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Mathematicians And Computer Wizards
Farmington Hills, MI Macmillan Reference Usa/Gale Group 2001 002865501X / 9780028655017 First Edition Thus Hardcover New
Hardcover book; green ground with white lettering on the spine. Pages are clean and tight; still crisp. This is a NEW book. Extensively illustrated with b/w drawings or photos of the people included. The biographies are listed alphabetically; a time line of mathematics; sources; glossary, index. ; Macmillan Profiles Series; B & W illustrations; 7 `/4 x 10 1/4; 426 pages; Very slight rubbing.
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Veterans Of Foreign Wars Edition Pictorial History Of The Second World War, Volume ! First and Second Year
No Place Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. 1948 First Edition Thus Reprint; Hardcover Very Good
Hardcover is black with gold lettering on spine; gold blind stamp of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the USA on the front [VFA]. FIRST VOLUME ONLY. Endpapers are color with illustrations from various battle arenas. Overall pages are clean and tight, with very slight signs of careful wear. Begins with 3 September 1939 through September 1941. Extensively illustrated with hundreds of b/w photographs and maps. ; A Photographic Record of All Theaters of Action Chronologically Arranged, Volume 1 Series; Vol. 1; B & W illustrations; 7 1/4 x 9 3/4; 512 pages; Cover has shelf wear, rubbing, bumping, sunning, faded spine, black spots on bottom of text block, faint wet mark on top of text block.
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Veterans Of Foreign Wars Edition Pictorial History Of The Second World War, Volume 3 The Fifth Year
No Place Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. 1948 First Edition Thus Reprint; Hardcover Very Good
Hardcover is black with gold lettering on spine; gold blind stamp of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the USA on the front [VFA]. THIRD VOLUME ONLY. Endpapers are color with illustrations from various battle arenas. Overall pages are clean and tight, with very slight signs of careful use. Begins with September 1943 through 1 September 1944. Sections are: Story, September Through February; Picture History, September--February; Story, March Through August; Picture History, March --August. Pages 1031 through 1535. Extensively illustrated with hundreds of b/w photographs and maps. ; A Photographic Record of all Theaters of Action Chronologically Arranged, Volume 3 Series; Vol. 3; B & W illustrations; 7 1/4 x 9 3/4; 434 pages; Cover has shelf wear, rubbing, bumping, sunning, faded spine, black spots on bottom of text block, weak hinges.
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Veterans Of Foreign Wars Edition Pictorial History Of The Second World War, Volume 4 The Sixth Year
No Place Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. 1948 First Edition Thus Reprint; Hardcover Very Good+
Hardcover is black with gold lettering on spine; gold blind stamp of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the USA on the front [VFA]. FOURTH VOLUME ONLY. Endpapers are color with illustrations from various battle arenas. Overall pages are clean and tight, with very slight signs of careful wear. Begins with September 1944 through September 1945. Sections are: Story, September Through February; Picture History, September--February; Story, March Through August; Picture History, March --August. Pages 1543 through 2047. Extensively illustrated with hundreds of b/w photographs and maps. ; A Photographic Record of all Theaters of Action Chronologically Arranged, Volume 4 Series; Vol. 4; B & W illustrations; 7 1/4 x 9 3/4; 544 pages; Cover has shelf wear, rubbing, bumping, sunning, faded spine, black spots on bottom of text block.
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Abney, Arthur E. Wings Over Illinois
Carbondale, IL Southern Illinois University Press 2007 0809327686 / 9780809327683 First Edition First Printing; Hardcover Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket
Hard cover is black with gold lettering on spine. Except for first 14 leaves, pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Illustrated with 8 b/w photographs. Foreword by David NewMyer. "...is a thoughtful look back at a wonderful career in aviation spanning World War II, the postwar period...worked with American Airlines...has accompanied hiw own memoir with colorful hangar stories {end of day flight tales told in the hangar}...." ; B&W Illustrations; 0.9 x 9.2 x 6.3 Inches; xv, 260 pages; Cover has very slight bumping. First 14 leafs have crinkling/crumpling in upper half, which lessens from front end paper to last affected leaf. DJ in a mylar cover.
