Italian Politics: Adjustment Under Duress
by BULL, Martin J. and James L. Newell
[Cambridge]: Polity, [2005]. First Edition. Wrapper issue. Octavo (24.5cm.); publisher's pictorial card wrappers; xiv,262pp.; illus. Light shelf wear and dust-soil, else Near Fine.
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![Contemporary Italy: A Research Guide [Review Copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/997/583/1284583997.0.m.jpg)
Contemporary Italy: A Research Guide [Review Copy]
by BULL, Martin J.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, [1996]. First Edition. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's teal cloth stamped in black and gilt; xvii,[1],141pp. Fine condition. Review copy with promotional materials laid in. Published as "Bibliographies and Indexes in World History," No. 43.
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History and Eschatology: The Gifford Lectures 1955
by BULTMANN, D. Rudolf
Edinburgh: The University Press, 1957. First Edition. Octavo (21cm). Green cloth; [x],[172]pp. Former owner's name to front free endpaper; occasional pencil annotations. Sound but lightly rubbed, faded at spine and edges, minor discoloration to endleaves: Very Good. Bultmann was a German Lutheran theologian and a key figure in early twentieth-century Biblical studies.
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The Works of Edward Lytton Bulwer, Esq. in Two. Volumes: Containing Pelham; The Disowned; Devereux; Paul Clifford; Eugene Aram; The Last Days of Pompeii; The Pilgrims of the Rhine; Falkland; and Rienzi
by BULWER-LYTTON, Edward
Philadelphia: E. L. Carey and A. Hart, 1836. Tall 12mo (25cm). Two volumes in red morocco, floral roll in blind and gilt around edges of boards, spine titled and tooled in gilt, divided into six compartments; marbled endpapers; 674pp, 582pp. Printed in two columns. Bound without title leaf for vol. I. A handsome set, though rubbed, leather scuffed, especially... Read More
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No Beast So Fierce
by BUNKER, Edward
New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 1973. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); grey linen, with titling and rule stamped in black and red on spine; dustjacket; 283pp. Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket, gently spine-sunned, with a few small tears to extremities, one larger tear with attendant crease to lower edge of rear panel, with a small bruise to... Read More
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In Search of Susanna. Foreword by Albert E. Stone
by BUNKERS, Suzanne L.
Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, (1996). First Edition. Inscribed on title page: "Best wishes as you study those Danish and English ancestors," signed and dated in year of publication. First printing (not issued in cloth). Octavo; pictorial card wrappers (softcover); 251,(2)pp; illus. Faint crease to front endpaper, else Fine. Memoir of the author's great-great-grandmother, a mid-19th century emigrant... Read More
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The Seven Old Ladies of Lavender Town: An Operetta in Two Acts
by BUNNER, H.C.; Oscar Weil, music
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [1910]. First Separate Edition. Slim oblong quarto (19x25.5cm.); publisher's pale grey pictorial cloth stamped in black and orange; [2],37pp.; illus. and sheet music throughout. Cloth a bit dust-soiled and toned, corners gently bumped, else Very Good and sound. First published in the 1897 collection "Three Operettas." BAL 1946.
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![Discovery of the Yosemite, and the Indian War of 1851 [Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/188/046/1572046188.0.m.jpg)
Discovery of the Yosemite, and the Indian War of 1851 [Inscribed]
by BUNNELL, Lafayette Houghton
Chicago: Fleming H. Revell, [1880]. Second Edition. Octavo (20cm). Brown cloth stamped in black and gilt; grey and white patterned endpapers; 349,[1],[4],8pp; 12pp publisher's advertisements at rear; black and white illustrations. Inscribed "To Capt. John Whytock from his comrade The Author" on front flyleaf. Ownership stamps of A. Taylor Smith to front endleaves. A straight copy with minor edgewear,... Read More
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POEMS: 1950
by Bunting, Basil
Galveston, TX: The Cleaner's Press, circa 1950. First edition. The poet's second book (twenty years after a scarce Italian publication) with a preface by Dallam Flynn. This is one of the copies (presumably a large portion of the edition) rebound in gray paper by Kasper & Horton with their name on the spine. The rear cover has a cancel,... Read More
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Education for Apartheid
by BUNTING, Brian
London: Christian Action, [1971]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 34pp. Fine. "A Southern Africa Education Fund pamphlet." Description of Bantu education, described as one of the "main foundations" of apartheid policy in the introductory note by Bishop Ambrose Reeves.
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![The Bolshevik Revolution 1917-1918. Documents and Materials [Hoover War Library Publications - No.3]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/791/569/1673569791.0.m.jpg)
The Bolshevik Revolution 1917-1918. Documents and Materials [Hoover War Library Publications - No.3]
by BUNYAN, James and H.H. Fisher
Stanford: Stanford University Press, (1961). Second printing (originally published in 1934). Octavo (23cm). Cloth hardcover; 735pp. Previous owner's name has been blacked out with felt-tip marker on front endpaper. Else a straight, tight, unmarked copy - Very Good, lacking dustwrapper. A collection of primary documents relating to the 1917 Revolution and the consolidation of Bolshevik power, with... Read More
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The Pilgrim's Progress From This world To That Which is To Come
by BUNYAN, John
Edinburgh: Printed by Sands, Murray, and Cochran, for W. Bisset, and D. Ogilvy, Dundee, 1768. Octavo (21cm). Contemporary full leather, gilt title on red spine label, blind roll to board edges; plain endpapers; 293,[3]pp; 2pp at rear announcing the publication by subscription of an edition of Bunyan's works; with frontispiece portrait and 21 full-page line engravings. With printed directions... Read More
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Zuni Ceremonialism: Three Studies
by BUNZEL, Ruth L.; Nancy J. Parezo (introd)
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1992. Gathers facsimile reprints of three works originally published by the Smithsonian Institution in 1932: Introdution to Zuni Ceremonialism; Zuni Origin Myths; and Zuni Ritual Pottery. Thick octavo; printed card wrappers; xli; pp 469-835. Fine, apparently unread copy.
