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Chicago: Melmont Publishers, Inc., 1959 Very Good-/No Jacket. Part of Melmont Look Read Learn Series. Age 8 and up. Pictorial cloth with reinforced binding. Ex-school library with few marks: pocket scar inside rear cover; ink stamp to front endpaper; "age 8+" written inside front cover. Otherwise clean and tight with only very light cover edgewear.

Worcester, Massachusetts: Davis Publications,, 1983 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Laminated boards. With 275 illustrations, 20 in color. Clean and tight.

Arcadia House, 1968 Cloth. Ex-Library. Reprint. First published in Great Britain by John Spencer & Co., Ltd. Few library inkstamps to front endpaper and inside rear cover; pocket and "date due" slip removal scars rear endpapers; spine lettering. Otherwise tight and clean with only light rubbing to extremities.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited No date; circa 1981 . . . [A]n annual book on contemporary Italy written and prepared by over thirty distinguished Italian authors . . . Written in English and Italian, this is a book for every reader with an interest in Italy and for everyone of Italian heritage in North America and around the world." Illustrated with black-and-white and color photographs. Many advertisements. Dust jacket edgeworn with several short closed tears; spine sunned. Otherwise intact, tight, and bright.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1926 Ex-Library. An Englishman, editor of "The Spectator," comments on America. With limited library markings: small, attractive bookplate inside front cover; pocket strip inside rear cover; library inkstamp to first page of dedication. Some faint edgewear to cover; top page edges lightly shelf-dusted. Moderate foxing to title page; interior otherwise clean and tight.

Mount Vernon, New York: The Peter Pauper Press, 1969 Very Good/Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Ernst on front endpaper. Dust jacket spine slightly darkened; 1/2" closed tear upper rear dust jacket edge mended with (now somewhat discolored) clear tape. Otherwise clean and tight.

Australia, 1985 Reprint; first published 1977. Illustrated with many beautiful color photographs of the region.

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1946 Red cloth; gilt art deco style title, spine lettering. Early reprint of vintage detective novel. Prior owner initials/date at upper front endpaper. Clean and tight.

Jersey City, New Jersey: Seton Hall College of Medicine and Dentistry, 1959 Presented during the academic years 1957-1959 as part of the curriculum in bacteriology at Seton Hall College of Medicine and Dentistry. Compendium of technical papers referring to sterilization of medical equipment. A couple of small, faint water spots to cover.

London: Bracken Books, 1987 Modern reprint of original Ward Lock & Co. publication. Few vintage black-and-white diagrams.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1978 Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good. Second printing; copyright 1977. Illustrated with some diagrams and drawings. Dust jacket faintly edgeworn and lightly rubbed on spine. Clean and tight.

Dodd, Mead & Company, 1970 Cloth. With black-and-white plates as well as Hirschfield drawings. With the following library marks: bookplate with "discarded" inkstamp over it on inside front cover; pocket-removal scar to inside rear cover; small rear endpaper scar from "date due" slip removal; small library inkstamp to title page; few catalog notations on copyright page; interior otherwise clean. Spine lettering; cover corners moderately worn; binding slightly shaken.

New York: Crane, Russak & Company, Inc., 1974 Very Good+. With 10 contributing writers, including the editor. Prior owner embossed seal half-title page.

Boston: Chapman & Grimes, Inc., 1939 Cloth. Good+/Good A study of distance in the physical sciences by an eminent astronomer. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and diagrams. Prior owner's bookplate on front endpaper. Book was exposed to dampness at some point, so there is some faint puckering to interior pages and a small dampstain on the book's front cover. Dust jacket intact and bright, but with moderate edgewear, including a few closed tears and creasing, and dampstain showing around front flap and verso of dj.

New York: The Viking Press, 1966 Ex-Library. Seventh printing; first published 1946. Black-and-white illustrations by Louis Glanzman. With dust jacket attached to book at flaps and the following library marks: inkstamps inside front and rear covers; scar/residue of pocket removal rear endpaper; few catalogue numbers copyright page. Interior otherwise clean and tight. Dust jacket has two 1/2" closed tears top front cover edge, some fading, and spine sticker.

Great Britain: Cambridge University Press, 1992 Part of Biology in Focus Series, " a series designed to supplement main course textbooks for advanced level students." With black-and-white illustrations, maps, and diagrams.

Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1983 Annual publication of International Council for Bird Preservation, U.S. Section. Volume One only.

New York: Oxford University Press, NY, 1993, 1993 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Part of the Images of Asia series. Laminated color pictorial boards, approximately field guide size. Color plates. Slight bump/crease top spine. Clean and tight.

New York: Oxford University Press, NY, 1993, 1993 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Part of the Images of Asia series. Laminated color pictorial boards, approximately field guide size. Color plates. Slight bump/crease top spine. Clean and tight.

Boston: The State Street Trust Company, 1930 Staple-bound wraps. "Reproductions of rare prints with a commentary of historic notes presented by the State Street Trust Company in commemoration of the three hundredth anniversary of the naming of Boston." Attractive half-tone reproductions. Moderate cover wear. Prior owner name upper front cover.