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Fifield, Richard (ed.)
The Making of the Earth (A New Scientist Guide)
library sticker on spine and half-title page; library stamp on half-title page, This collection of articles focuses on plate tectonics and other aspects of the Earth's structure and history, including a look at how the Earth might have been formed, a survey of the theory of continental drift and an insight into some of the pay-offs that have come from various geophysical techniques developed over the last decade Ex-Library
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*Dossiers de l'archéologie n°28, mai-juin 1978: Bronzes romains
114 p., nbr. ill. n/b et coul. Inv. 26016
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*Dossiers de l'Archéologie n°37, sept. 1979: Les Romains en Grande-Bretagne
94 p., nbr. ill. n/b, qqunes coul. Inv. 26023
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PHILLIPS
*Silver by the Fox Family of Silversmiths. Catalogue de vente Phillips, 23 sept. 1988
68 p, ill. n/b et coul. Inv. 24270.
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Claude BOISGIRARD
*Vente aux enchères. Hôtel drouot. Arts d'Orient 2 mars1994
67 p., ill. n/b. et coul. Inv. 24955
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Claude BOISGIRARD
*Vente aux enchères. Hôtel drouot. Arts d'Orient 27 mai 1994
75 p., ill. n/b. et coul. Inv. 24965
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V. VERMEERSCH
*Catalogus Schenking Herssens
231 p., très nbr. ill. n/b. Inv. 31528
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*Magie van de Edelsmeedkunst. Europees zilver uit privébezit 1500/1850
257 p., 330 fig. n/b et coul. Inv. 34822
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Giuseppe AGNELLO
*Le arti figurative nella Sicilia bizantina
374 p., 288 fig. n/b. Inv. 17265
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GROS & DELETTREZ
*Vente aux enchères, Hôtel Drouot, lundi 12 et mardi 13 mars 2007. Succession de Madame Andrée Higgins
123 p., 551 lots la plupart illustrés en coul. Inv. H. 101
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[ART] - M.ALCORN (Ellenor)
English Silver in the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston. Volume 1.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1993; in-4, 238 pp., broché, couverture pleine toile grise, jaquette imprimée. Edition anglaise. Ce catalogue est le premier d'une série en deux volumes. 16 illustrations en couleur et 362 bichromies (nuances de noir et blanc).
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Goodwin, C. C. (Charles Carroll) [1832-1917]
THE WEDGE OF GOLD
283 p. 8vo. 23 cm. Original blue cloth biding, lettered in gold, with a decorative Greek key border in black. Slightly worn at head and tail. The author was a newspaperman and the editor of the Salt L ake City Tribune. His style is a curious blend of the journalistic with the romantic. The scenes move easily between the Comstock Lode, England, and the mines of South Africa. The Comstock Lode was the group of celebrated silver and gold mines near Virginia City, Nevada. Between 1859-1870 it yielded well over 300 million tons of valuable ore. The profits made from the Lode accounted for much of the economic growth of the West in the late 19th century. Wright, American Fiction III (1876-1900), 2206. "The lust of gold, unfeeling and remorseless! The last corruption of degenerate man" -- Samuel Johnson (1749). **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W148
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(Lang, William).
MESMERISM; Its History, Phenomena, and Practice : With Reports of Cases Developed in Scotland.
pp. xii, 240 p. 16 mo. 175 mm. Original full cloth binding. Spine and front board require attachment repair. Still, a nice example of a very scarce book. Hand colored engraved bookplate of Samuel Parsons Scott (1846-1929) who left much of his substantial fortune and library to Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! OCCULT 14
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Lemberger, Ernst.
DIE BILDNIS-MINIATUR IN SKANDINAVIEN. Two Volumes. I. Schweden; II. Danemark und Norwegen.
Two Volumes. 268 p. With 114 illustrations, mostly printed in fine color gravure, and mounted to 100 heavy plate leaves. Each plate accompanied by a tissue guard sheet with descriptive letterpress. Folio. 300 x 380 mm. Handsome fine linen cloth bindings, lettered and decorated in gold gilt. Text and plate in fine condition. Binding and text block edges slightly soiled. Number 387 of an edition Limited to only 510 copies. First edition. Hardbound. Very good+. A wonderful illustrated survey of Scandinavian miniature painting and the portrait painters. It is one of the best works on the subject ever issued. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SE Case 1/1
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Hough, Lewis S.
THE PRINCIPLES OF COINAGE AND CURRENCY AS APPLIED TO THE LATE CRISIS, AND AS PREVENTIVE OF FUTURE ONES. Also Setting Forth a Uniform Basis for the Money Values of the World, Or True Bimetallism. For the Consideration of an International Congress, Leading
pp. xvi, 142. 12mo. Original printed wraps chipped at edges with loss. Rear cover loose. Argument for the gold standard. Very scarce. PA PAMPH 19_38 BX1
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Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen.
FIRST STATE-WIDE EXHIBITION.
np. Illustrated with photographs of crafts exhibited. Includes a list of exhibitors. Very XLib. Tall 8vo. Bound in stiff library covers. PA PAMPH 20_28 BX4 x 3c.
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United States Treasury.
STATISTICS OF THE FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES;. The Secretary Of The Treasury, In Answer To A Resolution Of The Senate Of The United States, March 12, 1863.
pp. vii, 222 + Large Folding Statistical Map of The United States and Territories. XLib stamps embossed in blind on title page, page 51 and page 222. Tall 8vo. Original full faded purple cloth binding. Extremities bumped. Very slight loss at head of spine. Hardbound. Very good. JUN5 BOX 1
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Drake, J. A.
THE PRACTICAL MECHANIC COMPRISING A CLEAR EXPOSITION OF THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF MECHANISM, With Their Application to the Industrial Arts.
288p. 12mo. Original brown cloth binding. Spine lettered in gold. Extremities slightly worn. Early inked ownership of John White, Huntingdon, PA. White was an important figure in the commercial life of Huntingdon. Hardbound. Very good. Includes drawings and calculations relating to: tin plate; steam engines; glazier; cast iron; blast furnace; coopers; wheel gearing; dyes; lacquer production; etc. Scarce. JUN5 BOX 4
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Kawahara, Etsujin (Artist).
MODERN JAPANESE ART OF FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS. Vol.V. Translated by Naozo Ueno and Shoji Kawamura. Explained by Seika Nishizaka. Painted by Etsujin Kawahara.
pp. 13 + 24 full page color illustrations printed from paintings by Seika Nishizaka with explanatory overlays on rice paper, printed in double columns. Old tape repair to title. First few leaves browned, but not brittle. Oblong 4to. Japanese style binding in purple cloth. Paper title label on front cover. Mildly XLib. ORIENT BOX 2
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Warren, David B. & S. Katherine Howe and Michael K. Brown.
MARKS OF ACHIEVEMENT: FOUR CENTURIES OF AMERICAN PRESENTATION SILVER.
pp. 207 + 60 color, 165 black/white reproductions. 4to. Original publisher's cloth binding. DJ. A descriptive catalog of 231 works in the exhibition, with an introductory essay to each section. Fine copy. Important. PA 39
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Airy, Osmund.
CHARLES II.
283 p. + Wonderful plates, including a magnificent color printed frontis and fine mezzotint-like portraits. Folio. Three-quarter red leather binding, over marbled boards. Rubbed. First edition. Limited to 1250 numbered examples. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W150
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Rishel, Joseph J.
THE HENRY P. MCILHENNY COLLECTION. An Illustrated History. With the Assistance of Alice Lefton.
149p. Numerous color photographs. Folio. Original full gold stamped stiff red paper wraps. Original dust jacket. Slight tear top of spine. Nice copy. ART 1
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Pennsylvania GermanSociety; Borneman
PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN BOOKPLATES. PENNSYLVANIAGERMAN SOCIETY. Volume LIV
Borneman. PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN BOOKPLATES. 169p. + 24 Plates in Color. Handsome original decorated cloth binding. Limited edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Larkin, James.
THE PRACTICAL BRASS AND IRON FOUNDER'S GUIDE: A TREATISE ON BRASS FOUNDING, MOULDING, THE METALS AND THEIR ALLOYS, ETC. (With) Recent Improvements in the Manufacture of Iron, Steel by the Bessemer Process. Fifth Edition Revised with Extensive Additions
301 p. + Important publisher's catalog (32 p.). 12 mo. Original full cloth binding, decorated in blind and lettered in gold. A crisp copy of an extremely useful work, detailing the skills and technologies that helped create the Industrial Revolution. These 19th century trade guides are usually found in poor condition. This copy is a remarkable exception. The publisher, Henry Carey Baird was an interesting fellow. Born in Bridesburg, near Philadelphia, in 1825, he became a partner in the publishing house of Carey & Hart in 1845, and in 1849 established the new house of Henry Carey Baird & Company. They soon became the premier technical and industrial publishers in the nation. He was at first a Whig , and subsequently a Republican in politics. but in 1875 he joined the National Greenback Party and became one of its leaders. He wrote extensively on questions relation to the national economy, advocating views similar to those of Henry C. Carey, his uncle. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W145
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Lepage-Medvey, E.
NATIONAL COSTUMES. Austria. Hungary. Poland. Czechoslovakia. Preface by Andre Varagnac. English Translation by S. P. Skipwith.
20p + 40 wonderful individual Porchoir-like lithographs on heavy paper. Small folio. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Edited by Andre Gloeckner. First Edition. A very nice example. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! TEXTILE 1.
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Schaarschmidt, August (1720-1791).
ANATOMISCHE TABELLEN.
Seven volumes in one. pp. (16) 175; (16) 80; (4) 120; (4) 96; (8) 96; (4) 32; (8) 203. Contents: Osteologie; Syndesmologie; Myologie; Angiologie; Neurologie; Adenologie; and Splanchnologie. Old damp stain. Small 8vo. Almost disbound. **Contemporary manuscript ownerships and notes of a German-American physician, Samuel Wistling. Also with early Ehrenfeld family book plates, etc. Schaarschmidt was a physician at the Charite, Professor in Buetzow, and the founder of a school for midwives. German-American owned medical books from this early era are important, fascinating, and very scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! MED 9
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Antiques Magazine (Editors).
ANTIQUES AT THE HENRY FORD MUSEUM.
48p. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Folio. Original printed wraps. Slight wear at extremities. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ART 2 -
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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
MASTERPIECES OF AMERICAN SILVER.
99p. Photo illustrations. Double column. Oblong 8vo. Original printed wraps. Spiral bound. Silver label on front cover. Scarce and valuable reference. ART 7
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Sterling Silversmiths Guild of America.
THE STORY OF STERLING. Thumb-Nail Historical and Useful Facts About the Craft "Where Art and Industry Meet".
54p. Numerous photo illustrations and drawings. Heavy gold label of Appel Jeweler, Allentown, PA mounted on title page, with his blind stamp. 8vo. Original full silver stamped paper board binding. Nice copy. ART 6
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Winchester, Alice (Editor).
COLLECTORS & COLLECTIONS. The Antiques Anniversary Book.
166p. Numerous illustrations and photographs, some in color. Folio. Original full paper binding. Original dust jacket. Slightly chipped. ART 5
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Drepperd, Carl W.
VICTORIAN. THE CINDERELLA OF ANTIQUES.
pp. xxi, 260. Numerous drawings. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. First Edition. ART 4. -
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McNab, Jessie.
SILVER. Smithsonian Illustrated Library of Antiques. General Editor: Brenda Gilchrist. (Prepared by the Cooper-Hewitt Museum).
pp. 128 + Plus color frontis. Numerous illustrations, some in color. 4to. Original full gold stamped cloth backed paper binding. Original dust jacket. ART 5
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Grand, Gordon.
OLD MAN AND OTHER COLONEL WEATHERFORD STORIES.
pp. (12), 238, [1] + Colored plates. 8vo. 24.5 cm. Original grained crimson cloth binding. The handsome original Derrydale edition of this wonderful work. Edition limited to only eleven hundred and fifty examples (1150). The Derrydale Press was an American book publishing company founded in 1927 with headquarters on Park Ave. in Manhattan. . It was the creation of Princeton University graduate Eugene V. Connett III (1891-1969). Iit was the only publishing house in the world devoted exclusively to sporting books, and issued some of the most sought after books in the field. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W42
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Coughlin, Rev. Charles E.
THE NEW DEAL IN MONEY. As Broadcast by Rev. Charles E. Coughlin over a National Network October, November, and December - 1933.
128p. 8vo. Original printed wraps, soiled. Rev. Charles E. Coughlin (1871-1979), "The Radio Priest" whose fiery and controversial broadcasts in the 1930s commanded audiences of millions. After hinting at attacks on Jewish bankers, Coughlin began to use his radio program to issue antisemitic commentary. He approvingly supported some of the fascist policies of Adolf Hitler and of Benito Mussolini, and of Emperor Hirohito of Japan. Coldwar/Economics 5
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White, Trumbull (Editor).
SILVER AND GOLD OR BOTH SIDES OF THE SHIELD. A Symposium of the Views of All Parties On the Currency Question. Thoroughly Expounding the Doctrines of Free Sliver, Mono-metalism and Bi-metalism,.
pp. 568 + Plus portrait frontis. Numerous portrait illustrations of senators. Slight dampstain. 8vo. Original full grey cloth binding, decorated in silver, gold, blue and red with flag and eagle, worn. "A symposium of the views of all parties on the Currency Question" from the 19th century, an issue central to the political campaigns of William Jennings Bryan and William McKinley." Coldwar/Economics 9x2. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Howell, Arthur H.
FLORIDA BIRD LIFE.
pp. xxiv, 579 + Color plates after paintings by Francis L. Jaques, with guards and explanations + Photographic plates + Folding colored map. Small 4to. 25 cm. Plain cloth binding. "Florida occupies a unique position biologically among the States of the Union and has been a Mecca for naturalists. Comprising a long narrow peninsula projecting southward into the tropics, and provided with myriad lakes, ponds, marshes, and tidal lagoons, it is an attractive lane of migration for many birds and furnishes an ideal home at all seasons for immense numbers of waterfowl, shorebirds, and swamp-loving species." - Introduction. A nice clean copy of a invaluable work that contains a description of each bird found in Florida, with: its range, distribution, haunts, habits, food, recognition marks, etc. Ripley 138. NH7
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Murphy, Robert Cushman.
OCEANIC BIRDS OF SOUTH AMERICA. A Study of Species of the Related Coasts and Seas, Including the American Quadrant of Antarctica Based Upon the Brester-Sanford Collection in the American Museum of Natural History. Two Volume Set.
Two volumes. pp. xx, 640; vii, 641-1245 + 72 monochrome numbered plates and 16 full page plates, in color, showing paintings by Francis L. Jaques. Includes also 80 text illustrations. Large 8vo. Original full cloth bindings. A very nice set of an important work. Especially significant for its descriptions of the birds of the Antarctic seas. SCARCE. NH7
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Abbot, Willis J.
PANAMA AND THE CANAL In Picture and Prose. A Complete Story of Panama, as well as the history, purpose and promise of its world-famous Canal - the most gigantic engineering undertaking since the dawn of time.
413 p. + 16 color plates showing water-color paintings by E. J. Read and Gordon Grant + Advertisements + Folding color map as frontis. 'Profusely illustrated by over 600 unique and attractive photographs taken expressly for this book by our special staff.' Small folio (9 x 12"). Original full red cloth binding with a color picture of a painting mounted to the front cover. One corner bumped. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NW31
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Surtess, R. E.
HANDLEY CROSS. With Colour Plates by John Leech.
671p. + Plus color frontis and full page color illustrations by John Leech. The collotype base of the plates has been printed by Chiswick Press and the hand coloring carried out by M. Johnson. Inked ownership of Jefford F. Oller, 6-11-51. Very slightly age stained. 8vo. Original full orange cloth binding. Gilt lettered spine labels. Hardbound. Nice example. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PRESS/W74
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Surtess, R. E.
MR. FACEY ROMFORD'S HOUNDS. With Colour Plates by John Leech and Hablot K. Browne.
430p. + Plus color frontis and full page color illustrations by John Leech. The collotype base of the plates has been printed by Chiswick Press and the hand coloring carried out by M. Johnson. Inked ownership of Jefford F. Oller, 11-20-52. 8vo. Original full orange cloth binding. Gilt lettered spine labels. Spine very slightly faded. Hardbound. Nice example. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PRESS/W74
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Kettell, Thomas P. and Brockett, L. P. and "An Eminent Corps of Scientific and Literary Men.
FIRST CENTURY OF NATIONAL EXISTENCE; THE UNITED STATES AS THEY WERE AND ARE. With an Appendix. Superbly Illustrated With Over 225 Engravings. Sold Only by Subscription
pp. xvi, 683 + [50] leaves of woodcuts, engravings, colored lithographs etc. Large 8vo. 25 cm. Original full cloth binding, decorated in gold. Chipped at spine. Includes: Mining Industry, Oil; Fur Trade; Land; Banks; Insurance; Fire Companies; Emigration; Authors; Social; Domestic; Design; Religious Denominations; Education; Electric Telegraph; Printing; Etc. & Etc. A wonderful production. PA 47
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House, Homer D.; Clarke, John M.
WILD FLOWERS OF NEW YORK. In Two Parts. Memoir 15. The University of the State of New York. State Museum. Second Printing.
Two Parts: pp. 185; 187-362. Profusely illustrated with lovely full page color photographs. Two Hundred and Sixty-Four plates. Folio. Original full cloth bindings, gold lettered spine. Hardbound. Excellent set. PLANTS. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W129
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Mahan, Alfred Thayer.
THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA; A Narrative of the Anglo-Boer War from the Beginning of Hostilities to the Fall of Pretoria. Introduction by Sir John G. Bourinot.
208 p. + Eighteen plates in sepia or full color. Numerous photographic illustrations in the text (many of these are full-page). Oblong folio. 435 x 295 mm. Hardcover. Original full cloth binding. Marginal dampstain and minor loss to the last leaves, but no loss of text and the color plates are all Fine. The color illustrations are by: T. de Thulstrup; E. Hering; Max F. Klepper; H. Reuterdahl; A.B. Wenzell; and, probably most importantly, Frederic Remington. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! OVERSIZE 1
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Greenwood, James; Color Plates.
WILD SPORTS OF THE WORLD. A Book of Natural History and Adventure. [With Numerous Woodcut Text Illustrations, and]. Eight Coloured Illustrations by Harrison Weir, Zwecker and others.
pp. 426 + Eight color plates, printed in an unusual process somewhat like rotogravure. Numerous text illustrations throughout. Some foxing. All edges marbled. 8vo. 210 mm. Handsome full leather gift binding by H & C. Treacher, Brighton. The front board bears the gilt W & L cypher of the publishers, and is perhaps a presentation binding for the author. Binding shows some wear, but is still impressive. The color plates almost have the look of Impressionist art. Hardbound. Very good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BINDINGS NW44
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Hornung, Clarence Pearson.
TREASURY OF AMERICAN DESIGN. A Pictorial Survey of Popular Folk Arts Based Upon Watercolor Renderings in the Index of American Design, at the National Gallery of Art. Foreword by J. Carter Brown. Introduction by Holger Cahill.
Two volumes. pp. xxvii, 846. Highly illustrated. Many illustrations and pages printed in color. Top edges foxed. 4to. 31 cm. Original bindings of blue cloth decorated in gold and red. The book design and decorative typography was executed by the author, and it was printed and bound in Japan. This grand publication made available to the general public a collection of 17,000 carefully documented drawings and photographs executed by artists and scholars working under the Works Project Administration. The Index of American Design documents a rich decorative and functional heritage embodied within early American furniture, ceramics, glass, silver, pewter, textiles, household goods, and other objects. There are few better illustrated resources to the wide range of art, industry, trade, decoration and ornament in the U.S. PA 39
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Jenkins, Reese V.
IMAGES AND ENTERPRISE. Technology and the American Photographic Industry 1839 to 1925.
pp. xviii, 371. Illustrated. Softbound. Johns Hopkins paperback. Small 4to. Original wraps. Near fine. W100
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Studer, Jacob.
STUDER'S POPULAR ORNITHOLOGY - BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA - Drawn and Colored From Nature. Upwards of Seven Hundred Different Species and Varieties, comprising all that are Known to Exist on this Continent, are Represented in One Hundred and Nineteen Crayon P
182 p. + 119 full-color plates by Theodore Jasper. Over 700 species and varieties illustrated in natural color, with scientific and popular descriptions. Original gilt stamped facsimile leather binding. Personalized Christmas presentation (1979). An attractive and very affordable edition of a great color plate bird book. Hardbound. Very Good+. FRONT CASE
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Lieber, Oscar M.
THE ASSAYER'S GUIDE; Or, Practical Directions to Assayers, Miners, and Smelters, For the Tests and Assays, By Heat and By Wet Processes, of the Ores of All the Principal Metals, and of Gold and Silver Coins and Alloys.
117 p. + 27 pages of advertisements for Baird Scientific and Practical publications. 16mo. Black publisher's cloth. Spine taped. XLib. This was a book that every hopeful adventurer took with him to California's GOLD RUSH. SCARCE. PA28
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Georgia Dept. of Agriculture.
GEORGIA, HISTORICAL AND INDUSTRIAL.
955 p. Including many full page illustrations, half tone photo plates, 18 chromolithographic plates (mostly of fruit), and folding maps. Large 8vo. 245 mm. Original full cloth binding. Mildly XLib. Hardbound. Very Good. Issued under the direction of Odediah B. Stevens, Commissioner, and Robert F. Wright, Asst. Commissioner." The color lithograph plates are especially impressive. Of course when laborers are shown in the photo plates they are predominately African American. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! OVERSIZE 5/6 / YORK HS
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Eliot, George.
SILAS MARNER: The Weaver of Raveloe. With Twenty-Four Coloured Illustrations by C.E. Brock.
pp. xviii, 262. +Plus 24 leaves of color illustrations including frontis. 12mo. 180mm. Original publisher's full cream cloth binding. Cover ornately decorated and lettered in gold gilt. Cover designed by Rachel Robinson with her monogram. Spine stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt. Corners slightly bumped. Small marking on front cover. Spine gilt dulled. Book Plate belonging to Jacob Bates Abbott on inside flyleaf. Unusual bookplate depicting a naked woman riding on a ear wearing a princess hat and a night in full armor standing at her rear. Jacob Bates Abbott (1895-1950) was a prolific book illustrator who lived in California and Pennsylvania. His son Jackson Miles Abbott (1920-1988) followed in his father's footsteps and was also an accomplished artist, best known for his bird studies. Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
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