JACQUES TOUCHET. Preface de Madame Germaine Beaumont. Etude Critique de Henry Babou. Portrait de L'Artiste Par Lui-Meme
by Touchet, Jacques
Paris: Henry Babou, Editeur, 1932. First edition, limited to 50 numbered copies "sur papier du japon," text in French [copy "No. 2"; total edition of 750 copies, 50 of which are on "Japon"]. 38 pages of text, illustrated with 15 plates (reproducing, in color and black-and-white, art work by Jacques Touchet, printed on rectos only). 4to. Covers very slightly... Read More
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![LES TENDRES MENAGES by P[aul]-J[ean] Toulet. Aquarelles de Jean Moral](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/190/824/1585824190.0.m.jpg)
LES TENDRES MENAGES by P[aul]-J[ean] Toulet. Aquarelles de Jean Moral
by Toulet, P.J (1867-1920)
Paris: Maitrise" Editions Rombaldi, 1944. First edition thus, by this publisher and with illustrations by Jean Moral, issue on BFK Rives paper, this being copy No. XLVI, presumably one of the "hors commerce" copies, expertly hand-colored throughout, stating on hand-colored colophon leaf: "Il a ete tire en outre quelques exemplaires hors commerce" [total edition of 1000 numbered copies, plus... Read More
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Le Chariot de Terre Cuite
by Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de
[Paris, 1895. Second state, avec la lettre. Lithograph, blue on light pink paper. 17-1/4 x 11-1/16 inches. Mounted at top edge on mat. Some wrinkling, two half-inch closed tears on right margin mended on verso with portions of margin reinforced, one short closed tear on left margin. Second state, avec la lettre. Lithograph, blue on light pink paper.... Read More
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Democracy in America. The Henry Reeve Text as revised by Francis Bowen. Now further corrected and edited with introduction, editorial notes nd Bibliographies by Philip Bradley
by Touqueville, Alexis de
New York: Knopf, 1980. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in full brown pebbled morocco, t.e.g. In slipcase. Stamped in gilt Ira A. Lipman on upper cover. Signature on ffep. Fine. 2 vols. 8vo.
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Tableaux chronologiques de l’histoire de Touraine
by (Touraine) Clarey-Martineau, M.
Tours: By Clarey-Martineau for la Société Archéologique, 1845. First edition. Lithographed title page and 110 lithographed plates of interiors and exteriors of buildings, landscapes, vases, coins, as well as maps of the city and gardens, interspersed with leaves of text. 1 vols. Folio. Contemporary Half black morocco gilt, uncut. A little rubbed but sound. First edition. Lithographed title... Read More
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Perils in the Woods, or, the Emigrant Family's Return; a Tale
by [Towers, Isabella Jane]
London: Effingham Wilson, Waugh & Innes of Edinburgh and W.F. Wakeman of Dublin, 1835. First edition. Engraved and etched frontispiece and 3 plates. vii, [i], 344 pp., with half-title. Printed by John Wertheimer. 12mo. Contemporary dark purple cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards, titled in gilt on spine, cream-glazed endpapers, red stained edges. Corners bumped and rubbed, repair to foot of... Read More
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Document signed. Christmas Quarter The Demands of Thomas Check Esq . Lieutenant of the Tower of the salary due to him, the Gent Porter and thirty-two Yeomen … from the thirtieth day of September 1685 unto and for the five and twentieth day of December following being 87 days. Signed by Check and others
by (Tower of London) Check, Thomas
1685. docketed. Folio. Split at central joint and mended at other joints. docketed. Folio. Signed by Check at upper right, and signed by various ministers below, including: Lawrence Hyde, Earl of Rochester, Lord Treasurer; William Craven, Earl of Craven, Privy Councillor; George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem; Christopher, Duke of Albemarle, Privy Councillor; the Earls of Middleton... Read More
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Facts in Mesmerism, with Reasons for a Dispassionate Inquiry into It
by Townshend, Chauncy Hare, Rev
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1856. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Some rubbing, fraying of extremities, endpapers browned, text browned in margins, else a good copy. With booklabels of "From Plummer's Cheap Bookstore, Davenport, Iowa" and "Baldwin's Original Antiquarian Cheap Book Store, 199 East Madison St. Chicago" on endpapers, also bookplate of Russel van Arsdale Lee. ... Read More
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Mesmerism Proved True, and the Quarterly Reviewer Reviewed
by Townshend, Chauncy Hare (1798-1868)
London: Thomas Bosworth, 1854. 216, [2]pp. 8vo. Original brown cloth, front hinge split. 216, [2]pp. 8vo. Inscribed on the title-page; "From the Author." Dickens who was also interested in mesmerism dedicated Great Expectations to Townshend and gave him the maunuscript. Townshend desicated his volume of poetry, The Three Gates to Dickens. This is his second book on mesmerism... Read More
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A Handful of Silver. Six Stories of Silversmiths
by Townsend, Horace
New York: The Gorham Co, 1902. First edition. Pictured in colour by Alex. M. McLellan. 146, [2]pp. Snmall 8vo. Bound in three quarters blue morocco and cloth boards, a.e.g., for "Library of Gov. Charles Edison" Fine. First edition. Pictured in colour by Alex. M. McLellan. 146, [2]pp. Snmall 8vo.
