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Fine illustrated Ginzan emaki (illustrated silver mining handscroll), entitled in manuscript at beginning “Tanshū Ikuno Ginzan ezu” 但州生野銀山繪圖 (“[current] Hyōgo Prefecture, Ikuno Silver Mine, Illustrated”)

Fine illustrated Ginzan emaki (illustrated silver mining handscroll), entitled in manuscript at beginning “Tanshū Ikuno Ginzan ezu” 但州生野銀山繪圖 (“[current] Hyōgo Prefecture, Ikuno Silver Mine, Illustrated”) by IKUNO SILVER MINE SCROLL

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Fine illustrated Ginzan emaki (illustrated silver mining handscroll), entitled in manuscript at beginning “Tanshū Ikuno Ginzan ezu” 但州生野銀山繪圖 (“[current] Hyōgo Prefecture, Ikuno Silver Mine, Illustrated”)
Author
IKUNO SILVER MINE SCROLL
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
18 fine paintings of the extraction of the ore, smelting, and the administrative & commercial activities associated with the mine. Scroll on paper (311 x 12,170 mm.), inner front endpaper with decorative square-cut gold applications, outer side with silk brocade covering, wooden core roller, backed with mica-embossed paper. [Japan]: “copied 1892.” An uncommonly well-illustrated scroll depicting the mining and refining activities of the Ikuno silver mine, depicting the technology of mining used in the late 18th century. Silver was mined at the Ikuno Ginzan (Ikuno Silver Mine) from the 9th century until the late 20th century and was an important source of income for the central government. The main tunnel of the mine is 2.6 km long and extends 1 km. deep. Along with silver, lead, copper, zinc, and gold were extracted. There were several entrances to the mine, and more than 20,000 residents of Ikuno were in some way involved in the local mining industry. One of the most productive periods for the mine was the 18th century, when, in some months, the production of silver reached about 562 kilograms. Our scroll was created by the artist Andō Kōga 安藤広雅 (see below) and provides an accurate representation of the complicated workings, both below and above ground, taking place at the Ikuno mine during the late 18th century. The 18 paintings are beautifully rendered in fine colors. Each image is preceded by a manuscript explanation. The first image depicts the annual New Year’s celebrations on the 2nd of January with a procession of local miners, government dignitaries, drummers, and children approaching a shrine, carrying a symbolic celebratory feast of porgy, sake, and mochi; banners (one with banknotes tied to it); and other offerings, in a ceremony that would ensure good business luck for the year. Priests are waiting for the procession to arrive. The second image depicts the entrance to the mine, in front of which is the governmental hut (Yokohikiba) where the ore, carried in straw sacks (kamasu), was deposited. Some of the men are carrying waste rubble from the mine. Carpenters (yamadome daiku) are at work constructing wooden supports. Other men (tetsudai horiko) are carrying the supports into the mine. Two representatives of the government are observing the miners carrying out the ore. Tally sheets for keeping track of production are hanging in the office. Our third painting is a bucolic rendering of the mine entrance, with men entering the mine carrying empty baskets. Several are talking to a government official. The foreman of the miners is reporting details of the production. The following image shows a cross-section of the mine with miners using picks to dislodge the ore. Below, men are forcing water out of the mine in long drainage channels by a submerged Archimedes screw (suijōrin), introduced into Japanese mining in the early 17th century. The mine shafts are extremely claustrophobic, the workers hunched over, making their way through the shafts. Next is a series of above-ground images of winning precious metals from the ore (konashi). In the first painting, we see men (dobehori) pulverizing and sifting ore, separating it into various constituents, principally gold and silver. The following image shows a man roasting the ore, preparing it for the later smelting. During the roasting, the ore is heated, converting sulfides and other minerals into oxides, which are then later reduced with charcoal in the smelting. The man is shielded from the heat by a straw mat hanging from his shoulders and a woven face protector. Two women, on the opposite side of the furnace, are pumping the bellows. In the next painting, we see two removing the refined ore from the furnace after it cools. The next image shows two women and a child sifting through the mine’s waste water, which flows into a nearby stream, looking for gold and silver. From the caption, we learn they will sell their findings to the smelters. The next step in concentrating the ore is illustrated with a man furiously pumping the bellows of a furnace and the smelter (fukidaiku) removing the refined ore. Then we have a detailed painting of the actual smelting. A boy is pumping the bellows of a large furnace. The next image depicts another small furnace for further refining of the ore, in which the silver is removed and placed into a disc-like mold. This is followed by a depiction of melting the silver and molding it into small oval-shaped discs. The next image depicts a group of ten government officials, including the head of the mining operations, observing the weighing of the refined silver discs. Several officials are making notes, and others are making calculations using an abacus. In the following image, workers are packing the partially refined byproducts — copper, lead, and gold ores — observed by government officials. The next image depicts the refined silver being carried to Osaka by horse, surrounded by guards carrying banners. A high government official is carried in a palanquin. The following image shows government representatives of the mine selling partially refined ores to precious metals dealers in an outdoor setting. One of the officials is seated at a desk, taking notes with an abacus handy. The method of bidding is secretive: a buyer places his hand up the covered arm of an official, counting out his bid with his fingers. The next image depicts the auction of silver at Osaka. Government officials are observing. The final image depicts men carrying the auctioned silver, escorted by government officials, into what is surely Osaka Castle. At the end, we find this inscription (in trans.): “Scenes from the Silver Mine, the process of deriving the silver, in the era of Kansei [1789-1800]. Copied in 1892 by artist Andō Kōga.” In fine and fresh condition, preserved in a wooden box. ❧ For a wonderful account of mining in Sado Island (which can be applied to our Ikuno scroll), see Hamish Todd’s “The British Library’s Sado Mining Scrolls” in The British Library Journal, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Spring 1998), pp. 130-43.
Catalogue d’Objets d’Arts des Cabinets de…Précédé d’une Notice historique sur chacun de ces deux Artistes. Par F.L. Regnault-Delalande…

