Naukovi zapysky UTGI I [IV] (UTGI Scientific Proceedings I [IV])
by [Edited by] Yendyk, Rostyslav; et al
Regensburg: Ukrainskyi Tekhnichno-Gospodarskyi Instytut, 1948. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 10 x 6 1/2; pp. 3-198; olive-green wraps, printed and ruled in black; illustrated with graphs, maps, pictures, tables, and a large, fold-out technical drawing; two stamps of the institute to front wrap and title page; sun-fading to margins of wraps; small nicks to tips of spine; staples showing at hinges with small splits around; overall in very good- condition. In Ukrainian, English, and German. The Ukrainian Technical... Read More
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Obshchekazachii Zhurnal. Organ Nezavisimoi Kazach'ei Mysli (Vol. 6, No. 12 and Vol. 7, No. 14) [The All Cossacks Journal]
by [Edited by] Elatontsev (Elff), S. G.
Farmingdale, NJ: The World Cossacks Association, Inc., 1951. Softcover. First edition; 6 x 9; pp. 68, [12] and pp. 108 respectively; illustrated blue and yellow wraps; a few rubbed spots to spine; minor nicks to corners; penciled-in notes on some pages of No. 12; a few smudged fingerprints to edges, else text clean; illustrated with political cartoons and drawings; very good. In Russian with preface in English. The World Cossack Association was established in late 1946 in New Jersey by... Read More
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Krokodil [Various Issues]
by [edited by] Shvetsov, S.; Sobolev, L; et al
Moscow: Gazety "Pravda", 1957-58. First editions (7 issues); 10 x 13; pp. 14 including text to first and last pages; original staple-bound pictorial wraps; in good condition with wear and partial splitting along spine; spotting and small chips along edges; two of the issues with thin strips of tape to spine; internally mostly very clean; profusely illustrated. A delightful archive of arguably the most popular Soviet journal of caricature and satire. The present issues lean heavily on ridiculing capitalist countries... Read More
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Poklin Marii. Ukrainska emigratsiia v nimechchyni prechystii Divi Marii vladychytsi i opikuntsi Ukrainy (In Mary's Honour. The Ukrainian Emigration to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen and Protectress of Ukraine)
by [Edited by] Kurpita, Teodor
Miunkhen: Nakladom vydavnytstva religiinoi literatury, 1947. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 8 1/4 x 5 3/4; pp. [4], 5-158, [2]; brown pictorial wraps in brick-red and black; title in Ukrainian, English, German, and French on facing pages; illustrated with frontis plate, photographs, drawings, and a music score; a bit of wear and creasing to corners and along spine; in very good condition. Teodor Kurpita was a poet, novelist, satirist, playwright, and journalist. He emigrated to Germany in 1945... Read More
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Vremia i My [July-August 1982] No. 67
by [Edited By] Perel'man, Viktor; et al
New York/Jerusalem/Paris: Vremia i My, 1982. Softcover. First edition; 5 x 8; pp. [3], 6-256; white wraps illustrated with portraits; minor age-toning to wraps; discoloration to bottom margin of back cover (not affecting pages); internally clean; illustrated with photographs of the authors; very good or better. The emigre journal "Time and I" was first published in 1974 as a collaborative effort of Russian ex-patriots in Israel, Europe, and the US. Issued at somewhat irregular intervals, it contained monographs and articles,... Read More
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The Merry Mixer, or Cocktails and Their Ilk. A Booklet of Mixtures and Mulches, Fizzes, and Whizzes
by [Edited by] Guyer,William
New York: The Geo. T. Stagg Company, 1933. Softcover. First edition; 6 x 4; pp. [6], 7-63, [1]; grayish-green wraps, printed in blue and silver; minor nicks to tips of spine; two small, faint spots to wraps; minor wear to edges and corners; text block slightly separating between pp. 16 and 17 (still solidly bound); illustrated with drawings by Herbert F. Roese; very good condition.One of the most often reprinted cocktail books, it was published right after the end... Read More
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![Fireside Monthly. Devoted to Science, Literature, and Practical Life [February, 1860, Vol. I, No. 7]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/597/159/724159597.0.l.jpg)
Fireside Monthly. Devoted to Science, Literature, and Practical Life [February, 1860, Vol. I, No. 7]
by [Edited by] Hall, William Whitty
New York: W. W. Hall, 1860. Softcover. First edition; 6 x 9; pp. [1], 194-224, [2]; yellow wraps illustrated with steel engravings; two small nicks to tail of spine and lower corner; minor foxing and spotting to margins of wraps; faint vertical crease; text mostly very clean, but for a few spots to lower margin of first few pages; very good. An influential, albeit very short-lived, for its time journal "for women and the home" - the Fireside Monthly was... Read More
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Georgi Dimitrov
by [edited by] Georgiev, Z.
