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ON THE MANNER OF NEGOTIATING WITH PRINCES; ON THE USES OF DEMOCRACY, THE CHOICE OF MINISTERS AND ENVOYS; AND THE PERSONAL QUALITIES NECESSARY FOR SUCCESS IN MISSIONS ABROAD
Boston:Houghton Mifflin Co. 1919. xiii+146pp. Hardcover. Blue boards lightly soiled and shelfworn, with spine label soiled and lightly chipped. Edge points bumped with rear bottom edge worn to boards. Page edges lightly soiled. Internally, end-pages are lightly age-toned with a large bookplate attached to inside front board, but otherwise pages clean and bright, with many still uncut. The binding is tight and hinges intact.
$50.00
OPERA PLURIMA. LYON, 1494-1496, COMPENDIUM ERRORUM JOANNIS XXII OPUS 90 DIERUM LITTERE FR. MICHAELIS DE CESENA OCTO QUESTIONUM DECISIONES, VOLUME II
[Farnborough, Hants, England: Gregg Press Limited.] 1962. Hardcover, no jacket. Unpaginated (approx 400pp). Facsimile reprint of original Latin text. Very Good+ condition. Red cloth boards are lightly shelfworn/mottled. Interior is in fine condition. Pages are clean, bright, and unmarked, with sharp corners and no foxing. The binding is square and tight. We obtained this book directly from the publisher; it has never been privately owned. (cfm)
$35.00
ORR
Brisbane:Jacaranda Publishers Pty., Ltd. 1961. 1st edition. 764pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Beige boards lightly shelfworn at edges; binding slightly cocked; internally free of previous owners marks or signatures but with some age-toning of end-pages. Dust jacket lightly soiled and shelfworn at the edges. *Orr was a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania and was at the center of the "Orr Case". A celebrated academic scandal of the 1950"s. Overall, a very good copy.
$25.00
SECRET WEALTH; COMPRISING A COLLECTION OF OVER FIFTEEN HUNDRED RARE AND PRACTICAL RECEIPTS AND VALUABLE TABLES.
Also Nearly One Hundred Pages of Valuable Information of The Horse Comprising the Method of Training, Symptoms of Disease, Their Cure, etc...By Dr. Hamilton of England. Syracuse:(Trvair, Smith & Co,). 1875. 1st edition. 362pp+(13)pp index. Hardcover. Brown boards shelfworn with wear and chipping to spine ends and edge points worn to boards. Internally, end pages soiled and age toned but free of previous owners marks or signatures. Aside from an occasional smudge scattered throughout, a good clean copy. The binding is tight but both hinges have started.
$50.00
THE KASHMIRIAN ATHARVA VEDA. BOOKS SIXTEEN AND SEVENTEEN. (American Oriental Series, Vol. 9)
New Haven, CT:American Oriental Society. 1936. v+198pp. Hardcover. Green boards with light overall shelfwear. gilt on spine dulled with wear to spine edges. Edge points gently bumped. Internally, end-pages age-toned, otherwise a very good, clean copy. Binding is tight and hinges intact.
$30.00
THE PRESS-GANG. AFLOAT AND ASHORE
New York:E. P. Dutton and Co. 1914. 1st edition. vii+349pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. Blue boards slightly soiled, rubbed and shelf-worn with some chipping along front spine edge and wear to top and bottom of spine ends. Edge points sharp but worn to boards with soiling to page edges. Internally, end pages are age toned with a previous owners name penciled to 1st free end-page. Moderate foxing scattered throughout, often to pages adjacent to illustrations. The binding is tight and square, but cracked at page 81 and both hinges. *"The practice of pressing men---that is to say, of taking by intimidation or force those who will not volunteer---would seem to have been world-wide in its adoption. Whenever men desired to have a thing done, and was powerful enough to insure the doing of it, there he attained his end by the simple expedient of compelling others to do for him what he, unaided, could not do for himself."
$45.00
THE VERY BEST OF CUPS AND BALLS
Featuring Frank Garcia's Million Dollar Cup and Ball Routine "The Routine That Fools the Experts"; Paul Gertner's Supererlative Steel Sphere Routine; Sam Horowitz's Magnificent Routine; "Oscar" Winning Routines, Plus Much More... (No place):(Frank Garcia). (1979). 1st edition, stated. 128pp. Illustrated. Softcover. Covers lightly rubbed and soiled with light shelfwear. Internally, no previous owners marks or signatures. A very good, clean copy.
$95.00
THE WHITE KING OF LA GONAVE
Garden City, New York:Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc. 1931. xv+(4)+333pp. Illustrated with photographs. 1st edition. Hardcover. Orange boards lightly soiled and sun-faded on spine and edges. Spine and cover label still intact. Internally, illustrated end-pages still bright. No previous owners marks or signatures. A very good, clean copy.
$95.00
THOUGHTS THROUGH SPACE. A REMARKABLE ADVENTURE IN THE REALM OF THE MIND
New York:Creative Age Press Inc. 1942. 1st edition. 421pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. Blue boards soiled and sun-faded in spots, shelfworn and worn along edges with spine ends worn and starting to fray. Page edges lightly soiled. Internally, end-pages slightly age-toned but free of previous owners marks or signatures. The binding is tight and hinges intact. A very good copy. *"This book is a report upon a telepathic experiment made in connection with Sir Hubert Wilkins' search in the Arctic for the Russian aviators lost in a flight over the North Pole in August, 1937."
$50.00