Catalogue d’Objets d’Arts des Cabinets de…Précédé d’une Notice historique sur chacun de ces deux Artistes. Par F.L. Regnault-Delalande… by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: OZANNE, Nicolas Marie & COINY, Jacques Joseph)

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Catalogue d’Objets d’Arts des Cabinets de…Précédé d’une Notice historique sur chacun de ces deux Artistes. Par F.L. Regnault-Delalande…
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(AUCTION CATALOGUE: OZANNE, Nicolas Marie & COINY, Jacques Joseph)
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Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
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1 p.l., xxiv, 74 pp. 8vo, self-wrappers, stitched as issued (stitching loose), leaves uncut. Paris: Regnault-Lalande, 1811. The rare catalogue of this joint sale of the collections of Ozanne (1728-1811) and Coïny (1761-1809), which took place 2-11 December 1811. The former, a distinguished marine artist and engineer, collaborated with Duhamel du Monceau on several illustrated works and taught naval architecture and navigation to the sons of the royal family. Le Tellier de Courtanvaux used one of Ozanne’s ships as a platform to test Pierre Le Roy’s marine chronometer. A student of Suvée and J.P. Lebas, Coïny exhibited at the Salon from 1802 to 1806 and specialized in engravings of the saints and mythological or historical subjects. He also executed well-known vignettes for the works of La Fontaine, Léonard, and Racine. The pieces from his collection are noted with a “†”. The present catalogue starts with detailed biographies of the deceased collectors and then highlights a suite of first state engravings by Audran and Edelinck depicting the triumphs of Alexander the Great, the famous books of Blaeu, Palladio, Vitruvius, Watts, etc. Paintings (lots 1-32); drawings by Correggio, Carracci, Fragonard, da Vinci, Rembrandt, etc. (lots 33-87); the prints of Audran, Bloemaert, Callot, van Dyck, Hollar, Le Clerc, Piranesi, Titian, etc. (lots 88-334); views (lots 335-44); vignettes (lots 345-51); portraits (lots 352-60); collections of prints (lots 361-86); books of prints of architecture, emblems, geography, voyages, history, numismatics, festivals, and archaeology (lots 387-491); books on the arts (lots 492-503); curiosities such as construction models of ships and lacquerware (lots 504-14); and finally a separate selection of engravings (lots 515-22). Nice example in original state. We locate only one copy in North America. ❧ Benezit, Vol. III, p. 1199 (Coïny). Lugt 8087. N.B.G., Vol. 38, cols. 1021-22 (Ozanne).
Le Bout de L'Oreille

