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New York: Ernst Kaufmann. 96 pp.w/color illus. (c. 1890's) Cloth covers worn at corners. Color illustration on cover sl. rubbed, tiny chips at edges but Good overall. Light soil to endpapers, a few page edges. Nice Color plates within bright. San Domingo (Haitian) plantation during the slaves' uprising in the late 18th century; the French owner escapes with the help of a loyal slave, Biassou. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Burlington, IA, U.S.A.: Burdette Co, 1887. 292pp. Cloth torn away from board on cover. Text tight and clean.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good(-)/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: St Martins Pr, 1981. 471pp/Over 50 b/w Illustrations. Uniquely Fullerian approach to the history of civilization and the remedy of its discontents; written with Kiyoshi Kuromiya (as "adjuvant"). Includes chronology, bibliographical references and index. Clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Henry S. King & Company , 1877. 334 pages. With material on Nero's water-machines, Louis XVI & the Idol of Orthodoxy, and anthropomorphic views of God. Also contains material on Middle-Age Devil, the Charity Organisation Society, and Punch & Judy. Good copy in the original dulled and edge rubbed gilt decorated black cloth. . Second Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good+/No Jacket Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press, 1967. 276; frontis. photo, several plates of photos, illus. in the text, 5 maps, glossary, bibliography and index. The first full-length study of a little-known mountain people of New Guinea. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: St Martins, 1998. 192pp/illus. Details how to kill and maim with over 100 drawings and 80 photographs. Clean. 1st Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket - Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: John Baker, 1966. 240pp/illus. This book is an impressive rogues' gallery of the best of imposters. Some well known, such as Cagliostro, the classic 'King of Liars; some little known, such as the 'Captain of Kopenick', who made a laughing stock of the Kaiser's heel-clicking subjects. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: Privately Published, 1939. Book has 151 pages. Book was a dissertation by the author presented to the faculty of the graduate school of the University of Pennsylvania in partial fufillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Title page used to have some pencil marks but they were erased. Rest of book clean and tight.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Free Pr, 1964. Compiled under the auspices of The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization; includes anthropology, economics, political science, social psychology, and social anthropology; 761 pages. Appears to be ex-lib but has only pocket inside front cover. No markings. Overall clean.. 2nd Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1984. 165 pages, including 108 duotone and b&w plates. DJ lightly worn. Text clean.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Homewood, IL: Dorsey Press, 1974. 463pp. Clean text.. 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge, MA: Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936, 1936. 516 pages/numerous charts. Includes errata sheet.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1937. 65pp/illus. Blue cloth boards with paste-on illustration to front cover and spine. Very lightly discolored inside both covers. A heartwarming story about the relationship between a blind person and his guide dog. Written by an American in 1937, this was less than 10 years since the first guide dog was brought to America, from Switzerland, and the start of the American seeing eye dog programme. Illustrated throughout with wood-cuts and 8 b&w images at rear of guide dogs and their owners doing various activities. . 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. Illus. by Dennis, Morgan. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.: MIT Press, 1998. Book has 360 pages with illustrations. DJ has some light wear to the edge. Clean and tight. Explores how assumptions about gender, games, and technology shape the design, development, and marketing of games as industry seeks to build the girl market.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Bodley Head, 1970. 504pp. First U.K. edition. "A study of mass bewilderment in the face of accelerating change.". 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dallas: Banks, Upshaw & Company, 1945. Book has 221 pages with illustrations. Edge of dj has some wear with a few chips at top edge. A little bit of wrinkling to some pages. The intimate and authentic treatment of the splendor of ancient gardens and the beauty of modern homes and gardens gives permanent value to this book. More than 50 full page illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good(-)/Very Good(-). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Chicago, IL: Henry Regnery, 1951. 240pp. This is Buckley's first book "based on his undergraduate experiences at Yale University. In the book, he criticized Yale and its faculty for forcing liberal ideology on its students. He criticized individual professors by name for their stomping out of students; religious beliefs through their teaching. Buckley claimed in the book, also, that Yale was denying its students any sense of individualism by forcing them to embrace this new idea of liberalism. God and Man at Yale received mixed reviews when it was first published. Gift inscription on ffep. DJ has light wear with $3.50 price. Text clean.. 3rd Printing. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House Adult Trade Group, 2001. Book has 262 pages. A powerful and deeply troubling chronicle of America's prison boom. A striking indictment of the country's mad push to incarcerate.. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1982. 472pp/illus. The author provides a vivid catalogue of some of the most spectacular disasters in history including hurricanes, typhoons, tidal waves, earthquakes, fires, floods, plagues, avalanches, volcanic eruptions, explosions, shipwrecks and even the famous molasses flood in Boston in 1919 when a molasses storage tank exploded and cost 21 lives. Clean. Third Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Novato, California, U.S.A.: Presidio Pr, 1987. 418pp/illus. A comprehensive guide to the world's military space systems--their history,development, technology, the interpretation and use of their data, and their place in the world. DJ has wear on back. Clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.