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. NATURE - A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE - 14 issues, July 12 - December 27, 1930
London 1930 first edition. Macmillan. 4to wraps. All issues are from volume 126. In group: No. 3167-3172 and 3184-3191. All near VG with science institute oval stamp on all front covers. 14 individual issues (a104904)
$140.00Florin, Maj-Britt. PLANKTON OF FRESH AND BRACKISH WATERS IN THE SODERTALJE AREA
Uppsala 1957 Acta Phytogeographica Suecica 37. 4to., 144pp., wraps. Good plus. light chipping on backstrip. (a18439)
$39.00Ribot, Tho. (ed) Henri Bergson et al. REVUE PHILOSOPHIQUE DE LA FRANCE ET DE L'ETRANGER - Juillet to Dec 1913 (in 4 volumes)
Paris 1913 first edition. Alcan. octavo wraps. Good, some cover wear. Backstrips chipped 4 issues . (a104897)
$65.00Williams, Frankwood E MD (ed). MENTAL HYGIENE - two issues July and October 1930
Albany, NY 1930 first edition. Two issues of this journal. large octavo wraps. Many articles on mental hygiene as "The Origin, Growth and Significance of Mental Hygiene Movement" by Willam A White; "Mental Hygiene Activites in Russia"; "Who are the Criminally Insane?" and so on. Two issues, one VG, one Good with some cover chipping. no owner marks. Two issues: (a104898)
$45.00. CIEL ET TERRE REVUE POPULAIRE S'ASTRONIE ET DE METEOROLOGIE - 1880 , 10 issues (issues #1-#10) 1 Mars to 15 Juillet
Bruxelles 1880 first edition. Hayez. Ten thin blue covered octavo wraps issues. Around 24 pages per issue. In French. A few illustrations. Good to VG. no owner marks. 10 issues: (a104899)
$39.00Clarkson, Virginia Clark. EDGES (signed by Clarkson )
Francestown 1986 Golden Quill. 8vo., 68pp. Inscribed and signed by the poet. Fine in Fine DJ. (a104900)
$45.00. MATHEMATISCHE ANNALEN - 79 band. 3 heft, Dezember 1918
Leipzig 1918 first edition. Teubner. octavo wraps. pp. 209-312. Good plus. slightly wrinkled. no owner marks. Works by J. Brower, Otto Haupt and others. (a104901)
$35.00. NATURE - A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE - 23 issues, July 7 - December 29, 1928
London 1928 first edition. Macmillan. 4to wraps. All issues are from volume 122. (3 issues are missing to make it unbroken run.) In group: No. 3062-3072; 3075-3081, 3083-3087. All VG. no owner marks. Index issue of vol 122 (lxi p.; this volume is only in good condition) is included as well. 24 issuees (23 plus index ) (a104902)
$260.00Gurney, Ronald W and Edward U. Condon; George Gamow. WAVE MECHANICS AND RADIOACTIVE DISINTEGRATION; THE QUANTUM THEORY OF NUCLEAR DISINTEGRATION (2 articles in 2 separate issues of NATURE 1928
London 1928 first edition. Macmillan. Gurney and Condon presented their paper on wave mechankics in September 22 issue p. 439 (vol 122 no.. 3073) ; Gamow presented his position on the topic in November 24 issue. p. 805-806 (vol 122 no. 3082) . Two original presentations. 4to wraps. VG+. clean, no owner marks. (a104903)
$350.00stereocard set. PALESTINE THROUGH THE STEREOSCOPE 100 VIEWS