Le Bout de L'Oreille by COMBA, Pierre-Paul

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Le Bout de L'Oreille
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COMBA, Pierre-Paul
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David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
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Paris: Arnauld de Vresse, 1855. Whisperings in the Ear" "A Little Bit of One's True Self" COMBA, Pierre-Paul. Le Bout de L'Oreille par Comba. Paris: Arnauld de Vresse, [ca. 1855]. First edition. Folio (12 15/16 x 10 inches; 338 x 254 mm.). Pictorial hand colored lithograph title and eighteen fine and amusing hand colored lithograph plates. Mid twentieth century red cloth over boards, smooth spine with maroon morocco label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. A fine copy. Extremely scarce: According to OCLC there are no copies in libraries and institutions worldwide. COMBA, Pierre-Paul (1833-1872) was an artist of Italian descent. We have been unable to locate any other examples of this fine work. We do however know of two other works by him: Paris et ses Parisiens; Types et Moeurs. Paris: Arnauld de Vresse, 1850 (15 hand colored lithographs) and Coqueau et Coquette: Album Comique. Paris: Arnauld de Vresse, 1855 (18 lithographs). The Plates: 1. Ma Moutarde après Diner! My Mustard after Dinner! 2. La belle Plume fait le bel oiseau. The beautiful Feather makes the beautiful bird. 3. Il ne faut pas tans de chiens après un os. It doesn't take so many dogs after a bone. 4. Un homme sans abri. Est un oiseau sans nid. A homeless man. Is a bird without a nest. 5. La Sauce coûte plus, que le Poisson!!... The Sauce costs more, than the Fish!!... 6. Des Larmes de Crocodile! Crocodile Tears! 7. C'est le chemindu Paradis, on n'y va qu'un par un!! This is the way to Paradise, we only go one by one!! 8. Nous Mannequin! Ah bah!... Les Femmes sont parfaitement comme les roses qui habillent et deshabillent, elles sont à la fois le Paradis des yeux, l'Enfer de l'âme, et le Purgatoire de la bourse. We Model! Ah bah!... Women are perfectly like the roses which dress and undress, they are at the same time the Paradise of the eyes, the Hell of the soul, and the Purgatory of the purse. 9. Et tu pleure ça, ma belle biche, fais comme moi, envoie ton mari à l'ecole de l'Arithméthique et fais lui apprendre la Multipplication. And you cry over that, my beautiful doe, do like me, send your husband to the school of Arithmethics and teach him Multiplication. 10. Il vaut mieux s'adresser à Dieu qu'à ses Saints... It is better to address God than to his Saints... 11. Faire venir l'eau à la bouche! Make your mouth water! 12. Mordre à l'Hameçon! Take the bait! 13. Qui aime Bertrand, aime son Chien... Who loves Bertrand, loves his Dog... 14. Que le mari soit vieux, repoussant comme le diable, ou qu'il dépense tout son bien au litre, sa femme doit le traiter comme son mâitre, son Souverain, son Dieu!! Si son mari s'absente, elle doit jeuner, coucher sur la terre, et s'abstenir de toute toilette, il n'y a pas d'autre Dieu sur la terre pour une creature féminine que son mari. Whether the husband is old, repulsive as the devil, or spends all his wealth by the liter, his wife must treat him as her master, her Sovereign, her God!! If her husband is absent, she must fast, sleep on the earth, and abstain from any toilet, there is no other God on earth for a female creature than her husband. 15. Faire le Chien couchant. Do the Sleeping Dog. 16. Tout Chien qui aboie, ne mord pas. Any dog that barks does not bite. 17. Ah! Ah! V'la le beau Monsieur à cheval et sa Dame qui sortent de leur chateau, font ils leur tête!! Ne les insulte point, Paillard, tu ne sais pas, ce que tu peux devenir. Ah! Ah! Here is the handsome gentleman on horseback and his lady coming out of their castle, are they acting up!! Don't insult them, Paillard, you don't know what you can become. 18. ...Oh! c'est tout au plus si vous avez quatre pieds... C'est vrai mon cher ami, la votre en a un, qui en vaut quatre. ...Oh! it's at most if you have four feet... It's true my dear friend, yours has one, which is worth four.
Medical almanac collection

