Ropot. 16 avgusta 1902 (Rumbling. August 16, 1902)
by Tumanian, Ovanes
S. l.: Utopress, 2003. First edition thus. Near fine. Micro-miniature, 1 of 1 copies; 3/4 x 1/2; pp. [14]; plain green wraps; illustrated with portrait frontis; very minor wear; near fine or better condition. A unique edition, it featured Hovhannes Tumanyan's poem "Ropot," originally written in 1902. Tumanyan (1869 - 1923) was an author, translator, journalist, activist, and the national poet of Armenia. He was arrested twice, for trying to negotiate peace during the Armenian-Tatar Massacres of 1905-1907. He... Read More
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National Business Show, America's Efficiency Exposition, Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, March 8th to 13th, 1926. Directory of Exhibits
by Tupper, Frank E.
New York: National Business Show Company, 1926. Very good. First edition; 5 3/4 x 4 1/4; pp. 2-23; stapled, pictorial wraps in beige and brown; illustrated with floor plan drawing of the exposition auditorium; front wrap with fore-edge a bit unevenly-trimmed and a slight spot to left margin; overall in very good condition. This America's Efficiency Exposition, held in March of 1926 in San Francisco, would precede the World's Fair in Philadelphia, also known as the Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition... Read More
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Pervaia liubov (First Love)
by Turgenev, I. S.
Berlin - Peterburg (Berlin - St. Petersburg): Izd-Stvo Z. I. Grzhebina, 1923. First Thus. Very good. First edition thus; 5 3/4 x 4; pp. [5], 8-130; textured beige wraps; title and vignette in gilt; small nicks to corners and tips of spine and a bit of wear to edges; text block pulling slightly at hinges; numerous illustrations by Vladimir Konashevich, including frontis, full-page, and in-line; very good condition. A beautiful and uncommon edition of Ivan Turgenev's (1818 - 1883)... Read More
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Mumu
by Turgenev, Ivan
Cheboksary: Chuvashskoe Knizhnoe Izdatel'stvo, 1974. Softcover. First edition thus; 5 x 8; pp. [2], 5-60, [2]; illustrated wraps; small nicks to tips of spine; lower corners a bit bent; light uniform age-toning to pages; illustrated by I. Astapova; very good or better. A beautiful edition of Turgenev's short story about a deaf/mute peasant and his dog Mumu.
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Istoriia Frankov (Historia Francorum)
by Turskii, Grigorii
Moskva: Nauka, 1987. Hardcover. First edition; 7" x 8 ¾†; pp. [6], 7-461, [3]; original embossed olive boards; gilt title; pictorial DJ; very slight wear to covers, fine; DJ with wear and rubbed spots along edges.
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Remarks of Mr. Lucius Tuttle, President of the Boston and Maine Railroad, Before the Railroad Committee of the Massachusetts Legislature in Favor of an Act to Authorize the Boston and Maine Railroad to Purchase and Hold the Shares of the Capital Stock of Any Railroad Corporation Whose Road is Leased to or Operated by It, or of Which It Owns a Majority of the Capital Stock. Boston, January 26, 1898
by Tuttle, Lucius
Boston: Rand Avery Supply Co., 1898. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 9 x 6; pp. 1-16 + large, fold-out map; beige wraps, printed in black; spotting and a discolored spot to upper margin of back wrap and last few leaves; a bit of wear along margins of front wrap; in good to very good condition. The Boston and Maine Railroad, originally chartered in 1835 in New Hampshire, was a Class I Railroad in northern New England. Lucius Tuttle... Read More
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The Prince and the Pauper. A Tale for Young People of All Ages
by Twain, Mark
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1882. Hardcover. First American edition, first issue with the Franklin imprint on the copyright page and uncorrected text on pp. 124, 263, 362 ('estate' not 'state,'do not' instead of 'do,' 'reigned' not 'reined' respectively); 7 x 9; pp. [10], 11-411, [3]; half morocco and marbled boards; marbled endpapers and page edges; five raised bands and gilt title and rosettes on spine; illustrated with 192 engravings; some wear and rubbing to edges of boards... Read More
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Nesmertelna slava. Povist z istorii Ukrainy i viiska zaporiskoho (Immortal Glory. A Novel on the History of Ukraine and the Time of Zaporizhzhia)
by Tyrsa, Vasyl (pseud. for Fedenko, Panas)
London: Nashe slovo, 1953. First Edition. Fair. First edition; 8 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. [2], 5-158, [1]; light-brown wraps, printed in black and illustrated with a small vignette in blue; paper strips to spine and hinges; gift inscriptions and stamps of a Ukrainian youth organization to half-title and title pages; text block separating; in fair condition. Panas Fedenko (1893 - 1981) was a Ukrainian author, publicist, historian, and political activist. He was a member of the Ukrainian Social... Read More
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Zhyttia inshoi liudyny (Life of the People)
by Tys, Iurii
Miunkhen: Ukrainske Vydavnytstvo, 1958. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 7 x 5; pp. [4], 7-187, [3]; pictorial wraps in green, white, and black by Boris Kriukov; a few minor rubbed spots to edgs and corners; in very good or better condition. Iuryi Tys, pseud. for Iuryi Krokhmaliuk (1904 - 1994), was a Ukrainian historian, author, publisher, and journalist. Educated as an engineer, he also served in the Polish Army and was later arrested as a member of the... Read More
