THUCYDIDIS DE BELLO PELOPONNESIACO LIBRI OCTO. EX OPTIMIS EDITIONIBUS EXPRESSI
by Thucydides
Oxonii; Londini; Cantabrigiae: Excudebat S. Collingwood, Academiae Typographus, Impensis J. Parker; Whittaker, Treacher, et Arnott; C. J. G. et F. Rivington; J. et J. J. Deighton, 1831. Full Leather. Good binding. 19th century edition of Thucidides's work on the Peloponnesian War. Library plates on the front endpaper; library stamps on the front flyleaf and rear endpaper. Annotations throughout,... Read More
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[RELIGION] CYBORG SELVES: A THEOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE POST-HUMAN (ROUTLEDGE SCIENCE AND RELIGION SERIES)
by Jeanine Thweatt-Bates
Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2012. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Large 8vo. (9 1/2" x 6 1/2"); in the publisher's black cloth binding with dustjacket; there are no ownership or other marks in the book. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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THE WORKS OF THE MOST REVEREND DR. JOHN TILLOTSON, LATE LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY: CONTAINING FIFTY FOUR SERMONS AND DISCOURSES, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. TOGETHER WITH THE RULE OF FAITH. BEING ALL THAT WERE PUBLISHED BY HIS GRACE HIMSELF, AND NOW COLLECTED INTO ONE VOLUME. TO WHICH IS ADDED, AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL MATTERS
by John Tillotson
London: Printed for J. Round, J. Tonson, J. Darby, A. Bettesworth, J. Osborn, T. Longman, J. Batley, F. Fayram, E. Symon, J. Pemberton, J. Hooke, C. Rivington, F. Clay, 1728. Ninth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. The ninth edition of the religious works and sermons of the Archbishop of Canterbury, John Tillotson. Collates complete. 2o: [A]2 B-F2... Read More
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THE BEAUTIES OF THE MOST REVEREND JOHN TILLOTSON
by John Tillotson
Dublin: Printed for T. Stewart by T. M. Bates, 1794. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Carefully selected from his works. Containing his admiral System of Early Education -- Thoughts on Religion -- Atheism and Infidelity--The Immortality of the Soul, &c." Front joint archivally restored with partial, and quite expert, restoration to rear joint; a... Read More
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![[RICHMOND] RICHMOND MEMORIES. THE EARLY YEARS: A PICTORIAL HISTORY; II. THE 1940s; 1950s and 1960s; III: HIDDEN TREASURES FROM THE 1800s THROUGH TODAY [3 VOLUMES]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/792/633/1676633792.0.m.jpg)
[RICHMOND] RICHMOND MEMORIES. THE EARLY YEARS: A PICTORIAL HISTORY; II. THE 1940s; 1950s and 1960s; III: HIDDEN TREASURES FROM THE 1800s THROUGH TODAY [3 VOLUMES]
by Richmond Times-Dispatch
Warrenton, Virginia: Piedmont Publishing, 2019. Oblong quartos; three volumes in pictorial boards; 153 pages, with 14 unnumbered pages; 151 pages, with 9 unnumbered pages; 152 pages; the three volumes are mostly illustrations; Volumes II and III are far less common than the first volume.~~The three volumes are mostly black and white photographic illustrations, with a few in color.~~This illustrations... Read More
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[SHEET MUSIC] [KNIGHTS TEMPLAR] MARCH-VEXILLA REGIS
by T, M. Carter
1907. First Edition. Good binding. Signed. Folio (14 1/8" x 10 1/2"); [1], 2-5, [6] blank; a well worn (but intact) piece of sheet music apparently composed for the Thirtieth Triennial Conclave of Knights Templar, Boston Commandery, in meeting in Saratoga in 1907. The march was dedicated to Charles S. Damrell, "Eminent Commander" of the Boston Commandery with... Read More
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[AFRICAN-AMERICAN] [BOARD GAME] BLACKS & WHITES. THE ROLE IDENTITY & NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION GAMES
by Psychology Today
Del Mar, Calif: Psychology Today Games; Communications Research Machines, Inc, 1970. Very Good binding. Boxed board game, with folded board, which is a bit bowed; comes with a folded sheet of instructions; 23 Deed Cards; 17 cards labeled “Whites”; 14 cards labeled “Blacks”; money in various denominations; 2 dice; 4 black “Men” and 5 white “Men”; and 25... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] FROM MY MEDICINE SAC
by Clark Brown [Tokaniya]
Santa Fe, New Mexico: Seton Village Press, 1939. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. 8vo; in the publisher’s terra cotta cloth binding cloth, with printed paper label on the upper board; (14) 15-101 (2) pages; trivial tear on the edge of the upper board otherwise a fine copy.~~Limited Edition printing of From my Medicine Sac by Howard... Read More
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GEBURT EINER SEHNSUCHT. BIRTH OF A LONGING
by Gábor Török
