![[SIGNED] [LAW] [POVERTY] AN ACCOUNT OF THE RISE, PROGRESS, AND PRESENT STATE OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE DISCHARGE AND RELIEF OF PERSONS IMPRISONED FOR SMALL DEBTS THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/131/554/1671554131.0.m.jpg)
[SIGNED] [LAW] [POVERTY] AN ACCOUNT OF THE RISE, PROGRESS, AND PRESENT STATE OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE DISCHARGE AND RELIEF OF PERSONS IMPRISONED FOR SMALL DEBTS THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES
by James Neild
London: Printed by John Nichols and Son, 1808. [Third Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Signed. 8vo.; in full speckled calf, with a decorative border in gilt to the perimeter of the boards, and with greek key design and decorations in gilt, and with red morocco label; there is minor loss to the extremities of the spine; the... Read More
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CARNAVAL
by Leroy Neiman
New York: Knoedler, 1981. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Leroy Neiman's lusty, bright and joyful illustrations abound. A First Edition copy in a Fine binding and a Very Good mylar printed wrapper. There is minor rippling and dustiness to the wrapper. There are no marks of any kind in the book.... Read More
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![[PHOTOGRAPHY] BEFORE THEY PASS AWAY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/990/753/1615753990.0.m.jpg)
[PHOTOGRAPHY] BEFORE THEY PASS AWAY
by Jimmy Nelson
New York: teNeues, 2018. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Large quarto; in publisher's suede cloth in a subtle animal patters; 424 pages; this edition in English, French and German.~~A fine copy, with no marks of any kind. Fine binding / Fine dust jacket.
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![[CIVIL WAR RUINS] RUIN NATION: DESTRUCTION AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/760/017/1431017760.0.m.jpg)
[CIVIL WAR RUINS] RUIN NATION: DESTRUCTION AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
by Megan Kate Nelson
Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2012. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. 8vo.; in the publisher's blue cloth binding; xvii, 332 pages; a clean copy with no marks of any kind.~~The author describes the destruction and ruination resulting from the Civil War as "our own Pompeii". Near Fine binding.
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A PREFACE TO DE FLAGELLO MYRTEO By "NEVA" with Forty-two Omitted "Thoughts" and Some Quotations from the Author's Letters
by Neva
London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot, 1906. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Previous owner's bookplate attached to front paste-down. No pencil or ink markings in text. Green cloth binding with light edgewear to extremities. Gilt lettering on front board and spine. Very Good binding.
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![[SPECIAL PRESS] JOURNEY TO THE DEAD SEA. A POEM IN FOUR PARTS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/005/607/1588607005.0.m.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS] JOURNEY TO THE DEAD SEA. A POEM IN FOUR PARTS
by William Jay Smith | David Newbert
Omaha, Nebraska: Abattoir Editions, 1979. Limited Edition. Soft Cover. Fine binding. Oblong octavo; in printed tan wrapper stitched with cord; [12] with 2 relief prints by David Newbert; in an edition limited to 222 copies from Bembo and Romulus types on Ingres paper. Fine binding.
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THE MONTHLY CONCERT; WITH FACTS AND REFLECTIONS, SUITED TO AWAKEN A ZEAL FOR THE CONVERSION OF THE WORLD
by Harvey Newcomb
Pittsburgh, PA: Luke Loomis, 1836. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. One of 178 volumes penned by this prolific 19th century cleric, who edited journals, wrote books for the American Sunday-school Union and held several pastorates [Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. IV, p. 502 (1888). First printed in 1830, in an edition with a folding map, this... Read More
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UNITED STATES COPPER CENTS, 1816-1857
by Howard R. Newcomb
New York: Numismatic Review, 1944. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good+ binding. Quarto; An attractive copy, of the “thick-paper” edition, bound in full red morocco. A penciled note on the end papers states that this is one of 75 copies only which were printed in thick paper. Clean, with no marks of any kind, and in a leather... Read More
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THE AMERICAN OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1864-1989 |CONSTITUTION AND SIGNATURE BOOK (2 VOLUMES; SLIPCASE; SIGNED)
by Frank W. Newell
Rochester, Minnesota: Johnson Printing Company, 1989. Hard Cover. Fine binding. A pristine 2-volume set in Slipcase; this copy Signed with a personal inscription by Frank Newell on the title page of the first volume. A Continuation of the First Hundred Years of the AOS, by Maynard Wheeler. Fine binding.
