Eureka Books of CA

Argentine Republic: a Geographical Sketch With Special Reference to Economic Conditions, Actual Development, and Prospects of Future Growth

by International Bureau Of The American Republics

Description: Very Good. 376 pages. Two folding maps, numerous photographic plates. A general statistical and historic guide to Argentina, with sections on indigenous peoples, the weather, boundary disputes, and even the wine industry. First edition. A presentation copy inscribed to Eliodoro Villazon, who served as the president of Bolivia from 1909 to 1913. An uncommon book with a great provenance. Attractively bound in half red morocco and red cloth, with gilt decoration on the spine and marbled endpapers ... Read More

How Does a Cut Heal? (Ask Isaac Asimov)

by Isaac Asimov And Carrie Dierks

Description: Fine. Xxx No jacket, as issued. 'It details the amazing healing powers of the human body. ' First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket, as issued. This book comes from a large collection of Isaac Asimov first editions, including many signed and especially fine copies. Read More

Why is the Air Dirty? (Ask Isaac Asimov)

by Isaac Asimov

Description: Fine. Xxx No jacket, as issued. 'Asimov explains the causes and effects of air pollution and discusses how we can help prevent it. ' First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket, as issued. This book comes from a large collection of Isaac Asimov first editions, including many signed and especially fine copies. Read More

Where Does Garbage Go? (Ask Isaac Asimov)

by Isaac Asimov

Description: Fine. Xxx No jacket, as issued. 'Isaac Asimov discusses our garbage, what's in it, where it goes, and why it sometimes comes back to haunt us. ' First edition (first printing). A fine tight hardcover copy; no dust jacket, as issued. This book comes from a large collection of Isaac Asimov first editions, including many signed and especially fine copies. Read More

Abc's of the Earth

by Isaac Asimov

Description: Fine in Fine jacket. An ABC book, with two entries about the planet earth for each letter. The title unfortunately misspells ABCs, by adding an apostrophe. This is the reinforced library binding, which is scarcer than the trade edition. First edition (first printing with 'First published...' on copyright page; cloth reinforcing at gutters as issued in the library binding). A fine copy in a fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Read More

Aphasia and Sensory-Perceptual Deficits in Children

by Ralph M. Reitan

Description: Very Good. 187 pages. Illustrated with examples. Clean inside. No underlining or highlighting. Very good in wrappers (oversize paperback). Read More

Interzones: Black/White Sex Districts in Chicago and New York in the Early Twentieth Century

by Kevin J. Mumford

Description: Near Fine. 238 pages. This book recounts the story of how interracial vice districts were formed and reconstructs the social experiences of the people who inhabited them. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Read More

Law and Order in San Francisco: a Beginning

by San Francisco Chamber Of Commerce

Description: Very Good. 41 pages. 'On November 7, 1916, when [the Law and Order] Committee had been organized but four months, there was placed upon the statute booksof San Francisco by a majority vote of all the people, an ordinance prohibiting picketing, thus relieving the city for all time of an instrument of violence, intimidation, and crime. ' An anti-union pamphlet from the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. Illustrated with fold-out facsimiles of newspaper headlines about strike violence. First ... Read More

Anguttara-Nikaya (Six Volumes, Complete)

by Morris, Richard And E. Hardy (Editors)

Description: Fine. Six volumes of The Gradual Sayings. Text in Pali. Volume one reprints the second edition; the other volumes are reprints of the first edition. A fine hardcover set; no dust jackets, as issued. Read More