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Raousset Boulbon Comte de; Madelene Henry de la
Le Comte de Raousset-Boulbon Et L'Expedition de La Sonore: Correspondance--Souvenirs Et Oeuvres Inedites
Paris: E. Dentu 1859. Second Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Leather backed marbled boards wear at edges hinges a little rubbed; a bit of foxing mostly early on. 318pp with an attractive folding map of California at the rear with a small crease and light foxing. Howes M198 Sabin 38700. Aristocrat connoisseur of colonialism gambler possible pirate. The Count set sail for San Francisco after failing to make a go of it in Algeria and France. He fell in love with Sonora and mounted an expedition to secure its independence that ended with him meeting a firing squad in 1854. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Exploration; History. Inventory No: 045071. <br/><br/> E. Dentu hardcover books
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Williams Samuel
A History of the American Revolution Intended as a Reading Book for Schools
New Haven: William Storer 1830. Early Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Fair Condition. The 11th edition in 1/4 leather over boards - boards quite worn spine dry but binding sound. Stain the gutter a few marginal tears one page adhered in the gutter but no loss of text. Plates of the Battle of Trenton Bunker Hill and Saratoga. Size: Octavo 8vo. Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Americana. Inventory No: 044921. <br/><br/> William Storer hardcover books
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Giovio Paolo Paulus Jovius; Pantaleon Heinrich
XLV Buecher. Ein warhafftige Beschreibung aller namhafftigen Geschichten
Basel: Heinrich Petri 1560. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. Full contemporary rolled pigskin worn and discolored coming loose from the wooden boards lacking clasps. Cords and binding intact. Endpapers title chipped and worn first sections with some wear and discoloring scattered foxing otherwise and mostly quite clean. The first German edition of Giovio's influential Historiarum sui Temporis libri XLV first published in Latin in 1552. viii ccccxli 9; iv ccccix 1 7pp. Size: Folio. 2-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045018. <br/><br/> Heinrich Petri hardcover books
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Schlegel Frederic
Tableau de L'Histoire Moderne
Paris: Eugene Renduel 1831. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Good Condition. 2 volumes in 1/4 leather. Spine torn on volume 2 and worn on volume 2 but bindings sound; clean internally. Schegel's name is misspelled on the title page of volume 2 - Sclegel - and an H has been added in pen. 332pp; 317pp. First published in German in 1811 this is the first French edition Size: Octavo 8vo. 2-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; History. Inventory No: 045111. <br/><br/> Eugene Renduel hardcover books
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Solis Antonio de
Historia de la conquista de Mexico poblacion y progressos de la America Septentrional conocida por el nombre de Nueva España
Madrid: Bernardo de Villa-Diego 1684. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Later tree calf light wear at the edges quite sound and attractive. Lacking the front blank and the frontispiece title torn with significant loss at the edges and laid back down. generally mild but pervasive soiling and foxing and a number of tears with loss and repairs to the fore edge of the pages: on page 301/2 with loss of a couple of words 135/6 287/8 221/2 and 269/70 touching a few letters 187/8 touching a few letters and additionally an unrepaired tear with no loss in the gutter page 11/12 with a long unrepaired tear touching a few letters and the gloss 5/6 touching a few letters and 543/4 with a tear on the bottom corner losing a word and a few letters; last two index pages with loss at edges old notes to rear blank. Some other minor loss at the edges which may obscure some glosses scattered stains small tears etc. Otherwise complete 32-548-15 p with pagination errors of 26-27 repeated 382-3 repeated and 399-400 absent. A flawed but essentially complete copy of the first edition the only edition printed in Solís's lifetime. Translated into French Italian English Danish and German the Historia was an enormously influential history of the Spanish conquest of Mexico as well as a much imitated piece of prose. Sabin 86446. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044178. <br/><br/> Bernardo de Villa-Diego hardcover books
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de Monstrelet Enguerrand
Volume Premier -Troisieme Des Chroniques D'Enguerran de Monstrelet
