OMAR; DESIGNED TO ILLUSTRATE THE JEWISH HISTORY FROM B. C. 63, TO THE BIRTH OF CHRIST
by American Sunday-School Union
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1835. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. The American Sunday-School Union's edition of Omar: Designed to Illustrate the Jewish History from B.C. 63 to the Birth of Christ. Engraved frontispiece and additional in text illustrations. Sunday School name and number on the front pastedown, in ink. Scattered foxing. Quarter red leather, with gilt lettering, over... Read More
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MAP OF MARYLAND, DELAWARE & VIRGINIA
by [Colton's Condensed Octavo Atlas of the Union]
New York: J. H. Colton, 1865. Colored engraved map, with a bit of creasing at the fold. 11 3/4 x 9 1/2". From the second edition of Colton's Condensed Octavo Atlas of the Union.
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MAP OF EAST AND WEST VIRGINIA
by [Colton's Condensed Octavo Atlas of the Union]
New York: J. H. Colton, 1865. Colored engraved map, with a bit of creasing at the fold. 11 3/4 x 9 1/2". From the second edition of Colton's Condensed Octavo Atlas of the Union.
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MAP OF NEVADA, UTAH AND ARIZONA
by [Colton's Condensed Octavo Atlas of the Union]
New York: J. H. Colton, 1865. Second Edition. Colored engraved map, with a bit of creasing at the fold. 11 3/4 x 9 1/2". From the second edition of Colton's Condensed Octavo Atlas of the Union.
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[FREEMASONRY] MASONIC JOURNAL
by Author unknown
New York, 1903. 8 ¼” x 6 ¾” x ½” orange hardcover composition book with cloth binding and black stamped title on front cover. Bookplate states “Masonic” with associated imagery. Lined paper in good condition. Binding worn, top half of back cover was water damaged. Good.~~The author of this volume appears to have been a dedicated junior member of... Read More
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[RICHMOND] [MONUMENT AVE.] RED CROSS SHIP OF MERCY PARADE
by Unknown
Richmond, VA, 1933. In 1933 the Red Cross launched the annual membership drive known as the Roll Call, with the help of a parade float known as the Ship of Mercy. This design was created by the Miller & Rhoads display department and anchored in various places around Richmond. Staff on board collected membership dues and contributions to aid... Read More
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[INDIA] [BUSINESS] PRIVATE CODE BOOK
by Unknown
Kerala, India. Slim volume bound in red cloth bearing the title of “Private Code”, containing 40 pages of alphabetical code, from Auvne through Cunta. Variable columns per page. The meaning of each code word stops on page 33 at ‘Cokla’, although the codes for the months of the year are hand-written on page 34. Inscribed with “No. 5 /... Read More
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[SIGNED] UPDIKE: AMERICA'S MAN OF LETTERS
by William H. Prichard | [John Updike]
South Royalton, Vermont: Steerforth Press, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Signed. 8vo. (8 1/4" x 5 5/8"); in the publisher's gray paper-covered boards backed in black cloth, with dustjacket; xiii, [1], 2-351 pages, including Bibliography and Index; this copy is signed by Mr. Updike on the front endpaper. Fine binding / Fine dust jacket.... Read More
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[SIGNED] ON THE MOVE
by John Updike
Cleveland: Bits Press, 1988. Limited Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. Small quarto; in the printer's string-tied printer wrappers, deckle-edged; [11] pages; one of 120 copies signed by John Updike.~~Six poems, one of which "Munich", has never been published. Near Fine binding.
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[SIGNED] [POETRY] TOSSING AND TURNING
by John Updike
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. 8vo. (* 1/4" x 5 1/4"); in the publisher's purple paper-covered boards backed in black cloth, with dustjacket; the bottom corner of the upper board is very lightly bumped; the dustjacket is bright and has not been price-clipped.~~This First Edition copy is signed... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] EGO AND ART IN WALT WHITMAN
by John Updike
New York: Targ Editions | Bird & Bull Press, 1980. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Signed. Large 8vo,; in patterned paper-covered boards with the publisher's plain wrapper; [21] pages; title page and colophon printed in green and black; this edition to limited to 350 copiers printed by Henry Morris at the Bird and Bull Press;... Read More
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[SIGNED] [BROADSIDE] RAINING AT MAGENS BAY
by John Updike
[Northridge, California]: John Updike Newsletter, 1976. Limited Edition. Near Fine binding. Signed. 8.5” x 11.5”; printed on goldenrod stock with the bottom edge deckled, and limited to 200 copies of which this is No. 140. This copy is signed by John Updike above the limitation statement, and is uncommon thus. Near Fine binding.
