The Blue Guides: Wales.
by Rossiter, Stuart
Small 8vo, blue cloth with gilt title on spine, illustrated, 300 pp. No dust jacket, very slight aging; otherwise near fine. Packed with lots of plans maps and information, including a very detailed index. Appears to be a fifth edition of this work, which was originally published in 1922.
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Bummy Davis Vs. Murder, Inc.
by Ross, Ron.
8vo, cloth, gilt title on spine, dust jacket, 418 pp. Condition, like new. Al "Bummy Davis (1920-1945) was a top lightweight and welterweight fighter, winning 65 out of 79 fights. He had wins over top fighters in his era, but was gunned down in 1945 in an attemped robbery of his bar.
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Audubon
by Rourke, Constance.
8vo, lacking dust jacket, illustrated, 342 pp. Some minor staing to back cover, a little cover fading in rear, slight spine wear, normal aging; otherwise very good. Includes 12 colored plates from original Audubon prints.
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Lorenzo the Magnificent.
by Rowdon, Maurice.
Large 8vo, hardcover, dust jacket, crest on cover and gilt title on spine, illustrated, 237 pp. Very good dust jacket, some minor aging, but very good plus overall. Great treatment of a very interesting person.
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Leonardo da Vinci.
by Rowdon, Maruice.
8vo, hardcover, clothgilt title on top cover and spine, dust jacket, illustrated, 230 pp. A little aging and minor wear to dj; otherwise in excellent shape. A wonderful easy to read work on a great historical figure.
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Knights and the Age of Chivalry.
by Rudorff, Raymond.
Tall 8vo, hardcover, cloth, gilt title on spine, dust jacket, illustrated, 240 pp. Slight wear to dust jacket; otherwise in near fine condition. Great subject, and good coverage.
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Tales of Mr. Pengachoosa
by Rush, Caroline
8vo, carboard glossy funish illustrated covers, illustrated, 56 pp. Some slight aging; otherwise very good plus plus. Illustrations by Dominique Michele Strandquest.
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Dame Wiggins of Lee and Her Seven Wonderful Cats.
by [Ruskin, John].
Small 8vo, original cloth, with title on front cover, illustrated, 76 pp. A little soiling to covers, slight edgewear, margin tear to front endpaper, normal aging; otherwise very good plus. According to the title page this "Famous Ballad" was told in England in 1885, and new verses were added by John Ruskin. The very charming, and witty illustrations were... Read More
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Witchcraft in teh Middle Ages
by Russell, Jeffrey Burton
8vo, cloth, dust jacket, 394 pp. DJ a little worn at edges and maybe a couple of small nicks; otherwise in excellent condition. A very historical and detailed account of the subject.
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U.S. Camera 1943.
by [U.S. Camera].
Large 4to, red cloth, gilt title on top cover and spine, illustrated, subscription post cards in rear, 271 pp. No dust jacket, minor page marking from some pages sticking together, spine a little faded, but covers are bright and new in appearance, normal aging; otherwise very good. Edited by T. J. Maloney, this installment has many WWII photos, including one... Read More
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America and Her Almanacs.
by Sagendorph, Robb.
8vo, dust jacket, cloth, illustrated, 318 pp. Dust jacket with a few small chips and tears at the extremities, small remnant of old label on front endpaper; otherwise great content condition in a very good dust jacket. Sagendorph presents an illustrated history of American almanacs from 1639-1970. His discussion includes a chapter on collecting old almanacs.
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Property For Sale By The Pennsylvania Building And Loan Association. For Cash Or Stock Of The Association.
by [Property Sale]:
Pamphlet 8vo, string-bound printed wrappers, 12 pp. General wear, foxing and soiling, closed tear to wrappers at heel, vertical crease, some property descriptions are X'd out, and some written notations next to some properties; probably indicating sale good. Appears to be set up like an auction catalogue, with descriptions of each property, and some hand written notations.
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Physiotherapy Technic: A Manual of Applied Physics.
by Sampson C.M.
8vo, cloth, gilt lettering on spine, illustrated, 445 pp. Spine title faded, mormal aging and browning; otherwise very good. This is a rather early work on the subject, and contains 85 illustrations. #
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Stand Up and Fight
by Sanford, Harry
8vo, hardcove, dust jacket, 204 pp. DJ some slight edgewear, normal aging; otherwise very good plus. Sanford provides analysis of key boxers of the 1950s and 1960s, including Liston, Marciano and Patterson.
