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James, Edwin (Editor). A NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY & ADVENTURES OF
JOHN TANNER DURING 30 YEARS RESIDENCE AMONG THE INDIANS IN THE
INTERIOR OF NORTH AMERICA. 427 pgs. Black cloth, without dust jacket.
Octavo. Minneapolis, MN: Ross & Haines, 1956. Edition limited to 2000
copies. Rubber stamp on front free endpaper; otherwise, very good
condition. Account of this individual who was captured at age 9 &
lived for 30 years among the Ojibway Indians $60.00.

Baron, Virginia Olsen (Trans). SUNSET IN A SPIDER WEB: SIJO POETRY OF
ANCIENT KOREA. Unpaged. Illustrated by Minja Park Kim. Cloth in
chipped pictorial dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston,
(1974). 1st Edition [so stated]. Near fine condition in very good
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. Selection of poems in the sijo
style, a narrative poetic form of Korean literature that was one of
the earliest types of Korean poetry & is still popular today. $25.00.

Oliver, Robert. COMMUNICATION & CULTURE IN ANCIENT INDIA & CHINA. 312
pgs with notes, bibliography & index. Cloth in chipped yellow & brown
dust jacket. Octavo. Syracuse University Press, (1971). 1st Edition
[so stated]. Small rubber stamp on front free endpaper; otherwise,
near fine condition in very good jacket with protective mylar wrapper.
Explores the questions of oral communication in ancient India & China
in relation to philosophy & social customs. $22.50.

Durant, Will & Ariel. THE LESSONS OF HISTORY. 117 pgs with notes &
index. Cloth in chipped dark blue dust jacket. Octavo. NY: Simon &
Schuster, (1968). 1st Edition. Near fine condition in very good jacket
with protective mylar wrapper. A distillation of the accumulated store
of knowledge & experience from the Durants' 4 decades of work on the
10 monumental volumes of "The Story of Civilization." $15.00.

Raunkiaer, Barclay. THROUGH WAHHABILAND ON CAMELBACK. Edited &
translated by Gerald de Gaury. 156 pgs with appendix & index.
Frontispiece. Cloth in lightly chipped, price-clipped olive dust
jacket. Octavo. NY: Praeger, (1969). 1st U.S. Edition. Very good
condition in good+ jacket with protective mylar wrapper. "A striking
account of Raunkiaer's 1912 travels in "pre-oil" Kuwait & its
environs, much of which had never previously been explored". $27.50.

Durant, Will & Ariel. THE AGE OF FAITH. 1196 pgs with notes & index.
Prints; map endpapers. Red cloth, without dust jacket. Imperial
octavo. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1950. 8th printing. Very good condition.
Volume IV of the "Story of Civilization" series. A history of medieval
civilization -- Christian, Islamic & Judaic -- from Constantine to
Dante: A.D. 325-1300. In print 1998 @ $35.00. Our price: $17.50.

Judson, Horace Freeland. THE EIGHTH DAY OF CREATION: The Makers of the
Revolution in Biology. 686 pgs with notes & index. Photos & text
illustrations. Cloth in chipped, price-clipped purple dust jacket.
Imperial octavo. NY: Simon & Schuster, (1978). 1st Edition. Remainder
stamp on lower edge; otherwise, near fine condition in good+ jacket
with protective mylar wrapper. A historical account of the central
line of discoveries of molecular biology from the mid-1930s to 1970.
In print 1998 @ $55.00. Our price: $27.50.

Sayler, Oliver. THE RUSSIAN THEATRE. 346 pgs with index. Color & black
& white illustrations. Royal blue cloth, without dust jacket. Octavo.
NY: Brentano's, (1923). 2nd printing. Light wear at extremities; rear
cover lightly spotted; otherwise, good+ condition. Historical account
of "the most energetic & intense stage that, in over a century,
mankind has anywhere produced." $25.00.

Oliver, Robert. COMMUNICATION & CULTURE IN ANCIENT INDIA & CHINA. 312
pgs with notes, bibliography & index. Cloth in much chipped yellow &
brown dust jacket. Octavo. Syracuse University Press, (1971). 1st
Edition [so stated]. Label removed from front free endpaper;
otherwise, near fine condition in good jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. Explores the questions of oral communication in ancient India
& China in relation to philosophy & social customs. $20.00.

De Camoes, Luiz. THE LUSIADS. Translated by Leonard Bacon. 435 pgs
with notes. Cloth in beige dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Hispanic Society
of America, 1950. 1st Edition. Inked inscription on front free
endpaper; otherwise, very good condition in like jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. "A new translation of the 16th-century
Portuguese poem." $35.00.

Russell, Charles M. GOOD MEDICINE: The Illustrated Letters. Foreword
by Will Rogers. Biographical Note by Nancy C. Russell. 162 pgs. Color
& black & white illustrations throughout. Brown cloth, without dust
jacket. Quarto. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, (1930). Light wear at
extremities; otherwise, very good condition. $40.00.

