Yakutia by Okladnikov

      A.P. Okladnikov. Edited by Henry N. Michael.  YAKUTIA BEFORE ITS INCORPORATION INTO THE RUSSIAN STATE. McGill-Queen’s University Press, Montreal, 1970.  Good to very good condition throughout . Not ex-lib. Green boards with gilt lettering, green dj. 499 pages.  $35.00

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Sonata Mulattica: A Life in Five Movements…

Sonata Mulattica:  A Life in Five Movements and a Short Play : Poems by Rita Dove.  W.W. Norton, New York. 2009. Hardcover. First Edition. 229 pages. Gold lettering on brown and cream-colored hardcover. Fine condition throughout, without any trace of wear, in fine dustjacket  Ambitious poem and play about a…

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The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery…

The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life . By Tom Reiss. Random House, New York. Hardcover. 2005. No edition stated. Dustjacket. Gold lettering on brown cloth covers. Very good condition throughout, with no signs of wear, in very good dustjacket.  The odd and amazing story of Lev…

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Faith of My Fathers

Faith of My Fathers by John McCain with Mark Salter. Random House, New York. 1999. Hardcover. Eighth printing. 349 pgs. Very good to fine in very good dustjacket. Signed and Inscribed by McCain on half-title.  Both McCain’s father and grandfather were Navy Admirals, and this is the inspirational tale of…

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Burn Baby Burn: A Superior Arson Mystery

By Mike Savage. Savage Press, Superior Wisconsin. Softcover First edition. 1999. Signed and inscribed by author in two places:  half title and title page. 297 pages. Very good condition throughout with minor creasing to several corners. ‘Superior’ in the title refers to Lake Superior or a town there, not necessarily…

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Dominations and Powers, by George Santayana

Santayana, George. Dominations and Powers. Reflections on Liberty, Society, and Government. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1954. New York.  Hardcover. 481 pgs incl. index. Good to very good condition throughout, with dustjacket torn 1/2″ at top of spine and slightly rough around the edges. By a prolific British scholar and philisopher.  $25

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Archaeology in Newfoundland and Labrador 1980

Thomson, Jane Sproul & Ransom, Bernard (eds.) Archaeology in Newfoundland and Labrador 1980: Annual Report No. 1. Historic Resources Division, Department of Culture, Recreation and Youth. Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. St.John’s, Nfld., February 1981. 4to, (magazine size). Very good to fine throughout, former owner’s name lightly on top corner…

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The Atlanteans – a Contemporary Novel

Moore, Dorothy Cora. The Atlanteans: a Contemporary Novel  iUniverse, New York, 2007. No edition stated  Hardcover. Very good to fine throughout, including a fine dustjacket. “Do you remember an island continent ruled by magicians and destroyed by nature some 25,000 years ago?  Could you be one of the Alanteans?” (from…

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An Archaic Sequence from the Strait of Belle Isle, Labrador

McGhee, Robert and Tuck, James A.  An Archaic Sequence from the Strait of Belle Isle, Labrador. National Museums of Canada, Ottawa, 1975. Softcover, 4to, orange wraps. 254 pgs. The findings at fifteen different sites are explained. Fine condition throughout, with prev. owner’s name lightly on top right cover corner. This…

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Projectile Techology

Knecht, Heidi  Projectile Technology. Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology. Plenum Press, New York & London. 1997. Hardcover. First Edition (numbers 10–1).  Glossy illustrated covers, fine condition. Text and interior are very good throughout. Former owner’s name neatly on front end paper. Plenum is the never-seen First Edition; Springer followed. No other…

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Fundamentals of Number Significance

Jones, Marc Edmund. Fundamentals of Number Significance: An Autobiographical Account of Accomplishment. Sabian Publishing Society, Stanwood, Washington, and Shambhala Publications, Boulder, Colorado. Hardcover. 1978. First Edition. 8vo. Bright silver lettering and designs on dark green cloth. Fine condition throughout, incl. text and interior, in a fine, immaculate dustjacket . Is…

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History of Kane County

Robinson, Adonis Findlay. editor. History of Kane County.  Kane County Daughters of Utah Pioneers  Utah Printing Co., Salt Lake City, 1970. Hardcovet. 8vo. 626 pgs. Incl. index.  Gilt lettering and designs on orange-red cloth covers. Illustrated throughout with several hundred b&w photos. The title sounds like Steinback or Faulkner, but…

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The Cherubinic Wanderer

Silesius, Angelus. The Cherubinic Wanderer.  Selections. Translated by Willard R. Trask.  Pantheon, New York. Hardcover. 1953. Small octavo. 61 pgs. ‘Mystical Poems probing into the Relation of Man and God.’ (per cover, but not title page.) Very good to fine throughout, with very good illustrated dustjacket.  Pithy snippets of monastic…

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Fabiola or The Church of the Catacombs

His Eminence Cardinal Wiseman. Fabiola, or The Church of the Catacombs. P.J. Kenedy & Sons, New York. N.D. (circa 1900). Hardcover, 616 pgs. Covers good with mild wear to some edges and corners. Spine ends sl worn. Very good text and interior. Smashing cover and frontis illustrations.   I am…

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The Great Thirst Land

Gillmore, Parker. The Great Thirst Land: A Ride through Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal and Kalahari Desert. With a Frontispiece. Cassell, Petter & Galpin. London, Paris & New York. (1878). Hardcover. Illustrated with numerous adventurous drawings, including frontis, which shows native thrown high in the air by a charging rhino.…

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James Joyce. The Mime of Mick, Nick and the Maggies

    James Joyce. The Mime of Mick, Nick and the Maggies. Servire Press, The Hague. Messageries Dawson, Paris. 1934. Wraps. First edition of 1000 copies of which this is 480. Haunting cover art by Joyce’s daughter, Lucia.  Text and interior are good to fine throughout. Very top front corner, 1/8″…

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