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Charles C. Thomas, 1958. Good. Third printing. Softcover. Yellowing and darkening to wraps. Scraped on edges of wraps. Thumbstaining to lower corners. Bumped tips. Scraped along spine edges. Bumped spine ends. Splitting between front wrap and title page. Fair binding. Readable.151 pages.

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1936. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Small. 4.25"x6.5" Bluish-green cloth covered boards. Small stain on front board. Bent tips. Shelfwear to bottom edges of spine, and edge of spine. Light wearing to cloth on tips. Endpapers and paste downs are lightly toned. Light staining to outside edge of text block. Sewn binding in nice shape. No twisting to spine, no loose pages. 419 pages.

Frederick A. Praeger, 1968. Acceptable. Softcover. 8vo. Yellowed, scuffed, scratches wraps. Rip along edge of lower spine strip. Creased. Worn and curled corners. Stains. Chipped. Darkened glue in gutter between wrap and half title page. Old price written upper right corner. Soiled text block and two very old, faded remainder marks on bottom edge. Light toning to pages. Fair binding. Readable copy. 443 pages.

Goldschneck-Verlag Werner K. Weidert, 1991. Softcover. Good. Softcover. Smudged wraps. Bent tips.

The Parthenon Press, 1968. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardback. 1968 reprint of the original, updated with black and white photographs. DJ is present, with wearing, rubbing, chips, and a tear to bottom edge of dj. Gift inscription on FFE. Brick red cloth covered boards. Bumped corners. Yellowing to glue in hinges. Very faint foxing.

The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1938. Hardcover. Acceptable. Large, heavy, law book. Navy blue textured wraps with faded gilt titling on cover and spine. Boards have areas of grime, and scrapes. Bumped and worn corner tips, with scraping along edges of spine, and bumping to head and heel of spine. Light blue speckling to edges of text block which appears to be unique to publication. Text block has foxing, smudges, and age-toning. Ex-libris sticker on FFE. Paste downs & end pages are age-toned, more so on outside edges. The table of authors page protrudes farther outside of block and is frayed. Pencil underlining throughout book. Slick, slightly glossy page stock has rippled somewhat due to exposure to moisture over the years. Very readable copy. 1183 pages.

Highgrove Press, 2008. Softcover. Good. Published by Highgrove Press in Riverside, CA. Bumped corners with some curling. Fingerprint smudges and creasing to front wrap. Rubbing and light soiling on back wrap. Unbroken spine. Fine reading copy. Pages bright white and unmarked.

Jepson & Co, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition. Lightly scuffed dust jacket, with light shelf wear to bottom edges of DJ and the boards. Brown paper-covered boards, with white titling and Japanese lettering in background. Beautiful and colorful photographs throughout. Extremely tight binding, doesn't appear to have ever been opened fully.

Verlag Das Beste Stuttgart, 1979. Hardcover. Good. IN GERMAN. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards are lightly scuffed and a little dirty. Titling on spine retains sharpness and color. Ding on bottom edge of front cover and ding to corner tips. Firm binding. Unmarked. 736 pages. Heavy book, might require extra postage.

Instituto Nacional Indigenista, 1975. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardcover. IN SPANISH. Rubbed, scuffed, scratched yellowed and aged dust jacket. Forest green boards have square corners. Much age-toning to pages. Book tends to twist. Light foxing to text block. 226 pages.

Self-Published, 2012. Softcover. Good. Unpaginated softcover, created for the residents of Urbana and Champaign, Illinois by the author in a graphic novel type styling. Clean, stapled binding. Very gently bumped corner tips. 21 pages.

Verlag Von Th. Knaur Nachf, 1928. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. In German. No dust jacket. Dark navy blue leather covered boards. Some scraping to boards and spine. Head of spine is worn through to cardboard. Inch long split along front edge of spine from the top. Gilt title on front board is still bright, as is gilt on spine, although less so. A little wearing to front upper corner tip. On FFE in a 2 inch by 3 inch print, glued by its top edge to FFE. Under that is something written in pen and it's in German, as is another bit of handwriting and signature with a date of 1929. A few pages have small areas of soiling towards the bottom of pages. Gilt on the top edges of the text block is still fairly bright, with some light stains on outside and bottom edges of text block. Binding remains in good shape. Quite readable. 324 pages.

