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New York: Harry N Abrams, 1987. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio, blud cloth covered boards. 171pp. A facsimile rendition of selected landmark pages from the Paris Herald Tribune, the newspaper of record for American expatriates and travellers in France and throughout Europe for most of the twentieth century. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright volume with bright silver titles and fresh cloth. Original publisher's return card laid in. In a crisp, sharp, sparkling dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1904. Book. Very Good. Original Cloth. First Edition. First Edition. Quarto (9.5" x 12"), black library buckram with gilt spine title. 28 pages of text detailing the objectives and technological applications of the expedition for photographing the corona at the eclipse, followed by 18 full page photographic plates plus 2 diagrams of the Bolometric apparatus for photographing the eclipse. Photographs include the apparatus, the camp and installation of the expedition and 12 photographs of the solar eclipse at the inner corona and prominences. A tight sound copy with moderate dust soiling but excellent clean and unblemished photographic plates. Very striking examples of early astrophysical photographs. Ex-library but moderately so with no card pocket and only a couple of dime sized library stamps after the copyright page (a couple in margins of plates). Bookplate to pastedown and perforation to title page. Very good. Scarce..

NY: The Century Co., (1924)., 1924. Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, pale blue cloth covered boards decorated in black and gilt mountain scene and gilt titles and spine titles. 462pp. Illustrated with many black and white photographs. 3 fold map of Chile. A very tight internally clean crisp copy with very clear gilt and decoration. spine titles somewhat darkened and a light spot to spine and a touch of soil to exterior page edges and endpapers, else fine. A very attractive copy..

Boston, MA: Thomson Course Technology, 2003. Book. As New. Hardcover. F. Small thick quarto, orange illustrated glazed paper covered boards. 673pp. including extensive index and glossary. CD ROM in sealed envelope on rear pastedown. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume. Fine. AS NEW..

Beverly Hills, CA: Abner Kreisberg Corporation, 1975-1976. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. F. First Edition. 2 Volumes, octavo, illustrated stiff wraps. pp. 151, 143 plus 33pages of black and white photogaph plates of numerous numbered lots. A historic collection and sale catalogue. Very clean, tight and fresh interiors. Volume 1 has slight abrasion and light crease, else fine. Volume 2 fine. A near fine set. Scarce..

New York: Routledge, 1999. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Edition. Octavo, illustrated black sitt wraps (trade paperback). 336 pp. A telling commentary on the words, phrases, concepts and jargon that shape and drive academic discourse. A very tight, clean, crisp, sharp, bright, stiff, square, unmarked and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. FINE. AS NEW..

Saint Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.: Morgan Kaufmann Pub, 1989. Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Large thick octavo, navy blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles and spine titles. 819pp. including index. First in series of proceedings of IEEE on artificial intelligence. MINT in original publisher's shrink wrap..

New York: Viking Studio Books, (1993). Book. As New. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Folio, black cloth covered boards. 240pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with many full page edge to edge color photographs and accompanying biographical commentary. A sumptuous visual tribute in portraiture and biography to the achievements of African Americans in every facet of American life from politics to science, sport, literature, art and entertainment. A very tight, fresh, clean and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

London: Longmans, (1962). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, maroon cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 220pp. Essays and reflections on writing and other authors. A very tight and fresh copy with discreet prior owner's name and date, else fine in a remarkably crisp and sharp dust jacket with one pinhole at top of gutter on jacket, else fine. A very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket..

London: Ian Allan, (1986). Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Octavo, red cloth covered boards. 240pp. including index and bibliography. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, sparkling dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Flawless and AS NEW..

Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2003., 2003. Book. As New. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, black cloth covered boards. 319pp. including extensive index and notes. Illustrated with black and white reproductions of courtroom sketches. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked, unblemished and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, sparkling dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

NY: Oxford University Press, (1987). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, white cloth spine over green paper covered boards. 174pp. Fine in dust jacket which is price-clipped, else fine. A very tight, fresh and apparently unread copy in a brilliant, crisp, sharp and very near fine dust jacket..

Los Angeles: Price Stern Sloan, 1994. Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition, first printing. Tall slim octavo. Illustrated with multi-dimensional colored cut-out pop-ups. All pop-ups fine and unblemished. Fine..

NY: W.W. Norton, (1988). Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition. Tall quarto, dark blue cloth covered boards. 200pp. Illustrated throughout with color photographs by Dudley Whitney. Near fine (very small remainder mark at top edge) in fine dust jacket. AS NEW IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHERS SHRINK WRAP..

Baltimore, MD: Catholic University of America Press, 1997. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. Thick octavo, brown/grey cloht covered boards with silver spine titles. 466 pp. including extensive index, bibliography and notes. Illustrated with black and white photographs. The definitive biography of Boniface Wimmer, the Benedictine pioneer abbot who became the founder of monasticism in America. A very fine, tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume in a glossy, tight, sparklng, crisp, unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Four Volumes, octavo, original printed green wraps with yapped edges. January, February, March and April 1924. All copies tight, and internally clean and fresh. Sunning to spines and wrap edges as usual. Prior owner pencil signature on front of 2,3 and 4 but NOT on #1, else fine. A very good plus or better set..

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991. Book. As New. Original Cloth. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo, blue cloth covered boards. 229pp. including extensive index, bibliography and notes. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by AUTHOR on title page in year of publication "May 8, 1991 with warmest best wishes, Jeanne Campbell Reesman". A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp sharp, bright dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1977). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Quarto, green leatherette covered boards with silver titles. 239pp. with index and bibliography. Introduction by Arnold Palmer. Generously illustrated throughout with color photographs. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with one tiny edge chip (fingernail paring sized) else fine. A beautiful book and very tight fresh, clean and very near fine..

New York: Guilford Publications, 1998. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, black cloth spine over yellow cloth covered boards. 228 pp. including glossary and extensive references and index. Tight, clean, crisp, unmarked and unread in a very tight, bright, glossy dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

Cranbury, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, (1973). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, terracotta colored cloth covered boards. 93pp. including index. Fine in near fine dust jacket..