Goliath der zeitgemase Schnell-Lieferwagen fur then fortschrittlichen Geschaftsbetrieb arbeitet und spart fur Sie! (Advertising Broadside and Price List)
by Hansa-Lloyd und Goliath-Werke
Bremen: Hansa-Lloyd und Goliath-Werke Borgward & Tecklenborg, 1932. Very good. Broadside; oblong 8 1/4 x 11 1/2; thin, off-white stock, printed in olive green and illustrated with monochrome photographs; a small, closed cut to bottom edge; two faint, intersecting creases through the middle; green stamp of the company and a small, penciled-in note to bottom margin; in very good condition. Carl F. W. Borgward (1890 - 1963), a German engineer and designer, began his career in 1921, when he... Read More
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Oblomov. Roman v Chetyrekh Chastiakh
by Goncharov, I. A.
Berlin: I. P. Ladyzhnikova, 1919. First edition thus; 5 x 7 ½; pp. [4], 5-657, [1]; original embossed brown buckram; gilt title to spine; minor fading to boards and wear; near fine condition. Goncharov’s Oblomov, his second and best known novel, was first printed in 1859 in the literary magazine Otechestvennye Zapiski. It had evolved from the short story Son Oblomova, published a few years earlier, which was eventually incorporated as a chapter in the finished novel. Uproariously popular, the... Read More
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The Architecture and the Gardens of the San Diego Exposition. A Pictorial Survey of the Aesthetic Features of the Panama California International Exposition
by Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor; et al
San Francisco: Paul Elder and COmpany, Publishers, 1916. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 9 x 6; pp. [12], vii-x, [2], 3-154, [4]; brown cloth over boards, printed in gilt; speckled, brown DJ; illustrated with numerous tipped-in photographic images; two tiny spots to cloth and very minor wear to edges - in very good to near fine condition. Jacket with a few small cuts and nicks ro edges. The Panama-California Exposition, later renamed Panama California International Exposition, was held... Read More
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Petergofskaia Doroga. Oranienbaumskii Istoriko-Landshaftnyi Kompleks [1 of 800 Copies]
by Gorbatenko, S. B.
St. Petersburg: Dmitrii Bulanin, 2001. First edition; 6 1/2 x 9 1/2; pp. [2], 3-42, [6]; original pictorial boards; very minor wear, fine condition. Profusely illustrated. Based on archives and historical documents, the book follows the creation and development of the landscape of Peterhof complex of palaces and gardens. Located on the Gulf of Finland, the gardens and the fountains of this royal residence are often referred to as the "Russian Versailles". Along with chapters on the royal inhabitants through... Read More
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Neskvoznaia nit. Roman (Empty Hands. A Novel)
by Gorodetskaia, N. (Nadezhda)
Parizh (Paris): Paskal, 1929. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 7 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. [4], 7-163; beige wraps, printed and ruled in black and blue; chips to tips of spine; text block pulling from hinges; light age-toning; overall in very good condition. Nadezhda Danilovna Gorodetskaia, also known as Nadejda Gorodetzky (1901 - 1985) was a novelist and author, best known for her works on religious themes. She escaped Russia after the Revolution, first living and studying in... Read More
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Autobiography and Personal Recollections of John B. Gough, with Twenty-six Years' Experience as a Public Speaker
by (Gough, John B.)
Springfield: Bill, Nichols & Co., 1869. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 9 x 6; pp. [11], vi-xvii, [2], 20-552, [4]; textured, brick-red cloth over boards; title and decorations in gilt to spine and front board; illustrated with numerous engravings by George Cruikshank and other eminent artists, including portrait frontis; a bit of rubbing to tips of spine and corners; personal stamp of previous owner to first free leaf (Elijah Damon Bearce - a prominent businessman, Vice President... Read More
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Two Early Billheads, Related to Coach Manufacturer Kimball & Co. and the Omnibus Railroad and Company of San Francisco
by G. P. Kimball & Co.
