Roma: Cremonese. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1938. Softcover. Gray wraps, lettered front and spine, text in Italian. This copy bears a lengthy inscription on the half-title penned and signed by the author in April, 1938. ; 7" x 10"; 524 pp; Minor wear to the wrappers including toning and faint spotting, pages toned at edges. . ... more information

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Milano: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 88-04-33329-4 . Green cloth, gold spine lettering, text in Italian. Red and green dust jacket lettered in white. ; 5-1/2" x 8-1/4"; 215 pp; Slight wear to a few page corners, bookseller sticker inside rear cover. Jacket slightly worn along edge, rear cover lightly scuffed. . ... more information

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New York: International Magazine Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1934. Softcover. Wraps, color cover in Art Deco style, many ads (much use of spot color, different types of paper, etc.), coverage of The 1934 Cars, the impact of the depression on the industry, much more, well-illustrated with b&w photos. An aside, William Randolph Hearst was President of the publisher. ; 9-1/2" x 13-1/4"; 292 pp; Covers well worn, creased at edges, 3" closed tear at bottom of spine, missing much of... more information

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Irving, Texas: Tapestry Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1-930819-12-9 . Biography of Pete Harman: The Man Behind the Bucket. It portrays the role played by the first franchisee in the growth of Kentucky Fried Chicken [KFC]. Red paper over boards, gilt lettering to spine, 16 pp of b&w photos. White illustrated dust jacket. This copy is signed in ink by Pete Harman on the title page. ; 6-1/4" x 9-1/4"; xiv, 226 pp; Signed by Autho... more information

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New York: D. Appleton and Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1871. First American Edition. Hardcover. Uniformly bound in reddish-brown cloth, boards decorated in black, gilt spine lettering, With Illustrations. Volume One with Origin of Species ad at rear, Volume Two with Index at rear followed by publishers ads. ; 5-1/4" x 8"; vi, 409, [2] + v, [2], 436, [12] pp; Volume One with covers rubbed, fraying along board edges, cloth splitting between spine and front board, hinges a bit loose with s... more information

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San Cristobal, New Mexico: Lama Foundation. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Softcover. Stiff purple wraps, perfect bound, covers lettered and illustrated in white. Sections are printed using various combinations of paper and ink colors, (some) sections are separately numbered. 1971 date on copyright page with no mention of additional printings. ; 8" square; Both covers have creases and some edgewear, a few pages have creases, all pages with light corner wear, clean and free of ... more information

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New York: John Wiley & Sons. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1917. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Publishers blue cloth, gilt spine lettering, well-illustrated. ; 6" x 9"; xvi, 413 pp; Lightly worn/rubbed covers, prior owner name to first flyleaf in light pencil, text block clean and unmarked. . ... more information

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New York: John Wiley & Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth, gilt spine lettering, illustrated, detailed index at rear. ; 5-1/2" x 8-1/2"; xi, 216 pp; Light cover soiling, bumped at corners, solid hinges, prior owner name inked out inside front cover, contents and first two pages with annotations, brief annotations on one other page. . ... more information

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Birmingham: T. T. Special. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1947. First Edition; Second Impression. Hardcover. A Book for Motor Cyclists and all others who believe that motor cycle road racing is the finest sport on earth. About the Tourist Trophy, motorcycle racing on the Isle of Man. Thin tan boards, beige cloth spine, front board with brown lettering, illustrated with photographs and cartoons. Printed May, 1947. Dust jacket with illustrations to front and rear panels, black and white lettering. ; 5&qu... more information

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Reutlingen: Enßlin & Laiblins. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1928. Hardcover. Mustard paper boards, cloth spine, cover illustration, gray endpapers, illustrations in b&w in line with the text. Text in German.; 5 x 7.5"; 192 pp; Front cover lightly soiled and edgeworn, lower right corner bumped, rear cover soiled, paper toned at edges. Solid hinges, pages without tears. . ... more information

