THE CHILD IN THE HOUSE
by Walter Pater
Boston: Copeland and Day, 1895. Full Leather. Near Fine binding. One of 350 copies printed by The Everett Press in Boston. This copy handsomely bound in full brown morocco, with gilt filets to the perimeters, raised bands and gilt titling The original wrappers are bound in. Small cream and gilt armorial bookplate. Near Fine binding.... Read More
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![[ANCIENT WORLD] EARLY EGYPTIAN RECORDS OF TRAVEL Volume II: Some Texts of The SVIIIth Dynasty, Exclusive of The Annals of Thutmosis III](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/614/355/316355614.0.m.jpg)
[ANCIENT WORLD] EARLY EGYPTIAN RECORDS OF TRAVEL Volume II: Some Texts of The SVIIIth Dynasty, Exclusive of The Annals of Thutmosis III
by David Paton
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1916. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering. Light silverfishing to front and rear boards. Top of spine lightly bumped. Light edgewear to extremities. no markings in text. Very Good binding.
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ROLLING STONE
by Patricia Wentworth; Illustrated by ~
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1940. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. A clean First Edition copy with no marks of any kind; the binding has some minor soiling. The dustjacket has some lost to the top of the spine and the front panel; as well as chipping to the rear panel (the largest piece missing... Read More
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![[PHILOSOPHY] PHILOSOPHICAL IMAGINATION AND CULTURAL MEMORY APPROPRIATING HISTORICAL TRADITIONS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/067/588/1680588067.0.m.jpg)
[PHILOSOPHY] PHILOSOPHICAL IMAGINATION AND CULTURAL MEMORY APPROPRIATING HISTORICAL TRADITIONS
by Patricia Cook, [Editor]
Durham, 1993. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo; in the publisher’s blue cloth; with tilting on the and spine in gilt; 243 pages including the index; in a near fine illustrated dust jacket. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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THE WORKS OF JOHN MILTON 2 Volume Set; Vol I, Part I; Vol 1, Part II
by Patterson, Frank Allen (gen. Ed.) Et al.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1931. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Fine Binding. Handsomely quarter bound in a rich tan morocco over marbled boards, and housed in a publisher's slipcase. Glue residue on front paste-down endpapers of both volumes near top. Previous owner's name/date written on front free endpaper. Right side of slipcase separating from top of case... Read More
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THE WORKS OF JOHN MILTON Vol V.
by Patterson, Frank Allen (gen. Ed.) Et al.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1932. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Fine Binding. Handsomely quarter bound in a rich tan morocco over marbled boards, and housed in a publisher's slipcase. Glue residue on front paste-down endpapers near top. Previous owner's name/date written on front free endpaper. Slipcase slightly soiled. Very Good+ binding.
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HISTORY OF THE BACKWOODS; or, THE REGION OF OHIO: Authentic, from the Earliest Accounts, Embracing Many Events, Notices of Prominent Pioneers, Sketches of Early Settlements, etc, etc.
by A. W. Patterson
Lewisburg PA: Wennawoods Publishing, 2006. Facsimile Eidition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Part of the The Great Pennsylvania Frontier Series. #93 of 1000 copies.~Bound in green leatherette with gilt lettering and decoration. No marks or notes. ~. Near Fine binding.
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OLD ENGLISH COMPOSERS FOR THE VIRGINALS & HARPSICHORD: A Collection of Preludes, Galliards, Pavanes, Grounds, Chaconnes, Suites, Overtures, Sonatas, Etc. Etc.
by revised and edited by E. Pauer
London: Augener & Co. n.d. [ca. 1885]. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Brown embossed cloth binding with gilt lettering. Small closed tears at top of spine. Chips and tears at bottom of spine with a small loss of cloth. Bottom corners lightly bumped. Very Good binding.
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![[MILITARY] [FORTIFICATIONS] DER OSTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BEFESTIGUNGSAN 1820-1914](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/371/221/1558221371.0.m.jpg)
[MILITARY] [FORTIFICATIONS] DER OSTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BEFESTIGUNGSAN 1820-1914
by Kurt Morz de Paula
Wien: Verlagsbuchhandlung Stohr, 1995. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Large 8vo; black cloth binding with titling in gilt to the upper board and the spine, with dustjacket; 152 pages; German language books about military fortifications in Austria; with many photographic illustrations as well as diagrams. Fine binding / Fine dust jacket.
