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Shanghai: Denniston & Sullivan, 1908. Book. Illus. by 450 black & white photos. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Oblong 8 Vo. Oblong brown cloth with a bright title in light green surrounded by a dragon on the front cover. Profuse early photos from all over China. Very clean and tight inside, with English captions on all the photos.. No stains or browning or foxing. Title and publishing data in Chinese on the last page. The spine has been neatly and professionally repaired. Quite a rare volume, with only one other copy in England on the internet at this writing. .
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Souvenir of China, including Four Hundred and Fifty original Photographs
by Gammon, Charles F.
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Suddenly You Are Nobody
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Burlington, VT: Huntington Graphics, 2021. Book. New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New Americans tell their Stories. Immigrants settling into Vermont, not all pleased with the winters. Compelling and beautifully told. New paperback with no prior owner marks, no scuffs or stains..
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The Women of Turkey and Their Folk-Lore, 2 Volumes
by Garnett, Lucy
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London: David Nutt, 1890. Book. Illus. by Folding Map in Color. Good. 3/4 Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Detail on the culture and sociology of various women in the Ottoman Empire at the end of the 19th Century. Volume one, the Christian women - Greek, Armenian, Bulgarian and Frank. Volume two, Jewish (Judaic, Dunmeh) and Moslem women (Kurdish, Circassian, Yuruk, Albanian,Tatar, Gipsy, & Osmanli, Three chapters at the end on the Origins of Matriarchy by editor John S. Stuart-Glennie. Pages lxxviii, 382 and xvi, 616. Three quarter red leather with marbled boards. The leather is dry and worn, all hinges split but held solidly by the cords. A scarce set. Bindings are protected by clear, mylar dustjackets. Inside, impeccably clean and tight, NOT ex-library and no prior owner marks..
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Billy the Kid, the Authentic Story
by Garrett Pat F. , with foreword by John Scanland
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New York: Atomic Books, 1946. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The author is described as the Greatest Sheriff of the Old Southwest, and this is a classic tale of outlaw hunted down by the good Sheriff. Clean and tight paperback, no wear on the spine or spine ends. Slight ssoiling and edge wear on the covers. .
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The Book Beautiful and The Binding as Art
by Garvey, Eleanor (introduction) and Peter A. Wick (bibliographical descriptions
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New York and Boston: John F. Fleming and Priscilla Juvelis, 1983. Book. Illus. by 39 tipped on color full page plates of illustrations and bindings. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Paul Bonet was a master binder, early in the French era of modern painting. His first important patron was Carlos Scherrer of Argentina in the decades before WW Two. This book is a celebration of his collection of great French literature, illustrated by Braque, Chagall, Matisse, Picasso Degas and others in superb bindings by Bonet and others. Original red cloth, a fine copy, with gilt title on front and unfaded spine. No edgewear. As new inside. A splendid book. Indexes of Artists and binders at the rear. 219 books described..
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Little Girl Blue Lives in the Woods Till She Learns to Say Please
by Gates, Josephine Scribner
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Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin , 1910. Book. Illus. by Virginia Keep Clark 4 color plates, endpaper & text illustrations. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Antique childrens book with illustration on the front cover with title, and title on the spine paper a bit chipped. Very clean inside, but a bit loose although hinges inside and tight. No browning or stains on the paper. Profusely illustrated. Paper on the corners are worn, but not at the spine ends. An uncommon title. .
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Exercise of Power
by Gates, Robert M.
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2020. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Cloth Binding with no edge wear, dust jacket with no wear and unclipped, as new inside and out. Gates was a highly successful intelligence analyst before rising to be Director of CIA and repacing Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense because of his connections with the Bush family. This copy includes the highly laudatory N.Y. Times book review. .
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Trivia: Or the Art of Walking the Streets of London
by Gay, John -and W,.H. Williams (introduction and Notes)
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London: Daniel O'Connor, 1922. Book. Illus. by 16 full page London plates, endpaper London map and a facsimile title page. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Very nice facsimile edition of the 1716 edition of Gay's famous poem. In white cloth having an elaborate design of gilt roses and gilt rectangles. Bright gilt titles on the front and on the spine. Top edge gilt. Inside , very clean and tight with no prior owner marks, no stains or foxing. Browning on the free endpapers from something like newspaper that was left there at some time. Near fine dust jacket has no tears or fading, protected in a brodart clear sleeve. The famous poet, John Gay (1683 to 1732, also wrote The Beggar's Opera. A fine book production on Van Gelden Zonen handmade paper. Several of the plates are by Hogarth. Extensive notes to explain words, phrases and names in the text, at the end..
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Northern Winter
by Geijerstam, Gosta, translated by Joran Birkeland
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New York: E.P. Dutton, 1940. Book. Illus. by landscape and Norwegian folk sketches by tha author. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Original pale green cloth with a title in dark red on the spine and front. Very clean ane tight inside and out. A charming story of Norwegians struggling with winter, published shortly after the Nazi invasion of their country. .
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Black Wave
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New York: Henry Holt, 2020. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An unblemished copy in a fine dust jacket that is NOT price clipped. No prior owner marks. This is an excellent account of the Shia - Sunni schism within Islam, and the politics that have harmed so many in the Middle East. RECOMMENDED. The author is a Lebanese/American Emmy winning journalist / academic. .