Paris: Pierre Mettayer 1595. Early Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. 4 volumes bound in 2 rebound in modern half red leather over decorative paper in an antique style. Old library stamps to title index and occasionally to the top right corner. Slight soiling to title quite clean otherwise and an attractive and attractively printed copy. Monstrelet meant to carry on the work of Froissart and extended the Chronicles from 1400-1444. Additions were pieced together and tacked onto the end of his work extending it to 1515. Monstrelet who was present when Joan of Arc was interrogated by Philip the Good includes a great deal of primary source material that otherwise would have been lost to history. 12 328 3 leaves; 8 195 10 130 124 10 leaves. Size: Folio. 4-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044181. <br/><br/> Pierre Mettayer hardcover books
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Josephus Flavius
Gioseffo Flavio Historico Delle Antichita e Guerre Giudaiche; Diviso in Ventisette Libri
Venice: Alessandro Vecchi 1611. Early Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum lacking the front endpaper and inner joint cracked a few mild creases and tears light to moderate foxing scattered light damp staining to bottom margin four pages in early or contemporary manuscript apparently a printing error pages 114 115 126 and 127. 27 366 2 296pp 175 leaves. With 26 full page woodcuts with a few repeated and numerous in text woodcuts. The first book is festooned with cuts with a few in the second and smaller vignette illustrations in the third book. A very attractively illustrated work - it went through a number of editions with similar illustrations from 1604 to the late 17th century. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044067. <br/><br/> Alessandro Vecchi hardcover books
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Vic & Vaisette
Histoire Generale de Languedoc Avec des Notes & les Pieces Justificatives
Paris: Jacques Vincent 1730. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. 5 volumes in contemporary gilt calf worn dry hinges and joints split boards attached but precariously in a few cases. Scattered browning internally and occasional creased pages spine labels bookplates and old embossed theological library stamps to title but generally clean and unmarked otherwise. 36 plates many folding and 4 maps hand colored in outline. Published 1730-1745. Size: Folio. 5-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 043619. <br/><br/> Jacques Vincent hardcover books
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Mason William Monck
The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick Near Dublin From its Foundation in 1190 to the Year 1819
Dublin: W. Folds 1820. Early Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Good Condition. Half leather heavily worn binding shaken and reinforced with old cloth tape on the rear joint but still holding scattered foxing and browning. 7 plates Earl of Cork plate foxed the rest mostly clean. 6 478 xcvii pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Archaeology. Inventory No: 042947. <br/><br/> W. Folds hardcover books
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De Serres John; Grimeston Ed. cont.
A Generall Historie of France Written by John de Serres Unto the Yeare 1598 Much Augmented and Continued to This Present Out of the Most Approved Authors That Have Written of that Subject
London: George Eld 1611. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Contemporary blindstamped calf well worn at the edges a number of surface scratches and gouges lacking ties. Intact generally and still a fairly attractive period binding. Endpapers worn chipped and soiled pastedown loose title and first few and last few pages worn at the edges a few pages with long tears but no loss leaf Eeee2 page 865/866 mistakenly bound in place of Eee2 page 589/590 various other mispagination see below. Occasionally trimmed a little close and hitting the marginal gloss old signature to title. Generally clean and intact and an attractively printed and illustrated edition with portraits woodcuts throughout. Grimeston's translation originally appeared as A General Inventorie of the History of France in 1607 this edition continues the history up until 1611 shortly after the coronation of Louis XIII. The post 1598 material also covers some events in New France. blank title 20 239pp 238-1054 1045-1154 1154-1161 p. 1163 1162-1306 1337-1340 1401-1419 29 p. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 042841. <br/><br/> George Eld hardcover books
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Irving Washington
Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1893. Revised Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Near Fine Condition. 2 volumes in cloth decorated to look like vellum with gilt green and rose decorations to boards. A lovely edition. Size: Octavo 8vo. 2-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 042302. <br/><br/> G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
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Spanheim Ezechiel
Dissertationes de praestantia et usu numismatum antiquorum. Edition secunda
Amsterdam: Danielem Elsevirium Elsevir 1671. Second Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. The second edition of this important numismatic book by the scholar ambassador and tutor to Charles I Louis Elector Palatine. In text illustrations of coins throughout. Vellum cracked at joints and soiled but binding intact and firm. 46 917 51 index pp. Lacking the frontis. Size: Octavo 8vo. Slight foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Inventory No: 042306. <br/><br/> Danielem Elsevirium (Elsevir) hardcover books
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Applebee Rev. John; Committe for the First Parish of West Roxbury
West Roxbury Magazine
Hudson MA: E.F. Worcester Press 1900. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition. Original green cloth lightly worn. Binding degraded internally and a number of signatures loose; very good otherwise. Attractive period photos of the area. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 041719. <br/><br/> E.F. Worcester Press hardcover books
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anon
The Charters and General Laws of the Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay
Boston: T.B. Wait 1814. Early Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. 1/4 cloth over marbled boards red morocco lettering piece. Wear at corners binding sounds. Moderately foxed throughout but completely legible. 868pp. Sabin 45674 Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Law & Criminal Studies. Inventory No: 041921. <br/><br/> T.B. Wait hardcover books
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Van Dale Antonius
Dissertationes IX. Antiquitatibus Quin et Marmoribus Cum Romanis Tum Potissimum Graecis Illustrandis Inservientes
Amsterdam: Henricum & Viduam Theodori Boom 1702. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Full calf gilt decorated spine hinges cracked but attached by cords modest wear at edges and spine ends with some chipping to leather. Some browning to endpapers and title and notes to front endpaper but otherwise clean and bright internally. Old spine label and bookplate from a seminary library and a few embossed stamps internally otherwise unmarked. 9 tipped in plates and numerous engravings in the text. A worn but attractive copy of this review of religion among the ancients by the great enemy of superstition - he discusses the origins of bull sacrifice bacchanals Archons and priests among the Greek and Romans and other ancient superstition. Size: Octavo 8vo. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Religion & Theology. Inventory No: 041193. <br/><br/> Henricum & Viduam Theodori Boom hardcover books
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Lilly Lambert
The History of the Middle States New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware and Maryland
Boston: Allen & Ticknor 1833. Early Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Good Condition. 1/4 leather over marbled boards - edges of the boards are bumped heavily and worn with significant loss. Tear to page 40 lacking half of page 131/132 lacking blanks otherwise complete. 156pp. Terrific engravings. Size: Octavo 8vo. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Education; History. Inventory No: 039785. <br/><br/> Allen & Ticknor hardcover books
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Brown William
Antiquities of the Jews Carefully Compiled from Authentic Sources and Their Customs Illustrated From Modern Travels
Edinburgh: Waugh & Innes 1826. Later Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 2 volumes in blindstamped gray cloth modest wear volume 1 a bit shaken and the front joint split - bindings still generally tight. Foxing to frontis. Bright internally largely uncut. Fold out of The Temple at Jerusalem slightly foxed but intact and attractive. Size: Octavo 8vo. 2-volume set complete. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: anthropology; Ancient BC; History. Inventory No: 039485. <br/><br/> Waugh & Innes hardcover books
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Le Comte de Montresor Claude de Bourdeille
Memoires de Monsieur de Montresor. Diverses Pieces durant le Ministère du Cardinal de Richelieu et Autres Pieces Curieuses.