C.V. Mosby Company, 1914. Hardcover. Acceptable. Volumes I and II. Both volumes have light mildew on the boards and considerable foxing on text block and pages. Brown cloth covered boards are scratched, scraped, faded, worn. Gilt lettering on volume two is more faded than on volume one. Dented and worn corner, and head and heel of spine. The pages for the most part are white. Volume two has former owner name on FFE. Dirty text blocks. These volumes are heavy. Will require additional postage. Combined weight of both volumes is almost seven pounds.

Nelson Doubleday, Inc, 1923. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardcover. Volume I only. Very worn, soiled, scuffed and faded boards. Scraped around edges, bottom of spine cloth is worn, as are corner tips. Dented corner tips with dents and dings on board edges. Hinges are split. Toning on FFE and a previous owner name. Foxing on last few pages, endpapers and paste down. Pages have stains, dings and chips. Sewn binding is good. No loose pages. No twist. Quite readable. Just worn and showing age.

The Viking Press, 1970. Hardcover. Good. A 2-in-1 Volume. Book itself is in good condition, but DJ is a little ratty. It did its' job. DJ has bumped corners, crimped edges, small discolorations on front and back, half inch tear on back of DJ close to spine. Yellowed inside flaps of DJ. Green boards are clean, with fading along spine and top edges of boards. Small puncture on front board that does NOT go through to end paper. Bottom and outer edge of text block have a small stain and are lightly yellowed. Pages are clean and unmarked.

Whitney Museum of American Art, 1996. Softcover. Acceptable. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of Markopoulos' work at the Whitney Museum of Art in March & April 1996. Red pictorial wraps are rubbed, scratched and dirty in spots. Old price stickers have been removed at some point in the past, lifting some of the upper paper layer off wraps. Edges are scraped. All corner tips are bumped and worn. Unpaginated. Filled with colorful photographs, with accompanying text. Markopoulos was an experimental film maker, credited as a co-founder of the New American Cinema movement. Look for a photograph of the late actress Olympia Dukakis, from the 1963 film, "Twice a Man.

Pageant Press, Inc, 1964. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Front and rear boards have a few minor spot. Edges of spine and spine ends have rubbing and light wear. Some shelf wear to bottom edges of boards. Lower corner tip of front board is dented, the other tips are bumped, with light wearing to cloth. The joint along front spine edge has bubbling to cloth. Small sticker of previous owner name on front pastedown. Pages are clean but for one page with fingerprint smudges on it. Sunned text block edges. Sewn binding is firm. Pages tend to fall open at the signatures. Pages remain firmly intact. Good reading copy. 321 pages.

U.S. Government Printing Office, 1965. Softcover. Acceptable. Geological Survey Professional Paper 490. Fading and stained wraps. Creased corners. Ex-library. Smudges on paper. Maps included.

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1954. Hardcover. Good. Blue cloth boards, with pictorial front. Cloth is faded, lightly soiled and sunned along corners and spine. Rear board has fading, scratches. Spine cloth is soiled with a few stains. Bumped corners, with dented spine ends. Old price stamp on FFE. Free of markings. Firm binding. Nice reading copy.

A.L. Burt Company, New York, 1910. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Beautifully bound, possibly a Zaehnsdorf binding; it's not stamped as such, but certainly appears to be so. Half bound, dark brown leather spine with raised bands, gilt still visible. Darker brown leather along the spine and across corners. Patterned, marble-esque, paper overlay on front and rear board. Brown and tan swirled paste-downs and end papers. Rubbing to bottom edge of boards, with paper more scraped than the leather. Rubbing to paper along outside edges and on top of the boards. Bumped corner tips with light wearing to the corners. Scraping to raised bands. Staining to dark leather along spine. The front flyleaf page opposite title page is showing peeling to the top layer of the page, towards the spine. Title page has small pencil notations in French. Smudges on title page. Various pages between the signatures are starting to pull away from sewn binding but are not loose and falling out. Splitting in gutter between rear… Ler mais