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Camp Fire Girls, Incorporated, NY, 1938; First Edition, second printing, January, 1938; small 8vo, 248 pages; illustrated. Very Good, in cloth-covered stiff wraps of art-deco design. A small check mark in the blank margin opposite a few of the merit badge requirements. No other writing or markings. Cover corners have marbled paper stiffeners on their versos. No chips, no tears, no ownership signatures. A bright and attractive copy in tight, square binding, corners sharp.

Independent Commission On The Los Angeles Police Dept., Los Angeles, 1991; First Edition; 8 1/2" x 11". Report of the 1991 Independent Commission, headed by Warren Christopher, to investigate the Rodney King beating. The complete report, bound in printed white wraps, together with the original typed press release and the separate 17-page bound Summary Volume, all in Fine condition. Clean, crisp, and bright.

Windward, Leister, England, 1981; First Edition; quarto, 256 pages; photo illustrated. Detailed accounts of the 35 all-time great fights in boxing history: Joe Louis, John L. Sullivan, Muhammed Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, Rocky Marciano, Jack Dempsey, Jake LaMotta, Archie Moore, and many more. Authored by Bert Sugar, editor and publisher of Ring Magazine. Profusely illustrated with period photographs in b&w. Very Good, in a Very Good dust jacket that has a couple of small (1/2") closed edge tears. Not price-clipped, no ownership signatures. Clean and bright. A very nice copy.

MacDonald & Co., London, 1968; First Edition; 8vo, 287 pages. The inside story of Claud Cockburn’s infamous 1930’s propaganda rag, "The Week." Very Good Plus in a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket.

Spring Books / Octopus Publishing Group, London, 1988; First Edition; 4to, 280 pages. Absorbing account of the world’s greatest books, from the birth of printing through the 19th century, and the men who made and collected them. Entertainingly written by distinguished bookseller Alan G. Thomas, past president of the International Antiquarian Booksellers Association. First Spring Books edition. Finely bound and richly illustrated in color and b&w. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. A sparkling copy.

E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company, Wilmington, DE, 1956; 9" x 12", 32 pages. Early Du Pont Corporation brochure explaining how the various branches of science are employed in the company’s creation of such products as Nylon, Dacron, and Mylar, as well as its research into the areas of hydroponics, microwave energy, agriculture, medicine, electronics, and more. Attractively illustrated with scores of photographs depicting 1950’s lifestyle. Includes a photo portrait-gallery of 44 of Dupont’s top managerial staff with names and area of specialization for each, from president Clifford Greenwalt down. Very Good Plus, in illustrated wraps.

Kodansha International, Ltd., Tokyo, 1980; First Edition; Fifth Printing; 8vo, 302 pages. A monumental reference of over 10,000 of the most frequently spoken Japanese idiomatic words and phrases to help the speaker accurately express English thoughts in Japanese. "A long needed and invaluable reference to the words, idioms, and syntactical forms that have, till now, defied systematic arrangement." Fine, in the original slipcase, also Fine.

The Hokuseido Press, Tokyo, 1973; 8vo, 89 pages. An intensive study of the functioning of particles, an important aspect of the Japanese language. Very Good Plus, in printed stiff linen wraps. Clean, crisp, bright, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind.

Creative Age Press, NY, 1945; First Edition; 8vo, 295 pages. An effort to repudiate the opinion that Jews are cowards and will not fight. Traces back twenty centuries, showing the part played by Jews in war. Foreword by Curt Reiss. Very Good, in a VG- dust jacket that has a sunned spine and a small chip at top center of the front panel. Internally clean and crisp, binding tight, sound, and square, corners sharp.

Grove Press, NY, 1969; First Edition; large 8vo, 209 pages. A history of love between persons of the same sex, from ancient to modern times. Translated into English from the original French by Margaret Crosland and Alan Deventry. Profusely illustrated. Very Good Plus in a Very Good dust jacket that has not been price-clipped.

The Fur Farming Journal, Idaho, 1950; 8 1/2" x 11". Professional bi-monthly trade publication for fur farmers and those interested in the fur industry. Photo illustrated. Five 1950 issues: Mar-April, May-June, Jul-Aug, Sep-Oct, Nov-Dec. All clean, bright, and Very Good Plus.

Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 1985; Third Printing, November, 1985; tall 8vo, 640 pages. Detailed field guide to trees of the western portion of the United States and Canada, with 855 full-color photographs showing significant details of virtually all native and cultivated species for the Western region of North America, arranged by leaf shape, cones, flowers, and fruit, plus drawings of tree silhouettes as they appear in winter. Authored by Elbert L. Little, former chief dendrologist for the U.S. Forest Service. As New, complete with original publisher’s wrap around band.