Medical almanac collection by EPHEMERA

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Medical almanac collection
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EPHEMERA
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Born from ancient and medieval traditions the almanac became one of the most common household books after the bible. These texts often contained a calendar, lunar cycles, tidal tables, weather forecasts, optimal times for farming and planting, holidays or church festivals, astrological guides to medicine or bloodletting, and various other chronological information for specialized audiences. This large collection spanning 109 volumes of charming nineteenth century medical almanacs includes discussions of various ailments and their treatments, general information about health and wellbeing, and advertisements, many of which are heavily illustrated.   Green’s atlas and diary almanac (9 volumes) 1880 1881 & 1882 1882 & 1883 1883-1884 (2 copies) 1885 & 1886 1889 1896 1909 The Household Almanac. Burlington, VT: Henry, Johnson & Lord, 1887. HERRICK, L.R., MD National calendar or Herrick’s almanac, 1875. (offered with) Herrick’s almanac, 1897. PERUNA CO. Peruna almanac lucky day. 1905, 1908, 1915. 3 volumes Dr. J.H. McLean’s almanac. 1889 Dr. Miles new weather almanac and hand book of valuable information. 1935, 1937, 1938. 3 volumes. DeWitt’s 200 year calendar and book of horoscopes and useful information. Ca 1920's. 2 volumes. Houghton’s genuine almanac. 1806, 1810, 1812. 3 volumes. SCHENCK, Dr. J.H. Schenck’s almanac 1875. Philadelphia, [1874]. 32 pp., plu 4-page ad for J.W. Colton & Stratton Druggists & Apothecaries, Westfield, MA tipped in. OPW. JAYNE, Dr. D. Dr. D. Jayne’s medical almanac and guide to health. Philadelphia, 1867, 1870, 1886, 1928 (4 volumes) Rexall Family almanac and moon book. 1959, 1962, 1965, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979 (7 volumes) AYER, J.C. Ayer’s American almanac, for the use of farmers, planters, mechanics, and all families. Lowell, MA, 1858, 1860, 1861, 1866, 1867, 1870, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1881, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1898, 1919, 1921 (27 volumes) The herbalist almanac. Hammond, IN. 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937 (5 volumes) Bliss Almanac for 1928. (Bliss native herbs). WARNER, H.H. Warner’s safe cure almanac. 1882, 1894. (2 volumes). Willson’s monarch almanac. 1916. NARD Almanac, 1958 (National Association of Retail Druggists) The Illinois Herb Co. Almanac. 1940 (both covers off) Hostetter’s illustrated United States almanac. 1876-1902 (13 volumes) Moffat’s agricultural and family almanac. New York, 1849. Morse’s Indian root pill almanac, 1885 Dr. Pierce’s Memorandum Book. Buffalo, NY: World’s dispensary Medical Association, 1909-1910; 1929-1930 (2 volumes) The New York almanac. NY: Centaur Company, 1888. Colorful wrappers DEWITT, E.C. Kodol almanac, 200 year calendar. Chicago, 1903. The Antikamnia Chemical Co. The Antikamnia Tablet Calendar. St. Louis, 1909. BROWN, Dr. O. Phelps Shakespearian annual almanac. 1881, 1885 (2 volumes) Brandreth annual calendar. New York, 1880. Rush’s almanac and guide to health. New York, 1874, 1875, 1883 (3 volumes) Ransom’s family receipt book. Buffalo, 1902, 1909, 1914 (3 volumes) SCOVILL, A.L. Scovill & Co’s farmers & mechanics almanac, 1869 Centaur almanac, 1874, 1875 (2 volumes) DAVIS, Perry Pain-killer almanac & family receipt book. Providence, RI, 1867. Foley’s family almanac. 1922 The New York State Almanac. Diary and Gazeteer. Burlington, VT: Wells, Richardson & Co., 1884.
Growing Toward Peace

Growing Toward Peace by Eleanor Roosevelt and Regina Tor

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Growing Toward Peace
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Eleanor Roosevelt and Regina Tor
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good +
Description
New York: Random House, 1960. Cloth. Very Good +/Near Fine. SIGNED BY BOTH ELEANOR ROOSEVELT AND HER CO-AUTHOR REGINA TOR on the verso of the front free endpaper. A crisp, very presentable copy to boot of the uncommon 1960 1st edition of this charming children's book devoted to both the history of and the natural inclination towards peace. Tight and VG+ (mild offsetting at the panels and the titles pages) in a bright, price-intact ($3.50), Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of mild wear at the foot of the spine. Octavo, handsome illustrations throughout (in both black-and-white and color) complement the text and help draw in the young reader even further.
A History of the Art of Engraving in Mezzotint from its Origins to the Present Times, including an Account of the Works of the Earliest Artists

A History of the Art of Engraving in Mezzotint from its Origins to the Present Times, including an Account of the Works of the Earliest Artists by Chelsum, James

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A History of the Art of Engraving in Mezzotint from its Origins to the Present Times, including an Account of the Works of the Earliest Artists
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Chelsum, James
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De Simone Company, Booksellers (United States)
Description
Winchester: Printed by J. Robbins, 1786. 8vo.  190 x 125 mm., [7 ¼ x 5 inches].  [4], 100, [12] pp.  Bound in contemporary calf, decorated spine with red leather label; joints expertly repaired with Japanese tissue, title page a bit foxed, sporadic foxing to margins of some leaves.  This copy is inscribed by the Chelsum and is a gift book inscribed to a student who was awarded his Doctor of Divinity.  With faults a sound and not unattractive copy.  Only edition.  A rare study of the mezzotint technique with detailed information on engravers who practiced the art.  Originating in Germany in the mid-17th century, this technique of preparing a copper plate with a rocker quickly spread to the Netherlands and then on to England by the late 1660’s.  The rocker made it possible to create fields of dense or light impressions on the plate that retained ink after being wiped.  It allowed for high levels of tonality from black to white thus creating images, especially portraits, that were vibrant and seemingly lifelike.  John Evelyn was one of the first English writers to discuss the technique in his publication, Sculptura, or the history and art of Chalcography and engraving in copper  (1662).  A few years later, a more definitive work was published by Alexander Browne under the title, Ars Pictoria (1669).  Chelsum (1738-1801) was a scholar, priest and collector of prints.  Robert Hole, in his biography written for ODNB, calls Chelsum’s book, an “erudite” study of the art where he built on the work of these and other authors, by supplying short biographical sketches of the engravers and bringing the history up to date by including 18th century artists.  He not only focused on English artists, but including German, Dutch, and Italian engravers and providing a list of titles that were produced by the mezzotint process.  Bigmore &Wyman write, “The work treats of the nature of the art of mezzotint, its supposed origin and invention, and of the several successive artists who have practiced it.”  Rare in commerce; no copy has appeared at auction since 2021.  National Portrait Gallery Website, “The Early History of Mezzotint”.  Bigmore & Wyman A Bibliography of Printing, p. 133.  Robert Hole, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (2004).  .
Woodcut portrait of Vesalius attributed to Tobias Stimmer (1539-84). Matted. 13x9. cm

