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Buenos Aires: Alemann y Cia. Ltda, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good/good -. 297, [5] p.; 20 cm. Blue cloth with red spine title; red title on silver pastedown on front cover. Publisher's catalog on final page. Dust jacket (in mylar cover) with map on front section and advertisement for the book on the back section. Inside of dust jacket decorated with red-on-white pattern. First published in 1943 in English as The Forgotten Ally. The author, a Dutch-Canadian-American journalist, argued vehemently that the Jews should be evaucated from Europe and resettled in Palestine along side the Arabs. Scarce. Book is in Very Good Condition: paper is browning and brittle; clean and solid. Dust jacket is in Good- Condition: spine is sunned; rubbed; loss at tail of spine and along upper edge of back section.

Saint-Jorioz, France: Editions Ateliers 74, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/near fine. 2 volumes: 508 p.; 582 p.: illustrations; 31 cm. Vol. 1 has dark green cloth with gilt spine and cover titles; decoration in red on front cover; green ribbon book mark. Vol. 2 has red cloth with silt spine and cover titles; decoration in green on front cover; red ribbon book mark. Illustrated dust jackets. A heavy set -- over 15 lbs; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority/expedited shipping. Vol. 1 is in Good Condition: front hinge separating; otherwise, clean and solid. Vol. 2 is in Fine Condition: clean and tight. Dust jackets are in Near Fine Condition: slightly rubbed; clean and bright.

New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1924. Hardcover. Good. [14], 118 p., engraved frontispiece signed "Pach 1923" and 36 leaves of plates; 24 cm. Green cloth spine with gilt spine title; light grey paper over boards with blind-stamped cover title. Top page edges green. This is "revised and considerably expanded form [sic] a series of articles which appeared in The Freeman (New York) during 1923." Published in 1924, the book defines the Modern Period as the years from the French Revolution to the First World War (1789-1918). Walter Pach (1883-1958) was an American artist and art historian who was a leading proponent of modern art. In Good Condition: edges rubbed; cover is soiled; front joint starting at head of spine; pages and plates are clean and tight; frontispiece is crisp.

London: Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons, 1916. Very Good +. [2], 21, [1] p.; 34 cm. Sewn. "Miscellaneous. No. 14 (1916)." "In continuation of "Miscellaneous, no. 6 (1915)." Contains 13 documents, many of them from the United States Ambassador in London, Walter Hines Page (1855-1918). In Very Good+ Condition: "ABH" in ink at upper edge of title page; two horizontal folds; clean and solid. 0.

London: Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons, 1916. Good +. 7, [1] p.; 33 cm. Stapled. "Miscellaneous. No. 36 (1916)." In continuation of "Miscellaneous, no. 11 (1916)." United States Ambassador in London, Walter Hines Page (1855-1918), explains that the United States protests "in the most decided terms" against Britain prohibiting trade with certain people and businesses in the United States. The British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Edward Grey (1862-1933), explains at great length why the United States is interpreting the law incorrectly. In Good+ Condition: "ABI" in ink at upper edge of front cover; lightly creased; closed 5-cm. tear from fore-edge of final leaf, not impacting text; otherwise, clean and solid.

London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1917. Good +. [2], 29, [1] p.: tables; 33 cm. Sewn. "Miscellaneous. No. 7 (1917)." In continuation of "Miscellaneous, no. 26 (1916)." Contains 17 pieces of correspondence between U. S. Ambassador in London Walter Hines Page (1855-1918) and James W. Gerard (1867-1951) U. S. Ambassador to Germany, with reports by John B. Jackson, Ellis Loring Dresel, Jerome Pierce Webster, and Guy Ayrault on the conditions of camps holding British prisoners of war and interned civilians in Germany. In Good+ Condition: "ABI" in ink at upper edge of front cover; title page is stained and lightly creased; otherwise, clean and solid.

