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Anon. (Nicolas Schöffer)
Lux 12
S. e. En feuille S. l.
Bookseller reference : 24232
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Anon. (Nicolas Schöffer)
Nicolas Schöffer
S. e. En feuille S. l.
Bookseller reference : 24239
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Anon. (Nicolas Schöffer)
Nicolas Schöffer, sculptures
S. e. En feuille S. l.
Bookseller reference : 24238
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Anon. (Nicolas Schöffer)
Nicolas Schöffer, sculptures
S. e. En feuille S. l.
Bookseller reference : 24240
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Anon. (Nicolas Schöffer)
Nicolas Schöffer, sculptures
S. e. En feuille S. l.
Bookseller reference : 24241
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Anon. (Nicolas Schöffer)
Relief seriel 22
S. e. En feuille S. l.
Bookseller reference : 24242
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Anon. (Nicolas Schöffer)
SCAM 1
S. e. En feuilles Paris 1971
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ANON. -
Abhandlungen der Fries'schen Schule von Apelt, Schleiden, Schlömilch und Schmid. 1.-2. Heft.
Leipzig, W. Engelmann, 1847-49. Later hcalf. Back somewhat rubbed. Bound uncut. 174,197 pp. Somewhat brownspotted. (3+8 tracts).
Bookseller reference : 27602
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ANON. - WORLD EXHIBITION.
Redogörelser för verldsutställningen i Filadelfia 1876. Tavlebind. [Swedish, i.e.: Account for the World Exhibition in Philadelphia 1876. Plate-volume]. - [THE WORLD EXHIBITION OF PHILADELPHIA 1876]
Stockholm 1877. Tvær-folio. Samt. halvlæderbind med forgyldt tekst på permer. Med 55 plancher, de fleste vandskjoldede. Folio oblong. Contemporary half calf bindig with gilt lettering to boards. With 55 plates depicting the World exhibition of 1876. Most plates with dampstaining.
Bookseller reference : 39388
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Anon. / Sun Publishing Company
Captivating Vancouver Canada's Pacific Port
Vancouver: The Sun Publishing Company Limited 1924. Just very good with soiling and edgewear to covers. Internally fine. 63 pages. An introduction to the the attractions of Vancouver with 16 full page sketches by Cobb. Scarce. Presumed First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Cobb. The Sun Publishing Company, Limited paperback
Bookseller reference : 14526
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Anon. 28th Division.
28th Infantry Division Germany 1953.
N.P. c. 1953. 1953. About 200p. Photos of training and unit group. Embossed blue & white leather. Oversize. Very Good Copy. Hardcover. Very Good. Book. N.P., c. 1953. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 84-734
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Anon. 28th Division.
Twenty-Eighth Division Pennsylvania Guard in the World War.
n.p. c.1924. 1924. No title page. Apparently gather from a more extensive publication. Page numbers are not consecutive. About 150p. Photos. Text covers from Colonial era. But principally 1870 to Pre-WW I histories of 1st 13th 4th 3d 10th 8th 165h14th 9th 2nd Infantry Regiments 1st Troop City Cavalry. Rebound in green cloth. Oversize. Thus Fine copy. Hardcover. Fine. Book. n.p. c.1924. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 84-715
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anon. :
Die Bing-H�hle in Streitberg Fr�nkische Schweiz die gr�sste und sch�nste Tropfstein-Gallerie-H�hle in Deutschland.
N�rnberg: J. Rosenfeld n.d. c. 1910. . 8vo 21.cm. Pp. 8 8 photogr. plates. Orig. picyorial wrappers. [N�rnberg: J. Rosenfeld, n.d., c. 1910.] unknown
Bookseller reference : 8001
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anon. :
Eclaircissemens sur un Livre de la R�ligion naturelle compos� par Mr. Pierre Chauvin qui servent en m�me temps de r�ponse aux Remarques qu'un Theologien d'Hollande a fait sous le nom de Mr. de Vrigny. Par M. .
Rotterdam: chez Pierre vander Slaat 1693. . 8vo 15.7cm. Pp. 120. Modern plain boards lined with hand-marbled paper uncut. Old cancelled libray stamp on recot and verso of title very good otherwise. Rotterdam: chez Pierre vander Slaat, 1693. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7584
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Anon. :
Jardin des Glaciers pr�s le Monument du Lion � Lucerne.