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[London]: McCann. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1978. No edition noted. Softcover. Follow-on work to authors prior work on communications titled What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate. Perfect bound wraps with cover illustrations in b&w, well-illustrated with many b&w examples of "communications". Introduction dated 1977 at London, year and publisher from rear cover. This copy bears an inscription penned inside the front cover and signed by the author: For _____, With every g... more information

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Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Engineering Experiment Station. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1927. Softcover. Published May 1927 as Circular No. 15. Brown stapled wraps, illustrated. ; 6" x 9"; 27 pp; Covers slightly worn, no tears or writing. . ... more information

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Ahmedabad (India): Gujarat University. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1982. Stated First Edition. Softcover. Discourses from Shri Chhaganlal Gopalji Solaki Shankar Darshan Lecture Series. Yellow wraps. This copy bears the inscription Wishes and Love penned and signed below by the author on the title page. Text is English with brief passages and rear cover in Sanskrit. ; 5-1/2" x 8-1/4"; 64 pp; Signed by Author; Very slight cover wear, fine inside. . ... more information

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Nebraska City, Nebraska: Major Bertrand De Jarnette. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. (1939). First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth, gilt spine lettering, illustrated. Related folded chart laid in. Book No. 351 of First Edition.; 6" x 9"; 478 pp; Light soiling to rear cover, solid binding, prior owner name inked inside front cover, text clean and unmarked. . ... more information

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San Francisco: California Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1927). Hardcover. Poetry about flying. Gray paper boards with image of biplane and lettering in black, blue cloth spine, frontispiece drawing of author in pilots uniform. This copy with inscription on FFEP penned and signed by the author: To _____ _____ - High flights and smooth landings. Louis DeJean, Christmas, 1935. ; 5" x 7-1/2"; 89 pp; Signed by Author; Cover lightly toned along bottom edge, worn at corners. Solid hinges, ... more information

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Paris / Neuchâtel: La Bibliothèque des Arts / Editions Ides et Calendes. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. Publishers brown cloth, gilt lettering front and spine, 731 illustrations, 32 in color (tipped-in), text in French. Publishers dust jacket with color illustrations. Book and jacket fit into the included gray chipboard slipcase. This book includes 3 copies of the prospectus; two are for the French edition (though with differing plates pasted in) while the last advert... more information

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New York: Three Sirens Press. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Previously published as "Eastern Shame Girl"," this book was attacked--and acquitted--in the courts, with judicial recognition of its exceptional literary merit. The original source of the stories appearing in this collection of Chinese love tales is the classic literature of China in the seventeenth century. Red silk binding, gilt titling and decorations to front and spine, no dust jacket, in or... more information

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New York: HarperCollins West. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1994. Stated First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0-06-258523-1 . First American edition (initially published in Canada). Light green paper boards, black cloth spine lettered in gold. Cream colored dust jacket with illustrated front panel. ; 6" x 9-1/2"; 197 pp; Book very lightly worn along bottom edge, pages clean and unmarked. Jacket slightly edgeworn, very lightly soiled, not price clipped. . ... more information

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Paris: Galerie Jacques de Vos. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1995. Softcover. Stiff brown wraps with French-fold flaps, perfect bound, color plates of furniture examples, additional b&w photos, text and captions in French with English translation. ; 8" square (20 x 20 cm); 47 pp; Slight wear to edge of covers (mostly at upper left corner), internally fine. . ... more information

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Tucson, Arizona: De Grazia Gallery In The Sun. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1980). No edition noted. Hardcover. Sauders was the Exclusive Distributor of De Grazia Works. This book promotes the artist and serves as a catalog of available (and not) works. Gold paper over boards, with front and spine lettered in gilt, well-illustrated with hand-printed reproductions, many examples in color. Pink dust jacket, front with color illustration and red and black lettering. This copy is signed on the FFEP... more information

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