Playing at Botany
by Allen, Phoebe; Godfrey, Dr. Henry (Illust.); Hue, Rose (Frontis.)
London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co, 1902. Third Edition. Hardcover. Good. Third Edition. Hardcover. When young Rhoda laments her embarrassment in not knowing the difference between a buttercup and a daisy and dreams aloud that she could learn from the flowers themselves, good Dame Nature and wise Lady Science themselves appear in person to grant her wish, instructing the best-known member of each of Dame Nature's twelve chief tribes to tutor Rhoda themselves. Our heroine, with little brother... Read More
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I Disappeared Them
by Allen, Preston L.
Brooklyn: Akashic Books, 2024. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". 308pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black paper over boards with spine lettered in silver. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A serial killer's desire to protect children fuels a parallel drive to murder other sadistic men in this immersive and literary psychological thriller. BULLIED AS CHILD... Read More
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Sterling Allen: Writesy Drawsy
by Allen, Sterling
Austin: Art Palace, 2007. Paperback. Good +. Paperback. 7 1/2" X 7 1/2". 35pp. Mild wear to white paper wraps with spots of light toning and creasing to covers. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of Sterling Allen: Writesy Drawsy. Includes black-and-white and color reproductions of the artwork of Sterling Allen as well as an interview with the artist.
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Enhancing Humanity: The Philosophical Foundations of Humanistic Education
by Aloni, Nimrod
Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". xiii, 229pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In Jean PaulSartre's Nausea, Roquentin feels bound to listen to the sentimental ramblings about humanism and humanity by the Self Taught Man. "Is it my fault," muses Roquentin, "in all he tells me, I recognize the lack... Read More
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The Betrayal of Iran
by 'Abd al-Rahman
Charlotte, 1979. Staplebound. Good. Staplebound. 8" X 5 3/4". 89pp. Wear to paper wraps with rubbing, creasing, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Pages are clean and unmarked. Staple binding is sound. With color postcard of unknown man laid in. An overall solid copy of the 89 page booklet by Dr. 'Abd al-Rahman criticizing the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and America and Britain's role in it.
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Dinosaurs
by Al Solh, Mounira; Barlow, Anne (Executive Director)
New York: Art in General, 2012. Staplebound. Very good. Staplebound. 10 X 8". 32pp. Mild rubbing and creasing to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. An overall clean, solid copy of this catalog produced in conjunction with Art in General's New Commisions Program exhibition that ran from January 28 to March 17, 2012.
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Development of the Human Spinal Cord: An Interpretation Based on Experimental Studies in Animals
by Altman, Joseph; Bayer, Shirley A.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. Hardcover. Good +. Hardcover. 11 1/4" X 8 3/4". xi, 542pp. Mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper over boards. Gentle bumps to head and tail of spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: There exists a wealth of information about the development of the spinal cord in journal articles and monographs, yet this beautifully illustrated work is the first book... Read More
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Triangulating Translation: Perspectives in Process Oriented Research
by Alves, Fabio (Ed.)
Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2003. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 6". x, 163pp. Mild rubbing, bumps, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of gray cloth over boards. Inked notation to title page and to pages throughout. Notation does not obscure text. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This book contains a selection of papers presented in a subsection on translation process analysis at the II Brazilian International Translators' Forum, held on 23-27 July... Read More
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'Final Solution': Nazi Population Policy and the Murder of the European Jews
by Aly, Gotz
London; New York: Arnold, Hodder Headline; Oxford University Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". viii, 305pp. Bound in glossy pictorial paper over boards. Mild wear to binding, with bumping to head and tail of spine. Binding is firm, tight, and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A very presentable hardcover first edition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: How did... Read More
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My Beautiful Disaster: My Brain Injury, My Gift, My Life
by Amato, Derek
Self Published, 2013. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 9" X 6". iv, 247pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Derek Amato's reflections in My Beautiful Disaster provide rare insight into what people with extraordinary gifts see, think, feel and do; pose questions about the potential to tap into previously undetected abilities and spotlight the 'silent epidemic' of head trauma. His... Read More
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You Will Do Great Things SIGNED FIRST EDITION
by Amerie; Figueroa, Raissa (Illust.)
New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2023. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author, Amerie, in ink to bookplate at front endpaper. First Edition with full number line indicating First Printing. 11 1/4" X 8 3/4". Unpaginated. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in pictorial paper over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A perfect gift... Read More
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Mongols and Mamluks: The Mamluk-Ilkhanid War, 1260-1281
by Amitai-Preiss, Reuven
New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 9 1/4 X 6 1/4". xv, 272pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper over boards. Very gentle bumps to head and tail of spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: For sixty years, from 1260 to 1323, the Mamluk state in Egypt and Syria was at war with the Ilkhanid Mongols based in Persia. This is the... Read More
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Lustful Maidens and Ascetic Kings: Buddhist and Hindu Stories of Life
by Amore, Roy C.; Shinn, Larry D.; Wallace, Sharon (Illust.)
