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Kingdom of Books, The by: Orcutt, William Dana
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Kingdom of Books, The
by: Orcutt, William Dana

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown & Co., 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 290 pages, color frontispiece, many b&w illustrations. Top edge gilt. Dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping. Previous owner's bookplate and 5-line note on front fly leaf. Otherwise, clean and tight copy.

Record # 403604

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary and Knight's New Mechanical Dictionary - 4 volume set by: Knight, Edward H.
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Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary and Knight's New Mechanical Dictionary - 4 volume set
by: Knight, Edward H.

Hardcover. np, Mid-West Tool Collectors Association / Early American Industries Association, reprint, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Four volume set, brick-red cloth with gilt lettering on spines. A facsimile reprint of volumes published 1876-84, limited to 600 sets. (This one #512) Profusely illustrated with b&w technical drawings of machinery and tools. 2831 plus 960 pages in fourth volume. Heavy set may require extra postage.

Record # 356361

Price: $200.00
Price: $200.00 

Lactantius' Epitome of the Divine Institutes by: Blakeney, E.H. (Editor and translation with commentary)
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Lactantius' Epitome of the Divine Institutes by: Blakeney, E.H. (Editor and translation with commentary)Lactantius' Epitome of the Divine Institutes by: Blakeney, E.H. (Editor and translation with commentary)

Lactantius' Epitome of the Divine Institutes
by: Blakeney, E.H. (Editor and translation with commentary)

Hardcover. London, England, SPCK, 1st Edition, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 175 pages. Hardcover. Red cover boards, fading to spine and edges, gilt title on spine. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Spine straight. The Epitome covers a wide range of topics, including the nature of God, the creation of the world, the fall of man, the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, and the end of the world. It also discusses various aspects of Christian morality.

Record # 99155

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Land and Labor and the Origins of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1882-1914 by: Shafir, Gershon
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Land and Labor and the Origins of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1882-1914 by: Shafir, GershonLand and Labor and the Origins of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1882-1914 by: Shafir, Gershon

Land and Labor and the Origins of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1882-1914
by: Shafir, Gershon

Hardcover. UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 288 pages, map illustration. Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-277) and index. Subjects: To 1917; Jewish-Arab relations History To 1917; Jews Colonization Palestine; Labor Zionism Palestine; Land settlement Palestine; Palestine Social conditions; Palestine History 1799-1917. Name, date on front fly leaf otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 400900

Price: $100.00
Price: $100.00 

Late Eighth-Century Latin-Anglo-Saxon Glossary - Preserved in the Library of the Leiden University, A by: Hessels, M.A., John Henry
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Late Eighth-Century Latin-Anglo-Saxon Glossary - Preserved in the Library of the Leiden University, A
by: Hessels, M.A., John Henry

Hardcover. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 241 pages. Hardcover. Red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Light pencil marking to some pages. Light wear to cover edges.

Record # 803290

Price: $100.00
Price: $100.00 

Le Fer Forge - Documents Artistiques de Ferronnerie Ancienne - Du Moyen-Age a la Fin du XVIII Siecle by: Clouzot, Henri
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Le Fer Forge - Documents Artistiques de Ferronnerie Ancienne - Du Moyen-Age a la Fin du XVIII Siecle
by: Clouzot, Henri

Hardcover. Paris, Editions Albert Morance, 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 320 pages. Hardcover. Text in French. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings of decorative cast iron. Previous owners name and date written on front interior hinge flap. Dust jacket worn with tape repair, chipping along edges - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611530

Price: $80.00
Price: $80.00 

Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, Optics, and Astronomy by: Ferguson, James/C. F. Partington
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Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, Optics, and Astronomy
by: Ferguson, James/C. F. Partington

Hardcover. London, Sherwood and Co., Later Edition, 1825, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 463 pages. Hardcover. Reprint edition dated 1825 - "A New and Improved Edition, Adapted to the Present State of Science by C. F. Partington". Illustrated with black & white drawings, diagrams. Body of book rebound in current covers at some point. Front hinge cracked, cloth tape along spine is weak, with faint remains of title label. Top 2" of title page missing. Light to moderate foxing to some plates/pages. Sold 'As-Is'.

