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Old-House Journal Corporation, 1985. Softcover. Good to Very Good. This listing is for thirty-three back issues of Old-House Journal printed between February 1982 and July 1985. Issues are as follows: 1982 (Volume X) Issues 2-12; 1983 (Volume XI) Issues 1-8, 10; 1984 (Volume XII) Issues 1-3, 5, 7, 9-10; ; and 1985 (Volume XIII) Issues 1-6. Each issues measures 8 1/2" x 11" and is approximately 32 pp. each, with paper wraps and punch holes for binding. From private collection. Many of the issues show minor damp-stains and some soiling. Offered here as a solid reading and reference collection.

Borthwick Institute Publications, 2000. Paperback. Very Good+. Octavo, 29 pp. Stapled wraps. From private collection of Boston-area historian. Name stamped inside book. Booklet's pages remain clean and unmarked.

Ghent, Belgium: Universiteit Gent, 2002. Softcover. Good+. This listing includes three volumes: Volume I: Gemma Frisius' reception of the Copernican Theory; Volume II: The annotations; Volume III: Comments to the annotations. Text in English and Latin. Quarto-sized one-sided sheets bound in mylar sleeves. 276+311 + 93 pp. With tables and photocopied text illustrations. Volumes show light marginalia and text corrections throughout.

Boston: Walker, Wise, and Company, 1864. Very Good. Book in the "Spectacles for Young Eyes," series of novels, which was created to teach young readers about different cities and cultures around the world. 12mo (6 3/4" tall). 202 pp.With black & white text illustrations and plates throughout. Red cloth binding with gilt-stamping of Russians on upper board. From private collection. 1865 Christmas gift inscription on ffep. Cloth is faded with wer to spine ends and small split to fabric along lower corner of upper board.

Dr. A. Petermanns Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt, 1913. original folded map. Original folded map entitled Routenskizze der Rudolf Kmunke'schen Expedition in Uganda (Zentralafrika), Oktober 1911-April 1912 by Paul Langhans (Dr. A. Petermanns Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt, 1913). Map is approximately 28 inches tall x 22 inches wide. Scale: 1:760,000. 2 colors. Uncommon German language map shows the route taken by Rudolf Kmunke during his 1911-1912 African Expedition. Map shows some faint foxing along creases.

Dr. A. Petermanns Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt, 1913. original folded map. Original folded map entitled Die erste Ersteigung der Hochgebirgsgipfel im Hinterlande von Finschhafen (Deutsch-Neuguinea) Nach Aufnahmen von Mis- sionar Chr. Keysser konstruiert by Paul Langhans (Dr. A. Petermanns Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt, 1913). Map is approximately 10.5 inches tall x 18 inches wide. Scale: 1:300,000. 2 colors. German language map shows mountain ascents made by German explorers near Fischhafen in German New Guinea. Includes black & white panoramic sketches. Paper shows a little browning and spotting along margins.

Dr. A. Petermanns Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt, 1913. original folded map. Two folded maps of Sachsen and German cities by Konrad Olbricht and Paul Langhans: "Deutsche Grossstaedte als geographische, politische und wirtschaftliche Einheiten" and "Gebietsaustausch zwischen dem Grossherzogtum Sachsen und dem Herzogtum Sachsen-Meiningenz" (Dr. A. Petermanns Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt, 1913). The Saxony map is approximately 15 inches high x 15 inches wide; that of the German cities, 16.5 inches high x 23 inches wide. Maps show a little yellowing to margins and faint foxing along creases.

Dr. A. Petermanns Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt, 1913. original folded map. Original folded map entitled Uebersichtskarte von Spitzbergen zur Veranschaulichung des Verlaufs der Expedition Schroeder-Stranz und der Hilfsexpeditionen zu deren Rettung by Paul Langhans (Dr. A. Petermanns Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt, 1913). Map is approximately 22.5 inches tall x 17.5 inches wide. Scale: 1:1,000,000. 4 colors. German language map illustrates the route of the ill-fated Herbert Schroeder-Stranz expedition and that of its rescue party. Paper is a little agetoned, but map remains clean and unmarked.