San Francisco: By the authors, 1867. Good. Two billheads, affixed to each other with two rivets; printed and partially filled in manuscript; illustrated with an advertising blurb in an elaborate border to upper left margin; a bit of age-toning and wear to corners; in good to very good condition. While Brewster and Company is often credited by some historians and researchers as the first coach-building family in the United States, others believe the honors belong to the Kimball family... Read More
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Privet iz Nashei Ery. Fel'etony. Kniga v Piati Vpechatleniiakh ne Schitaia Pervogo [Signed/Inscribed by Author]
by Grafov, Eduard
Moscow: Sovetskii Pisatel', 1986. Softcover. First edition; 5 x 8; pp. [3], 6-350, [2]; pictorial wraps; minor age-toning to margins of covers and spine; several notes to margins of first few pages, else clean; portrait frontis; overall in very good to near fine condition. Signed and inscribed by author on title page. Edward Grafov's style of writing anecdotes is so unique and easily-recognizable, some critics have coined the term "Grafovian" to describe his works. His current compilation is not only... Read More
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"Osinni uzory. Poezii. Tom VI" together wirh "Sny zruinovanoho zamky. Poezii. Tom VII" ("Autumn Tracery. Poems. Volume VI" together with "Dreams of a Ruined Castle. Poems. Volume VII")
by Granovskyi-Neprytskyi, Ol. (Granovsky, Alexander)
New York / Chicago: Independent Ukraine / Zhyttia i Mystetstvo, 1957. First Edition. Very good. First editions, 1 of 1500 copies each; two, stand-alone volumes, 1957 and 1964; 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 and 8 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. 143 and 144; pictorial wraps, designed by Evhen Blakytnyi and Mykhailo Mykhalevich respectively; light wear and age-toning to edges and corners; in very good condition. Professor Alexander A. Granovsky (1887 - 1976), as he was known in the US,... Read More
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Churaevy (Churaeva) Vol. 2-6
by Grebenshchikov, Georgii
New York/Paris/Riga/Harbin: Alatas, 1925. Softcover. Unnumbered copy of a limited first edition of 1000 published; 9 x 7 1/4; vol. II pp. 206, vol. III pp. 190, vol. IV pp. 126, vol. V pp. 208, vol. VI pp. 196; illustrated wraps; two of the volumes with closed cuts and some loss of paper to tips of spine; most pages unopened; deckled edges; good to very good condition. Georgii Dmitrievich Grebenshchikov (1882 - 1964) was a Russian author, born in the... Read More
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Gore ot Uma [Woe from Wit]
by Griboedov, A. S.
Shankhai: A. P. Kriukov, V. K. Martensen i Ko., 1921. Softcover. First edition thus; 6 x 8 1/2; pp. 86; illustrated wraps; spine reinforced with a brown linen strip; minor spotting to wraps; a few nicks and cuts to lower corner of back wrap; several passages underlined; small signature to title page; overall good to very good condition. A charming edition of Aleksandr Griboedov's (1795-1829) "Woe from Wit," published for the benefit of the White Emigres in China. He was... Read More
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A Sermon Preached Jan. 10, 1810, at the Dedication of the Church in Park Street, Boston
by Griffin, Edward D.
Boston: Printed and Published by Lincoln and Edmands, 1810. First Edition. Good. First edition; 8 1/4 x 5 1/4; pp. [3], 6-34; self-wraps, printed in black and tied with a string; scattered spots of foxing; period signature in brown ink to upper margin of front wrap; small loss of paper to upper corner; in good to very good condition. Edward Dorr Griffin (1770 - 1837) was an educator, minister, President of Williams College, and the firstpastor of Park Street... Read More
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Mexico of To-day
by Griffin, Solomon Bulkley
New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1886. Hardcover. First edition; 7 1/2 x 5; pp. [14], 1-267 + 4 pp. publisher's advertisements; brown cloth over boards, illustrated in silver and black; minor worn spots to tips of spine and corners; illustrated with maps, including a color frontispiece, and wood engravings; very good or better condition.Solomon Bulkley Griffin (1852 - 1925) was a journalist and managing editor of "The Springfield Republican" from 1878 until 1919. He wrote his current book... Read More
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A Very Small Tale of Two Very Small Bears
by Grosvenor, Fredrika
New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1905. Very good. First edition presumed; 12 1/2 x 10; pp. [16]; glossy chromolithographed paper over boards and 1/4 red cloth; illustrated with in line and full-page chromolithographs; some wear to boards along edges; occasional mild smudging to leaves; in about very good condition. An adorable story, with McLoughlin's beautiful and distinctive illustrations, of two little bears - Snuffy and Fluffy - who had been born in the circus and would eventually make a bid... Read More
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Gondla. Dramaticheskaia poema (Gondla. A Dramatic Poem)
by Gumilev, N. (Gumilyov, Nikolay)
S. l. (Berlin): Petropolis, 1936. Near fine. First edition in book form, published on the 15th anniversary of Gumilev's death (initially released in 1917 in "Russkaia mysl" journal); 5 1/4 x 4; pp. [8]; 9-86, [2]; rebound in plain, dark-blue cloth over boards; very minor age-toning and wear - in near fine condition. Set in 9th-century Iceland, where a battle between Paganism and Irish Christianity raged, the verse drama was largely autobiographical, with Nikolai Gumilev (1886 - 1921) associating... Read More
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The Cypress of Monterey. An Historical Sketch
by Guppy, Estella
San Francisco: Sunset Press, 1922. Softcover. First edition; 7 1/2 x 5 1/4; pp. 20; speckled brown wraps, illustrated in green; minor rubbing and creasing to tips of spine and corners; small cut to fore-edge of back wrap; full-page, b & w illustrations by artist Mary DeNeale Morgan; very good condition. Telling the history of the cypress tree in the Monterey region, the book features beautiful illustrations after paintings of noted California artist Mary DeNeale Morgan (1868 - 1948). Named... Read More
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Narodnaia Latyn
by Gurycheva, M. S.
