Condition: Very Good

Mercury Atlas MA-6

By: (NASA), Office of Legislative Affairs National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Price: $95.00

Publisher: NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration : 1962

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 25096

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

A few scuff marks to paper covers, faint partial creasing to top corner of pages, almost invisible. Printed on coated paper. . This 26-page side-stapled booklet is essentially an announcement of the upcoming Mercury Atlas manned space flights. It summarizes the space program to date, the final flight being the successful two-orbit trip and return of the chimpanzee Enos. It then describes the upcoming Mercury missions and the astronauts who will undertake them. Illustrated with b/w photos. Scarce. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 26 pages. M1
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Angola: Diferenciacao, Estratificacao E Mobilidade Social Alguns Problemas Introdutorios Fundamentais

By: A. Lima de Carvalho

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Universidade Technica De Lisboa : 1964

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 31288

Binding: Pamphlet

Condition: Very Good

Light sunning to margins of card covers, no other defects. . Thirty-page booklet. Text is in Portuguese. Inscribed and initialed by the author to a colleague. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 30 pages. Signed by Author. U3
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Remarks on the Country Extending from Cape Palmas to the River Congo; with an Appendix Containing an Account of the European Trade with the West Coast of Africa

By: Adams, John

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London. London, Frank Cass : 1966

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 30492

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Green cloth covers with spine and extremities of covers uniformly faded to tan. Bright gilt titles and decoration to front coverf and spine. Contents are excellent; binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Former owner was historian Susan Broadhead, and her signature is found on the front pastedown. . Hardbound reprint of a classic work first published in 1823. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 265 pages. L2
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Hacia El Indio Y Su Mundo - Pensamientos Vivos Del Hombre Americano - Etnologia, Mitologa, Folklore

By: Antolinez, Gilberto (Xuhe)

Price: $80.00

Publisher: Caracas. Caracas, Libreria y Editorial del Maestro : 1946

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 29992

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Bound in illustrated card covers, in which the wrappers overlap the text pages at bottom edge and are creased, a couple of corner bumps. Wrappers are lightly soiled and sunned, contents are excellent. Some pages are unopened. . The first edition, published in 1946, of this study of early American man. Illustrated with drawings and 13 stunning linocuts. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 254 pages. J0
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The City of Kumasi Handbook; Past, Present, and Future

By: Arhin, Kwame

Price: $45.00

Publisher: The Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana Legon : 1992

Seller ID: 31640

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Card covers are rubbed with light wear to edges, former owner name penned to title page. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. This is a 60-page pamphlet (booklet) printed on coated paper. . The city of Kumasi, Ghana, circa 1992. Includes maps, charts, photographs and other figures. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 60 pages. B4
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The Marine Number of Cassier's Magazine

By: Authors, Various

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Cassier : 1897

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 33707

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Bound in red cloth with black leather spine label with with bright gilt titles. Spine label is scuffed, cover corners are lightly worn, covers are lightly soiled. Signature of former owner on front pastedown, dated Aug 31/97. Contents are excellent, Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Printed on coated paper. . Cassier's Magazine was a relatively short-lived engineering magazine. This issue is a treasure trove of information, both printed and visual, concerning marine vessels and equipment, circa 1900. About 500 pages in length, it includes 300 pages of articles on engineering aspe...
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Studies on the Ghanaian Economy: The Pre-"Revolutionary" Years, 1957-1981 (Vol. 1)

By: Baah-Nuakoh, Amoah

Price: $55.00

Publisher: Accra. Accra, Ghana Universities Press : 1997

Seller ID: 30303

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Bound in heavy card covers with rubbing and creasing. No spine creases. Owner name written on verso of front cover. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Notes, Index. . Trade PB. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 376 pages. D1
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The Principles of Singing A Practical Guide for Vocalists and Teachers

By: Bach, Albert B.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Kegan Paul : 1904

Edition: 5th Edition

Seller ID: 33570

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Black cloth covers with bright gold decoration to spine and front covers. Covers are a bit rubbed and scuffed. Front hinge is starting to crack but binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . A solid attractive copy of a classic. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 305 pages. T6
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The Life of Lord Fisher of Kilverston. Admiral of the Fleet. Volume 1.

By: Bacon, Admiral Sir R.H.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Doubleday Doran : 1929

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 29681

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original maroon boards has minor wear to extremities, half-inch cut near the top of the spine, no other defects. Bright gilt titles to spine. Contents are excellent; binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . A handsome copy of the first U. S. Edition, stated. Lord Fisher had an enormous influence on the Royal Navy in a career lasting more than 60 years, and spanning the 19th and 20th centuries. He is considered second in importance only to Lord Nelson. Volume one only, covering Fisher's life to 1907. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 312 pages. G3
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Thorie Des Oprations (Operations) Linaires (Lineaires). Monografje Matematyczne Tom I.

By: Banach, Stefan.

