Lewis, Albert B. and Laufer, Berthold

Tobacco in New Guinea

[Washington, D.C. American Anthropological Association, 1931. Offprint. Stapled paper wrappers. [134-140] pp. Illus. 8vo. Reprinted from American Anthropologist, Vol. 33, No. 1, January-March, 1931. A response to an earlier paper by E.D. Merrill. Slight edge wear, else a near fine unopened (uncut) copy.

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Book number: 44076

Keywords: , New Guinea, Tobacco, South Asia, Indonesia,

Babcock, Joseph W.

Looking Forward" from "Three Evenings with Silver and Money. " a Talk of Four Neighbors About Money and Silver. Part Two: "Looking Forward. " from the Remarks of Hon. Joseph W. Babcock of Wisconsin in the House of Representatives, Washington D.C. June 8, 1896

n.p. n.p. 1896. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. 22 pp. 8vo. Joseph Weeks Babcock (1850-1909) Republican Representative from Wisconsin, was anti-silver, and dressed his position up as a conversation between four neighbors, much like "Harry and Louise" times two. A very good copy, front wrapper soiled, leaves browned.

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Book number: 36612

Keywords: , Americana, 19th c., Finance Currency Bi-metalism Silver Question Money Coinage protectionism, Pamphlet

Bachhofer, Ludwig

Die Kunst Der Japanischen Holzschnittmeister

Munchen, Kurt Wolff, 1922. First edition. Quarter morocco over wood boards, top edge gilt. 125 pp. + plates. Illus. with 4 mounted color & 45 b/w plates + 6 b/w drawings. 4to. Text in German. This was Bachhofer's dissertation. An influential work that covers the social and stylistic prerequisites for the development of wood block prints, followed by an explication of primitive, classic, and late periods, and concluding with an examination of the development of the representation of selected subjects. A very good or better copy in a good dust jacket with a large chip to front panel.

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Book number: 31987

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Arts of Japan, , Art, Asian Art, Arts of Japan, Asia, Japanese Art, Woodblock Prints, Ukiyo-e (Ukiyoye), Hanga, Floating World, Asian Art,

Bachhofer, Ludwig

Der Zug Nach Dem Osten. Einige Bemerkungen Zur Prähistorischen Keramik Chinas

[Frankfurt a.M.], [China-Institut an der J.W. Goethe-Universität], 1935. Offprint. Paper wrappers. [101-128] pp. Illus. 29 drawings. Sm. 4to. Inscribed by the author with his initials. Reprinted from Sinica Sonderausgabe, (Frankfurt a.M.: China-Institut an der J.W. Goethe-Universität, 1935), but published without the two plates in the original serial publication. OCLC locates two copies: Univ. London Sch. Oriental & Africa and BN France (both lacking plates). Lacking the wrappers, chipped at corner of first leaf, fold throughout, light soiling on last page, contents clean.

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Book number: 39314

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: , Asia, China, Chinese Pottery, Chinese Art, Yangshao, Henan province. ,

[Bacon, Edgar Mayhew]

A Centennial Souvenir. " a Brief History of Tarrytown, from 1680 to September 1880. With a Map of Tarrytown As It Was One Hundred Years Ago

Tarrytown, Geo. L. Wiley & Bro. civil engineers and surveyors, 1880. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. 24 pp. Illus. with 1 hand colored folding map and 1 b/w engraving. 8vo. Issued on the centennial anniversary of the capture of Major André on September 23, 1780 at Tarrytown, N.Y. "The Andre papers": pp. 12-18. The title vignette which is also reproduced on the front wrapper, is captioned "Monument erected near the spot where Major Andre was captured, September 23d, 1780," and signed E.M. Bacon. The map, which measures 18 x 14 inches, and hand-colored in yellow, blue, and green, is captioned: Tarwe-town in the manor of Phillipsburgh, Westchester Co. N.Y. One hundred years ago. Uncommon and quite fragile due to mounting of map on front wrapper. OCLC locates six copies under two accession numbers: NYPL, NYS Hist. Asn, NJ Histo. Soc. (19111384) and NY Hist. Soc. Westchester Lib. and Boston Athenaeum (82174650). About very good, wrappers chipped at edges, front wrapper partially detached, map split at joint, a few small tears along folds, otherwise quite bright.

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Book number: 37675

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: American History, New York, , Americana, American History, New York, Tarrytown, New York, Major André, Revolutionary War, Pamphlet

Bacon, Elizabeth E.

Central Asians Under Russian Rule. A Study in Culture Change

Ithaca, Cornell Univ. Press, 1968. Second printing. Cloth. xi, 273 pp. Illus. with 12 b/w photos and 2 fold-out maps. 8vo. Yakushi B03. A very near copy. No dust jacket as issued.

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Book number: 29657

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: , Asia, Central Asia, Central Asia, Russia, Soviet Union,

Bader, Otto Nikolaevich

Balanovskii Mogil'Nik; Iz Istorii Lesnogo Povolzh'Ia V Epokhu Bronzy

Moskva, Akad. nauk SSSR, 1963. First edition. Cloth. 371 pp. Illus. with 171 b/w photos and drawings. 8vo. From the history of the Volga forest region in the era of bronze. In Russian. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.