Wiesbaden: Gábor Török, Nina Stoelting, 2013. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. First Edition of Gábor Török's Birth of a Longing; text in German and English. Limited to 1200 copies, this may be one of the 100 copies signed by the author. The signature on the title page, with accompanying inscription, has lifted slightly. Else no marks... Read More
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![[DISSENTER] A FREE AND SERIOUS ADDRESS TO THE CHRISTIAN LAITY, ESPECIALLY SUCH AT EMBRACING UNITARIAN SENTIMENTS CONFORM TO TRINITARIAN WORSHIP. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED AND INTRODUCTION; WHEREIN THE WORSHIP OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES IS CONTRASTED WITH THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, AND OF DISSENTERS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/743/122/1453122743.0.m.jpg)
[DISSENTER] A FREE AND SERIOUS ADDRESS TO THE CHRISTIAN LAITY, ESPECIALLY SUCH AT EMBRACING UNITARIAN SENTIMENTS CONFORM TO TRINITARIAN WORSHIP. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED AND INTRODUCTION; WHEREIN THE WORSHIP OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES IS CONTRASTED WITH THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, AND OF DISSENTERS
by [Joshua Toulmin]
London: J. Johnson, 1781. First Edition. Disbound. Good binding. 8vo., in publisher's sewn wrappers which are now unsewn; 114 pages; the title leaf stamped "WITHDRAWN. Episcopal Divnity School Library."~~The address composed (and written pseudonymously by Joshua Toulmin), who is described in wikipedia as "a serial dissenting minister"; an apt appelation as he as a dissenting minister of Presberitian,... Read More
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A PARISIAN IN BRAZIL
by Toussaint, Emma (translated from the French of Mme. Toussaint-Samson)
Boston: James H. Earle, 1891. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Bound in publisher's red cloth title blocked in gold on the front cover and the spine; scattered silverfishing to the covers; blindstamped at the top of the frontispiece; front free endpaper has been mended at the hinge; pages toning and somewhat brittle; endpapers chipped;. Very Good binding. ... Read More
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HISTORY OF THE SIXTEENTH REGIMENT, NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS
by Luther Tracy Townsend
Washington: Norman T. Elliott, 1897. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. An interesting "history of a year's duty in Louisiana" as it "contains over two score drawings and sketches" [Nevins I, 170]; so recounts Bud Robertson in his section of the bibliography. A clean and tight copy, from Robertson's personal library with his bookplate on the... Read More
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[APOCRYPHAL GOSPEL] THE LOST GOSPEL
by Arthur Train
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1925. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo.; gray cloth backed in bright blue cloth, with a paper label, with dusjtacket; x; 77 pages; with colored frontispiece; a fresh copy with most of the leaves unopened; the dustjacket has minor loss at the top of the spine (the loss... Read More
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[FINE BINDINGS] PERSIAN LETTERS. MONTESQUIEU. [3 VOLUMES]
by Montesquieu | John Davidson [Translaror]
London: Gibbings and Co. Ltd, 1899. Three 12mo, volumes; half calf over marbled boards; lxii, 130 pages; xi, 207 pages; xi, 168 pages, including Index; with attractive plates etched by Ed. De Beaumont and Engraved by E. Boivin; the spines with lovely floral decorations in gilt; top edges gilt; there is a previous owner name label at the top... Read More
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![[ANCIENT WORLD] [JEWS] [WOMEN SHOPKEEPERS] THE FAMOUS AND MEMORABLE WORKS OF JOSEPHUS, A MAN OF MUCH HONOUR AND LEARNING AMONG THE JEWS. FAITHFULLY TRANSLATED OUT OF THE LATIN AND FRENCH BY THO. LODGE, DOCTOR IN PHYSICK, WHEREUNTO ARE NEWLY ADDED THE REFERENCES OF THE SCRIPTURES THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY AND AFTERWARDS COLLECTED INTO A TABLE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/296/610/1422610296.0.m.jpg)
[ANCIENT WORLD] [JEWS] [WOMEN SHOPKEEPERS] THE FAMOUS AND MEMORABLE WORKS OF JOSEPHUS, A MAN OF MUCH HONOUR AND LEARNING AMONG THE JEWS. FAITHFULLY TRANSLATED OUT OF THE LATIN AND FRENCH BY THO. LODGE, DOCTOR IN PHYSICK, WHEREUNTO ARE NEWLY ADDED THE REFERENCES OF THE SCRIPTURES THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY AND AFTERWARDS COLLECTED INTO A TABLE
by Flavius Josephus | Tho. Lodge [Translator]
London: Printed by J. L. for Anne Hood, and are to be sold at her shop in Dunstan's Churchyard in Fleet-Street, 1656. Quarto; in a modern binding of tan half-calf over marbled boards with a morocco label.~~Seventeenth century edition of this history of the Jews by Josephus, translated by Thomas Lodge. Certainly of interest is that Part I --... Read More
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THE MAID OF ORLEANS, OR LA PUCELLE OF VOLTAIRE. TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH VERSE; WITH NOTES, EXPLANATORY, CRITICAL, HISTORICAL, AND BIOGRAPHICAL. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I & II
