![[TRAVEL] L'OSSERVATORE FIORENTINO SUGLI EDIFIZJ DELLA SUA PATRIA [8 Volumes; Complete Set]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/641/146/1586146641.0.m.jpg)
[TRAVEL] L'OSSERVATORE FIORENTINO SUGLI EDIFIZJ DELLA SUA PATRIA [8 Volumes; Complete Set]
by [Marco Lastri] | [Sydney Alexander | Dorothy Neville Lees]
Firenze: Presso Gaspero Ricci, 1821. Terza Editione. Hard Cover. Good+ binding. Eight 8vos,; quarter bound in the publisher's green pebbled cloth over marbled board; there is a large folding plan of Florence with some edgewear and foxing; with a closed tear at the intersection of two folds; much of the back of the folding map has early reinforcing... Read More
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![[AMERICANA] A COMPILATION OF ALL THE ACTS, RESOLUTIONS, REPORTS, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS OF THE BANK OF STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. AFFORDING FULL INFORMATION CONCERNING THAT INSTITUTION](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/130/942/1675942130.0.m.jpg)
[AMERICANA] A COMPILATION OF ALL THE ACTS, RESOLUTIONS, REPORTS, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS OF THE BANK OF STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. AFFORDING FULL INFORMATION CONCERNING THAT INSTITUTION
by [South Carolina Legislature]
Columbia, S. C.: A. S. Johnson; S. G. Summer, 1848. First Edition. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. Quarto; in the original blue-green printed wrapper; [iii], iv-xx; [1], 2-723 pages; the top edges of the pages are mostly unopened; the original wrappers are uncommon. Very Good binding.
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![[BROCHURE] WICKHAM COURT HOTEL](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/291/790/1599790291.0.m.jpg)
[BROCHURE] WICKHAM COURT HOTEL
by [Clare Leighton]
London: Press & General Publicity Service, 1935. Original Sewn Wrappers. Very Good binding. Quarto; in printed cardstock wrappers, with lettering and decorative device stamped in black and in silver, with silk cord tie; 20 pages, with colored frontispiece by Martin F. Hamryn, and three tip-in woodcut illustrations by Clare Leighton; promotional brochure from the first year after this... Read More
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![[SIGNED] TALES FROM THE CLOUD WALKING COUNTRY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/144/580/1680580144.0.m.jpg)
[SIGNED] TALES FROM THE CLOUD WALKING COUNTRY
by Marie Campbell | Clare Leighton
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1958. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Signed. Large 8vo.; in publisher’s pale green boards, with price-clipped dustjacket; this copy is signed by Clare Leighton “in warm friendship”.~~Homegrown folktales from European sources but with a Kentucky spin -- a natural fit for Clare Leighton’s exquisite woodcuts. Near Fine binding /... Read More
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THE WESTERN PONY [With Original Drawing; Signed]
by William R. Leigh
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1935. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. This copy has been signed with a personal inscription to one "William B. Arnold In memory of the delightful afternoon we spent together in my studio. W. R. Leigh". In addition, there is taped to the front endpaper an original pencil sketch, quite unfinished,... Read More
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HUMAN CONSCIENCE AND MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN RELATIONS: Modern Egyptian thinkers on Al-Damir
by Leirvik, Oddbjorn
London; New York, NY: Routledge, 2006. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. No markings in text. Blue hardcover binding with white lettering. Near Fine binding.
