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[CHILDREN] MOROZKO [FATHER FROST]
by P. S. Afanasyev
Moskva: Knebel’, 1909. Good binding. 4to.; in worn pictorial stapled wrappers printed in red, blue, white and green; 10 pages including the verso of the front wrapper and recto of the rear; the wrappers are separating but still holding. ~~A charmingly illustrated Russian imprint, relating the fairy tale “Father Frost”. The text is in cyrillic; at the head... Read More
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KING COFFIN (Variant Binding)
by Conrad Aiken
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A clean First Edition copy, with no marks of any kind. In a yellow binding, an uncommon variant from the usual blue cloth. Lacking the dustjacket. Very Good binding.
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THE JIG OF FORSLIN: A SYMPHONY
by Conrad Aiken
Boston: The Four Seas Company, 1916. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed and inscribed by Aiken on the front free endpaper. 127pp. Bound in publisher's maroon cloth titled in gold on the front cover and the spine, though the spine title is a bit faded; bit of softening to the spine ends and some light shelfwear;... Read More
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[SIGNED] [MYSTERY] HENRIETTA WHO
by Catherine Aird
Garden City: Crime Club | Doubleday & Company, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Signed. 8vo.; in the publisher's black cloth binding, with dustjacket; [8], 9-188 pages; there are no ownership of other marks in the book; tipped in is a previous owner bookplate which has been Signed by Catherine Aird.~~Overall a nice... Read More
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CIRCLES CYCLES IN THE AIR
by Turgut A. Akter
New York: Vantage Press, 1992. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. First Edition, First Printing of Turgut Akter's book of poetry, Circles Cycles In The Air. Previous owner's name and rust stain from a staple on the front endpapers. Else no marks. Very Good dustjacket, with minor shelfwear. Very Good binding / Very Good... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] PRINTING ARTS IN TEXAS
by Al Lowman
[Austin]: Roger Beacham, Publihser, 1975. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Folio; in the publisher's mustard yellow cloth, with paper title to the spine and decorative paper roundel to the upper board; design and topography by David Holman; from an edition of 395 copies printed by David Holman; with the attractive name label of Irving W. Robbins, Jr.... Read More
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THE NUTT FAMILY of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Ohio and Beyond
by Edgar Alan Nutt
Charlestown NH: Privately Printed, 2004. Revised Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. 2004 Revised Edition of the 1996 original.~Softcover with a blank black tape spine and grey paper covers. No marks of any kind. Very Good binding.
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WHALING IN THE FROZEN SOUTH
by A[lan] J[ohn] Villiers
London: Hurst & Blackett, Ltd, 1925. Very Good binding. Being the Story of the 1923-24 Norwegian Whaling Expedition to the Antarctic". The first of many nautical books by Alan Villiers. Illustrated with black and white photographic images throughout. In the publisher's blue cloth. The spine has darkened and there are a couple of... Read More
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[COLLECTIBLES] HISTORY OF CURRENCY IN THE STATE OF BAHRAIN
by Muassasat Naqd al-Bahrayn
[London]: Bahrain Monetary Agency, 1996. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Quarto; a gorgeous book in crimson velvet binding with elaborate gilt lettering in Arabic and English; 174 pages; all edges gilt; with Arabic and English text; illustrated throughout with full-page photographic illustrations in color. ~~Housed in a matching cloth-covered slipcase with decorative border in gilt. There are no marks... Read More
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![[CHILDREN] OUR BABY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/515/246/1580246515.0.m.jpg)
[CHILDREN] OUR BABY
by [Albert William Ault]
1899. Near Fine binding. Large 8vo; in a silk binbing with titiling "Our Baby" embroidered in sil, along with wreaths of silk "Forget-me-nots" and worn silk ribbon; with 8 printed leaves (the last two are sleeves which are torn and empty) with much handwritten information about the infant Albert Ault, born March 27, 1907 in Wyoming Ohio. The... Read More
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HAI TOU ANAKREONTOS ODAI, KAI, TA TES SAPPHOUS, KAI TA TOU ALKAIOU LEIPSANA
