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Taucias Gareida, Verona, 1982. Edition Unstated. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book . VG- PB. In Italian. The work deals withSchweizer's specialization--the study of the origins of the Cymbrian language. During WWI, he was a civilian employee of the National Socialist Cultural Commission, a sub-branch of the SS Ancestral Inheritance (SS Ahnenerbe) with responsibilities in linguistics. Prefaced by an essay on the life and work of Schweizer by Carlo Nordera (pp. 5-32). There is underlining affecting about 13 pages toward the end of the book. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 93 pages. Text is in Italian. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES; Linguistics; Italy; 1980s; Italian Language; Language & Linguistics. . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 710. .

Chez Pierre Savouret, Amsterdam, 1688. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Book Collectible copy of the first French printing of sayings by Confucius. British Museum Short-title Catalogue of Books in French 1601-1700, C1371b. The Bodleian Library at Oxford holds John Locke's copy of this book (Locke 7.262a). Jesuit missionaries in China introduced the Analects of Confucius to the West with the publication in Latin of "Confucius Sinarum philosophus" in 1687. This book followed the next year, not as a complete version of the Analects, but as a compilation that presented Confucius' ethics. In the introduction (Avertissement), the unnamed editor says the public is indebted "to the fathers Intorcetta & Couplet, Jesuits, who translated, from Chinese into Latin, the three books of Confucius, from which we have drawn this piece of morality" (p. [13]). In keeping with the Jesuit's syncretism between Confucianism and Catholicism, the editor… Read More

L’Honoré et Chatelain, Amsterdam, 1751. Later Printing. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good+ Condition. Book This is an unrecorded, apparently pirated, copy. The First edition in French was published by L’Honoré et Chatelain in 1720-21. There is no 1751 printing in French listed in the National Union Catalog of Pre-1956 Imprints (Vol. 136, p. 626). WorldCat lists only one library holding (OCLC No. 891144587) at the University of Michigan library, where it is described in the catalog note as “A pirated ed., with fictitious imprint, of pt. 1-2." Size: 6"-7" - Sextodecimo (16mo). 2-volume set (complete). Text is in French. Item Type: Book. The text blocks of both books remain tight. The paper has tanned. Polished marbled calf over boards. Corners are slightly turned in and worn through on all four of the tips of Vol. 1 and the bottom corner of the front cover and top corner of the rear cover on Vol. 2. There are… Read More

Woolly Bear Productions, Lansing, MI, 1981. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Book Signed by Author. VG HB in G DJ. Signed by the author on title page. 191 p.: ill. (some col.); Bib. (pp. 185-187); index (188-191); 29 cm. Gray cloth over boards w/bright gold title on cover and spine. Corners crisp. Contents tight; P/O's name on FEP; phone number stamped c. 4 times at the tops of scattered pages. DJ repaired with tape at top of spine; 3/4" chip at bottom. Collection of source material gathered by the author, a marine artist, to assist him in paintings for the Great Lakes History in Art series. Size: Quarto (4to; up to 12" / 25-30 cm tall). Single volume only of set or series. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI); Ships & the Sea. Signed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory… Read More

McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1969. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Book Signed by Author. VG HB in VG- DJ, protected by archival polyester cover. Autographed by the author on the title page. xii, 175 p. geneal. tables, map. 23 cm. Dark green cloth over boards with bright silver title on spine. Corners a little bumped. DJ has chipping at the top of the folds on the spine and shows wear at the folds. Biography of Canadian pioneer and author. From the flap: "[T]he perfect introduction to Canada's past, and a wonderful way to become acquainted with the writings of that remarkable woman ..." Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 175 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Historical; Signed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 278. .

Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1933. Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book . VG HB, missing DJ. Stated 32nd Edition [marked L-I] of 1934 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. All points seem to match first edition, so would appear to be a 32nd printing of the first edition circa late 1934. 345 p.; 21 cm. Red cloth over boards w/bright gilt decoration & title on cover and spine; HB logo blind stamped at lower right corner of cover. Only defect is a darkened area along the bottom 1/2" of the front cover. Text block is tight and unmarked, with pages a bit tanned from age. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 345 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Historical; United States; 1930s; . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 837. .

Gales & Seaton, Printers, Washington, DC, 1834. First Edition. Softcover. Good+ Condition. A disbound copy of a report on a survey of two locations on the shore of Lake Erie in Pennsylvania. The report includes two large (17" x 22") folded maps. One shows a proposed location at the mouth of Twenty Mile Creek (located near the state line east of Erie, PA) for a pier to create a protected landing space for farmers in the area. It includes details on the construction of the pier and soundings in the area of the harbor. The second shows the mouth of Elk Creek (located west of Lake City, PA), including the channel that extends into the lake and soundings of the depth of the lake. The report is Document No, 23 for the House of Representatives in the 1st Session of the 23d Congress. Size: 8"-9" - Octavo (8vo). 5 pages. Text block is free from marks, other than the number 23 written at the top in a contemporary hand. House of Representatives document disbound from a collection of… Read More

Flagg and Gould, Andover [MA], 1815. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good- Condition. Book American printing of the 1792 original, with supplementary appendices. Of special interest is the a contemporary mention of Adoniram Judson's work in "the Birman Empire," the formation in May 1814 of The Baptist Board of Foreign Missions for the United States, fundraising efforts by Luther Rice and the Board's commissioning of Jordan's co-worker, the printer George Hough on May 25, 1815 (p. 212). The opening Advertisement presents this as "a new edition," including the original preface and nine letters which "have been eminently instrument in exciting that lively interest in the cause of Missions, the effects of which are so visible at the present time" (pp. 3-4). Supplementary material appended to his letters include the poem "The Missionaries' Farwell" (p. 204), "Brief Sketch of the Formation of Missionary Societies; Notice of Missionary Stations,… Read More

