[Kazakstan]: Sur Tur Books. Near Fine. 1997. First Edition. Softcover. NOISBN . [nice clean copy, very light handling wear, short diagonal crease at bottom right corner of front cover]. (color reproductions) A "history of world cinema on stamps," apparently the catalogue of the personal collection of movie- and entertainment-themed stamps assembled by the author, a Kazakstan-born actor who had at the time appeared in 47 films, primarily Russian, but had also been a stamp collector for thirty... more information

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London: Hamish Hamilton. 1976. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. F First Edition. H Hard Cover. Fine. First edition with a tipped in autograph of British Admiaral Alexander. Exceptionally clean copy of this well-illustrated history of the days leading up to the surrender at Yorktown. Includes chapters on Washington, Lexington and Concord, The Siege of Boston, New York, Trenton and Princeton, Philadelphia, Valley Forge, Morristown, West Point and The Campaigns in the Carolinas, as well as Y... more information

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Amassia Pub., 2003. Hardcover. Very Good. Armenians had been fugitives for many centuries before arriving in Southeast Asia under the protection of the British and Dutch. They very quickly made their mark in business and are probably most popularly known for the founding of important luxury hotels. However as the author's researches revealed, their commercial influence and success was far more extensive. 350 pages with family trees, maps, black and white photographs and tables. The book is divided int... more information

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Clean rust brown cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Hint of surface wear to corners, no fraying. Binfing is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers are ilustrated with maps; no names, writing or marks. 416 pgs. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on back of front free endpaper; also inscribed and SIGNED by C. E. Hutchin, Jr. to whom the book is dedicated by the author. Dustjacket has very light soiling, very small chip at lower spine corner and lower spine tip, small price clip t... more information

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London: The Hambledon Press, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. New/new. 6 Volumes. 3100 pages. - Historians have been hampered by the absence of hard evidence on how MPs voted before 1836, when official records began. This has been a serious obstacle to the understanding of political decision-making in a key period of British history which saw the birth of the British Empire and the Industrial Revolution. However, from 1761 enough records survive to constitute an important statistical archive. "Voting ... more information

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Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Good. This appears to be a list of books relating to Malaya and British North Borneo that were held in various Washington libraries and in the libraries of Harvard and Yale at the time the book was published. 103 pages. Weight 0.80 Kg. Airmail postage to Asia Pacific countries: $10, to Central Asia, Europe & the Middle East: $13 and to Africa and North & South America: $21. Surface mail worldwide $7. Postage within Malaysia is ... more information

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New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. 1985. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. F First Edition. H Hard Cover. Very Good. First edition [1985]. Brown cloth with color illustrated dustjacket. Near fine with firm binding, clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is also near fine with tiny scuff along lower spine end, no paper loss. ... more information

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London: T. Fisher Unwin. 1903. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fourth Edition. H Hard Cover. Very Good. First published in 1867. Handsome two-volume set containing the collected works of this noted British statesman. Tan cloth with gilt spine lettering and extensive Arts & Crafts style images of growing wheat on the covers, uncut edges, tissue-protected letterpress frontis in each volume, 770 pages between the two volumes. Very light edge rubbing, some subtle soil to the front cove... more information

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London: Faber and Faber. 1966. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. F First Edition. H Hard Cover. Very Good. Hard to find first edition of this book about the British advance into Eritrea in 1941, as well as the siege of Keren, during World War II. Illustrated in black and white, with maps, diagrams and photographs. Light brown hardcover, map endpapers, dustjacket. Near fine conditoin with minimal external wear, good hinges, firm text block, very clean pages free from names or other markings... more information

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Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas. 1864. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. F First Edition. H Hard Cover. Very Good. Handsomely bound copy of the first edition. Focuses more on preservation of salmon and salmon fishing in the British Isles rather than angling. Includes sections on Value of the Salmon; Natural History of the Salmon; Decay of Salmon; Salmon Legislation; Future Salmon Legislation; and Non- Legislative Remedies. Not illustrated. Three quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt-le... more information

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New York: Longmans, Green And Co.. 1922. Second printing. Very good with soiled boards, endpapers are browned, lacking a dustwrapper. . ... more information

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Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition. No jacket. Boards lightly rubbed (a few scratches to picture plate), rear hinge weak, ink name on front endpaper. 1915 Hard Cover. 327 pp. 8 x 5 1/2. Original light green cloth, color picture plate mounted on front board. 12 illustrations/photographs, including frontispiece. CONTENTS: Part I. The Trip of 1879: I. Puget Sound and British Columbia; II. Alexander Archipelago and the Home I Found in Alaska; III. Wra... more information

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London and New York: Duckworth and Co., Charles Scribner's Sons. 1907. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. F First Edition. H Hard Cover. Very Good. First edition [1907]. Illustrated in black and white. Details life and work of this noted Royal Academy artist. Dark red textured cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Rubbing to the extremities, mainly the corners and spine edges, good hinges, sound text block, very clean pages with no names or other markings. ... more information

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Clean unfaded green cloth boards with oval paste-on illustration on cover (unchipped), gilt and black lettering and decoration. Hint of light corner wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Previous owner name and date (1903) in very light pencil on front free endpaper. Liberally illustrated throughout with black & white photographs of South Africa and portraits of important people of the time. 700 pgs. Four subject areas include: "Pictoral History of Sout... more information

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London: Self-published. 1914. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. F First Edition. H Hard Cover. Good. A history of sundials followed by a long series of line drawings of sundials throughout the British Isles (plus a couple from America), all accompanied by descriptive verse and decorative edges in green. Fully indexed by sundial location. Full Japan vellum lettered in gilt, 422 pages plus four pages of advertising for Carter's Tested Seeds. Pages uncut with many unopened (still connec... more information

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London: printed for Darton and Harvey et al. G++ condition without dust jacket. (Corners bumped. Some wear to boards. Occasional spotting. Offsetting of plates to facing pages.). 1809. Reprint. Half-calf cover with marbled boards and endpapers. gilt on black lettering piece. xii, [viii], 459, 70pp :: 69 engraved plates :: 210mm x 130mm (8" x 5") . ... more information

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New York: Harper & Brothers. 1885. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. H Hard Cover. Fair. Undated, ca. 1885. Externally worn but sound and complete five volume set in three quarter tan polished calf over marbled boards, dual spine labels, marbled edges and endpapers, each volume about 8.75 inches tall and an inch and half or more thick. Spines darkened, dried and with labels partially or entirely chipped away, other surface flaking to the spine (has been stabilized), corners and edges... more information

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Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 1999, 1st Edition, 1st 1st Printing ------------large (quarto) hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, ink name on half title page, ink name on front blank endpaper has been blacked out, 239 pages, b&w photos, ---"The Okanagan Valley in the interior of British Columbia is known mostly as an ideal tourist destination - a vacationer's paradise rich with sunshine, fruit trees and luxurious beaches. But the area also has a long and fascinating ... more information

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Baltimore: George M'Dowell & Son , 1832. First Edition. Full Leather. Good +. 471pp; woodcut illustrations and text maps; foxing in text. [Citation: American Imprints 12082]. Bound in old leather, gilt-tooled spine, black leather label. 9" x 5.5 The first half of this book gives state-by-state data on population, history, towns and counties, etc. for the United States, Canada and Guatemala. The second half comprises a geographical dictionary of North America and the West Indies, includin... more information

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