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Webster Daniel
Mr. Webster's Speech in the Senate of the United States March 23 1848 on the Mexican War
Washington DC: J. & G.S. Gideon 1848. Softcover. Very Good. 16 pp disbound. Very light foxing. Webster argues eloquently against the need to raise more troops "for the further prosecution of the War with Mexico." J. & G.S. Gideon paperback books
Bookseller reference : 1534
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McCormick Frederick
The Tragedy of Russia in Pacific Asia
New York: The Outing Publishing Company 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes pp. x 435; x 481 with illustrations from drawings by the author half-tone photographs maps some folding. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt on spines and upper boards. Corners rubbed spine lettering somewhat faded fraying to head of Volume I minor spotting to front board of Volume II. Internally sound and clean. No dust jackets. McCormick 1870-1951 was an American war correspondent who wrote about living conditions in China before reporting on the Russo-Japanese war for Reuters anf for Collier's Magazine. Following events from the Russian side he was present for many signficant battles and toward the end of the war was briefly captured by the Japanese. The Outing Publishing Company hardcover books
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Americana History Long Island Patchogue
Anniversary Days Business Directory 1983 Greater Patchogue Chamber of Commerce
Patchogue Long Island: Patchogue Chamber of Commerce 1983. 48 pages. Black and white illustrations of businesses in Patchogue current and historical; with a centerfold street map with finding legend. Text with history of Patchogue and a detailed alphabetical by business; a directory with names addresses telephone numbers. Accountants adult home advertising alarms aluminum architects; to windows women's wear wholesale beverage distributors wholesale foods wood & coal burning stoves yarn and craft supplies. Several of the larger businesses have taken advertisements as well. Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" size; illustrated & printed stapled paper covers; light wear in very good condition and with interesting Patchogue Long Island business history information. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Patchogue Chamber of Commerce Paperback books
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Religion British History Cavendish George
The Life of Cardinal Wolsey
London: Rivingtons 1852. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. Large octavo. Quarter leather bound over cloth boards. Marbled endpapers. Ex-libris bookplate of H. F. Montcrief afixed to the inside second front endpaper. 285 pp. Frontis illustration protected by tissue guard. A "New Edition" of the life of Cardinal Wolsey. Very good overall condition. <br/><br/> Rivingtons hardcover books
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Webster Daniel
Extracts from Mr. Webster's Speeches in the Senate in 1834 on the Subject of Currency
Washington DC: Gales and Seaton 1837. Softcover. Very Good. 43 pp disbound. A few spots of light soiling to title page small stain to upper margin; else clean. First two pages loosening from rest of text block but not detached. Speeches delivered in the months leading up to the passage of the Coinage Act in June 1834. The brief publisher's introduction notes: "Upon reading through the whole of these occasional speeches of Mr. Webster they appear to treat the subject of currency so clearly and to state its importance not then so generally felt as it now is so fully and they show so far-sighted and perfect a discernment of the consequences of the measures which Government was at the time pursuing that is has been thought useful to make a small collection of extracts of these several performances and to publish them together." Sabin 102292. Gales and Seaton paperback books
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Neilson Francis
Sociocratic Escapades
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 319 pp. Slight rubbing to extremities else a fine copy in original blue cloth stamped in red. No dust jacket. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
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San Francisco History. Dana Charles A. Editor
The UNITED STATES ILLUSTRATED; in Views of City and Country. With Descriptive and Historical Articles. The West; or The States of the Mississippi Valley and the Pacific. Part I.
New York: Herrmann J. Meyer 1855. 1st edition Howes D45; Sabin 18396. Not in Cowan. Original printed buff paper wrappers. General wear & soiling to wrappers with fore-edge chipping/curling. Prior owner signature of "Luther Calvin" to front wrapper right margin. Foxing. A VG item. 20 pp. 4 full page steel plate engravings depicting the geographic area featured. 4to. 12-3/8" x 10" <br/><br/>From a preliminary advertisement in Part I EAST "In commencing the serial issue of a work which it is hoped may be long continued the Publisher and Editor deem it proper to say that their object will be to render it in every respect worthy of its title and deserving of the National patronage. . The Volume of the work to which the part herewith published belongs will be exclusively devoted to views in the Seaboard states from Maine to the Gulf of Mexico. The West will be illustrated in another Volume which though issued simultaneously with this and in the same style can be procured separately as Subscribers may prefer." Comprised of "Lake Itasca" "Falls of St. Anthony" 2 plates "San Francisco" early view of the bay from a western hilltop. Herrmann J. Meyer unknown books
Bookseller reference : 42709.1
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Martin WAP. W. A.
