The Clandestine Marriage: A Comedy in Five Acts (Modern Standard Drama No. XXXVIII)
by Colman, the Elder, George
New York: William Taylor and Company, No Date. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. SCARCE. Very good-. Front wrapper and spine are missng. Rear wrapper is present. Light edgewear to title page (which acts as front wrapper. Text is clean and bright. 82 pages. Drama. DRA1/3222.
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Heinrich Bircher (1850-1923). Chirurg, Demograph und Militärarzt. Inaugural - Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde der Medizinischen Fakultät der Universität Basel
by Colombo, Jean-Pierre [Heinrich Bircher]
Basel: Benno Schwabe & Co, 1961. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Heinrich Bircher was a Swiss surgeon, demographer, and military doctor. Very good in original tan paper wrappers with black title to front cover. This inaugural dissertation on Heinrich Bircher was written at the University of Basel in Switzerland. In German. Includes frontispiece, diagrams, and illustrations. Stamp on front... Read More
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The Key of the Pacific: The Nicaragua Canal
by Colquhoun, Archibald Ross
Westminster: Archibald Constable and Company, 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. With numerous illustrations, plans, and maps. An examination of how to travel to the Far East by means of the Nicaragua Canal including studies of "the problem in all its varied bearings - mechanical, commecial, and political - made on the ground and in the study,... Read More
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Address of Cornelius Comegys, Esq., on the Pennsylvania Tilghmans
by Comegys, Cornelius
Baltimore: The Eastern Shore Society of Baltimore City, 1914. Paperback. Very Good -. Paperback. Delivered at the meeting of the Society held at the Hotel Rennert April 18th, 1914, the anniversary of the death of Col. Tench Tilghman. SCARCE. White paper wrappers with black title to spine. Disbound but complete. Writing in pencil to inside of rear wrapper.... Read More
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Report of Her Majesty's Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the State, Discipline, Studies, and Revenues of the University and Colleges of Oxford: Together with the Evidence and an Appendix
by Oxford University Commission
London: W. Clowes and Sons, 1852. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. This large quarto presents the extensive report produced by the Commission on all aspects of the operations and conditions existing at Oxford. The report is preceded by a record of the Commission's meetings and is followed by the Evidence and Appendix ; for the report's findings. Bound in... Read More
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Historic Sites & Districts Plan. Prince George's County Maryland
by Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Silver Spring, MD: Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. A functional plan amendment to the General Plan for Prince George's County. It presents a summary of the County's history and of the status of national and local preservation efforts. Bound in tan paper wrappers with black title to spine panel and white title... Read More
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Part I. Minutes of Evidence Taken by the Commissioners, Together with an Appendix and Index. Part II. Certain Circulars Addressed by the Commissioners to the University and the Colleges, Together with the Answers, or a Digest Thereof
by University of Oxford Commission
London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1881. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. This large quarto presents the extensive minutes of evidence produced by the Commission on all aspects of the operations and conditions existing at Oxford. It includes an appendix and index and is accompanied by circulars addressed by the commissionerst ogether with answers. Bound in three quarter... Read More
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![Der Kalewala oder die traditionelle Poesie der Finnen. Historisch-kritische Studie über den Ursprung der grossen nationalen Epopöen [A Historical-Critical Study of the Traditional Poetry of the Finns]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/195/570/877570195.0.m.jpg)
Der Kalewala oder die traditionelle Poesie der Finnen. Historisch-kritische Studie über den Ursprung der grossen nationalen Epopöen [A Historical-Critical Study of the Traditional Poetry of the Finns]
by Comparetti, Domenico
Halle: Max Niemeyer, 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Very good in dark green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Minor wear to edges of boards and minor rubbing to front cover. Ex-library with stamp from Budapest to title page and writting in pen beneath stamp. Pencil underlining to a few passages in table of contents, but clean... Read More
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Presenting A Super Phone System of Inter-Office Communication
by Holtzer-Cabot Electric Company
Boston: Holtzer-Cabot, 1940. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. An advertising piece for an early executive control system from Holtzer-Cabot Electric, a Boston company specializing in motors, telegraphs and telephones, and fire alarm systems. They closed in 1972. A four-page folder on card stock with pictures of the phones and speaker, and a detachable postcard for requesting more information. Very... Read More
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William Congreve's Way of the World: A Comedy in Five Acts. Big Blue Book No. B-17
by Congreve, William, Lloyd E. Smith [editor]
Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius Company, 1926. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. SCARCE. Very good in blue side stapled paper wraps with black title to front wrapper. Browning to edges. 96 pages. Literature. LIT211101.
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The Rock Pool
by Connolly, Cyril
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Hardcover. The first book and one of only two novels written by Connolly (the other being Shade Those Laurels published in 1990). The novel was not published in England until several years later. Cyril Connolly (1903-1974) was a prominent critic, editor, and writer, widely published in The New Statesman... Read More
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A Tribute to Cardinal William Keeler
by Connor, Rev. Charles P.