by Anacreon; Sappho; Alcaeus
Philadelphiae: T. Barton Zantzinger et Soc, 1810. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Selections, with the text in Greek and in Latin. In sheep; spine with very minor loss and gilt rules. Printed by Fry and Kammerer for the Thos. B. Zantzinger Company. 123 pages; [2,] publisher's ad. (Shaw & Shoemaker, 19363). Very Good binding. ... Read More
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LION-HUNTING IN SOMALI-LAND, ALSO AN ACCOUNT OF "PIGSTICKING" THE AFRICAN WART-HOG
by Captain C. J. Mellis | Cecil Aldin; Illustrated by Cecil Aldin
London: Chapman & Hall, 1895. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Cecil Aldin. Bound in publisher's yellow cloth with photographic illustration and title printed in black on the upper cover; some soiling and staining to the covers as is common; general shelfwear to the extremities including some light fraying at the spine end and corners; lacking front... Read More
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HOURS OF FANCY: OR VIGIL AND VISION
by Aldine S. Kieffer
Dayton, VA: Ruebush, Kieffer & Co., Printers, 1881. First Edition. Very Good binding. Published by Ruebush-Kieffer, the firm founded by the grandson of Joseph Funk, the great Mennonite printer. The volume of verse by Kieffer is full of local references, poems such as "To Shenandoah River" and "The Confederate Dead" have significant Virginia resonance. With the... Read More
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BALLS AND ANOTHER BOOK FOR SUPPRESSION
by Richard Aldington
London: E. Lahr, 1930. Original Sewn Wrappers. Very Good binding. In the publisher's buff card stock wrappers, printed in black and in red; 13 pages; there are no marks in the pamphlet.~~The seventh of the Lahr publishing company's Blue Moon Booklets, in which Mr. Lahr set out to defy the English climate of censorship. His publishing of Balls... Read More
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THE POEMS OF THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I & II
by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Boston and New York | Cambridge: Houghton, Mifflin and Company | The Riverside Press, 1897. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Thomas Bailey Aldrich's Poems, complete in two volumes. From the larger eight volume set of the writings of Aldrich's Writings. Portrait frontispiece. Previous owner's name and blindstamp on the first flyleaf. A clean copy, with no other marks... Read More
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![[COLLECTIBLES] EX NUMMIS HISTORIA IX LE MEDAGLIE DEI GONZAGA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/596/649/1697649596.0.m.jpg)
[COLLECTIBLES] EX NUMMIS HISTORIA IX LE MEDAGLIE DEI GONZAGA
by Conte Alessandro Magnaguti
Roma: P. & P. Santamaria, 1965. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto; in paper boards; 168 pages with 38 plates in the rear; trivial loss ot one corner of the upper board; a few light marks; a bit of loss to the top of the spine; a bit of scattered foxing particularly to the edges. Very Good binding.... Read More
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![[TENNIS] SPALDING'S LAWN TENNIS ANNUAL 1917](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/732/378/1406378732.0.m.jpg)
[TENNIS] SPALDING'S LAWN TENNIS ANNUAL 1917
by F. B. Alexander (Editor)
New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 1917. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. 16mo.; in the publisher's red, green and white printed wrappers (it was part of Spalding's "Red Cover" Series of Athletic Handbooks); 333 pages, followed by 13 pages of ads; the wrappers are intact, and in nice condition; illustrated with a half-tone of CR. D. Wrenn, President... Read More
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![[AMERICANA] JUST ONE MAN. THE WIDENING WORLD OF JUDSON DUNAWAY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/788/230/1575230788.0.m.jpg)
[AMERICANA] JUST ONE MAN. THE WIDENING WORLD OF JUDSON DUNAWAY
by Alf J. Mapp, Jr.
Richmond, Va: The Dietz Press, Incorporated, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Large 8vo.; in publisher's pale blue cloth with titling in gold, with dusjtacket; vii, [[2], 3-198 pages, with illustrations and portraits; there are no marks of any kind in the book.~~While this is nothing to be ashamed of, Judson Dunaway was an... Read More
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![[ONEIDA COMMUNITY] FOOT NOTES; OR, WALKING AS A FINE ART](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/531/514/1508514531.0.m.jpg)
[ONEIDA COMMUNITY] FOOT NOTES; OR, WALKING AS A FINE ART
by Alfred Barron. "Q.
