ASSYRISCHE GEBETE AN DEN SONNENGOTT Fur Staat Und Konigliches Haus Aus Der Zeit Asarhaddons Und Asurbanipals: Band 1 Autographierte Texte
by Dr. J. A. Knudtzon
Leipzig: Verlag Von Eduard Pfeiffer, 1893. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Volume 1 only. Previous owner's name and address stamped on front paste-down endpaper. Boards slightly soiled, especially on rear board. Black cloth, gilt lettering. near Very Good binding.
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HANNE LUTTE UN DE LUTTE PUDEL
by F. Reuter | Rudolf Koch
Offenbach am Main: Koch und Gerstung, 1911. The first of Rudolf Koch's press. One of 300 numbered copies, in half-parchment over paper-covered boards; with hand titling inked by Rudolf Koch; top edge gilt. With title and chapter numbers cut by Koch in wood and printed in red with the colophon in blue; the German type... Read More
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[TYPOGRAPHY] DAS SCHREIBBUCHLEIN. EINE ANLEITUNG ZUM SCHREIBEN
by Rudolf Koch
Kassel-Wilhelmshohe Barentieter-Verlag, 1948. 8vo.; in printed cardstock binding, [1], 46 pages, followed by colophon; pages have darkened a bit.~~A nice copy of Rudolf Koch's little notebook on writing.
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SCHRIFT UND HANDWERK. EIN BEITRAG ZU KUNSTLERISCHEN FRAGEN DER GEGENWART. ZUGLEICH EIN FUHRER DURCH EINE AUSSTELLUNG DER OFFENBACHER SCHREIBERWERKSTATT IM HESSISCHEN GEWERBEMUSEUM ZU DARMSTADT. JANUAR BIS APRIL 1927
by [Rudolf Koch]
Offenbach a.M.: Klingspor, 1927. First Edition. Very Good binding. Printed wrappers; 37 pages with graphic illustrations throughout. Very Good binding.
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![[PHOTOGRAPHY] [TRADE CATALOGUES] EASTMAN KODAK STORES (Kansas City, MO) ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS LENSES AND MATERIALS FOR ALL BRANCHES OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PROFESSION (CATALOGUE NO. 29)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/846/582/1693582846.0.m.jpg)
[PHOTOGRAPHY] [TRADE CATALOGUES] EASTMAN KODAK STORES (Kansas City, MO) ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS LENSES AND MATERIALS FOR ALL BRANCHES OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PROFESSION (CATALOGUE NO. 29)
by Eastman Kodak
Philadelphia: Eastman Kodak Stores, Inc, 1929. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. 159pp. 4to.; in the publisher’s printed tan wrappers with a string in the upper corner for hanging it from a nail; 155 pages including the Index; with many half-tone images of cameras and photographic paraphernalia -- from posing benches and photographic and scenic backgrounds to Photo Wringers,... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS[ THE BOOK OF ECCLESIATES
by Koeheleth
New Directions, 1940. Quarto; in publisher’s white linen backed in blue cloth; housed in a slipcase; there are no marks of any kind in the book.