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A Dissertation on the Influence of the Passions in the Production and Modification of Disease
by Townsend, Peter S. (1795-1849)
New York: Printed for the author, by Van Winkle and Wiley, 1816. 70, [2]pp. 8vo. Modern cloth backed boards. Original plain front wrapper bound in. Inscribed by the author to Dr. CJ. C. heesman on verso of the dedication. 70, [2]pp. 8vo. An interesting early American doctoral thesis investigating the overall health effects of emotion, dedicated to David... Read More
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![The A.C. Williams Co. Manufacturers of Hardware House Furnishing Specialities and Toys. [At head of title:] Forty-sixth edition](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/764/561/1601561764.0.m.jpg)
The A.C. Williams Co. Manufacturers of Hardware House Furnishing Specialities and Toys. [At head of title:] Forty-sixth edition
by (Toys)
Ravenna, Ohio: The Republican Publishing Co, 1910. 131 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Card wrappers with some soiling to cover, inside pages are bright and illustrated throughout; overall very good. 131 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Adam Clark Williams of Chagrin Falls, Ohio founded his company in 1886 on the heels of his father's business, J. W. Williams Company, known... Read More
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Toys of Other Days
by (Toys) Jackson, Mrs. F. Nevill
London: at the Offices of Country Life, 1908. First edition, #20 of 150 copies. Illus. 309 pp. 4to. Original full publisher's vellum. Fine. First edition, #20 of 150 copies. Illus. 309 pp. 4to.
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Toys
by (Toys) Seyffert, O.
Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, 1920. 40 chromolithograph plates, heightened by hand, by W. Trier. 1 vols. 8vo. Original yellow boards with illustration by Trier mounted to front cover, rebacked, some cover wear, internally fine. Trier, W. 40 chromolithograph plates, heightened by hand, by W. Trier. 1 vols. 8vo. A delightfully illustrated and sentimental depiction of toys from various regions... Read More
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Meeting the Sun. Some Anglo-Indian Snapshots, With Occasional Verses
by Tracy, Louis
Allahabad: Printed and Published at the Morning Post, 1898. First edition. [vii], 188pp. 8vo. Paper over boards printed , with crimson cloth spine. Very Good. Bookplate of J.B. Huish, Tavistock, Devon. First edition. [vii], 188pp. 8vo. Tracy, Preface: "Perhaps in the succeeding pages you may discover the attraction this God-forsaken country has for all of us." Rare; no... Read More
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![Early American Trade Cards from the Collection of Bella C. Landauer, [at the New York Historical Society.] [Preface by Bella C. Landauer.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/371/263/380263371.0.m.jpg)
Early American Trade Cards from the Collection of Bella C. Landauer, [at the New York Historical Society.] [Preface by Bella C. Landauer.]
by (Trade Cards) Jenny, Adele
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1927. First Edition. One of 50 copies specially bound, with a double-page frontispiece color reproduction of a trade card for a Mitchell & Crosdale Philadelphia dealer in Sperm, Whale, Lard & Tanners Oils, Candes, Rice & c. of Whale killing. XLIV plates, uncut. 25 pages of text. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in quarter vellum... Read More
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Catalogue of Imported Galloway Cattle, Registered in the Galloway Herd Book, the property of A.B. Mathews of Kansas City, MO., for sale by Auction on Friday, November 2d, 1883 .