The Lore of Cathay or the Intellect of China
New York: Fleming H. Revell 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 480 pp with 12 photographic plates. Original green cloth stamped in gilt. Lightly dust soiling ownership stamps on front endpapers else unmarked and sound. William Alexander Parsons Martin was an American Presbyterian missionary to China as well as a noted translator of western texts into Chinese. He describes this book as a discussion of Chinese intellectual life based on "many years of intimate association with Chinese scholars and of identification with Chinese education." Among the topics he addresses are Chinese science alchemy literature philosophy science law and diplomacy. Fleming H. Revell hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 15552
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Diez de Games Gutierre
Colección de Crónicas Españolas
Madrid: Espasa-Calpe 1940. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. 9 volumes in quarter brown calf over pebbled brown cloth 1940-1946 - spines gilt in compartments. Light rubbing to spines and hinges a touch of edgewear and a few corners bumped slight dampstain to rear board and page edge of volume 3 - bright overall and unmarked internally. Illustrated. Vol. 1: El Victorial. Crónica de Pero Niño conde de Buelna por su alférez Gutierre Díez de Gámes. LXXXII 397 pp Vol. 2: Crónica de Álvaro de Luna Condestable de Castilla LXIV 484 pp Vol. 3: Hechos del condestable Miguel Lucas de Iranzo. Crónica del siglo XV LVI 507pp Vol. 4: Memorial de diversas hazañas. Crónica de Enrique IV ordenada por Mosén Diego de Valera XCII 413pp Vols. 5 y 6: Crónica de los Reyes Católicos por su secretario Fernando del Pulgar CLX 456pp 523 pp Vol. 7: Historia del Emperador Carlos V por Pedro Mexia XCV 618 pp Vol. 8: Crónica del Halconero de Juan II Pedro Carrillo de Huete XV 561 pp Vol. 9: Refundición de la Crónica del Halconero por Lope de Barrientos CCIII 328 pp Size: Octavo 8vo. 9-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Inventory No: 045372. <br/><br/> Espasa-Calpe hardcover books
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NATIVE AMERICANS Jones Rev. Peter; Osborn Rev. G.
History of the Ojebway Indians; with Especial Reference to their Conversion to Christianity With a Brief Memoir of the Writer
London: A.W. Bennett 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. pp. viii 278 2 ads frontis portrait of the author and 15 plates illustrating aspects of Ojibwe life and culture. Rebound in green cloth gilt title on spine. Edges trimmed mild spine slant; very good. Jones 1802-1856 was a Mississauga Ojibwe chief and Methodist minister from Upper Canada. As a missionary he made significant inroads for Methodism by translating hymns and biblical texts into Ojibwe and Mohawk and because of his ability to communicate with non-English speaking Indians. This work edited and published posthumously by Jones' wife Eliza offers a detailed survey of the history social structure religious beliefs ceremonies language etc. of the Ojibwe in Canada and the United States. A final chapter offers an assessment of the "present state and future prospects of the North American Indians." Sabin 36590; Howes J-238; Field 797. A.W. Bennett hardcover books
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Orosius Paulus
Pauli Orosii Presbyteri Hispani Viri Doctissimi Adversus Paganos Quos Vocant Historiarum Libri Septum
Cologne: Eucharii 1536. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary elaborately stamped calf over wood boards depicting the muses worn scattered worn holes remains of clasps boards expertly reattached but cords broken; attractive decorative endpapers. An attractively printed and bound copy of Orosius's influential work on the history of the pagan peoples. Early color to the title vignette and some of the historiated initials. Some early notes and underlining in red and black scattered discolortation title a little soiled and with an old signature. lxviii 567pp. Scarce imprint just 3 in Worldcat. Not in Adams. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044194. <br/><br/> Eucharii hardcover books
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John Hollond author; Robert Slyngesbie author; J. R. Tanner editor
TWO DISCOURSES OF THE NAVY 1638 AND 1659 BY JOHN HOLLOND ALSO A DISCOURSE OF THE NAVY 1660 BY SIR ROBERT SLYNGESBIE
Navy Records Society 1896. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/no dust jacket. Publications of the Navy Records Society Vol. VII. Binding sound; light rubbing to spine; no markings to text. Small faint 1" stain to outer edge of text block. Very Good binding / no dust jacket. Navy Records Society unknown books
Bookseller reference : 259298
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van het Congoleesch Aandenken
Aan Onze Koloniale Helden die Stierven Voor de Beschaving
Brussels: van het Congoleesch Aandenken 1931. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Original blue wraps sunned worn at spine ends heavy foxing to endpapers printed on heavy paper. A fascinating retrospective on the Belgian Congo and the Belgians who died opening it up. 292pp filled with photos facsimiles and illustration. Scarce especially the Dutch edition. Published the same year in French. Size: Quarto 4to. Text is clean and unmarked. Scattered foxing but text mostly clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Exploration. Inventory No: 041568. <br/><br/> van het Congoleesch Aandenken paperback books
