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Cambridge, MD: Cornell Maritime Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrations by Frank X. Schuler. Cambridge, MD: Cornell Maritime Press, 1953. First Edition. 8vo. xii,377pp, Index. Blue cloth, very good condition (brief tear to upper edge of front joint, few lines underlined and few inked numbers rear e.p., toned area where errata slip tipped in to front endpaper), owner's name, no dj. 203 Photographs & Diagrams. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 377 pages .

Cologne: Pierre Van Dyck. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1669. Early Edition. Hardcover. Monsieur de la Rochefoucauld. Memoires De M. D. L. R. Sur les Brigues a la mort de Louys XIII. Les Guerres de Paris & de Guyenne & la Prison Des Princes. Articles dont sont convenus Son Altesse Royale & Monsieur le Prince pour l'expulsion du Cardinal Mazarin…Cologne: Pierre van Dyck, 1669. Small 12mo (5 x 2 7/8"). [4],400 pages. Later straight-grain red morocco, ribbed paneled spine with four gilt rules and gilt letters, all edges gilt, gray endpapers. Very good condition, edges moderately trimmed for gilt application but no loss of text. Graesse IV: 109.; 5 x 2 7/8 inches; 400 pages .

Paris: E. Dentu and Aug. Aubry. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1865. Original Edition. Hardcover. Paris: E. Dentu and Aug. Aubry, 1865. Original Edition. Large 8vo. 87pp. Printed wraps, good condition - tears to spine panel, edges slightly frayed, rear cover detached and has long tear. Published from Official Documents. Catalog [long list of names] of the Nobility in the Colonies and Noble and Titled Families under the Empire, the Restoration, and the Government of July.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 87 pages .

New York: Pegasus Crime. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2012. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1605983306 . Translated by Steven T. Murray. NY: Pegasus Crime, (2012). First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Lg 8vo. 489pp. Hardcover. Fine in fine dj. Detective Patrick Hedstrom. Quoting James Patterson: "The Stonecutter is that rarity -- a completely realistic and believable thriller." ISBN 9781605983301; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 489 pages .

Paris: Librairie D'Amerique et D'Orient Adriene Maisonneuve. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1938. Hardcover. Traduction (accompagne du texte Sanskrit) et notes by Olivier Lacombe. Paris: Librairie D'Amerique et D'Orient Adriene Maisonneuve, 1938. Lg 8vo. ix,[1],[1]-255,[1]pp, followed by text in sanskrit. Later half leather & cloth, original wraps bound in. Spine faded, very good plus condition. [The Moral and Metaphysical Doctrine of Ramanuja]. Ramanuja (1017-1137) was an Indian theologian and philosopher, an important exponent of the Sri Vaishnavism tradition within Hinduism. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 255 pages .

University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 0271017473 . Edited by Andrew Ladis. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, (1998). First Edition. 11.25 x 8.75 in. 310pp, Index, Bibliography. Photo-illustrations in b&w. Green cloth. Fine condition in fine dj. With essays on Richard Offner by Andrew Ladisk Hayden B.J. Maginnis, and Craig Hugh Smyth. From essay by Ladis: "Richard Ofner is remembered chiefly as the twentieth century's most discriminating connoisseur of early Italian painting and as the designer of the monumental A Critical and Historical Corpus of Florentine Painting, an unfinished, thirty-volume structure…." ISBN 0271017473 ; Illustrated; 11.25 x 8.75 inches; 310 pages .

New York: George Braziller Inc.. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0807611816 . Translated by Brian Perace. NY: George Braziller, (1987). First American Edition, First Printing. Lg 8vo. 222pp, Index, Sources, Bibliography. 5 plates, 2 maps. Cloth. Book in fine condition, dj near fine. From dj: "traces a story of witchcraft as it appears in village quarrels in the south of France over the course of several centuries." ISBN 0807611816; 2 maps, 5 plates; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 222 pages .

London & New York: Routledge. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. 0415820995 . London & New York: Routledge, (2014). First Edition. Large 8vo. xiii,167pp, Index, Bibliography. Hardcover, very good plus condition (two dents in lower edges of boards), no dj as issued. Study of suicide as an agent of political change. ISBN 9780415820998; Routledge Advances In South Asian Studies; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 182 pages .

Washington: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 0884022773 . Edited by Angeliki E. Laiou and Roy Parviz Mottahedeh. Washington: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, (2001). First Edition. 10.25 x 7.25 in. [vii],297pp, Index. Red cloth. Fine condition in fine dj. Illustrated. From dj: "scholarly reassessment of the Crusades on the 900th anniversary of the appearance of crusading armies outside Nicaea". 0884022773; Illustrated; 10.25 x 7.25 inches; 297 pages .

Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 0674165357 . Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1972. First Edition. Large 8vo. [xii],390pp, Index, extensive Bibliography. Brown cloth, near fine (small mark on lower edge of text block); dj near fine (hint of wear to edges). At age 22 Andronicus II became the sole ruler of Byzantium. His problems were immense as for 46 years he fought to preserve the empire against encroachments. When he was deposed in 1328 almost all of Asia Minor had been lost to the Turks. ISBN 0674165357; Harvard Historical Studies; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 390 pages .

