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WHERE LATE THE SWEET BIRDS SANG by Wilhelm, Kate

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Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY
Title
WHERE LATE THE SWEET BIRDS SANG
Author
Wilhelm, Kate
Seller
THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description
WHERE LATE THE SWEET BIRDS SANG, Harpers, 1976, first edition, fine in like pictorial dust-wrapper. HUGO winning novel. Signed by the author on a bookplate laid in.
Colonial Southern Africa Travel Narrative Photo Album Victoria Falls and Cape Town during WWII and After 1941 to 1952

Colonial Southern Africa Travel Narrative Photo Album Victoria Falls and Cape Town during WWII and After 1941 to 1952 by South Africa Photo Album

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Title
Colonial Southern Africa Travel Narrative Photo Album Victoria Falls and Cape Town during WWII and After 1941 to 1952
Author
South Africa Photo Album
Seller
Max Rambod Inc. (United States)
Description
1941. Langwill, J. P. and Mrs. J. P. Photo album and travel scrapbook, 1941 to 1952, a multi format record of civilian travel through southern Africa during and immediately after World War II, preserving firsthand observations of colonial infrastructure, landscape, and local communities. Compiled by an American couple residing in Cape Town and Paarl, the album documents movement across South Africa, the Bechuanaland Protectorate, and Southern Rhodesia at a time when wartime restrictions shaped mobility and access. The inclusion of typed journals alongside photographs and printed ephemera provides a narrative account of travel conditions, tourist sites, and cross regional routes linking British colonial territories in southern Africa. Photo album and scrapbook containing 55 small format black and white photographs, 13 larger photographs, 15 real photo postcards, 79 magazine clippings including photographic reproductions and maps, 2 pamphlets, 1 folding map, 2 newspaper clippings, and 8 pages of original typed journal entries, housed in a 10 x 13 inch cloth album with a world map affixed to the front cover. Photographs are corner mounted and ephemera tipped or taped to the leaves. The material documents residence in Cape Town beginning in 1941, a July 1944 यात्रा to Victoria Falls and Southern Rhodesia, a 1946 visit to Oudtshoorn, and a return to Victoria Falls in 1952. The typed journal titled "Trip to Victoria Falls and Southern Rhodesia July 2 to 25, 1944" opens with the statement "Month after month we had postponed our long planned trip because of war restrictions on travel. At last, however, we decided to go in spite of everything," and proceeds to describe travel through Mafeking, the Bechuanaland Protectorate, and onward to Victoria Falls, including observations of baobab trees, the Victoria Falls Hotel, and the descent to view the falls and lunar rainbow. Additional entries describe visits to Salisbury and Bulawayo and to gold mining regions near Johannesburg. Photographs include landscapes, tourist sites, and local scenes, including images of Black South African children outside a school, documenting colonial educational conditions. The album provides a civilian perspective on wartime and postwar travel within the British colonial network of southern Africa, where infrastructure such as rail lines and hotels facilitated movement even under wartime constraints. The juxtaposition of personal narrative, commercial imagery, and photographic documentation illustrates how travelers encountered and recorded colonial spaces, natural landmarks, and local populations. The presence of American travelers marking events such as the Fourth of July abroad further situates the album within transnational wartime experience. Light wear to covers; clippings show moderate toning; ephemera with light soiling; photographs remain clean and well preserved. Overall good to very good condition.
MAESTRO MEXICANO, ORGANO DE LA SECRETARIA DE EDUCACIÓN PUBLICA. 3A EPOCA, AÑO VIII, TOMO VIII, Nº 35

MAESTRO MEXICANO, ORGANO DE LA SECRETARIA DE EDUCACIÓN PUBLICA. 3A EPOCA, AÑO VIII, TOMO VIII, Nº 35

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Title
MAESTRO MEXICANO, ORGANO DE LA SECRETARIA DE EDUCACIÓN PUBLICA. 3A EPOCA, AÑO VIII, TOMO VIII, Nº 35
Seller
Beverly Karno Books LLC (United States)
Condition
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Description
Mexico, D.F.: Secretaría de Educación Pública, SEP, 1958. .. b/w and color plates, illus., ports., tbls., facs., b/w and color pict. wrps. Illustrated by TGP artist Francisco Mora.
The Poems of Robert Herrick. Two Volumes.