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Stuart Andrews author
ROBERT SOUTHEY: HISTORY POLITICS RELIGION NINETEENTH-CENTURY MAJOR LIVES AND LETTERS
New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2011. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Minimal bumping to extremities; no markings of any kind. Very Good binding. Palgrave Macmillan unknown books
Bookseller reference : 254694 ISBN : 0230115136 9780230115132
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Baruch Bernard
Testimony of Mr. Bernard M. Baruch before the Special Committee of the United States Senate to Investigate Unemployment and Relief February 28 1938; March 1 1938
Soft cover. Very Good. No publication information given. Stapled pamphlet 68 pp with 10 tables and charts. Inscribed on the cover "Dear Mr. Bledsoe / Worth Reading / to pass on/ JM Davis / 5/19/38." Very faint date stamp May 21 1938 also on front cover. Otherwise only minor wear; no internal markings. Baruch was an advisor to Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the New Deal era and played a role in the formation of the National Recovery Administration. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 11918
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Toudouze Gustave
Le Roy Soleil
Paris: Ancienne Librairie Furne Combet & Cie. 1904. 1st Edition. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. Leloir Maurice. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 92 pp. Lavishly illustrated luscious folio sized 14.75 by 11.75 inches children's and/or young adult biography part of series of such covering monarchs and towering figures of French history this being of Louis XIV the "Sun King". Virtually every other page has bright color illustrations some illustrations cover two pages and some are underlay to the print as the norm of the genre. Also lovely header decoration. Some soilage to the boards and wear in corners and spine tips. Page with age toning. Minor chips on FFEP and half title page. Text and plates are clean and bright. Overall comfortably very good. <br/><br/> Ancienne Librairie Furne, Combet & Cie. hardcover books
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Misra B. B.
Government and Bureaucracy in India 1947-1976
Oxford University Press 1986. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket is protected in a mylar cover; no marks of any kind. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Oxford University Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 222896 ISBN : 0195615972 9780195615975
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Bayly Susan
Saints Goddesses and Kings: Muslims and Christians in South Indian Society 1700-1900
West Nyack New York U.S.A.: Cambridge Univ Pr 1990. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Pencilled marginalia. Very Good binding / Near Fine dust jacket. Cambridge Univ Pr unknown books
Bookseller reference : 221013 ISBN : 0521372011 9780521372015
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Banerji R. D. MA. Indian Museum Calcutta M. A.
THE PALAS OF BENGAL
New Delhi India: Bhartiya Publishing House 1973. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. With 26 Inscriptions; Note and ink stamp attached to ffep. Some discoloration to front and rear endpapers and paste-downs. Blue cloth binding. Boards slightly cocked. Moderate edgewear to extremities. Very Good binding. Bhartiya Publishing House unknown books
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Ping Ching; Bloodworth Dennis
Heirs apparent: what happens when Mao dies
Farrar Strauss Giroux 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. DJ protected with Mylar Cover; dust jacket is not price clipped. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Farrar Strauss Giroux unknown books
Bookseller reference : 184700 ISBN : 0436052032 9780436052033
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Vines Charlotte S. LRCP.&SEd L. R. C. P. S. Ed
INDIAN MEDICAL SKETCHES
London: Church of England Zenana Missionary Society. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Illustrated; No pencil or ink markings in text. Green cloth binding with dark lettering. Corners bumped. Small closed tears at top of spine. ; NOT Ex-Library. near Very Good binding. Church of England Zenana Missionary Society unknown books
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PAINE Thomas
A Letter to George Washington on the Subject of the Late Treaty concluded between Great-Britain and the United States of America
<p>First edition thus the first edition was published in Philadelphia in 1796 this is the first London printing. Disbound. Light dampstain on lower corners occasionally extending into the text. No signatures or bookplates.</p> T. Williams paperback books
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History FLORUS Annius Publius.; Flavius EUTROPIUS ou Eutrope
Historiae Romanae Epitomae. Lucii Iulii Flori C. Vell. Paterculi Sex. Aur. Victoris . & Iulii Exuperantii. Accessit Tractatus de mensuris et ponderibus.
