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LONDON: METHUEN & CO., LTD., 1953 NICE LOOKING RED BOOK, FORMER LIBRARY OF WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC. VERY GOOD CONDITION, 48 DIAGRAMS, CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT, GOOD NUMBER OF EQUATIONS, INDEX IN THE BACK. SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION ON RADIATION, AERIALS, ROD AERIALS. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: THOMAS, NELSON & SONS, 1959 RARE BOOK, NICE LOOKING COVER WITH BUFFALO ON FRONT, IMPRINT TITLE PAGE REGARDING LIBRARY, VERY BACK OF BOOK LIBRAY REFERENCE. GOOD CONDITION, CLEAN AND TIGHT. VERY NICE ARTWORK BY AUTHOR THROUGHOUT BOOK. EDUCATIONAL, ENTERTAINING BOOK ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS LIFE WITH THE BUFFALO. Bison are large bovines in the genus Bison (Greek: "wild ox" (bison) within the tribe Bovini. Two extant and numerous extinct species are recognised. Of the two surviving species, the American bison, bison, found only in North America, is the more numerous. Although colloquially referred to as a buffalo in the United States and Canada, it is only distantly related to the true buffalo. Gardell Dano Christensen (1907, Fremont County, Wyoming 1991) was an American writer. Christensen lived in Dubois, Wyoming, with his wife, the author Eugenia Burney. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

Argentina: Espaza-Calpe, 1944 Nice looking paperback in Spanish laguage, prologue by Juan Valera, Colleccion Austral, Buenos Aires-Mexico, Dustcover is paper and fair condition- inner front flap loose and in good shape, all pages of book tight, light brown with age, former owners name front, a few notes are in pencil inside front cover and on a few pages translating to English.
Azul is a collection of short stories and poetry by Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío. It was published in 1888 as Darío's first major work and a major work of the Modernismo literary movement.[1][2] He is commonly considered the initiator of literary modernism, a thesis that has been supported by personalities such as Octavio Paz, Ángel Rama or Darío himself. Félix Rubén García Sarmiento (January 18, 1867 ¿ February 6, 1916), known as Rubén Darío, was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as modernismo (modernism)… Read More

PHILADELPHIA: B. DAVENPORT & CO., 1838 RARE BOOK WITH GREAT DETAIL OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1838. GENERAL DESCIPTION OF NORTH AMERICA, UNITED STATES, DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND CONSTITUTION, STATES, COUNTIES, TOWNS, VILLAGES FORTS, SEAS HARBORS, CAPES, RIVERS, LAKES, CANALS, RAILROADS, ETC. BOUNDARIES, BEARINGS, DISTANCE, POPULATION, CENSUS 1830. TABLES RELATING TO COMMERCE, POPULATION, REVENUE, DEBT, VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS. NEW EDITION. FOLDOUT MAP INSIDE FRONT BY S. AUGUSTUS MITCHELL OF THE UNITED STATES AND ROADS. LEATHER COVER WORN AND INTACT. LIGHT FOXING INSIDE FRONT AND BACK, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. GREAT DETAIL THROUGHOUT. INDEX IN BACK. VERY NICE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: WALTER J. BLACK CO., 1926 NICE LOOKING SOFT LEATHER COVER, GOLD DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. FORMER OWNERS LABEL INSIDE FRONT. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT.
24 NOVELETTES AND A SHORT STORY.
Novelette (literature), a work of narrative prose fiction that is longer than a short story but shorter than a novella.
BALZAC WAS A GREAT FRENCH WRITER.
FOLLOWING ARE THE WORKS INCLUDED: THE GIRL WITH GOLDEN EYES, A PRINCESS'S SECRET, THE IMAGINARY MISTRESS, THE VENDETTA, HONORINE, THE SCEAUX BALL, GOBSECK, THE FIRM OF NUCINGEN, THE COMMISSION IN LUNACY, COLONEL CHABERT, THE UNCONSCIOUS NUMMERS, A SECOND HOME, GAMBARA, MELMOTH RECONCILED, THE MARANAS, MAITRE CORNELIUS, AT THE SIGN OF THE CAT AND RACKET, THE RUGGIERI'S SECRET, MASSIMILLA DONI, THE ABBE BIROTTEAU, THE FORSAKEN LADY, FAREWELL, GAUDISSART THE GREAT, THE NAPOLEON OF THE PEOPLE AND A PASSION IN THE DESERT.
Honoré de Balzac more commonly US: French; born Honoré Balzac; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The… Read More

