The Private Life of Galileo, Compiled Principally from His Correspondence and That of his Eldest Daughter, Sister Maria Celeste [Prospectus]
by Anonymous
Boston: Nichols and Noyes, 1870. Softcover.
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The Russian Impostor: Or, the History of Muskovie, Under the Usurpation of Boris and the Imposture of Demetrius, Late Emperors of Muskovy
by Anonymous [Manley, Sir Roger]
London: Printed by J. C. for Thomas Basset, at the George in Fleet Street, near Cliffords Inne, 1674. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 6 3/4 x 4; pp. [8], 1-250; 3/4 polished calf and marbled boards; rebacked; spine in 5 panels with raised bands and gilt decorations; engraved printer's device to title page verso; engraved vignette at beginning of first chapter; thin rubbed line along hinge of title page obscuring the first letter of the title;... Read More
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Kazki pro tsyhaniv (Tales of the Gypsies)
by Anonymous [Hryshko, Vasyl]
Scranton, PA: Ukrainian Book Store, 1919. Softcover. First edition; 6 x 4 1/2; pp. [1], 4-30; light brown wraps, ruled with an intricate border; thin closed cut to tail of spine; mild age-toning to margins; very good condition. A mysterious little work, it was, presumably, written and published by Vasyl Hryshko, who was considered by some the first Ukrainian bookseller in the United States. Humorous and, at the same time, offensive and steeped in stereotypes, the book contained poems and... Read More
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The Common Theme
by Anson, John S.
Berkeley, California: Printed for the Author by Wesley B. Tanner, 1985. First Edition. Very good. First edition, 1 of 125 copies; 10 x 8; pp. [4], 7-38, [2]; black wraps with white paper labels to front wrap and spine; letterpress on Tovil handmade paper; a few minor scratches to wraps and light wear; in very good or better condition. A wonderful compilation of poetry, it was written by UC Berkeley educator, poet, and psychologist John Anson (1936 - )... Read More
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A Saga of Transportation. Packarg Building
by Anthony, Earle C.
San Francisco: By the author, 1927. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 9 3/4 x 6; pp. [20]; orange pictorial wraps; illustrated with black-and-white drawings; mild vertical crease and a bit of wear to tips of spine and corners; light age-toning and spotting to margins of wraps; in very good condition. An interesting piece of transportation history, the booklet was published by Earle C. Anthony (1880 - 1961), a California businessman, mainly working with automobiles, philanthropist, and inventor. He... Read More
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Pesni kosmosa i zemli (Songs of the Cosmos and the Earth)
by Ant, Vladimir
San Frantsisko (San Francisco): By the author, 1971. Softcover. First edition; 8 1/2 x 5 1/4; pp. III-VI, 1-72, [2]; textured, off-white wraps, printed in black; minor wear to tips of spine and corners; small spot to front wrap, else clean; illustrated with drawings by the author; near fine condition. Published by a Russian emigre poet and member of the Society of Egyptologists in France, the cycle of lyrical poems often draw on mythology and history and is divided in... Read More
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Mimicry as an Art, or Wildlife-calling and Birdsong-whistling for Pastime or Profit. Harvested Amidst the Mystic Ruins of San Antonio de Padua of the Coastal Sierras of California [Manuscript "Debut-Edition"]
by Aristo van Clespe, Philip, Major
Little Rock, Arkansas: By the author, 1942. Very good. First edition; 9 x 12; pp. 1-33 (recto only); original bright red stapled wraps; mimeographed text; a few faint spots to covers; minor creasing to upper corners; small rubbed spot to back cover; internally fine; overall very good to near fine condition. An uncommon publication, it presented a study on the psychology of mimicry and gave lengthy explanations and examples of the different sounds and the precise way of executing... Read More
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Na Puti k Materinstvu [Stenogramma Publichnoi Lektsii, Prochitannoi v Tsentralʹnom Lektorii Obshchestva v Moskve]
by Arkhangel'skii, B. A.
Moscow: Pravda, 1949. Softcover. First edition; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; pp. 29; stapled printed wraps; minor chipping to tips of spine; faint wear to corners; illustrated with photographs and engravings; very good to near fine. “Vsesoiuznoe Obshchestvo po Rasprostraneniiu Politicheskikh i Nauchnykh Znanii†(The All-Union Society for the Dissemination of Political and Scientific Knowledge) replaced the ‘League of Militant Atheists’, or ‘The Union of the Godless’, in 1947. The League had been formed in 1925, by the Communist... Read More
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Kto v Reke Zhivet (What Lives in the River)
by Arkhangel'skii, V.