No pl. no year but prob. c. 1880 . Small 8vo 18.3cm. Pp. 14 1 double-page wood-engraved plate view by I. Weber 9 wood-engr. figs. in text. Later plain wrappers. [No pl., no year but prob. c. 1880?] unknown
Bookseller reference : 11287
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anon. ; Derrick Thomas illustrated by
An Airman's Letter front The Times
Putnam London 1940. /Dust Jacket Included. 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition in book form hardback 8vo 28pp illustrated clean and tight no inscriptions Very Good / Good dustwrapper. wrapper reaired at bottom of spine with publisher's name replaced . Putnam, London, 1940, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 220303
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Anon. A C. Murray
The Nelson Lee Library No 1 The Mystery of Limehouse Reach. Photocopy
London: Amalgamated Press 1915. First edition. paperback. Fair. Scarce. 12mo . A reproduction rather chaotically arranged Amalgamated Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 500031283
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Anon. A. J. C. & E. M.
The welding engineer's pocket book
George Newnes Ltd. Good with no dust jacket. 1938. Third Edition. Hardcover. Clean smaller format hardback tightly bound in dark blue cloth with gilt titles cloth has minor rubbing at corners small loss to corner of first page else very good no inscriptions. xii 240 pages illustrations throughout . George Newnes, Ltd. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 61776
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Anon. Adam Blenkinsop pseud ie R F Walond by the author of Paddiana
Memoirs of Dr. Blenkinsop. Written by Himself. Including His Campaigns Travels and Adventures; With Anecdotes of Graphiology and some of the letters of his correspondents Vol I & II
London: Richard Bentley 1852. First edition. hardcover. Fair. scarce. splits side spine cracking hinges. Loose Title volume 1 Richard Bentley unknown
Bookseller reference : 500030424
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Anon. Adams William Henry Davenport.
The Arctic World.
4to. vii 339 pp. b/w plates and ills. Color map. <br /><br />"Its plants animals and natural phenomena. With a historical sketch of Arctic discovery down to the British Polar Expedition 1875-76." A popular history heavily illustrated drawing on contemporary accounts. Very good condition in green cloth with elaborate gild decoration. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 41733
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Anon. Adams William Henry Davenport.
The Arctic World.
4to. vii 339 pp. b/w plates and ills. Color map. <br /><br />"Its plants animals and natural phenomena. With a historical sketch of Arctic discovery down to the British Polar Expedition 1875-76." A popular history heavily illustrated drawing on contemporary accounts. Very good condition in green cloth with elaborate gild decoration. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 41733
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Anon. After Wencelaus Hollar
Aula Veneris. Sive Varietas Foeminini Sexus diversarum Europae Nationum. The Court of Venus; or Varieties of the Female Sex of the Different Nations of Europe
1830. Full Straight-Grained Morocco. Very Good. An exquisite manuscript copy of plates from the 1644 work by Wencelaus Hollar. While a copy the pen-and-ink work here is absolutely exceptional requiring a loupe or magnifying glass to fully appreciate the niceties of detailing achieved by the artist copier. It is also clear that this copier did not merely trace the original work. Heightening the pen-and-ink work are touches of watercolor. 8vo. 173 by 117 mm. Unpaginated half-title page with a handwritten copy of the verse from "The Merchant of Venice entitled "The Folly of Fashion the Deceit of Ornament or Appearance" second title copied from the 1644 work followed by 36 mounted pen and ink copies of fashion etchings from the 1644 work and a final page with a drawing of a trophy and two musings written out. The drawings besides being meticulous with near-microscopic detail are austere with the pen and ink work heightened with only touches of flesh color for the women's faces and tiny dabs of gold for jewelry buttons and the like. The austerity we would stress is befitting the fashions represented as the early and mid-17th century was a time that garments tended to be more monochromatic and sober meant to suggest piety as any student of portraits from this era coincident with the Puritan Revolution and religious wars on the continent would have absorbed. And we would add the austerity is not just of the dress but also the expression on the women depicted here. The flesh color applied to the faces and also hands is just as nuanced as everything else about these portraits. There is a gradient of coloration capturing very realistically the actual pigment of human flesh. The one exception to the limited color usage is a depiction of a woman from Virginia a Native American whose bare garment is painted red and who is wearing jewelry that is captured with bolder applications of gold. This exotic specimen also shows a woman with a tattoo on her arms something that was completely alien from European cultures at the time. The Virginian is not the only non-European depicted however as there is a woman from Algiers a Moresco woman an Argentinian. Also shown is a Turkish woman and the dress shown is from different strata of the societies represented. Short cursive handwritten captions identify for us where the model is from. All the handwriting including on the title the poem etc. is rendered in a tight minute script. Unfortunately there is no indication who the artist copyist was other than the initials PC by several of the drawings. In the front there is an ownership inscription of an Elizabeth Cobbett. There is a watercolored bookplate with the Hillman family crest. <br/><br/> unknown
