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London: Edinburgh House Press, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 144 pp + illustrations front photographs, bibliography, index, folding map of Africa. Light shelf wear, "Colorado Christian Woman's Missionary Society" written on front pastedown; contents clean and sound. No dust jacket. "An effort has been made to let Africans speak for themselves. They do not all speak with one voice. If through these pages some of their voices sound clearly this small book will not have failed in its purpose" (preface).

New Haven: Human Relations Area Files Press, 1964. Softcover. Very good. 60 pp. Light cover wear, tight binding, no markings. A guide "designed for use in the field by those research workers who are interested in investigating some aspects of the reproductive cycle." Organized into sections on sexual behavior, the female sex cycles, childbirth and post partum.

New York: William Morrow & Co, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First printing. 246 pp, illustrated with color photos. Slight wear to spine ends, else fine in a fine jacket. After their boat capsized, the author and his 3 friends (including 2 NFL players) were left clinging to the wreckage in cold, stormy seas. By the time he was rescued 40 hours later, Schuyler was the only survivor.

London: John Murray, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. viii, 319 pp + illustrations + foldout map. Prospectus for Jarvis' book Three Deserts laid in. Light general wear and soiling to boards; inscription on front free endpaper, offsetting to to p. viii and p. 1 from foldout map; else clean. No dust jacket. Reminiscences from Jarvis' days in the Middle East including colorful chapters on the Wafd, election day in Egypt, royal visits, bandits, brigands and bad men, Ramadan and religion, the Wadi Gedeirat, the road to Jerusalem, poets and exiles, and more.

Stanford, CA: Stanford Medical School, 1965. Softcover. Near Fine. pp 225-242, with illustration, in original wrappers.Very light handling wear; else fine. Reprinted from the San Francisco Medical Press, October 1862. Cooper was founder of the first medical college in San Francisco.

Berlin, Germany: Gebrüder Mann. Hardcover. Very Good. 13.5 x 21 cm, oblong. Unpaginated, approximately 70 pages, with color illustrations. Chip missing at head of spine; light wear to boards; "Mahlau" hand-written on spine; contents clean and sound. No dust jacket. Undated. Text in German. Contains a short foreword, epilogue, and list of plates followed by 48 color plates.

New York: Patricia Heesy Gallery, 1985. Softcover. Very Good. Exhibition catalogue. 8.5 x 9 inches, 19 pp, with 14 illustrations (13 in color). Light shelf wear, library stamp. Includes 13 color illustrations of Stayton painting and one b/w photograph of the artist by Viktor Vondracek. "Jane Stayton's newest paintings show an exuberance unmatched in her previous work. This dramatic change, characterized by an uninhibited reinterpretation of classical themes and garden subjects, blossomed about 1980" (Jane Stayton).

Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico, 1968. Softcover. Good. viii, 52 pp, with map, selected references, in original illustrated wrappers. Old dampstain visible on front cover and title page, name stamped on title page; text clean. Division of Government Research, Institute for Social Research and Development, University of New Mexico, 77. Based on interviews with Bureau of Indian Affairs Personnel, superintendents, principals, counselors, and teachers in public schools enrolling Indian students.

New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. Sotheby's exhibition and auction catalog from the York Avenue Galleries, April 23-24, 1981. Orignal illustrated wrappers; unpaginated, but approximately 120 pp, extensively illustrated with b/w photos. Some general shelf wear, a few annotations (auction estimates) in the text. Showcases a variety of Chinese and Japanese pieces including snuff bottles, ceramics, enamels, paintings, and textiles.

London: Wingate, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very Good. 159 pp, with illustrations, glossary. Light edge wear to boards; contents clean and sound. Dust jacket has some small chips, one piece of tape reinforcement inside at base of spine. A look at the formation of the state of Israel written with"humor, deep analysis, and affection."

New York: Charles Cowles Gallery, 1996. Softcover. Near fine. Exhibition catalogue. 10 x 10 inches, approximately 36 pp, with 15 color illustrations. Very light shelf wear; contents clean and sound.

Munchen: Carl Hanser, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good +. 6 x 8 inches, 64 pp, with color illustrations. Light wear to edges; else clean and sound. No dust jacket. Text is in German. A collection of sketches by Eduard Mörike, a German Romantic poet. Contains a short introduction followed by plates. First and last plates have illustrations tipped in.

Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1969. Soft cover. Near Fine. Stapled binding, 8.5 X 11 inches. 27 pp, with 23 figures. Initials on front cover, original mailing label (to the Aerospace Research Laboratories and Wright Patterson Air Force Base) on back cover. Contents unmarked.

Munich: R. Piper & Co, 1943. Hardcover. Very Good. 37 pp + 100 (illustrations) + publisher's catalogue. Light general wear to boards; contents clean and sound. No dust jacket. Reproductions of 100 drawings by Francisco Goya (b/w and sepia) preceded by a short essay and index of images. Due to size, shipping charges may be more than standard for priority or international orders.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo. 240 pp. Fourth impression. Blue cloth boards. Some sunning at the bottom of the spine, otherwise minimal wear. Tight binding, no internal markings. Top edge of dust jacket has some chipping, short tears, and front panel has a small, pale stain. Protected by a new mylar cover. Smythe, an accomplished British mountaineer and photographer who climbed extensively in the Alps and Himalayas, reflects on the joys of mountains.

London: Newnes, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 247 pp, illustrated with b/w photos, most by the author. Mild wear to spine ends, boards very slightly bowed. Dust jacket has light edgewear and a few small chips. Neate M83. A combination of anthology and autobiography.

Cambridge, MA: Robert Bentley, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Reprint. x, 240 pp + illustrations from photographs, with index. Very light wear to edges including lightly bumped top corners; else clean and sound. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear with a few short chips and tears. "This volume of impressions lays no claim to erudition ... An ordinary American parent, desiring above all else the best possible chance for her children, addresses this message to the innumerable legion of her companions in that desire" (Preface). First published under the title A Montessori Mother in 1912.

New York: Paragon House, 1989. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. xxii, 233 pp, with frontispiece, illustrations, maps, select bibliography, index. A fine copy in a clean dust jacket with minimal shelf wear. "Included herein are many previously unpublished quotations from Lawrence's correspondence, including letters to Mrs. George Bernard Shaw and E.M. Forster, as well as to Siegfried Sassoon and Lawrence's brother, A.W. Lawrence. These letters, along with a wealth of rare photographs, enrich the text and give the historical context for Lawrence's triumphs" (dust jacket).

Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1973. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 20 pp of text and 192 plates, many in color. Clean, tight, and unmarked, with minimal wear. Dust jacket has edgewear and a few chips and short tears.

Davis, CA: Natsoulas/Novelozo Gallery, 1991. Softcover. Very Good. Exhibition catalogue. 8.5 x 11 inches, 48 pp, with illustrations (9 in color). Shows some shelf wear. "Strong is so dedicated to abstract expressionism that, from the time he started painting in the fifties to the present, he never faltered in becoming one of the best contemporary abstract expressionist painters... The early paintings of dark, swirling, heavily applied paint are considered some of the best paintings of Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Movement" (foreword).