Moskva: Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo Detskoi Literatury, 1956. Soft cover. First edition; staple-bound 8 ¾†x 11; pp. 3-14, [2] including text to last page; original pictorial wraps; wear along spine with a small vertical cut to tail; crease line to tip of upper corner of front cover; b & w illustrations; very good. A charming story describing of the critters living in the river.
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Po napravleniiu k sebe. Chetvertaia kniga stikhov, 1972 - 1976
by Armalinskii, Mikhail
Los Anzheles (Los Angeles): ALMANAC-Press, 1980. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 8 x 5 1/4; pp. [2], 5-102, [8]; pictorial wraps in black and white; light wear along edges and a few minor spots to wraps; very good condition. Mikhail Izrailevich Armalinskii-Peltsman (1947 - ) is a controversial Russian-American poet, author, blogger, and publisher. Born in Leningrad, Armalinskii was educated as an engineer, but he was also well-known throughout the city's literary underground, where he published several samizdat... Read More
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The World's Columbian Exposition. Portfolio of Views Issued by the Department of Photography
by Arnold, C. D.
Chicago: National Chemigraph Company, 1893. Very good. First edition of this variant (also published in cloth-over-boards, with a larger number of plates); oblong 10 x 12; pp. [24]; light-gray, card stock, pictorial wraps - tied with a decorative string; images and captions to rectos only; mild spotting to margins of wraps; a tiny rubbed spot to lower corner of back wrap (removed bookshop label); in about very good condition. A beautiful book showcasing some of the buildings of the... Read More
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Peter Arno's Circus [Signed, Limited Edition]
by Arno, Peter
S. l. (New York): Horace Liveright, 1931. Very good. Edition limited to 110 copies (this copy #85); 12 x 9; pp. [84]; textured paper in orange and blue over boards and 1/4 cloth; a faint scratch and small rubbed spot to lower half of front board; light fading and wear to margins and corners; in very good condition. Signed by Arno on the limitation page. Peter Arno, nee Curtis Arnoux Peters, Jr. (1904 - 1968) has been described as... Read More
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The Skin. Its Beauty and How to Preserve It
by Arthur, James
Detroit, MI: Stearns, Perfumer (ie. Stearns & Co.), 1902. Very good. First edition; 4 1/2 x 3 1/2; pp. [8]; unusual, semi-transparent, glassine wraps, printed in red; illustrated with a lithographed image and a photograph; a few light ceases to wraps; last leaf's lower corner clipped (resulting in loss of a few letters on the last page); overall in very good condition. Frederick Stearns & Company was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century pharmaceutical and perfume manufacturer in Detroit,... Read More
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Maurice Arthus' Philosophy of Scientific Investigation. Preface to De l'Anaphylaxie a l'Immunite, Paris, 1921
by Arthus, Maurice; [Translated by] Sigerist, Henry
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1943. First Edition. Very good. First edition in book form (initially appearing in "Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Volume XIV, Number 3, October, 1943, pages 363 - 390"); 10 1/4 x 7 1/4; pp. [4], 1-26, [2]; orange paper over boards, printed in black; slight fading to spine cover and a bit of wear to corners; a small gift inscription toffep; in very good condition. Signed by translator and author of the... Read More
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[Sociology] Sotsiologicheskoe Izuchenie Sela: Sotsial'naia Struktura, Trud, Upravlenie (Materialy k Vsesoiuznomu Simpoziumu po Sotsiologicheskim Problemam Sela v g. Krasnodare, 27-31 maia 1968 g.)
by Arutiunian, Iurii. V.; et al [edited by]
Moskva: Sotsiologicheskaia Assotsiatsiia SSSR, 1968. Soft cover. First edition; 5 ¾†x 8"; pp. [2], 5-223; original beige wraps; wear mostly to head and tail of spine with two small closed cuts to tail of spine; very good.
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Now Your Town Can Have a 'Professional Riot!'
