Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

30 Jahre Playmobil : 30 Years of Playmobil

Price: $44.00

Publisher: Heel Verlag Gmbh : 2004

Seller ID: 21313

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

168 pages; 4to (11.5") 30 cm; GERMAN text throughout. Large hardcover, blue boards, 168 glossy pages, over 300 full-color photos with captions. ; Complete history of famous line of 7.5mm (3 inch) thermoplastic human figures, vehicles, horses, house and castle construction sets, etc, manufactured by Geobra, part of the Brandstatter Group, Zirndorf, Germany. A collectible and competitor of Lego. ; Very light bump to crown otherwise no defects to book. Jacket has corresponding small tear and wrinkles. Scarce.
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Death Stops the Rehearsal : Franklin Russell's Second Case

By: Baker, Richard M.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons : 1937

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 24345

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

335 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Hardcover, blue cloth, green lettering, top edge inked red, [x] + 335 pages, b/w floorplan of theatre and at least 2 other b/w diagrams. ; First edition, "A" on copyright page. Cover art by Edward D?Ancona. ; Author's (Richard Merriam Baker, 1896-1952) first mystery, Death Stops the Rehearsal (1936) introduced his intrepid amateur detective, Franklin Russell, and this, his second of three, delighted readers with its straight-forward mystery full of fun puzzles to solve. ; Almost no wear. Pages very slightly yellowed from age. Owner name and address penned on fron...
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Simple New England Cookery

By: Beilenson, Edna; Illustrated by Ruth McCrea

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Peter Pauper Press : 1962

Seller ID: 22357

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

62 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Small hardcover, 62 pages, 12 two-color illustrations, 75 recipes of all kinds. ; Owner name penned on front endpaper. Jacket foxed, with small edge chips, but all readable. ; With this item you will also get: Simple Hawaiian Cookery 1964. Simple Jewish Cookery 1962. Simple Oriental Cookery 1960. Same author, illustrator, and format for all.
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Jews under Hitlerism : An Eyewitness Account

By: Bishop Stephanos

Price: $65.00

Publisher: American Greek Orthodox Catholic Church Missionary Diocese : 1943

Seller ID: 21998

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

240 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, red cloth, 240 pages, b/w portrait frontispiece photo of author on glossy plate. Jacket illustrated with cartoon of hideous giant demon-troglodyte Hitler stomping people in street. ; Written by the Most Rev. Dr. Stephanos, Missionary Bishop of the Catholic Orthodox Hungarian Church (as of 1938) who traveled in Germany and Slovakia and here relates his experiences and shock at violence and evil witnessed under Hitler. ; Very little wear to book. Pages yellowed from age but not brittle. Jacket is mostly intact but has small closed tears and light creases ...
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Tarzan the Untamed : Complete and Unabridged

By: Burroughs, Edgar Rice; Illustrated by J. Allen St. John

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap : 1943

Seller ID: 22651

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

309 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Hardcover, red boards, [vi] + 309 pages. Jacket art by J. Allen St. John. ; Madison Square Books stated. Copyright 1920. This printing circa 1943, "produced under wartime conditions." ; Blurb: "This is the story of Tarzan's return to the life and ways of the Ape-Man in his search for vengeance on those who took from him his beloved wife." ; Book shows light edgewear. No marks, no rips, no tears. Pages yellowed from age but not brown or brittle. Binding tight. Jacket mostly intact, shows light rubbing, small chip to upper front affecting part of the letter T, small...
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Second World War, The, Complete in 6 Volumes : Gathering Storm, Finest Hour, Grand Alliance, Hinge of Fate, Closing the Ring, Triumph and Tragedy

By: Churchill, Winston

Price: $58.00

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company : 1948

Seller ID: 24494

ISBN-13: 9781135835286

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

4987 pages; 8vo (8.75") 22 cm; Book Club Edition; HARDCOVER. No slipcase. Red cloth, 784 + 751 + 903 + 1000 + 749 + 800 pages, total 4987 pages. Many appendixes and b/w maps. Index in each vol. Book of the Month Club edition, dated 1948-1953. ; Famous set of books written by Prime Minister of UK who helped defeat the Nazis. Set weights over 13 pounds; special shipping arrangements may be necessary. ; Appears to be unread. No marks or writing. Top edges faintly sunned. Minor corner bumps to 2 vols. Jacket spines slightly faded but quite readable. Small nicks and chips to jacket edges, not affec...
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Singing Time : A Book of Songs for Little Children

By: Coleman, Satis N, and Alice G. Thorn; Illustrated by Ruth Hambidge

Price: $10.00

Publisher: John Day Company : 1929

Edition: Seventeenth Printing

Seller ID: 20038

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

60 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall hardcover, orange cloth, [xii] + 48 pages, 40 original songs with tunes, lyrics, and piano accompaniments. Illustrated throughout with charming monochrome drawings ; Blurb: Small songs for very young children. Subtitle on title page: Songs for nursery and school. Copyright 1929. This is 17th printing. ; Book shows almost no wear. Two facing pages have small smudge, otherwise no marks or defects. Jacket clipped, with small edge chips, but all readable.
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Asa Gray, 1810-1888 : American Botanist

