Pictures of Rochester in Verse
by Bingeman, Melissa E
Rochester, New York: Melissa E. Bingeman, 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. No jacket. Boards very faintly toned, sticker on front free endpaper. 1930 Hard Cover. 35 pp. These poems appeared serially in the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle from March to October, 1930. Places include the Port of Rochester, Oxford Street, Cob's Hill,... Read More
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Pictures of Rochester in Verse
by Bingeman, Melissa E
Rochester, New York: Melissa E. Bingeman, 1930. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Includes original tissue jacket. Half inch tear along top edge of front jacket wrapper, a few chips to jacket edges. Errata pasted on front endpaper. 1930 Hard Cover. 35 pp. These poems appeared serially in the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle from March to October, 1930. Places... Read More
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Contemporary Ethical Theories
by Binkley, Luther J
New York: Philosophical Library, Inc, 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Fist edition. No jacket. Page ridges lightly foxed. 1961 Hard Cover. 203 pp. CONTENTS: Preface; Intuitionism; The Emotive Theory of Ethics; The Language and the Logic of Morals; Ethical Philosophy and Moral Living.
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Tell the World: What Happened in China and Why
by Binyan, Liu; Ming, Ruan; Gang, Xu; Epstein, Henry L
New York: Pantheon Books, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x5x1. First edition. An excellent copy. 1989 Hard Cover. xix, 195 pp. China's greatest investigative reporter offers a powerful account of his country's recent political turbulence, with an assessment of the era of Deng Xiaoping, his real legacy, and the crisis China faces.
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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
by Bird, Kai; Sherwin, Martin J
New York: Vintage Books, 2006. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x1x8. New. Reprint. An exceptional copy. 2006 Trade Paperback. xiii, 721 pp. Inspiration for the award-winning 2023 film Oppenheimer, starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., etc. American Prometheus is a rich evocation of America at midcentury, a new and compelling portrait of a brilliant, ambitious,... Read More
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The Kabbala: An Introduction to Jewish Mysticism and Its Secret Doctrine
by Bischoff, Erich
York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser, Inc, 1991. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x8. Reprint. Ink name and date inside, otherwise an excellent copy. 1991 Trade Paperback. viii, 76 pp. First English translation. The author uses a question and answer format to provide basic background information for the study of Kabbals. Includes history, doctrines, anthropology, magical methods, talismans, and... Read More
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Winged Peace: The Story of the Air Age
by Bishop, Billy; Bishop, Arthur
New York: McGraw Hill, 1990. Reissue. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8x5x0. 1990 reissue of 1944 original, with a new afterword by Arthur Bishop. Faint edge wear. xiv, [8], 183 pp. First published in 1944, Winged Peace is the story of aviation, and its future as seen through the eyes of Canada's leading fighter pilot ace in World War... Read More
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A Pound of Cure: A Story of Monte Carlo
by Bishop, William Henry
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1894. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. First edition. U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing's copy, with his bookplate on front endpaper (these were purchased from a family library in Henderson Harbor, NY, near his birthplace in Watertown, which included many other works owned by him). Spine toned, boards lightly toned, some pages... Read More
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Battle of Britain
by Bishop, Patrick
London: Quercus, 2010. Revised Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x1x7. Revised edition. A fine copy. 2010 Trade Paperback. 384 pp. Battle of Britain is a riveting chronicle of the epic struggle between the Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe. It is the story of Britain's fight for national survival, from the shock defeat and evacuation from Dunkirk in May/June... Read More
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American Folk Sculpture: A Fully Illustrated Survey of an Authentic American Art Form - Decoys, Whirligigs, Ships & Figureheads, Scrimshaw, Weathervanes, Toys, Pottery, Carousel Figures, Gravestones, Tradesmen's Signs, Cigar-Store Indians & Other Collectibles
by Bishop, Robert; Black, Mary (Foreword)
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1974. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x1x11. First edition. Faint edge wear. 1974 Large Hardcover. 392 pp. Color and black-and-white illustrations throughout. Includes: Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Gravestones; Signs of the Past; Metal Weathervanes; Ships and Figureheads; Scrimshaw; Famous Americans; From the Waters; Wooden Weathervanes; How the House Works; Birds of a Feather;... Read More
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Beyond Even Faithful Legends: Selected Poems, 1962-1976
by Bissett, Bill; Early, Len
Los Angeles: Talonbooks, 1980. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Good. 5x0x8. First printing. Front cover creased, ink name on half-title page, pages toned. 1980 Trade Paperback. 160 pp. This volume represents the most definitive and comprehensive selection of bissett’s writing from the 1960s and 1970s, in voices “erotik, politikul, humorous, lyrikul, sound-vizual, narrative, meditative, konkreet, collage, and song-chants.â€
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Building a Peaceful Nation: Julius Nyerere and the Establishment of Sovereignty in Tanzania, 1960-1964 (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)
by Bjerk, Paul
Rochester, New York: University of Rochester, 2015. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 6x1x9. First edition. Minimal wear to corners. 2015 Hard Cover. xvii, 374 pp. Extensive notes, bibliography, and index follow text. Includes 12 maps. A compelling account of the establishment of Tanzania's stable and ambitious government in the face of external threats... Read More
