CATVLLI, TIBVLLI, PROPERTI, NOVA EDITIO. IOSEPHVS SCALIGER, IVL. CAESARIS F. RECENSUIT. EIUSDEM IN EOSDEM CASTIGATIONUM LIBER. AD CL. PVTEANVM CONSILIARIUM REGIUM IN SUPREMA CURIA PARISIENSI. | IOSEPHI SCALIGERI, IVL. CAES. FILI, CASTIGATIONES IN CATVLLVM, TIBVLLVM, PROPERTIVM
by Catullus; Tibullus; Propertius | Joseph Scaliger (Editor)
Lvtetiae [Paris]: Apud Mamertum Patissonium, in officina Rob. Stephani, 1577. Full Leather. Very Good binding. A First Edition copy of Joseph Scaliger's controversial nova edition of Catullus, Tibullus, and Propertius. According to Jacob Bernays "this was Scaliger's most methodical edition, the one which marked his complete triumph over the vanity and incompetence of Italian correctors... Timpanaro has argued... Read More
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[SIGNED] [LITERATURE] DAVID SEDARIS DIARIES A VISUAL COMPENDIUM
by David Sedaris [Foreword] Jeffrey Jenkins [Editor]
New York: Little Brown and Company, 2017. Near Fine binding. Oblong 4to; (11) 12-249 pages including the Index and Credits; complete with 9 printed cards in a plastic envelope glued to the rear pastedown.~~filled with color photographic illustrations and signed by David Sedaris with a charming drawing of snoopy dancing on the title page. there is a small... Read More
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FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1964-1968. VOLUME XXVI. INDONESIA; MALAYSIA-SINGAPORE; PHILIPPINES. (ONE VOLUME ONLY)
by Edward C. Keefer (Editor) | David S. Patterson (General Editor)
Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 2001. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Volume XXVI only, covering Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines, of Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964-1968. Prepared and published by the Office of the Historian, Department of State. With no marks of any kind. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine. Near Fine... Read More
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HEY! YELLOWBACKS!" THE WAR DIARY OF A CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR
by Ernest L. Meyer | William Ellery Leonard (Editor)
New York: The John Day Company, 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Numeral '9' inked on the front endpaper, bookplate on the front pastedown, and reinforcement to the gutter of the front endpaper. Black cloth with yellow lettering. Very Good binding.
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[COOKERY] PRAKTISCHES KOCHBUCH FÜR DIE GEWÖHNLICHE UND SEINERE KÜCHE. UNTER BESONDERER BERÜCKSICHTIGUNG DER ANFÄNGERINNEN UND ANGEHENDEN HAUSFRAUEN. NEU BEARBEITET UND HERAUSGEGEBEN VON LUISE HOLLE
by Henriette Davidis-Holle [Johanna Friederika Henriette Katharina Davidis] | Luise Holle (Editor)
Bielefeld und Leipzig: Verlag von Velhagen & Klasing, 1925. Fifty Fifth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Fifty Fifth edition of Henriette Davidis-Holle's Practical Cookbook. Arguably Germany's most famous and influential cookbook author, and certainly her best known work, which remained prominent throughout the late 19th and early 20th century. Text in German. With in text illustrations. Textblock... Read More
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[WITH PUBLISHER'S SLIP] [CONFEDERACY] HAM CHAMBERLAYNE-VIRGINIAN: LETTERS AND PAPERS OF AN ARTILLERY OFFICER IN THE WAR FOR SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE 1861-1865
by John H. Chamberlayne | Churchill G. Chamberlayne (Editor)
Richmond, VA: The Dietz Printing Co, 1932. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. Quarto; (9 1/4" x 6 1/4"); in red cloth with the Confederate battle flag in gilt to the upper board, backed in gray cloth; xxx, [xxxi], [1], 2-440, followed by folding maps; and with illustrations throughout.~~#106 of 1000 copies signed by the editor.... Read More
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THE ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF THE OLD GOVERNORS' MANSION. MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA 1838-1938
by Leola Selman Beeson | Guy H. Wells (Editor)
Macon, Georgia: The J. W. Burke Company, 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Stated First Edition, limited to one thousand copies. Red cloth with gilt lettering on the front board. Near Fine binding.
