Field Study: Ice Crystals of Antartctica Volume 2
by Sollod, Ellen, book artist
Seattle: Ellen Sollod, 2025. Softcover. Fine. Softcover. One of two copies signed and numbered by the book artist. This unusual book depicts ice crystals from Antarctica. The original sorce images were photographed under a microscope by a University of Washington atmospheric scientist during a three month sojourn in 1992. He allowed the book artist to modify his source... Read More
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The Chase, a Poem to which is added Hobbinol or the Rural Games
by Somerville, William
Birmingham: Robert Martin, 1767. Very Good. This story in verse about hunting was originally published in 1735 and reprinted many times. This was poet William Somerville's (1675-1742) most successful work. It is also considered to be an English classic. Bound in contemporary brown leather with stains, chipping, and rubbing. Front board is partially detached. Spine with five... Read More
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Sur Les Phenomenes de Diffraction Produits Par Les Reseaux Circulaires
by Soret, J.-L
n.p., n.d.. Paperback. Good +. Paperback. Good plus in original blue paper wrappers, fragile and chipped. Interior is clean, in French. 18 pp, last page uncut. Contains mathematical equations. In wraps. Science. SCI/10163.
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Little Sewing Box With Monograms
by Soria, Marina
Buenes Aires: Marina Soria, 2016. Fine. Unique. An engaging and personal work by world renowned calligrapher and book artist Marina Soria. It is a light blue wooden box with a glass window that opens to reveal calligraphic text and monograms done in watercolor and gouache on Strathmore paper. It is decorated with compartments containing old sewing threads and... Read More
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Impressionist and Modern Paintings and Sculpture, Part II
by Sotheby's
New York: Sotheby's, 1990. Paperback. Very Good + in Wraps. Paperback. Auction Catalogue. 4to. Colorful Illustrated wrappers with black title to front wrapper and white title to black spine. Minor wear to edges and to spine. A few small marks in black marker to title page. Else is clean and bright with Color illustrations on each page. Index,... Read More
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La Societe Des Grands Esprits
by Souday, Paul
Paris: Emile Hazan and Cie Editeurs, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark red leather backed marbled paper covered boards with gilt title and raised bands to spine. Minor rubbing to hinges and to edges of boards. Browning to interior, else very clean. Tight, attractive binding. Marbled endpages. 310 pages. FRE/072106.
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Librairie Sourget. Manuscrits Enlumines et Livres Precieux. 1280-1927. Catalogue No. XXIV
by Sourget, Patrick et Elisabeth
Chartres: Librairie Sourget, 2002. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover. Heavy 4to. Fine light blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. In near-fine gold colored illustrated dust jacket (light creasing at spine ends) with black title to front and spine panels. Interior is in beautiful condition: crisp, tight and bright. Profusely illustrated with full-color... Read More
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Robert Southey. The Story of His Life Written In His Letters
by Southey, Robert; [Dennis, John, editor]
Boston: D Lothrop Company, 1887. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Robert Southey was an English poet of the Romantic school and was considered one of the Lake Poets. He was poet laureate from 1813 until his death in 1843. He was also a historian and prolific biographer, including biographies of the life and works of John Bunyan, John Wesley,... Read More
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The Doctor, &c
by Southey, Robert
New-York: Harper & Brothers, 1836. Hardcover. Very Good -. Hardcover. Two Volumes in One. Very good minus green textured cloth. 8vo., paper label to spine is heavily chipped. Spine faded, boards stained, corners bumped. Foxing throughout interior though text remains bright. Binding quite strong. 231 + 220 pp. + ads. Literature. LIT/10073.
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Twenty-five years of it
by Spackman, W. M.
Perros-Guirec [privately printed], 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Apparent First edition. Scarce in hardcover. Ahearn Author Price Guide for Spackman indicates that six copies were bound in cloth. Bound in tan cloth boards with white title label on the front cover. Lacking title-leaf and following leaf noting where some of the poems had previously been published. The rest... Read More
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Maine Physicians of 1820. A Record of the Members of the Massachusetts Medical Society Practicing in the District of Maine at the Date of the Separation
by Spalding, James A.
Lewiston, ME, 1928. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Born in New Hampshire, James Spalding (1846 - 1938) suffered from trouble hearing which led him to study in this field. He graduated from Harvard and became a specialist in diseases of the eye and the ear. He eventually set up a practice in Maine and became a member of the Maine... Read More
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Caudebec
by Spalikowski, Edmond
Grenoble: B. Arthaud, 1932. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Very good+ in modern maroon cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Minor yellowing to pages. Else is clean and bright with beautiful illustrations throughout. Original wrappers bound in at rear. French. FRE5/2182.
