Justinian and Theodora.
by Browning, Robert.
4to, hardcover, cloth, gilt title on spine, dust jacket, illustrated, 272 pp. Dust jacket with some edgewear, and a couple of chips, still in great shape, contents near mint. Good coverage of the subject, with some nice illustrations.
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Oh, You Beautiful Doll.
by Brown, Seymour.
Sheet Music, folio format (10" x 13") color front cover, 6 pp. A couple of margin tears on rear cover, corner fold back cover, slight edgewear, normal aging; otherwise very good. A very attractive front cover to a very popular tune of the early 20th century.
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The Plantation Negro as a Freeman: Observations on His Character, Condition, and Prospects in Virginia.
by Bruce, Philip A.
8vo, original cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top cover lettered in black, ix, 262, [4] ad pp. Ex-library copy, pockets and spine label removed, usual stampings and markings, rubbing and shelf wear, spine ends and corners worn, occasional underlining, slight aging; otherwise very good. Bruce attempts to look at African Americans in the years following the end of slavery. He... Read More
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Travellers Guide to the Scandinavian Counties.
by Bruun, Daniel.
Small 8vo, blue cloth, title on front cover, illustrated, unusual pagination. Some binding wear, normal aging, otherwise very good. Includes lots of maps, photos and ads. Separate pagination for each country.
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Picturesque America: Or The Land We Live In…
by Bryant, William Cullen
Folio, 6 volumes, original gilt cloth illustrated. Some foxing to text and plates, but many plates are clean. Previous owner name stamped on endpapers. Bindings are chipped and worn at spine and extremities, some hinges are split. Also, slightly bent, but not that noticeable. A very good first edition of this classic set of Americana edited by William Cullen Bryant.... Read More
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Land Grant Document
by Buchanan, James
Folio sheet, 12 ¾ x 17 ¾. Printed document accomplished in manuscript, with the secretarial signature of the President. Embossed seal, and docketed on verso. Slight toning and wear along the edges and vertical fold. A couple of small holes at the vertical fold, and some darkening at the fold. Very good overall. This document grants 160 acres of land... Read More
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America, Historical, Statistic, and Descriptive.
by Buckingham, J[ames] S[ilk].
3 volumes, 8vo, period half dark brown-maroon calf and marbled boards, with gilt lettered morocco spine labels, illustrated with steel engraved frontispiece, wood engravings, and folding map of the United States, vi, 8, [2], 504; [14], 563; [12], 596, [20 Index] pp. Bindings with some wear and rubbing to extremities, a few nicks and tears to ends and... Read More
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Blood Lines. Tales of Shooting and Fishing.
by Buckingham, Nash.
Large 8vo, original maroon cloth with tipped in color plate on top cover, gilt lettering on spine, illustrated, xix, 227 pp. Copy 929 of 1250 copies. Binding very slightly faded, internally bright and clean; a very nice tight copy. Nash Buckingham (1880-1971) was born in Memphis, and was a well known sportsmen and sporting writers probably best know for his... Read More
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1956 Budweiser Baseball Guide and Record Book.
by [Budweiser]
Square 8vo, illustrated paper wrappers, illustrated, 160 pp. Small paper label on front cover over Budweiser name at bottom of page, some edgewear, small tear at top of spine, a little corner crease, normal aging; otherwise very good. Somewhat scarce Budweiser baseball memorabilia. Contains all kinds of baseball records, and rosters for each team. A few small illustrations are... Read More
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Beautiful Paris The Splendors, Mysteries, and People of the Great City…
by Buel, J. W.
Oblong folio (11" x 14"), original cloth, gilt lettering on top cover, illustrated with mostly full page photographs. Light extremity wear, front endpaper creased, a little margin staining to last few pages, normal aging; otherwise very good plus. A very sound copy. This work contains hundreds of photographs of Paris, mostly full page. A few appear to be toned... Read More
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Little LULU and Her Pals by Marge.
by [Buell, Marjorie Henderson].
Square 12mo, colored pictorial boards, no dust jacket, illustrated. Spine faded and with some wear, slight edge wear, ink note on rear cover, internally generally bright and clean; overall very good. Little Lulu first appeared as a comic panel during the mid 1930s in the Saturday Evening Post. A comic strip and children's books followed. The present volume contains... Read More
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Five Minutes’ Talk About Buffalo Erie County, New York.
by [Buffalo, New York].
Pamphlet, 8vo, partially disbound, 54 pp. Front cover chipped and detached, paper brittle and a bit browned, about fair to good. A promotional pamphlet that includes about 27 pages of business ads.
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Geografia Universale…
by Buffier, Claude.
12mo, attractive vellum binding, inked title on spine, illustrated with 19 folding maps, 444 pp. Slight edgewear, but binding nice and clean, laid in bookplate, rubber stamp name on endpaper, a little foxing and aging, a couple of maps with fold tears, Europe with archival tape repair, America with tear, but not substantial, occasional map creasing; otherwise very good plus... Read More
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Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Plans for the Empire State Building's Information Desk, Basement and Foundation.
by [Empire State Building]
Architectural diagram plans for the construction of the Empire State Building. 8 items, all pencil on paper or tracing vellum, various sizes ranging from 8x13 inches to 36x48 inches. Included are 5 plot plans showing the building's outline and the surrounding streets and properties, 5 section plans of existing vaults and the machine room, 2 sub-basement plans, and the details... Read More
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Prudential House Warming.
by [Prudential Building].
