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bookAbbreviations:
1st ed. -  First edition
1st ed. pb. - First edition paperback
dj. -  Dust jacket
ExLib. - Ex Libris (with former library markings)
hb. - Hardback
nd. - No date of publication
pb. - Paperback
pb. pamphlet - Paperback pamphlet
pp. - Pages
prntng. - Printing (as in "4th printing")
repr. - Reprint
UL - Underlining

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Acworth, A.W., Treasure in the Carribean. A First Study of Georgian Buildings in the British West Indies. Pleiades, 1949. Frontispiece + xipp. + 36pp. + 60 plates. hb. dj. Clean. $25
Adams, Sarah Flower, Nearer, My God, To Thee. Lee & Shepard, 1878. Designs by Miss L.B. Humphrey. Engraved by John Andrew & Son. Thin book of short poems accompanying inspirational engravings. A book for the personal piety of the 19th century lady. Binding strong. $14
Adler, I., The Stars: Steppingstones into Space. Signet , 1956/1958. 126pp.  Cover slightly worn at corners & spine. b/w photos & illustrations. 1st ed. pb. $18
Allen, M., Where Have you Gone, Joe DiMaggio? The Story of America's Last Hero. Dutton, 1975. 222pp. hb. dj(torn). b/w photos. Book in very good cond. 1st ed. $12
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Baldwin, James; X, Malcolm; King, Martin Luther, The Negro Protest (talk with Kenneth B. Clark) Beacon, 1963. 56pp. hb. dj. 1st ed.  $18
Bates, D., The Long Shadow of Little Rock. McKay, 1962. Forward by Eleanor Roosevelt. 234pp. hb. dj. photos. ExLib.  $10
Beloe, W. (translator), Herodotus: With Notes and Life of the Author. Jones, 1830. 489pp. hb. New flyleaf. Leather & cloth cover. Very good cond. $75
Bontemps, A., Chariot in the Sky: A Story of the Jubilee Singers. Illustrations by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge; Winston, 1951. 238pp. hb. 1st ed. ExLib. Pages are yellowing at margins, but book is very much intact.  $20
Brooks, Phillips, Essays and Addresses: Religious, Literary and Social. Dutton, 1895. 529pp. hb. Harvard personality. Blue cover stamped with gold. Corners & bottom & top of spine slightly worn. Previous owner's name inscribed in pen on front and back flyleaves. Very slight pen UL. $40
Brown, R., Men, Wind and Sea: The Story of the Coast Guard. Blue Ribbon, 1939/1943. 266pp. hb. dj(small tears around edges). B&W photos. War-time edition.  $25
Burritt, E.H., The Geography of the Heavens and Class-Book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas. Mason, 1857. 345pp. hb. cloth, leather spine (worn & separated on back). b/w illustrations. $45
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Case, Shirley Jackson (ed.), Studies in Early Christianity. Century, 1928. 467pp. hb.  19 studies in honor of F.C. Porter & B.W. Bacon.  Exc. cond.  $25
Chainey, G., The Unsealed Bible: Or Revelation Revealed Disclosing the Mysteries of Life and Death. Vol 1. Kegan Paul, Trench, Truebner, 1902. 388pp. hb.1st ed. Illuminated, embossed cover & spine (gold and black on green). Very slight water spotting on cover. $30
Clark, E.T., The Chiangs of China. Abingdon-Cokesbury, 1943. 123pp. bibliography.  hb. dj(tatterred, but intact). Gift inscription on flyleaf. Many b&w photos. Rare. $18
Conant, H.C., The Popular History of the Translation of the Holy Scriptures Into the English Tongue (With Specimens of the Old English Versions). Funk, nd. (ca. 1860) 284pp. hb. Spine cover broken at top.  Detailed study of Bible translations from Wickliffe to ca. 1860. $30
Courtney, K., & P. Courtney, The Case of General Edwin A. Walker: The Muzzling of the Military Who Warn of the Communist Threat. Conservative Society of America, 1961. 155pp. pb. Back cover separating, front cover creased, scruffed. Hard to find.  $10 
Craig, W., The Fall of Japan:The Tumultous Events of the Final Weeks of WWII in the Pacific. Published by the author in occupied Japan, 1967. 368pp. hb. dj. Many explicit photos; maps. Rare. $22
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Fueloep-Miller, Rene, Triumph Over Pain. Literary Guild, 1938. 438pp. 1st ed. hb. A historical analysis of the history and development of anesthesiology up to 1938. 33 illustrations. 2 copies. $15 each.