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Daily Nevada State Journal. Vol/ LXVI. No.18. Friday Morning, April 20 1906.
by [San Francisco Earthquake].
Folio newsprint, 8 pp. Significant browning and aging, paper a bit brittle, old middle folds, some loss of paper at center folds, loss of some wording, some minor edge chips, tears, and folds; otherwise about good. The paper provides substantial coverage of this devastating event, including the brave last stand of firemen, miles of burning buildings and and the... Read More
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San Francisco Giants 1960 Year Book.
by [San Francisco Giants].
4to, program, illustrated, 47,[1] pp. A couple of pages loose, spine has a 1 1/2" split on bottom, some minor creasing, a little cover darkening, normal aging; overall about very good. In 1959 the Giants finished third in the NL. The 1960 season would be their first in the new Candlestick Park. The Giants had some great talent, but finished... Read More
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Le Royaume De France divise en Toutes fes Provinces…
by Sanson, Nicholas.
Copper engraved map, double page, (24" x 20"), hand colored, and large uncolored title cartouches. Some minor soiling, a little wear along centerfold, with old verso repair, normal aging; very good. Samson (1600-1667) is often referred to as the father of French cartography. Louis XIII was impressed with his work and appointed him "Geographe Ordinaire du Roi". During his career... Read More
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A Dreadful Catastrophe Visits Santa Rosa
by Santa Rosa, California
Newspaper, 8x10, single sheet printed on both sides. Browned and brittle, skinned area of verso obliterating a small area of text, small hole and minor tears. Rare complete "day after" newspaper account of the damage done to Santa Rosa by the devastating earthquake of April 18, 1906. Unlike San Francisco, where fires ultimately did most of the damage, in Santa... Read More
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Emergencies of General Practice.
by Sargent, Percy, M.B., B.C., and Russell, Alfred., M.D., B.S.
Small 4to, cloth, title in gilt on spine, illustrated, 454 pp. Gilt lettering a little faded, slight edgewear, normal aging; otherwise very good. Everything you would expect on this type of book; treatment for wounds, fractures, burns, and of course insanity.
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Picturing Plants: An Analytical History of Botanical Illustrations.
by Saunders, Gill.
Square 8vo, hardcover, dust jacket, illustrated, 132 pp. Slight stain on cover; otherwise DJ and contents in excellent condition. A nice history of botanical art in books.
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The Compleat Fisherman. Being a Large and Particular Account of all the Several Ways of Fishing now Practiced in Europe, with Abundance of Curious Secrets and Niceties in the Art of Fishing…
by Saunders, John.
12mo, period full calf, spine gilt, early rebacking with spine leather laid down, folding copper-engraved frontispiece, [6], 234 pp. Binding rubbed, and with a little wear, hinges are cracked, but still firm, lacking front free endpaper, pencil notation on pastedown, frontispiece creased and a little foxed, some light foxing and soiling; otherwise very good. This is a rather scarce fishing... Read More
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Sketches of Travels in South America, Mexico, and California
by Schaeffer, L.M
New York: James Egbert, 1860. First Edition. Small 8vo, original blind-stamped brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, 247 pp. Spine a bit faded, light edge wear, small stain on rear pastedown; otherwise near fine. Schaeffer left New York in March 1849, and sailed across the horn to San Francisco. According to Kurutz, Schaeffer originally contributed these sketches to a... Read More
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Accurate Geographsche Delineation des Hochf Schfs Amtes Weissenfeels…
by Schenk, Peter.
Engraved double page map (23 1/2" x 20 1/2"), partially hand colored, large decorative title cartouche, edges with two columns of text. Archival tape repair in middle of the bottom margin, normal aging; otherwise about near fine. Very nice impression. Peter Schenk (1693-1775) was the son of Peter Schenk the Elder, another well-known Dutch cartographer. He was... Read More
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Johann Gutenberg: Inventor of Printing.
by Scholderer, Victor.
Thin 8vo, paperback, illustrated. 32 pp plus plates. A little aging and browning; otherwise in great condition. Nice little book about the farther of printing, with some nice illustrations.
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The American Indians. Their History, Condition and Prospects, from Original Notes and Manuscripts.
by Schoolcraft, Henry R.
8vo (9 x 5 ½) bound in half dark tan calf and marbled boards, spine tooled in gilt, 495 pp Illustrated with 2 lithographic plates, including a frontispiece portrait of King Hendrick and a portrait of Pocahontas, and two other illustrations. Extremities and joints rubbed, light soiling, lacks spine label, hinges cracking, some foxing and aging to contents, and... Read More
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