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37.75 USD
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Aikman, Lonnelle Rider With Destiny: George Washington
Mclean, VA Link Press, Publishers 1983 0912991011 / 9780912991016 First Edition Soft Cover Very Good+
Softcover is heavy cardboard; black ground with gold lettering on front and spine. Blue monochrome endpapers. Pages are clean and tight. Illustrated with dozens of b/w drawings and photographs. Sections are: Behind Myth and Monument; a Capital is Born; "My Own Vine and Fig Tree"; bibliography; index. Oversized, 3#. ; B & W illustrations; 9 x 12; 173 pages; Cover has shelf wear, light rubbing/scuffing, bumping and some minor, shallow scratches towards the bottom of the rear cover.
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9.50 USD
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Aldebaran Conquest Of Coomassie; An Epic Of The Mashanti Nation
Los Angeles Worth While Publishing Company/Coomassie Pulishing Co. , California 1923 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Illustrated by Henry M. Brooks
Hard cover is light tan colored with dark brown lettering on front. Overall, pages are clean and tight; stitched binding. Extremely scarce book. Frontispiece is a b/w photograph of the author, 'Aldebaran,' probably a psuedonym. Illustrated with 9, tissued protected b/w drawings. Book is written as poetry, with 5 cantos. On the title page is a sticker, with 'Coomassie Publishing Co. , Los Angeles, Calif. , U. S. A. ' on it. "Against the glorious background of culture, under the rule "of wisdom, truth, and right," is thrown the pitiful picture of a money-mad world; where the rapacity of Insatiable greed bankrupts the human soul..." in the preface, by George S. Grant. In the introduction is found "...the great United States of West Africa now a British possession, and referred to as 'Ashanti and Ashantee,' is written in the Ochi tongue, M'shanti, and called by themselves, Mashanti, which orthography I shall adhere to, except when quoting other writers..." Ashanti was one of the few African states able to offer serious resistance to European colonizers. Between 1823 and 1896, Britain fought four wars against the Ashanti kings (the Anglo-Ashanti Wars). In 1900, the British finally defeated the kingdom and incorporated it into the Gold Coast colony as a protectorate. The Ashanti comprise ca. 20% of the population of modern Ghana. ; B&W Illustrations; 4 3/4 x 6 1/4; xxiv, 97 pages; Hard cover has rubbing/scuffing, bumping, shelf wear, finger sized, shallow indentation on back cover; some spotting along the spine, gift inscription, tidily written in ink, inside front cover, dated 1935. Owner's name written along gutter, inside back cover, dated 1935. Pages in the introduction have some notes and marks in light purple [probably with a fountain pen].
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325.00 USD
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Ampolsk, B. R. , B. Schofield and Chris Rowley Lennon: What Happened!
U S A Sunshine Publications, Inc. 1980 0895962969 / 9780895962966 First Edition First Printing; Paperback Very Good Illustrated by Wide World, Globe Photos, Et Al
Softcover biography. Inside of front cover printed with what Yoko Ono told their son, Sean Lennon, after his father, John Lennon, was shot. Inside of back cover has b/w photo of John and Yoko together. Overall pages are clean and tight. Illustrated with 20+ b/w photographs. Edited by Timothy Green Beckley. Stated first printing on copyright page. The stor of John Lennon and his murder, outside his New York City, residence, in December of 1980. Rushed to print right after the murder. ; B & W illustrations; 4 1/4 x 7; 160 pages; Cover has some shelf wear, bumping, rubbing/scuffing, few nicks and small scratches. Pages have some sunning; leaves 21/22 and h10/7/108 have crease in upper corner.