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Gabree, J., The World of Rock. Fawcett, 1968. 176pp. pb. Back cover creased. Many b/w photos. Psychedelic art cover.  $10
Gage, M.J., Woman, Church & State: the Original Expose' of Male Collaboration Against the Female Sex. Persephone, 1980 reprint of 1893 ed. w/new intro. (S. Wagner) & forward (Mary Daly). 294pp. pb.  $20
Goodwill, A., Trismegetus Revealed: A Royal Romance and Play Upon Words Assembled by the Ghost Writers and Transcribed by A. Goodwill. A. Goodwill, 1943. 954pp. hb. dj(worn with slight tears) Symbols on cover.  1st. ed. $30
Green, J., Dakota Days: The True Story of John Lennon's Final Years. St. Martin's, 1983. 260pp. hb. dj. Photos. 1st ed.  $20
Gregory, Dick, From the Back of the Bus. Avon, 1962. 125pp. many photos. pb. 1st. ed.  Exc. cond.   $25
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Hachiya, M., M.D., Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician. August 6 - September 30, 1945. University of North Carolina, 1955. 238pp. hb. dj. Clean. 1st ed. $35
Haddan, C., The Operas of Wagner. Stokes, 1908.  Illustrated by Byam Shaw (24 color plates). 246pp. hb. Exc. cond.  $35
Hollandersky, Abe, The Life Story of Abe The Newsboy with the US Navy. Abe the Newsboy, 1930/ 1955. 500pp. hb. dj(small tears). Autographed by author. Many photos. 15th ed. $25
Hughes, Langston; Fight for Freedom:The Story of the NAACP. Berkley, 1962. 224pp. 1st ed. pb.  A few illegible stamps from previous owner.  $20 
Huie, W.B., Can Do! The Story of the Seabees. Dutton, 1944. 250pp.+72pp. of photo plates. 2nd prntng. Original owner's name with inscription on flyleaf map("Honolulu, Sunday, 15 October 1944"). VG cond., pages clean. Rare.  $30
Humphrey, Hubert H., The Education of a Public Man: My Life and Politics. Doubleday, 1976. 513pp. hb. dj. Autographed by the former Vice-President with dedication on flyleaf. Clean copy.  $145 
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Jen, Yu-Ti, A Concise Geography of China. Foreign Languages Press (Peking), 1964. 226pp. pb. Cover slightly stained. 12 photo plates. maps (1 fold-out map). $12
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Kartman, B., & L. Brown, Disaster! Berkley, 1948/1960. 189pp. pb. Disaster book. 8 b/w photos. $10
Kennedy, R.F., The Enemy Within. Popular Library, 1960. 320pp. 1st ed. pb.  Rare. $10
Kilpatrick, G.D., The Origins of The Gospel According to St. Matthew. Oxford, 1946. 151pp. hb. dj.  Flyleaf autographed by "Frederick Grant, Feb 25, 1948". Facing page of title-page autographed by author, "G.D. Kilpatrick, The Queen's College, gratius agendi causi nomen inscripio, 20. iv. 1949."  Exc. cond.   $45
Kring, W.D., Liberals Among the Orthodox: Unitarian Beginnings in New York City, 1819-1839. Beacon, 1974. 278pp. hb. dj. Very slight pen markings. b/w photos. Autographed by author, with pamphlet. 1st ed. $12
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Larkin, Lew, Missouri Heritage. American, 1968. 172pp. pb. Autographed by author. b/w photos. Very good cond. 1st ed. $10 
Larkin, Lew, Missouri Heritage. American, 1968. 172pp. pb. Autographed by author. b/w photos. Very good cond. 1st ed., 2nd prntng. $8 
