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Leipzig: Koehler & Amelang, 1963. HB. Tan cloth, brown lettering on spine, 12 mo, 127 pp. Clean, unmarked book, binding tight. In dust jacket that shows minor edge wear. Book condition VG+ in VG DJ. Text in German.

La Habana: Cultural, S. A, 1945. HB. Originally published in wraps, this copy recently rebound in full maroon leather with original stiff paper wraps bound in, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 234 pp., new endpapers. "Emilio Roig de Leuchsenring (La Habana, 23 de agosto de 1889 - La Habana, 8 de agosto de 1964), fue un historiador y patriota cubano, el primer historiador de la ciudad de La Habana." Wiki. Two owner's names on half-title page and a single owner's name on last page of text are the only marks in book, binding tight. Corners lightly bumped, covers clean with no wear. Book condition VG+. Text in Spanish.

San Francisco: Headquarters 1st Cavalry Division, Office of the Chief of Staff, US Army, 22 June 1966. 3rd Revision. Wraps. Stapled wraps, black lettering and insignia on front cover, 16mo, 64 pp. Illustrated with charts and drawings. Detailed analysis and directives regarding tactics to be used by an airborne division during the early phase of the Vietnamese War. No marks in book, binding tight. Covers show very light soiling, one corner and first few pages creased. Book condition VG.

Kristiania: Det Norske Samlags Forlag, 1883. HB. Volume I only. Includes "Songarserdi til Urendal" at rear, paginated separately. Half brown cloth and marbled boards, paper title label on spine, 8vo, xv, 761, 240 pp. X-College library with usual stamps, no card pockets or other evidence. Frontis portrait of Vinje (1818-1870), Norwegian born American journalist. One page of table of contents torn but complete, owners name ffep, no marks in text. Binding somewhat shaken, hinges cracked. Covers show considerable scuffing and edge wear, sticker with number bottom of spine. Book condition Good, text in Norwegian.

New York: Advance Publishing Company, 1931. HB. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 12 mo, 152 pp. No marks in book, binding tight. Lacking ffep. Covers show slight edge wear. Book condition VG.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1895-1898. HB. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 12 mo., TEG. Volume I (1898) 387 pp. Volume II (1895) 373 pp. + ads at rear. Volume I has map in pocket at rear. Both volumes, owners name ffep. Volume II spotting lower front cover. Both volumes show minor edge wear. Book condition VG.

Oklahoma City: American Foundation For Abundance, 1939. First Edition Stated, April 1939. Wraps. Orange stiff paper stapled wraps, black lettering on front cover, 12mo, 101 pp. plus membership application at rear. Detailed attempt to promote a middle ground between capitalism and marxism just prior to the start of World War II. No marks in book, binding tight. Front cover and first page creased at bottom. Book condition VG.

London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1818. Second Edition, With Additions. HB. Two volumes bound in full leather with extensive blind-stamped and gilt decoration on covers, gilt lettering with 4 raised bands on spines, all edges of text block marbled and with marbled endpapers. Volume I frontis portrait of Mariner in the costume of the Tonga Islands, very nice large fold-out map of the Tonga Islands at the front of volume II. Each volume contains the half-title page. Lvi, 444, 344 pp. With an unpaginated (40 p) Grammar of the Tonga Language and a (104 p. )Vocabulary Tonga and English at rear of volume II. Errata at rear of volume II. Mariner (1791-1853) sailed as ships clerk on the privateer Port Au Prince. In 1806 while anchored at the Tongan island of Lifuka, the crew were attacked and all but Mariner and a few others were killed. Mariner was spared and lived for 4 years among the natives on Tonga. He eventually returned to England and dictated this account of Tongan society. Previous owner's… Read More

New York: Scribners, 1938. 1st. HB. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo., 390 pp. No marks in book, binding solid. First printing (A), gilt lettering faded on spine, nearly all missing front cover. Book condition VG-.

New York, et al: Longmans, Green & Co, 1909. HB. From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria, with 63 maps and plans." Maroon cloth, black lettering on spine, 12 mo., 755 pp. New Impression. Considerable wear. fraying top and bottom of spine. No marks in text, binding solid. Reading copy. Book condition Good.

Minneapolis: Forfatterens Forlag, O. W. Lund's Trykkerri, 1896. HB. Black blindstamped cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 12mo, 320 pp., patterned endpapers. owners name ffep, notes written on rear endpaper, no marks in text. Bonding solid, covers show scuffing and edge wear, rear joint cracked about 2" at bottom. An uncommon temperance history of the upper plains, and the role played by Scandinavian Lutherans. Nydahl (1863-1928) taught at Augsburg Seminary from 1891-1920. Text in Norwegian. Book condition VG-.

New York: Crown Publishers, 1972. Second Printing. HB. Red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 224 pp. X-Library, with name blacked out top of title page, remnants of card pocket at rear. No marks in text, binding tight. In unclipped dust jacket that shows very light shelf wear. Book condition VG- in VG- DJ.

New York: Fordham University Press, 1967. HB. Red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo., 177 pp. x-reference library, but a clean, tight copy. Book condition VG.

Minneapolis: Joseph M. Wolfe, [1920]. Eleventh Revised. HB. Maroon cloth with white lettering on front, 8vo., 96pp. Two Ink spots on front cover, otherwise very minor wear, 2 corners bumped. Fiscal data at end of 1919, histories and illustrations of various Odd Fellows Homes. Previous owners name front paste down. Book condition VG.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1892. HB. Dark blue cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 12 mo, 306 pp, TEG. American Statesmen Series. Chipping, bottom of spine. No marks in book, binding solid.

Bonechi Editore- Firenze, ND. Wraps. Plastic covered pictorial wraps, 4to, 63pp. Beautifully illustrated in color. Book condition VG.

Lincoln, Nebraska: By Author, 1976. Wraps. Glossy trade paper, black lettering and drawing of rural homestead on front cover, 8vo, 124 pp. Account of the author's early life in Kansas, her husband's childhood in Colorado, and their life together in York and Hastings, Nebraska. Clean, unmarked book, binding tight. Book condition VG+.

Cincinnati: Verlag von Samuel Ludvigh, 1868. HB. Half black leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering and bands on spine, 8vo., 217 pp. "Namen der ActionŠre und Mitglieder der Propaganda gegen Kirchen und Pfaffenthum": p. [2-6] at end. X-library (Deutschen Vereins) with stamps on title page and front paste-down, sticker top of spine. Probably from a private lending library. No other marks in book, binding tight. Moderate foxing, covers show edge wear. Samuel Gottlieb Ludvigh (1801-1869) was born in Germany, traveled to America, and worked as a journalist and travel writer. Book condition VG-, text in German. Uncommon.

NP, ND (app. 1975). HB. Blue cloth, silver lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 249 pp. Illustrated with maps and photos. SIGNED by author on title page. No publishing information in book, probably published by author. Clean, unmarked book, binding tight. Book condition VG.

Urbana, Ill: University of Illinois Press, 1959. 1st. HB. Tan cloth, dark brown lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo., 201 pp. X-college library with usual flaws. No marks in text, binding solid. Covers show very slight edge wear. Book condition VG-.