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Zürich [Switzerland]: Schweizerischen Kaufmännischen Verbandes, 1993. Near Fine condition. A bright, clean, square, tight copy. Previous owner's name on endpaper. NO remainder mark. Pages are clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. German text. Bound in the original red and orange boards, lettered in white and black on the spine and front cover.. Zweite, nachgeführte Auflage. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No jacket, probably as issued. 8vo. 511pp.

Hamburg, Germany: N. Simrock, 1958. Tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Bookplate. Original cream-colored cloth, with a few brown speckles (foxing). Fourth Extended Edition Includes 19 pages illustrated with music examples. In German. Namen- und Sachregister. Keywords: Piano Music Psychology . Vierten Erweiterte Auflage. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. viii, 311pp.

München: Hoheneichen - Verlag, 1930. First printing of the official exposition of the NAZI world view. From the library of Radio Munich, with their small ink stamps. Very Good condition. SEE PHOTOS. A square, reasonably tight copy. Tiny brown speckles (light foxing) to a few pages at the beginning and end. Slight waviness to the upper margin of some pages. No stain. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. First Edition (1. Auflage). First printing of the standard work by the Nazis' chief ideologist. The year of publication, 1930, is imprinted on the title page. Bound in the original gilt decorated black cloth. Alfred Rosenberg (1893-1946) was editor of the Nazi party organ, VÖLKISCHER BEOBACHTER. It was his anti-Semitic, anti-Christian, and neo-pagan book, DER MYTHUS DES 20. JAHRHUNDERTS [The Myth of the Twentieth Century], that supplied Adolf Hitler and the Nazis with a philosophical and pseudo-scientific basis for their racist doctrine. In 1933, Rosenberg was… Read More

Berlin - Dahlem: J. Guttentag, 1901. SEE PHOTOS. Very Good+ condition. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Handsomely bound with cream cloth spine and corners over marbled-paper covered boards. Decorated endpapers. Page edges are also attractively marbled. No underlining. No margin notes. Text in German. Hans (Gustav Adolf) Gross (1847 - 1915) is considered the 'father of criminalistics.' Dr. Gross was Examining Magistrate, and Professor of Penal Law at the Universities of Czernowitz and Graz. Gross's work was based on the practical application of scientific techniques. His book, HANDBUCH FÜR UNTERSUCHUNGSRICTER ALS SYSTEM DER KRIMINALISTIK was published in 1893, and translated into English as CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION in 1907 [See p. 222 in THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FORENSIC SCIENCE by Brian Lane, Headline Book Publishing PLC, 1992]. Keywords: Criminal Psychology. Criminalistics. Fingerprinting. Art Forgery. Kriminalpsychologie. Psychische Kriminalistik.… Read More

Munchen: Oskar Beck, 1920. 2 vols: 1920 and 1922. Shipping at cost for these 2 heavy volumes. Clean, square, tight, unmarked set. Bookplate in each volume. "Erster Band... 15. - 22., Unveranderte Auflage." xv, 616pp + 8 pages of ads. Illustrated with 3 folding charts. Volume II: "Zweiter Band... Sechzehnte bis Dreissigste Auflage." vii, 635pp + 12 pages of ads. Early printings [Volume I, 1920; & Volume II, 1922] of volumes first published in 1918 and 1922, respectively. Complete 2 volume set of a work that Carter/Muir identify as one of the 424 most influential books of all time. See Printing and the Mind of Man, The Impact of Print on Five Centuries of Western Civilization #410: "[Spengler] contended that all civilizations, like every other living organism, pass through a predetermined 'life cycle' of prime, maturity and decay... Spengler distinguished eight civilizations which, independent of one another, have run this course: Egyptian, Babylonian,… Read More