Latourette, K. S., The Chinese: Their History and Culture.  No publisher, 1963. 847pp. hb. dj. 3rd revised ed. 2 vols in 1.  Very slight pen UL.  Printed in Taiwan?  Entire cover separated from quires. Exc. cond. Flyleaf has purchase receipt from bookstore in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. $30
Lewis, C., Adam Clayton Powell. Fawcett, 1963. 127pp. 1st pb. ed.   $10
Lefebure, V., The Riddle of the Rhine: Chemical Strategy in Peace and War. Chemical Foundation, 1923. 282pp. Preface by Marshall Foch, introduction by Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson. hb(gold embossed on red cloth). B&W photos. 1st ed. Rare. Very good cond.  $32
Lightfoot, J. B., Bibilical Essays. MacMillan, 1893. 459pp. hb. 1st ed. Spine wear spot.  $20
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Mao Tsetung, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung. Foreign Languages Press (Peking), 1972. 312pp. pb in red plastic cover with embossed gold letters. Red ribbon.  Sepia photo of Mao. Exc. cond. 1st ed.?  $12
McGarvey, J. W., Lands of the Bible: A Geographical and Topographical Description of Palestine. Lippincott, 1881. 624pp. Many photos, maps & plans.  hb. Leather-bound spine & corners.  Exc. cond.  $45
Mendenhall, J.W., Echoes from Palestine. Jennings & Pye, 1883. 736pp.+70 illustrations. hb.  Historical, cultural, geographical & topographical survey of Palestine. Illustrated cover (black on red) & spine (gold on red).   $27
Michener, James A., Sayonara: A Japanese-American Love Story. Tuttle, 1953/1954. 243pp. 2nd prntng. hb. dj(tatterred).  $23
Murdock, Myrtle Cheney, Constantino Brumidi: Michelangelo of the United States Capitol. Monumental, 1950. 111pp.  39 color & b/w illustrations. hb. dj(chipped edges). Folio. Autographed by Murdock. $25
NASA, Results of the Second United States Manned Orbital Space Flight. May 24, 1962. NASA Manned Spacecraft Center. Project Mercury. NASA, nd(1962). NASA SP-6. 107pp. Large format pb. Technical data, charts, pictures, descriptions. ExLib(but only a small library ink-stamp on cover). $25
NASA, Results of the Third United States Manned Orbital Space Flight. Oct 3, 1962. NASA Manned Spacecraft Center. Project Mercury. NASA, December 1962. NASA SP-12. 119pp. Large format pb. Technical data, charts, pictures, descriptions. ExLib(Small ink-stamp on cover, pocket glued to title page) $25
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Osborne, C., et al., I Have a Dream: The Story of Martin Luther King in Text and Pictures. Time-Life, 1968. 1st ed. 96pp & many photos. Large pb. Hard to find in very good condition.  $10
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Preyer, D.C., The Art of the Berlin Galleries. Page, 1912. 324pp. hb. Beautiful green cover embossed with silver, gold, red, blue & black with emblem of city of Berlin. Beautiful book.  b/w plates. Mint cond.  $60
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Ristow, H., & K. Matthiae, Der historische Jesus und der kerygmatische Christus: Beitraege zum Christusverstaendnis in Forschung und Verkuendigung. Evangelsiche Verlagsanstalt, 1960. 710pp. (pp. 675-710 are photo plates). hb. 48 studies by leading international scholars (e.g., Jeremias, Kuemmel, Schoeps, Leipoldt, Dahl, Brunner, Conzelmann, Bultmann, Althaus, Cullmann, Bornkamm, Danielou, et al.). Rare. Slight pencil UL.  $55
