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features in-depth analyses of 33 of the films that helped create the legend of Boris Karloff. Film titles covered include: Frankenstein, Behind the Mask/Scarface, The Mask of Fu Manchu, The Mummy, The Old Dark House, The Black Cat, The Lost Patrol, The Black Room, Bride of Frankenstein, The Man Who Changed His Mind, The Walking Dead, Charlie Chan at the… Read more about this item

Ethics of The Dust Ten Lectures To Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallization By John Ruskin New York:The Mershon Company,no date. 246 pages. Hardcover in cloth decorative binding with gilt design. Gilt lettering and design on spine. Frontispiece portrait of John Ruskin. 2nd edition is mentioned in the last note on page 246. DIMENSIONS: 6 inches by 4-1/4 inches CONDITION: Good/Acceptable. Binding is… Read more about this item

116 pages. 8-1/4 x 11 inches. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographic reproductions. CONDITION: Good. Binding is intact and not creased. Covers show light shelfwear and soiling from age. No writing, tears, or markings.

First Edition. Clear Mylar DJ Shows Some Rubbing Wear and has small slit/crease at lower front right. Book Has No Marks, Writing or Highlighting. Appears unread. Clean Pages. No Remainder Mark. Not Ex-Library.

Light shelfwear to boards and edges.No writing, highlights, or bent pages.

Cover shows slight rubbing and light shelf wear. Clean inside -no writing, marks, highlights or bent pages Binding is tight.

Ferguson: Great tractor builders series by Allan T. Condie. Hersham: Ian Allen Publishing., 2002. 96 pages. Black and white and color illustrations. Discusses Harry Ferguson's career and the different tractors he produced in Europe and the United States. Unread copy with minimal shelfwear. Binding tight. Clean inside and out.

New York: Rizzoli, 1997 Special photography by Jacques Dirand. Text by Kate Constable. Introduction by Donna Karan. Book in Very Good condition. Dustjacke has small tears at base of spine on lightly rubbed suntouched dust jacket. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Tulsa, OK: Christian Crusade Publications, 1968 18 pp. Printed paper wrappers toned with spots of foxing on front and back. Stapled spine. Inside clean and bright. No markings or underlining.. First Edition. Printed Wrapper. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Tulsa, OK: Christian Crusade Publications, 1967 39 pp. Printed pictorial wrappers, stapled spine. Foxing on back cover, page ends lightly toned, else in Very Good condition. Clean inside, no markings or underlining.. First Edition. Printed Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Los Angeles, CA: The Stream Publishers 15 pp. Small pamphlet 5-3/4 x 3-1/4 inches, stapled spine, minimal toning and spots of foxing on cover, clean inside. No markings or underlining. Witness Lee (1905-1997) was a Chinese Christian preacher and church leader associated with the Local churches movement and Living Stream Ministry.. Printed Wrapper. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 16mo -… Read more about this item

Tulsa, OK: Christian Crusade Publications, 1969 Small octavo. 40 pp. Printed wraps, lightly foxed on back cover, inside bright, in Very Good Plus condition. Explains why sensitivity training should be banned in schools and churches to protect our children from brainwashing.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Octagon Books, 1969 Red cloth, no dust jacket. Reprint of the 1947 edition. 414 pp. Includes index and bibliography.. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

New York: Basic Books, 1999 First edition, first printing. 241 pp. Includes index and illustrations. Not a remainder. This study of the design and building of the World Trade Center in New York City examines the powerful forces and key issues involved in urban planning on a grand scale. Darton shows how the twin towers forever changed the landscape of… Read more about this item

New York: Crown, 1996 First edition, first printing. NF/NF. 240 pp. Includes index and bibliography. A journey into the minds of gay men in America and around the world to discover now their lives and their desires are shaped by the time, place, and culture in which they live.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1969 First edition. Cloth is stained, front and back, dustjacket, lightly rubbed with some chipping at top, stained on verso, interior clean and tight, very slightly cocked. 209 pp. Includes index. Television from its beginnings to the present with hundreds of photos of its colorful personalities and programs.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.… Read more about this item

New York: Knopf, 1996 First edition, "Published March 29,1996....second printing before publication", so stated. VG/VG, slightly creased at head of spine, fore-edge scratched. 622 pp. Includes index and bibliographical notes, b/w photographs and maps.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926 Embossed brown cloth, lightly soiled, edges rubbed, gilt lettered spine faded, top edge tinted, page edges toned, pages lightly toned. 348 pp with black and white frontispiece and 13 leaves of black and white illustration. Alain Train formerly Assistant District Attorney, New York County recounts the stories of some of the men and women… Read more about this item

New York: Scribner, 1997 First edition, first printing. Fine in near fine dustjacket, lightly rubbed. 318 pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Free Press, 1998 First edition, first printing. VG/VG.278 pp. Includes illustrations, index and bibliographical notes. An account of the friendship between two of history's greatest geniuses from lost dreams to the art, politics, intrigue, and sexual scandals of Florence. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.