Leyde: Jean Sambix 1665. Second Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. 2 volumes volume 1 is the second edition volume 2 the first. The Memoires were originally published in 1663. Rebound in later full leather now worn spines dry and cracked and the front board on volume 1 loose. Slight foxing internally and a few spots of minor discoloration - a nice pair of these memoires that the Encylopedia Brittanica described as "written with naive frankness and are extremely interesting". 431 and 385pp. Size: duodecimo 12mo. 2-volume set complete. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 039491. <br/><br/> Jean Sambix hardcover books
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Fleury Abbe
Les Moeurs des Israelites & Les Moeurs des Chrestiens
The Hague: Adrian Moetjens 1682. Early Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. In full period vellum worn and soiled. Front endpaper loose binding loosening but intact. First published in 1681 Fleury's treatise on the ancient Israelites was hugely popular for over 100 years in both French and English. It is often paired with his work on the ancient Christians first published in 1682 in Paris and here in an early edition from The Hague dated 1682 bound in with a separate title page. 175pp and 256pp. Small paper lift on the final page scattered browning but generally clean. Size: duodecimo 12mo. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Religion & Theology. Inventory No: 039164. <br/><br/> Adrian Moetjens hardcover books
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Casy Ebenezer
The Connecticut Register for the Year of Our Lord 1808
New London: Ebenezer P. Cady 1807. Soft Cover. Good. In tattered original wraps a few creased pages occasional staining and age toning but generally VG internally and complete save for last page 136pp of apparently 137. An interesting and early CT almanac. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Americana; Antiquarian & Rare; History. Inventory No: 030818. <br/><br/> Ebenezer P. Cady paperback books
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Brown John Mason
The Political Beginnings of Kentucky
Louisville KY: John P. Morton 1889. Three-Quarter Leather. Good -. Front board detached but present. Rubbing to leather at corners and tail of spine with heavy chipping at head of spine. Binding is tight and text block is clean. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: History; Inventory No: 030880. <br/><br/> John P. Morton hardcover books
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Sheldon George
Flintlock or Matchlock in King Philip's War
Worcester: Worcester Society of Antiquity 1899. Pamphlet. Very Good. Ex-library with usual marks - library boards over original pamphlet wraps. Pamphlet itself in very good condition with one embossed library stamp to cover. Inscribed by author on cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: History; Inventory No: 031179. <br/><br/> Worcester Society of Antiquity unknown books
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Green Samuel Swett
The Scotch-Irish in America
Worcester: Charles Hamilton 1895. Pamphlet. Good . Ex-library with stamp to cover and title page. Inscribed by Green on cover. Green was an important intellectual and a crucial figure in the founding of the public library movement. 59pp; from the proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: History; Americana; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 031182. <br/><br/> Charles Hamilton unknown books
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Collot D'Herbois Jean Marie
Rapport fait au nom des Comités de Salut public liquidation et secours réunis sur les pensions indemnités et secours à payer aux familles des défenseurs de la patrie. Séance du 14 prairial
Paris: Convention Nationale 1794. Disbound. Good . 19pp pamphlet issued by the Convention Nationale regarding the payment to soldiers defending France. Collot-D'Herbois was a playwright actor and essayist who was a member of The Committee on Public Safety Comites de Salut Public during the reign of terror. An attempt was made on his life in 1794 around the time of a similar attempt on the life of Robespierre that enhanced his reputation immeasurably. Mild general soiling and foxing but legible and only shows light wear at edges. Undated cas. 1794. Collot-D'Herbois was one of the few members of the Committee to escape the guillotine but was deported and died of yellow fever the next year. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: History; Inventory No: 030271. <br/><br/> Convention Nationale unknown books
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Drake Samuel Adams
