CERNEA, MICHAEL M.

Risks and Reconstruction: Experiences of Resettlers and Refugees

Washington, D. C. World Bank Publications. 2000, 1st. (ISBN: 0821344447). Soft Cover, 8vo. First edition. Trade softcover. Published Washington, DC: World Bank Publications, 2000, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 6 1/8" x 9 1/8", xvi+487pp. "'Risks and Reconstruction' offers a comparative analysis of the two largest groups of the world's displaced populations: resettlers being uprooted by development programs and refugees fleeing military conflicts or natural calamities." Small, minor bump to top corner, bit of sun fade at crown, else near fine. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 009046

Keywords: 0821344447

CERNEY, J.V.

Handbook of Unusual and Unorthodox Healing Methods

West Nyack, NY, Parker Publishing Co. 1976. (ISBN: 0133827399). Hard, 8vo. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published: West Nyack, NY, Parker Publishing Co. 1976. 8vo. 217pp. illustrated. Not your ordinary herbal handbook. This collection of home remedies is presented in simple and easy to understand language. The use of herbs [Phytotherapy] is examined in depth along with the list of various herbs found in your kitchen and their uses in curing gas, diarrhea and heartburn among others. The book includes an informative section dedicated to vegetable juices includes spinach, lettuce, carrot, celery, and potato juices along with discussion of their attributes and affect on the body. Fine in fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 008959

Catalogue: Medicine

Keywords: 0133827399

CERVANTES, MIGUEL; DRUMMOND, CARLOS; PORTINARI, CANDIDO

D. Quixote. 21 desenhos de Candido Portinari. Glosas de Carlos Drummond de Andrade

Rio de Janeiro, Diagraphis. 1972, 1st. Hard, Folio. Coffee Table, First edition. Limited to 1,200 numbered copies, printed on Chambril and Kraft papers. Copy #299. Large folio, 14 1/4" x 20", with 21 illustrations in colored pencil by Candido Portinari reproduced in the size of the originals. Text in Portuguese. Suffering from lead and arsenic toxicity from paint, Portinari took up colored pencil in 1956 to create new illustrations for Don Quixote. In 1972, when the publishing project came to fruition, poet Carlos Drummond was invited to write 21 poetic glosses to accompany Portinari's drawings. The book is formatted as a folio, with loose sheets within paper covered boards in a printed dust jacket. Contents are fine, with all sheets present. 3 inch split at the lower front hinge, board otherwise strong and intact. Some splitting to the fold of dust jacket in same location, dust jacket has closed tears, old tape repairs, some soiling and is taped to covers. Three business cards of Banco Frances e Brasileiro S.A. officials clipped to free end sheet: Jean-Marie Monteil, Director Gerente Geral; Jean Naville, Diretor Superintendente; Roger Van Nieuwenhove, Inspector Geral Adjunto (card with two signatures). A beautiful production. Internally near fine, overall very good. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 008534

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Banco Frances E Brasileiro S.A. Literary & Modern First Editions

CHAGNON, NAPOLEON A.

Yanomamo, the Fierce People

Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1977. (ISBN: 0030899788). Soft Cover, 8vo. Trade soft cover. Published NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977. 8vo. 6 1/2" x 9 1/4." xvi+174 pp. illus. b/w plates. A few line marks in the margins, no underlinings, name and obliteration on half title, "USED" label on spine. Good. Good/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 002884

Catalogue: Anthropology

Keywords: Ethnology South America Social Science 0030899788

DU CHAILLU, PAUL B.

EXPLORATIONS AND ADVENTURES IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA. With Accounts of the Manners and Customs of the People, and of the Chace of the Gorilla, Crocodile, Leopard, Elephant, Hippopotamus, and Other Animals

London, John Murray. 1861, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First edition. Bound in full pebbled leather with raised bands, gilt titles and designs, marbled endpapers, speckled edges. Published London: John Murray, 1861. 8vo. xviii+479pp. plus28pp. publisher's catalog , dated May, 1861. Illustrated with 27 full-page engravings, including a folding frontispiece of a gorilla (the first ever of the animal), and 46 reproductions within the text. Folding map bound at the rear missing, front edge of first two sheets of catalog have old archival repair. Minor wear at the crown, hinges and tips else near fine. Internally fine, pages and plates bright white with no foxing - rare to find as such. French-American anthropologist Paul Du Chaillu spent nearly four years on his first expedition to Central Africa covering 8,000 miles. He brought back numerous specimens of exotic birds and confirmed the existence of the gorilla. His account is a seminal work on Equatorial Africa. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008512

Catalogue: Travel and Exploration

Keywords: History

GROSS, CHAIM AND RABBI AVRAHAM SOLTES (TEXT)

The Jewish Holidays: Watercolors By Chaim Gross

NY, Forum Gallery. 1972, 1st. Soft Cover, 4to. First edition thus. Softcover. Published NY: Forum Gallery, 1972. Oblong 4to. wrappers, 11" x 8 1/2", unpaginated, illustrated with color plates. Mild splash stain at top edge, line of separation to cover at the wraparound. Internally very good, clean. Good plus. Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 009886

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Religion

CHALMERS, PATRICK R.