Wallingford, Conn: Wallingford Printing Company, 1875. First Edtiion. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 12mo.; in the publisher's green cloth, with titling in gilt and decorations in black and and in gilt; viii, 9-330 pages; there is a previous owner name pencilled on the endpaper; otherwise, no other marks in the book.~~A paene to the art of walking by... Read More
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THE GARDEN BOOK FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
by Alice Lounsberry
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1908. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Story of two young siblings planting a triangular flower garden. Photographic plates throughout. Textblock is bright. Contemporary owner’s name on the front endpaper. Tan cloth with brown lettering and colored illustration. Very Good binding.
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THE FOUNDATIONS OF DIALOGUE IN SCIENCE AND RELIGION
by Alister E. McGrath
Blackwell Publishers, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. A clean copy with no marks of any kind, showing very little wear. Fine binding.
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DE GOUDE EN ZILVERE GANGBAARE PENNINGEN DER GRAAVEN EN GRAAVINNEN VAN HOLLAND, IN ER EGTE STAND EN WAARE WEEZENS VERTOOND EN BEHANDELD, EN MED EEN KORTE BESCHRIIVING DER PRINSELIIKE LEEVENS-BEDRIIVEN OPGEHELDERD, DOOR KORNELIS VAN ALKEMADE
by Cornelis van Alkemade
Delft: Andriez Voorstad, 1700. First Edition. Full Leather. Good binding. A numismatic study on the gold and silver coins in the collection of the Count and Countess of Holland, by Cornelis van Alkemade, a Dutch historian and collector of antique coins and manuscripts. Additional title page, engraved. Text in Dutch. Collates complete; 2o: *-7*2 (7*2 blank) A-P2 R-W2... Read More
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JORROCK'S JAUNTS AND JOLLITIES. THE HUNTING, SHOOTING, RACING, DRIVING, SAILING, EATING, ECCENTRIC AND EXTRAVAGANT EXPLOITS OF THAT RENOWNED SPORTING CITIZEN, MR. JOHN JORROCKS
by ILLUSTRATED BOOKS] [Robert Smith Surtees] | Illustrated by Henry Alken
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1969. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. First published in book form in 1838 with illustrations by Phiz, and then in 1839 with the Alken illustrations. This third edition has 16 splendidly hand-colored plates by Henry Alken and is the first edition with three new chapters (#5, 11... Read More
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![THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE [COMPLETE RUN; VOLUMES 1-30; 59 ISSUES]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/258/870/1276870258.0.m.jpg)
THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE [COMPLETE RUN; VOLUMES 1-30; 59 ISSUES]
by Allen J. Hubin
An uncommon opportunity to acquire the complete run of the mystery fanzine THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE [TAD], begun in 1967 by Allen J. Hubin, comprising 59 issues in all, plus the Index to Volumes 1-10, 1967-1977. TAD reprinted a piece of classic crime fiction in the issues spanning October 1978 thought Winder 1986; each issue from Winter 1990... Read More
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![[CRIME] [ENGLAND] BRIEF CONSIDERATIONS ON THE PRESENT STATE OF THE POLICE OF THE METROPOLIS WITH A FEW SUGGESTIONS TOWARDS ITS IMPROVEMENT](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/670/472/1677472670.0.m.jpg)
[CRIME] [ENGLAND] BRIEF CONSIDERATIONS ON THE PRESENT STATE OF THE POLICE OF THE METROPOLIS WITH A FEW SUGGESTIONS TOWARDS ITS IMPROVEMENT
by L. B. Allen
[London]: Joseph Butterworth and Son, Fleet Street; John Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly, 1821. Original Sewn Wrappers. Very Good binding. 8vo., in sewn self-wrappers; [1], 2-76 pages.~~The title page bears the signature of Henry Gahagan, Esq. of 63 Lower Grosvenor Street, in the heart of Mayfair. Mr. Gahagan was a Barrister-at-law, and he was a member of the Board... Read More
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