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Folded in eighths. Tears to crease. Browned. Fair condition. Cuba n.p. [Cuba] 10 Feb. 1933 A chip to side edge. Foxed. A single-page single-side handbill issued by the underground Cuban ABC group opposed to the dictatorship of Gerardo Machado, denouncing the government's death squad known as 'la porra'. Concludes: "....Todos unidos bajo la Bandera del A.B.C.!" ["The ABC was founded in October 1931 by a group that had been meeting for a year in the office of Dr. Juan Andrés Lliteras. The most prominent member was Joaquín Martínez Saenz. Jorge Mañ ach and Francisco Ichaso were soon invited to join. The group's membership was predominantly middle class, including students and professionals. Cells had about seven members, each of whom could lead a cell on the tier below. Members of the organization knew only their leader and the cell below them. The system of alphabetical lettering of cells from tier to tier gave the organization its name.A… Read More

Minor wear. VG. Vietnam Nhà xuât ban Phuong Dông Thành Phô Hô Chí Minh (2013) 2nd Edition orig. wrappers 21x14cm, 131 pp. Text entirely in Vietnamese. Concerning xiangqi (Chinese chess) strategy.

Some page browning. Some cover foxing. VG. Portugal Alfredo Eugenio Lisboa 1908 orig. wrappers 21x14cm, 15 pages. Text entirely in Portuguese. Republican propaganda. Concludes:: "Abaixo a tyrannia! Viva a Emancipacao do Povo! Abaixo as velhas instituicoes! Viva a Democracia Portugueza! ".

Rubbed. VG. In a torn, faded, soiled & chipped dustwrapper., dustwrapper Danish Lutheran Hymnody Evangelical Lutheran Church Des Moines [IA] 1945 orig.cloth 22x15cm, 169 pp., Inscribed by author on flyleaf. Contents: Early Danish Hymnody; Reformation Hymnody; Kingo's Childhood & Youth; Kingo, the Hymnwriter; Kingo's Psalmbook; Kingo's Church Hymns; Kingo's Later Years; Brorson's Childhood & Youth; Brorson, the SInger of Pietism; Brorson's Swan Song; Grundtvig's Early Years; The Lonely Defender of the Bible; The Living Word; Grundtvig, the Hymnwriter; Grundtvig's Hymns; Grundtvig's Later Years; Other Danish Hymnwriters.

Worn. Spine slope. A tear to rear flyleaf. Good. Ethiopia [publisher not identified] Finfinnee [Ethiopia] n.d. [ca.2015?] orig. wrappers 20x14cm, 250 pp. Text entirely in Oromo. Historical / philosophical work. From rear cover: "'Ka' is the first name of God, The name of God that our Cush fathers have inherited to us before the old period of Christianity and Islam is 'Ka'. Since then, therefore, especially the Oromo, have been calling God as ' Waka' or 'Waaqa', When we sing Eyoka or Eyoha in September (Fulbaana), we do praise 'Ka' the God. 'Gadaa' or 'Ka Aada' is the law or rule of God. ' Gadaa' (Ka Aada) is the festival by which the laws and orders of God".

Minor wear. VG. Textual illustrations. Human Anatomy Bergmann / Springer München / Berlin 1922 orig. wrappers 23x15c,, (26) pp. Offprint from: Zeitschrift für die gesamte Anatomie / Zeitschrift für Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte, 1. Abt., Band 65, Heft 4. Pagination runs 301-327.

Some wear. Binding spotted and stained. Good. Thailand Printed by Chr. Backhausen Copenhagen 1930 orig. cloth 25x17cm, 239 pages.

Rubbed. Last page browned. Some page-edge stains. Fair condition Danish Civil Law Gyldendalske Boghandel Kjøbenhavn 1879 blank wrappers 23x14cm, 176 pp., Contemporary binder's crude blank wrappers, with original front-cover wrapper bound-in. In-bound wrapper stained. Text entirely in Danish. On singular succession in property rights inter vivos, with special attention to Danish law.

