Biggle, Jacob.MareMagnum
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1901160 p. Illustrated with 16 full page color lithographed plates. Numerous monochrome text drawings. Very slight age stain. Early manuscript ownership of C. Fisher Ehrehart, 24mo. Original full blue cloth binding. Front board lettered in red with poultry drawings. Corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Third edition. Issued as number three in the Biggle Farm Library. Hardbound. Very good condition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AG BX 1
1979This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English and Chinese. 304 works catalogued and illustrated in either black & white or color. 17 pieces reproduced in color. Introduction by John Addis. Edited by Roxanna M. Brown and Joseph Adrian. 11" high X 8" wide, 264 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
1907pp. xxii, 468, (4)[Publisher's catalogue] + Plus color frontis and numerous full page plates. Profusely illustrated with examples. Uncut. XLib. Top edge gold. Small 4to. Rebound in green library buckram. Nice copy of a classic work in the field of antique ceramics and porcelain. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ART 4
1832471 p. Text illustrations, many of the arms of the states. Also small maps of major cities. Damp stained. Foxed. 8vo. 230 mm. Original full leather binding, rubbed. Original spine label. Title continues: "A Description Of All The States, Counties, Cities, Towns, Villages, Forts, Seas, Harbors, Capes, Rivers, Lakes, Canals, Railroads, Mountains, etc. Connected With North America; With The Extent, Boundaries And Natural Productions Of Each State. Containing Likewise Many Tables Relating To The Commerce, Population, Revenue, Debt, And Various Institutions Of The United States." Very good. S&S/AI 12082. Hardbound. SCARCE. AI BX 4
1909This is a very good softcover copy in stiff dark gray card covers with almost no wear. Very clean inside and out. This is a trade catalog from a carpet merchant in Boston. Short introductory text. Illustrated in black & white. A review from the Boston Transcript May 28, 1909 issue tipped-in to the front endpaper. 8.5" high X 6" wide, 80 pages. Map. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
1879288p. 12mo. Original brown cloth binding. Spine lettered in gold. Extremities slightly worn. Early inked ownership of John White, Huntingdon, PA. White was an important figure in the commercial life of Huntingdon. Hardbound. Very good. Includes drawings and calculations relating to: tin plate; steam engines; glazier; cast iron; blast furnace; coopers; wheel gearing; dyes; lacquer production; etc. Scarce. JUN5 BOX 4
1979Former owner's name and date on ffep. Else unmarked. ; Reprint of the 1909 Liege edition. ; 315 pages
1983Gift inscription to titlepage from editor (Peter Garnsey). Light knock to base of spine. Corners have light creasing. Mild shelfwear. ; A theme of the volume is that a combination of natural and artificial shortages made inevitable the bulk movement of staples between regions in all periods of antiquity. Novel contributions are offered in addition in relation to the cost of shipping, the extent of long-distance trade in wine, the relative demand for wheat and barley, the incidence and gravity of food crises, the efficiency of famine-relief measures and the part played by food shortages in the collapse of the late Roman frontier system. ; Cambridge Philological Society Supplementary Vol 8; 126 pages; Signed by Editor
1946pp. 1-80. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Limited edition. This volume also includes: Kauffmann, Henry J. COPPERSMITHING IN PENNSYLVANIA. pp. 83-153. Illustrations. Also issued as: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, Volume XI. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY
2002New Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 127 p., ills. Türk Medeniyeti'nin dinamigi Ahilik. One of only 500 copies.
1880pp. xi, 258, (4)[List of Exhibitions, Pottery Classes and handbooks on China painting], (32)[Publisher's catalogue]. Decorated title page. Early ownership of Sulie Wood. Old tape repair in preface. 8vo. Original full brown cloth binding decorated in silver, black and gold, worn with small loss at top of spine. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ART 3
1946pp. 83-153. Illustrated. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Limited edition. This volume also includes: Graeff, Arthur D. THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS IN ONTARIO CANADA. pp. 1-80. Also issued as: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, Volume XI. BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY
1912pp. xx, 105. Top edge gold. 8vo. Gilt decorated green cloth binding, rubbed at extremities. David A. Wells Prize Essay of Williams College. "Mr. McClellan seeks to establish the particular function which smuggling - and especially that in connection with the West Indies trade - performed in relation to the political and economic elements of the Revolution." Scarce and Important. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 26.
1974This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Binding firm. This is volume 39 in the series 'Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology'. Typed sheet 'Addenda et Corrigenda' laid in. Illustrated in black & white with photographs, drawings and maps. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 81 pages.
1946150p. + Illustrations. Original full cloth binding. Limited edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY
1808pp. (2), 112. Foxed. Small 12 mo. 150 mm. Early full leather binding; boards detached. Marbled endpapers. Printed 1890's bookplate of the Friends' Library, Philadelphia. Advice from the Meeting on a wide variety of topics in alphabetic order - some of which are: Books; Burials; Civil Government; conduct and conversation; Days and Times; defamation and Detraction; Discipline; Gaming and Diversions; Marriage; Negroes or Slaves; Oaths; Parents and Children; Plainness; Poor; Schools; Sufferings; Trade; War; Wills; etc. A wonderful little pocket guide the Quaker rules of behavior in the early 19th century. Hardbound. Very good. JUN5 BOX 2
1971130 p. Numerous illustrations. Square small 4to. Original full blue gold decorated cloth binding. Very slight spotting on front cover. Limited to One thousand and two hundred examples. This one is no. Six hundred and twenty nine. A Keepsake from the Science Press. An informative history of quilt making and collecting. TEXTILE 2.
