Numismatic Issues of the Franklin Mint: 1971 Edition Covering Issues of the Year 1970

Franklin Center, PA, Frankin Mint Corporation, 1971. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff blue glazed wrappers. 230pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine. Tight and attractive. .

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Book number: 7174

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Keywords: Antiques & Collecting

The Odyssey of an Optimist: Meyer W. Weisgal -- an Anthology by His Contemporaries

New York, Atheneum, 1967. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth, dust jacket. xi, 268pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Slight bit of mild jacket edgewear. Tight, clean, attractive first edition of this festschrift to the Weizmann Institute of Science figure. .

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Book number: 25360

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Keywords: Science

The Official System of Contract Bridge: The Official Book on the Official System

Chicago, The John C. Winston Company, 1931. Small 8vo. Brown gilt-stamped suede, dust jacket. vi, 236pp. Line drawings. Pictorial front endsheet, text rear endsheet. Very good/good. Jacket well worn and with large paper loss at center of jacket spine -- overall attractive nonetheless. Tight, clean first edition. .

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Book number: 7322

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Keywords: Games

On Human Dimensions: Excerpts from Papers Presented May 20, 1975, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, College of Architecture and Art...

Chicago, College of Architecture and Art at the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, 1976. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff brown and tan wrappers. 75pp. Illustrations. Very good. Mild wrapper wear. First edition of this collection of academic talks on design theory, with speakers including Studs Terkel, Barry Commoner and Margaret Burroughs. Tipped in is a printed transmittal letter from the college dean. Unusual. .

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Book number: 25546

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Keywords: Architecture

One, Two Buckle My Shoe from Mother Goose

Berkeley, Peacock Press, 1964. Paperback. 64mo. Stiff yellow wrappers, string tied. (Ca. 10pp, rectos only). Fine. Edition limited to 300 copies. .

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Book number: 11153

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Keywords: Children's

One Hundred Years of American Psychiatry

New York, Columbia University Press, 1944. Hardcover. Small 4to. Terra cotta and tan cloth, dust jacket. xxiv, 649pp. Illustrations, tables, foldout chart.Very good/good plus. Jacket edgeworn and edge chips (large at head and tail of spine), though complete and overall still attractive. A tight and nice first edition of this hefty centennial history, featuring contributions from the likes of Richard H. Shryock, Henry E. Sigerist, Winfred Overholser, Samuel W. Hamilton, John C. Whitehorn, Henry Alden Bunker, William Malamud, Albert Deutsch and other noteworthies. .

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Book number: 34010

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Keywords: Medical

Open Shelf, Cleveland Public Library: CIVIL War Centennial, 1861-1961

Cleveland, Cleveland Public Library, 1961. Paperback. Small 4to. White pictorial wrappers. 12pp. Illustrations. Very good. Numbers 1 and 2 (January-February 1961) of this bi-monthly publication of the this issue devoted entirely to the Civil War. .

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Book number: 679

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Keywords: CIVIL WAR Civil War

Optimus Magister Bonus Liber: Published by Loyola University Press to Observe Its Fortieth Year and the Opening of Its New Office Building and Warehouse, and in Thoughtful Remembrance of the Recent Golden Jubilee in the Society of Jesus of the Reverend Austin G. Schmidt, S.J.

Chicago, Loyola University Press, 1953. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy blind-lettered cloth with gilt lettering. 31pp. Small illustrations, map endpapers. Near fine. Handsome, tight first edition of this slim tribute with quaintly archaic lengthy subtitle -- whose Latin title translates "A good book is the best teacher." Laid in is card of Loyola University Press's assistant director. Small inkstamp on front pastedown of Stanislaus Vincent Bona (1888-1967), bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin (1945-67). Unusual. .

