Conflicts with Oblivion
Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1969. Hardcover. Reprint edition. Fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Pristine interior. English History. ENG2/8231. Fine. More
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In July, all books priced at $100 or less in the following categories are 30% off: German Language, English History, and Medical.
Untersuchungen über die Assimilation der Kohlensäure [Studies on the Assimilation of Carbon Dioxide]
Berlin: Verlag von Julius Springer, 1918. Hardcover. with 16 textfiguren und einer tafel. Very good in cream paper wrappers black title to spine and front cover. Front cover has a private library stamp. Minor wear to edges of wrappers, a few spots of soiling to front cover, and previous ownr signature to title page (Henry W Popp), else clean. 448 pages. German Literature. GEL1/11140. Very Good. More
The Aging Game: Success, Sanity and Sex After 60 (SIGNED, PRESENTATION COPY).
New York: McGraw-Hill, (1979). Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. 8vo. Very good + in Very good white dust jacket with black title to front and spine panels. Minor browning to edges and spine panel of dust jacket. Minor rubbing to rear panel of dust jacket. Author's inscription to front free end page reads "For Anita and Ernest with Respect and Affection, Barbara Gallatin Anderson." Else is clean and bright. Ms. Anderson is an internationally known specialist on the life cycle. 240 pages. Health. HEA110081. Very Good+ / Very Good. More
The Familiar Letter in the Eighteenth Century
Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1966. Hardcover. Very good in beige cloth with gilt title to spine. Light soiling to exterior. Index, 306 pages. English History. ENGHIST22/0527. Very Good. More
One-Leg: The Life and Letters of Henry William Paget, First Marquess of Anglesey 1768-1854
New York: William Morrow and Company, (1961). Hardcover. Fine in navy blue cloth with gilt-lettering on spine. Pristine interior. Index, 428 pages. English Biography. ENGHIST13/0599. Fine. More
The Headmaster: Roxburgh of Stowe and His Influence in English Education
New York: Schocken Books, (1966). Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Light bumping to spine ends. Interior is clean and bright. Red price-clipped illustrated dust jacket with white title to front and spine panels. Spine panel faded to light brown. Minor rubbing to dust jacket. Index, 216 pages. English Biography. ENGBIO/042313. Near Fine / Very Good. More
Die Mutter
Zurich: Paul Zsolnays Bibliothek, 1930. Hardcover. Very good in red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and emblem to front cover. Slight browning to spine. Minor foxing to interior and edges of text block. 404 pages. German. GER611101. Very Good. More
Kleine Geschichten aus der Bibel
Berlin: Jüdischer Verlag, 1923. Hardcover. Very good in orange paper covered boards with red title to front board and spine. Small spot of soiling to bottom of front board, else clean. Bowing to boards with short splits along hinges. Illustrated and has decorative initials. Writing in pencil to title page, else clean interior. Slight toning to margins of pages. 124 pages. German. GER211131. Very Good. More
The Gay Delavals
New York: Rinehart & Company, (1956). Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth covered boards with black and yellow title to spine. Light bumping to corners and spine ends. Slight browning to end pages and light tonight to margins. Previous owner's name to front free end page. Else is clean and bright. Illustrated brown price clipped dust jacket with black title to front and spine panels. Minor soiling, browning, and rubbing to dust jacket. 310 pages. English Biography. ENGBIO/060613. Very Good+ / Very Good. More
Wüste und Gelobtes Land: Geschichte Israels von den Anfängen bis zum Tode Salomos; und Zweiter Band: Geschichte Israels vom tode salomos bis ezra und nehemia. 2 volumes. [History of Israel]
Berlin: Kurt Wolff / Im Schocken Verlag, 1932 / 1936. Hardcover. First volume has 18 full page plates and 8 illustations in text. In black cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Light rubbing to boards. Clean, bright interior. In white dust jacket with red spine panel and white title to spine. In original cardboard slipcase with title to spine panel. Minor wear to edges of case. 307 pages. Second volume is also bound in black cloth boards with gilt title to spine, but it's dust jacket is off-white with black title to spine and front panel. The second volume is not in a slipcase. 287 pages plus 15 plates. In German. GER709281 This set may require an extra shipping fee. Near Fine / Fine. More
Intracranial Tumors
Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1933. Hardcover. First Edition. Very good in blue cloth boards with faded gilt title to spine. Minor wear to edges and spine ends. Includes illustrations and charts. Light browning to margins. Signed twice by neurologist Lester A. Mount. Embossed library stamp from Mount to half title page. Clean interior. 475 pages. Very Good. More
The Growth of Television Ownership in the United Kingdom. A Lognormal Model
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1964. Hardcover. 8vo. Light blue paper covered boards with dark blue title to spine. Minor fading to edges of boards and light bumping to corners. Pristine interior. Light blue dust jacket with black title to front and spine panels. Minor browning and light wear to edges of dust jacket. Slight smudging to dust jacket. Index, 72 pages. English History. ENGHIS/030813. Very Good / Very Good. More
Personal Reminiscences by Barham, Harness, and Hodder (BRIC-A-BRAC SERIES).
