El Ciudadano Estevan F. Austin, Empresario, para introducir Emigrados Estrangeros, en las Colonias que le tiene, designadas el Supremo Gobierno del Estado de Coahuila y Texas, por los contratos celebrados entre el dicho Gobierno y el mismo Austin
by [Austin, Stephen F.]
San Felipe de Austin: Printed by G.B. Cotten, 1829. Printed document, completed in manuscript. Signed by Samuel M. Williams. 6 x 8 inches. Small loss along old fold (affecting a few letters). Else very good. Housed in a morocco backed slipcase. Printed document, completed in manuscript. Signed by Samuel M. Williams. 6 x 8 inches. A rare imprint... Read More
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Australia; its Scenery, Natural History and Resources, and Settlements. With a Glance at its Gold Fields. [Second part entitled] Australia: Its Settlements
by (Australia)
London: The Religious Tract Society, 1854. Lacking frontispiece. 1 vols. 12mo. The two parts bound together, fly title only on the second part. Original red stamped cloth by Davison, Binder, London with tag at back, gilt decoration and edges. Minor discoloration to front lower edge of front cover, front free endpaper and all preceding title removed, remains of pasted... Read More
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A Compendious Geographical Dictionary, containing a Concise Description of the Most Remarkable places, Ancient and Modern, Europe, Asia, Africa & America
by (Australia)
London: Printed for W. Peacock and Sons, 1802. The Third edition, Correceted and Considerably enlarged. Embellished with Maps, including thoe of Australia and Polynesia. 1 vols. 24mo. Bound in full contemporary red morocco, a.e.g. Fine. The Third edition, Correceted and Considerably enlarged. Embellished with Maps, including thoe of Australia and Polynesia. 1 vols. 24mo. With a fine folding... Read More
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England and America. A Comparison of the Social and Politcal State of Both Nations
by (Australian Colonies) [Wakefield, Edward Gibbon]
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1833. First Edition. xii, 331, [1]; iv, 341, [1] pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary quarter tan calf and marbled boards. Ticket of R.E. Narby, Bookseller & Printer, Warminster. Bookplate. Fine. First Edition. xii, 331, [1]; iv, 341, [1] pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Following imprisonment, Wakefield began to study colonial affairs of Australia... Read More
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Alphabetisch-topographisches Postreise-Handbuch für den Oesterreichischen Kaiserstaat, nebst einer tabellarischen Uebersicht
by (Austria) Thielen, Maximilian Friedrich
Vienna: Bey Tendler und von Manstein, 1827. 6 folding tables at back. 1 vols. 8vo. Recent burgundy buckram, title in gilt on spine, new endpapers, upper portion of title repaired, edges trimmed, some light browning, washed, else very good copy. 6 folding tables at back. 1 vols. 8vo.
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Australia and Her Gold Regions: A Full Description of its Geology, Climate, Products, Natives … Accompanied by a Map of the Country, and Statistical Tables … the Whole Forming a Complete Guide-Book to the Gold Mines
by (Australia) Jameson, R.G.
New York: Cornish, Lamport & Co., Publishers, 1852. First edition. Handcoloured folding map at front. iv, [5]-154 (+2 ads) pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown blind-stamped cloth. Spine ends chipped, else Fine. Ex-library stamps on map and title page, card pockets removed. First edition. Handcoloured folding map at front. iv, [5]-154 (+2 ads) pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Ferguson: "At... Read More
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Color Woodcut : Waiting Women
by Ausubel, Sheva (1896-1957)
Signed in the block. 297 x 220 mm. Matted. Signed in the block. 297 x 220 mm. Sheva studied at the National Academy of Design, and in Paris with Cubist André Lhote. She married artist, Dane Chanase and was a member of the Federal Art Project.
