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Wiesbaden: F. Steiner, 1955. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo; xi, 592pp. A Near Fine copy in original 3/4 red linen and patterned boards. Lightly worn paper label to upper cover.
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Generalindex zur Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlandischen Gesellschaft: Band 1-100
by Wagner, Ewald
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George Davidson: Geographer of the Northwest Coarst of America
by Wagner, Henry R.
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San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1932. Limited edition of 100 copies. Original wrappers. Tall 8vo. 24pp. Portrait frontispiece. Original grey staplebound wrappers with black lettering. Minor age toning otherwise fine. Scarce. Reprinted from the Quarterly of the California Historical Society, Vol. XI, No. 4, December, 1932. Includes listing of Davidson's geographical writings. (Published Writings of Henry R. Wagner p. 42).
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California Voyages 1539-1541 (INSCRIBED)
by Wagner, Henry R. (editor)
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San Francisco: John Howell, 1925. First separate edition; published in December, 1924 as Vol. III, No. 4 of the Quarterly of the California Historical Society. INSCRIBED "Dear Bob, Another sleep chaser as our friend Louis R. Hall called the 'Spanish Southwest,' please accept with my compliments and best wishes. H. R. Wagner." 4to. 95 [3, Index] pp. Maps. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Minor wear to extremities; fading to spine; ffep starting to separate; a very good copy. Translations from the original documents on the voyages of Francisco de Ulloa, Hernando de Alarcon and Francisco de Bolanos. "These voyages were explorations of the Gulf of California, sometimes called the Sea of Cortez; the peninsula of Baja California, long believed to be an island; and the majestic Colorado River." - Hill 1802. (Cowan pg. 665).
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George Davidson: Geographer of the Northwest Coarst of America (SIGNED)
by Wagner, Henry R.
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San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1932. Limited edition of 100 copies. Boards. 8vo. 24pp. Portrait frontispiece. Original grey staplebound wrappers with black lettering bound in to black boards with paper title label to front cover. INSCRIBED by the author. Minor wear to extremities; some pencil and pen checkmarks to Davidson's list of writings; offsetting to wraps front cover otherwise very good plus. Scarce. Reprinted from the Quarterly of the California Historical Society, Vol. XI, No. 4, December, 1932. Includes listing of Davidson's geographical writings. (Published Writings of Henry R. Wagner p. 42).
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The Log of an Ancient Mariner. Being the Life and Adventures of Captain Edgar Wakeman
by Wakeman, Captain Edgar; Wakeman-Curtis, Minnie
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San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft & Co., Printers, 1878. First Edition. 8vo. 378; [4] pp. Lithograph frontispiece portrait of author, numerous in-text illustrations . Brown cloth with gilt decoration & lettering. Minor wear to extremities; slight rubbing to gilt on spine; else a near fine copy. "Captain Wakeman arrived in San Francisco on July 11, 1850, joined the Vigilance Committee and served as sheriff at the hanging of Jenkins and Stewart. The captain boasted that he had a large fleet of boats on San Francisco Bay and carried the title of "Emperor of the Port." He also recalled that he ran the steamship New World up to Sacramento for nearly a year. On February 25, 1851, he started a tour of the mines via Stockton and "saw gold-washing in all its phases." Wakeman described life in Stockton and such camps as Murphys, Sullivan's Flat, and Coyote Diggings. Additionally, he recounted his hunting adventures and encounters with Indians. On March 4, 1851, he headed back to San Francisco and resumed his…
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North American Wild Flowers (Five Volumes)
by Walcott, Mary Vaux
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Washington DC: The Smithsonian Institution, 1925. First Trade Edition. Complete in five volumes. Large 4to. 400 beautiful color-printed plates, with tissue guards and descriptions. In the bindings of the famous Lindley Library, the Royal Horticultural Society's research library, with their small bookplate (cancelled) in each volume. Contemporary three- quarter brown morocco, raised bands, marbled endpapers; top edges gilt; gilt lettering on spines. A uniformly very good to near fine set (some rubbing to covers; minor wear to extremities; minor dampstain to edges near spine head of each volume, not affecting the contents). The color prints are crisp and clean. "North American Wild Flowers" contains color-printed reproductions of Mary Walcott's watercolors with her brief descriptions of each, giving information not only about the plant itself but about the circumstances of painting it. Included were plants from all parts of North American, specimens found in lawns and gardens as well as in the less…
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Honolulu 100 Years Ago (SIGNED)
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Honolulu, HI: Fisher Printing Co, 1967. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 106pp. Photo-illustrations. SIGNED by the author. Blue buckram, photo-illustrated endpapers with gilt lettering in fine condition (owner name). Memoirs of life in Hawaii during the mid-19th century through the early 1900s. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.