1876pp. 143, (1) [Publisher's catalogue]. Numerous small text drawings. Including five pages with 140 small drawings of mechanical movements. One page of 28 small illustrations of knots. Includes the 1870 census for United States Counties. Ruled in black throughout. Mild age stain. All edges gold gilt. 24mo. 150 mm. Original full dark blue cloth binding. Embossed border on boards. Front board embossed and lettered in gold gilt. Extremities rubbed and worn. Title continues: "Containing the Complete Patent Laws of the United States. Forms For Patents. Complete Census of the United States, by Counties and by States. Descriptions of the Condensing Steam-Engine." Very good. Hardbound. AI BX 5
1860640 p. + Frontis and full page plates. Damp stained. Foxed. Early manuscript ownership. 225 mm. Original full embossed leather binding. Front board fragile and rear board detached. Title continues: "Embracing History, Statistics and Geography, and Descriptions of the Chief Cities of the West." Cowan p. 656; Howes V43. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W7
1864pp. vii, 222 + Large Folding Statistical Map of The United States and Territories. XLib stamps embossed in blind on title page, page 51 and page 222. Tall 8vo. Original full faded purple cloth binding. Extremities bumped. Very slight loss at head of spine. Hardbound. Very good. JUN5 BOX 1
1819512 p. + tipped in errata. Some signatures very browned and brittle. Some pages loose. XLib bookplate of Hanover, PA. XLib blind stamp on title page and elsewhere. Early manuscript ownership on title page. 8vo. 220 mm. Original full leather binding, very worn. Front board detached. Spine very worn with loss at head. Title continues: 'Part First, Containing an Historical Outline of Their Merits and Wrongs as Colonies; and Structures Upon the Calumnies of the British Writers'. S&S/AI 50025. Second edition. Robert Walsh, Jr. (1785-1859) was born in Baltimore. He was well known as a publicist and diplomat. His 'Appeal from the Judgment of Great Britain respecting the United States' (1819), was an important contribution to the political literature of the era. In it he attacks the anti-American tone of the British periodicals, especially The Quarterly Review and The Edinburgh Review, and for exposing the hypocritical attitude of the British government towards its critique of slavery in America. PAIMP 22
4to, xxiv, 207pp., numerous coloured and black and white plates, orig. cloth, d.w, in a cloth box. Supplement to the important reference work on Western books on China published between 1477 and 1877: An extensively annotated catalogue in English of books on China in Western languages (1550 entries, each with a minute collation), arranged chronologically. With an introduction, references, indices, and a preface by Professor Han Qi of the Institute for the History of Natural Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The L?wendahl - von der Burg collection is a most important assembly of Western books on China, written by sinologues, missionaries, travellers, merchants and other authors. The collection also includes works by Chinese authors translated and edited by Western scholars. The contents cover Chinese history, language, philosophy, religion, society, science, medicine, missionary work and the "Chinese Rites" controversy, trade (incl. treaties with foreign powers), Hong Kong, foreign aggression, and travel accounts.
4to, xxiv, 207pp., numerous coloured and black and white plates, orig. cloth, d.w, in a cloth box. Supplement to the important reference work on Western books on China published between 1477 and 1877: An extensively annotated catalogue in English of books on China in Western languages (1550 entries, each with a minute collation), arranged chronologically. With an introduction, references, indices, and a preface by Professor Han Qi of the Institute for the History of Natural Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The L?wendahl - von der Burg collection is a most important assembly of Western books on China, written by sinologues, missionaries, travellers, merchants and other authors. The collection also includes works by Chinese authors translated and edited by Western scholars. The contents cover Chinese history, language, philosophy, religion, society, science, medicine, missionary work and the "Chinese Rites" controversy, trade (incl. treaties with foreign powers), Hong Kong, foreign aggression, and travel accounts.
4to, xxiv, 207pp., numerous coloured and black and white plates, orig. cloth, d.w, in a cloth box. Supplement to the important reference work on Western books on China published between 1477 and 1877: An extensively annotated catalogue in English of books on China in Western languages (1550 entries, each with a minute collation), arranged chronologically. With an introduction, references, indices, and a preface by Professor Han Qi of the Institute for the History of Natural Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The L?wendahl - von der Burg collection is a most important assembly of Western books on China, written by sinologues, missionaries, travellers, merchants and other authors. The collection also includes works by Chinese authors translated and edited by Western scholars. The contents cover Chinese history, language, philosophy, religion, society, science, medicine, missionary work and the "Chinese Rites" controversy, trade (incl. treaties with foreign powers), Hong Kong, foreign aggression, and travel accounts.
First edition, small 8vo, vi, 144 + [4]pp., of averts, complete with all folding maps and plates, orig. cloth, lightly faded, gilt.