Chyi zlochyn? Drama v chotyrokh diiakh
by Chaplenko, Vasyl
Buenos Aires / Bruklin: Peremoha, 1952. First Edition. Very good. First edition, 1 of 1000 copies; 6 1/4 x 4 1/2; pp. [1], 4-88; olive-green, pictorial wraps, printed in black, designed by Sviatoslav Hordynskyi; small nick to lower corner of front wrap; light age-toning to margins; a bit of wear along spine; in good condition. A beautiful colaboration between two well-known names in the Ukrainian emigre circles of the mid-20th century, the book was written by author, linguist, educator,... Read More
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Gava Isko. Virshovana buvalshchina (Hava Isko. Poetic Adventures)
by Chaplenko, Vasyl
S. l. (Germany): By the author, 1949. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 5 3/4 x 4; pp. 3-84; light-brown, pictorial wraps, printed and decorated in dark brown; a small crease to upper right corner and a minor spot to front wrap; tiny nick to upper corner of title page; light, uniform age-toning; in very good condition. A lovely poetry compilation, it was written by Vasyl Chaplenko, also known as Vasyl Chaplia (1900 - 1990) - a Ukrainian author,... Read More
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Ordenung und Mandat Keiser Caroli V. Vernewert im April Anno 1550. Zu Aussrotten und zu Vertilgen, die Secten und Spaltung, Welche Entstanden Sind, Widder Unsern Heiligen Christlichen Glauben, und Wider die Ordenung unser Mutter der Heiligen Christlichen Kirchen. Item ein Register der Verworffenen und Verbottenen Büchern, auch von Guten Büchern, Welche Man inn der Schulen Lesen Mag. Item Eine Vermanung des Rectors der Universitet zu Löuen. Item ein Ander Keisers Mandat, von dem Selbigen Handel im 40. Jar Ausgangen
by Charles, Holy Roman Emperor; [Translated by] Illyricus, Matthias Flacius
72057593498894297: Magdeburg: s. n. (Line "Gedrukt zu Magdeburg" at the end of preface, hidden under a broad stroke of printer's ink), 1550. First German edition; 7 3/4 x 5 3/4; pp. [68], collated; contemporary plain beige wraps; a few small rubbed spots and minor loss of paper to lower corners of wraps and spine; age-toning and some staining to margins (mostly not affecting text); cut to fore-edge of third leaf; contemporary notes to margins and underlining; overall very good-.A... Read More
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Kniazhna Dzhavakha
by Charskoi, L. A.
San Francisco: Novoe Delo, 1969. Softcover. First edition thus; 6 1/2 x 8 3/4; pp. 324; orange wraps illustrated in black; a few small nicks to tips of spine; minor creasing to corners; several small spots to bottom edge and first blank leaf, else clean; illustrated in b & w by V. Taburin and A. Sudarushkin; very good to near fine condition. Lidiia Alekseevna Charskaia (1875-1937) was arguably the most celebrated female children's author at the beginning of the 20th... Read More
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Ladia (Rook)
by Chatskii, Leonid
Berlin: Izdatelstvo E. A. Gutnova, 1922. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 5 1/2 x 4; pp. [8], 11-58, [4]; light-brown wraps, printed and decorated in purple; several light spots to wraps; scattered foxing, mostly to first and last few leaves; in very good condition. Leonid Ivanovich Strakhovskii, writing under the pseudonym Leonid Chatskii (1898 - 1963) was the son of a Senator and Governor of three provinces in Imperial Russia. In 1918, he joined and became one of... Read More
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Kashtanka. Rasskaz (Kashtanka. A Story)
by Chekhov, Anton
S.-Peterburg (St. Petersburg): Izdanie A. S. Suvorina, 1897. Fifth edition. Very good. Fifth edition; 7 x 4; pp. [4], 1-65, [3]; 3/4 red cloth and marbled boards; spine slightly faded with a bit of rubbing to tips; small gift inscription to upper margin of title page; faint remnants of a label (?) along hinge of half-title page; illustrated with in-line drawings; very good condition. An early, 19th-century edition of Chekhov's beloved tale of the adventures of a little dog,... Read More
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Uchebnik Psiikhologii (Dlia Gimnazii i Samoobrazovaniia)
by Chelpanov, Georgii (Prof.)
Kharbin: Elektro-Tipografii "Trudovoe T-vo" Br. Moshkovich, Makhlin i Bursuk, 1922. Softcover. First edition thus (abridged from the 13th edition published in Russia); 6 x 9; pp. 172; rebound in plain brown wraps with original tissue endpapers present; thin band of discoloration and spotting along margins of first and last several pages; several notes written to back endpaper; penciled-in notations on some pages and, interestingly enough, several passages crossed out in pencil as if previous owner did not care for... Read More
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Amerika o vinovnikakh voiny. Otviet na "Vozzvanie k tsivilizovannomu miru 93 germanskikh professorov" Samuelia Gardena Chercha. S prilozheniem teksta vozzvaniia i podpisei pod nim
by Cherch, Samuel (Church, Samuel); [Translated by] Dimitriev, D.
