My Favorite Story Book
Philadelphia: Fisher & Breo., Publishers. Baltimore Fisher & Denison, 1850. Illustrated. 192 pp. 64mo (54 mm.). Original cloth. Illustrated. 192 pp. 64mo (54 mm.). Welsh, D.V. Miniature books, 5193
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The Magnetic Almanac for 1867
Buffalo, New York: D. Ransom, 1866. [36] pp. Stereotyped and printed by Mathews & Walker, Buffalo. Pictorial wrappers. Missing corner of last several leaves with no loss of text. [36] pp. Stereotyped and printed by Mathews & Walker, Buffalo. With illustrated four page “Story of Ometa or Hawk Eye's Escape. A Sequel to the 'Rescue of Tula”. Not... Read More
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Edwin Markham and Ernest Dawson photograph [1930]
Los Angeles, 1930. 5" x 3.5. Black and white photograph, manuscript writing in unknown hand on verso. 5" x 3.5" Ernest Dawson (b.1882 - d.1947) was an antiquarian bookseller and founder of Los Angeles' legendary Dawson's Book Shop. Edwin Markham (b.1852 - d.1940) was a poet and was Poet Laureate of Oregon from 1923-1931, as well as an... Read More
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Noguchi Tachibana "Description of Samurai Armor," 1818
1818. Japanese manuscript scroll illustrating Samurai Armor, pen and ink, on 10 sheets of mulberry paper, joined to form a scroll, , titled at first panel and showing the various accoutrements of armor, with textural annotations, nomenclature. 270 x 4200 mm. The scroll laid down on thin paper in part obscuring the profuse wormholes, rolled. Japanese manuscript scroll... Read More
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The Novelette. Number 1 - Number 4
Boston: Thomes and Talbot, 1876. Illustrated with wood engravings. 66; 66; 66; 66 pp. 4 vols. 4to. Printed wrappers. Fine, fresh copies. Illustrated with wood engravings. 66; 66; 66; 66 pp. 4 vols. 4to. Outstanding opies of the first four numbers of the Thomes and Talbot Novelette series, comprising: (1) [Ballou, Maturin M.] The Arkansas Ranger: or, Dingle... Read More
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King Albert's Book: A Tribute to the Belgian King and People from Representative Men and Women Throughtout the World. [Introduction by Hall Caine]
[London]: The Daily Telegraph in conjunction with The Daily Sketch, The Glasgow Herald & Hodder and Stoughton, 1914. First edition. Contains Full-page Colour Plates by Arthur Rackham, Maxfield Parrish, Edmund Dulac, Kay Nielsen, William Nicholson, L. Bruckman, Briton Riviere, Sir E.J. Poynter, John Lavery, etc. Prose and Poetry by Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling, Fritjof Nansen, Winston Churchill, David Lloyd... Read More
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“Newstead Lawn, Home of JPC Duncan”: anonymous architectural rendering, pencil on paper
N.p., probably Eastern United States, N.d, mid to late 19th Century. Image 14 x 21 inches, in contemporary wood frame. Image 14 x 21 inches, in contemporary wood frame.
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Ohio Archaeological and Historical Publications. Volumes I-XXII
Columbus, [Ohio]: Published for the Society by Fred J. Heer, 1913. First 12 volumes are reprints of original issue of 1888-1900, issued in 1900. Illustrated, plates, maps etc. 22 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth. Fine. First 12 volumes are reprints of original issue of 1888-1900, issued in 1900. Illustrated, plates, maps etc. 22 vols. 8vo.
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Views in South Manchuria
South Manhuria Railway Co, 1910. Unpaginated, titles with images in both Japanese and English. Oblong 8vo. Disbound green boards with gilt lettering on recto [in English], endpapers chipping but other pages bright and photo illustrated throughout; a very good association copy. Unpaginated, titles with images in both Japanese and English. Oblong 8vo. Signed on front pastedown, "Compliments of... Read More
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Watercolour "Isle of Procida" Lady laeaning against a rock in native costume
1850. with title at bottom. Image 9 x 7 inches. Framed and glazed. with title at bottom. Image 9 x 7 inches. Procida is one of the Phlegraean Islands off the coast of Naples. The island is between Cape Miseno and the island of Ischia. It is a municipality of the City of Naples.