Woodcut portrait of Vesalius attributed to Tobias Stimmer (1539-84). Matted. 13x9. cm by Vesalius, Andreas

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Woodcut portrait of Vesalius attributed to Tobias Stimmer (1539-84). Matted. 13x9. cm
Author
Vesalius, Andreas
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Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
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Posthumous portrait of Vesalius attributed to celebrated Swiss artist Tobias Stimmer, or, alternatively, to Stimmer's brother J. Christoph Stimmer or to Stimmer's pupil Christoph Maurer. Mounted and matted. 13 x 9cm. Fine apart from faint show-through from ms. on verso. With black letter caption reading "Andreas Vesalius/Medicus und Kais. Carls des fünfften Leibartz. m. 1564." This version of the portrait with German caption was published in Nikolaus Reusner's "Contrafacturbuch" (1587), the German version of his "Icones sive imagines virorum literis illustrium" (1587). See Spielmann, "Iconography of Andreas Vesalius," pp. 148-51.
Observations on Breeding for the Turf, Containing also Remarks on the Comparative Excellence of the English Race Horse on the Present Day and Former Times:; With an Account of the Foreign Stallions and Mares Imported into England ...

Observations on Breeding for the Turf, Containing also Remarks on the Comparative Excellence of the English Race Horse on the Present Day and Former Times:; With an Account of the Foreign Stallions and Mares Imported into England ... by Smith, Nics. Hanckey (but Hankey)

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Observations on Breeding for the Turf, Containing also Remarks on the Comparative Excellence of the English Race Horse on the Present Day and Former Times:; With an Account of the Foreign Stallions and Mares Imported into England ...
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Smith, Nics. Hanckey (but Hankey)
Seller
Thorn Books (United States)
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Hardcover
Description
London: G. Whittakler, 1825. First edition. Very good. Hardcover. 8vo. vii, [1], 303, [1] pp. Recent half green morocco, leather lettering labels, gilt; marbled paper boards and endpapers. A fine copy. A fairly scarce work on horse breeding and racing. Includes "remarks on the comparative excellence of the English race horse of the present day and former times: with an account of the foreign stallions and mares imported into England, and the performances of their produce on the turf, etc." With 'Hanckey' instead of 'Hankey' on the title page. .
The Discovery of the Oregon Trail; Robert Stuart's Narratives

The Discovery of the Oregon Trail; Robert Stuart's Narratives by Rollins, Philip Ashton

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The Discovery of the Oregon Trail; Robert Stuart's Narratives
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Rollins, Philip Ashton
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Thorn Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Edward Everstadt & Sons, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. LArge 8vo. cxxxvii,, (2), 391, (1) pp. Red cloth, gilt spine title. Illustrated with maps and plates. Index. Gilt spine title a bit faded else thsi is a fine copy. .
CHILD LIFE IN JAPAN

CHILD LIFE IN JAPAN by AYRTON, Matilda Chaplin

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CHILD LIFE IN JAPAN
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AYRTON, Matilda Chaplin
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Boston Book Company (United States)
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1879. AYRTON, M. Chaplin. CHILD-LIFE IN JAPAN, AND JAPANESE CHILD-STORIES. London: Griffith and Farran, 1879. First edition. "With many illustrations, including seven full-page pictures drawn and engraved by Japanese artists." xiv,[6],125 pp., + [2],16 pp. adv. Small quarto. 25 x 19 cm. (9 3/4 by 7 1/2 in.) Disbound: publisher's decorated cloth boards are detached and the backstrip is missing. The bookblock is split in several places, but the text and ilustrations are complete. Offered with all faults:.
Photographs of Iona & Staffa, 2nd Sept. 1883

Photographs of Iona & Staffa, 2nd Sept. 1883 by J.V. [James VALENTINE]

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Photographs of Iona & Staffa, 2nd Sept. 1883
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J.V. [James VALENTINE]
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Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
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Very good
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[Dundee, Scotland]: [Valentine and Sons], 1885. Cloth. Very good. [TRAVEL] [PHOTOGAPHS] [TOURIST]. 12mo oblong (7 ¼" x 10 ¼"); [12] leaves; textured red cloth over beveled boards, double black stamped fillet on front, gilt lettering; all edges gilt; white satin ribbed endpapers; 12 albumen photographic prints laid-on board with titles and signed "J.V."; boards soiled and edges scuffed, fading to imprinted date on front board, lightly age toned leaves; very good. A nice photographic album most likely sold to the tourist trade of the Scottish islands Iona and Staffa by the Scottish firm of Valentine & Sons located in Dundee. James Valentine (1815-1879) founded Valentine's of Dundee in 1851 and was later joined by his sons. Many of his photographs of Scotland are housed at the University of St. Andrews. Valentine's two sons expanded the business in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to include picture postcards.
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Department of the Army Program for Dissemination of Atomic Energy Information for ORC and NG Organizations, Phase II and III. by United States Army; Sixth Army