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Book number: 46915

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Keywords: Religion Bibliography & Books About Books

Oriental Tales

London, Printed for Subscribers Only, 1901. Hardcover. Complete 15-volume set. Small 4to. Brown cloth with paper spine labels. xii, 395pp; 372pp; viii, 371pp; viii, 378pp; vii, 346pp; viii, 364pp; 335pp; viii, 355pp; 392pp; viii, 303pp; vii, 301pp; viii, 301pp; xxxi, 250pp; xxi, 297pp; vii, 297pp. Top edges gilt. Frontispieces, numerous illustrations. Very good. Bit of wear to spine labels; ex-private club, the ONLY marking being the Union League Club of Chicago bookplate (each bearing a small inkstamped deaccession) on each front pastedown. The "Luristan Edition," limited to 500 numbered sets (this #273). A tight, handsome set. The first 9 volumes are devoted to "The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night" (edited by John Payne), volumes 10-12 to "Tales from the Arabic" (likewise edited by Payne), volume 13 to "Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp and Other Stories" (also Payne), volume 14 to "Persian Letters" (edited by Montesquieu) and volume 15 to "A Thousand and One Quarters of an Hour" and "Tartarian Tales" (edited by Leonard C. Smithers). A superb set of this significant edition, tight and quite handsome. .

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Book number: 27143

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Keywords: BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND ONE NIGHT World Literature

Original and Selected Songs, Printed for the Use of the New York Commandery of the Military Order, Loyal Legion, United States

New York, Macgowan & Slipper, 1875. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff wrappers. 90pp. Very good. Outer wrappers lightly soiled, with ½" chip at foot of spine, else clean and attractive, printed in red. Edition not ascertainable. Typical patriotic selection, with the usual military selections such as "Battle Cry of Freedom," "Rally Round the Flag," "Sherman's March to the Sea," "When This Cruel War Is Over," etc. Rather uncommon. .

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Book number: 8933

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Keywords: Military History Music

Our Magnificent Earth: A Rand Mcnally Atlas of Earth Resources

Chicago, Rand McNally & Company, 1979. Hardcover. Folio. Green buckram, pictorial dust jacket. 208pp. Color frontispiece, numerous color illustrations, numerous color maps, tables. Near fine/near fine. First edition. .

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Book number: 1308

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Keywords: ODDS & ENDS Odds & Ends

Our Country: Its Capabilities, Its Perils, and Its Hope. Being a Plea for the Early Establishment of Gospel Institutions in the Destitute Portions of the United States

New York, Executive Committee of the American Home Missionary Society, 1842. Paperback. 12mo. Original green printed wrappers. 60pp. Good plus. Some edgewear to wrappers; mild age toning and sporadic foxing. Fascinating, zealous exhortion to spread the Gospel, mainly westward: "Read it, Christian, read it, patriot, philanthropist, citizen of this republic, read it through.." The population projections are especially interesting -- their chart brings the population up to 275 million by the year 1940. Some Mormon content on pages 47-48. First edition. FLAKE 6022b. SABIN 57914. .

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Book number: 15877

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Our Washington: A Comprehensive Album of the Nation's Capital in Words and Pictures

Chicago, A.C. McClurg & Co, 1939. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green library buckram. 178pp. Illustrations, maps. Very good. Tight, clean and decent first edition of this volume in the Works Press Administration's admirable "American Guide Series" -- mild ex-library, with very few and mostly-removed markings. .

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Book number: 27795

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Keywords: Americana

Our Native Land: Or, Glances at American Scenery and Places, with Sketches of Life and Adventure

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1882. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown pebble-grain cloth with heavy black and gilt pictorial stamping. xvi, 615pp. All edges gilt. Numerous illustrations, decorative endpapers. Very good. Ownership signature on inner flyleaf; inner hinges a tad delicate but expertly, archivally strengthened. A handsome first edition, with front cover pictorial stamping bright and attractive. A difficult volume to find in such nice condition. .

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Book number: 32791

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Outremer: Historical Background, Rules of Play, Scenario Generation System, Scenarios and Character Advancement Tables

Kings Langley, U.K. Standard Games & Publications Limited, 1980. Paperback. 8vo. Wrappers. 52pp. Illustrations, line drawings, charts. Very good. Probable sole edition. Handbook for this wargamers game, "a game of man-to-man combat set in the third crusade. .

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Book number: 27789

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Keywords: Military History