c. 1903 Underwood and Underwood. Complete set of 100 original cards in original box. All views identified in 6 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Swedish and Russian. Boxed in original custom slipcase designed to look like two books with matching covers, each with convex spine with gilt lettering. Fine case. Stereocards are very fine. Strong bright images. Amazing collection in this condition. When photographs are viewed in a stereocard viewer, you can almost feel like you are there in the scene. (a20285)
$950.00Morum, Speculator. BIBLIOTHECA ARCANA BRIEF NOTICES OF BOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN SECRETLY PRINTED, PROHIBITED BY LAW, SEIZED, ANATHEMATISED, BURNT OR BODLERISED
1971. Reprint by Piscean Press distributed by Charles Skilton. Copy number 335 of 700. 8vo., 141pp., index, hardcover. Fine in near VG plus DJ, price clipped on dj. (a55705)
$35.00Brier, Bob (curator). NAPOLEON IN EGYPT
Brookville 1987. Exhibtion Catalogue, Hillwood Art Museum, C. W. Post , Brookville, Long Island, New York . Sm.4to., 48pp., color and monochrome illustrations, original illustrated wraps. very Near Fine. clean, no marks, no tears, no stains. (a58096)
$25.00Dexter, T. M.; M. C. Raff and A. H. Wyllie. THE ROLE OF APOPTOSIS IN DEVELOPMENT, TISSUE HOMEOSTASIS AND MALIGNANCY DEATH FROM INSIDE OUT ISBN 0-412-63810-X
London 1995 1st Chapman and Hall. ISBN 0-412-63810-X. 4to., 101pp., printed hardcover. Final Sale stamp on front free blank. Near Fine. (a55089)
$27.00Fowler, Albert. TWO TRENDS IN MODERN QUAKER THOUGHT A STATEMENT OF BELIEF
Wallingford 1961. Pendle Hill Pamphlet 112. 12mo., 32pp., original printed wraps. VG. (a55347)
$20.00Roos, Hans. A HISTORY OF MODERN POLAND FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE STATE IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR TO THE PRESENT DAY
London 1966 Eyre & Spottiswoode. Translated from German by J. R. Foster. Hardcover. Octavo, 303pp., index, end paper maps, cloth. . Fine, slight paperclip indentation on top margin of first 3 pages, in VG plus DJ, one quarterinch closed tear on rear panel. No owner marks. (a55355)
$25.00Diamond, Beatrice. AN EPISODE IN AMERICAN JOURNALISM: A HISTORY OF DAVID FROTHINGHAM AND HIS LONG ISLAND HERALD
Port Washington 1964. 8vo., 116pp., original hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. (a55365)
$24.00Novak, Grga. PREHISTORIJSKI HVAR GRAPCEVA SPILJA - THE CAVE OF GRABAK
Zagreb 1955 first edition. Hardcover. large 4to. Adriatic neolithic settlement. Text in Croatiann and in English. 381pp., many plates, charts, maps, half leather hardcover with brown cloth covered boards and red spine label. VG Plus, just light wear. (a66378)
$65.00(dance). ARABESQUE , JOURNAL OF MIDDLE EASTERN DANCE AND CULTURE - 8 ISSUES 1977-1978
NY 1977-1978. 8 issues of the bi-imonthly journal Middle Eastern Dance. Volume III Nos. IV, V; Volume IV Nos. I-VI. 4to., illustrations, pictorial wraps. Address label on rear cover of each issue. Near Fine. 8 issues. (a66380)
$89.00Babcock and Wilcox Company.. STEAM ITS GENERATION AND USE
