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Qur'an [Koran]: Manuscript Leaf on Paper: [Surah 48:1-25]
[N.p., 18th century?]. Single sheet of polished paper, text of 15 lines, Muhaqqaq script, fully vocalized, with gold aya markers. 11x 15 inches. Edges with a few traces of wear and old repairs, bottom line with three letters supplied in manuscript. Single sheet of polished paper, text of 15 lines, Muhaqqaq script, fully vocalized, with gold aya markers.... Read More
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Catalogue of the Miss Robinson's School Orange N.J. 1870-1871
Newark, N.J.: Dodd, Starbuck & Anderson, Printers, 785 Broad Street, 1871. First edition. Photograph as frontispiece of School. 16 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed cream wrappers. First edition. Photograph as frontispiece of School. 16 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
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Catalogue of the Valuable Private Library of the late Frederick W. French, of Boston, member of the Grolier Club, Club of Odd Volumes, Rowfant Club, Caxton Club, etc. : magnificent collection of fine and rare books, many in sumptuous bindings by the finest binders of the world ... Cobden-Sanderson, Miss Prideaux, Roger de Coverley: to be sold by auction Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, April 23rd, 24th, 25th, 1901
Boston: C.F. Libbie, 1901. 14 full page plates of binding. 237; 158; 54 pp, with results tipped in. 1 vols. 8vo. Half morocco and marbled boards. Tape at top of spine, else VG. 14 full page plates of binding. 237; 158; 54 pp, with results tipped in. 1 vols. 8vo. with Parts 2 & 3. McKay, 5275 ... Read More
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Residence in Bermuda
1936. #1216 of 2000. Illus. With black and white photographic illustrations, and color watercolours by Adolf Treidler. folio. Cloth and boards, snag at bottom of spine, else Very Good. #1216 of 2000. Illus. With black and white photographic illustrations, and color watercolours by Adolf Treidler. folio.
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Comic Tales, Sketches and Anecdotes, Original and Selected
Philadelphia: G.M. & W. Snider, 1832. First edition. 224 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original muslin-backed board, worn, upper joint splitting, head and foot of spine chipped, contemporary owner's inscription to ffep; very good. First edition. 224 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Scarce and early American anthology of wit and humor, from both domestic and foreign sources - all unattributed.... Read More
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The New-York Times ... April 15, 1865 ... Awful Event. President Lincoln Shot by an Assassin. The Deed Done at Ford's Theatre Last Night
New York, 1865. 8pp, front page in mourning borders. Folio. Disbound. Very minor stain at lower right, very minor browning at horizontal centerfold, else very good. 8pp, front page in mourning borders. Folio. The full eight-page edition, published between the time Lincoln was shot and his death a few hours later.
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Small leather-covered wooden box with brass lock, decorated with brass tacks, the interior lined with a portion of the Map of the State of Kentucky and the Tennessee Government by Cyrus Harris, engraved by Amos Doolittle for Thomas and Andrews's Boston 1796 edition of Morse's American Geography
Np, 1800. Approx. 5 x 10-1/2 x 4 inches. Very Good. Approx. 5 x 10-1/2 x 4 inches. The lining also includes a portion of a double-hemispheric world map from the same work.
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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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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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7 original drawings of Indian hunt scenes
np, 1840. 7 x 9 3/4 inches (17.5 x 25 cm) each. Laid into modern folding cloth case. Some spotting and minor edge wear,. 7 x 9 3/4 inches (17.5 x 25 cm) each. The group includes a darkely lit night scene titled "A Village Tragedy" in which a tiger has struck down a man; a scene in... Read More
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U.R.S.S. Broderies Russes Tartares Armeniennes
Paris: Ernst Henri, Edirteur 35, Ruew Saunt-Vincent, 1925. 40 tippoed in colured plates. 4pp. of text. Folio. Portfolio. VG. 40 tippoed in colured plates. 4pp. of text. Folio. These items were displayed at the l'EXposition International des Arts Décoratifs (Paris, 1925). `
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Piranesi Print #35, Vol. II
Image: 21 x 16-1/2 inches, frame: 33 x 25 inches. Framed and glazed. Image: 21 x 16-1/2 inches, frame: 33 x 25 inches.
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Cocktails Their Kicks and Side-Kicks
New York: Bird & Turner 79 Wall Street, 1933. First edition. [28]pp. 12mo. Decorated black boards. Fine. First edition. [28]pp. 12mo. Photo
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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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![Missale Romanum … [bound with:] Proprium Festorum Dioecesis Frisingensis. Romani Missalis dispositioni accommodatum [with:] Missae Sanctorum, quorum officia ex speciali Sanctissimi D. N. Pii Papae Quinti concessione celebrantur. Np, nd. and: Missa ad postulandam gratiam bene moriendi. [2] leaves. (Rome: Reverenda Camera Apostolica, 1706.)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/425/614/1267614425.0.m.jpg)
Missale Romanum … [bound with:] Proprium Festorum Dioecesis Frisingensis. Romani Missalis dispositioni accommodatum [with:] Missae Sanctorum, quorum officia ex speciali Sanctissimi D. N. Pii Papae Quinti concessione celebrantur. Np, nd. and: Missa ad postulandam gratiam bene moriendi. [2] leaves. (Rome: Reverenda Camera Apostolica, 1706.)
