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Aeschylus. The Seven Plays in English Verse. Lewis Campbell.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press

Seller ID: 2586

Condition: Very Good

xxi.278pgs. Not dated, circa 1900. Very Good green cloth hardcover, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, top edge gilt. Attractive pocket-sized book. Clean and unmarked, Decorated endpapers, original red ribbon page marker present but detached. Frontis portrait. A preface and preparatory note to the edition of 1890 is followed by The Suppliants, The Persians, Seven Against Thebes, Agamemnon, The Choephoebe, or Libation Bearers, The Eumenides, Prometheus Bound. Book#2586.
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Book Collecting. A Comprehensive Guide. 1995 Edition.

By: Ahearn, Allen and Patricia

Price: $18.00

Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons : 1995

Seller ID: 2472

ISBN-13: 9780399140495

Binding: Cloth Hardcover

Condition: Fine

viii.480 pgs. Fine hardcover, gilt lettering to spine, in Fine jacket, clean and unmarked, binding tight. Another timeless handbook for collectors, librarians and booksellers. With 3,500 titles, an additional 2,000 titles have been added to the previous 1989 edition. The 1978, 1986 and 1993 prices are included, as well as new sections on prizes and lists such as Pulitzers, Bookers, Edgars, Hugos, National Book Awards, Caldecotts, PEN/Faulkners, Nebulas, Newberys and Burgess. You are guided on which books to collect, how to identify first editions, evaluate condition and care for your collecti...
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The Most Beautiful Molecule

By: Aldersey-Williams, Hugh

Price: $18.00

Publisher: London, Aurum Press Ltd. : 1995

Seller ID: 1015

ISBN-13: 9781854103031

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

8vo. ix. 340 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine dust jacket, clean and unmarked. The inside story of the remarkable discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, carbon-60. Written to delight and inform the layperson and scientist alike. Chapters: Introduction, Prologue-The Dome of Discovery, 1. Making Molecules, 2. September 1985, 3. The Search for the Yellow Vial, 4. On Symmetry and the Sexagesimal, 5. The Fuller View, 6. The Chemical Senses, 7. The Chemist-stylites, 8. September 1990, 9. The Peak Perfection, 10. "My Lords, What Does It Do?", 11. The Molecular Architects, Epilogue: Spot the Ball, Notes and R...
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Mockery in Arms

By: Aldridge, James

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Co. : 1975

Seller ID: 721

ISBN-13: 9780316031219

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo. 382 pgs. Near Fine hardcover in Very Good jacket. Black cloth spine, white endpapers. Dustjacket with light edge and corner wear, 1/2 inch closed tear and two small chips on back panel, in archival cover. Publishers slip laid in. ISBN 0316031216. #721.
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The Garden Maker's Manual

By: Alexander, Rosemary and Richard Sneesby

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Portland, OR, U.S.A., Timber Press : 2005

Seller ID: 2611

ISBN-13: 9780881927047

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

191 pgs. Fine condition hardcover in Fine jacket. As new. Pristine and generously illustrated throughout with color photographs, drawings and diagrams. Contents: Introduction, Paths & Paving, Steps & Ramps, Walls, Changing Levels and Containing Earth, Fences, Rails and Gates, Timber Decks and Surfaces, Garden Structures & Furnishings, Water. Materials. Bibliography. Acknowledgements. Index. Oversized book. Additional postage may be required. ISBN 088192704X. Book#2611.
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A Door Must Be Either Open or Shut. A Proverb.

By: Alfred De Musset

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, The Rodale Press : 1955

Seller ID: 1025

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

8vo. 44 pgs. Very good hardcover with very good glassine jacket as issued. Printed in England at The Chiswick Press. Scarce. Printed translucent glassine jacket has a few small closed edge tears and tiny chips, slight age toning along edges, with British price on front flap. Bi-toned Illustration on front board, very slight fading to board and spine edges, light foxing to text block edges and endpapers. Internally clean and unmarked. #1025.
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Jagger. Unauthorized.