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Department of the Army Program for Dissemination of Atomic Energy Information for ORC and NG Organizations, Phase II and III.
Author
United States Army; Sixth Army
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Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Presidio of San Francisco, California: Headquarters Sixth Army, 1950. Paperback. Near Fine. Staple-bound text block; 4to; pagination varies (approx. pp. 100), typed, mimeographed text and illustrations, and "RESTRICTED" printed on every page. Two courses, offering a summary of the discoveries leading to development of atomic energy, and the administrative organization for its control in the United states, a comparison of atomic bomb and TNT bomb explosions, types of atomic bomb explosions, effects of known atomic bomb explosions and probable targets for atomic bombs. Also addresses the establishment of the Manhattan engineering district, public law 585, atomic energy act of 1946, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), and military liason committee. Disturbing stuff, with pictures of bomb victims. The whole a little age-toned, but near fine. OCLC locates only 3 copies.
THE RESCUE a Romance of the Shallows

THE RESCUE a Romance of the Shallows by Conrad, Joseph

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THE RESCUE a Romance of the Shallows
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Conrad, Joseph
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Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
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Near Fine
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London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1920. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/About Fine. Octavo. 416pp. Bound in green cloth, spine lettering gilt; a very nice copy in dust jacket with light age-toning at spine. Internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind.
Das Lustige ABC (Funny ABC)

Das Lustige ABC (Funny ABC) by ABC.

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Das Lustige ABC (Funny ABC)
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ABC.
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E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA (United States)
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Good
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Munchen: Hans Von Weber, 1907 Date per DnB. Color printed cloth book, worn, soiled and fraying, one page with a large stain. A rare alphabet book, only four institutional copies located. Each page contains two vignettes, each with descriptive text highlighting a letter from the alphabet. Printed entirely in color. Contains stereotypical images and language.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Walter Caspari. Square 8vo..
Violet Beatrice Wenner [Cover title]

Violet Beatrice Wenner [Cover title]

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Violet Beatrice Wenner [Cover title]
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Langdon Manor Books LLC (United States)
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Very good
Description
N.P.: N.P., 1954. Very good. 6½” x 5”. Stapled wrappers. Pp. [24]. Very good: wrappers gently split above and below staples but holding; a touch of light creasing and spotting. Inscribed by the author on front cover. This is an apparently unrecorded exhibition catalog of works by a lesser-known artist, Baroness Violet Beatrice Wenner. It holds fine examples of the artist's work, effusive commentary from national newspapers and a heartfelt inscription to a friend with new year's wishes for 1955. Violet Beatrice Wenner was born to Swiss parents in Manchester, England in 1884. She studied with prolific children's book creator Sir Walter Crane in England and Austrian portraitist Heinrich von Angeli, and was also a talented and touring harpist. Wenner married Baron Von Sternenfels, adjutant general to the king of Battenberg in 1911, but moved to the United States after their divorce in 1922, becoming a naturalized citizen in 1931. Working from her home in Chicago in oils, pastels, charcoal and pen and ink, the Baroness painted portraits of many crowned heads of Europe and prominent Americans such as Presidents Coolidge, Hoover and Roosevelt, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, Emperor Franz Josef of Austria, scientists and entertainment stars. She was a charter member of the Arts Club of Chicago and a director of the American Outdoor Art League, had a large collection of crystal and porcelain from the Napoleon III era that she sold to a Florida museum, and died in Chicago in 1970. This book features 14 examples of Wenner's portraits, including those of “Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt” and United States Air Corps pilot Ross Beason, Jr., “killed in action 1944. Painting to hang in the Ross Beason Jr. Memorial Hall, Culver Military Academy.” There are paintings of notable Chicago businessmen and their wives, Illinois Governor Len Small, Colonel George A. Whiting and stage actor Alan Mowbray. The book also ran blurbs from national newspapers lauding her “fine” and “charming” works, exhibitions and her studio, “a veritable social and artistic centre.” The artist herself inscribed this copy “To a dear new Friend – from hers too – with all best wishes for a New Year full of realization of her Dreams” and included her signature, Chicago address and telephone number. No holdings of this booklet were located in OCLC or online. OCLC shows only an exhibition catalog of portraits by the Baroness from the 1920s at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and an artist file on Wenner at the Cleveland, Ohio Museum of Art.
The Sibling Society

