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Amherst, Massachusetts: Amherst, College, 1947. Cloth. Very Good. All small 8vo. Each bound in tan or light green cloth with thin leather label on spine, no other markings. The first catalog covers the year 1923-1924 and is 173 pages long. Many years have tipped in maps of the campus (1934-35 is an example, 106, 28 pages). Name change from "Catalogue of Amherst College" to "Amherst College Bulletin" in 1932. In total 21 volumes. Shipping will be additional. Cloth. "Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher education in Massachusetts." (wiki) Contents for the year 1929-1930 include the college calendar, historical note, corporation, committees, overseers of charitable fund, officers, faculty, fellows, committees of the faculty, college preachers, Degrees (Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts), Admission [in some… Read More

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917, hardcover, 295 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good condition. Straight, tight and clean, slight spine-end and corner wear, tiny nick to bottom edge of front board and interior front hinge, page edges and endpapers age-toned, tidy original owner's name to front pastedown, in clear, glassine dustwrapper. A collection of turn of the century sports stories featuring the teams and students of Yale University. Illustrated with drawings on 4 black-&-white plates.

New York, Doubleday and Company, 1975, hardcover, 214 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, Signed by the Author with no inscription on the title page. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, faint foxing to top edge and endpapers, light remainder spray to bottom edge. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light rubs, tiny nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. The first book, a collection of thoughtful essays, by this beloved southern author of more than twenty novels including the classic Peachtree Road. ISBN 9780385001120

three volumes 1.The Prairie Doctor of the Eighties, Francs Long MD, 1937 ,Huse Publisihingno tears,no marks

James Cahill Publishing, 1994. Hardcover in Slipcase. Signed. Limited edition, stated. Used - Very Good condition. Number 122 of 250 copies signed by contributing authors before or after their contributions. Book is clean and tight. Book shows very light shelf wear and some discoloration on the spine. No further markings on the inside of the book. Book appears as unread. Text block is clean and tight. Slip case shows significant shelf wear in discolored spots and some wear through to the boards on the bottom. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

3 opere in tre volumi in-12°: (mm 123x70); cc.70, (2); marche tipografiche al frontespizio (Z537) e in fine (Z543); capilettera e fregi silografici; (mm 126x70); cc. 72; marche tipografiche al frontespizio (A117) e a c. F12v (Z543); capilettera e fregi silografici; (mm 126x72); cc. 112, (8); marche tipografiche al frontespizio (di Scoto, V464) e presso il colophon (di Marcolini, U 546). Eleganti legature tardo-ottocentesche in marocchino verde con impressioni in oro ai piatti, sguardie marmorizzate e taglî dorati. Belle copie (la terza con margini sobri).
A very nice set of of the first complete edition of the first bibliography of Italian literature. The first two volumes contain the first and the second edition of the first part of the "Libraria" (the first is distinguished from the second, published in the same year, for the notice to readers - longer and placed on page 44rather than 43v - and for the suppression of the name of Lodovico Domenichi, "against whom [...] the enmity of Doni had broken… Read More

Philadelphia: Curtis Publishing Co., 1931-1937. First edition. 12 issues. Folio stapled paperwraps with color illustrated covers. Includes first appearances of 11 Fitzgerald short stories: "A NEW LEAF" in July 4 1931 issue (near fine with just a little darkening to edges); "DIAGNOSIS" in Feb. 20 1932 issue (near fine with address label); "FLIGHT AND PURSUIT" in May 14 1932 issue (good with address label and cover worn at fold, internally mended with archival tape, and detached but still present); "FAMILY IN THE WIND" in June 4 1932 issue (good to very good with partial address label and edge slightly tanned and lightly foxed); "WHAT A HANDSOME PAIR!" in Aug. 27 1932 issue (near fine with address label); "ONE INTERNE" in Nov. 5 1932 issue (very good to near fine with upper corners clipped from front and rear covers); "ON SCHEDULE" in Mar. 18 1933 issue (near fine with address label); "I GOT SHOES" in Sept. 23 1933 issue (very good with address label, foxing to upper front cover, and about ½" trimmed… Read More

Tan on boards with black and red design of Indians in a boat with sunset. some wear and loosening binding.

