Fenton, Carroll Lane

The World of Fossils

New York/London: D. Appleton-Century Company Incorporated, 1933. 1933. New York/London: D. Appleton-Century Company Incorporated, 1933. 1933. Very good. - Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt. The covers are very lightly rubbed, bumped & soiled & the spine is faded. x, [1] leaf & 183] pages. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings by the author. Very good.

First edition. Very good .

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Katalog: Natural History

Sonstige Stichworte: NATURAL HISTORY; THE WORLD OF FOSSILS; CARROLL LANE FENTON; EXTINCT ORGANISMS; ILLUSTRATIONS; DRAWINGS; MAPS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Ferrier, Jacques; editor

La Revolution Francaise Et le Var

(Toulon): Academie du Var, (1990). (1990). (Toulon): Academie du Var, (1990). (1990). Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed cream wraps. The wraps are very slightly bumped & rubbed. [vi] & 304 pages with a colophon laid in. Illustrated in black & white and color. Near fine.

A book of articles based on the proceedings of a year-long commemoration, organized by the Academie du Var, of the bicentenary of the French Revolution.

Bulletin Special de 1989 / realise et presente par Jacques Ferrier avec la collaboration de Maurice Agulhon, Maurice Arreckx, Emmanuel Carli.. [et al]. The text is in French. Very good .

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Buchzahl: 25551

Katalog: History

Sonstige Stichworte: HISTORY; FRANCE; FRENCH REVOLUTION; BICENTENARY; BULLETIN; ACADEMIE DU VAR; LA REVOLUTION FRANCAISE ET LE VAR; JACQUES FERRIER; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Fiala, Fr. John L.

Lilacs: The Genus Syringa.

Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, (1988). (1988). - Quarto, 11-3/8 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide. Purple cloth titled in gilt on the spine, in a color pictorial violet dust wrapper. There is a tiny spot of rubbing to the bottom right corner of the jacket's front panel. 266 pages, profusely illustrated in color and black & white throughout. Near fine. First edition. Fine .

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Buchzahl: 96844

Katalog: Natural History

Sonstige Stichworte: NATURAL HISTORY; PLANTS; LILACS; THE GENUS SYRINGA; FATHER JOHN L. FIALA; ILLUSTRATED; COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; GARDENING; HERBAL.

Fisker, Jorgen; Egede, Niels; Ostermann, Hother; et al.

Ilulissat Jakobshavn: Rodebay, Qeqertaq, Sarqaq.

Umanak, Greenland: Norrdiske Landes Bogforlag, 1984. 1984. - Small quarto [approximately 9-1/4 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in teal pictorial wrappers. The binding is lightly rubbed with a tiny ink stain to the rear wrap. 303 pages. Numerous black-and-white illustrations. Very good.

Ilulissat, formerly known as Jakobshavn, is a town in western Greenland. Jakobshavn is also the name of the nearby, now fast-disappearing glacier. The book is a history and an account of the daily life of the town, including whaling, fishing, healthcare and education.

The text is in Danish. Very good .

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Buchzahl: 35129

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Sonstige Stichworte: TRAVEL & HISTORY; SOCIOLOGY; GREENLAND; ILULISSAT JAKOBSHAVN: RODEBAY; QEQERTAQ, SARQAQ; TOWN IN WESTERN GREENLAND; GLACIER; JORGEN FISKER; NIELS EGEDE; HOTHER OSTERMANN; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Fisker, Jorgen; editor.

Nanortalik: Nunap Isuata Erqa. Kap Farvel-Landet.

(Umanaq): Nordiske Landes Bogforlag, (1981). (1981). - Small quarto [9-1/4 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in teal pictorial wrappers. The extremities of the binding are lightly rubbed. 282 & [1] pages. Numerous black-and-white illustrations, including maps & facsimiles. Very good.

First edition.

An account of the history and development of the commune of Nanortalik.

The text is in Danish and Greenlandic. Very good .

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Buchzahl: 35209

Katalog: Travel & History

Sonstige Stichworte: TRAVEL & HISTORY; GREENLAND; NANORTALIK: NUNAP ISUAGA ERQA. KAP FARVEL-LANDET; JORGEN FISKER, EDITOR; ILLUSTRATIONS; MAPS; FACSIMILES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Fisker, Jorgen; editor.

Narssak: Igaliko, K'Agssiarssuk, Narssarssuak.

(Umanak): Nordiske Landes Bogforlag, (1980). (1980). - Small quarto [9-1/4 inches high by 8 inches wide], softcover bound in teal pictorial wrappers. The extremities of the binding are lightly rubbed. 271 pages. Numerous black-and-white illustrations. Very good.

