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The Monthly Rainbow and Meteorologist. [Whole No. 92]
n.p. [Philadelphia?]: L. L. Chapman, 1857. Very Good. 4-page leaflet.19cm. Disbound (removed from a bound volume). Stitch marks, etc. along left side. No separate wrapper present. Chapman appears to have believed that sickness, eathquakes, storms, etc. were caused by excess electricity resulting from currents of light that struck the earth at particular angles from other bodies in our solar system. Chapman also wrote a book titled "Principia, or Nature's Full Principles " in which this odd theory may... Read More
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The Walla Walla. Two issues: Volume X, Nos. 13 and 17 (September 4 and October 2, 1937)
Shanghai: Second Corps, Fourth Marines, U. S. Marine Corps, 1937. Paperback. Very Good. illustrations, 34, 34p. Softcovers in original wrapper. 27 cm. Modest cover wear. Some browning and a little wrinkling along right edge. Small line at bottom of back cover indicates that issues of this weekly magazine were printed by The Willow Pattern Press in Shanghai. Japan seized control of Shanghai in 1937. The 4th Marines remained on duty in Shanghai to provide some protection for American... Read More
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Washington Tribune, Vol. XV, No. 36 (November 29, 1935)
1935. Paperback. Poor. 8p. Eight-page newspaper. 46 x 56 cm. High acid newsprint chipped and browned. Fragile, Loss of a few words along folds. African American Newspaper published in Washington, DC by the Tribune Publishing Company. Biggest headline: Legion Hits Communism. One of the other front page, non-sports headlines: Borah hits NAACP in Vote Bid.
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Report of the Task Group on Broadcasting in South and Southern Africa
Cape Town: Cape & Transvaal Printers, 1991. Paperback. Very Good. xxiii, 141p. Softcover in original wrapper. 30 cm.
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The Southern Workman, Vol. L, No. 4 (April, 1921)
Hampton, Va: Hampton Institute, 1921. Paperback. Very Good. photos, pp. [145]-192. Softcover in original wrapper. 26 cm. Cover lightly browned. Cover chipping. Partially unopened. Among the contents: "The New York Indians," by Arthur C. Parker (pages 155-160 with no photos); "Service of a Negro Hospital" by John A. Kenney about the John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital at Tuskegee Institute (pages 161-170 with 6 photos); and "Builders of a Community," by J. L. B. Buck, Directory of Extension Work... Read More
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Orient: A Magazine of Art & Culture, Vol. 1, No. 2 (April-May, 1923)
New York: Orient Society, 1923. Paperback. Good. photos, 32p. Softcover in original wrapper. 26cm. Cover is edge-worn and also partially split and detached along fold. An uncommon bi-monthly that seems to have ceased publication after its fourth issue.
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Egyptiens et Semites; Textes Originaux
Paris: Librairie L. Boral, 1895. Hardcover. Fine. frontis and other illustrations (by Calbet et Mittis), [10], 318p. Contemporary leather with original wrapper bound in. Gilt decoration on front cover of standing winged Egyptian woman (Mittis in gilt beneath image). 17cm. "P. M. L. 1895" in gilt at base of backstrip. Top edge gilt. Minor bits of rubbing only. "Collection Papyrus" L'Evolution des Lettres et des Artes (series). French text. An appealing little volume as specially bound.
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Masterpieces from the Pierpont Morgan Library
New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1996. Hardcover. Near Fine/no. illustrated, index, 310p. 30cm. "This special edition of In August Company has been prepared for the exhibition Masterpieces from the Pierpont Morgan Library.
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The Santa Fe Magazine. 8 issues: Vol. XIX, Nos. 2-4, 6-10, (January-March, April-September, 1925)
Chicago: Santa Fe Magazine, 1942. Paperback. Good. some black and white photos (nothing anywhere close to full-page), 128p. Softcover in original wrapper. 25 cm. Text double-columned. Some cover soiling and wear. internally sound and clean. Monthly company magazine for employees of the Santa Fe Railway System.
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Boletin de la Sociedad Mexicana de Geografia y Estadistica, Tomo LXXXVII, Nums. 1-3 (Enero-Julio de 1959)
[Mexico], 1959. Paperback. Very Good. 339p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23 cm. Text browned. Former owner's signature (Evon Z. Vogt). Spanish text. The lead article, which occupies most of this volume is "Estudio de Geografia Economica y Demografica de Chiapas," by Jorge A. Vivo Escoto (pp. 13-262). Vogt, the former owner of this copy, directed the Harvard Chiapas Project.
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Richmond Oil Stoves Manufactured under Hailes Patents: The Richmond Stove Co. Norwich Conn
Norwich, Conn: The Richmond Stove Co, n.d.. Very Good. Single sheet folded to form a folded 8-page illustrated brochure. 17 cm. Mayer, Merkel & Ottman, Lith. printed in lower right corner of cover page.
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Kazuko Hillyer Presents Bunraku: The National Puppet Theatre of Japan Under the Distinguished Patronage of Embassies and Consulates General of Japan, and the Japan Foundation
New York: Dunetz & Lovett, 1973. Paperback. Very Good. frontis, photos, (28)p. Softcover in original wrapper. Square 28 cm. Corners slightly rubbed.