Douglas, John. DOUGLAS'S TALE OF THE PENINSULA & WATERLOO 1808-1815.
133 pgs with bibliography & index. Map endpapers. Cloth in pictorial
dust jacket. Octavo. London: Cooper, (1997). Fine condition in like
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. In print 1998 @ $35.00. Our
price: $17.50.

Fain, Bernard. NAPOLEON: HOW HE DID IT. 208 pgs. Illustrated. Green
boards, without dust jacket. Imperial octavo. San Francisco: Proctor
Jones, (1998). Fine condition. The memoirs of the First Secretary of
Napoleon Bonaparte's Cabinet. In print 1998 @ $39.95. Our price:
$20.00.

Motherwell, Robert et al. RECONCILIATION ELEGY. 88 pgs. Color & black
& white photos. Paper wrappers. Thin quarto. NY: Rizzoli, (1980). Very
good+ condition. This photographic journal records the collaboration
of Robert Motherwell & his studio assistants in the creation of the
artist's monumental painting Reconciliation Elegy, a commission for
the East Building, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. $30.00.

Owen, Frank (Editor). FIRESIDE MYSTERY BOOK. 309 pgs. Cloth in
tattered dust jacket. 12mo. NY: Lantern Press, (1947). 1st Edition.
Front corner slightly bumped; otherwise, very good condition in poor
jacket with protective mylar wrapper. Includes stories by William
Irish, Sax Rohmer, Ellery Queen, Cornell Woolrich & more. $25.00.

Frankenstein, Alfred. THE REALITY OF APPEARANCE: The Trompe L'Oeil
Tradition in American Painting. 156 pgs. 8 color plates + 105 black &
white reproductions. Light brown pictorial paper wrappers. Quarto. New
York Graphic Society, (1970). Very good condition. Exhibition catalog
of the 1970 tour of over 100 works of 19th century American Realistic
painting. $35.00.

Warner, Rebecca Micca. TAROT: An Illustrated Guide. 87 pgs.
Illustrated. Cloth in tan pictorial dust jacket. Quarto. NY: St.
Martin's, (1974). 1st U.S. Edition. Label removed from front free
endpaper; otherwise, near fine condition in very good jacket with
protective mylar wrapper. "A straightforward & practical explanation
of one of the most fascinating & popular branches of the occult." ABE
$20.00.

Warner, Rebecca Micca. TAROT: An Illustrated Guide. 87 pgs. Cloth in
tan pictorial dust jacket. Quarto. NY: St. Martin's, (1974). 1st U.S.
Edition. Fine condition in near fine jacket with protective mylar
wrapper. "A straightforward & practical explanation of one of the most
fascinating & popular branches of the occult." $25.00.

Hanson, Anne Coffin. EDOUARD MANET, 1832-1883. 207 pgs with
bibliography. Color & black & white reproductions. Pictorial paper
wrappers. Octavo. Philadelphia Museum of Art/The Art Institute of
Chicago, 1966. Very good condition. Exhibition catalog of Manet's
paintings. $15.00.

Lorant, Stefan. THE GLORIOUS BURDEN: THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY. 959
pages with index. Photos, drawings & reproductions throughout. Cloth
in chipped & worn dark blue dust jacket. Thick quarto. NY: Harper &
Row, (1968). BOMC Edition. Edges lightly sunned; otherwise, very good+
condition in good jacket with protective mylar wrapper. The history of
America's highest office from George Washington through Lyndon
Johnson. $15.00.

Morrison, Barrie. LALMAI, A CULTURAL CENTER OF EARLY BENGAL: An
Archaeological Report & Historical Analysis. 190 pgs with notes &
appendix. Illustrated. Cloth in price-clipped light blue dust jacket.
Seattle: University of Washington Press, (1974). Near fine condition
in very good jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $15.00.

Heyerdahl, Thor. THE MALDIVE MYSTERY. 319 pgs with bibliography &
index. Color & black & white photos & map endpapers. Cloth in chipped,
price- clipped dust jacket. Octavo. Bethesda: Alder & Alder, (1986).
1st U.S. Edition [so stated]. Near fine condition in very good jacket
with protective mylar wrapper. An archaeological adventure in the
Indian Ocean. $20.00.

Dawes, Charles. A JOURNAL OF THE GREAT WAR. 271 pgs. Photos. Brown
cloth, without dust jacket. Top edge gilt. Octavo. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin, 1923. Presentation copy signed by the author. Light wear at
extremities; otherwise, very good condition. An American
Brigadier-general's firsthand account of the "elemental convulsion of
humanity" -- World War I. $40.00.

Greenoak, Francesca. GLORIOUS GARDENS: A Portfolio of Ideas for
Planting & Design. 191 pgs with index. Color photos throughout. Cloth
in pictorial dust jacket. Quarto. NY: Crescent, (1989). Inked
inscriptions on front free endpaper; otherwise, near fine condition in
like jacket with protective mylar wrapper. $17.50.

Riesenberg, Felix Jr. GOLDEN GATE: THE STORY OF SAN FRANCISCO HARBOR.
347 pgs with bibliography + index. Photos. Red cloth. Octavo. NY:
Knopf, 1940. Signed by the author. Endpapers darkened; small spot on
rear cover; otherwise, good condition. $40.00.

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