Sofia: Stopansko Razvitie, 1947. First edition; 8 x 10 3/4; pp. [7], 8-17, [47]; original beige wraps with red title; several spots to front cover and some age-toning; closed cut to tail of spine; internally clean; illustrated with full-page and in-line monochrome photographs; few words underlined in pencil; overall very good. Published on June 18, 1947 by the Bulgarian Ministry of Arts and Information - the book was a tribute to Georgi Dimitrov on his 65th birthday. He led the... Read More
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A Social Evening. Dedicated to the Order at Large" Written in Behalf of Treasuries of Order Eastern Star Chapters" together with "Supplement to THE PILGRIMS
by Editor of "Mizpah" (Bigelow, Ella A.)
Marlboro, MA: By the Author, 1900. First Edition. Very good. First editions, n. d. (ca 1900). Booklet - alternate title from front wrap: "A Social Evening. Written in Behalf of Treasuries of Order Eastern Star Chapters;" 7 3/4 x 5 1/4; pp. [1], 4-9; beige, card stock wraps, printed in black; text block tied to wraps with a decorative string; light age-toning and a bit of wear to tips of spine; rubbed spots to back wrap; in about... Read More
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Falitut na G-n Bairkov ili po Nevolia Komedianti. Komediia v 2 Deistviia (Iz Turgovskiia Zhivot) [Play Script]
by Edrev-Verdela, Aleksandur Dimitrov
Sofiia: Svetlina/Sofiia: S. P. Patlov, 1926. Soft cover. Good. First edition (stated first on title page with 1926 bellow publisher's imprint and 1928 to front cover); No. 43 in the series "Teatur za Naroda" and No.23 in "Komedii, Smiah I Veselie." 5
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Edwards' Illustrated Report of the Fourth Annual Fair of the Saint Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Association
by Edwards, Richard
St. Louis, MO: Published at the Office of edwards' Monthly, A Journal of Progress, 1859. First edition, n. d. (1859); 9 1/4 x 6 1/4; pp. 239; textured blue cloth over boards; lavish gilt decorations and title; rubbing with small loss of paper to tips of spine; some wear to corners and edges of boards; upper margin of first and last several leaves with light moisture stain (not affecting readability); illustrated with numerous and elaborate full-page and in-line wood... Read More
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"K voprosu o gistologicheskikh izmeneniiakh pri travmaticheskom vospalenii korkovago veshchestva golovnago mozga (eksperimentalnoe izsledovanie). Dissertatsiia na stepen doktora meditsiny (On the Question of Histological Changes in Traumatic Inflamation of the Cortex of the Brain (An Experimental Study). Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine)" together with "Ob obezkrovlivanii konechnostei dlia operatsii posredstvom elasticheskikh bintov. Dissertatsiia na stepen doktora meditsiny (Excanguination of the Extremities During Surgeries Through Elastic Bandages. Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine)
by Efremov, V. and Emigrodskii, G.
