Egyptian architecture as cultural expression.
by Smith, E. Baldwin.
New York and London: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1938. Cloth. Very Good. 28cm; xviii, 264 pages including illustrations, maps and plans. Dust jacket frayed at extremities, with chip missing at upper right. Very Good in Fair dj
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A pilgrimage to Egypt...
by Smith, J. V. C.
1852. Very Good. embracing a diary of the explorations on the Nile; with observations illustrative of the manners, customs, and institutions of the people, and of the present condition of the antiquities and ruins, Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1852. 20cm; 383 pages. Wood engravings. Bound in recent black cloth. Pages toned lightly at edges, with some foxing at first and last quires. Very good condition.
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Unforgotten years.
by Smith, Logan Pearsall.
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1939. Cloth. Good . Cloth discolored at edges; dust jacket sun-darkened.
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A general account of the development of methods of using atomic energy for military purposes under the auspices of the United States Government.
by Smyth, H.D.
Washington: Superintendent of Documents, 1945. About fine.. First edtion for public distribution, following advance coy printed for press review. 15 x 23 mm (6 x 9 inches); viii, 183 pages. Printed wraps. Owner's inscription in pencil on front wrap, and again on first blank. Shelf mark on spine. Else crisp, tight, unread copy in near fine condition. Provenance: Dr. Lawrence Norton Morscher (1910-1992). The first public account of the Manhattan Project, which... Read More
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Cranial deformation in the reign of Akhnaton.
by Snorrason, Egill.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University, 1946. Fine. Offprint from the Bulletin of the History of Medicine 20 (1946), pages 601-610, specially bound in decorated paper-covered (wooden?) boards with crushed morocco backstrip with author's name lettered in gilt on upper flap of the backstrip. Abstracted profile portrait of a man wearing Egyptian headgear on upper board.
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Raccolta di poemi didascalici e di poemetti vari scritti nel secolo XVIII.
by Società tipografica de' classici Italiani.
Milano: Società tipografica de' classici Italiani, 1828. Very Good. 23 cm; xxiii, [3], 548, [4] pages. Frontispiece mezzotint portrait of Bartolommeo Lorenzi. Bound in contemporary mottled sheep over marbled boards. Joints beginning to split at crown and heel. Occasional light stains. Not only do anthologies like this one provide a broad cross-section of a literary moment by including the work of many contemporary poets, but they also preserve the best work of minor poets... Read More
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Archaeologia Aeliana, Fifth series, volume XXVII.
by Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Newcastle upon Tyne: The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1999. Wraps. Very Good. With articles on Celtic, Roman and Medieval Britain.
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Archaeologia Aeliana, Fifth series, volume XXVI.
by Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Newcastle uopn Tyne: The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1998. Wraps. Very Good. With articles on Roman and Celtic Britain.
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Le miserie de li amanti.
by Socio, Nobile.
Venice: Bernardino de Vitali, 1533. First edition. Very Good. Quarto (21 cm); [90] leaves, including final blank. In modern polished calf, titled in gilt on spine. Gilt dentelles. Some very light dampmarks through latter half of text. Reference: BM Italian, p. 631; Haym, III, p. 44; Hoepli, Cento Libri Piacevoli, 1936, n. 87; Jules Gay, Bibliographie des principaux ouvrages relatifs à amour, p. 205. Inspired by Sanazzaro's Arcadia, this pastoral tale in... Read More
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¡Guerra a muerte!
by Socorro Rojo Internacional (International Red Aid).
ca. 1935. Very Good. Printed bill, 35 x 50 cm. Blue ink on paper. Restored and laid down. The propaganda war against Francos forces in Spain was fought largely with posters. These were pasted up on walls in the night at great risk not only to those putting them up, but to the printers, artists, and organizers, too. The Socorro Rojo Internacional (S.R.I.), a creation of the Communist International Congress of 1922, was intended... Read More
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Beiträge zur Vorgeschichte der Ost-Eskimo. Steinerne Schneidegeräte und Waffenschärfen aus Grönland.
by Solberg, O.
Christiana (i.e., Oslo): Jacob Dybwad, 1907. First edition. Wrappers. Fine. 27 cm; 92 pages and 12 plates. Original printed wraps. Pristine.
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August Virzehn.
by Solschenizyn, Alexander.
Darmstadt: Luchterhand, 1972. First German edition. Flexible cloth. Very Good. Minor shelf wear; dust jacket chipped slightly along top edge. German translation of Solzhenitsyn's August 1941.
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Ragionamento sopra il fatto avvenuto in Bergemoletto, in cui tre donne, sepolte fra le rovine della stalla per la caduta d'una gran mole di neve, sono state trovate vive dopo tretasette giorni.
by Somis, Ignazio.
Torino: Nella stamperia reale, 1758. First edition. Very Good. Quarto (26 cm); [4] leaves, 166 pages, and two engraved folding plates. Engraved vignette on title pages (illustrating the event narrated in the text), engraved portrait of Carlo Emmanuele, two engraved initials with figures of cherubs. In contemporary vellum over boards, red leather label on spine. Pages lightly toned, with some rather negligible stains. Good margins. Bima, Catalogo ragionato, in "La Stampa Reale... Read More
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Vita Arnaldi Speronii de Alvarottis, et laudatio in eius funere.
by Sonda, Antonio.
