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The scientific reports of the Whales Research Institute no. 1 - [no. 39]

The scientific reports of the Whales Research Institute no. 1 - [no. 39]

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Title
The scientific reports of the Whales Research Institute no. 1 - [no. 39]
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Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description
Tokyo: The Whales Research Institute, June 1948, 1988. 39 individual issues (complete) in 10 volumes, 8vo, modern half green cloth, gilt-stamped spines and upper covers; fine. Tables, graphs, plates (some folding), and illustrations in the text throughout, original printed wrappers bound in. Ownership signature of James Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian on covers of most issues. A complete run of this title - text in English throughout. It was continued in 1990 by the Scientific Reports of Cetacean Research published by the Institute of Cetacean Research which continues to this day. Issue 12 contains Nemoto's Foods of Baleen Whales in the North Pacific; issue 21 contains Mol's & Bree's A short Contribution to the History of Whaling in Japan during the 17th century; and, Omura's Black Right Whales in the North Pacific; issue 31 contains of Nishiwaki's Present Distribution of the Dugong in the World; plus many more articles of like interest.
TURNER AND RUSKIN; AN EXPOSITION OF THE WORK OF TURNER FROM THE WRITINGS OF RUSKIN (2 Volumes)

TURNER AND RUSKIN; AN EXPOSITION OF THE WORK OF TURNER FROM THE WRITINGS OF RUSKIN (2 Volumes) by [John Ruskin] | Edited with Biographical Notes by Frederick Wedmore

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TURNER AND RUSKIN; AN EXPOSITION OF THE WORK OF TURNER FROM THE WRITINGS OF RUSKIN (2 Volumes)
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[John Ruskin] | Edited with Biographical Notes by Frederick Wedmore
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Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Good binding
Description
London: George Allen, 1900. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. Two hefty quarto volumes, in the publisher’s blue cloth, with titling in gilt. There is scattered foxing throughout, though the plates are mostly clean; they are protected with tissue guards. Each volume has been partially rebacked, with discreet japanese tissue repair to the spines; there is old tape reinforcement to the hinges; the endpapers have darkened; on the pastedowns is the bookplate of American art critic Carleton Noyes. While the bindings have some minor wear and soiling, this is a sturdy and serviceable set. Good binding.
OLDSMOBILE DEALER TECHNICAL INFORMATION BULLETIN. 80 ISSUES. 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 & 1958

OLDSMOBILE DEALER TECHNICAL INFORMATION BULLETIN. 80 ISSUES. 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 & 1958

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OLDSMOBILE DEALER TECHNICAL INFORMATION BULLETIN. 80 ISSUES. 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 & 1958
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Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
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Oldsmobile | General Motors, 1958. A large number of Oldsmobile Technical Information Bulletins: 2 from 1952; 36 from 1953; 23 from 1954; 21 from 1955 and 1 rather lengthy manual form 1958. All hole punched and stored in a three ring notebook. A total of about 80 of the Information Bulletins issued by Oldsmobile in the 1950’s.
[TRAVEL] [MAP] REGNUM HUNGARIAE. (ATLAS PORTALIS)

[TRAVEL] [MAP] REGNUM HUNGARIAE. (ATLAS PORTALIS) by Johann Cristoph Weigel

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[TRAVEL] [MAP] REGNUM HUNGARIAE. (ATLAS PORTALIS)
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Johann Cristoph Weigel
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Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
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[Nürnberg], 1720. A hand colored plate of Hungary, from either the First or Second Edition of Johann Cristoph Weigel’s Atlas Portalis. Beginning of separation along the crease. About 20 x 17 cm.
[TRAVEL] [MAP] NEAPOLITANI REGNI TABULA. (ATLAS PORTALIS)

[TRAVEL] [MAP] NEAPOLITANI REGNI TABULA. (ATLAS PORTALIS) by Johann Cristoph Weigel

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[TRAVEL] [MAP] NEAPOLITANI REGNI TABULA. (ATLAS PORTALIS)
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Johann Cristoph Weigel
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Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
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[Nürnberg], 1720. A hand colored plate of the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of Sicily, from either the First or Second Edition of Johann Cristoph Weigel’s Atlas Portalis. About 20 x 17 cm.
The Lives of Saints

The Lives of Saints by Leigh Bardugo

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The Lives of Saints
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Leigh Bardugo
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Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
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9781250765208
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Fine
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Signed Limited Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book with the promotional band. SIGNED by the author to an illustrated limitation page. A beautiful edition of this collection of stories from Bardugo's Grishaverse. Not remaindered, not ex-library; will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.
The Day of Creation

The Day of Creation by J. G Ballard

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Title
The Day of Creation
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J. G Ballard
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Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780374135270
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Fine
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First US Edition/First Printing with no mention of subsequent printings; A Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket, with only light rubbing to the jacket edges, else F/F. An outstanding copy of this novel by the author of "Empire of the Sun", "Crash", "The Drowned World", etc. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.