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Aviation History. McLaughlin Helen E.
WALKING On AIR. An Informal History of Inflight Service of Seven U. S. Airlines
Denver CO: State of the Art Ltd 1986. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by the Author on the t.p. Color pictorial wrappers. Fine. 210 pp. Illustrated. 4to. 11" x 8-3/8" <br/><br/> State of the Art Ltd unknown books
Référence libraire : 28657
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Maine History
CATALOGUE Of The OFFICERS And STUDENTS Of BLOOMFIELD ACADEMY Maine For the Academical Year Ending May 7 1859
Skowhegan: M. Littlefield - Printer 1859. 1st thus. White printed wrappers entitled: "CATALOGUE Of The BLOOMFIELD ACADEMY. 1859.". Wrapper soiled & worn. Chunk from top edge near gutter gradually decreasing in size affecting first half of booklet. Withal a Good copy of a rare survivor. 19 1 pp. 12mo. 8-1/8" x 5" <br/><br/>The Bloomfield Academy founded in 1809 as the Canaan Academy with the name change coming a decade later. It was Skowhegan's first high school and enjoyed full-capacity in the 1840s & 1850s though in 1871 the high school graduated its last class a scant 3 students. M. Littlefield - Printer unknown books
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History. Ricardo de Beobide P. De la P. S. Salesiana
La AGONIA De Un PUEBLO. Pinceladas Tragicas de la Revolucion Rusa. Volumen II.; Biblioteca Vol. XVIII
Barcelona: Libreria Salesiana 1930. Tercera edicion third edition. Red cloth spine over pictorial yellow paper-wrapped boards with a publisher advert to the rear board. Green pictorial eps. Some wear & staining to binding. Lower corners bumped. A VG copy. 1 p.l. 113 - 203 1 pp. Illustrated with cuts. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/> Libreria Salesiana hardcover books
Référence libraire : 28229
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Theatre History. Winter William 1836 1917
The JEFFERSONS. American Actor Series
Boston: James R. Osgood & Company 1881. 1st edition BAL 23045. Blue cloth binding with gilt & black stamped lettering on front cover & spine. VG slt lean/spine minutely darkened. x 4 252 7 3 pp. Publisher catalogue last 10 pp dated October 1881. Illustrated with frontis & 8 inserted plates one cut. 12mo. <br/><br/> James R. Osgood & Company hardcover books
Référence libraire : 27635
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Theatre History. Ireland Joseph N.
MRS. DUFF. American Actor Series
Boston: James R. Osgood & Company 1882. 1st edition. Blue cloth binding with gilt & black stamped lettering on front cover & spine. VG slt lean/spine minutely darkened/faint foxing to eps. 10 188 4 pp. Index. Publisher catalogue last 4 pp dated Spring 1882. Illustrated with frontis & 5 inserted plates. 12mo. <br/><br/> James R. Osgood & Company hardcover books
Référence libraire : 27636
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British Political History. Junius
The LETTERS Of The CELEBRATED JUNIUS
London 1783. 1st thus NUC NJ 0198109; Lowndes: Vol IV pg 1241. This edition claims to have 14 letters not previously collectedition. Modern half-calf with marbled boards. Original spine laid-down. New eps. Binding - Nr Fine. Text blocks - VG faint sporadic foxing/D10-D12 has paper loss in margins does not affect text. 2 volumes. 12mo. <br/><br/>Of a Whiggish political bent the Junius' letters attacked many of George III's reign including the monarch himself. The first Junius letter appeared in Woodfall's 'Public Advertiser' in Nov 1768 and they were published periodically through 1772. The original author of the letters has never been satifactorily determined though current scholarship attributes them to Sir Philip Francis denied by Woodfall a clerk in the War Office during the years Junius' letters were appearing in the 'Public Advertiser.' Per Lowndes 'A copy of this edition with MS notes and corrections by Sir Philip Francis sold at the sale of Sir Philip Francis's library at Evans's in 1838 for 12£ 12s and was bought in the name of Armstrong for Mr H. R. Francis a member of the family.' Interesting coincidence n'est-ce pas hardcover books
Référence libraire : 6241
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Scotish History. Monro Alexander Compiler. d. 1715?