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THE PROGRESS AWAY FROM ROMANCE: ESCAPISM AND ANTI-ESCAPISM IN JOHN KEATS’S POETRY
by Yoko Komoto
Tokyo: Nan’un-Do, 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Signed. This copy is Signed with a personal inscription by Ms. Komoto, with an als laid in as well. There is also a bookplate accompanying the gift of the book with Komoto’s signature as well. An uncommon published dissertation, with only three copies found on... Read More
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DIE ERKENNTNISS UND HEILUNG DER OHRENKRANKHEIREN
by Wilhelm Kramer
Berlin: In der Nicolai'schen Buchhandlung, 1836. Second Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. Second edition of Kramer's landmark study on diseases of the ear. The German doctor is one of the first to devote himself almost exclusively to the science of otology, and his works were soon translated into English by J. R. Bennett (1837) and French by... Read More
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[PHILOSOPHY] ARISTOTLE POLITICS BOOKS VII AND VIII
by Richard Kraut
Clarendon Press, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo; in the publisher’s black cloth binding with titling on the spine in gold; 229 pages including the Index; a touch of water damage to the edge; otherwise a fine copy. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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![[CIVIL WAR] LEE'S LIEUTENANTS, A STUDY IN COMMAND. VOL. I: MANASSAS TO MALVERN HILL. VOL. II: CEDAR MOUNTAIN TO CHANCELLORSVILLE. VOL. III: GETTYSBURG TO APPOMATTOX. (THREE VOLUMES)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/803/263/1610263803.0.m.jpg)
[CIVIL WAR] LEE'S LIEUTENANTS, A STUDY IN COMMAND. VOL. I: MANASSAS TO MALVERN HILL. VOL. II: CEDAR MOUNTAIN TO CHANCELLORSVILLE. VOL. III: GETTYSBURG TO APPOMATTOX. (THREE VOLUMES)
by Douglas Southall Freeman | [Robert K. Krick]
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946. Mixed Editions. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Three large 8vo. volumes; in the publisher's black cloth bindings; lvi, [lvii], 773 pages including the Index; xlv, [xlvi] 760 pages, including the Index; xlvi[ [xlvii]. 862 pages, including the Index; followed by a large folding map of Battlegrounds of the Army of Northern Virginia;... Read More
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[ART] ILYA REPIN
by Grigory Sternin; Yelena Krillina
Parkstone Press International, 2011. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Quarto; in pictorial boards, with dustjacket; 199 pages, including the Index; with illustrations mostly in color; there are no marks of any kind in the book.~~Repin was one of Russia's "itinerant" painters. Fine binding / Fine dust jacket.
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POP-UPS FROM PRAGUE. A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE GRAPHIC ARTISTRY OF VOJTECH KUBASTA (1914-1992) FROM THE COLLECTION OF ELLEN G. K. RUBIN
by Vojtech Kubasta
New York: The Grolier Club, 2014. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. The exhibition catalog held at the Grolier Club, New York City, January 23-March 15, 2014. Color illustrations. With no marks. Softcover. Near Fine binding.
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ON BEING A CHRISTIAN (Signed)
by Hans Kung
New York: Doubleday, 1978. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. This copy of Kung's monumental work is Signed by Hans Kung on the title page. There are occasional pencil marks in the text. The dustjacket is now protected with a new mylar cover. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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[PHILOSOPHY] THE STRUGGLE AGAINST DOGMATISM WITTGENSTEIN AND THE CONCEPT OF PHILOSOPHY
by Oskari Kuusela
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2008. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Octavo; in the publisher’s black cloth; xvii, 351 pages including the Index; in an unclipped jacket; price sticker on rear of the jacket; one small dot on the verso of the half title page. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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ROUND THE WORLD FOR GOLD. A SEARCH FOR MINERALS FROM KANSAS TO CATHAY
by Herbert W. L. Way
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd, 1912. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. Truly a travelogue of adventures "Round the World" with some in the United States including cattle punching in Kansas (though not listed in Adams [Rampaging Herd]. With black and white illustrations, and a number of maps, all of which are... Read More
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![[INTERIOR DESIGN] [ELEVEN PAMPHLETS, TRADE CATALOGS] THE SHARD. FRAGMENTARY MESSAGES OF CURRENT INTEREST TO OUR CLIENTELE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/737/481/1240481737.0.m.jpg)
[INTERIOR DESIGN] [ELEVEN PAMPHLETS, TRADE CATALOGS] THE SHARD. FRAGMENTARY MESSAGES OF CURRENT INTEREST TO OUR CLIENTELE
by Carbone Company | [Hans A. Laaby]
Boston; Chicago; New York; Florence: Carbone, 1930. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. The Shard: Fragmentary Messages of Current Interest to our Clientele, issued monthly by the Carbone Company of Boston, an interior design importer. Decorative arts trade catalogs, with half tone illustrations of decorative arts throughout. The issues for November, 1928; January-June, 1929; September-November, 1929; and September, 1930.... Read More
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An Explanatory Pronouncing Dictionary of the French Language, in French and English..
by L'Abbe Tardy; Campbell, Malcom, A.M. (revised & corrected)
New Brunswick, NJ: Printed By William Elliot, 1808. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Previous owner's name written on front paste-down and flyleaf. No pencil or ink markings in text. Waterstain at bottom of first few pages. Full brown leather binding with red spine label, gilt lettering. Archival repair to spine. Very Good binding.
