THE ATTORNEY'S PRACTICE IN THE COURT OF KING'S BENCH, OR AN INTRODUCTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRACTICE OF THAT COURT ... THIRD EDITION (2 Volumes)
by [Robert Richardson] A Gentleman of the Inner Temple
London: Henry Lintot, 1750. Third Edition. Full Leather. Good binding. The set in two volumes, in worn period calf with morocco labels. With loss to the leather and wear at the extremities. Volume I is lacking at least the last leaf of the Index, with significant damping to the Index as well. Lacking the front endpaper as... Read More
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SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
by Walt Disney | Cynthia Rylant; Illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren
New York: Disney Press, 2009. First Edition. Full Leather. Near Fine binding. Gustaf Tenggren. Beautifully bound in full navy leather with a charming pictorial paste down on the front cover of Snow White and her dwarfs. Gilt lettering and decorations, silk moire end papers, and silk ribbon marker. a clean copy without any marks. Near Fine binding. ... Read More
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![[ENGLISH] A TRUE COPY OF THE ARCH-BISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S SPEECH, IN JERUSALEM CHAMBER, ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1702](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/084/616/1591616084.0.m.jpg)
[ENGLISH] A TRUE COPY OF THE ARCH-BISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S SPEECH, IN JERUSALEM CHAMBER, ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1702
by Thomas Tenison
London: Ri. Chiswell, at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Year, 1702. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Disbound; 4 pages; in reference to an address from the Lower House of Convocation complaining of a breach of privilege by the Bishop of Salisbury.~~We find but two copies in institutional holdings, oddly both in this country. Very Good binding.... Read More
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POEMS. VOL. I & II. (TWO VOLUMES)
by Alfred Tennyson
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Two volumes of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poetry. Frontispiece and additional title page, engraved, in each volume. Personal inscription in pencil on the front flyleaves of both volumes. Front board of Volume I has been discretely reattached by a conservator. Minor wear to the edges of the spines and... Read More
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BRIDGE TO THE SEA (Confidential Advance Copy)
by Gwendolyn Terasaki
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1957. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. A mimeographed "Confidential Advance Copy" of Terasaki's memoir bound by the publisher in grey cardstock backed in cloth, and with a typed pastedown label. Gwen Harold's narration of her marriage to a Japanese diplomat, "Terry" Terisaki, who was at the Japanese Embassy in... Read More
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PUB. TERENTII AFTI COMOEDIAE SEX, EX DOCTORUM VIRORUM EMENDATIONE
by Terence
Amstelaedami: Jac. a Wetstein, 1755. First Edition. Half Leather. Very Good binding. A clean copy. Half bound in calf over marbled boards, with a chipped purple morocco label on the spine. Previous owner's name and a bookplate on the front pastedown. 4.75 x 2.75 in. Very Good binding.
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G. CALINESCU. A CINCEA ESENTA
by Andrei Terian
Bucuresti: Cartea Romaneasca, 2009. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Signed. A well received analysis by Andrei Terian on the works of George Calinescu, considered one of the most important Romanian literary critics of all time, and an exceptional figure in Romanian literature in his own right. Signed by the author on the title page, with a... Read More
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![[SHEET MUSIC] [ANTI-ABOLITIONIST] AUNT HARRIET BECHA STOWE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/527/885/1412885527.0.m.jpg)
[SHEET MUSIC] [ANTI-ABOLITIONIST] AUNT HARRIET BECHA STOWE
by John Hill Hewitt [Music] | Charles Soran [Text]
Batlimore: Henry McCaffrey, 1853. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. 12.75" x 9.75"; disbound with the front cover separated; 5 pages.~~Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin was surpassed only by the Bible as the bestselling book of the 19th century. It was an abolitionist tract in every way, and accelerating the anti-slavey movement -- and was naturally banned in... Read More
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RUFINO TAMAYA
by Octavio Paz; Jacques Lassaigne (Texts)
