Dictionnaire de la Bible. Contenant tous le noms de personnes, de lieux, de plantes, d’animaux, mentionnés dans les saintes écritures. Les questions théologiques, archéologiques, scientifiques, critiques relatives a l’ancien et au noveau testament et des notices sur les commentateurs anciens et modernes
by (Biblical Dictionary) Vigouroux, F.
Paris, 1912. First edition. 5 vols. Thick 4to. Full dark green linen, leather spine labels. Textblock somewhat toned. Fine. First edition. 5 vols. Thick 4to.
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Bibliographie Administrative ou Nomenclature méthodique et Raisonnée des Recueil de louis et d'Arrêts, des Instructions et Règlements Ministériels, des Traités de Jurisprudence et de Doctrine Administratives suivie d'une Liste des Documents Officiels et des Principaux Ouvrages Publiés en France sur les Diverses matiéres de l'Administration, par Un Employé du Ministère de l'Intérieur
by (Law Bibliography)
Paris: Jouvert, Libraire, 1848. pp 208. 1 vols. 8vo. Calf-backed marbled boards. Minor discoloration else an excellent copy with the ex-libris stamp of Andre Mater on the title. pp 208. 1 vols. 8vo. Rare.
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St John
by (Biblical) Hayter, Sir George
1827. 1 vols. 10 x 7 3/4. Etching on India laid paper, signed and dated in the plate "George Hayter Inv. sculp. 1827 Florence. 1 vols. 10 x 7 3/4" Sir George Hayter was Court Portrait Painter to Queen Victoria and especially noted for his large canvases of classical subjects. His etchings are important contributions to Victorian printmaking.... Read More
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Physiological Researches on Life and Death. Translated from the French by F. Gold...with Notes by F. Magendie. the Notes translated by George Hayward
by Bichat, Xavier
Boston: Published by Richardson and Lord. J.H.A. Frost, Printer, 1827. pp. viii, [9]-334. 1 vols. 8vo. Full contemporary sheep, worn, cover slightly sprung, foxed, front free-endpaper missing, else a very good tight copy. Signed Baj. L. Swan 1`836. pp. viii, [9]-334. 1 vols. 8vo. One of Bichat's most influential works wherein he examines what happens in violent, accidental... Read More
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The Book of the All-Round Angler, Comprehensive Treatise on Angling in Both Fresh and Salt Water
by Bickerdyke, John
London: L. Upcott Gill, 1888. Large Paper, no. 182 of 201 copies signed by author and publisher. With 150 engravings. Four plates on india paper, mounted. Title page printed in red and black. pp. [i]-xvii, [1]-128, [2], [1]-92, [2], [1]-127, [2], [1]-108, [i]-xxiv; 16 pp ads. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Quarter tan calf and boards, t.e.g., others uncut. Bookplates... Read More
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Cycling and Shooting Knickerbocker Stockings: how to knit them with plain and fancy turnover tops
by (Bicycling) Ryder, H.P.
London: Macmillan, 1896. Folding colored frontispiece and other photos in text. 35, [1] pp. 1 vols. Thin 4to. Original printed blue boards, a little worn, front inner hinge cracked, else near fine. Folding colored frontispiece and other photos in text. 35, [1] pp. 1 vols. Thin 4to. A wonderful item, with explicit instructions as promised in the title,... Read More
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Jayne Hinds Bidaut: Tintypes
by Bidaut, Jayne Hinds; Ray, Nicole [ed.]; Parry, Eugenia [essay]
New York: Graphis, 1999. First edition. Signed on title page; includes original tintype [edition 37 of 100] The original tintype is mounted on paper attached to the inside of the box; the paper is signed and numbered by Bidaut. 224 pp. [107 four-color plates from Bidaut's “Academy Figures”, “Insects”, and “Stereoscopic Nudes” series]. 4to. Publisher's red cloth, photo tipped... Read More
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Autograph letter, signed. 1 page to George Adams Esq. "Being better acquainted with the affairs of the late Clement Biddle have his son Norman Biddle be handed me your letter ... The only military Land owned by the late Clement Biddle that I know of were some held by him in partnership with the late General Muhlenberg of this state and which were sold many years ago to John Brown Esquire of Lexington, Kentucky ...