S. Peterburg (St. Petersburg): Russkaia Skoropechatnia P. S. Nakhimova and Tipografiia O. I. Baksta, 1874. First Edition. Original wraps. Very good -. First editions, 1 of 300 copies; 9 1/4 x 6; pp. 1-44, [7] and [1], 4-65, [2] respectively; pink wraps, printed in black; several period notes and small stamps to wraps and title pages; nicks to tips of spine and corners; foxing mostly contained toinitial several leaves and margins; the first booklet illustrated with a large,... Read More
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Patent for Apparatus for the Manufacture of Illuminating Gas
by Egner, Frederic
S. l. (Washington, DC): N. Peters, Photo-lithographer, 1885. Good. Patent document, partially filled with manuscript notes; 11 1/2 x 7 1/2; off-white card stock - hand-colored engravings and manuscript notations to recto, specification to verso; two lower corners clipped, obscuring part of a penciled-in word; thin chip with small loss of paper to upper right corner; later typed label to upper left corner; a bit of smudging to margins; overall in good to very good condition. An interesting engineering... Read More
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The Snow Queen
by Eiler, April; Beard, Sandra
Palo Alto, CA: Line Dance, 1993. First Edition. Near fine. First,limited edition of 200 copies (this #31); 8 1/4 x 6 3/4; pp. [3], 6-24, [2]; speckled, light-gray, pictorial wraps; illustrated with monotype plates by Sandra Beard; deckled top edge of wraps and fore-edge; a few minor creases to wraps; in very good to near fine condition. A beautiful work of verse by San Francisco Bay Area poet April Eiler and artist Sandra Beard.
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Dein Wald/ SIGNED and INSCRIBED 1st
by Eipper, Paul
Dietrich Reimer, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. In German. 1st Ed. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by author on first free page. "Mit 70 Bildern von Hein Gorny." Book Condition: Near Fine - slight dust dulling to edges, very few scattered spots of foxing; covers, pages and illustrations bright and clean; DJ Condition: Poor - chips and splits.
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Prangender Sommer im deutschen Wald/ SIGNED and INSCRIBED 1st
by Eipper
Dietrich Reimer, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. In German. 1st Ed. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by author on first free page. "Mit 64 Bildern von Hein Gorny." Book Condition: Near Fine - the slightest dulling to head and tail of spine, very few scattered spots of foxing, covers, pages, and illustrations bright; DJ Condition: Poor - splits and chips.
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'Jakes Phila Style of Cuts' Advertising Broadside
by Eiselstein, Jacob
S. l. (Philadelphia): By the proprietor, 1886. Good. Small broadside; 8 1/2 x 6; illustrated with small woodcuts; old, faint crease lines; two small chips to top edge; text and illustrations printed off-center, towards the left edge; in good to very good condition. A fascinating piece of advertisement, it showcased hairstylist Jacob Eiselstein's leading styles of hair cut, pattented in 1886 and some of them named after streets in Philadelphia, including 'Jakes 13 St Cut' and 'Chestnut St Cut.'... Read More
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Vospominaniia [Recollections]
by Elenevskaia, Irina
Stockholm: Published by the Author, 1968. Softcover. First edition, 1 of 500 copies (according to Andre Savine); 5 3/4 x 8 1/4; pp. 214; beige wraps ruled in red and blue; light age-toning to margins of wraps; two small red pen scribbles to front wrap; faint crease to lower corner; text clean; very good or better. Irina Elenevskaia was born at the end of the 19th century in a prominent family - grandfather was prominent orientalist V. D. Smirnov and... Read More
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Granitovo. Poema (Granitovo. A Poem)[Original illustrations by Olga Paskaleva]
by Elenkov, Luchezar
Sofiia: Narodna Mladezh, 1983. Hardcover. Fine. Second edition; 7" x 9"; pp. [9], 10-54, [2]; original brown boards with gilt title; pictorial DJ; illustrated; fine. Jacket with a few small nicks to head and tail of spine and corners, very good. What first grabs the attention in this book are the striking full-page sepia tone illustrations by Olga Paskaleva - an award winning Bulgarian artist. In a typical Communist propaganda way, the poem commemorates the heroism of 7... Read More
