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London: R. Simpson, 1693. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Good Condition. The first English edition of Baillet's lasting biography of Descartes, published in two volumes in Paris in 1691 and abridged the following year. Later half leather, front board detached, old seminary library label to spine and embossed stamp to title, but no other marks. Added endpapers but original endpapers preserved and covered in notes in an early hand as is the verso of the title - signature to top of title page. Marginal tear to page 111 almost touching a gloss - probably trimmed when rebound but still with wide margins. Light occasional foxing and finger soiling, but generally bright and unmarked. 286pp with advertising leaf at rear. Rare in commerce (one copy at auction in the last 40 years at Swann in 1989). Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Philosophy. Inventory No: 041226.
Karate: Goju-Ryu by the Cat by Tenth Dan Gogen Yamaguchi - 1963
by Tenth Dan Gogen Yamaguchi
Karate: Goju-Ryu by the Cat
by Tenth Dan Gogen Yamaguchi
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- Keywords Martial arts, Yamaguchi, Gogen, karate
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The Life of Monsieur Des Cartes (Descartes) Containing the History of his Philosophy and Works: As Also, The Most Remarkable Things that Befell him During the Whole Course of his Life
by Baillet Adrien
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Gandhi: An Autobiography / The Story of My Experiments with Truth
by Gandhi, Mohandas K. [Mahatma]; Mahadev Desai [Translator]
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London: Phoenix Press, 1949 First British edition, publisher's original cloth and dust jacket. Former owner's name on the front-free endpaper, faint blanching to upper covers, and age-toning to page margins, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with a short closed tear to upper front cover and upper front fold, mild wear to corners and spine ends, toning to spine and jacket margins, else fine.
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Energy & Conflict: The Life and Times of Edward Teller,
by [Edward Teller] Blumberg, Stanley A. and Gwinn Owens.
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[Edward Teller] Blumberg, Stanley A. and Gwinn Owens. Energy & Conflict: The Life and Times of Edward Teller, New York: Putnams, 1976. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket with light edge wear to the spine edges. This copy is inscribed by Edward Teller on the front flyleaf and also laid-in is a small photograph of Teller that he has signed. In this 1976 biography of Edward Teller, father of the hydrogen bomb, the authors present exclusive interviews, memorabilia, and photos provided by Teller. and delves into each stage of his life and career. The controversial Teller spearheaded America's effort to build the hydrogen bomb, and then testified against Robert Oppenheimer in his security clearance trial. The book explains his early persecution by the Hungarian communists, then the Nazis in Germany. His role in the Manhattan Project is described in detail. Also portrayed is the development of the H-bomb, including descriptions of its evolving…
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CRIME. The Autobiography of a Crook
by GUERIN, Eddie
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London: John Murray, 1928. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Published London: John Murray, 1928, first printing. 8vo., 319pp., illustrated with b/w plates. International criminal and bank robber Eddie Guerin, "The Fox" grew up in Chicago, made his way to Europe and landed in the French penal colony of Devils Island, from which he successfully escaped. Black linen cloth with gilt titles. Mild fray at the crown, very light foxing to preliminaries/edges, else near fine, clean, bright, unworn in very good dust jacket with chipping along the top edge, spine panel darkened. An attractive copy. Very scarce in dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo.
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1870 Imperial Dictionary Universal Biography 84 Portraits History Science 14v
by MACKENZIE, William [edit.]
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1870 Imperial Dictionary Universal Biography 84 Portraits History Science 14vThe "The Imperial Dictionary Of Universal Biography" is a rare 19th-century encyclopedia-like work collected and edited by William Mackenzie. This work is best-known for its plethora of engraved portraits of iconic figures in literature, science, art, and history.
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MACKENZIE, William [edit.]
The Imperial Dictionary Of Universal Biography
London, Glasgow, Edinburgh: William Mackenzie, [ca. 1870].
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Good-Bye to All That; an Autobiography
by Graves, Robert (Biography of Robert Graves.)
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London: Jonathan Cape [1929], 1st edition, 2nd state. (Hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. 448pp. Light chipping at edges, 1" closed tear on dust jacket, 3" dampstain on spine of dust jacket. Expurgated edition, with erratum slip, cancelled pages, includes dedicatory epilogue to Laura Riding. Biography of Robert Graves. Locale:. (Biography, World War 1).