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16.50 USD
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Arnett, Jean Out Of The Mist
Detroit, MI Dramar Publishing Co. 1961 First Edition First Printing; Hardcover Very Good+ with no dust jacket
Hardcover is dark blue with silver lettering on front and spine. Pages are clean and tight. Illustrated with 9 b/w photographs. Would appear to be a collection of essays, poems, and so forth by a journalist, including travels and personal interactions with the countries, landscapes and individuals encountered. Stated first printing, November 1961.; B & W photographs; 5 3/4 x 8 3/4; 139 pages; Cover has some shelf wear, bumping, rubbing/scuffing; tidily written gift inscription on front end paper. Page 77 has crease at bottom and pages 69-72 have a bit of untrimmed edge.
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9.25 USD
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Arnold, Eleanor, editor and Project Director Voices Of American Homemakers [national Extension Homemakers Edition] An Oral History Project of the National Extension Homemakers Council
No Place National Extension Homemakers Council 1985 First Edition (?) Paperback Very Good
Softcover is heavy textured paper. Cream spine with black lettering. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Illustrated with b/w photographs. This is an oral history project on the occasion of the Council's 50th anniversary. "...tell of their lives as children and women, mainly in the era from about 1890 to 1940, a time of busy, industrious, small communities and rural areas...." for this project 219 people were interviewed, ranging in age from 27 to 100; even one man was interviewed. Sections are: Homemaker and Her Life; Homemaker and Her Work; Homemaker and Her Organization; Homemaker and Herself. The list of sources is broken down at the back of the book, alphabetically, by state. ; B & W photographs; 6 x 9; 295 pages; Cover has light shelf wear and bumping; on the back cover are some smudges and scattered dark spots.
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9.25 USD
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Askenasy, Hans Ph. D. Cannibalism From Sacrifice to Survival
Amherst, NY Prometheus Books 1994 0879759062 / 9780879759063 Second Edition Hardcover New
Cover is black with gold lettering on spine. Pages are clean and tight; printed on alkaline paper; this is a NEW book. Illustrated with 15 b/w pictures. Sections are: A Historical and Geogrphical Overview; Motivational Factors for Cannibalism; Cannibalism in Culture and Society. Has information on the Aztecs, Donner Pass Party of 1846, Siege of Leningrad 1941, Andes Plane Crash, Jeffrey Dahmer serial killer, etc. ; B&W Illustrations; 6 1/4 x 9 1/4; 268 pages; NEW. Cover has slight bumping.
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Ausubel, Kenny The Bioneers A Declaration of Interdependence
White River Junction, VT Chelsea Green Publishing Company 2001 1890132764 / 9781890132767 First Edition Thus First Printing; Softcover Near Fine
Covers are wraps. Pages are clean and tight; printed on acid-free paper. This is a NEW book. "Presents the fascinating and inspiring stories of 14 people at the cutting edge of technological innovation, social justice and the natural world. These scientific and social innovatiors are helping to define an age founded in principles of kinship, iinderdependence, cooperation and community....." ; 6 x 9; xxvi, 274 pages; Cover has light shelf wear, rubbing/scuffing, slight bumping.
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12.50 USD
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Baker, David Manfred Von Richthofen The Man and the Aircraft He Flew
London Outline Press Book 1990 1871547067 / 9781871547061 First Edition (?) Soft Cover Near Fine
Soft cover has illustrated cover. Published in 1990; probable first edition. Tan spine with black and red lettering. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Extensively illustrated with 16 pages with color and b/w illustrations, and dozens more b/w illustrations. Includes a section on Technical Details of the fighting machines flowny by Manfred von Richthofen and a full log of all his victories. ; Famous Flyers Series Series; B & W and color illustrations; 0.55 x 9.61 x 7.24 Inches; 128 pages; Very slight bumping, rubbing.