NY 1927 36th ed, 3rd printing. 4to hardcover. Detailed technical survey of steam machinery. Hardcover 4to., 383pp., many monochrome photo illustrations, gilt decorated cark blue cloth. VG, no owner marks; no owner signature; light soiling and light wear, no DJ. Detailed technical survey of steam machinery and of the Babock and Wilcox Company. (a73113)
$39.00Chipman, John H. INDEX TO TOP-HIT TUNES (1900 - 1950)
Boston 1962 first edition. Humphries. Hardcover octavo. 249p. Near Fine. no owner marks. no dj. (a104896)
$25.00Allen, Ned Bliss. THE SOURCES OF JOHN DRYDEN'S COMEDIES
NY 1967 Gordian Press. Hardcover octavo. 298p. Fine. Unused. no dj. (a104895)
$24.00Klein, Felix; v. Dyck, Hilbert (eds). MATHEMATISCHE ANNALEN - 75. BAND
Leipzig 1914 first edition. Teubner. large octavo. 592p. 3/4 brown cloth with brown marbled boars. Mounted brown leather spine label. VG+. no owner marks. clean. Binding secure. Hinges not cracked. (a104894)
$135.00Kelly, Michael. SNOW IN SUMMER
London 1940 first edition. Collins. Hardcover octavo. Green cloth. 318p. VG + .no dj. no owner marks. Very Scarce. (a104893)
$95.00Bos, J.; F. J. Hulst and P. Brood. HUIZEN VAN STAND. GESCHIEDENIS VAN DE DRENTSE HAVEZATEN EN ANDERE HERENHUIZEN EN HUN BEWONERS
Amsterdam 1989 Boom Meppel. Hardcover. In Dutch. 4to., 560pp., illustrations, cloth. Fine in very Near Fine DJ (slightly rubbed). Unused. (a75175)
$65.00Grant, Ellsworth S.. STANADYNE A HISTORY
Windsor 1985 1st. Stanadyne was originally known as the Standard Screw Company. 8vo., 128pp., monochrome and color photo illustrations, hardcover. Fine in near Fine, rubbed, DJ. (a104892)
$39.00Domhoff, G William. THE BOHEMIAN GROVE AND OTHER RETREATS - A STUDY IN RULING-CLASS COHESIVENESS
NY 1974 first edition. Harper. Hardcover octavo.250p. End paper map (of Bohemian Grove) Near Fine in Near Fine dj. (dj rubed and slight edge wear) ISBN 0060110481. (a104891)
$47.00McCrindle, J F (ed); John Banville, Paul Bowles, T C Boyle, William Burroughs, Irish Murdock, Madger Piercy, Harold Pinter, etc. TRANSATLANTIC REVIEW 60 - FINAL ISSUE
London and NY 1977 first edition. octavo wraps. June issue. Final issue for this journal. VG no owner marks, light wear. (a104890)
$27.00Duriyanga, Phra Cehn. THAI MUSIC IN WESTERN NOTATION
Bangkok 1962 1st (stated). 12mo., 16pp., illus., wraps. VG. (a30578)
$25.00Lynch, John W. A WOMAN WRAPPED IN SILENCE
NY 1942 first edition. Macmillan. Hardcover sm4to. 277p. Religious poem about Jesus Christ. owner signed. VG solid, clean, no dj. (a104889)
$35.00Walker, Leslie J SJ. THEORIES OF KNOWLEDGE - ABSOLUTISM, PRAGMATISM, REALISM
London 1911 2nd edition. Longmans Green. Hardcover thick sm4to. Maroon cloth. 705p. 24p. (publisher ads). VG end papers toned; hinges not cracked in or out; no dj. Text clean; no owner marks. (a104888)
$85.00Wittfogel, Karl A.. ORIENTAL DESPOTISM A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TOTAL POWER
New Haven 1957 1st Yale university. Hardcover. Octavo, 556pp., black cloth. VG++, top two cover extreme tips gently bent inward; tiny snag in cloth on rear panel (barely visible, no cloth missing); clean; no owner marks, no dj. (a104887)
$95.00Delano, Alonzo. OLD BLOCK A LIVE WOMAN IN THE MINES; OR, PIKE COUNTY AHEAD.