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Memoirs of a Booklegger
by KAHANE, JACK
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London: Michael Joseph, 1939. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green cloth with silver lettering to spine. Green topstain. Yellow endpages. Dustjacket is slightly soiled with wear to outer extremities and a little paper loss to outer corners and head and heel of spine. 'V' shaped chip to lower edge of rear panel, closed tear to lower edge of front panel..
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Anne Sullivan Macy: The Story behind Helen Keller
by Braddy, Nella
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NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1933. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 1st, black cloth, good only, no dj. Book is fairly tight with clean pages, but the spine looks terrible, faded, soiled, worn at ends and with a 1" rip in the front side about halfway down. Also corners bumped. INSCRIBED by the author on the ffep: "For Vivian and "Buddy", with many pleasant recollections of a summer in the Les Chenaux with the skipper, Nella Braddy Henney. Pre-publication copy/Sept. 1, 1933". 'Les Chaneaux' refers to France's Channel Islands. 365 pp. incl. index.
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LIFE OF GENERAL MONK: DUKE OF ABERMARLE, & Richard Granville's JOURNAL
by ALBERMARLE, George Monck, Duke of
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1724. [ALBERMARLE, George Monck, Duke of]. THE LIFE OF GENERAL MONK: DUKE OF ALBERMARLE, containing, I. A faithful account of his unparalledl'd conduct, surprizing actions, and providential success in accomplishing the restoration of monarchy. II. A particular relation of that most memorable march from Coldstream to London; the preparations for it in Scotland, and the happy consequences of it in England. III. Many mistakes committed by our historians, (particularly the Earl of Clarendon) concerning the General's administration, rectified. Publish'ed from an original manuscript of Thomas Skinner. M.D. With a preface in vindication of General Monk's conduct and giving some account of the manuscript. By William Webster... London: Printed for J. Graves ... J. Isted and J. Hooke, 1724. The second edition, corrected. Frontispiece portrait. Octavo. [10],lxvii [i.e. xlvii],385,[7] pp. Some pagination errors, but complete. (ESTC t113801). Bound with: GRANVILLE, John. TWO ORIGINAL JOURNALS OF SIR RICHARD…
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Memoirs of Henry the Great, and of the Court of France During His Reign
by Ireland, William Henry )
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London: Harding,Triphook,and Lepard,, 1824. SCARCE. Attributed to William Henry Ireland.. With half-title in Vol. 1. Printed by S.and R. Bentley, Dorset Street. Frontispiece portrait Vol. 1. In contemporary signed fine binding by Riviere and Son of red morocco, the backs ornately gilt with gilt lettering on red and black morocco labels, wide ornate gilt dentelles, dark blue paper end pages, top edges gilt. Very Good, the covers lightly soiled, bottom edge of half-title Vol. I unevenly cut, bottom corner bumps. A quite handsome set. . First Edition. Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Michael Strogoff: The Courier Of The Czar (PHOTOPLAY EDITION)
by Jules Verne
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Verne, Jules MICHAEL STROGOFF, THE COURIER OF THE CZAR. No info on copyright page. Grosset & Dunlap 1926 Universal-Film de France Photoplay Edition. USED. VG/Acceptable Original charging charioteer dust jacket. Front panel and spine of jacket have some loss. Please see our photos. Apple green boards with orange titles box. Film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli. Now protected by a mylar wrap. 315 pages 5 ¼ X 7 5/8.Please excuse our stack of books photos. Michael Strogoff is the only title available here.
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Rodney Stone
by Doyle, A. Conan
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Rodney Stone, A Tale of the Napoleonic Wars by Arthur Conan Doyle. First Edition, copyright 1896 and published 1897 by D. Appleton And Company, New York. Illustrated by Sidney Paget. Used. Exlib. GOOD- CONDITION.Red buckram cloth boards. Gilt titling. Black & White plates Illustrated by Sidney Paget. Frontis and 11 all additional plates are present, in nice shape, and affixed to binding. 408 pages plus adverts. RARE/SCARCE/HARD TO FIND.
