Service for Day of Victory. Arranged by Archdeacon James Walker for the Use of the Episcopal and Congregational Churches of Kohala, Hawaii, T. H.
Kohala, Hawaii, 1942. Softcover. Typed script, n.d. ca 1942); 6 1/2" x 8 1/2"; pp. [8]; stapled leaves; minor creasing and a few nicks to fore-edge of pages; in about near fine condition. Though undated, the script for the order of service was most probably created in the early years of the Second World War, as several of the hymns and prayers specifically addressed prisoners of war, wounded soldiers, and those mourning lost loved ones. Archdeacon James Walker arrived in... Read More
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There's Flour on Your Prop
by Monterey Bay Chapter of 99's
S. l. (Pacific Grove, CA): By the authors, 1970. First Edition. Very good. First edition; oblong 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; pp. [10], 1-138; bluish-green, pictorial wraps, bound with small, plastic rings; illustrated with black and white drawings at the beginning of each chapter; a bit of creasing and spotting to wraps, else minor wear to text block; in about very good condition. A lovely cookbook, also including an amusing write-up on "how to preserve a husband," it was... Read More
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![Geologische Beobachtungen auf Reisen im Kaukasus im Jahre 1873 (Geological Observations While Traveling in the Caucasus in 1873 [An Association Copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/352/305/853305352.0.l.jpg)
Geologische Beobachtungen auf Reisen im Kaukasus im Jahre 1873 (Geological Observations While Traveling in the Caucasus in 1873 [An Association Copy]
by H. Abich (Otto Vilhelm Hermann von Abich)
Moskau (Moscow): Universitats-Buchdruckerei (Katkoff & Co.), 1875. Hardcover. Very good. First edition; 9" x 6"; pp. [4], 1-122, [2] + a large, fold-out, chromolithographed map by V. Bakhman; full, embossed, brown morocco; gilt title to front board; gilt page edges; rubbed spots with small loss to tips of spine and edges; a minor nick to one of the folds on the map; very good condition. Signed and inscribed by the author to Russian nobleman and politician Count Mikhail... Read More
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Vokrug da Okolo
by Abramov, Fedor
London: Flegon Press, 1963. First edition thus; 6 1/2 x 9 1/2; pp. 29; stapled yellow wraps; mild foxing along margins of covers; small nick to fore-edge of front cover; previous owner's name stamp to corner of front cover and title page; one large b&w illustration; very good condition. Fedor Abramov was a Russian author and literary critic known for his affinity for writing about the hardships of the Russian peasants. His essay "Around the Bush" also centered on the... Read More
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V. Franklin. Ego zhizn, obshchestv. i nauchnaia dieiatelnost
by Abramova, Ia. V.
S.-Peterburg: Tipografiia tovarishchestva "Obshchestvennaia Polza", 1891. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 7 1/4 x 4 3/4; pp. [5], 6-79, [1]; beige wraps, printed in black; illustrated with portrait frontis of Benjamin Franklin; previous owner's personal stamp and manuscript note to front wrap; some loss of paper from head of spine (text block solid); in about very good condition. A well-written biography of Benjamin Franklin, it covered his childhood, his contributions to the American society and to the world... Read More
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Journal of the Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Session of the California State Grange, Held at Grangers' Hall, Sacramento, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th, 1884
by Adams, Amos (Compiler)
San Francisco, California: Carlos White Printing Co., Steam Printers, 1884. First Edition. Good. First edition; 8 3/4 x 5 3/4; pp. [1], 4-71; off-white wraps, printed and ruled with an elaborate border; chips to tips of spine; faint spotting and foxing to wraps (not affecting readability); in good condition. A scarce work from an illusive San Francisco publisher, it documented the proceedings of the California branch of the Grange - officially named The National Grange of the Order of... Read More
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Two Advertising and Sample Brochures for 'Hygienic Kalsomine'
by Adams & Elting Co.
Chicago: Adams & Elting Co., 1909. Very good. Two brochures, ca 1909; four-fold and tri-fold, 8 1/2 x 3 1/4 and 6 1/4 x 3 1/4 folded; one illustrated with drawings, the other lithographed; 18 color paint chips laid on in each; generally mild wear to edges and margins; in very good condition. Beautiful advertising brochures, they showcased various shades of 'Hygienic Kalsomine' - a sanitary wall finish in brilliant, uniform colors.
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The Four Seasons in Yosemite National Park. A Photographic Story of Yosemite's Spectacular Scenery
by Adams, Ansel; Plumb, Stanley
Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Printing and Binding House, 1936. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 12 x 8 1/2; pp. [52]; brown pictorial wraps; glassine dust jacket; illustrated with color frontis plate, numerous black-and-white photographs, and a map; book with a small crease to lower right corners and minor age-toning to leaves - in very good to near fine condition; DJ with a few small cuts to front panel and some loss to back panel - in fair condition. A... Read More
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Poems on the Eve of War
by Adams, Terry; Eppstein, Maureen; et al
Palo Alto, CA: Waverley Writers, 1991. First Edition. Very good. First edition, subtitled: "A Reading at Unitarian Fellowship of Redwood City, Sunday, January 13, 1991;" 8 1/2 x 5 1/4; pp. [4], 1-26; off-white stapled wraps, printed in black; mild creasing to corners of back wrap and light age-toning to margins; in very good or better condition. A collection of several Bay Area poets' verses, read and published at the tail end of the Gulf War.