By: Dupree, Anderson Hunter

Price: $21.00

Publisher: Harvard University Press : 1968

Edition: Second Printing

Seller ID: 24283

ISBN-13: 9780674049000

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

526 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, green cloth, [xvi] + 505 + 5 pages, total 526 pages, extensive index, tons of endnotes, 23 historical b/w photos with captions. ; Copyright 1959. This is 2nd printing, 1968. ; Biography of greatest American botanist of 19th century. ; Very light shelfwear. Top edge and fore-edge show minor foxing. Jacket rubbed, clipped, lightly foxed, with three small edge chips. ; Laid in: Announcement of Classes and Lectures, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Spring 1975, being 4 pgs on white glossy paper, listing 5 classes, 6 lectures, and 3 bonsai courses (tau...
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My Father Owned a Circus : Illustrated with Photographs

By: Gollmar, Robert H.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Caxton Printers : 1965

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 24184

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

205 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Hardcover, gray cloth, 205 pages + 18 pages of illustrations, many diary entries of Benjamin Franklin Gollmar from 1892 to 1912, Gollmar Brothers souvenir route book of 1911 reproduced in its entirety including orange illustration and 12 textured pages printed in orange and black, 32 historic b/w photos and facsimiles on glossy plates, with captions. ; History of Gollmar Brothers Circus, which started as small wagon show in 1891 and by 1916 had grown to become fourth largest railroad circus in US. Author, longtime city attorney of Baraboo, Wisconsin, was son of Fre...
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Hafetz Hayim on Pirkey Avoth, the : Thoughts, Interpretations, Explanations on the Ethics of the Fathers

By: Hacohen, Israel Meir

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Traditional Press : 1978

Seller ID: 23109

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

148 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, brown cloth, [x] + 148 pages, 96 brief essays. ; "The quintessence of Jewish ethics and morality." Gathered and arranged by Rabbi David Zaretsky. Edited by Isaiah Aryeh and Joshua Dvorkes. Rendered into English by Charles Wengrov. Co-publshed by Institute for Mishna Research, 5738 (1978) ; Lengthy gift note s*gned by Rabbi and Mrs. Wagner on front endpaper. No other defects to book. Jacket shows moderate edgewear, three small closed tears.
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Fantastic Architecture

By: Higgins, Dick, and Wolf Vostell

Price: $27.00

Publisher: Something Else Press : 1969

Seller ID: 23913

ISBN-13: 9780871100894

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

200 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Hardcover, gray uncoated cloth, 200 unnumbered pages, some of which are translucent, writings from 36 modern experimental architects, 90 b/w photos and illustrations. ; Copyright 1969 stated. English throughout. Writings by Joseph Beuys, Raoul Hausmann, Franz Mon, Gerhard Ruhm, Wolf Vostell, and Stefan Wewerka translated from German by Joachim Neugroschel. ; Rear board slightly bowed, old price erased (sort of) from front endpaper but still readable. Jacket has small chips and closed tears to upper edge, otherwise intact.
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When Spring Comes Home : To Europe and the Middle East (Signed)

By: Hoyt, Edyth Armstrong

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Edwards Brothers : 1959

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 24258

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

299 pages; 8vo (8.75") 22 cm; Hardcover, green cloth, purple endpaper maps, 299 pages, index, bibliography, several small b/w illustrations and 2 small b/w maps in text. Foreword page SIGNED by author in a large hand. ; Artwork by Le Roy Brear and Edward L. Morris. Distributed by Bible Literature Publications, St. Louis, Missouri. ; Highly descriptive, evocative account of author's travels to Europe and Middle East, especially the Holy Lands, written by noted poet and professor of Biblical literature. ; Book shows almost no wear. Boards slightly bowed. Minor foxing to top and part of fore-edge...
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Freethinkers : A History of American Secularism

By: Jacoby, Susan

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Metropolitan Books : 2004

Seller ID: 24186

ISBN-13: 9780805074420

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

432 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, [xii] + 420 pages, index, bibliography, chapter endnotes, 14 b/w photos and illustrations on glossy plates. ; Author, raised in a Roman Catholic household with a Jewish father, became a secularist and a journalist and has written more than a dozen prize-winning history books. In this book she explores ; atheism, agnosticism, rationalism, free thought, feminism, humanism and secularism in American history, with special emphasis on Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Paine, Ernestine Rose, Lucretia Mott, Robert Ingersoll, Watson Heston, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, George...
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Glimtar over Sotdalarna : Glimpses of Dalarna

