ESSEX: ‘full of profitable things'
by Kenneth Neale [Editor}
Oxford: Leopard's Head Press, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Essays presented to Sir John Ruggles-Brise as a tribute to his life of service to the people and County of Essex.~Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Pen mark in the margin of page 377 and very occasional pencil underlining... Read More
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THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE BICENTENNIAL SERIES IN LOUISIANA HISTORY. VOLUME VI. RECONSTRUCTING LOUISIANA
by Lawrence N. Powell {Editor)
Lafayette, LA: Center for Lousiana Studies | University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Small quarto; in the publisher's brown leatherette binding, with dustjacket; xii, 1-801 pages, including the Index; there are no marks of any kind in the book. the top corner of the upper board is lightly... Read More
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THE LETTERS OF LADY HARRIOT ELIOT. 1766-1786
by [Lady Harriot Eliot] | Cuthbert Headlam (Editor)
Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, 1914. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A collection of letters penned by Lady Harriot Pitt, who was William Pitt's much loved sister and who married his closest friend Edward James Eliot. Within a year of the marriage, Lady Harriot was with child, and it was at Downing Street that... Read More
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SUNLIGHT ON THE SOUTHSIDE. LIST OF TITHES, LUNENBURG COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1748-1783
by Landon C. Bell (Editor)
Philadelphia, Penna: George S. Ferguson Co, 1931. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. First Edition of Landon C. Bell's ~Sunlight on the Southside. Signed with a personal inscription by the author, to his nephew. Folding map of Lunenburg, and three folding reproductive plates of lists of tithables. Minor foxing to the plates; minor shelfwear. Blue cloth... Read More
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[STRIPED BINDING] FRIENDSHIP’S TOKEN; AND THE LOVER’S GIFT
by Lewis Gaylord Clark [Editor]
Auburn: Derby, Miller & Co, 1848. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 32mo.; a rebacked copy in the publisher’s pin-striped binding a urn in the center of the upper boards; all edges gilt; previous owner gift inscription from 1948, 100 years after the publication date.~~This is a rebacked copy with the original spine laid down; the rear... Read More
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PHARSALIA. SIVE DE BELLO CIVILI CAESARIS ET POMPEJI. LIB X.
by M. Annaei Lucani | Hugonis Grotius; Thomas Farnaby (Editor)
Amstelodami: Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios, 1681. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Bound in contemporary speckled calf with an engraved title page by Giovanni Van Den Avele. Concerning the Roman Civil War between Caesar and Pompey. Joints cracked but holding. Contemporary signature on front endpaper. Some toning to the endpapers. All edges speckled. Very Good binding.
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MEMOIRS OF MARSHAL BUGEAUD FROM HIS PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE AND ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS 1784-1849 (2 VOLUMES)
by Marshal Bugeaud | Count H. D'Ideville | Charlotte M. Yonge [Editor]
London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1884. Very Good binding. Two large 8vo. volumes; in the publishers red cloth ruled in blind to the perimeters of the boards; with decorations and titling in gilt to the spines; xv, [1] 363 pages; viii, 365 pages, followed by 16 pages of ads for Hurst and Blackett; engraved frontispiece in Volume I;... Read More
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[HISTORY] THE DESPATCHES, MINUTES, AND CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MARQUESS WELLESLEY, DURING HIS ADMINISTRATION OF INDIA (VOLUME ONE, ONLY)
by [Marquess Richard Colley Wellesley] | Martin Montgomery (Editor)
London: John Murray, 1836. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Large 8vo; volume I only, of the 5 volume set; half bound in red morocco over red cloth, with raised bands and gilt titling; with portrait frontispiece of Wellesley, and an attractive map of India, which has a closed tear and is colored in outline; some foxing to the... Read More
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MASTERS OF CRIME: LIONEL DAVIDSON AND DICK FRANCIS (Signed)
by Michael Johnson (editor)
Hertfordshire, UK: Scorpion Press, 2006. Signed, Limited Editoin. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Signed. Signed Limited Edition. #42 of 250 copies Signed by Lionel Davidson and Dick Francis. Near Fine binding.
