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VG. Paper from the Smithsonian Institution Annual Report, 1909 with 2 plates South Africa Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 1910 9 x 6", 493-504

Good. Oblong pbk. Lt. stain to wrapper. TEXT ONLY, no records, Soiled wrapper Thai language Linguistic Soc. of America cyrt. 1945 reprint 5 1/4 x 8", 307 p., This edition was reprinted for the U.S. Armed Forces Institute.

Near Fine. In orig. orange wraps., in wrapper with text figs. & tables economics / Mexico Fondo de Cultura Economica Mexico 1956 Segunda ed. in Spanish 9 1/2 x 7", 521 p., An uncut copy. Never been opened. Originally published (1944) in Philadelphia by Blakiston Company under the title: Readings, in business cycle theory". Twenty-two authors have contributed articles to this volume.

VG+. Paper from disbound copy of the Smithsonian Report for 1930, without wraps stratigraphy GPO/Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC 1931 9 x 6", pp. 285-294, Lecture delivered before the K. Fysiogr, Salisk, at Lund, Mar. 1927. Reprinted from Geologiska Foreningens i Stockholm Forhand.

Fine. Pamphlet. Paperbound. Design & typography by Carl Hertzog. chicano literature Texas Western Press El Paso 1970 Monograph 28 9 x 6", 44 pp., Includes a pictorial sequence of 10 drawings by Jos‚ Cisneros. Handsome lay-out.

VG. White cloth, gilt. Solid. Clean., VG, pictor.DJ 29 color pls, 19maps, 42 b&w Nepal / Himalayan region Kummerly & Frey Ltd. Berne 1961 3rd ed, 1971 12 x 9 1/2", 118 + 70 figs, This book captures the essence of Nepal,esp. since 1950's. The mountains, the people, the culture, are all treated in detail., Included is a loose, fold-out relief map laid-in at the rear.

VG. Few spots, bottom of text, interior crisp, solid; sl cocking, Without DJ with 133 text figs. petroleum McGraw-Hill Book Co. New York & London 1939 1st ed. 2nd impression 8 x 5 3/4", xvii, 445 pp., Contemts: history & romance of oil; individual operators, oil companies, & oil-field workers; world distribution of oil;, petroleum reserves; acquiring oil lands and royalties of oil lands; engineering in the search for oil; drilling for oil; production methods; transportation and storage; refining of oil; marketing; oil securities.

G+. Surface of edges appears lightly foxed. Usu edge wear to cvs African fiction Armed Services, Inc. New York Dec. 1945 A.S.E. #881 5 1/4 x 3 3/4", 414 + ii p., Text appears unread. Not mint but better than average condition. Scarce ASE title.

VG. Crisp copy, solid. Rear pocket with diagram & ruler., Without DJ with musical scoring music appreciation Oxford University Press London & New York 1937 First edition 9 1/2 x 6 3/4", 331 pp., Designed as a listening guide when phonographs were still being played with steel needles. The modern-day CD makes finding the, passages under discussion much easier to locate. The text is a detailed analysis of the symphonies of Hayden, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahams, Tchaikovsky, and Franck.

Reading copy; lacks d.j.; smoke intrusions on front fly & back By Tom Lea bullfighting Little, Brown & Co. Boston & Toronto 1962 First 234, Aside from the minor damage as noted, the appearance is fine and the text very clean.

Good. Pbk. Lt. creases, & sev. scuffs. Yellowing (as usual). DJ pictured on front hunting / fishing Armed Services, Inc. New York March 1945 A.S.E. Q-23 5 1/2 x 4", 192 pp., Personal adventures in hunting and fishing

In wrappers. banking law, Haitian Imprimerie de L'Etat Port-au-Prince 1963 17 pp., Date on wrapper is 1962.

In stained, soiled wrappers. Haitin independance Imp. "Les Presses Libres" Port-au-Prince 1952 14 pp., Bulletin d'Information no. 1. Information bulletin related to the preparations for the celebration of 150th anniversary of, Haitian independence.

VG. Tan wrapper. One staple. Clean. Interior fine. poems / poetry Haldeman-Julius Company Girard, KS ca. 1947-51 5 x 3 1/2", 64 p., Contains poems by: James & Horace Smith; Thomas Moore; Alexander Rodger; Thomas Love Peacock; Lord Byron; Theodore Hook, Richard Harris Barnham; Percy Bysshe Shelley; Thomas Haynes Bayly, and Thomas Hood. "Little Blue Book" and large numeral on front wrapper and on title page; H-J portrait (51 mm) and small Union label on rear.

Good. Paperback. Lt wear. "Foothills Fellowship" stamp to 5 pp., pictorial wrap with map & b&w photos Nepal / travel Zondervan Books Grand Rapids 1989 (1992) Paperback 5th printing 8 x 5 1/4", 288 p., ISBN 0310216710. An account of life as a medical missionary in Nepal.

VG. Paperbound. Tight, clean copy. No marking., Illus. wrapper with 39 b&w photos Nepal / medical missionary Zondervan Publishing House Grand Rapids, Michigan 1986 Orig. edition 8 x 5 1/4", 257 p., ISBN 0310213010.

Hardcv. Crisp, no marks. No DJ, without DJ Illus. by T. O'Donell Texas frontier / Mexico Univ. of Oklahoma Press Norman 1959 1st, this ed. 1st printing 7 5/8 x 5", xxiv, 183 p., First appeared in 1905. Here a new edition with illustrations, and a 24-page introduction by A. M. Gibson., Vol. 12 in the Western Frontier Library. A copy meant to be read.

VG. Paperback., stiff wrapper 32 b&w photos, 2 maps Ranching / Texas Univ. of Oklahoma Press Norman 1967 (1985) 5th printing 7 1/2 x 5", xiv, 258 p., ISBN 0806114282. Penned name to p. 3. Light edge stain to bottom of wrapper, text unaffected. Solid copy. Looks unread.

VG/VG-. Few chips to DJ, o/w intact. Solid, crisp copy. with 4 plates Ceylon, India, Borneo George Routledge & Sons London 1931 Reprint 8 1/2 x 5 1/2", 272 pp., Part of the Broadway Travellers series. Here, selections have been made from Hall's 9-vol. work entitled Fragments of Voyages, and Travels, first published between 1831 and 1833. Comments on life in the Royal Navy; gives a wonderful panorama of India, Ceylon, and Borneo; and decribes life at a raja's court.

Good. In stained, torn wrappers. Numerous b&w photos Venezuela Bay View Reading Club Detroit February 1913 Vol. 20, #6 9 3/4 x 6 3/4", pp. 309-364, The Bay View Reading Club (estab. 1893) promoted home study by designing reading courses that concentrated on a particular, geographic area. They would publish a study book for the area along with an illustrated monthly magazine [similar to the Nat. Geographic]. In 1912-13, a course on South America was being developed. The magazine issue for March 1913 includes two articles on Venezuela by W. E. Brown, one on Caracas and the other a short history of the United States of Venezuela. George Musgrave writes about Cuba at the time Gen. Menocal was about to become president. Marie Robinson Wright writes about art in South America, and Elizabeth Fitzhugh takes a trip through Central America. The text and photographs were different. They gave a view of contemporary life at the turn of the century that most Americans had never seen. The magazine seldom… Read More