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The Hand-Book of Artillery, for the Service of the United States, (Army and Militia) by ROBERTS, Joseph (Horace Bumstead)

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Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Title
The Hand-Book of Artillery, for the Service of the United States, (Army and Militia)
Author
ROBERTS, Joseph (Horace Bumstead)
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1863. Hardcover. Very Good. Fifth edition, revised and greatly enlarged. 12mo. 250pp. + ads. Charts and tables. Red cloth stamped in blind, and titled and decorated in gilt. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Boards with pervasive scuffing, spine-lettering dull, else a good and sound copy. Famous abolitionist Horace Bumstead's copy with his penciled ownership note: "Horace Bumstead. Mass. Rifle Club. Feb. 17, 1864." An educator and Congregationalist minister, upon his graduation from Yale with a degree in military science, Bumstead was commissioned as a Major for the 43rd Regiment of Colored Troops, a post he held from April 1864 to December 1865. After the War he began his pursuit of equal education for African-Americans, joining the faculty of Atlanta University, and eventually went on to serve as the school's second president.
Anatomical Chart: The Healthy Heart

Anatomical Chart: The Healthy Heart

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Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Title
Anatomical Chart: The Healthy Heart
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Rudolph Schick, 1940. Very Good. Color lithographic chart (32" x 43"). Backed on linen cloth with a black wooden rolling rod stapled along the top and bottom edges, with a mounted printed paper index label identifying 48 features of the heart. The top rod is partly detached with a few associated small tears, else very good with modest toning to the bottom edge. A visually striking classroom anatomy chart presenting a series of cross-sectional views of the human heart.
Amanda

Amanda by Wolo (Wolff von Falkenstein)

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Seller: Thorn Books
Title
Amanda
Author
Wolo (Wolff von Falkenstein)
Seller
Thorn Books (United States)
Condition
Hardcover
Description
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1941. First edition. Fine. Hardcover. Thin folio. (40)pp. Orange cloth printed in dark brown on the spine and the upper board. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated throughout by Wolo in monochrome and occasionally full color. This is a near fine copy with only a trace of wear and soil. The dustwrapper has a couple of short closed marginal tears, else it is in fine condition. It is not price-clipped. This copy inscribed on the reverse of the dustwrapper with a lovely full color prancing pig bearing a purple tulip and signed 'Wolo '41". Beneath the illustration, in Wolo's calligraphic hand, is the inscription: "To Lambie Taylor from Amanda and Sir Archibald and Wolo." Wolo (Baron Wolff von Falkenstein) was a refugee form Nazi Germany who took up residence in San Francisco where he worked for the Chronicle and developed his superb artistic ability.
Wild Scenes and Song-Birds

Wild Scenes and Song-Birds by C.W. Webber

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Title
Wild Scenes and Song-Birds
Author
C.W. Webber
Seller
Dawson's Book Shop (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
x, 347 pages plus 20 leaves of chromo-lithograph illustrations and one leaf containing list of illustrations, 10 1/4 x 6 ¼ inches, cloth, chipped and torn at top and bottom of spine, rubber stamp of previous owner on front endpaper.Fifteen illustrations of birds and fauna by Mrs. C.W. Webber with five Native American scenes by Alfred Jacob Miller. The title page calls for 25 illustrations but the list of illustrations details 20 plates. This edition notable for being only one of two published works to contain chromo-lithograph illustrations after drawings by Miller.
One Hundred New and Valuable Receipts

One Hundred New and Valuable Receipts by Anon. - HOUSEHOLD BROADSIDE

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Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books
Title
One Hundred New and Valuable Receipts
Author
Anon. - HOUSEHOLD BROADSIDE
Seller
Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
Very good; old folds with minor separations
Description
[Pennsylvania], ca1870?. As issued.. Very good; old folds with minor separations. Folio, meas. appx. 485 x 328 mm.; milled paper no watermark. Printed in four columns. A general list of household recipes, cures, cleaning preparations, white wash, "whiskey vinegar", a way to compute interest - you get the idea.This sort of thing did not survive use for very long especially if folded instead of hung. Unlocated.
Mulliner Nights

Mulliner Nights by Pelham Grenville "P G" Wodehouse (1881-1975)

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Seller: The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
Title
Mulliner Nights
Author
Pelham Grenville "P G" Wodehouse (1881-1975)
Seller
The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
312 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in publisher's orange cloth with black lettering and pictorial to spine and black lettering to spine. Dust wrapper illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg. (APG: 52b; McIlvaine A48) First edition.Mulliner Nights is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse. First published in the United Kingdom on 17 January 1933 by Herbert Jenkins, and in the United States on 15 February 1933 by Doubleday, Doran. It is the third collection featuring Mr Mulliner, who narrates all nine stories contained in the book, telling tall tales of his diverse family.Condition:Back end paper name erased. Jacket spine sunned, professionally repaired edges by Octavaye Studios else a very good to fine copy in a better than very good jacket.
The Discourse of Domination: From the Frankfurt School to Postmodernism.
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The Discourse of Domination: From the Frankfurt School to Postmodernism. by AGGER, Ben.

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Title
The Discourse of Domination: From the Frankfurt School to Postmodernism.
Author
AGGER, Ben.
Seller
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780810110045
Condition
Fine
Description
Evanston:: Northwestern University Press,. Fine. 1992. Hardcover. 0810110040 . First edition. Fine in burgundy cloth. No dust jacket. .
THE WORLD OF LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON. A LITERARY CELEBRITY OF THE 1830S

THE WORLD OF LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON. A LITERARY CELEBRITY OF THE 1830S by F. J. Sypher

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Title
THE WORLD OF LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON. A LITERARY CELEBRITY OF THE 1830S
Author
F. J. Sypher
Seller
Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
ISBN
9781605830315
Condition
Near Fine binding
Description
New York: The Grolier Club, 2011. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. A catalogue published to accompany the exhibition held at The Grolier Club, 23 March 2011 - 27 May 2011. With no marks. Near Fine gray paperback. Near Fine binding.
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Architectural Criticism and Journalism: Global Perspectives. Proceedings of an International Seminar organized by the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in association with the Kuwait Society of Engineers. December 2005. by al-Asad, Mohammad & Musa, Majd (editors).

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Title
Architectural Criticism and Journalism: Global Perspectives. Proceedings of an International Seminar organized by the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in association with the Kuwait Society of Engineers. December 2005.
Author
al-Asad, Mohammad & Musa, Majd (editors).
Seller
Ars Libri Ltd (United States)
Description
Torino (Umberto Allemandi & C.), 2006.. 204pp. Prof. illus. (some color). 4to. Wraps. Slipcase.
DIRT MUSIC [Signed]

DIRT MUSIC [Signed] by Winton, Tim

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Title
DIRT MUSIC [Signed]
Author
Winton, Tim
Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780330490245
Description
London: Picador, 2002. First printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 465 pages. In Near Fine condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Pictorial blue spine with purple and white text. Dust jacket is protected with a mylar covering with a white numbered sticker on front cover, price uncut "£15.99". Dust jacket and boards show minor wear on upper rear corner of spine. Signed flat by Tim Winton on title page. Shelved Hallway. 1387379. Special Collections.
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Death of a Naturalist by Heaney, Seamus

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Title
Death of a Naturalist
Author
Heaney, Seamus
Seller
Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Faber and Faber, 1966. Good. Heaney, Seamus. Death of a Naturalist. London: Faber and Faber, 1966. 57pp. 16mo. Paperback. Book condition: Good with rubbed and yellowed edges.

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