Author: A. H. C.

Down Under : South-West Pacific Area, Fifth Army Air Force, 1943

Price: $400.00

Publisher: Angus & Robertson : 1943

Seller ID: 23409

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

84 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall hardcover, dark blue buckram cloth, 5th Air Force (5AF) insignia on front, green-tinted photo endpapers, 84 unnumbered pages, tons of group photos, aircraft photos, etc. Little text. ; Illustrations by Charles Pearson. Cartoons by B. & C. ; Military photos for the most part, but some also of Australian aborigines, grass huts, kangaroos, etc. Some nudes. ; Exterior shows light wear, maintly to crown. Pages are clean but slightly wavy. Binding tight. Quite scarce. ; Five relevant items laid in: 1) group photo, 23 men in two rows, palm trees in background, marked "...
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Scala Santa, the : Or, the Holy Stairs, with a Collection of Prayers to Help Gaining the Indulgences

By: A Redemptorist Father

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Sainte Anne de Beaupre : 1941

Seller ID: 23867

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

24 pages; 16mo (6") 16 cm; Small blue softcover booklet, 24 pages, b/w illustration on front, 7 b/w photos, 28 prayers (one for each step) plus 8 more prayers. ; 270th thousand stated. Front cover title: "Prayers for the Holy Stairs, Sainte Anne de Beaupre." ; Only a touch of edgewear. Remarkably good condition. ; Items laid in: 1) small stiff membership card from Ste. Anne's Society of Detroit dated 1964. 2) small single-fold prayer card from Ste. Anne's Society of Detroit with three prayers. (Image shows all three items)
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There's a Kalamazoo Factory Store Near You : Rangers, Heaters, Furnaces of Famous Quality

By: A. C. Blakeslee

Price: $38.00

Publisher: Kalamazoo Stove & Furnace Company : 1938

Seller ID: 21692

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

32 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall softcover, 32 pages printed in dark brown and red, list of nearly 300 stores in Midwest, New England, NY and PA, over 150 sepia-toned photos and illustrations. ; A wonderful vintage promotional item for electric, gas, and coal-wood-oil cookers, ranges, ovens, washing machines, heat circulators, furnaces and air conditioners manufactured in Kalamazoo, Michigan. ; Almost no wear. Covers show a few tiny spots. No other defects. Scarce.
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Vintage Copper Toned Aluminum Wreath of Roses Jello Mold

By: A. H. C.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: A. H. C. : 1963

Seller ID: 21827

Binding: Non-Book

Condition: Near Fine

Not a book. Vintage copper-toned aluminum jello mold shaped like ring or bundt pan, with upper portion molded to resemble wreath of roses. Has small hook for hanging. Measures about 9 inches across, 2 inches deep. Size 5 cups. ; Maker's mark states: "Copyright 1963 by A. H. C. St. Louis Mo. Hong Kong 5 cups." ; Clean, apparently never used, no dings or defects. Hook is solid and intact.
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My Lovely Katarina

By: A. L. Verlag

Price: $8.00

Publisher: A. L. Verlag : 1905

Seller ID: 21670

Binding: Non-Book

Condition: Very Good

Postcard; Antique postcard, 3.5 x 5.5 inches, b/w real photo of lovely lass with a ribbon (or sash) between her teeth. ; Front is imprinted AL 3405/6. Divided back states Printed in Germany and has four lines for address. ; Very light edgewear. No marks or writing.
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Indo-Pacific Mollusca : Monographs of Marine Mollusks of Tropical Western Pacific and Indian Oceans

By: Abbott, R. Tucker

Price: $54.00

Publisher: Academy of Natural Sciences : 1961

Seller ID: 22551

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

589 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; 1961-1973 with gaps. ; Tall, self-wraps, 589 sturdy glossy pages, 1186 b/w photos, diagrams, range maps, etc; 255 photos and illustrations in full color. ; Published by Department of Mollusks, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1961-1973, and by Delaware Museum of Natural History, Greenville, Delaware, 1973.; Quite scientific. Written and edited by R. Tucker Abbott, with contributions from Joseph Rosewater, Peter Jung, Harald A. Rehder. ; Vol-1, No-3, Genus Lambis, 28 pages. Vol-1, No-6, Family Tridacnidae, light foxing, 62 pgs. Vol-1, No-7, Genus Terebellum...
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Mollusks and Medicine in World War 2 : An Original Article from the Report of the Smithsonian Institution, 1947

By: Abbott, R. Tucker

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Government Printing Office : 1948

Seller ID: 22538

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

24 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Softcover, gray-brown covers, 24 pages including covers, table of human Trematode diseases, map of Pomatiopsis snail distribution in eastern US, 6 diagrams of stingers of cone-shell mollusks, 6 b/w photos. ; Originall published by Smithsonian Institution, publication number 3933, 1947. This edition by US Government Printing Office, 1948. ; Describes shistosomiasis or shisto, a parasitic disease common in Philippines, how attempts were made during WW2 to control it by eliminating the snail that carried it, and other parasitic diseases carried by mollusks. ; Front cov...
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Rails West : A Collectors Album of a Vanishing Era in Railroadiana

By: Abdill, George B.

