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New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. SHARP CORNERS. Dustjacket near fine. Very mild shelfwear to surfaces. Gilt lettering debossed to plum-colored, cloth-covered spine of red boards. Clean, tight, bright. 340 pp with notes, bibliography, glossary and index. By the author of Lucrezia Borgia. This is a portrait of one of the most charismatic figures of the Renaissance. For two and a half years, the Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola was considered by many the de facto ruler of Florence. (from front flap).
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THE UNARMED PROPHET SAVONAROLA IN FLORENCE
by Erlanger, Rachel
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UNCLE MAC'S CHILDREN'S HOUR STORY BOOK
by McCulloch, Derek (Ed.)
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London: Sampson Low, ca. 1947. Hardcover. Good Plus. No markings. Corners and edges bumped and worn. Small tear to bottom spinecap. Mildly scuffed and soiled surfaces. Red buckram spine, pictorial boards. Illustrated endpapers. Duo-tone illustrations by various artists such as Willett, Norman Meredith, and J. N. A. Rignall. Clean, bright, tight. 125 pp. Derek McCulloch better known as Uncle Mac of the B.B.C. This is Uncle Mac's own selection of his favourite stories which have been broadcast on Children's Hour, with some true stories and puzzles by famous people who have given talks over the air to children. Stories written by various authors such as Ken Francis, Norah Lewis, Olive Dehn, Geoffrey Dearmer, and Lieut.-Commander R. T. Gould.
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UNCLE WIGGILY IN MAGIC LAND
by Garis, Howard
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New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1924. Hardcover. POOR. Campbell, Lansing and Edward Bloomfield. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Colorfully illustrated paste-on to front cover. Heavy wear includes frayed edges, bumped or nudged corners. Paste-on illustration is worn off on edges. Spine covering is missing down to netting. Front board is barely attached. Taped repaired hinges. Staining to covers. Fragile. Eight color illustrations are adorable! 193 pp. More delightful stories from the Uncle Wiggily series.
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THE UNDERGROUND PRESS IN AMERICA
by Glessing, Robert J.
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Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1970. Hardcover. Good Plus. EX-LIBRARY. Short red remainder mark to bottom edge. Library stamps to preliminary pages, none to text. Previous owner's name to front pastedown endpaper. Pen notations to title page. Front free endpaper missing. Tape residue to front and rear boards and endpapers. Light nudges to both bottom corners. Gilt lettering to spine of dark denim-blue, cloth-covered boards. With twelve black and white plates. Directory of Underground Newspapers. Clean text, bright, solid binding. 207 pp with notes, glossary and index. "The underground press in America was created to reflect and shape the life style of hippies, dropouts and all those alienated from the mainstream of American experience," (Wikipedia).
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UNIVERSAL INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE
by Tomkins, William
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NY: SELF-PUBLISHED, 1941. Paperback. Very Good (In Custom-Made Boards). Eighth Edition. 111pp. 0.28 x 9.24 x 6.12. Shelfwear and some discoloration to covers. 112 pp. Includes b/w photos and hand shape sketches throughout. Indian Sign Language contributed greatly to the ASL in use today. Housed (but not bound) in custom hardcover binding, three-quarter morocco-style leatherette at spine and corners, in handsome, brown, and green marbled boards.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA : A PICTORIAL HISTORY
by Pickerell, Albert G. ; May Dornin
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California: University of California, 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. NEAR FINE. Bottom spine cap is very lightly creased. Dustjacket Very Good Plus. Sunning to spine and extremities. General shelfwear. A few small tears and chips along edges near spine. Gilt lettering to spine of dark blue, cloth-covered boards. Numerous fascinating black and white photographs. Clean, tight, bright. 326 pp with acknowlegements and list of photo credits. A centennial publication, 1868 -- 1968. "The volume is a comprehensive history of one of the world's great institutions of higher education. Here, in more than 600 photographs with captions and text, is traced the growth of the University, from early, struggling days in Oakland to the nine-campus complex of today, with a student population of over 95,000," (front flap).
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THE UNMADE BED
by Sagan, Françoise
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New York: Delacorte, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Good. Previous owner's inscription to FFEP. A tiny bit of sunning to board extremities. Spine caps folded under. Dustjacket good. Clipped. Several large chips and creasing to jacket. Tape repair to top front panel. Silver metallic lettering to black cloth spine of blue boards. Clean, tight, bright. 313 pp. Translated from the French by Abigail Israel. "Beatrice is a superb actress at the height of her career, a woman who "prides herself as much on her bad as on her good deeds." Edouard is younger, a rising playwright, a man whose passion can survive his lover's infidelity . . . or his own," (front flap).
