Orientalism and War
by Barkawi, Tarak adn Keith Stanski (editors)
New York: Columbia University Press, 2012. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. New in black cloth boards with gilt title to spine. In new illustrated dust jacket with white title to spine. Clean and bright with illustrations. 346 pages. MIL/022015.
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Maureen's Fairing: and Other Stories
by Barlow, Jane; illustrated by Bertha Newcombe
London: J.M. Dent, 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition of this charming book of short stories by Barlow. With six illustrations by Newcombe. Bound in original light green cloth with gilt tilting to spine and front cover, with gilt illustration also on cover. Light bumping, darkening to spine, and a few stains but still nice. T.e.g... Other edges untrimmed. Decorated endpapers with offsetting. Interior pages are clean with some aging to page margins. Very good condition. Measures... Read More
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The Alliance: America-Europe-Japan, Makers of the Postwar World (PRESENTATION COPY)
by Barnet, Richard J.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Hardcover. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. FIRST EDITION. Red cloth backed, grey paper covered boards with silver title to spine. Author's inscription on front free end page. Else is clean and bright with many photographic illustrations. White illustrated dust jacket with black title to front and spine panels. 511 pages. American History. AME11082.
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Catalogue of the Browning Collection at The University of Texas
by Barnes, Warnerm compiler
[Austin, Humanities Research Center, 1966]. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Minus. Hardcover. First edition. One of 1000 copies. A chronological list of all manuscripts, letters, and books by the Brownings in the University of Texas's Browning collection. Bound in white cloth in cream pictorial dust jacket. Near fine in chipped dust jacket. 120 pages.
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Great Moments of Yachting
by Barrault, Jean Michel
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good white cloth boards with a little foxing and slightly faded spine. Small area of grey paint to top corner of rear board. Nice grey endpapers; Beautiful b/w and color photographs, diagrams of yachting; 164 pages. Maritime. MARIT/10032.
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The Vine and the Branches: A History of the Catholic Church in Lake Charles
by Barras, Lloyd G.
Lloyd G. Barras (self published), 1993. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Uncommon. Thick quarto. An extensive history of Catholics in this area of Louisiana. Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Penned ownership markings to front endpapers. IIncludes black and white photographic illustrations and chapters on St. Charles Academy, Landry Memorial School, the Sisters' Hospital, various parishes in the area, St. Louis High School, and multiple priests. 420 pages. REL/062520. ... Read More
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Italian Influence on American Literature: An Address by C. Waller Barrett and a Catalogue of an Exhibition of Books, Manuscripts and Art showing this Influence on American Literature and Art. Held at the Grolier Club, October 17 to December 10, 1961
by Barrett, C. Waller
New York: Grolier Club, 1962. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. LIMITED EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. 1 of 850 copies of which 100 special copies were not for sale. Inscribed "For Meda and Dean Tilman with happy memories of that wonderful tour of The Cities of the Danube, September 10 1977 Waller." The Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature now resides in the Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia. Bound in grey paper boards with tan... Read More
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List of Latin American History and Description in the Columbus Memorial Library
by Barrett, John (director)
Washington, D.C.: Gibson Brothers, 1907. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. SCARCE. Very good in stapled off-white paper wraps with black title to front panel. Small open tear to front wrap near spine. 96 pages. Books on Books. BOB411231.
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Philosophy in the Twentieth Century. An Anthology. (4 vol. Set)
by Barrett, William and Aiken, Henry, edits
New York: Random House, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good. Cream cloth boards with gray and black title to spine. Interior clean and bright. 4 vol. This set may require an extra shipping fee. Philosphy. PHIL/111106.
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The Ancestor: A Quarterly Review of County and Family History, Heraldry and Antiquities -- Number X.
by Barron, Oswald (editor)
London: Archibald Constable & Co LTD, 1904. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. VG in faded red boards. Heavy chipping to spine ends. Browning to spine and title label. Browning to end pages which are brittle. Else is clean and bright. Illustrations throughout. Genealogy. GENEAL02/120499.
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Bartholomew's British Isles Contour Motoring Map
by Bartholomew, John
Edinburgh: John Bartholomew and Son, Ltd. Map. Very Good. Map. Sturdy stock map with red cover. Folds out to oversized map: scale 1/16 per mi. In very good condition with no fading or edgewear. In 4 colors. Travel Pamphlets. TRAV/1163.
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Nathaniel Tarn, a descriptive bibliography
by Bartlett, Lee
Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc, 1987. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. American Poetry Contemporary Bibliography Series, No. 2. First Edition. Brown cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. 125 pages. Illustrated. BOB/111616.
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Uno Sguardo ai Problemi Triestini. 40 Articoli 1957 - 1959
by Bartoli, Gianni
Trieste, 1959. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Very good in oversize blue wraps with black title to front cover. 74 pages. Italian. ITA11172.
