The Lawes and Actes of Parliament, Maid be King James the First, and His Successours Kinges of Scotland: Visied, collected and extracted furth of the Register. (5 works in 1 volume.)
Edinburgh: Imprented be Robert Walde-grave prenter to the Kinges Majestie, 15. Martii, Anno Dom. 1597, 1597 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. With a later owner's name in ink on blank verso of title, "Robert Dalryample, 1733." 5 works in 1 volume. Quarto. 10¼x7 inches. Folios [3], 1-162, 1-178, [20], [1], 40. [4] + 17 pages + leaves [24], [2], 34,... Read More
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The Miners' Own Book, Containing Correct Illustrations and Descriptions of the Various Modes of California Mining
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1949 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. One of 500 copies printed The Greenwood Press. Reprinted from the original edition of 1858. Scarce in this condition. Introduction by Rodman W. Paul. xi, 35pp. Illustrated throughout with views, facsimiles, portraits, etc. Publisher's cloth-backed pictorial boards, paper spine label. Slight offsetting to ends (as usual). A very... Read More
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The Good News: The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ - 1st Edition/1st Printing
New York: The American Bible Society. Near Fine. N.D.. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A bright first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition with minor rubbing and edgewear without dust-jacket, as issued. Bound in pictorial cloth boards with glossy pages. Contains eight 32-page portions, with over 500 illustrations and 14 maps; B & W Photographs; 4to .... Read More
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The Smithsonian Experience: Science-History-The Arts... The Treasures of the Nation
Washington, DC: The Smithsonian Institution. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. Third Printing. Hardcover. 0895990008 . A Later printing in Very Good condition with aging and shelfwear to the boards in an alike dust-jacket that is scuffed, rubbed, worn around the edges and has a tear on the front right edge; ; 4to ... Read More
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Medieval Warfare
London: Prentice-Hall. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0135736005 . Very Good+ condition with small adhesive stripping to the front flyleaf, minor soiling and edgewear to the boards in a Very Good dust-jacket that has scuffing, creasing and some tears around the edges; ; 4to; 256 pages .
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The Adams In America: From 1850 to 1997 - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Bath, OH: Halberts. Very Good. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. A first edition/first printing in Very Good condition, the latter of two volumes; An assist in a genealogy search; Vol. 2; 4to; 51940: two volume set .
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LE PSEAUTIER DE DAVID, TRADUIT EN FRANCOIS: AVEC DES NOTES COURTES, TIREES DE S. AUGUSTIN, & DES AUTRES PERES
Paris Chez Helie Josset, 1689. Small 8vo. (7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches) black sharkskin with a single blind fillet border and metal clasps and catches. Spine with 5 raised bands; a.e.g. Marbled eps with single bookplate of previous owner on front pastedown and bookplates of two other owners on ffep. Many of the letters on the titlepage,... Read More
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AULI FLACCI PERSII, D. JUVENALIS ET SULPICIÆ SATYRARUM. Nova Editio diligenter recognita
Paris J, Barbou, 1776. 8vo., full crushed mottled brown morocco with a triple gilt fillet border on both covers with tiny gilt flower heads in the corners; smooth spine with elaborate gilt decoration and two red morocco title labels. Board edges gilt, inner gilt dentelles, a.e.g. An elegant English 19th century binding in ABSOLUTELY FINE CONDITION. There is a separate... Read More
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The Holy Gospel According to Matthew • Mark • Luke• and John
Verona Officina Bodoni, 1962. Folio (12 x 8 inches), full burgundy oasis morocco, spine and cover decorated and lettered in gilt; t.e.g. In the original cloth-covered board slipcase with red morocco ends. One of 320 copies (this is copy cxxxvi designated for Great Britain), set in various sizes of Mardersteig’s Zeno type and printed at the hand press of... Read More
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THE POSTER: AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY CHRONICLE
Small 4to., ½ black Morocco over marbled paper covered boards with original wrappers preserved within: slight wear to covers. Spines with gilt decoration and brown labels with gilt lettering. Marbled ep. Front pastedown with bookplate of Gus Bofa, famous French art critic and artist who also was a poster designer; fabric markers. Original subscription order form laid in. Monthly periodical... Read More
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The Yellow Book. An Illustrated Quarterly. Volumes I- XIII.
8vo. ( 8¼ x 6½"). Complete run published in 13 volumes of famous Art Nouveau periodical. Bound in publishers yellow pictorial cloth. Included works of most famous artists of the day including Beardsley, Le Gallienne, and Henry James.