by Biddle, Charles
Philadelphia, 1818. 1 vols. 8vo. Old folds and some tears. 1 vols. 8vo. Clement Biddle 1740-1814, American Revolutionary soldier, b. Philadelphia. Early in the war, he helped organize the "Quaker Blues," a company of volunteers. He later served as deputy quartermaster general of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey militia, commissary general of forage under Nathaniel Greene in the... Read More
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Signature clipped from a document [with] an engraving of Biddle
by Biddle, James
np, nd. Engraving measuring approx 8-1/2 x 5 in. Signature mounted onto cream card. Engraving measuring approx 8-1/2 x 5 in. Commodore James Biddle (1783-1848) made the first attempt to establish formal relations between the United States and Japan in 1846. Biddle, a distinguished naval officer from Philadelphia, and graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, set out from... Read More
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ANS. To A.D. Bache, about sending copies of the proceedings
by Biddle, Nicholas
Philadelphia, 1836. Old folds.
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A Memoir of Sebastian Cabot. With a Review of the History of Maritime Discovery. Illustrated by documents from the Rolls, now first published ... [Bound with:] A Review of Captain Basil Hall's Travel's in North America ... Second edition ... [Bound with:] Remarks on Mr. Tytler’s Historical View of the Progress of Discovery &c., forming the IX. Number of the Edinburgh Cabinet Library ... [Bound with:] Remarks on the Revised Edition of the Edinburgh Cabinet Library
by Biddle, Richard
London: Hurst, Chance & Co, 1833. viii, 333, [1, imprint), plus errata slip; 149, [1, blank], [2, ads] [with a correction in manuscript to p. 30 inserted]; 31, [1, blank]; 15, [1, imprint]pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Nineteenth-century full tan calf, boards ruled in gilt, spine with contrasting lettering pieces, marbled edges, joints cracked with covers detached, marbled endpapers and... Read More
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Fantastic Fables
by Bierce, Ambrose
New York & London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons … The Knickerbocker Press, 1899. First edition. 194, [4, ads] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original tan pictorial cloth stamped in blue, red, black, and gold. About fine. First edition. 194, [4, ads] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Signed by Bierce on the flyleaf. Bierce was a journalist and short story writer, famous... Read More
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The Cynic's Word Book
by Bierce, Ambrose
New York: Doubleday, Page, 1906. First edition, BAL state A (no priority). [vi], 233, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown decorated cloth. Fine. First edition, BAL state A (no priority). [vi], 233, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition of a work (comprising definitions for A through L) that later gained fame as The Devil’s Dictionary (a... Read More
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Autograph inscription and signature “Sincerely yours / Albert Bierstadt” New York, May 16, 1884
by Bierstadt, Albert
New York, 1884. 1 vols. 8vo. Glue residue on verso, old folds, else fine. 1 vols. 8vo. Boldly signed by the great painter of the American West.