Amsterdam: Apud Guildjel: Lanss. Caesium 1625. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo. 886 pp. Full reddish brown leather antique style marbled ednpapers spine nicely gilt in 5 compartments. Engraved title; old inscription at bottom. Scattered later marks to text. A nice copy. <br/><br/> Apud Guildjel: Lanss. Caesium hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WB18308
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Ragsdale Kenneth Baxter
Quicksilver Terlingua and the Chisos Mining Company
College Station TX: Texas A&M University Press 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. 327 pp indexed and illustrated with a foreword by Joe B. Frantz. Slight dust soiling to top edge and mild creasing to front endpaper and flyleaf; else fine. Dust jacket lightly worn at the top edge. Account of industrialist Howard E. Perry and his Chisos Mining Company founded in 1902 which became the leading producer of mercury in the Big Bend region of Texas. Texas A&M University Press hardcover books
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Woodruff GC. George Catlin G. C.
Half-Breeds of the Sioux Nation of Indians To Accompany H.B. No. 143 April 18 1862
Washington: GPO 1862. Softcover. Very good. 4 pp. Report No. 83 of the 37th Congress 2d session. Lower corners creased some dust soiling; very good. House Bill 143 was entitled "A bill for the relief of certain half-breeds of mixed bloods of the Dacotah or Sioux nation of Indians and their grantees." It related to the provisions of an act passed in 1854 granting the "half-breeds" scrip in exchange for land previously assigned to them under an 1830 treaty. This report from the Committee on Public Lands recommends against passage of the bill which would have presented obstacles to railroad construction in Minnesota. The committee argues that "Congress ought not to interfere by special legislation but should leave the parties to their legal rights." A scarce report with only digitial copies located in OCLC. [GPO] unknown books
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Shaw Angel
Silent Stories
1985. Softcover. Very good. Printed in an edition of 750 copies by Typecraft Inc. Pasadena Califoria. 98 pp 8.25 x 10.75 inches. Light shelf wear; tight and clean. Photographs of and transcripts of interviews with "native-born Asians American-born Asians or part Asian and part Caucasian" offering "a sampling of emotions and experiences about being a part of the American culture as subjects of the cultural melting pot." After talking with many subjects for many hours the author concludes that "not only was there overwhelmingly and expression of racism towards Asians as an American minority but also the question of discrimination regarding one another--a battle about which is the proudest Asian culture.Silent Stories becomes a recognition that there is still an unfulfilled need for the acceptance and validation of Asian-American experience." paperback books
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Natural History Zwinger Ann and Edwin Way Teale
A Conscious Stillness; Two Naturalists on Thoreau's Rivers
New York: Harper and Row 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo. 243 pp. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. Stated first edition. A handsome very good copy in clipped but otherwise very good dustwrapper. A marvelous book. Harper and Row hardcover books
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Crow Out Shanghai
Philadelphia: J.H. Johnson. Broadside. Very good. Song sheet 6 x 9.5 in. with wood engraved vignette of a bearded man king removing the hat of a supplicant decorative border. Undated possibly late 1850s. Light foxing. A song descrying the ineffectiveness of Philadelphia's city council and the overzealous use of the police by the Mayor particularly in enforcement of the blue laws prohibiting the sale of alcohol on Sundays. New blue laws were passed in Philadelphia in 1855 and both Mayor Robert T. Conrad in office 1854-1856 and Mayor Richard Vaux in office 1856-1858 were known for their close association with the police and zealous enforcement of outdated laws. Based on the publisher's address this song would have been published no earlier than 1858 but we suspect it is from right around that time. The word "Shanghai" here seems to suggest that the people of Philadelphia are being taken for a ride. We find only one holding of this song in OCLC but there are several holdings for another song with the same title from which this one may have been appropriated published in 1855. Bodlein Broadside Ballads #15371. J.H. Johnson unknown books
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Americana Business History Manufacturing Brass Goods Manufacturing Co.
