![The History of the Civil Wars of France. In Which are Related, The most remarkable Transactions that happened during the Reigns of Francis the Second, Charles the Ninth, Henry the Third, and Henry the Fourth, surnamed the Great [Two volume set]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/526/498/1722498526.0.m.jpg)
The History of the Civil Wars of France. In Which are Related, The most remarkable Transactions that happened during the Reigns of Francis the Second, Charles the Ninth, Henry the Third, and Henry the Fourth, surnamed the Great [Two volume set]
by Henrico [Enrico] Caterino Davila; Ellis Farneworth [trans.]
London: Printed for D. Browne without Temple-Bar, A. Millar in the Strand, J. Whiston and B. White in Fleet-Stree, and R. AND J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1758. Very Good -. London: Printed for D. Browne without Temple-Bar, A. Millar in the Strand, J. Whiston and B. White in Fleet-Stree, and R. AND J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall. First Edition... Read More
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Peer Gynt: A Dramatic Poem
by Henrik Ibsen; Arthur Rackham [illus.]
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co, 1936. Very Good. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., [1936.] First American Edition. Large octavo. 256 pp. 12 color plates with lettered tissue guards, complete; numerous in-text black and white illustrations. Orange cloth stamped in black; dark topstain; illustrated endpapers. Lacks dust jacket. Wear to edges of boards with brief exposure to corners and minor fraying... Read More
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The Master-Builder: A Drama in Three Acts
by Henrik Ibsen; Jno. W. Arctander [trans.]
Minneapolis, MN: Waldm. Kriedt, 1893. Very Good. Minneapolis, MN: Waldm. Kriedt, 1893. First Arctander Edition. Octavo; publisher's terracotta cloth stamped in black and gilt, green floral endpapers; [4],160pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece. Moderate wear to cloth margins, textblock uniformly brittle and toned due to inferior paper quality, else Very Good and sound. Early American edition of Ibsen's... Read More
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War in America: The Malcolm X Doctrine
by [Malcolm X] Brother Imari [Obadele] (Whose slave name was Richard B. Henry)
Detroit, MI: Published by the Malcolm X Society, 1968. Very Good -/Very Good. Detroit, MI: Published by the Malcolm X Society, 1968. First Edition. Octavo. 64 pp. Frontis photo. Illustrated dust jacket. Black leatherette boards. Dust jacket lightly chipped and rubbed; long diagonal tear to rear flap. Boards edgeworn with mild dust soiling. Text block separated from boards... Read More
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Letters, on the Spirit of Patriotism: on the Idea of a Patriot King: and On the State of Parties, At the Accession of King George the First
by Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
London: Printed for A. Millar, opposite to Catherine street, in the Strand, 1749. Very Good -. London: Printed for A. Millar, opposite to Catherine street, in the Strand, 1749. First Authorized Edition. Octavo. 251pp., with half title, collated and complete. Contemporary calf; five raised bands and leather title to spine; ruled in gilt. Boards rather bowed with splits... Read More
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A Candid Examination of Dr. Mayhew's Observations on the Charter and Conduct of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts. Interspers'd with a few brief reflections upon some other of the doctor's writings. To which is added, A letter to a friend, containing a short vindication of the said Society against the mistakes and misrepresentations of the doctor in his observations on the conduct of that Society. By one of its members
by [Henry Caner and Samuel Johnson, attrib.]
Boston: Thomas and John Fleet / Green & Ruslell [sic] / Edes & Gill, 1763. Very Good -. Boston, New-England: Printed and Sold by Thomas and John Fleet, in Cornhill; and Green & Ruslell [sic], and Edes & Gill, in Queenstreet, 1763. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); removed, remnants of old sheep along spine; [4],93,[1]pp. ([A2] B4 B-M4, lacking... Read More
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Collection of Twenty-Seven De Witt, Beadle's, Spalding, and Reach Baseball Guides in thirteen volumes, 1870-1912
by Henry Chadwick [ed.]; Francis C. Richter [ed.]
New York, Newark, and Philadelphia: Robert M. De Witt, Publisher, Beadle and Adams, A.J. Reach & Co., The American Sports Publishing Co, 1912. Very Good. New York, Newark, NJ, Philadelphia: Robert M. De Witt, Publisher, Beadle and Adams, A.J. Reach & Co., The American Sports Publishing Co., 1870-1912. Collection includes 9 issues of De Witt, a single issue... Read More
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Helion
by Henry-Claude Cousseau; Isabelle D'Hauteville [ed.]