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THE BRITISH ESSAYISTS; WITH PREFACES BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, AND CRITICAL. (45 Volumes; Complete)
by Lionel Thomas Berguer [Editor]
London: T. and J. Allman, 1823. Full Leather. Very Good binding. The set complete in 45 16mo. volumes, bound in green straight-grained morocco, with double rules with elaborate gilt and blind stamping at the perimeter; raised bands with decorations and lettering gilt. turn-ins with deorative rules; pale brown endsheets; there is a name label on the pastedown of... Read More
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HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF ARTHUR DUKE OF WELLINGTON. FROM THE FRENCH OF M. BRIALMONT, CAPTAIN ON THE STAFF OF THE BELGIAN ARMY. WITH EMENDATIONS AND ADDITIONS. IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. I II III IV. (FOUR VOLUMES)
by M. Brialmont | G. R. Gleig (Editor)
London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1858. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Complete in four volumes. With portrait plates, folding maps, many of which are colored. Nameplate on the front pastedowns. Slight foxing to the plates only, otherwise a reasonably bright copy. Sunning to the spines, and wear to the joints. Half navy morocco with gilt lettering, over... Read More
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M. FABII QUINTILIANI INSTITUTIONUM ORATORIARUM LIBRI DUODECIM. SUMMA DILIGENTIA AD FIDEM VETUSTISSIMORUM CODICUM RECOGNITI AC RESTITUTI
by Marcus Fabius Quintilian | Cornelis Schrevel; J. F. Gronovius (Editor)
Lugd. Batav. et Roterodami: Ex Officina Hackiana, 1665. First Edition thus. Full Leather. First Edition thus of Quintilian's Institutionum Oratoriarum, edited by Schrevel and completed by Gronovius after Schrevel's passing. Additional title page, engraved. Engraved headpieces, tailpieces, and initials. With index. OCLC notes that this was published alongside a second volume, Declamationes Undeviginti, not present. Nameplate on the marbled... Read More
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[LATIN AMERICA] CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND CARIBBEAN IDENTITY: THE QUESTION OF PATRIMONY
by S. Jeffrey K. Wilkerson [Editor]
Gainesville, Fla: Center for Latin American Studies | University of Florida, 1980. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. Quarto; in printed yellow cardstock covers; xviii, 445 pages, with previous owner name on the title page. in English and in Spanish. ~~The 28th Annual Latin American Conference held October 15-20, 1978 at the University of Florida. Near Fine binding. ... Read More
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SCAEVA'S HARTFORD IN THE OLDEN TIMES. FIRST THIRTY YEARS
by S. M. B. Hartley (Editor)
Hartford: F. A. Brown, 1853. First Edition. Very Good+ binding. An attractive copy, bound in publisher's red cloth stamped in gilt. With two title pages, 1 fold-out map, and 3 plates. There is some scattered foxing. Very Good+ binding.
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[COOKERY] SOUTHERN RAILWAY LADIES CLUB COOKBOOK
by Southern Railway Ladies Club | Louise G. Brosnan (Editor)
[Southern Railway Ladies Club], 1982. Spiral Bound. Very Good binding. A loose-leaf typewritten cookbook published by the Southern Railway Ladies Club, housed in a three ring binder. Includes instructions for equivalent and substitute ingredients, herb hints, pickling, and numerous Southern recipes. Lacking the title page. OCLC notes only one institutional holding. Very Good binding.