Bookseller reference : 004643
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Anon. After Wencelaus Hollar
Aula Veneris. Sive Varietas Foeminini Sexus diversarum Europae Nationum. The Court of Venus; or Varieties of the Female Sex of the Different Nations of Europe
1830. Full Straight-Grained Morocco. Very Good. An exquisite manuscript copy of plates from the 1644 work by Wencelaus Hollar. While a copy the pen-and-ink work here is absolutely exceptional requiring a loupe or magnifying glass to fully appreciate the niceties of detailing achieved by the artist copier. It is also clear that this copier did not merely trace the original work. Heightening the pen-and-ink work are touches of watercolor. 8vo. 173 by 117 mm. Unpaginated half-title page with a handwritten copy of the verse from "The Merchant of Venice entitled "The Folly of Fashion the Deceit of Ornament or Appearance" second title copied from the 1644 work followed by 36 mounted pen and ink copies of fashion etchings from the 1644 work and a final page with a drawing of a trophy and two musings written out. The drawings besides being meticulous with near-microscopic detail are austere with the pen and ink work heightened with only touches of flesh color for the women's faces and tiny dabs of gold for jewelry buttons and the like. The austerity we would stress is befitting the fashions represented as the early and mid-17th century was a time that garments tended to be more monochromatic and sober meant to suggest piety as any student of portraits from this era coincident with the Puritan Revolution and religious wars on the continent would have absorbed. And we would add the austerity is not just of the dress but also the expression on the women depicted here. The flesh color applied to the faces and also hands is just as nuanced as everything else about these portraits. There is a gradient of coloration capturing very realistically the actual pigment of human flesh. The one exception to the limited color usage is a depiction of a woman from Virginia a Native American whose bare garment is painted red and who is wearing jewelry that is captured with bolder applications of gold. This exotic specimen also shows a woman with a tattoo on her arms something that was completely alien from European cultures at the time. The Virginian is not the only non-European depicted however as there is a woman from Algiers a Moresco woman an Argentinian. Also shown is a Turkish woman and the dress shown is from different strata of the societies represented. Short cursive handwritten captions identify for us where the model is from. All the handwriting including on the title the poem etc. is rendered in a tight minute script. Unfortunately there is no indication who the artist copyist was other than the initials PC by several of the drawings. In the front there is an ownership inscription of an Elizabeth Cobbett. There is a watercolored bookplate with the Hillman family crest. <br/><br/> unknown books
Bookseller reference : 004643
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Anon. Agnes Maud Davies
A BOOK WITH SEVEN SEALS A Victorian Childhood - foreword by Hugh Walpole
New York: Farrar & Rinehart Inc 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. New York: Farrar & Rinehart Inc. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Anon. Agnes Maud Davies. A BOOK WITH SEVEN SEALS A Victorian Childhood - foreword by Hugh Walpole. New York: Farrar & Rinehart Inc. 1932. 8vo. 685pp. First American Edition. Brown cloth boards with green lettering to front & spine. A near fine example in a very good or better seldom seen dustwrapper showing modest use. Farrar & Rinehart, Inc hardcover
Bookseller reference : 31943
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Anon. Alfred Lord Tennyson
In Memoriam
Macmillan 1905. Hardcover. Good. 1905. 265 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Inscriptions to front endpaper. Rough cut pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges with some creased corners and foxing. Boards are a little rub worn with some slight shelf wear to corners spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped and spine ends are a little crushed. With some tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine. Macmillan, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1575270084MHA
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ANON. ALLESTREE ?.
