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Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA: St. James Publishing, 2010. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Mejanomics CD Included. Clean and bright cover has a bare touch of wear to extremities, no creases, hinged cover for easier reading. Soundly bound. Internals As New. This book addresses issues like money, economy, jobs, security, with the focus on this question: Can the current world economic system continue to exist or are we going to see a fundamental change in the world and the system by which it operates? The answer addressed here is not only surprising but scary. 306 pages with Index and Endnotes. 8.4 x 5.4 inches. St. James Publishing, USA, 2010.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Paperback in Good Condition. Third Printing, 1964. Edited by Charles T. Davis. White and black wraps, 8vo. xxxi+238 pages, plus publisher's list. Introduction, Chronology, Bibliography and Textual Note. Modern American poetry may have begun with Edwin Artlington Robinson who in 1869 in Maine. He was one of the most prolific poets in the early 20th century. His Collected Poems (1921) won the first Pulitzer Prize ever awarded to poetry. His first published volumes, "The Torrent and The Night Before" (1896) and "The Children of The Night )1897) are reprinted in their entirety in this book.The book is clean, worn, slight edge-wear, solid binding, pages clean, toned, mores so on edges. Last twenty or so pages are wrinkled on upper edge. 1964, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York.

New York: HarperCollins, 2016. First US Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Ex-Library First US Edition. Hardcover Ex-LIbrary Book and Dust Jacket in Good Condition. Except for library marks of two stickers on the jacket, a lib stamp on top edge of text block and a lib note on the endpaper, this book and jacket are in fine condition--clean and otherwise unmarked; tight, soliod and square; internals as new. Attractive red and white jacket illustrated with figures from the Bible. From the renowned historian, biographer, and novelist comes a literary, historical, and deeply personal exploration of the Bible. 212 pages. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. 2016, HarperCollins, New York.

London, England: Octopus Books Limited, 1972. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6. Octopus Books Limited, 1972. Hardback. Translated from the Italian by Simon Coldham. First English Edition. Originally published in Italian in 1966 by Fratelli Fabbri Editore. 87 full color illustrations. 19th Century Art in The US and 20th Century Art in the US and Europe. Every page has a reproduction of a work of art, with accompanying explanatory text. Full color beautiful illustrations of American Art and Architecture. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition bound in burgundy cloth with block-style gilt lettering on spine. Clean and tight. Front panel very slightly bowed, with three specks on it. Interior is clean and bright, unmarked. 158 pages. 5.25 x 7.5 inches. 1972, Octopus Books Limited, London, England

London, New York, Sydney, and Hong Kong: Octopus Books Limited, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6. Publisher: Octopus Books Limited, 1972. Hardcover Book Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. 98 Full Color Illustrations. Includes examples of Eskimo Art, North American Indian Art and Mexican Art. Translated by Elizabeth Evans. English version first published 1972 by Octopus Books Limited, London. Originally published in Italian, by Fratelli Fabbri Editore,1966. Pale yellow cloth binding is clean with a very small brownish spot near lower edge of front board. Faint rubbing of lower edges. Square with sharp corners. Tight and solid sewn binding. Jacket is bright and colorful, spotting on upper outer corner, closed small tear on rear lower edge near spine heel, small chip out of bottom front edge. 158 pages including Bibliography and List of Illustrations. 7.75 x 5.5 inches. Octopus Books: London, New York, Sydney, and Hong Kong, 1972.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Fourth Edition. Hardcover Book in VG Condition with a Fair Dust Jacket. Bound in green cloth, bright and sharp gilt lettering on spine, very clean and unmarked, with light rubbing of corners and edges. Tight and solid sewn binding. Prev owner name on endpapers, front and back. Pages very clean and unmarked. Jacket is ragged on edges. Business and Professional Relations and Law as relates to engineering. 461 pages. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. 1963, John Wiley & Sons