1904 Brass Goods Manufacturing Co. Manufacturers Brass and Bronze Hardware
Brooklyn New York: Brass Goods Manufacturing Co. 1904. xii 145 pages; black and white illustrated throughout with the offerings of this Brooklyn manufacturer including: builders' cabinet refrigerator hardware chest & box trimmings "Special goods made to order in quantities." With a description of the 14 available finishes and an extensive index of hardware available. Each item with an illustration most of which are shown full size part no. & finishes quantities available pricing. Listings showing wrought box hinges to elaborate drawer handles and glass & screw knobs key checks and tags and chain door fasteners push plates ceiling fasteners commode turns & drawer knobs - hundreds of items. Printed by R.S. Peck & Co. Hartford Conn. Approx. 8" x 10 1/4" size green cloth hardcover binding black spine and cover titles. Some edge tips wear & soiling to the boards; rubber stamp of previous owner name on top edge of title page as well as 1918 stamp-date on opposite blank endpaper. Contents clean and in very good condition; with good architectural preservation & antique furniture & historical building reference information. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Brass Goods Manufacturing Co. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 26053
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Lobanov Rostovsky Prince A.
Russia and Asia
New York: Macmillan 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. viii 334 pp illustrations with bibliography index. Mild spine slant light wear to edges with lightly bumped corners bookplate on front pastedown; text clean binding tight. No dust jacket. History of relations between Russia and Asia primarily from the Russian perspective with chapters on the conquest of Siberia Peter the Great Catherine the Great "the Near and Middle East up to the Crimean War" annexation of the Amur region the conquest of central Asia the Russo-Japanese War World War I and more. Macmillan hardcover books
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Americana Long Island Entertainment History Westbury Music Fair
1986 Westbury Music Fair Guber/Gross/Young Productions Presents Anthony Newley in Stop the World - I Want to Get Off Book Music and Lyrics By Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley.with Suzie Plaksin Diana George Karyn Quackenbush.
Westbury Long Island New York: Melvin A. Hoffman Inc. 1986. 20 pages of text & illustrations in black and white occasional 2-color. The program for this show with who's who in the cast; upcoming attraction information biographies of Air Supply Perry Como; list of forthcoming acts at back. Advertisements mostly for upscale Long Island eateries and night spots of the time and several other businesses. Approx. 5 1/2" x 9" size printed stapled paper covers. Light wear & soiling to the binding a little faded old creases; in good condition and interesting Long Island entertainment history ephemera. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Melvin A. Hoffman, Inc. paperback books
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Theater History Parrish Museum Southampton
September 3 1922 Balieff's Chauve-Souris Program Given in the Garden of the Parrish Art Museum Southampton Long Island for the Benefit of the Rogers Memorial Library
New York NY: Balieff's Chauve-Souris of Moscow 1922. 31 1 page 1 page inserted program page. Illustrated throughout with color artworks of the theater productions by the troupe by Soudeikine Remisoff Ralph Barton and black and white portraits from photographs of the players. Presented in America by R. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest. "On to Southampton!" by Charles W. Duke reviews the appearance of the troupe via a special train in Southampton Long Island where the show was presented ".though it cost thousands to produce this night." in the gardens of the old Parrish Art Museum in the village for this benefit performance; including list of Patrons & Patronesses that sponsored the show. Approx. 9 1/4" x 12" size; little bit of creasing to corner of top front cover; light wear; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Balieff's Chauve-Souris of Moscow Paperback books
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Highly Important American Historical Documents Autograph Letters and Manuscripts the Property of the Elsie O. and Philip D. Sang Foundation Part One and Part Two
New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc 1978. Softcover. Very Good. Part One: Unpaginated approximately 150 pp with b/w illustrations. Part Two: Unpaginated approximately 120 pp with b/w illustrations. Top edges toned light handling wear; contents clean. Auction catalogues for Sotheby Parke Bernet sales 4114 and 4179. Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc paperback books
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Lawrence AB.; Edward David A. B.
