Varia
by Ashton, John
London: Ward & Downey, Limited 12 York Street Covent Garden, 1894. First edition. 219pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half crimson morocco and marbled boards, t.e.g. Very Good. First edition. 219pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
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The End of Eternity
by Asimov, Isaac
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1955. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth. Very good in very good dust jacket by Mel Hunter (scuff at head of spine panel, some rubbing to back panel). First edition. 1 vols. 8vo.
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Typed Letter, signed (“Isaac Asimov”), 26 April 1987, a note of encouragement to a young fan
by Asimov
New York, 1987. One page, on his personal letterhead, signed in ink, with the mailing envelope return address: Nightfall, Inc.). 1 vols. 12mo. A bit toned, worn along one edge. Very good. One page, on his personal letterhead, signed in ink, with the mailing envelope return address: Nightfall, Inc.). 1 vols. 12mo. Polymath and best-selling author Isaac Asimov... Read More
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Aspen The Multimedia Magazine in a Box, No. 8, Fall - Winter in 14 Sections
by (Aspen Magazine) Johnson, Phyllis Danielle; Maciuanas, George
New York, 1970. Illustrated wrappers with bump to bottom corner and along side, some soiling, else very good. Missing Section 2, all other sections are present and near fine. Aspen Magazine No. 8, often refrered to as "The Fluxus Issue" contains works by Dan Graham, David Antin, Terry Atkinson, Michael Baldwin, Philip Glass, Jackson Mac Low, La Monte... Read More
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Alkibla. A Disquisition upon Worshiping towards the East ... [and:] Alkibla. Part II ... To which are prefixed some thoughts by way of preface concerning the proper use of ridicule in controversies stil'd religious
by [Asplin, William]
London: J. Noon ... J. Roberts and A. Dodd, 1740. Second edition of first part; first edition of second part. xvi, 51, [2]; xxiv, 152 pages. 2 parts in one volume; title pages printed in red and black. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary sheep with red morocco spine label, joints cracked, cords intact; occasional toning, first title soiled. Second... Read More
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Obsequies of President Lincoln. Order of Funeral Procession
by (Lincoln Assassination)
[Springfield, IL], 1865. Broadside, text in three columns, mourning borders. Early manuscript note signed by Harriet Louise Greene in the upper margin "I was present at the funeral & saw the remains". 10-3/4 x 7-3/4 inches. Paper-backed at an early date, with early newspaper clippings mounted on verso. Broadside, text in three columns, mourning borders. Early manuscript note... Read More
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L' Enfer du Bibliophile vu et décrit by Charles Asselineau
by Asselineau, Charles, (1820-1874)
Paris: Julres Tardieu, 1860. First edition. 69, [1], [1, ad] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Modern borads, leather spine label, original wrappers bound in. First edition. 69, [1], [1, ad] pp. 1 vols. 12mo.
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By-Laws, Rules, Regulations and Officers of the Forest Lake Association
by (Forest Lake Association)
New York: Henry Bessey, Printer, 1889. First edition. Two maps (one of which is double-page). 24, [3] pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Publisher's brown cloth gilt. Very good plus (spotting to lower cover, hinges tender). First edition. Two maps (one of which is double-page). 24, [3] pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. The scarce foundation document for this Pike... Read More
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![First Annual Spring Meeting of the Brooklyn Athletic Association, to take place at the Grounds, De Kalb and Classon Aves. and Graham St. Monday, May 31st, at 3 p.m. [Title from cover]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/710/814/798814710.0.m.jpg)
First Annual Spring Meeting of the Brooklyn Athletic Association, to take place at the Grounds, De Kalb and Classon Aves. and Graham St. Monday, May 31st, at 3 p.m. [Title from cover]
by (Brooklyn Athletic Association)
[New York: Hendricks & Furlong, Publishers, 115 Nassau St, 1886. 20 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original wrappers printed in blue with a large winged B printed in gilt at center. Exterior soiling, else fine. 20 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Includes a brief account of the Association, which leased the grounds of the former Williamsburg Athletic Club on De... Read More
