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Ch'ien, Hsiao: The Dragon Beards Versus the Blueprints. 'Meditations on post-war culture'. London: The Pilot Press, 1944. 1st ed. Slim 8vo. Recent half cloth over handmade marbled boards, gilt titles to spine. Viii, pp36, pages a little age toned, full page woodcut frontispiece by Leon Underwood. The writer covers areas of thought of Chinese intellectuals over East and West differences of it's time. An interesting commentary given the changes in lifestyle in China in the 21st Century.
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal by Ayn Rand (additionally, Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan and Robert Hessen) - 1966
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The Dragon Beards Versus the Blueprints. Hsiao Ch'ien. 1944
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St Peters Church. Isle of Thanet.: Engraved Original Antique Print. Uncoloured.
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Pouncy, B T. St Peters Church. Isle of Thanet. William Alexander, 42 Newman Street. 1880. Engraved Print. Uncoloured. Sheet 330mm x 520mm, plate 280mm x 360mm. Detailed engraving of church and graveyard with 2 people in the foreground. As recorded in the Views Of Thanet Drawn and Etched by B T Pouncy. Some light foxing, hardly visible on printed area. One light stain on lower margin, touching titles but not affecting printed area. A scarce, large print from this notable craftsman.
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The man beneath the gift: The story of my life: Inscription signed by Father Ralph DiOrio
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First Edition Inscribed and Dated Nov. 24, 1980 By Author. (Has J.M.J.) by the date. "To (names) With deep respect & wishes for the best of health, peace & happiness. (sign of the cross) Fr. Ralph DiOrio. Book Like New, Dust Jacket Near Fine rubbed corner, some small scratches. Ships with delivery confirmation.
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De l'existence et des Attributs de Dieu, Entretiens sur la Religion, Discours Philosophique sur l'Amour de Dieu, Lettres sur Divers Sujets de Métaphysique et de Religion, Dialogues sur L'éloquence
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Paris: Firmin Didot Fréres, 1853. Avec 'Mémoire et Lettre sur les Occupations de l'Académie Française, Lettre sur les Anciens et les Modernes, Discours de Réception à l'Académie Française, Lettre à Louis XIV.' Titre l'or sur demi cuir. Tranches marbrées. Quelque rouseurs. Portrait frontispice. 572 pages. Très Bon etat. B2A. Couverture Rigide. Très Bon/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Money and the Mechanism of Exchange. Limited edition
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D. Appleton. Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Westminster Edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies. 272/1000. Undated ca early 20th century. Brown cloth, gilt titles. Top edge gilt, 2 edges uncut. Bumped at corners, title page loose, but present. August 1931 Ownership inscription of Basil Thomas Coleman, Columbia University. 8 1/2" tall; 342 pages. bx133
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Stories Of New York
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Wharton, Edith et al. Stories from Scribner: Stories of New York. Charles Scribner's Sons, Copyright 1893. Authors and stories included in this book are: From Four to Six, Annie Elliot; The commonest possible Story, Bliss Perry; The End of the Beginning, George A. Hibbard; A Puritan Ingenue, John S. Wood; Mrs. Manstey's View, Edith Wharton. Used. Black, leather-bound pocket-size edition. Pink closure ribbon has gone. Good condition. Binding is a little loose. RARE.
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The Adventure of Wrangel Island
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The Adventure of Wrangel Island, Alaska (1925 Macmillan 1st Edition) HISTORY OF ALASKA. EXLIB. Good Condition/ No DJ included. Fold-out map affixed to binding at the back of the book has never been opened. The story of the (unsuccessful) attempted colonization of Wrangel Island Alaska. 413 pages plus appendix, Index. Titling is still bright. A clean, solid copy. Scarce.
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Towards Zero
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710Christie TOWARDS ZERO. By Agatha Christie. Featuring MISS MARPLE. 1972 Ulverscroft Large Print Series FIRST LARGE PRINT EDITION THUS, FOR THE VISION IMPAIRED. "This special large print edition is made and printed in England for F.A. Thorpe, Ulverscroft, Leicestershire. EXLIB. A clean, solid copy. Good Condition/ Very Good original black red and white dust jacket in a mylar wrap. 34 pages includes Christie biblio. LARGE FONT, BRIGHT PAGES. Summary: " Agatha Christie now presents us with an unusual angle on crime. A detective story usually begins with murder, but actually murder is the end. This story begins long before murder happens, with all the causes and events that bring certain people to a certain place at a certain time on a certain day. All converging towards a given spot...and then, Zero Hour!
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The Pit
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Norris, Frank: The Pit, Doubleday, Page & Co., Inc. Stated First Printing Thus. Published February,1903. Used. Very Good-/ No Dust Jacket included. 421 pages. Red boards with gilt titling and wheat motif ornamentation. All gilting is still in nice shape. pages. HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT. STOCK MARKET. An attractive used copy.