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HEURES NOUVELLES DEDIÉES A MADAME ROYALE.
16mo. (6 1⁄4 x 4 inches). A curious and attractive BOOK OF HOURS displaying a number of different typefaces used in combination. For the most part, the type is a very legible script that takes on the appearance of handwriting. Interspersed for emphasis is a standard roman typeface of no special distinction; at the end, though, and in one place... Read More
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Lady’s Portable Writing Portfolio
Lg. 4to. (11 3/8 x 9 1/4 inches). Within a solid outer border, the design is composed of a wide, gold, seashell border (cadre "rocaille"). Each of the four corners contains a fully realized portrait of a young scholar reading or writing. On the inside front cover, printed in gold on coated white paper, set within a rococo floral design,... Read More
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A Day in the Life of America
New York, London, Glasgow, Toronto, Sydney, Auckland, Johannesburg: Collins Publishers. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1986. First Edition; Eighth Printing. Cloth. 000217734X . A handsome first edition/Eighth printing in Near Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket; Photographed by 200 of the world's leading photojournalists on one day, May 2, 1986; Color Photographs; Folio .
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INTRODUCING VERNIER’S FAMOUS SCALE
A DEVICE “INDISPENSABLE TO ALL REFINED MEASUREMENT” (E. R. KIELY)
WITH A FOLDING ENGRAVING OF THE INSTRUMENT
La construction, l’usage, et les proprietez du quadrant nouveau de mathématique.
8vo [15.9 x 9.1 cm], (6) ff., (1)-122 pp., with (1) folding plate [Bound with:] WURSTISEN, Christian. Elementa arithmeticae, logicis legibus deducta, in usum Academiae Basil. Basel, Sebastian Henricpetri, April 1602. 8vo. 182 pp., (1) f. Bound in 18th-century speckled calf, spine gilt with flowers, red morocco lettering piece laid to spine, gold-tooled board edges, red edges, bookplates of Earls... Read More
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Fresh Recipes from Leading Chefs with Garlic - 1st Edition/1st Printing
London, Hong Kong: Scriptum Editions. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1902686136 . A Fine first Edition/First Printing in a like dust-jacket; Color Photographs; 4to; 159 pages .
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Patterns for Papers
London: Webb & Bower. Fine. 1988. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 0863501486 . A handsome Later Printing in Fine condition ; 32 pages; Price? ? ? .
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Printed by Hague and Gill: a Checklist Prepared in Conjunction with the Exchibit "A Responsible Workman" Observing Eric Gill's Centenary
[s. I. ]: The Regents of the University of California. Near Fine. 1982. Softcover. A softcover edition that has some dark soiling to the covers, else Near Fine ; 48 pages; Price? ? ? .
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The Estelle Doheny Collection Part V: Prined Books and Manuscripts Including Early Printing, Literature and Fine Bindings
New York: Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc.. Fine. 1987. Hardcover. A Fine edition that has a stamp on the front flyleaf along with a red price dot sticker that is also located on the front board cover; 125 pages .
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The Holy Scriptures: According to the Masoretic Text
Philadelphia, PA: The Jewish Publication Society of America. Very Good-. 1975. Eighth Printing. Hardcover. A Later printing in Very Good- condition with soiling, shelfwear and aging to the volume; Isiah to II Chronicles; Vol. 2; 8vo ; 949-2264 pages .
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North American Indians
Ottenheimer Publishers, Inc.. Fine. 1994. Hardcover. 0824100190 . An edition in Fine condition ; 4to; 192 pages .
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The Salvation Army Handbook of Doctrine
International Headquarters. Fine. 1969. Hardcover. A Fine edition ; 8vo; 195 pages .
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The Collection of the Garden Ltd. Magnificent Books and Manuscripts
New York: Sotheby's. Fine. N.D.. Cloth. An edition that has some soiling to the cloth boards but is otherwise Fine ; 4to .
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The Estelle Doheny Collection Part VI: Printed Books and Manuscripts Concerning William Morris and His Circle
New York: Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc.. Fine. 1989. Hardcover. A Fine edition that has a stamp on the front flyleaf along with a blue dot sticker that is also located on the front board cover ; 103 pages .
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The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church
The Seabury Press. Near Fine. 1979. Hardcover. An edition with page edge soiling and inking to the front flyleaf that is otherwise Nearly Fine ; 8vo; 1001 pages .
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