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UNTO ZEOR, FOREVER (SIME-GEN SERIES, #2)
by Lichtenberg, Jacqueline
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Garden City: Doubleday, 1978. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. REVIEW COPY. Review slip laid-in. Nice volume! Dustjacket very good plus. Mild shelfwear to jacket. Mylar protected. Aqua lettering debossed to spine of light-grey, cloth-covered boards. Includes Character List and Vocabulary. Clean, tight, bright. 236 pp. The eagerly awaited sequel to House of Zeor. "The second novel in the Sime series takes place a century after House of Zeor, and involves Digen Farris, great-great-grandson of the hero of House of Zeor, and also head of the House in difficult times," (front flap).
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UPON THE TRACING OF FOOTSTEPS (WITH SOME REMARKS UPON THE USES OF PLASTER OF PARIS AS A PRESERVER OF IMPRESSES)
by Jones, Kelvin I. (and Sherlock Holmes)
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New York: Magico Magazine, 1983. Magico Magazine. Paperback. Very Good Plus.
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UPPERS, DOWNERS, ALL AROUNDERS : PHYSICAL AND MENTAL EFFECTS OF PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS (FIFTH EDITION)
by Inaba, Darryl S. and William E. Cohen
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Ashland, Oregon: CNS Publications, Inc., 2004. Paperback. Near Fine. Soft cover. 8.5" x 11" Includes student study guide CD-ROM. Slight lift to front cover. Very nice colorful, glossy cover. 500 pp. with index. Very clean, bright and solid binding. "Addiction is an actual illness. When we see somebody with a physical impairment, we have compassion and some tolerance for what they have to go through. When we have a person who has a physical abnormality that's hidden away in the brain, we jump to judgment very quickly. They don't realize that there's actually something organically wrong. There's no doubt that addiction is a treatable and preventable illness." (Darryl Inaba) Chapters are : Psychoactive Drugs : History & Classification, Heredity, Environment & Psychoactive Drugs, Uppers, Downers : Opiates/Opioids & Sedative-Hypnotics, Downers : Alcohol, All Arounders, Other Drugs, Other Addictions, Drug Use & Prevention : From Cradle to…
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URANIUM IN STEEL
by Standard Alloys
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Pittsburgh, PA: Standard Alloys Company, 1921. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Very scarce annal in the history of this controversial element which was first discovered in 1789. Standard Alloys Company maintained research laboratories which {further} proved Uranium's capacity to produce types of steels with "preeminent capacities to resist fatigue, as far as it is possible to measure these stresses by the present art of dynamic testing..." Chapters on history of Uranium, its nature, its "radio activity" and half-life, its benefits and influence in the steel-producing industry, Methods of Quanitative Analysis, its microscopic identification, etc. Includes several three-color test charts. Some corner wear and wear to spine caps. 32 pp.
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THE USES OF ELLIMAN'S EMBROCATION FOR HORSES, DOGS, BIRDS, CATTLE
by Elliman, Sons & Co.
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Slough, England: Elliman, Sons & Co., 1906. Hardcover. Good Plus. FIFTH EDITION. First Aid for accidents and ailments. "The one aim of the Book is to treat of Ailments where Elliman's Embrocation can be usefully employed, and to offer other information which may be of service." Recommended for the animals named, sometimes it will be a complete cure, other times a reduction of disease and alleviation of injuries. 208 pp. Light edgewear, lightly bumped and lightly rubbed corners, light rubbing to spine caps. A small spot of soiling to lower front board and a few spots to rear board. Light browning to endpapers. Gilt and black lettering to spine and front board, red cloth-covered boards. 52 detailed illustrations. Clean, bright, tight.
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UTRILLO
by Club Internazionale Del Libro D'Arte
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Milan: Garzanti, 1959. Paperback. VERY GOOD PLUS in Good Plus Dustjacket. WRAPS. IN ITALIAN. Measures 15 x 11.25". Missing color paste-on to front cover. Black lettering to lightly stained covers. Moderate edgewear. With 15 beautiful, clean and unmarked, paste-on full-colorplates. 6 pp text with notes on each plate. Translated from English by Lucia Pigni. Utrillo was born in the Montmartre quarter of Paris, France. He specialized in cityscapes. He became one of the few famous painters of Montmartre who was born there.
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