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Mechanical Therapeutics. Surgical Apparatus, Appliances, and Elementary Operations; Embracing Bandaging, Minor Surgery, Orthopraxy, and the Treatment of Fractures and Dislocations
by Wales, Philip S.
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Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1867. First Edition. 8vo.xxiv, [33] - 685, [2], 32 pp Publisher's catalogue. Index. 642 wood-engraved text illustrations. Tan leather with gilt-lettered black leather title label on spine, gilt ruling. Illustrated bookplate for A. Parker Lewis, M.D. inside front board. A very good copy (wear to extremities; rubbing to title label; hinge cracked but holding at pg. 384; section 387 - 398 pulled away from text block; ink notation for book location above bookplate; previous owner name stamp on upper and lower text blocks). An uncommon and early work on surgical operations, apparatus and appliances, treatments and more. "In offering to the profession the present volume on mechanical therapeutics, the author would state that his design is to place in the hands of students and practitioners of medicine a systematized and condensed description of surgical dressings, apparatus, and elementary operations, drawn from the writings and teaching of the ablest surgeons in America and…
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The Seacoast of Bohemia: An Account of Early Carmel (Harry R. Goff's copy)
by Walker, Franklin
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San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1966. First Edition Limited to 500 copies. 4to. [iv], 129pp. Black & white photographic illustrations. Publisher's prospectus laid in. SIGNED by Harry R. Goff, past president of the Book Club of California and of the California Historical Society. Illustrated paper covered boards; titles to paper label to the spine. Small waternark on spine label else a fine copy. Accounts of artists, writers, and poets on the Monterey peninsula, including Jack London, Robert Louis Stevenson, Carrie Sterling, Upton Sinclair, et al.
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The Happy Family: A Picture from Life
by Wallace, Thomas
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London: W.F. Ramsay, 1849. 1st. Hardcover. 16mo. 116pp + 4pp advertisements. Frontispiece engraving. Publisher's olive green blind-stamped cloth with gilt lettering to spine. A very good copy (minor wear to extremities; spine faded; light soiling; front hinge cracked but holding; contemporary gift inscription; two small drawings inside front board ). "... the first of a projected series of small books, didactic and descriptive, adapted to Domestic, School, and Christian libraries, and designed especially to benefit intelligent young persons." - Preface. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.
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The Wilder Shore (limited edition w/original signed photograph)
by Wallace, David Rains (photographs by Morley Baer; foreword by Wallace Stegner)
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San Francisco: The Sierra Club, 1984. 1st. Hardbound. Quarto. (xiii),162 pages. 75 photographic plates (35 in color) of California scenes. Beautiful production in original grey linen, with photograph tipped to front cover, in publisher's slipcase. The book was produced in a trade edition and a limited, slipcased edition of 300 copies (250 for distribution). This is #107 of the limited edition and includes the SIGNED vintage photograph 'Ranchlands, Big Sur, 1969.' Additionally SIGNED by the author and photographer at the colophon. A fine copy in slipcase. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.