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A Letter to President Roosevelt, Related to His 1934 Devils Lake Speech
by Adelson, Albert
Oakland, CA: By the author, 1934. Very good. Typed letter, signed in ink; 12 x 8 1/2; single sheet, text to recto only; mild, uniform age-toning; old, horizontal fold lines; in very good condition. Albert Adelson (1850 - 1943) was a Russian-American resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, allegedly claiming to be one of the founders of the Russian Republic and author of their constitution. Known for his crusades against social injustices and for his relentless letter-writing to... Read More
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Puti Razvitiia Gramaticheskogo Stroia v Nemetskom Iazyke
by Admoni, V. G.
Moscow: Vysshaia Shkola, 1973. First edition; 5 x 8; pp. 3-175, [1] including text to last page; bright fuchsia wraps printed in white; small chips to head and tail of spine and some rubbing to edges; internally clean; signed and inscribed by author; very good or better. An authoritative work on the development and the changes in the German language from the beginning of the 18th century to the present. OCLC lists copies in European institutions only.
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What Happens When You Ship a Package?
by Railway Express Agency
S. l.: Railway Express Agency, 1930. Very good. First edition presumed, n. d. (1930s); 6 x 4 1/2; pp. [12]; monochrome pictorial wraps; illusrated with photographs; light wear along spine and corners; in very good condition. The Railway Express Agency (REA Express) was a national package delivery service, which operated from 1929 to 1975 and utilized existing railroad infrastructure to arrange transport and delivery of goods and even zoo animals. It was initially formed during WWI, when the US... Read More
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Hero Souls Filled with New Wine! A Parable of the Living Air of San Francisco
by Aked, Charles
San Francisco: By the author, 1912. Softcover. First edition; 8 1/4 x 5 1/4; pp. 3-12; speckled grey wraps, printed in black; very minor fading and spotting to wraps; faint discoloration to fore-edge of first several leaves; very good condition.An exuberant sermon on life in the City by the Bay by Baptist Preacher Charles F. Aked, it was delivered at The First Congregational Church of San Francisco on March 3, 1912. Aked was born in Nottingham in 1864 and,... Read More
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Rekviem 1935-1940 [Requiem 1935-1940] (Interesting Association Copy)
by Akhmatova, Anna
New York: Tovarishchestvo Zarubezhnykh Pisatelei, 1969. Softcover. Second revised edition; 5 1/2 x 7 1/2; pp. 24; textured white wraps printed in black; light rubbing to tips of spine, else minor wear; small handwritten "Akhmatova" to spine; near fine condition. Signed and inscribed by Russian poet and literary historian Gleb Struve, who also wrote the postscript to the current book, to Russian-born American physicist and author Iakov Lvovich (Alpert): "Iakov Lvovich, with thanks for your review of recent scientific... Read More
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Vesennii salon poetov (Spring Salon of Poets)
by Akhmatova, Anna; Blok, Aleksandr; Burliuk, David; Pasternak, Boris; et al
Moskva: Zerna, 1918. First Edition. Good. First edition; 7 1/2 x 5 1/4; pp. [4], 7-190, [1]; color lithographed wraps with a Futurist design by Georgii Yakulov; rebacked, with some repairs to upper left margin of front wrap and corners; ffep a bit brittle along hinge; in good to very good condition. The most important poetry anthology of the Silver Age, it embraced Symbolism, Acmeism, and Futurism, and gathered the works of almost all of the most famous figures... Read More
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Zhesty i mimika v Russkoi rechi. Lingvostranovedcheskii slovar (Gestures and Facial Expressions in the Russian Language. A Linguistic, Colloquial Dictionary)
by Akishina, A. A.; et al
Moskva (Moscow): Russkii iazyk, 1991. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 7 3/4 x 5; pp. [1], 4-144; bright-orange wraps, printed and illustrated in black and red; light wear along edges and tips of spine; minor age-toning to margins of pages; illustrated with numerous drawings; very good condition. A first-of-its-kind dictionary in Russian lexicography, it describes gestures, body movements, and facial expressions and examples of them in literature and everyday life.
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Semeinaia Khronika i Detskie Gody Bagrova-Vnuka [A Russian Gentleman and Years of Childhood]
by Aksakov, Sergei
St. Petersburg: Tipografiia M. M. Stasiulevicha, 1911. Hardcover. Second edition; 6 x 9; pp. 492; textured blue cloth over boards; title and decorations in gilt and black; a few rubbed spots to tips of spine and corners; handwritten note indicating the book was purchased in 1928 to endpaper verso; small personal stamp to title page; marbled page edges; text clean; overall very good. Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov (1791 - 1859) was a Russian author best known for his semi-autobiographical tales of... Read More
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Pismo v redaktsiiu "Rabochago Dela" (A Letter to the Editors of "Rabochago Dela")
by Akselrod, P.