by Voltaire | W. H. Ireland (Translator)
London: Printed for John Miller and W. Wright, 1822. Full Leather. Good binding. With 59 full page plates in Vol. I, 9 of which are duplicates on poorer paper, and 58 full page plates in Vol. II, 9 of which are duplicates; with 25 white Fine Paper engravings pasted down in Vol. I, and 25 in Vol. II;... Read More
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[FINE BINDINGS] THE LIFE OF BENEVENUTO CELLINI WRITTEN BY HIMSELF
by John Addington Symonds [Editor; Translator]
New York: Brentano's, 1906. Very Good binding. Two large octavo volumes; in crimson morocco over marbled boards, ruled in gilt to the edges, and with matching marbled endpapers; with raised bands and decorations and lettering in gilt in the compartments; there is a small amount of loss to the morocco at the crown of the spine of Volume... Read More
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[RELIGION] [SLIPCASE] THE HEBREW BIBLE. 3 VOLUMES
by Robert Alter [Translator]
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2019. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Three small quarto volumes; in the publisher’s cloth with dustjackets, housed in the slipcase as issued.~~Each of the three books is a First Edition printing; without prior ownership marks of any kind.~~. Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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UTTARATANTRA OR RATNAGOTRAVIBHAGA. THE SUBLIME SCIENCE OF THE GREAT VEHICLE TO SALVATION, BEING A MANUAL OF BUDDHIST MONISM. WITH A COMMENTARY BY ARYASANGA
by Arya Maitreya | Aryasanga | E. Obermiller [Translator]
Talent, Oregon: Canon Publications, 1984. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. A clean copy in the publisher's orange cloth binding, with titling in gold to the spine and to the upper cover. There are no marks of any kind in the book. Near Fine binding.
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PONS PER STYX
by Aleksander Borovsky (idea of album and introduction); Igor Adamatsky (translation)
St. Petersburg, Russia: The State Russian Museum, 1994. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. 12mo; in black paper boards; text written in Russian and English full of both black and white and full color photographic illustrations; in black cardboard slipcase; the slipcase has edge wear and a few tears; there is rubbing to the upper board with a... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] HYMNS TO APHRODITE
by Valenti Angelo | John Edgar (Translator)
New York: Press of Valenti Angelo, 1949. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Small quarto; blue paper-covered boards backed in cream parchment with lettering in gilt to the spine; with two hand-colored illustrations in black with highlights picked out in gilt; with hand-painted initials in red and rubication in blue;[12] leaves; this is #9 of 150 numbered... Read More
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[SIGNED] [PHILOSOPHY] THE KING AND THE EDUCATION OF THE KING (DE REGE ET REGIS INSTITUTIONE)
by Juan de Mariana | George Albert Moore (Translator)
Chevy Chase: Country Dollar Press, 1948. Collector Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Large Octavo; in the publisher’s blue cloth with tiling on the upper board and spine in gold; 440 pages including the index; the edges and the spine of the jacket are toned; there is a catalogue note in pen on the copyright... Read More
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[RELIGION] MUSLIM SAINTS AND MYSTICS
by Farid al-Din Attar | A. J. Arberry (Translator)
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Good+ dust jacket. Octavo; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding; in an unclipped dust jacket; 287 pages; dust jacket is faded and has a few chips to the edges; a couple of small stains; the occasional pencil annotation in the margins. Near Fine binding / Good+... Read More
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[RELIGION] [CATHOLIC] EL UNIVERSO ENIGMATICO
by [Louis Antoine de] Caraccioli | D. Francisco Mariono Nipho (Translator)
Madrid: Miguel Escribano, 1778. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 16mo,; in contemporary vellum with faded hand lettering to the spine; xvi, 235, followed by [13] pages of Index; There are no names or marks in the book. Defense of the Catholic Church against the deists and others. In Spanish~~There are a handful of copies to be found on... Read More
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[HISTORY] MAXIMILIAN AND CHARLOTTE OF MEXICO [2 VOLUMES]
by Egon Caesar Count Corti | Catherine Alison Phillips [Translator]
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Two large 8vo volumes; in the publisher’s gray cloth with titling and decoration in light blue to the spines, with dustjackets; the two volumes are through paginated;xix, [2], 3-406; x, 407-967 including the Appendix and Index; there are no marks in either... Read More
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