The Holy Bible
London: Nonesuch Press, 1924. One of an edition of 1000 copies on Japon vellum paper. Each volume with an engraved title page, head piece, and tail piece by Stephen Gooden. 5 vols. Folio. Original gilt stamped parchment paper boards, uncut. Very slight toning to spine, one or two corners bumped but a superior copy of this fragile book. Very... Read More
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The Echo
(New York): Printed at the Porcupine Press by Pasquin Petronius, 1807. Engraved Frontispiece Title-page engraved & 7 otherplates, including one called "The Negro Ball" showing black musicians and dancers at a black ball. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half crimson pebbled morocco and marbled with the label of boards, with the binder's label of A.L. Harrison, Binder, 70 State Street,... Read More
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Cuff's Farmer's Friend
London: J.H. Cuff's Cattle Medicine Warehouse, No. 10, Smithfield Market. Illustrated. 4 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Folded, else fine. Illustrated. 4 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Brochure.
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Les Mille et Une Nuits contes arabes traduits en français par GallandChoisis et revués avec la plus scr pulleuse attention
Paris: Garnier Freres, nd. iiiustr´´par MM. Français, H. Baron, Ed. Wattier, Laville, etc, [i], 556, [1]ppo. 8vo. Bound in publisher's quarter red morocco and cloth, a.e.g. iiiustr´´par MM. Français, H. Baron, Ed. Wattier, Laville, etc, [i], 556, [1]ppo. 8vo. The French translation by Antoine Galland (1646–1715) derived from an Arabic text of the Syrian recension of the medieval... Read More
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Clayton’s College
Lunéville: Editions de l'Orchidée, 1955. One of 325 numbered copies, this being number 288. Illustrated with original drypoint etchings. 165 pp. With an extra suite of 18 handcolored plates. Stiff paper wrapper in a cloth covered chemise, gatherings unsewn. Fine. One of 325 numbered copies, this being number 288. Illustrated with original drypoint etchings. 165 pp. With an... Read More
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Chromolithograph: "No 29 " Two men with runaway carriage , with dog in front and rooster running away
Brockton , Mass: Tolman Job Print or Fred S. Tolman, 1900. on crimson paper printed in yellow, black and gray. 1 vols. 28 x 22 inches. Chipping at edges, not affecting image, else fine. on crimson paper printed in yellow, black and gray. 1 vols. 28 x 22 inches.
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The Psalms. A New English Translation Prepared by the Jewish Publication Society of America Issued on the Occasion of the One-Hundredth Anniversary of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations with Drawings by Ismar David
New York: American Hebrew Congregations, 1973. Number 405 of a limited but undefined edition. The English text was set in Monotype Dante the Hebrew in Intertype David. The paper is Curtis Rag Wove. 1 vols. 4to. Cream cloth. Fine in slipcase. Number 405 of a limited but undefined edition. The English text was set in Monotype Dante the... Read More
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The New School announcement card for lectures by Louis Untermeyer and Max Eastman [1953]
New York City: The New School for Social Research, 1953. 5.5" x 3.5. Black text on card; fine. 5.5" x 3.5" Louis Untermeyer (b.1885 - d.1977) and Max Eastman (b.1883 - d.1969) were both prominent New York poets and editors who in their own ways were swept up by the effects of McCarthyism. Eastman, once a defender of... Read More
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Constitution, By-Laws and Rules of the Alba Fishing & Hunting Club. Adopted and Effective March 13, 1933
Mobile, Alabama: Alba Fishing & Hunting Club, 1933. 12 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Orange illustrated wrappers printed in black. Bookplate removed from inside front wrapper, else very good. 12 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Unrecorded constitution and rule book of this private club on the Dog River, established for “the social and literary advancement of its member, the establishment... Read More
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Arabic Manuscript. Compendium of Seven Maghrebi Texts including a Pharmacopeia
[N.p., Islamic Northwest Africa, 1858. Ink on paper, in different Maghrebi hands, catchwords; with later annotations. 1 vols. 6 x 8 inches. Twentieth-century brown Islamic wallet style binding. Loose in binding. Some leaves folded to retain annotations. Bookplates of Max Mayerhof and George Sarton (with presentation inscription from Mayerhof in Arabic and French “au Dr. Sarton”, and Sarton’s note... Read More
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The Black Family ReunionCookbook
Tradery House National Council of Negro Women, Inc, 1991. First Edition. viii, 192pp. 8vo. Spiral pictorial paper over boardsbound. Fine. First Edition. viii, 192pp. 8vo.
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Anno septimo Georgii Regis I. An Act to preserve and encourage the Woollen and Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom; and for more effectual employing the poor by prohibiting the Use and Wear of all printed, painted, stained, or dyed Callicoes, in Apparel, houshold-stuff, furniture, or otherwise, after the twenty fifth day of December, one thousand seven hundred and twenty two (except as therein is excepted.)
