Orient: A Magazine of Art & Culture, Vol. 1, No. 2 (April-May, 1923)
New York: Orient Society, 1923. Paperback. Good. photos, 32p. Softcover in original wrapper. 26cm. Cover is edge-worn and also partially split and detached along fold. An uncommon bi-monthly that seems to have ceased publication after its fourth issue.
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Washington Tribune, Vol. XV, No. 36 (November 29, 1935)
1935. Paperback. Poor. 8p. Eight-page newspaper. 46 x 56 cm. High acid newsprint chipped and browned. Fragile, Loss of a few words along folds. African American Newspaper published in Washington, DC by the Tribune Publishing Company. Biggest headline: Legion Hits Communism. One of the other front page, non-sports headlines: Borah hits NAACP in Vote Bid.
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A Selected, Annotated Bibliography of Books about the Gulf War 1990-1991 [and] A Selected, Bibliography of Government Documents and Congressional Hearings Reports about the Gulf War 1990-1991
Washington: Information Office, Embassy of the State of Kuwait, 1993. Paperback. Fine. Two separate items. First item: 31p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22 cm. Second item: 10p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22 cm. Identified, respectively, on covers as No.1 and No. 2.
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China's Foreign Trade. Issues 87-90 (Nos. 5-8 for 1984)
Beijing: China's Foreign Trade, 1984. Paperback. Very Good. 4 issues. color illustrations 64, 56, 64, 64p. Softcover in original wrappers. 28cm.
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Chinese Snuff Bottles: Property of Various Owners including a Florida Private Collector
New York: PB Eighty-Four, a Division of Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc, 1980. Paperback. Near Fine. illustrations (black and white), (56) unnnumbered pages. Softcover in original wrapper. 22cm. Auction catalog (Their Sale 743).
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Diary for 1946. China. [cover title]
[Peiping?]: War Area Service Corps, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. unpaginated [approximately 160 pages], Thin red cloth cover. Small format diary (13 cm.). Modest scuffing and wear. Unused. No Jacket (probably never had one). Appears to be intended for English-speaking military and other personnel. Starts with a few pages of information about China, the Kuomintang, the W.A.S.C., etc. followed by a daily dairy (four days to a page), a few blank pages for notes and addresses and ending with... Read More
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The Massaachusetts Colonial Loan Exhibit at the Jamestown The-Centennial Exposition 1607-1907
Boston: Wright and Potter Printing Company, 1907. Paperback. Very Good. 107p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23 cm. Modest cover wear and chipping.
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Handbook of Latin American Studies. [22 volumes]. Includes Vols. 1-9, 12-16, 21, 23-26, 30, 33, and 34. Original editions, except Vol 26 which is a 1968 Octagon reprint
Cambridge & Gainesville: Harvard (up to vol. 13) and University of Florida (vol. 14 and later -- except for the Octagon reprint). Hardcover. Very Good. Cover spotting on a few volumes. A few volumes have the original jackets but most do not.
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Seeking Constructive Cross-Strait Relations: Taipei's Current Mainland Policy Documents
Taipei: Mainland Affairs Council, 2001. Paperback. Near Fine. not continuously numbered [ca. 200p.]. Pale green wrapper. 30cm.
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14th Annual National Competition American Indian Painting and Sculpture May 5 through May 31, 1959. (Cover title)
Tulsa: Philbrook Art Center, 1959. Paperback. Very Good. Two full-page and several smaller black & white illustrations, (8) unnumbered pages. Softcover in original wrapper. 23 cm. After having to fight to get his painting admitted to the 1958 show, his "Dancing the Scalps" was adjudged winner of the Grand Prize in Regional Paintings.
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Contributions to American Archaeology. Volume II, Nos. 5 to 12
Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington, October 1934, 1934. 1st ed. Hardcover. Near Fine. photos, maps & illustrations, 355p. Original green cloth. 30cm. Minor rubbing at extremities. No Jacket. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication No. 436. Also published in softcover.
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North American Review, Vol. XXII. New Series Vol. XIII (1826)
[Boston], 1822. Hardcover. Good. [6], 252, [3], [254]-499p. Contemporary 1/4 leather which has been neatly but inexpensively rebacked in a modern lighter brown leather (or possibly just a leather-like material). 22cm. Corners worn. This volume contains two quarterly issues (L and LI) for January and April of 1826.
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Alba Regia, XVII, Annales Musel Stephani Regis
Szekesfehervar, 1979. Paperback. Very Good. illustrations, index, 384p. Softcover in original wrapper. 29 cm. Corners and end of backstrip rubbed. Articles in Hungarian German, English, or French.