Barcelona, Spain: Ediciones Poligrafa, 1995. Second Updated Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. A lovely copy; text is in English. There are no marks of any kind in the book. The dustjacket is bright and unblemished and is now protected with a new mylar cover. Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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![[VIRGINIANA] MR. THACKERAY IN RICHMOND. DESCRIPTIVE COMMENTS FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY A YOUNG LADY IN I853, AFTER MEETING THE DISTIGUISHED BRITISH NOVELIST](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/928/548/1711548928.0.m.jpg)
[VIRGINIANA] MR. THACKERAY IN RICHMOND. DESCRIPTIVE COMMENTS FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY A YOUNG LADY IN I853, AFTER MEETING THE DISTIGUISHED BRITISH NOVELIST
by [Thackeray, William Makepeace]
Richmond: Attic Press, 1955. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. Small Octavo; in printed paper wrappers; a bit of wear; some scattered foxing; a previous owners book plate to the upper wrapper.~~From the colophon “ A limited edition of the letter has been printed for distribution as a Keepsake for Friends of the Valentine Museum. One hundred additional copies... Read More
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THE MAGICAL BULLETIN. 72 ISSUES, 1916-1923
by Floyd Thayer
Los Angeles: F. G. Thayer, 1923. A substantial group of The Magical Bulletin, which was issued by the Thayer concern of Los Angeles for over a decade, as the "house organ of the Magic Shop of the West". The Bulletin grew from being a small newsletters to a more expansive publication, which included many tricks and effects. ... Read More
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THE PEOPLE OF CHINA; OR, A SUMMARY OF CHINESE HISTORY
by The Committee of Publication of the American Sunday-School Union
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1844. Hard Cover. Fair binding. The American Sunday-School Union's edition of The People of China; Or, A Summary of Chinese History. With in-text illustrations. Scattered marginal notations in pencil; faint foxing to the preliminaries; vertical crease to two leaves; writing and namestamp to the pastedowns; lacking endpapers; rippling and general wear to the boards;... Read More
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![[AMERICANA] OCEANPORT IN RETROSPECT](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/110/330/1686330110.0.m.jpg)
[AMERICANA] OCEANPORT IN RETROSPECT
by The Oceanport Historical Society
New Jersey: Burough of Oceanport, 1970. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. 8vo;; bound in yellow paperback with the titling and illustration printed in black; a street map of Oceanport is bound in as issued; a trivial fold on the rear wrapper; some light foxing to the edge of the textblock, a few very small stains on... Read More
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![[RELIGION] LES EVANGILES APOCRYPHES, TRADUITS ET ANNOTES D’APRES L’ EDITION DE J. C. THILO](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/978/760/1703760978.0.m.jpg)
[RELIGION] LES EVANGILES APOCRYPHES, TRADUITS ET ANNOTES D’APRES L’ EDITION DE J. C. THILO
by Gustave Brunet | Johann Karl Thilo
Paris: Franck Librarie Editeur, 1848. Very Good binding. 12mo; in quarter green calf over marbled paper covered boards; xiv (17) 18- 378 pages with an errata in the rear; genral wear and scuffs to the boards; some scattered foxing;. Very Good binding.
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PORSCHE SPEEDSTER: THE EVOLUTION OF PORSCHE's LIGHTWEIGHT SPORTSTER, 1947 TO 1994 -- 356 AND 977
by Michael Thiriar
Beeman Jorgensen, 1998. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Signed with facsimile signature on the verso of the title page. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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![[HUNTING] LETTERS FROM A LOWLAND KEEPER](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/237/939/1692939237.0.m.jpg)
[HUNTING] LETTERS FROM A LOWLAND KEEPER
by Thomas Walker, Gamekeeper]; with Additions and Notes by The Right Honble. H. J. Tennant, M. P. for the County of Berwick
Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1918. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Small 8vo; white cloth over paper covered boards; 111 pages; complete with four black and white photographic images; a bit of soiling to the spine; some scattered foxing; fragments of the original dustjacket laid in; scarce Scottish shooting book; less than eleven copies located in OCLC and... Read More
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THE UNCIVILWAR: Union Army and Navy Excesses in the Official Records
by Thomas Bland Keys; Illustrated by 1991
Biloxi, MS: The Beauvoir Press. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. 1991. A clean fresh copy without any marks or previous owners' names. Near Fine binding.