A COLLECTION Of All The ACTS Of PARLIAMENT With PUBLICK PAPERS And DECLARATIONS Relating to the CLERGY And ECCLESIASTICAL Affairs Within the Kingdom of SCOTLAND Since the Revolution
London: Printed for Jos. Hindmarsh 1693. 1st edition Wing S-1192aA. Disbound. Overall VG light soil to t.p./browning throughout. Possibly Ex-Lib as "Dup K.3.43'" is penciled in to top margin of t.p. 4 31 1 pp. Last page a blank. 4to: A2 B - E4. 20 cm x 15 cm. <br/><br/>Monro attribution from the NUC. Printed for Jos. Hindmarsh unknown books
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Naval History Electricity. Lyon Lucius 1817 1892
A TREATISE On LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS; Compiled from a Work on Thunderstroms by S. W. Harris F.R.S. and Other Standard Authors
New York: George P. Putnam 1853. 1st edition. Presentation copy from the author. Original brown publisher's cloth with gilt spine lettering. VG sq & tight/old price sticker to preliminary front blank. xvi 191 pp. Illustrated with cuts. 12mo. <br/><br/>Not in the Ronalds' collection. George P. Putnam hardcover books
Référence libraire : 23891
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British Political History. Junius
The LETTERS Of JUNIUS From the Latest London Edition With Facsimiles of Attributed Authors
New York: Leavitt & Allen n.d. Orignal publisher's cloth stamped in blind. Gd sp sunned/chipped sp head/1" split at top of front joint. 2 volumes in 1. 8vo. <br/><br/>Of a Whiggish political bent the Junius' letters attacked many of George III's reign including the monarch himself. The first Junius letter appeared in Woodfall's 'Public Advertiser' in Nov 1768 and they were published periodically through 1772. The original author of the letters has never been satifactorily determined though current scholarship attributes them to Sir Philip Francis denied by Woodfall a clerk in the War Office during the years Junius' letters were appearing in the 'Public Advertiser.' Leavitt & Allen hardcover books
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Scotish History. Sage John. 1652 1711
An ACCOUNT Of The ESTABLISHMENT Of PRESBYTERIAN GOVERNMENT By The PARLIAMENT Of SCOTLAND Anno 1690.; Toghether with the Methods by which it was Settled and the Consequences of it: As also several publick acts Speeches Pleadings and other matters of Importance relating to the Church in that Kingdom. To which is added a Summary of the Visitation of the Universities there; in a fifth Letter from a Gentleman at Endinburgh to his Friend at London
London: Printed for Jos. Hindmarsh 1693. 2nd edition Wing S-284. Disbound. Overall VG early po has written the author's name under the title on the t.p./light soil to t.p. 8 100 pp. 4to: A - N4 O2. 7-7/8" x 6" <br/><br/> Printed for Jos. Hindmarsh unknown books
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Postal History. Patterson John H. Editor United States Mail
A COMPENDIUM Of DOMESTIC POSTAGE And POSTAL LITERATURE
Chicago: United States Mail Publishing Co n. d. Circa late 1880s. Printed grey wrappers. Gd wear to spine/some edge chips/minor soiling. A fragile piece. 32 pp. frontis of Patterson & illustrated primarily with wood cuts 8vo. <br/><br/>An uncommon item; an on-line search 7/1/98 of the vast OCLC listings had no copies listed. United States Mail Publishing Co unknown books
Référence libraire : 8409
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Political History. Harris David
GOLIATH.; Introduction by Joan Baez Harris
NY: Richard Baron 1970. 1st edition. Yellow cloth binding. Dust jacket. NF/NF spine panel lightly sunned. 135 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>The story of a conscientious-objector during the late '60s. Richard Baron hardcover books
Référence libraire : 19706
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Natural History / Animals. Bell Thomas
A HISTORY Of BRITISH QUADRUPEDS Including the Cetacea
London: John Van Voorst 1837. Modern period-style dark brown speckled half-calf binding with marbled boards. Gilt spine lettering. Renewed eps. Binding - Fine. Text block - VG first few preliminary & terminal leaves have some edge chipping title leaf & dedication leaf with some professional restoration. xviii 526 8 pp. Adverts at rear including prospectus for 'British Birds'. Illustrated with numerous cuts. 8vo. <br/><br/> John Van Voorst hardcover books
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British History. Trotter John Bernard
MEMOIRS Of The LATTER YEARS Of The Right Honorable CHARLES JAMES FOX
London: Printed for Richard Phillips 1811. 1st edition. Brown half-calf with cloth boards. Maroon spine label. VG joints professionally strengthened/modern spine label/contemporary annotations on the title page. 536 pp 8vo. <br/><br/> Printed for Richard Phillips hardcover books
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American History
REPORTS Of COMMITTEES Of The HOUSE Of REPRESENTATIVES. First Session Nineteenth Congress
n. p. n. d. Ca 1825 - 1826. Period full sheep. Abt VG binding wear with chipping to leather at spine ends. Signature of one Major H. Clark Esq." Period annotations on last 2 pp in part discussing the utility of this book ". to shew the way of bringing up claims which will arise in numerous cases in California---". Various paginations though ~ 600 pp. Index first 15 pp. No t.p. per se. Fold-out charts. 8vo. 9" x 5-5/8" <br/><br/>A bound volume of the divers reports 1 - 130 though not strictly sequential; for example we note 71-75 if issued not present. Discussion of such subjects as the Library Fire to payment of Mr Morrison a military supplier who was unable to deliver because he had his livestock stolen by Indians. hardcover books
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Political History/Theory. Plowden Francis 1749 1829
A SHORT HISTORY Of The BRITISH EMPIRE From May 1792 to the Close of the Year 1793
Philadelphia: Mathew Carey 1794. 1st US Evans 27529. Contemporary full mottled calf with maroon spine label. VG minor wear & scuffing to leather/prior owner name stamp J Nelson on tp/ffep starting to separate at gutter on lower half. 2 261 3 pp. 2 pages of adverts at rear. 8vo: A1 B - 2K4. 8-1/8" x 5" <br/><br/>Plowden an eminent legal and political writer who published several works against Mr Pitt though somewhat improvident in worldly affairs and had to flee to France to avoid a n adverse court judgment DNB. In this work he's at odds with Burke. Mathew Carey hardcover books
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Oregon History. McArthur Harriet Nesmith
RECOLLECTIONS Of The RICKREALL
Portland OR 1930. 1st edition Howes M-14. Green cloth spine with greenish-hue drab boards. Paper title onlay to front board. Overall VG. 24 pp. Mostly unopened. Frontis 3 inserted plates. 8vo. <br/><br/> hardcover books
Référence libraire : 26493
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French Music History. De Cassagnac Louis
CHANTS D'AUTREFOIS. Songs of Another Time
Paris: Imprimerie D. Jouaust 1878. Presentation copy. Period brown qtr-leather with marbled boards & eps. Spine gilt lettered. VG minor wear to binding. 209 pp. 7-1/8" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/>Inscribed by the author. Imprimerie D. Jouaust hardcover books
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American History
NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER. Fourth Series: No. 1 - Vol VIII
Baltimore 1833. Disbound. VG some foxing & edgewear. Pp 1 - 16. 8vo. <br/><br/>National & world news of the period including Webster's remarks opposing a tariff bill under consideration in Congress. unknown books
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Chemical Processing History. Monigle Henrietta Editor
The HERCULES DIGESTER. Volume 4. 1948.; Published Semi-Monthly for Employees of Hercules Powder Company
Parlin NJ: Hercules Powder Company 1948. Light blue cloth binding with gilt title lettering to front board. VG. Unpaginated though each issue ~8 pp = 192 pp. Illustrated primarily from photographs. 12' x 9" <br/><br/>Scarce company newsletter that documents company employee 'happenings' throughout the year. Not listed on OCLC nor the Union List of Serials 3rd Edition though the company's Hercules Chemist & Hercules Mixer are represented. Hercules Powder Company hardcover books
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Scotish History. Morer Thomas. 1651 1715. Sage John. 1652 1711. Monro Alexander. d. 1715 ?