Mandfolkenes eller Herre=M�nds Kald skrevet af den ber�mmelige Author til det i England velbekiendte Skrift The whole duty of Man. Oversat af Diderik de Thurah. Kbhvn. Salicath 1765.
Samt. hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. 319 pp. unknown
Bookseller reference : 19363
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Anon. and John of Austria
Sommier Discours des Justes Causes et Raisons qu’ont constrainct les Estats Generaulx de Pais Bas de pourveoir a` leur deffence: contre le Seigneur Don Iehan d’ Austrice. A summation of the circumstances which compelled the Estates General of the Neth
<p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman';">Anvers Antwerp: Guillaume Sylvius 1577. First edition pp. 73 82. Quarto 19 cm early nineteenth century full calf five raised bands fancy gilt titles and decorations to spine and edges. An early document associated with the wars for Dutch independence and the founding of the Dutch republic describes those events arising out of the repression of Dutch protestants by the appointed agents of Philip II the Hapsburg King of Spain. The first section of the book is an account of the various repressive measures undertaken by the king and his agents; the second comprises a number of letters the originals in Spanish with French translations to and from John of Austria implicating him in such activities. In 1576 following the death of Requesens his governor-general for the Netherlands which included Belgium Luxembourg and a piece of northern France Philip selected his half-brother John of Austria to regain control of the region and put down once and for all the rebellious Dutch cities and towns. Philip employed a mercenary army to occupy the region and prosecute his campaigns against the Dutch protestants but partly because he was also fighting an expensive war against the Turks and was therefore often short of funds his hired armies often went unpaid or at best were paid irregularly. Periodically then Philip’s mercenaries mutineed and turned for satisfaction on the nearest promising civil population cutting wide swathes through the country looting and pillaging as they went. In the result Philip’s occupation of the Netherlands was unpopular even among otherwise loyal Belgian and French catholics to whose wealth and well-being his armies were a persistent but unpredictable threat. Indeed the city of Antwerp itself was famously pillaged in just this way by Philip’s hirelings. Arising out of of such callous practices as the sacking of Antwerp and the religious persecution of Dutch protestants this document indicative of Dutch resistance to Spanish catholic rule is contemporaneous with negotiations leading to the Pacification of Ghent an agreement which served to link those cities and regions which were later to form the Dutch Republic.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15.0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman';">The bookplate on the front paste-down bears the arms of a member of the Order of the Garter ‘Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense’ which comprises typically twenty-four of the reigning monarch’s most favoured subjects often those who have rendered some great service to the Crown but sometimes who are simply favourite relatives. In this instance the bookplate is very likely that of George John 2nd Earl Spencer Lord Privy Seal etc. who was invested in 1801 for it is the Spencer clan’s motto draped along the bottom of the royal arms ‘Si Deus Pro Nobis Quis Contra Nos’. Close examination and I mean ‘close’ reveals the bookplate to be the work of Perkins and Heath whose partnership under that name ran from 1819 to 1829 before being reconfigured. Heath was the royal engraver and his partner an American one of the most technically skilled steel engravers a technique he perfected in post-revolutionary America for the printing of currency. Charles Spencer George John’s descendant gives a vivid account of the Earl’s bibliomania which was such that in acquiring an immense library of incunabula and antiquarian books he nearly ruined his family’s finances. It is likely this book is from that library of 43 000 volumes catalogued by Thomas Dibdin. A fine copy of a scarce book in a handsome early nineteenth century binding.</p></p> hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1454
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Anon. Anon.
23rd London Regiment 1798-1919
2002-09-01. New. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May be re-issue. Buy with confidence excellent customer service! unknown
Bookseller reference : 1843423677n ISBN : 1843423677 9781843423676
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Anon. Anon.