New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. Paperback. Good +. Paperback. 8" X 5 1/4". xii, 198pp. Mild toning and wear to covers of pictorial paper wraps. Sunning to spine. Sticker mark to front cover. Age-toning to inside of front covers. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A delicious repast of stories, delightfully told and intended to satisfy our narrative appetites and nourish our moral sensibilities. Drawing upon tales from the Hindu... Read More
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Camonica Valley: A Depiction of Village Life in the Alps from the Birth of Christ as Revealed by Thousands of Newly Found Rock Carvings FIRST EDITION
by Anati, Emmanuel
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very good +/very good +. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xxi, 262pp, xi. Presents nicely in protective archival sleeved dust jacket. Mild shelfwear to price-clipped dust jacket. Russet cloth over boards with spine backed in cream cloth and upper board and spine stamped in black. A touch of shelfwear to binding. Blue topstain. Light foxing to edges of text block.... Read More
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Ujena Girl Magazine Premier Issue (Volume 1, Number 1, January 1987)
by Anderson, Bob (Publisher); Dayton, Laura (Ed.)
Mountain View: Bob Anderson Publications, 1987. Staplebound. Good. Staplebound. 10 3/4" X 8". 112pp. Mild rubbing, creasing, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. A clean, solid copy of this premier issue of Ujena Girl, a spinoff magazine of its sister publication, Swimwear Illustrated. Its stated goal was to bring back the pin-up style poses with models wearing Ujena brand bathing suits.
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All the Birds in the Sky FIRST EDITION
by Anders, Charlie Jane
New York: Tor Books, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". 316pp. Pictorial dust jacket. Blue paper over boards, with spine lettered in metallic blue. Moderate edgewear to unclipped dust jacket and binding and black mark to bottom edge of text block, else fine. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and bright. A very presentable first edition of the winner of the 2017 Nebula... Read More
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The City in the Middle of the Night
by Anders, Charlie Jane
New York: Tor Books, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition, with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". 366pp. Mild shelfwear to unclipped dust jacket designed by Jamie Stafford-Hill, with some faint cover wear and original price sticker to rear. Bound in full purple paper over boards, with spine lettered in metallic purple. Mild edgewear to binding, with gentle bumping to head and tail of spine. Binding... Read More
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Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
by Andersen, Hans Christian
London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1875. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Like the moonlit fairy gracing its covers, this turn-of-the-century collection of fairy tales is sure to sweep you off your feet and into worlds full of magic and adventure. This beautifully and bountifully illustrated edition collects over 150 beloved fairy tales by the great Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), the writer of novels, poems, travelogues, plays, and, of course, such enduring stories as "The Little Mermaid,” “Thumbelina," "The Snow... Read More
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The Great Sea-Horse and Other Stories FIRST UK EDITION
by Anderson, Isabel
London: Frederick Warne & Co, 1909. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A very presentable first UK printing of Isabel Anderson's first book, The Great Sea-Horse and Other Tales, complete in a tissue-guarded frontispiece and 23 color plates from pastel drawings by John Elliott along with charming decorative chapter headings by Frank Downey. Heiress, philanthropist, war nurse, world traveler, patron of the arts, political commentator, and author of nearly 50... Read More
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Georgia: The Building and Travels of the World's Greatest Sloop FIRST EDITION
by Anderson, Lyn; Talmont, Ralph
Auckland, New Zealand: Barkfire Press, 2000. First Edition. First Edition. 12 1/2" X 9 1/2". 173pp. Mild edgewear and dust spotting to accompanying slipcase. A touch of shelfwear to dust jacket. Blue cloth over boards, with spine lettered in white. A hint of shelfwear to corners, else fine, firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. White ribbon placemarker. A very presentable copy of this pictorial history of the building and travels of the S. V. Georgia. This item... Read More
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The Eastern Question, 1774-1923: A Study in International Relations
by Anderson, M. S.
New York: Macmillan, 1966. Hardcover. Good +/Good +. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 5 1/2". xxi, 435pp. Book presents nicely with price-clipped dust jacket wrapped in protective archival sleeve. Mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of jacket. Mild age-toning to inside and outside of jacket. Mild rubbing and creasing to spine. Bound in orange cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Faint rubbing to boards. Gentle bumps to head and tail of spine. Dust-spotting to text... Read More
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Myths and Facts About Football: The Economics and Psychology of the World's Greatest Sport
by Andersson, Patric (Ed.); Ayton, Peter (Ed.); Schmidt, Carsten (Ed.)
Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 8" X 5 3/4". xii, 430pp. Mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This book presents accounts of economic and psychological analyses of association football (or soccer as it is popularly known in the USA). As football is widely accepted to be the world s most popular sport, the case... Read More
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The Matter of the Gods: Religion and the Roman Empire
by Ando, Clifford
Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2008. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xxiv, 239pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket wrapped in protective archival sleeve. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of jacket. Bound in gray cloth over boards with spine lettered in silver. Very gentle bump to tail of spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: What did the Romans know about... Read More
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The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History
by Andrade, Tonio
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016. Hardcover. Good +/Very Good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". ix, 432pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket wrapped in protective archival sleeve. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of jacket. Bound in black cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Slight warp to rear board. Gentle bump to tail of spine. Faint dust-spotting to text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS... Read More
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The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History
by Andrade, Tonio
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". ix, 432pp. Mild creasing, rubbing, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Gentle bump to head of spine of jacket. Bound in black cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Gentle bump to head of spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The Chinese invented gunpowder and began exploring its military... Read More
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