NEW YORK: Walter J. Black, Inc., 1927 NICE LOOKING SOFT LEATHER COVER, LIGHT BROWN WITH GOLD PRINT FRONT AND SPINE WITH DESIGN SPINE. FORMER OWNER NAME INSIDE FRONT, TRANSLATORS PREFACEDIVIDED INTO FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD SET OF 10 TALES EACH. VERY INTERESTING WRITER. GREAT VARIETY OF LIFE IN ENGLAND. ENTERTAINING. CIRCA 1927, NO PUBLISHED DATE. Honoré de Balzac more commonly US; French:; born Honoré Balzac; 20 May 1799 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus. Owing to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multi-faceted characters; even his lesser characters are complex, morally ambiguous and fully human. Inanimate objects are imbued with character as well; the city of Paris, a backdrop for much of… Read More

PARIS: LIBRAIRIE CH. DELAGRAVE, 1884 NICE LOOKING RARE BOOK, GREEN TEXTURED COVER, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT. FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE FRONT. IN FRENCH LANGUAGE, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. TITLE IS THE GREAT EPOCHS OF THE PAINTING. Salomon van Ruysdael (c. 1602, Naarden buried 3 November 1670, Haarlem) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. He was the uncle of Jacob van Ruisdael. Claude Lorrain (French:; born Claude Gellée, called le Lorrain in French; traditionally just Claude in English; c. 1600 23 November 1682) was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher of the Baroque era. He spent most of his life in Italy, and is one of the earliest important artists, apart from his contemporaries in Dutch Golden Age painting, to concentrate on landscape painting Nicolas Poussin (UK: /pusæ/, US: /pusæ/, French: [nikla pus]; June 1594 19 November 1665) was the leading painter of the classical French Baroque Marie de Besneray (1850-1919) BORN IN MOSCOW, LIVED IN FRANCE. Woman of letters. -… Read More

New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1920 NICE DARK BLUE BOOK WITH IMPRINT FRONT AND SPINE. BUMP LOWER RIGHT CORNER. FORMER OWNERS BOOK LIBRARY LABEL IN FRONT- NO MARKINGS, NO MARKINGS THROUGHOUT, TIGHT AND GOOD SHAPE. William Frend De Morgan (16 November 1839 ¿ 15 January 1917) was an English potter and tile designer. A lifelong friend of William Morris, he designed tiles, stained glass and furniture for Morris & Co. from 1863 to 1872.William De Morgan died in London in 1917, of trench fever, and was buried in Brookwood Cemetery. Recollections of William De Morgan praise him both for his personal warmth and the indomitable energy with which he pursued his kaleidoscopic career as designer, potter, inventor and novelist. THIS BOOK WAS FINISHED BY EVELYN DE MORGAN WHO WROTE THE PREFATORY. SHE WROTE THAT THE NOVEL WAS UNHAPPILY LEFT UNFINISHED AT THE TIME OF HER HUSBAND'S DEATH. THE NARRATIVE WAS TO BE PRESENTED TO THE READER AS THE INCIDENTS OF EUSTACE JOHN. SHE TITLED THE BOOK INSIDE THE… Read More

NEW YORK: MCLOUGHLIN BROTHERS, INC., 1920 TERRIFIC COLLECTORS CLASSIC. LIGHT BROWN COVER WITH DARK BROWN PRINT AND DESIGN. CIRCA EARLY 1900s, NO DATE LISTED, AFTER MCLOUGHLIN MOVED TO NEW YORK, ESTIMATED DATE 1920. ONLY INTERNAL MARK IS PREVIOS OWNER SIGNATURE IN PENCIL. PAGES INSIDE ARE LIGHTLY BROWNED WITH AGE. PAGES ARE TIGHT, FIRST BLANK PAGE STARTING TO TEAR LOOSE. COLOR FRONTISPIECE, 79 ILLUSTRATIONS BY PAGETT. VERY NICE ARTWORK. BEAUTIFUL CLASSIC. Daniel Defoe (1660 ¿ 24 April 1731), was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer, and spy, now most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel, as he helped to popularize the form in Britain, and, along with others such as Samuel Richardson, is among the founders of the English novel. A prolific and versatile writer, he wrote more than 500 books, pamphlets and journals on various topics (including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural).… Read More

GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1943 NICE LOOKING RED BOOK WITH BLACK PRINT ON THE SPINE, VERY INTERESTING PICTURES INSIDE FRONT AND BACK AND THROUGHOUT. FORMER OWNERS NAME IN FRONT, NO OTHER MARKINGS, NICE AND TIGHT. 52 WONDERFUL PHOTOGRAPHS THROUGHOUT OF ANIMALS AND TRAINERS. BOOK IS DEDICATED TO KAPPY A NEWFOUNDLAND DOG THE AUTHOR WAS QUITE CLOSE TO. THIS IS A WONDERFUL BOOK THAT DEALS WITH ANIMALS HELPFUL AND USED IN WAR WITH BEAUTIFUL PICTURES AND DESCRIPTIONS AND ACCOUNTS. DOGS, CAMELS, HORSES, DUCKS, BIRDS, ELEPHANT, PIGEONS, CATS AND MULES. VERY TOUCHING AND INTERESTING. FOR THE MILITARY AND ANIMAL LOVER. A UNIQUE BOOK. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

MAYWOOD, ILL.: THOMAS DESCHAUER PUBLICATIONS, 1945 NICE LOOKING BROWN TEXTURED COVER, REINFORCED SPINE, BLACK PRINT AND DESIGN FRONT. CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. GREAT DETAIL OF PLANTS AND USES. ARTWORK OF PLANTS. NAMES OF HERBS AND PAGES IN BACK. BOOK ASSOCIATED WITH THE NATIONAL HERB COMPANY. FOR THE LOVER OF HERBS AND DETAIL ON USES. Phytotherapy is the use of plants or herbs to manage health conditions. It also refers to substances that come from plants or herbs. Medicinal plants and herbs are a form of complementary medicine. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

USA: PLATINUM PRESS, 2010 A BEAUTIFUL FACSIMILE EDITION TO THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WHICH INCLUDES FIVE MORE STORIES. A CHRISTMAS TREE, THE POOR RELATION'S STORY, THE CHILD'S STORY, THE SCHOOLBOY'S STORY, AND NOBODY'S STORY. NO MARKINGS INSIDE. BOOK APPEARS NEW. RED READING TASSLE, GOLD EDGE PAGES, HOLIDAY DECORATION ON PAGES, DARK GREEN-SHINEY COVER WITH GOLD PICTURE AND DECORATION ON FRONT AND PRINT ON SPINE. Dickens, Charles (1812¿70), English novelist. Dickens was a passionate supporter of fairy tales. In A Christmas Carol (1843) the miserly Scrooge is transformed into a miracle of genial generosity by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. TERRIFIC COLLECTOR ITEM. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 1871 NICE LOOKING BROWN COVER, BLACK DESIGN AND PRINT. GOLD PRINT SPINE. SMALL BOOKSTORE LABEL IN FRONT. CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. NICE LOOKING ARTWORK. FOR THE LOVER OF DICKENS. Dombey and Son is a novel by English author Charles Dickens. It follows the fortunes of a shipping firm owner, who is frustrated at the lack of a son to follow him in his footsteps; he initially rejects his daughter's love before eventually becoming reconciled with her before his death. The story features many Dickensian themes, such as arranged marriages, child cruelty, betrayal, deceit, and relations between people from different British social classes. The novel was first published in monthly parts between 1846 and 1848, with illustrations by Hablot Knight Browne Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the… Read More

BOSTON: LEE AND SHEPARD, 1878 BEAUTIFUL GREEN COVER, BLACK DESIGN, GOLD ON SPINE. FORMER OWNER NAME INSIDE FRONT 1879, NICE ARTWORK THROUGHOUT. The Gordon Riots of 1780 were several days of rioting in London motivated by anti-Catholic sentiment. They began with a large and orderly protest against the Papists Act 1778, which was intended to reduce official discrimination against British Catholics enacted by the Popery Act 1698. Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty (commonly known as Barnaby Rudge) is a historical novel by British novelist Charles Dickens. Barnaby Rudge was one of two novels (the other was The Old Curiosity Shop) that Dickens published in his short-lived (1840–1841) weekly serial Master Humphrey's Clock. Barnaby Rudge is largely set during the Gordon Riots of 1780. Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest… Read More

BOSTON: PERRY MASON & CO., 1884 BEAUTIFUL DARK GREEN COVER, BLACK DESIGN AND PRINT, GOLD ON SPINE, FORMER OWNER NAME INSIDE FRONT 1885, ARTWORK VERY NICE. Little Dorrit is a novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in serial form between 1855 and 1857. The story features Amy Dorrit, youngest child of her family, born and raised in the Marshalsea prison for debtors in London. Arthur Clennam encounters her after returning home from a 20-year absence, ready to begin his life anew. The novel satirises some shortcomings of both government and society, including the institution of debtors' prisons, where debtors were imprisoned, unable to work and yet incarcerated until they had repaid their debts. Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.[1] His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime… Read More