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The Young Magyar-American, Vol. 1, Nos. 1-4 (March-June 1936); Vol. 2, Nos. 1-6 (June -September, 1937and January-February, 1938); Vol. 3, Nos. 1-12 (March-December, 1938 and January-February, 1939); and Vol. 4, Nos. 2 and 4 (April and June/July, 1940)
Winnipeg, Manitoba (except for the last few issues present here which are identified as published in New York City), 1939. Hardcover. Fair. Later black buckram. High acid newsprint. All leaves browned and brittle (mostly modest chipping, primarily along right side, with occasional loss of some letters and whole words). 43 cm. OCLC locates four holdings of at least some issues (LC, NYPL, Acadia Univ. and Historical Society of Pennsylvania).
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Shiloh Baptist Church, Inc. after 100 Years, 1849-1949
(Cleveland): The Centennial Committee, 1949. Paperback. Good. photos, 37p. Softcover in original wrapper. 31cm. Cover scuffed and rather worn. Minor wrinkling.
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Maung Pwa and the Bean Stalk
Rangoon: Christian Literature Society Burma Branch, 1934. Paperback. Very Good. (27)p. Wrapper. 14cm. Burmese text. Title begins in Burmese followed by our title.
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Wie Steht's mit eurer Kinderzucht
n.p., n.d. [19th century. Paperback. Poor. Folded four-page pamphlet. 23cm. Substantial foxing. Split along later horizontal fold. German text.
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Dada Special List 17
New York: J. N. Herlin, Inc, 1982. Paperback. Very Good. photos, (15)p. Softcover in original wrapper. 29 cm. Modest wear. Bookseller's catalog. Nice cover design. 68 items with prices apparently ranging from $5 to $100.
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Sign: The National Catholic Magazine, Vol. 44, No. 4 (November 1964)
Union City, NJ: Passionist Missions, 1964. Paperback. Very Good. 80p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. Modest scribble on front cover. Text age-toned. Published monthly. This issue includes "Negro Priests Speak Their Minds," by Rollins E. Lambert at pages 11-15. Father Lambert was born in Chicago and is described as having African American and Cherokee ancestry. He became an advisor on African Affairs to the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in 1975 and appears to have served... Read More
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Wienerisches Diarium. Anno 1724. Bound volume containing 92 of the 105 twice-weekly numbers of this early Austrian newspaper which were published in 1724
Hardcover. Very Good. Issues individually paginated. Thick volume (about 8 cm.). Old (contemporary?) leather. 22 cm. Cover spotting, rubbing and wear with front joint splt. Front cover still firmly attached by the cords. Modest scattered foxing. Old Yale University Library bookplate in front pastedown and remnants of an old label on backstrip. Most text double-columned. Missing numbers are 3, 10, 29, 31-35, 38, 48, 62, 70 and 103. We do not know if individual issue are complete because... Read More
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Le Cinq-Centieme Anniversaire de la Prise de Constantinople, 1453-1953
Athenes: L'Hellenisme Contemporain, 1953. Paperback. Good. illustrations, 287p. Softcover in original wrapper. 25cm. Covers somewhat spotted and soiled. French text. 2eme Serie, 7eme annee, Fascicule hors serie.
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Lettre Pastorale du Synode Diocesain de la Metropole de Paris. A Tous les Pasteurs, Pretres & Fideles de l'Eglise Metropolitaine de Paris, Salue & Benediction, en Jesus-Christ Notre Seigneur
[Paris]: De l'Imprimerie de Baudelot & Eberhart, 1797. Paperback. Good. 14p. Pamphlet. Stitched. 21 cm. Soiling and some foxing on outer leaves. Typed along right margin of first page: 12 Nov. Picard 1931. French text.
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Bicol River Basin Development Program
[Manila? Philippines]: n.p., 1973. Paperback. Very Good. folded maps, xi, 138, [30]p. Photocopied text in spiral bound original wrapper. 33cm.
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Young America. A Choice Collection of Stories for Little People
New York: J. S. Ogilvie, 1889. Paperback. Poor. woodcut illustrations, [32]p. Lacks original binding. 24cm. Contents quite browned but not as brittle as one might expect. Last leaf almost entirely detached and has a tear, several small chips, and a light stain in lower right corner (which is also missing a good-sized tip). Red Cover Series, No. 75 (August, 1889. Extra). We don't know whether anyone has attempted to collect all of the books issued in the Red... Read More
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Fourteen small format mid-19th century French books whose titles start with "Physiologie.
Paris: Aubert et Cie [et] LaVigne (10); Charles Lachapelle (1); Charpentier (1); Raymond-Bocquet (1); and Raymond Bocquet [et] Pailis Royal (1), 1842. Hardcover. Very Good. 13 of the volumes Individually bound in uniform later 3/4 cloth over marbled paper. The other volume was initially bound the same way but the marbled paper is now gone, leaving a red cloth binding. UnIFORM BLACK LEATHER TITLE LABELS AT HEAD OF BACKSTRIPS SHOW SOME CHIPPING AND SCUFFING. Height of volumes varies... Read More
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