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Tufts Medical School, Boston, publisher, 1936; HC in NEAR FINE condition! Compiled by Bejamin Spector, director of Tufts College Medical School. This is the fifth and final book in the series based on an annual presentation by medical students and includes photos of both the class members in costumes as presenters, and and of early Americans involved in medicine. It… Read more about this item

RARE ANTIQUARIAN Book! New Hampshire 1916 (no publisher listed) H.C. Good+. This small (a little more than 5X7" & 52 pps,) volume's 38 poems provide glimpses of a distant century, including Christmas & a woman's view of August 1914. The grey paper on boards cover has title & author on a pastedown on front only. The cover has minor corner… Read more about this item

Bulletin of the Virginia State Library, Vol. 4, No. 1A MUST for Confederate scholars! Richmond, VA, January 1911, 72 pgs., 6x9" paperback, staple bound. A GOOD reading copy. Fragile fr. cover is taped in place & has small tape repairs and small chips. Fr. also has faded penciled names at top. Back page (not sure if there… Read more about this item

State Library Board of Virginia, Richmond, VA, January 1911, Subtitled,Official Publications of the Confederate States Government in the Virginia State Library and the Library of the Confederate Memorial Society. A MUST for Confederate scholars! Paperback, 72 pgs. 6x9" staple bound; a GOOD reading copy. Fragile fr. cover is taped in place & has other small tape repairs and small… Read more about this item

Rare 60 pgs. on the history of the English language from the earliest days of England through the Roman Invasion, Anglo Saxton, Latin & Greek influence on English makes up the first part of the book, 'Lessons in English' by the author. Ginn & Co., Boston, 1889. apparent first Edition H.C., 432 p.ps., GOOD+. Book also deals with composition.… Read more about this item

RARE GOOD+ HC! The Almanac a year before "the crash of '29, Texas was already rapidly growing from cow country (12+ pgs. on the subject here) frontier state (capital, Austin, pop. 34,000+) into a truly "big state." Published by the Dallas News, A. H. Belo Corp., Dallas, TX Tooled heavy cloth (likely) or leather cover over boards with inlaid gilt… Read more about this item

Puffin Books, Middlesex, GB. 1954 (later printing) soft cover, approx. 9x7" high, 32 p.ps., staple bound, GOOD. From the ancient Greek & Roman armour to the various helmets of World War II, & especially during the 800 years before guns became primary weapons of war, the author provides, in limited space, detailed descriptions, uses & illustrations of the armour… Read more about this item

0880293896 Dorset Press, NY,1989, Scarce First Edition thus. A FINE HC in a FINE DJ! (Both are LIKE NEW!) This well documented story of the most notorious spy of all time, Mata Hari (whose name means "Eye of Dawn: in Malay), provides considerable detail about the woman behind the legend. Both the book and dust jacket are Blemish free,… Read more about this item

0880293896 Dorset Press, NY,1989, Scarce First Edition thus. A FINE HC in a FINE DJ! (Both are LIKE NEW!) This well documented story of the most notorious spy of all time, Mata Hari (whose name means "Eye of Dawn: in Malay), provides considerable detail about the woman behind the legend. Both the book and dust jacket are Blemish free,… Read more about this item

Award Books, Universal Publishing, NY, 1967 First Edition, vintage paper back, VERY GOOD! From brothel to palace bedroom, nude dancer to the most notorious spy in history, no fiction can match the bizarre facts of her famous life before & during World War I. This is the first detailed story of that life. Cover has light edge & corner wear,… Read more about this item