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Voyages and Cargoes
by Sparrow, Carroll Mason
The Dietz Press, Inc., MCMXLVII. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Very good in dust jacket. Philosophy. PHIL01/121399.
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Sur la Raie dite de L'Helium
by Spee, M. l'abbe E.
Bruxelles: L'Academie Royale de Belgique, 1880. Paperback. Good +. Paperback. Good plus in original, fragile, blue paper wrappers, some chipping and darkening, rear flap detached but present. Interior is clean, somewhat chipped and fragile. Pages uncut. In French. 20 pp. In wraps Science. SCI/10163.
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Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile
by Speke, John Hanning
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1864. Hardcover. Good +. Hardcover. This is Captain John Speke's account of his third and last exploration of the Nile. Speke (1827 – 1864) was an English explorer and army officer who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa. He is most associated with the search for the source of the Nile and was... Read More
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Classic English Interiors
by Spencer-Churchill, Henrietta, Andreas von Einsiedel [photography]
New York: Rizzoli, 1990. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 4to. Red paper covered boards with gilt title to spine. Light bumping to spine ends and corners. Previous owner's name to front free end page. Else is clean and bright with many full color photographic illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket with white title to front... Read More
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The World in Your Hand
by Spencer, Theodore
Williamsburg: College of William and Mary, 1943. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Very good in green side stapled paper wrappers with black title to white title label on front wrapper. Minor edgewear and soiling to wrappers. Business card for John Edwin Pomfret, former president of The College of William and Mary, laid in. Small spot of browning to front... Read More
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Selected Poems
by Spender, Stephen
London: Faber and Faber, 1940. Paperback. Fine. Paperback. Proof copy. Fine in yellow paper wrappers with black title to spine and front cover. Small spot of soiling to front cover and first page. 76 pages. Housed in white envelope. POE/110316.
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The Faerie Queen: The Shepheards Calendar; Together With the Other Works of England's Arch-Poet, Edm. Spenser
by Spenser, Edmund
[London]: Mathew Lownes, 1611. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. Edmund Spenser ( 1552 – 1599) was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of nascent Modern English verse, and he is considered one of the... Read More
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The Price Guide to 18th Century English Porcelain
by Spero, Simon
Woodbridge: The Antique Collectors' Club, 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo. Near fine. Modern rebinding in brown leather with gilt title to front board and to spine. Illustrations throughout. 448 pages. Antiques. CER6/4092.
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On the Rings produced by Crystals when submitted to Circularly Polarized Light. From the Proceedings of the Royal Society, No.134, 1872
by Spottiswoode, William
Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1872. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Very good in fragile, original orange wrappers, light chipping along spine where it was once bound into another volume. Light crease along center, minor soiling/a few spots to rear flap. Interior is clean, 3 pp. In wraps. Science. SCI/10163.
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An Approach to Indian Constitutional Problem
by Spratt, Philip
Calcutta: Renaissance Publishers. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. White side stapled paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Interior is clean and bright. 20 pages. India. IND/082114.
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The Cruise of Her Majesty's Ship "Challenger." Voyages Over Many Seas, Scenes in Many Lands
by Spry, W.J.J.
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1877. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. The HMS Challenger was a Pearl-class corvette of the Royal Navy first launched in 1858. The ship was obtained by the Royal Society of London in 1872 and modified to undertake the first global marine research expedition (1872 - 1876). This book details that expedition which... Read More
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Primeiro Viajante - 1 Série documentos históricos [First Traveler - 1 series historical documents)
by Staden, Hans; Fernando H. Silva, A.B. Galvão Bueno Trigueirinho, Salomão Scliar (editors); Leo Theodorum de Bry (engravings)
Sao Paulo, Brasil (Brazil): difusão nacional do livro, 1965. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. In Portuguese. Elephant Folio. One of 3,000 copies. In this Portuguse language reproduction of illustrated historical documents from 1557, Hans Staden (1525 - 1576), a Europen explorer and soldier, describes his experiences as a prisoner living among cannibals of Brazil. Issued unbound in 10 gigantic... Read More
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Englische Literatur. Wissenschaftliche Forschungsberichte Geisteswissenschaftliche Reihe. Band II
by Stamm, Rudolph; Dr. Karl Honn
Bern: A. Francke Ag verlag Bern, 1957. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Very good in original grey paper wrappers with black title to spine and front cover. Minor wear to edges and hinges of covers. Browning to spine panel. Bookplate to inside of front cover. Pages are clean and remain unopened. 422 pages. GER/121613.
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