Stril unochi. Sensatsiina povist (Shot in the Night. A Novel)
by Polianych, B. (pseud. for) Luzhnytskyi, Hryhorii
Philadelphia: "Konotop" Publishing, 1974. First Edition. Very good. First edition in book form; 9 x 6; pp. [3], VI-X, [1], 12-107, [3]; pictorial wraps, designed by printer, graphic artist, and educator Wasyl Doroshenko; two title pages in English and Ukrainian; book synopsys and author's bio in English; a spot to upper corner of back wrap; a bit of glue residue showing at front hinge; in very good condition. Hryhorii Luzhnytskyi (1903 - 1990) was a Ukrainian-American scientist, playwright, theater... Read More
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Za muramy Berlinu. Poezii, 1942-1945 pp. (Behind the Walls of Berlin. Poetry, 1942-1945)
by Poltava, Leonid
S. l. (Augsburg): Ivana Manila, 1946. Softcover. First edition, n. d. (1946); 5 1/2 x 4; pp. 2-47; beige wraps, illustrated in red and blue by L. Maistrenko; small nicks to tips of spine and uniform age-toning; very good or better condition. Leonid Poltava (1921 - 1990), pseudonym for Leonid Parhomovych, was a Ukrainian poet, playwright, and a leading figure of the RKU (Reichskommissariat Ukraine) - the civilian occupation regime in German-occupied Ukraine. He also worked as a journalist for... Read More
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Malenkyi dzvonar iz Konotopu. Istorychni opovidannia (The Little Bell-ringer from Konotip. Historic Tales for Children)
by Poltava, Leonid
Toronto / New York: Obednannia Pratsivnykiv Dytiachoi Literatury , 1969. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 10 x 7; pp. 3-38, [2]; pictorial wraps in blue, brown, and black, designed by Mykhailo Mykhalevych; illustrated with monochrome, full-page and in-line drawings by Mykhalevych and Mykhailo Dmytrenko; small creases to corners and light wear to tips of spine; front hinge very-lightly starting; overall in very good condition. Leonid Poltava (1921 - 1990), pseudonym for Leonid Parhomovych, was a Ukrainian poet, playwright,... Read More
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Kul'tura, Natsional'nist ta Asimiliatsiia
by Poniatenko, P.
Winnipeg: Spilka, 1917. Softcover. First edition; 5 x 8; pp. 50; brown wraps printed in black; chips to corners; vertical cut along spine repaired; small stamp of previous owner; good or better. Written by an Ukrainian emigre author, the book elaborates on the subject of culture, national identity, and assimilation.
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Blesk i Nishcheta Administrativnoi Sistemy
by Popov, Gavriil
Moskva: Nezavisimoe Izdatelstvo PIK, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition; 8vo; pp. [2], 3-238, [2]; with DJ; original green boards with pictorial DJ; very slight wear to lower corners of boards and a faint spot to bottom margin of title page, else fine; DJ with nicks and small cuts along edges. Signed/inscribed by author. Popov was an active member of the Communist Party until 1990. In the 1970s he was dean of the Economics Faculty of Moscow... Read More
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Chlenenie Indoevropeiskoi Iazykovoi Oblasti [1 of 1100 Copies]
by Portsig, Val'ter
Moscow: Progress, 1964. First edition (translated from German by Braude, L. and Pavlov, V.); 5 1/2 x 8; pp. [4], 5-220, [2] including errata list tipped-in; original beige cloth over boards; minor rubbing and age-toning to edges; signed and inscribed by one of the translators; very good to near fine. First Russian translation of the German work on the division of the Indo-European languages.