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THE CONFEDERATE STATES RAM. MERRIMAC OR VIRGINIA. THE HISTORY OF HER PLAN AND CONSTRUCTION, AND HER ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE UNITED STATES FLEET MARCH 8 AND 9, 1862
by Virginius Newton
Richmond: The Hermitage Press, Inc, 1907. First Edition. First appearing in the Southern Historical Society papers, this is the first appearance as a separate pamphlet. Stamped on the verso of the front cover: “Presented by Mrs. Virginius Newton, Confederate Reunion, Richmond, Va. May 30-June 3, 1907” (one surmises it was printed up for distribution at the reunion). A very... Read More
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![[FORGERIES] FIFTY DRAWINGS BY AUBREY BEARDSLEY. SELECTED FROM THE COLLECTION OWNED BY MR. H. S. NICHOLS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/957/776/1611776957.0.m.jpg)
[FORGERIES] FIFTY DRAWINGS BY AUBREY BEARDSLEY. SELECTED FROM THE COLLECTION OWNED BY MR. H. S. NICHOLS
by Aubrey Beardsley | H. S. Nichols
New York: H. S. Nichols, 1920. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto; in publisher's black cloth binding, with decorative floral motif in the style of Aubrey Beardsley; beveled edges; the front board is reasonably bright, though the spine is dull; the edition is limited to 500 copies numbered 1 to 500, of which this is copy... Read More
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![[ARCHITECTURE] THE MECHANIC'S COMPANION; OR, THE ELEMENTS AND PRACTICE OF CARPENTRY, JOINERY, BRICKLAYING, MASONRY, SLATING, PLASTERING, PAINTING, SMITHING, AND TURNING, COMPREHENDING THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS; AND CONTAINING A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE TOOLS ... WITH AN ESSAY ON THE STEAM ENGINE WITH FORTY SIX ENGRAVINGS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/364/304/1564304364.4.m.jpg)
[ARCHITECTURE] THE MECHANIC'S COMPANION; OR, THE ELEMENTS AND PRACTICE OF CARPENTRY, JOINERY, BRICKLAYING, MASONRY, SLATING, PLASTERING, PAINTING, SMITHING, AND TURNING, COMPREHENDING THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS; AND CONTAINING A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE TOOLS ... WITH AN ESSAY ON THE STEAM ENGINE WITH FORTY SIX ENGRAVINGS
by Peter Nicholason
Philadelphis: Harper & Row, 1850. Fourth Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Large 8vo.; in the publisher's blue embossed cloth binding, with the spine elaborately titled in gilt; complete with frontispiece and 40 full page numbered plates and numerous in-text illustrations; a signature or two a bit loose but all holding well.~~First published in 1812 as Mechanical Exercises;... Read More
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[SIGNED] [MAINE] THE ISLAND SHEPHERD [WITH PHOTOGRPAH]
by Yolla Niclas
New York: The Viking Press, 1959. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Fair dust jacket. Signed. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s green cloth, with a faint stain to the upper board; with dustjacket; the dustjacket has not been price-clipped but is quite worn and has loss.~~This copy is signed by Yolla Niclas who wrote the text and took... Read More
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WONDERFUL STREET
by Takao Niikura
Tokyo: Sokyu-Sha, 2007. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Niikura burst on the Japanese photography scene in 1965 with Dizzy Noon in which he presented a series of color photographs taken on the day the Japanese government opened the US Naval Air Facility Atsugi to the public. Niikura focussed on the cross cultural... Read More
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UNDER A GLASS BELL
by Anais Nin
London: Editions Poetry, 1947. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Published in London in 1947, this edition fell between the first printing by Nin's Gemor Press in 1944, and the re-issue by Dutton in 1948. Uncommon. The dustjacket has been price-clipped, and is protected with a mylar cover. Very Good binding / Very Good... Read More
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![[CONFEDERATE IMPRINT; SHEET MUSIC] DEWDROPS. A COLLECTION OF PATRIOTIC AND SENTIMENTAL SONGS, CONTAINING: REMEMBRANCE, POETRY BY W. D. COLEMAN; SHE FOREVER, POETRY BY C. NORDENDORF, LOVE GOOD-BYE, POETRY BY C. NORDENDORF](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/739/481/1240481739.0.m.jpg)
[CONFEDERATE IMPRINT; SHEET MUSIC] DEWDROPS. A COLLECTION OF PATRIOTIC AND SENTIMENTAL SONGS, CONTAINING: REMEMBRANCE, POETRY BY W. D. COLEMAN; SHE FOREVER, POETRY BY C. NORDENDORF, LOVE GOOD-BYE, POETRY BY C. NORDENDORF
by C. C. [Charles Chalky] Nordendorf
Danville, VA: C. Nordendorf, 1864. Rather charmingly noted on the front cover: "A card: - The public is respectfully requested to send original poems in, to be set to music. Those to be published with be copyrighted by the composer, who will present 25 copies to the author of the verses. Rejected poems will not be returned.... Read More
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![[GENEALOGY] A HISTORY OF COL. JAMES MOORE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY, TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF HIS ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF HIS ESTATE, EIGHTY-SEVEN YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH, IN THE CASE OF HOPKINS VS. MOORE, SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA, MARCH TERM, 1814, NO. 82, AND UNDER THE ORDER OF THE ORPHANS' COURT OF PHILADELPHIA, APRIL TERM, 1891, NO. 177](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/992/052/1583052992.0.m.jpg)