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ENGLISH PLAYS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (5 VOLUMES; COMPLETE SET). VOLS. 1-2: DRAMAS; VOL. 3: COMEDIES; VOL. 4: FARCES; VOL. 5: PANTOMIMES, EXTRAVAGANZAS & BURLESQUES
by M. R. Booth (Editor)
Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1973. Very Good binding. The complete set in 5 volumes. This is an ex-library set but not obnoxiously so. The bindings are bright, and have no external marks. Each volume as several small stains from old scotch tape, a couple of light discard stamps, and a pocket at the rear... Read More
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[ASIA] BHAVABHUTI'S MALATIMADHAVA. WITH THE COMMENTARY OF JAGADDHARA
by M. R. Kale (Editor)
Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1997. Reprint; Third Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. 8vo.; in the publisher's black cloth binding, with pastedowns on each board; there are no ownership marks of any kind in the book. Bilingual. Near Fine binding.
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IMMERSIONISTS AGAINST THE BIBLE; OR, THE BABEL BUILDERS COUNFOUNDED, IN AN EXPOSITION OF THE ORIGIN, DESIGN, TACTICS, AND PROGRESS OF THE NEW VERSION MOVEMENT OF CAMPBELLITES AND OTHER BAPTISTS
by N. H. Lee | Thomas O. Summers (Editor)
Nashville, Tenn: E. Stevenson & F. A. Owen, 1856. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. First Edition of Rev. N. H. Lee's Immersionists Against the Bible, edited by Thomas O. Summers. The Immersionists were a type of Baptist that believed that immersion was necessary for a proper baptism. Some foxing. Scattered annotations in pencil. Sunning to the... Read More
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MONET & JAPAN
by Pauline Green (Editor)
Melbourne: National Gallery of Australia, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Bound in black with gilt lettering. The dust jacket spine is sunned, not price clipped and is now protected in a new mylar cover. Near Fine binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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L'AUBE DE LA MODERNITE. 1680-1760
by Peter-Eckhard Knabe; Roland Mortier; Francois Moureau (Editor)
Amsterdam | Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2002. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. A clean copy. Text in French. Dustjacket is clean and bright. Fine binding / Fine dust jacket.
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PLATONIS PHILOSOPHI | QUAE EXSTANT | GRAESE AD EDITIONEM HENRICI STEPHANI | ACCURATE EXPRESSA | CUM MARSILII FICINI INTERPRETATIONE | ACCEDIT VARIETAS LECTIONIS | STUDIIS SOCIETATIS BIPONTINAE | VOLUMEN DECIMUM
by Plato | Henrici Stephani (Editor)
Biponti: Ex Typographia Societatis, 1787. Half Leather. Good binding. A clean copy. Half bound in calf with vellum labels, and leather bands reinforcing the spine. Speckled paper covered boards. Elaborate paste paper endsheets. Some loss to the fore-edges of the front and rear boards. Printed in Greek with the Latin translation on the bottom half of the pages.... Read More
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TRAITE D'ELECTOTHERAPIE OCULAIRE
by P. [Pierre] Pansier | E. Valude (Editor)
Paris: A. Maloine, 1896. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A study on electrotherapy for diseases of the eye by Dr. Pierre Pansier, early in his career. He obtained his doctorate in 1892 with the presentation of a thesis on the Ocular Manifestations of Hysteria, and continued his career as a chief surgeon in Avignon and with... Read More
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A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON DISEASES OF THE EYE
by Robert Brudenell Carter | John Green (Editor)
Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1876. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A copy of the First U.S. Edition of A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Eye by Robert Brudenell Carter. Printed illustrations throughout; folding plate of 'Test-letters in Geometrical Progression' by Dr. John Green; publisher's advertisements bound in at the rear. Previously owned by a... Read More
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[PHOTOGRAPHY] FIRST CLASS PORTRAITS [Presentation Copy]