A History of Texas or the Emigrant's Guide to the New Republic by a Resident Emigrant Late From the United States
New York: Nafis & Cornish 1844. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Rebound in recent black buckram front blanks retained. Old signature to endpaper occasional browning and foxing light dampstain to final 10 pages frontis trimmed to plate edge but with no loss of image"Edward Stiff" inked in on title. The frontis is the earliest view of Austin. 2 blanks frontis title vii-xxii 23-275pp. Streeter I 344 1st ed. Howes L 154 Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Americana; History. Inventory No: 046060. <br/><br/> Nafis & Cornish hardcover books
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Denham MA. Michael Aislabie M. A.
A Collection of Proverbs and Popular Sayings Relating to the Seasons the Weather and Agricultural Pursuits Gathered Chiefly from Oral Tradition
London: The Percy Society 1846. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. Original brown cloth bookplate of De Guinzbourg from his proverb library on the front pastedown. Modest foxing; a very nice copy. The first of Denham's tracts published between 1846 and 1859. Scarce. iv 73pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; History. Inventory No: 046001. <br/><br/> The Percy Society hardcover books
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Sollid Roberta Beed
Calamity Jane A Study in Historical Criticism
Western Press 1958. Hardcover. Near fine/Very Good. xiv 147 pp illustrations bibliography index. Bookplate of noted Custer historian and collector John M. Carroll on front free endpaper. Very light wear to edges; contents clean and sound. Dust jacket has some rubbing and one short tear. Number 17 of hand numbered edition of 2000. "This study of Calamity Jane will attempt to ascertain the facts of her career so far as they can be determined and to evaluate the various accounts left by her many chroniclers. The account should separate the folklore and legend of her life from the established facts" Preface. Western Press hardcover books
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Florus Lucius Annaeus Florus Publius Annius
Lucius Annaeus Florus. Cui subjungitur Lucii Ampelii Liber Memorialis
Londini: Ex Officina Jacobi Tonson & Johannis Watts 1715. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Minor loss from spine head & foot ink name on front flyleaf. 1715 Full-Leather. viii 141 2 pp. Full calf gilt titles decorations & rules marbled endpapers. Latin text. A work of history by a contemporary of Hadrian. Londini: Ex Officina Jacobi Tonson, & Johannis Watts hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2135233
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Collis Maurice
Nancy Astor An Informal Biography
London: Faber and Faber 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 235 pp 24 illustrations from photographs with frontispiece index. Light dust soiling to top edge; else fine. Dust jacket is price clipped with light shelf wear. "Lady Astor has been on the scene of this world for eighty years. Her celebrity rests mainly on what she did between 1919 when she took her seat in the House of Commons the first woman ever to do so and 1945 when she retired from politics after representing Plymouth Sutton Division for over twenty-five years the voters' choice in seven consecutive elections" foreword. Faber and Faber hardcover books
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Gruterus Janus Jan Gruter
Chronicon chronicorum politicum
Frankfurt: Avbriana 1614. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. 2 volumes in contemporary vellum titles penned to spines. Modest soiling and wear one hinge just starting to crack but quite sound overall. Moderate mostly even browning to pages. The title of the second volume is Chronici Chronicorum Politici. 14 1432 10pp; 14 1336 21pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. 2-volume set complete. Previous owner's name ink-stamped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: History; Inventory No: 045460. <br/><br/> Avbriana hardcover books
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Ballesteros Antonio
Sevilla en el Siglo XIII
Madrid: Juan Perez Torres 1913. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Leather backed marbled boards light wear to edges spine slightly rubbed - an attractive binding. Modest browning internally otherwise unmarked. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: History; Travel & Places. Inventory No: 045503. <br/><br/> Juan Perez Torres hardcover books
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Zosimus
Zosimou kometos kai apophiskosynegorou Historias neas bibloi hex: Zosimi comitis & exadvocati fisci Historiæ novæ libri sex : notis illustrati
Oxford: E Theatro Sheldoniano 1679. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary calf heavily worn at the corners recently neatly respined. Browning to page edges otherwise clean internally. A nice Greek/Latin edition of this Sixth century Byzantine history. viii 384pp. Lacking front and rear blanks. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 045188. <br/><br/> E Theatro Sheldoniano hardcover books
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Motion Picture History
