January SALE! All books in Anthropology, Automotive, Aviation, Education, Equestrian, Games & Hobbies, Gardening, Geography, Humor, Hunting & Fishing, Journalism, Medicine, Nature, Political Science, Psychology, Railroads, Science & Technology, Sports, and Women's Studies sections priced at $125 and under are 50% off for the month of January.
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Many prints & manscripts including framed items are also on sale for 30% off.
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New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1994). First Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo. Near fine in near fine light blue illustrated dust jacket with blue title to front and spine panels. One small closed tear to top inside flap hinge corner of dust jacket and minor bump to bottom corner of boards. Else is pristine with illustrations. Index, 233. Nature. NAT1/3082. Near Fine / Near Fine. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (2001). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Mint hardcover with mint justjacket. Autobiography of first woman president of Smith College in Massachusetts. First Edition. Women's Studies. WOM/1112. Fine / Fine. More
Boston: An Atlantic Monthly Press Book, Little, Brown and Company, (1976). Hardcover. 8vo. Near fine in very good black and yellow dust jacket with brown title to front panel and white title to black spine. Minor rubbing to dust jacket. Pristine interior with many photographic illustrations by the author. 228 pages + photos. Women's Studies. WOM1/3252. Near Fine / Very Good. More
London: Ian Allan LTD., 1981. Hardcover. 8vo. Black paper covered boards with gilt title to spine. Minor damp staining to top edge of text block, does not effect text or illustrations. The letter "S" is written in pen on the top corner of the front free end page. Else is clean and bright. Includes many photographic illustrations. White illustrated dust jacket with green title to front panel and spine. Jacket shows minor wear including a slight damp stain to bottom edge of front panel and spine and a very small open tear to head of spine. 96 Pages. Automotive. AUTO/090507. Very Good+ / Very Good+. More
Boston: Tufts University School of Medicine, (1998). Paperback. Scarce. 4to. Illustrated spiral bound paper wrappers with red title to front wrapper. Interior is clean and bright. 107 pages. MED/092817. Fine. More
Paris: Jean d'Ablon, 1952. Paperback. Olive green wraps. Library stamp on front cover. Slight darkening around edges and at spine. Spine has some creasing. Minor yellowing to pages. Else is clean and bright with diagrams throughout. Technical. TECH2/6290. Very Good -. More
Johannesburg: Anglo American Corporation of South Africa, (1960). Paperback. Grey side stapled paper wrappers with black title to spine. Interior is clean and bright. African History. AFR/120716. Very Good. More
New York: 1889. A leaf from Cram's Standard American Atlas of the World. This is a double page map with original outline color. Virtually all known railroads, finished and unfinished, Post Offices and Money Order Post Offices are indicated. Extensive county, city, township detail. Map measures 56 x 41 cm. or approximately 22.05 x 16.14 inches. Archivally matted. #54274. Near Fine. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958. Hardcover. very good in very good dj/ some edgewear to dj/ teal cloth cover/ adventures of photographing arctic wolves/ photos/ 301 pp. Arctic. ARC/6062. Very Good. More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, Imprimeur-Libraire, 1870. Paperback. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. 8vo. Signed by author on front wrapper. Beige paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Browning to front wrapper as well as one very small open tear. Minor chipping and creasing to edges of wrappers. Minor browning to edges as well as minor foxing throughout. Text is clean and bright with many graphs and illustrations. 66 pages. SCI/042408. Very Good. More
n.p.. 1927. Hardcover. Very good slim hardcover with paper boards. Reinforced spine, slight foxing. Includes several full-page photographs. Medicine. MED/5133. Very Good. More
New York: Random House, (1964). Hardcover. 4to. Very good in very good illustrated dust jacket with black title to front panel and white title to black spine. Interior is clean and bright with 264 illustrations, Including 108 in color. Minor edgewear to dust jacket includes 3 small open tears. Index, 299 pages. Nature. NAT110231. Very Good. More