Coconut Grove, FL: Field Research Projects. Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued. 1967-71. Softcover. 5 Volumes in 6. Coconut Grove: Field Research Projects Natural Area Studies, 1967-1971. Softcover, very good minus condition, lightly worn, top edges of text blocks spotted, some fading to covers, hand-written title descriptions on the spines, interiors very good. Volume 1 is staple-bound, rest are perfect-bound. Preface of Vol. 1: "the dangers threatening the 'beasts of the field and the birds of the air' have been increasing in ever greater and rapid measure. But now counter-measures are also being taken by increasing numbers of the concerned…The purpose of this Bibliography is to make available references to some of the recent literature on the complex subjects". Statement even more applicable today.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Delhi: Asia Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Delhi: Asia Press, (1961). First Edition. 10.75 x 8.75 in. [8],335pp. Map endpapers, numerous full-page illustrations in color and b&w from photographs. Textured black cloth, hand-lettered spine label. Cloth clean, small dent to surface of front cover, slight crack to both hinges (inner), few lower corners creased. No dj. Very good overall. ; Color and b&w photographs; 10.75 x 8.75 inches; 335 pages .

New York: Abrams. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. 1st Edition in English. Hardcover. 0810954966 . Photographs by Gilles Trillard. New York: Abrams, (2006). First Edition in English, First Printing. 11 x 10 in. 272pp. Light mint green boards, near fine condition (small bump to fore-edge of front cover), in fine dj. Journalist Lalande and photographer Trillard explore the re-invention of the 18th century Rococo style featured in more than 30 "exemplary European houses" revealing "the distinctive taste for detail and precision of arrangement that have come to define this revival of Enlightenment elegance" (dj). ISBN 0810954966; Color Photographs; 11 x 10 inches; 272 pages .

Huesca: Instituto De Estudios Altoaragoneses. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1996. Hardcover. 8481270520 . (Huesca: Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses, 1996). Large 8vo. 351pp, Index, Bibliography. Softcover, slightly rubbed, near fine. Signed & Inscribed by the author on the title page. Formation of the feudal state of Aragon and Navarra during the time of Pedro I (1068-1104) who was King of Aragon and Pamplona from 1094 until his death in 1104. ISBN 9788481270525; Colección De Estudios Altoaragoneses; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 351 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: PublicAffairs. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2008. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 9781586486761 . Edited by Brian Lamb and Susan Swain. NY: PublicAffairs, (2008). First Edition, First Printing. Lg 8vo. xxiii,371pp, Index. 24 color illustrations. Hardcover, fine condition. Dj near fine. C-Span card laid signed signatures of both editors, and TLS by Brian Lamb to James Perry conveying this copy; he was one of the contributors to the program (his bio. at end). ISBN 9781586486761; 24 color illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 394 pages; Signed by Editors .

Rochester: Leo Hart. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1932. Llimited Edition. Hardcover. Rochester: Printing House of Leo Hart, 1932. 8vo. Unpaginated. Quarter vellum & tan paper boards, spine letters red, Chinese script in red on front cover, top edges gilt. Four small holes in spine, rest of book in fine condition. Lacks slipcase. #547 of 950 printed on Ikawara paper signed by illustrator Wilfred Jones, typography by Will Ransom, Chinese characters by San Ho. Thirteen colorful illustrations including endpapers first printed in black and white and finished by hand in color, all humorously presented in text and image.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Illustrator .

Rochester: Printing House of Leo Hart. Very Good+. 1932. Limited Signed Edition; One of 950. Hardcover. Rochester: Printing House of Leo Hart, 1932. 8vo. Unpaginated. Quarter vellum & beige paper boards, spine letters red, Chinese script in red on front cover, top edges gilt. Tiny spot on spine, corner edge of foot rubbed, interior fine condition, private bookplate on front pastedown. Publisher's decorated paper over board slipcase discolored/soiled, worn. #236 of 950 printed on Ikawara paper, signed by illustrator Wilfred Jones, typography by Will Ransom, Chinese characters by San Ho. Thirteen colorful illustrations including endpapers first printed in black and white and finished in color by hand, all humorously presented in text and image. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Illustrator .

New York: PublicAffairs. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1586480898 . New York: PublicAffairs, (2002). First Edition, First Printing (stated). Signed & inscribed by Lamb on the half-title page. 8vo. 274,(1)pp. 8 pages of multiple photographs on glossy paper. Hardcover. Fine condition in near fine dj (top edge slightly rippled). Lamb's reporting based on his return to Vietnam 30 years after the war, for four year crisscrossing the country interviewing a diverse group of Vietnamese, discovering a country he realized he never knew. ISBN 1586480898; Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0881849375 . New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, (1993). First Carroll & Graf Edition. Large 8vo. 400pp, Index, list of major figures in WW II. Hardcover. Fine condition in fine dj. From dj: "Richard Lamb reveals secrets unmentioned in Churchill's own memoirs, in the many biographies, or in histories of the war". It also "pays tribute to Churchill's extraordinary qualities and gives insight into a towering leader whose decisions changed the course of history". ISBN 0881849375; 9.2 X 6.4 X 1.7 inches; 400 pages .

Montreal: Canadian Centre for Architecture. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. Second Edition. Hardcover. 0920785662 . Edited by Phyllis Lambert. Photographs by Richard Pare. Montreal: Canadian Centre for Architecture, (1994). Second Edition (stated). 10.25 x 11.25 in. 277pp. Cream cloth in fine condition, dj near fine. Illustrated with color and b&w photographs, plans, drawings. From dj: "unprecedented in its comprehensive examination of the subject". ISBN 0920785662 ; Photographs; 10.25 x 11.25 inches; 277 pages .