1947 Juin - Juillet No. 17 - 2 Annee FLF Export Film Bulletin Organe Officiel De La Franco London Film Export
Paris: Franco-London Film Export 1947. 6 pages; cover photo of Tino Rossi; black and white illustrations throughout scenes from films this agency distributed; French English Spanish text; a motion picture industry advertising vehicle giving details on various films and releases promoting FLF's film distribution business; news items include: ".the shooting of the exterior views of the picture Carrefour des Passions was started in France on June the 16th. On the 30th of June the team of players went to Portugal where more exterior views were made.Joan of Arc: who will be Joan of Arc Ingrid Bergman or Michele Morgan According to various news items published in the last few days a contest arose between the firms of both continents about the adaptation for the screen.it is not true that the French government has denied Miss Bergman and her producer the right to make the picture on the very spot."; with a list of the Latin American countries and the number of film houses with their aggregate seating capacity; and a list of the short "Complementary" films according to genre that are available through FLF; and more; with a list of the FLF films distributed around the world critics choices with their magazine reference; also news of "new talents discovered"; with biographic & film tidbits; approx. 8 1/4" x 10 5/8" size; light wear; old crease line old staple residue; in very good condition; interesting motion picture history from mid-20th century especially interesting for information on the marketing & distribution of European films at the time. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Franco-London Film Export Paperback books
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Mark Napier author
MEMORIALS AND LETTERS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHN GRAHAM OF CLAVERHOUSE VISCOUNT DUNDEE. VOLUME FIRST
Edinburgh: Thomas G. Stevenson 1859. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Binding sound; slight separation to bottom cloth front joint but holding well; chipping to top spine; faint staining to endpapers otherwise no markings to text. Volume I One Only. near Very Good binding. Thomas G. Stevenson unknown books
Bookseller reference : 262606
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Hsu Shuhsi
China and Her Political Entity: A Study of China's Foreign Relations with Reference to Korea Manchuria and Mongolia
New York: Oxford Univ Pr 1926. Cloth. Very Good. Withdrawn from Harvard University Library with usual marks Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Sociology & Politics; Inventory No: 043736. <br/><br/> Oxford Univ Pr hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 043736
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PERRAULT Claude 1613 1688 HISTORY OF ACADEMIE ROYALE DES SCIENCES Royal Academy of Sciences
Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences: Memoires pour servir a l'histoire naturelle des Animaux
Paris: Par La Compagnie des Libraires 1734. Hardcover. Very Good. Three volumes comprising Vol. III parts I to III of Memoires de lAcadémie Royale des Sciences depuis 1666 jusquà 1699. Paris: Par La Compagnie des Libraires 1733-1734. Part I: 231pp.; Part II: 294pp.; Part III: 215pp. 97 engraved folding plates depicting animals and skeletal diagrams. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Claude Perrault in first volume. Contemporary French calf spines gilt edges red; some occasional browning; repairs to joints some rubbing. Unidentified armorial bookplate to front pastedown beneath monogrammed bookplate D.P. with chipmunk and two mice. A later reduced format edition of Perraults Memoires of 1671-1676 Perraults study of this nature was first published in 1669 with the results of investigations of five animals and later expanded with studies of over forty animals. Prior to 1670 most descriptions of animals paid little attention to their internal structure and there were very few images in natural history encyclopedias that depicted skeletons or muscles. That changed with the establishment of the Académie des Sciences in Paris in 1666 by Jean-Baptiste Colbert with the approval of King Louis XIV. The Academy functioned with neither statutes nor regulations until 1699. At that time the Academy used the term mathématique to encompass the fields that are now called astronomy mathematics and physics and the term physique to encompass the fields that are now called anatomy botany zoology and chemistry. In January 1699 Louis reorganized the Academy giving it first regulations. The effect was to give the King more control over their activities in exchange for becoming an official institution under his protection with the new name Académie Royale des Sciences. One of the original academicians the physician Claude Perrault organized regular sessions at which participants could dissect deceased animals from Louis XIVs royal menagerie and record all they observed. Lions chameleons bears gazelles wolves ostriches crocodiles monkeys eagles tigers porcupines and salamanders among some were all laid open by the academics scalpels. These superb folding plates record in great detail the pioneering work at the Academy. These three volumes in three parts focus on the transformative and foundational years of the French Royal Academy of Sciences and Claude Perraults efforts which had made comparative anatomy a vital tool for the classifying naturalist. <br/><br/> Par La Compagnie des Libraires hardcover books
