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[ART] BRAMANTE. CATALOGO CRITICO A CURA DI STEFANO BORSI
by Franco Borsi
Milano: Electa Spa, 1989. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Quarto; in publisher's pictorial paper-covered boards, with an acetate wrapper, and housed in a publisher's slipcase;[8], 9-358 pages, including the Index; with both black and white illustrations as well as illustrations in color, and also floorplans; the text is in Italian; there are no prior ownership marks... Read More
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HISTORY OF SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION OF RICHMOND AND ROCKY RIDGE, RICHMOND AND MANCHESTER S.S. UNION, CONCERT OF PRAYER OF S.S. ASSOCIATION, BAPTISTS S.S. ASSO. OF RICHMOND AND VICINITY
by J. S. Bosher
[Richmond], 1944. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Extracts from minutes, reports, newpapers accounts, etc. of the Sunday School Unions and related organizations, arranched chronologically from 1816 to 1944. 173 pp. with several errors in pagination (but complete). Stapled, with card stock covers which have minor loss. Very Good binding.
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Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle et des PhÈnomËnes de la Nature (3 Volumes; Bound As One)
by Bossu, Antonin
Paris: Au Bureau De L'Abeille Medicale, 1857. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 1/4 leather over paper covered boards. Very Good binding.
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[LITERATURE] [FRENCH] MAXIMES ET REFLECTIONS SUR LA COMEDIE
by Jacques Benigne Bossuet
Paris: Jean Anisson, 1694. Full Leather. Very Good binding. 16mo.; in full mottled calf, with raised band, gilt decorations and a morocco label to the spine; [8], 152 pages; there is a previous owner bookplate on the front endpaper and a scribble in old gall ink on the front endpaper.~~The First Edition, in French, of M. Bossuet's treatise... Read More
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![[CITY PLAN] [FINDING RIBBON] [TRAVEL] SOUVENIR OF THE BON MARCHE: FOUNDED BY ARISTIDE BOUCICAUT](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/140/621/1414621140.0.m.jpg)
[CITY PLAN] [FINDING RIBBON] [TRAVEL] SOUVENIR OF THE BON MARCHE: FOUNDED BY ARISTIDE BOUCICAUT
by Aristide Boucicaut
Paris: [Au Bon Marche], 1910. Hard Cover. Good binding. 8vo.; in publisher's flexible boards; 36 pages, with large folding plan (52 cm x 68 cm) of Paris des Magasins du Bon Marche, at the rear; with an insert image "Vue Generale des Magasins du Bon Marche", the plan printed in pinks and green; with an attached finding ribbon... Read More
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ESSAI GENERAL DE FORTIFICATION, ET D'ATTAQUE ET DEFENSE DES PLACES, DANS LEQUEL CES DEUX SCIENCES SONT EXPLIQUEES ET MISES L'UNE PAR L'AUTRE A LA PORTEE DE TOUT LE MONDE. TOME PREMIER, TROISIEME ET QUATRIEME. DES TENTATIVES A FAIRE POUR PERFECTIONNER L'ART DE FORTIFIER LES PLACES, ET QUELQUES IDEES SUR LE RELIEF ET LE COMMANDEMENT DES FORTIFICATIONS; POUR SERVIR DE COMPLEMENT ET DE SUITE A L'ESSAI GENERAL DE FORTIFICATION ET D'ATTAQUE ET DEFENSE DES PLACES. (THREE VOLUMES, VOL. I, III, & IV ONLY, OF FIVE)
by M. [Henri Jean-Baptiste] de Bousmard
Paris: Chez Magimel, Libraire pour l'Art Militaire, 1814. Early Edition. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Volumes 1, 3 and 4 only of a five volume set. First published in 1797, this being a corrected early edition. A French manual on bastioned fortifications, both addressing the defense and attack thereof. Described by sir Henry Yule's Fortification for Officers of... Read More
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[LITERATURE] LET IT COME DOWN
by Paul Bowles
London: John Lehmann Ltd, 1952. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo; in in publisher’s blue linen weave cloth; 318 pages; the First UK Edition in a dustjacket which is bright with just a trace of fade to the spine; there is minor shelfwear to the top of the spine; the dustjacket has not... Read More
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[LITERATURE] DRUMS
by Boyd, James
New York: Charles Scrbner's Sons, 1925. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/near Very Good dust jacket. 8vo; in the publisher’s green cloth binding; with titling on the upper board and spine in gilt; in scarce unclipped dust jacket; 490 pages; the dust jacket has some loss at head of spine and partially affecting the "D" and the "R" of... Read More
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. SHORT VACATION TOURS TO OLD POINT COMFORT, RICHMOND, AND WASHINGTON, UNDER THE PERSONALLY-CONDUCTED SYSTEM OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY
by J. R. Wood; Geo. W. Boyd
Philadelphia: Allen, Lane & Scott, 1905. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. An advertising pocketbook for the Pennsylvania Railroad routes to Old Point Comfort, Richmond, and Washington. With pricing for each of the routes, and brief descriptions of landmarks and towns along the way. Sewn pamphlet, with blue paper wrappers. Measuring 14 x 10 cm. Very Good binding. ... Read More
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BRAZZAVILLE BEACH (SIGNED LIMITED EDITION)
by William Boyd
London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1992. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Signed. This is #95 of 150 copies of a the Limited First Edition, Signed by William Boyd and specially bound. Fine, in the publisher's glassine wrapper which has only modest wear. Fine binding.