23rd London Regiment 1798-1919
2002-09-01. Good. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May not contain Access Codes or Supplements. May be re-issue. May be ex-library. Shipping & Handling by region. Buy with confidence excellent customer service! unknown
Bookseller reference : 1843423677 ISBN : 1843423677 9781843423676
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Anon. Anon
26th Annual Worldfest-Houston. the Houston International Film & Video Festival April 16-25 1993
Houston 1993 Tall card covers. Unpaginated black and white photograhs. Light wear to covers. Near Fine. Book. unknown
Bookseller reference : 46334
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Anon. Anon
A Simple History Of England In Reading Lessons - With Vocabularies And Notes Maps And Numerous Illistrations
Williams Press 2010-04-06. Paperback. Good. Williams Press paperback
Bookseller reference : SONG144558607X ISBN : 144558607X 9781445586076
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Anon. Anon
Following On To Know - Or Old Days At Hethering
Carruthers Press 2010-03-20. Paperback. Good. Carruthers Press paperback
Bookseller reference : SONG1445536021 ISBN : 1445536021 9781445536026
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Anon. Anon
The Arabian Nights Entertainments Volume 4
IndyPublish 2003-12-09. Paperback. Good. IndyPublish paperback
Bookseller reference : SONG1414267398 ISBN : 1414267398 9781414267395
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Anon. Anon
The Arabian Nights Entertainments Volume 1
IndyPublish 2003-12-09. Paperback. Good. IndyPublish paperback
Bookseller reference : SONG1414267339 ISBN : 1414267339 9781414267333
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Anon. Anon
The Arabian Nights Entertainments Volume 3
IndyPublish 2003-12-09. Paperback. Used:Good. IndyPublish paperback
Bookseller reference : DADAX1414267371 ISBN : 1414267371 9781414267371
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Anon. Anon
The Arabian Nights Entertainments Volume 2
IndyPublish 2003-12-09. Paperback. Used:Good. IndyPublish paperback
Bookseller reference : DADAX1414267355 ISBN : 1414267355 9781414267357
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Anon. Anon
The Arabian Nights Entertainments Volume 2
IndyPublish 2003-12-09. Paperback. Good. IndyPublish paperback
Bookseller reference : SONG1414267355 ISBN : 1414267355 9781414267357
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anon. Ansel Adams.
The Sierra Club Bulletin. Volume 50 Number 10. North Cascades Grand Canyon Dams Robinson Jeffers etc.
San Francisco.: Sierra Club. December 1965. First edition. . Soft cover. . Fine copy. . Octavo. Illustrated. Ansel Adams Philip Hyde etc. Photograph of OUR copy available upon request. Sierra Club. paperback
Bookseller reference : 171340
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anon. asAuThe editorasAA
The cathedrals of England and Wales: their history architecture and associations
Cassell London 1906. 1st edition. Part-work in paper covers 20 v. Good/No Jacket. In original red paper covers as issued. Library stamps spines somewhat frayed occasional loose pages and foxing but complete and in generally good condition. Part XX also include title pages to be bound as two volumes together with an index. Seldom found in this state. Cassell, London unknown
Bookseller reference : 13227
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ANON. Ascribed to Lily Dougall.
Christus Futurus. By the Author of Pro Christo Et Ecclesia.
London:Macmillan1907. Pp.18/386/2adsfep absentoccasional underlining and marginal notes. Blue cloth spine darkened rubbed. G. . London:Macmillan,1907. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9360
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ANON. Ascribed to Lily Dougall.
The Practice of Christianity.
London: Macmillan and Co 1913. 1st ed. By the author of 'Pro Christo Et Ecclesia'. Pp.20/291 owners name to title page. Blue cloth spine dulled. G. . London: Macmillan and Co, 1913. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30877
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Anon. Attributed to Nicholas Breton.