[GENEALOGY] A HISTORY OF COL. JAMES MOORE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY, TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF HIS ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF HIS ESTATE, EIGHTY-SEVEN YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH, IN THE CASE OF HOPKINS VS. MOORE, SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA, MARCH TERM, 1814, NO. 82, AND UNDER THE ORDER OF THE ORPHANS' COURT OF PHILADELPHIA, APRIL TERM, 1891, NO. 177
by G. Heide Norris
[Philadephia]: [Times Printing House], 1893. First Edition. Flexible Cloth. Very Good binding. 8vo., in terracotta flexible cloth boards with titling in gilt to the upper board; 57 pages with folding pedigree chart; laid in at the back of the book is the pedigree chart of The Lees of Virginia.~~This history is most uncommon in the first printing, with... Read More
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MEDICAL OPHTHALMOLOGY
by William Fisher Norris
1886. Hard Cover. Good binding. An uncommon essay on Medical Ophthalmology by Wm. F. Norris. Dr. William Fisher Norris (1838-1901) was an esteemed pioneer in the field of ophthalmology. He served as a surgeon in the Civil War, later founding the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Ophthalmology, and authoring one of the first nationally recognized textbooks on the... Read More
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THE ZIPPER ABC BOOK
by Sterling North
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1937. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good binding. A clean First Edition copy of this uncommon ABC book, with a working zipper at the top edge. There are no marks in the book. The boards have modist shelfwear, and there is a bit of surface loss to the front panel. Altogether a... Read More
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![[RELIGION] A TEXTUAL HISTORY OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/895/431/1694431895.0.m.jpg)
[RELIGION] A TEXTUAL HISTORY OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE
by David Norton
Cambridge: Cabridge University Press, 2005. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Large 8vo; in the publisher’s black cloth binding; with titling on the spine in gold; 387 pages including the Index; with black and white illustrations; a few trivial scratches to the jacket otherwise a fine copy. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket. ... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] [CONSTELLATIONS] PHENOMENA [POETICA ASTRONOMICA]
by Aratus | John Lamb (Translator) | Erhard Ratdolts ~(Woodcuts) | Paul Q. Holbrook (Notes)
Lexington, Ky: Anvil Press | King Library Press, 1982. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Quarto; in orange pastepaper-covered boards, with dustjacket printed in black and embossed with "polus articus"; [84] pages, followed by the colophon, with errata leaf laid in; printed in black and red on heavy hand-made paper with bottom deckled edge; edition limited... Read More
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THE HOLY BIBLE ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORIZED VERSION; WITH NOTES EXPLANATORY AND PRACTICAL ... TOGETHER WITH INTRODUCTIONS, TABLES AND INDEXES
by George B. D'Oyly; Richard Mant | John Henry Hobart (Additional Notes)
New York: T. and J. Swords, 1820. Full Leather. Very Good binding. First published in by the SPCK in 1814 in three volumes, this edition -- the First American Edition -- combined them into two. The work of the two Anglican worthies was augmented in this American edition by John Henry Hobart, the Bishop of New York,... Read More
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![[POETRY] THE POEMS OF JOHN DONNE FROM THE TEXT OF THE EDITION OF 1633 [2 VOLUMES]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/443/329/1693329443.0.m.jpg)
[POETRY] THE POEMS OF JOHN DONNE FROM THE TEXT OF THE EDITION OF 1633 [2 VOLUMES]
by John Donne | James Russell Lowell [Revisor]; Charles Eliot Norton [Notes]
New York: The Grolier Club, 1895. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Two 8vo. volumes, in grayish-green cloth with an elaborate heraldic device stamped in gilt to the upper board of each volume; xxxviii; [xxxix; xl;; [2], 3-253 pages, followed by Corringenda. x, [xi,xii], [2], 3-282 pages, followed by Notes, and a Corrigenda; each volume with an engraved portrait... Read More
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![[MILITARY] A HISTORY OF THE SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR 1779-1783 | SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/842/409/1581409842.0.m.jpg)
[MILITARY] A HISTORY OF THE SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR 1779-1783 | SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY
by John Drinkwater | The Spectator; W. Henry Wills [Notes]
London: John Murray | Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1851. Half Leather. Very Good binding. 8vo; two books bound together in half-calf over marbled boards; 174 pages, with black and white folding map; [9], 10-144; regarding the Siege of Gibraltar, John Drinkwater was stationed there with the Royal Manchester Volunteers while it was under siege by a Franco-Spanish... Read More
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THE PLAYS OF PHILIP MASSINGER, IN FOUR VOLUMES, WITH NOTES CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY
by Philip Massinger | W. Gifford [Notes]
London: G. and W. Nicol, et al., 1813. Second Edition. Three Quarters Leather. The advertisement for the Third Edition of Massinger's Plays has these encouraging words for the prospective purchaser: "In Lowndes' Bibliographer's Manual, it is stated, speaking of 'Gifford's' edition, that a more perfect edition of an old Poet than this has never been issued from the press."~~The... Read More
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