By: Kerstin Hed

Price: $21.00

Publisher: LTs Forlag : 1958

Seller ID: 22412

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

154 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; SWEDISH text throughout. Hardcover, black cloth over spine, green patterned boards, 110 text pages plus 44 unnumbered glossy plates, 154 total pages, 74 historical b/w photos, many full-spread, with captions. ; Historical sketches, reminiscences, and some rhyming verses about several localities in Dalarna, Sweden, authored by popular Swedish poet. Chapter headings include: Om Hedermora Stad. Om Norn. Liarnas land. Fars blypiska. Lang vag. Rakels rop. Om Garpenberg. Grytnas. Om sanningen. Fran Falun. More. ; Book shows little wear. Gift note dated 1959 in ballpoint...
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Never Trust a Cowbird : Signed

By: Laycock, George

Price: $25.00

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company : 1966

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 24420

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

140 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, gray boards, 140 pages, index, 25 b/w photos. Halftitle page inscribed and SIGNED by author. ; First edition stated, with full number line. Warning: racist. ; True tales and humorous anecdotes about 22 animal and insect species of North America: mule, goat, border collie, longhorn cattle, crawfish, redwing blackbird, cotton boll weevil, screech owl, pileated woodpecker and more. ; Book shows almost no wear. Small bump to lower rear board. Owner emboss on titlepage. No marks apart from autograph. Jacket has eight small chips and closed tears to edges, lo...
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Floodtides of Fortune : The Story of Stratford and the Progress of the City through Two Centuries

By: Leitch, Adelaide

Price: $16.00

Publisher: City of Stratford : 1980

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 23843

ISBN-13: 9783800409020

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

310 pages; 4to (10.25") 26 cm; Hardcover, green cloth, [x] + 310 pages, index, bibliography, chronology, 2 appendixes, endpaper map, about 300 b/w photos, facsimiles and illustrations, with detailed captions. ; Famed Ontario city that started as company town, true wilderness outpost, but became railroad pioneer, center of arts, focal point of illustrious Stratford Festival honoring William Shakespeare. ; Book shows almost no wear but cloth has many very pale spots. Jacket shows light wear, rubbing, two very small closed tears, mostly affecting rear panel which is blank apart from publisher dat...
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Inside Muni : The Properties and Operations of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco

By: McKane, John, and Anthony Perles

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Interurban Press : 1982

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 23001

ISBN-13: 9780916374495

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

268 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Tall heavy hardcover, green cloth, 256 pages + 9 large fold-outs, numerous lists and tables, over 400 b/w photos, maps and diagrams. ; 1st printing, 1982, stated. Hyper-complete history of streetcars (and some buses) in San Francisco and the demise of some streetcar lines in 1982. (This book was preceded by The People's Railway, 1981, and followed by Tours of Discovery, 1984) ; Light edgewear. Four pages have corrections in ballpoint. Jacket rubbed, chipped at crown, but all readable. ; 5 items laid in: 1) three small relevant clippings. 2) Regional Rail in the B...
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Mack

By: Montville, John B. ; Illustrated by John W. Peckham

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Haessner Publishing : 1973

Seller ID: 22811

ISBN-13: 9780877990376

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

204 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Tall hardcover, black textured buckram cloth, [xii] + 204 pages, index, sidenotes, appendix of stats, 18 b/w drawings and diagrams, 263 b/w photos, 6 full-color illustrations, some full spread. ; Foreword by Don H. Berkebile. Color paintings by John W. Peckham. ; Complete history of Mack manufacturing corporation and its famous vehicles, including trucks, buses, fire engines, construction vehicles, railroad cars, etc, from earliest days in 1899 to 1972. ; Book shows light shelfwear, a touch of foxing to endpapers. Jacket is all readable but shows many small wrink...
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Making Cheeses at Home

By: Ogilvy, Susan

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Crown Publishers : 1976

Seller ID: 22977

ISBN-13: 9780517526354

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

88 pages; 4to (10") 27 cm; Hardcover, tan boards, 88 pages, index, bibliography, appendix, glossary, 36 b/w photos and diagrams including endpaper photos, about 30 recipes. ; Published 1976. No additional printings listed. ; Book shows only minor edgewear, a touch of sunning. Jacket, which is uncoated, is tanned, lightly spotted, with small closed tear at heel, otherwise intact.
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Observer's Book of Automobiles, The, 16e : (16th Edition, New Re-Styled Edition, 1970)

By: Olyslager, Piet

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Frederick Warne & Company : 1970

Edition: Sixteenth Edition

Seller ID: 24187

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

250 pages; 24mo (5.75") 15 cm; Small hardcover, pale blue textured boards, [xiv] + 250 glossy pages, table of International Registration Letters, over 300 current (1970) cars shown in high-quality b/w photos, with stats and descriptions. ; Originally published 1955. This is 16th edition, revised format, 1970. Book from collection of Peter Foss, founder and vice president, Toy Car Collectors Club. ; Book shows light shelfwear only. Jacket rubbed, worn, lightly foxed, with small chips not affecting any text. (Image shows book with jacket, spine and front) ; Observers Pocket Series; Vol. 21
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Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket