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Blackbeard, Bill; Crain, Dale, eds
The Comic Strip Century: Celebrating 100 Years of an American Art Form
Northampton MA: Kitchen Sink Press 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes in slipcase. 480pp. A visual reference of the American comic strip. In b&w and color. A few pages have minor foxing. A near fine set in fine slipcase. ; Quarto. Kitchen Sink Press hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 39986
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Outcault, Richard Felton
R. F. Outcault's The Yellow Kid: A Centennial Celebration of the Kid Who Started the Comics
Northampton MA: Kitchen Sink Press 1995. First Edition. Softcover. 301pp. Stiff pictorial wrappers with French flaps. Reprints for the first time the entire comic strip. Introduction by Bill Blackbeard. Foreword by William Randolph Hearst III. Fine. ; Quarto. Kitchen Sink Press unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 39984
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Tyson, Gerald P
Joseph Johnson: A Liberal Publisher
University Of Iowa Press 1979. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item500grams ISBN:0877450889 University Of Iowa Press hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 5790467 ISBN : 0877450889 9780877450887
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Clark Russell, W
English Men of Action: William Dampier
Macmillan and Co. 1916. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item350grams ISBN: Macmillan and Co. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 5790863
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Benedict, C (ed)
'The Benedicts Abroad'
Ellis 1930. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1050grams ISBN: Ellis hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 5790921
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Reisner, Robert George
Bird: The Legend of Charlie Parker
Da Capo Press Inc 1975. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item850grams ISBN:0306706776 Da Capo Press Inc hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 3727479 ISBN : 0306706776 9780306706776
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Gregory, Frances W
Nathan Appleton: Merchant and Entrepreneur 1779- 1861
University Of Virginia Press 1975. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item850grams ISBN:0813905613 University Of Virginia Press hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 5790518 ISBN : 0813905613 9780813905617
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Ward, H
My Life with Stanley's Rear Guard
Chatto and Windus 1891. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Smaller blue cloth 8vo with red lettering and red motif on front board. Red lettering on backstrip. Bumped corners and some wear and fraying to backstrip. Two inch long tear in backstrip seam. Botanical patterned end papers. Interior secure clean and clear save for foxing. First page of publisher catalogue at rear has half missing. Contains a map plate. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item400grams ISBN: Chatto and Windus hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 5790959
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Maitland, Ida, ed
The Humming Bird. A Christmas and New-Year's Gift
New York: Geo. A. Leavitt Publisher N.D. First Edition. Hardcover. 254pp. Full red morocco with elaborate gilt decorations on the sides and on the spine gold lettering on the spine all edges gilt. Engraved frontispiece title page and four inserted plates with illustrations. Engravings by Absolon Garnier and others. A collection of short fiction and poems. Light fading to spine fraying to spine ends missing the front free endpaper. A very good copy. ; 12mo. Geo. A. Leavitt, Publisher hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 31899
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Eddy, Daniel C
The Percy Family. A Visit to Ireland
Boston / New York: Andrew F. Graves / Sheldon and Company 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. The first book in the Percy Family series. 255pp. Red cloth stamped in blind on the sides spine lettered and decorated in gold. Frontispiece and illustrations. Chips to spine ends name and bookstore label residue on front free endpaper some fading to spine. A good copy. ; 12mo. Andrew F. Graves / Sheldon and Company hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 31900
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Mayhew, Henry
The Story of the Peasant-Boy Philosopher; or "A Child Gathering Pebbles on the Sea- Shore". Founded on the Early Life of Ferguson the Shepherd-Boy Astronomer and Intended to Show How a Poor Lad Became Acquainted with the Principles of Natural Science
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1864. Hardcover. 500pp 4 3 1p of publisher's advertisements. Blue cloth stamped in blind on the sides spine lettered and decorated in gold. Pale yellow endpapers. Six inserted plates with illustrations one foldout plate with constellations and many in-text illustrations. Contemporary inscription in pencil and small bookstore label on the front free endpaper. Short closed tear to spine head light wear to extremities. Internally fairly clean. A very good copy. ; 16mo. Harper & Brothers, Publishers hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 31933
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Chesterton, Gilbert Keith
William Cobbett
New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1926. First US Edition. Hardcover. 254pp. Green cloth stamped in gold on the front and the spine. Short inscription to front free endpaper a few tiny spots to spine. Internally clean. A very good copy. ; Octavo. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 32048
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Quintus Curtius Rufus
Q. Curtii Rufi de rebus gestis Alexandri Magni libri superstites cum freinshemii supplementis suis variorumque notis illustravit A. Huguet
Paris: Excudit C. L. F. Panckoucke 1834. First Edition. Hardcover. Nova scriptorum Latinorum bibliotheca". Complete in two volumes. xii 290pp; 288pp. Later brown half cloth over marbled boards. Scattered foxing to text blocks law firm unobtrusive stamps on titles and last leaves old stain affecting the top edge of some of the leaves of volume I a touch of wear to edges. A nice very good set. ; Octavo. Excudit C. L. F. Panckoucke hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 32650
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Trevelyan, George Otto
The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay by His Nephew. In Two Volumes
London: Longmans Green and Co 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. xi 475pp; viii 480pp. Contemporary brown half calf over cloth spines with five raised bands gilt decorations and morocco labels lettered in gold all edges marbled marbled endpapers. Portrait frontispiece. Likely Selkirk historian Thomas Craig-Brown's copy with a Selkirk Scotland bookplate and his signature on it. There is a handwritten letter addressed to Craig-Brown tipped in in volume one but unfortunately not all the text is readable. Light rubbing to covers black labels on the spines are gone. Internally extremely clean with only mild foxing to the first and last few leaves. A bright very good set. ; Octavo. Longmans, Green, and Co hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 33004
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Starr, John W, Jr
Lincoln's Last Day. John E. Boos' One of a Kind Copy
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. Hardcover. 92pp printed on coated paper on the recto only. Half morocco over cloth spine lettered in gold all edges sprinked red endpapers. John Boos' red ex-libris printed on the verso of the title. Lincoln's portrait is printed in red on the background of every fourth leaf. The illustrations differ from the original version. This copy has a portrait of Lincoln on photographic paper bound in after the title a different one bound in after page 71 a photo of the house in which Lincoln died a photo of Ford's theatre and a facsimile of the program of Ford's theatre pasted on the last leaf. The index included in the original edition is not present so the pagination also differs. The rest of the text including Notes Correction of Some Commonly Accepted Stories and Bibliography were retained. Three clippings about Lincoln's last day from a contemporary era newspaper are laid in. John Boos of Albany NY was a prominent Lincoln collector and author. Leather shows some wear to edges and corner tips but overall this is a truly unique item in near fine condition. ; Octavo. Frederick A. Stokes Company hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 33160
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Ewen, David
Men of Popular Music
New York: Editions for the Armed Services Inc 1945. First Edition. Paperback. Armed Services Edition T-4. Oblong format. Tiny chip and very mild fading to spine. A near fine copy. ; Small octavo. Editions for the Armed Services, Inc paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 34813
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Hale, Edward Everett
James Russell Lowell and His Friends
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. viii 303pp. Cloth. With portraits facsimiles and other illustrations. A couple of faint spots to covers else a fine copy.; Octavo. Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 34860
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Hellman, Lillian
Scoundrel Time. Special Limited Edition
Boston: Little Brown and Company 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Special edition reserved for the friends of the auhtor and Little Brown and Company. 155pp. Cloth. Signed by Hellman on the limitation page. Spine panel faded but with lettering perfectly readable upper corner tip bruised. A near fine copy in the original acetate dustjacket. ; Octavo; Signed by Author. Little, Brown and Company hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 35216
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M'Alpine, Frank
Our Album of Authors: A Cyclopedia of Popular Literary People
Philadelphia: Elliott & Beezley 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. 416pp. Brown pictorial cloth stamped in black and gold on the front and the spine color illustration affixed to front panel all edges gilt. Floral endpapers. With several portrait illustrations. Light wear to spine ends mild fading to spine. A bright near fine copy. ; Quarto. Elliott & Beezley hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 35643
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Dall'Aquila, Aligi
Italo Balbo
Roma: Tipografia Novissima 1943. First Edition. Wrappers. Eroi e avventure della nostra guerra n. 14. 80pp. Original wrappers. A short biography of the flying ace. With several full page photographs. Small stains along the spine on both covers light wear and chipping to spine. A very good copy. Text in Italian.; Octavo. Tipografia Novissima unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 35882
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Fenton, Robert W
The Big Swingers
Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall Inc 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 258pp. Mustard cloth stamped in green on the spine. The first full-scale biography of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Includes compilations letters documents synopses lists of characters plots and themes. Profusely illustrated with b/w pictures. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket with tiny scrapes to front panel. ; Octavo. Prentice-Hall, Inc hardcover
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Carey, Arthur A; McLellan, Howard
Memoirs of a Murder Man
Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran and Company Inc 1930. Hardcover. xv 326pp. Cloth. The autobiography of Inspector Carey who was in charge of the Homicide Bureau of the New York Police Department and was connected with all the sensational murder trials like the Dot King case the Elwell case the Ruth Snyder-Judd Gray case and many others. Edges a bit dusty. A near fine copy in the scarce very good dustjacket with light fading to spine panel and some edge wear. ; Octavo. Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc hardcover
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Gardiner, Samuel Rawson
Oliver Cromwell
London / Paris / New York: Goupil & Co. Jean Boussod Manzi Joyant & Co 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 1475 numbered copies this being #496. v 216pp. Contemporary black half morocco over marbled boards spine with raised bands gilt floral decorations and lettering marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt others uncut. The binding is signed by Hertzberg. Engraved color portrait frontispiece. Complete with 45 inserted plates with engravings by Jean Boussod Manzi and Joyant many of which are full page. All plates with tissue guards. Wear to boards along the spine and to spine ends a few light scuffs to leather boards are very mildly warped. Internally extremely clean. A lavishly produced title in very good condition. ; Quarto. Goupil & Co., Jean Boussod, Manzi, Joyant & Co hardcover
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[Samuel A Mitchell]
An Accompaniment to Mitchell's Reference and Distance Map of the United States. Containing an Index of All the Counties Districts Townships Towns &c. in the Union; Together with an Index of the Rivers by Which Any County District Township &c or River May Be Found on the Map Without Difficulty: Also a General View of the United States and the Several States and Territories.
Philadelphia: Published by Mitchell and Hinman 1834. First Edition. Hardcover. 324pp. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards spine lettered in gold. With the Mitchell and Hinman advertisement bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper. Signature in pencil on front free endpaper. Light wear to extremities and rubbing to covers old stain affecting upper edge of roughly a hundred leaves. About very good. Howes M684. Sabin 49715. ; Octavo. Published by Mitchell and Hinman hardcover
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Elder, William
Biography of Elisha Kent Kane
Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. 2pp of publisher's advertisements 416pp subscribers' list and 2pp of publisher's advertisements. Original decorated cloth stamped in blind on the sides spine lettered in gold. Engraved title frontispiece and four inserted plates with woodcuts. Biography of the famous Arctic explorer. Some wear to corner tips and spine ends a touch of foxing to edges of text block. A very good copy. Sabin 22094.; Octavo. Childs & Peterson hardcover
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Jesse, J Heneage
Memoirs of the Life and Reign of King George the Third
London: Tinsley Brothers 1867. Second Edition. Hardcover. Complete in three volumes. xii 601pp; x 562pp; x 616pp. Contemporary brown half calf over marbled boards spines with morocco labels lettered in gold and elaborate gilt decorations. Marbled endpapers marbled edges. Armorial bookplates on the front pastedown endpapers. A few scuffs to leather light rubbing and edge wear. A clean very good set. ; Octavo. Tinsley Brothers hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 30394
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MILLER, Daniel
The Life and Labors of Rev. Levi K. Derr D.D.
Reading PA: Daniel Miller Pub. 1907. Bound in gray cloth stamped in gold. No Dust Jacket. A scarce no copies on OCLC/Worldcat. An 83 pp. biography of the Reverend Derr with historical notes on Lehigh County Tamaqua etc. Small scrape to top of cloth. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good /No Jacket. Daniel Miller Pub. Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 59005252
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Conwell, Russell H
The Life and Public Services of James G. Blaine with Incidents Anecdotes and Romantic Events Connected with His Early Life; Containing Also His Speeches and Important Historical Documents Relating to His Later Years
Augustæ ME: E. C. Allen & Co 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. 504pp. Brown pictorial cloth stamped in black on the front in black and gold on the spine and in blind on the rear. Portrait frontispiece and sixteen full-page illustrations. Original owner's name on the front free endpaper and short contemporary inscription in pencil on the flyleaf. Light wear to extremities. A bright near fine copy. ; Octavo. E. C. Allen & Co hardcover
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Dallinger, Frederick W
Recollections of an Old Fashioned New Englander
New York: Round Table Press Inc 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. 277pp. Cloth. A hint of foxing to fore edge else a fine copy in fine dustjacket with a tiny nick to the upper edge of the rear panel. ; Octavo. Round Table Press, Inc hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 30688
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Cahn, Joseph M
The Teenie Weenies Book: The Life and Art of William Donahey
La Jolla CA: The Green Tiger Press 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Donahey William. 126pp. Pictorial boards. Nice reference title on the Teenie Weenies. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w. A fine copy in about fine dustjacket with a hint of shelf wear. ; Octavo. The Green Tiger Press hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 30762 ISBN : 0881380350 9780881380354
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Twain, Mark
Life on the Mississippi
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition second state with no tailpiece on page 441 and "The St. Charles Hotel" on page 443. 624pp. Dark brown pictorial cloth stamped in black and gold on the front panel and spine panel. With more than three hundred illustrations. Barely a hint of foxing to the fore edge. A superb near fine copy. BAL 3411. Howes C480.; Large Octavo. James R. Osgood and Company hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 30937
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Fowler, Gene
Good Night Sweet Prince: The Life and Times of John Barrymore
New York: Pocket Books Inc 1947. First Edition. Paperback. Pocket Books 430. First paperback publication. A fine copy. Photo cover. ; Small octavo. Pocket Books, Inc paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 31708
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Guareschi, Giovanni
Fantasie della Bionda. Scene da un romanzo all'antica
Milano: Rizzoli 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 394pp index. Blue cloth stamped in gold on the spine. An illustrated biography of Guareschi. Name on title and on one of the leaves. A near fine copy in fine dustjacket. In the Italian language. ; Quarto. Rizzoli hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 27585 ISBN : 8817664790 9788817664790
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Stanton, Daniel; Reckitt, William; Spalding, John
A Journal of the Life Travels and Gospel Labours of a Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ Daniel Stanton Late of Philadelphia. bound with Some Account of the Life and Gospel Labours of William Reckitt. bound with Some Account of the Convincement and Religious Progress of John Spalding; Late of Reading. bound with A Few Reasons for Leaving the National Established Mode of Worship Addressed Principally to Those Who Attend at the Place Called St. Giles’s Church Reading
London: James Phillips and Son 1795. Hardcover. 132pp; 144pp; v 36pp; 41pp 1p of advertisements. Modern brown half calf over marbled boards spine with four raised bands gold lettering and decorations. Old annotation with the titles contained in the book on the flyleaf mild scattered foxing. A near fine copy.; 12mo. James Phillips and Son hardcover
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Halstead, Murat
Life and Achievements of Admiral Dewey from Montpelier to Manila
Chicago: Our Possessions Publishing Co 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. 452pp. Original tan pictorial binding stamped in gold red black and white on the front panel and the spine panel. Frontispiece and twenty-seven half-tone engravings made from photographs taken especially for this book. A few tiny spots to cloth on the rear panel. A bright fine copy much better than usually found. ; Octavo. Our Possessions Publishing, Co hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 28019
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Berti, Domenico
Il Conte di Cavour avanti il 1848
Roma: Voghera Carlo Tipografo di S. M. 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. 371pp. Original pictorial cloth elaborately decorated in gold and black and with a portrait of Cavour on the front panel decorated in black on the rear panel lettered and decorated in gold on the spine panel. Binding signed by A. Staderini of Rome on the rear panel. A biography of Camillo Benso Count of Cavour in the early years. Tiny spot to front panel else a bright fine copy. In the Italian language. ; Octavo. Voghera Carlo, Tipografo di S. M. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 28529
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Claude, Antoine Francois
Memoirs of Monsieur Claude Chief of Police Under the Second Empire
Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Company 1907. First US Edition. Hardcover. 321pp. Original red decorated cloth stamped in gold on the front panel lettered and decorated in gold on the spine panel top edge gilt. Frontispiece and eleven inserted plates with illustrations. Condenses five of the original ten volumes in one dropping parts that were long out of date. Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley. Light wear to extremities. A bright near fine copy.; Octavo. Houghton Mifflin & Company hardcover
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Castell Hopkins, J
Life and Work of Mr. Gladstone
Toronto and Brantford: The Bradley-Garretson Company Lt'd 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. 498pp 2pp. Original red pictorial cloth stamped in black and gold on the front panel and the spine panel. Portrait frontispiece and several illustrations. Mild foxing to endpapers and edges some wear to edges and spine ends spine panel very slightly faded. A clean and bright very good copy. ; Quarto. The Bradley-Garretson Company, Lt'd hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 29498
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McCabe, Joseph, ed; Gaiman, Neil
Hanging Out with the Dream King: Conversations with Neil Gaiman and His Collaborators. Signed Limited Edition
Seattle: Fantagraphics Books 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 1100 signed copies. Signed by Neil Gaiman on the limitation slip pasted on the dedication page. 297pp. Black cloth lettered in blind on the front panel and the spine panel. Contributions by Sam Kieth Kelley Jones Charles Vess P. Craig Russell Jill Thompson Tori Amos Alice Cooper Chris Bachalo Andy Kubert Terry Pratchett Gene Wolfe and others. A fine copy in fine dustjacket with the usual light creases in the laminate. ; Octavo; Signed by Author. Fantagraphics Books hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 29507 ISBN : 1560976179 9781560976172
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Pacca, Bartolomeo
Memorie storiche del ministero de' due viaggi in Francia e della prigionia nel forte di S. Carlo in Fenestrelle del Cardinale Bartolomeo Pacca scritte da lui medesimo e divise in tre parti. Edizione nuovissima con aggiunte dell'Autore
Orvieto: Tipografia Pompei 1843. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition from this publisher with additions by the author. In three volumes. 276pp; 287pp; 359pp. Contemporary dark green quarter calf over marbled boards spines lettered and decorated in gold silk bookmarks. Rubbing to covers small stain to top edge of volume I and II affecting several leaves faint larger stain to first and last leaves of volume III. A very good set. In the Italian language. ; Octavo. Tipografia Pompei hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 29532
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Spurlock, J David; Klugerman, Barry, eds
RGK: The Art of Roy G. Krenkel
Somerset NJ: Vanguard Productions 2005. First Edition. Softcover. 154pp. Commentary by Al Williamson and Frank Frazetta. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w. A fine copy. ; Quarto. Vanguard Productions unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 29640 ISBN : 1887591524 9781887591522
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Farinacci, Roberto
Costanzo Ciano
Bologna: Cappelli Editore 1940. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. 221pp. Original wrappers. With b&w photographs. In the Italian language. ; Octavo. Cappelli Editore unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 29850
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Porretta, Felice da
Il beato Corrado da Parzham
Roma: Tipografia Poliglotta Vaticana 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. 349pp index. Bright blue full calf decorated in blind and gold on the sides lettered and decorated in gold on the spine. All edges gilt marbled endpapers. Frontispiece and twenty-eight inserted plates. Wear to extremities spine panel partially split and slightly faded stamp on the title page. A very good copy. In the Italian language. ; Octavo. Tipografia Poliglotta Vaticana hardcover
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Spino, Pietro
Historia della vita et fatti dell'eccellentissimo Capitano di guerra Bartolomeo Coglione. Scritta per M. Pietro Spino
Vinetia: Appresso Gratioso Percaccino 1569. Hardcover. 24 283 1p. Old quarter calf over marbled boards spine lettered in gold all edges blue. Copper engraved title portrait frontispiece one foldout plate with the coats of arms of the Colleoni family initials head-pieces tail-pieces and printer's device. The fascinating life and times of one of the most famous Italian soldiers of fortune. Small labels on the front panel and the front free endpaper short tear and wear to the spine. There are some old annotations on the margins and on the last page and some very sporadic underlining. Overall a nice well-preserved copy. In the Italian language. Cicogna 2845. Gamba 1658. Graesse VI.469. ; Quarto. Appresso Gratioso Percaccino hardcover
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Caracciolo, Henrietta
The Mysteries of the Neapolitan Convents: With a Brief Sketch of the Early Life of the Authoress. Translated from the Fourth Italian Edition by J. S. Redfield Late U. S. Consul at Otranto and Brindisi Italy. With an Introduction by Rev. John Dowling D. D.
