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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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Hardcover. Houndmills, Palgrave Macmillan, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 214 pages. Minor shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy in excellent condition.

Hardcover. Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, 1st Thus, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 237 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with full color and black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. New York, Little, Brown and Company, 1st Edition, 2003, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 276 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Decorated endpapers and cover boards. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Binding tight. Spine straight. Pages and edges clean and bright. Like new, in beautiful condition. A fitting celebration of the vision and allure of Mast Brothers Chocolate, the choice of the world's great chefs.

Hardcover. Grand Rapids, Periodical Publishing Company, 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with slipcase. Features 101 black & white plates with design measurements and details. Book clean and tight, with bright gilt titles on cover and spine. Moderately worn slipcase with a deep abrasion confined to bottom right corner of spine - approx. 1".

Softcover. Monrovia, Upton Sinclair, 1st, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 239 pages. B&w frontispiece with 283 b&w illustrations throughout. Light foxing on edge. Some staining to bottom of front cover. Slight wear to cover edges. Gold ex-lib stamp on cover. Else clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. London, Williams and Norgate, 1st, 1897, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound edition of the four journals for 1897. 584 pages. Half leather with marbled boards, spine with raised bands, fading. Short closed tear at top of spine. Clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. New Rochelle, Arlington House, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 554 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Moderate foxing to edges. An important reference book on this legend of the big band era. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Santa Fe, Twin Palms, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover. Illustrated with 127 black & white medical photographs. Content focuses on the unusual - not for the timid. Red remainder mark on bottom edge at spine. Dust jacket in clear plastic protective cover. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Thomas and Andrews, Abridged, 1798, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 388 pages. Hardcover. Printing date: June, 1798. "An Abridgment of the American Gazetteer..." Previous owners name on rear endpaper. All pages darkened with varied amounts of foxing. Fold-out map at front separated at fold. Leather covers with heavy wear, chipped at top and bottom of spine. Corners rubbed, bumped.

Hardcover. Capetown SA, Tafelberg, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket. 273 pages, color plates throughout. The standard reference on the subject. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, 1st, February 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 414 pages. illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Maroon cloth, gilt title to front and spine, pictorial dust jacket. Slight foxing to top edge and upper edge of lightly worn jacket, else a very nice, tight copy.

London, Orbis Books, Revised ed., 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 64 pages illustrated in color. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Grove Press, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A history of the Encyclopedia Britannica. 390 pgs. small bkpt on front pastedown, light stain to rear cover. still VG.

Hardcover. NY, Bonanza Books, reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 335 pages, gilt-stamped maroon cloth. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Unabridged and still the best biography/bibliography/oeuvre catalogue on this American master illustrator and painter. Includes all modes of work: books, periodicals, newspapers, posters, calendars, advertisements, etc. Clean copy.