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[SIGNED] [LIMITED] JUST LOOKING. ESSAYS ON ART
by John Updike
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First Edition Limited. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Signed. Quarto; in quarter cloth over marbled paper-covered boards, with titling in gilt to the spine; housed in the publisher's slipcase; the top edge of the slipcase is lightly sunned; this edition limited to 350 copies, signed by Mr. Updike on the limited leaf. Fine... Read More
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[SIGNED] THE CARPENTERED HEN AND OTHER TAME CREAURES
by John Updike
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. Reprint Edition. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo.; in the publisher's burgundy cloth with titling in gold, and with dustjacket; xvii, [2], 3-84 pages; there is a very faint erasure mark on the endpaper; this copy is signed by John Updike (in green ink?) on the endpaper; the dustjacket has the... Read More
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[SERMON] [TRACT] THE SCRIPTURE DOCTRINE OF REGENERATION
by Rev. C[harles] W[entworth] Upham
Boston: James Munroe & Co, 1840. First Edition. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. Large 8vo; in printed stitched self-wrappers~~Of perhaps more interested than this tract, we know that the author engineered for Nathaniel Hawthorne to be dismissed from his job at the Salem Custom House and that Charles Sumner referred him as "that smooth, smiling, oily man of... Read More
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LETTERS AESTHETIC, SOCIAL, AND MORAL, WRITTEN FROM EUROPE, EGYPT, AND PALESTINE
by Thomas C. Upham
Brunswick: J. Griffin, 1855. Private Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Previous owner's name written on front paste-down. No pencil or ink markings in text. Professionally rebacked. Brown embossed cloth binding. Very light edgewear to boards. Mylar cut to protect boards. Very Good binding.
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FOLKLORE & MYTHOLOGY] PROVERBS & FOLKLORE OF KUMAUN AND GARHWAL
by Pandit Ganga Datt Upreti
Lodiana: Printed at the Lodiana Mission Press, 1894. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A collection of folklore from the Indian regions of Kumaun and Garhwal, which at the time of publication were the Northwestern Provinces of British India. The regions were notably isolated from their neighbors due to the rugged and seemingly inaccessible terrain of the... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] LAST LIGHT
by August Derleth | Mark Lefebure; Illustrated by Frank Uptel
Mt. Horeb: The Perishable Press, 1978. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Frank Uptel. Octavo; quarter bound in vellum over hand marbled paper covered boards; [23] pages; with woodcut engravings by Frank Uptel.~~Last Light is a collection of poems by August Derleth which was discovered 5 years after his death and published posthumously by The Perishable Press.... Read More
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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, FOR FEBRUARY 1767
by Sylvanus Urban
London: Printed by D. Henry at St. John's Gate, 1767. Disbound. Fair binding. A monthly magazine, founded in 1731, this being the February 1767 issue. With an account of travel to Greenland and a study of its culture, studies on blight-preventing insects, 'the phaenomenon of spiders,' the 'danger from a too liberal use of nutmegs,' and the usual... Read More
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[CIVIL WAR] BATTLEFIELD AND PRISON PEN, OR THROUGH THE WAR, AND THRICE A PRISONER IN REBEL DUNGEONS
by John Urban
Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers, 1882. First Edition. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in brown cloth with stamping in black and decorations and titling in gilt; 422 pages, with frontispiece, plates and portraits; a blank leaf at the rear of the book has been excised.~~In the Nevins bibliography, it is acknowledged that Urban's book "contains some useful facts", warning that it... Read More
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DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EDWARD HAILEY AND MARY JANE WARD
by Mary Jane Vaden
[Roanoke, VA?]: Self-published, 1986. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. Covering the genealogy of the Haley Family, Ward Family; John Edward Hailey and Mary Jane Ward. 72 single-sided pages in typescript and photocopies, with illustrations and portraits. An uncommon family history. Near Fine binding.
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REPORT ON THE MUNITIONS OF WAR. REPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS, PARIS UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION, 1867
by Charles B. Norton; W. J. Valentine
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1868. Hard Cover. Fair binding. With nine folding diagrams and illustrations. Also with text illustrations throughout. Dampstaining throughout, and wear to the binding. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Overall in Fair or Good condition. Fair binding.
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LE SURMALE. ROMAN MODERNE
by Alfred Jarry; illustrated by Roger De Valerio
Paris: P.-A. Chavanne & Cie, 1948. Limited Edition. Full Leather. Very Good+ binding. A beautiful production of symbolist writer Alfred Jarry's Le Surmale ["The Supermale"]. Printed in green and black, with 19 drypoint etchings by Roger De Valerio. De Valerio is perhaps best known as the editor of Le Rire, and a designer of posters. ... Read More
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JOHN M. BARBER’S CHESAPEAKE
by John M. Barber | John R. Valliant
Saint Michaels, Maryland, U.S.A.: Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Signed. A fresh and attractive copy signed on the title page by the artist, John Barber, with a personal inscription. The dustjacket is bright and is now protected with a new mylar cover. Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.... Read More
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D. IOANNIS RVSBROCHII. SUMMI ATQVE SANCTISS. VIRI, QVEM INSIGNIS QUIDAM THEOLOGUS ALTERUM DIONYSIUM AREOPAGITAM APPELLAT, OPERA OMNIA
by Jan Van Ruysbroeck
Hants., England: Gregg Press Limited, 1967. Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. A clean facsimile copy of the 1552 Cologne Edition. Bound in red buckram with lettering stamped in gilt on the spine. Some wear to the spine. Near Fine binding.
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