Kristiania: : A. W. Broggers Boktrykkeri A/S , 1923. 16cm wide by 24cm tall. Original white wraps, printed in black. Illustrated with map, 11 figures, and 9 photographic plates. "Separatabdruck aus: Norsk geologisk tidsskr. B. VII, H. 3." [This copy is from the library of scientist and author Robert B. Sosman, with his tiny ink stamp on cover. Sosman was Assistant Director of the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Later he was Assistant Director of Research of the United States Steel Corporation and Visiting Professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University]. Keywords: Geology, Mineralogy, Petrology, Petrography. Full title: "Der Unterordovicische Vulkanhorizont in dem Trondhjemgebiet mit Besonderer Berücksichtigung der in ihm Auftretenden Kiesvorkommen : Inaugural - Dissertation zur Erlangung der Philosophischen Doktorwürde vorgelegt der Philosophischen Fakultät II der Universität Zürich.". First Separate Edition. Softcover. Very Good… Read More

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Morwitz u. Co. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. No owner's name or bookplate. Sharp corners. No date (but circa 1900?). Uncommon German-immigrant press imprint. German language verse. Printed in Fraktur (old German) font. Published when Morwitz was located at 612 und 614 Chestnut Strasse in Philadelphia. Original brown cloth, with gilt spine. Covers with blind-stamped decorations. Unknown Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No jacket. 12mo. 245pp.

Hamburg: Dr. Ernst Hauswedell & Co., 1965. Appears unread. 2 Bände komplett. Fine condition in Near Fine clear palstic (mylar) dust jackets. Square and tight. NOT library discards. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are unmarked, fresh, clean and crisp -- apparently never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1965. First Edition, 1. Auflage. Erster Band. Zweiter Band. Full title: DER DEUTSCHE BUCHHANDEL IN URKUNDEN UND QUELLEN, HERAUSGEGEBEN HANS WIDMANN UNTER MITWIRKUNG VON HORST KLIEMANN UND BERNHARD WENDT. Uniformly bound in the original brown cloth with cream-color printed paper spine labels. This heavy 2 volume set will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments. But for media mail, you pay only our standard charge for 1 volume and we ship the second volume at no extra cost.. First Edition, 1. Auflage. Oversize Softcover (heavy). Fine condition/Near Fine mylar jackets. Illus. by We ship 2 volumes for cost of 1 in US. 2… Read More

Stuttgart: Georg Thieme, 1955. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Sharp corners. Mit 191 Abbildungen. Photo illustrated throughout. Dermatology and mouth diseases. Original blue cloth, gilt. First Edition (1. Auflage). Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No jacket. 8vo. xvi, 262pp .

Dresden-Leipzig: Verlag von Alexander Köhler, 1897. Very Good condition. Inner hinges are perfect. Previous owner's name and "October 1901" in ink on a preliminary blank page. First Edition? Foreword is dated 1897. No other date or printings indicated. German God and Hero Legends for Youth. Illustrated. Bound in the original gilt-lettered, pictorial green cloth.. First Edition? (1. Auflage?). Hardcover. Very Good condition. 8vo. 446pp.

Köln / Wien: Bohlau Verlag, 1995. Ships from Nevada, USA. German Edition. Very Good condition. Corners are NOT bumped. Square and reasonably tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. 1995. 2nd revised edition. Bound in the original green pictorial boards. Oversize Hardcover. 7" wide by 10.5" tall by 2.25" thick. This large, very heavy book (4 pounds 9 ounces before packaging) will require SUBSTANTIAL extra postage for International shipments, but only the standard charge for priority or media mail.. 2., verbesserte Auflage. Oversize Hardcover (heavy). Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. xcv, 843pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Amsterdam, Oxford, New York:: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, 1974. 9" wide by 9" tall by 2.75" thick. A square, tight copy. EX-LIBRARY, stamped "WITHDRAWN" on endpaper. NO library numbers or labels on the spine. Text pages are FINE -- fresh, clean, and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. This is the English-German volume only, from "A" (Ampere) to "Zymurgy" (Gärungschemie). [The German-English volume is NOT included]. Bound in the original sturdy green cloth, lettered in shiny gold on the spine. . "Second Reprint 1974" is so stated.. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good condition./No dust jacket.. 8vo. (xii), 1,238pp..