London: Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons, 1916. Very Good. [2], 6 p.; 33 cm. Stapled. "Miscellaneous. No. 35 (1916)." In continuation of "Miscellaneous, no. 25 (1916)." Contains 11 documents involving United States Ambassador in London, Walter Hines Page (1855-1918), and others concerning proposals to release civilians interned by the British, German, and Austro-Hungarian governments. In Very Good Condition: "ABI" in ink at upper edge of front cover; lightly creased; exterior pages are lightly soiled; otherwise, clean and solid.

London: Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons, 1916. Very Good +. 32 p.: tables; 34 cm. Sewn. "Miscellaneous. No. 15 (1916)." "In continuation of "Miscellaneous, no. 14 (1915)." With printed note: "With the Compliments of Sir Gilbert Parker." Sir Gilbert Parker headed Britain's propaganda efforts in the United States from 1914 until early 1917, when President Woodrow Wilson severed diplomatic ties with Germany. Contains a lengthy document from the United States Ambassador in London, Walter Hines Page (1855-1918), dated Nov. 5, 1915, regarding "interferences with American ships and cargoes destined in good faith to neutral ports," which had "become increasingly vexatious." Includes an extensive list of vessels carrying American cargoes, generally sailing from American to Scandinavian ports but diverted by British authorities. In Very Good+ Condition: "ABH" in ink at upper edge of title page; "See page 19" stamped in red on title page; otherwise, clean and solid.

London: Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons, 1916. Very Good. 27, [1] p.; 33 cm. Sewn. "Miscellaneous. No. 32 (1916)." Contains 19 documents from and to United States Ambassador in London, Walter Hines Page (1855-1918), among others, regarding efforts to provide relief to Poland. In Very Good Condition: "ABI" in ink at upper edge of front cover; lightly creased; otherwise, clean and solid.

London: Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons, 1916. Very Good. iv, 59, [1] p.; 33 cm. Sewn. "Miscellaneous. No. 26 (1916)." In continuation of "Miscellaneous, no. 16 (1916)." Contains 46 documents, all either from or to the United States Ambassador in London, Walter Hines Page (1855-1918). Reports on visits to many internment camps in Germany by American embassy personnel. In Very Good Condition: exterior slightly soiled; light creasing; otherwise, clean and solid.

London: Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons, 1916. Good +. [2], 4 p.; 34 cm. "Miscellaneous. No. 25 (1916)." Contains 5 documents, all either from or to the United States Ambassador in London, Walter Hines Page (1855-1918), the intermediary between Great Britain and Germany regarding the conditions at the Ruhleben camp. In Good+ Condition: "ABI" in ink at upper edge of front cover; chipping and small closed tears along fore-edge of first leaf; closed 2-cm. tear at upper corner of second leaf; lacking upper corner of final leaf without loss of text; lightly creased; otherwise, clean and solid.

London: Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons, 1916. Very Good. [2], 4, [2] p.; 34 cm. Stapled. "Miscellaneous. No. 19 (1916)." Contains 7 documents, most from or to the United States Ambassador in London, Walter Hines Page (1855-1918). Concerns inspections by Americans of German prisoners of war sent to work in France and British prisoners of war sent to work in Russian territory under German occupation. In Very Good Condition: exterior lightly soiled; "ABH" in ink at upper edge of front cover; staples are slightly rusty; two horizontal folds; otherwise, clean and solid.

London: Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons, 1917. Very Good. 6, [2] p.; 34 cm. Stapled. "Miscellaneous. No. 1 (1917)." In continuation of "Miscellaneous, no. 35 (1916)." Contains 4 documents from and to United States Ambassador in London, Walter Hines Page (1855-1918), concerning reciprocal exchange of interned civilians over 45 by Britain and Germany. In Very Good Condition: "ABI" in ink at upper edge of front cover; lightly creased; exterior pages are lightly soiled; otherwise, clean and solid.

