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Washington DC: U. S. Department of Commerce, 1966. Paperback. VERY GOOD. Mild wear. Blacked-out name to front cover. Black and white figures. Black lettering on spine and front of orange covers. 167 pp. Clean text, bright and tight. Six sessions were held which focused on the different aspects of earthquake detecting.

New York: Viking Press, 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Arnold, Robert W. . FIRST EDITION. Red top-stain. Light nudges to upper corners. Spine caps gently folded under. Dustjacket very good Sunning to spine. Small, perforated-like holes down 1.5" from top of front flap fold. A few small chips and tears along jacket edges. Aqua stars, black and gilt lettering debossed to spine of white cloth-covered boards. Clean, tight, bright. 760 pp with index. An "eloquent, dispassionate account of how Stalin evolved from his underground revolutionary beginnings to become a master politician of tyranny," (front flap).

Boston: David R. Godine, 1985. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. NEAR FINE. Matching dustjacket is very good plus. Mild edge-tanning to jacket. Black calligraphy by Jacqueline Sakwa to edges and front of illustrated boards. Illustrated endpapers. Clean, tight, bright. Unpaginated. A puppy tries to decide on a job.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1976. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. FIRST EDITION. Tiny and very softly nudged corners. Dustjacket near fine. Mild shelfwear. Slight darkening to top edge. 303 pp. Clean, tight, bright. A story of a love and how the condition can deceive.

LONDON: Longmans, Green & Co., 1961. Second Edition (First Impression). HARDCOVER. Good Plus in Fair Dust Jacket. Second edition of an important work on growing cocoa,intended as a guide to planters and as a source of information for all those concerned with the crop. One of a series of books on trop;ical agriculture which include books on Rice, Tea, Bananas, Beekeeping in the Tropics, and (later) Spices. This edition takes into account that the crop was beginning to be cultivated intensively; in addition to cultivation, the author discusses production, consumption and marketing of the cocoa bean. New chapters have been added on "The Manuring of Cocoa" and "The Supply of Planting Material". The chapter on Vegetative Propagation has been revised in light of modifications to older methods and the introduction of simpler techniques. Advances in the control of pests and diseases have been considderable and these are described in detail. Recent work on the practical… Read More

London: Collins St. James's Place, 1977. Hardcover. VERY GOOD PLUS in Very Good Dustjacket . Tempest, Margaret. FIRST EDITION. Previous owner's ex-libris verso of half-title page. Light bump to lower rear spine cap. Dustjacket very good. Price-clipped. Mild shelfwear to extremities with a .25 x .25 chip to upper edge of rear panel. Vibrant, full-color illustrations. Line-illustrations on acid-green-colored endpapers. 160 pp. Clean, tight, bright. Squirrel, Hare and Little Grey Rabbit have been known and loved for nearly half a century. Stories in this volume include : Little Grey Rabbit's Party, Wise Owl's Story, Little Grey Rabbit's Washing Day, Moldy Warp the Mole, Fuzzypeg Goes to School and Little Grey Rabbit's Christmas.