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On Exhibit: Victorians and Their Museums (Victorian Literature and Culture Series)
by Black, Barbara J
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. Pencil underlining and marginalia in text, top corner of front free endpaper torn out. Binding tight and square. 2000 Hard Cover. 242 pp. Why did the Victorians collect with such a vengeance and exhibit in museums? Focusing on this key nineteenth-century enterprise, Barbara... Read More
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James Miner of Winchester
by Black, Carl E. [Ellsworth]
S.N, 1928. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Edward G. Miner's (son of James Miner) copy with his bookplate and name in pencil on front endpapers. Former University of Rochester Medical Library copy - usual marks. 1928 Hard Cover. 8 pp. Photographic portrait of James Miner, facsimiles of several documents. A biography of the graduate of the Jefferson Medical... Read More
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In Too Deep
by Black, Ronica
Pennsylvania: Bold Strokes Books, Inc, 2005. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x8. First printing. Fine. 2005 Trade Paperback. 329 pp. When undercover work requires working under the covers, danger is an uninvited bedfellow… Erin McKenzie, a newly promoted homicide detective, lands the assignment of her career when she is chosen to investigate Elizabeth Adams, the number one suspect... Read More
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Captain Kodak: A Camera Story
by Black, Alexander
Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1899. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Black, Alexander. Second edition. Paper illustration on front board chipped and loosening on one side, binding starting. 1899 Hard Cover. 288 pp. With photographic illustrations by the author. "In the olden days people peered about in the world for the fountain of perpetual youth. Nowadays they are... Read More
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A Big Wind for Summer
by Black, Gavin
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1975. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x5x1. First American edition. Jacket edges very lightly rubbed. 1975 Hard Cover. 217 pp. A Paul Harris mystery, set in Scotland. Lady Eloise has asked Paul to sell a Renoir for her. Paul knew, fortunately, something about the art world. He also knew... Read More
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Warfare in the Eighteenth Century (Smithsonian History of Warfare)
by Black, Jeremy
New York: Smithsonian Books / Collins, 2002. 1st Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 5x0x7. First printing. Remainder mark on page base. 2002 Soft Cover. 240 pp. Worldwide warfare might seem like a twentieth-century development, but the colonial empires of Europe fought wars around the globe in the eighteenth. With domains spreading to the Americas and across the Pacific... Read More
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Fighting for America: The Struggle for Mastery in North America, 1519-1871
by Black, Jeremy
Bloomington and Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2011. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 96x17x144. Second printing. A fine copy. 2011 Trade Paperback. xvii, 470 pp. Prize winning author Jeremy Black traces the competition for control of North America from the landing of Spanish troops under Hernán Cortés in modern Mexico in 1519 to 1871 when, with the Treaty... Read More
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Kyiv as Regime City: The Return of Soviet Power after Nazi Occupation (Rochester Studies in East and Central Europe)
by Blackwell, Martin J
Rochester, New York: University of Rochester Press, 2016-07-20. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 6x1x9. First edition. Two light scratches on rear board, otherwise an excellent copy. xiv, [2], 239 pp. Extensive notes, bibliography, and index follow text. Charts the resettlement of the Ukrainian capital after Nazi occupation and the returning Soviet rulers' efforts... Read More
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Slaine by the Doones, and Other Stories
by Blackmore, R.D. [Richard Doddridge]
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1895. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First American edition. Top edge of rear board rubbed, tear to margin of pages 95/96. 1895 Hard Cover. iii, 244 pp. Gilt titles and decor, top edge gilt. Precedes UK edition, which was published in 1896 as Tales from the Telling House.... Read More
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Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor
by Blackmore, R.D. [Richard Doddridge]; Winterich, John T
New York: The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf, 1943. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Austen, John. Lacks slipcase and one color plate (meant to face p. 272, entitled There Were But Six). Spine and edges faded. 1943 Hard Cover. xv, [1], 549 pp. 8vo. Blue-green cloth, gilt titles, brown decorations, color frontispiece and plates, and black-and-white illustrations, by... Read More
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Hearts Aflame
by Black, Ronica
New York: Bold Strokes Books, Inc, 2007. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x8. First edition. Fine. 2007 Trade Paperback. 246 pp. Real estate guru Krista Wyler is soon at the mercy of the Arizona desert when she learns she has inherited her family's business, Wyler Ranch. Krista reluctantly moves in, but her plan is to sell the ranch... Read More
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Wild Abandon
by Black, Ronica
New York: Bold Strokes Books, Inc, 2006. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x8. First printing. Fine. 2006 Trade Paperback. 247 pp. Doctor Chandler Brogan's favorite things start with the letter S: Speed, Sex, and as she soon discovers when a cop pulls her over on her motorcycle for reckless driving…Sarah. Chandler is a clinical psychologist who focuses on... Read More
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Dark Euphoria
by Black, Ronica
Valley Falls, New York: Bold Strokes Books, Inc, 2018. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. First edition. Top page ridge bumped. 2018 Trade Paperback. 253 pp. Lonely, fatigued, intense. Detective Maria Diaz is too overworked to pay attention to anything beyond putting one foot in front of the other. When a high profile case drops on her... Read More
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