Bookseller reference : D4425
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HISTORY OF WILLIAM III KING OF ENGLAND 1650 1702 CHEVALIER Nicolas ed. c. 1650 c1720 HOOGHE Romeyn de engr. 1645 1708
Histoire de Guillaume III. Roy dAngleterre dEcosse de France et dIrlande Prince dOrange &c. Contenant ses Actions les plus memorables depuis sa Naissance jusques a son Elevation sur le Trone & ce qui sest passe depuis jusques a lentiere Reduction du Royaume dIrlande. Par Medailles Inscriptions Arcs de Triomphe & autres monumens Publics Recueillis par N. Chevalier
Amsterdam: n.p. Chez Pierre Brunel 1692. First Edition in French. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 232 pp. Title in red and black with etched royal cypher. 120 copper engraved commemorative medals by Adriaen Schoonebeeck. Added engraved title page signed by Romeyn de Hooghe dated 1691. 12 full-page etchings signed by de Hooghe that depict festival constructions for Williams entry into The Hague in 1691 and also portraits of William and Mary among other emblems. Engraved headpiece and initial decoration on dedication leaf signed by Schoonebeck followed by full-page engraved leaf honoring Chevalier with depictions of Atlas Aristotle and other muses. Full contemporary vellum blind-stamped with central lozenge design; very slight foxing or staining engravings fresh; covers slightly bowed. Initialled bookplate P.M.G to front pastedown. First Edition in French of this biography of William III of England extensively illustrated to show important events in the monarchs life. This work was privately printed for Nicolas Chevalier who was a hobbyist and coin collector. A large proportion of Dutch print-making at the end of the 17th century focused on William III. An almost categorical personality cult surrounded the stadtholder-king. Among the print-makers Romeyn de Hooghe 1645-1708 was an important and prolific late Dutch Baroque engraver and caricaturist. He is best known for his political caricatures of Louis XIV and propagandistic prints supporting William of Orange. De Hooghes 12 etchings of triumphal arches for this work are adaptations of plates in the works by Bidloo and Tronchin de Breuil published in 1691 and 1692. Adriaen Schoonebeek c. 1657- 1705 is often mentioned because of his appearance as witness for the prosecution in a court case against de Hooghe that formed the climax of a slanderous exchange of pamphets between Orangists and members of the Amsterdam faction in 1690. These animosities did not prevent re- employment of both engravers in executing plates for this Nicolas Chevaliers 1692 illustrated volume on numismatics and the life of King William. Rare. Worldcat locates only 3 copies in institutional collections in North America. Brunet I1838; Graesse II 25; Landwehr 81 <br/><br/> [n.p., Chez Pierre Brunel?] hardcover books
Bookseller reference : D4272
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Mary B. Glover Eddy editor
JOURNAL OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE: An Independent Family Paper to Promote Health and Morals. 6 issues - 1883-1885
Boston MA: Massachusetts Metaphysical College 1883. Facsimile Reprint. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Facsimile first 6 issues -1883-1885. Brown cloth binding. Light edgewear to extremities with slightly heavier wear at head and tail of spine and at bottom corners. name; no markings. near Very Good binding. Massachusetts Metaphysical College unknown books
Bookseller reference : 252577
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CR. Dodwell PhD. author; Lord Archbishop of Canterbury preface C. R. h. D.
LAMBETH PALACE
London: Country Life Limited 1958. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Dustjacket has been price-clipped and is very slightly soiled; dust jacket protected in a mylar cover; no markings in text. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Country Life Limited unknown books
Bookseller reference : 251538
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T. Harold Grimshaw
MEMORIES OF THE SHETLAND ISLANDS: The Delineation of an Afterglow
New York: Exposition Press 1955. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/near Very Good dust jacket. 72pp. No markings in text; blue cloth binding; very small closed tears at top and bottom dust jacket covers; dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Very Good binding / near Very Good dust jacket. Exposition Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 246610
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John Clarence Funk; Illustrated by Walter R. Huber
SO THIS IS AMERICA!
Philadelphia: Dorrance 1923. First Edition. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Walter R. Huber. Signed and Inscribed by Funk on the front free endpaper. 204pp. Publishers red cloth binding with light edgewear to extremities; spine a bit sunned; small closed tear to the foredge of the rear free endpaper and the preceding leaf; contents clean and binding sound; digital images can be made available upon request. near Very Good binding. Dorrance unknown books
Bookseller reference : 244734
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