Record # 612231

Price: $70.00
Price: $70.00 

Lehrbuch Der Malerischen Perspektive Mit Einschluss Der Schattenkonstruktionen (GERMAN ED.) by: Hedwig and Guido Hauck
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Lehrbuch Der Malerischen Perspektive Mit Einschluss Der Schattenkonstruktionen (GERMAN ED.)
by: Hedwig and Guido Hauck

Hardcover. Berlin, Julius Springer, reprint, 1910, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth stamped in dark brown, 337 pages. Illustrated with 500 text drawings and 6 2-color plates in rear. A detailed study of perspective. GERMAN TEXT. light stamping to endpaper, title page, otherwise clean.

Record # 401239

Price: $35.00
Price: $35.00 

Leibniz's Metaphysics: A Historical and Comparative Study by: Wilson, Catherine
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Leibniz's Metaphysics: A Historical and Comparative Study by: Wilson, CatherineLeibniz's Metaphysics: A Historical and Comparative Study by: Wilson, Catherine

Leibniz's Metaphysics: A Historical and Comparative Study
by: Wilson, Catherine

Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st Edition, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 350 pages. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front flyleaf. Blue cover boards, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, some fading and agewear to spine of dj. This study of the metaphysics of G.W. Leibniz gives a clear picture of his philosophical development within the general scheme of seventeenth-century natural pholosophy.

Record # 99137

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Les Dessins Tex Avery: 1908-1980 by: Brion, Patrick
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Les Dessins Tex Avery: 1908-1980 by: Brion, PatrickLes Dessins Tex Avery: 1908-1980 by: Brion, Patrick

Les Dessins Tex Avery: 1908-1980
by: Brion, Patrick

Softcover. Paris, Nathan Image, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Unpaginated. Approximately 175 pages, mostly color reproductions of Avery's storyboard drawings from his glory years at Warner Bros. and MGM. FRENCH TEXT. This lavishly illustrated reference is shot from the original storyboards of Avery's various cartoons shorts. These are annotated by Avery in pencil. For any fan of American cartoon shorts & Tex Avery in particular, this is an essential guide.

Record # 404721

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

Les Reports des Cases en Ley Que furent argues en temps Du Roy Edward le Quart by: Brook & Fitzherbert
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Les Reports des Cases en Ley Que furent argues en temps Du Roy Edward le Quart
by: Brook & Fitzherbert

Hardcover. Abingdon, Professional Books Limited, Reprint, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Approximately 600 pages. Hardcover. Latin Text. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612707

Price: $60.00
Price: $60.00 

Lieber's Standard Telegraphic Code by: B. Franklin Lieber
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Lieber's Standard Telegraphic Code
by: B. Franklin Lieber

Hardcover. NY, Lieber Publishing Co., reprint, 1896, Book: Good, Hardcover, pebbled brown cloth, 800 pages plus ads. Gilt lettering on spine. A collection of codeworks for use in telegrams, compiled by Benjamin Franklin Lieber. 'Lieber's Standard Telegraphic Code' is a simplified and condensed list of codewords used for telegrams. Lists of codeworks were often compiled from the 1870s to the 1950s as telegrams charged per word. The codewords were created to be able to send longer messages for a lower cost. Some of the codewords included in this work are 'Adeschiamo', meaning 'is it a good time to buy', 'Assipondio', meaning 'according to our view of the matter', 'Atrafago', meaning 'one month', 'Brassement', meaning 'endeavor to settle it in a friendly manner', and more. Both hinges cracked otherwise sound and clean.

Record # 384938

Price: $60.00
Price: $60.00 

Lists of Note: An Eclectic Collection Deserving of a Wider Audience by: Usher, Shaun
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Lists of Note: An Eclectic Collection Deserving of a Wider Audience
by: Usher, Shaun

Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. This book curates 125 unputdownable entries from a list of names that are as eclectic and intriguing as its contents, which include myriad reasons given by ancient Egyptians for missing work, Albert Einstein's demands of his estranged wife, F. Scott Fitzgerald's extensive conjugation of "to cocktail," and many more. Rarely intended for the public eye, these lists reveal hopes, priorities, and musings in a most engaging and entertaining way. Each transcript is accompanied by an artwork, most a captivating facsimile of the list itself. Clean copy.