By: Anderson, Christopher

Price: $14.00

Publisher: New York, Delacorte Press. : 1993

Seller ID: 354

ISBN: 038530825

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo. 440 pgs. Near Fine hardcover in Very Good+ metallic jacket, clean and unmarked, binding tight, with minimal general shelf wear to dj, no chips, tears or marks. First Edition July 1993. Biography of Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones. Illustrated with a center section of black and white photos. Based on years of research and countless interviews with family, friends, neighbors, lovers and fellow musicians. Insights include Jagger's bisexual history, marriages to Bianca Jagger and Jerry Hall, his affairs with Marianne Faithful, Carly Simon, Linda Rondstadt and sexual escapades with numerous ...
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Urban Sanctuaries : Peaceful Havens for the City Gardener

By: Anderton, Stephen

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Portland, OR, U.S.A., Timber Press, Incorporated, in Association with The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew : 2001

Seller ID: 1496

ISBN-13: 9780881925029

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

4to. 144 pgs. Fine condition hardcover in Near Fine jacket. Jacket with small wrinkle near top edge of spine, else as new. A richly illustrated source of inspiration for building a special garden retreat-for both urban and suburban gardeners alike. Contents: Introduction. Part I: The Body of the Garden. Space and scale, light, soil, water, planting style. Part II: The Spirit of the Garden. Magic and mystery, the natural approach, the gardener's garden, devoted to water, minimalist style, rooms with views, roof and balcony retreats, family havens, directory of plants, index, acknowledgements. I...
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On the Pulse of Morning. The Inaural Poem.

By: Angelou. Maya

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Random House : 1993

Seller ID: 2630

ISBN-13: 9780679748380

Binding: Pamplet Bound Paper Wraps

Condition: Fine

Fine pamphlet bound softcover with navy blue self wraps and gilt lettering, pristine condition. Read by American Poet Maya Angelou at the inauguration of William Jefferson Clinton 20 January 1993. Pubisher's number line 468C9753. ISBN 0679748385. Book# 2630.
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A Treasury of Jewish Folklore. Stories, Traditions, Legends, Humor, Wisdom and Folk Songs of the Jewish People.

By: Ausubel, Nathan. Editor.

Price: $16.00

Publisher: New York, Crown Publishers, Inc. : 1956

Seller ID: 2632

Binding: Cloth Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

xvi. 741pgs. Very Good condition cloth hardcover, minimal shelwear, binding sound, internally clean and unmarked. Divided into six parts, each with its own introduction and sub-sections. Part One: Jewish Salt; Part Two: Heroes: Wise Men, Holy Men, Miracles, Fighters and Strong Men; Part Three: The Human Comedy: Droll Characters, Rogues and Sinners, Traditional Types, Humorous Anecdotes and Jests; Part Four: Tales and Legends: Biblical Sidelights, The World to Come, The Ten Lost Tribes, Folk Tales, Demon Tales, Animal Tales; Part Five: Proverbs and Riddles: Proverbs and Folk Sayings, FolkQuips...
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Animula Vagula.

By: Bacon, Leonard

Price: $12.00

Seller ID: 541

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

12 mo. 37 pgs Very Good condition hardcover. Stated First Edition. Green cloth with paper title pieces on spine and front cover. Some edge chipping to paper of title on spine, not obtrusive to lettering. Very lightly foxed endpapers, with owner name on front endpaper, else clean, sound and unmarked. Introduction followed by 27 poems. Other works by this Pulitzer Prize winning poet include The Heroic Battles of Servia, The Cid, Ulug beg, Ph.D.s, Guinea-fowl and Other Poultry, Lost Buffalo and Other Poems, Sunderland Capture and Day of Fire. #541.
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Steel Guitar

By: Barnes, Linda

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Delacorte Press : 1991

Seller ID: 125

ISBN-13: 9780385300131

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo. 257 pgs. Near Fine condition hardcover in Very Good jacket. White boards, black spine with gold lettering, clean and unmarked. Light edgewear. Dust jacket has 1/4 inch closed tear at bottom spine corner, two tiny closed tears at top rear. Author of COYOTE. The fourth of the Carlotta Carlyle mysteries, set in Boston. Blues singer Dee Willis comes back into Carlotta's life. ISBN 0385300131. #125.
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Degrees of Love

By: Basch, Rachel.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: New York, W.W. Norton Co. : 1998

Seller ID: 491

ISBN-13: 9780393046250

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

8vo. 281 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket, SIGNED by author on half-title page. Author's first novel. Removable "Autographed Copy" sticker on front cover. A young couple's world starts to unravel when their eighteen month old child is accidentally burned, and the report of an emergency room physician prompts the state to take temporary custody. ISBN 0393046257.#491.
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Plant Viruses and Virus Diseases

By: Bawden, F.C.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: New York, Ronald Press Co. : 1964

