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Charles C. Thomas; Springfield, Illinois; 1968. First edition. Hardcover with dustjacket. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt spine and front board lettering (bright), 10 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches, 122 pp., 52 figures. Book very good plus (marked offsetting to endpapers; previous owner's bookplate, front pastedown; otherwise, pages clean and binding square and tight. Dustcover very good minus. From the Preface: "My purpose in writing this book has been twofold: (1) to describe the classic face-lift operation and the various auxilliary techniques that may complement it; (2) to trace the development of esthetic facial surgery down through the ages as a natural outgrowth of man's instinctual desire to alter and enhance his personal appearance --- in the beginning, to appease the spirits and bring good fortune; later to gain prestige and establish status not only in this life but, as with the Egyptians, in the afterlife; and in all cultures to satisfy the universal and eternal craving for personal beauty… Leer más

Lowrance Electronics Manufacturing Corp.; Joplin, Missouri, 1961 First edition. Light green, illustrated, stapled wraps, 9 3/4 x 6 7/8 inches, 124 pp. Numerous well-done, humorous b/w drawings. All about the FISH LO-K-TOR. Contents: The Sonic Boom; From Submarines to Sardines; Nature Re-Visited; The Inside Story; Seeing With Sound. Very good (modest chipping, head and tail of spine; modest browning, spine and edges). (1722RO005). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1940 Second printing of the second edition, with the rare dustcover. SIGNED by Harrison on the front free endpaper ("Tinsley R. Harrison"). Photograph of Harrison as young man neatly pasted to the front pastedown (high quality black/white glossy, 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches). Book very good plus, very near fine (slight edgewear; book has been carefully read; pages clean, with no markings other than Harrison's signature; binding tight and square). Dark red cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (bright), 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, 502 pp., bibliography, index, numerous figures and tables. Dustcover about good minus (rare in any condition), now in archival mylar jacket. Tinsley Harrison carried the baton in medicine that William Osler left behind (h t t p : / / s c e p t i c e m i a . c o m / 2 0 1 2 / 0 2 / 1 6 / r e m e m b e r i n g - t i n s l e y - h a r r i s o n - t h e - o s l e r i a n - p h y s i c i a n / --- leave out the spaces in this url). (3214044).… Leer más

Mansfield State College; Mansfield, Pennsylvania; 1970. The first issue of this literary journal. Glossy, printed wraps, 9 x 6 inches, 94 pp., illustrations. Very good. Joe David Bellamy interviews Robert Boles: "Jack Kerouac's Last Years". (3214044). F. Soft cover.

American Legion, (n.p.), (n.d., circa 1942) Stapled wraps, printed/illustrated covers, 7 x 4 1/4 inches, 32 pp., illustrations. About good. "Presented to you by the American Legion Posts of Houston Texas". (1722RO069). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good.

Department of Defense, Office of Civil Defense, 1961 Stapled yellow wraps, 7 7/8 x 5 inches, 46 pp., illustrations. Preface by Robert S. McNamara. A fine copy. "How to survive attack and live for your country's recovery. The purpose of this booklet is to help save lives if a nuclear attack should every come to America. The foreign and defense policies of your Government make such an attack highly unlikely, and to keep it unlikely is their most important aim." (1722RO002). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

Dennis Dobson, London, 1968 A very nice copy of the first UK edition, book fine, dustcover very good (modest edgewear and a few short closed tears, up to 5/8 inch; price blacked out). Rust-colored cloth-covered boards, 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, unpaginated, beautiful color illustrations. Steadman's second childrens book with Damjan. A stork is unhappy with her lot and is determined to become a flamingo. (1722RO084). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good.

H. B. Skinner, Boston, 1844 A very good copy of the 14th edition. Brown cloth-covered boards, blind-stamped front and rear boards, gilt front board lettering, 7 x 4 3/8 inches, 56 pp. The recipes (pp.45-56) are divided into medicinal recipes, manufacturers' recipes, miscellaneous recipes, housewife's department, domestic cookery and sick cookery. Very good (mild foxing; binding strong). Scarce, especially in this condition and hardbound. (K062WST). Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1976. Hardcover, red boards, 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, 261 pp., figures, tables. Book near fine (slight edge wear). Dustcover good. The second volume in the series, Selections from the Annales: Economies, Societes, Civilisations. ISBN 0801817803 (3214035). F. Hardcover.