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LA PRESENCE AMERICAINE EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE
by Gerard Lacourrege
L"Atelier D'Art Graphique, 1982. A substantial album in a binder, illustrated throughout with captioned photographs (in French) of American troops and scenes from New Caledonia in World War II. Designed by by Pierre Alibert with a handwritten signed letter from him laid in. Apparently published in two separate volumes, this one covers the years 1944-45. Published... Read More
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SKETCHES AND PORTRAITS OF THE VIRGINIA CONFERENCE, Methodist Episcopal Church, South
by Lafferty, Rev. John J., D.L.
Richmond, VA: Christian Advocate Office, 1890. First Edition. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Illustrated throughout with worthies of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Hinges have been repaired with japanese tissue, and the rear endpaper is lacking (as is a piece of the "Fore-word" page -- not affecting any text). Still, despite this, an nice sturdy... Read More
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LA POUPEE DE GRAND'MAMAM
by L. Lafitte
[Paris]: Hachette, [193-?]. Pictorial Boards. Very Good binding. Attractive copy of a charming French illustrated children's book; in pictorial card-stock wrappers; color illustrations. Very Good binding.
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NOCTUOIDEA Noctuidae (Part) (The Moths of America, North of Mexico Including Greenland)
by Lafontaine, J. Donald & Poole, Robert W.
Washington, D. C.: The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, 1991. Soft Cover. Very Good+ binding. Illustrations; Fascicle 25.1. No markings in text. Tan paper covers with reddish-brown and black lettering. Very Good+ binding.
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![[HISTORY] SKETCHES FROM LIFE [3 VOLUMES] EMBELLISHED WITH A PORTRAIT, AFTER A DRAWING BY DANIEL MACLISE, R. A., AND SEVERAL WOOD ENGRAVINGS, FROM DESIGNS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, KENNY MEADOWS, AND FRANK STONE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/657/926/1574926657.0.m.jpg)
[HISTORY] SKETCHES FROM LIFE [3 VOLUMES] EMBELLISHED WITH A PORTRAIT, AFTER A DRAWING BY DANIEL MACLISE, R. A., AND SEVERAL WOOD ENGRAVINGS, FROM DESIGNS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, KENNY MEADOWS, AND FRANK STONE
by Laman Blanchard | Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart
London: Henry Colburn, Publisher, 1849. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Three 8vo. volumes; in green embossed cloth with decorations and titling in gilt to the spines; xliv, [1], 2-296 pages; v, [1], 2-396 pages; iv, [1], 2-416 pages; with canary yellow endsheets (the front flyleaf of Volume 3 is torn at the bottom corner where the... Read More
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THE OFFICE AND DUTY OF A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, AND A GUIDE TO CLERKS, CONSTABLES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, GUARDIANS, SHERIFFS, TAX-COLLECTORS, AND RECEIVERS, AND OTHER CIVIL OFFICERS ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
by Augustin S. Clayton; Lucius Q. C. Lamar
Milledgeville: S. Grantland, 1824. Full Leather. Very Good binding. A relatively uncommon and early handbook for Justices of the Peace in Georgia. With the signature of "Jas. S. Jones, Esq. | McDonough | Henry County, Ga." In sheep with morocco title label and some darkening to the textblock. The boards have been reattached and... Read More
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THE WORKS OF WILLIAM HOGARTH REPRODUCED BY THE HELIOTYPE PROCESS FROM THE ORIGINAL ENGRAVINGS..
by William Hogarth; William Makepeace Thackeray; Charles Lamb
Boston, MA: James R. Osgood and Company, 1876. Half Leather. Very Good binding. ...With a Sketch of Hogarth's Life and Career by William Makepeace Thackeray, and an Essay on the Genius and Character of Hogarth by Charles Lamb. Complete with heliotyped plates. Bound in three-quarter morocco. Some repair to the moire endpapers, and loss to... Read More
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[PHILOSOPHY] THE MORALS OF MODERNITY
by Charles Lamore
Cambridg: Cambridge University Press, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Octavo; in the publisher’s black cloth binding with titling on the spine in gold; x, 226 pages including the index; a few scratches to the jacket. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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