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Proverbs (English and Japanese Proverbs)

By: Arimura, Naomi, with Kevin P. Dobbyn, Leo J. Meads, Stephanie Ryan, Lora Sharnoff (editors)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Asahi: 1994, 1995

Seller ID: CL004918

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Softcover, (NF), Asahi, 1994, 1995, 541 pages, in Japanese and English, tan decorated endpapers, introductory matter by co-editors as well as Yasaburo Ikeda and Donald Keene, book is an alphabetical list of proverbs and their translations - with a large Index at back, 5-3/8 in. x 7-1/2 in., flexible black covers, gilt and stamped titles and decorations, sewn-in maroon cloth bookmark, contents clean and tight, item protected in new clear plastic sleeve, Book: Near Fine, 4918 {(s)1018LG] Please feel free to contact us with questions about our books - we are happy to provide further information!
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Gazetteer of Berkshire County, Mass. 1725-1885. Part First & Part Second in one book.

By: Child, Hamilton, compiler

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Journal Office, Syracuse NY: 1885

Seller ID: CL005062

Binding: leather-bound hardcover

Condition: good-

Hardcover, Good-, Journal Office, Syracuse NY, 1885, two volumes in one, 420 pages and 527 pages, hand-colored folding map attached inside the rear cover so that it may be opened while reading the book, b&w illustrations, plates and ads, may be missing a frontispiece opposite the first title page, red and blue ads on rear endpapers, 6.5 inches x 9.5 inches x 2.25 inches, hardcover, maroon leather-bound with blind-embossing on covers and spine and gilt titles on front and spine, page edges tinted red and have some small ink spatters on the top, binding slightly cocked, edge and corner wear and ...
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Methuen Handbook of Colour (Hand Book of Color)

By: Kornerup, Andreas, J. H. Wanscher, introduction by Donald Pavey

Price: $350.00

Publisher: Methuen, London, :

Seller ID: CL004838

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

Hardcover, Good+ in Good Dust Jacket, (G+/G), Ex-Library Copy, Methuen, London, 1961, 1967, 2nd edition revised, 243 pages, profusely illustrated with colour plates (1,266 colour samples), b&w diagrams, colour finder card in back pocket, ex-library copy with minimal marks, 5”x 7”, hardcover, blue cloth with gilt decoration on front and gilt titles on spine, light edge and corner wear, one bottom corner a bit frayed, corners and spine ends a bit rounded, good dust jacket with edge wear and chipping at the corners and along rear top edge, price clipped, there are two bits of clear scotch tap...
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Methuen Handbook of Colour (Hand Book of Color)

By: Kornerup, Andreas, J. H. Wanscher, introduction by Donald Pavey

Price: $390.00

Publisher: Methuen, London, :

Seller ID: CL005093

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Hardcover, Very Good+ in Good+ Dust Jacket, (VG+/G+), First British Edition, Methuen, London, 1961, 1963, 1st British edition, 224 pages, profusely illustrated with colour plates (1,266 color samples), b&w diagrams, colour finder card in back pocket, 5”x 7”, hardcover, blue cloth with gilt decoration on front and gilt titles on spine, good+ dust jacket with light edge wear and a bit of chipping at the corners, 1/2” tear bottom of front panel with long crease, light scuffing and a light crease on rear panel, price clipped, includes four color disks that can be made into spinning tops alon...
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Population Redistribution and Economic Growth, United States, 1870—1950: I - Methodological Considerations and Reference Tables

By: Lee, Everett S., Ann Ratner Miller and Carol P. Brainerd, Richard A. Easterlin (Prepared Under the Direction of Simon Kuznets and Dorothy Swaine Thomas)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: The American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia PA: 1957

Seller ID: CL002345

Binding: Hardcover in dust jacket

Condition: Very Good+

Hardcover, Very Good+ in Good+ Dust Jacket, (VG+/G+), First Edition, Volume One only, The American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1957, first edition, 759 pages, Introductions, Appendices, Lists of Text Tables, List of Reference Tables, List of Charts, illustrated in b&w with a map frontispiece and several charts, 9-3/8” x 12”, blue cloth with gilt titles, corners and spine ends slightly bumped, good+ price-clipped jacket shows slight bumping and wear to corners and spine ends, a few small pieces of clear tape on reverse of jacket from previous owner, jacket panels and spine slightly...
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All Occasion Year Book: An Illustrated Diary With Literary Quotations