From the Philosophical Magazine for May 1875. Paperback. Offprint/Vg in wraps/4 pp./postmark and contemporary writing to back wrapper. Science. SCI1811151. Very Good. More
London: Dula and Co., 1905. Paperback. A light green wrap that is of the Series A Vol 205. Cover has some edge wear and tear, otherwise it is in very good shape. Science. SCI1/01220. Very Good. More
Leipzig: Gerhard Fleischer dem Jüngern, 1811. Hardcover. Lacks both illustrations. German astronomer Dr. August Heinrich Christian Gelpke (1769 - 1842) is best known for his theory on comets and how they impact the Earth's surface. Bound in modern black leatherette boards with black and gilt title label to front cover. Rubbing to hinges, edges of boards, and corners. Scuff mark to front cover. Minor toning to margins, else clean interior. Bookplate of Harry Rabinowitz to front pastedown. Size: Thin, small quarto. 80 pages. SCI/042915. Very Good. More
Karl Flothmann, 1953. Paperback. May 1953 (Number 80) .Very good in off-white side stapled paper wrappers. About National Socialism. Text is bright. Crease along center where it had been folded. 16 pages. German. in wraps. GER3/2042. Very Good. More
New York: no publisher listed. 1929. Hardcover. Privately Issued for Subscribers Only; Very good in black cloth backed brown paper covered boards with bright gilt tightle to spine. Minor yellowing to page edges. Wide margins. 237 pages. Women's Studies. WOM/12192. Very Good. More
Augsburg, Germany: Erhard Ratdolt, 1488. An Incunabula Leaf from the Hungarian Chronicle of Johannes de Thurocz, which was the most extensive Hungarian work of this kind dating from the 15th century. The Chronicle was probably made on the impulse of dignitaries who were working in the Royal court of King Matthias Corvinus. Johannes de Thurocz, a member of Turiec a yeoman family, produced it while working from 1475 as a general notary of a regional judge. Erhard Ratdolt in Ausgburg, Germany printed it on June 3, 1488 for Theobald Feger. There are 8 lines of gothic text in Latin printed single column on paper as well as a 130 x 111 mm woodblock print of the coronation of King Besya. The verso contains 38 lines of the same text with no woodblock print. Beautifully custom framed. #17511. Fine. More
Washington DC: Three Continents Press, 1989. Paperback. White illustrated paper wrappers with red title to front wrapper and to spine. Title on spine faded to pink. Pristine interior. 258 pages. WOM/032217. Near Fine. More
Bombay: Free Trade Union Committee, 1950. Paperback. Scarce. 8vo. Light blue side stapled paper wrappers with red title and illustrated to front wrapper. Minor browning to edges. Text is clean and bright. 40 pages. POL/100119. Very Good. More
London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1969. Hardcover. 8vo. In Very good orange cloth covered boards with black title stamp to spine and front cover. In map illustrated white and green DJ. Very clean internally with illustrations throughout. A crisp copy of this SCARCE title. Index. 183pp. SCI/022306. Very Good+ / Very Good. More
Easton: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1920. Hardcover. Very good+. Expertly-rebound in green cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Hint of oxidation to spine. 8vo. Text is bright and clean. 413 pages. French. FRE/5202. Very Good+. More
St. Paul: MBI Publishing Company, 2002. Hardcover. Very good in blue cloth boards with white title to spine. In white illustrated dust jacket with blue title to spine and front panels. Minor wear to edges of boards and to edges of dust jacket. Oblong. 156 pages. AVI/042116. Very Good / Very Good. More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co, 1960. Paperback. Warmly inscribed on front free endpaper by the author to neurosurgeon Lester Mount. First edition. Very good in orange and green paper wrappers with black title to spine and front cover. A few smudges to cover; clean interior. 224 pages. MED/071312. Very Good. More
Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2017. Hardcover. First Edition. This book "tells the dramatic stories of the journalists who covered World War I for the American public. Dubbs draws on personal accounts from contemporary newspaper and magazine articles and books to convey the experiences of the journalists of World War I, from the western front to the Balkans to the Paris Peace Conference" (jacket). Fine in grey cloth boards with gilt title to spine. In white illustrated jacket with grey spine titled in white. Clean and bright. 294 pages. WWI/060517. Fine / Fine. More