汉译蒙古黄金史纲 / Han yi Menggu huang jin shi gang [= Atlan Tobchi, or Golden Summary, translated to Chinese]
汉译蒙古黄金史纲 / Han yi Menggu huang jin shi gang [= Atlan Tobchi, or Golden Summary, translated to Chinese]

by Zhu, Feng, and Jingyan Jia, trans

[Hohhot: Inner Mongolia People's Publishing House, 2007. 8.25 x 5.75 in., pp. [4], 5, [1], 281, [3]; text in Chinese and Mongolian with glossary; printed paper wrappers; light wear to extremities, near fine.

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Yuan xi zang di fang qian bi gai kuang = [A general introduction to the local coinage of the former Tibet]
Yuan xi zang di fang qian bi gai kuang = [A general introduction to the local coinage of the former Tibet]

by Zhu Jinzhong, Ci-Ren-Ping-cuo & Yan Lunzhang

Lhasa: Monetary Research Center of the Tibetan Autonomous Region Branch of the Bank of China, 1988. 8vo, pp. [6], 42; Chinese text throughout; numerous color illustrations throughout of both paper money and coinage; old rubber stamp on title page, bookplate inside back cover, otherwise a very good, sound, and clean in original green wrappers stamped in gilt on upper cover. Based on the collection of Tsering Phuntsok. Not found in OCLC.

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解放以来我国藏族历史研究概况 / Jiefang yilai woguo zangzu lishi yanjiu gaikuang [cover title] = [ Overview of research on Tibet since liberation]
解放以来我国藏族历史研究概况 / Jiefang yilai woguo zangzu lishi yanjiu gaikuang [cover title] = [ Overview of research on Tibet since liberation]

by Zhu, Qiyuan, and Huang Xian

[Beijing]: Academia Sinica Nationalities Research Institute, 1983. 10.25 x 7.25 in., pp. [2], 53, [1]; text in Chinese, printed in mimeo; blue printed paper wrappers; edges sunned, text clean and sound, near fine.

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[Title in Chinese] = Stories for students, edited by Z. K. Zia
[Title in Chinese] = Stories for students, edited by Z. K. Zia

by Zia, Z. K.

Shanghai: Christian Literature Society, 1937. Jubilee Edition ... the gift of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, 8vo, 3 parts in 1; pp. 259, [1]; [2] 390; [2], 365, [1]; gift slip tipped in at the title page; the first part annotated in pencil, likely by B. D.Hildebrand whose ownership signature is on the front pastedown; text toned throughout, front joint cracked, spine sunned, remains of glassine dust jacket laid in; otherwise, very good in original printed blue paper-covered boards.... Read More

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[Title in Chinese] = Short term readers for illiterate church members. First [- fourth] reader
[Title in Chinese] = Short term readers for illiterate church members. First [- fourth] reader

by Zia, Z. K.

Shanghai: Christian Literature Society, 128 Museum Road, 1936. Seventh edition, 4 volumes, approx. 7¼" x 5", pp. [28]; [26]; [38]; [54]; illustrated throughout; text in Chinese except for English title and publishing information inside the covers; original pictorial terracotta wrappers; text toned, otherwise very good, sound copies. " "The book's structure progresses from simple to complex, making it quite engaging for readers. This text book is divided into 24 lessons. The new characters are given at the end of... Read More

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Complete manual of English letter writing ... Edited by Wantz T. Yen
Complete manual of English letter writing ... Edited by Wantz T. Yen

by Zia, Z. K., Doho T. Yen, K. Z. Dzang, & S. P. Chow

Shanghai: World Book Company Ltd, 1939. 8vo, various paginations; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; gilt dull, unfortunate ink splash on fore-edge (not permeating into the text); a good, sound copy. Zia Z. K. graduated from Soochow University with Bachelor of Arts degree in 1917, Auburn Seminary, Auburn, N.Y. in 1921, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, with Master of Arts degree in 1922. Mr. Zia taught in Nanjing Seminary, Nanjing, from 1922 to 1923. He... Read More

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宗教領袖要略 / A short study of great religious leaders. (A text-book for religious education classes prepared for the use of young people in China)
宗教領袖要略 / A short study of great religious leaders. (A text-book for religious education classes prepared for the use of young people in China)

by Zia, Z. K.

Shanghai: Christian Literature Society, 1939. 7.5 x 5.25 in., pp. [2], ii, 35, [1]; original yellow printed wrappers; staple-bound; fine. Includes mostly western men such as Martin Luther, John Bunyan, St. Francis of Assisi, David Livingstone, Robert Morrison, Leo Tolstoy, Albert Schweitzer, etc, but also includes Toyohiko Kagawa, thge Japanese Evangelical Christian pacifist.

