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Algeria: The Topography and History, Political, Social and Natural, of French Africa

Morell, John Reynell

Hardcover. London, Nathaniel Cooke, 1854 (MDCCCLIV), appears first edition. Very scarce, almost rare, 8vo, 490pp in need of rebinding. Covers embossed. Hinges are broken, original front cover is detached with the ffe & frontis, rear cover appears to have been added later and is barely attached by tape. Book is.....

The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica, Vols.11-12, (Index A-J and Index K-Z)

Allen, T.F.

New Delhi, India: B. Jain Publishers Pvt. Ltd, 1995. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vos, 1330pp combined. Volume 11 & 12 of a 12-Vol. set, indicies 1 & 2. We also have Vol. 1 & 4. Some light shelf wear to the top edge of the dust jacket. Price is for the.....

Cuban Cane Sugar

Wiles, Robert

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1916. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo,85pp, tight bound, black paper on board with photo of sugar cubes on front cover. Some shelf wear and bumping to tips and edges, spine top edge is missing about 1/4', tips are lightly scuffed, but all in all in pretty good.....

The Tall Voyagers

Rankin, Claire

Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 224pp. Dust jacket is price clipped and has some scuffs and small tears and one tiny open tear to the edges, front and back. Many photos. This is really an interesting biography of Capt. Barney Burnett, an old.....

Ship Models in miniature

McNarry, Donald

New York: Praeger, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Clean, tight 8vo, 176pp w/glossary. Dust jacket is price clipped witha few small open tears to the edges and one large v-shaped tear to back (see photo). A great book for collectors of ship models and for the ship model builder. Illustrates and.....

The Deadeye; How it was made in Luenburg, Nova Scotia

Kochiss, John M

Connecticut: Marine Historical Association, 1970. John Lapresle. First edition. Softcover. Clean, tight 4to, 43pp, including glossary and bibliography, in wraps, many illustrations. Minimal shelf wear. A deadeye is a solid sheaveless block pieced with three holds for lanyards to reeve through to set up rigging. Before they are covered with.....

High Voltage Tattoo

Kat Von D

New York: Harper Design, 2009. Later printing. Hardcover. Clean tight 4to, 174pp. Cover is padded and pictorial of Kat. A combination autobiography and pictorial book of Kat Von D's work as a tattoo artist in Los Angeles, CA Also some of the artists who work with her at her shop.....

Tassajara Cooking

Edward Espe Brown

Boulder & London: Shambhala Zen Center, 1980. Dan Welch. Later printing. Hardcover. Scarce, hardcover, clean, tight 8vo, 252pp. Dust jacket is clean and has one or two tiny little chips along the edges and light bumping to the top of the spine. Book is very nice except for a faded.....