A Particular History of the Five Years French and Indian War in New England and Parts Adjacent from Its Declaration By the King of France March 15 1744 to the Treaty with the Eastern Indians Oct. 16 1749 - Sometimes Called Governor Shirley's War
Albany: Joel Munsell 1870. First Edition. Cloth. Good Condition. Nice copy with a few library markings. Moderate wear to green cloth boards with heavier wear at the corners and the head and tail of the spine. One puncture hole through cloth in the middle of the spine but not affecting gilt lettering or structure of the binding. Binding is still tight and interior is bright and clean. Top page edges gilt. 312 pp Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: History; New England; Antiquarian & Rare; Boston; Inventory No: 028333. <br/><br/> Joel Munsell hardcover books
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Bennett Alfred Rosling
London and Londoners in the Eighteen-Fifties and Sixties
New York: Adelphi 1925. First U.s. Cloth. Good -. Heavy wear and chipping to cloth at head and tail of spine - toning to spine a few pencil marks in margins. Good reading copy of a scarce book by the author of Proposals for London Improvements; First Railway in London and others. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: History; Inventory No: 025667. <br/><br/> Adelphi hardcover books
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Scales John
Biographical Sketches of the Class of 1863 Dartmouth College with Historical Memoranda of the College 1859-1863
Published by the Class 1903. Cloth. Very Good. Ex-library with usual marks. Letter from the author to Bowdoin college librarian conveying the book and asking his opinion. Light shelfwear else unmarked. 532pp many portraits. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: History; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 024659. <br/><br/> Published by the Class hardcover books
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Gravitis Vilis
Cela uz brivibu Freedombound
Littleton MA: Gramatas salikums-Gunara Indara Apgads 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 9 x 11 inches oblong. Slight wear to boards else fine. No dust jacket. 267 pp primarily consisting of black and white photographs with captions in Latvian. Introductory text in Latvian and English. A fascinating pictorial history of the Latvian refugee/immigrant experience. "Photographer Vilis Gravitas has documented on film the years of transition from a refugee a virtual 'non-person' to the rank of an immigrant and ultimately to a full-fledged member of society again as a naturalized citizen of the United States." Shipping for priority or international orders may be more than standard. Gramatas salikums-Gunara Indara Apgads hardcover books
Référence libraire : 11903
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Catherine Charlotte Lady Jackson
The Court of the Tuileries from the Restoration to the Flight of Louis Philippe
London: Richard Bentley 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes pp xii 374; xii 424 illustrated with portraits. Bound for John N. Guss in three-quarter green leather with marbled boards; gilt spines in six compartments top edges gilt marbled endpapers. Rubbing to corners spine heads and hinges; internals fine. Richard Bentley hardcover books
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Ellis Mrs. Sarah Stickney
The Women of England Their Social Duties and Domestic Habits
New York: D. Appleton & Co 1839. Hardcover. Good. pp ix 13-275. Publisher's brown cloth somewhat puckered and stained; ownership signature of John Taylor Pratt dated 1839 on front pastedown; half of front free endpaper torn out. Binding sound text unmarked but heavily foxed. A solid reference copy. Ellis authored many books about the role of women in society emphasizing their role as a stabilizing moral influence. D. Appleton & Co hardcover books
Référence libraire : 15214
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Biezais Haralds
Die Himmlische Gotterfamilie der Alten Letten
Uppsala 1972. Soft cover. Near Fine. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis Historia Religionum #5. 593 pp. Bibliography index. Mild wear to wrappers; one corner lightly bumped. Pages unopened. paperback books
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Goris R. text; Spies Walter photos
Bali godsdienst en ceremonien
Batavia Java: Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij. Softcover. Good. Undated c. 1930. Approximately 9 x 12 inches oblong; 80 pp. Chipped at head and foot of spine with loss of about 2 inches of paper at the foot and old tape repairs visible; general shelfwear binding tender. Gift inscriptions on inside and title page otherwise clean. Text in Dutch. Black and white plates show a many aspects of Balinese religious ceremonies including costume temples and other sacred architecture ceremonial objects and ceremonies and rituals being performed. Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij paperback books