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Book number: 29844

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: , Asia, Central Asia, Russia, Archaeology, Volga River Region , Bronze age, Central Asia,

Badt, Karin Luisa

The Story of the Mississippi Flood of 1993. (Cornerstones of Freedom)

Chicago, Children's Press, n.d. First edition. Illustrated paper-covered boards. 31 pp. Illus. with color photos. Sm. 4to. A fine copy.

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Book number: 36662

Keywords: , Mississippi River, floods, Rivers,

Baedeker, Karl

Italien Von Den Alpen Bis Neapel

Leipzig, Karl Baedeker, 1931. Eighth Edition. Limp red cloth with gilt titles. xl, 492 pp. Illus. with 34 maps, 41 plans, and 23 floorplans. 16mo. Hinrichsen D414. A very good or better copy in a worn dust jacket, a few small chips on spine and at corners, fold on rear panel slit.

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Book number: 36432

Catalogue: Exploration & Travel

Keywords: , Exploration & Travel, Travel, Baedeker, Travel Guides, Italy, Alps, Naples, ,

Baedeker, Karl

Switzerland

Coblenz, Karl Baedeker, 1870. Fourth Edition, revised and augmented. Limp red cloth with gilt titles. xliv, 418 pp. Illus. with 21 maps, 7 plans and 7 panoramas. 16mo. The 1869 edition with additions and corrections down to the spring of 1870. Includes 1910 newspaper clipping on the Hospice of St. Bernard, one of the featured spots to visit. Hinrichsen E070b. Lacking the spine, front board detached, about half the leaves dampstained on lower half, though noticeable only on a few of the maps, fair to good-.

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Book number: 36429

Catalogue: Exploration & Travel

Keywords: , Exploration & Travel, Travel, Baedeker, Travel Guides, Switzerland,

Baer, Joseph

Graphik. Kupferstiche Und Holzschnitte Des XV. Und XVI. Jahrhunderts. Japanische Holschnitte. Handzeichnungen, Aquarelle Und Miniaturen Des XII. Bis XIX. Jahrhunderts. Handbücher Zur Geschichte Der Graphischen Kunste Und Der Miniaturmalerei. Katalog 730

Frankfurt, Joseph Baer, 1927. First edition. Paper wrappers. 84 pp. + plates. Illus. with 46 b/w plates. Sm. 4to. 589 items described; Preise in Reichsmark. OCLC shows two copies: Clark Inst. and Stanford. Wrappers soiled and chipped, small holes in rear wrapper, inch chip at spine ends with tear near head, foxing on half dozen plates and others in margin only, text leaves browned, good only.

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Book number: 39896

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: , Art, Art Auction Catalogues,

Solveira de Báez, Beatriz

Actas de la Legislatura de la Rioja, años 1844 a 1852

Buenos Aires, Academia Nacional de la Historia, 1986. First edition. Stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 110 pp. 8vo. Edición en homenaje al quinto centenario del descubrimiento de América. A near fine copy, minor shelfwear.

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Book number: 42156

Catalogue: Latin America

Keywords: Argentina, , Latin America, Law, South America, Argentina, Book Law

Bailey, J.W. [Joseph Weldon]; Teller, Henry M.

Free Coinage of Silver. Speech Delivered by Hon. J.W. Bailey at Sherman, Texas, June 11, 1895, and Printed by Hon. Geo. C. Pendleton, in the Congressional Record, February 5, 1896. [with] Silver Coinage and Coin Redemption. Speech of Hon. Henry M. Teller, of Colorado, in the Senate of the United States, Tuesday, January 28, 1896

Washington, D.C. National Silver Committee, 1896. First edition. Self wrappers. 16 pp. 8vo. Bailey's speech runs fourteen pages, Teller's, two. Both argue for the reintroduction of silver. OCLC locates only three copies of this edition with both speeches: University of Virginia, Georgia, and Wisconsin. A good copy, first and last leaf detached, with browning leaves and a few chips.

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Book number: 36582

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Money & Metals, , Americana, Commerce, Money & Metals, Finance Currency Bi-metalism Silver Question Money Coinage, Pamphlet

Bain, David Haward

Sitting in Darkness. Americans in the Philippines

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1984. First edition. Quarter cloth over paper covered boards, map endpapers. 464 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo. Tiny foxing along fore edge else a fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.

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Book number: 38407

Keywords: American History, , American History, Philippine-American War, Philippines,

Baird, Henry Carey

Memoir of Col. Alexander Biddle

[Philadelphia], n.p. 1899. First edition. Paper wrappers. 10 pp. 8vo. Presentation copy. "Read before the American Philosophical Society, October 20, 1899." Institutional stamp on first leaf, gift slip tipped into rear wrapper, from Henry Carey Baird, March 14, 1900. Alexander Williams Biddle (1819-1899), grandson Clement Biddle, was an officer in the Union Army during the Civil War, fighting in many important battles. Repaired on front wrapper along fold, chipped, date stamped on front & rear wrappers, first leaf stamped in blind, marginal soiling to contents, gift plate from author on rear wrapper.

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Book number: 46086

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: , Americana, Civil War Era, Pamphlet