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![[AGRICULTURE] RURAL AFFAIRS: A PRACTICAL AND COPIOUSLY ILLUSTRATED REGISTER OF RURAL ECONOMY AND RURAL TASTE, INCLUDING COUNTRY DWELLINGS, IMPROVING AND PLANTING GROUNDS, FRUITS AND FLOWERS, DOMESTIC ANIMALS, AND ALL FARM AND GARDEN PROSCESSES. VOL. I. WITH FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY ENGRAVINGS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/414/329/1693329414.0.m.jpg)
[AGRICULTURE] RURAL AFFAIRS: A PRACTICAL AND COPIOUSLY ILLUSTRATED REGISTER OF RURAL ECONOMY AND RURAL TASTE, INCLUDING COUNTRY DWELLINGS, IMPROVING AND PLANTING GROUNDS, FRUITS AND FLOWERS, DOMESTIC ANIMALS, AND ALL FARM AND GARDEN PROSCESSES. VOL. I. WITH FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY ENGRAVINGS
by J. J. Thomas
Albany., N. Y.: Luther Tucker & Son, 1898. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo; brown cloth embossed and ruled in blind, with a basket of fruit to the upper board in gilt and the lower board in blind; with titling and an amalgamation of rural tools to the spine in gilt; xvi, [21], 22-336 pages; there is... Read More
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SANDY AND HER ANIMAL PALS: A STORY FOR GIRLS AND BOYS WHO LOVE ANIMALS (Signed)
by Frank Thompson
Boston, Massachusetts: The Stratford Co, 1923. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. This copy is signed with an inscription "with the compliments of the author" and dated in 1931. With pastedown and printed title label at the spine. The spine label has a chip and and some discoloration. Binding is a bit cocked.... Read More
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![[OUTDOOR SPORT] [ILLUSTRATED] LIVES OF GAME ANIMALS. AN ACCOUNT OF THOSE LAND ANIMALS IN AMERICA, NORTH OF THE MEXICAN BORDER, WHICH ARE CONSIDERED "GAME," EITHER BECAUSE THEY HAVE HELD THE ATTENTION OF SPORTSMEN, OR RECEIVED THE PROTECTION OF LAW. IN FOUR VOLUMES WITH 50 MAPS AND 1500 ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR (4 VOLUMES)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/668/720/1409720668.0.m.jpg)
[OUTDOOR SPORT] [ILLUSTRATED] LIVES OF GAME ANIMALS. AN ACCOUNT OF THOSE LAND ANIMALS IN AMERICA, NORTH OF THE MEXICAN BORDER, WHICH ARE CONSIDERED "GAME," EITHER BECAUSE THEY HAVE HELD THE ATTENTION OF SPORTSMEN, OR RECEIVED THE PROTECTION OF LAW. IN FOUR VOLUMES WITH 50 MAPS AND 1500 ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR (4 VOLUMES)
by Ernest Thompson Seton
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1928. Limited First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. Four 4to volumes; in publisher's tan buckram stamped stamped with animal heads and double-ruled in gilt, backed in brown buckram, titled in gilt; xxxvii, [2], 640 pages, including Index; xxvii, [2], 746 pages, including Index; xix, [2], 780 pages, including... Read More
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HISTORY OF THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT, RHODE ISLAND VOLUNTEERS, IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION
by R. W. Rock [John C. Thompson]
Providence: Providence Press Company, Printers, 1881. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A relatively attractive copy of this regimental history. Bud Robertson in the Military Aspects--Soldier's Life section of Nevin's bibliography, considers is "short on military matters but long on personal incidents" and "one of the better sources fro 1862-1863 campaigning around Washington and Norfolk, Va."... Read More
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THE SEASONS
by James Thomson
Newburyport; Boston: Printed by John Mycall, for the Proprietor of the Boston Book-Store, n.d.. Full Leather. Fair binding. Called the 'First American Edition' on the title page, though in actuality it is likely a later, early edition. Mildew staining to the endpapers and preliminaries, and toning and rippling to the textblock. Both joints cracked but holding well,... Read More
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THE UNIVERSAL CALCULATOR; OR THE MERCHANT'S, TRADESMAN'S AND FAMILY'S ASSISTANT. BEING AND ENTIRE, NEW, AND COMPLETE SET OF TABLES, ADAPTED FOR DEALERS IN EVERY BRANCH OF TRADE, BY WHOLESALE OR RETAIL, AND ALL FAMILIES..
by John Thomson
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co, 1805. New Edition, Carefully Corrected. Consisting mainly of tables with directions for using them. In full sheep with raised bands to the spine. Rear board has quite minor worming. The boards have been discreetly reinforced. There are a couple of early 19th century names on the endpapers.
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I SUMMON UP REMEMBRANCE
by Richard H. Thornton
Falmouth, Mass: Richard H. Thornton, 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. First Edition of Richard H. Thornton's autobiographical I Summon Up Remembrance. Signed with a personal inscription by the author on the front endpaper. In text illustrations; with no marks of any kind. Foxing on the boards, and minor shelfwear. Quarter blue cloth over lighter... Read More
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![[SOUTHERN AMERICANA] CHORRONESSEE, AND OTHER TALES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/387/315/1298315387.0.m.jpg)
[SOUTHERN AMERICANA] CHORRONESSEE, AND OTHER TALES
by James Douglas Thornton
Norfolk: Printed at the Journal Job Office, 1868. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair binding. First Edition of a collection of Thornton's works, being Chorronessee, Esther, Songs of the Aeronauts, and additional miscellaneous poems. From the Preface, "Southern by birth - Southern in sentiment, education and interest - my book is Southern, too - [...] to the free-born citizens... Read More
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