Price: $23.00

Publisher: Bonanza Books : 1960

Seller ID: 24247

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fair dust jacket

191 pages; 4to (10.75") 28 cm; Tall hardcover, green cloth, 191 glossy pages, about 400 very early historical b/w photos with detailed captions. ; Originally published by Superior Publishing Company, a regional publisher, 1958. This is the first edition by Bonanza Books, a major New York publisher, 1960. ; Pictorial overview of early American railroads and locomotives of the midwest, plains, rockies, pacific shore, etc, including California, Colorado, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, etc, and all points in between. ; Book shows no marks, no wear, no defects. Jacket is nearly complete but has se...
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Catalog of the Palestinian Folklore Museum, A

By: Abdul-Jabbar, Naji

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Palestinian Folklore & Social Research Committee : 1990

Seller ID: 20975

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

228 pages; ARABIC throughout except intro in Arabic and English. Large oblong softcover, 228 glossy pages, over 700 artifacts shown in photos and described, about half in full color. ; Wonderful guidebook to Museum of Palestinian Folklore in Al-Birah, West Bank, Israel. : Topics include: bowls, spoons, textiles, farm equipment, lamps, musical instruments, pottery, clothing, jewelry, tools, much more. ; Bump to heel, minor edgewear. No marks. Binding tight. Quite scarce.
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Robert Abels Catalog Number 27 : Antique Firearms and Edged Weapons

By: Abels, Robert

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Robert Abels Antique Firearms : 1949

Seller ID: 22709

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

190 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Softcover, brown leatherette covers, 2483 items all shown in clear b/w diagrams, with descriptions and currentprices (1949) including over 850 swords and daggers, 650 pistols, 300 long guns, 200 polearms, plus armor, helmets and other military items. ; Illustrated by Robert Abels and Bernard Day. ; Light edgewear only. Quite scarce.
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Rambler Family Album : A Pictorial Roll Call of the Passenger Cars and Trucks Produced by American Motors and its Predecessor Companies ; Rambler, Jeffery, Nash, Hudson

By: Abernethy, Roy

Price: $15.00

Publisher: American Motors Corporation : 1963

Edition: Third Printing

Seller ID: 23565

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

118 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Large green oblong softcover, concise history of Rambler and other American Motors models, 450 high-quality b/w photos with detailed captions, showing every model from 1900 to 1964, some also including notable Americans. ; Copyright September 1961. This is 3rd printing, November 1963. Complete subtitle: "A Pictorial Roll Call of the Passenger Cars and Trucks Produced by American Motors and its Predecessor Companies : The Original Rambler, Jeffery, Nash, Hudson, Lafayette, Ajax, Essex, Terraplane, Metropolitan, the Modern Rambler." ; Light wear only. Main defect: cove...
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Mercury 13, the : The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Space Flight

By: Ackmann, Martha

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Random House : 2003

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 24189

ISBN-13: 9780375507441

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

256 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, white and gray boards, [xvi] + 240 pages, index, bibliography, endnotes, 36 b/w photos on glossy plates. ; Foreword by Lynn Sherr. "A sharply pointed narrative about how thirteen highly skilled pilots were grounded, leaving it to the Russians to put a woman in space fully twenty years before the American government saw fit to do so." It is no mere coincidence that America's first astronauts into space were all white men. ; No marks, no defects, only a touch of shelfwear.
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Pisma, Tom 1-6 : Works, Complete in 6 Volumes

By: Adama Mickiewicza

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Polish American Book Company : 1943

Seller ID: 23224

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Poor dust jacket

1592 pages; 12mo (7.25") 1 cm; POLISH text throughout. Set of 6 volumes bound as 3 hardcovers, red cloth, black lettering, white jackets with author portrait on fronts, 271 + 232 + 254 + 320 + 317 + 252 pages, total of 1592 glossy pages. Some vols have footnotes or endnotes. ; Works by national poet of Poland, Adam Mickiewicz, 1798-1855. ; Tom Pierwszy, Ballady, Sonety, Powiastki, Wierszs Rozne i-iv. Tom Drugi, Wierszs Rozne v-vi. Tom Trzeci, Dziady. Tom Czwarty, Pan Tadeusz. Tom Piaty, Artykuly Literackie, Goethe i Byron, Wielka Tydzien, etc. Tom Szosty, Historyi Polskiej, Zywila, etc.; Books...
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Automobile in American Life, The

By: Adams, G. Donald, with Hamp, Mason, Wright; Illustrated by Robert Lightfoot

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village : 1989

Seller ID: 17690

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

32 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Softcover, blue pictorial covers, 32 glossy pages, full-spread color map of exhibit, 48 full-color photos with captions. ; Topics include: Automobile evolution. Automotive landscape. Designing the automobile. Advertising and promotion. Vintage campers. Antique bicycles. More. ; Guide book to massive exhibit launched in 1987 by Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan. This item copyright 1989. Written by G. Donald Adams, Steven K. Hamp, Randy Mason, John L. Wright. Edited by Margo MacInnes. Photos by Robert Lightfoot, Alan Harvey, Tim Hunter, Rudy ...
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Memoir of Rev. John Moore : With Selections from His Correspondence, and Other Writings

By: Adams, John G.

