Cincuentenario de "La Fraternidad" : sociedad de personal ferroviario de locomotoras (sociedad civil) adherida a la Federación Internacional de los Obreros del Transporte, Federación Sindical Internacional y Confederación General del Trabajo de la República Argentina : fundación, desarrollo, obra, 1887-20 de junio 1937
by CHITI, Juan B. and Francisco Agnelli
Buenos Aires: Casa Social Victoria 1928-38, 1937. First Edition. Octavo. Red cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine; 575pp. Text paper browned but not fragile; still a clean, tight VG copy, remarkably well-preserved given the cheap components of manufacture. Jubilee Anniversary volume for the Argentinian Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Illustrated throughout with portraits and halftone illustrations. OCLC notes only... Read More
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Ring-Tailed Roarers: Tall Tales of the American Frontier 1830-60
by CHITTICK, V. L. O.
Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, 1941. Octavo (24cm). Tan buckram stamped in black, in pictorial dust jackets; 316pp; publisher's ads to dust jacket verso; black and white wood engravings by Lloyd J. Reynolds. A firm copy with minor pencil erasures to front free endpapers, else Near Fine. Jacket unclipped (priced $3.50), spine-sunned, rubbed with slight chips at upper edge, reinforced... Read More
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JEAN GENET IN TANGIER
by Choukri, Mohamed
New York: The Ecco Press, 1974. First Edition. Bright orange cloth in dust jacket; small 8vo. 76 pp. Translated by Paul Bowles with introduction by William Burroughs. U.S. edition; published simultaneously in Canada by Macmillan. With four b/w photos. Corners and head/tail of spine bumped. Clean interior apart from small/light stain and ink smudge on one page. Some wear... Read More
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History and Bibliography of Anatomic Illustration
by CHOULANT, Ludwig; Mortimer Frank; Fielding H. Garrison; Edward C. Streeter; Charles Singer; J. Christian Bay
Mansfield Centre: Martino Fine Books, [n.d.]. Limited Edition. Facsimile reprint. Octavo (23cm). Grey cloth, titled in gilt; [xxviii],435pp. Bookplate of noted zoologist and marine biologist James G. Mead. A straight, clean copy, Near Fine.
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Signatures in Time: A Living HIstory of Middlesex County, Virginia
by CHOWNING, Larry; Archie Soucek, ed; Pat DePina, illus
N.p. [Urbanna?]: Middlesex County, 2012. First Edition. Quarto. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 412pp; illus. Fine copy in crisp, unworn dustwrapper; signed on title page by editor Archie Soucek and by Claudia Soucek, Chair of the Publication Committee. A lavishly-produced and very well-illustrated account of this historic county in Virginia's Tidewater region.
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Uganda Safari
by CHRISTIAN, Mary
Nashville: Convention Press, [1971]. First Edition. 12mo (20cm.); original white and orange photographically illustrated staplebound wrappers; 96pp.; illus. About Fine. Publication of the Foreign Mission Board.
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Rhodesia: The "Fearless" Proposals and the Six Principles
by CHRISTIE, M.J.
London: Africa Bureau, [1968]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 29pp. Fine.
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DESPERATE CHARACTERS: A Novella in Verse & Other Poems
by Christopher, Nicholas
New York: Viking, 1988. First edition. Third book of poetry by one of the foremost poet's of his generation, also, well-reviewed as a novelist. Only light wear to the dust jacket.
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THE CREATION OF THE NIGHT SKY [Inscribed]
by Christopher, Nicholas
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1998. First Edition. Briefly inscribed "For John" and signed in full by the poet in 2000. A Fine copy in like dustjacket. The poet's sixth collection.
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IN THE YEAR OF THE COMET
by Christopher, Nicholas
New York: Viking, 1992. First edition. An uncorrected proof copy in plain gray wrappers. Fine.
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IN THE YEAR OF THE COMET
by Christopher, Nicholas
New York: Viking, 1992. First edition. First printing, boards in dust jacket; 8vo. 83 pp. Review copy with review slip laid in. Fine in like dust jacket.
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DESPERATE CHARACTERS: A Novella in Verse & Other Poems
by Christopher, Nicholas
New York: Viking, 1988. First edition. Review copy with slip, flyer and author photo laid in. Third book of poetry by one of the foremost poets of his generation, also, well-reviewed as a novelist.
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DESPERATE CHARACTERS: A Novella in Verse & Other Poems
by Christopher, Nicholas
New York: Viking, 1988. First edition. An uncorrected proof copy in plain blue wrappers, with a page of blurbs (which appear on the back panel of the hardcover) inserted. Tail of spine has a 3/4 " tear, and the sheet of blurbs was once stapled to the FFEP, and staple marks show through to the title page. Still a... Read More
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Review 75, No. 14, Spring, 1975
by CHRIST, Ronald
New York: Center for Inter-American Relations, 1975. First Edition. Slim octavo (25cm); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers; 83pp.; illus. throughout. Wrapper extremities rather toned and slightly soiled, else About Very Good. Includes interviews with Gregory Rabassa and José Luis Cuevas.
