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Dessau: G. Volkerling, [1872].. [1872].. Good. - sc A 3-3/8 inch high by 2-1/4 inch wide photograph of a young boy in profile mounted on approximately 4 inch high by 2-1/2 inch wide card stock. The long-haired young boy, attired in checkered outfit with boots, is seated in an overstuffed chair holding a riding crop in his right hand. The photographer's credits are printed on the verso of the mount, "G. Volkerling in Dessau / Maler u Hof-Photograph ... Silberne Preis Medaillen: / Berlin 1865 / Paris 1867 / Hamburg 1868 / Groningen 1869". The young man is identified in pencil on the verso as "Albert W. Speyers / 3 1/2 years / Nov. 1872". "For Uncle Louis" is penned in ink at the top of the verso. There is a small spot of soiling to the image above the boy's head and several pin marks at the top and bottom of the soiled mount. Good.

(Dublin, NH: Yankee, Inc., 1970).. 1970).. Very good. - Octavo, beige cloth, in dw. Slightly soiled. The dw is soiled with a small tear. 318 pp. Profusely illustrated in B&W. Very good.

NY: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., (1956)., (1956).. Very good. - 8vo, red cloth (very lightly bumped; small dent to bottom edge of rear cover) titled in gilt with multiple gilt rules on spine, in dw (extremities darkened; staining to dw spine; tiny stains & light soiling to panels; price-clipped). xiii, [iii], 265 & [2] pp. (inner edges of endpapers slightly darkened). Very good. <p>First edition.<p>The Introduction is by Paul Henry Lang, who notes: "Einstein was only two generations removed from the founders of musicology, but he himself contributed generously to its rapid progress. He completely reshaped the monument of Mozart research, Kochel's celebrated Verzeichniss, and he opened an entire new Renaissance wing in the museum of music with his great work on the Italian madrigal. His long tenure as editor of one of the most distinguished journals of musicology, Zeitschrift fur Musikwissenschaft, spanned a brilliant era of scholarship, of discoveries, of the coming… Leer más

Cambridge, MA: Windfall Press / Providence, RI: Burning Deck Press, 1978.. 1978.. Fine. - Small octavo, softcover bound in brick red pictorial wraps. The spine is slightly faded. [vi] & 66 pages plus colophon. Near fine. <p>First trade edition, limited to 1,000 copies.<p>A Burning Deck Press release announcing the publication is laid in.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., (1966).. (1966).. Very good. - Octavo, pictorial wraps. The wraps are lightly rubbed with a light crease to the rear wrap. xii, [i] & 107 pages. There is a very light crease to the last few leaves. Illustrated in black & white. Very good. <p>Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology.

New York: Random House, (1966).. (1966).. Good. - Octavo, cloth-backed boards, in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The boards are lightly bumped. The dust wrapper is rubbed with a tear to the top edge of the rear panel. 288 & [4] pages. The top corner of the front endpaper has been excised. Good. <p>First American edition.

New York: Bonanza Books, (1964).. (1964).. Very good. - Quarto, cloth, in a dustwrapper. The dust jacket is lightly soiled, rubbed & chipped with a price-sticker on the front flap. x [ii] & 290 pages. There are 2 small stains to the fore-edge. Profuse black-and-white illustrations compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen. Very good. <p>Reprint edition.

NY: The Macmillan Company, (1966).. (1966).. Very good. - Octavo, cloth, in dw. The covers are very lightly bumped with very light staining to the bottom edges; the dw is very lightly soiled & chipped with the spine slightly faded. 152 pp. B&W portrait frontispiece & B&W illustrations. Very good. <p>First edition.

NY & London: The Century Co., (1928)., (1928).. Good. - 8vo, tan cloth backed decorative gilt & brown boards (bumped & rubbed; cloth slightly faded & soiled) titled in black with pictorial pink & black label (rubbed) mounted on front cover . ix & 212 pp. (ink inscription on front pastedown; small surface tear to 1 page). Illustrated in B&W with portrait frontispiece & 7 B&W plates. Good. <p>Stated first printing. "A purveyor of American folk-lore, whether distilled from native legends or the synthetic product of his own fecund imagination...," Weems was the source of the story of Washington and the cherry tree.

