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[AMERICANA] LETTERS ON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN THE LIBRARY AT "KAROLFRED," VOLUME II
by Frederic R. Kirkland [Editor] | [Douglas Southall Freeman]
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1952. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. Quarto; in the publisher's red cloth, [2], 3-128 pages, including the Index. the edition is limited to 500 copies, of which this is number 224; there is .ight shelfwear to the extremities; a bit of bowing to the top corner of both boards; ~~This copy... Read More
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THE MURDER OF A MIDGET (Signed)
by Martin Joseph Freeman
London: Eldon Press Limited, 1934. First English Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. The corpse of a midget from the circus is found in a child's doll carriage -- a mystery by penned by a scholar of English literature. A presentation copy of the First English Edition of Martin Joseph Freeman's first book; inscribed by Freeman... Read More
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SKI PUP
by Don Freeman
New York: The Viking Press, 1963. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. A bright and clean First Edition copy with no marks of any kind. Near Fine binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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PORTRAIT OF A CASTRATO: POLITICS, PATRONAGE, AND MUSIC IN THE LIFE OF ATTA MELANI (NEW PERSPECTIVES IN MUSIC HISTORY AND CRITICISM)
by Roger Freitas
Cambridge University Press, 2009. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. A pristine copy of the First Edition printing with no marks of any kind. The dustjacket is protected with a new mylar cover. Fine binding / Fine dust jacket.
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[AMERICANA] [SIGNED ON ALS] FREMONT: PATHMARKER OF THE WEST
by Allan Nevins | [Robert Fremont]
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1939. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/no dust jacket. With ALS laid In. Quarto; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding, with titling in gold to the upper board and the spine; xiv, 649 pages, including the Index; a clean copy, with Mr. Waitt’s blindstamp to the title page and his bookplate on... Read More
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[LITERATURE] WAR AND PEACE. A HISTORICAL NOVEL. [6 VOLUMES]
by Count Leon Tolstoi | A Russian Lady [Translator into French]; Clara Bell [Translator from the French]
New York: W. S. Gottsberger & Co., Publishers, 1889. Early Printing. Very Good binding. Six octavo volumes; in brown cloth, decorated and letters in black and gilt; all early printings of the English language edition; with a bit of rubbing to the spines ends.~~The set with two bookplates in each volume, each with an interesting connection to The... Read More
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SYSTEM DER LOGIK. EIN HANDBUCK FÜR LEHRER UND ZUM SELBSTGEBRAUCH
by Jakob Friedrich Fries
Heidelberg: Mohr und Winter, 1819. Zweite verbesserte Auflage [Second Edition]. Half Leather. Very Good binding. A book on logic, by German idealist philosopher, Jakob Friedrich Fries. One of the main works by the philosopher; Fries is nowadays overshadowed by his contemporary and rival Hegel, and his connection with the anti-Semitism of the day have done him few favors.... Read More
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[ART] DIE MITTELALTERLICHEN GLASGEMALDE IN NIEDEROSTERREICH I. TEIL. ALBRECHTSBERG BIS KLOSTERNEUBURG. CORPUS VITREARUM MEDII AEVI OSTERREICH II~~~~~~~~~~~~
by Eva Frodl-Kraft
Wien-Koln-Graz: Verlag Hermann Bohlaus Nache, 1972. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Quarto; in the publisher’s blue cloth; lix,239 pages; with both black and white and full color illustrations throughout; with copious plates in the rear; a clean copy with a previous owner name discreetly stamped on the front free endpaper; the dustjacket is protected with... Read More
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[ARCHITECTURE] DER ROMISCHE PALASTBAU DER HOCHENAISSANCE (3 VOLUMES)
by Christopher Luitpold Frommel
Tubigen: Verlag Ernst Wasmuth, 1973. First Edition. Very Good binding/no dust jacket. 4to; in the publisher’s burgundy cloth binding; with titling on the spine in gilt and a blind stamped decoration on the upper board; Volume 1, 206 pages including the Index; a few small tears on the spine; Volume 2, 365 pages; a few trivial nicks to... Read More
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![[PRESBYTERIAN] [LEXINGTON] RECOLLECTIONS OF THE REV. JOHN McELHENNEY, D.D.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/360/807/1447807360.0.m.jpg)
[PRESBYTERIAN] [LEXINGTON] RECOLLECTIONS OF THE REV. JOHN McELHENNEY, D.D.