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Pro lytsaria Dobryniu ta iogo sestrychku zabavu. Pro iunaka Semenka, shcho voliu dobuvav. Dvi kazky (The Knight Dobrynia and His Sister Zabava. Young Semenko, Fighter for Freedom. Two Tales)
by Tys, Iurii
Toronto / Niu Iork: Obednannia Pratsivnykiv Literatury dlia Ditei i Molodi, 1970. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 10 x 7; pp. 3-30, [2]; glossy, pictorial wraps in off-white, brown, and red; title in Ukrainian and English on facing pages; numerous sepia-tone illustrations by Petro Andrusiv; very minor wear to tips of spine and edges; barest age-toning and smudging to margins; in very good to near fine condition. iuryi Tys, pseud. for Iuryi Krokhmaliuk (1904 - 1994), was a... Read More
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Dardanelly, Bosfor i Chernoe More v XVIII veke [Dardanelles, Bosphorus, and the Black Sea in the 18th Century) Signed/Inscribed by Author
by Ulianitskii, Vladimir Antonovich
Moskva (Moscow): Tipografiia A. Gattsuka, 1883. Hardcover. First edition; 9 x 6; pp. [7], 2-484, [3], IV-CCLX; rebound in brown cloth over boards; a few small rubbed spots to edges of boards; front hinge reinforced with a thin strip of linen; signature and bookplate of Anatole G. Mazour to title page recto and verso; very good or better condition. Signed and Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Vladimir Ulianitskii (1855 - 1920) was a Russian, historian, professor, and... Read More
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Nailuchshee liechenie (Best Cure)
by Ullersperger, Dr.; [Translated by] Zelenkov, A.
Riga: G. Sete, 1909. Very good. First Russian translation, from the 4th edition of "What We Need," n. .d. (1909); 7 1/2 x 5; pp. [2], 5-64; lithographed, pictorial wraps; a few small spots and some wear to margins and edges; several passages lightly underlined with pencil; in very good condition. An authoritatively-presented study, for its time, it touched on the subjects of vegetarianism, nutrient salts, therapeutic diets, etc.
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Natural History; or, Uncle Philip's Conversations with the Children About Tools and Trades Among Inferior Animals
by Uncle Philip (Hawks, Francis)
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1839. Good. Second edition (?), first published in 1835; 6 x 4; pp. [13], 8-213, [5]; brown cloth over boards; gilt title to spine; three title pages, as published; illustrated with numerous woodcut engravings and frontis plate; small, rubbed spots to tips of spine and corners; period manuscript note and number to ffep; mild to moderate foxing, heavier to first and last few leaves; in good to very good condition. Writing under the pseudonym... Read More
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Klamath National Forest, California - Oregon
by United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, California Region
S. l.: United States Department of Agriculture, 1936. First Edition. Very good. First edition; stapled and double-folded, 9 x 4; pp. 1-22; off-white pictorial wraps; illustrated with numerous photographs and a centerfold map; a few minor spots and mild wear; in very good condition. Set aside as a "forest reserve" in 1905 by President Theodore Roosevelt, Klamath would be designated a National Forest in 1907. Lying along the border of California and Oregon, the region had been home to... Read More
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Two Little Pets and Other Stories [Chromolithograph Illustrations]
by Unknown
New York: Cassell Publishing Company, 1892. First edition; 7 1/2 x 9 1/2; pp. [26]; beautiful chromolithographed boards; full page and in-line lithographed illistrations; two small rubbed spots to tail of spine with webbing showing; some rubbing along edges and corners; minor spots to margins of covers; endpapers a bit brittle by hinge; pages uniformly age-toned; small piece missing off last page corner (not affecting text or illustrations); overall in very good- condition. An apparently unrecorded edition of 12 tales... Read More
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[Advertisement][Cooking] Reliable Recipes and Helpful Hints
by Unknown
Chicago: Calumet Baking Powder Co., 1909. First edition; 5 x 7; pp. 64 including text to first and last page; stiff chromolithographed wraps bearing the trademark Indian Head to front cover; some age-toning and dust-dulling to covers; small indented dots and scratches to margins; illustrated with b & w drawings; pages mostly clean with a few small spots to edges; wraps a bit weak along staples; good to very good. Apart from numerous recipes using Calumet Baking Powder, the booklet... Read More
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An 1854 Letter from A Young Lady to Her Friend
by Ursula
Waterbury: By the Author, 1854. Softcover. Manuscript, written in brown ink; 8 x 10; pp. 4; a few faint horizontal crease lines; several small ink spots; near fine. A heart-warming and somewhat sad letter by a young lady, signed Ursula, to her friend. She has, apparently, just moved from Haddam to Waterbury, CT to work in an establishment dealing with curtain bands, sacks, etc. Among talking about her job and asking about various relatives and friends back home, Ursula mentions... Read More
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A Visit to the Invalides
by Vacquier, J.