An ACCOUNT Of The PRESENT PERSECUTION Of The CHURCH In SCOTLAND In Several Letters
London: Printed for S. Cook 1690. 1st edition Wing M-2722. Disbound. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Overall VG t.p. a bit soiled/light age toning to paper. Annotated in an early hand as to the author of each letter and in which it is stated of Mr Morer "Chaplain to an English Regiment which was then at Glasglow in Scotland". 4 68 pp. Pp 62-63 mis-numbered 54-55; 66-67 misnumbered 58-59. 4to: A - I4. 19.5 cm x 15 cm. <br/><br/>Consists of four letters concerning the persecution of the Episcopal church the first by Thomas Morer the second & third by John Sage and the fourth by Alexander Monro cf. Halkett and Laing. Printed for S. Cook unknown books
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Native American History. Society of Friends. Lang John D. & Samuel Taylor Jun
REPORT Of A VISIT To SOME Of The TRIBES Of INDIANS LOCATED WEST Of The The MISSISSIPPI RIVER
New York: Mahlon Day & Co 1843. 1st edition Howes L-72. Original buff printed wrappers. VG avg wear & soiling to covers/pages clean. 34 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> Mahlon Day & Co unknown books
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Publisher History. Graves C. L.
LIFE And LETTERS Of ALEXANDER MACMILLAN
London: MacMillan & Co 1910. 1st edition. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Orange patterned dust jacket. NF gilt bright/sq & tight/sltly bumped front board upper corner/faint offset to eps/VG some chipping to head of spine panel. 418 pp including index. Frontis four inserted portrait plates. 8vo. <br/><br/>Uncommon in dj. MacMillan & Co hardcover books
Référence libraire : 12926
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Washington State Historical Society. A Statement of its Organization Its Constitution By-laws Officers and "A Word to the Reader"
Tacoma: F.T. Houghton 1891. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 14 pp 1 membership application. Original printed wrappers are chipped and detached; text is clean. Explains the need for a state historical society as "Washington was thirty-six years a territory and now nearly two years a State; having thus reached a period when its early pioneers and its traditions will soon pass away and remain unrecorded unless they and other matters illustrative of the State's early history.are preserved beforer the actors are gone." The organization's founding President was Elwood Evans and Vice- President tas Edward Eldridge. The initial by-laws established five standing committees: Ways and Means Publications Library Memorials and Building. Annual dues were two dollars. Smith 4315. OCLC records only one copy in Washington at the state library. F.T. Houghton paperback books
Référence libraire : 20634
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Miyakawa Masuji
Life of Japan
<p>First edition. Octavo. Illustrated by S. Morita and R. S. Hayata.Frontispiece portrait. Original green pictorial cloth with design in red white pink and gilt of rising sun flag Mt. Fuji and cherry blossom t.e.g. No dust jacket. Very good. 301 pages; 22 pages of reviews and ads. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Printed by The Wilkens-Sheiry Press Washington D.C.</p><p>Front pastedown with text in Japanese.</p> The Baker & Taylor Company hardcover books
Référence libraire : 2222218
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Scelfo Julie
The Women Who Made New York
Berkeley: SEAL PRESS 2016. Hardcover. Black illustrated boards. Fine. 355 pages. 23.5 x 18.5 cm. The fearless women who broke rules and created lasting legacies. Scelfo is a New York Times contributor and former Newsweek Correspondent. Beautifully illustrated throughout. Includes: Artists Musicians Myth makers Icons Educators Politicos Preservationists Counterculturists Intellects Loudmouths After Hours Grocers Restauranteurs Taste makers In-Crowd Aunties Ushers and Wisecrackers. Pristine <br/><br/> SEAL PRESS hardcover books
Référence libraire : 1768
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MAESTRO Betsy.
Story of Clocks and Calendars: Marking a Millennium.
NY: Lothrop Lee & Shepard. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0688145493 . Illustrated by Giulio Maestro. First printing. SIGNED by the author and illustrator. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Lothrop, Lee & Shepard hardcover books
Référence libraire : 6351 ISBN : 0688145493 9780688145491
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Lehman Anthony L. ed
Brand Book XV 15
Los Angeles: The Westerners Los Angeles Corral 1978. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. 247 pp with color frontispiece and illustrations tipped in b/w illustrations index illustrated endpapers. Slight wear to edges; else clean and sound. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear with crease to rear panel. The scope of Brand Book XV "is certainly broad enough to please all interests: Indians Blacks Spanish missionaries railroads Chinese junks the citrus industry early settlers outlaws politicians artist writers civic leaders land developers" Preface. The Westerners Los Angeles Corral hardcover books
Référence libraire : 2182
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James George Wharton
Indian Blankets and Their Makers
Chicago: A.C. McClurg 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 7.25 x 10.25 inches 213 pp text numerous illustrations including 32 color plates and many b/w photographs. Original beige buckram boards top edge gilt. Lightly rubbed at the extremities two small archival repairs to the half title page else fine. A lovely copy of this important early study of Indian blankets including their design creation creators and identification. James was one of the earliest collectors of Native American textiles and pottery. Howes J-43. A.C. McClurg hardcover books
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Magnus Olaus
Historia de Gentium Septentrionalium Variis Conditionibus Statibusque.
Petri: Heinrich 1567. Early Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. Modern half leather over marbled boards author penned to page edge lacking any blanks and lacking the full page map of Northern Europe with a facsimile tipped in. Collijn in his Swedish Bibliography suggested that the map was printed and inserted separately and only in some copies of the Basel edition. First Basel and Second Latin edition a reprint of the Rome edition of 1555. Illustrated with small woodcuts throughout. Dampstain to upper right from around page 500 on a few scattered dampstains modest foxing - generally a clean copy. 96 854 2 pp. Brunet III 1302. Magnus's history of Sweden and the North was enormously successful and popular and was translated early on into Italian German English and Dutch. It describes much folklore and customs not recorded elsewhere - including the first description of making the questionable Northern delicacy lutefisk. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Travel & Places; History. Inventory No: 046211. <br/><br/> Heinrich hardcover books
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Hargrove E.
Anecdotes of Archery; From the Earliest Ages to the Year 1791. Including an Account of the Most Famous Archers of Ancient and Modern Times; With Some Curious Particulars in the Life of Robert Fitz-Ooth Earl of Huntington Vulgarly Called Robin Hood
York: E. Hargrove 1792. First Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary leather backed marbled boards type offset onto rear cover very clearly spine dry and rubbed edges worn offsetting from frontis onto title tear to corner of page 11 not touching text scattered foxing - still a very good copy. 1044pp 2 plates and a folding table the fallacious "Pedigree of Robin Hood". Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Sports & Pastimes. Inventory No: 046094. <br/><br/> E. Hargrove hardcover books
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Rycaut Paul
Istoria Dello Stato Presente Dell'Imperio Ottomano Nella Quale si Contengono
Venice: Combi & La Noù 1672. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Fair Condition. First Italian Edition in soiled and worn but intact contemporary vellum endleaves refreshed. Modest foxing and browning a few tears including one across the center of the first pages repair to extra engraved title - significant and pervasive worming to text block touching many letters and engravings but not greatly affecting sense. Signature k bound out of order. 12 296pp. First published in English in 1668; a fair to good copy of a finely illustrated history. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046190. <br/><br/> Combi & La Noù hardcover books
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Vergil Polydore
An abridgement of the works of the most learned Polidore Virgil The works of the famous antiquary Polidore Virgil
London: John Streater or Simon Miller 1659. Later Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Later paneled and gilt calf hinges a bit rubbed cracking and weakening but still an attractive binding; bookplates of Charles John Shopee on pastedown and added endpaper. Either the 1659 or 1663 edition of Thomas Langley's translation and abridgement of Vergil's De inventoribus rerum. Lacking the title and preliminaries - the 1663 edition was the same as the 1659 but with the title and preliminaries canceled likely this was a leftover that was canceled but not bound up with the new title page the 1663 had no preliminaries. Scattered minor foxing minor old marks short notes underlines and soiling small burn mark in one margin and a tiny hole at the upper right of page 1 trimmed a little close in spots but not obscuring any text. 311 26pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; History. Inventory No: 046187. <br/><br/> John Streater or Simon Miller hardcover books
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Belleforest Francois
Harangues militaires et concions de princes capitaines ambassadeurs et autres manians tant la guerre que les affaires d'estat
Paris: Lucas Breyel 1588. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Full contemporary calf heavily worn hinges cracked front board nearly detached and held by one cord rear by two rear bottom corner degraded and broken. Old names inked out on title light toning to title and early pages very clean internally otherwise. With lovely early paste paper endpapers and pastedowns - very fine examples; lacking original blanks with these bound in relatively early on. The second edition of Belleforest's 1572 work collecting military harangues - the exhortations of commanders given to the troops before a battle Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Military & Warfare. Inventory No: 046064. <br/><br/> Lucas Breyel hardcover books
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Clegg John Trafford
David's Loom A Story of Rochdale Life in the Early Years of the Nineteenth Century
New York: Longmans Green & Co 1894. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. Light sheflwear scattered mild foxing. 276pp ads. This is the first US edition. Size: Octavo 8vo. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 045748. <br/><br/> Longmans Green & Co hardcover books
Référence libraire : 045748
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Tavira Antonio
Sermon que en la solemnidad de accion de gracias que celebró la villa de Madrid el dia 13 de Julio de 1784 en la iglesia de Santa Maria de la Almudena por el nacimiento de los dos infantes Cárlos y Felipe y por la paz
Madrid: Joachin Ibarra 1784. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Rebound in modern cloth wear to bottom right corner light dampstains generally clean and unmarked. 33pp. Archaeologist and Bishop of Salamanca; scarce. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Religion & Theology. Inventory No: 045428. <br/><br/> Joachin Ibarra hardcover books
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Gadbury John
Collectio Geniturarum: Or A Collection Of Nativities In CL Genitures; Viz Princely Prelatical Causidical Physical Mercatorial Mathematical Of Short Life Of Twins &c
London: James Cottrel 1662. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Small folio. 18th century full calf worn and dry corners heavily rubbed and rounded spine dry rehinged in white cloth front endpaper cracked. Modest browning and foxing top of title excised and replaced but otherwise clean internally. With neat and expertly drawn nativities of the Esson family early on dating from the early 18th century. Neat marginal notes and manicules scattered throughout and a few corrections to the text. An intersting early English work of astrology and the science of nativities. Lacking the portrait. 16 219 1 pp. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Science & Technology; History. Inventory No: 045440. <br/><br/> James Cottrel hardcover books
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Titus Silius; Edward Sexby; William Allen falsely attributed
Killing no Murder: Briefly Discoursed in Three Questions
London: N.P. 1689. Later Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Good Condition. Later leather backed boards worn front cover detached. Original pamphlet browned and worn at the edges first three and final two pages trimmed at the lower right just touching the gloss on the second to last page but no other text; otherwise intact. 4271pp written by Edward Sexby under the pseudonym William Allen and often attributed to Colonel Titus. At one time a parliamentarian and involved in the capture of Charles in 1647 he later became disaffected with Cromwell and wrote the pamphlet Killing No Murder in 1657 arguing that the murder of a tyrant was no murder. He was captured in 1657 on a return visit to England to instigate a rebellion was interrogated by Cromwell and imprisoned in the tower of London where he died the next year 1658. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Politics & Government. Inventory No: 045450. <br/><br/> N.P. hardcover books
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Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus; Cornelius Nepos; & Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus; Atanagi notes
Il Libro De Gli Huomini Illustri.Le Vite D'Alessandro.I Costumi Di Cesare Ne Fatti Di guerra.Espositione utilissima de l'Atanagio sopra le uoci e cose difficili
Venice: Domenico Guerra & Gio Battista 1562. Early Edition. Hardcover rebound in leather. Good Condition. Rebound in modern sheep front endpapers replaced minor worming and modest staining throughout but still an attractive copy of this early Italian edition. With historiated initials - separate section titles but continuously paginated. 16 375pp with a printers mark on the verso of page 375. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045392. <br/><br/> Domenico Guerra & Gio Battista hardcover books
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Barreme Francois Bertrand de
Le Livre des compte-faits ou tarif general des monnoies
Paris: Libraires Associés 1771. Later Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary full calf modest wear and rubbing surface marks to cover rear joint a little weak and binding slightly cracked in the center of the text block but sound overall. Scattered light foxing and browning internally. With an engraved frontis and engraved instruction sheet at front. Unpaginated - privilege and ads at rear. A nice copy of Barreme's tables which were widely used and typically used up. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Economics; History. Inventory No: 045381. <br/><br/> Libraires Associés hardcover books
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Nunez de Castro Alonso
Coronica de los Senores Reyes de Castilla Don Sancho el Deseado don Alonso de Octavo y Don Enrique el Primero
Madrid: Pablo de Val 1665. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum with remains of ties endpapers replaced title penned to spine and old pen notation to top page edge text block loose from binding title with old ink annotations and a large repair to the right edge - it is repaired by pasting an old original drawing of a villa to the verso small tear to first page of dedication with an old repair. Foxing mostly minor browning some worming in the margins with old paper repairs touching a letter or two in the bottom margin and touching the gloss in a few spots in the inner gutter but minor and contained overall one old marginal note mostly clean. 32 372pp. Nuñez de Castro was the official chronicler of Philip IV of Spain the second to last of the Castilian kings. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045383. <br/><br/> Pablo de Val hardcover books
Référence libraire : 045383
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Temple William
Introduction a L'Histoire D'Angleterre
Amsterdam: J. Louis de Lorme 1695. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Full contemporary calf worn at the spine ends but sound. First signature loose and with a light dampstain to one corner scattered light foxing and occasional light dampstain in the right margin but mostly clean internally. The first French edition the same year as the English. With an engraved frontis and 24 plates of English kings at the rear. 8 310pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 045250. <br/><br/> J. Louis de Lorme hardcover books
Référence libraire : 045250
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Livius Titus Livy
Historiarum Ab Urbe Condita Decas IV. In Usum Scholarum Societatis Jesu
Dilingen: Caspari Sutoris Kaspar Sutor 1629. Later Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. Contemporary vellum soiled but sound with the remains of leather ties. Old signature to title mild persistent foxing some wormholes in the right margins just touching a few letters mostly clean. A nice little Jesuit edition of Livy. 2646pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 045230. <br/><br/> Caspari Sutoris (Kaspar Sutor) hardcover books