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THE GREAT THEATER OF HONOUR AND NOBILITY | LE GRAND THEATRE DE L'HONNEUR & DE LA NOBLESSE
by Abel Boyer
London: Henry Woodfall, 1729. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Containing: I. The Science of Heraldry with a Complete Dictionary of all the Terms proper thereto. II. An Historical and Chronological Abridgment of the Settlements and Revolutions of the Monarchies and Sovereignties of Europe ... III. The Present State of the Empire of Germany ...IV. The Achievments and... Read More
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[CIVIL WAR] CONFEDERATE PORTRAITS
by Gamaliell Bradford
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1914. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding, with dustjacket; xvii pages, 1 List Illustrations, [3] 4-291 pages, including the Index; there is a trace of foxing to the leading edge of the textblock, and a previous owner name on... Read More
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THE WORLD OF PHINEAS T. BARNUM
by Brady, Matthew
Time-Life Books, 1977. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Portfolio in silk-covered clamshell box;, With eight photographs in folders printed from the original glass negatives of the Matthew B. Brady Gallery in the Meserve Collection; This is #1086 of a limited printing of 5000 and signed by Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt, trustee of the Frederick Hill Meserve Collection on the... Read More
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THE WORLD OF PHINEAS T. BARNUM
by Brady, Matthew
Time-Life Books, 1977. Hard Cover. Fine binding. A beautiful copy of a very handsome production.~Portfolio in silk-covered clamshell box;, still housed in the original shipping box. With eight photographs in folders printed from the original glass negatives of the Matthew B. Brady Gallery in the Meserve Collection; This is #27 of a limited printing of 5000 and... Read More
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[TRAVEL] THE HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTIONS IN THE EMPIRE OF MOROCCO, UPON THE DEATH OF THE LATE EMPEROR MULEY ISHMAEL; BEING A MOST EXACT JOURNAL OF WHAT HAPPEN'D IN THOSE PARTS OF THE LAST AND PART OF THE PRESENT YEAR. WITH OBSERVATIONS NATURAL, MORAL AND POLITICAL, RELATING TO THE COUNTRY AND PEOPLE
by Captain [John] Braithwaite
London: J. Darby and T. Browne in Bartholomew Close, 1729. Large 8vo.; in speckled sheep with raised bands and quite darkened decorations in gilt; viii, [16], 381, [1] page; with folding map.~~Capt. Braithwaite is described as having "accompany'd John Russel Esq; his Majesty's Consul-General into those Parts, and was an Eye-witness to the most remarkable Occurrences therein mentioned." The... Read More
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![[HISTORY] KINGS, BARONS, AND JUSTICES: THE MAKING AND ENFORCEMENT OF LEGISLATION IN THIRTEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND (CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL LIFE AND THOUGHT; FOURTH SERIES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/465/859/1691859465.0.m.jpg)
[HISTORY] KINGS, BARONS, AND JUSTICES: THE MAKING AND ENFORCEMENT OF LEGISLATION IN THIRTEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND (CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL LIFE AND THOUGHT; FOURTH SERIES
by Paul Brand
Cambridge University Press, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo; in the publisher’s black cloth binding; with titling on the spine in gilt; in an unclipped dust jacket; xix, 508 pages; a tiny spot of surface loss to the corner of the jacket; a nearly perfect copy now protected with a mylar cover. Fine... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] THE MISFORTUNES OF ELPHIN
by Thomas Love Peacock; Illustrated by Horace Walter Bray
Montgomeryshire: The Gregynog Press, 1928. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Horace Walter Bray. Large 8vo; in the publisher’s buckram patterned cloth; with titling on the spine in gilt; 119 pages; with woodcut engravings by Horace Walter Bray throughout; some wear to the boards but overall a very nice copy.~~Printed by Robert Aswin Maynard at The Gregynog... Read More