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Every Book Its Reader: The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World
by Basbanes, Nicholas
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. A handsome first edition of this fifth book to be written by Basbanes on the world of books, authors, and literary scholarship. This work examines a specific aspect of book culture - what can we know about influential past and present figures by what they read. Bound in a bright blue cloth binding with gilt titling to spine. In a white and black dust jacket with a red spine with... Read More
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The Pilgrims' March
by Bashford, H. H.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Red cloth boards white title to front cover. White titling has chipped off of spine completely and is heavily chipped on front cover. A few small dampstains to covers and spine. Occasional small spots of soiling to interior, but clean overall. 320 pages. LIT/100318.
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Saudi Arabia through the Eyes of an Artist
by Basil, Malin
Falcon Press, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. PRESENTATION COPY, signed by the author in Riyadh, December, 1980. Malin Basel was born in Sweden, and she moved to Saudi Arabia in 1968 with her husband. Because of restrictions on opportunities for women, she began an artistic career. She painted local scenes showing the contrasts between ancient Muslim lifestyle and modern encroachments, as well as the effects of vivid natural light and shadows. "A delightful book with some 80... Read More
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Coral Island: Portrait of an Atoll
by Bates, Marston and Abbott, Donald
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. This book is a portrait of Ifaluk, an atoll in the Caroline group situated west of the Marshalls and north of New Guinea. The authors spent several months there in 1953 on a scientific expedition to study the relationship of man to his environment in an island setting largely untouched by civilization. [Dust jacket] Particularly important are the local fishing industry and life on the coral reef. Marston... Read More
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A Select Bibliography of Modern Economic Theory 1870-1929
by Batson, Harold E. [compiler]
London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1930. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Hard Cover. This work is part of a series on Studies in Economics and Political Science, edited by the Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. It is No. 6 in a Series of Bibliographies by writers connected with the School. Introduction by Liobel Robbins. Includes a Subject Bibliography divided into Scope and Method of Economic Science, Systematic Treatises, Production, Value and Distribution, Personal... Read More
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Fifty Years of Columbianism in Maryland
by Bauernschub, John P.
Maryland State Council Knights of Columbus, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue leatherette covered boards with gilt title to spine and front board. Emblem to front board. Slight bumping tp spine ends. Slight yellowing to edges of pages. Else is very clean with bright text and illustrations. Tight binding. A nice copy. 277 pages. MD/012705.
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Baltimore and the Draft. A Historical Record
by Bauer, Wm. E. And John P. Judge
Baltimore: The District Board of Baltimore City, 1919. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. SCARCE TITLE. This is a fascinating historical document published immediately after the end of World War I, documenting the history of the draft in Baltimore that was instituted in 1917 after President Woodrow Wilson declared that the United States could no longer remain neutral against Germany. Congress passed a Declaration of War on April 6, 1917, and the Selective Service Act was approved on May 18,... Read More
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L'Architecture Romane en France
by Baum, Julius
Stuttgart. Hardcover. Very Good +. Hardcover. Very good+ in green cloth with black and gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Profusely illustrated with 432 illustrations (many full-page); 289 pp ARCHIT01/020800.
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti. An Analytical List of Manuscripts in the Duke University Library with Hitherto Unpublished Verse and Prose
by Baum, Paul Franklin
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. 276 of 400 copies. Blue cloth backed light blue paper covered boards with gilt title to spine. Minor fading to edges of boards. Interior is very clean overall, though there is a small stain on the verso of the frontis and minor browning to the endpages. Tight binding. Index, 122 pp. PRERAPH/102405.
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti. An Analytical List of Manuscripts in the Duke University Library with Hitherto Unpublished Verse and Prose
by Baum, Paull Franklin
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1931. LIMITED EDITION. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dj. LIMITED EDITION. Hardcover. 8vo. 160 of 400 copies. Dark blue cloth backed blue paper covered boards with gilt title to spine. Some foxing to exterior cloth on front board, else boards are very clean. Pristine interior with tight binding. Light blue dj with minor wear/chipping to spine ends and edges. 122 pp. PRERAPH/072805.
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A Place at the Table: The Gay Individual in American Society
by Bawer, Bruce
New York: Poseidon Press, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. Written in the early 90s - "this moving, eloquent work - both meditation and manifesto - on the nature of homosexuality is Bawer's attempt to set things right. He strips away the misconceptions that underlie homophobia, critically scrutinizes the lockstep mentality of the extreme gay subculture, and defines the complex moral predicament of the gay individual" (jacket flap). Very good in very good jacket with white title to... Read More
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Economica. Published Quarterly. 35th Year, New Series, Volume XXII, Number 86. May, 1955
by Baxter,W.T.; Harry G. Johnson, J. Potter, John Spraos, I.F. Pearce, Frank Whitson Fetter, R.G.D. Allen
London: London School of Economics, 1968. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Reprint of May 1955 issue for Wm. Dawson & Sons, Ltd., London. Includes seven articles, book reviews, and books received. In orange paper wrappers with black title to spine and front cover. Minor fading to spine panel and edges of covers, else clean and bright. Pages 99-193. ECO/090815.
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