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Tableaux Topographiques, Pittoresques, Physiques, Historiques, Moraux, Politiques, Litteraires, de la Suisse. [Five Volumes] by Zurlauben, Beat Fidele Antoine de; Jean-Benjamin de Laborde

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Title: Tableaux Topographiques, Pittoresques, Physiques, Historiques, Moraux, Politiques, Litteraires, de la Suisse. [Five Volumes]
Author: Zurlauben, Beat Fidele Antoine de; Jean-Benjamin de Laborde
Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: Paris: De l'Imprimerie de Clousier, Rue Saint-Jacques, 1780. Hardcover. Good. Folio. Five volumes, full red leather with gilt stamped decorative borders to boards, 12 raised bands in six pairs to spine, gilt lettering & decoration in spine compartments, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 20-1/4" x 13-1/2", profusely illustrated. Laid in is an 1899 note from Hermann Linde, Art Publisher, which explains that the plates & text were printed separately, and the instructions to the binder are in volume 3 with a general index of plates in volume 5. There are also two other notes discussing the plates. Bookplate of industrialist & railroad owner Robert Heysham Sayre (to whom the Linde letter is addressed). Wear to edges of boards, some hinges tender; front hinge of volume 3 exposed. Damp staining to covers & to some pages and plates--I've uploaded a photo of the worst. Mild foxing, but pages generally clean and bright with nice wide margins. ---PLATE COLLATION: Of the 278 plates listed, it is only missing #212 which is an explanatory plate for the folding plate #211. ---ADDITIONAL PLATES: there is an extra copy of the map "Carte de la partie occidentale de l'Oberland Canton de Berne" -- one is mounted as a centerfold, one is mounted as a folding plate. There are also two folding maps, "Carte Generale de Suisse" and "Carte de Canton de Bale" which are not noted in the list of plates. The allegorial frontispiece to volume 1 is present. And finally, there are two plates marked #219/220 and there is an extra plate marked #169. Good to very good condition. Extra postage required for international or expedited shipping.

The Diary of an Ad Man by Young, James Webb

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Title: The Diary of an Ad Man
Author: Young, James Webb
Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Chicago: Advertising Publications, Inc, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Olive cloth boards under dust jacket neither priced nor clipped, first edition with 1944 on title page, 7" x 5", 256 pp. Fine in lightly worn jacket. A consistent seller for us, this is a home front journal by "one of the best copywriters in history" (Ogilvy, Ogilvy on Advertising, p. 82).

Daddy King by KING Martin Luther

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Title: Daddy King
Author: KING Martin Luther
Seller: Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description: 1980. First Edition. Signed. KING, Martin Luther, Sr. Daddy King. New York: William Morrow, 1980. Octavo, original half russet cloth, original dust jacket. $3200.First edition of the elder King's autobiography, describing his life in the pulpit and the civil rights movement and loss of both his son and his wife to assassin's bullets, inscribed by him ""John Hope II, may God bless you. M.L. King Sr.""""This book is a must for those who seek to understand the source of the inspirations of the civil-rights movement as well as the unique courage which resides in the hearts and souls of black Americans"" (Benjamin Hooks). The recipient of this copy, John Hope II, was a noted civil rights advocate; his father was renowned civil rights activist John Hope, President of Morehouse College from 1909-36. In this biography King describes an encounter with the elder hope when King was hoping to enroll at Morehouse but denied entry due to low test scores. King boldly decided to make his case directly to Hope himself in the president's office, an intimidating encounter that nonetheless earned King entrance to Morehouse, where he eventually earned a degree in Theology in 1931.Minor toning and wear to dust jacket spine. Near-fine condition.

Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, Volume IX, Part II

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Title: Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, Volume IX, Part II
Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Fair
Description: Fair. Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, Volume IX, Part II. Washington, D. C.: NP, ND. Illustrated. 4to. Hardcover. Book condition: Poor. Rubbing to extremities. Edges bumped and exposed. Water damage causing boards to bow out. Rear hinge has cracked and is taped. Water staining along edges of pages. Part 2: Birds.

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