The Sibling Society by Bly, Robert

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The Sibling Society
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Bly, Robert
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Fine
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Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Inscribed first edition, first printing of The Sibling Society by Robert Bly.. Octavo, 319pp. Blue hardcover. Stated "first printing, March 1996" on copyright page. Appears unread. In the publisher's near fine dust jacket. With a long inscription by the author, thanking the recipient for their letter and commentary on the book. Inscription is dated 2005. A fine example. The Sibling Society deals with the question, where have all the grownups gone? "In answering that question with the same freewheeling erudition and intuitive brilliance that made Iron John a national bestseller, poet, storyteller and translator Robert Bly tells us that we live in a "sibling society, " in which adults have regressed into adolescence and adolescents refuse to grow up.
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THE OUTER REACHES by ANTHOLOGY Derleth, August Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, L. Sprague De Camp, David Keller, HenryKuttner, Fritz Leiber, Murray Leinster, Frank Belnap Long, Clifford Simak, Clark Ashton Smith, Tede Sturgeon, A. E. Van Vogt, Donald Wandrei

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THE OUTER REACHES
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ANTHOLOGY Derleth, August Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, L. Sprague De Camp, David Keller, HenryKuttner, Fritz Leiber, Murray Leinster, Frank Belnap Long, Clifford Simak, Clark Ashton Smith, Tede Sturgeon, A. E. Van Vogt, Donald Wandrei
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THE OUTER REACHES, Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1951, first edition, fine in near fine pictorial dust-wrapper. Contributions by August Derleth, Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, L. Sprague De Camp, David Keller, HenryKuttner, Fritz Leiber, Murray Leinster, Frank Belnap Long, Clifford Simak, Clark Ashton Smith, Tede Sturgeon, A. E. Van Vogt, Donald Wandrei et.al. Within the author chooses their own favorites and explain why.
Drawn from New England: Tasha Tudor A Portrait in Words and Pictures

Drawn from New England: Tasha Tudor A Portrait in Words and Pictures by Tudor, Bethany

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Drawn from New England: Tasha Tudor A Portrait in Words and Pictures
Author
Tudor, Bethany
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Crooked House Books & Paper (United States)
ISBN
9780399208355
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York, New York, U.S.A: Philomel Books, 1981. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Signed by Author(s). Oblong. Green paper boards backed by cream cloth spine. Very light bump to top rear corner. Boards ever so lightly faded along edges. Mild rubbing and edge wear to dust jacket. Spine sunned. Jacket now in protective mylar cover. 96 pages. Signed by Tasha Tudor and dated 1981 on title page. Bethany Tudor relates the story of her mother's life through a smooth-flowing narrative, old and contemporary photographs and samples of the artist's work.
How the Wizard Came to Oz

How the Wizard Came to Oz by Abbott, Donald

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How the Wizard Came to Oz
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Abbott, Donald
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Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780929605166
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Very Good +
Description
New York: Emerald City Press, 1991. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. SIGNED. 110pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Bound in black cloth, with title stamped in silver ink on spine. Boards mildly soiled. Spine ends gently bumped. Bit of chipping to the edges of the dust jacket, with one small imperfection on the rear panel. Signed by Donald Abbott on the limitation page. Written and illustrated by Donald Abbott. This is the first in a series of six Oz works Abbott released in the 1990s, and is an interpretation of the Wizard's origins and early days in Oz.
African American Music The Drifters 45 Record w/ Rhythm & Blues Singers

African American Music The Drifters 45 Record w/ Rhythm & Blues Singers

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African American Music The Drifters 45 Record w/ Rhythm & Blues Singers
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De Wolfe and Wood (United States)
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Fools Fall in Love-It Was A Tear. Issued by Atlantic Records. Circa 1957. The cover has images of Joe Turner, Ruth Brown and Others. Good condition.
Geometric Phases in Physics Advanced Series in Mathematical Physics, Vol 5
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Geometric Phases in Physics Advanced Series in Mathematical Physics, Vol 5 by Shapere, Alfred and Frank Wilczek

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Geometric Phases in Physics Advanced Series in Mathematical Physics, Vol 5
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Shapere, Alfred and Frank Wilczek
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Brattle Book Shop (United States)
ISBN
9789971506216
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VeryGood
Description
Singapore: World Scientific [2006]. Softcover. Reprint. 10" x 6.5". xiv, [2], 509pp. Off-white illustrated wraps with dark teal title. Ownership signature on title page. Slight shelf wear. Near Fine. ISBN 9971506211 . VeryGood. Paperback .
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Mozart in Vienna, 1781-1791, trans. by T. Bell by Braunbehrens, V.

