![INSTEAD/ INSTEAD OF. [Number] 2. March, 1948 [Periodical]. (Editor: Lionel Abel)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/356/228/1675228356.0.m.jpg)
INSTEAD/ INSTEAD OF. [Number] 2. March, 1948 [Periodical]. (Editor: Lionel Abel)
by Abel, Lionel
(New York City): Instead/ (Lionel Abel), 1948. First edition. Extremities unevenly tanned and a bit dust soiled, few short tears at folds, else a very good copy of a fragile publication. First edition. Issue Number 1 of 'Instead' was published as 'Brunidor portfolio' [No. 1], followed by issue No. 2, offered here, published as 'Instead Of ' 2... Read More
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Bibliographica Aberdonensis: Being an Account of Books Relating to or Printed in the Shires of Aberdeen, Banff, Kincardine or written by Natives or Residents or by Officers Graduates or Alumni of the Universities of Aberdeen
by (Aberdeen) Johnstone, James Fowler Kellas and Alexander Webster Robertson
Aberdeen, (Scotland): Printed for the Third Spalding Club, 1929. First edition. 2 vols. 4to. Green cloth. Fine. First edition. 2 vols. 4to.
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Twenty-one Days in India, or the Tour of Sir Ali Baba, K.C.B.
by Aberigh-Mackay, George
London: W.H. Allen & Co, 1882. New (Second) Edition, Revised and corrected by the author (first published in 1880). Illustrated. 210, [2, ads]pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's green decorated cloth, inner hinge cracked. Bookplate of William Mair, Calcutta. New (Second) Edition, Revised and corrected by the author (first published in 1880). Illustrated. 210, [2, ads]pp. 1 vols. 8vo.... Read More
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Minutes of the Proceedings of the Second Convention of Delegates from the Abolition Societies Established in different Parts of the United States, Assembled at Philadelphia
by (Abolition) Abolition
Philadelphia: Printed by Zachariah Poulson Junr, 1795. 32pp. 8vo. Disbound, with original rear wrapper. Foxing to the title, else minor toning. Provenance: John Carter Brown Library (small inked duplicate released stamp on final leaf). 32pp. 8vo. The proceedings of the second convention of the first national anti-slavery organization. Includes the text of the Slave Trade Act of 1794... Read More
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Slavery In The United States: Its Evils, Alleviations And Remedies
by (Abolition) [Peabody, Ephraim]
Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1851. First Edition. 36pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original self-wrappers, small chip missing from upper margin of title and first few leaves not affecting text. First Edition. 36pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Reprinted from the North American Review, October, 1851. The author carefully issues that include “how far and how fast is the... Read More
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Liberty Chimes
by (Abolition) [Whipple, Francis H., editor]
Providence: Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society, 1845. First Edition. 148pp. 12mo. Publisher's blue blind stamped cloth, with the small yellow book label of binder' Bound by J.W. Root Market St. Providence, minor wear at head and tail of spine, minor staining on covers. Provenance: Wm E. Van Dyke (signature on front free endpaper). First Edition. 148pp. 12mo. A scarce collection... Read More
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Criminal Abortion. A Lecture, Introductory to his Course for the Session of 1865-6...in the Cleveland Homeopathic College. Published by the Class
by (Abortion) Sanders, John C.
Cleveland: Printed by the Leaderr Company, 142 Superior Street, 1865. 21pp. 8vo. Printed wrappers, old folds. Very Good. 21pp. 8vo.
