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Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1911. No additional printings indicated. Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo. 354pp. Rebound in navy 1/4 calf with blue marbled paper-covered boards. Gilt lettering to spine. 1/2 inch fade to the head of the upper cover; small spots of red rot along spine. Marbled endpapers. Deckled fore-edge, pages toned. Includes 35 engravings. Tightly bound, clean copy.
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L'Art Francais: Au Temps de Louis XIV
by Lemonnier, Henry
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L'Art de Soigner les Pieds, Contenant: Un Traité sur les Cors, Verrues, Durillons, Oignons, Englelures, les Accidens des Ongles & Leur Difformité. Nouvelle Edition: Augmentée d'un Chapitre sur la Maniére de Soigner les Mouvemens, & de deux Planches pour L'Intelligence de cet Ouvrage
by Bourdet, M.
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Paris, France, 1782. First edition thus. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo. (7"x4"). 186pp. +index. Full leather with giltstamped spine & label, all edges red, marbled endpapers, laid paper, 2 fold-out etchings to rear. Heavy wear to spine & spine extremes: head endcap missing, cracked leather, 1/2" gouge to tail. Leather cracking over joints (sewing intact, interior binding sound). All corners rubbed with board exposed. Heavily scuffed covers. Bookseller's stamp to front pdep. Pencil marks to fep & ad. Heavy wear to the exposed edges of fold-outs, no interior tears. Text in French.
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L'Aviation Legere en Algerie. Volume I: 1909-1939 and Volume II: 1945-1962, complete set
by Jarrige, Pierre
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Revel, France: Saint-Ferréol, 2005. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Good+/Very Good. 4tos (12"x8.5"). Vol I: 421pp. Red cloth-covered boards with giltstamped titles & decoration. Lightly slanted spine. Water damage to top of book: loss of gilt to the previously dampened area of the upper cover & spine (3"x7" approx), light dampstain to corresponding area of lower cover, bleed & dampstain to endpapers & head spine extreme, light warp to topedge thoughout textblock, no smell. Vol II: 315pp. Teal cloth-covered boards with giltstamped titles & decoration. Lightly slanted spine. Dampstain to upper & lower covers (3"x7" approx, no gilt loss), not visible to interior, no warping to textblock. B&W photos, diagrams & maps throughout. Text in French. No dust jackets. Covered in protective mylar by seller.
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LETTER, PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON (JUNE 24, 1971)
by President Richard Nixon
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1971. Very Good+. Contents Summary: By a vote of 254 to 158, the House rejected the Nedzi-Whalen Amendment that would have prohibited the use of funds to be used in Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam, after the end of 1971. It was created by opponents of the Vietnam War who supported the reduction of the military budget and a timetable of American forces in Vietnam. Nixon states that these proposals jeopardize the progress of American withdrawal. Typed Typed Letter Signed 'RN' in black ink. One Page 6 ¾" x 8 7/8". Blind stamped of official seal 'THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON'. Dated: June 24, 1971. Slightly toned. Back stained from glue application. Very Good+. Dated: June 24, Letter in full: "June 24, 1971 Dear Roy: During consideration of the military procurement bill for the coming fiscal year, a number of amendments were proposed seeking to legislate a deadline for American involvement in Indochina. The debate centered on the Nedzi-Whalen amendment, which the House rejected…
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L'Ultimo Giorgio di Pompei. Melodramma Tragico in Due Atti
by Pacini, Giovanni
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Milan, Italy: Gio. Riccordi, 1831. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong (13.25"x9.75"). Rebound in dark green and blue. Shelfwear. Corners scuffed. Original front cover shows more wear than rest of book, with small tears and a bit of a crumpled look. This cover is only page to show signs of repair patching. Foxing throughout. Instances of double page numbers from original, first edition printing plates. Song book for pianist and singer. Rebound for the private library of music educator and vocalist, Frank Edwinn. Text in Italian.
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La Décoration Primitive: Amérique Post-Colombienne
by Réal, Daniel
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Paris, France: Librairie des Arts Décoratifs, 1922. First edition. Hardcover, loose-leaf. Very Good/Good+. 4to (13"x10"). 1/4 bound tan cloth & brown paper portfolio; ribbon ties. Spine soiled, rips to cloth at spine extremes & joints. Covers, title & corners rubbed. Previous owner's name in pen & sticker to pdep. Pages toned. 49 photographic/sepia plates.
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La Mer Rouge l'Abyssinie et l'Arabie depuis l'Antiquité: Essai d'Histoire et de Géographie Historique. Tomes I (Les Pays de la Mer Érythrée Jusqu'a la Fin du Moyen Âge) and II (Les Guerres du Poivre/Les Portugais dans L'Océan Indien et la Mer Rouge au XVIe Siécle/Histoire de la Cartographie Orientale), in three volumes
by Kammerer, Albert M.
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Cairo, Egypt: French Institute of Oriental Archeology, 1935. Hardcover. G+/G+/G+. Folio (14"x11"). 451 (in 2 vols.) +262pp. Tan buckram-covered boards with black/gilt spine, library binding, red-flecked edgestain. Tome I: 115 plates & maps, 7 of which are in color, 41 engraved cuts. Tome II: 169 plates including 15 in color, among which are 13 large facsimile portulans (sea navigation maps), 95 engraved cuts. General shelfwear. Toned. Nat. Geographic Society Library preforated stamp to title pages. Frontis cracked at gutter to Tome I/vol. I, half title & title page mostly loose (connected still by sewn binding at tail). Library's mylar taped to pdeps, envelope removal damage to rear pdeps. From the series, Mémoires de la Société Royale de Géographie d'Égypte (XV and XVI).
