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CHINA: HARPER COLLINS, 2007 BEAUTIFUL BOOK WITH TERRIFIC DETAIL, PICTURES AND DISPLAYS TO INTERACT WITH. MAPS, WOLF HAIR, SECTIONS THAT OPEN UP, SLIDE CHANGE TO WEREWOLF, PHOTOS THAT CHANGE PICTURE. LOOKS AS NEW.
FOR THE LOVER OF VAMPIRES AND THE DARK WORLD SURROUNDING.
A MUST HAVE FOR THOSE WHO LOVE VAMPIRES AND THE WORLD THAT SURROUNDS THEM.
Vampyre: The Terrifying Lost Journal of Dr. Cornelius Van Helsing is a captivating book that delves into the mysterious and chilling world of vampyres. Dr. Cornelius Van Helsing, a doctor by profession but secretly a vampyre expert and hunter extraordinaire, recorded his discoveries about the hideous undead in his nineteenth-century journal.
This is the coolest book! It has a moving eye, on the soft hardcover, just like the book in Hocus Pocus!!! Dr. Cornelius Van Helsing, a vampyre expert/hunter and brother to another famous hunter. Here, he's recorded in journal and pop up book format his travels to Transylvania and about the hideous undead. Also… Read More

GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK: GARDEN CITY PUBLISHING CO., 1926 DARK BLUE COVER, ORANGE PRINT SPINE, ARTWORK ON COVER OF CAVEMEN. FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE FRONT. CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. 66 SECTIONS, 148 PICTURES AND MAPS. VERY NICE LOOKING BOOK, MADE WITH THE IDEA OF EDUCATING THE YOUNG REGARDING THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. DETAILED, EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINING. Hendrik Willem van Loon (January 14, 1882 March 11, 1944) was a Dutch-American historian, journalist, and children's book author. From the 1910s until his death, Van Loon wrote many books, illustrating them himself. Best remembered among these is The Story of Mankind (1921), a history of the world intended for children, which won the first Newbery Medal in 1922. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

UNITED STATES: W.B. BRANDT & CO., INC., 1930 NICE LOOKINGLIGHT BROWN COVER, BLACK PRINT FRONT. FORMER OWNERS LABEL INSIDE FRONT, LIMITED EDITION LISTED 743-B. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. INTRODUCTION BY BRANDT. SECTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: CHINESE ART BY D.E. NEWELL, THE ARET OF THE TUDOR-ELIZABETHAN PERIOD (1485-1603) LESLIE A HYAM, SPANISH FURNITURE AND CERAMICS BY SHIRLEY FALCKE, THE EVOLUTION OF PAINTING BY HARDIE WELLS, TAPESTRY THROUGH THE AGES ANNETTE HERTER, ETCHINGS BY T.M. LILIENTHALL, AMERICAN FURNITURE IN THE XVIII CENTURY (1690-1830) LESLIE A HYAM, MODERNISTIC ART BY P. LESTER WIENER, ALL RISKS FINE ARTS INSURANCE W.B. BRANDT. TERRIFIC BOOK FOR THE FINE ARTS LOVER. GOOD DETAIL AND INFORMATION. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

LONDON, GLASGOW: GOWANS & GRAY, LTD., 1907 DIEGO VELAZQUEZ, Gowans's Art Books, No. 12. Sixty reproductions of photographs from the original paintings, principally by F. HANFSTAENGL, affording examples of the different characteristics of the Artist's work. Very nice looking small book. Dark blue cover, gold design and print front and spine, advertising front and back, tight, no markings front, in very back in pencil is a list of other Spanish and Dutch painters. Bottom corner one page inside slightly torn off about 1/2". Terrific pictures and artwork. For the artist and collector. Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish pronunciation: June 6, 1599 ¿ August 6, 1660) was a Spanish painter who was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary Baroque period, important as a portrait artist. In addition to numerous renditions of scenes of historical and cultural significance, he painted scores of portraits… Read More

