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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Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America. Volume XVII (1963)
[New York]: Chinese Art Society of America, 1963. Paperback. Very Good. photos/illustrations, errata slip (tipped in), 67p. Softcover in original wrapper. 31 cm. Modest soiling and a small spot on cover. Oriental Art Recently acquired by American Museums, two Brief Notices and six other articles, including "Ming Porcelain from Sites in the Philippines," by Kamer Aga-Oglu (pp. 7-19).
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We Never Claimed it to be Authentic
New York: NAACP, 1956. Paperback. Very Good. (4)p. Softcover. 22 cm. Later vertical crease. The Mississippi White Citizens Council had distributed an inflamatory racial intermarriage leaflet containing a speech by Prof. Roosevelt Williams" at an NAACP meeting. The claimed meeting, the professor and the remarks all turned out to be spurious. The indefensible defense of the executive secretary of the Mississippi White Citizens Council was, " We never claimed it to be Authentic.
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The Life of Long Meg of Westminster containing the Mad Merry Prankes She Played in Her Life Time, Not Onely in Performing Sundry Quarrels With Divers Ruffians about London: But Also How Valiantly She Behaued Her Selfe in The Warres of Bolloingne
[London]: [Reprinted by Robert Triphook], 1816. Hardcover. Very Good. 30p. Later (20th century?) black cloth. 25 cm. Cover unevenly faded. Outer leaves soiled. This is not specifically identified as the Triphook reprint but the pagination fits and the unsigned two-page Advertisement references Reed's Shakespeare in a footnote.
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Chinese: A Guide to the Spoken Language
Washington: War Department, 1943. Paperback. Very Good. illustrations, 62p. Softcover in original wrapper. 14 cm. TM 30-333.
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Inquiries Relating to Negro Emanciaption
London: Printed for J. Hatchard and Son, No. 187 Piccadilly, 1829. 1st ed. Paperback. Very Good. 99p. No separate wrapper present. 22 cm. Stitching partially perished, Moderate cover soil. A little dog-earing at corners. A British pro-slavery argument with examples drawn mostly from the West Indies and Sierra Leone.
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Washington Tribune, Vol. XV, No. 36 (November 29, 1935)
1935. Paperback. Poor. 8p. Eight-page newspaper. 46 x 56 cm. High acid newsprint chipped and browned. Fragile, Loss of a few words along folds. African American Newspaper published in Washington, DC by the Tribune Publishing Company. Biggest headline: Legion Hits Communism. One of the other front page, non-sports headlines: Borah hits NAACP in Vote Bid.
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Okeh Race Records: The Blue Book of Blues
(New York): Okeh Phonograph Corp, 1928. Paperback. Very Good. grainy photos and 1 illustration (all small), 32p. (cover included in pagination). Softcover in original wrapper. 18 cm. Modest browning around edges on cover. Printed on light blue paper. Form No. 2649, Okeh Phonograph Corp., N.Y. (last line on bottom of back cover). The paper on which this catalog feels much later than 1928 which makes us suspect that is a reprint done in the 1970s or so. The... Read More
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Only One Father. [cover title]
n.p., 1950. Paperback. Good. 10p. Sheets stapled in upper corner. 30 cm. Horizontal crease throughout. Mimeographed text printed on one side only. A short story/essay about a child given up by his Japanese mother and whose father was an African American sergeant serving a life sentence at Leavenworth. Author not identified.
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Aesop's Fables. With Upwards of One Hundred and Fifty Engravings on Wood
London: Printed for Joseph Booker; G. B. Whittaker; J. Duncan; Simpkin and Marshall, John Martin; and C. Whittingham, Chiswick, 1828. Hardcover. Very Good. small woodcut illustrations, xii, 228p. Contemporary 1/2 leather (black leather with marbled boards). 13 cm. Old stain in lower right corner on first several pages -- heaviest on title-page. Contents have some soiling and wear but are generally sound and appealing.
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Sarawak Junior Secondary School Certificate Examination, November 1965
Kuching: Government Printing Office, 1965. Paperback. Good. maps (2 folding), approximately 115 unnumbered pages. Wrapper. 30cm. Backstrip chipped at ends. Edges of covers faded.
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China Pictorial, No. 11 (1979); Nos. 1-5, 7-12 (1980); Nos. 1-5, 9, 11, 12 (1981); Nos. 1, 2, 4-12 (1982); Nos. 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10 (1983); Nos. 1-5 (1984); Nos. 5-10 (1987); Nos. 3, 4, 11 (1988); and Nos. 1, 3 (1989)
Beijing: China Pictorial Publications, 1989. Paperback. Very Good. 52 issues. Pictorial wrappers. 37 cm. (before 1984) or 33 cm. (after 1983). 52 monthly issues of this English-language publication.