Kenneth Grahame: Life, Letters and Unpublished Works

London, Methuen. 1933, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover. Published London: Methuen, 1933, first printing. 8vo. xvii+321pp. illustrated with plates. Outer spine cloth splitting at the joints, covers strong, name and inscription of flyleaf. Internally very good. Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009052

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

CHAMBERLIN, CLARENCE D.

Record Flights

Philadelphia, Dorrance and Company. 1928. Hard, 8vo. Signed. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Philadelphia: Dorrance and Company, 1928, second printing, in the same month as the first - March, 1928. 8vo. 286pp. illustrated with b/w plates. Red linen cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Inscribed on two occasions by the author; first, on frontis photo: "To Charles Ernstberger, Jr. Clarence D. Chamberlin." Second, on front pastedown: "To Mary L. Zagoreos, with best wishes, Clarence D. Chamberlin, Aug 12th, 1961." Two weeks after Lindbergh's solo transatlantic flight, aviator Clarence Chamberlin flew non-stop from New York to Germany, carry the first transatlantic passenger exceeding Lindbergh's record by 300 miles. Light wear at the heel and tips, mild fade area on spine. Very good, bright, attractive copy. New York Times obituary of Chamberlin laid in. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 009126

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: American History & Americana

CHAMBERS, LETITIA

Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass {SIGNED}

Santa Fe, Museum of New Mexico Press. 2020, 1st. (ISBN: 9780890136584). Hard, 4to. Signed first edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2020, first printing. 4to. 10 1/4" x 11 1/4", 191pp. illustrated throughout with full color plates. Signed by Chambers on title page. Pictorial laminated boards, blue endpapers. Slight open wavines to upper portion of page block from bookmarks left in book, small stain on front edge, else fine in fine dust jacket. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 010131

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Antiques & Collectibles 9780890136584

CHAPMAN, F. SPENCER

The Jungle is Neutral

London, Chatto & Windus. 1949. Hard, 8vo. Hard cover. Published London: Chatto & Windus, 1949, eighth impression, 1950. 8vo. xiii+436pp. illus. frontis, b/w photos, maps, folding map at rear. Beige pebbled cloth with green titles. Light foxing on endpapges, gift inscription. Very good. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010370

Catalogue: Far East

Keywords: Military

CHASE, JOSEPH CUMMINGS

Decorative Design: A Textbook of Preactical Methods (The Wiley Technical Series for Vocational and Industrial Schools)

NY, John Wiley & Sons. 1916. Hard, 8vo. Hard cover. Published NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1916. Oblong 8vo. 10 3/4" x 8", vii+73pp. illustrated with b/w plates and reproductions. Blue cloth with gilt spine titles. The Wiley Technical Series for Vocational and Industrial Schools. Ex-library with library treatments. Closed tears to pages at bottom edge, light soiling. Good, sturdy copy. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010236

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Architecture & Design

CHEEVER, JOHN

The Wapshot Scandal

London, Gollancz. 1964, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First Edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. First British edition of author's third book - his first novel. Published London: Gollancz, 1964. Gilt stamped brown cloth. Spine slightly turned, name in ink on front end paper. Near fine in near fine dj, which is price clipped and has a 1/4 inch hole on the spine touching the "G" in Gollancz. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 000119

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

Keywords: Cheever John Wapshot Scandal First Edition Novel Fiction

CHENEY, SHELDON

The Theatre: Three Thousand Years of Drama, Acting and Stagecraft

NY, Tudor Publishing. 1937. Hard, 8vo. Hard cover. Published NY: Tudor Publishing, 1929, sixth printing (1937). 8vo. ix+558pp. illustrated with b/w reproductions. Red cloth with decorative gilt and titles, red pictorial endpapers, top edge tinted red. Very good plus, clean, bright, attractive. Trimmed rear dust jacket panel and flap laid in. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010176

Catalogue: Performing Arts

CHEVALIER, MAURICE

My Paris

NY, Macmillan. 1972, 1st. Hard, 4to. Ill.: Doisneau, Robert. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Macmillan, 1972, first printing. 4to. 9" x 11 1/4", 153pp. illustrated with color and black and white photographs by Robert Doisneau. Foreword by M. F. K. Fisher. Blue cloth with silver titles. Very good plus, clean, bright, attractive in ver good dust jacket with a rear panel closed tear, minor fray. Very Good Plus/Very Good.

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Book number: 009827

Catalogue: Photography

Keywords: Doisneau, Robert

CHICAGO, JUDY, AND LUCIE-SMITH, EDWARD

Women and Art : Contested Territory

Eagle Editions. 2004. (ISBN: 1902328442). Hard, 4to. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Great Britain: Eagle Editions, 2004. 4to. 9 1/2" x 11 1/4", 192pp. illustrated with color reproductions. Mild waviness to page block, else fine in mylar sleeved, fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 009499

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 1902328442