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The Commonwealth, Vol. I, No. 1 (May 23, 1874)
Philadelphia, 1874. Very Good. 8p. Newspaper on decent newsprint. 59 cm. Later vertical fold. Splitting where folds intersect. Modest foxing and light soiling. Unopened along top edge. Announced itself as a Democratic family newspaper based on the principles of Jefferson. Other articles in this issue indicate that opposition to fair and equal treatment of African Americans was front and center among the causes that animated this Philadelphia newspaper. Probably a weekly. W. H. Witte may have been the... Read More
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Salute to a Great South African: Jan Christiaan Smuts, May 24, 1870
[Cape Town]: Central News Agency, 1950. Paperback. Good. 64p. Wrapper. 28cm. Cover scuffed and moderately edgeworn. Consists almost entirely of captioned photos.
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A Memorial of George Bradburn by his Wife
Boston: Cupples, Upham and Company, 1883. Hardcover. Good. frontis (portrait), illustration, vi, 250p. Original brown cloth. 19 cm. Cover bright. Spine sloped. Ex Lib (Bigelow Free Public Library label). Oval library stamp embossed on title-leaf and at least one other leaf. Other library labels and markings. Title-leaf mostly detached along inner edge.
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Twentieth Century Black Artists in America. Special List 15
New York: J.N. Herlin Inc, 1982. Paperback. Very Good. (11)p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. Minor cover curl and some browning. Booksellers catalog. 101 items listed with prices ranging from $1.50 to $75 (for "The Negro Artist Comes of Age" published in 1945). Tom Wirth credited as Editorial Assistant.
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Royal Visit to Jamaica February 1955. [cover title]
n.p., n.d.. Hardcover. Good. 28p. 15cm. Stitching weakening. No Jacket. Cover pocket contains a 46-page stapled booklet titled "Appendices to the Programme of the Visit to Jamaica of Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret, February, 1955" which lays out her planned itinerary, routes to be taken, names of those to be formally presented to the Princess, etc.
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The White Race Herald, Vol. I, No. 5 (October 1930)
New York, 1930. Paperback. Very Good. ill & photo (portraits), 8p. No separate wrapper. 31cm. Text in three columns. Modest browning. Edited by James Denson Sayers. An uncommon racist monthly issued by the White League, June 1930-March 1931 (only 10 issues published). Lead article in this issue is "The Negrophile is Civilization's most Virulent Enemy," by George Allen England (filling pages 1-3 and concluded on the bottom half of the first column on page 4). England, 1877-1936, was... Read More
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The Princeton Theatre Intime presents "Make Mine Sherry" or = Clear This Awhile =
Princeton, 1947. Paperback. Very Good. photos, (16)p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23 cm.
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Churchill's Annals: Being a Compleat View of the Glorious Actions of the Great Duke of Marlborough, Both in the Field and in the Cabinet. With His Character
London: Printed for John Clark and Sold by S. Popping, 1722. Second edition. Paperback. Very Good. viii, 48p. Softcover pamphlet. Disbound (removed from a bound volume). 19 cm. Moderately browned. Very Good.
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Wendingen. 1930 Series, No. 10 (Rothenburg ob der Taber)
Santpoort: C. A. Mees, 1930. Paperback. Very Good. Illustrated. 18p. Printed on double-fold paper. Softcover in original tied wrapper. Square 34 cm. Minor wear and some light cover foxing. Dutch text.
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The Southern Workman, Vol. XLVIII, No. 8 (August, 1919)
Hampton, Va: Hampton Institute, 1919. Paperback. Very Good. photos, pp. [373]-420. Softcover in original wrapper. 26 cm. Partially unopened. Among the contents: "Our Native Craftsmen," by Natalie Curtis (pp. 389-396 with 6 photos); "Thrift and Co-operation among Negroes," by George N. Blount (pages 397-399 with no photos); and "Up-Stream," a short story about, Flintface, a Native American youth somewhere in the Carolinas, by William Justin Harsha, a white Presbyterian minister (pages 400-405 with no photos).
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Souvenir of Shanghai
Chicago: Curt Teich & Co, 1920. Good. 20 postcard sized color photos printed on both sides of a strip of ten paostcard-sized leaves which are folded accordion-style. A 21st color image is printed on the folder. 16 x 11 cm. Folder partially split along main fold. ou.
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Synthesis: A New Magazine of the Arts, Vol. 1, No. 1 (June, 1969)
London: Synthesis Publications, 1969. Paperback. Very Good. illustration, photos, 26p. Softcover in original wrapper. 25 cm. Edges of cover slightly soiled. Edited by Peter Fuller. John Edgington was Assistant editor.
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Cultura Universitaria: Revista Trimestral Organo de la Direccion de la Universidad de Venezuela. [Five Issues]: Nos. LXXX/LXXXI, LXXXVII, LXXXVIII, XC, & XCIII
Caracas, 1966. Paperback. Good. Softcover in original wrapper. 24 cm. Light foxing & edge-wear. Spanish text. All five issues dated between 1962 and 1966.
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