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A group of letters from American authors consisting of 36 typed and autograph letters and 7 cards, signed
by (American Authors)
places, 1970. 51 pages, 7 cards and a post card. 1 vols. various sizes. To J. Richard Humphreys (and some to his wife Peggy). Folded, some with envelopes, generally in very good condition. 51 pages, 7 cards and a post card. 1 vols. various sizes. Much of the correspondence relates to the Writers Conference that Humphreys directed for... Read More
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Collection of 8 letters from literary figures to Dr. Milton Kronovet, V. S. D. C.
by (American Authors)
Various places, 1937. 11 pages. 1 vols. 4to. Some light soiling, else condition very good. 11 pages. 1 vols. 4to. The American authors Frazier Hunt, Flannery Lewis, Willen Brand, Rupert Hughes, Bradford Smith, Margaret Ayer Barnes and Hans Otto Storm respond to Kronovet's question “Has American Realism contributed anything beyond Balzac and Zola.” Accompanied by an autograph note... Read More
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Les Automates. Figures Artificielles d'Hommes et d'Animaux. Histoire et Technique
by (Automata) Chapuis, Alfred & Edmond Droz
Neuchatel: Éditions du Griffon, 1949. First edition, Number 220 of a Limited but unspecified edition. Illustrated 18 colour plates and 488 b/w photos. 26, [8] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Half red morocco and boards, wear to joints, but solid. First edition, Number 220 of a Limited but unspecified edition. Illustrated 18 colour plates and 488 b/w photos. 26,... Read More
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Self-Propelled Vehicles. A Practical Treatise on the Theory, Construction, Operation, Care and Management of all Forms of Automobiles
by (Automobiles) Homans, James E.
New York: Theo. Audel & Company, 1902. First Edition. Illustrated. vi, [2], 628, [4] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth. Some rubbing, stain all along spine but a very good copy of an interesting work. First Edition. Illustrated. vi, [2], 628, [4] pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
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Two Typed Letters of Agreement, signed, to Twentieth-Century Fox, confirming two amendments regarding the starting date of a previously signed contact from July 3, 1939
by Autry, Gene
Los Angeles, 1939. One page each, on studio letterhead, signed at the bottom of the orginal letter to Autry from 20th-Century Fox. In all, 2 pages. 1 vols. 8-1/2 x 11 in. Staple holes at top left corner. One page each, on studio letterhead, signed at the bottom of the orginal letter to Autry from 20th-Century Fox. In... Read More
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Saroyan family album
by Avedon, Richard
[New York, 1977. One of three copies for the family. 35 black and white silver prints on 11 x 14 inch heavy paper. Oblong Folio. Bound in full orange calf, stamped in gilt on upper cover "Avedon" and lower right "Saroyans'", by Jack Chitgian of Beverly Hills, with some soiling to covers; photos generally near fine. One of... Read More
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Portraits
by Avedon, Richard
New York: [Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. First Edition. Full page black and white portrait photographs, including 4 fold-outs, by Richard Avedon. 1 vols. Folio. White cloth. About Fine, in Fine dust jacket. Avedon, Richard. First Edition. Full page black and white portrait photographs, including 4 fold-outs, by Richard Avedon. 1 vols. Folio.
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Avedon. Photographs 1947-1977. [With an essay by Harold Brodkey]
by Avedon, Richard
[New York]: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1978. First edition. 162 b/w photographs. 1 vols. 4to. Pictorial boards. Fine in near fine printed acetate dust jacket. First edition. 162 b/w photographs. 1 vols. 4to. A retrospective of Avedon’s portraite photography, published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. With a large inscription on the front... Read More
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Eighteenth-Century British Books. A Subject Catalogue extracted from the British Museum General Catalogue of Printed Books
by Averley, G. & A. Flowers, F.J.G. Robinson, E.A. Thompson, R.V. Wallis, P.J. Wallis
GFolkestone: Dawson, 1979. 4388 pp. 4 vols. Large 4to. Cloth. Fine. 4388 pp. 4 vols. Large 4to.
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Milton Avery Prints 1933-1955
by (Avery, Milton) Lunn, Harry H., Jr.