The Poems of Robert Herrick. Two Volumes. by HERRICK,Robert

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Seller: Ursus Books
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The Poems of Robert Herrick. Two Volumes.
Author
HERRICK,Robert
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Ursus Books (United States)
Description
1935. HERRICK, Robert. The Poems of Robert Herrick. Two volumes. [8], 242; [8], 243-486 pp. 8vo., bound in recent three-quarter blue morocco over blue cloth, pages untrimmed. London: Humphrey Milford, 1935. Limited Edition of 500 copies. Herrick's only published collection of poetry, Hesperides and Noble Numbers, includes one of Herrick's earliest datable poems, A Country Life: To his Brother M. Tho: Herrick, written in 1610 as a farewell to his brother. Also present in these volumes are To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time, one of the most popular songs of the 17th century, and Herrick's many love verses to his imaginary mistresses. Fine copy. Benét, 470.
Yoshitoshi, kyōkai no kamigami [text in Japanese]

Yoshitoshi, kyōkai no kamigami [text in Japanese] by [Tsukioka Yoshitoshi] Tadanori Yokoo [ed.]

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Title
Yoshitoshi, kyōkai no kamigami [text in Japanese]
Author
[Tsukioka Yoshitoshi] Tadanori Yokoo [ed.]
Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9784947546395
Condition
Very Good
Description
Tokyo, Japan: Ribun Shuppan Co, 1989. Very Good/Very Good. Tokyo, Japan: Ribun Shuppan Co., 1989. First Edition. Folio; publisher's wrappers in pictorial dust jacket; 185pp.; halftone and full color illus. throughout. Light shelf wear to jacket and wrapper margins, else a Very Good and sound example. Beautiful monograph devoted to the life and work of the Japanese printmaker Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), text entirely in Japanese.
Command Performance: An Actress in the Theater of Politics

Command Performance: An Actress in the Theater of Politics by ALEXANDER, Jane

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Command Performance: An Actress in the Theater of Politics
Author
ALEXANDER, Jane
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition
fine
Description
Cambridge: Da Capo, 2001. paperback. fine. Small 8vo, 335 pages, paperback. Cambridge: Da Capo. (2001). Fine. Boldly signed in blue on the title page.
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The City and the Cathedral: A Reflection of the Glory of the Gothic and the Middle Ages at their High Tide in the City by the Seine by ANDERSON, Robert

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The City and the Cathedral: A Reflection of the Glory of the Gothic and the Middle Ages at their High Tide in the City by the Seine
Author
ANDERSON, Robert
Seller
Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition
very good
Description
New York, 1948. hardcover. very good. Frontispiece. 337 pages, slim 8vo, cloth. New York, 1948. A very good copy.
MACARTHUR AT WAR. WORLD WAR II IN THE PACIFIC

MACARTHUR AT WAR. WORLD WAR II IN THE PACIFIC by Borneman, Walter R.

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Title
MACARTHUR AT WAR. WORLD WAR II IN THE PACIFIC
Author
Borneman, Walter R.
Seller
Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780316405324
Condition
Fine
Description
Boston: Little Brown, 2016. First edition, first prnt. Signed by Borneman on the half-title page. Prologue. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Maps. Black and white photographs. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.Uncommon signed.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Erotic Comics, A Graphic History from Tijuana Bibles to Underground Comix
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Erotic Comics, A Graphic History from Tijuana Bibles to Underground Comix by Pilcher, Tim

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Erotic Comics, A Graphic History from Tijuana Bibles to Underground Comix
Author
Pilcher, Tim
Seller
Brattle Book Shop (United States)
ISBN
9780810995154
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Abrams 2008. Hardcover. 10"x10" 192pp. Illustrations throughout text. with red text on front and spine. Glossy black paper over boards. Dust Jacket is white with illustration, gray and black text. Slight wear and bumping to binding, Dust jacket is slightly worn, still Very Good. ISBN: 9780810995154 . Very Good. Hardcover .

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