NEW YORK: MCLOUGHLIN BROTHERS, INC., 1910 DARK GREEN COVER WITH BLACK AND GOLD DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. SLIGHT WEAR, CORNERS BUMPED, FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE FRONT, PAGE 113 IS LOOSE BUT GOOD SHAPE, BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK THROUGHOUT. NO PUBLISH DATE CIRCA 1910, CHAPTERS INCLUDE LITTLE NELL, LITTLE DORRIT, THE MACHIONESS, A RUNAWAY COUPLE, POLLY, THE GOLDEN LUCY, THE LITTLE DOLS DRESSMAKER, LITTLE BEBELLE, DOCTOR MARIGOLDS SOPHYS, THE PRINCESS ALICIA. Charles John Huffam Dickens FRSA ( 7 February 1812 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

U.S.A.: CHARTWELL BOOKS, INC., 1992 TERRIFIC BOOK, NICE PROTECTIVE JACKET with gun on front, pictures and print front and spine with slight wear, BOOK ITSELF IS ORANGE WITH SILVER PRINT SPINE. NO INTERNAL MARKINGS- GREAT SHAPE. THE STORY OF THE MAFIA FROM EARLY DAYS IN SICILY TO THE TRIAL OF JOHN GOTTI. TALES OF CRIMES AND CRIMINALS, TRUTH BEHIND MOST FAMOUS CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION, MORE THAN 120 FASCINATING ARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPHS. YOU WILL NOT BE DISSAPOINTED. Mafia is a type of organized crime syndicate that primarily practices protection racketeering ¿ the use of violent intimidation to manipulate local economic activity, especially illicit trade; secondary activities may be practiced such as drug-trafficking, loan sharking and fraud. Being bonded together by a code of honour, in particular the code of silence (or omertà in southern Italy), safeguards the Mafia from outside intrusion and law enforcement action. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES

BOSTON, CAMBRIDGE: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY, 1889 LIGHT GREEN COVER WITH BLACK DESIGN AND GOLD PRINT, LIGHT FADING EDGES, TIGHT AND CLEAN INSIDE. JACKET POOR CONDITION, SEPARATED. FORMER OWNERS NAME AND DATE IN FRONT. ONE OF THE EARLY WORKS OF WIGGIN WHO LOVED CHILDREN AND SET UP A TRAINING SCHOOL FOR KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS. NICE ARTWORK. 11 CHAPTERS. AN ENTERTAINING STORY. Kate Douglas Wiggin (September 28, 1856 August 24, 1923) was an American educator, author and composer. She wrote children's stories, most notably the classic children's novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, and composed collections of children's songs. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878 (the Silver Street Free Kindergarten). With her sister during the 1880s, she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. Kate Wiggin devoted her adult life to the welfare of children in an era when children were commonly thought of as cheap labor. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, BOOKS WITH CHARACTER.

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL: THE REUBENI FOUNDATION, 1968 BEAUTIFUL COVER AND JACKET, VERY NICE CONDITION, TIGHT AND CLEAN. FROM ABRAHAM TO EZRA, 1726-444 BCE. THE STORY OF THE BIBLE, SET AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF THE ANCIENT WORLD, AND UNIQUELY RETOLD- IN THE FORM OF A MODERN DAILY NEWSPAPER. WONDERFUL! PRINTED IN ISREAL. FORMER OWNER WROTE IN BACK, ISRAEL TRIP FEB. 1977. OPENS AND FOLDS OUT. TABLE OF CONTENTS LISTS 26 NEWS ARTICLES. ABRAHAM PROCLAIMS NEW FAITH, RELIGIONS IN ABRAHAMS TIME, SODOM AND GOMORRAH, ISAAC'S SHIFT TO FARMING, JACOB PROTESTS SONS' ARREST, DEATH OF JOSEPH . ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

KRAKOW, POLAND: NAKLADEM AUTORA, 1930 VERY NICE LOOKING DARK BLUE COVER WITH GOLD PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. BEAUTIFUL DESIGN INSIDE FRONT AND BACK IN GOLD AND LIGHT BLUE ON WHITE. TIGHT, NO MARKINGS. FUNDAMENTALS OF CATHOLIC DOGMA (THEOLOGICAL DOCTRINE). OF GRACE AND INFUSED VIRTUES. SIENIATYCKI LISTED AS PROFESSOR UNIW. JAGIELL W KRAKOWIE. VERY NICE PIECE OF HISTORY. FOR THE COLLECTOR AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.