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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Hardcover. Near fine. Reprint. Octavo. Original black cloth binding, with red and gilt titles. Issued without a dust jacket. A crisp, unread copy with some occasional light bumping to the extremities of the boards. Near fine.

New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Edited, with an Introduction, by James Nagel and Richard Astro. A collection of papers presented at a conference held at Northeastern University, May 9-10, 1980. Includes "Recent New England Fiction: Outsiders and Insiders" by Melvin J. Friedman, who inscribed this copy on the title page. Original green cloth binding, with gilt stamping. A bit of mild wear to the corners and tips; otherwise near fine. Inscribed by Author.

1980 1st, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Textual photos. New York: Seaview Books, 1980. First edition. ISBN 0872236196. Handy reference to the world of science fiction, with separate listings for films, television, and authors. Also includes sections on awards, magazines, and themes, with lists of "Oscars in space," SF awards, and both Hugo and Nebula awards. Rear board lightly soiled. A very good copy in a price-clipped jacket with some very mild creasing along the top edge.

Bangalore, India: Jeevan Publications, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 258 p. Textual illustrations. A Hindu interpretation of Whitman's mysticism. While other studies derive their interpretation from Whitman's notion of self, Nambiar connects him to the esoteric experience of Tantric Yoga, a type of supernormal consciousness marked by the awakening of psycho-physical energy and resulting in the dissolution of the barriers between matter and spirit, the self and the universal. Prospectus laid in. Octavo. Original paper covered boards over a blue cloth spine. The dust jacket, which is attached (as issued), is light edgeworn and faded, with a chip to the spine heel; else very good. Scarce.

Tokyo and Palo Alto, California: Kodansha International Ltd, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. It was Hiroshige (1797-1858) who immortalized the Tokaido or "Eastern Sea Road" which connected the emperor's capital in Kyoto and the seat of the shogun's administration in Edo (now Tokyo). His Tokaido prints were an immediate success in his own time; today they are included among the masterpieces of the world. English adaptation by Gordon Sager. Tipped-in color frontispiece, with 72 color illustrations and a two-page map. Tall octavo. Original natural cloth binding, with black and red stamping. A near fine copy, housed in the publisher's pictorial slipcase.

Stanford University, California: Stanford University Press, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. This calendar-guide, with its ample summaries and extracts, shows that French officials were active in the region and adds a relatively unknown chapter to the history of California from the earliest days through the Gold Rush period. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt stamping. The dust jacket is browned along the spine and extremities. Better than very good.

1933 1st, 1933. First edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1933. First edition. Review copy, with slip laid in. Tongue-in-cheek, frequently bitchy commentary on all that is hackneyed and thread-bare in popular theatre by the well-known critic. From the library of Milton Merlin, award-winning theatrical writer, director, producer and book reviewer for the L.A. Times under editor Paul Jordan Smith. Original publisher's folding box worn and torn; otherwise very good.

1945 1st, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. First edition. Review copy, with slip laid in. A chronological record of New York plays and musical shows produced during the 1944-45 season, with commentary on each by the dean of metropolitan drama critics. Among the plays making their debut that year, and which were enthusiastically endorsed by Nathan, are Harvey, The Glass Menagerie, and Carousel. From the library of Milton Merlin, award winning theatrical writer, director, producer, and book reviewer for the L.A. Times under editor Paul Jordan Smith. Very good in a lightly rubbed and edgeworn jacket.

Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Textual facsimiles. Text in Spanish. Justo Sierra Mendez (1848-1912) was a prominent Mexican writer, journalist, poet and political figure of the second half of the nineteenth century. Original red cloth binding, with black and gilt stamping. Very faint paperclip indentation to the top edge of the front flyleaf. Some occasional mild wear to the dust jacket. Better than very good.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A sequel to "The Adventures of Maud Noakes" (1962). A crisp, nearly fine copy in a lightly yellowed dust jacket.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good. 18 plates, with 90 illustrations. Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1955. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. The spine is a trifle sun faded; otherwise very good.

Taipei, Taiwan: Rainbow-Bridge Book Co, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 36 illustrations, with nine tables. Reprint. The first volume in the Science and Civilisation in China, a series of monumental books initiated and edited by British biochemist and China scholar Joseph Needham (1900-1995). They deal exhaustively with the history of science and technology in China. To date there have been 27 volumes (and parts). Original burgundy cloth binding, with gilt lettering. A bit of soiling and smudging to a few pages. The bottom corners are bumped; otherwise a very good copy in a lightly worn dust jacket.

New York and Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Includes "The Blue Cross" by G.K. Chesterton, "The Three Hermits" by Leo Tolstoy, "Tit for Tat" by Sholom Aleichem, "The Making of a Minister" by J.M. Barrie, etc. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt and silver stamping. Some light rubbing to the dust jacket; otherwise a near fine copy.

London: Andrew Melrose, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Frontispiece portrait. First edition, published as "When the Tree Flowered" (1951) in the U.S. A mature and reflective interpretation of the old Sioux way of life. Ink bookseller's stamp to the front pastedown. The dust jacket is price-clipped, with some general light wear; otherwise a crisp, very good copy.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Original gray cloth binding, with black titles. The dust jacket is price-clipped, with some general minor wear and browning along the spine and folds, and tape reinforcement on both the recto and verso. A very good copy.

Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 229 p. Octavo. Original gray cloth binding, with brown stamping. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. With an Introductory Essay by Sholem Asch. Frontispiece, with textual illustrations. The fifth volume in the Yale University Library Miscellanies series. Orignal blue paper-covered boards over a tan cloth spine, with a printed paper spine label. Some offsetting from the dust jacket to the endpapers. A bit of mild fading along the extremities of the boards; otherwise a crisp, nearly fine copy in a plain paper dust jacket, which is edgeworn and chipped.

Berkeley, California: Academy of American Franciscan History, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 175 p. Frontispiece portrait. The work of Jose Gonzalez Rubio, from his arrival in 1833 to his death in 1875, spanned the years of the decline of Mexican sovereignty, the United States-Mexican War, the U.S. conquest, and the ascendancy of Anglo-American social, economic, and cultural dominance in the state. The friar's career serves as a unique prism through which to view the double transition transforming California in the mid-nineteenth century. Monograph Series, Volume Fourteen. Quarto. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt stamping. A fine copy.

Madison and Milwaukee: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Compiled by Samuel Ives, Reese Jenkins, and John Neu. Original brown cloth binding, with gilt titles. The dust jacket is browned and a bit edgeworn; otherwise a very good copy.

Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. "Beginning with the second century B.C., astrology penetrated in ever increasing degree the Hellenistic and Roman world. The present publication is an attempt to follow one particular component in its ramifications: the Greek horoscopes, from the first century B.C. to the beginning of Islam." 32 plates, with numerous textual figures and tables. Quarto. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Light bumping to the corners. The dust jacket is a touch sun faded, with just a hint of edgewear. Better than very good.