The Hokuseido Press, Tokyo, 1971; 8vo, 76 pages. A study of the various aspects of Japanese verbs, often used in sentences without benefit of a subject. Emphasis is placed on "verb-following expressions," which are alphabetically arranged under six verb bases. Very Good Plus, in printed stiff linen wraps. Clean, crisp, bright, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind.

Vaccari’s Language Institute, Tokyo, 1966; Eighth Edition; 8vo, 451 pages plus a 45-page Vaccari catalog of Japanese language books at the back. Entirely reset, revised, and enlarged. A complete guide to Japanese characters, with six thousand character-words used in everyday literature and an additional list of ninety-two characters used in writing personal names. Near Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket.

Olliver-Ditson Company, Boston, 1919; Special Armed Forces Version sheet music, circa 1919, published at the close of WWI for the future use of Army and Navy bands. Contains both musical notation and lyrics for the Star Spangled Banner. Detailed history of the creation of the National Anthem on the back cover. Beautiful full-page color illustration of Old Glory on the front. Fine condition. No stains, chips, or tears. Advance press copy, stamped "For The Press" at bottom of the front cover. A sparkling copy.

Editorial Todo, Mexico City, 1934; 10 1/4" x 12 1/4", 48 pages; illustrated. March 6, 1934 issue of "TODO," popular 1930’s photo-illustrated Mexican weekly news magazine, whose topics covered politics, culture, arts, literature, and sport. Articles in this issue on high pre-war Mexican prices, composer Rafael Hernandez, Mexican Poster Art, popular superstitions, Hollywood and Mexican film stars, national and international news, and much more. Profusely illustrated with photographs, rendered in rich rotogravure, including a number by R. Carrillo G., Jr. Numerous display advertisements for popular Mexican products and businesses as well as famous American brand-names. Beautiful full-page front cover portrait of actress Fay Wray and full-page back cover portrait of Mae West. Very Good Plus, with a small chip at upper left corner of front cover and another at lower right of back cover. Clean crisp, and bright.

Viking, NY, 1997; First Edition; large 8vo, 101 pages. Charming collection of Christmas lore, cooking, decorating, and crafts, all in Green Gables style, with detailed step-by-step instructions for each. Includes Green Gables gingerbread house, tea cozy, door chimes, beaded slippers, velvet muff, "Four Winds Roast Goose," "Mrs. Lynde’s Plum Pudding," "Marilla’s Ginger Tea," etc. Fine, in a Fine dust jacket.

Office of the Attorney General of Mexico, Mexico City, 1934; First Edition; 8vo, 133 pages; printed wraps. History of the struggle between the civil government and Catholic Church in Mexico, by Don Emilio Portes Gil, who was president of Mexico from 1928-1930, during the period of the Maximato. Frontispiece photo portrait of President Abelardo L. Rodriquez, who held office at time of publication. Inscribed on the title page to Los Angeles attorney and early Mexican-American political activist Antonio Castellanos as follows: "Sr. Lic. Antonio Castellanos: Sirvase aceptar como prueba de amistad de su amigo, A.M. Villarreal." The inscription is dated at Los Angeles, Calif., March 4, 1935. Very Good, clean, crisp, bright, small corner chip at lower left front and rear wraps.

Crown Publishers, New York, 1993; A complete step-by-step language guide to the basics of Japanese conversation and grammar by use of the Living Language Method developed by the U.S. government to teach foreign languages to overseas military personnel and diplomats in a short period of time. Forty lessons on two 90 minute audio cassettes. Begins with words and phrases, progressing to more complex expressions. Accompanied by a 404 page course instruction manual and 284 page Japanese-English/ English-Japanese dictionary containing more than 15,000 words defined, plus idiomatic expressions and common phrases used in everyday conversation. Revised, updated, and expanded. For both beginners and those wishing a thorough review. As New.

Whitman Publishing Company, Racine, WI, 1943; First Edition; 8vo, 248 pages plus three page publisher’s catalogue at the back; illustrated. Graphic novel starring Russell Stamm’s Chicago Times comic-strip heroine, the voluptuous Scarlet O’Neill, who possesses the provocative power of invisibility. Very Good Plus, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket. Some light tanning of the text margins, paper supple, not brittle, binding tight, sound and square. A nice copy.