by (Alert Americans Association)
S. l. (Los Angeles): By the authors, 1965. Very good. Broadside, n. d. (ca 1965); 13 x 8 1/2; off-white stock, printed in black; small spots to corners from previously being attached with tape; a bit of creasing; in very good condition. A famous satirical poster of the 1960s, it was published by the radical, right-wing, anti-communist organization Alert Americans Association based in Los Angeles and represented a political satire - aimed at mocking the civil rights and anti-Vietnam... Read More
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The A. W. A. Bulletin, Vol. 7, No. 10
by American Woman's Association
New York: American Woman's Association, 1936. Very good. Single issue; 13 1/2 x 10 1/2; pp. [1], 2-4; illustrated with small photographs; a bit of age-toning to margins; old, vertical crease lines; in about very good condition. Founded in 1911, the American Woman's Association (AWA) was the final product of the joining of various societies and organizations, supporting women's rights and championing their professional and cultural advancement. The association would be officially dissolved in 1974. In the current issue... Read More
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Psikhicheskii mir zhenshchiny. Ego osobennosti, prevoskhodstva i nedostatki (The Psychological World of Women. Its Peculiarities, Advantages, and Disadvantages)
by Astafev, P. E. (Petr Evgenevich Astafev)
Moska (Moscow): V Universitetskoi tipografii (M. Katkov), 1881. First Edition. Good. First edition; 8 1/2 x 5 3/4; pp. [3], II-IV, [1], 4-60; textured, burgundy paper over boards and 1/4 black morocco; paper rubbed along ages; leather on spine cover brittle and chipping; text mostly bright and clean, with a few spots to title page only; good or better condition. Petr Astafev (1846 - 1893) was a Russian philosopher, psychologist, and educator. Although a relatively-minor name in the history... Read More
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Asterperious. 319th Heavy Bombardment Squadron in the South-West Pacific Area
by [As told to] Tierney, Frank; [By] Kenney, Captain Roger B.
Sidney: Angus and Robertson Ltd., 1944. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 9 3/4 x 7 1/4; pp. [6], 1-62, [4]; pictorial cloth over boards; a few small, slight worn spots to bottom edge; mild wear to tips of spine; illustrated with numerous photographs; very good condition. A scarce book with a striking cover art, it documented two years of the service of Asterperious - 319th Squadron of the 90th Bombardment Group, the latter known as the Jolly Rogers.... Read More
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Muchnye i krupianye izdeliia (Flour and Cereal Dishes)
by Astravlianchik, Nina
Minsk: Polymia, 1983. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 7 3/4 x 5; pp. 3-142, [1]; glossy, green, illustrated wraps; slight, vertical crease to margin of front wrap; light wear to tips of spine and corners; a small rubbed spot to back wrap; illustrated with drawings at the beginning of each chapter; very good condition. An all-encompassing collection of recipes with various grains, the book features cakes, porridge, puddings, and more.
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The Sisters-in-law. A Novel of Our Time [Signed by Author]
by Gertrude Atherton
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1921. First edition [limited, autographed]; 5 x 7 1/2; pp. [12], 3-341, [3]; original blue boards; wear along edges of spine; few spots to covers; front hinge reinforced with a thin linen strip; pages mostly very clean; good to very good condition. Gertrude Atherton was born in 1857 in San Francisco. She began writing as means of supporting herself after the tragic deaths of her husband and son. She has often been compared... Read More
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The Youth's Natural History of Animals
by [Atwood, Moses Gilman]
Concord, NH: Published by M. G. Atwood, 1832. Second printing (?); 2 1/2 x 4; pp. 16; brown illustrated wraps bound with a string; a bit of age-toning to lower half of front wraps; a few small nicks and cuts along spine; minor foxing to pages; illustrated with woodcuts; very good. An early children's book and number 3 in Atwood's natural history series, it teaches children interesting facts about a variety of wild and domestic animals including elephant, sheep, lion,... Read More
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Cage, Spring 1991
by Aubin, C.; et al.
Walnut, CA: By the authors, 1991. Very good. First edition; 8 1/2 x 7; pp. 1-32; monochrome, pictorial wraps; illustrated with drawings; light age-toning to margins, else minor wear; in very good to near fine condition. Poetry and articles by Southern California youngsters.
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Zhizn' Drevnego Cheloveka
by Augusta, Iozef; [Illustrated by] Burian Zdenek
Prague: Artiia, 1971. Hardcover. Sixth edition; 10 x 13 3/4; pp. 65 + 52 plates; linen over board illustrated in brown; very slight bumps to corners, else minor wear; near fine. Joseph Augusta (1903 - 1968) was a Czech paleontologist, geologist, and author of numerous works. His narrative on the evolution of man the Australopithecus to the Later Paleolithic Man is greatly enhanced by the stunning color plates, each with a short description, by artist Zdenek Burian.
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Voprosy Razvitiia Iazyka i Dialektov v Svete Trudov I. V. Stalina po Iazykoznaniiu
by Avanesov, R. I.
Moscow: Pravda, 1951. Softcover. First edition; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; pp. 30; stapled printed wraps; minor wear to tips of spine; near fine. “Vsesoiuznoe Obshchestvo po Rasprostraneniiu Politicheskikh i Nauchnykh Znanii†(The All-Union Society for the Dissemination of Political and Scientific Knowledge) replaced the ‘League of Militant Atheists’, or ‘The Union of the Godless’, in 1947. The League had been formed in 1925, by the Communist Party, as an atheistic and anti-religious organization of common workers and intelligentsia.... Read More
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