Rubbed. Several holes to spine. Fair condition. Bengali Literature [Calcutta] 1945-1946 boards 27x21cm, [ca. 250+] pp., Caption titles. Later binder's crude blind cloth-backed boards. Weighs 1200 grams. This is a single volume containing 12+ issues of the Bengali periodical Aaj-Kal Patrika. Most issues run 14 pages each. Includes advertisements. Entirely in Bengali characters. Contents: Radharaman Das Deb Jiban Charita,Bharater Yuddhottar Artha-Niti by Kasturichand Laluyogi, Rabindranather Smriti Bhandar, Ea Yuger Sahityik o Sambadik, Bigyan Prasamgey, Kavir Banim Rabindrakey Premtattva, by Amulyakrishna Sen, Karmayogir Karmabhog, Banglar Natyamancha, Agyat Saratchandra by Surendranath Gangopadhyay, Panchaser Manantwar o Udhed Commissioner Report, Sabhyatar Sankat, Bangladesher Patha-samasya, by Sri Kapilprasad Bhattacharya, Sanskrita ba Culture, by Bijoy Kr. Ray, Banglay Sarkari Vayabastha, by Taranath Raychaudbhuri, Misharer Chithi, Dwijendralaler Chandragupta, Rabindranather Alochana by… Read More

Some minor rubbing, Good textual tables Medical sociology n.p. n.p. 1972 orig.wrappers 24x16cm, 10,149,(78)pp, Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen doctoral dissertation.

Minor rubbing. VG. Palaeography Helsingforsiae 1945 orig. wrappers 24x16cm, 26 pp., Series: Studia orientalia edidit Societas Orientalis Fennica, v. 11, no. 4.

Minor rubbing. VG. Mongolia Suomalais-ugrilaisen Seuran Helsinki (1966) orig. wrappers 24x16cm, 19 pp., Series: Suomalais-ugrilaisen seuran aikakauskirja / Journal de la Société finno-ougrienne, 67, 2.

Minor wear. VG. Ural-Altaic Linguistics Societas Orientalis Fennica Helsinki 1952 orig. wrappers 25x17cm, 17 pages, Series: Studia Orientalia edidit Societas Orientalis Fennica, vol. 17, no. 7. Contents: The Mannerheim Fragment of Mongolian Quadratic Script; The Suffixes -lar, -nar, -lâr

Minor rubbing. VG. Sanskrit Philology Helsinki 1954 orig. wrappers 24x16cm, 48 pp., Series: Studia Orientalia edidit Societas Orientalis Fennica, 19:12.

Minor rubbing. VG. Mongolia Societas Orientalis Fennica Helsinki 1950 orig. wrappers 24x16cm, 26 pp., Series: Studia Orientalia edidit Societas Orientalis Fennica, v. 14, no. 6.

Unopened. Corner bump. Small stain to spine. Good+. Frontispiece. Moral Philosophy Gleerup / Munksgaard Lund / Copenhagen (1960) orig.wrappers 22x14cm, 214 pp, Series: Library of Theoria, 5. Inscribed by author on half-title. A 1cm tear to front hinge. Several small wrap Contents: Introduction: Trends & Motives Influencing Price; Commentaries on the 'Review': Methodological Remarks; Preliminaries: The Concept of Deontic Science & Some Related Concepts; A Distinction of Price's Between Different Senses of HP-Deontic Terms; Price on the Logical Relations Between Some Central HP-Deontic Terms; The Concept of Action in Price; Some Semantic Concepts in Price; Synopsis of the Problems Dealt with in the 'Review'; The Virtue of Actions: The Question; Price's Arguments Against the Theory; Price's Arguments Against Some Further Theories Purporting to Define HP-Deontic Terms; Independent Discussion of Some Variants of the Theories; The Virtue of Agents; Conclusion: Historical… Read More

Switzerland n.p. [Aarau] [1836] orig. wrappers 19x12cm, 84,(18) pp., 11 folding leaves.

Some foxing, stains, minor wear. Good. Switzerland Aarau 1831-1843 20x12cm, TEN ITEMS.

Worn. Spine chips & cracks. Spine label. Good. Switzerland Beck'schen Buchdruckerei Aarau 1837 Stiff wrappers 23x13cm, 132 pages., Bound in publisher's stiff wrappers. Some spotting and stains to cover. Full title reads: "Reduktions-Tabellen zu Vergleichung der bisher im Kanton Aargau gebräuchlichen Masse und Gewichte mit den durch das Gesetz vom 25. Maimonat 1837 vorgeschriebenen neuen schweizerischen Massen und Gewichten. (Amtliche Ausgabe)"

Without wrappers (as issued). Corners rubbed. Good. Switzerland Beck Aarau 1838 19x12cm, 28 pp.