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La Sculpture Francaise: Epoque Romane
by Roussel, Jules
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Paris, France: Albert Morance, 1930. no additional printings listed. Very Good/Good. 4to. 50 looseleaf B&W plates & 33pp. paperback in slipcover that ties with a ribbon. Allover wear to slipcover. Joints split at both spine extremes to 1/2". Boards sun-darkened & edgeworn. Tears to the lower interior panels of slipcover. Paperback covers edgeworn. Pages toned & foxed. Hinge starting at p.12. All plates present. Foxing to plate edges.
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La Selva Lacandona
by Blom, Frans and Gertrude Duby
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Mexico: Editorial Cultura/T.G.S.A., 1955. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 4to (9.5"x7"). 448pp. Pink/Beige paper covers with pink decoration & titles, french flaps. Spine slant, sun-darkened spine. Heavily foxed covers and textblock edges, lower cover faded. Small tears at spine extremes, lower spine extreme severely bumped with creases to pages throughout. Lightly toned pages. Covered in seller's protective mylar. Text in Spanish. From a limited edition of 1000 copies. First volume of set (second volume pub. in 1957).
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La Ultima Ciudad
by Monasterio, Pablo Oritz
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Mexico: Casa de las Imagenes, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Large 8vo. Unpaginated. Red cloth covered boards. Very lightly soiled along edge of text block. Pictorial endpapers with B&W pictures throughout. Only a few pages of text, which are in Spanish. Pictorial Dj. lightly foxed to head of covers, else fine.
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La Vie et l'Oeuvre: D'Eugene Fromentin: Les Orientalistes: Vol. 6
by Thompson, James and Barbara Wright
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- 9782867700217 / 2867700213
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Paris, France: ACR Edition Internationale, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to (10"x11"). 336pp. Navy cloth-covered boards with giltstamped titles. Spine slant. Bottom spine extreme bumped with boards exposed. Soiling to topedge of textblock. Slight warp to top corner of textblock due to dampness. 1" crack to top front hinge. Slight tone to pages. Photographic dj. covered by protective mylar: corners & spine extremes chipped, small closed tears. 290 illustrations, 260 of which are in color. Text in French.
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Lake George to Burlington: Two American Travel Sketches
by James, Henry
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Edinburgh: The Tragara Press, 1981. Limited edition of 120 copies. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Dj. as issued. 8vo. 21pp. Green cloth covered boards with paper label on spine. Slight creasing/bumping to spine, else fine. A handsome edition containing two of James's unpublished travel sketches circa 1870. Limted edition of 120 copies, this being number 90.
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Land Diving: Poems
by Morgan, Robert
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Louisiana State University Press, 1976. First paperback printing. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. 70pp. Wraps lightly soiled. Signed by author on title page. Morgan's fourth published book of poetry.
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The Landlady and her Boss
by Horton, William
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Paperback. Very Good. Mass market. 128pp. Illustrated wraps lightly scuffed. Small cut to foot of text block, looks almost like a remainder mark. Quite an intriguing tale full of sweet, sweet tenet loving. 18+ please.
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Landscapes: 1975-1979, Volume II
by Smith, Michael A. (photographer)
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Revere, PA: Lodima Press, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Oblong folio (23"x11"). Unpaginated. Black cloth-covered boards with silverstamped titles and pastedown photograph to upper board. Signed by Smith & hand-numbered 302/400 copies to colophon. Mylar dust jacket rubbed. Does not include volume I (that included a loose, original photograph) of the original set.
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Lasses and Lads
by Gift, Theo; Edith Stanley Berkley (illus.)
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Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1888. No additional printings indicated. Paperback. Good. 8vo. 30pp. AEG. Sown binding weak, but holding. Wear to edges and lower cover has one corner chipped. Greyscale illustrations throughout.
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Late Leisure; Poems
by Taylor, Eleanor Ross
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo (5.75x"x9.5"). 72pp. Sky blue cloth covered boards with only slightest shelfwear. Light foxing throughout text block, else fine. Inscribed by author. Includes two short hand written notes w/envelopes from author. Dust jacket has some shelfwear with light creasing to front flap. Foxing to interior of dust jacket.
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Le Premier Volume des plus Excellents Bastiments de France: Auquel font Designez les Plans de Quinze Bastiments & de Leur Contenu: Ensemble les Elevations & Fingularitez d'un Chascun
by Androuet du Cerceau, Jacques
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Paris, France: Gregg International Publishers Limited, 1972. Reprinted. Hardcover. Very Good+. 4to (12.5"x9"). Unpaginated. Very light shelfwear. Heavily foxed textblock edges. Full page architectural drawings throughout including three large fold-outs. Facsimile edition of volume 1 (of 2). Originally self-published in 1576. Text in French. No dust jacket, covered in protective mylar.
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Le Scale di Venezia: Venetian Stairs
by Di Sorio, Lleana Chiappini (text); Kiko Trivellato (photos)
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Venice, Italy: Balto, 2003. No additional printings indicated. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. 4to. 161pp. Black cloth covered boards. Light soiling to interior hinges. Perhaps glue weeped through paper during binding process, otherwise fine. Pictorial Dj. lightly scuffed and covered in protective mylar.
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Learning and Speaking Filipino
by Perdon, Renato
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Sydney, Australia: The Manila Prints, 2008. No additional printings indicated. Paperback. Good. 8vo. 162pp. Covers lightly scuffed with dampstaining to upper corner of text block.
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