Référence libraire : 18952
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Maclean Fitzroy
A Person From England and Other Travellers
London: Jonathan Cape 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. 384 pp illustrations with frontispiece illustrated endpapers bibliography. Corners lightly bumped; internally clean and sound. Dust jacket has toning to spine and edges; chipping and short tears. The story of Russian and British agents and the so-called Great Game between the two nations in Turkestan. "Maclean tells the dramatic stories of some of these agents and of some other travellers official and unofficial military and civilian who in the course of a hundred years on one errand or another penetrated the Khanates of Central Asia" dust jacket. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
Référence libraire : 395
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Tomes Robert; Perry Matthew
The Americans in Japan: An Abridgment of the Government Narrative of the U.S. Expedition to Japan Under Commodore Perry
New York: D. Appleton & Co 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. viii 415 pp 8 publisher's catalogue with frontispiece illustrations. Original brown cloth with gilt spine. Spine dulled one horizontal tear in spine cloth and additional splits along both front and rear joints. Internals sound and clean. Contemporary gift inscription on front endpaper. Perry's expedition was sent to Japan to induce the Japanese government to enter into diplomatic relations with the United States which Perry believed he could accomplish through a display of superior naval force. Hill 1332: "After his entry into Araga Harbor on July 8 1853 the Japanese were eventually compelled to accept a treaty.opening the ports of Hakodate and Shimoda. The most significant result however was that Perry's visit contributed to the collapse of the feudal regime and to the subsequent modernization of Japan." This is Hill 1333 "a compact abridgement of the Perry expedition narrative." D. Appleton & Co hardcover books
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Forbes Archibald
Chinese Gordon A Succinct Record of His Life
New York: S.W. Green's Son 1884. Hardcover. Very good. 215 pp in original red boards decorated in black and gilt. Boards show some old insect damage and light dust soiling previous owner's name on front fly-leaf; else clean and sound. No dust jacket. Biography of General Charles George Gordon Chinese Gordon Gordon Pasha a British army officer and administrator who was instrumental in putting down the Taiping Rebellion for which he accumulated praise and honors in China and Great Britain. In 1873 he was appointed governor of the province of Equatoria in the Sudan. Between April 1874 and December 1876 he mapped the upper Nile and established a line of stations along the river as far south as present day Uganda. He was eventually killed by rebels in the Sudan. S.W. Green's Son hardcover books
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Dennett Mary Ware
The Stupidity of Us Humans
New York: Voluntary Parenthood League. Softcover. Very good. Undated ca. 1920. 4 pp ca. 6 x 8 inches self wrappers. Some old creasing general handling wear; very good. Social reformer Mary Ware Dennett 1872-1947 founded the Voluntary Parenthood League in 1919. The organization's main goal was to change the Comstock Laws so information about birth control would not be deemed obscene and could legally be distributed by mail. In this pamphlet Dennett argues that just as humans eat for pleasure as well as from necessity and just as they chose stylish clothes rather than the simplest thing that will keep them warm so there are "similar emotional mental moral and spiritual values to be derived from this function sexual relations." Getting "the Birth Control question straightened out" she argues "is the first imperative step. It will open the way for all the rest. And presently it will be as natural to apply science and art to sex relations as it is now to the matters of food clothes and shelter." Voluntary Parenthood League paperback books
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Ellis Charles
Utah 1847 to 1870
Salt Lake City: Charles Ellis 1891. Softcover. Good. "Second edition of five thousand." 32 pp in original printed wrappers but with losses at the spine old stab holes from having been bound into boards. Good. A survey and pro-Mormon analysis of various events in the history of the Mormon Church by a non-Mormon former clergyman who moved to Utah in 1889. Flake 3153. Charles Ellis paperback books
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Oliphant Laurence
Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's mission to China and Japan in the Years 1857 '58 '59
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1859. First Edition. Two volumes pp. 492; 496; with five folding maps 20 beautiful colored lithograph plates and additional wood-engraved illustrations in the text. An attractive set in contemporary 3/4 leather and marbled boards gilt spines with black and red leather labels. Volume II rebacked with original spine laid down both volumes with a theology school library stamp on verso of frontis and on the final page no other markings. Tidemark to frontispiece of Volume I; Volume II lacking part of table of contents and with evidence of an old repair to the rear hinge largest map with a tear where it attaches to the book. Both volumes otherwise complete sound and quite clean. Good to very good overall. In 1857 Oliphant a well-traveled lawyer diplomat and writer became private secretary to Lord Elgin James Bruce on his visit to the Far East aimed at opening up China and Japan to Western trade. "He accompanied Elgin to Hong Kong was present at the bombardment of Canton Guangzhou and helped to storm Tientsin Tianjin. He was employed in several minor missions and visited Japan with the expedition barely eighteen months after the American Townsend Harris had been accredited as the first foreign diplomat to the shogun's government" DNB. "Bruce managed to secure a treaty at Tientsin providing for the provision of a British minister additional facilities for British trade and protection of Protestants and Catholics. Bruce and Oliphant then proceeded to Japan where another treaty was made to open certain ports to British trade and to admit foreigners into the country" Hill 1258. Map titles: The Peiho River Map of China Empire of Japan Chart and Harbour of the Bay of Yedo The Yang-Tse Kiang River. Cordier Sinica 2376. William Blackwood and Sons hardcover books
Référence libraire : 20651
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Don Troiani COATES Earl J. and KOCHAN James L.
Don Troiani's Soldiers in America 1754-1865.
Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books. As New in As New dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0811705196 . Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Second printing. As new in like dust jacket. . Stackpole Books hardcover books
Référence libraire : 20421 ISBN : 0811705196 9780811705196
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Santa Barbara
Original Photograph by Tomlinson Studio of Santa Barbara 1209 De La Vina. Of the residence of Alex Tiers
<p>Enclosed in photographer's folder. 8" x 10". Fine.</p><p>Signed and inscribed by Tiers to director George Cukor: "Dear George - Hope you will very soon this "in the flesh" Till then here it is - Best wishes Alex."</p> Tomlinson Studio unknown books
Référence libraire : 2222189
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Butler William Francis
The Wild Northland North Land: Being the Story of a Winter Journey with Dog Across Northern North America
New York: New Amsterdam Book Company 1903. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Number 63 of a limited edition of 210. Cloth-backed paper-covered boards mounted spine label. 360 pp folding map. Very near fine partially unopened. Recounts and trip performed in 1873 across the wilderness from Fort Garry to Fort St. John through the Rockies and down the Fraser River to the Pacific. Provides valuable descriptions of the landscape the native inhabitants pioneer traders and settlers. New Amsterdam Book Company hardcover books
Référence libraire : 11185
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Ward John
With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia
London: Cassell and Company Ltd 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. xii 278 pp illustrations from photographs frontis portrait of the author index. Library stamp on top edge no other library markings; text clean binding sound. No dust jacket. Signature of historical novelist Alfred Duggan on front endpaper. From the Foreword: "Originally written for the private use of my sons in case I did not return this narrative of events connected with the expedition to Siberia must of necessity lack many of the necessary elements which go to make a history. I wrote of things as they occurred and recorded the reasons and motives which prompted the participants." Cassell and Company, Ltd hardcover books
Référence libraire : 2770
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Ford JDM. ed Introduction J. D.