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Mozart in Vienna, 1781-1791, trans. by T. Bell
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Braunbehrens, V.
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J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
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Very Good
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New York: Weidenfeld, 1989. Very Good/very good. 1st trans. ed.
The Gathering of Zion: The Story of the Mormon Trail

The Gathering of Zion: The Story of the Mormon Trail by Stegner, Wallace

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The Gathering of Zion: The Story of the Mormon Trail
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Stegner, Wallace
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Tschanz Rare Books (United States)
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New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964. First Edition. 331pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Purple cloth with silver stamped titles on the backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Price clipped jacket. Wallace Stegner's work on the great Mormon Trek from Nauvoo to the Great Basin in 1846-1847, and the steady migration that followed it out of the Platte Valley and across the mountains for the next quarter century. One of the better received volumes in the 'American Trail Series' Wallace Earle Stegner (1909-1993) was an American novelist, short story writer, environmentalist, and historian, often called 'The Dean of Western Writers'. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972 and the U.S. National Book Award in 1977, and through his writing program at Stanford University, influenced generations of writers (Edward Abbey, Ken Kesey, Wendell Berry, Larry McMurtry). Colberg A 17.1.a.
The Secret Speech
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The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith

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The Secret Speech
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Tom Rob Smith
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Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
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9781847371287
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Fine
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First UK Edition, First Printing. This is a Fine book housed in a Fine dust jacket, with slight toning to the top text block, which is common in UK printings. An as-new unread copy. Not remaindered, not price clipped, and not ex-library. In Archival protection and carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.
The 1976 Committee

The 1976 Committee

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The 1976 Committee
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Holland, MI: The 1976 Committee, 1966. Pamphlet. 15p., stapled wraps, 5x8 inches, vertically creased, touch of rust to staples, date and "Right Wing" penciled on front wrap, else very good condition. Introduction to the Committee, which was founded in 1966 in order "to inspire, promote, and guide political action which will help restore, maintain, and strengthen our republic...in accordance with the basic concepts of government as followed by the Founding Fathers of our nation." The Chairman of the Committee was William J. Grede (former president of the National Association of Manufacturers and a member of the executive committee of the John Birch Society) and Dean Clarence Manion was a Vice Chairman.
The Wasting of Rural New York State: Factory Farms and Public Health

The Wasting of Rural New York State: Factory Farms and Public Health

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The Wasting of Rural New York State: Factory Farms and Public Health
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Albany, NY: Citizens’ Environmental Coalition; the Sierra Club, 2005. 29p., staplebound booklet, 8.5x11 inches, very good condition.
Faux Pas

Faux Pas by Blanchot, Maurice; Hamacher, Werner (Ed.); Wellberry, David E. (Ed.)

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Faux Pas
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Blanchot, Maurice; Hamacher, Werner (Ed.); Wellberry, David E. (Ed.)
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Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780804729352
Condition
Very good
Description
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. First Edition Thus. Paperback. Very good. First Edition Thus. Paperback. 9" X 6". xii, 309pp. First edition thus, with full number line indicating first printing thus. Mild creasing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Creasing to corners of wraps. Small amount of sticker residue above bar code on rear wrap. Dust-spotting to text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Published in France in 1943, Faux Pas is the first collection of Maurice Blanchot's essays on literature and language, consisting of fifty-four short pieces that were originally issued as reviews in literary journals, and one long introductory meditation that defines the trajectory of the whole volume. These essays like those collected in the other five books of criticism published over several decades have established Blanchot as the most lucid and powerful French critic of the second half of the twentieth century. Sober reconstructions of the main tenets of both classical and modern, both literary and theoretical texts, they have attained the status of model readings for authors as diverse as da Vinci and Kierkegaard, Melville and Proust, Molière, Goethe, and Mallarmé. However, the book is not a miscellaneous collection of exquisite essays. The first section of the volume, "From Anguish to Language," indicates the relative unity of its trajectory and its special moment in the development of Blanchot's thought. "Anguish" was a prominent notion for the existentialist philosophies of the period of his first work, and in this book Blanchot reflects on the necessary transition from the paradoxes of anguish to a focus on the paradoxes of language. He does so without ever betraying the affective tensions that attach themselves to linguistic utterances, but he also insists that the pathos of anxiety is, in the last resort, comical. Whoever writes "I am lonely" can judge himself to be quite comical, as he evokes his solitude by addressing a reader and using means that make it impossible to be alone. This comedy of language is retraced in Blanchot's intensely luminous essays on poetry and narration, on silence and symbolism, the novel and morals, the stranger, the enigma, time, and the very possibility of literature in the works of Blake, Balzac, Rimbaud, and Gide, Bergson and Brice Parain, Rilke and Bataille, Sartre, Camus, Queneau, and so many others.(Publisher).
Regia Marina - Italian Battleships of WWII
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Regia Marina - Italian Battleships of WWII by Bagnasco, Erminio; Grossman, Mark

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Regia Marina - Italian Battleships of WWII
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Bagnasco, Erminio; Grossman, Mark
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Ed's Editions Bookstore (United States)
ISBN
9780933126756
Condition
Good
Description
Pictorial Histories Publishing, 1986. paperback. Good. 8x0x11. Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations. Rear top corner creased, otherwise in very good condition.

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