Hartford CT: A. S. Hale & Co 1869. Hardcover. 484pp. Original brown cloth stamped in gold and blind on the front panel and decorated in gold on the spine panel. Frontispiece and five inserted plates. The somewhat fictionalized autobiography of Enrichetta Caracciolo a former Benedictine nun Italian patriot and feminist. Wear to spine ends rubbing to covers name in pencil on the front free endpaper and the flyleaf some underlining. A good copy. ; Octavo. A. S. Hale & Co hardcover
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Haynes, Gideon
Pictures from Prison Life. An Historical Sketch of the Massachusetts State Prison. With Narratives and Incidents and Suggestions on Discipline
Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers 1872. Hardcover. 334pp. Original brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides and lettered in gold on the spine panel. Double wood engraved frontispiece with views of the old prison built in 1805 and of the same in 1868. Wear to spine ends short inscription on the front free endpaper a few faint smudges to some of the leaves one of the plates is partially detached. ; Octavo. Lee and Shepard, Publishers hardcover
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Tumiati, Gaetano
Prigionieri nel Texas
Milano: Mursia 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 204pp. Pictorial boards. The poignant reminiscences of an Italian prisoner of war who spent more than two years in an internment camp in Hereford Texas. Tumiati later became a journalist and writer. His novel Il busto di gesso won the 1976 Premio Campiello. Light toning to pages else a fine copy. ; Octavo. Mursia hardcover
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Donatone, Guido, ed
William Hamilton: Diario segreto napoletano 1764-1789
Napoli: Grimaldi & C. Editori 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 141pp. Original pictorial wrappers. With b&w illustrations. According to the editor collects entries from a diary written by William Hamilton British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples and fortuitously found in one of the secret compartments of an old piece of furniture. The diary covers the years between 1764 and 1789. With the bookplate of an Italian nobleman and date on the front free endpaper. A fine copy in slipcase with some fading to the edges. In the Italian language. ; Octavo. Grimaldi & C. Editori hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 26279 ISBN : 8888338128 9788888338125
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Senofonte (Xenophon)
La Ciropedia di Senofonte tradotta da Francesco Regis professore di letteratura italiana nell'Accademia di Torino e membro dell'Accademia Imperiale delle scienze lettere e delle arti. bound with La spedizione di Ciro tradotta da Francesco Ambrosoli
Milano: Molina 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Collana degli Antichi Storici Greci Volgarizzati. Three volumes bound in one. xlvi 192pp; 248pp; x 364pp. Contemporary full vellum with red and green leather labels lettered in gold on the spine. Engraved foldout map of the Persian Empire in volume 1; engraved foldout plate in volume 2; large engraved foldout map of the expedition of Cyrus in volume 3. The fictionalized biography of Cyrus the Great. Two tiny tears to two of the leaves light rubbing to covers. A clean near fine copy. In the Italian language. ; Octavo. Molina hardcover
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Marks, Marilla
Memoirs of the Life of David Marks Minister of the Gospel
Dover NH: The Free-Will Baptist Printing Establishment 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. 516pp. Contemporary full calf black leather label lettered in gold on the spine. Frontispiece. The biography of an itinerant Baptist minister. Wear to extremities and covers scattered foxing throughout contemporary inscription in pencil on the front free endpaper. A solid good copy. Howes M293. Sabin 44625. ; Octavo. The Free-Will Baptist Printing Establishment hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 26460
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