Economic Feasibilty of Magdalena Valley Railroad Extension
New York: Madigan-Hyland South American Corporation, 1954. Paperback. Very Good. graphs, tables, maps, vii, 132p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. Plastic comb binding. Name stamp removed from front cover.
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Armada Argentinien: 1898 Buque Museo Fragata Presidente Sarmiento 1938: 1898-1977
[Buenos Aires?], 1977. Paperback. Very Good. photos (rather grainy reproduction), 45, [2]p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22 cm. Spanish text. ARA Presidente Sarmiento is an Aregentine Naval Training ship which made 37 annual training cruises before it was retired as an ocean-going vessel in 1938 and is now maintained near Buenos Aires as a museum ship.
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Intregration Movement at Work: Marks...Winona...Grenada...Clevelend...Ruleville...Drew...Somerville...Fitzgerald...Selma
n.p.: Operation Freedom, 1967. Very Good. (2 pieces) 4p. Fundraising newsletter. 28 cm. Modest wear only. Also present is an unused envelope for mailing in a contribution. The recipient was Harvey O'Connor, a leftist journalist and author who spent the last part of his life in Rhode Island.
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Salon of the Dilettanti, Three issues: Vol. 1, Nos. 2,and 5 (February and May, 1907); and Vol. 2, No. 4, (April 1907)
Chicago & New York: Salon Syndicate, 1907. Paperback. Very Good. 3 issues, pp. 46-84, 122-160, 162-204. Softcover in original wrappers. 22 cm. Minor cover soil. An uncommon periodical.
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A New Lapsley: An Appeal for $25,000
Nashville: Forward Movement, Executive Committee Foreign Missions, 1904. Very Good. Four-page Leaflet. 17 cm. Later horizontal fold with modest splitting at both ends ot that fold. The Lapsley was a steamer used by this Presbyterian mission on the Congo river. The current steamer launched in 1901 and was caught in a whirlpool in 1903 leading to the death of "more than 23 missionaries and Africans" according to online information titled "Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley). A replacement was... Read More
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The Southern Workman, Vol. XLVII, No. 9 (September, 1918)
Hampton, Va: Hampton Institute, 1918. Paperback. Very Good. photos, pp. [417]-464. Softcover in original wrapper. 26 cm. Partially unopened. Among the contents: "Negro Women and the War," by Eva D. Bowles, Secretary for Work among Colored Women and Girls, National Board, YWCA (pages 425-426 with no photos); "Haiti and Its People," by Dantes Bellegarde (as translated by Charles M. Dupuy) (pages 434-443 with 6 photos); "The Greatest Runners in the World,'" by Lillian E. Zeh about Mexico's Tarahumares... Read More
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Powstanie w getcie warszawskim: sesja W 45 rocznice (14-15 kwietnia 1988 r.)
Warszawa: Glowna Komisja Badania Zbrodni Hitlerowskich w Polsce, Instytut Pamieci Narodowej, 1989. Paperback. Very Good. 220p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24 cm. Front cover slightly soiled. Polish text. Informacja wewnetrzna, nr. 102.
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Just for Fun": A Series of Cartoons as Published in the Meriden Record 1912
(Meriden): (Meriden Record, 1912. Hardcover. Good. Cartoon of a named local man on one side of each leaf. Unnumbered (about 100 cartoons). Tied hardback with thin suede cover. Oblong (26 x 18 cm.). Cover rather fragile with quite a bit of cover cchipping, particularly along the yapped portions. Contents have some modest edge-wear but are otherwise sound and clean. Cartoons organized alphabetically by last name of those caricatured. We did not find this listed in NUC.
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Manila Free Philippines, Issue designated as "Extra" for July 27, 1945, Extra, July 27, 1945
[Manila], 1945. Paperback. Very Good. Broadsheet (single sheet printed on both sides). 25 x 33 cm. Later folds. Minor stain and soil. Headlines are: "Allies Call on Japan to Quit" and "Churchill Out; Atlee In.
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Boletin de Arquelogia. [First 11 issues - Vol. I, No. 1 thru Vol. II, No. 5/6 (1945-1947)]
Bogota, 1947. Paperback. Very Good. Each volume softcover in original wrapper. 24 cm. Spanish text. Color of covers varies. Signature of G. R. Willey on front cover of each issue. Willey inked volume and issue numbers of the backstrip of each issue. Willey was a prominent American archeologist who worked at the Smithsonian for several years and was later a professor at Harvard.