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Paris Reborn, a Study in Civic Psychology
by Gibbons, Herbert Adams
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New York: Century, 1915. Book. Illus. by 16 fuill page drawings by Lester Hornby, most on copper plate. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original dark blue cloth with Place Vendome on the front cover in gilt and grey, bright gilt title on the unfaded spine. Top edge gilt Slight wear at the corners. Clean and tight with no foxing, no browning, no prior owner marks. A vivid description of Paris in WW One, including an attack by German zepplins. .
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India Illustrated, an Historical and Descriptive Account
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London: Thorpe imprint "for the Proprietor", 1856. Book. Illus. by 22 steel engravings by Wm. Daniell. Very Good. 3/4 Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very good contemporary 3/4 dark green morocco with all edges gilt, marbled boards and marbled endpapers. No prior owner marks and no foxing or stains inside. Very clean and tight. No edge wear to the binding, and the gilt title and decoration on the spine are bright. An exceptional copy since there is NO foxing. .
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George Morland, His Life and Works
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London: A & C Black, 1907. Book. Illus. by 50 Morland Color Plates with Labeled Tissue Guards. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Handsome, very good plus light blue decorated cloth with a design of vines and trees in light green/olive on the front and spine. Very slight wear at the corners and spine ends. Very clean and tight inside, with all 50 plates present with their captioned tissue guards. . Pages xix, 290, index. plus only 2 pages of A & C Black ads, which confirms it is the true first edition (A second printing in 1912 still lists 1907 as the publication date, but has pages of book ads published after 1907). Morland was a painter who "developed early a taste for dissipation" (DNB) , but that results in subject matter of common folk and their lives that make his work more interesting for his time (1763 to 1804). Inman 56..
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The Changing Face of China, From Mao to Market
by Gittings, John
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Oxford, England: Oxford Univ Press, 2005. Book. Illus. by 14 Photos. Fine. Cloth. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. There are lots of excellent books on the complexities of current China, and this one is sourght after. Well written, by an excellent British journalist. Pages x, 372 with index, chronology 1949 to 2004, chapter notes and a 5 page select bibliography. Recommended..
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The Vicar of Wakefield
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London: A & C Black, 1903. Book. Illus. by John Massey Wright 13 Illustrations. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. This publisher found , in 1902, a way to economically produce color illustrations, and the splendid 20 shilling series of English county and foreign travel books started. This book was the only work of fiction so honored in the 20 shilling series, and also in this limited edition. Inman 257. It has an introduction by Joseph Grego and includes John Forster's essay on the story. Only 250 copies, this number 64 and signed by the publisher. White vellum cloth with a clover leaf design blocked in gilt and printed in olive green on the front and spine, titles in gilt on front and spine, top edge gilt. There is some soiling to the boards and wear at the edges. Inside, a beautiful copy with no stains or foxing or prior owner marks, except for age browning on the endpapers as is usual. Protected in a clear, mylar dustjacket..
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Bengal: The Nationalist Movement 1876 -1940
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New York: Columbia Univ Press, 1974. Book. Illus. by Frontispiece Photos. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The interplay of Indian nationalism and Bengali regionalism, including East Bengal which is now independent Bangladesh. Thoroughly covers Bengali antagonism to Mahatma Gandhi. Subhas Bose was important in the 1930s, before he mistakenly latched onto the Japanese hoping to effect Bengal's independence. Pages xiv, 407 with index, thorough chapter notes and 18 page bibliography..
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With Rod and Gun in India
by Government of India, Tourist traffic Branch
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New Delhi: Tourist Traffic Branch, Ministry of Transport, 1956. Book. Illus. by photo on front cover, profuse blaack/white photos inside, map of forest areas . Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original paperback with the paper spine about one third gone, but not affecting the solidity of the binding. Easily repairable. Slight edgewear, and a nice tiger on the front. A nice introduction to the birds, game and fishing of India, intended to help the sportsman to decide where to go. Very clean and tight inside. 21 pages at the end of advertising for outfitters and shikar organizers and guns. .
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Little Toot
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. Book. Illus. by also Gramatky, delightful color lithographs of the famous little tug boat. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Presumed first edition, with no later printings mentioned, and definitely NOT the common Weekly Reader Book Club edition. Original ble cloth binding, protected in a clear, mylar sleeve. A crack in the internal front hinge, but still solid. A couple small page tears along the bottom edges, and a bit of age toning. But still a rare gem of this classic Little Toot tale. And a child has printed his name on the reverse of the front endpaper. .
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The History of the Netherlands
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New York: Harper & `Bros, 1840. Book. Very Good Plus. Cloth. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Exceedingly clean , original brown cloth binding with bright gilt title on the spine. Inside, clean and tight with mild, occasional foxing. Pages 300 with index..
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Off the Rocks, stories of the Deep-Sea Fisherfolk of Labrador
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pHILADELPHIA: The Sunday School Times, 1906. Book. Illus. by 11 full page photos. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. riginal dark blue cloth, with only a hint of edge wear. Title worn off the unfaded spine, but almost entirely present on the front board. Fine, early Labrador stories by Grenfell. They are not religious as might be implied by the publisher. Several prior owners noted. No stains or browning, very clean and tight inside. .
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