Edinburgh: John Mosman and William Brown, 1728. Public General Acts. 1721. 7 Geo.I.c.7. Printed broadside, text in two columns. Folio. Old folds, affixed to stop on verso of left margin. Public General Acts. 1721. 7 Geo.I.c.7. Printed broadside, text in two columns. Folio. The 1728 Edinburgh printing of a 1722 act to promote the manufacture of wool by... Read More
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Pen and ink drawing of Hindi mythological scenes
India, ca. mid-20th century. Framed, glass cracked upper right corner.
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Black Images. Volume 1 Number 1 & Number 3 & 4. A Critical Quarterly on Black Culture
Toronto Ontario, 1972. 32,; 67, [1]pp. With errata in Vol.I. 4to. Wrapers. About fine. 32,; 67, [1]pp. With errata in Vol.I. 4to.
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After-Dinner Assortment Party Games
Highland Park, Illinois: Edward Smith Manufacturing Co, 1935. In pictorial yellow printed box. Fine. An Assortment of 6 different games.
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My Own A, B, C, Illustrated
New York: T. W. Strong, 1850. Title plus 26 leaves, joined at edges to form a lengthy sheet and folded accordion style, each with hand colored illustrations. 1 vols. 12mo. Original blue and gold printed boards. Lightly rubbed, short split to spine fold at bottom. Ownership signature of Annie Penfield on title. Title plus 26 leaves, joined at... Read More
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Walker’s Universal Atlas, for The Use of Schools
London: Printed by Barnard and Farley, 1816. 27 hand-colored maps. 1 vols. 8vo. Three-quarter calf. Upper board detached but present, lacking half of English map, else a clean copy. 27 hand-colored maps. 1 vols. 8vo.
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La Folle Journee de Gaby d'Imbreuse
nd. Number 344 of. 28 erotic lithographs "en noir avec reamarques sur papier bleuté filigrané Japon" and 28 "en coouleur sur papier Japon.". Folio (9 1/2 x 12 3/4"). Laid into the original portfolio qith tan cloth spine and faux alligator sides, with ties. Fine. Number 344 of. 28 erotic lithographs "en noir avec reamarques sur papier bleuté... Read More
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Theologia Germanica...Translated from the German by Susanna Winkworth
London: Longman, Brown, Green and Logmans, 1857. Third Edition. 205pp. Printed by Chas. Whittingham. 12nmo. Contemporary crimson morocco, a.e.g. Bookplate of Mary Eliot Parkman and with her signature on ffep. Third Edition. 205pp. Printed by Chas. Whittingham. 12nmo.
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Das Deutsche Lichtbild Jahressschau 1934 & 1935 . In Eigner Sache [Account by] von Adolf Hitler in 1934 issue
Berlin: Bruno Schultz Verlag, 1934. Illus. 2 vols. 4to. Grey cloth. VG. Illus. 2 vols. 4to.
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A Descriptive and Pictorial Review of the Luncheon and Reception given by the National BIscuit Company in celebration of the completion of its new bakery, on Saturday, the ninth of September, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, at its new buildings, Central Street and Milwaukee Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, MO: Nabuisco, 1911. Illustrated throughout. [64]pp. Large oblong quarto. Bound in full brown morocco, gilt. brown moire silk endpapers, matching brown cloth slipcase. Illustrated throughout. [64]pp. Large oblong quarto. Inscribed on ffep.
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La Malice des Femmes, ou les Fourberies Féminines … ouvrage publié par un indiscret
Paris: Ancienne Maison Gauthier, Glémarec, 1845. Later edition. Frontispiece, title page vignette. 108 pp. 1 vols. Small 12mo. Nineteenth century quarter green roan and marbled boards. Later edition. Frontispiece, title page vignette. 108 pp. 1 vols. Small 12mo. Vignettes and anecdotes of the battle between the sexes. The first edition, from publisher Gauthier, is dated 1841; this edition... Read More
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Blossom Fruit and Foliage. Fifty Photographs
Jersey City, N.J.: H.C. Perleberg Publisher 314 Palisades, nd. 4to. In half brown cloth portfolio with pictorial label on upper cover. Some minor wear to portfolio. Photos finer. 4to.
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Sing a Battle Song: Poems by Women in the Weather Underground Organization
Inkworks / Red Dragon Print Collective, 1975. First edition, second printing; Red Dragon Print Collective logo on inside of back cover and WUO mission statement letter as first page identifying this as the March reprint released in celebration of International Women's Day. 48 pp. 8vo. Staple-bound green card wraps with light toning and creasing to spine and some shelf... Read More
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The Book of Common Prayer According to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States
Philadelphia: E. L. Carey and A. Hart, 1841. Engraved additional title. 520, 144pp. 12mo. Contemporary morocco gilt. Repairs to front joint. Provenance: Rebecca Hamilton (inscribed to her by her sister-in-law L. McClane on the date of her wedding to Philip Hamilton, and with an additional inscription by Rebecca: "Simul cum / Philip Hamilton / Bohemia / Maryland. Engraved... Read More
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