NY 1857 Samuel French. Early drama about settlers in 19thc California. Engaging use of pioneer California argot and dialect. 12mo., 36pp., wraps with panel from original cover remounted. Good, somewhat worn. (a2937)
$39.00Lively, C E with photographs by Dorothea Lange. RURAL MIGRATION IN THE UNITED STATES
Washington 1939 first editon. GPO. Works Progress Administration. sm4to wraps. 192p. Photo illustrated with 6 fullpage photos by Dorothea Lange, 4 by Russell Werner Lee and 2 fine ones by Carl Mydans. VG. no owner marks; a few creases on cover. (a104884)
$79.00Royce, Josiah. THE RELIGIOUS ASPECT OF PHILOSOPHY - A CRITIQUE OF THE BASES OF CONDUCT AND OF FAITH
Boston 1885 first edition. Houghton Mifflin. Hardcover sm octavo. Maroon cloth. 484p. VG. hinges not cracked in or out; binding secure; text clean; no owner marks; tiny spot of discoloration (less than 1/4 inch) on spine; top edge gilt. no dj. Scarce first edition.l (a104885)
$150.00Leary, William. THE HIDDEN BIBLE
NY 1952 Merit. Hardcover 4to. 112p. Black cloth spine with red boards. VG no owner marks. (a104886)
$29.00Hayden, Julie. THE LISTS OF THE PAST (presentation copy signed by Hayden)
NY 1976 first edition. Viking. Hardcover octavo. 159p. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. **presentation copy signed by Hayden. (a104870)
$55.00Ambler, Eric (ed, intro). TO CATCH A SPY - AN ANTHOLOGY OF FAVOURITE SPY STORIES
NY 1965 first American edition. Atheneum. hardcover octavo. 224p. Stories by Ambler, Buchan, Ian Fleming, Graham Greene, Maugham, etc. Near Fine, owner signed. in VG dj. (a104869)
$22.00Nexo, Martin Andersen. DAYS IN THE SUN
NY 1929 first edition. Coward McCann. Hardcover octavo. Translated from Danish by Jacob Wittmer Hartmann. 297p. VG some uneven fading/spotting of cover cloth. Binding secure; no owner marks. Near Good dj, dj toned and lightly soiled; no major tears or chips. price not clipped (a104868)
$35.00Edwards, G. Thomas and Carlos A. Schwantes (editors). EXPERIENCES IN A PROMISED LAND ESSAYS IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST HISTORY (hardcover)
Seattle 1986 first edition. University of Washington. ISBN 0-295-96328-X. Hardcover. Octavo, 397pp., black cloth. Near Fine, no DJ. (a104867)
$35.00Hoffer, W. (editor) with assistance of Marjorie Brierley, Robert P. Knight, W. Clifford Scott and Charles Rycroft. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHO-ANALYSIS AND BULLETIN OF THE PSYCHO-ANALYTICAL ASSOCIATION. 17 ISSUES (1953 - 1964)
London 1953 - 1964. all first edition. Institute of Psycho-Analysis by Bailliere, Tindall and Cox. Vol 34 , 1953 part 1 to vol 45 , 1964, part 2/3. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. range in condition from Good - VG (most Good with light to moderate cover wear; one issue lacks rear cover panel ). No owner marks. 17 issues. List of issues in group available on request. Many important articles. (a104866)
$140.00Billington, Rachel. LOVING ATTITUDES
NY 1988 first US edition. Morrow. Hardcover. tall octavo. Near Fine (faint soiling on closed page ends.) Fine in Fine dj. (a103803)
$25.00Stout, Arthur Purdy; Schlumbers, Hans George; Castleman, Benjamin; Ackerman, Lauren; Dixon, Frank; Willis, Rupert. TUMORS OF THE SOFT TISSUES; TUMORS OF THE MEDIASTINUM; TUMORS OF THE THYMUS GLAND; TUMORS OF THE RETROPERITONEUM, MESENTERY AND PERITONEUM, TUMORS OF THE MALE SEX ORGANS; TERATOMAS (all in one hardcover volume)
Washington 1950's. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. 6 monographs bound together in one volume. Hardcover 4to., about 650pp., many photo illustrations, including some in color. bound in buckram. VG. (a28760)
