L'anthropologie et le droit
by Acollas, Emile
Paris: Imprimerie Arnous de Rivière, 1874. First edition. Paper wrappers. A very good copy with a mail fold.. 8 pp. 8vo. Speech to the members of "la Société d'anthropologie de Paris" on natural law. Later republished in Acollas' "Introduction à l'étude du droit" (1885). Emile Acollas (1826,-1891) was a French Law professor much involed with the League of Peace and Freedom and an advocate of decentralised federalism, revocable mandates for elected representatives and free association a way of... Read More
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Paintings by Old Masters. Exhibition April 14 through May 14, 1945
by Acquavella, Nicholas M.
New York: Nicholas M. Acquavella, 1945. First edition. Paper wrappers. A very good or better copy with crease to corner of front wrapper, soiled spots on rear wrapper, endpapers browned, contents clean and bright.. Unpaged. Illus. with 23 b/w plates. Sm. 4to. 23 items described.
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The Disputed Lands
by Adams, Alexander B.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1981. First edition. Cloth. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.. 470 pp. 8vo.
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Grand Street. Vol. 5, No. 4. Summer 1986
by (Adams, Alice). Sonnenberg, Ben, ed. Minot, Susan, ass't. ed
New York: Grand Street Publications, 1986. First printing. Paper wrappers. A very near fine copy.. Illus. with b/w photos. Trade format. Work by Alice Adams, Santha Rama Rau, Mark Strand, Amy Clampitt, W. S. Merwin, Daniel Hoffman, Robert Fagles, and others.
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Dictionary of American History [Six Volumes]
by Adams, James Truslow, ed. [Nevins, Allan]
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First edition. Blue cloth with gilt titles. A very good set, top edge dusty, some rubbing and blind stamp to title on volume 1, a few rear leaves roughly opened on index.. xi, 444; 430; 432; 512; 515; 258 pp. Sm. 4to. R.V. Coleman, ed. Signed by Allan Nevins, one of the advisors, on the third volume. Allan Nevins would later title his biography of Adams: "James Truslow Adams: Historian of the... Read More
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Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting a Report of the Secretary of State, and sundry documents relative to the requisition for and delivery of Jonathan Robbins; in pursuance of a resolution of this House, of the 4th instant: 7th February, 1800. Ordered to lie on the table
by Adams, John and Pickering, Timothy
[Philadelphia], 1800. First edition. Removed. Stab holes at inner margin but still a very good+ unopened (uncut) copy.. 8 pp. 8vo. An early extradition case which grew into a firestorm of protest. Thomas Nash, who had participated in a bloody mutiny on a British ship, had escaped the British manhunt for the mutineers, only to be spotted in the United States where he was detained. The British wanted him extradited under the terms of the Jay Treaty. Nash... Read More
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Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting the Information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 27th instant, in Relation to The Instructions given to the Minister of the U. States to the Government of Mexico; as also in relation to any Pledge on the part of the United States to the Governments of Mexico or Southern American, &c. March 30, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table
by Adams, John Quincy
Washington [D.C.]: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1826. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. Spine repaired, foxing, last leaf trimmed closely on botton edge effecting a few words. Good.. 10 pp. 8vo. Doc. No. 142. 19th. Congress, 1st Session. Ho. of Reps. Executive. Amer. Imprints 27306.
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The Dignity of George Washington
by Adams, Randolph G.
Ann Arbor: George Wahr, 1932. First printing. Paper wrappers. A very good copy with a faint crease and a bit of soiling, mainly to the wrapper edges.. 18 pp. 8vo. An Address Delivered in the Hill Auditorium in the City of Ann Arbor, February 22, 1932.