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Along the Winding Road
by Poynter, Mary Augusta
New York / Chicago / London / Edinburgh: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1925. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 7 1/2 x 5 1/4; pp. [2], 5, [3], 9-98; blue cloth over boards, printed and ruled in gilt; a bit of light rubbing to tips of spine and corners; previous owner's gift inscription to ffep; a few minor spots of foxing to first and last few pages only; in very good condition. Lady Mary Augusta Poynter, nee Mason Dickinson... Read More
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Iaponskaia Istoricheskaia Khrestomatiia. Tekst v Romaji, Perevod i Slova k Nachal'noi Istorii Iaponii. Chast I, Otdely I i II (A Reader of Japanese History. Text in Romaji, with Translation and Words to the Early History of Japan) Part I, Series I and II
by Pozdneev, Dimitrii
Tokyo: Obshchestva Vostokovedeniia /Teikoku Insatsu Kabusiki Kaisia, 1906. Softcover. First edition; 22 1/2 x 15 cm; pp. 301; cloth-backed stiff card stock wraps; thin cuts to cloth at tips of spine and a bit of fraying; age-toning to margins of covers; minor rubbing to edges; pages mostly very clean; illustrated with tables; in Romaji, Russian, and original hieroglyphs; very good. An uncommon work on Japan and its early history, the book appears to have remained an only publication, though the... Read More
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Bumagi po krestianskomu delu (Papers on the Abolition of Serfdom)
by Pozen, M. P.
Dresde (Dresden): Bruno Wienecke, 1864. Hardcover. First edition; 8 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. [7], VI-XX, [2], 1-331, [3]; rebound in late 19th century (?), pebbled black cloth over boards; gilt title in English to spine; a few punctures from insect damage on back board along spine; minor spotting to cloth; mild to moderate foxing to pages; very good- condition. Mikhail Pavlovich Pozen (1798 - 1871) was a decorated Russian statesman and a large landowner, who served at the... Read More
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Les etats desunis. Reportage (The Disunited States. A Reportage) [An Association Copy]
by Pozner, Vladimir
Paris: Les editions Denoel, 1938. Review Copy. Very good. Review copy; 7 3/4 x 5 1/2; pp. [5], 8-308, [2]; beige wraps, illustrated in black and red; partially unopened; hinges a bit weak (text block still securely attached); deckled fore-edge a bit brittle; small nicks to tips of spine; light, uniform age-toning; very good condition. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page by Vladimir Pozner to Hungarian-British author and journalist Arthur Koestler (1905 - 1983). Vladimir Solomonovich Pozner (1905... Read More
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San Francisco in the Seventies: The City as Viewed by a Mexican Political Exile [Signed and Inscribed by John Henry Nash to Author Joy Lichtenstein]
by Prieto, Guillermo
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1938. Hardcover. Limited edition of 650 copies; 11 x 8 1/4"; pp. 90; cloth-backed marbled boards; paper spine label; some rubbing along edges and corners of boards; very minor foxing to margin of first and last several pages; illustrated with portrait frontis, two plates, and head pieces at beginning of chapters (the latter by artist William F. Rauschnabel); bookplate to front board verso; lacking DJ; overall very good condition. The book reveals the impression and... Read More
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The Printzess Art Portfolio, Containing Illustrations of Printzess Suits & Coats, Spring - Summer, 1918
by Printz, Morritz; Biederman, Joseph
S. l. (Cleveland, Ohio): The Printz-Biederman Company, 1918. First Edition. Very good. Eight, double-sided, loose sheets in original lithographed folder; 17 1/2 x 7 1/2; sepia photographic images, captioned below images; sheets with minor wear to top margin and slight fold line through middle; folder's two halves separated, with a few chips to edges; overall in very good condition. An extravagant and beautiful advertising collection for Printzess garments, it illustrated the latest suits and coats for sale and was... Read More