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[TENNIS] SPALDING'S LAWN TENNIS ANNUAL 1915
by H. P. Burchell (Editor0
New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 1915. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. 16mo.; in the publisher's red printed wrappers (it was part of Spalding's "Red Cover" Series of Athletic Handbooks); 333 pages, followed by 9 pages of ads; the wrappers are intact and are bright; there is a small piece of scotch tape reinforcement at the top of... Read More
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[CHIILDREN] JACK AND JILL STORY BOOK. STORIES AND OTHER FEATURES FROM JACK AND JILL MAGAZINE
by Ada Campbell Rose [Editor]
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1948. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Quarto; in the publisher’s terra cotta colored boards with titling in black to the upper board and the spine, and with the dustjacket; x, [1],-310 pages; the dustjacket has a couple of closed tears; there are no ownership or other marks... Read More
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY BROWNING INTERESTS, SECOND SERIES
by A. Joseph Armstrong (Editor)
Waco, Texas: Baylor University, 1931. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Second Series of Baylor's Browning Interests, edited by A. Joseph Armstrong. Bookplate. Blindstamp on the half title. Minor shelfwear. Quarter maroon cloth over printed paper boards. Very Good. Very Good binding.
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EUROPEAN-LANGUAGE WRITING IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I & II
by Albert S. Gerard (Editor)
Budapest: Akademiai Kiado, 1986. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. A clean copy, complete in two volumes. Dustjackets are clean, with slight fading. Now protected in a mylar cover. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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WAGNER ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS IN SCORE
by Albert E. Wier (Editor)
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1936. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. There are no marks of any kind except for a small former price penned in the top corner of the front pastedown. Very Good binding.
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LITERATURES IN THE DIGITAL ERA. THEORY AND PRAXIS
by Amelia Sanz; Dolores Romero (Editor)
Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. A clean copy. Some soiling to the fore edge of the textblock. Dustjacket is clean, with rubbing along the joints and fore edges. Now protected in a mylar cover. Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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[SIGNED] [SCIENCE FICTION] WIZARDS’ WORLDS
by Andre Norton | Ingried Sierhut [Editor]
New YOrk: Tor Books, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Sigend. Octavo; in black cloth-covered boards, with dustjacket; the binding is cocked and the endpapers have discoloration; the dustjacket has not~~This First Edition copy is signed by Andre Norton on the title page: “To | Mrs. Rosado | Andrew Norton”..~~. Very Good binding... Read More
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TO LIVE AND DIE IN DIXIE": How the South Formed a Nation
by Archie P. McDonald (Editor)
Murfreesboro TN: Southern Heritage Press, 1999. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. From the Journal of Confederate History Book Series, Volume XX. A clean fresh copy without any marks. Near Fine binding.
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LES COLLECTIONS DU MUSEE DE L'UNION CENTRAL DES ARTS DECORATIFS. PALAIS DU LOUVRE, PAVILLON DE MARSAN. SERIE No. 16. CERAMIQUE, DESSINS, PEINTURES
by Armand Guerinet (editor)
Paris: Armand Guerinet. Complete with 87 "Planches", all of which are in excellent condition except for Plate 4, which has a closed tear and edgewear, including a chip. Housed in the publishers portfolio, whose spine has perished.
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[CIVIL WAR] A HISTORY OF THE LAUREL BRIGADE
by Captain William N[aylor] McDonald | Bushrod Washington [Editor]
Mrs. Kate S. McDonald, 1907. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. Large 8vo; in the publisher's green cloth; 499 pages; with the beginnings of separation at the rear gutter; binding is shaken with the front gutter cracked to the webbing; there is shelfwear; there is a stain from ink near the bottom of the textblock and the spine... Read More
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MY SIDE OF HISTORY
by Chin Peng | Ian Ward; Norma Miraflor (Editor)
Singapore: Media Masters, 2003. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. First Edition of Chin Peng's My Side of History. With no marks of any kind. Laminated pictorial softcover. Near Fine. Near Fine binding.
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[PHILOSOPHY] THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF ARISTOTLE
by Christopher Shields (Editor)
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Small Quarto; in black paper covered boards; in an unclipped jacket; xx, 710 pages including the Index; light wear to the edges of the jacket.~~From the jacket “ The Oxford Handbook of Aristotle reflects the lively international character of Aristotelian studies, drawing contributors from the... Read More
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