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Four Volumes, each measuring 8" wide x 10.5" high. 3940 pages total (684; 1060; 1096;1100), Three-Quarter bound (corners and wraparound spines of handsome leather) Morocco leather (goatskin) over rugged teal boards. Bright gilt lettering to spines.Endpapers are a marbling of duo-tone forest and light green, alternately patterned in nested waves, laced throughout with brilliant gold outlines. Marbling to all edges in a lighter version of the green-and-gilt endpapers described above. Volume I has several small whitish spots, and Volume III two small bumps to the book's edge. Hinges are all tight and strong. Recent touch-up by a conservator - reconstituting corners, matching and fill-in of 100-year old dye have made this set absolutely stunning`. This is a very heavy set THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON 1811-1912 (4 Volumes, Complete) (With notice of antecedent explorations)
Gaston, Joseph
CHICAGO, ILL: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912. Four Volumes, each measuring 8" wide x 10.5" high. 3940 pages total (684; 1060; 1096;1100), Three-Quarter bound (corners and wraparound.. more
Price: $500.00
THE MANIPULATION OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR
Biderman, Albert D., and Herbert Zimmer (Eds.)
NEW YORK: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1961. Rubbing to extremities. Previous owners name on front pastedown .. more
Price: $195.00
URANIUM AND ATOMIC POWER (WITH APPENDIX ON THE ATOMIC BOMB)
De Ment, Jack and H. C. Dake
Brooklyn: Chemical Publishing Co., 1945. ASSOCIATION COPY, SIGNED BY ONE AUTHOR. "The authors firmly believe that a work on uranium, from the standpoint of atomic.. more
Price: $75.00
FROM THE LAND OF THE TOTEM POLES: THE NORTHWEST COAST INDIAN ART COLLECTION AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Jonaitis, Aldona
New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1988. FINE. Heavy, measures 9x12 inches. Silver lettering to spine, silver design to front board, black cloth-covered boards. Nice full color.. more
Price: $100.00
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