Record # 396530

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice, 1925 by: Roy V. Wright (Ed.)
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Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice, 1925
by: Roy V. Wright (Ed.)

Hardcover. Novato CA, Newton K. Gregg, reprint, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, reprint of the 1925 Simmons-Boardman edition. 1131 pages featuring steam locomotives, electric locomotives, industrial locomotives, and methods employed in their construction and repair. Many hundreds of photographs and dimensional diagrams of locomotives and various parts. Bound in original dark green cloth. Bright dust jacket taped to covers. Clean copy. DUE TO SIZE, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 387621

Price: $100.00
Price: $100.00 

LOCOMOTIVE DICTIONARY 1906: An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms Which Designate American Railroad Locomotives Their Parts Attachments and Details of Typical British Locomotive Practice by:
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LOCOMOTIVE DICTIONARY 1906: An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms Which Designate American Railroad Locomotives Their Parts Attachments and Details of Typical British Locomotive Practice
by:

Hardcover. Novato CA, Newton K. Gregg, reprint, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, large folio, reprint of the 1906 First Edition with 5,148 illustrations. Definitions, photographs, illustrations, and diagrams which designate American railroad locomotives, their parts, attachments and details of construction. 523 pages plus 46 pages of ads in the rear. DUE TO SIZE, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 387620

Price: $80.00
Price: $80.00 

London Transport Posters: A Century of Art and Design by: Bownes, David & Oliver Green
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London Transport Posters: A Century of Art and Design
by: Bownes, David & Oliver Green

Softcover. Burlington, VT, Lund Humphries , 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages. Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy. Color illustrations throughout. London Transport Posters celebrates a century of outstanding graphic design commissioned by the Underground, London Transport, and its present-day successor, Transport for London. Drawing on newly researched sources in the archives of the London Transport Museum and Transport for London, the book discusses and illustrates the different styles and themes emerging from the posters over the last hundred years. It includes examples of over 250 posters from all periods and will be an invaluable reference book and visual resource for all those with an interest in 20th-century design.

Record # 353570

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

London. Portrait of a City by: Reuel Golden
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London. Portrait of a City
by: Reuel Golden

Hardcover. Taschen, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 552 pages, large format. This book salutes all those Londoners, their city, and its history. In addition to the wealth of images included in this book, many previously unpublished, London's history is told through hundreds of quotations, lively essays, and references from key movies, books, and records. From Victorian London to the Swinging '60s; from the Battle of Britain to Punk; from the Festival of Britain to the 2012 Olympics; from the foggy cobbled streets to the architectural masterpieces of the millennium; from rough pubs to private drinking clubs; from royal weddings to raves, from the charm of the East End to the wonders of Westminster; from Chelsea girls to Hoxton hipsters; from the power to glory: in page after page of stunning photographs, reproduced big and bold like the city itself, London at last gets the photographic tribute it deserves. Photographs by: Slim Aarons, Eve Arnold, David Bailey, Cecil Beaton, Bill Brandt, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Anton Corbijn, Terence Donovan, Roger Fenton, Bert Hardy, Evelyn Hofer, Frank Horvat, Tony Ray-Jones, Nadav Kander, Roger Mayne, Linda McCartney, Don McCullin, Norman Parkinson, Martin Parr, Rankin, Lord Snowdon, William Henry Fox Talbot, Juergen Teller, Mario Testino, Wolfgang Tillmans, and many, many others. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 362035

Price: $80.00
Price: $80.00 

Long Island Genealogies Families of Albbertson, Andrews, Bedell, Birdsall, Bowne, Carman, Carr, Clowes, Cock, Cornelius, Covert, Dean, Doughty,.of Thomas Powell, of Bethpage, L. I.,1688 by:
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Long Island Genealogies Families of Albbertson, Andrews, Bedell, Birdsall, Bowne, Carman, Carr, Clowes, Cock, Cornelius, Covert, Dean, Doughty,.of Thomas Powell, of Bethpage, L. I.,1688
by:

Hardcover. New England Historic Genealogical Society, reprint, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue buckram with gilt lettering on spine, A photocopy of the 1895 edition. 353 pages.