Mount St. Mary's University, 2013. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. William Keeler (1931-2017) was Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland from 1989 to 2007 and was named to the College of Cardinals in 1994. While he was known for many accomplishments during his ministry, especially promoting interfaith communication, he is most remembered for his ambivalent role in the unfolding Catholic Church clergy... Read More
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Conradiana: A Journal of Joseph Conrad. Volume VI, Numbers 1, 2, and 3. 1974
by [Conrad, Joseph]
Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University, 1974. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. All three issues are in very good condition with minor browning to edges of wrappers and spines. Bound in grey paper wrappers with brown titles to spines and illustration of Conrad to front covers. Clean interiors. Periodicals. PER/121113.
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L'aventure
by Conrad, Joseph et Ford, Ford Madox
Paris: Simon Kra, 1926. First French Edition. Paperback. Very Good. First French Edition. Paperback. LIMITED EDITION. SCARCE IN THE UNITED STATES: L'aventure is a French translation by Marc Chadourne of the novel Romance, a collaborative effort written by Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford. It was the second of their three collaborations. The English version of the novel... Read More
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Conradiana: A Journal of Joseph Conrad. Volume IV, Numbers 1, 2, and 3. 1972
by [Conrad, Joseph]
Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University, 1972. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. All three issues are in very good condition with minor wear to edges of wrappers and a few light smudge marks. Bound in beige paper wrappers with brown titles to spines and illustration of Conrad to front covers. Clean interiors. Periodicals. PER/121113.
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Das Goldene Zeitalter
by Conradi, L.R.
Hamburg: Brunn Udvent, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good -. Hardcover. Very good minus thick octavo. Bound in green cloth spine with paper covered decorative boards with embossed faux-leather pattern. Gilt title to spine and front cover. Minor wear to edges of boards. Interior yellowed; dampstain and rippling along edges of pages. Fold-out tinted frontis; illustrations throughout. In German Script.... Read More
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Big Two-Hearted River
by [Contre Coup Press] Hemingway, Ernest; Nick Baute, illustrations
Louisville, KY: Contre Coup Press, 2011. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. One of 24 copies. Signed by the illustrator on the colophon. This is a particularly fine press production of one of Hemingway's stories and is uncommon in commerce, with OCLC showing only seven copies. It is one of the more elaborate works of Tim Hawley's now defunct Contre Coup... Read More
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All Mankind
by Converse, Gordon N., R. Norman Matheny, Peter Main, Barth Falkenberg
The Christian Science Publishing Society, 1983. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine DJ. Hardcover. Published on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Christian Science Monitor. Fine in near fine grey and white illustrated dust jacket with black title to front panel and white title to grey spine panel. Minor toning to front panel. Filled with beautiful photographic... Read More
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The Hymns of Homer, Translated into Verse from the Original Greek: with Notes, Critical and Explanatory. To Which is prefixed an inquiry into the life of Homer
by Homer; Columbus C. Conwell
Philadelphia: Mifflin & Parry, 1830. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Bound in the original tan paper over blue paper covered boards with paper title label to spine. Small chip to title label. Rubbing, wear, markings, and fading to boards and spine. Minor wear to corners and edges of boards. Heavy foxing to interior. Unopened pages. 127 pages. A thin... Read More
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The Blot on Parliament and the Cleansing
by Arcanum [C.H. Cook]
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good +. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. First Edition. According to the introduction: "The object of this book is to point out the remarkable and terrible results of this extraordinary and mischievous feature of the party system and to suggest a simple remedy ... I have set out facts and arguments... Read More
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The Blot on Parliament
by Arcanum [C.H. Cook]
London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1923. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. According to the introduction: "The object of this book is to point out the remarkable and terrible results of this extraordinary and mischievous feature of the party system and to suggest a simple remedy ... I have set out facts and arguments in a... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed to Alfred Harmsworth
by Cook, E.T. [Edward Tyas]
1901. Good. E.T. Cook ALS to Alfred Harmsworth, 4 pages, 16 January 1901. Good literary letter in which journalist and editor Cook gives detailed views on a new periodical Harmsworth was considering starting.
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The Land and People of the United States of America
by Cook, F.G. Alletson
New York: Macmillan, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good + in Very Good DJ. Hardcover. SIGNED. 8vo. Orange cloth covered boards with red title to front board and to spine. Slight foxing to first few pages. Illustrations throughout. Includes the author's business card with note written on the back which reads " Remember- this is a juvenile! And written for... Read More
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La Pintura Mural Romanica en Cataluna
by Cook, Walter W. S.
Madrid: Instituto Diego Velazquez, Del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Very Good hardcover with slightly soiled white dustjacket. Several black and white reproductions. In Spanish. Spanish Art. ART/7192.
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A catalogue of the Altschul Collection of George Meredith in the Yale University Library
by Coolidge, Bertha, compiler; Frank Altschul, preface; Chancey Brewster Tinker, introduction
[New York]: Privately printed, 1941. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. One of 500 copies printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press.Bound in quarter black cloth with orange and brown marbled paper boars. Quarter black cloth with marbled paper boards. Paper label to spine with gitl title. T.e.g. Light wear to bottom edges, unevenly sunned, otherwise very good. With... Read More
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