"Narssak" in Greenlandic translates as "plain" and Narssak is a municipality in Western Greenland situated on a plain abruptly cut off by high mountains. The book explores the history of Narssak, its institutions, geology, economy and business development. One chapter is on sheep farming from 1975 to 1980.

The text is in Danish and Greenlandic. Very good .

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Buchzahl: 35156

Katalog: Travel & History

Sonstige Stichworte: TRAVEL & HISTORY; SOCIOLOGY; GREENLAND; NARSSAK:IGALIKO; K'AGSSIARSSUK; NARSSARSSUAK; JORGEN FISKER, EDITOR; ILLUSTRATIONS; GEOLOGY; ECONOMY; BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; SHEEP FARMING.

Fisker, Jorgen; editor.

Pamiut Frederikshab: Narssalik Avigait Arsuk.

(Umanak): Nordiske Landes Bogforlag, (1980). (1980). - Small quarto [9-1/4 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in teal pictorial wrappers. The binding is lightly rubbed. 267 pages. Numerous black-and-white illustrations. Very good.

First edition.

An account of the history and development of the commune of Frederikshab.

The text is in Danish and Greenlandic. Very good .

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Buchzahl: 35207

Katalog: Travel & History

Sonstige Stichworte: TRAVEL & HISTORY; GREENLAND; PAMUT FREDERIKSHAB: NARSSALIK AVIGAIT ARSUK; JORGEN FISKER, EDITOR; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

[William Fletcher, of Dublin].

Lights, Shadows, and Reflections of Whigs and Tories. By a Country Gentleman.

Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1843. 1843. - Octavo, brown cloth with a printed title label on the spine. The covers are rubbed, bumped and stained. The head of the faded spine is chipped and the title label is stained an chipped. The cloth is partially split with evidence of early worming along the joints. 190 pages followed by a blank leaf and 12 pages of the publisher's ads. The hinges are cracked and the endpapers and pastedowns are heavily foxed. There is occasional scattered foxing and some of the pages are darkened with occasional offsetting. Despite its flaws, it is still a decent reading copy.

First American edition. Fair .

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Buchzahl: 36070

Katalog: History

Sonstige Stichworte: HISTORY; BIOGRAPHICAL; POLITICS; WILLIAM FLETCHER OF DUBLIN; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; IRISH; LIGHTS, SHADOWS, AND REFLECTIONS OF WHIGS AND TORIES; A COUNTRY GENTLEMAN; IRELAND; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

Fournier, O;; Webber, R. G.; Pond, D. D.; et al.

Seventy-Ninth Annual Report of the Entomological Society of Ontario 1948. (Cover Title).

Toronto: printed by the Printer to the King, 1949. 1949. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed light tan wraps. The bottom edges of the wraps are slightly darkened. There are a few tiny marks to the front wrap & its corners are lightly creased. 95 pages. Illustrated in black & white with tables, diagrams & a map. The bottom corners of a few pages are lightly creased. Very good. Published by Authority of Honourable Thomas L. Kennedy, Minister of Agriculture. Very good .

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Buchzahl: 95212

Katalog: Natural History

Sonstige Stichworte: NATURAL HISTORY; ENTOMOLOGY; INSECTS; PESTS; PEST CONTROL; ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; SEVENTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO 1948; APHIDS; MAGGOTS; DUTCH ELM DISEASE; JAPANESE BEETLE.

("Campua", Jose Demaria Vazque); Franco, Generalissimo Francisco; MacVeagh, Lincoln; and Juan III (Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona).

Souvenir Album Presented to Lincoln Macveagh by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Memorializing His Presentation of Credentials As Ambassador to Spain, Together with a Congratulatory Letter from Juan III and Original Photographs by Campua.