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Portrait photograph of Peter Abrahams
by (Abrahams, Peter) Van Vechten, Carl
New York, 1955. 1 vols. Apx. 13 x 9 inches. Small crease, else Fine. 1 vols. Apx. 13 x 9 inches. Peter Abrahams (1919- ), is a South African novelist who was deeply influenced by his discovery of the literature of the Harlem Renaissance. His early novel "Mine Boy" (1946) was the first to emphasize the dehumanizing effect... Read More
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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
by Abu Khadra, Omar
[Washington, D.C.: Issued by the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, 1958. Illustrated. 53 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Printed wrappers. Near fine. Illustrated. 53 pp. 1 vols. 4to. With a portrait of King Saud, who acceded to the throne in 1953 upon the death of his father Abul Aziz Ibn Saud, a map, and numerous illustrations documenting development in... Read More
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Emblemata anniversaria Academiae Noribergensis, quae est Altorffii ... opus philologicum
by Altdorf Academy
Nuremberg: Abr. Wagenman, 1617. First edition thus. Engraved title printed in red and black, and 159 engraved plates of medallic devices by Johannes Sibmacher inset to text throughout, engraved head and tail pieces. [8], 540, [44] pp. 8vo. Tan calf, spine elaborately gilt, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Minor rubbing to binding, fine. First edition thus. Engraved title printed in... Read More
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Things Fall Apart
by Achebe, Chinua
New York: Mcdowell, Obolensky, 1959. First American edition, first issue binding and dust jacket. 185 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's brown cloth with green paper onlay to upper cover. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket by Ronald Clyne (back panel with list of ten titles), lightest tonign to back panel, a few scuffs at head of spine... Read More
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A Picturesque Tour Along the Rhine, from Mentz to Cologne: With Illustrations of the Scenes of Remarkable Events, and of Popular Traditions …Translated from the German by John Black
by (Ackermann, R., publisher) Gerning, Baron Johann Isaac von
London: R. Ackermann, 101, Strand, 1820. First edition, early issue, with the plates unnumbered. 24 hand-colored aquatint plates after M. Schuetz, 1 map. xiv, [2], [1]-178 pp. 1 vols. Folio (13 1/4 x 11 in.). Contemporary polished calf, spine gilt, all edges gilt, rebacked, corners somewhat rubbed, offsetting from plates and text, very good, attractive copy. First edition,... Read More
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A History of the University of Cambridge, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings
by Ackermann, Rudolf, publisher
London: Rudolf Ackermann, 1815. First Edition. 2 frontispieces and 63 hand-colored aquatints, 15 hand-colored line and stipple engravings of of academic costume, 16 hand-colored line and stipple engraved portraits of founders, uncolored stipple engraved portrait, after Pugin; half-titles; Mackenzie, Westall, et. al; xii+[ii]+296+[6]; [iv]+324+[8] pp. 2 vols. 4to (trimmed to 13 x 10-3/4 inches). 19th Century straight-grained red morocco... Read More
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![The Upholsterer's Repository/ Published by R. Ackermann's, 101, Strand,/ Price £1. 4s, in boards." [drop title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/251/579/873579251.0.m.jpg)
The Upholsterer's Repository/ Published by R. Ackermann's, 101, Strand,/ Price £1. 4s, in boards." [drop title]
by Ackermann, Rudolph, Editor
London: R[udolph] Ackermann, 101, Strand, 1813. First Edition. watermarks from 1804, etc. With 26 hand-coloured plates Plate 2 "Chaise Longue & Window seat" by "C. Smith del". Small 4to (9-1/4 x 6-1/2 inches). Original boards, spine replaced, original blue printed label on upper cover. First Edition. watermarks from 1804, etc. With 26 hand-coloured plates Plate 2 "Chaise Longue... Read More
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History of the Merchant Taylors' School
by (Ackermann, Rudolph) [Combe, William]
London: Ackermann, 1816. First Edition, First Issue (paper watermarked 1816). Illustrated with two hand-colored aquatint engravings: by Stadler after Pugin, and Havell after McKenzie. 1 vols. Folio. Original drab brown wrappers, uncut, printed label on upper cover, spine perished, some chips to fore-edge, else a very good, tall copy in its original state. First Edition, First Issue (paper... Read More
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A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings
by Ackermann, Rudolf
London: Rudolf Ackermann, 1814. First edition. Stipple engraved portrait of the Chancellor, Lord Grenville, 64 hand-colored aquatints engraved by Bluck, Hill, Stadler and others after Pugin, Mackenzie, Westall, et al, and 17 colored line and stipple engraved costume plates of university figures in their academic garb by Aagar after Uwins; I: xxv, [1], 275, [7] pp.: II: [4], 262,... Read More