New York: Dover Publications Inc, 1992. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Eighteen b/w illustrations. Pages toned, else fine. Unabridged and corrected Dover (1992) replication of "Flatland"(first publication: Seeley & Co., Ltd., London, 1884). New Introductory Note by Banesh Hoffman. Preface to the Second and Revised Edition by the Editor, Philip Smith. This masterpiece of science and mathematical fiction is a unique and entertaining satire that has charmed readers for more than 100 years. Edwin Abbott (1838-1926), an English clergyman and Shakespearean scholar, describes the journey of A. Square, a mathematician and resident of two-dimensional Flatland, where women are thin, straight lines and where men may have any number of sides, depending on their social status. Charmingly illustrated by the author, Flatland is a first-rate introduction to the concept of the multiple dimensions of space. Imaginative, stimulating.… Read More

Penguin Classics, 1998. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Penguin Classics, 1998.Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition, with illustrations by the author and Introduction by Alan Lightman. Eighteen b/w illustrations. First published by Seeley & Co., Ltd., London, 1884. Wrappers clean, wear around edges, small front corner creases, pages toned, completely clean and unmarked. This masterpiece of science and mathematical fiction is a unique and entertaining satire that has charmed readers for more than 100 years. Edwin Abbott (1838-1926), an English clergyman and Shakespearean scholar, describes the journey of A. Square, a mathematician and resident of two-dimensional Flatland, where women are thin, straight lines and where men may have any number of sides, depending on their social status. Charmingly illustrated by the author, Flatland is a first-rate introduction to the concept of the multiple dimensions of space. Imaginative, stimulating. entertaining. 118 pages. 7.75 x… Read More

New York, New York, USA: Peter Fenelon Collier and Son, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Peter Fenelon Collier and Son, 1900. Thorough and detailed history of Italy by the renown historian John S.C.Abbott. Hardcover Book In Very Good Condition. No dust jacket. Illustrated. Clean red cloth binding w/bright and sharp gilt titles. Lower front corner and spine head lightly scuffed, other corners and spine heel rubbed, front panel rubbed. Inner hinge reinforced with book tape.Tight, solid, square, with sewn binding. Interior is very clean and completely unmarked--no underlining, no highlighting. 668 pages. 8.25 x 6 inches. Peter Fenelon Collier and Son, New York, 1900.

Crown/Penguin Random House LLC, 2019. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Signed by Author(s). Signed by the Author on the Title Page. Publisher: Crown/Penguin Random House LLC, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover Book As New. Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Black binding with copper titles; tight, solid and square, sharp corners. Internals pristine. Black jacket with orange titles has light wear to upper front corner, slight wear to lower corner and spine head. The epic true crime story of the most successful bootlegger in American history and the murder that shocked the nation. 432 pages. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. 2019, Crown/Penguin Random House LLC.

New York, Toronto, London: Master Books/New Leaf Publishing Group, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book in Good+ Condition, without Jacket. Samuel Pepys, 1466-1536, administrator of the Royal Navy and meticulous diarist. 17th century London--the plague, civil war, regicide, Christopher Wren's drawing up plans to rebuild London, Isaac Newton's scientific discoveries--Pepys experienced them all and wrote of them in his diaries, to bring the 17th century to all readers. Red cloth binding is quite clean and unmarked, gilt titles to spine, slight wrinkle to spine cloth, edges, corners and spine head lightly rubbed, spine heel scuffed. Tight and solid sewn binding. Endpapers with map of the City of London as it was before the great fire of 1666, by T. Porter, circa 1660. Former owner name and info on endpaper. Pages evenly toned, quite clean, no markings or creasing. xi + 384 pages with Bibliography and… Read More

London, Great Britain: Duckworth Overlook, 1944. First Thus. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Type: Hardback First Published separately 1944. Small Out of Print Hardcover in Good Condition, w/o Jacket. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1840-1893, Russian Composer. This is a short biography that is a revised version of that originally published in Masters of Russian Music, written by the author in collaboration with M.D. Calvocoressi; in this biography, the author has tried to combine a picture of Tchaikovsky's 'true nature' with the outward facts of his life-quite different from some other biographies. Clean red cloth titled in black. Edges lightly rubbed, corners bumped with light wear. Spine sunned. Bookplate on endpaper. Pages are quite clean and completely unmarked, toned, no foxing noted. Includes Bibliography and complete list of Tchaikovsky's Compositions. 144 pages. 7.5 x 5 inches 1944, Duckworth Overlook, London, Great Britain