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Trap Shooting Rules of the American Shooting Association (Limited). Revised January 7th, 1890. Organized Feb. 11, 1889. New York, January 1890
by (American Shooting Association)
New York: Press of Rogers & Sherwood 21 and 23 Barclay Street, 1890. Five full-page diagrams. 24 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original burgundy cloth, titled in gilt, edges red. Lower inner hinge cracked. Five full-page diagrams. 24 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Rare and presumably earliest edition of these standard rules for trap shooting. Preceding the two... Read More
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Trap Shooting Rules of the American Shooting Association (Limited). Revised January 7th, 1890. Organized Feb. 11, 1889. New York, January 1890
by (American Shooting Association)
New York: Press of Rogers & Sherwood 21 and 23 Barclay Street, 1890. Five full-page diagrams. 24 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original burgundy cloth, titled in gilt, edges red. Upper inner hinge starting. Fine. Five full-page diagrams. 24 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Rare and presumably earliest edition of these standard rules for trap shooting. Preceding the two recorded... Read More
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The Origin and Progress of Writing, as Hieroglyphic as Elementary, Illustrated by Engravings Taken from Marbles, Manuscripts and Charters, Ancient and Modern. Also Some Account of the Origin and Progress of Printing
by Astle, Thomas
London: Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, for J. White, at Horace's Head, 1803. Second and best edition, with additions. 31 engraved full-page or fold-out plates, some with contemporary coloring. [viii], xxiv, 240 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in contemporary calf, rebacked, some foxing to text, plates toned. Bookplate. Second and best edition, with additions. 31 engraved full-page... Read More
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ALS. To Thomas W. Olcott. About a loan
by Astor, John Jacob
New York, 1832. 1/2 page. Docketed. Old folds. 1/2 page. Docketed. Olcott was the president of the Mechanics and Farmers' Bank of Albany, N.Y. and a prominent figure in New York State politics and finance. Reads in part: " I have your letter of 4st & regret---not get the loan of 1200$...
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Astronomica veterum scripta isagogica graeca & latina : Auct. Graeci Procli Sphaera Arati Solensis Phaenomena & Prognostica Leontius Mechanicus de constructione Arateae Sphaerae. His tribus adiuncta est interpretatio latina . Latini. Arateae Phaeomena cum poetica interpretatione M.T. Ciceronis Festi Rufi Avieni Germanici Caes. cum commentariis incerti auct. Veterum Poetarum Fragmenta Astronomica. C. Iulii Hygini Poeticon Astronomicon . 1589
by (Astronomy) Proclus, Aratus, Leontius, et al.
[Heidelberg]: in Officina Sanctandreana (H. Commelin?), 1589. Title with woodcut vignette, 48 woodcut illustrations. Pp. [2], [1]-170; 1-302, [2] First part in Greek and Latin, second in Latin. 1 vols. 8vo. Old vellum, spine titled in ink. Note on flyleaf in an early hand, “cum notii MSS. Alb. Jac. Conradi”, heavily annotated in the second part pages 1-156. Paper... Read More
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Vistas in Astronomy. In Two Volumes. (Special Supplement No.3 & No. 4 to the Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics)
by (Astronomy) Beer, Arthur, Editor
London & New York: Pergamon Press, 1955. First edition. Illustrated. xvi, 776; 777-1770 pp. 2 vols. Thick 4to. Original blue cloth. Fine. First edition. Illustrated. xvi, 776; 777-1770 pp. 2 vols. Thick 4to. Edited by Beers, the 2 volumes were published on the occasion of the retirement of F.J.M. Stratton from the chair of Astrophysics in the University... Read More
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![The Uses of Astronomy, a Discourse [forming a part of] The Inauguration of the Dudley Observatory at Albany, August 28, l856](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/569/763/248763569.0.m.jpg)
The Uses of Astronomy, a Discourse [forming a part of] The Inauguration of the Dudley Observatory at Albany, August 28, l856
by (Astronomy) [Everett, Edward]
Albany: Charles van Benthuysens Print, 1856. First Edition. Engraved Portrait after a photograph by Mathew Brady. 1 vols. 8vo. Later 3/4 brown morocco over marbled boards, spine gilt with raised bands, bound by Stikeman. Extremities slightly rubbed; a Very Good copy. First Edition. Engraved Portrait after a photograph by Mathew Brady. 1 vols. 8vo. In addition to the... Read More
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Târîh-i Atâ
by Tayyâr-zâde Ahmed Atâ