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All Else is Folly. A Tale of War and Passion. With a Note by Way of Preface by Ford Madox Ford
by Acland, Peregrine
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1929. First American edition. xiii. 345pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth. Lettered in black. Slightly toned spine, else Fine. First American edition. xiii. 345pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribe on FFEP: “To my fellow Highlander, Arthur Andrews, Esq., with cordial regards from/ Peregrine Acland/ March 30th, 1933. As the book was extensively revised after F.... Read More
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Die Akustik
by (Acoustics) Chladni, Ernst Florens Friedrich
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1830. Neue, unveränderte Ausgabe". Third (revised) edition (first published 1802 and 1817). Mit 12 Kupfertafeln (title page with vignette portrait of the author, 11 plates). 1 vols. 4to (10 x 8-1/4 inches). Recent quarter calf (original backstrip laid down) and contemporary boards. Annotated in a neat contemporary German hand. Title a bit stained and spotted,... Read More
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Debates in Congress of the United States, on the Bill for Repealing the Law" for the more convenient organization of the Courts of the United States
by (Midnight Judges Act)
Albany, NY: Whiting, Leavenworth and Whiting, 1802. First edition. iv, [5]-796pp. 8vo. Contemporary mottled sheep, red leather title label. Minor foxing, else very nice copy. First edition. iv, [5]-796pp. 8vo. Debates on the repeal of the Judiciary Act of 1801, which was rushed through by the Federalists at the end of Adams' term. The act had been intended... Read More
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Prince Isadore A Novel
by Acton, Harold
[London]: Methuen, 1950. First edition. xvi, 176pp. Illustrated by Feliks Topolski. 1 vols. 12mo. Decorated paper boards, orange cloth spine with paper label. Near fine copy of this scarce title. First edition. xvi, 176pp. Illustrated by Feliks Topolski. 1 vols. 12mo. Inscribed on the flyleaf to Acton's friend Edward Eberly: "May this little book avert all evil... Read More
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The Last Medici
by Acton, Harold
London: Methuen, 1958. Second edition, Revised from the 1932 edition. Illustrated with 15 half-tone plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Fine copy in dust jacket with slight wear. Second edition, Revised from the 1932 edition. Illustrated with 15 half-tone plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed on the flyleaf: "to Uncle Guy "with best wishes "for a happy Birthday "and much... Read More
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![A Summer in High Asia. Being a Record of Sport and Travel in Baltistan and Ladakh. [At head of title:] The Big Game of Baltistan and Ladakh](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/174/182/1439182174.0.m.jpg)
A Summer in High Asia. Being a Record of Sport and Travel in Baltistan and Ladakh. [At head of title:] The Big Game of Baltistan and Ladakh
by Adair, Capt. F. E. S.
London: W. Thacker & Co, 1899. First edition. Illustrated; folding map. Pp. xii, 1-285, [286], [2, blank] + 24 [catalogue]. 1 vols. 8vo. Tan cloth stamped in black and green, upper board with gilt pictorial vignette, snakeskin textured endsheets. Some wear to extremities, endpapers browned and brittle with some chipping. Bookplate of Duncan Harris to front pastedown, contemporary ownership... Read More
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Mount Clarence King
by Adams, Ansel
1924. Signed in pencil below image. Image 5 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches; sheet 10 x 12 inches. Silver gelatin print on Kodak Vitava Athena Grade T parchment paper. Signed in pencil below image. Image 5 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches; sheet 10 x 12 inches. One of several images chosen by Adams to be included in his... Read More
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Photography at Mid-Century: Tenth Anniversary Exhibition
by (Adams, Ansel)
Rochester: George Eastman House, 1959. First and only edition. Illustrated throughout with 91 black and white photographs by Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Eugene Meatyard, W. Eugene Smith, Inge Morath, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Margaret Bourke-White, Irving Penn, and many others. Unpaginated [96 leaves]. 1 vols. 4to. Printed wrappers with black lettering with wear and chipping to head of spine and tape... Read More
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Taos Pueblo
by Adams, Ansel and Mary AUSTIN
New York: New York Graphic Society, 1977. Limited SIGNED facsimile edition, 756 of 950 copies, signed by Adams. 12 b/w photographs by Adams, woodcut decorations by Valenti Angelo. Folio. Quarter leather and cloth, light scuffing to spine, else fine in sunned slipcase. Limited SIGNED facsimile edition, 756 of 950 copies, signed by Adams. 12 b/w photographs by Adams,... Read More
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