Jennifer Lorn: a sedate extravaganza
by WYLIE, ELINOR
New York: George H. Doran Co, 1923. First edition of the author's first novel, 8vo, pp. 302-[303]; original pictorial dust-jacket worn, with short tears entering from the margins, top and bottom of spine chipped with slight loss, tears closed on verso. Published in the year Ms. Wylie married for the third time and final time, to the poet and editor William Rose Benet.
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The orphan angel
by Wylie, Elinor
New York: Knopf, 1926. First edition, first issue, 8vo, pp. vii, [3], 337, [2]; original green cloth; spine a bit discolored, else very good in dust-jacket with woodcut by Leon Underwood, with darkened spine, a few tears and small chips and edges. BAL 23508.
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Glasgow Tool Works, Glasgow. Marshall & Wylie manufacturers of improved patent cap welded tubes for locomotive, marine & stationary boilers &c. Price list
by Marshall & Wylie
[Glasgow?]: McClure & MacDonald, 20 St. Vincent Place, n.d., 1840. Broadside, 10½" x 8¾", oval wood-engraved vignette of the factory, and noting addresses in London, Paris, New York, and San Francisco; previous folds, 1 or 2 very short tears in the margins; very good or better. Printed on thin paper. Not located.
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Sandpaintings of the Navaho Shootingway and The Walcott collection
by Wyman, Leland C.
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970. 4to, pp. xii, [2], 102; color frontispiece, 44 grayscale photographs; blue cloth, ex-library with call number and library stamp on upper cover; covers spotted, musty, text clean and sound.
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Animal dispersion in relation to social behavior
by Wynne-Edwards, V. C.
New York: Hafner Pub. Co, 1972. First edition, 8vo, pp xi, [1], 653, [1]; very good copy in original tan cloth lettered in black on upper cover and spine.
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Scientific instruments
by Wynter, Harriet, & Anthony Turner
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. Small folio, pp. 239, [1]; illustrated throughout in color and black & white; fine copy in unclipped, fine dust jacket. Instruments of astronomy, navigation, sundials, surveying, and optics.
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Le Robinson suisse. Histoire d'une famille suisse jetée par un naufrage dans une ile déserte ... avec la suite donnée par l'auteur lui-même. Nouvelle traduction de l'allemand par mme Elise Voiart
by Wyss, Johann David
Paris: Didier, 1837. 2 volumes, 12mo, pp. [2], iv, 366; 368; 2 inserted frontispieces and engraved title pages printed in red and black, and 6 engraved plates, unsigned, but by Tony Johannot; contemporary black calf-backed blue paper-covered boards, gilt paneled spine in 5 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 2; lightly rubbed; 1 gathering extended in volume 2; good and sound.
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Le Robinson suisse ou journal d'un père de famille naufragé avec ses enfan, traduit de l'allemand de M. Viss et terminé par la baronne de Montolieu. Nouvelle édition, ornée de figures et de la carte de l'ile déserte
by Wyss, Johann David
Genève: Lador, 1833. 3 volumes in 1, small 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 253, [3]; 279, [1]; 276, [2]; engraved folding map (short tear entering from the stub), and 16 lithograph plates; contemporary black morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt lettering on gilt-paneled spine, later maroon morocco label on the upper cover noting a "Prix d'Exames" for one Fanny Jaquemet; fore-edge swelled due to a tight rehinging; otherwise good and sound. The 2-volume Montolieu continuation is not present.
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Untersuchungen zur Sprache des Alexanderromans von Pseudo-Kallisthenes (Laut- und Formenlehre des Codex A)
by Wyss, Karl
Freiburg in der Schweiz: Paulusdruckerei, 1942. 8vo, pp. xii, 126, [2]; printed brown paper wrappers; corner bumped, gift note to Dr. phil. E. Vischer from the author, near fine.