istanbul: Şeyh Yahya Efendi Matbaası / Ali Efendi Matbaası, 1875. 5 vols. 8vo. Later quarter leather and cloth (not uniform). Vol. 2 in cloth, vol. 4 misnumbered. Minor rubbing. Very good. 5 vols. 8vo. Tayyâr-zâde Ahmed Atâ (1810–1882), an Ottoman historian and bureaucrat, was the son of Tayyâr-zâde Mehmed Tayyâr Efendi. He served in various administrative roles and... Read More
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Photographe de Paris. Préface par Pierre Mac-Orlan
by Atget, Eugene
New York: E. Weyhe, 1930. First American edition, from French sheets. LACKS TITLE? Frontispiece portrait of Atget from the photograph by Bernice Abbott, and 96 collotype plates from photographs by Eugène Atget. [2], 23pp. of text (in French), and final 6pp. “Table” tipped to a folded she et and bound in at end. 1 vols. 4to. Burgundy moire silk... Read More
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![Suma de geographia q[ue] trata de todas las partidas & provincias dek mundo: en especial de las indias, & trata largame[nt]e del arte del mare](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/191/752/334752191.0.m.1.jpg)
Suma de geographia q[ue] trata de todas las partidas & provincias dek mundo: en especial de las indias, & trata largame[nt]e del arte del mare
by Atherton, Gertrude
San Francisco, 1927. 1-1/2 pp., on personal stationery. 4to. Fine. In red cloth folding case. 1-1/2 pp., on personal stationery. 4to. A fine letter to an admirer from the California novelist, with some revealing remarks: “… As to MSS, I never keep any. Typewritten manuscripts are not very interesting, and go back to the printer with the proofs... Read More
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The Fly and the Fish
by Atherton, John
New York: The Anglers’ Club of New York, Macmillan Company, 1951. First edition, limited issue of 222 copies, with two colored plates of flies loosely inserted. Illustrated with drawings by Atherton. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth, spine titled in gilt, Anglers’ Club crest in gilt on upper board. Some spotting to upper board, else a near fine copy... Read More
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The Fly and the Fish
by Atherton, John
New York: The Anglers’ Club of New York, Macmillan Company, 1951. First edition, limited issue of 222 copies, with two inserted color plates of flies. Illustrated with drawings by Atherton. [iii], 195 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth, spine titled in gilt, Anglers' Club crest in gilt on upper board. Minor sunning to spine, else a near fine... Read More
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Narrative of the Suffering & Defeat of the North-Western Army, Under General Winchester
by Atherton, William
Frankfort, KY: Printed for the Author by A.G. Hodges, 1842. First edition. 152pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Modern calf. Spine faded. First edition. 152pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Sabin 2273; Howes A-366; Field 52; Streeter sale 2:1082; Jones 1058; Graff 103; Jilson p. 105; Thomson 47
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Narrative of the Suffering & Defeat of the North-Western Army, Under General Winchester
by Atherton, William
Frankfort, KY: Printed for the Author by A.G. Hodges, 1842. First edition. 152pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original calf-backed boards, paper label on upper cover. Covers detached. First edition. 152pp. 1 vols. 12mo. A first-hand account of the massacre of Kentucky forces at River Raisin in Michigan during the War of 1812, including the author’s experiences as a prisoner,... Read More
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Cambridge Described & Illustrated Being a Short History of the Town and the University
by Atkinson, Thomas
London: Macmillan; Cambridge: Macmillan, 1897. First edition. Illustrated. xxxvii, 528pp. Small 4to. Bound in full contemporary blue morocco, a.e.g., by Macmillan & Bowes, Cambridge. Spine slightly faded. about fine. First edition. Illustrated. xxxvii, 528pp. Small 4to.
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Travels in the Regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor and the Russian Acquisitions on the Confines of India and China. With Adventures Among the Mountain Kirghis; and the Manjours, Manyargs, Toungouz, Touzemtz, Goldi, and Gelyaks: the Hunting and Pastoral Tribes
by Atkinson, William
London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1860. First edition. Chromolithograph frontispiece and 82 plates, folding map. xiii, 570pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original purple cloth, faded, spine ends rubbed, hinges cracked, internally clean. First edition. Chromolithograph frontispiece and 82 plates, folding map. xiii, 570pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Abbey Travel 401; Cordier 2781; Nerhood 239; Czech, Asian, page 15
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