Olympia Press, Paris, 1960 No. 17 in the Traveller's Companion series. Green wraps, 6 7/8 x 4 3/8 inches, 222 pp. Good minus (moderate edgewear; book block moderately warped; edges of book block mildly foxed/soiled; binding mildly shaken, but still intact; pages clean). This is the second Olympia Press edition (the first was Memoirs of Fanny Hill, published in 1956). First published in 1749 under title: Memoirs of a woman of pleasure. (3214031). Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

Osceola, Wisconsin, U.S.A.: Motorbooks International; Osceola, Wisconsin; 1988., 1988 First edition in English (first published in French in 1987). Red cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, color photo-illustration pasted to front board, 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches, 202 pp., numerous color photo-illustrations. Book fine. Dustcover very good. (3214005). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good.

Fantasy Records, (no place), 1953 Single sheet, trifolded, 6 x 3 1/8 inches (folded), printing on all 6 panels. Lists records and personnel on the records. Several short reviews. Fine. (1722RO002). No Binding. Fine.

Allan Wingate, London, 1954 An excellent hardcover copy of the first edition (no date, but 1954 per WorldCat), with dustcover: book and dustcover very good plus. Green paper-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (bright), 7 1/2 x 5 1/8, 178 pp. Modest spine slant; previous owner's name written neatly in ink, front free endpaper (date 24th February 1954); offsetting to endpapers; otherwise, pages clean and binding strong. Dustcover with moderate edgewear, including two 5/16 inch chips at the lower spine end; not price-clipped; in a mylar jacket. "Anthony Charles Faramus (27 July 1920 August 1990) was an actor, author and hairdresser. He was born in Saint Peter, Jersey and died in Surrey. The autobiographical accounts of his survival of Fort de Romainville, Buchenwald and the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp complex were published as The Faramus Story in 1954 and Journey into Darkness in 1990. Two books about Agent Zigzag, the double agent Eddie Chapman, also document aspects of… Leer más

Washington, DC; American Kurdish Information Network, 1998 Printed/illustrated wraps, 6 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches, 155 pp. Fine. ISBN: 0965860493. (3214028). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine.

Charles C. Thomas; Springfield, Illinois; 1967. First edition. Hardcover with dustjacket (NOT ex-library). Green cloth-covered boards, gilt spine and front board lettering (bright), 10 x 7 inches, 217 pp., bibliography, index, numerous illustrations (mostly radiographs). Book fine (pages clean and crisp, binding tight). Dustcover very good (sunning, mostly to spine; a few stains, the largest on the front panel, about 1 1/2 x 1/2 inches). A superior copy of a scarce book. (3214043). F. Hardcover.

Allison and Busby, London, 1974 An excellent copy of the first British edition (which is considerably scarcer than the first U.S. edition). First edition/first printing. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (bright), 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches, 506 pp., great Steadman illustrations. Book and dustcover very near fine (dustcover not price-clipped). Entertaining dustcover by Clara Scremini (different from the U.S. dustcover). (1722RO007). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Emge-Sepix, London, 1976 First edition. Softcover, glossy wraps, 8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches, 190 pp., b/w photo illustrations. Good (wear to covers; minor soiling, fore-edge). "One of the most inexplicable crimes of the last half century cut short the life of a King unaminously admired, loved and venerated in his country. On the 25 of March 1975, King Feisal of Saudi Arabia was shot by one of his nephews, also called Feisal like his victim." (K075). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

Southernwood Press, Amsterdam, 1988. First edition thus. Scarce. "This is the first English translation of Fenny Skaller and three other sections of Die Buecher der namenlosen Liebe von Sagitta, first published in Paris in 1913. This edition is a paperback original published by Southernwood Press." Glossy wraps, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, 166 pp., two b/w photo illustrations. Very good (modest wear externally; pages clean and binding tight). Contents: Fenny Skaller: A Life of the Nameless Love; The Nameless Love: A Creed; Listen! Only a Moment! A Cry; The History of a Fight for the Nameless Love. (3214048). F. Soft cover.

The Ferret Calendar; Redwood City, California, 1997 New, in shrinkwrap. 12 x 9 inches, color illustrations. (1722RO071). Soft cover. New.

North-Holland Publishing Co, Amsterdam, 1980 Three volumes (Vol.1, 1980, 634 pp.; Vol.2, 1980, 592 pp.; Vol.3, 1982, 852 pp.). Red cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, 9 5/8 x 6 5/8 inches. Very good plus to near fine. No marks; not ex-library. Heavy books, shipping at cost. (K070). Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket.