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Soft cover. Condizione: Fair. Creasing to spine, edgewear to covers and pages, fly title through to page 46 separated (in two sections) from binding.

Hardbound. Condizione: Good. Octavo in mildly soiled tan cloth with black lettering, 598, 42 pp. In Hebrew with some notes and a section at the rear in English.

Full-Leather. Condizione: Acceptable. No Jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover corners and edges are very worn. Front and back covers are nearly detached. The binding is tight. Boards are a brownish maroon with gold lettering and design.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This volume explores the period encompassing the War of 1812 and its aftermath through 1828, a transformative epoch in early U.S. history. It begins with the causes of the war Britain s naval blockades, impressment of American sailors, and frontier tensions and chronicles key battles such as the defense of the Capitol, the burning of Washington, and Andrew Jackson's rise at New Orleans. The final peace, sealed by the Treaty of Ghent in December 1814, restored pre-war borders and ushered in the Era of Good Feelings, marked by a surge of nationalism, political unity after the decline of the Federalists, and economic expansion. Overall, this collection offers a rich blend of first-person accounts and historical analysis, illuminating how a brief war reshaped America s national identity, financial systems, foreign policy, and political landscape in the decades that followed.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Anchor Books Edition. 500 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Slightly creased spine. Stain on bottom edge. Light foxing on page edges. George Giusti (Cover Design) (illustratore).

Hard Cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Hinge cracked before title page, head and heel edges of spine and corner tips lightly frayed, one page has 1/4" tear with creases along side edge, a couple of pages have lower corner tips bent about 1/4". Maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine. 399 pages. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 82 pages, a very good plus hardback, publisher's original green cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine and front cover.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Good+ to Very Good. No Jacket. First. Book opens flat between pages 16-17 with hinge stretched so that netting shows, corner tips rubbed, name of former owner written on front pastedown, endpapers and pastedowns lightly browned, leaf stamp without name on top corner of front endpage. Green cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. 82 pages.…

Hardcover Yellow Buckram. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 182 pages. 22 x 14 cm. The holidays of Judaism are described exclusively from the Reform viewpoint, as traced back historically to their origins and evolution. Patricia Passloff (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. PAGES: xxxviii + 111. Fold out chart ' The sorces of Mishnah Horayoth'. Tight binding with no marks or inscriptions in text. Browning and light brown spotting on blank end papers and a few on page edges. Name on ffep. Bright gilt lettering on spine. No marks or wear to the blue cloth cover. The jacket has a little loss at top and base of spine. It is in a clear removable cover. Weight: 388 grams unpackaged. Prompt, well packaged despatch. Sent with tracking within UK. Reasonable, international rates.…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. G6 - First Edition. Books have some tanning on the spine and very light shelf wear otherwise fine. With a very good slipcase with normal shelf wear. Volume I - Astronomy, Physics, Nuclear Physics, Chemistry. Volume II - Geology, Oceanography, Meteorology, Biology, Zoology, Botany. Volume III - Anthropology, Engineering, Aeronautics, Exploration. Fifty articles from the annals of the Smithsonian Institution, covering almost every field of scientific knowledge and research, by some of the world's foremost authorities. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. AR6 - First Edition. Books have wrinkling on the spine edges, tanning on the spine, foxing on the page edges, first few and last few inside pages, and some shelf wear otherwise very good. With a very good slipcase with normal shelf wear. Volume I - Astronomy, Physics, Nuclear Physics, Chemistry. Volume II - Geology, Oceanography, Meteorology, Biology, Zoology, Botany. Volume III - Anthropology, Engineering, Aeronautics, Exploration. Fifty articles from the annals of the Smithsonian Institution, covering almost every field of scientific knowledge and research, by some of the world's foremost authorities. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Softcover. Condizione: Good condition. xvii, 410 pp. originally published in 1962 by J.M. Dent & Sons and by E.P. Dutton. Softcover. LCC: 73159687.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Green cover with gilt title. Secure binding with clean pages, mild vertical spine crease and light spine sun. About 7-12 x 4-3/4 with 94 pages. Nice overall condition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. 12mo. volume bound in green cloth. Condition: minor wear to binding; inked name & address on 1st free endpaper; else good+ condition. Pages: xvi, 82.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good+. No Jacket. First. Spine faded with lettering rubbed, head and heel edges rubbed and corners lightly frayed right at tips, name of former owner written on front pastedown, leaf stamp of former owner (without name) on front endpage. Green cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. 67 pages.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN . Trade Paperback. 1974 printing of 1949 original. Slight wear to corners and edges; other book title with price glued to back cover (1"x3"); slight overall dustsoiling and browning; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. No Signature.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. A fine copy of the softcover edition. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding is bright and fresh in appearance, with no creasing to the spine. A brilliant copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good condition. No dust jacket. First American Edition.. New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1900. Very Good condition. Light corner wear. Clean, square, and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with 50 black-and-white drawings by Thackeray. Bound in the original blue patterned cloth. Gilt lettering on the spine is still bright and shiny. Top edge gilt. The year of publication, 1900, is printed at the foot of the title page. Copyright is 1899. The bibliography appears on pages 319 through 338. Although the title page says the bibliography covers the years 1843-1848, in fact it describes Thackeray's PUNCH contributions (writings and drawings) from 1842 to 1854, inclusive. It also identifies the cartoons by John Leech and Richard Doyle that were "suggested by Thackeray." Index. . First American Edition? Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by Thackeray, William Makepeace. 8vo. xx, 349pp. + 2 pages of ads. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Thackeray, William Makepeace (illustratore).…

