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NY: Carleton, 1863. Third edition. 8vo, pp. 306. Bound in green cloth, a near fine copy. See Wright II, 879. Also published as Life in Santo Domingo (1873).

NY: Viking, 1983. First printing. 8vo, pp. viii, 200. Notes and bibliography, index. Illustrated with photographs. Review slip laid in. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Top edge spotted, o/w a nice copy in dj. For young people. The sisters are Catharine Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe, Charlotte Cushman and Susan Cushman Muspratt, Emily and Lavinia Dickinson.

Berkeley CA: University of California, 1969. First printing. Large 8vo, pp. xv, 348. Appendix, references, indices. Illustrated with reproductions in color and black and white. Paper wraps. Cover slightly soiled, o/w a nice copy. Ethnography and painting: Fabian encouraged Tshibumba Kanda Matulu to paint the history of Zaire (Congo) and to give an oral narrative as well.

Berkeley: Oyez, 1966. First Edition. 8vo, no page numbers. 1/500 copies. Paper wraps. Cover little chipped, o/w VG.

NY: Oyez, 1968. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 108. Paper wraps. Cover little soiled, o/w a VG tight copy.

NY: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1942. First Edition. 8vo, pp. xix, 362. Blue cloth. Cover scuffed at corners and ends of spine, ink markings and notes throughout, but not interfering with legibility, o/w a VG tight copy.

Beverly Hills, CA: Glencoe, 1971. First printing. 4to, pp. 230. Bibliography, index. Sponsored by Kaiser Aluminum. Heavily illustrated, most in color. Cover very slightly scuffed at corners, o/w a nice copy. No dj. Essays and meditations on ecology, shelter, energy, food, mobility, telecommunications.

NY: Morrow, 1981. First printing. 8vo, pp. 496. Notes, index. Illustrated. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Newspaper review laid in. Edges spotted, o/w a VG tight copy in slightly chipped and soiled dj.

NY: Abrams, 1975. 4to, pp. 450. Selected bibliography, index. Wine lexicon. Copiously illustrated. Maps. Donor's presentation on blank. Some water-damage in upper inner corners of several leaves in front, but not obscuring any text, o/w VG. Extremely heavy. Wine lore and writings about wine by James Beard, Dorothy Sayers, John Le Carre, and others.

Boston: Litttle, Brown, 2000. First revised edition. Large 8vo, pp. xxvi, 766. Source list, bibliography, indices. Very slight soil on edges, corners of abut one third of pages slightly creased, o/w a nice copy in dj.

NY: Knopf, 1965. First Edition. Large 8vo, pp 1087. VG in little chipped dj.

NY: Readers Club, 1943. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 457. Cover slightly worn at edges, o/w a nice copy. No dj. Includes selections by Flaubert, Auden, E. M. Forster, Eleanor Green, George Santayana, Melville, and others.

Edison NJ: Castle, 1998. 8vo, pp. 265. A nice copy in dj.

NY: Readers Club, 1943. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 457. A nice copy in somewhat chipped and torn dj.

London: Batchworth Press, 1959. First Edition. 4to, pp. 46. Photographs by W. and B. Forman. Copiously illustrated. VG in chipped dj. A study of some ivories in the British Museum that were produced by African craftsmen to Portuguese orders.

London: British Museum, 1970. Square 8vo, pp. not numbered. Illustrations and descriptions of 80 pieces of sculpture. Paper wraps. Cover soiled, o/w VG.

Newark DE: University of Delaware, 1997. First Edition. 4to, pp. 210. Appendix, notes, bibliography, index. Over 140 illustrations, seven in color. A nice copy in little scuffed dj. Weir (1841-1926) started as an artist in the Hudson River School tradition, but soon moved to scenes of industry and labor.

Koln: Taschen, 1995. 4to, pp. 244. Chronology, notes. In English. Copiously illustrated in color and black and white. Heavy paper wraps. Cover scuffed and slightly soiled, o/w a nice copy. Founder sef Hoffmann described the Werkstaette as "...an enterprise for the active promotion and cultivation of all endeavours in the pursuit of art and qualilty in modern crafts.

Koln: Konemann, 1997. Third printing of English edition. 4to, pp. 425. Bibliographic notes, glossary, biographies, references, index. Copiously illustrated, most in color. A nice copy in dj. Very heavy. Art Nouveau and its impace on architecture, interior design, furniture, crafts and art.

NY: Caravan, 1959. Periodical. 8vo, pp. 47. Paper wraps. Cover and edges somewhat soiled, o/w VG. Includes an article on Woody Guthrie by Pete Seeger.