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Tokyo, Japan: The Tokyo News Service, Ltd., 1951-1955. All first editions. Set of four volumes. Octavo, boards, vi + 260 pp; ix + 223 pp; viii + 231 pp; x + 232 pp. Very Good, with lightly rubbed edges, former-owner signature; all but Volume I (which lacks a dust jacket) are in Very Good dust jackets with edgewear. ...A collection of articles on the various aspects of Japanese life today, which naturally has its roots deep in the past extending over centuries. The classification of these articles is arbitrary, made primarily for the sake of the reader’s convenience.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1915. First Edition. Octavo, red cloth (hardcover), gilt letters and decorations to upper cover, uncut, tissue-protected frontis., [xiv] pp +[309] pp. Upper hinge starting, former-owner stamp; otherwise, bright and clean.

Gettysburg: Pennsylvania Historical Association, 1948. Pennsylvania History Studies, No. 2. Octavo, stiff pictorial wrappers, stapled, ii, 65 pp. Illus. Near-Fine.

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., (1950). First Edition. Octavo, red cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, uncut, 280 pp. Very Good+, with darkening (foxing), to endpapers. Contents: Historical Background; The Weavers; The Quaker Marriage; The Quaker Costume; The Quaker Worship; The Peculiar Language; The Unique Organization; A Mystical Experience; Two Kinds of Sacraments; Multiplicity of Revelation; Quakers and the Scriptures; The Dilemma of the Discipline; IN Great Britain; In Europe and the Mediterranean Area; In the American Colonies; In Western America; The Problem of Music; The Quaker Education; Introduction to Social Problems; Some Scriptural and Historical Backgrounds; Initial Status of the Social Approach; Some High Points in Quietism; Immediate Revelation and Social Change (Slavery); Equality, Worship, Justice; Protesting War, Promoting Peace; Overtures to Governments; Appendix and Bibliography; Index.

New Yrok: Franklin Watts, A Division of Grolier Publishing, [1998]. Square octavo, 110 pp. Illus. Fine, in a like dust jacket. Examines the history, notable individuals, beliefs, way of life, and current status of this longstanding Christian group. Contents: Who Are the Quakers?; George Fox and Quaker Origins in England; Penn’s Holy Experiment; The Cost of Conscience; A Crisis in Quakerism; Finding Common Ground; Quakers Today; Source Notes; For Further Reading; Internet Sites; Index.

Safety Harbor, Fla.: Redd Laboratories, n.d. [ca. 1950.] Octavo, stiff printed wrappers (softbound), stapled, typewritten, 180 pp. Tables, charts. Very Good.

The Florida Historical Society, 1927. Octavo, paperbound, [66] pp. Near-Fine, with light foxing (age darkening) to covers. Contents: Letters of Lieutenant John W. Phelps, U. S. A., 1837-1838; Ocala Prior to 1868 (Eloise Robinson Ott); The Ruins of Fort San Luis Near Tallahassee (Venila Lovina Shores); Governors of Spanish East Florida; Governors of Spanish West Florida; Notes and Comment: Land Grants in British East Florida.

The Florida Historical Society, 1931. Octavo, paperbound, Pages 57-112. Near-Fine, with tanning to covers. Contents: International Rivalry in the Creek Country Part I, The Ascendency of Alexander McGillivray, 1783-1789 (Lawrence Kinnaird); Sir John Hawkins in Florida (Edgar Legare Pennington); The Forbes Purchase: A Letter from James Innerarity to William Simpson, 1804; A Historical Sketch of My Home Town, Dania (Lillian Jordan).

The Florida Historical Society, 1931. Octavo, paperbound, 54 pp. Near-Fine, with light foxing (age darkened spotting) to covers. Contents: Slavery and White Servitude in East Florida, 1726-1776 (Wilbur H. Siebert); United States Troops in Spanish East Florida, 1812-13, Part V (T. Frederick Davis); The Archival Distribution of Florida Manuscripts (James Alexander Robertson); Documents Relating to Colonel Edward Nicholls and Captain George Woodbine in Pensacola, 1814.

The Florida Historical Society, 1929. Octavo, paperbound, [51] pp. Very Good, with foxing (age darkened spotting) to covers. Contents: Documents Relating to El Destino and Chemonie Plantations, Middle Florida, 1828-1874, Part IV (Kathryn T. Abbey); Notes on the Life of James Grant Prior and Subsequent to His Governorship of East Florida (Philip C. Tucker); Letter of Marcus C. Stephens (Quincy, Florida, 1835); Notes and Comment.

The Florida Historical Society, 1931. Octavo, paperbound, [55] pp. Near-Fine, with light foxing (age darkened spotting). Contents: International Rivalry in the Creek Country Par I: The Ascendency of Alexander McGillivray, 1783-1789 (Lawrence Kinnaird); Sir John Hawkins in Florida (Edgar Legare Pennington); The Forbes Purchase: A Letter from James Innerarity to William Simpson, 1804; A Historical Sketch of My Home Town, Dania (Lillian Jordan).

New York: George H. Doran Company, [1927]. 1st edition. Octavo, blue cloth, vii, 298 pp. Frontis. portrait, photos. Near-Fine in dust jacket.

Hong Kong: Opium Books, 1969. Opium Series No. 10. 1st edition thus. 8vo, softbound, [vi], 282 pp. Fine.

Hong Kong: Opium Books, 1969. Opium Series No. 10. Octavo, softbound, [vi], 282 pp. Illustrations. Fine.

Oxford, England: Queen’s Flight, (1992). First Edition. Of an edition of 400, this is No. 231. Signed by the Editor. Quarto, gilt-stamped fabricoid (hardcover), unpaginated. Photos. Lacks all first day covers, otherwise, Fine, with bookplate, in slip case.

Glenbridge Publishing Ltd., (2002). First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author. Octavo, green cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, xv, 254 pp. Fine in Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: He came out of America’s “Greatest Generation,” those born in the 1920s, survived the Great Depression of the ‘30s, and fought in the world’s last big war. This is the story of Charles J. Fletcher, born and raised in a rural mining town in Sussex County, New Jersey, and who went on to make history in the world of aviation. Inducted into the New Jersey Aviation Hall of Fame and the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame, Charles Fletcher’s important contributions finally brought him much deserved recognition. He faced death more than once and miracously survived, first as a youngster, then as a decorated Navy fighter pilot, and again as a helicopter pilot. He went on to become a successful entrepreneur in cutting-edge technologies. His first job was at Bendix Aviation making the very components used… Read More

Historical Museum of Southern Florida, 1992. Quarto, softbound (stiff white wrappers illus. in full-color), 28 pp. Fine. Contents: The Driving Force: Setting the Stage for the Age of Exploration; Quest for the indies; Ophir and Tarshish; Treaty of Tordesillas; The Arctic and the Northeast Passage; The Search for a Northwest Passage; Some Pacific Islands Visited by Eurpean Explorers before 1650; Vessels of the Age of Expansion, Discovery and Exploration; Life Aboard Ship, 1450-1650; Winds; The Challenge of Navigation; Medicine in the Age of Exploration; Part II - Maps [Exhibition of the same name, Historical Museum of Southern Florida]; Glossary; Selected Readings; Index to Map Cartographers, Engravers and Publishers; Index to Map Titles.

Quincy, Illinois: Carl A. Landrum, (1996). First Edition. Octavo, softbound (siff, illus. tan wrappers), xxi + 129 pp. Very Good, with light edgewear.