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British-North American Committee, 1974. Light Creasing on Front Cover; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. SELLER'S NOTE TO INTERNATIONAL (NON CANADA OR USA) BUYERS: Additional shipping charges will be required and requested during the purchase process of this title. PUBLISHER: British-North American Committee. At the Committee's first meeting in New York City, December, 1969, the following statement of its aims was authorised: The British-North American committee has been established to study and comment upon the developing relationships between Britain, the United States and Canada. It seeks to promote clearer understanding of the economic opportunities and problems facing the three countries, to explore areas of co-operation and of possible friction, and to discover constructive responses. It believes that sound relations between these three countries in the context of an increasingly interrelated world are essential to future prosperity and seeks to… Read More

Stein and Day, 1966, 1st . Hardcover . VG/VG. Spine tiny bit cocked; trace of edgewear; POS inked ffep. DJ w/ bit of edgewear/rubbing/chips; in new Brodart protector. Illustrated with several B&W glossy plates.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1918. This is the scarce original 1918 hardcover first edition -- not a cheaply-made modern reprint. Very Good condition. SEE PHOTOS. The front free endpaper appears to have been neatly removed. NOT a library discard. A square, tight copy. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. First printing with "Published January, 1918" so stated on the copyright page. Graphs. Tables. Footnotes. Bibliography (pp. 557-565). Index. Bound in the original maroon cloth, stamped in black on the front cover and shiny gold on the spine. From the preface: "The following study of the Prussian elementary schools was made during the year and a half preceding the outbreak of the Great War." This book is from the library of, and bears the ink signature of Dr. Arthur Frank Payne (1876-1939) of Newton, New Jersey. Dr. Payne earned the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago and that of… Read More

Conference Press, Chicago, IL, 1921. Softcover. Good Condition. Size: 8mo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. 154 pp. Text is in Swedish. Pages are yellowed, but are tight and clean. Moderate shelfwear around the outer edges of the blue wraps. Gilt lettering on cover is almost gone. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 pound. Category: Education; Non-English Language::Swedish; Swedish Language; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001327. .

London: Printed for J. Murray, number 32, Fleet Street and G & T Wilkie, number 71 St Paul's Church Yard [Not dated - c.1788 ?]. Small 12mo (binding measures 80mm x 140mm), pp viii, 352, a little age-toned throughout and slightly worn, title page a little browned and with neat contemporary initiials in the upper corner, hinge at title page a little cracked and sprung, in an interesting dull green contemporary lozenge calf, outer dentelles gilt, spine gilt decorated, a little rubbed overall, and with two cracks to the spine. VERY SCARCE. {The title continues ".relative to academies in Europe, accidents & incidents, battles and seafights, conquests, discoveries of countries, discoveries and inventions, remarkable events, famines and deaths, earthquakes and storms, frosts and inundations, foundation of kingdoms, institution of laws and courts, military knighthoods, remarkable buildings, religions of states, religious institutions and orders, titles of honour, sacred writers, incorporated… Read More

chez Bernoux & Cumin éditeurs à Lyon1897, grand et fort in 8 (28 x 20 cm), VI + 638 pages. Couverture conservée, Reliure demi chagrin rouge à coins, dos à nerfs, plats avec filets dorés, dos avec titre doré, tranche de tête dorée. Edition originale, limitée à 500 exemplaires tous numérotés :Exemplaire 409. +++++++ Essai historique de Léopold Niepce (1813-1898) faisant le vaste historique de l'organisation militaire à travers âges dans la ville de Lyon. Il parle des milices, des gouverneurs, des généraux, des commandants il reconstitue les diverses portes de la ville, les tours, les bastions, les remparts, les fossés, il décrit les arsenaux, les champs de tir, les camps, les hôpitaux militaires et il a fait l'historique rapide mais clair et précis des Templiers, des Hospitaliers, des Compagnies suisses, des Hallebardiers, des Archers, des… Read More

NEW YORK: STREET & SMITH, 1900 NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER, SOLDIER ON FRONT WITH GUN, ORANGE AND BLACK DESIGN, GOLD PRINT SPINE. FRONT LOWER RIGHT CORNER SLIGHTLY BUMPED. FORMER OWNERS LABEL IN FRONT, JC PENNEY STICKER FRONT. NO OTHER MARKINGS, TIGHT AND GOOD SHAPE. RARE BOOK. The Siege of Cawnpore was a key episode in the Indian rebellion of 1857. The besieged British in Cawnpore (now Kanpur) were unprepared for an extended siege and surrendered to rebel Indian forces under Nana Sahib, in return for a safe passage to Allahabad. However, under ambiguous circumstances, their evacuation from Cawnpore turned into a massacre, and most of them were killed. WILLIAM MURRAY GRAYDON- (1864¿1946) published fourteen books for boys from 1897, including The Fighting Lads of Devon, or, In the Days of the Armada (1900), The Jungle Trappers: A Tale of the Indian Jungle (1905), Lost in the Slave Land, or, The Mystery of the Sacred Lamp Rock (1902), On Winding Waters: A Tale of Adventure and Peril (1902), With… Read More