Référence libraire : 045230
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Dio Cassius
Dionis Cassii Cocceiani Historiae Romanae Libri XLVI Partem Integri Partim Mutili Partim Excerpti
Hanau: Typis Wechelianis Apud Claudium Marnium & haeredes Ioan. Aubrii 1606. Early Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum with gilt decoration soiled and worn hinges split but binding sound. With two library and one earlier bookplate internally and a spine label but no other library markings; wear to endpapers. One contemporary inscription in Greek to an endpaper scattered foxing age toning to page edges a few minor paper flaws scattered pages more heavily browned mostly quite clean; printed in two columns Greek and Latin. viii 1054pp 38 1. With the printer's mark at the rear. Graesse v2 393. Cassius Dio's Roman history covered 1000 years in 80 books. The original Estienne edition 1548 collects a fragment from a 15th century manuscript that covers books 36-60. This covers 36-80 with brief remarks at the rear on the other books. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044957. <br/><br/> Typis Wechelianis, Apud Claudium Marnium & haeredes Ioan. Aubrii hardcover books
Référence libraire : 044957
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Siculus Diodorus
Bibliothecae Historicae Libri XV de XL
Hanover: Typis Wechelianis Wechel 1604. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary overlapping vellum slight soiling and discoloration but sound and attractive. Discoloration to endpapers old greek inscription to front blank final colophon leaf present. Two volumes bound in one each with a separate title page - printed in two columns the original Greek and the Latin translation. An attractive and well preserved edition of Diodorus of Sicily's history - the first volume is books 1-5 and the second 11-20 all that survive from antiquity with Henri Estienne's introduction from his 1559 edition. xxx 363 59; xii 1013 3pp. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044714. <br/><br/> Typis Wechelianis (Wechel) hardcover books
Référence libraire : 044714
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Lawrence TE. T. E.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
London: Jonathan Cape 1935. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Very Good. The first trade edition. Fading to the rear board apparently from damp but with no other damage. Clean and bright otherwise illustrated with tipped in plates in text illustration and 4 maps. Light wear and a few short tears and very minor chipping to jacket edges; unclipped. Size: Quarto 4to. Slight foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Exploration; History. Inventory No: 044928. <br/><br/> Jonathan Cape hardcover books
Référence libraire : 044928
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Dunn JP. J. P.
Massacres of the Mountains: A History of the Indian Wars of the Far West
New York: Harper's Brothers 1886. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Fair Condition. Original olive cloth a bit dulled shaken rear joint cracked and pastedown torn; two pages browned from something left in the book otherwise bright internally. Well illustrated and including the folding colored map. Howes D575 Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Americana; History. Inventory No: 045060. <br/><br/> Harper's Brothers hardcover books
Référence libraire : 045060
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Burnet Gilbert
An Essay on the Memory of the Late Queen
London: Ric. Chiswell 1696. Second Edition. Hardcover rebound in cloth. Good Condition. In green library cloth with a spine label and bookplate but no other library marks. Frontis chipped at the edges a few pencil marks otherwise quite clean. 197pp with 3 1/2 pages of ads. Mary II became Queen following the Glorious Revolution and reigned from 1689 until her death in 1694 from smallpox. Her funeral was the first attended by all members of both houses of parliament. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044930. <br/><br/> Ric. Chiswell hardcover books
Référence libraire : 044930
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anon
Handlingar rörande Jubel-festen uti Upsala 1793
Upsala: Johan Edmans Enka 1793. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Contemporary boards spine defective wear to title page and soiling to final few pages a few notes in an early hand clean otherwise and a nicely printed wide margined copy. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 044802. <br/><br/> Johan Edmans Enka hardcover books
Référence libraire : 044802
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Bentivoglio Cardinal Guido
Raccolta di Lettere Scritte del Cardinal Bentivoglio in Tempo Delle sue Nuntiature di Fiandra e di Francia
Cologne 1646. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Contemporary full overlapping vellum slight browning to page edges in a few spots otherwise a fine bright copy. In two parts Bentivoglio's letters from Flanders beginning as negotiations to end the 80 years war commenced and his letters from France in the second part. 233 3pp. Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Religion & Theology. Inventory No: 045121. <br/><br/> hardcover books
Référence libraire : 045121
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