(Bologna): Grafis Edizioni, (1986)., (1986).. Very good. - Small 4to, printed gray wraps (very lightly rubbed; small price-sticker on rear wrap) with color illustration on front wrap. 100 pp. plus colophon. Profuse B&W & color illustrations. Near fine. <p>Catalogue for an exhibition, curated by Alberto Maria Prina, of neo-classical furniture created by contemporary Italian designers. The text, which is in Italian, includes an illustrated essay "Classico-contemporaneo" by Ugo La Pietra.

Chicago, IL: Rand McNally & Company, 1935.. 1935.. Very good. - 12mo, pictorial boards. Very lightly rubbed. 63 pp. Profusely illustrated in B&W. Very good.

(Garden City, NY: Adelphi University Library, 1977).. 1977).. Very good. - Octavo, printed light blue wraps perfect bound with black plastic strips. The extremities are slightly faded & the bottom corner of the rear wrap is very lightly creased. 80 pp. B&W illustrations. Very good. <p>Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Swirbul Library Gallery, Adelphi University Library, October 8-December 23, 1977.

Knotting, Bedfordshire: Martin Booth Publisher, (1980)., (1980).. Fine. - Square 8vo, stitched tan wraps titled in black on front cover. 4 leaves. Near fine. <p>Limited edition of 50 numbered copies signed by George MacBeth.

London: John Murray, (1950)., (1950).. Very good. - 8vo, yellow cloth (bumped; light stains to top edges of covers; small stain to front cover) titled in red with vignette in red on front cover, in pictorial dw (rubbed & chipped with small pieces out; dw spine faded). 64 pp. Profuse B&W comic illustrations by the author. Very good in good dw. <p>First edition.

NY: William Morrow and Company, Inc., (1989).. (1989).. Good. - Octavo, cloth backed boards, in dw. Bumped; bottom corners of dw creased. 512 pp. Bottom page corners, a few top page corners & front edges of the last 150 pp. creased. B&W illustrations. Good working copy. <p>First edition.

NY: Oxford University Press, 1954.. 1954.. Very good. - Quarto, pictorial red, white & blue cloth, in price-clipped dw. Rubbed & soiled with a few light stains. The dw is chipped with a long tear to the rear panel. 282 pp. Profusely illustrated in B&W by Hirst Milhollen and Milton Kaplan. Pages a bit thumbed. Very good. <p>First edition.

NY: Appleton-Century Crofts, Inc., (1961)., (1961).. Very good. - 8vo, tan cloth titled in gilt, in dw (lightly soiled & chipped; front fold rubbed; short tear to front panel; price-clipped). viii, [ii] & 213 pp. (page edges darkened). Illustrated in B&W. Very good.

(Totowa, NJ): Littlefield Adams & Company, (1979).. (1979).. Very good. - Square octavo, dark brown cloth titled in silver on spine, in dw. The covers are bumped & slightly warped; the dw is lightly rubbed with a short tear to the bottom edge of the front panel. vi & 224 pp. B&W & color illustrations. 2 leaves of the text are creased. Very good. <p>First American edition.

Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., (1965).. (1965).. Very good. - Small quarto, cream buckram, in dw. The binding is soiled; the dw is rubbed, soiled & lightly spotted with the head of the spine torn. 190 & [1] pp. Profuse B&W illustrations. There is very slight soiling to the title page, else the contents are near fine.

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, (1958).. (1958).. Good. - (The Big Little Book TV Series). 12mo [5-3/4"x4-3/8"], color pictorial paper covered boards. 276 pp. There is a small date stamp on the front pastedown & 2 series titles are crossed out in ink & red pencil on the front endpaper; there is occasional light foxing & the page edges are darkened. Profuse full-page illustrations by Helmuth Wegner in blue, black & white and orange, black & white. Good.