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The Bridge ... influenced by the past .... and a bridge to the future. Nos. 1-33 [complete]
by Wyvill, Mike, & John Wraith
Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, U.K.: Mike Wyvill and John Wraith, 2009. 33 issues in all, 8" x 5¾", each issue generally over 100 pages, illustrated throughout, much in color; original color pictorial wrappers; generally fine. The Bridge took over in summer 1998 after The Telegraph stopped its publication in winter 1997 and is still alive after all these years. The most recent issue as of this cataloguing is no. 72, Summer, 2022. The editors are Mike Wyvill and John... Read More
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![Монгол төвд анагаах ухаанд хэрэглэгддэг мод үрийн эмийн зүйлс / Mongol tovd anagaakh ukhaand khereglegddeg mod, uriin emiin zuils [= Wood and seed drugs using in Mongolian-Tibetian medicine]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/789/279/1734279789.0.l.jpg)
Монгол төвд анагаах ухаанд хэрэглэгддэг мод үрийн эмийн зүйлс / Mongol tovd anagaakh ukhaand khereglegddeg mod, uriin emiin zuils [= Wood and seed drugs using in Mongolian-Tibetian medicine]
by Xajdav, C., and N. Tomorbaatar and G. Tsend-Aoush
Ulaanbaatar: Mongolian Medical University Sentral Asian Association of Traditional Medicine, 1996. 8vo, pp. [2], 187, [7]; text in Mongolian; pink cloth-backed boards; paper label from Western Washington University on upper cover, no other library on institutional marks, a couple spots from production errors, very good. This "Volume 1," but we could find no records of a second volume being published.
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De Cyril Institution libri octo ... Ex recensione, et cum notis, Thomae Hutchinson
by Xenophon
Glasgow: excudebat Andreas Duncan, academiae typographus. Veneunt apud R. Priestley, T. Hamilton, et G. Cowie et Soc., Londini; Bell & Bradfute, et Doig & Stirling, Edinburgh; et Andream Duncan, Glasguae, 1814. 8vo, pp. [4], 566, [2] ads; engraved frontispiece map of Persia and Asia Minor; text entirely in Greek, with Latin notes; original blue paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine; joints and extremities rubbed, label with slightest chipping, but in all, a pleasing copy. Early ownership signature of... Read More
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Xenophontos Hieron, e Tyrannikos. Xenophontis Hiero, sive De regno. Accedit versio Latina Joannis Leunclavii
by Xenophon
Glasguae: excudebat Robertus Foulis academiae typographus, 1745. 8vo, pp. [2] (ad leaf lacking), 42, [2]; bound with: Xenophon, Hiero, or the condition of a tyrant, 1750. pp. [4], 75, [1]; leaf B4 cancelled; three-quarter calf-backed marbled boards; spine in 6 compartments, red morocco label in 1; boards a little rubbed, toned endpapers, closed tear to E2; very good. Gaskell 70 & 174.
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He tou Xenophontos ton Lakedaimonion politeia = Xenophontis Lacedaemoniorum respublica: accedit interpretatio Latina Leunclavii
by Xenophon
Glasguae: excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis academiae typographi, 1756. 8vo, pp. [2], 98; uncut; original blue paper-covered boards; boards rubbed and toned, spine perished, large chip to upper free endpaper, likely an excised ownership signature; a good, sound copy. Gaskell 328.
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Tou xenophontos He tou Kyrou paideia = Xenophontis institutio Cyri. Tomis quatuor. Ex editione T. Hutchinson
by Xenophon
Glasguae: excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, 1767. 8vo, 4 volumes, Greek and Latin text interleaved, contemporary speckled calf, triple-rule gilt borders, smooth gilt-decorated spines in 6 compartments, brown morocco labels in 2, gilt turn-ins, a.e.g., marbled endpapers; all but 1 label perished, boards and spine worn, library stamps on title pages, a few gatherings of volume 4 extended; good. Gaskell 472.
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Ta tou Xenophontos peri tou Sokratous apomnemoneumata. Kai he tou Sokratous apologia. = Xenophontis de Socrate commentarii; item Socratis apologia. In hac editione emendationes nonnullae in ima pagina proponuntur
by Xenophon
Glasguae: in aedibus academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, 1761. 8vo, pp. [4], 300; text in Greek, contemporary brown calf, spine in 6 compartments, brown morocco label in 1; boards worn, joints starting, ex-Southwark library with small tape residue on boards and their small rubberstamp on the title page and elsewhere in the textblock, label residue on free endpaper, signature on pastedown with shorthand note before date of 1853; good. Gaskell 400.