by Robert Delford Brown | A. D. Coleman [Editor]
[Brooklyn]: The First National Church of the Exquisite Panic Press, 1973. First Edition. Spiral Bound. Near Fine binding. Twenty-nine half-tones of Polaroid photographs, in oblong wrappers; plastic comb binding.~~Robert Delford Brown's obituary in the New York Times (April 4, 2009) referred to him as "the high priest of Happenings". "He appeared in the persona of a... Read More
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A COMPENDIUM OF THE COURSE OF CHEMICAL INSTRUCTION IN THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
by Robert Hare | Franklin Bache (Editor)
Philadelphia: J. G. Auner, 1836. Third Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. A textbook on Chemistry for use by students of the University of Pennsylvania, written by a university professor, Robert Hare, who also provided his name to the Robert Hare Medical and Dental Library (1878-1969). Numerous plates and text illustrations, depicting the curious chemical instruments and experiments... Read More
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WOMEN WRITERS AND THE ARTIFACTS OF CELELBRITY IN THE LONG NINETEENTH CENTURY
by Ann R. Hawkins; Maura Ives [Editors]
Farnham, England | Burlington Vermont: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2012. First Editoin. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. A clean fresh First Edition copy with no ownership or other marks in the book. There is a very small crease to the bottom corner of the front flap. The dustjacket is now protected with a new mylar... Read More
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[PHILOSOPHY] ESSAYS ON DAVIDSON ACTIONS & EVENTS
by Bruce Vermazen | Merrill B. Hintikka (Editors)
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Octavo; in the publisher’s dark blue cloth; in an unclipped jacket; vii,257 pages including the Index; light wear to the jacket ; no markings of any kind throughout. ~~From the blurb on the rear of the jacket “It must be said that this is... Read More
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[RELIGION] LITURGICAL STUDIES
by E. C. [Edward Craddock] Ratcliff | A. H. Couratin; D. H. Tripp [Editors]
London: S.P.C.K., 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s brown cloth binding, with dustjacket; vi, 250 pages, including the Index; there is a previous owner bookplate on the pastedown; there don’t appear to be any marks or underlining in the book.~~The book contains: I. The Early History of the... Read More
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WATERGATE AND THE WHITE HOUSE. VOLUME 1: JULY 1972-JULY 1973; VOLUME 2: JULY - DECEMBER 1973; VOLUME 3: JANUARY - SEPTEMBER 1974 (3 Volumes; Set)
by Edward W. Knappman; Evan Drossman (Editors)
New York: Facts on File, 1974. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. A clean 3-volume set with no marks of any kind. The bindings are tight and secure, and show only modest wear. Very Good binding.
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[DADAIST] SECESSION. No. 5, JULY 1923.~
by Gorham B. Munson | John Brooks Wheelwright; Kenneth Burke; Malcolm Cowley (Editors)
New York: Gorham B. Munson~, 1923. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s cream colored printed stapled wrappers, printed lettering in the Dadaist style; 28 pages, including a leaf of advertisements. There is some rust staining at the staples.~~Munson’s circular announcing Secession described it as “an organ for the youngest generation of American writers who are moving... Read More
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[AMERICANA] THE PAPERS OF HENRY BOUQUET [4 VOLUMES; I, II, III, IV]
by Henry Bouquet | S. K. Stevens; Donald H. Kent; Autumn L. Leonard [Editors]
Harrisburg: The Pennsylvania Historical and Musuem Commission, 1978. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Large 8vos; in the publisher’s blue cloth bindings; the first four volumes of what is clearly a married set which, complete, has 6 volumes; the second Volume (The Forbes Expedition) has some minor silverfishing to the extremities.~~Volume I: December 11, 1755-May 31, 1758; II: The... Read More
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