Cologne; Landshut; Rome: Balthasar ab Egmondt; Simon Golowiz, 1702. 10 full-page engraved illustrations of Gospel scenes. [64], 580, cxvii, [3] pages. Text and music printed in red and black; [8], 50, [2] pp.; [11] leaves. Folio. Contemporary brown morocco lavishly gilt-tooled to strapwork design densely filled in with floral and ornamental motifs, rebacked, retaining most of original backstrip; contents... Read More
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A laudable Scheme... for the relief of the poor...for the purchase of Wheat and Rye in large quantities
Shrewsbury, 1756. Docketed in contemporary hand on verso. Folio (15 x 10-1/2 inches). Some splitting along old folds, pale foxing, very good. Docketed in contemporary hand on verso. Folio (15 x 10-1/2 inches). An apparently unrecorded broadside proposing a scheme for the relief of the poor of Shrewsbury, in Shropshire, by which quantities of wheat, rye, and corn... Read More
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A Sketch of the Reign of George the Third, from 1780, to the Close of the Year 1790
London: J. Debrett, 1791. [2], 206 pp. Lacks half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. Modern paper boards, printed paper label. Minor soiling to outer leaves, but generally quite clean internally. Very good. In a tan half morocco and cloth folder, spine gilt. [2], 206 pp. Lacks half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition of this brief history of King George III's... Read More
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Utile cum Dulci. Volatile Aromatic Snuff for Head-Ache & Catarrh. Prepared by John W. Whitewell, Chemist and Druggist, Boston. Composed principally of Roots and Aromatic Herbs. Patented and Warranted
[Boston ?]: Davies, Printed. Broad Street, 1815. Tenth edition, 10,000 each. Composed primarily of text but with a small woodcut of a snuff bottle at the top. 1 vols. Aprox. 18 3/4 x 7 inches. Folded and creased as might be expected, altogether in very good condition. Tenth edition, 10,000 each. Composed primarily of text but with a... Read More
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Alphabeta Indica, id est Granthamicum seu Samscrdamico-Malabaricum Indostanum sive Vanarense Nagaricum vulgare et Talinganicum
Rome: Typis. Sac. Congregationis de Propag. Fide, 1791. First edition. 24 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Recent morocco backed marbled boards, a.e.g. Fine. First edition. 24 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. With a woodcut comparative table at pp. 8-17 of the four alphabets: Malabar, Sanskrit and a modified form, and Telugu. Birrell & Garnett 23; Smitskamp PO 214;... Read More
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The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches
Cambridge: Printed by John Baskerville, printer to the University; by whom they are sold, and by B. Dod, bookseller, in Ave-Mary Lane, London, 1760. Baskerville's first edition, this impression without borders and priced "Seven Shillings and six pence. Text in two columns. [692]pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Contemporary blue polished calf gilt, gilt spine, red morocco lettering pieces, marbled endpapers,... Read More
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Billhead of John Alexander Wilson Bookseller, Stationer & Bookbinder. Bill for £29.9.7 for almanacs, blank paper, etc.
Aberdeen: 20, Upperkirkgate, 1832. Printed billhead with engraved headpiece, accomplished in ink. 10-3/4 x 7-1/4 in. Very good. Printed billhead with engraved headpiece, accomplished in ink. 10-3/4 x 7-1/4 in.
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Venders d'oiseaux
[France], 1800. Hand colored engraving, on laid paper. 12-1/2 x 8 inches. Trimmed close, a few small abrasions in the image. Hand colored engraving, on laid paper. 12-1/2 x 8 inches. A great image of bird vendor with all his wares and cages.
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Sportsmen's Show under the auspices and personal management of the New England Sportsmen's Association. March 12 to 26, 1898
Boston: [The Stillings Press], 1898. Illustrated. [32] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Green wrappers. Old fold at center, else very good. Illustrated. [32] pp. 1 vols. 4to. A rare illustrated guide to a large sporting show that featured exhibitions of live wild game from Canada and the American West; an Indian camp with bird bark teepees; an aviary of... Read More
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Manners & Customs of the French
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1893. Fac-simile of the scarce 1815 edition. No. 43 of 250 copies. With ten whole-page amusing and prettily tinted illustrations printed from the original copper plates (copper plates now destroyed). 1 vols. 8vo. Three-quarter buckram over papered boards. Spine darkened, minor spotting and shelf wear. Very Good. Fac-simile of the scarce 1815 edition.... Read More
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Asbury Park Fishing Club 1924
[Asbury Park, New Jersey], 1924. Illustrated from photographs and line drawings, plates, portraits, vignettes of various fish, spoecies map. 72 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Stiff mottled green wrappers, printed on upper cover. Minor soiling and toning. Very good. Illustrated from photographs and line drawings, plates, portraits, vignettes of various fish, spoecies map. 72 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Nicely... Read More
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