Price: $32.00

Publisher: A. Tompkins : 1856

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 20202

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

360 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Hardcover, dark brown cloth, gilt spine lettering, 360 pages, pale yellow endpapers, b/w frontispiece portrait engraving of John Moore, footnotes. ; Amazonbuyers please note: This is an actual hardcover book from 1856, not a flimsy computer-generated reprint. See our image. ; The Rev. John Moore (1797-1855) was a pioneer Universalist preacher in New England and New York, editor-publisher of several denominational papers, founder of several charitable organizations, well-known anti-slavery activist and much more. ; Book shows overall little wear, cloth worn at extremi...
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Memoir of Thomas Whittemore, D. D.

By: Adams, John Greenleaf

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Universalist Publishing House : 1878

Seller ID: 20346

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

388 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Hardcover, brown cloth over beveled boards, 388 pages, dark green endpapers, gilt lettering on front and spine, footnotes, superb b/w portrait engraving frontispiece with tissue guard. ; Copyright 1877. Title page 1878. ; The Rev. Thomas Whittemore (1800-1861) was one of the most important Universalist of the 19th century. He edited 'Trumpet & Universalist Magazine' for 33 years, helped found Universalist Historical Society and Tufts University, served as president of the Universalist Church of America, and never backed down from fighting for what was right. The Rev....
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Knight of the Golden Melice, the : A Historical Romance

By: Adams, John Turvill

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Derby & Jackson : 1857

Seller ID: 21161

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

473 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Hardcover, olive green blindstamped cloth, gilt lettering on spine, pale yellow endpapers, [vi] + 473 + 2 pages, rag (cotton fiber) paper throughout. ; Copyright page 1856. Title page 1857. ; Set in New England in 1600s, starring gallant rogue who titles himself Knight of the Golden Melice (honeybee) defending Native Americans against self-righteous Puritans; a popular novel in mid-1800s. ; Cloth worn at tips. Mild to moderate foxing throughout. Gilt on spine worn but just readable. Front free endpaper missing. Binding intact. (Amazonbuyers please note: This is a ...
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Rio Azul : An Ancient Maya City

By: Adams, Richard E. W.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press : 1999

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 22320

ISBN-13: 9780806130767

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

238 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, yellow cloth, [xx] + 238 pages, 4 appendixes, bibliography, index, 8 charts and tables, 58 b/w figures and diagrams, 8 color photos and illustrations on glossy plates. ; Archaeology, epigraphy, and artworks of Rio Azul, a garrison town and trading center of the ancient Mayan civilization in what is now Guatemala. ; No defects to book. Jacket shows minor shelfwear only.
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What We Bought : The New World, Scenes from the Denver Metropolitan Area, 1970-1974

By: Adams, Robert

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Sprengel Museum : 1995

Seller ID: 17512

ISBN-13: 9783891690949

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

208 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Oblong hardcover, red cloth, blindstamped lettering, pale gray endpapers, 208 unnumbered high-gloss pages, 193 high-quality artistic tritone (b/w) photos of every-day life in Denver, Colorado, 1970-1974. Very little text, no captions. Text in parallel German and English. ; Stiftung Niedersachsen. This is the German-English edition of isbn 0300149638. This book is isbn 3891690940. Stunning photos by world renowned Robert Adams. Mostly exteriors: urban and suburban scenes, stores, billboards, mobile home parks, partly-developed subdivisions, etc, and some interiors: of...
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Nearer, My God, to Thee : With Designs by Miss L. B. Humphrey, Engraved by John Andrew and Son

By: Adams, Sarah Flower; Illustrated by L. B. Humphrey

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Lee & Shepard : 1878

Seller ID: 16853

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

44 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Hardcover, dark gray-green cloth over beveled boards, gilt lettering with black decor, 44 heavy-duty unnumbered pages, all edges gilt, dark brown endpapers, 15 b/w engraved illustrations. ; Copyright 1875. This edition 1878. The famous inspirational hymn, Nearer, My God, To Thee, illustrated by Miss L. B. Humphrey with beautiful images, Christian symbols, children in prayer, etc. ; Cloth worn at tips. Pages show a few small foxmarks here and there. Lovely old inscr*ption in pen and ink on front blank page dated 1883. No other defects. A wonderful 19th-century gift ...
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Author: A. H. C.