Dr. A. Petermanns Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt, 1912. original folded map. Original folded color map entitled Der Salzgehalt an der Oberflaeche der Meere im Verhaeltnis zur Suesswasserzufuhr der Stromgebiete und zur Hoehe der Randgebirge by Paul Langhans (Dr. A. Petermanns Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt, 1912). Map is approximately 15 inches tall x 24 inches wide. Scale: 1:80,000,000. German language map showing salt content of surface water around the globe. Clean, unmarked map.

Anger: Lachèse et Cie, 1892. Hardcover. Good+. Quarto (29 cm). 176 pp, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, 2 colored maps (tables), Green buckram binding. Back fold-out table shows taped repair along entire horizontal crease. Small taped repair to last page of text and other fold-out table. Margins are lightly agetoned. Scarce.

London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1891. Hardcover. Good+. English language translation of Lavisse's "La Jeunesse de Frédéric le Grand"). This historical biography explores the early life of Frederick the Great, the King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786. 9" tall. 471 pp. Yellow cloth board with black cloth backstrip. From private collection. Book has been professionally rebacked and a strip of the original cloth affixed to the spine. Board show some soiling; corners, gently bumped.

Privately Printed, 1941. Hardcover. Very Good. Uncommon work on inheritance law by Massachusetts lawyer and public administrator for the County of Norfolk. 6.5" tall x 4.25 inches wide. 36 pages. Maroon cloth. From private collection. No ownership ink or marks.

Warsaw: Schulderberg Bros., Printers, 1897. Hardcover. Fair. Hebrew Language work. Octavo, 83 pp. Cloth backstrip over paper-covered boards. Deaccessioned from Jewish People's Institute. More recently from the inventory of Cambridge bookdealer Jeffrey Worrall. Paper label on spine and library markings inside cover. Book is complete but in need of repair. Front free endpaper is loose and boards are starting to separate from binding. Corner of back board chipped.

University of York, 1990. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo, 39 pp. Stapled wraps. From private collection of Boston-area historian. Name stamped inside book. Booklet's pages remain clean and unmarked.

Ludion, 1998. Softcover. Good. Heavy Folio-sized softcover book (12" tall). 335 pp. In card stock wraps. Bottom corner of upper wrap is creased. Last 15 or so pages show minor rippling (damp-stain) along top edge.

London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. Scarce work by English author and Indian Civil Servant William Lee-Warner. First Edition Thus (originally published in 1894 under the title The Protected Princes of India.) No original copies of this work are available for sale at time of listing. Octavo, 425 pp. Red cloth. Rubbing to edge of binding; corners gently bumped. Bookplate on front pastedown; name printed on ffep.

London: Longmans, Green, & Co, 1920. Hardcover. Good+. Life and letters of noted Anglican priest and missionary who was stationed in India during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Octavo, [i], 265 pp. Green cloth. From historian Frederick A. Hagar's sizeable collection of books on the British Raj and the history of South Asia. Ex libris Car Jac Longman. Top corners of boards and text block gently bumped.

London: The De La More Press, 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. Collection of essays that first appeared in various publications between 1895 and 1900. Tall octavo, 275 pp. Red cloth binding. Deckled edges. Cloth show some soiling and discoloration along spine. Corners gently bumped. Previous owner's name printed on front pastedown.

New York: Harper Collins, 1991. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A collection of two hundred photographs spans the first two decades of the renowned photographer's career and includes portraits of Mikhail Baryshnikov, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson, David Lynch, and many others." Stated First Edition. Folio (13"tall). 232 pp. Illustrated paper-covered boards. From private collection. No ownership ink. Dust jacket shows some minor scuffs, else Fine. All said, a handsome copy.

Sao Paulo: Galeria Millan, 1989. Softcover. Very Good. Illustrated gallery exhibition catalogue with text in English and Portuguese. Quarto, 6 pages; 26 illustrations in black & white and color.. In wraps (softcover). Wraps show a little soiling and scuffs. Pages remain clean and bright.