American Historical Association, Washington, DC, 1916. First after Limited Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good- Condition. Book An important early study of the Levellers. It was awarded the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize in European History for 1915. A note on the copyright page says, "A Limited Edition of this Essay has been Printed and the Type Distributed," which would appear to refer to a special printing prior to this one. Size: 8"-9" - Octavo (8vo). 406 pages. Item Type: Book. The text block is tanned from edge, but there are no marks. The first 22 pages are loosened, but still holding. There is an old adhesive tape repair down the gutter between the Introduction and Chapter I and the binding is broken between pages 22 and 23. Hardbound in blue cloth over boards with the title in dulled gilt on the spine. There is a horizontal line of lighter blue across the spine below the author's name. The edges are worn and the bottom corner of the front cover has worn… Read More

Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1958. 15th Printing. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/As New. Book A very nice, almost new, later printing of the 1958 original. It includes the folded map of the Western Pacific Theater at the end of the text (just before the Index), as well as maps and photos illustrating the text. The photos are printed on plain paper (rather than the semi-glossy paper used for the photos in the original printing). Size: 8"-9" - Octavo (8vo). 445 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Hardbound in dark navy cloth over boards with the title in bright gilt on the spine. There is some shelf wear at the borrom tips of the covers and head and foot of the spine. No foxing in this copy. The unclipped dust jacket (but without a price) has no chipping or tears and is now protected in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military & Warfare; World War, 1939-1945… Read More

Knopf, New York, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Book Signed by Author. A collectible copy of the next-to-the-last book in the Adam Dalgliesh series, inscribed by the author ("To Anne | [Sig]") on the title page This is the first American edition. Size: 9" -11" - Small Quarto (Sm. 4to). 335 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Hardback bound in blue paper over boards, quarter bound in black textured paper with the title in bright gilt on the spine. The corners are sharp; the bottom corners show a slight bit of shelf wear. The dust jacket has no tears or chips, though there is a touch of wear at the head of the spine and a few spots on the rear panel. The jacket is now protected in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Mystery; United States; Modern; Signed by Author. ISBN: 030726291X. ISBN/EAN: 9780307262912. Main Picture: P. D. James, The… Read More

Knopf, New York, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ Condition/Very Good+. From the front flap: "Lincoln, Miller says, was a great man who was also a good man. It is the central thrust of this 'ethical biography' to reveal how he became both, to trace his moral and intellectual development in the context of his times and in confrontation with the leading issues of the day--most notably, of course, that of slavery." Size: About 10" - Small Quarto (Sm. 4to). 515 pages. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Quarter bound in brown textured paper with bright gilt title on spine and ivory patterned paper over boards. Corners are sharp. Minimal shelf wear at foot of spine. Unclipped ($30.00) Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips. The only defect is that someone has blacked out something under the price with a felt marker and there is a corresponding ghost of the blackened area on the front free end paper. Quantity Available: 1. Category:… Read More

Henry Z. Walck, New York, 1960. Later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Lois Lenski. Book This set includes the 1960 printing of the book and a homemade plaque created by pasting the illustration of the fire truck from an earlier dust jacket onto wood and cutting it out with a jigsaw Size: 12 mo (7-7 1/2") Oblong. 45 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Very Good+ hardcover bound in red cloth over boards with the illustration of a fire truck and title in black on the front cover and title in black on the spine. Wear at the tips of the corners and two small water spots in the bottom third of the front cover, not affecting any text. Very Good-/Good+ price clipped dust jacket with the price $2.25 written in pencil and erased at the top of the front flap. The number 20 is written in marker at the top left side of the front panel. The folds and spine are a bit dirty from handling or exposure. There is a half-inch tear at the top of the… Read More

Oxford University PressOxford, New York, 1944. Eighth Printing. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Lois Lenski. Book This is a set of two copies of Lenski's book, one published by Oxford University Press in 1944 in a dust jacket and one published by Random House in 2003. The pictures in the 1944 printing are in grey scale; those in the 2003 printing are in full color Size: 12 mo (7-7 1/2"). 48 pages. Item Type: Book. 1944 printing: Very Good+ hard cover bound in yellow buckram over boards with a black drawing of a sailboat on the front cover and the title in black on the spine. Corners sharp with a small bump to the front bottom corner. Spine shows minimal shelf wear at the head and foot. Book is slightly shaken, but generally tight. Text block has no marks or foxing, but the paper is slightly tanned from age.2003 printing (by Random House): Hardback in Near Fine condition bound in full color glossy paper over boards. Text block is tight,… Read More

Philomel, New York, 1980. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Tudor, Tasha. Book Signed by Author and Illustrator. VG+ HB in VG DJ, protected by Brodart archival cover. Signed by author/illustrator on free end page ; dated 1982. [24] p.: col. ill.; 21 cm. Note: Philomel does not provide an indication of its editions or printing. Illustrated paper (same as DJ) over boards with black title on spine. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 24 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight; corners sharp, but showing some minor shelf wear at the bottom corners and foot of the spine. DJ has no tears, but shows minor wear at the corners and foot of the spine. The spine is slightly sun-faded. The front fold is a little dirty and there is a small (about 1/4") spot between the main title and sub-title on the front cover. Illustrator: Tudor, Tasha. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Juvenile Nonfiction; Religion /… Read More

Brentano's, New York, 1929. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book . G HB. 329 p.; Ilus: 12 plates; 24 cm. Pub. Sept. 1929, "Second Printing before publication." Tan cloth over boards with silver (most chipped off) title and illus. on cover and spine. Front and back hinges have both separated, held by the webbing. Good quality paper remains bright. P/O's name on FEP; remnants of sticker on inside cover. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 329 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Historical; . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 264. .