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Macmillan Company, 1962. hardcover. very good: some shelf wear to boards, foxing to endpapers, else fine. Clean text, tight binding./no DJ. Octavo 284pp. A study of gang activity, with sections on The Violent Gang, The Natural History of the Gang, Social-Psychological Perspectives on the Gang, and Programs for Gang Control: Evaluation and Recommendation. #00255.

New York: John Day Company, 1956. hardcover. Book VG+: spot of offset from bookmark on endpapers, else clean, tight, unmarked/DJ VG+: under protective mylar cover, NOT clipped ($3.50). 8vo 253pp. includes advertising insert for Pango Products sewn in to binding. from front flap: "Clothed in mystery, the Japanese geisha is known to the western world largely through portrayal as the tragic child-like heroine of Puccini's Madame Butterfly or through the eyes of G.I.'s to whom every prostitute was a geisha. In these true stories of three who found fame, Kikou Yamata has illumined for us the soul of the geisha against a fascinating backdrop--the theater, business, and political world of the last one hundred years." #01954.

Aladdin Books, 1955. first edition. hardcover. good: age soil to boards and spine, ex library copy with markings/stamps/etc, tape residue to boards, writing on FFEP, wear and toning to paste downs, endpapers, text clean, binding intact/no DJ. 8vo 246pp. first edition stated. biography of American schoolteacher and activist, who opened and ran the first school for black girls in the United States in the 1830s. #00894.

London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1974. hardcover. Book VG: toning/offset to endpapers, spots of foxing, gift inscription FFEP,/DJ G: mild age toning, clipped.. 8vo 269pp. second printing. from front flap: "The "Rosicrucian manifestos' are mysterious documents published in Germany in the early seventeenth century. This book, by one of Britain's most distinguished Renaissance scholars, follows a new historical approach to them. Dr Frances Yates reveals that the manifestos were connected with movements stirred up by John Dee in Bohemia during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, and with contemporary movements in South Germany which culminated in teh short-lived reign of Frederick, Elector Palatinate, and his wife, the daughter of James I, as 'Winter' King and Queen of Bohemia. The reconstruction of this phase of European thought and history will take the subject of 'Rosicrucianism' out of the range of vaguely occultist studies and make it the concern of serious historians." #02307.

Signet, 1962. first thus. mass market paperback. good: name on cover and half title, underlining throughout introduction, text otherwise unmarked, binding tight. Signet Classic CP 120. first printing March 1962. #00389.

Dial Press, 1948. Book Club Edition. hardcover. near fine: clean, square, tight/good: edge and corner wear, slight chipping.. 8vo 312pp. from front flap: "Here is a pulsating novel of adventure, revenge and exotic love in the West Indies of the seventeenth century, when the might of imperial Spain was making its last great stand to retain its conquests in the New World." #00841.

New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1965. first edition. hardcover. Book VG+: mild shelf wear, clean, tight, square, unmarked./DJ VG-: mild age toning, NOT clipped, tape repair to closed tear on rear cover. 8vo 367pp. with an introduction by Senator Paul Douglas. From front flap: "Wanted--Pleasant, mediocre man needed for top prestige job involving little work and no responsibility. Apply now for January opening. This astonishing book shows which of the thirty-eight Vice Presidents of the United States could have answered such an ad." #02123.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. first edition. hardcover. Book VG: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, text unmarked, binding tight/DJ VG: clean, unclipped. 8vo 378pp. from front flap: "Tracing the origins of mankind's identity through evolutionary biology, mythology, and literature, Dudley Young, in this groundbreaking work, examines the primitive mind and the development of religion and sacredness as seen through our ancestors." #02473.

ISI Books, 2003. softcover. like new: new in wrapper.

London: Charles Griffin and Company, 1911. first edition. hardcover. Book G: age wear/fading to boards and spine, chipping and scuffing edge of spine, mildly bumped, toning and foxing to endpapers,. 12mo 376pp. +53 figures and diagrams. from Preface: "The volume represents an attempt to work out a systematic introductory course on statistical methods--the methods available for discussing, as distinct from collecting, statistical data--suited to those who possess only a limited knowledge of mathematics: an acquaintance with algebra up to the binomial theorem, together with such elements of co-ordinate geometry as are now generally included therewith, is all that is assumed." #01537.