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The Colophon: A Book Collectors' Quarterly. Part Fourteen
by Adler, Elmer; Stanford, Alfred; Winterich, John T., eds
New York: The Colophon, 1933. First edition. Illustrated paper-covered boards. A very good copy, edges of front board a bit darkened.. Unpaged. Illus. 4to. (27 x 22 cm). Aquatint plate signed by Earl Horter in pencil. Includes: On Collecting Scott by William C. Van Antwerp; Harriet Martineau, Deaf Blue-Stocking by Earnest Elmo Calkins; The Mather Collection at Cleveland by Thomas Holmes; The Unicorn in Early Prints and Printed Books by A. F. Johnson; Old Leather and Burnished Gold... Read More
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The Lincoln Dioramas from the Chicago Historical Society as Reproduced in Abraham Lincoln Friend of the People, a Distinguished Book by Clara Ingram Judson
by Chicago Historical Society. Works Progress Administration
Chicago: n.p., 1950. First edition. Loose in portfolio. Tiny corner crease to text leaf otherwise fine copies in a lightly sunned and soiled printed envelop.. 15 leaves. Illus. with color plates. 8vo. This collection reproduces fourteen of the Lincoln Dioramas of the Chicago Historical Society depicting important events in the life of Abraham Lincoln. Initiated by Historical Society president Charles B. Pike in 1939 as an addition to the historical rooms and galleries created in 1932, the diorama... Read More
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Timothy Bookworm: Horresco Referens. Selected by William P. Wreden from Lays of Modern Oxford by Adon as a tempting tidbit for bouncing bibliophiles
by Adon. Wreden, William Paul
Menlo Park: (Printed at the Greenwood Press), 1949. Stitched paper wrappers. Very good, unopened (uncut) copy, faint browning.. [2], 9, [2] pp. Illus. with 1 b/w engraving. Sm. 8vo. Number 118 of an edition of 200 copies printed for the friends of William P. Wreden by the Greenwood Press of San Francisco. Printed on handmade "Unbleached Arnold" paper. William P. Wreden (1911-1995) was a Bay Area antiquarian bookseller, publisher and book collector.
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Great Right of Self-Government - and the Union. Speech of Hon. G.B. Adrain, of New Jersey, on the Election of Speaker. Delivered in the House of Representatives, December 14, 1859
by Adrain, G.B. [Garnett Bowditch]
[Washington, D.C.]: Printed by Lemuel Towers, 1859. First edition. Self wrappers. Blind stamp on the title page, spine reinforced, contents clean, a good+ copy.. 16 pp. 8vo. Garnett Bowditch Adrain (1815-1878) was a New Brunswick attorney who served two terms in Congress from 1857 to 1861. Here, in opposing the Buchanan administration's candidate for Speaker of the House, T. S. Bocock of Virginia, he defends himself as an anti-Lecompton Democrat, against charges of Party disloyalty, reviewing the major... Read More
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Guatemala. Volcanic but Peaceful. [Guatemala, land of the trees]
by [Guatemala]. [Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs]
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1944. Later printing. Paper wrappers. Near fine.. 8 pp. Illus. with 6 drawings and 3 maps. 8vo.
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Report on the Depression of Commerce, by the Committee on Mercantile Affairs. Senate....No. 104
by Massachusetts. Committee on Mercantile Affairs
Boston: n.p., 1869. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. Marginal dampstain along bottom edge, ownership stamps of S. H. Holbrook, Jr., "Fancy Pigeons," otherwise clean, a good+ copy.. 31 pp. 8vo. The majority report by Samuel D. Crane, J. G. Ollard, AA. Burrage, Elliot Montague, and L.B. Church, and a much longer Minority report by Nathaniel C. Nash, an India merchant opposed to monopoly, and Levi S. Gould. Gould would go on to become the first mayor of Melrose... Read More
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Bibliografia geral dos Açores: sequência do Dicionário bibliográfico português. Tomo I: A-Bo
by Afonso, João
Angra do Heroísmo: Secr. Regional da Educação e Cultura, 1985. First edition. Cloth. Some bumping to the edge else near fine in a like dust jacket.. 462 pp. 8vo.
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Cantigas do Terramoto para ler e passar [with ALS]
by Afonso, João
Angra do Heroismo: n.p. (Composição e impressão na União Gráfica Angrense), 1980. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy with inscription on front wrapper.. 16 pp. 8vo. Alamo Oliveira, illus. "as quais o seu autor, cidadão de Angra, intenta publicar como benefício à sua cidade e aos que padecem nas Ilhas." 1 of 500 copies. Warmly inscribed by the author to the book dealer and Latin American scholar Maury Bromsen with a letter from the author to Bromsen... Read More
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Bibliografia geral dos Açores: sequência do Dicionário bibliográfico português. Tomo II: Br-Cu
by Afonso, João
Angra do Heroísmo: Secr. Regional da Educação e Cultura, 1985. First edition. Cloth. Some bumping to the edge else near fine in a like dust jacket.. 462 pp. 8vo.
