Littell's Living Age. 12 issues, mostly from November & December, 1873
Boston: Littell and Gay, 1874. Hardcover. Very Good. vi, [706]-824, 322-384, 258-640, 706-824, 1-64p. Contemporary 1/2 leather over marbled boards. 23cm. Minor scuffing. All edges marbled. Title-page at beginning misleadingly states that this contains the issues for Oct.-Dec, 1873. This bound volume actually contains the following weekly numbers: 1489-1490 (Dec. 21 & 28, 1872); 1509 (May 10, 1873, Nos. 1534-1539 (Nov. 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 and Dec. 6, 1873); and Nos. 1541-1543 (Dec. 20 & 27,... Read More
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Konstanz. [cover title]
[Konstanz?], 1880. Hardcover. Very Good. Consists entirely of a strip of 20 panels folded accordion-style and contained in small oblong (14 x 9cm.) red portfolio binding. Each panel contains one or more illustrations of buildings and scenes in Konstanz with very brief printed captions in German beneath each illustration. A view book.
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Dream for Democracy: Chinese Protest Calligraphy: In Conjunction with the 11th Annual Exhibition of the Calligraphers' Guild of New Haven. Sponsored by the Association of Chinese Students & Scholars at Yale
New Haven: Sponsored by the Association of Chinese Student & Scholars at Yale, 1990. Very Good. Broadside Poster. 28 x 43 cm. Minor foxing and wear. Exhibition at John Slade Ely House at 51 Trumbull street in New Haven, CT,
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Remains in Kyuong Joo
n.p.: n.p., n.d.. Paperback. Very Good. captioned photos (some color) on 12 leaves, printed on one side. No other text. Tied Softcover in original wrapper. Oblong 22cm. x 15cm. Title and captions in Korean and English.
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Ver Sacrum: Neue Hefte fur Kunst und Literatur. Ausgabe A mit 4 Originalgrafiken
Wien: Jugend und Volk Verlagsgesellschaft, 1971. Paperback. Very Good. illustrations (some color), 87p. Softcover in originial wrapper. 31 cm. Lower front corner curled on first several leaves. German text.
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Versameling Mercedes-Benz Collection
Pretoria: United Car and Diesel Distributors (Edms.) Bpk, 1975. 2nd ed. Paperback. Good. illustrations, [46] unnumbered pages, Wrapper. 21cm. Cover scuffed. Center leaf detached. Inked note at top of title-page: "This collection is on loan to the Africana Museum.
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El retorno; Pasillo dramatico. Premiado en Los Juegos Florales celebrados en la ciudad de Cardenas, el 10 de Octobre de 1922
Very Good. 10p. Wrapper. A 10-page typescript. 22 x 28cm. Undated. Author not identified. Came to us years ago from the library of Jose Juan Arrom. A play.
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Spomenica Petstogodisnjice Smederevskoga Grada despota Durda Brankovica
Beograd: Drz. izd, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. photos, illustrations (some color and 1 folding), 147p. 34cm. No Jacket. Serbian text. Title on half-title: Smederevo, 1430-1930.
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The Radio, Volume II, No. 1. (November 5, 1949)
Morristown, Tennessee: Morristown College, 1949. Good. photos, 6p. 43 x 31 cm. Folded. Small snag in center of first leaf and other modest soiling and wear. An uncommon student newspaper. Morristown College, a small HBCU founded in 1881 by the Freedman's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, saw its enrollment peak at 435 students in the 1940s. The college closed in 1994.
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Rand McNally Indexed Pocket Map Tourists' and Shippers' Guide of Pennsylvania Railroads, Electric Lines, Post Offices, Express Telegraph and Mail Service. Counties, Cities, Towns. Villages, Rivers, Lakes Islands, Creeks, Mountains, etc. Air Service Landing Fields Population According to the Latest Official Census Main Highways
San Francisco, Chicago, New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1925. Paperback. Very Good. Large folding map inside back cover, 136, (8)p, Softcover in original wrappers.17cm. Minor cover soil. Moderate edge-wear on last few leaves.
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Tea Taste in Japanese Art
NY: The Asia Society, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good. illustrations, 111p. Original boards. 25 cm. Some browning and minor wear on original cardboard slipcase. No jacket (as issued?).
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Liberation: An Independent Monthly. 5 issues: Vol. IX, No. 9 (Dec. 1964); Vol. XII, No. 1 (March, 1967); Vol. XIII, No. 9 (Feb. 1969 and Vol. 14, Nos. 4 & 9 (July and December 1969
New York: Liberation, 1969. Paperback. Very Good. Softcovers in original wrapper.28cm. Minor soiling, wear and underlinings. Stain on front cover and next leaf on Dec. 1969 issue. Leftist periodical.
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Dictionnaire Economique et Politique de la Cote d'Afrique
[Paris]: [Ediafric-Service], 1973. Paperback. Very Good. 201p. Unidentified photocopy of the original. Softcover. Black plastic comb binding. Uneven or narrow margins on many leaves but all the text appears to be here.French text.
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The Federal Republic of Cameroun
Paris: La Revue Francaise, 1967. Paperback. Very Good. photos, (32)p. Softcover. 31 cm. Corner slightly curled. French text. Supplement au No 198 (Avril 1967).
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Negro Plantation Version of Story of Job
n.p., n.d. [probably first quarter of 20th century]. Very Good. 3 sheets of letterhead stationery (H. Verhoeff & Co. of Louisville) typed on non-letterhead side. 28 cm. Unsigned and undated An updated version of the story of Job with Marse Peter, Marse Satan, the Lord, Job and Miss. Job as the cast of characters. Probably written by a white author. Nobody is racially identified in this version. We don't know whether this folktale version of the story of... Read More
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30th [Annual] American Indian National, Philbrook Art Center, May 18 - June 8, 1975
Tulsa: Philbrook Art Center, 1975. Paperback. Very Good. black & white illustrations, (32) unnumbered pages. Softcover in original wrapper. 26 cm. Modest cover soil. Last 3 pages blank as published.