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Satan In The Suburbs
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Russell, Bertrand. Satan in the Suburbs, and Other Stories. Bertrand Russell's First Book Of Fiction. Copyright 1953, Simon and Schuster Stated Second Printing Thus. Illustrated by Asgeir Scott. Used. Very good/ Good price-clipped original grey and yellow DJ. Short Story Anthology. Stories Included Here: Satan in the suburbs or horrors manufactured here, The Corsican ordeal of Miss X, The Infra-Redioscope; The guardians of Parnassus, and Benefit of Clergy. 148 pages plus author bio. RARE IN THIS NICE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET.
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Capitalism : The Unknown Ideal
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Mother Earth Spirituality: Native Amercan Paths to Healing Ourselves and the World
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Convictions
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Vatican Council II The Conciliar and Post Conciliar Documents
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This book is in good condition. There is significant wear on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover. The corners are worn. The previous owner's name is written on the inside of the front cover. The pages are tanned but clear of any marking."Why a new edition of the documents of Vatican II? For eighteen years I have been involved in the translation and publication of official Church documents, including those of Vatican II and its aftermath, and I have long felt that there is need for a volume containing not only the sixteen Council documents, but also as useful a selection as possible of the relevant subsequent official documents, those which dot the i's and cross the t's, as it were, of the sixteen...." - Introduction from Vatican Council II The Conciliar and Post Conciliar Documents
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Sophia: Aspects of the Divine Feminine Past & Present [Paperback] Schaup, Susanne
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Nicolas -Hays Inc, 1997. First Edition. Paperback. Schaup, Susanne : Sophia: Aspects of the Divine Feminine Past & Present. York Beach (ME) : Nicolas -Hays Inc, 1997. First edition. Translated from the German by the author. Size is demy octavo (8vo), 8.25"/21cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color wrappers glued to text block, reprod of Andy Warhol's detail take on Botticelli's Venus to front. xxvi pp prelim material, 235 numbered pp, three unnumbered following. Notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: Not ex library. No notes or highlighting. Pages clean and binding tight/not creased. Light wear to cover. An wide-ranging study of the ancient notion of sophia - no mention of Hagia Sophia, but you will find George MacDonald, Pachamama, and Jakob Boehme. We personally inspect every book we offer.
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AUTHORITARIANISM AND THE INDIVIDUAL
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Washington D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 1950. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is in NF condition with trace edge wear noted else a bright and solid copy. Dust jacket is in VG condition with pencil marking to front fly, light rubbing to edges, bumping to spine ends, mild soiling to front cover else still bright, intact and whole. JEX 1/21
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Poet and Peasant: A Literary Cultural Approach To The Parables In Luke
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This book is in very good condition. There is little to no wear on the front, back and spine of the cover boards and there is no wear on the edges of the cover boards.There is some bumping on the cover boards. The previous owners name is written on the front end page. The pages are white, crisp and claen of any markings. "William Thomson, famous nineteenth century missionary, traveler, and author, described twenty-five years of surface study of Palestine as it relates to the Bible in his two-volume work, The Land and the Book. When he comes to describe Jerusalem he makes this remarkable statement; Do not set out...resolved to make discoveries. There is not a foot of ground that has not been already scrutinized by a thousand eyes as keen as yours, and the old adage, "If new not true," may be applied to Jerusalem and her monuments with more propriety than to any other place on earth...." - Introduction from Poet and Peasant: A…
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The Way of Initiation and Its Results
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First Edition Thus; this volume re-issues two of Steiner's works: The Way of Initiation and Initiation and Its Results. Some shelfwear and soiling to edges, but the binding is generally clean & straight; internals are also in good order.Inv. # 63648 TWOIAIR* bds 9/2023
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The Magical Arts: A Short History
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Binding is square, tight and clean save for a stray mark on reverse. Red top stain. Internals clean except for faint marginal spotting/staining on pp.136-37. Old Weiser booklabel on front pastedown. Unclipped wrapper has minor wrinkling/ small creases (it is a very thin gold foil paper jacket) plus some edgewear; else Fine. Fifty-seven illustrations on b/w plates interspersed throughout text; again, as mentioned elsewhere on this space; images perhaps those not commonly seen re-printed ad nauseum.Inv. # TMA* bds 9/2023
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Nuggets from King Solomon's Mine
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The Barta Press, 1908. Hardcover. Very Good +. 141 pp. Leather is in great condition. Pages are clean, binding is solid. Gutter split after title page. Canvasses many pyramid symbols.
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Bird Life in Wington
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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1948. Hardcover. Very Fine. Weidenaar, Reynold H.. 122 pp. Stories teaching Christian way of life by applying human characteristics into character roles of familiar birds. Yellow marbled boards. DJ: Very light edge wear.
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