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Russkaia Literatura v Portretakh i Pis'menakh [Russian Literature in Portraits and Letters]
by Eliasberg, Aleksandr; [With an Introduction by] Mann, Thomas
Miunkhen (Munich): Orkhis, 1922. Hardcover. First edition; 6 1/2 x 9 1/4; pp. 144; cloth-backed illustrated paper over boards; a bit of discoloration and spotting to boards; pages with small moisture ripples to margins (not affecting text and illustrations); gift inscription to half-title page; good to very good condition. Title, preface, index, and subtitles in Russian and in German. An incredible accomplishment and a standard point of reference for big part of the 20th century, the book encompassed the portraits,facsimile... Read More
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The Faithful Steward. A Sermon Delivered by Andrew Eliot, M.A. at His Ordination to the Pastoral Charge of the New North Church in Boston, in Conjunction with the Rev. Mr. Webb. On April 14. 1742
by Eliot, Andrew
Boston: Printed by Tho. Fleet, for Samuel Eliot in Cornhill, 1742. Softcover. First edition; 8 x 5 1/4; pp. 5-35; beige wraps, tied with a string; elaborate woodcut border to front wrap; woodcut vignettes to title page and at head of first chapter; scattered spots of foxing, mostly to wraps; last leaf with two tears to lower margin and small loss of paper (not affecting text); several small nicks to edges; overall in very good condition.Andrew Eliot (1718 -... Read More
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An Evil and Adulterous Generation. A Sermon Preached on the Publick Fast, April 19. 1753
by Eliot, Andrew, M. A.
Boston, Mass: Printed by S. Kneeland, for J. Winter, over against the King's Arms in Union Street, 1753. Softcover. First edition; 8 x 5; pp. [1], 2-26; laid paper, printed in black; woodcut border to first page and an engraved vignette at the end of text; removed; a few chips to edges of title page and a few of the initial leaves; small numbers written in the upper corners of each page; overall in very good condition.Andrew Eliot (1718... Read More
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Problemy Iazykovoi Interferentsii. Uchebnoe Posobie [Gypsy Dialects]
by Eloeva, F. A. and Rusakov, A.
Leningrad: Leningradskogo Universiteta, 1990. Soft cover. Near Fine. First edition; staple-bound booklet; pp. [1], 4-90; original wraps; mimeographed text; minor wear to head of spine and very mild age-toning, else fine. 1 of 295 copies. Application of the theory of "language contact" on the Gypsy language in Europe. The second part of the work contains practical examples, based on Gypsy dialects in the Northern parts of the Soviet Union.
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The Evangelical Primer Containing A Minor Doctrinal Catechism And A Minor Historical Catechism; to Which is Added the Westminster Assembly's Shorter Catechism; with Short Explanatory Notes and Copious Scripture Proof and Illustration; and an Appendix, Containing Various Directions for Studying the Scriptures. For the Use of Families and Schools
by Emerson, Joseph
Boston: Published by Crocker and Brewster, 1844. Softcover. Good. Early edition; 6 x 3 1/4; pp. [3], 6-72; turquoise wraps, printed and ruled in black; closed cut to tail of spine and a small chip to head; faint discoloration to back wrap and last few leaves; small signature of previous owner to title page; illustrated with 72 wood engravings of biblical scenes; in good to very good condition. Joseph Emerson (1777-1833) was an American Congregationalist pastor. Though he wrote... Read More
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Tytan. Poemy (Titan. Poems)
by Endyk, Rostyslav
S. l. (Germany): Na chuzhyni: S. l. (US-Zone), 1948. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 6 3/4 x 5; pp. 3-83; light-brown wraps, printed in black; a few minor spots to wraps; staples showing at back hinge; in very good condition. Rostyslav Endyk (1906 - 1974) was a Ukrainian anthropologist, author, journalst, educator, politician, and full member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Some of his most notable scientific books included studies of the anthropology of Ukrainians, including "Anthropological features... Read More
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