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La guirlande de myosotis. Poesies dediees a la jeunesse (A Garland of Forget-me-nots. Poems Dedicated to the Youth) [Inscribed by the Author]
by Priou, Louise
Paris: J. Vermot, 1859. Good. First edition presumed; 6 1/4 x 4; pp. [7], II-III, [1], 1-244, [2]; marbled paper over boards and 1/4 morocco; faded gilt title and decorations to spine; wear to leather along spine and to corners; occasional minor spots; previous owner's manuscript note to first blank leaf; in good to very good condition. Inscribed by the author in French - in translation: "To the very kind Sisters of La Chapelle St. Denis - the... Read More
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The Wonder Sandwich Book. The Old-fashioned Sandwich Steps Out
by Proctor, Alice Adams
S. l. (New York): Continental Baking Co., Inc., 1928. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 7 x 5 1/4; pp. 1-12; stapled, lithographed wraps; illustrated with drawings; small, scattered spots of foxing to wraps; small, closed cuts to tips of spine; in about very good condition. Published in the same year sliced bread was invented in Missouri, the booklet was written by spokesperson and author for Hostess products Alice Adams Proctor. She was, in fact, a fictitious person, once... Read More
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A Collection of Six Original Photographs from Various Animated Films
by [Produced by] Fleischer, Max; et al
Hollywood: Walt Disney Productions / Paramount Pictures, 1939. Very good. Six studio still photographs (one borderless) from "Pinocchio," "Dumbo" and "Gulliver's Travels," 1939 - 1941; 8 x 10; all from The Examiner's Reference Library, with the newspaper's stamp on verso, holograph notes (describing the specific scenes) and/or mimeo snipes pasted on; overall in very good condition - with small creases to corners, one with two small nicks to bottom edge, one with a slight ripple to right margin. Depicting... Read More
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Help Uncle Sam by Helping Yourself
by Defense Housing Coordination of National Defense Program
Oakland, California: Home Registration Office, 1942. First Edition. Very good. Brochure; 5 1/2 x 3 1/2; pp. [4]; lithographed illustration to pp. 1, printed text with blanks to the rest of the pages; slight crease through middle, else minor wear; in very good or beter condition. Part of the campaign to house war workers and their families in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Government offered homeowners the possibility to remodel their homes, in order to then rent part... Read More
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Simon Petliura
by Prokhoda, Vasil
New Ulm, Germany: Ukrains'kikh Vistei, 1968. Softcover. First edition; 6 x 8; pp. pp. 51; green wraps printed in black; a bit sun-faded along margins of wraps, else minor wear; illustrated with portrait frontis; very good. A well-written biography of Simon Petliura - controversial Ukrainian journalist, writer, politician, and national leader. Called by some "freedom fighter who tried to protect Jews" and by others a "bloody anti-Soviet terrorist' - he was assassinated in 1926 in Paris by Russian anarchist Sholom... Read More
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William Prufrock Company Trade Card (Origin of the Name of T. S. Eliot's First Published Manuscript)
by Prufrock, Wm.
St. Louis: Wm. Prufrock, Wholesale Manufacturer, 1880. Very good. Trade card, n. d. (ca 1880); 3 x4 1/2; chromolitographed recto with text in black; blank verso; light-age-toning to margins; a few small spots to verso; in very good condition. William Prufrock, a German-American enterpreneur, established William Prufrock Furniture Company in 1868. After William's death, his son Harry Purfrock took over the business and successfully made the company a household name by writing his own ads with remarkable editorials, which... Read More
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Zaprosy naroda i obiazannosti intelligentsii v oblasti prosveshcheniia i vospitaniia (People's Needs and Duties of the Intelligentsia in Upbringing and Education)
by Prugavin, A. S.
