. Kearsley..., 1786. A printed leaf, 448 x 288, printed on one side only, with coloured illustration of eight men playing skittles at top, the layout of the court or ground, and rules; stained on left-hand side, top margin chipped, two holes in imprint, ra…

Corduroy. (With illustrations in colour and black and white by the late Harry Becker).

BELL, ADRIAN. · 1951 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London:The Country Book Club, 1951. 0. Illustrated edition. Revised text and illustrated in colour and line by the late Harry Becker. "Although Becker died in 1928, it is felt that in him has been found an ideal illustratior for Adrian Bell, an example, indeed, of how two men, d…

A River Never Sleeps. {Signed by Haig-Brown}.

RODERICK HAIG-BROWN. · 1948 · Bruce Cave Fine Books

$185.00 (€167.85 | £140.03 | ¥29,542)

London. Collins. 14 St. James Place. 1948. Octavo (8 x 5 1/2). 320 pp. First United Kingdom Edition. Signed by Roderick Haig-Brown on the half-title page. Illustrated by Stephen Russ. Haig-Brown writes eloquently about fishing in his home rivers, the Campbell and the Nimpkish, a…

Ten Nights in a Bar Room, and What I Saw There.

ARTHUR, T.S. · 1898 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Glasgow: Scottish Temperance League, nd. (c.1898). 74th thousand. A temperance novel, written expressly to discourage readers from drinking alcohol. 16.4cms x 11cms. Pp.156/4(blank)/`16 (publisher's catalogue), presnetation message to front free endpaper, free endpapers tanned. …

Mawson's Huts. An Antarctic Expedition Journal.

MCGREGOR, ALASDAIR. · 1998 · Chilton Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

Alexandria, NSW: Hale & Iremonger, 1998. 0868066532. In 1912, an expedition, led by geologist Dr Douglas Mawson, landed on a remote Antarctic peninsula. Over the next two years they struggled against appalling winds and cold, leading to the death of Mawson's two companions. His …

The Chroniclers (The Old West)

WHEELER, KEITH · 1976 · Godley Books

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,215)

Time Life Books. 1976. Faux Leather, 11 x 8.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked embossed boards and no bumping to corners with the smallest traces of storage. 240pp. By the editors of Time-Life …

Miniaturen der Zeit Napoleons aus der Sammlung Tansey / Miniatures from the the of Napoleon in the Tansey Collection.

Pappe, Bernd & Juliane Schmieglitz-Otten & contributions by H. Boeckh, B. Falconi, N. Lemoine-Bouchard, B. Pappe: · 2020 · Scriptum Art Books v.o.f.

€65.00 ($71.64 | £54.23 | ¥11,440)

2020, (23 x 29,5 cm), 452 pp. English / German text, 225 colour ills., hardcover. The publication focuses on 150 portrait miniatures from the age of Napoleon I. They provide us with an astonishingly direct view of people who lived in this turbulent, war-torn period. The works ar…

John Heartfield. Fotografie plus dynamiet.

HEARTFIELD - Lammert, Angela & Rosa von der Schulenburg & Anna Schultz: · 2021 · Scriptum Art Books v.o.f.

€29.90 ($32.96 | £24.94 | ¥5,263)

01 2021, (21,5 x 27,5 cm), 312 pp. Dutch text, 240 ills., hardcover. De waarheid laten zien, de feiten weergeven, 'de leugen op zijn smoel slaan'. Zo beschrijft de graficus, animatiekunstenaar en decorontwerper John Heartfield in 1967 tijdens een interview het doel van zijn poli…

Netsuke in comparison. Motifs and Their Variations.

Langegger, FlorianL · 2019 · Scriptum Art Books v.o.f.

€55.00 ($60.62 | £45.88 | ¥9,680)

01 2019, (23 x 29 cm), 240 pp English/ german text, 800 ills. in colour and b/w, hardcover. Netsuke – classic belt decorations for men – are rooted in a historical, mythological and artistic tradition in Japanese culture. Woodcarvers and their pupils, even counterfeiters, contin…

Wat zijn sculpturen waard

Stuurman, Reinold & Janny (red): · 2014 · Scriptum Art Books v.o.f.

€9.95 ($10.97 | £8.30 | ¥1,751)

2014, (17 x 24 cm), 296 pp., Dutch text, some 2200 ills., paperback. Booksale 2018: 29,95 nu 9,95 euro - Wat zijn sculpturen waard bevat ruim 2200 afbeeldingen van sculpturen, van de vroege middeleeuwen t/m de twintigste eeuw, met richtprijzen van wat men betaalt bij de kunst…

THE ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS.

Owen, Frank and Atkins, H. W., · 1945 · A Book for all Reasons

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

HMSO, London, 1945, 1st edn., paperback, 72pp, half tone photo ills. throughout, double page 2 colour maps of the North African campaign 1942/3, separate map of Tunisia, cap badges of regiments inside wrappers, stapled coloured pictorial wrappers by Eric Kennington, 9 x 7", a b…

MERCHANTMEN AT WAR.

[Hodson, J. L.], poems by John Masefield, · 1944 · A Book for all Reasons

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

HMSO, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 143pp, many half tone photos and maps, two original poems by John Masefield, large format (9 x 7 inches approx.), stapled photo pictorial wrappers, the official account of the Merchant Navy from 1939 to 1944, the ships and the m…

ROOF OVER BRITAIN : The Official Story of Britain's Anti-Aircraft Defences 1939-1942.

[Cotterell, Anthony], · 1943 · A Book for all Reasons

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

HMSO, London, 1943, 1st edn., paperback original, 88pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., printed by Whitefriars Press, London and Tonbridge, stapled pictorial wrappers by A. Games, about 8 x 5 inches, the official story of Britain's anti-aircraft defences 1939-1942, covers the aspec…

ROOF OVER BRITAIN : The Official Story of Britain's Anti-Aircraft Defences 1939-1942.

[Cotterell, Anthony], · 1943 · A Book for all Reasons

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

HMSO, London, 1943, 1st edn., paperback original, 88pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., printed by Whitefriars Press, London and Tonbridge, stapled pictorial wrappers by A. Games, about 8 x 5 inches, the official story of Britain's anti-aircraft defences 1939-1942, covers the aspec…

WAFFEN SS.

Windrow, Martin, · 1973 · A Book for all Reasons

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Osprey, Reading, 1973, reprint, paperback, 40pp, half tone ills. line drawings and 8pp coloured ills. by Michael Roffe in text, large format (9.5 x 7 inches approx.), pictorial montage upper wrapper, in the Men-at- Arms series, an illustrated account of the Waffen-SS, the major…