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![[MILITARY] TREATISE ON FORTIFICATION, OR, LECTURES DELIVERED TO OFFICERS READING FOR THE STAFF](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/974/331/1376331974.0.m.jpg)
[MILITARY] TREATISE ON FORTIFICATION, OR, LECTURES DELIVERED TO OFFICERS READING FOR THE STAFF
by Captain [Auguste Frederic] Lendy
London: W. Mitchell, 1862. First Edition. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Treatise by one of the most respected of the British Army crammer, having set up a military college at Sundbury House, with a specialty in the study of fortifications. This copy in half red morocco over marbled boards; the front joint is starting at the bottom,... Read More
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COLUTHI RAPTUS HELENAE.| ANIMADVERSIONUM. LIBRI TRES. TUM IN COLUTHUM, TUM IN NONNULLOS ALIOS AUCTORES. | OBSERVATIONES CRITICAE IN COLUTHUM ET MUSAEUM
by Coluthus; Joannes Daniel Lennep
C. H. F. Hartmanni, 1825. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. An epic poem, titled "The Rape of Helen", by the ancient Greek author Coluthus. The text is written in Greek and Latin, with variant readings and notes added by Joannes Daniel Lennep and Christiani Friderici Graefii. Contains no markings of any kind. Bound in marbled paper covered boards.... Read More
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LE MEXIQUE AU DEBUT DU XXe SIECLE (2 Volume Set) Vol; Vol II
by Le Prince Roland Bonaparte, Leon Bourgeois, Jules Claretie, D'Estournelles De Constant, A. De Foville, Hippolyte Gomot, O. Greard, Albin Haller, Camille Krantz, Michel Lagrave, Louis De Launay, Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, E. Levasseur, Le General Niox, et al..
Paris: Librairie Ch. Delagrave. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Illustrated; Sold as a 2 volume set. Professionally rebacked. Volume I and Volume II each have a fold-out map. Previous owner's name at top of title page of volume I. No pencil or ink markings in text. Text in French. Red cloth bindings.... Read More
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THE REHEARSALS ABRIDGED. CONTAINING A VIEW OF THE TIMES, THEIR PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES. VOL. I.
by Lover of Truth [Charles Leslie]
1719. First Edition. Designed to "instruct and confirm People in right Principles of Church and State, that every one may be rescued from the raging Contagion of Atheism, Deism, Socianism, Fanaticism, Rebellion and Debauchery, that like a Deluge have overpowered the Face of these Lands", this is an Abridgment of Charles Leslie's View of the Times. Leslie was... Read More
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![[MILITARY] THE HISTORY OF THE LANDGUARD FORT, IN SUFFOLK](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/528/003/1506003528.0.m.jpg)
[MILITARY] THE HISTORY OF THE LANDGUARD FORT, IN SUFFOLK
by Major John Henry Leslie
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1898. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto; in the publisher's red cloth with titling in gilt; xvi, [1], 2-141 pages, including the Index; with frontispiece and 25 plates; the spine is a bit faded, otherwise a very nice copy; there is a circular armorial bookplate on the pastedown; no other marks. Very... Read More
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[TRAVEL] THE LINDEN TREES
by Carlo Levi
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1962. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Octavo; paper-covered boards backed in teal cloth, with dustjacket; bumped at the bottom edges of the front and back boards; the jacket has not been price-clipped.~~There are no ownership marks in the book. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.... Read More
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![[SIGNED] [PHILOSOPHY] [DREAMLAND OF HUMANISTS WARBURG, CASSIERER, PANOFSKY, AND THE HAMBURG SCHOOL](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/450/864/1701864450.0.m.jpg)
[SIGNED] [PHILOSOPHY] [DREAMLAND OF HUMANISTS WARBURG, CASSIERER, PANOFSKY, AND THE HAMBURG SCHOOL
by Emily J. Levine
Chicago: The University of Chicago Pres, 2013. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Octavo; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding; xix, 444 pages including the Index; in and unclipped jacket. ~~Inscribed by Emily Levine on the title page. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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![[PHILOSOPHY] RELIGION, MODERNITY, & POLITICS IN HEGEL](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/574/120/1700120574.0.m.jpg)
[PHILOSOPHY] RELIGION, MODERNITY, & POLITICS IN HEGEL
by Thomas A. Lewis
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. 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; in an unclipped dust jacket; xiv, 277 pages including the Index; with previous owner’s annotations in pencil throughout; half a page of pencil notes on one of the last... Read More
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![[19th CENTURY DUSTJACKET] [MEMOIR] LITTLE SISTER. A TRUE STORY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/295/359/1626359295.0.m.jpg)
[19th CENTURY DUSTJACKET] [MEMOIR] LITTLE SISTER. A TRUE STORY
by L. G. H.
