String Figures. A Study of Cat's-Cradle in Many Lands by Jayne, Caroline Furness, 1873-1909. / Haddon, Alred C - 1906

[4]+xlii+373+[4] pages with folding map, 10 plates, appendix and index. Royal Octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering and stamping to spine in original jacket. Edited by Ralph Piddington. First edition.Dr Williamson left, on his death, a collection of manuscripts dealing with a variety of Polynesian problems. Most of these manuscripts have been published previously. The remainder of of his unpublished manuscripts have been brought together and edited by Ralph Piddington, who has also reviewed material published since Williamson's death The first part of the book deals with particular topics: Warfare, the Drinking of Kava, the Society known as the Arioi, and customs relating to Sex, Courtship and Infanticide. The second part deals with problems of historical reconstruction in Polynesian Culture, theories of Origin, the Relation between Polynesia and Melanesia and an appendix on Assam parallels, with an analysis of recent studies in Polynesian History by… Read More

's-Gravenhage etc.: Nijhoff, 1875. Exceptionally fine and rare first edition 1875.Shipment of second, third, etc. items at very low prices. Check our full inventory!

Cover worn, otherwise very good. Very rare.Shipment of second, third, etc. items at very low prices. Check our full inventory at https://www.biblio.com/bookstore/amstergrambooks-amsterdam!

Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson and Sons Limited, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Cloth in DJ; First Edition; 149pp; Minor staining to DJ, previous owner's name to FFEP, boards square, clean & bright, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/Good+ condition. Scarce vintage monograph on Manx phonology. University of Edinburgh Linguistic Survey of Scotland Monographs No. 2.

University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018. Hardcover without dust jacket. Used - fine condition. Book is clean and tight with very little shelf wear aside from some light bumping to the corners. No markings or blemishes inside the book. Photos are of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books.

Hellman, Lillian: The Searching Wind. PLAY The Viking Press, 1st Ed., First printing Thus, June, 1944. DRAMA. Used. Good/Good unclipped DJ $2.00 price. Protected in a mylar wrap.

Wharton, Edith et al. Stories from Scribner: Stories of New York. Charles Scribner's Sons, Copyright 1893. Authors and stories included in this book are: From Four to Six, Annie Elliot; The commonest possible Story, Bliss Perry; The End of the Beginning, George A. Hibbard; A Puritan Ingenue, John S. Wood; Mrs. Manstey's View, Edith Wharton. Used. Black, leather-bound pocket-size edition. Pink closure ribbon has gone. Good condition. Binding is a little loose. RARE.

Hopwood, Robert R: Science Model Making. PHYSICS. MODEL-MAKING. Macmillan First American Edition, 1963. EXLIB. Good Condition/ Good- Rare Original Dust Jacket. Front flap states $4.95 original price. No other printings listed. Written by physics master Robert R. Hopwood. These projects are Illustrated with over 100 diagrams on: Astronomical telescope/One transistor radio receiver/ microscope/ steam turbine/ pocket sundial/ electric motor. "Science Model Making is a complete guide to the construction of operating models, and brings together in one volume projects from the various fields of science that hobbyists and amateur scientists like to make. " Ships from Oregon.

Beatrix Potter: The Fairy Caravan. David McKay 1929 True First Edition, First American Edition. ILLUSTRATED BY BEATRIX POTTER. Library Bound. Exlib. Good+ condition/ no dj included. Boards are in nice condition. Pictorial Front Board illustration of horse caravan and all titling are VG. Gilt letter j appearing on spine is bright. Tight binding, pages bright. Some light foxing noted. Six colour plates, twenty full-page illustrations, and 42 textual drawings. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, All colour plates remain firmly affixed to binding.

Wells, H.G. The Croquet Player, A Dark Fantasy. Copyright 1937 H.G. Wells FIRST AMERICAN EDITION , THE VIKING PRESS. Used. VG/G Price-clipped DJ. Illustrated by Clifton Line. Boards are in nice shape. Printed in the US by the Haddon Craftsmen. By the author of 'War of the Worlds' and 'The Time Machine'. Illustrations by British artist Clifton Line. Plot Summary: "Something is horribly wrong in the remote English village of Cainsmarsh." A GHOST STORY.