Paris: Editions Du Regard, 1992. Very Good/Very Good. Paris: Editions Du Regard, 1992. First Edition. Quarto. 359 pages. Color and black and white illustraitons throughout. Illustrated dust jacket. Blindstamped black boards. Text in French. Dust jacket shows light wear and creasing along edges. Some general smudging. Boards also lightly worn along edges with a few white specks... Read More
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![Les Bestiaires [Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/687/872/1658872687.0.m.jpg)
Les Bestiaires [Limited Edition]
by Henry de Montherlant; Hermann-Paul [illus.]
Paris: Editions Mornay, 1926. Near Fine. Paris: Éditions Mornay, 1926. First Edition, Limited to 360 copies on Arches paper of which this is no. 292. Small quarto; mid-century three-quarter brown crushed morocco over marbled paper boards, gilt spine in five compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, original wrappers bound in; 300pp.; illus. throughout. Very light shelf wear to... Read More
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La Vie des Saints
by Henry de Riancey; Kellerhoven [illus.]; Adrien de Riancey [ed.]
Paris: Librairie Bachelin-Deflorenne, 1873. Very Good. Paris: Librairie Bachelin-Deflorenne, [1873]. Short, thick octavo; contemporary gilt-tooled calf, original crimson gilt-lettered wrappers bound in; viii,534pp.; chromolithographed frontispiece, forty-seven (47) leaves of plates, text printed within red rule throughout. Leather a bit scuffed and dried along margins, a few faint surface scratches to rear cover, else Very Good, internally bright and... Read More
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Where Flies the Flag
by Henry Harbour; Arthur Rackham [illus.]
London: Collin's Clear-Type Press, 1904. Very Good. London: Collins' Clear-Type Press, n.d. [but 1904]. First Edition. Octavo (18.5cm); publisher's dark crimson pictorial cloth stamped in five colors, maroon glazed endpapers; 286pp.; color frontispiece, five leaves of plates (collated complete). Light shelf wear, spine a bit cocked, hairline crack between pp. 166 and 167, else a Very Good, bright... Read More
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Confidence
by Henry James, Jr.
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1880. Very Good. Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1880. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 347 pages. Green cloth stamped in gilt at spine. "Houghton, Osgood & Co" to spine. One of 1500 copies published in three variant bindings. Boards worn at extremities with exposure. Slight lean to spine. A bit of exposure at... Read More
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Maryland Deponents, 1634-1799
by Henry C. Peden, Jr.
Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1991. Fine. [Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1991]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's grey pictorial glossy card wrappers; vii,[1],241pp. Very light wear from handling, else Fine.
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An Historical Account of the Curiosities of London and Westminster, in Three Parts. Part I: Containinga full Description of the Tower of London, and every Thing curious in and belonging to it. Part II: Contains the History of Westerminster-Abbey, from its Foundation to the present Time; with its Antiquities, Tombs, and Inscriptions. Part III: Treats of the Old Cathedral of St. Paul's, and the New; together with a full Account of the Monument, London-Stone, the City-Wall, Gates, and other Antique Remains [Three volumes in one]
by [London] [David Henry]
London: Printed for T. Carnan and F. Newbery, Jun. at Number 65, in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1778. Very Good -. London: Printed for T. Carnan and F. Newbery, Jun. at Number 65, in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1778. Later Edition. 12mo; green paper spine over marbled paper covered boards; 71; 144; 56pp., with half title and three separate title... Read More
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![Stroker Magazine, No. 8: Double Issue, Winter '78 - Spring 1979 [Signed by Henry Miller]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/343/613/1593613343.0.m.jpg)
Stroker Magazine, No. 8: Double Issue, Winter '78 - Spring 1979 [Signed by Henry Miller]
by [Henry Miller] Irv Stettner [ed.]
New York: Stroker Magazine, 1979. Very Good. New York: Stroker Magazine, 1979. First Edition. Signed by Henry Miller without inscription on flyleaf. Octavo; 44pp. Side-stapled illustrated wraps. Covers lightly shelfworn with a couple light crimps along spine. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Eighth issue of Irving Stettner's literary and art magazine. This issue features two... Read More
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![Sexus [Two Volume Set] [Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/393/403/1715403393.0.m.jpg)
Sexus [Two Volume Set] [Limited Edition]
by Henry Miller; Emil Cadoo [illus.]