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1892. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo.; in the publisher's white cloth binding with titling and decoration in gilt, with dustjacket; unpaginated;the text is printed on the rectos only; all edges gilt; the white boards are soiled.~~This 19th century book retains it's plain printed dustwrapper; there is some wear... Read More
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A CATALOGUE OF THE MAPS AND CHARTS IN THE LIBRARY OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS. VOLUME III
by Harvard University Library
Cambridge: E. W. Metcalf and Company, 1831. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo. (9" x 5 3/4");i n the publisher's drab paper-covered boards, backed in faded crimson cloth with a paper labels; the pages are unopened; there is a small amount of loss to the front free endpaper.~~This being issued as Volume III of the Harvard... Read More
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A CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS. VOL. II (ONLY)
by Harvard University Library
Cambridge: E. W. Metcalf and Company, 1830. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A solid copy in the publisher's green paper-covered boards, backed in brown cloth with morocco labels. This copy: "His Excellency Governor Filch, from the President & Fellows of the University at Cambridge 19th Oct. 1846" on the front endpaper. There are no... Read More
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JENNY AMBROSE; or, Life in the Eastern States
by [Eliza Jane Cate]. By the Author of "Lights and Shadows of Factory Life
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 1866. Soft Cover. Good+ binding. No pencil or ink markings in text. Text is clean. Plum color paper covers with dark lettering. Bottom spine is chipped with paper missing. Moderate to heavy edgewear to covers. Good+ binding.
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HISTORY OF THE CHATTIN FAMILY
by Alma Chattin Lindbergh
1985. A substantial compendium regarding the Chattin Family; 297 leaves, with family notes, clippings, etc. With the final 6 leaves being addendum of the Fifth Generation, Mary Chattin Vaden -- with some handwritten annotations and additional information.
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MONGOLIA. LAND OF THE DEER STONE
by Elaine Ling
Lodima Press, 2009. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Still in the publisher's shrink-wrap. Pictorial hardcover. Oblong quarto. Fine binding.
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RIPENESS IS ALL
by Eric Linklater
London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Fair dust jacket. An early and uncommon book by this Welsh born, Scottish-reared writer. Linklater has the distinction of having fought in both World Wars. A clean First Edition copy with no marks of any kind in the book. The binding has shelfwear to the... Read More
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THE ROYAL GALLERY OF PICTURES, BEING A SELECTION OF THE CABINET PAINTINGS IN HER MAJESTY'S PRIVATE COLLECTION AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE
by John Linnell
London: James Bohn, 1840. Full Leather. Good binding. Complete with additional title page, engraved, and 32 reproduction plates. Joints reinforced by a conservator. Shadows of amateur tape repair to the preliminaries; scotch tape repair to the tissue page facing the engraved title; dampstaining to the gutter of the preliminaries; foxing to the plates. Full red morocco with gilt... Read More
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![[SPECIAL PRESS] THE EMBLEMS OF THEODOSIUS OR THE UNITY OF ENDYMION AND PROMETHEUS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/097/509/1689509097.0.m.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS] THE EMBLEMS OF THEODOSIUS OR THE UNITY OF ENDYMION AND PROMETHEUS
by Raymond Lister
Cambridge: Golden Head Press, 1969. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. 4to; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding; (12) unpaginated pages; with 9 drawings by Raymond Lister; a bit of wear to the edges; a trivial stain on the upper board; a couple of light scratches to the lower board.~~Nine impressions lettered A to I, containing one... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] FOR LOVE OF LEDA
by Raymond Lister
Linton: Windmill House Press, 1976. Vellum Binding. Very Good binding. Small quarto, in original limp vellum, with leading yapp edges; housed in a printed paper slipcase; #5 of 14 signed copies, each with one of the original illustrations by the author, and with 14 colored reproductions; calligraphy by Jacqueline J. Richardson; the vellum is lightly soiled. Very Good... Read More
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EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA (2 VOLUMES: SET)
by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra | Martin de Riquer (Texto y Notas) | Jose Narro (Vinetas y Litografias)
Barcelona: Editorial Juventud, 1950. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. A handsome production, printed in Barcelona, and in 2 volumes. Backed in green morocco over cream linen-covered boards. The spine have elaborate stamping. The colored illustrations by Jose Narro, as well as the headpieces to each chapter, are charming. There is some light soiling to the... Read More
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