Petrograd: Tip. T-va A. S. Suvorina, 1915. First Edition. Very good. First Russian edition; 7 1/2 x 5; pp. [1], 4-43; light-brown wraps, decorated with a cartoon, in English, by William Allan Rogers (1854 - 1931); partially unopened; light creasing to fore-edge of wraps and tips of spine; mild foxing to margins of first and last few leaves; in very good condition. An uncommon first Russian edition of the President of the Carnegie Institute Samuel Church's "The American Verdict... Read More
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Dvoinik (The Double)
by Cherentsova, Olga
Moscow: Literaturnaia Uchioba, 2009. Hardcover. Very Good. First Russian edition; 8vo; pp. [7], 8-302; original pictorial boards; a few rubbed spots to head and tail of spine and corners, else clean; very good. 1 of 1000 copies. Cherentsova lives in the US. In her current book-the two novels are separate, yet connected to each other by a common thread-women.
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Chornozem (Black Earth) [Signed / Inscribed by Author]
by Cherin, Hanna (pseud. for Pankiw, Halyna)
Chicago: Ukrainian - American Publishing and Printing Co., Inc., 1962. First Edition. Very good. First edition, 1 of 1000 copies; 8 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. [4], 7-231, [5]; beige wraps printed in brown and black; illustrated with portrait frontis; a bit of wear to corners and tips of spine and a tiny spot to front wrap; in very good condition. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. Halyna Pankiw (1924 - 2016), writing under the... Read More
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Sotsialist-Revoliutsioner, No. 2
by Chernov, Viktor
Parizh (Paris): s. n. (Izdanie Tsentralnogo Komiteta Partii Sotsialistov-Revoliutsionerov), 1910. First Edition. Very good. First edition, subtitled: "Trekhmesiachnoe Literaturno-Politicheskoe Obozrenie"; 7 x 5; pp. [3], 4-314, [4]; greenish-brown wraps, printed in black; crease to lower corner; a bit of wear to tips of spine; light, uniform age-toning; very good condition. The second issue of only 4 ever published of this quarterly journal of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party, edited by the founder of the party Viktor Chernov (1873 - 1952). This... Read More
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Youth in Action
by Chevrolet
S. l. (Detroit [?]): s. n. (General Motors), 1967. Near fine. Friste dition, n. d. (ca 1967); 6 x 4; pp. [8]; stapled, pictorial wraps in blue, white, and black; illustrated from photographs; minor wear along spine and margins; in near fine condition. An unrecorded advertisement pamphet for Chevrolet, it highlighted the company's investment "in the development of youth" by supporting and sponsoring various local and national events, describing the latter and including "All American Soap Box Derby," "America's... Read More
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La Societe des Nations et les refugies ukrainiens. Lettre ouverte de M. Alexandre Choulguine a M. le Docteur Fridtjof Nansen
by Choulguine, Alexandre
Paris: Edition du Haut Conseil des Emigres Ukrainiens, 1929. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 9 1/2 x 6 1/4; pp. [1], 6-40; textured, off-white wraps, printed in black; faint, old vertical crease through middle; light wear and minor spotting to edges and margins of wraps; light, uniform age-toning to leaves; in about very good condition. Oleksandr Shulhyn, also known as Alexandre Choulguine (1889 - 1960) was a Ukrainian cultural activist, educator, historian, and political leader. He was a... Read More
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Novyi obrii. Almanakh literatura, mystetstvo, kulturne zhyttia. [Ch. 1] (The New Horizon. Almanac, Literature, Art, Cultural Life)
by Chub, Dm.; et al
Melborn: V-vo Lastivka, 1954. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 7 3/4 x 5 1/2; pp. [2], 5-127; ; pictorial wraps in off-white, orange, and blue; title in Ukrainian and English on facing pages; illustrated with numerous photographs; tiny chip to lower right corner and a small, closed cut to tail of spine; small gift stamp to front wrap; in very good condition. Editor of the almanac was renowned Ukrainian-Australian author, literary critic, educator, and social activist Dmytro Nytchenko... Read More
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Uot Uitmen. Poeziia griadushchei demokratii (Walt Whitman. Poetry of the Future Democracy)
by Chukovskii, K.
Moskva / Petrograd : Gosudarstvennoe izdatelstvo, 1923. Good. Sixth, expanded edition, 1 of 5000 copies; 9 1/2 x 6 1/4; pp. [5], 6-165, [3]; pictorial wraps, designed by Evgenii Belukha; illustrated with portrait frontis of the author; rebacked, with several repairs to edges of wraps; in good to very good condition. Hailed as the Russian equivalent of Dr. Seuss, beloved poet andf author Korney Chukovsky (1882 - 1969) would be the second one to translate and popularize Walt Whitman... Read More
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Union Church Food Fair, 1958 - 1959
by Women's Auxiliary of Union Church
Manila: Benipayo Press, 1958. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 8 x 6; pp. [2], 1 - 112; spiral-bound, pictorial wraps; illustrated with drawings; a bit of wear to edges of wraps and a few minor spots; in very good condition. A delightful cook book, it contained a variety of both authentic Filipino and international recipes for puddings, meat dishes, salads, etc.
