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Boulder: University of Colorado Typographical Society/ Este Es Press, 1972. 2nd impression, limited to 375 copies. Hardcover. VG-/No dustjacket. 4to. Green cloth over boards. Poems by the noted scholar and translator Mehdi Nakosteen, beautifully lithographed by J. Dean Cole. Slight bumping to heads of spine. The pastedown and free endpapers are separating on the upper hinge, could be easily re-glued. The binding is otherwise tight.

Boulder, CO: University of Colorado Press, 1964. 1st ed., 1st ptg. Signed by author. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG. 8vo. 361pp. Green bds. Gilt to cover and spine. Author examines the role of the Muslim influence on Classical scholarship, it's own unique additions and its impact on the West's reintroduction to Classical learning. Edgewear to dj. extremities. Light bumping to spine.

London: Collins, 1990. 1st UK ed. Hardcover. VG+/VG plus. 8vo. 288pp. Pictorial Dj. over blue cloth. Dj. has slight crease to bottom corner. Corners lightly bumped. Top edge foxed. Inscribed by author on FFEP.

Chalford: Chalford Publishing Company, 1996. 1st U.K. ed., 1st ptg. Softcover. VG+. 8vo. 128pp. A collection of historic photos from the archives of the Borough of Hillingdon Heritage Service of the parishes of Ruislip, Ickenham and Harefield. Scuffing to wraps; slight wear to edges; inscribed on inner wrap.

Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1963. No additional printings indicated. Hardcover. Very Good/very good -. 8vo. 897pp. Green cloth covered boards. Endpapers and edges lightly foxed and soiled. Price-clipped Dj. foxed along edges with chipping to edges of spine. Contains notation of musical examples throughout.

Philadelphia, PA: William Young, 1797. No additional printings listed. Hardcover. Good+. 12mo (7"x4"). 336pp.+31pp. Full leather with black/gilt spine label. Surface of spine cracking, endcaps worn away. Head joints cracked 3". Rubbed covers and corners, esp. tail corners, with board exposed. Interior heavily toned and foxed. Pencil marks to first preface (no other marks). Several page corners creased, closed crack to interior leaf p.120. Binding sound. Scarce. Early abolitionist work. Contains: First Voyage to Africa, Second Voyage to Africa, Third Voyage to Africa, While Resident at Liverpool, While Resident at Olney, While Resident at London, Ebenezer: A Memorial and A Monument to the Praise of the Lord's Goodness, and to the Memory of Dear Eliza Cunningham.

Editions Hawaiian Agronomics, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 4to (9.5"x11"). 215pp. Brown cloth-covered boards with giltstamped titles. Photographic dj. covered with protective mylar; lightly chipped corners. Textblock edges toned; pages lightly toned. Color, B&W photos throughout.

St. Augustine, FL: The Record Company/Stanley Charles Nott, 1942. First edition, limited. Hardcover. Good+. Folio (12.5"x9"). 536pp. Green cloth-covered boards with giltstamped titles, all edges stained green. Chipped & closed tears to spine extremes. Corners rubbed. Dent to fore-edge of upper cover. Gilt loss. Lightly toned pages. Missing dust jacket. B&W illustrations, B&W photo plates throughout. Sound binding. Inscribed, "To Mr. Frank D. Waller, with the compliments and best wishes of the author", signed by Nott & his wife Lucille Nott. Numbered 206 from a limited edition of 1000 copies. Includes two publications from The House of Jade, one is an exhibition catalog of the Nott collection (heavily chipped/worn edges).

Boston, MA: L. K. Washburn, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. Good +/No Dj.. 8vo. 783pp. Maroon cloth covered boards. Deckle edges. Exterior of boards lightly rubbed and soiled. Two corners bumped. Text block is toned in places, especially the endpapers. Light, parenthetical marginalia scattered throughout with a few small check marks in pen. One third of the upper hinge is cracked, but the overall binding is holding up well.

Lagos, Africa Spearpoint Publishers, 1988. Stated 1st ed., 1st ptg. SIGNED. Softcover. Near Fine. 16mo. The second volume of poetry by one of Nigeria's strongest poets. Nwankwo is a Professor of English at NC State in Raliegh.