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![[GARDENING] FERN HORTICULTURE: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/503/095/1594095503.0.m.jpg)
[GARDENING] FERN HORTICULTURE: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
by Jennifer M. Ide; A Clive Jermy; Alison M. Paul
Andover [Hants, United Kingdom]: Intercept, 1992. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Large 8vo.; in green faux leather binding; xii, [1], 2-308; illustrated throughout with photographic images and drawing; there are no marks of any kind in the book; with mylar wrapper.~~A gathering of pesentations to the British Pteridological Society. Near Fine binding.
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[MUSIC] E.T. PAULL SHEET MUSIC (LOT OF 19)
by E.T. Paull
Richmond, VA & NYC: E.T. Paull Music Co, 1924. E.T. Paull (1858-1924) was a composer of marches and sheet music publisher. He was the first to use 5-color lithography for his sheet music, making them highly collectible pieces. This group includes both his first publication in 1894, for the Richmond Music Company, and his last in 1924, the year... Read More
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![[POETRY] [ANTHOLOGY] FLOWERS OF FRANCE: THE LATTER DAYS: ACKERMAN TO WARNERY: REPRESENTATIVE POES OF THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES: RENDERED INTO ENGLISH VERSE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORIGINAL FORMS ... IN TWO VOLUMES (COMPLETE)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/692/381/1494381692.0.m.jpg)
[POETRY] [ANTHOLOGY] FLOWERS OF FRANCE: THE LATTER DAYS: ACKERMAN TO WARNERY: REPRESENTATIVE POES OF THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES: RENDERED INTO ENGLISH VERSE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORIGINAL FORMS ... IN TWO VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
by John Payne
London: Villon Society, 1913. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Two quarto volumes (9" x 6 1/4"); in the publisher's parchment paper bindings, with decorations and lettering in gilt; xi, [3], 4-219; xii, [7], 8-216; with top edges gilt, and bottom and leading edges uncut; #13 of an unspecified printing limitation; with some soiling and spotting to the parchement... Read More
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![[SOUTH] [RESISTANCE] BENJAMIN H. HILL. SECESSION AND RECONSTRUCTION](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/404/898/1564898404.0.m.jpg)
[SOUTH] [RESISTANCE] BENJAMIN H. HILL. SECESSION AND RECONSTRUCTION
by Haywood J. Pearce
Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press, 1928. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo.; in the publisher's blue cloth, with dustjacket; ix, 330 pages, including the Index; there are no ownership marks in the book; the dustjacket has been price-clipped but, nonetheless, is uncommon.~~Ben Hill was a hot-headed Georgian. He voted against secession... Read More
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WHEN TOYS COULD TALK
by Jane Randdall | Illustrated by Fern Bisel Peat
Akron: Saalfield Company, 1939. First Edition. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Previous gift inscriber wrote "Valentine 1947" on the front endpaper; otherwise a clean copy with no marks. The text block had detached from the covers and has been most discreetly and approriately repaired with new tabs fashioned from compatible paper. The dustjacket has a... Read More
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![[ART] IN THE STUDIOS OF PARIS. WILLIAM BOUGUEREAU & HIS AMERICAN STUDENTS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/598/941/1558941598.0.m.jpg)
[ART] IN THE STUDIOS OF PARIS. WILLIAM BOUGUEREAU & HIS AMERICAN STUDENTS
by James E. Peck
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Fine dust jacket. Tall quarto; in the publisher's green cloth, with dustjaclet' [6]-211 pages, including the Index, with illustrations in color; there are no marks of any kind in the book~~There is a faint tideline at the bottom edge of the upper board, and on the... Read More
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FIRST PART OF AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY
by Benjamin Peirce
Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1836. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. Benjamin Peirce was a graduate and professor at Harvard of Mathematics, regarded as the first American mathematician to seriously pursue mathematical research, and the greatest American mathematician of his time. "His texts on all areas of mathematics published from 1835 on and his many papers on... Read More
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HISTORY OF THE 114th REGIMENT, NEW YORK STATE VOLUNTEERS (PRESENTATION COPY)
by Elias P. Pellet
Norwich, NY: Telegraph & Chronicle Power Press Print, 1866. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. From the library of Civil War historian Bud Robertson, with his bookplate on the front endpaper. Robertson, in his section on "Military Aspects--Soldier's Life" in the Nevins Bibliography, notes that this is history is "[b]ased for the most part on Pellet's... Read More