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Photograph album depicting hunting, fishing, canoeing, and camping in Canada and Maine
[Canada and Maine, 1904. 22 album leaves with 147 photographs mounted both recto and verso, most 3 x 4 inches, with manuscript captions. 10-5/8 x 13-5/8 inches. Black cloth album. Some fading and silvering to the images. Generally very good. 22 album leaves with 147 photographs mounted both recto and verso, most 3 x 4 inches, with manuscript... Read More
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The Life of Mahomet; Or, the History of that Imposture Which was Begun, Carried on and Finally Established by Him in Arabia; and Which Has Subjugated a Larger Portion of the Globe than the Religion of Jesus Has Yet Set at Liberty. To Which is Added an Account of Egypt
Worcester: Isaiah Thomas, Junior, 1802. First American edition. viii, [13]-154, [2, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary sheep, spine with gilt rules. Signed on flyleaf and title, Samuel D. Ward. Very good plus. First American edition. viii, [13]-154, [2, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Polemical tract on the superiority of Christianity to the imposture of Mahomet, in which... Read More
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An Impartial History of the War, from the commencement of the Revolution in France. Containing an Accurate Description of the Sea Engagements, Sieges, Battles, Expeditions and Conquests, of The various Contending powers. Including an Account of the General Mutiny among the Seamen, at Spithead and the Nore. Together with a particular narrative of the rise, progress, and various events accompanying the Rebellion in Ireland
Manchester: Printed by Sowler and Russell, 1799. Frontispiece portrait, 3 folding maps, 15 (of 16) plates. Text in two columns. xlviii,844,[6]pp. Lacks plate at page 216. 4to. Contemporary half calf and marbled paper boards. Binding a bit cocked. Some worming in the rear, minor soiling and staining, a few plates with old repairs. Frontispiece portrait, 3 folding maps,... Read More
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Pair of hand-colored lithograph portraits: one of a woman with a basket of fish and a basket of prawns; another of a man with a basket of game fowl, holding over his shoulder a stick with another fowl attached
1800. Rosewood veneer frames, 21 x 17-1/2 inches. Small split in the male figure.
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Album of 37 pencil drawings of German scenes with captions in English, early ones of Charlottenburg
[Berlin, Charlottenburg], 1908. 37 leaves. 4to. Cloth and boards, worn, interior fine. 37 leaves. 4to. Includes dated drawings of on the Spree River, as seen from the gardens behind the Fredericks Palace, Berlin (May 20, 1908) and King William's Hunting lodge in Grunwald (May 21, 1908), as well as statues, landscapes, and architecture in Charlottenburg and Grunwald. ... Read More
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18 Watercolors of Italian costume design, tipped on to stiff card labeled on back on one Gitta Rinaldo Rossi Via G. Verdi 44 e 45 Napoli
1950. Images 7 x 4-1/2 inches. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in gray paper over boards. Images 7 x 4-1/2 inches. 1 vols. 4to.