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Methods of Surface Analysis
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England: Cambridge University Press, 1989. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 342 pp. Index. Illustrations. Fine condition.
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Radical Periodicals in America 1890-1950: A Bibliography with Brief Notes (SIGNED)
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New Haven, CT: Yale University Library, 1964. 1st. Cloth. Fine. Quarto. (xv) 51pp. 321 items listed. Original red cloth with gilt lettering in original glassine dust jacket. INSCRIBED "To one who until/recently didn't know/about us - Bill Fitzhugh,'with best wishes from/the author/Walter Goldwater." With a geneological chart and a concise lexicon of the parties and groups which issued them.
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Jules Verne: The Biography of an Imagination
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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1943. 1st. Hardcover. First edition; review copy with original review slip from publisher laid in. 8vo. [x], 223pp, including bibliography and index. Dustjacket illustrated by Hollis Holland. Black & white illustrations; photographs; drawings; maps. Blue cloth covered boards; white stamped titles and illustration to front board and spine; top edge blue; original illustrated dust jacket. Fine in about near fine dustjacket (light wear & chipping to spine ends and upper front corner. George Waltz was an associate editor at Popular Science magazine, who wrote this book "as a labor of love." Rear dust jacket features a note from the author, encouraging readers to buy war bonds in support of the U.S. during WWII.
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A Descriptive Catalog of Rare Chinese Books in the Library of Congress (Complete in 2 Volumes)
by Wang Chung-min; T.L. Yuan, editor (foreword by Edwin G. Beal, Jr.)
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Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1957. 1st. Original wrappers. First Editions. Octavos; [6], 666pp; 667-1306pp. Title in English and Chinese. Text in Chinese only. Printed grey wrappers (age toning; foxing to upper page edges, very light extremity wear); else near fine copies. Lists 1,777 ancient classic works, which are organized in four categories: jing (classics); shi (historical works); zi (philosophic works); and ji (literary works). Eleven of the compiled works are Song dynasty (960-1279) editions; one is a Jin dynasty (1115-1234) edition; 14 are Yuan dynasty (1260-1368) editions; 1,518 are Ming dynasty (1368-1644) editions; and 70 are early Qing dynasty (1644-1795) editions. There are also 140 manuscripts, including eight Dunhuang scrolls and 23 miscellaneous items.
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SASS PAPERS (10) Volume I: Politics, International Studies and Law and and Volume 3: Literature, History and Philosophy (2 volumes)
by Wang, Ronghua, Director
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Shanghai: Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, 2008. 1st. Octavo; [vi], 301 pages and [vi], 278 pages. Near Fine copies. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 17th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.
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Around the Pyramids: being a Tour in the Holy Land, and, Incidentally, through Several European Countries, and Portions of Africa, During the Years 1859-60
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New York: Carleton, 1863. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. xii, 309pp, including appendix, plus 8pp of publisher's catalog. Brown cloth covered boards; blind stamped illustration to boards and spine; faded gilt titles to the spine. Light wear to extremities, more so to spine ends and corners; light foxing & age toning to pages; previous owner name in pencil; red ink marks to prelims; a very good copy. Ward, a New York congressman, writes of his travels with his daughter in Europe and the Far East. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 20th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.
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Clinical Uses of Botulinum Toxins
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 1st. Hard Cover. Near Fine copy (library markings but unused). Small quarto; ix, 384 pages.
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Problems of Greek Regional Development
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Athens: Center of Economic Research, Nd. Hardbound. Ex library with usual flaws, library binding, else Near Fine. Octavo, xvi, 169 pp.
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A Bibliography of Ant Systematics (UC Publications in Entomology Volume 116)
by Ward, Philip S.; Bolton, Barry; Shattuck, Steven O. and Brown, William L.
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Berkeley: UUniversity of California Press, 1996. First Edition. Quarto; viii, 417. A Very Good copy name stamp to ffep, slight wear) in publiser's green and white wrappers.
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