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This is Our Town, Rio Vista, California. The Rio Vista Centennial, 1858 - 1958. Pioneers, Progress, Prosperity
by Church, Idella R.; et al
Rio Vista, CA: By the authors, 1958. First Edition. Very good. First edition; oblong 9 x 12; pp. [86]; yellow, pictorial, card stock wraps, affixed with two large rivets; illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings; a few creases to corners of wraps, else mild wear; in very good condition. A charming commemoration of the centennial of this small town in the eastern end of Solano County, it presented a pictorial history of it, from its earliest days through the... Read More
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General Plan. Tenth Annual California Flower Festival, September 15th - 19th, 1934, Exposition Bldg - Oakland. Alameda County's Most Colorful Civic Event
by Church, Thomas D.; Vinson, M. A.
Oakland, California: By the architect, 1934. Very good. An architectural layout of the interior of the exposition floor, with booths, facilities, etc. numbered and sections subtitled; 13 x 8 1/2; old vertical fold lines; age-toning to verso only; in very good condition. An unrecorded piece of the San Francisco Bay Area's history, it was created by the pioneer landscape architect, who had founded the Modernist garden design, known as the "California Style." Thomas Dolliver Church (1902 - 1978) studied... Read More
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Cover for American Southwestern Literature Journal [Signed/Captioned by the Illustrator]
by Cisneros, Jose
S. l. (El Paso [?]): By the illustrator, 1960. Softcover. A monochromatic silkscreen print on heavy beige stock, n. d. (1950s [?]); single sheet, 12 1/2 x 9 1/2; a few small creases and nicks to edges; faint spot to right margin; very good condition. Captioned and signed in pencil by Jose Cisneros beneath the illustration. Though the particular issue of the journal has not been identified, the beautiful cover fully illustrates Cisneros’ mastery of his art. It depicts a... Read More
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Birdseye View of Grounds and Buildings, Columbian Exposition, 1893
by (Clark, George A.)
S. l. (Utica, New York): Clark Thread Company, 1893. Very good. Large trade card; 4 3/4 x 7; chromolithographed illustration to recto, text to verso; a few minor creases to upper corner; in very good to near fine condition. Published as an advertisement for several of the Clark Company's products, including O.N.T. Spool Cotton, Crochet Cotton, Darning Cotton, Helix Needles, etc., it showed a beautiful view of the entire spread of the Columbian Expostion's buildings and grounds.
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Evidences of the Christian Religion, Designed Chiefly for the Rising Generation
by Clark, Joseph
Philadelphia: Printed for the Compilers, by Kimber, Conrad, and Co., 1806. First Edition. Good. First edition; 7 x 4; pp. [7], 2-118, [2]; marbled paper over boards and 1/4 calf; two period signatures of previous owners; leather cracking, with some loss to tips of spine; paper on boards with scuffing and loss; scattered foxing; in fair to good condition. Joseph Clark (1751 - 1813) graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton) with a degree in theology and... Read More
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Sixty Years of Yesterdays [Signed/Inscribed by Author]
by Clark, Opal Routh
Published by the author, 1991. Softcover. First edition; 8 1/2 x 11; pp. i-v, [1], 6-207; heavy-stock printed wraps with portrait of the author; small closed cut to tail of spine and minor creases to upper corners; illustrated with numerous photographs; very good to near fine. Signed and inscribed by author on title page. Though loosely classified as autobiography, Opal Clark's book is dedicated largely to her husband Robert D. Clark - president of San Jose State University (1964-1969) and... Read More
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Poems [Signed/Inscribed by Author]
by Clark, Rosalie Winifred
Calvert, TX: Tribune Print, 1931. Softcover. First edition; 6 x 9 1/2; pp. [20]; brown wraps tied with a decorative string and illustrated in green; handmade paper; age-toning to wraps; very good or better. Signed and inscribed by author to her sister. Beautiful early 20th century Texas poetry.
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An Early Massachusetts Bank Check
by Clark, Silas
S. l. (Boston): Massachusetts Bank, 1805. Very good. Printed check on laid paper, partially filled in manuscript; 2 x 6; decorated with an ornate, woodcut border; unevenly trimmed, affecting the edge of the wood-engraved border; in very good condition. The Massachusetts Bank was founded in 1784 - the first federally-chartered, joint-stock owned bank in the United States and the second bank to receive a charter, after the Bank of North America. It would also be the only bank in... Read More
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L'Annonce Faite a Marie [Edition Augmentee D'une Variante Pour la Scene de L'Acte IV]
by Claudel, Paul
Librairie Gallimard, 1940. Hardcover. Limited edition (this copy #4212); 7 x 8; pp. [13], 2-307, [15]; gorgeous embossed blue cloth over boards; clear acetate DJ; very minor wear - fine condition. Jacket with a small nick to upper corner - near fine. A beautiful edition of Paul Claudel's "The Tidings Brought to Mary." He was a French poet, dramatist, and diplomat (being first vice-consul in New York and Boston in the late 1800s). His current play, originally written in 1910,... Read More
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