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11.00 USD
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Balin, Carole B. To Reveal Our Hearts: Paperback Edition Jewish Women Writers in Tsarist Russia
Cincinnati Hebrew Union College Press 2000 0878204563 / 9780878204564 First Paperback Edition Soft Cover New
Multiple copies available. Soft cover is heavy, glazed paper. Grey spine with white lettering. Pages are clean and tight; printed on acid free paper. This is a NEW book. Illustrated with several b/w photographs. An I. Edward Kiev Library Foundation Book. Sections include: Neither Balabuaistes Nor Revolutionaries; The Search for Jewish Women Writers in Tsarist Russia; Makings of a Maskilah; Female Experience in Hebrew Literature; Insider-Outsider Among the Russian Cultural Elite; Jewish Life Behind the Scenes; Blending Bread and Matzah; conclusion; composite biography; notes; bibliographies of the writers; bibliography; index. "In this lively study, Carole B. Balin analyzes the writings and lives of five Jewish women writers who were active before the Russian Revolution. Each chapter centers on one woman but contextualizes her within the culture in which she wrote. Miriam Markel-Mosessohn attached herself to the Russian Haskalah. Hava Shapiro published short stories and newspaper articles in Hebrew over the course of her thirty-four-year career. Rashel Khin hobnobbed with members of the Russian intellectual and literary elite, which included Ivan Turgenev. Feiga Kogan was a Russian symbolist poet, and Sofia Dubnova-Erlikh, daughter of the historian Simon Dubnov, was an accomplished writer and political activist. The works and lives of these extraordinary writers offer a comprehensive view of nineteenth-century Russian Jewish women that is far more nuanced than the images of balabuste (housewife) or revolutionary currently held in the collective Jewish consciousness". The works and lives of these extraordinary writers offer a comprehensive view of nineteenth-century Russian Jewish women that is far more nuanced than the images of balabuste (housewife) or revolutionary currently held in the collective Jewish consciousness". The works and lives of these extraordinary writers offer a comprehensive view of nineteenth-century Russian Jewish women that is far more nuanced than the images of balabuste (housewife) or revolutionary currently held in the collective Jewish consciousness". The works and lives of these extraordinary writers offer a comprehensive view of nineteenth-century Russian Jewish women that is far more nuanced than the images of balabuste (housewife) or revolutionary currently held in the collective Jewish consciousness". The works and lives of these extraordinary writers offer a comprehensive view of nineteenth-century Russian Jewish women that is far more nuanced than the images of balabuste (housewife) or revolutionary currently held in the collective Jewish consciousness". The works and lives of these extraordinary writers offer a comprehensive view of nineteenth-century Russian Jewish women that is far more nuanced than the images of balabuste (housewife) or revolutionary currently held in the collective Jewish consciousness". The works and lives of these extraordinary writers offer a comprehensive view of nineteenth-century Russian Jewish women that is far more nuanced than the images of balabuste (housewife) or revolutionary currently held in the collective Jewish consciousness".; Monographs of the Hebrew Union College, No. 24 Series; Vol. 24; B & W photographs; 1.18 x 9.06 x 6.14 Inches; x, 269 pages
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26.50 USD
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Balpinar, Belkis and Udo Hirsch Flatweaves Of The Vakiflar Museum, Istanbul/ Flachgewebe Des Vakiflar-Museums, Istanbul: English/german Language
Wesel, Germany Verlag Uta Hulsey 1982 3923185022 / 9783923185023 Hardcover New in New dust jacket
NEW NEW. Hard cover is dark brown with gold logo on front, gold lettering on spine. Pages are clean and tight; new, still in publisher's shrinkwrap. Extensively illustrated with 120 color plates, on recto page. Verso page has the description in English and German. This museum opened in Germany under the direction of Carpet Museum of the Republic of Turkey General Directorate of Foundations. Printed in Germany. Lithos/Color separations by RCS W. Terfruchte, Vreden. Contents are: Foreword; Vakiflar and the Donation Process of Flatweaves; Background of Traditional Flatweaves; Historical Context of Anatolian Weavers; Technical Variations in Anatolian Flatweaves; Sources consulted; plates. Absolutely GORGEOUS book on a very specialized type of textile art/history, and museum collection on these important pieces. Oversized, 4#. ; Color Plates; 9 x 12 1/4; 295 pages
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Bercovici, Konrad The Story of the Gypsies [Reprint of Cosmopolitan Book Company 1928 Edition]
Detroit, MI Gale Research Co 1974 0810340429 / 9780810340428 Reprint Hardcover Very Good+ with no dust jacket Illustrated by Charlotte Lederer
Hard cover is dark blue with gold lettering on spine. Pages are fine; appears as if unused. Has 4 b/w illustrations. Originally published by the Cosmopolitan Book Company, of New York, in 1928. Has sections on Macedonian, Roumanian, Hungarian, French, Spanish, German, Russian, English, Nordic and American gypsies. ; B&W Illustrations; 5 3/4 x 8 3/4; 294 pages; Hardcover has light shelf wear, bumping, 1 1/4 x 4" lightly faded rectangle at bottom front cover. No DJ.