Price: $750.00

Publisher: Warszawa. Warszawa, Z Subwencji Funduszu Kultury Narodowej : 1932

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 29858

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Original blue wrappers are sunned at extremities and spine, dented and creased along the edges where the wrappers overlap the text block. The contents are excellent: former owner name on dedication page, pages very slightly yellowed, no other defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Stefan Banach is considered one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century, and his name is attached to several mathematical concepts, including Banach algebra, Banach manifold, Banach spaces, Banach bundle, Banach limit, Banach's matchbox problem, and Banach measure, among others. This bo...
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How to Draw: a Practical Book of Instruction in the Art of Illustration

By: Barritt, Leon

Price: $110.00

Publisher: Harper and Brothers : 1904

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 31127

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Brown illustrated boards are lightly soiled, extremities of spine are slightly frayed and bumped. Former owner has written his name and address information and a date of 10/4/16 on the front pastedown. Contents are excellent; binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Printed on coated paper. . A solid copy of the first printing of a classic instructional book in learning to draw. It is NOT a reprint. Profusely illustrated with drawings, many from contemporary cartoonists and comic artists. . Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall. 107 pages. S7
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Les Fleurs du Mal et Autres Poemes

By: Baudelaire, Charles

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Paris. Paris, La Renaissance Du Livre : 1919

Seller ID: 33434

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

This edition of Baudelaire's classic is 7" x 4.5" x 0.7". Half-bound in a fine-grained brown cloth with marbled paper, bright gilt titles to spine. Covers have a touch of wear to spine ends and corners, binding is tight and firm. Pages are lightly yellowed and somewhat brittle but clean and unfoxed. A handsome edition and copy. 204pp. . Published in Paris in the original French language. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 204 pages. S6
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Broken Swastika: the Defeat of the Luftwaffe

By: Baumbach, Werner

Price: $21.50

Publisher: Robert Hale : 1960

Edition: 1st Edition. 2nd Printing

Seller ID: 30024

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Black cloth boards are a bit dinged, a few light stains. Formerly owned by the U. S. Air Force, and the book bears discard stamps on the endpapers. Contents are excellent; binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Includes 13 photographic plates. Lacking the dust jacket. . Author was one of Germany's top bomber pilots in World War Two, and these are his memoirs. A solid copy of the second printing. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 224 pages. J1
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Festschrift zur Gedachtnisfeier fur Karl Weierstrass 1815-1965

By: Behnke, H & Kopfermann, K

Price: $55.00

Publisher: Koln. Koln, Westdeutscher Verlag : 1966

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 30079

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Bound in blue cloth with embossed portrait of Weierstrass on front cover, bright gilt titles to front cover and spine. Covers and spine have some horizontal wrinkling, especially the spine, no other defects. Contents are excellent, no defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked, appears unread. . This is a festschrift for mathematician Karl Weierstrass, principally known for his contributions to the theory of the calculus. It consists of twenty-four papers investigating problems related to his work. In original stiff plastic cover, which is rubbed. A significant contribution to mat...
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Illinois Poor Law and its Administration

By: Breckinridge, Sophonisba P.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: University of Chicago : 1939

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 33272

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Ex library book with spine unmarred but names and library stamps in various places on pages. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Social Service Monographs Series. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 541 pages. M3
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Trade and Politics on the Congo Coast 1770-1870

By: Broadhead, Susan Herlin

Price: $60.00

Publisher: University Microfilms International : 1971

Seller ID: 31146

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Some bumping and rubbing to covers, minor signs of having been consulted. This is author's doctoral dissertation, done through Boston University Graduate School. SIGNED AND DATED by the author on first endpaper. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 259 pages. T5
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La Question Du Zaire Et Ses Repercussions Sur Les Juridictions Ecclesiastiques (1865-1888) (French Edition) [A Matter Concerning Zaire and its Impact on the Ecclesiastical Courts]

By: Butombe, J. I. Nkulu

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Kinshasa. Kinshasa, Faculte De Theologie Catholique : 1982

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 30300

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Bound in gray card covers, bump to upper corner, no other defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Text is in French. . Recherches Africaines De Theologie Series. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 171 pages. D1
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Vol. 3 Collected and Republished First Time, 1839; Final, 1869

By: Carlyle, Thomas

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Estes and Lauriatt : 1869

Edition: Sterling edition

Seller ID: 33667

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Lightly worn extremities of blue buckram covers, bright gilt titles to spine, light soil to a few pages. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Last date on copyright page is 1869. This is NOT a modern reprint. . Carlyle's Complete Works Series. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 484 pages. U3
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Structure and Evolution of the Universe

By: Carvalho, Francisco Pereira De Bulhoes

Price: $180.00

Publisher: Rio DE Janeiro. Rio DE Janeiro, [S. N. ] : 1978

Seller ID: 31506

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Wrappers are rubbed, worn at extremities of spine, all four corners are slightly clipped. Contents are excellent; binding is tight, pages are unmarked. . Translated to English from the original Portuguese, includes 58 figures. 482pp. Scarce. . Trade PB. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 484 pages. B1
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The Barrie Inspiration

By: Chalmers, Patrick R

Price: $35.00

Publisher: P. Davies Limited : 1938

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 32668

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Blue cloth covers are spotted, lightly scratched, bright gilt titles to spine. Contents are excellent. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked, appears unread. Includes eight pages of plates. A solid VG copy. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 271 pages. H5
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