NEW YORK: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1892 VERY NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER, RAISED WHITE DESIGN FRONT, GOLD IN DESIGN WITH PAINTER'S BRUSHES AND PAD, GOLD PRINT SPINE, INSIDE TIGHT, BOOK PAGES IN NICE CARD STOCK, FOURTEEN PHOTOGRAVURE ILLUSTRATIONS. NICE PICTURE OF LIPPI AS FRONTISPIECE, THE ARTWORK IS BEAUTIFUL. SLIGHT FOXING FRONT AND BACK. Fra' Filippo Lippi, O.Carm. (c. 1406 ¿ 8 October 1469), also called Lippo Lippi, was an Italian painter of the Italian Quattrocento (15th century). In 1421 he became a Carmelite monk at Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence, where Masaccio was soon decorating the Brancacci Chapel with frescoes. Lippi himself painted frescoes in the church, much influenced by Masaccio's, then disappeared from the monastery in 1432. In 1434 he was in Padua, but in 1437 he returned to Florence under the protection of the Medici family and was commissioned to execute several works for convents and churches. His Madonna and Child (1437) and Annunciation ( 1442) show a… Read More

USA: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1935 GOOD CONDITION, DARK RED COVER, BLACK PRINT FRONT AND SPINE, 2 LIGHT ROUND GLASS STAINS BACK COVER, SMALL STAIN AND NICK ON FRONT, SIGNED BY PREVIOUS OWNER WITH STAMP INSIDE, CUT OFF CORNER OF THAT PAGE. VERY GOOD CONDITION THROUGHOUT, FRONTISPIECE BEAUTIFUL COLOR. 14 BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS. Jules Verne was a French novelist whose many popular novels include the classics A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). While studying law, Verne wrote plays and librettos, but soon turned to writing novels full-time. He wrote dozens of books in his career and became the world-famous and wealthy author of adventures that are still in print today, including In Search of the Castaways (1868), The Mysterious Island (1874) and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870). The Mysterious Island (French: L'Île mystérieuse) is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1874. The original edition, published by… Read More

NEW YORK: AVENEL BOOKS, 1983 BEAUTIFUL DARK BLUE BOOK COVER WITH GOLD PRINT SPINE, DUST JACKET IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, NO MARKINGS, ARTWORK OF VERNE IN FRONTISPIECE AND ARTWORK THROUGHOUT. PAGES INSIDE SHOW SOME LIGHT BROWNING AROUND EDGES, TIGHT AND EXCELLENT CONDITION. BOOKS INCLUDED ARE TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON, ROUND THE MOON, AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS AND SHORT STORIES. DOCTOR OX'S EXPERIMENT, MASTER ZACHARIUS AND DRAMA IN THE AIR. Verne, Jules (1828-1905). French novelist. Long considered a minor author for young people, Verne is now accorded more critical attention; many French writers admit enthusiasm for him. While losing some of his status as a scientific seer, he has begun to shed the mantle of political prophet which almost replaced it. TERRIFIC BOOK FOR THE SCIENCE FICTION LOVER. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: THE JOURNAL OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASE, 1913 LIGHT BROWN SOFT COVER, WORN AROUND EDGES, TIGHT AND CLEAN, NO MARKINGS INSIDE. AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION BY DR. C.R. PAYNE, WESTPORT, N.Y. INTRODUCTION BY ERNEST JONES M.D., MRCP OF LONDON. THEORY, NEUROSES, SEXUAL INSTINCT, UNCONSCIOUS, DREAM, HYSTERIA, OBSESSION, PROPHLAXIS, PSYCHO-ANALYSIS, WRITINGS AND REFERENCES. Sigmund Freud ( German; born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE

BOSTON: D. C. HEATH & CO., 1907 VERY NICE LOOKING BOOK. DARK BLUE COVER WITH GOLD PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. SLIGHT WEAR AT EDGES. TIGHT, ONLY MARKINGS INSIDE ARE THE FORMER OWNERS SIGNATURE IN THE FRONT, FEW VERY SMALL CHECKS IN MARGIN AND A PLACE INSIDE BACK COVER 2 1/2" LONG WITH SMALL X'S. TERRIFIC ARTWORK INSIDE THROUGHOUT. Wilhelm Hauff (29 November 1802 ¿ 18 November 1827) was a German poet and novelist. Considering his brief life, Hauff was an extraordinarily prolific writer. The freshness and originality of his talent, his inventiveness, and his genial humour have won him a high place among the southern German prose writers of the early nineteenth century. Lichtenstein, an historical novel by W. Hauff, published in 1826. Written in conscious emulation of the Waverley Novels, it is described as Eine romantische Sage aus der württembergischen Geschichte. It is set in the 16th c. in the time of Duke Ulrich, and follows Scott's pattern in using fictitious principal… Read More