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American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review. Volume I, Numbers 1-VI; Volumes II, Numbers 1-VI
by Bigelow, H. & Orville Luther Holley, editors
New York: published for [Horatio] Biglow & [Oliver L.] Holley, Esqrs. by Kirk & Mercein...Daniel Fanshaw, Printer, No. 241 Pearl-street, 1818. loss at p. 55 of vol II, #1. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary amateur half calf and boards, with printed blue wrappers for each part front and back bound in, the front cover after Vol.I Part I has a... Read More
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Autograph letter signed, to his parents, detailing the tragic death of his older brother Henry
by Bigelow, Jacob
Boston, 1815. 3pp., with integral address leaf. 4to. Usual folds. 3pp., with integral address leaf. 4to. Bigelow (1787-1879), noted early American physician and botanist. After studying under Benjamin Smith Barton and practicing with James Jackson, Bigelow was appointed professor in materia medica and botany at Harvard. In 1817 he began to publish his monumental three-volume American Medical Botany,... Read More
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Camera Shots at Big Game. With an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt
by (Big Game) Wallihan, A.G.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1901. First edition. Illustrated. 77 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Brick cloth, pictorial paste-down on upper board, t.e.g. Spine ends chipped, hinges rubbed, paste-down rubbed, 1 inch tear to frontispiece. With bookplate and blindstamp of the Library of the American Museum of Natural History. First edition. Illustrated. 77 pp. 1 vols. 4to. ... Read More
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Sport in the Highlands of Kashmir. Being a narrative of eight months’ trip in the Baltistan and Ladak, and a Lady’s experience in the latter country; Together with hints for the guidance of sportsmen
by (Big game) Darrah, Henry Zouch
London: Rowland Ward, 1898. First edition. Illustrated with photographs by the author, and one folding map [of two] in back pocket. 506 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Mulberry cloth titled in silver. Hinges cracked. Lacking one map. Good only. First edition. Illustrated with photographs by the author, and one folding map [of two] in back pocket. 506 pp. 1... Read More
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Les Chansons de Bilitis. Translated by Piere Louys
by Bilitis
Paris: Georges Guillot, Editeur, 1948. #202 of 250 copies on Arches blanc. Illustré de vingt pointes sèches originales de Mariette Lydis. 1 vols. Large 4to. In paper portfolio and chemise. Wrappers. Fine. #202 of 250 copies on Arches blanc. Illustré de vingt pointes sèches originales de Mariette Lydis. 1 vols. Large 4to.
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Hand-colored lithograph: “Birds Eye View of Mt. Vernon, The Home of Washington”
by Bill, G. & F.
Massachusetts, 1859. 14-1/4 x 11-1/4 inches (image size). Matted. framed, and glazed. Fine. 14-1/4 x 11-1/4 inches (image size).
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Doctor Michael Röting (1494-1588), Friend of Luther
by Binck, Jakob (ca. 1485-1569)
1560. Engarving, diamter 61 mm. Matted. Engarving, diamter 61 mm. Hollstein 254 , II/II; H. 142, P. 309
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The Rainbow 1847
by (Binding) MacDonald, A.J., ed
Albany, New York: A.L. Harrison. New-York, Bell and Gould, 1847. First edition, first state. Engraved title-page and 9 engraved plates. viii, [i], 272 pp. 8vo. Publisher's cream calf, covers blocked in gilt, stencilled ornaments in green, red and brown paint in imitation of colored onlays, spine with circular black onlay stamped “1847”, spine ends stamped in gilt, “A.L. Harrison,... Read More
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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
by (Bindings) Dickens, Charles
London: George G. Harrap & Co, 1930. Color plate illustrations by C.E. Brock. xx, 687 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full brown morocco for Asprey of London, upper cover centered with large illustration in multi-color morocco onlay after a plate in the book, spine lettered in gilt with gilt device of Samuel Pickwick in four panels, a.e.g., gilt inner dentelles,... Read More
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Carmina. edition Stereotypa Herhan
by (Binding, Chilliat Binding) Horatius Flaccus, Quintus
Paris: E prelis fratrum Mame, 1808. [4], xi, [1], 353 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Full contemporary straight-grained red morocco, covers with ornamental gilt-rolled borders, spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt-stamped in 5 and lettered in one, gilt turn-ins, pale blue coated endpapers, all edge gilt, with the binder's name stamped in gilt at the foot of the... Read More
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Henriette d’Angleterre et La Cour de Louis XIV
by (Binding) Saint-André, Claude
Paris: Librairie Plon, 1933. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Full red and blue morocco by Margaret Lévy, decorative endpapers, t.e.g. Original wrappers bound in. Fine. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo.
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