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A Primer of Chinese Acrobatics (Meet a Cultural China)
by Qifeng Fu, Xining Li
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Beijing: Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China, no date, [about 2002]. Boxed Set. Rare presentation copy issued by the PRC government to foreign institutions and VIPs. Boxed set includes hardcover book, CD-ROM for windows computers and a VHS tape. All are unused and suitable for gifting. Box shows minor shelfwear. Book cover shows many very-small bubble-like spots, most on the rear. See photo. Ninety page book with many color illustrations provides an overview of Chinese acrobatics and how it developed from diverse origins such as hunting, farming, the military, ritual, games and sports, palace entertainments and cultural exchange. CD-ROM includes music clips, text and images. Videocassette shows 16 winning acrobatic performances from competition in a range of disciplines, including unfixed pole climbing, plate spinning, contortionism, chair stacking and loose steel wire stunts. Purchasers should take precautions against the possibility that the PRC-government produced CD-ROM may host…
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The Secret Power of SUNIN DO
by Grand Master Taebaek Choi
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9 pics-clear plastic cover; blue plastic back cover; plastic spiral binding; minimal shelf wear; tiny name inside; otherwise like new
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The Girondin
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Hilaire Belloc The Girondin Thomas Nelson and Sons, London. FRENCH REVOLUTION. Copyright page states: First Published 1911. VG/ No DJ included. Used. Green boards with gold gilt titling on spine. Titles are bright but some chipping off of gilt. 372 pages plus adverts. 5 1/8 X 7 ½.
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Seven Pillars Of Wisdom, A Triumph
by Lawrence, T.E
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T.E. Lawrence. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM, A TRIUMPH. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Privately Printed, 1926. First Published for general circulation 1935. First American Edition. States MCMXXXVI on the title page. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. Garden City, NY. GOOD CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET IS INCLUDED. 672 pages, indexed. Beige buckram boards. Spine has darkened a bit. 6 7/8 X 9 ½.
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Complete Records of World's Heavyweight Boxing Champions Illustrated
by Sullivan, Alex (Editor)
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New York: Alex Sullivan, 1941. First Printing, date from internal evidence of Joe Louis' last figh June,t 1941. Very Good, small scrape top edge front wrapper, front wrapper a touch faded, faded seller's stamp top edge front cover. 64 pp. with numerous black and white photographs of heavyweight boxing legends. SCARCE. . First Printing. Pictorial Stapled Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Nat Fleischer's The Ring Boxing Record Book 1949 Edition Joe Waterman Inscribed
by Nat Fleischer
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Hard cover, approximately 6 1/4 by 9 1/4 inches, 792 pages. Sports, boxing. Complete records of all active fighters the world over who boxed in five or more contests from January 1, 1948, to December 31, 1948. Inside front cover (see pic) - Inscribed and signed by Joe Waterman, To Howard Smith State Athletic Commission, Tacoma, Wash, Mar 21, 1949. Vintage item in good condition, light binding looseness, cover wear notably at corners, normal cover soiling/wear, normal aging/yellowing, no handwriting other than gift inscription, no markings, no tears,
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Traditional Aikido Volume 1 Basic Technique
by Morihiro Saito - 9th Dan
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Traditional Aikido, Sword, Stick, Body Arts, Volume 1, Basic Techniques by Morihiro Saito - 9th Dan (June 1992 16th Printing), Copyright 1973 by author, ISBN 0870402668, 132 pages, dimensions about about 7 x 10 inches, Printed in Japan, published by Sugawara Martial Arts, Institute, Inc., Tokyo Japan, Translated into English by William F. Witt, printed in both languages.. Softcover book in good condition, cover show minor wear mostly around edges, spine is tight, pages are clean, unmarked, contains many black/white photographs of actual techniques. Book is most suited to be used along with physical instruction..LAXVespa, Los Angeles - maybe this will do it!-At least you know what you're getting into--Media Mail USPS-you get the copy pictured - carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it - in - transit. 7 Days Coast to Coast, faster if closer .. Aikido 6566 PB 1 Sealtest 1 pound 4ecco
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Modern Bujutsu & Budo: The Martial Arts and Ways of Japan -- Volume Three
by Donn F. Draeger
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New York, NY: Weatherhill, 1997. Third printing. Condition: Fine. Very minor shelf wear to cover, else Like New. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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