Zheneva (Geneva): Izdanie Soiuza Russkikh Sotsialdemokratov, 1899. First Edition. Very good-. First edition; 6 1/4 x 4 1/4; pp. [1], 2-22; beige wraps, printed in black; wraps detached, with a few small chips to edges; a small piece of tape along spine; text block solid; very good- condition. Pavel Borisovich Akselrod (1850 - 1928) was a Russian Menshevik and the co-founder of the Marxist organization "Osvobozhdenie truda" (Emancipation of Labor) in Geneva in 1883. His open letter addressed a... Read More
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Never Try to Teach a Pig to Sing: Still More Urban Folklore from the Paperwork Empire
by Alan Dundes, Carl R. Pagter
Wayne State University Press, 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. Wayne State University Press, United States, 1991. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine - a small, blue marker mark on top of the pages, visible when the book is closed. Dust Jacket: very good (a couple of tiny creases on the edges). This copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by both authors on the front flyleaf: "To Lisa with best wishes, Alan Dundes, Feb 10, 1998" and "Best Wishes! Carl Pagter
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U. S. S. General William Mitchell Price Lists of Supplies, Menus, Recipes, Etc.
by Chief K. Liang; et al
San Francisco, CA: By the authors, 1955. Very good. Loose leaves affixed to a card stock binder with a metal clip; 8 x 10 1/2; pp. [38], typed text to recto only; binder with a few rubbed spots, else minor wear; in very good condition. USS General William Mitchell (AP-114) was a US Navy troopship, serving in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. At the time the current documents were issued, at the tail end... Read More
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Ul'mskaia Noch'. Filosofiia Sluchaia
by Aldanov, M. A.
New York: Izdatel'stvo Imeni Chekhova, 1953. Softcover. First edition; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; pp. 350; blue wraps; a bit of rubbing along spine; small spot to bottom edge of pages; text clean; very good condition. Mark Aldanov (Landau) [1886-1957] - a Russian author, critic, and a six-time Nobel Prize for Literature nominee - was born in Kiev to an affluent Jewish family. After the Revolution, he emigrated to Paris where he became heavily involved with the emigre community there.... Read More
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An Account of the Several Religious Societies in Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, from Their First Establishment, and of the Ministers of Each, to the First of January, 1805
by Alden, Timothy
Boston: Printed by Munroe, Francis, & Parker, 1808. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 8 1/4 x 5; pp. [7], 6-40; 1/4 brown cloth and marbled boards; a few chips to cloth at tips of spine; rubbed spots to corners and fore-edge of boards; a small name stamp to front board verso and a small signature to half-title page; occasional spots of foxing; very good- condition. Timothy Alden (1771 - 1839) was a clergyman, professor, librarian, and the founding... Read More
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Russkaia Khudozhestvennaia Kul'tura Kontsa XIX-Nachala XX Veka (1895-1907) In Two Volumes
by Alekseev, A. D. et al
Moskva: Nauka, 1968. Hardcover. First edition; 8 ½†x 10 ½†; vol. I pp. [6], 7-441, [3]; vol. II pp. [6], 7-401, [3]; original beige buckram with blue and silver title; printed DJ; profusely illustrated from paintings, photographs, and drawings; minor bumping to corners; vol. I with a slight vertical crease line to first free page; near fine. Jackets very good with a few small nicks and chips to head and tail of spine and corners.
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Hymne National Sovietique
by [Aleksandrov, Aleksandr]
Paris: Editions Marcel Labbe, 1945. Authorized edition. Very good. Authorized edition; 13 3/4 x 10 1/2; pp. [4]; beige stock, illustrated and ruled in red; light dust-dulling; several nicks and cuts to fore-edge; a few, very faint, penciled-in notes throughout; overall in very good- condition. Aleksandr Aleksandrov (1883 - 1946) created the music and Sergei Mikhalkov (1913 - 2001) wrote the lyrics for the Soviet National Anthem, which was officially adopted on January 1, 1944. The current edition, handsomely... Read More
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Nauchnye Osnovy Kurortnogo Lecheniia v SSSR [Stenogramma Publichnoi Lektsii, Prochitannoi v Tsentralʹnom Lektorii Obshchestva v Moskve] (Scientific Foundation of Sanitarium Treatment in the Soviet Union)
by Aleksandrov, V. A.
Moscow: Pravda, 1951. Softcover. First edition; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; pp. 24; stapled printed wraps; minor wear to spine tips and corners; near fine. Vsesoiuznoe Obshchestvo po Rasprostraneniiu Politicheskikh i Nauchnykh Znanii (The All-Union Society for the Dissemination of Political and Scientific Knowledge) replaced the League of Militant Atheists, also called The Union of the Godless, in 1947. The League had been formed in 1925, by the Communist Party, as an atheistic and anti-religious organization of common workers and... Read More
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