by Rose W. Fry
Richmond, Va: Whittet & Shepperson, Printers, 1893. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in burgundy cloth binding with beveled edges; 291 pages, with portrait frontispiece; with patterned paper endpapers; the first leaf of the table of contents has been stubbed in and has significant edgwear.~~An account or "sketch" of the life the Presbyterian pastor, born in... Read More
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[EASTON PRESS] [LEATHER] DIANA AT 50
by [Diana Princess of Wales] | Marilyn Fu
[Norwalk, CT]: Easton Press | Time-Life Books, 2011. Full Leather. Fine binding. Quarto; in the Easton Press's full blue leather, with decorations in gilt and a pastedown of Princess Diana; 126, [127, 128] pages; with all edges gilt; silk moire endpapers, and silk ribbon marker.~~It appears that Easton picked up the sheets of the Time Life printing, and... Read More
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WOLFFGANG FUGGER'S HANDWRITING MANUAL ENTITLED A PRACTICAL AND WELL-GROUNDED FORMULARY FOR DIVERS FAIR HANDS. COMPILED BY WOLFFGANG FUGGER, CITIZEN OF NUREMBURG, 1553
by Wolffgang Fugger
London: The Lion and Unicorn Press, 1955. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. The first production of The Lion and the Unicorn Press, in an edition of 200 copies of which this is No. 189. With prospectus laid in, and with the publisher's paper-covered slipcase. Previous owner penned "Wolffgang Fugger" to the side of the... Read More
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[PHOTOGRAPHY] THE SUNNY HAWAII
by Shinzo Fukuhara
Tokyo: Japan Photographic Society, 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. First Edition of Shinzo Fukuhara's The Sunny Hawaii, signed and dated by the author on the title page. Born in Tokyo, and educated at Columbia University, Fukuhara would settle in Paris in 1913. With 24 full page photographic plates, originally photographed during a trip there... Read More
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[MILITARY[ EASTON PRESS] A MILITARY HISTORY OF THE WESTERN WORLD [3 VOLUMES]
by J. F. C. Fulller
Norwalk, Connecticus: The Easton Press, 2003. Full Leather. Fine binding. Three quarto volumes; in full dark blue leather with elaborate decorations and titling in gilt; with raised bands,; all edges gilt; silk moire endpapers; silk bookmarks bound in; there are no marks of any kind in the books; there is single very light abrasion on the leading edge... Read More
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AN INTERESTING APPENDIX TO SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE'S COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND. CONTAINING, I. PRIESTLEY'S REMARKS ON SOME PARAGRAPHS IN THE FOURTH VOLUME OF DR. BLACKSTONE'S COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND. RELATING TO THE DISSENTERS. II. BLACKSTONE'S REPLY TO PRIESTLEY'S REMARKS. III. PRIESTLEY'S ANSWER TO BLACKSTONE'S REPLY. IV. THE CASE OF THE LATE ELECTION OF THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX CONSIDERED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE AUTHORITIES OF LAW. V. FURNEAUX'S LETTERS TO THE HON. MR. JUSTICE BLACKSTONE CONCERNING HIS EXPOSITION OF THE ACT OF TOLERATION, AND SOME POSITIONS RELATIVE TO RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, IN HIS CELEBRATED COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND. VI. AUTHENTIC COPIES OF THE ARGUMENT OF THE LATE HON. MR. JUSTICE FOSTER IN THE COURT OF JUDGES DELEGATES, AND OF THE SPEECH OF THE RIGHT HON. LORD MANSFIELD IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS, IN THE CAUSE BETWEEN THE CITY OF LONDON AND THE DISSENTERS
by Joseph Priestley; William Blackstone; Philip Furneaux
Philadelphia: Printed for the Subscriberts by Robert Bell, 1773. Second American Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Second American Edition of Joseph Priestley's Interesting Appendix to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England. Priestley was an English Protestant theologian, chemist, and grammarian, whose replies to Blackstone's Commentaries reflect his toleration for religious dissenters. Collates complete; [4],... Read More
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[FANTASY] DRAGONFLY IN AMBER
by Diana Gabaldon
New York: Delacorte Press, 1992. Fifth Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Large octavo; in the publisher’s blue paper -covered boards backed in blue cloth; the dustjacket has delamination at the front gutter beginning at the rear; the dustjacket has not been price-clipped.; the leading edge of the textblock has light spotting, perhaps from a... Read More
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[ANCIENT WORLD] [SPELLS] CURSE TABLETS AND BINDING SPELLS FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD (Ancient World)
by John G. Gager
New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Large octavo; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding, with dustjacket; xv, 278 pages, including the Index; with photographic illustrations and drawings; there are no marks of any kind in the book. Fine binding / Fine dust jacket.