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The Salem Gazette, Volume IX, Number 467 (Tuesday, September 22, 1795)
Salem, MA: Printed and published by William Carlton, 1795. Good. Newspaper. 4p. Disbound. 43 x 28 cm. Text in four columns. Horizontal crease. Moderately browned with minor foxing. Partial split at lower left cover on both leaves. First page includes notice of George Washington's withdrawal of U. S. recognition of Thomas William Moore as Great Britain's Vice Consul within the state of Rhode Island, as well as the 10th part (number) of Philip Freneau's "Tomo Cheeki, the Creek... Read More
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Poland Spring: The Early History of this Wonderful Spring; Its Growth and Development Illustrated
South Poland, Maine: Hiram Ricker & Sons, 1917. Paperback. Very Good. photos, 1 large folding photos, (approx 42)p. Softcover in original wrapper. Oblong (22 x 16 cm.). Short split at top of stapled fold. Other minor cover soil. Laid in is an undated Holiday Greeting broadside card (14 x 10 cm.) from the Management of Poland Spring House and Mansion House.
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Speech delivered by an Indian Chief, in America, in Reply to a Sermon Preached by a Swedish Missionary in order to Convert the Indians to the Christian Religion
London: Reprinted and sold at No. 55, Gracechurch Street, 1789. Paperback. Very Good. 8p. Pamphlet. 17cm. Disbound (removed from a bound volume). No separate wrapper present. The identity of this "Indian Chief" is unknown -- may well be an attack on Christians by someone who chose to style his thoughts as coming from a Native American.
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Catalogue of the Faculty and Students of Yale College November 1816. Rev. Timothy Dwight. S.T.D.LL.D., President and Professor of Divinity
Fair. Large single page document printed on 1 side. 51 x 45 cm. 1 horizonal and 3 vertical folds. Fragile. Splitting and tears along folds. Some brown spotting and staining. Library stamps at top center (Hampshire Inter-Library Center [and] Hampshire Library Center. Additional names on document: Aeneas Munson, M.D. Professor of Materia Medica and Botany, Nathan Smith, M.D.C.S.M.S. Lond. Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic, Surgery, and Obstetricks, Jeremiah Day, A.M. Prof. of Mathematics and Natural... Read More
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A Set of Eight Lobby Cards (11 x 14 inch) for Uptown Saturday Night, a 1974 comedy starring Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte and Bill Cosby
n.p.: National Screen Service Corporation, n.d. {1974?]. Near Fine. Cards are 11 x 14 inch (36 x 28 cm.). Color. Also appearing in the movie were Richard Pryor, Paula Kelly, Rosalind Cash. Roscoe Lee Browne, Johnny Sekka, and Calvin Lockhart. Flip Wilson cameoed as "The Reverend.
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Tommy Gets the Keys
Akron: B. F. Goodrich Company, 1960. Paperback. Good. Illustrated in color. [32] plages. Comic book format. Sound and clean Modest wear only including a couple of small chips along fold one outer leaf. No separate cover (as published). Issued to promote safe driving and Driver's education courses for propsective drivers. Tommy is instructed in safe driving practices by a stock-car racing champion.
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Latin American Theatre Review. 36 issues dated between 1967 and 1987: Vol. 1, No. 1- Vol. 3, No. 3; Vol. 6, No. 1; Vol. 7, No. 1; Vol. 8, No. 1- Vol. 20, No. 2.; 36 issues dated between 1967 and 1987: Vol. 1, No. 1- Vol. 3, No. 3; Vol. 6, No. 1; Vol. 7, No. 1; Vol. 8, No. 1- Vol. 20, No. 2
Lawrence: Center of Latin American Studies, University of Kansas, 1967. Paperback. Good. Includes a supplementary issue for Summer 1980. Condition varies: Original wrappers.
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![Le Chemin de Fer du Pacifique: Discours Prononces par l'Honorable Sir Charles Tupper ... l'Honorable H. L. Lngevin ... J. B. Plumb ... Thomas White ... au cours du Debat dans la Chambre des Communes, Session de 1880. [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/101/740/288740101.0.l.jpg)
Le Chemin de Fer du Pacifique: Discours Prononces par l'Honorable Sir Charles Tupper ... l'Honorable H. L. Lngevin ... J. B. Plumb ... Thomas White ... au cours du Debat dans la Chambre des Communes, Session de 1880. [cover title]
Ottawa: Imprimerie du Journal "Le Canada,, 1880. Paperback. Good. 139p. Wrapper. 22cm. Cover has some creasing on back cover as well as some chipping and browning. French text,
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Copy of Bill, three times this size, in Wilberforce Museum, Hull. To Be Sold of Let By Public Auction On Monday the 18th of May, 1829, Under the Trees For Sale The Three Following Slaves Viz. Hannibal, about 30 years old, an excellent House Servant and of Good Character - William, about 35 years old, a Labourer - Nancy, an excellent House Servant and Nurse The MEN belonging to "Leech's Estate and the WOMAN to Mrs. D. Smith ... Also for sale at Eleven o'Clock. Fine Rice, Grain, Paddy, Books, Muslins, Needles, Pins, Ribbons, &c &c at One O'CLock, That Celebrated English Horse BLUCHER
Hull (a port city in the Yorkshire area of England): C, Course, Printer, n.d. [probably pre-WWII]. 20th century reprint of a 19th century broadside. Near Fine. Single printed page. 13 x 19 cm. We did not locate this in OCLC.
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