Anglophobia in France, 1763-1789: An Essay in the History of Constitutionalism and Nationalism
by Acomb, Frances
New York: Octagon Books, 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo. Near fine in blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine and gilt publisher's logo to front board. Slight bumping to spine ends. Pristine interior. Index, 167 pages. French History. FREHIS/090215.
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The Psychic Adventures of Derek Acorah
by Acorah, Derek
Element, 2004. Paper Wrappers. Near Fine. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. "From his hugely popular and personal readings to his hit televised explorations, Derek has dealt with some of Britain's most notorious spirits and conducted countless hauting investigations. The sceptics are being silenced. Believers are being blinded by the light. What will YOU find when you enter the psychic adventures of Derek Acorah?" (jacket). Includes descriptions of encouters with Ghosts (including Jack the Ripper's victims, King Charles I, Mary Queen... Read More
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Hearings Before the Committee on Un-American Activities House of Representatives. Eighty-Seventh Congress. First Session. November 20, 21, and 22, 1961 (including index). Parts 1 and 2. Part 2 is the appendix. (2 volumes)
by Committee on Un-American Activities
Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1962. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Hearings concerning communist activity in the U.S during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Both volumes are bound in tan paper wrappers with black titles to spines and front covers. Ex-library with red pen call numbers crossed out on covers of both volumes. There are no other library markings. A few smudge marks to bindings. Light browning to some pages, but clean overall. Part I includes two... Read More
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The Soviet Union: A Documentary History, Volume 1, 1917-1914
by Acton, Edward & Tom Stableford
Exeter, UK: University of Exeter Press, 2005. Paperback. Near Fine in Wraps. Paperback. VOLUME 1 ONLY. 8vo. Illustrated black paper wrappers with blue title to front wrapper and to spine. Two staples to the first page of interior but else is pristine. Index, 468 pages. Russia. RUS/112707.
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The Illusion of the Epoch. Marxism-Leninism as a Philosophical Creed
by Acton, H.B.
London: Cohen & West, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Harry Burrows Acton (1908-1974) was an English academic in the field of political philosophy, known for books defending the morality of capitalism, and attacking Marxism-Leninism. [Wikipedia] This work is based on a seminar that he gave at the University of Chicago in 1949. The title is based on a quote from Marx and Engels that "the exponents of this conception of history ... in each epoch have had to... Read More
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Experiments with the Bradley Combination Ornaments (Cover title: The Bradley Ornaments)
by [Adagio Press] Bahr, Leonard
Harper Woods, MI: Adagio Press, 1967. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 60 of 473 copies. In this interesting work, Leonard Bahr explores ornamental as a fascinating aesthetic challenge. The Bradley combination ornamnets were designed 1952 by Will H. Bradley and released by American Type Founders. He states that this pamphlet was more than a year in the making. It gives the background of the creation of the ornaments, illustrates the basic four-square combinations and shows more than forty multiple... Read More
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C-S The Master Craftsman
by [Adagio Press] Strouse, Norman H. and John Dreyfus
Harpers Woods, MI: The Adagio Press, 1969. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. INTERESTING ASSOCIATION COPY WITH RELATED MATERIAL LAID IN. This beautiful copy is inscribed by author John Dreyfus to noted Chicago book collector and philanthropist Samuel R. Rosenthal, "for Sam R Rosenthal after a splendid evening John Dreyfus 16 December 1978 Chicago." Rosenthal and his wife, Marie-Louise, had a pre-eminent book collection that concentrated on livres d'artistes, illustrated books, and private press. This is 39 of 75 folio copies... Read More
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The Pageant of History and the Panorama of Today in Northern California. A Photographic Interpretation
by Adams, Ansel; Nancy Newhall (text)
San Francisco: American Trust Company, 1954. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. SIGNED BY ADAMS and dated May 25th 1980, Carmel on the dedication page. This book was commissioned by the American Trust Company on its one hundredth anniversary. Includes sixty photographs by Ansel Adams printed on high gloss paper."In intent, the style of this book is one of dignity and poetic depth of feeling and form. It is concerned less with the ceremonial moment than with history.... Read More
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Boys at Home
by Adams, C[harlotte], John Gilbert [illustrator]
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1854. Hardcover. Very Good -. Hardcover. Charlotte Adams (1793-1873) was the mother of novelist Charles Warren Adams and the step-mother of novelist Henry Cadwallader Adams. She was herself a writer, and between 1825 and 1873, she wrote 10 juvenile and children's books. Boys at Home was initially published in 1854 by Routledge in London. This appears to be the 1st American edition, also published in 1854 in New York. SCARCE. 8vo. Brown... Read More
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Joseph Conrad: The Man and A Burial in Kent
by Adams, Elbridge L. and John Sheridan Zelie
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. One of 450 copies for sale from an edition of 485. Nicely inscribed by authour Elbridge Adams: "To Edith Carnahan from Elbridge Adams with the somewhat disquieting consciousness that the best of the book is not of his making. Christmas 1925." Designed by Bruce Rogers with his printer's device on rear endpaper. Bound in marbled green paper boards with cream linen spine with paper title label. Covers are... Read More
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From Gags to Riches
by Adams, Joey
Frederick Fell Inc, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 8vo. Very good in brick red cloth with gilt title to front baorda nd gilt and black title to spine. Slight bumping to spine ends. Author's inscription to front free end page. Light browning to end pages. Pages yellowed. Illustrations throughout. 336 pages. Humor. HUM1/5250.
