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Washington ,DC.: Smithsonian Press, 1989. Book. Illus. by Various Artist. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st.Edition , 1st. Printing 1989,Hardcover with the dust jacket , 368 page book. IIlustrated with black and white photography and with color prints and maps.This was the first war to be photographed just as the Daguerreotype was the first mass market photo-proscess to be used this was the beginning of photo-journalism .This is one of the best reference books on the Mexican War and on the photos and prints of that time.A scarce book and becoming very hard to find in any condition.See the book cover at : GibbsBooks. Condition : New still in the publishers shrink wrap. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
AN INTRODUCTORY HISTORY by Crook, A H; Kay, W; Handyside, W L - 1930
by Crook, A H; Kay, W; Handyside, W L
AN INTRODUCTORY HISTORY
by Crook, A H; Kay, W; Handyside, W L
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Hong Kong: The Newspaper Enterprise Ltd , 1930. Grey boards quarterbound in black cloth; black lettering and decorative border; edgewear; surface rubbed, smudged; neat inscription on inside front cover. Very clean, sound copy. 140 pages includig Index; list of books for further reading. Black and white full page photographs and drawing - archaeological sites; 6 fold-out maps: Ancient Mediterranean Lands; Persian, Greek and Roman Empires; Asiatic Empires; Voyages of Discovery and Exploration; Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories; The British Empire (1930). An unusual and indiosyncratic text written at a level probably intended for students studying English (numbered paragraphs). An overview of the "Story of Man" from prehistoric times, dealing with Europe, the Mediterranean and the Far East (nothing on the Americas). An extremely uncommon book: there is a review in "The Hong Kong Naturalist", a quarterly journal from the same publisher, which appeared in 1930: "The laudable attempt to correlate historic events with the natural features of the regions in which they occurred will appeal to many of our readers. We cordially recommend the book to all who wish to have in convenient form a broad survey of human activity since the dawn of history, a background to give perspective to more detailed and specialised studies." Classic. Collectable.. First Edition. Stiff Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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EYEWITNESS TO WAR : Prints and Daguerreotype of the Mexican War 1846-1848
by Sandweiss , Martha / Stewart , Rick / Huseman , Ben
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Forced Native Labor in Sixteenth Century Central America
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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us
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Lucky You: What Science Has Done For Us J.B. Lippincott Stated First Edition. SCIENCE. Artfully illustrated by MUNRO LEAF. Good EXLIB in a Good unclipped $2.25 orig. price dust jacket. Last page states: 152 4.
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The Royal College of Physicians of London founded and established by law; as appears by letters patents, acts of Parliament, adjudged cases, &c. And an historical account of the College's proceedings against empiricks and unlicensed practisers in every princes reign from their first incorporation to the murther of the royal martyr, King Charles the First.
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London: London: printed by M. Flesher, for Walter Kettilby, at the Bishop's Head in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1684. 1st Edition . Full leather. Near Fine. First edition, quarto; [12], 288, [52], 305-472, [12]pp., complete with imprimatur leaf preceding title-page and separate dated title-page to "An historical account of the College's proceedings against empiricks" on leaf 2P1 recto. In period style 20th century full leather by J.May of London (with only the lightest of wear), blind double fillets to board margins, five raised spine bands with gilt lettered spine label to second compartment, all page edges gilt, small single marginal wormhole to a few rear leaves not affecting text, first and last leaves marginally stained by leather turn-ins, occasional very feint spots and unobtrusive light paper browning, overall a clean copy of these important early accounts of the Royal College of Physicians undertaken, probably at the request of the College, by Charle Goodall, later to become its President. A…
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Hunger: An Unnatural History - Inscribed & autographed by author
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Blending science, sociology, and personal experience, this book is an exploration into how hunger works. It is inscribed and autographed by the author.
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Forced Native Labor in Sixteenth Century Central America
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History of the Beech Creek Area of Clinton County Pennsylvania
by Lingle, Harry A. And Vera A. Lingle
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Histoire Du R�gne De Louis XIII, Roi De France Et De Navarre
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Paris: 'Chez Les Libraires Associés', 1768., 1768. 3 Volumes. 4to. pp. 2 p.l., xii, 691; 2 p.l., 820; 2 p.l., 770, [2]errata. complete with half-titles. 3 engraved headpieces. woodcut title vignettes, ornaments & initials. contemporary mottled calf, spines richly gilt (bit rubbed, corners bumped, some light foxing & browning, paper labels on lower spines). First Edition. Brunet 23671. Cioranescu 32396.. F. Hardcover.