Set of three Red Cross girls books with some wear and spots and one has loosening binding. Two brown on boards with red and black with nurse on front. One white on boards with red and black with nurse on front. Book 1 - With The Russian Army, Book 2- In the British Trenches, & Book 3- On the French firing Line.

Light Green on boards with dark green print and design. Some fade and corner bend. Small tear in spine near bottom.

Thomas D. Cutler, 1922. Hardcover. Good. 12 bound issues of The Ice cream Journal, January - December, 1922. The official organ of many ice cream trade associations. Includes numerous technical articles, equipment reviews, formulae, processes, machinery reviews, photos, illustrated ads and more. Sample articles include: Viscolizing the Ice Cream Mix, J. B. Johnson's New Ice Cream Plant, Layout and Design of a Modern Ice Cream Plant, Eskimo Pie and Export Trade, New Process for Making Sirup, Practical Standardization of Ice Cream Mixes, Does Carbon Dioxid in Ice Cream Destroy Bacteria, Determining Adulterants in Butter Fats, Advantages and Correct Uses of Powdered Milk, The Condensation Process of Preparing the Batch, Calculating the Ice Cream Formula, Effect of Steaming Upon Germ Life in Milk Cans, Proportioning Mixes Made Easy, How Plants Keep a Check on the Hardening Room, Going Beyond Vanilla, Chocolate and Strawberry, Physical Properties of the Ice Cream Mix, Raising Solids of Ice Cream by… Read More

CA Book Publishing, 2022 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (cloth without dust jacket - as issued); 26 cm x 33 cm; 1.6 Kg; 172 pages with 134 colour plates.; The Mingzhitang Collection of Sir Joseph Hotung is one of the finest collections in the world to capture the essence of early Chinese blue-and-white porcelain. With twenty outstanding examples, it concentrates on the first hundred years of China's blue-and-white production, in the late Yuan (1271-1368) and early Ming (1368-1644) dynasties - a period that was never surpassed in artistic ingenuity and material quality. The charisma and the energy of the masterly paintings on porcelain created in the Yuan dynasty at the kilns of Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province, which made this genre so influential and universally admired, are represented with twelve exceptional examples, most of them unique. They demonstrate the powerful blue-and-white style developed under Mongol rule, when the artisans appear to have been working with… Read More

Collections Baur-Genève, Switzerland Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English and French text; 4 VOLUMES Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket) without the slipcases; 24 x 29 cm; 7.9 Kg; Each volume includes an introduction followed by an extensive catalogue with black and white and colour illustrations, each with caption.; Used books with signs of wear on the dust jackets and interior. Good condition overall. The dust jackets of volume I and III have tears (vol I on rear of the front cover and vol III on the top of the front cover and on the top of the back cover). All dust jackets are now protected with a clearcover. OUT OF PRINT. LIMITED EDITION OF 1100 COPIES, 50 DELUXE COPIES IN LEATHER NUMBERED FROM I to L; 1000 STANDARD COPIES IN CLOTH NUMBERED FROM 1 to 1000 AND 50 COPIES RESERVED TO EMPLOYEES, OF WHICH THESE ARE: VOLUME I: 889, VOLUME II: 934, VOLUME III: 160 AND VOLUME IV: 819; VOLUME I: Korean and Thai Wares; 1968; 1.9 Kg; 232 pages.; VOLUME II: Ming Porcelain and Other Wares; 1.8 Kg;… Read More

Faulkner was a noble prize winner for his book " Soldier's Pay, Sanctury". etc
The three volumes are in a box cover you can call it dust jacket has signs of age. However, the three books are in almost new condition. The hardcover has a glowiwng aura.
It is a collectors treasure. To be passed on to several generations.

It is new. Very good condition. It is the 75th Anniversary publication of the Great Gatsby.