New York: Lyons & Burford, 1991. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. A comprehensive beginner's handbook--for vegetables, flowers, herbs and more. Wraps are clean and unmarked with cover design by Liz Driesbach and photograph by Dwight Kuhn. Solid, tight and square binding. Pages quite clean, no marks of any kind. 210 pages, indexed. 5.5 x 8.25 inches. 1991, Lyons & Burford, New York.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Good+ Condition. Clean and unmarked gently used book, whisper of wear to cover edges; beginning of a crease to upper corner. Glued binding tight, solid and square. Pages faintly toned, quite clean and free from any markings. "The Grand Idea" follows Washington immediately after the War of Independence-his hopes and vision for the country as well as his fears of the country pulling apart and how he responded to this. 367 pages with Notes and Index. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. 2005, Simon & Schuster, NY

U.S.A: Vintage Books/Random House, Inc, 1992. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. First Printing of First Vintage Book Edition. Trade paperback in VERY GOOD Condition. 249 pages. Clean and unmarked card cover with a slight touch of edgewear. Tight glued binding. Interior is very clean and completely unmarked. Wonderful description of scientific and anecdotal information about the natural history of many different animals, with first hand observations of her adventures.

USA: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2008. First US Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9. Type: Hardback First American Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket As New. Four eight page sections of full colour illustrations, four Maps of various sections of the Thames. Bright, clean pictorial cloth with scenes along the Thames by London; solid & tight binding, square with sharp corners. Deckle edge. Internals as new. Jacket is three-quarter size with scalloped upper edge, bright and clean with illustration of several people in a boat rowing on the Thames. Illustrated endpapers with London/Thames scenes. "Thames: The Biography" meanders like the river itself. In short, lively chapters Ackroyd writes about the connections between the Thames and such historical figures as Julius Caesar and Henry VIII, and writes memorable portraits of ordinary women and men who depend upon the river for their livlihoods. He visits all the towns and villages along the river from Oxfordshire to London and… Read More

New York, New York, USA: Grove Weidenfeld, 1989. First US Edition. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing of First US Edition. Hardcover Book AS NEW with a Near Fine Jacket. Mylar jacket cover. Book is very clean in black half cloth with gilt titles, gray boards; tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Jacket is unclipped. It is shelf-rubbed, else Fine. Someone-or something-is trying to sabotage the efforts of the excavation team of archaeologists, astronomers, a civil servanrt, and others - a 'team of eccentrics' - who are excavating a neolithic grave in Dorset, England. Makes for a great story-- inventive, comic suspense, pastoral romance, metaphysical--exciting and original. 328 pages. Grove Weidenfeld, New York, 1989.

Nan A. Talese, 2010. First US Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2010, First US Edition. Hardcover Book in Fine Condition. Without Dust Jacket. Two 8 page sections full color illustrations, and two of black and white; b/w drawings at each chapter head. Map of Venice. Binding illustrated with photos of Venice, quite clean, no wear. The history, cultural life, customs and social life of Venice. 403 pp. Chronology, Bibliography, Index. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. 2010, Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, New York

London, UK: Longman Group Uk Limited, 1987. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. TRADE PAPERBACK IN FINE CONDITION. Clean, tight, solid, unmarked. Set in 10/12 pt Palatino Roman. Twelve maps--i.e. The Expansion of Muscovy, 1462-1533; The Russian Empire by 1855, etc. Fifty + illustrations, b/w photos. The framework of "Russia" is chronological, running from the original ninth century Russian state of Kiev through the rise and fall of Tsarism to the Revolution of 1917, and from the traumatic ordeal of Stalinism to the stabilization achieved in the post-war decades. A solid, very nice book. 341 pages including bibliography and index. Longman Group, London, UK 1987.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA: Discovery House Pub, 2008. First Thus. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. First Discovery House Publisher's Printing. Trade Paperback AS NEW. This is the inspiring story of the medical doctor whose vision and faithfulness to God's call began the ministry know as Radio Bible Class and the devotional Our Daily Bread. 160 pages. 8 x 5.75 inches. Discover Hose Publishing, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2008.