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![[VIRGINIA] [HENRICO] THE HISTORY OF HENRICO COUNTY. 400th ANNIVERSARY EDITION](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/526/003/1506003526.0.m.jpg)
[VIRGINIA] [HENRICO] THE HISTORY OF HENRICO COUNTY. 400th ANNIVERSARY EDITION
by Louis H. Manarin; Charles H. Peple
County of Henrico, 2011. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Quarto; in the publisher's green cloth with titling and decorations in gilt to the upper board, and with dustjacket; xvi, 568 pages, including the Index; the jacket is mildly sunned at the spine; there are no ownership or other marks in the book.~~This later... Read More
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![[SLIPCASE] THE HISTORY OF HENRICO COUNTY. 400th ANNIVERSARY EDITION](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/874/110/1683110874.0.m.jpg)
[SLIPCASE] THE HISTORY OF HENRICO COUNTY. 400th ANNIVERSARY EDITION
by Louis Manarin; Charles H. Peple
The County of Henrico, Virginia, 2011. Special Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Small quarto; in green bonded leather with matching slipcase, with titling and decoration in bright gold; printed on coated paper; xvi, 568 pages, including Index; a deluxe edition issued for the 400th anniversary of the county; illustrated with both black and white as well as colored... Read More
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![[HUMOR] BULLS AND BLUNDERS (SPICE FOR SPEECHES) BEING A SELECTION, EMBRACING EVERY PHASE, OF HUMOUR AND WIT](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/646/629/1151629646.0.m.jpg)
[HUMOR] BULLS AND BLUNDERS (SPICE FOR SPEECHES) BEING A SELECTION, EMBRACING EVERY PHASE, OF HUMOUR AND WIT
by J. C. Percy
Dublin and London: Mecredy, Percy & Co, 1915. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. J. C. Percy's Bulls and Blunders. Rebound in quarter black leather, straight grain morocco, over marbled paper boards, with lettering and rules in gilt to the spine. Toning to the top edges of the marbled paper covered boards, and minor surface loss to the extremities... Read More
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DAWN GINSBERGH'S REVENGE
by S. J. Perelman
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. A sturdy and presentable copy of the funny man's first novel, in the first state apple green plush binding. There is wear to the spine extremities with minor loss, as well as loss along the front gutter. The lower part of the front hinge has... Read More
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![[PHILOSOPHY] AQUINAS AND THE NICOMACHEAN ETHICS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/258/146/1721146258.0.m.jpg)
[PHILOSOPHY] AQUINAS AND THE NICOMACHEAN ETHICS
by Tobias Hoffmann | Jorn Muller | Matthias Perkams
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Octavo; in the publisher’s black cloth binding; in an unclipped jacket; x, 275 pages including the Index; some pencil annotations in the margins. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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PETRI IOHANNIS PERPINIANI SOCIETATIS IESV PRESBYTERI ORATIONES DVODEVIGINTI. EDITIO NOVA, ADDITIONIBVS MARGINALIBVS, TUM INDICE COPIOSISSIMO IAMPRIMUM IN COMMODUM IUUENTUTIS ADAUCTA
by Pedro Juan Perpina [=Petrus Johannes Perpinianus]
Antverpiae: Apud Hieronymum Verdussium, 1617. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Pedro Juan Perina was a Jesuit priest and professor of rhetoric. Born in Valencia in 1530, he worked in Portugal, Rome, Lyon, and Paris. This being his Eighteen Prayers, being his thoughts on various religious topics, such as the Pope and piety. As the Society of Jesus was... Read More
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NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION OF AN AMERICAN SQUADRON TO THE CHINA SEAS AND JAPAN, PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1852, 1853, AND 1854, UNDER THE COMMAND OF COMMODORE M. C. PERRY, UNITED STATES NAVY, BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES. COMPILED FROM THE ORIGINAL NOTES AND JOURNALS OF COMMODORE PERRY AND HIS OFFICERS, AT HIS REQUEST, AND UNDER HIS SUPERVISION, BY FRANCIS L. HAWKS
by Francis L. Hawks (Editor) | Commodore M. C. Perry
Washington: Beverley Tucker, Senate Printer, 1856. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Second Edition of Vol. I and II only of Commodore Perry's Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, compiled by Francis L. Hawks, with the suppressed "Public Bath at Simoda" plate which depicted men and women together... Read More
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![[ADVANCED COPY] [PHILOSOPHY] THE PRETENSES OF LOYALTY LOCKE, LIBERAL THEORY, & AMERICAN POLITICAL THEOLOGY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/392/056/1721056392.0.m.jpg)
[ADVANCED COPY] [PHILOSOPHY] THE PRETENSES OF LOYALTY LOCKE, LIBERAL THEORY, & AMERICAN POLITICAL THEOLOGY
by John Perry
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Octavo; in black paper covered boards; in an unclipped jacket; 264 pages including the Index.~~An advanced copy with a note from Oxford University Press stating “ The Publisher would appreciate observance of the publication date, and two copies of any review or article... Read More
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