By: Lovric, Michelle (compiled by)

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Tormont, in association with Royle Publications Ltd.: 1992

Seller ID: CL004963

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Hardcover, (VG+), Tormont (Montreal), in association with Royle Publications Ltd. (London), 1992, 27 pages, illustrated in color with with 12 full-page plates plus frontis, 4-3/4 in. x 6-7/8 in., color pictorial boards, a very little faint scuffing to boards, a little minor foxing to endpapers, otherwise contents clean and tight, item protected in new clear plastic sleeve, Book: Very Good+ {This pretty little book of days is still completely blank. It has one page per month (one line per day, including Feb. 29th!), and facing each month’s page is a reproduction of a romantic work of art wit...
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Newbery Medal Books: 1922-1955 with their Authors’ Acceptance Papers and Related Material chiefly from the Horn Book Magazine

By: Miller, Bertha Mahony & Elinor Whitney Field, editors

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Horn Book, Boston: 1955

Seller ID: CL000681

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Hardcover, Very Good, First Edition (VG/no dj) Horn Book, Boston, 1955, 1st edition, Horn Book Papers Volume I, 458 pages, indices, b&w illustrations, 6.25”x 9.5”, brown cloth with gilt titles and decoration, top edge colored orange, very lightly bumped corners, very minor edge wear, spine a bit faded, very light soil on covers and bottom page edges, no dust jacket, former owner’s brief ink name front free endpaper, contents clean and tight, book very good (VG/no dj) 681 [Sss99KB]
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Newtonian 1912: Newton High School (Massachusetts) Yearbook

By: Newtonian editors

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Andover Press, Andover MA: 1912

Seller ID: CL005184

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

Andover Press, Andover MA, 1912, 118 pages, acknowledgements (sic), 9 pages of ads, b&w photos throughout, b&w drawings and hand lettering at section heads, 7.25”x 9.75”, hardcover, ribbed brown cloth with gilt titles and decoration and blind embossed square on front, corners lightly bumped and worn, front top right corner starting to fray, light cover soil, some black ink marks on front, spine a bit cocked, some interior hinges cracked but holding well, a very little light soil on page edges, otherwise contents clean and tight, book good+ {There is an interesting fiction story in the back...
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The Illustrated Dictionary of Hindu Iconography

By: Stutley, Margaret

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul: 1985

Seller ID: CL004970

ISBN: 0710092946

Binding: Hardcover in dust jacket

Condition: Very Good

Hardcover in dust jacket, (VG/VG), Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1985, First Edition, 175 pages, Introduction, section on English subjects and Sanskrit equivalents, list of Abbreviations, Bibliography, illustrated in b&w with line drawings, 7.5 in. x 10 in., red boards with gilt titles, slight bumping to lower corners and spine ends, jacket shows light bumping and wear to corners and spine ends, minor scuffing to jacket panels, dust jacket protected in new archival plastic cover, small ink check mark on front free-endpaper, otherwise contents clean and tight, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Ve...
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How to Decipher and Study Old Documents: Being a Guide to the Reading of Ancient Manuscripts. (The Key to the Family Deed Chest.)

By: Thoyts, E. E., with an Introduction by C. Trice Martin (Assistant Keeper of H.M. Records.)

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Elliot Stock: 1893

Seller ID: CL005001

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

Hardcover, (VG-), Elliot Stock, London, 1893, first edition, 143 pages, Introduction, Author’s Preface, List of Illustrations, 11 b&w illustrations as well as charming chapter-heads and -tails (and a lovely little colophon with an owl), 5-1/4 in. x 7-7/8 in., green cloth with gilt and black titles and decorations, corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, mild shelf-wear, a very little faint soil to covers, spine faintly darkened and mildly cocked, minor rubbing to spine edges, internally a very few small pencil marks (easily erasable if desired), otherwise contents clean and tight, item pr...
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Category: Reference