Paris: Cercle du Livre Precieux, 1963. Very Good/Very Good. [Paris]: Cercle du Livre Précieux, 1963. First Illustrated Edition, Limited to 600 sets of which this is no. 311. Two volumes; quartos; publisher's white silk-covered boards lettered in gilt, in original clear acetate dust jackets; 348,[2]pp.; [7],364-678pp. (complete despite error in pagination); forty-seven (47) leaves of plates (collated complete).... Read More
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![[Calligraphic Presentation Broadside] Melbourne Gaol, February 1881, Marianne Henry, Matron, Melbourne Gaol](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/846/849/1664849846.0.m.jpg)
[Calligraphic Presentation Broadside] Melbourne Gaol, February 1881, Marianne Henry, Matron, Melbourne Gaol
by [Old Melbourne Gaol] Marianne Henry
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1881. Very Good. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: 1881. Large original pen-and-ink calligraphic and watercolor broadside (ca. 58x45cm.) Calligraphic text written in gilt ink within a wonderfully intricate and colorful watercolor border of finches and flowers--we count at least twenty floral specimens, none of them native to Australia as far as we can surmise. Damp staining to... Read More
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![Patrick Henry: Life, Correspondence and Speeches Volume I - III [Three volume set]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/121/593/1717593121.0.m.jpg)
Patrick Henry: Life, Correspondence and Speeches Volume I - III [Three volume set]
by [Patrick Henry] William Wirt Henry
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. Very Good. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. First Edition, Limited Issue of 1100 copies. Three large octavo volumes. 622; 652; 672pp.; frontis portrait to volume I. Bound in brown cloth with leather spine labels; top edges gilt. Light wear and scuffing to boards; spines toned. Bindings sound. Bookplate of Edward Ingersoll... Read More
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![Goreyography: A Divers Compendium of & Price Guide to the Works of Edward Gorey [Signed and Inscribed by Toledano & Signed by Malcolm Whyte]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/552/563/1699563552.0.m.jpg)
Goreyography: A Divers Compendium of & Price Guide to the Works of Edward Gorey [Signed and Inscribed by Toledano & Signed by Malcolm Whyte]
by Henry Toledano; Jim Weiland & Malcolm Whyte [contribs.]
San Francisco: Word Play Publications, 1996. Very Good/Very Good. San Francisco: Word Play Publications, 1996. First Edition, stated. Octavo (23.5cm); illustrated dust jacket with $45.00 price intact; boards in blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration; 192pp. Jacket is clean and crisp with light shelfwear and a blind vertical crease / scratch to front panel. Boards sturdy and... Read More
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Saggi de' Novellieri Italiani d' Ogni Secolo
by H[enry] W[adsworth] Longfellow [ed.]
Boston: Presso Gray E Bowen, 1832. Very Good. Boston: Presso Gray E Bowen, 1832. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's pink muslin cloth, printed paper spine label; vi,[2],168pp. Cloth a bit scuffed at corners and spine ends, margins and spine sunned to tan, endpapers rather heavily foxed, contemporary (1843) and slightly later (1854) ownership inscriptions in pencil and ink... Read More
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![The Miracle Letters of T. Rimberg: A Novel [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/842/301/1339301842.0.m.jpg)
The Miracle Letters of T. Rimberg: A Novel [Inscribed and Signed]
by Geoff Herbach
New York: Three Rivers Press, 2008. Fine. New York: Three Rivers Press, [2008]. First Paperback Edition. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's pictorial card wrappers; [8],310pp. Fine condition. Inscribed and signed to the late Minnesota poet John Rezmerski (though misspelling his nickname "Riz"). The Minnesota YA author's first book.
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God Emperor of Dune
by Frank Herbert
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1981. Very Good/Very Good. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1981. First Edition. Octavo (22cm); 411pp. Publisher’s illustrated dust jacket with $12.95 price intact; boards bound in blue-grey cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Cream-colored endsheets. Dust jacket shows bumping to edges, minor toning to verso, and inch-long tear to front panel that does... Read More
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Soul Catcher
by Frank Herbert
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1972. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1972. First Edition. Octavo. 250 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $6.95 price intact. Brown boards stamped in black; blue-gray endpapers. Dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges. Boards gently nudged at base of spine. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Near Fine. ... Read More
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![Voices of the Puppet Masters: The Wayang Golek Theater of Indonesia [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/162/776/1600776162.0.m.jpg)
Voices of the Puppet Masters: The Wayang Golek Theater of Indonesia [Signed]
by Mimi Herbert
Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press / The Lontar Foundation, 2002. Very Good +/Very Good +. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press / The Lontar Foundation, 2002. First Edition. Signed by Herbert at title page with brief inscription to previous owner; two additional signatures, presumably from unlisted contributors. Quarto. 251, [1] pp. Color photographs and illustrations throughout. Photo-illustrated dust jacket.... Read More
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The Water Gipsies
by A.P. Herbert
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1930. Very Good/Very Good. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1930. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial Art Deco dust jacket; vii,[1],392,8pp. General shelf wear and some shallow chipping to jacket extremities, most notably at spine crown, jacket spine toned and lettering faded, spine cocked, light dust-soil, corners bumped, else a Very Good,... Read More
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