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Bergeron, L. & M. T. Maiullari-Pontois Industry, Architecture And Engineering: American Ingenuity 1750-1950
New York Harry N. Abrams 2000 0810934736 / 9780810934733 Hardcover
This is a brand new book, still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Book and DJ are NEW. Pages are clean and tight. Illustrated with dozens of photographs. Comprehensively showcases the way America was transformed in architecture and civil engineering by the Industrial Revolution. Among the important sites featured and discussed are textile factories, steel mills, and the Hoover Dam, all of which, in turn, transformed how America and Americans saw themselves, their place on this continent and in the world, standards of living, everyday technology, and so forth. Covers America from before the USA existed, when transportation was by water, foot or horses and oxen, through the age of trains, to the age of automobiles and airplanes. Absolutely fascinating study of American history from a very unusual point of view. Very oversized, 5#. ; Photographs; 10 x 11 1/2; 287 pages; New.
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Binder, Pearl Muffs and Morals With Eleven Plates in Half-Tone and Eighty-Three Illustrations in Line by the Author
London George G. Harrap & Company, Ltd. 1953 First Edition First Printing; Hardcover Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket Illustrated by Pearl Binder
Hard cover is mauve with gold lettering on spine. Pages are clean and tight. Extensively illustrated with almost 100 b/w drawings and photographs. "This is a frank and stimulating account of dress and fashion--male and female, military and civilian--in particular relation to moral standards and social developments from ancient Egypt to present-day Korea. The author describes ideas of decency and indecency through the ages, as reflected in modes..." Bibliography; index. ; B&W Illustrations; 5 3/4 x 8 1/4; 256 pages; Cover has light bumping; previous owner's name sticker, and penciled in date/price [in sterling], inside front cover. DJ is in poor condition, with bumping, rubbing/scuffing, many chips, nicks, tears, clear tape on back and spine.
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Bindman, David; Contributors Aileen Dawson and Mark Jones The Shadow of the Guillotine Britain and the French Revolution
No Place Published for the Trustees of the British Museum 1989 0714116378 / 9780714116372 Soft Cover Very Good+
Softcover is heavy, glazed, purple paper withi white lettering on the front and a white spine with black lettering. Pages are clean and tight. This is an exhibition catalogue. Lavishly illustrated with 200 b/w pictures, and 8 color plates. Sections: Before the Revolution; the first year of liberty: Bastille to Federation; the collapse of the French monarchy; the first year of equality, September 1792- June 1793; the second year of equality: France under the guillotine, June 1 1793 - July 1794; British artists and writers and the Revolution; Thermidor to Brumaire, July 1794 - November 1799; Sovereignty of the king and sovereignty of the people; the 'emigres'; Retrospect: the view from the 19th century; notes; abbreviated references and bibliography; chronology; glossary; index. Oversized; 4#. ; Exhibition Catalogue Series; B&W and Color Illustrations; 8 1/2 x 11; 232 pages; Soft cover has light shelf wear, bumping, rubbing/scuffing.
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49.50 USD
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