Madrid: Oficina de Informacion Diplomatica, March 27-28, 1952. 1952. Madrid: Oficina de Informacion Diplomatica, March 27-28, 1952. 1952. Fine. - Folio hardcover. Original 12-3/4 inch high by 9 inch wide printed wrappers bound with silk cord into sumptuous 15-1/4 inches high by 10 inches wide burgundy leather with a gilt device centered within gilt decorated roulette and gilt double-ruled frames on the front cover. The binding is further enhanced by gilt inner dentelles and silk pastedowns. 28 pages including 10 pages with tipped on original clippings from Spanish newspapers and 16 pages with 9-1/2 by 7 inch tipped on original photographs (presumed to be by Campua) of the festivities. The edges of a few of the photos are creased. A unique sumptuous volume. "Presentacion de Credenciales del Excmo. Senor LINCOLN MAC VEAGH Embajador de los Estados Unidos." Together with an autograph note signed consisting of over 70 words by the claimant to the Spanish throne Juan III written on both sides of a 4-1/8 inch by 6-1/2 inch card with the Royal Crown printed at top left. "Estoril. 24 - 1 - 52. Dear Ambassador, I have just heard about your appointment as U.S. Ambassador in Madrid, & I feel I cannot remain indifferent with this news..Yours sincerely, Juan / Conde de Barcelona". There are minor staple holes along the left edge of the card. TOGETHER WITH: 2 original photographs by Jose Demaria Vazque (1900-1975), popularly known as "Pepe Campua", the photographer of Franco and the Spanish royal family during the dictatorship. Both photographs are stamped "Campua" and dated March 27, 1952 on the versos. One photo pictures the procession to the Pardo Palace of MacVeagh in a gilded coach drawn by six horses followed by 50 soldiers of Franco's personal Moorish guard. It was the same coach in which Washington Irving went to present his credentials to the regent during the Carlist wars in 1842. The second photo pictures a handshake between MacVeagh and Franco, MacVeagh having presented his credentials to the Generalissimo. Foreign Minister Alberto Martin-Artajo stands in the background. The photographer's credits are stamped in purple on the verso. Likely once mounted into an album, there are black paper remnants adhering to the verso of each photo. In addition there are 15 small snapshots, many cropped from larger photos, of MacVeagh's time in Spain. Lincoln MacVeagh (1890-1972), a Renaissance man, graduated from Harvard magna cum laude in 1913. He went on to study languages at the Sorbonne and became fluent in German, French, Spanish, Latin, Greek and Classical Greek. After World War I he became a director of the Henry Holt and Company publishing firm where he became friendly with the poet Robert Frost. In 1923 he left the firm and founded the Dial Press. His name appears on the imprint of many of their publications. In 1933 President Roosevelt appointed him Minister to Greece. He followed presentation of his credentials with a speech in Classical Greek. While in Greece he conducted excavations beneath the Acropolis and made archeological contributions to the National Museum in Athens. He left Greece in 1941 when the German army over ran the country. From there he was appointed the first US Minister to Iceland where he negotiated agreements for the construction of the Keflavik airfield. In late 1942 he became Minister to the Union of South Africa and coordinated American wartime agencies there. In 1943 he was sent to Cairo as Ambassador so that he could assist the governments in exile of Greece and Yugoslavia. He returned to Athens as Ambassador in 1944. MacVeagh gave secret testimony before Congress concerning the Balkans in 1947, testimony that was an important factor in the formation of the Truman Doctrine. In 1948 as Ambassador to Portugal MacVeagh was influential in admitting her into NATO. In 1952 President Truman named him Ambassador to Spain. President Truman wrote to him on March 9, 1948: "On the occasion of your appointment as Ambassador to Portugal, I would like to make some personal expression of appreciation for the high services you have already rendered your country. During the past fifteen critical years you have served with distinction as Chief of the United states Missions to Iceland, the Union of South Africa, Yugoslavia and Greece. In this last post especially - as Minister from 1933 to 1941 and as Ambassador since 1943 - your scholarly statesmanship and diplomatic judgment have been of the utmost value. Fine .

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Katalog: History

Sonstige Stichworte: HISTORY; SPAIN; SPANISH; SOUVENIR ALBUM PRESENTED TO LINCOLN MACVEAGH by the SPANISH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Memorializing his Presentation of Credentials as Ambassador to Spain, Together with a CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM JUAN III and ORIGINAL PHOTOGR

(Franklin, Alfred).

Ordonnance Faicte Pour Les Funerailles Celebrees a Paris le 24 Avril 1498 Pour L'Enterrement Du Corps de Bon Roy Charles Huytiesme / Que Dieu Absoille / Avec Son Epitaphe Et la Piteuse Complainte de Dame Chrestiente. Suivant Les Editions Imprimees MCCCCXCVIII.

(Paris: Leon Techener, 1875). 1875). - Octavo, softcover bound in printed cream wraps & titled within a decorative frame in black on the front wrap. The wraps are lightly bumped & the rear wrap is soiled & is darkened along the spine. There is light creasing to the top edge of the front wrap & the tail of the spine is lightly chipped. Half-title, title & 88 pages plus colophon. The contents are bright and fine. The publisher's cover title is "Collection de Pieces Fugitives / Pour servir a l'Histoire de France". The introduction is by Alfred Franklin. The text is in French. The colophon reads: "Cette Edition a ete imprimee avec les caracteres de M.J. Claye, aux frais et par les soins de Leon Techener libraire demeurant rue de l'arbre-sec pres de la colonnade du Louvre a Paris MDCCCLXXIV". From the library of typographer Paul Standard with his handwritten label on the spine and his handwritten note on the paper below the colophon stating "[sur papier de Rives]". Very good .