Paris: Librairie Delagrave, 1930. Hardcover. New improved edition (eight thousand); 4 1/2 x 7; pp. [7], 8-80; stiff pictorial cardboard wraps; small closed cut to tail of spine; faint age-toning along margins of covers; few small spots to lower corner of front cover; illustrated with full-page and in-line engravings (including a 2-page frontis) and photographs; overall very good. A charming book on 'Les Invalides' (also known as 'The National Residence of the Invalids') in Paris. Includes various chapters on The... Read More
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Kum Pobieda s Bulgarskitie Voiski
by Vagner, H.
Sofia: Internatsionalnata Knizharnitsa na Ivan Kh. Nikolov, 1913. Hardcover. First Bulgarian edition; 6 x 8 3/4; pp. [17], 4-162, [6]; rebound in 3/4 marbled cloth and paper over boards; morocco label to spine; original wraps bound-in; cloth and label to spine a bit faded; minor wear to corners; foxing mostly contained to first and last several pages; illustrated with plates, photographs, and 4 large fold-out maps; name of previous owner to upper margin of front wrap; very good or... Read More
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Razmyshlenie o Nagornoi Propovedi Iisusa Khrista [Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing]
by Vait, E. G. [White, Ellen G.]
Petrograd: s. n., 1915. Softcover. First Russian edition; 5 1/4 x 7 1/2; pp. 179; green wraps ruled and printed in black; small loss of paper to head of spine; a few small spots to margins of wraps; a bit of discoloration to lower corner of pages (generally not affecting text); illustrated from paintings; very good-. First Russian appearance of Ellen White's (1827 - 1915) "Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing," originally published in 1896 and offered a commentary on... Read More
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To the Homeward-Bound Americans [A Ses Allies Americans La France Reconnaissante 1914-1919]
by Van Vorst, B.
Paris: Lang, Blanchong & Co., 1919. Softcover. First edition; pictorial stapled wraps; minor wear to covers; illustrated; original portrait of a soldier to front cover verso; near fine. A souvenir of appreciation given by the French to American soldiers returning home after WWI. The portrait of an unknown soldier (most probably the recipient of the pamphlet) pasted on front cover verso is a nice uncommon touch.
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Background of the Plymouth Trial
by Vanzetti, Bartolomeo
Boston: Road to Freedom Group, 1927. First Edition. Very good. First edition, n. d. 1927); 8 x 5 3/4; pp. [3], 6-38; stapled red wraps, printed and ruled in black; a small chip to upper left corner and a tiny nick to top edge of front wrap; mild fading to margins; in about very good condition. Penned by one half of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti duo, the booklet was written, while the two Italian immigrant anarchists were waiting... Read More
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Zemlia Kolumba. Sborniki literatury i iskusstva pod redaktsiei B. Miklashevskogo. Kniga pervaia.
by Various; [Edited by] Miklashevskii, B.
San Francisco / Los Angeles / New York: Zemlia Kolumba, 1936. Good. First edition; 8 1/2 x 6 1/2; pp. 3 - 136; pictorial wraps; illustrated with plates; loss of paper to spine cover; text block separating; a few small pieces of tape along spine; in fair to good condition. The first of only two volumes ever published, the short-lived journal featured works by Russian emigre authors and poets in the United States, including Boris Volkov, Zinaida Polonskaia, and... Read More
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Transient Youth in California. A National, State and Local Problem. Report and Recommendations of the California Committee for the Study of Transient Youth, May , 1948
by Various
Los Angeles: The California Youth Authority, 1948. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 9 x 6; pp. [2], 1-48; stapled, beige wraps printed in black; crease to upper corner of front wrap and a bit of rusting around staples; in very good condition. An authoritative study, it was based on a questionnaire, and administered throughout 15 cities and 18 border control stations, with the help of police and sheriff's offices, YMCA, Salvation Army, etc. It described typical young transients,... Read More
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Report from the Secretary of the treasury, in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, Showing the Amount of Money Received for Public Land During the Year 1836, and the Amount Expended in the Transportation of Gold and Silver
by Various
Treasury Department, 1837. Softcover. First edition; 6 x 10; pp. 8 (single sheet folded in 4, unopened); horizontal fold lines; foxing mostly contained to last page, else a few faint scattered spots; small nick to fore-edge; illustrated with tables; very good or better. The document appears to be a stand-alone work from a larger publication and contains several reports by various Treasury Department employees as well as four large detailed tables. The only copy in the trade.
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