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Lindeman's Daughters
by CHRISTENSEN, Synnove; Mervyn Savill, trans
London: Barrie, [1958]. First U.K. Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); original simulated cloth in pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; [6],426pp. Some shallow short tears and chips to jacket extremities, spine a bit browned; Fine in Very Good jacket. Norwegian historical novel set in the latter half of the 18th century. Christensen's second novel to be awarded the Scandinavian Novel Prize.
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Considerations for the Candid Mind Enquiring After Divine Truth
by [RELIGIOUS STUDIES - CHRISTIANITY]
Utica: D.C. Grove, 1854. First Edition. 16mo (13.5cm.); stitched self-wrappers; 13pp. A hint of foxing, else Fine. Considers the question "What is the truth of God, and how are we to find it?" Quite uncommon.
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Marah: A Story of Old Virginia
by CHRISTIAN, W. Asbury
Richmond: L. H. Jenkins, 1903. First Edition. First printing. 12mo (19cm). Green cloth stamped in dark green; 386pp; black and white photographic illustrations. 1915 gift inscription on front free endpaper. Rubbed, slightly faded on spine, but generally sound and bright: Very Good. An obscure novel about life in the Blue Ridge Mountains before and after the Civil War. [62280].... Read More
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Leaf and Flower Pictures, and How to Make Them
by [CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY] [AMERICAN FOLK ART] "H.B.
New York: Anson D. F. Randolph, 1857. First Edition. First printing. Small quarto (20cm). Brown cloth stamped in blind and gilt; plain endpapers; 5pp; 8 color plates. Extensively marked and annotated in ink and pencil, including 1875 ownership inscriptions throughout. Rubbed and shaken, lacking front free endpaper and one tissue guard, foxed throughout: a sound copy, just Good. The... Read More
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Chryssa: Urban Icons
by CHRYSSA; Douglas G. Schultz, intro
Buffalo, NY: Albright-Knox Gallery, 1983. First Edition. Quarto (30.5cm x 30.5cm). Glossy pictorial wrappers (softcover); 80pp; illus. Very Good copy; slight shelf wear to extremities; slight crease to bottom cover corner, else clean and tight. Catalogue for the exhibition "Cryssa: Urban Icons" organized by Douglas G. Schultz for the Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo, NY held November 13, 1982-January 2,... Read More
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Russia's Bitter Path to Modernity: A History of the Soviet and Post-Soviet Eras
by CHUBAROV, Alexander
New York: Continuum, [2001]. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; x,318pp. Fine condition.
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The Catholic Mind, Vol. XXXIV, no. 21, November 8, 1936
by [CATHOLIC CHURCH]
New York: America Press, 1936. First Edition. 12mo (18.5cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 425-453pp. A hint of wear else Near Fine. Contents chiefly devoted to "The Christian Constitution of States" by Pope Leo XIII, an encyclical letter first issued on November 1, 1885, followed by questions and references.
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Pictorial History of the Virginia Conference. The Church of the United Brethren in Christ from 1800 to 1946, and the Evangelical United Brethren Church from 1946, at which time the Church of the United Brethren in Christ and the Evangelical Church united to form the Evangelical United Brethren Church
by [CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN] GLOVIER, David Franklin
Staunton, VA: McClure Printing, 1965. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Pebble-grained navy-blue cloth hardcover; gilt titles; 350pp; illus; folding map at rear. Mild external dusting, still a tight, straight, Near Fine copy free of markings or significant wear.
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L'Eglise et le Cloitre de Saint Andre Le Bas a Vienne
by [CHURCH ARCHITECTURE] ALBRAND, Emilie
Vienne: Syndicat D'Initiative, 1951. First Edition. Octavo (25.5 cm). Printed thick paper wrappers; 87pp+ 6 leaves of plates. Tight, clean, and unmarked - Near Fine. Text in French. Guidebook to the cathedral & cloisters.
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The Constitution of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America: and the Canons of the Said Church, from A.D. 1789, to A.D. 1804, Inclusive
by EPISCOPAL CHURCH
New-York: T. & J. Swords, 1805. First Edition. Octavo (ca. 22cm.); disbound; viii,[5]-40pp. Some minor toning and spotting, shallow loss at upper corner of title page (serving as upper cover) not approaching text, else Very Good and sound. SABIN 66135; SHAW & SHOEMAKER 9208.
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Social Service at the General Convention of 1931
by [EPISCOPAL CHURCH]
New York: National Council / Department of Christian Social Service, 1931. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); staplebound self-wrappers printed within double rule; 14pp. Some light wear from handling, occasional pencil check marks to margins, minor toning to extremities, else Very Good. Topics discussed heavily reflect the early days of the Great Depression, among these unemployment relief and rural work, the... Read More
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