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Richmond Oil Stoves Manufactured under Hailes Patents: The Richmond Stove Co. Norwich Conn
Norwich, Conn: The Richmond Stove Co, n.d.. Very Good. Single sheet folded to form a folded 8-page illustrated brochure. 17 cm. Mayer, Merkel & Ottman, Lith. printed in lower right corner of cover page.
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China's Screen 1980
n.p. [Peking]: [China's Screen]: [Distributed by Guozi Shudian], 1980. Paperback. Very Good. color photos, (21)p. Softcover in original wrapper. 31 cm. First issue of the English-language version of this periodical after it resumed publication in 1980.
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Free Military School for Applicants for Command of Colored Troops, No. 1210 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Established by the Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments, John H. Taggart, Late Colonel 12th Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves, Chief Preceptor
Philadelphia: King & Baird, Printers, 1864. 2nd ed. Paperback. Very Good. 43p. Disbound (removed from a bound volume). Softcover. No separate wrapper present. The Free Military School enrolled a total of over 1000 applicants The school was established in December, 1863 and and gave brief training to many white civilians and soldiers who aspired to command African American soldiers during its nine months of existence before its Supervisory Committe disbanded the organization on September 15, 1864. 8000 copies... Read More
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Trend: A Quarterly of the Seven Arts, Volume 1, No. 3 (September, October, November, 1932)
Brooklyn, NY: The Society of Teachers and Composers, Inc, 1932. Paperback. Fair. illustrations (including 3 colored lino cuts and two woodcuts), (4), 71-112p. Softcover in original wrapper. 27 cm. Cover soiling and wear with both covers detached and the narrow backstrip perished. Some interior leaves partially detached.
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Complete Caralogue 1976-77 from East African Literature Bureau
Dar es Salaam [etc.]: East African Literature Bureau, 1976. Paperback. Very Good. 215p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22cm. Cover scuffed. Subject and title indexes at end.
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Afghanistan. Three issues: Vol. 1, No. 2 (April-June, 1946) and Vol. 2, Nos. 1 & 2 (Jan-March & April-June, 1947)
[Kabul?]: Third Section of the General Directorate of Publications, 1947. Paperback. Good. Original olive green wrappers. 25-27cm. Some cover browning and short tears. An uncommon magazine identified inside the back covers as a quarterly journal of literature and culture.
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Komsomol'skoe Sobranie
Moskva: Pravda,, 1935. Paperback. Good. 46p. Wrapper. 18cm. Corner creased on back cover. Browned and probably becoming brittle. Russian text. At head of title-page: V Pomoshch Komsomol'skomu Aktivistu.
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The Aleutian, Vol. I, No. 3 (Sept. 8, 1943)
Dutch Harbor, Alaska, 1943. Paperback. Good. photos, 24p. [including wrapper). Softcover. 28 cm. Some chipping and edge-wear. Minor glue mark on back cover. Folded unbound sheets. A monthly periodical published at the U. S. Army and Naval Air Station.
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Le Guide Cicerone Fournier de Grenoble
Grenoble: L'Avenir Publicite, 1945. Edition 1945. Paperback. Good. folding map inside back cover, photos, index, 40p. Softcover in original wrapper. 19 cm. Some splitting along narrow backstrip. Map moderately browned. Printed sticker at base of first page announcin an authorised increase in the price of the guide to 28 francs (from 18). French text (first several pages also in English).
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The New York Messenger, Vol. 21, No. 11 (November 1947)
Brooklyn, NY: Edgar Reeves Artist, 1947. Paperback. Very Good. ills, photos, 15p. Wrapper (browning in upper margin). 30cm. An African American Baptist magazine.
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North American Review, No. CXV (April, 1842)
[Boston], 1842. Paperback. Very Good. Wrapper. 23cm. Cover has some foxing and browning, and there is some chipping and wear at bottom of backstrip.
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The Night of October Twentieth, 1928
Oxford: At the Clarenden Press, 1928. Hardcover. Near Fine. portrait (tipped in), 32 leaves. Original orange cloth. 23cm. Minor wear. No jacket. Leaves 16-32 headed "Impressions -- Wet and Dry." Dinner menu and nonsense program for an evening honoring Craig B. Hazlewood who appears to have been a prominent banker in the Chicago area who served at some point as President of the American Bankers Association.
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Lloyd's Calendar, 1926
London: Lloyd's Royal Exchange, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. compass calculator, folding maps, iv, 762p. plus some unnumbered advertisements and an index. Original blue cloth. 21cm. Minor soiling and wear. No Jacket.
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