Kjobenhavn: Forlagt af Chr. Steen & Son, 1859. Second Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. With changes, supplements and corrections." 8vo. 2 volumes in one. Volume I. pp. viii, 628, with frontispiece of the author. Volume II. pp. 205, [1]. Bound in period quarter leather with marbled boards. Re-backed; the original spine is preserved although it is darkened and well worn. Inner hinges neatly strengthened. Interior pages contain mild scattered foxing and minor wear. Peder Rhode (1734-1793) was a Danish pastor and historian. His "Samlinger til de danske Øers Laalands og Falsters Historie" (first published in two volumes 1776-94) contains interesting details on the customs, life-style, superstition and folklore of the Danish islands Lolland and Falster. The 1859 edition includes many changes, additions and corrections.

Lisboa : Ministerio do Planeamento e da Administracao do Territorio, Secretaria de Estado da Ciencia e Tecnologia ; Instituto de Investigacao Cientifica Tropical, Centro de Estudos de Historia e Cartografia Antiga. Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light shelfwear to covers, otherwise As New. 1048 pages. Chiefly Portuguese; includes some documents in English. Heavy item, possible additional charges for expedited or international shipping.

Philadelphia: Childs and Peterson 1857. (Hardcover) 630pp. Good, no dust jacket. Three quarter black leather with pebbled black boards and gilt lettering on the spine. All edges speckled, fold-out map, illustrated frontispiece, two color plates, black and white and color illustrations, diagrams, notes, appendices, tables, maps. The covers and spine are worn in places, the front hinge is cracked, the front endpaper is stained, there is a previous owner's name on the first page of the preface, page 55 is torn with the loss of four lines of text at the bottom and page 57 has been torn away diagonally with the bottom half of the page lost. "The popular notion of Brazil is, to a certain extent, delineated in the accompanying side-illustrations. Mighty rivers and virgin forests, palm-trees and jaguars, anacondas and alligators, howling monkeys and screaming parrots, diamond-mining, revolutions, and earthquakes, are the component parts of the picture formed in the mind's eye". Time… Read More

London UK, Oxford University Press, 1963, hardcover, xii-151 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Clean and firmly bound, slight spine-end and corner wear, lean to spine. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight edge nicks, wear to folds and head and heel of spine, in new Brodart sleeve. An historical and social study of the Creole society of Freetown, Sierra Leone. Illustrated with 4 black-&-white plates and 6 maps including a fold-out map of Sierra Leone showing Ethnic Boundaries. Appended; Handbill recruiting the black poor, Bibliography, Index.

Blending science, sociology, and personal experience, this book is an exploration into how hunger works. It is inscribed and autographed by the author.

The Easton Press, 1992. 2 vols. The Leather-Bound Library of American History. First thus; Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Fine, "as new" condition. Front lower edge of volume I shows very slight bump. Bindings and text blocks are otherwise tight, bright, crisp, and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Appear unopened / unread. Bound in full (genuine) blue leather with hubbed spines. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spines and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper. All edges gilt. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints and permanent satin ribbon marker. Notes from History sheet laid in. Photo is of the set we have at Barbed Wire Books. A beautiful gift!

625 Pages. The book includes portraits, illustrations, and maps and was written by the School Manager/Secretary in the Norwegian Whaling Association. It is all in the Norwegian language and is a history of Norway's whaling industry. The book's exterior has two worn corners, and two moderately worn corners, worn marks along the bottom edges and less wearing marks on the top edges, and worn areas at the top and bottom edge of the spine. In addition, the spine is faded and darkened and there is one small hole on it. The interior book has the former owner's (Whaling Museum) bookplate inside the front cover along with a sticker below it, and a worn spot/hole on the next inside page. Outside of those detriments, there are no further visible distractions, detriments, or extraneous markings throughout the book and thus all printing and the numerous photographs and illustrations are all in a very well-preserved and readable condition and the book's bindings remain tight and therefore sound.If you order this… Read More

A departmental history, prepared and published by the Schenectady NY City Fire Department. Captain Carl Derwig, editor.
Large format hardcover (12x9) with faux leather embossed boards. 148 pages of photos and text.
Condition of the book is Near Fine, with no significant condition issues.
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