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Tysk uttalekurs
Tysk uttalekurs

by Zickfeldt, A. Wilhelm

Oslo: Germanistischen Instituts der Universität Oslo, 1983. Slim 8vo, pp. 47; original green stiff printed wrappers, corners a bit bumped, else fine. Printed in typescript. At head of cover title: "Osloer Beiträge zur Germanistik Didaktische Reihe 1." 2 copies in OCLC, both in Germany.

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Deutsche lautlehre

by Zickfeldt, Sturla Høyem, & Aug. Wilhelm

N.p.: Tapir, 1990. Large 8vo, pp. 143; original green pictorial wrappers, edges a bit rubbed; inscription on half-title page, else fine. OCLC does not locate any copies in North America.

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The noble buyer: John Quinn, patron of the avant-garde

by ZILCZER, JUDITH

Washington, DC: for the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden by the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978. First edition, 4to, pp. 198, [1]; color frontispiece and numerous illustrations throughout text (many in color) mostly reproducing paintings and sculpture; dampstain affecting lower edge of front cover and jacket, which has also suffered a 1.5" tear at the top edge of front panel, and the boards slightly bowed, but still overall very good.

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Hindu medicine...edited with a foreword and preface by Ludwig Edelstein

by Zimmer, Henry R.

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1948. First edition, 8vo, pp. lxxii, 203; photographic portrait frontispiece of the author; original red gilt-stamped cloth in blue-green printed dustjacket, negligible toning along edges, fine. Forms part of the "Publications of the Institute of the History of Medicine," Third series: The Hideyo Noguchi Lectures, Volume VI. Garrison-Morton (5th ed.): 6491, according to OCLC.

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Solitude; or, the effects of occasional retirement on the mind, the heart, general society, in exile, in old age, and on the bed of death. In which the question is considered, whether it is easier to live virtuously in society, or in solitude. Written originally by J. G. Zimmerman. To which are added, the life of the author; notes historical and explanatory by the translator; six beautiful engravings of particular passages in the work; and a copious index of the whole contents
Solitude; or, the effects of occasional retirement on the mind, the heart, general society, in exile, in old age, and on the bed of death. In which the question is considered, whether it is easier to live virtuously in society, or in solitude. Written originally by J. G. Zimmerman. To which are added, the life of the author; notes historical and explanatory by the translator; six beautiful engravings of particular passages in the work; and a copious index of the whole contents

by Zimmermann, J[ohann] G[eorg]

London: printed for the Associate Booksellers, Vernor and Hood, J. Cuthell, J. Walker, Lackington, Allen, and Co. J Nunn, Barton and Harvey, 1797. First edition, 12mo, pp. lii, 309, [1], [20] index, [2] Vernor and Hood ads; inserted engraved frontispiece and vignette title page, 5 engraved plates, engraved by William Ridley, E.W. Thomson, Isaac Taylor, Samuel Springsguth, and Thomas Bewick; after Kirk and John Thurston; original marbled paper-covered boards, cream paper shelfback, printed orange paper label on spine; paper... Read More

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Selected frames from wands. A super 8mm animated poem field
Selected frames from wands. A super 8mm animated poem field

by Zimmerman, Kent, & Lquibble

Iowa City: Bird in the Bush Press, 1973. First edition, narrow folio, 13 leaves printed on rectos only with screen shots of words and letters; side-stapled; edges toned, top corners of first 2 leaves with shallow chips; all else very good. Front cover with permutations of the word "concrete." Iowa only in OCLC.

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Nine lives
Nine lives

by Zimmerman, Kent

Iowa City, Iowa: Ocotillo Press, 1975. Edition limited to 200 copies in Impress and another 40 copies "on another paper," with Bembo types; 12mo, pp. [26]; printed in gray and black; 9-color silkscreen by Brad Harvey on upper wrapper; fine copy.. From the library of Kim Merker.

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Die Mineralien. Eine Unleitung zum Sammeln und Bestimmen derselben nebst einer Beschreibung der michtigsten Urten
Die Mineralien. Eine Unleitung zum Sammeln und Bestimmen derselben nebst einer Beschreibung der michtigsten Urten

by Zimmerman, Rudolf

Halle: Hermann Gesenius, 1904. First edition, 8vo, pp. xii, 120, [16] plates, [4] ads; original brown cloth stamped in black; 8 chromolithographic plates; edges marbled; light foxing throughout; otherwise very good. Zimmerman (1878-1943) was a German ornithologist. Schuh, Mineralogical Record online says it is "very scarce." Only 1 copy in OCLC.

