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Victor Kamkin Catalog No. 14 1959

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A.W. Alexander

Victor Kamkin, Inc
Bookstore
No. 14 1959
Washington, DC

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The Victor Kamkin Bookstore was a retail book shop with a main location in Rockville, Maryland and a smaller store in New York City in the United States. Established in 1953 by Victor Kamkin and his wife Elena Kamkina, the store maintained continuous operation throughout the Cold War era, specializing in material published in the Soviet Union. In 2002 flagging sales, increased competition, and escalating costs foreshadowed a forced end to the operation. With some two million unsold volumes remaining in inventory, the store became the object of widespread media coverage, and thousands of customers flooded the store. Some 60,000 volumes were additionally saved from incineration through the prompt action of Congressional RepresentativeConnie Morella and Librarian of CongressJames H. Billington. The reprieve proved to be short-lived, however, and although some more marketable titles made their…

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Osteuropa – Gilhofer & Ranschburg Kat. 278

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Osteuropa
Kat. 278
Gilhofer & Ranschburg
Wien I, Bognergasse 2

Allgemeines – Balkan – Polen – Ungarn – Rubland – Turkei – Nachtrag

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Simmel & Co. Katalogs – 269, 273, 274

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A.W. Alexander

Simmel & Co
Buchhandlung und Antiquariat
Katalog 269
Arabien
Reisen im Verderen Orient
Kulture und Sprache

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Simmel & Co
Buchhandlung und Antiquariat
Katalog 273
Ost-Asien
Japan – China – Mandschurei – Zentralasien – Malayischer Archipel
Mit einem Anhang:
Die Weit des Islam

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Simmel & Co
Buchhandlung und Antiquariat
Katalog 274
Der Alt Orient
Allgemeines – Sammelwerke – Zeitschriften
Aegyptologie
Assyriologie
Alt-Iran – Elam – Medien – Susiana
Phoenizisch-Kanaanitische Philologie
Altorientalische Religions-Systeme
Kleinasien, Syrien und Nordafrika im Altertum

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Markert & Petters – Slavica V – Katalog 43

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Slavica V.
Katalog 43
Polen
Geschichte, Sprache and Literatur

Markert & Petters
Wissenschaftliche Buchhandlung und Antiquariat
Leipzig

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Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Zeitschriften und Sammelwerke
Bibliographie und Bibliothekswesen
Geographie und Geschichte  – Allgemeines – Genealogie und Heraldik – Judenfrage in Polen – Karten – Kirchengeschichte – Kostumbilder – Rechtsgeschichte
Sprache – Deskriptive und Historische Grammatik – Praktische Lehrbucher – Worterbucher
Literaturgeschichte
Literatur – Alt- und neupolnische Chrestomathien – Folklore – Philosophische Literatur – Ubersetzungsliteratur

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Catalogue of Books on History and Genealogy – John Grant Booksellers 1943

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A.W. Alexander

Catalogue of Books on History & Genealogy
Including:
Family History and Heraldry, Calendars and Records, Jacobites, Napoleonic, Military, Naval, America, Scotland, Etc.
John Grant Booksellers
Edinburgh
September 1943

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Simmel & Co. Katalog 278 Südost – Europa

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A.W. Alexander

Simmel & Co
Buchhandlung und Antiquariat
Katalog 278 (Sonderangbot)

Südost – Europa

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Orientalia 1958 – Books on the East No. 146

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A Catalogue of New and Standard Books on the East
N0 146 – 1958
Orientalia, Inc.
New York, NY

Contents Include:
*Cooking, Herbals, Medicine
*Music, Dance & Theatre
*Art & Archeology
*Literature
*Religion & Philosophy
*Travel History & Social Sciences
*Wisdom of the East

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Eve de Paris – Vintage Programme (Adult)

Eve de Paris
7, Place Pigalle, Paris
undated (circa 1960)

Voulex Vous Jouer Avec Nous

28 page glossy programme, numerous photographs and illustrations, very good condition, Eve de Paris is a long running adult night club in Paris (Montmarte). Please feel free to contact us with any questions at alyssa@awalexander.com or click here to purchase. Photographs posted are not for reproduction or personal use.

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The World Trade Center in the Port of New York 1964

The World Trade Center in the Port of New York 1964
Printed in the USA
A. 40 48
WTC.4

A small accordion folded pamphlet promoting the World Trade Towers. Contents include:
The World Trade Center In Brief
A New Headquarters for International Trade
Unique Architectural Plan
The Port of New York Authority

4 page accordion folded, illustrated, bright and clean with no writing or stamps. Please feel free to contact us with any questions at alyssa@awalexander.com or click here to purchase. Photographs posted are not for reproduction or personal use

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“Yugoslavia is Waiting for You” – 1953 Travel Promotion (American Edition)

Yugoslavia is Waiting for You
Yugoslav National Office for Travel Promotion
Beograd 1953
American Edition

Accordian fold travel pamplet with photographs/illustrations. When fully open one side contains a 16″ x 21″ map. Piece is bright and clean with no writing or stamps.

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