by (Cattle Trade)
Kansas City, Missouri: Press of Ramsey, Millett & Hudson, 1883. Illustrated with 2 full-page Engravings. 76 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original wrappers printed in red and black. Vertical crease to front wrap and a few corners previously turned down, a few prices realized in pencil. Very good. Illustrated with 2 full-page Engravings. 76 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Over... Read More
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Dickinson's Embossed Cards. First Specimen Book
by (Trade Catalogue, Embossing)
Boston: Samuel N. Dickinson, 1842. Printed title in blue and red within an embossed gilt ornamental frame, one printed "Notice" from the publisher dated June, 1842, 49 specimens of embossed cards (many tinted, some printed), all mounted to stiff card stock; and 7 sheets of "Embossed Specimens of Printed Billets" sewn to a stiff printed card. Oblong 4to. Bound... Read More
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Memorial ... Wider die Einfuhr-und Verkauffung der Frantzoesischen Warren und Manufacturen uebbergeben worden
by (Trade) Crockau, N. von
np, 1675. 8 pp. 12mo. Disbound. Fine. 8 pp. 12mo. The minister from Brandenburg to Vienna complains of the damage done to Brandenburg commercially through the sale of luxury items imported from France. Their distribution has ruined the country and ruined families and he urges controls on imports.
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The Book of Trades; or, Circle of the Useful Arts
by (Trades)
Glasgow: Printed [by George Brookman] for Richard Griffin and Co, 1835. Apparently the First Edition. Engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title page, 19 plates (including the frontispiece), and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text for the most part by John Miller, as well as Freeman and Rivers. 1 vols. Small Square 8vo. Contemporary powder blue linen, green pictorial paper label,... Read More
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Eugéne Vincent & Cie … Lyon 1807-1907
by (TRADE CATALOGUE, Spirits)
[Lyon: Imprimerie Gougenheim Frères, 1907. 30 numbered chromolithograph plates. Thin oblong 8vo (9-3/4 x 4-1/4 in.). Printed gray wrappers, stapled and with hole punches and string, gold foil stamped arms on front cover. Light wear to covers. With the distribution stamp of Albert Martin, 6 Rue des Tonneliers, Marseille. 30 numbered chromolithograph plates. Thin oblong 8vo (9-3/4 x... Read More
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Fret-Cutting and Perforated Carving with Practical Instructions
by (Trade Catalogue - Woodworking) Bemrose, W., Jr.
London and Derby: Bembrose & Sons, 1871. First Edition. Lithographed title within an ornamental mirror frame showing carved fretwork + 52 large woodcut designs (several double-page), on 31 leaves. 10, [2]; [10] pp. publisher’s catalogue. 1 vols. 4to. Publisher’s blind-stamped green cloth, stamped in blind and lettered in gold; with ticket “bound by Bemrose & Sons, Derby.” Very slight... Read More
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Borrhomeo the Astrologer. A Monkish Tale. Introduction by W. J. McCormack
by (Tragara Press) Le Fanu, J. Sheridan
Edinburgh: The Tragara Press, 1985. Number 21 of 30 copies specially printed on Amalfi paper. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green marbled wrappers, printed paper label. Fine. Number 21 of 30 copies specially printed on Amalfi paper. 1 vols. 8vo. Anderson 111; Halliwell A111a
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Studies of Plant Life in Canada; Or Gleanings From Forest, Lake and Plain
by Traill, C[atherine Parr Strickland]
Ottowa: A. S. Woodburn, 1885. First Edition. 9 chromolightgraphic plates, each with accompanying leaf of description (not included in pagination), from drawings by Mrs. Chamberlain, portrait frontispiece. [4], ix, [1], 288pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original gilt and blind stamped green cloth, bevelled edges. Expertly rebacked with the original spine preserved, front cover a little soiled, some occasional light foxing,... Read More
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“Three - Thirteen”: Typescript of this detective story, on 30 pages, approximately 9000 words. With a note at the end that indicates the story appeared in Popular Magazine, Nov. 7, 1919
by Train, Arthur Cheney (1875-1945)
n.p., 1919. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Mended marginal tear without loss on final page, else fine. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Clipped to the front is a small typewritten anonymous reader's report summarizing the plot and concluding, “(The plot is rather scattered, and no really good suspense to it. The accused, the hero, isn't a... Read More
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