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New York: Expert Books, 1998. Softcover. New. New, gift quality. An essential resource on house plant care. The "expert" series by the award-winning D. G. Hessayon are the best-selling garden books in history, and with good reason. Each page of this book is filled with helpful and easy to follow advice. The majority of the book is dedicated to an A-Z guide to houseplants, from abutilon to yucca. Each entry features an illustration, a photograph, a brief description, and a "secrets of success" guide, detailing the optimal conditions for temperature, light, water, air humidity, repotting, and propagation. The later 1998/1999 printing.

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1882. Hardcover. Very good. Despite its title, the Memoirs of Sir Walter Scott is not a "memoir" as we think of the term today. Instead, it is a biography of the great writer written by his son-in-law, John Gibson Lockhart, himself a respected man of letters in his own right. It was first published in seven volumes between 1837 and 1838 and then in a second ten-volume edition in 1839. It is notable for including many of Scott's own letters, and created something of a scandal when it was first published by detailing Scott's business transactions with his two publishers, both of which went bankrupt. Still, the Memoirs of Sir Walter Scott is considered by many to be one of the great works of biography written in English, comparable to Boswell's Life of Johnson. Our copy was published in 1882, in ten volumes like Lockhart's second edition. The volumes are half-bound in dark green leather with marbled paper boards; the same marbling extends to the end papers and to the… Read More

New York: Amsco Publications, 1988. Softcover. As New. Scarce title. Totaling 100 piano pieces in the two volumes, ranging from easy to intermediate, this is an excellent collection of arranged and graded music. Features both classical and modern pieces, including artists such as Mendelssohn, Debussy, Kander & Ebb, and Bing Crosby.

New York: Informa Healthcare, 2010. Hardcover. Very good; pages unmarked, however, water stain exists on several of the later pages: see photo.. The 2010 annual bound edition of the Harvard Review of Psychiatry, the renowned, peer-reviewed journal. Harvard Medical School describes the journal as "the authoritative source for scholarly reviews and perspectives on a diverse range of important topics in psychiatry... Articles encompass all major issues in contemporary psychiatry, including (but not limited to) neuroscience, pharmacology, psychotherapy, history of psychiatry, and ethics. In addition to scholarly reviews, perspectives articles, and columns, the journal includes a Clinical Challenge section that presents a case followed by discussion and debate from a panel of experts." The bound edition features the February, April, May/June, July/August, September/October, and November/December 2010 issues.

New York: Rizzoli, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. New/Fine. New, signed first edition with flyer. The full-color pictures leap off the page in this authoritative guide to all aspects of Oriental rugs, from the different patterns of the different regions of Asia, to how they are made, to how to shop for rugs, to decorating with them and caring for them. The photographs aren't just of the rugs -they honor the weavers who create them and cultures from which they come along the ancient silk route, from Istanbul to China. John B. Gregorian is the second-generation president (the third generation has taken over now) of one of the largest Oriental rug dealerships in New England and knows his stuff. Our copy is signed, and includes a flyer from his store. Library of Congress discription: Description: 175 p. : ill. (some col.), 1 col. map ; 29 cm. (In reality, virtually all of the photographs are in color.) Includes bibliographical references (p. 170) and index.

New York: Avenel Books, 1973. Hardcover. New. Walter Crane. This compilation of original Grimm Brothers fairy tales includes some familiar names such as Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, Rumplestiltskin, and The Sleeping Beauty, as well as less well-known titles such as The Six Swans, The Wolf and the Seven Goslings, and The Goose Girl. It features gorgeous black-and white illustrations by the influential children's book illustrator Walter Crane, as well as an attractive cover and gilt lettering on the front and spine.