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The banquet of Xenophon. Done from the Greek, with an essay to Lady Jean Douglass, concerning the doctrine, and death of Socrates. By James Welwood, M. D.
by Xenophon
Glasgow: printed and sold by Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1750. 8vo, pp. 238, [2]; contemporary tan sheep, double gilt rules on covers, gilt-decorated spine 6 compartments, black morocco label in 1, red speckled edges; spine toned, armorial bookplate of Charles of Yorke, very good and sound. Gaskell 175.
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Xenophon's memoirs of Socrates. With the defense of Socrates before his judges. Translated from the original Greek. The third edition, corrected
by Xenophon
London: printed for T. Cadell, 1788. 8vo, pp. [2], vi, 360; contemporary sprinkled calf, red and black morocco labels, gilt-paneled spine; top of spine chipped, front joint starting, but still reasonably sound; good copy. Sarah Fielding, sister of Henry Fielding, first published this translation in Bath, 1762.
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中国 乡土 建築 / Local structures in China / 阴阳 之 枢纽, 人伦 之 轨模. / The pivot of yin-yang natural principles, the criterion of human relations / 神人 共居 (西藏) / Living with deities they worship (Tibet)
by Xiao, Jia, and Luxiang Wang
[Hangzhou]: Zhejiang People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 2000. First edition, 8vo, pp. 158, [2]; text largely in Chinese with some English chapters and captions; color illustrations throughout; pictorial paper wrappers; fine. A photo album highlighting the religious and domestic architecture of Tibet, with an emphasis on structure.
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中國戲曲服裝圖案 = Zhongguo xi qu fu zhuang tu an = Designs on Chinese opera costumes
by Xia Yang, Lu Hua, M Qiang, illustrators
Beijing: People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 1957. First edition, Chinese issue; folio (approx. 14½" x 12 ¾"), pp. [4] plus 73 stunning color illustrations on 60 sheets; introductory text in Chinese, without the added title page and commentary in English; original publisher's box stamped in orange and yellow with bone closures, and the outside shipping carton with the original price sticker from the Nanjing Bookstore still affixed.
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日文口語文法 / Ri wen kou yu wen fa [= Colloquial Japanese grammar]
by Xie, Shinfa
Taipei: Zheng wen shu ju, 1981. 8vo, pp. [2], [12], 367, [3]; text in Japanese and Chinese; printed paper wrappers, fine. Vocabulary lists, readings, and translations.
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The conversion of missionaries: liberalism in American Protestant missions in China, 1907-1932
by Xi, Lian
University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiv, [2], 247, [1]; map and 7 illustrations in the text; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. "Xi tells the story of Buck and two other American missionaries to China in the early twentieth century who gradually came to question, and eventually reject, the evangelical basis of Protestant missions as they developed an appreciation for Chinese religions and culture" (jacket blurb).
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Chinese architecture
by Xinian, Fu, et al.
New Haven, London and Bejing: Yale University Press and New World Press, 2002. 4to, pp. [14], 366, [4]; full color illustrations throughout; full red cloth; textblock edges just starting to tone, else fine in fine dust jacket.
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全民臺語認證導論 = Tsuan-bin tai-gi jin-tsing to lun = The official guide to the general Taiwanese proficiency test
by Guo li cheng gong da xue
[Tainan City]: NCKU Center for Taiwanese Language Testing, 2014. Second edition (first published in 2010), large 8vo, pp. [6], 218; CD in back cover pocket; illustrations and tables in the text; fine copy in original pictorial wrappers. The Taiwan Language Testing Center is "the first professional Taiwanese language certification institution.
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徐渭畫集 / Xu Wei hua ji [= Paintings of Xu Wei]
by Xu, Wei
[Hanzhou]: Zhejiang People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 1997. Second printing, folio, pp. [8], 47, [1]; text in Chinese; illustrated throughout; pictorial boards; very mild soiling to the boards, pencil note on verso of first leaf, near fine. Xu Wei was a 16th century painter and author. From the series 中國畫名家作品粹編.
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