Cornu-copiae. Pasquil's Night-Cap: or Antidot for the Head-ache
Chiswick - C. Whittingham Sold by Robert Triphook 1819 Book. Hardcover. An early nineteenth century reprint of this seventeeth century poem a scarce survival in the original boards. From the Ancient Humorous Poetry series No. 11. With an ink inscription for Capt. H. Strong or Stroug 24th Regiment. Fort St George 20th July 1820 to the front pastedown. Attributed to Nicholas Breton c. 1555 - c. 1626 an English poet. However it is sometimes attributed to a William Fennor. Condition: In the original publisher's boards. Externally worn. The spine is missing. The boards are detached. Internally loose with gatherings detached. There is some marginal browningwithmarks and some spots. Foxing to the first and last few pages as common. Overall:FAIR. Chiswick - C. Whittingham, Sold by Robert Triphook hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014999
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Anon. attributed to Mrs. Maria Elizabeth Rundell
The New Family Receipt-Book Containing Eight Hundred Truly Valuable Receipts
London: John Murray 1811. Second Edition. Hardcover. Brown leather Very good. 440 pages. 16.5 x 10 cm. A comprehensive household manual filled with what seems to be very helpful receipts and some of a dubious nature. Chapters filled with constructive advise on rearing livestock making butter brewing and the management of malt liquors the management of plants seeds and the greenhouse while other advice such as using a bush held by a rope to clean a chimney as opposed to employing a child children will damage the interior bricks seem a bit outdated. Accredited to Mrs. Rundell of New Systems of Domestic Cookery fame but there are many who think this is a false theory due to her well published falling out with the John Murray. All edges gilt dentelle edging and blindstamped Missing 1 cm. of leather at the head of spine. Interior crisp and clean. Owners signature present on front boards 1819. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1793
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anon. Barry Ison.
Tairu. Commemorating the Independence of Paua New Guinea. 1975.
np.: Sogeri National High School. 1975. First edition. . Soft cover. . Fine copy. . 4to. Illustrated. Important reference work. vvs . Photograph of OUR copy available upon request. Sogeri National High School. paperback
Bookseller reference : 203303
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anon. Baxter Rev. M.
Forty Coming Wonders in Fulfilment of the Prophecies of Daniel and Revelation . : with quotations from the expositions of Archbishop Cyprian Duke of Manchester Lord Cavan. etc.
London Christian Herald Office 1880 Fourth Edition enlarged. 1880. Hardcover. hardback 8vo lxiv528pp 50 illustrations foxing on edges and title page otherwise clean and sound no inscriptions green cloth dec gilt titles Very Good / no dustwrapper. . London, Christian Herald Office, 1880, Fourth Edition, enlarged, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 555143
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Anon. Bewick
Voyages in the Arctic Seas from 1821 to 1825 for the Discovery of a North-West Passage to the Pacific Ocean.
London: R. Napper 1830. original full leather hardcoverfrontispiece plus three further plates172 pagesnames to front flyleavescovers rubbedhinges a little weakotherwise very good. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. R. Napper
Bookseller reference : 95011
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Anon. Blair William.
The Log of the "Hersilia" in Norway 27th July to 18th August 1896.
Edinburgh: Morrison & Gibb Printed for Private Circulation. Hersdilia was a 454 ton steam yacht 171 loa manned by a crew of 19 and built in 1895 in Leith. In July and August 1896 she took a cruise to Norway and the Orkney Islands with a party of about a dozen the entire adventure being recorded here in the sort of hi-falootin' language reserved for the Upper Classes in the late Victorian era. The characters are given names such as "Lord High Admiral" "Cerberus" and "Dr. Angelicus" and the prose is riddled with weary tropes such as "in the after deckhouse incense is burned to 'My Lady Nicotine.'" The account records sea-going events and activities big waves! of course but also gives a readable narrative of their adventures ashore. This is followed by about 20 pages of mostly unreadable poetry penned by members of the expedition. Aside from a pleasing book design and a real sense of how better folks took their recreation back then the redeeming virtue of this work is its scarcity. Not in Toy. Worldcat shows only 5 libraries holding copies. Good condition in original binding showing light soiling and wear. Morrison & Gibb Printed for Private Circulation books
Bookseller reference : 42129
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Anon. Brown. Thomas
General Principles of Grammar. Small Books on Great Subjects. Volume 12.
London: William Pickering. 1847. original cloth hardcover118 pagesspine label browned otherwise very good.Shelf 15. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. William Pickering.
Bookseller reference : 101653
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Anon. Brown. Thomas
On the Principles of Criminal Law. Small Books on Great Subjects Volume 10.
London: William Pickering. 1846. original cloth hardcover148 pagesbookplatespine label browned otherwise very good.Shelf 15. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. William Pickering.
Bookseller reference : 101655
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Anon. Brown. Thomas
On the State of Man Before the Promulgation Of Christianity. Small Books on Great Subjects Volume 14.
London: William Pickering. 1848. original cloth hardcover156 pagesbookplatespine label browned otherwise very good.Shelf 15. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. William Pickering.
Bookseller reference : 101656
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