Bassano del Grappa: [Remondini?], 1802. Original edition. Very Good. Octavo (19 cm); 55, [1 blank] pages. "Laudatio in funere" with separate title on page 33. Bound in Remondini-made black and red woodblock-printed decorated paper over stiff pasteboard (illustrated in "Remondini: un editore del settecento," p. 122, #37). About fine. Arnaldo Speroni degli Alvarotti (1727-1800) was bishop of Adria-Rovigo. A descendant of the humanist Sperone Speroni, Arnaldo published several plays, poems, and essays.
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Catalogue of the collection of impressionist and modern pictures formed by W. Somerset Maugham ...
by Sotheby & Co [Sotheby's]; W. Somerset Maugham.
London: Sotheby & Co, 10 April 1962. Good. 29 cm square; 63 pages, including 16 color plates and 15 half-tone plates. Preface by Maugham. Frontispiece portrait of Maugham by Marie Laurencin. Bound in green paper-covered boards superimposed with the "Mauresque" symbol that Maugham adopted as his seal. Boards somewhat warped, spine cracked at head; edge wear. Quite good internally, if not bright. 20-page unillustrated checklist in original wraps laid in. ... Read More
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New Orleans: The Crescent City, 1718-1917 .
by Southern Pacific Lines.
New Orleans: General Passenger Department, Southern Pacific Lines, [1917]. Good. 105 x 235 mm. 32 pages in stapled wraps embossed with a medallion portrait of Bienville and printed in bronze. Text pages with green tinted borders and green tinted overlay illustrations. Each page with black and white half-tone photo illustration and text. Railroad map of the United States on inside back panel. Sun marks on front panel of wraps. A little dusty, but unmarred.
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The curse of Kehama: a poem in two volumes.
by Southey, Robert.
New York: Published by David Longworth, at the Dramatic Repository, Shakespeare-Gallery, 1811. Very Good. 12mo (16 cm); 2 volumes bound in one, 212, 180 pages. Bound in contemporary full calf, decorated in gilt on spine. Edges worn but sound and entire. Stain on bottom edge. Light scattered foxing; pages uniformly toned. Shaw & Shoemaker, 23965. First American edition of Southey's bizarre poetic romance set in India.
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A guide to early Canadian glass.
by Spence, Hilda and Kevin.
Don Mills: Longmans, 1966. Cloth. Very Good . with 80 plates Signed by Authors
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A study of Buka-Passage (Solomon Islands) ceremonial paddles.
by Spiegel, H.
Sydney: The Australian Museum, 1967. 25 cm. 45 pages, 2 figures and 12 plates. Bound offprint from Records of the Australian Museum 27:3 (1967) pages 33-78, figures 1 and 2, and plates 3-15. Bound in black buckram titled on spine, original wraps bound in. Account of decorated ceremonial paddles from the Buka district acquired by the Australian Museum toward the end of the 19th century.
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Max Ernst: Les collages: inventaire et contradictions.
by Spies, Werner; Max Ernst.
Paris: Gallimard , 1984. 34 cm; 508 pages, illustrated. Original cloth in illustrated dust jacket, in shipping slipcase. Fine but for slight discoloration of dust jacket along spine. Comprehensive catalogue of Ernst's fantastic collages. First edition in French, translated from the German by Eliane Kaufholz.
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Orchid collecting in Central America:
by Standley, P.C.
Washington: The Smithsonian Institution, 1925. Very Good. pp. 353-377, and 26 plates in black and white on 13 leaves. In neat home-made stiff bristol board covers. Typewritten label on upper board.
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In Darkest Africa.
by Stanley, Henry M.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. Later printing. Good. 24cm; 2 volumes: xiv, 547; xvi, 540 pages, complete with 2 steel engravings, 43 full-page wood engravings, and 3 folded maps in rear pockets. Numerous in-text wood engravings. Bound in original duotone green cloth stamped with the outline of Africa and titled in gilt. Gilt portrait of Stanley on spines. Remarkably well preserved, with light shelf wear only. Lower hinges tender or splitting. ... Read More
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A new world: masterpieces of American painting, 1760-1910.
by Stebbins, Theodore E., Jr., and others.
Boston: The Museum of Fine Arts, 1983. Good. 352 pages illustrated. Paperback. Shelf wear.
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Policing the Arctic:
by STEELE, Harwood (1897-1978).
Toronto: The Ryerson Press, [1936]. First edition, inscribed by the author. Good. 24 cm; 390 pages, 32 half-tone photographic plates, and folding map. Bound in original black cloth titled in gilt on spine. Very brittle cloth spine and joints exhibit splits at upper joint and spine. FInger tear at head of spine. Inscribed "Good hunting!" and signed by the author on half-title. A signed copy of a fairly scarce title, with care taken against defects in... Read More
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The problem of Meighen Island.
by Stefansson, Vilhjalmur.
New York: Privately Printed for Mr. Joseph Robinson, 1939. #140 in an edition of 300 copies, numbered in ink. Fine. 22 cm; iii, [1], 257-328, [4] pages. Map prior to text. Printed on laid paper. Unbound, in gatherings, Enclosed in matching publisher's envelope with corresponding copy number (140) in manuscript. Envelope worn. Reference: AB 16850. Extremely rare, unsophisticated copy of the explorer's account of an uninhabited, icebound island in Nunavut that may or may not have been visited... Read More
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