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![[BINDINGS] [MUSIC] THE WORLD OF MUSIC. THE GREAT COMPOSERS; THE GREAT VIRTUOSI; THE GREAT SINGERS (3 VOLUMES]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/650/766/1429766650.0.m.jpg)
[BINDINGS] [MUSIC] THE WORLD OF MUSIC. THE GREAT COMPOSERS; THE GREAT VIRTUOSI; THE GREAT SINGERS (3 VOLUMES]
by Anna Dunphy Comtesse de Bremont
New York: Brentano's, 1902. First Edition. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Three 8vo. volumes; the bindings in matching half-teal morocco over marbles boards with marbled endpapers; with raised bands, decorative flower and lettering in gilt; the top edges are gilt; Composers [x], [1], 2-253 pages; Virtuosi, [iv], [1]. 2-257 pages; Singers, [vi], [1], 2-227, [228]; there are no... Read More
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A HOLIDAY BY THE SEA
by Brenan, Gerald
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. First English edition of this novel by this English expatriate and friend of the Bloomsbury group (and sometime lover of Dora Carrington). The dustjacket has no chips or tears. It is not price-clipped. There is a bit of rubbing to the rear panel. Near... Read More
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![[SPECIAL PRESS] SURPLUS PAGES FROM A CROSS SECTION. THE SOCIETY OF WOOD ENGRAVERS IN 1987](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/424/038/1618038424.0.m.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS] SURPLUS PAGES FROM A CROSS SECTION. THE SOCIETY OF WOOD ENGRAVERS IN 1987
by Simon Brett [Introduction]
West Yorkshire: The Fleece Press, 1987. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Quarto; in patterned cloth boards, with a paper label to the spine; [40] pages. with eight wood engravings and preliminary pages, with a sampe of patterend binding paper; one of ninety five copies bound in Laura Ashley cloth.~~. Near Fine binding.
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[RELIGION] MEDICI ADVENT CALENDAR
by Molly Brett
[London]: The Medici Society, 1970. 14” x 8 1/4”; a charming Advent calendar, probably mid-century; single cardstock sheet with an illustration by Molly Brett showing the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus surrounded by birds and animals. Molly Brett turned out delightful illustrations for the Medici Society, which was founded in 1908 to bring artist’s work to a wider... Read More
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[SIGNED] [SCIENCE FICTION] EARTH
by David Brin
New York: Bantam Spectra, 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Signed. Large 8vo.; in black leatherette with titling in gilt to the spine; signed by David Brin on the first blank leaf; all edges gilt.~~A limited edition, and obviously not the trade edition. This novel was nominated for both the Hugo and Locus Science Fiction Awards.... Read More
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DEAN ACHESON: THE COLD WAR YEARS, 1953-71
by Douglas Brinkley
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Signed. A signed First Edition copy of Douglas Brinkley second published book, issued the same year as his first book. Signed by Mr. Brinkley on the title page. Near Fine binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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[LITERATURE] MANSFIELD PARK
by Jane Austen; Illustrated by C.E. Brock
London: Robert Riviere & Son, 1900. Very Good binding. C.E. Brock. 12mo; in three quarter blue calf over marbled paper covered boards; xiii, 396 pages; with a full color frontispiece by C.E. Brock; the marbling on the boards is worn, particularly the upper board; some wear to the leather; a bit of toning to the pastedowns and end... Read More
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BOMBS AND BOMBINGS: A HANDBOOK TO DETECTION, DISPOSAL AND INVESTIGATION FOR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS
by Thomas Graham Brodie
Charles C. Thomas Pub Ltd, 1995. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. A clean and bright copy of this Second Edition printing, with no marks of any kind. There is a slight curl to the textblock. Near Fine binding.
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