Record # 397424

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

Lorax, The by: Seuss, Dr.
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Lorax, The
by: Seuss, Dr.

Hardcover. New York, Random House, reprint, 1971, Book: Good, Unpaginated, color illustrated boards with light soil, corners worn, Internally clean. Back cover references 32 books by Seuss ending with The Lorax in the first group. Yellow box present with Rudolf Flesch quote, but no reference to Lake Erie.

Record # 403946

Price: $100.00
Price: $100.00 

M & M Karolik Collection of American Watercolors & Drawings, 1800-1875 (2 Volumes) by: M & M Karolik
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M & M Karolik Collection of American Watercolors & Drawings, 1800-1875 (2 Volumes)
by: M & M Karolik

Hardcover. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two hardcover volumes, quarto, 337 + 352 pages., indices, well illustrated in color and b&w. Organized by academic artists, folk artists, visiting foreign artists and artists of the Civil War, with detail biographical information on the artists, this has become an indispensable reference work. near fine copies in gilt decorated gray boards with terra-cotta cloth spines. Clean copies.

Record # 372723

Price: $50.00
Price: $50.00 

Macmillan Biographical Encyclopedia of Photographic Artists and Innovators by: Elaine Browne, Turner and Partnow
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Macmillan Biographical Encyclopedia of Photographic Artists and Innovators
by: Elaine Browne, Turner and Partnow

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 721 pages.; 144, playes, 133 b/w, 11 color. Approximately 500 biographical listings of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century photographers; Includes appendix of museums and galleries in the US.

Record # 363071

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

Makers of Early American Silver by: Ensko, Robert
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Makers of Early American Silver
by: Ensko, Robert

Hardcover. NY, Robert Ensko, 1st, 1915, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with silver lettering, 46 pages. A slim volume listing all known silvermakers, both by name and locations where they worked. Covers a little worn. A clean, important reference for collectors.

Record # 372689

Price: $80.00
Price: $80.00 

Making Trousers for Men & Women - A Multimedia Sewing Workshop (With DVD) by: Coffin, David Page
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Making Trousers for Men & Women - A Multimedia Sewing Workshop (With DVD)
by: Coffin, David Page

Softcover. Minneapolis, Creative Publishing International, First Edition, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 144 pages. Softcover with french flaps. DVD ROM laid in. Full page, full color illustrations & details throughout. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 3340117

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

Marble Season by: Hernandez, Gilbert
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Marble Season
by: Hernandez, Gilbert

Hardcover. London, Faber and Faber, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover no dusk jacket issued. Color boards with black and white comics throughout. Light rubbing to rear board. Marble Season is the semiautobiographical novel by the acclaimed cartoonist Gilbert Hernandez, author of the epic masterpiece Palomar and cocreator, with his brothers, Jaime and Mario, of the groundbreaking Love and Rockets comic book series. Marble Season is his first book with Drawn & Quarterly, and one of the most anticipated books of 2013. It tells the untold stories from the early years of these American comics legends, but also portrays the reality of life in a large family in suburban 1960s California. Pop-culture references-TV shows, comic books, and music-saturate this evocative story of a young family navigating cultural and neighborhood norms set against the golden age of the American dream and the silver age of comics. Middle child Huey stages Captain America plays and treasures his older brother's comic book collection almost as much as his approval. Marble Season subtly and deftly details how the innocent, joyfully creative play that children engage in (shooting marbles, backyard performances, and organizing treasure hunts) changes as they grow older and encounter name-calling naysayers, abusive bullies, and the value judgments of other kids. An all-ages story, Marble Season masterfully explores the redemptive and timeless power of storytelling and role play in childhood, making it a coming-of-age story that is as resonant with the children of today as with the children of the sixties.

Record # 352602

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00