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Noticias Sacadas de un Mss. Intitulado Relaciones de todas las cosas que en el Nuevo Mexico se han visto y sabido asi por mar como por tierra desde el ano 1538 hasta el de 1626
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72 pages. Octavo (8 1/4" x 6 1/2") issued in wrappers. The rest of the title reads Fr. Geronimo de Zarate S Predicador de la Orden de los Menores de la Provincia del Santo Evangelio;dirigidas a Ntro Rmo. Pe Fre Francisco de Apodaca, Comisario General de todas las de esta Neueva Espana. Extractadas por Jose F Ramirez. Edited by Luis Vargas Rea. From the library of George M Foster. Biblioteca Aportaci Historica second series. Limited to 100 copies of which this is number 51.Among the documents which the royal decree of February 21, 1790, ordered to be copied and sent to Spain was the well-known work entitled Las relaciones del Nuevo Mexico by Geronimo de Zarate Salmeron, A Franciscan. This important source composed in 1626 by one who had accompanied Juan de Onate to New Mexico, was copied into the second volume of the Memorias de Nueva Espana. One of these copies of Zarate's account is preserved in the second volume of the section "Historia" of the Archivo General de la Nacion in Mexico…
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THE MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF JOHN EVELYN ... COMPRISING HIS DIARY FROM THE YEAR 1641 TO 1705/6 ... TO WHICH IS SUBJOINED THE PRIVATE CORRESPONDANCE BETWEEN KING CHARLES 1 AND ... SIR EDWARD NICHOLAS ... AND SIR EDWARD HYDE
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London: Henry COLBURN, 1818 Two volumes complete, with map, portraits, engravings and tables. Original full leather binding with weak hinges which will need attention in due course. Clean contents, but occasional stains - images on request. Historically important work. Bray produced the first edition of his diaries, which offer a fine contemporary insight to the English Revolutionary period. The diaries include correspondence with key figures, for example Sir Edward Hyde.
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Collectible Dolls: Facts & Trivia Volume One
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Kovels' Know Your Antiques
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364 Pages. This fascinating reference book on antiques' dust jacket has a repaired tear on the front side and worn areas along the top and bottom edges and on its corners. The interior book, other than having an inscription to the former owner inside the front cover, has no other visible markings and thus is in extremely well preserved and Fine condition.This book will be carefully wrapped up and then boxed and shipped right away to you from here in New Jersey and comes with our absolute appreciation for your order.
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series
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Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2
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Forced Native Labor in Sixteenth Century Central America
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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us
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SOCIAL THEORY AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE ENLARGED TO INCLUDE TWO NEW ESSAYS ON THEORETICAL SOCIOLOGY
by MERTON, ROBERT K. (Meyer Robert Schkolnick)
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New York: The Free Press, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: [vi]vii-xxiii [4]1-702. THE FIRST EDITION of the 1968 Free Press publication. The copyright page states 'first printing'. Includes a preface to the 1957 revised edition. Robert K. Merton is generally considered the father of modern Sociology and a major influence in the study of criminology. This was his first book and has become established as a work of central importance in the social science. The 1968 edition includes the complete 1957 text and two new essays; "On the History and Systematic of Sociological Theory," and "On Sociological Theories of the Middle Range," This is a very good copy in a dust jacket with moderate edge wear, mainly at the top. There is some soiling and darkening of the spine. The jacket is now protected with a Brodart cover.
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A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
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Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."
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The Natyasastra - A Treatise on Hindu Dramaturgy and Histrionics Ascribed to Bharata-Muni, Volume I (Chapters I-XXVII)
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Calcutta : Royal Asiatic Society, 1950. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Volume I only. Rebound in modern gray cloth. Pencil marginalia. Stamp to final text pages. Lacking original wraps.
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Moose Fort Journals 1783-85
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xxx+392+iv pages with 3 fold out maps, appendixes and index. Royal octavo (9½" x 6½")issued in blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Edited by E.E. Rich, Assisted by A.M. Johnson. Introduction by G.P. de T. Glazebrook. Hudson Bay Record Society volume XVII. Number 1549 of a limited edition.A fort was built near the mouth of the Moose River on James Bay North East Ontario, Canada, by Charles Bayly, governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, in the early 1670s. In the struggle between the English and French in Canada, the fort changed hands several times and shortly after 1696 was destroyed. In 1730 the company built a post close to the ruins of the original fort. This post has been in continuous operation to the present day. This is the first publication of the Record Society to deal specifically with affairs at the "Bottom of the Bay."Condition:Pages unread. A very good to fine copy without jacket as issued.
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Archivo Historico de Queretaro: Nicolas de San Luis Funda HUIMILPA, Queretaro en 1529
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45 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") issued in wrappers. Edited by Luis Vargas Rea. From the library of professor George M Foster. First edition limited to 100 copies.George McClelland Foster, Jr born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on October 9, 1913, died on May 18, 2006, at his home in the hills above the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, where he served as a professor from 1953 to his retirement in 1979, when he became professor emeritus. His contributions to anthropological theory and practice still challenge us; in more than 300 publications, his writings encompass a wide diversity of topics, including acculturation, long-term fieldwork, peasant economies, pottery making, public health, social structure, symbolic systems, technological change, theories of illness and wellness, humoral medicine in Latin America, and worldview. The quantity, quality, and long-term value of his scholarly work led to his election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1976. Virtually all of…
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