Seller ID: 951

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

8vo. vii. 361 pgs.Very Good condition blue cloth hardbound, no jacket. Clean, tight, unmarked excep for owner name on front pastedown, light foxing to fore edge and several tiny check marks in table of contents. Sections include: symptomology - changes in appearance, physiological changes and host-plant metabolic changes; methods of transmission; assay methods; composition of virus particles; morphology of viruses; inactivation; multiplication; movement; genetic variability; classification; control.#951.
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The Unauthorized Anne Rice Companion

By: Beahm, George, Editor.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: MO, Andrews and McMeel, MO. 1996. First Edition. : 1996

Seller ID: 676

ISBN-13: 9780836210361

Binding: Softbound Pb

Condition: Fine

8vo. 246 pgs. Fine condition softcover. Black and white photographs throughout. An entralling biographical, bibliographical resource and reference guide. Thematically organised in five sections plus appendices: The Real World of Anne Rice, The Unreal World of Anne Rice, On Anne Rice, Chiaroscuro - Anne Rice and the Cinema and A Look at the Books. ISBN 0836210360. #676.
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Transport of Suspended Solids in Open Channels : Proceedings of Euromech 192, Munich - Neubibiberg, 11-15 June 1985

By: Bechteler, W. (editor)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: 3000 BR Rotterdam, Netherlands, A. A. Balkema : 1986

Seller ID: 1221

ISBN-13: 9789061916444

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine.

Sm. 4to. x.268 pgs. Near Fine hardcover, clean and unmarked. Proceedings of this symposium are orgainized in the following sections: Flow structures as related to suspended sediment transport, particle-fluid dynamics; Concentration distribution and transport of suspended load under steady flow conditions; Reservoir sedimentation, settling basins; Resuspension, suspended and bed-load interaction; Suspended sediment transport under nonsteady flow conditions; special topics. ISBN 9061916445. #1221.
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Young Edgar Allan Poe.

By: Bene, Laura

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead & Company : 1966

Seller ID: 2620

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

x.350pgs. Good condition ex-library hardcover in Very Good condition dustjacket, not price-clipped in new archival cover. Book has usual library markings, edge wear, tape residue, with sound binding and clean text throughout, illustrated by George Gillett Whitney. An engaging biogaphy which weaves historical fact with an engrossing storytelling style. Intended for younger readers, there are also enlightening details of Edgar Allan Poe's accomplishments adventures for all ages. By the author of Enchanting Jenny Lind and The Boy Shelley [Percy Bysshe Shelley], The Hidden Valley and Roxanna Rampa...
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Sudden Door

By: Benedict, Madeline

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New Hampshire, The Golden Quill Press. : 1960

Seller ID: 542

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

64 pgs. Near Fine hardcover in Very Good+ condition jacket. Blue cloth boards, white leather spine with gilt lettering and decoration. Very slight rubbing to bottom corners. White dustwrapper with uncut front flap, blue decoration and lettering. Upper edge of jacket has a tiny closed tear and corner chip. SIGNED and inscribed "Cordially ever, Madeline Benedict" on front endpaper. Clean and unmarked. By the author of "Spring Will Not Fail" and "Fleet as the Swallow's Dip". #542.
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The Orchid in Lore and Legend.

By: Berliocchi, Luigi

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Oregon, Timber Press : 2001

Seller ID: 1678

ISBN-13: 9780881924916

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

8vo. 184 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. Translated by Lenore Rosenberg and Anita Weston. Firsy published in1996 as "Il flore degli dei, l'orchideadel mito alla storia" by Nuovo Equilibri, Viterbo, Italy. Foreword by Henry Oakley. Richly illustrated throughout with black and white period engravings and paintings and full page color plates from Warner and Williams "The Orchid Album". An account of the discovery of the orchid and it's place in literature, religion, the arts, magic, cuisine, lore and legend. Also included is an account of the most popular genera and their cultivation. Chapter...
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BLACKBIRD BYE BYE.

By: Bernard, April

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York and Cleveland, Random House. : 1989

Seller ID: 591

ISBN: 0394535369

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

66 pgs. Near Fine hardcover in Near Fine jacket. Black cloth spine, maroon boards. Clean and unmarked. Very shallow bump to upper front corner. Faint wrinkle to upper edge of rear panel of dust jacket, no chips or tears. Complex and eclectic, this collection explores a wide range of characters " from gangsters to politicians, from artists to beggars to young lovers". The Staions of the Cross become "a contemporary journey in pain and doubt". Winner of The Academy of American Poets' 1988 Walt Whitman Award. Author of "Pirate Jenny". ISBN 0394535369. # 591.
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