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Die Mineralien. Eine Unleitung zum Sammeln und Bestimmen derselben nebst einer Beschreibung der michtigsten Urten
Die Mineralien. Eine Unleitung zum Sammeln und Bestimmen derselben nebst einer Beschreibung der michtigsten Urten

by Zimmerman, Rudolf

Halle: Hermann Gesenius, 1904. First edition, 8vo, pp. xii, 120, [16] plates, [4] ads; original cream buckram, printed paper label on spine; 8 chromolithographic plates; light foxing throughout; otherwise very good. Zimmerman (1878-1943) was a German ornithologist. Schuh, Mineralogical Record online says it is "very scarce." Only 1 copy in OCLC.

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A day in the apartment
A day in the apartment

by Zimmon, Howard

Iowa City, Iowa: Cat's Paw Press, 1972. Edition limited to 75 copies, 8vo, pp. [8]; fade-line along the fore-edge of the upper wrapper, else fine in original printed gray wrappers. From the library of Kim Merker. Zimmon was for a while a partner with Kay Amert at the Seamark Press, also in Iowa City. "Soon after coming to Iowa, Kay had met and fallen in love with an Iowa native by the name of Howard Zimmon. He lacked her... Read More

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by Zimmon, Howard

Iowa City: The Seamark Press, 1975. Printed in a limited edition of an unspecified number; 8vo, pp. [52]; original printed blue wrappers; fine. From the library of Kim Merker. Printed by Kay Amert (1947-2008), Director of the Typography Laboratory at the University of Iowa, and Howard Zimmon of the Seamark Press. Acknowledgements on the verso of the title page include "K. K. Merker, Leeta Berry, and Gum & Me Too." Kay established her own imprint, the Seamark Press, in... Read More

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Современный немецкий язык; теоретический курс / Sovremennyy nemetskiy yazyk [= Modern German language]
Современный немецкий язык; теоретический курс / Sovremennyy nemetskiy yazyk [= Modern German language]

by Zinder, L. R., & Stroeva, T. V.

Moscow: Foreign Language Publishing House, 1957. Third edition revised, 8vo, pp. 419, [1]; text in Russian; printed boards backed in cloth; light edgewear, else fine. Inscribed by Zinder on title page. Columbia, Michigan, Texas-Austin, Waseda, Berlin State Library and Potsdam University in OCLC.

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Историческая фонетика немецкого языка : пособие для студентов педаг. инст. и унив / Istoricheskaya fonetika nemetskogo yazyka [= Historical phonetics of German]
Историческая фонетика немецкого языка : пособие для студентов педаг. инст. и унив / Istoricheskaya fonetika nemetskogo yazyka [= Historical phonetics of German]

by Zinder, L. R., and T. V. Stroeva

Moscow: Prosveschenie, 1965. 8vo, pp. 191, [1]; text in Russian; full tan cloth; paper toned but clean, fine. About a dozen copies in Germany per OCLC but none recorded elsewhere.

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Историческая морфология немецкого языка / Istoricheskaya morfologia nemeckogo yazika [= Historical morphology of German]
Историческая морфология немецкого языка / Istoricheskaya morfologia nemeckogo yazika [= Historical morphology of German]

by Zinder, P. R., & T. V. Stroeva

Leningrad: Prosvescenie, 1968. 8 x 5 in., pp. 262, [2]; text in Russian; full tan cloth; ink mark on upper cover, paper toning but clean and sound, near fine. Inscribed by Stroeva to Russian-American linguist, etymologist, and poet Anatoly Liberman on title page.

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The Norton anthology of children's literature. The traditions in English

by Zipes, Jack, Lissa Paul, Lynne Vallone, Peter Hunt, Gillian Avery, eds

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2005. Instructor's Review Copy of the first edition; thick 4to, pp. xxxviii, 2471; 32 pages of color illustrative reproductions, black and white illustrations in text throughout; original purple pictorial wrappers, some edge wear and soiling, a very good copy.

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Leondardo da Vinci 1452-1519. The complete paintings and drawings
Leondardo da Vinci 1452-1519. The complete paintings and drawings

by Zöllner, Frank

Köln, London etc.: Taschen, 2012. Large folio, pp. 695, [1]; profusely illustrated throughout, illustrated paper boards, pictorial dust jacket; a touch of aging to the edges of textblock, else fine in original cardboard case.

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The new physics

by Zolynas, Al

Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1979. First edition, 8vo, pp. 80; black white and blue pictorial paper wrappers; light rubbing to extremities, very good overall. With an inscription by Zolynas to fellow poet John Rezmerski on half-title page.

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A road less traveled by. On the deceptive simplicity in the poetry of Robert Frost
A road less traveled by. On the deceptive simplicity in the poetry of Robert Frost

by ZONGYING, HUANG

Beijing: Peking University Press, 2000. First edition, 8vo, pp. [5], 2, 2, 185, [1]; fine in original black cloth, near fine dust-jacket. Inscribed by the author to Professor Gwin Kolb on the front prelim. After a brief survey of Frostian criticism, an examination of Frost's poetic complexity beyond his surface simplicity.

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