Washington, D.C.: Graphics International, 1973. Number 78 of 100, with original etching: Riders in the Park (Lunn, # 6, from 1934). Illus. 99pp. Oblong 4to. Wrappers in black cloth slipcase. Fine. Number 78 of 100, with original etching: Riders in the Park (Lunn, # 6, from 1934). Illus. 99pp. Oblong 4to.
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Cours d’Architecture, qui comprend les ordres de Vignole avec des Commentaires, les figures & Descriptions de ses plus beaux Bâtimens, & de ceux de MICHEL-ANGE…& tout ce qui regarde L’Art de Bâtir…
by Aviler, Augustin-Charles d’
Hague: Pierre Gosse & Jean Neaulme, 1730. Nouvelle et Troisième Edition. Plates and text within a double-ruled border. Engraved title-page to volume I + 84 full-page engraved plates (included in pagination and in plate numeration] + 31 folding engraved plates (not included in pagination, but given plate number]; volume II, with Le Blond’s Supplement, 25 folding engraved plates, and... Read More
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Cours d’Architecture qui comprend les ordres de Vignole, Avec des Commentaires, les Fgures & Descriptions de ses plus beaux Bâtimens, & de ceux de MICHEL-ANGE…& tout ce qui regarde L’Art de Bâtir…
by Aviler, [Augustin-Charles d']
Paris: Nicolas Langlois, ruë Saint Jacques, 1696. Second edition. With 2 engraved frontispieces, 31 folding plates, and 84 full-page engraved illustrations. [78], xii, 356; [vi], 260 pp. 4to. Bound in full contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine. Provenance: A.C. Lascarides Ham House Ham Common (typographic label). Second edition. With 2 engraved frontispieces, 31 folding plates, and 84 full-page engraved... Read More
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The Commons Room at the University of Pittsburgh. Ten Pencil Drawings
by Avinoff, Andrey
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh, 1942. Ten plates printed on card, signed by the artist lower right, in a printed biscuit card wrapper. 1 vols. Folio. Loose in wrapper, in matching envelope. Bookplate of Henry Buhl Library, Grove City College, with de-accession stamp. Fine. Ten plates printed on card, signed by the artist lower right, in a printed biscuit... Read More
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L'Ameublement Parisien avant, pendant et après La Révolution
by Avril, Paul
Paris: Alexis Sinjon, 1929. First edition. 15 pp. of text + 83 full page plates. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in three quarter green morocco, rubbed with small chip at head, else Very good. First edition. 15 pp. of text + 83 full page plates. 1 vols. 4to.
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Brûlebois
by Aymé, Marcel
Paris: Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, 1930. First Gallimard edition, one of 25 copies hors commerce. 218, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Wrappers printed in red and black. Some toning, near fine copy. First Gallimard edition, one of 25 copies hors commerce. 218, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed by the author on the half title, “A... Read More
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Le Chemin des Écoliers
by Aymé, Marcel
Paris: Gallimard, 1946. First edition, no. LXVIII of 105 numbered copies on vergé pur fil Lafuma Navarre, hors commerce. 253, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Wrappers printed in red and black. Fine copy. First edition, no. LXVIII of 105 numbered copies on vergé pur fil Lafuma Navarre, hors commerce. 253, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
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En Arrière. Nouvelles
by Ayme, Marcel
Paris: Gallimard, 1950. First edition, one of 28 copies on vergé de Hollande Pannekoek, this copy number XX. 264, [5] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original grey wrappers printed in red and black, entirely untrimmed. Fine copy. Marbled slipcase. First edition, one of 28 copies on vergé de Hollande Pannekoek, this copy number XX. 264, [5] pp. 1 vols.... Read More
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Le Vin de Paris. Nouvelles
by Aymé, Marcel
Paris: Gallimard, 1946. First edition, no. 58 of 110 numbered copies on vergé pur fil Lafuma Navarre. 241, [6] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Wrappers printed in red and black. Fine copy. Card slipcase. First edition, no. 58 of 110 numbered copies on vergé pur fil Lafuma Navarre. 241, [6] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Collection of eight short stories... Read More
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