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Northern Safari: A Souvenir Programme
by Adams, Keith F.
Australia, 1950. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. SCARCE. A promotional souvenir booklet for the film "Northern Safari." 12mo. Grey, black and white illustrated side stapled paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Stamp on the inside of front cover lists the show dates and times. Else is clean and bright with black and white photographic illustrations throughout. FILM/061417.
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The Rampaging Herd: A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Men and Events in the Cattle Industry
by Adams, Ramon F.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1st Edition, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Small 4to. Ex-libris with sticker remnant to spine, stamp to end pages and edges of text block and pocket to rear end page. Else clean is clean and bright. Index, 463 pages. Books on Books. BOB309101.
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Windsor Castle and the Water-Way Thither. Our Native Land - New Series
by Adams, W.H. Davenport
London: Marcus Ward & Co, 1880. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. with 74 illustrations by R.T. Pritchett and 12 water-colour sketches after F. Jones - produced here in chromograph. Thin quarto. Three-quarter black leather over marbled paper covered boards with red leather title label to spine. Heavy wear to boards with some loss to paper. Chipping to head of spine and wear to edges of boards. Minor foxing to interior and smudge marks / spots of soiling throughout. Short... Read More
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The Spectator with Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and Explanatory Notes. In Twelve Volumes Bound into Six
by [Addison, Joseph and Richard Steele]
Philadelphia: Crissy and Markley, 1847. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Originally published in the 1700s, the Spectator was a daily publication in prose format intended to provoke discussion and address literary themes. The target audience was women, but it was advertised as being for the family. Volume I, No. I begins with an issue dated Thursday, March 1, 1710 and Volume XII, No. Monday, December 1714. Bound in the original dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt titles to... Read More
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Menckeniana: A Quarterly Review. 4 issues from 1975: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter
by Adler, Betty [founding editor]; Maclean Patterson
Baltimore: Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1975. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. All 4 issues from 1975, numbers 53 - 56. Green side stapled paper wrappers with black titles to front wrappers. Each issue is 16 pages. Mencken. MENCK/011117.
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Menckeniana: A Quarterly Review. 4 issues from 1976
by Adler, Betty [founding editor]
Baltimore: Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1976. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. 4 issues from 1976 including numbers 57 - 60. Green side stapled paper wrappers with black title to front wrappers. Light soiling to front wrapper of number 59. We have multiple copies of several of these issues also available. Mencken. MENCK/071713.
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Menckeniana: A Quarterly Review. 4 issues from 1989: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter
by Adler, Betty [founding editor]; Charles A. Fecher
Baltimore: Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1989. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. All 4 issues from 1990, numbers 109 - 111. Green side stapled paper wrappers with black titles to front wrappers. Each issue is 16 pages. Mencken. MENCK/011117.
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Menckeniana: A Quarterly Review. 4 issues from 1992: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter
by Adler, Betty [founding editor]; Charles A. Fecher
Baltimore: Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1992. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. All 4 issues from 1992, numbers 121 - 124. Green side stapled paper wrappers with black titles to front wrappers. Each issue is 16 pages. Mencken. MENCK/011117.
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Menckeniana: A Quarterly Review. 4 issues from 1981: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter
by Adler, Betty [founding editor]; Charles A. Fecher
Baltimore: Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1981. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. All 4 issues from 1981, numbers 77 - 80. Green side stapled paper wrappers with black titles to front wrappers. Each issue is 16 pages. Mencken. MENCK/011117.
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Menckeniana: A Quarterly Review. 4 issues from 1998: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter
by Adler, Betty [founding editor]; Charles A. Fecher
Baltimore: Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1998. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. All 4 issues from 1998, numbers 145 - 148. Green side stapled paper wrappers with black titles to front wrappers. Mencken. MENCK/011117.
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Menckeniana: A Quarterly Review. 4 issues from 1996: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter
by Adler, Betty [founding editor]; Charles A. Fecher
Baltimore: Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1996. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. All 4 issues from 1996, numbers 137 - 140. Green side stapled paper wrappers with black titles to front wrappers. Mencken. MENCK/011117.
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Menckeniana: A Quarterly Review. 4 issues from 1990: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter
by Adler, Betty [founding editor]; Charles A. Fecher
Baltimore: Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1990. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. All 4 issues from 1990, numbers 113 - 116. Green side stapled paper wrappers with black titles to front wrappers. Each issue is 16 pages. Mencken. MENCK/011117.
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Menckeniana: A Quarterly Review. 4 issues from 1993: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter
by Adler, Betty [founding editor]; Charles A. Fecher
Baltimore: Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1993. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. All 4 issues from 1993, numbers 125 - 128. Green side stapled paper wrappers with black titles to front wrappers. Each issue is 16 pages. Mencken. MENCK/011117.
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Menckeniana: A Quarterly Review. 4 issues from 1994: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter
by Adler, Betty [founding editor]; Charles A. Fecher
Baltimore: Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1994. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. All 4 issues from 1994, numbers 129 - 132. Green side stapled paper wrappers with black titles to front wrappers. Each issue is 16 pages. Mencken. MENCK/011117.
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