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Buchzahl: 34258

Katalog: History

Sonstige Stichworte: HISTORY; FRANCE; ORDONNANCE FAICTE POUR LES FUNERAILLES CELEBREES A PARIS LE 24 AVRIL 1498 POUR L'ENTERREMENT DU CORPS DE BON ROY CHARLES HUYTIESME; KING; FUNERAL; BURIAL; CHARLES VIII; EPITAPH; FIFTEENTH CENTURY; 15TH CENTURY; ALFRED FRANKLIN; COLLEC

Frantisek, Rachlik.

Ceskoslovensko.

Praha: SNTL, 1958. 1958. - Quarto [approximately 12-1/4 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide], white cloth titled in gilt. The book is housed in a light tan paper-covered slipcase. The head & tail of the book's spine are creased and the covers are lightly soiled and partially discolored. The slipcase is soiled & chipped with tears to the corners. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white with a folding 3-panel color pictorial map in the rear. The book is cracked at this map. Good in a fair slipcase.

Czech-language edition. Good .

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Buchzahl: 37028

Katalog: Travel & History

Sonstige Stichworte: TRAVEL & HISTORY; PICTURE BOOK; CESKOSLOVENSKO; RACHLIK FRANTISEK; CZECHOSLOVAKIA; CZECH-LANGUAGE EDITION; ILLUSTRATIONS; FOLDING PICTORIAL MAP.

Fritz, Mark

Lost on Earth: Nomads of the New World

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, Publishers, (1999). (1999). Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, Publishers, (1999). (1999). Fine. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed yellow wrappers. There is a tiny brown mark to the rear wrap. [x] & 288 pages. Near fine.

Uncorrected advance proof.

Laid in is a typed letter signed from the publisher to Peter Matthiessen, sending him the advance copy of the book and asking for his opinion. He notes that the book by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mark Fritz concerns "the largest migration in human history--the millions of people who, since the end of the Cold War, have become refugees or displaced persons within their own ravaged nations." . Fine .

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Buchzahl: 26986

Katalog: History

Sonstige Stichworte: NOAMZ; HISTORY; END OF COLD WAR; REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS; LOST ON EARTH: NOMADS OF THE NEW WORLD; PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING JOURNALIST; MARK FRITZ; PETER MATTHIESSEN; UNCORRECTED ADVANCE PROOF.

Frost, J.; editor

The Class Book of Nature; Comprising Lessons on the Universe, the Three Kingdoms of Nature, and the Form and Structure of the Human Body. With Questions and Numerous Engravings. Fourteenth Edition

Hartford: Wm. Jas. Hamersley, 1851. 1851. Hartford: Wm. Jas. Hamersley, 1851. 1851. Very good. - Small octavo, original printed brown boards with a gilt-lettered black leather spine. The boards are rubbed, bumped & soiled with some light staining. The head & tail of the spine are chipped & the joints are rubbed with short splits at the head of the spine. 283 pages. Numerous engraved head- and tail-pieces. The pastedowns & endpapers are foxed with a contemporary owner's ink name on the front endpaper. For the most part, the contents are unusually clean & bright. Very good. Very good .

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Buchzahl: 17049

Katalog: Natural History

Sonstige Stichworte: NATURAL HISTORY; ASTRONOMY; ANATOMY; MEDICINE; ZOOLOGY; BOTANY; ANTHROPOLOGY; TEXT BOOK; EDUCATION; THE CLASS BOOK OF NATURE; J. FROST; ENGRAVINGS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

(Gary, Dorothy Hales). Lord Kinross

Morocco

New York: The Viking Press, (1971). (1971). New York: The Viking Press, (1971). (1971). Very good. - Small quarto [10-1/4 inches high by 8-1/8 inhes wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The bottom edge of the front cover is faded. The dust jacket flaps are slightly darkened & the head of the spine & the tops of the folds are lightly chipped. 47 pages plus numerous black-and-white photographic illustrations by Dorothy Hales Gary. Also with full & double- page color illustrations in the first section of the book. Very good.

First edition. Very good .

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Buchzahl: 20508

Katalog: Travel & History

Sonstige Stichworte: TRAVEL & HISTORY; NORTH AFRICA; MOROCCO; LORD KINROSS; PHOTOGRAPHER; DOROTHY HALES GARY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.