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The Annals of Sporting and Fancy Gazette; A Magazine, Entirely Appropriated to Sporting Subjects and Fancy Pursuits; Containing Every Thing Worthy of Remark On Hunting, Shooting, Coursing, Racing, Fishing, Cocking, Pugilism, Wrestling, Single Stick, Pedestrianism, Cricket, Billiards, Rowing, Sailing &c. &c
London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1822. First edition. Illustrated with plates, many of them hand colored, by Henry Alken, Samuel Alken, Robert Cruikshank, Thomas and Edwin Landseer, etc., and woodcuts in the text and including wood-engraved additional titles. 6 vols. 8vo. Bound in full red morocco, t.e.g., by Stikeman & Co, NY. Bookplate of Dick Brown. Very Fine. ... Read More
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Christy's Panorama Songster; Containing the Songs as Sung By the Christy, Campbell, Pierce's Minstrels, and Sable Brothers
New York: Published by William H. Murphy, 384 Pearl Street, 1870. Price 12 1/2 cents. Frontispiece. of the CACHUGA and textual wood cut vignettes throughout. 71-134,[2, minumbered 93 & 37] pp. 12mo. Yellow wrappers, minor chipping, else Very good. Price 12 1/2 cents. Frontispiece. of the CACHUGA and textual wood cut vignettes throughout. 71-134,[2, minumbered 93 & 37]... Read More
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Supplement aux Nouvelles Extraordinaires de Divers Droits de Leide le 14 Novermbre 1713
[Leyden], 1713. Small ink annotation to left margin. Fine. A scarce broadside commemorating a Russian victory over Sweden in the Great Northern War (1700-21). This broadside is a supplement to the Gazette de Leyde, which was founded in 1677 by Jean Alexandre de la Font. The importance of the journal lays in its subtitle: "de divers endroits",... Read More
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The Connoisseur. An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors. Volumes VI-IX
London: Published by Otto Limited, 1904. Illustrated throughout. 4 vols. 4to. Bound in three quarter vellum and blue cloth. Fine. Bookplate of John Knight. Illustrated throughout. 4 vols. 4to.
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![The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures [and Agriculture]: Consisting of Original Communications, Specifications of Patent Inventions, and Selections of Useful Practical Papers from the Transactions of the Philosophical Societies of All Nations, &c. &c](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/455/969/1547969455.0.m.jpg)
The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures [and Agriculture]: Consisting of Original Communications, Specifications of Patent Inventions, and Selections of Useful Practical Papers from the Transactions of the Philosophical Societies of All Nations, &c. &c
London: Printed for J. Wyatt, Repertory office, Hatton Garden, London, Nicolas & Son Printers Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street and later: Printed for the Proprietors, 1825. Vols. I-XVI; Second Series Vols. I-XLVI (lacking XLIV, 1815), i.e., 61 of 62 volumes. With over 1200 Engravings. 61 vols. 8vo. Bound in full contemporary polished tree calf, spines gilt with green and... Read More
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Alphabetum Graecum cum Oratione Dominicali, Salutatione Angelica, Symbolo Fidei, & Praeceptis Decalogi
Rome: Typis. Sac. Congreg. de Prop. Fide, 1771. 15 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Recent morocco backed marbled boards, a.e.g. Fine. 15 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Birrell & Garnett 15; Smitskamp PO 205; Brunet I, 197
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The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments: translated out of the Original Tongues
London: Printed for George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1813. Thick 4to. Reverse calf, spine laid down,leather label Zion Library bookplate. VG. Thick 4to.
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The Whole Art of Fishing. Being a Collection and Improvement of all that has been Written on this Subject .
London: Edmund Curll, 1714. First edition. Copper-engraved frontispiece of angling scene and Windsor Castle IN FACSIMILE. [vi], 111, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Later full red morocco, a.e.g., by Bayntun (Riviere). Title page with perforated library stamp and library stamps on front pastedown. First edition. Copper-engraved frontispiece of angling scene and Windsor Castle IN FACSIMILE. [vi], 111, [1]... Read More
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The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Translated out of the Original Greek
London: Printed for George Eyre & Andrew Strahan, 1818. Corral Printer, Charing Cross. 1 vols. 12mo (85 x 50 mm). Contemporary straight-grained maroon morocco, a.e.g. With label on front pastedown J. Nisbet, Bookseller & Stationer No 15 Castle Street, Oxford Street. Signed Margaret Lowes January 1, 1823. In open faced slipcase. Corral Printer, Charing Cross. 1 vols. 12mo... Read More
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