Letters of John III King of Portugal 1521-1557
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. xxx 408 pp illustrations with frontispiece. Majority of pages are unopened name written on front pastedown small embossed stamp on title page; else fine. No dust jacket. A selection of letters published for the first time in this volume most addressed to Dom Antonio de Ataide King John's Chancellor of the Exchequer. Harvard University Press hardcover books
Référence libraire : 1831
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Bannon John Francis
Herbert Eugene Bolton The Historian and the Man 1870-1953
Tucson AZ: University of Arizona Press 1978. Softcover. Near fine. Trade paperback. xix 296 pp with b/w illustrations from photographs maps bibliography index. Name written on front inside cover very light shelf wear; internals clean and sound. From the back cover: "Bolton transformed Spanish Borderlands studies from an overlooked field into one of the most exciting and significant areas of inquiry in the twentieth century. Concentrating his research interests on the Spanish explorers and missionaries of colonial North America he brought into sharp focus their role in shaping a fascinating part of United States history. In this definitive biography Bannon offers an important look at Bolton--the man as well as the scholar." University of Arizona Press paperback books
Référence libraire : 1818
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Miller Unterberger Betty
The United States Revolutionary Russia and the Rise of Czechoslovakia SIGNED
Chapel Hill NC: University of North Carolina Press 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. xiv 463 pp with illustrations bibliography index flyer from related book event laid in. Minimal wear to edges minimal spotting to top edge; else fine in near fine dust jacket with one tiny tear at the foot of the spine. Signed with short inscription on title page. The dust jacket states that this volume "traces the intricate role of the United States in the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and presents the struggle for Czechoslovak liberation within the context of two of the most cataclysmic events of the twentieth century - the First World War and the Bolshevik revolution." University of North Carolina Press hardcover books
Référence libraire : 1265
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Gladstone John Esq. MP; Cropper James Esq
Correspondence on the Present State of Slavery in the British West Indies and in the United States of America
Shannon Ireland: Irish University Press 1972. Hardcover. Fine. Facsimile reprint of the 1824 edition. iii 122 pp xvii Appendix A xxviii Appendix B x Appendix C. Correspondence made through the Liverpool Courier and Liverpool Mercury regarding slavery in the West Indies and the United States between John Gladstone a Scottish West India merchant and James Cropper an American East India merchant living in Liverpool. As new; no dust jacket. Irish University Press hardcover books
Référence libraire : 134
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Fielder Mildred
A Guide to Black Hills Ghost Mines
Aberdeen SD: North Plains Press 1974. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Second printing. 240 pp with index bibliography and photographs. Clean tight and unmarked. Dust jacket is lightly rubbed. "The fascinating story of the once sought and fought-over mines of the still-thriving Black Hills in South Dakota.it tells of the human interest struggles the success and failure of men who once made mining their lives." North Plains Press hardcover books
Référence libraire : 12789
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National Museum of History ; Museum of Art ; Chen Chi
Chen-Chi
Taipei ; Taichung: National Museum of History ; Museum of Art 1988. Hardbound. Good little use 1-inch tear at foot of cover gutter. White faux leather boards with gilt titles 108 pp. Many color plates. In Chinese and English.Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the National Museum of History Taipei Sep. 1988 and at the Taiwan Museum of Art Taichung Dec. 1988. National Museum of History ; Museum of Art hardcover books
Référence libraire : 137372
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Morello Giovanni ed.; Colorado History Museum Denver Colo.
Vatican Treasures : 2000 years of art and culture in the Vatican and Italy
Milan Italy / New York New York: Electa / Abbeville Press. Hardcover. NF / NF. White cloth boards rust dust jacket with duotone illustration. 303 pp. 200 color plates and images. In English. From the DJ: A dazzling collection of 200 works from two millennia of collecting the book traces both the history of Western art and the history of the Catholic church. The magnificent color reproductions are complemented by a series of historical and critical essays be specialist scholars and a complete glossary of terms. A companion catalogue to an exhibition of the featured works of art -- from huge designs for the Basilica of Saint Peter in Rome down to palm-sized medals -- and which accompanied Pope John Paul on his journeys starting in Denver in 1993 and concluding in Rome in 2000. Electa / Abbeville Press hardcover books
Référence libraire : 129444 ISBN : 1558592989 9781558592988
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CA: The Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History 1986
Expressions of Cameroon Art: the Franklin Collection
1986. Softcover. Good loose part at lower spine tiny crease at top. Yellow ill. wraps. 79 pp. Profuse bw plates. Essay by Valerie Franklin and descriptively annotated illustrations. paperback books
Référence libraire : 33777 ISBN : 0961716908 9780961716905
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