$65.00Carver, Raymond. CATHEDRAL
1983 1st (stated) Knopf. Hardcover. Fine in VG++ DJ, tiny tear on top corner. (a27289)
$25.00Joubin, L.. JOHANNES SCHMIDT
Paris 1935 Annales de l'Institut Oceanographique Tome XIV Fasc. I. 4to., 19pp., portrait frontis, wraps. Schmidt 1877-1933, was Danish oceanographer. VG. (a27282)
$39.00Weber-Kellermann, Ingeborg. LUDOLF PARISIUS UND SEINE ALTMARKISCHEN VOLKSLIEDER
Berlin 1957 Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften ...Instituts fur Deutsche Volkskunde Band 10. Herausgabe der Melodien von Erich Stockhmann. Hardcover. Thick 4to., 793pp. VG+ in poor-fair worn, chipped DJ. (a27280)
$35.00Haruf, Kent. WHERE YOU ONCE BELONGED
New York 1990 first edition Summit. ISBN 0-671-65903-0. Hardcover. Octavo, 176pp., cloth. Fine in quite Near Fine DJ, slight rubbing. (a104871)
$45.00Volponi, Paolo. MY TROUBLES BEGAN
NY 1964 first edition, first printing. Grossman. Hardcover octavo. 231p. Fine, no owner marks. in VG dj. price not clipped. (a104872)
$29.00Yount, John. TOOTS IN SOLITUDE
NY 1984 first edition (stated) St. Martins. Hardcover octavo. Fine in Fine dj. (a104882)
$25.00Slaughter, Carolyn. THE INNOCENTS
NY 1986 first edition. Scribners. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dj. no owner marks. As New. (a104881)
$25.00Jesse, F. Tennyson. A PIN TO SEE THE PEEPSHOW (with scarce dj)
NY 1974 St. Martin's. Hardcover. Famous novel first published in 1934 is based on a real English murder case - it was later made into a BBC television producction. 515p. Near Fine, slight end paper toning; no owner marks. in Near Fine DJ which shows a photo illustration of Frencesca Annis as Julia Almond in the TV show. Scarce. (a104880)
$190.00Tirone Smith, Mary-Ann. LAMENT FOR A SILVER-EYED WOMAN
NY 1987 first edition. Morrow. Hardcover. 276p. Fine in Fine dj. (a104879)
$25.00Ascher, Carol. THE FLOOD
Freedom, California 1987 first edition. Crossing Press. Hardcover octavo. 191p. Fine in VG ++ DJ. no tears, no chips on dj. (a104878)
$29.00Randall, Clay . SIX-GUN BOSS
NY 1952 first edition. Random. Hardcover octavo. Brown papercovered boards. 244p. Near Fine, end papers lightly toned. no owner marks. in near VG fully pictorial dj. no major tears or chips on dj just overall moderate wear. price not clipped. DJ shows undercover detective lying on ground with his body protecting a gorgeous blond beneath him, gun pointed up and firing. Oklahoma-born author. (a104877)
$35.00Manto, Saadat Hasan. KINGDOM'S END AND OTHER STORIES
London and NY 1987 first edition. Verso. Hardcover octavo. Translated from Urdu by Khalid Hasan. 257p. Very Fine in Very Fine dj, As New. (a104876)
$28.00Shammas, Anton. ARABESQUES
NY 1986 first US edition. Harper. Hardcover octavo. Fine in Fine dj, As New. Fiction by/about Israeli Palestinians. (a104875)
$22.00Richter, Conrad. THE WATERS OF KRONOS
NY 1960 first edition (stated) Knopf. Hardcover octavo. VG owner signed in VG DJ by George Salter. DJ is price- clipped and spine ends are slightly worn down; no tears, no chips. (a104874)
$55.00Tuccio, Joseph. MARIANNA AND OTHER POEMS (signed by Tuccio)
Boston 1947 first edition. Humphries. Hardcover octavo. Blue cloth. 176p. Poetry. VG+ slight end paper toning. **Signed by Tuccio on front end paper. no dj. (a104873)
$55.00Cleaves, Charles Poole. THE CITY OF OPEN AIR AND OTHER VERSE
Concord NH 1927 1st Rumford. 110pp. Signed presentation copy to Wilmot Mitchell. VG in Good DJ, a bit browned. (a22299)
$25.00