London: Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons, 1916. Very Good. 3, [1] p.; 34 cm. "Miscellaneous. No. 24 (1916)." Correspondence between American Ambassador Walter Hines Page and Sir Edward Grey of the British Foreign Office regarding reaching an agreement with the German and Austro-Hungarian governments on relief supplies to Poland before the fall harvest. In Very Good Condition: "ABI" in ink at upper edge of front cover; lightly creased; otherwise, clean and solid.

Philadelphia, Pa: Joseph & James Crukshank, 1801. Hard Cover. Very Good -. 108 p.; 14 cm. Original brown cloth spine with brown speckled paper over boards. Old paper label on spine with blue printed border and "232" in ink in the center. "118" written on front board. Front fixed endpaper bears oval bookplate of the Aimwell School Library. This was probably the school founded in 1796 in Philadelphia by three Quaker women. Originally called the Society for the Free Instruction of Female Children, the name Aimwell School was adopted in 1807. The author's journeys included travelling up the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Natchitoches and later riding across Texas. Its translation into English provided one of the earliest descriptions of Texas in that language. See Howes P-13; no American edition is noted. Not in Early American Imprints, ser. II (Shaw-Shoemaker). Very scarce. In Very Good- Condition: cover is rubbed; small loss of cloth on spine; corners are… Read More

Olten und Freiburg: Otto Walter, 1953. Hardcover. Near Fine. 264 p., 12 pages of illustrations: music; 19 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Lacking dust jacket. Appendix contains Werkverzeichnis Manuel de Fallas. Musikerreihe in Auserlesenen Einzeldarstellungen herausgegeben von Paul Schaller Basel Band XIV. Former owner's name on front free endpaper: "Franklin B. Zimmerman, Los Angeles, Fall '63." He also used a red stamp to put his name and address on the top and bottom page edges and at lower edge of p. 26. Musicologist Franklin B. Zimmerman (b. 1923) produced the complete catalog of Henry Purcell's music and founded Pennsylvania Pro Musica. In Near Fine Condition: former owner markings; otherwise, clean and tight.

New York: W. W. Norton & Co, 2001. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 320 p.: color and black-and-white illustrations, maps; 31 cm. Green-and-white decorated cloth with green spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Stated First Edition. The definitive study of the remarkable mosaic work of the stoneworkers of the 12th and 13th centuries called the Cosmati. A heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority international. Book is in Near Fine Condition: bottom page edges soiled; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: rubbed at ends of spine; otherwise, clean and bright.

Firenze, IT: Edizioni Polistampa, 2003. Paperback. Near Fine. 143 p.: illustrations, plans; 24 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Text and captions are in Italian and English. Written in black ink on the title page are the address, phone number, and email address of Federico Gurrieri. Contains descriptions of many architectural restoration projects handled by the Gurrieri De Vita Gurrieri architectural firm, including La Torre de' Pulci in Florence; the castle of Solomon's pools in Bethlehem; and the Central National Library of Florence. Scarce. In Near Fine Condition: contact information for one of the partners written on title page; otherwise, clean and bright.

New York: Dodge Publishing Co, 1902. Hardcover. Very Good. Revised and enlarged edition of the first series; preface to vol. 2 is dated 1897. 2 volumes: [12], 404 p.; [10], 295 p.: frontispiece in each volume; 16 cm. Scarlet three-quarter leather with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled spine titles and decoration. Volume one is designated by a single star below the author's name and volume two by two stars. Pale marbled paper over boards and matching endpapers. Top page edges gilt. Title pages are in red and black. No dates of publication given; date of vol. 1, revised and enlarged, is from library records. An attractive binding by an unidentified binder. In Very Good Condition: edges are lightly rubbed; paper over boards is soiled and stained, most noticeably the back board of vol. 1; pages are clean and tight.

New York: Henry Holt and Co, 1932. Hardcover. Very Good -. ix, [1], 117 p.; 19 cm. Blue cloth with silver spine and cover titles. Part of The Berkshire Studies in European History. Intended for use in college history classes. Includes index. In Very Good- Condition: cover is rubbed and lightly soiled; pages are clean and tight.