Oblong 8vo (6" X 8 1/4"), full grey-brown pig with pictorially engraved celluloid cover label, nine celluloid pages with engraved or etched illustrations for various menu options, pages stitched on leather hinges. Leather rubbed, corners a bit bumped, dampstaining to rear cover causing moisture wear to rear pastedown, front hinge stitching on first page separated, pages a bit warped; otherwise... Read More
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Teeth, their Structure, Disease, and Treatment with Numerous Illustrative Engravings…
by Burdell, John.
Pamphlet, 8vo, illustrated, 72, [11 book ads] pp. Lacks front wrapper, but otherwise complete, title soiled a bit with a few chips or tears at the extremities, not affecting text, contents page creased, some corners with folds and small tears, normal aging; quite good internally. Early, and somewhat scarce dental title, which was probably first published in 1847. Burdell covers... Read More
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An Account of the European Settlements in America In Six Parts…
by Burke, Edmund
2 vols. 8vo, later half mottled sheep and boards, spine tooled in gilt, raised bands, morocco lettering pieces, marbled endpapers. [10]. 3-312; [4], [3] 300. [20] pp. with 2 folding maps Spine scuffed and corners rubbed, top hinge weak on vol.1. Internal darkening, but not to maps title pages or preliminary leaves of Vol. I (these are likely washed). The... Read More
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An Account of the European Settlements in America In Six Parts…
by Burke, Edmund.
8vo, [8], 324, [8] pp.; [12], 308 pp. With two folding engraved maps by Emanuel Bowen. (8vo) 20x12 cm (7¾x4¾"), period speckled calf ruled in gilt, raised spine bands, later ms. spine labels. Some rubbing and wear to bindings, spine heads chipped, joints cracking, top hinge of volume one weak; moderate darkening to contents, a few instances of marginal... Read More
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A True Picture of Emigration; or Fourteen Years in the Interior of North America; Being a Full and Impartial Account of the Difficulties and Ultimate Success oof an English Family…
by [Burlend, Rebecca]
Pamphlet, original pronted wrappers, 62 pp.Normal aging and browning, a few chips to spine ; overall a nice copy. This is a first edition of an important account of an English family that emigrated to America in 1831. The Burlend family, which included a husband and five children, originally landed in New Orleans, but then went up the Mississippi and... Read More
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Letters and Documents of the Butcher Family Recording some Family History.
by [Butcher Family Archive].
Small family archive of letters, 10 pieces in all, some folio size, other basic letter sheet size, over 20 pages of text, some docketed on reverse. Most pages are aged and browned, some chips and tears, a few holes at center folds, a little staining, but otherwise about very good. This family archive begins with a letter dated June 14,... Read More
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A Frontier Army Surgeon; An Authentic Description of Colorado in the Eighties.
by Byrne, Bernard J.
8vo, original blue pebbled cloth, gilt title on cover and spine, illustrated with woodcuts, 160 pp. Limited edition, this book is number 60 of 130 copies. Light rubbing and wear to cloth, small dent to top edge of front board, offsetting to endpapers, normal aging and browning; overall very good. This is a somewhat scarce title, privately printed, concerning the... Read More
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Lyra Prophetica Davidis Regis. Sive Analysis critico-practica Psalmorum…
by Bythneri, Victor
4to, old calf rebacked with original spine strip laid on, [8], 351, [2], 69, [1], 46,, [2] pp. Calf rubbed, top portion of original spine strip scorched; some spotting and aging within, overall about very good. This work is an analysis of the Psalms of David, with Hebrew test interspaced with Latin commentary. On the verso of the final (errata)... Read More
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Differential Diagnosis: Presented Through An Analysis of 385 Cases.
by Cabot, Richard C.
Thick 8vo, cloth, spine title label, illustrated, 704 [15] pp. Spine sunned, some aging and browning; otherwise very good. This is a well-organized work that presents likely possibilities for numerous medical issues. If you want to know what causes a headache, Dr. Cabot will take you through cases from malaria to syphilis to consider the possibilities.
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Frauds in Land in California. Decision of Secretary of Interior. Resolution of Assembly of California Legislature. Act of Legislature of California “To Provide for an examination into the Sale and Disposal of State Lands.” Senate Bill No. 805 and House Bill No.3364, identical, proposing to confirm illegal Indemnity School Selections in California. Protest of State Land Commission. Petition of a Thousand Citizens of Los Angeles Valley, California, And Facts
by California
Pamphlet 8vo original pink printed wrappers (wrapper title), 10 pp. Slight fading to wrapper margins, normal modest aging; near fine. Despite the very cumbersome title, this is a very rare pamphlet dealing with the sale and disposition of land in Southern California. The work contends that legitimate settlers were cheated out of their homes by frauds that were committed by... Read More
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1975 Camaro Brochure.
by [Camaro].
Colorful Camaro brochure, fully illustrated, 8 pp. A little aging and darkening, dealer stamp on front cover; otherwise very good. Very attractive Camaro brochure featuring the models, some colors, and what's included in your car. Also has a page devoted to available options.
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