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Taluchkino: l'Art Decoratif des Ateliers de la Princesse Tenichef
St Petersbourg: Sodrougestivo. 1906. Paperback. Good. 162 photos & illustrations (some color), 77p. Later quarterbinding. 24cm. Moderate cover wear and some soiling.. Contents sound. French text.
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Rural Development and Human Rights in South East Asia: Report of a Seminar in Penang, December 1981
Penang: International Commission of Jurists and Consumers' Association of Penang, 1982. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 254p.Blue boards. dj. 22cm. Jacket scuffed.
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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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The Japanese Inn Ryokan: A Gateway to Traditional Japan
Tokyo: Shufunotomo Co. Ltd, 1985. 1st ed. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. color photos, 80p. Original binding. dj.
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Anales del Museo Michoacano, Segunda Epoca, Numero 5
Morelia, 1952. Paperback. Good. illustrations, folding map, 210p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Moderate cover wear. Light foxing & soiling. Spanish text.
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Byzantinoslavica, [Vol.] I, [No.] 1. [cover title]
Prague: Commission d'Etudes Byzantines de l'Institut Slave de Prague, 1947. Paperback. Very Good. 176p. Original wrapper.25cm. Text moderately browned. Articles, in French, Russian, English or other European languages. Includes "The Complex Church Plan in Cyprus," by David Talbot Rice (at pages 86-96).
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Great Political Platforms: I.-Democratic. II.-Republican. III.-Prohibition. IV. Labor. a. United Labor Party. b. Union Labor Party
[New York]: New York Syndicate Press. Paperback. Good. 29p. Softcover in roiginal wrapper. 14 cm. Corner chipped on front cover (which also has two pin holes).
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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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Chronique d'Egypte: Bulletin Periodique de la Fondation Egyptologique Reine Elisabeth. 2 issues: LXVI (1991) Fasc. 131-132 and LXIX (1994) Fasc. 137
Bruxelles: Fondation Egyptologique Reine Elisabeth, 1994. Paperback. Near Fine. some photos and illustrations (almost all less than full page), size of individual issues ranges from about 70 pages to 389. Softcovers in original wrapper. 28 cm. Portion of backstrip missing on a few issues with some later white paper reinforcement. Some spines sloped. Contents generally sound and clean. Most of the contents in French with some articles, etc. in English or German. Heavy (printed on coated paper) so... Read More
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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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Spenser Studies: A Renaissance Poetry Annual Volume] XII
New York: AMS Press, 1998. Hardcover. Near Fine. index, x, 237p. Original green cloth. 23cm. No Jacket (as published). Date on backstrip lists this as 1991, suggesting that this annual did not always appear annually.
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The Putnam Record, Vol. 1, No. 3 (July, 1857)
(Newburyport. Mass: Published by the Student of the Putnam Free School, 1857. Paperback. Good. 16p. Softcover in original blue wrapper. 23 cm. Cover somewhat worn and soiledi. Some dog-earing at lower right cormer. Former owner's ocal name stamp embossed on upper right corner of front cover. The Putnam Record was an early student publication.
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The Bermuda Colonist. Two issues: Vol. XXXIX, No. 4 (January 14, 1904); and Vol. XLI, No. 36 (May 9, 1906)
Good. 4-page. 42 x 59 cm. Tight vertical and horizontal fold. Some chipping along edges. Minor loss of text long horizontal fold on 1904 issue. Jagged 10 cm. tear on 1906 issue. Good. Semiweekly newspaper published in Hamilton, 1866-1920.
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Reading Company. Early Locomotive Appliances
n.p., 1930. Paperback. Good. 17 photographs of plans, drawings or photographs. Photos (in corner mounts) one to a page with versos blank. Typed captions beneath each photo. Wrapper. Oblong (33 x 26cm.). Some chipping and tears on cover edges. Light soil. Page wrinkling. An unusual assemblage; could be one of a kind or a very limited production. The latest locomotive shown is from 1897 but our guess is that this dates from the 1920s or 1930s.
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Boletin del Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, Issue No. 2 (1987)
Santiago de Chile, 1987. Paperback. Fine. illustrations, 131p. Softcover in original wrapper. 27cm.
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