Quarter Leather. Condizione: Fine. No Dust Jacket. Copyright for this edition is 1957. 246 pages. Dark burgundy leather over spine with gold lettering and decoration. Salmon colored cloth over boards. Top edge of text is gilded.

Soft Cover. Condizione: Good. Nouveaux Classiques Larousse. 129 pp. Text in French. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. A couple of dog-eared pages. Crease on back cover. Lightly frayed spine strip headband and heal. // Texte en français. Copie solidement reliée avec une usure extérieure modérée, des pages nettes et un texte net Un couple de pages à oreilles de chien. Pliure au dos de la couverture. Bandeau d'épine légèrement effiloché et cicatrisant.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable. Previous owner's name and inscription on the blank front end paper, Extensive pencil notes on the blank back end paper and along the back end board. Page 9 of the biographical notes at the beginning of the book, is detahced from the binding. Front hinge of the book is broken and torn. Back hinge is slightly torn. Boards are rubbed and scuffed. Fair condition overall.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good-. 1st Trade Edition. Hardcover, no jacket, green cloth, first printing of this edition, the gold spine-title is faded, the later pages have moderate edge-foxing, the text is fine and the binding is clean and tight; 67 pages.

Soft Cover. Condizione: Good. Flexible blue pebbled-cloth hardcover with bright and clear gilt lettering to spine, xxiii + 181 pages; moderate shelf wear to cover edges, corners and spine ends, otherwise gently used, spine slightly slanted but tight in binding, faded ink signature on free front endpaper, otherwise very clean and unmarked throughout, pages surprisingly fresh and white considering their age. For something completely different, see also our listings for Lyman Kells' The Log Log Duplex Decitrig Slide Rule No. 4081: A Manual, and for Dean & Rutledge's extremely scarce Logarithms, The Slide Rule, and Tables (buy two or more and save on postage!).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 28th thousand. 5 x 7 1/2 inches. Dark green cloth. 86 pages. Condition is Very Good, light wear to spine ends, previous owner's name on ffep, text is very clean, binding is tight. Cl. RGR.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 20th thousand. 5 x 7 1/2 inches. Dark green cloth. xi, 92 pages. Condition is Very Good, light wear to spine ends, text is very clean, binding is tight. Cl. RGR.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 5 x 7 1/2 inches. Dark green cloth. xi, 105 pages. Condition is Very Good, light wear to spine ends, text is very clean, binding is tight. Cl. RGR.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 5 x 7 1/2 inches. Dark green cloth. ix, 99 pages. Condition is Very Good, light wear to spine ends, text is very clean, binding is tight. Cl. RGR.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 38th thousand. 5 x 7 1/2 inches. Dark green cloth. ix, 99 pages. Condition is Very Good, light wear to spine ends, text is very clean, binding is tight. Cl. RGR.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 5 1/2 X 7 1/2 in. high. xii, 96 pages. Condition of the book is VERY GOOD; Binding is tight, text is very clean. Drama STK.