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1885. SEE PHOTOS. From the library of Thomas Alva Edison, genius of technology, who held over 1,000 patents including the electric light, phonograph, and motion picture projector. This book bears his "Library of Thomas A. Edison" engraved bookplate, believed to be the earliest of several Edison bookplates and found only in volumes he acquired in the 19th century for personal use. SEE PHOTOS. Because so many important scientific journals were published in German in those days, a German language dictionary was an essential reference tool in the laboratory. Laid in (loose) is a printed authentication slip from Edison's youngest son, Theodore M. Edison. Bound in contemporary brown cloth with a dark brown leather spine stamped in shiny gold. SEE PHOTOS.. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition. xvi, 852pp. + ii, 522pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Berlin: Universum-Bücherei für alle, Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, 1929. Square, tight, unmarked copy. No owner's name or bookplate. Mit Abbn. Illustrated with 113 photos. Maps. Third Conquest of America, Report of a Pan-American Journey. Original orange cloth, with decorations and lettering in black. . First Edition (1. Auflage).. Hardcover. Very Good condition. 8vo. 257pp .

Zürich: Im Verlag der Arche, 1955. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. (1955). No printing or edition statement. No price on Dust jacket. No chips or tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Original blue cloth, gilt. First Swiss Edition?. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. 238pp.

Wien: Verlag Kremayr & Scheriau, 1985. 25.5 cm wide by 25.5 cm tall. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Illustrations throughout, most in full-color. Some of the chapter titles are: Wie die beliebten oesterreichischen Druckgraphiken entstehen; Ausgaben des Wiener-Stadt-Banco; Die Banknoten der priveligierten oesterreichischen National-Bank; Die Banknoten der oesterreichisch-ungarischen Bank; Formate und Unterschriften österreichischer Banknoten; etc. Keywords: Austrian-Hungarian Banknotes. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 223pp.

Stuttgart: Georg Thieme, 1957. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Mit 180 Abbildungen. Photo illustrated throughout. Dermatology, diseases of the skin. Original blue cloth, gilt. First Edition (1. Auflage). Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. 8vo. xi, 280pp .

Jungborn - Stapelburg a. Harz: Rudolf Just, 1907. Good condition. Moderate finger soil to cover, endpapers and some pages. Rear inner hinge starting to crack. Hardcover. Inscription on endpaper. A good reading copy. 13.5 cm wide by 18.5 cm tall. Bound in the original tan boards printed in brown, with a beige cloth spine. . First Edition (1. Auflage). Hardcover. Good condition. 140pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Berlin: J. G. Cotta'scher, 1910. Lacks front wrap else Fine condition. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. First Separate Edition. 14cm x 22cm. A collections of articles on climatic changes in Germany since the last ice age. Offprint for the 11th International Geological Congress in Stockholm, August 1910. "Sonderabdruck aus der Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, Bd, 62, 1910, Heft II." . First Separate Edition. Softcover. Fine condition (lacks wrap). pp. 97-304.

Darmstadt: Theiss , 2018. German language. NEW and unread in a Very Good dust jacket. Although never read, handling has caused a few page corners to have inadvertant creases in the blank margin only. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Square and tight. The cover has sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Index. Bound in the original blue board, lettered in white. Complete with dust jacket. Summary: "Maximilian Forschners neue, grosse Gesamtdarstellung zur Geschichte und Philosophie der Stoa schlie?t eine empfindliche Lücke in der Forschungs- und Studienliteratur. Souverän und quellennah geschrieben, bietet das Werk einen hervorragend lesbaren Überblick über das Denken der Stoa auf aktuellstem Forschungsstand." From the publisher: Die Stoa ist eine der bedeutendsten philosophischen Schulen der Antike. Es hat jedoch nicht nur eine historisch-intellektuelle Bedeutung – bis heute ist das Denken der Stoa in der aktuellen philosophischen… Read More