New York: Scribner, Armstrong, and Company, 1875. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Very good in extensively-decorated light brown cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Light soiling to board corners. Interior is clean and bright. 335 pages. English History. ENG3/2262. Very Good. More
Highgate Cemetery: Victorian Valhalla
London: John Murray, [1984]. Softcover. Signed by historian Felix Barker and John Gay. A beautiful and evocative book about Highgate Cemetery, a monument to the Victorian age, with some of the most celebrated - and sometimes eccentric funerary architecture to be found anywhere. Barker's history of the cemetery are followed by the black and photographs taken by Gay over a twenty year period, and they superbly capture the mystery and spirit of the place (taken from foreword). In black and white paper wrappers with a pictorial cover. Very good condition. 44 pages plus unpaginated section of photographs. [60+ pages] PHOTO/011817. Very Good. More
Democracy and Foreign Policy, A Case History, The Sino-Japanese Dispute. 1931-33
London, New York, Toronto: The London School of Economics and Political Science, and Longmans, Green and Co. 1952. Hardcover. 8vo. Maroon cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Minor browning to end pages. Else is clean and bright. Light grey dust jacket with maroon title to front and spine panels. Minor toning to edges and spine of dust jacket. Index, 654 pages. English History. ENGHIST/012012. Very Good + in Very Good DJ. More
Guardian of the Lakes: A History of the National Trust in the Lake District from 1946 (1st Edition).
Cumbria: Westmorland Gazette, (1987). Hardcover. 8vo. Near fine in near fine red dust jacket with white title to front and spine panels. Previous owner's name to half title page. Else is pristine with illustrations throughout and map to rear. English History. ENG11072. Near Fine / Near Fine. More
Die Künstlichen Paradiese Tagebücher
Minden: J.C.C. Bruns, circa 1920. Hardcover. Very good in yellow cloth boards with dark purple title to spine and front cover. Minor rubbing / soiling to rear cover. Slight browning to margins, else clean and bright. 366 pages. In German. GER110221. Very Good. More
Weil ich Dich Liebe. Eine Totengabe.
Reid: Oberosterreichischer Landesverlag, circa 1950. Hardcover. Scarce. A somber book of poetry dedicated to "the people of my heart" who fell in World War II. The title translates to "Because I Love You. A Dead Task." Inscription in pencil to front free endpage "Gift from Pfarrer Reinold Simma Damüls / Bregeugewald Voraailberg (sp?) at the request of Frau Natalie Beer." Includes several illustrations. Very good in thin grey boards with gilt title to front cover. Minor wear to edges of boards. Clean with slight browning to margins of pages and edges of boards. Size Octavo. 65 pages. In German. GER1/2042. Very Good. More
Der Junge David
Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1933. Hardcover. First Edition. Near fine in black cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Minor bumping to top corners. Slight browning to margins, else clean interior. In tan dust jacket with dark brown title to spine and front cover. Browning to spine and edges of jacket. A few short closed tears to edges of jacket. 278 pages. German. GER310011. Near Fine / Very Good. More
Jaakobs Traum
Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1935. Hardcover. Later edition. A play in German by Austrian poet and dramatist Richard Beer-Hofmann (1866 - 1945). Very good in black boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Clean and bright. 170 pages. German. GER209291. Very Good. More
Those Impossible English
New York: Crown Publishers, 1952. Hardcover. Very good. No Jacket. 4to. Red cloth boards with blue title to spine and small white unicorn designs. Minor fraying to spine ends; rubbing to boards and spine. Light bowing to front board. Interior pages are yellowed around edges, but are otherwise very clean w/ bright text. Includes 201 photographs of English scenes from 1850-1951. Index, 164 pages. ENG/042004. Very Good. More
Epik und Lyrik der grossen amerikanischen Nationalparke und aus der Seele der See
New York: The Co-operative Press, 1926. Paperback. A collection of poems in German inspired by America's national parks. Illustrated. Brown paper wrappers with black title to front cover. Minor wear to wrappers including a few spots of foxing and a few chips to edges. A few smudge marks to interior but clean overall. 64 pages. GER3/2222. Very Good. More
All Sorts and Conditions of Men: An Impossible Story
New York: The F.M. Lupton Publishing Company, No date. Hardcover. 8vo. Maroon cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Fading and discoloration to the spine. Minor edgewear. Interior hinges starting. Previous owner's writing to front free end page. Else is clean and bright with frontis. 382 pages. English History. ENG3/4022. Very Good. More
Ausgewählte Gedichte
Wien: R. Lowit Verlag, 1935. Hardcover. A book of poems in German translation from Israel's national poet Chajim Nachman Bialik (1873 - 1934). Third edition. Very good in blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Minor fading to edges of boards and spine. Minor browning to endpapers, else clean and bright. Photographic frontispiece. In light grey dust jacket with blue title to spine and front panels. Minor chipping and wear to edges of jacket. Minor browning to spine and edge of jacket. 193 pages. In German. GER909281. Very Good / Very Good. More
Medicina Magica
Birmingham, AL: Gryphon Editions, 1986. Hardcover. Fine in genuine black leather boards with gilt title to spine. Gilt decoration to boards and spine. Pristine interior. Full edges gilt, ribbon book mark. Facsimile plates. 107 pages. MED/052212. Fine. More