Robb, W., Filipinos. Carmelo & Bauermann, Manila, 1939. 590pp hb. Autographed by the author to Mr. and Mrs. William Allen White. Green tan & black stamped cover. b/w illustrations. Bookplate from the library of Mr. & Mrs. Wm. A. White. ExLib. $75
Robertson, A.T., The Mother of Jesus: Her Problems and Her Glory. Doran, 1925.  71pp. hb. dj.  $20
Robeson, Elsanda Goode, African Journey. Day, 1945. 154pp. hb. 64pp. Plus 66 photographic plates.  Author was the wife of Paul Robeson.  $15
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Schulberg, B., (ed.) From the Ashes: The Voices of Watts. New American Library, 1967.  278pp.  hb. 1st ed.  19 authors reflect on Watts.   $18
Sharpe, S., Egyptian Antiquities in the British Museum. John Russell Smith, 1862. 196pp. hb. b/w illustrations. Knobby blue cover with stamped impression & gold leaf. Covers separating but intact. $45
Spencer, C., Made in China: The Story of a Country's Arts and Crafts. Foreward by Lin Yutang. Many illustrations by Kurt Wiese. No publisher, nd. 259pp.+i-iv. Printed in China? $42
Stine, G.H., Earth Satellites and the Race for Space Superiority. Ace, 1957. 191pp. pb. Very slight wear at corners. Slight water damage at bottom right corners. US "Sputnik" paranoia.  $10
St. Hill, K., The Grammar of Palmistry. Altemus, 1893. 118pp. hb. 18 illustrations. Illustrated cover, red & blue on grey. Spine cracked. Collectible classic. 1st ed. $50
Schweitzer, A., Die Mystik Des Apostles Paulus. Mohr/Siebeck, 1930. 407pp. pb.  Stains on cover, small tears, but otherwise very good condition, clean pages. Personal copy of Kirsopp Lake (autographed on title page).  Rare.  $25
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Thomas, Lowell Jr., The Dalai Lama: A Biography of the Exiled Leader in Tibet. Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, 1961. 151pp. hb. dj(in plastic). ExLib. Exc. cond. Photo plate facing title page. $12
Thompson, D., Listen, Hans. Hougton Mifflin, 1942. 292pp. CBS Radio broadcasts between March & Sept 1942 to German soldiers. Private ExLib, no stamps, but remainder of label on spine. Excellent historical record. 1st ed. hb.  $24
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Wakefield, D., The Addict: 16 Penetrating Commentaries on the Unique Illness Which our Current Laws have Branded a Crime. Fawcett/Gold Medal, 1963. 191pp. 1st ed. pb. $22
Walsh, A.S., Mary: The Queen of the House of David and Mother of Jesus. Gray, 1889.  626pp.  hb.  Illustrated, with illustrated cover & spine embossed with gold & black on siena background. Spine cracked once but very much intact. Beautiful book. Fine condition. $25
Watts, Alan, This Is It and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience. Pantheon, 1958/1960. 1st ed. 158pp. hb(slight shelf wear). dj(tears around edges, surface wear). SIGNED by Watts with his personal red stamp.  $15
Weigall, A., The Treasury of Ancient Egypt. Blackwood, 1911. 308pp. hb. b/w photos. Cover  slightly worn with emobssed Egyptian figure.  $45
Weiss, F.E., The Bearings of the Darwinian Theory of Evolution on Moral and Religious Progress. Green, 1909. 63 pp. hb. 1st ed. Pocket-book size.  Most pages still uncut.  $18
Wilson, M., Charm. Stokes, 1936. 137pp. hb. Art deco design embossed in gold on cover. Spine worn & faded. 5th prntng.  $6
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