Moskva: Izdatel'stvo Literatury na Inostrannykh Iazykakh, 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition; 5" x 7 3/4"; pp. [2], 3-189, [3]; original printed boards; cloth spine; minor wear and age-toning along edges; near fine. A comprehensive study of phonetics and grammar of the Latin language. Includes examples of the linguistic developments during different time periods.
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Malenkie khitrosti
by Gustinovich, V. F.
Minsk: Polymia, 1987. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 8 x 5; pp. 3-93, [1]; illustrated wraps; minor wear to tips of spine and corners; several small spots to margins of wraps; a few sentences underlined in pencil; illustrated with drawings; very good condition. An amateurs' manual to mainenance, repair, cooking, etc. around one's home, the book is written with a humorous undertone and also includes chapters on dealing with one's car, gardening, and more.
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Chorne ozero (Kara - Kol). Ekzotychnyi roman (The Black Lake (Kara - Kol. An Exotic Novel) [In Two Volumes]
by Gzhytsky, Volodymyr
Regensburg: Ukrainske slovo (Autorized by HQ EUCOM Civil Affairs Division AG 383.7, GEC - AGO), 1948. First Edition. Very good. Uniform edition; 8 x 5 3/4; vol. I pp. 3-128, vol. II pp. 3-120; dramatic pictorial wraps, designed by S. Lutsyk; a bit of wear to tips of spine and margins; previous owner's signature to title page; in very good condition. Volodymyr Gzhytsky (1895 - 1973) was a Ukrainian author and translator, whose current novel, published in a DP... Read More
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The Red House [Uncorrected Proof]
by Haddon, Mark
New York: Doubleday, 2012. Softcover. Uncorrected proof for the first American edition; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; pp. 2-291; cloth-backed clear plastic wraps; small closed cut to head of spine, else fine. From the author of "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time," the current book follows the extraordinary events of an ordinary family when hospital consultant Richard decides to mend severed ties with his sister and her family by inviting them to a joined vacation.
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Bdzholy na sluzhbi liudstva (Bees in the Service of Mankind)
by Haidak, Mykola
Vinnipeg (Winnipeg): Kalina, 1962. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 5 3/4 x 4 1/4; pp. 3-15; green wraps, printed in black; a few small spots to margins of wraps; in very good condition. Mykola Haidak (1898 - 1971) was a Ukrainian-American entomologist, world-renowned expert on bees and bee nutrition, author, and professor at the University of Minnesota. His current booklet briefly described the symbolism of bees in Ukrainian culture and their importance to humanity.
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Shukachi blakytnykh perliv
by Hai, Volodymyr
S. l.: By the author, 1947. Very good. First edition; 8 x 5 3/4; pp. 3-72; light-green wraps (a bit faded), printed in black; what-appears-to-be an unrecorded, pictorial dust jacket - designed by Konstantin Kuznetsov; illustrated with black & white plates; jacket with tiny chips to tips of spine and closed cuts to folds of flaps; book with paper along spine of wraps a bit brittle; overall in very good condition. Volodymyr Hai - the first postwar Ukrainian emigre... Read More
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Why I resigned From the Trotsky Defense Committee
by Hallgren, Mauritz A.
New York: International Publishers Co., Inc., 1937. First Edition. Good. First edition; 7 x 5; pp. 3-14; gray wraps, printed and ruled in black; edges fragile, with a few small nicks and chips and tiny repairs to corners; in good condition. Mauritz Hallgren (1899 - 1956) was an editor, author, journalist, and a leading liberal public figure. He was also a staunch supporter of loyalists to the Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War and a member of the... Read More
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Outline of Matter, and Advance Sheets of the Report on the Legislative, Administrative, Technical, and Practical Problems of Irrigation, in Course of Preparation and Publication [Advance Presentation Copy]
by Hall, William Hammond
Sacramento, CA: James J. Ayers, Supt. State Printing, 1884. Hardcover. Advance presentation copy; 9 x 6; pp. 304; brick-red cloth over boards; gilt title to front board; a bit of rubbing to tips of spine and corners; first blank leaf trimmed; thin strips of paper loss to top and bottom edges of ffep (insect nibbles); text mostly very clean; overall in very good- condition. Presentation plate to front board verso, printed and with a manuscript name filled-in (appears to... Read More
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An Account of the Shipwreck of a Dutch Vessel on the Coast of the Isle of Quelpaert, Together with the Description of the Kingdom of Corea
by (Hamel, Hendrick)
London: Korea Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1918. Good. Early-20th century edition; 9 x 6; pp. [1], 94-98, [1], 100-148; light-brown wraps, printed in black; faint discoloration to upper half (not affecting readability); a few small pieces of old tape to tips of spine and small rust spots along staples; in good to very good condition. Published as part of a series for members of the R.A.S., the booklet was originally written by Dutch sailor Hendrick Hamel, who... Read More
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