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Writing Detective and Mystery Fiction
by BURACK, A.S. [Editor]
Boston: The Writer Inc, 1945. First Edition. Octavo. 21.5cm. Publisher's black cloth titled in gilt to spine and front board. 237pp. Slight bumping and some minor wear to spine ends and extremities, mostly presenting as scuffing of the cloth. A very good, clean copy, strong and durable. Internally clean, with the ownership of writer Hugh Holman, author of the... Read More
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Art & Education Media Inc. Mission Statement
by BURCH, Claire
[San Francisco: 2004]. Staple-bound pamphlet; 15pp. Fine. Prospectus and mission statement for this San Francisco social filmmakers cooperative. From the Mission Statement: "Our artistic mission is to engage in production and distribution of documentaries about street survivors and runaways, as well as "outsider" art consisting of music, visual works and writing produced by people on the fringe...
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Jacob Burckhardt: Der Mensch in Mitten der Geschichte
by [BURCKHARDT] LÖWITH, Karl
Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, (1966). First Edition. Octavo. Blue cloth hardcover; 380pp. Neat ownership signature to front endpaper, else a tight, unmarked, Near Fine copy, lacking the dustwrapper. Text entirely in German.
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![The 480 [Subtitle from Jacket: A Novel of Politics]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/062/880/1654880062.0.m.jpg)
The 480 [Subtitle from Jacket: A Novel of Politics]
by BURDICK, Eugene
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); black and beige paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in red and silver on spine and initials blind embossed to front cover; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; x,[1],2-313,[3]pp. Faint tanning to front cover, else Fine. Dustwrapper unclipped (priced $5.00) with modest shelfwear and rubbing, tiny tears along extremities, and trace... Read More
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A Short History of Munich, Western Cavalier County, North Dakota
by BURDICK, Usher L.
Langdon, ND: Cavalier County Republican, [1953]. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22.5cm). Stampled pamphlet in cream printed wrappers; [iv],19,[1]pp; a few in-text halftone photographs. Slight toning along edges, with mild rubbing, else Very Good. [62484].
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Central Africa and the Franchise: An Examination of the Federal Electoral Bill: 1958
by AFRICA BUREAU
London: Africa Bureau, 1958. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); original blue staplebound self-wrappers; 11pp.; printed entirely on blue stock. Extremities a bit toned, else Very Good. Price cancel inside upper wrapper. Regarding suffrage in Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
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Women At Work in Nova Scotia
by HALIFAX WOMEN'S BUREAU
Halifax: Halifax Women's Bureau, 1973. First Edition. Quarto. Staple-bound wrappers; on newsprint; 47pp. Slight wear; Very Good or better. Survey of women's employmnent and working conditions. Photographic illustrations (halftones), charts and graphs.
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Nontraditional Occupations for Women of the Hemisphere: The U.S. Experience
by INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON WOMEN AND WOMEN'S BUREAU
[Washington, DC]: Women's Bureau, Employment Standards Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 1974. First Edition. Quarto (26.75cm.); publisher's yellow staplebound card wrappers; [4],v,[1],59pp. Fine condition.
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![[Drop title] Idaho and Federal Laws on Sex Discrimination in Employment](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/148/714/1266714148.0.m.jpg)
[Drop title] Idaho and Federal Laws on Sex Discrimination in Employment
by UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR - WOMEN'S BUREAU
Washington DC: U.S. Department of Labor, 1971. First Edition. Quarto (27cm.); side-stapled self-wrappers; 13ll.; text printed from typescript on rectos only. Small ownership rubberstamp of the Boss Archives, else Near Fine. Fact sheet documenting the state of Idaho's civil rights laws from 1961 to 1969. Not separately catalogued in OCLC as far as we can determine.
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On the Home Front with Minimum Wage
by UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR - WOMEN'S BUREAU
[Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942]. First Edition. Small octavo; self-wrappers; 7pp. printed on green stock. Light toning at margins, minor wear from handling, else Very Good or better. Small pamphlet calling for minimum wage legislature in the face of a changing labor force following the country's entrance into the War. Not separately catalogued in OCLC as of... Read More
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Women's Bureau Newsletter, Vol. 5, nos. 1 & 2, July, 1980
by WOMEN'S BUREAU
Toronto: Women's Bureau, 1980. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); pictorial staplebound self-wrappers; unpaged; illus., printed on blue stock. A bit dust-soiled, else Very Good or better. Double issue with laid-in perforated questionnaire. Rather scarce and short-lived (1976-1981) periodical, with issues held in only 5 institutions according to OCLC as of April, 2016; none outside Canada.
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Honey for the Bears
by BURGESS, Anthony
New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 1964. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); taupe cloth, with titling and rule stamped in black and red on spine; dustjacket; 255,[1]pp. Spine ends gently nudged, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.95), lightly shelfworn, with several tiny tears, and a few shallow chips to base of spine and lower rear... Read More
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