Through the Labyrinth: Designs and Meanings Over 5, 000 Years
by Kern, Hermann

$250.00

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Las orquídeas de El Salvador = The orchids of El Salvador = Die Orchideen El Salvadors, Volume III, Supplement with corrections to Volume I and II.

Las orquídeas de El Salvador = The orchids of El Salvador = Die Orchideen El Salvadors, Volume III, Supplement with corrections to Volume I and II.
by Hamer, Fritz
Good in good dust jacket. minor foxing on edges of pages and cover. Text in Spanish, English, German. Illustrations and color plates, Index Spanish, English, and German. Volume III includes...   more modern first editions

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Steelhead

Steelhead
Kreider
Very good in fair dust jacket. 182 pp. p. Includes index. NVG/G. See photo. Book is completely free of marks with sturdy spine. Orange boards (photo emailed upon request) have clear, crisp black... more collectible gift books

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The Birth of the Oil Industry

The Birth of the Oil Industry
Giddens, Paul H.
Giddens, Paul H. Very Good+ No Jacket. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" Signed by Author Introducton by Ida M. Tarbell. Autographed on front end paper by both Gibbens and Tarbell. Sm. stains on three initial pages,... more signed copies

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Lad: a dog, by Terhune, Albert Payson

Lad: a dog
by Terhune, Albert Payson
Fine. No dust jacket. Clean copy; very minor wear on corners. 5 p.., 349 p. front. 20 cm. Audience: Dog lovers; Children/juvenile. A rare offering of this very limited 1st printing of Albert Payson...   more extremely rare books

Price: $1,500.00
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