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[LITERATURE] [CHILDREN] [TWO SIGNED BOOKS] MILLIONS OF CATS; THE FUNNY THING
by Wanda Ga’g
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Two oblong octavo volumes; each in publisher’s yellow cloth colorful binding, with dustjackets;; both books are signed on the verso by Wanda G’ag with inscription to children’s book author Lena Barksdale.~~Millions of Cats is the First Edition, with the Jersey City imprint on... Read More
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[SIGNED] [SOUTH] SOUTHERN ORATORY. A STUDY IN IDEALISM
by Frances Pendleton Gaines
University, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Signed. 8vo.; in the publisher's brown cloth binding, with dustjacket; viii, 72 pages, including the Index; the dustjacket has small nicks and quite short tears; it has not been price-clipped.~~With a personal inscription from the author to Dr. A. B. [Archibald... Read More
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BAROQUE GARDENS OF AUSTRIA
by G.A. Jellicoe A.R.I.B.A., A.I.L.A.
London; New York: Ernest Benn; Charles Scribner's, 1932. FIrst Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Fair dust jacket. No pencil or ink markings in text; hard cover cloth binding with very light edge wear to extremities; bottom corner of front board is bumped; shelf-wear to tail of spine; the tattered dustjacket which had piece missing from the spine, has... Read More
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[SIGNED] [CIVIL WAR] THE SPOTSYLVANIA CAMPAIGN [MILITARY CAMPAIGNS OF THE CIVIL WAR SERIES}
by Gary Gallagher
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1998. First Edtiion. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Signed. 8vo.; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding, with dustjacket; xv, [4], 5-272, including the Index; there are no ownership marks in the book;~~This copy is from Gary Gallagher’s personal library and has a laid in card signed by... Read More
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[CIVIL WAR] THE CIVIL WARS OF GENERAL JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON, CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY. VOLUME I: VIRGINIA AND MISSISSIPPI, 1861-1863
by Richard M. McMurry | Gary W. Gallagehr
El Dorado Hill, CA: Savas Beatie, 2023. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Large 8vo.; in the publisher's black paper-covered binding, with dustjacket; xxii, [xxiii, xxiv]; [1], 2-334 pages, including the Index; there are no marks of any kind in the book.~~This copy from the personal library of Civil War historian Gary Gallagher; he has handwritten... Read More
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[MILITARY] GEORGE MARSHALL. DEFENDER OF THE REPUBLIC
by David L. Roll | [Gary Gallagher]
New York: Dutton Caliber, 2019. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Large 8vo.; in the publisher's blue paper-covered boards, with dustjacket; 694 pages, including the Index; there are no marks in the book.~~This copy is from the personal library of Civil War historian Gary Gallagher; Mr. Gallagher hand-wrote a card attesting to this; the... Read More
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[CIVIL WAR] [SLAVERY] FREEDOM NATIONAL. THE DESTRUCTION OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES, 1861-1865
by James Oakes | Gary W. Gallagher
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2013. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Large 8vo.; in the publisher's green paper-covered boards, backed in brown, with dustjacket; xxiv, 595 pages, including the Index; [16] pages of plates, illustrations, maps; there are no marks of any kind in the book.~~With material from the publisher laid in;... Read More
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[CIVIL WAR] [NATIONAL PARK] THIS GREAT BATTLEFIELD OF SHILOH. HISTORY, MEMORY, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT O”F A CIVIL WAR NATIONAL MILITARY PARK
by Timothy B. Smith | Gary W. Gallagher
Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. 8vo.; in the publisher’s blue cloth with dustjacket; xxi, 179 pages including the Index; there are no ownership marks in the book.~~This copy is from the personal library of Civil War historian Gary Gallagher; Dr. Gallagher has penned a note attesting to this... Read More
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