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![30 Internaional Congress of Human Sciences in Asia and North Africa. 30 Congreso Internacional de Ciencias Humanas en Asia y Africa del Norte [Six Volumes]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/291/608/113608291.0.l.jpg)
30 Internaional Congress of Human Sciences in Asia and North Africa. 30 Congreso Internacional de Ciencias Humanas en Asia y Africa del Norte [Six Volumes]
by International Congress of Human Sciences in Asia and North Africa
Mexico: n.p., 1976. First edition. Paper wrappers. Near fine copies with only a little rubbing at the corners.. 8vo. In Spanish, English, or French. Includes Seminars volume plus 5 of 7 Abstracts volumes: 3. South Asia; Asia del sur.-4. SouthEast Asia Sudeste Asiatico.-5. China. Chine-6. Japan and Korea Japon y Corea.-7. Interarea.
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USSR: Estimates of Personal Incomes and Savings
by Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government, 1989. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good+ copy.. v, 26 pp. Illus. with color charts and b/w folding tables. Sm. 4to. SOV 89-10035. April 1989.
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Jerusalem: A Geographic Overview
by Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990. A near fine copy.. 1 folded leaf with 8 11x8 inch panels print one side. Illus. with 6 color maps and 4 color photos.
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![Report of a select committe [sic] on a petition of the Berkshire Association for the Promotion [of] Agriculture and Manufactures. February 21, 1817. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/090/537/1443537090.0.m.jpg)
Report of a select committe [sic] on a petition of the Berkshire Association for the Promotion [of] Agriculture and Manufactures. February 21, 1817. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table
by [Agriculture] United States, Congress, House
Washington [D.C.]: [Printed by William A. Davis], 1817. First edition. Removed. A very good copy, edge worn, folded, with War Department Library stamp on title.. 2 pp. 8vo. Number 95 in brackets on top. The Committee recommends that there be an establishment of a national Agriculture board, noting that different parts of Europe and the U.S. have already instituted such boards, "under the auspices of government, and have diffused much useful information, and contributed to... public welfare." Notes... Read More
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![Annual Report of the Secretary of the Connecticut Board of Agriculture (1866-1922) [with] Annual Report of the Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station (1879-1895) [with] Annual Report of the Storrs School Agricultural Experimental Station, Storrs, Conn (1888-1896) [Forty-three Volumes]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/364/349/84349364.0.l.0.jpg)
Annual Report of the Secretary of the Connecticut Board of Agriculture (1866-1922) [with] Annual Report of the Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station (1879-1895) [with] Annual Report of the Storrs School Agricultural Experimental Station, Storrs, Conn (1888-1896) [Forty-three Volumes]
by Connecticut. State Board of Agriculture
Hartford: Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co. / Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1922. First editions. Cloth. Most copies very good. Ex-library, call numbers blacked out, bookplates on pastedowns and a few other small interior stamps. Spines sunned on some of the earlier volumes, occasional spotting to edges, faint dampstain to the edge of a few volumes, most notable towards the end of volume 2, scattered foxing, but nearly all volumes tight, clean and unmarked. A nice set..... Read More
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Probadas flores Romanas de famosos y doctos varones compuestas para salud y reparo d'los cuerpos humanos
by (Agüero de Transmiera, Juan Y., trans)
Madrid: [n.p.], 1882. Facsimile edition. Modern red silk with gilt title, original wrappers bound in. A near fine unopened (uncut) copy.. [20 pp]. Illus. with 2 b/w plates. Sm. 4to. Original translation by Juan Y Agüero de Transmiera (Burgos, 1545) of this 16th c. herbal. Reproduced by Jose Sancho Rayon. Palau 237908.
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Works by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in the Library of Congress
by Aguilera, Francisco, ed
Washington [D.C.]: Hispanic Foundation, Hispanic Division, Library of Congress, 1960. First edition. Paper wrappers. A very good+ copy.. 120 pp. Illus. with b/w reproductions. Sm. 4to. Errata slip laid in loose.
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Madrid en sus diarios II, 1845-1859
by Agulló y Cobo, Mercedes, ed
Madrid: Instituto de Estudios Madrileños, 1965. First edition. Paper wrappers. Very good, wrappers worn along edges and spine, contents fine.. 454 pp. Sm. 4to. Por el Seminario de Bibliografía Hispánica de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de Madrid.
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