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xvii+159 pages with illustrations, plates and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Introduction by B W Robinson. First published in 1928 by Oxford Press. This book indicates the place of painting in the culture of the Islamic word, both in relation to those theological circles which condemned the practice of it, and to… Read more about this item

89 pages with black and white photographs. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 3/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First edition. Section I: Travel and Exploration, including Afghanistan, Central Asia and the Subcontinent From a private West Coast collection. Section II: Maps and Atlases Section III: Natural History (Books) Section IV Natural History (Prints and Graphics) Condition: Light edge wear else very good.

unpaginated with photographs and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First edition Condition: Marginalia and underlining, light edge wear else very good.

102+[8 as] pages with photographs. Quarto (11" x 8 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First edition. Morton Auction House opened its doors in 1988 as an antiques gallery. In that same year they held their first auction. Since then, the best collections of art and antiques have passed through the Hall, which are now with private collectors and in… Read more about this item

unpaginated with Illustrations and maps. Quarto (10 3/4" x 8 1/2") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover with pictorial affixed to cover. First edition. Condition: Stain to front cover, corners bumped else very good.

361 pages with illustrated title, plates and illustrated drawings. Octavo (8" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering a green pictorial to spine and cover. First edition. Contains Ernest Thompson Seton's 1901 collection of short stories, Lives of the Hunted. These delightful tales are aimed at children and tell the exciting and heart-warming tales of various… Read more about this item

64 pages with photographs. Octavo (8" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First edition. The Kerry Blue Terrier (also known as the Irish Blue Terrier) is a breed of dog. Originally bred to control vermin including rats, rabbits, badgers, ferrets, foxes, otters, hares, deer, and even wolves, over time the Kerry became a general working dog used for… Read more about this item

61 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures Number 66. First edition. Published in 1966, this bibliography of Oviedo went far toward advancing factual knowledge about the life and works of a great writer who explored early sixteenth-century America and commented upon its flora and fauna and aboriginal Indian… Read more about this item

62 pages. Octavo (8 1/4": x 5 1/4") bound in origin publisher's pictorial wrappers. Translated by Guy Davenport. All the extant fragments of Herakleitos and a collection of Diogenes' words from various sources. Herakleitos' words, 2500 years old, usually appear in English translated by philosophers as makeshift clusters of nouns and verbs which can then be inspected at length. Here they… Read more about this item

[iv]+112 pages with photographs, illustrations and index. Octavo (8 1/2" x 6") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First edition. Pope, an archaeologist by trade, wrote extensively about Persian art and architecture. He was so fond of Persian arts and culture that he spent most of his life in Iran, at his request, he and his wife were buried there. Their… Read more about this item

xiv+221 pages with index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. First edition, Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935) was an American poet and playwright. Robinson won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on three occasions and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times. Condition: Former library copy with usual library stamps,… Read more about this item

xv-[16]-212 pages with index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's beige cloth with dark brown lettering to spine. First edition. William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters". He was particularly known for his tenure as editor of The Atlantic Monthly, as well as for his… Read more about this item

xv+236 pages with bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with white lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Lists just short of two thousand publications written by Ralegh or about him between 1576 and 1986. The sectional divisions and index offer an easy access to the listed works. Condition: Near… Read more about this item

60 pages with photographs, tables and bibliography. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First edition. The Puli is a small-medium breed of Hungarian herding dog known for its long, corded coat. The tight curls of the coat appear similar to dreadlocks. A similar-looking, but much larger breed – also Hungarian – is the Komondor. The… Read more about this item

69 pages. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5") bound in original publisher's Saddle-stitched printed wrappers. First edition. Chemistry in Magic was one of the six publications issued by The Society of American Magicians from the 1905-1910. These pamphlets ("Issued Only to Members") are as follows: "The Twentieth Century Magician" by Oscar S. Teale (1905), "The Utility of Suggestion in Magic… Read more about this item

160+[9 works of the author] pages with bibliography and index. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Translated by R F C Hull. Bollinger Series XX. First published in 1967. There are different ways of looking at the achievements of outstanding personalities. In reading this book, the reader will be in touch with some of Jung's best… Read more about this item

xiv+252 pages with tables, illustrations, glossary and index. Royal Octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in blue with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial wrappers. First edition. This book will help you adapt professional investing strategies to boost the value of your portfolio.Fundamental analysis is the approach that uncovers gems, or companies with excellent market prospects, before the big… Read more about this item

405 pages with music scores and illustrations (some in color). Folio (12" z 9") bound in quarter red cloth with gilt lettering to spine over blue boards. The words and the music of 102 songs from 11 Operettas. A note about the piano arrangements (excerpts): The piano arrangements contained in this volume are completely new. I derived them exclusively from the… Read more about this item

768 pages with frontispiece, illustrations, tables, charts, photographs, glossary and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's yellow cloth with gilt lettering spine and cover. Sixteenth edition. For more than seventy-five years, The Complete Dog Book has been the premier reference on purebred dogs. Now in its twentieth edition, this treasured guide is an essential volume… Read more about this item

xvi+160 pages. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 7") bound in dark green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Philological Monographs of the American Philological Association, Number 28. First edition. Pindar (c518 BC-c438 BC) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes. Of the canonical nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, his work is the best preserved. Quintilian wrote, "Of the nine… Read more about this item