S.-Peterburg (St. Petersburg): Tipografiia I. N. Skorokhodova, 1895. Second Edition. Very good. Second edition, greatly enlarged; 8 3/4 x 6 1/4; pp. [7], VI-XXIII, [1], 1-547, [5]; rebound in green buckram and 3/4 red leatherette; a few rubbed spots to edges; glue residue to title page left margin from an early repair; two previous owners' stamps - Russian-American emigre author and editor I. Dziomenko and Pierre Nicolaeff; very good condition. Aleksandr Stepanovich Prugavin (1850 - 1920) was a revolutionary,... Read More
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Ia proshu slova (I Ask for Words)
by Prykhodko, M. (Prychodko, Nicholas)
Buenos Aires: Peremoha, 1949. First Edition. Good. First edition; 7 x 5; pp. 3-78; beige wraps, printed and ruled in black; paper on spine a bit brittle, with several small chips; uniform age-toning; in about very good condition. Mykola Prykhodko (1904 - 1980) was a Ukrainian author and educator. He was a professor at the University of Kiev, when in 1938 he was arrested by the NKVD and sent to a concentration camp in Siberia for 3 years, one... Read More
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Sore
by Ex-Coolest Guy in the World [pseud]
Fullerton, CA: Published by the Author, 1991. First edition; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; pp. 27; stapled pictorial blue wraps; pages slightly misaligned; illustrated with sketches, photographs, cartoons, and a comics strip; very minor wear - near fine. An apparent single-author creation, the zine primarily focuses, among other things, on musings and elaboration on Libertarian Municipalism, "Right" and "Left," and "Silly-Billy Environmentalism" the latter of which lambastes electric cars, recycling, and other ways of wasting energy. Not in OCLC.
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Svatannia na vechernytsiakh. Vodevil v 1 dii (Matchmaking in the Evening. A Vaudeville in 1 Act)
by Starodub (pseud.)
New York: Nakladom Ukrainskoi knyharni im. Tarasa Shevchenka, 1919. First Edition. Good. First edition; 8 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. [1], 4-15; light-brown, pictorial wraps; edges brittle, with small nicks and chips; two more contemporary staples to spine; in good to very good condition. A short comedy, written under a pseudonym by a Ukrainian-American emigre, for the immigrant community in the US.
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Istochnik mudretsov. Tibetsko-Mongolskii terminologicheskii slovar Buddizma. Paramita i Madkhiamika (The Source of Sages. Tibetan-Mongolian Dictionary of Buddhism. Paramita and Madhyamaka)
by Pubaev, R.; et al
Ulan-Ude: Buriatskoe Knizhnoe Izdatelstvo, 1968. First Edition. Very good. First Russian edition, first ever translation in an European language, 1 of 1000 copies; 10 x 6 3/4; pp. 3-164, [4]; light-brown wraps, printed and ruled in black; a few light spots to margins; chips to tips of spine; small nicks to fore-edge of wraps; in about very good condition. Compiled by a group of learned lamas in 1741-1742, the book's scope would spread beyond that of a dictionary, with... Read More
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Oakland, "Athens of the Pacific." The City of Churches, The City of Schools and Colleges, The City of Art and Science, The City of Wealth and Industry, The City of Health and Homes. Also, Facts and Figures of Alameda County, Its Cities and Towns, Farms and Factories, Railroad and Shipping Interests, Public Institutions, Harbors, Climat, Soil, Products, Etc., Etc.
by Published Under the Joint Auspices of the Merchants' Exchange and Board of Trade of the City of Oakland, Cal., by Authority of the Board of Supervisors of Alameda County
Oakland, CA: Calderwood, G. W. and Loofbourow, G. T., 1897 (Copyrighted 1896). First Edition. Very good. First edition; 11 3/4 x 9 1/4; pp. iii-v, [3], 9-99, [1]; pink wraps, printed in blue, with a sepia-tone photograph; illustrated with numerous maps and b & w photographs; two stamps of the Calfironia State Board of Trade to lower margin of front wrap; small, antiques shop label to front wrap verso; a thin strip of clear tape to spine cover;... Read More
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There Now! I Told You Before to Get Dingman's Soap. (Struck by a Cyclone)
by (Pugsley, Dingman and Company)
S. l.: Pugsley, Dingman Co., 1890. Very good. Large trade card, n. d. (ca 1890); 7 1/2 x 5 1/2; off-white card stock, lithographed illustration to recto, text to verso; small creases to corners; stamp of Helmer & Corwin, distributors of the soap, to verso; in very good condition. An amusing advertisement for Toronto-based Dingman's Soap, it showed a cowering gentleman, fallen through and stuck into the seat of a chair, and an enraged housewife, holding part of a... Read More
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