NEW YORK: MCGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY, 1971 NICE LOOKING TEXTURED COVER, GOLD AND BLACK DESIGN FRONT, BLACK PRINT SPINE, CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. BOOK PRINTED CZECHOSLOVAKIA. RED TASSLE ATTACHED TO MARK SPOT, BOOK FILLED WITH COLORFUL ARTWORK, POEMS AND HISTORY. EPILOGUE ABOUT BOOK, CATALOGUE OF DRAWINGS, TIMETABLE. A WONDERFUL, TOUCHING BOOK THAT GIVES A LOOK INTO A VERY SAD PART OF HISTORY. A TOTAL OF AROUND 15,000 CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 15 PASSED THROUGH TEREZIN. OF THESE, AROUND 100 CAME BACK. I Never Saw Another Butterfly The works were compiled after World War II by Czech art historian Hana Volavková, the only curator of the Jewish Museum in Prague to survive the Holocaust. Theresienstadt Ghetto was established by the SS during World War II in the fortress town of Terezín, located in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (a German-occupied region of Czechoslovakia). Theresienstadt served two main purposes: it was simultaneously a waystation to the extermination camps, and a… Read More

NEW YORK: BOOK COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION, INC., 1930 NICE LOOKING GREEN BOOK WITH GOLD PRINT SPINE. NO MARKINGS INTERNALLY, NICE FRONTISPIECE ARTWORK. TIGHT AND IN GOOD CONDITION. A satiric novel, set in various Old and New World countries during the mid-eighteenth century; published in French in 1759, in English in 1759. An innocent young man travels the world in search of love and fortune, losing his illusions as he encounters vice in all its forms. François Marie Arouet was born in Paris, France, in 1694, the youngest child of a cultured middle-class family. Educated by the Jesuits at the College Louis-Le-Grand, Arouet abandoned the study of law for a literary career. His first work (Imitation de I'ode du R.P. Lejay sur Sainte Germaine) was published in 1710. Arouet soon discovered his gift for satire, which would land him in trouble over and over again. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: D. Appleton and Company, 1876 DARK GREEN COVER, WORN ON EDGES AND TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINE. WORN INSIDE AT BINDING IN FRONT AND BACK BUT STILL SEWN TOGETHER AND ALL PAGES TIGHT. NAME INSIDE FRONT, 6 PENCIL LINES DRAWN INSIDE BACK COVER, 5 OTHER PENCIL MARKS IN BACK. NO MARKINGS THROUGHOUT PAGES. NICE CORRESPONDENCE IN FRONT TO FRASERS FROM AUTHOR, PRESS NOTICES ABOUT THE FIRST EDITION OF GERMAN HOME LIFE. 6 PAGE PREFACE WRITTEN IN LONDON. CHAPTERS ARE SERVANTS, FURNITURE, FOOD, MANNERS- CUSTOMS, LANGUAGE, DRESS, AMUSEMENTS, WOMEN, MEN, MARRAIGE, CHILDREN, RELIGION, CHURCH. GREAT DETAIL. VERY INTERESTING. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1907 NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER, BLACK PRINT FRONT, GOLD PRINT SPINE. SMALL LINE DOWN FRONT WHERE SOMETHING WAS DRIPPED AND FADED. CLEAN INSIDE, NO MARKINGS, TIGHT. VORHEES WAS DIRECTOR NEW JERSEY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS AND PROFESSOR OF AGRICULTURE IN RUTGERS COLLEGE. PREFACE WRITTEN 1898. 15 CHAPTERS. GREAT DETAIL. SOIL, FUNCTION, NITOGENOUS, PHOSPHATES, POTASH, MATERIALS, PURCHASE, CHEMICAL ANALYSES, USE, CEREALS & GRASSES, VEGETABLES, CROPS, GARDEN, FRUITS & BERRIES, SPECIAL CROPS. GREAT BOOK. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.