The Swimmer
by [Old Stile Press] Butler, S.J. (story); Steffi Pusch (photographs)
Oldham, England: Old Stile Press, 2012. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 23 of 100 copies. Signed by the illustrator and author. A story about the author overcoming her fear of swimming in the Medway River which she grew up on the banks of. The accompanying black and white photographs which are composed of multiple layers effectively capture the emotions... Read More
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The Trans-Caucasian Campaign or the Turkish Army under Omer Pasha
by Oliphant, Laurence
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1856. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Inscribed by Oliphant: “Royal Phelps from his sincere friend The Author London Febr 57.” Oliphant was a well known traveler, author, diplomat, and mystic who served as the private secretary to Lord Elgin in the mid 1800s among many other roles. Royal Phelps was a... Read More
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Baltimore: The Building of an American City
by Olson, Sherry H.
Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. Size quarto. "Sherry H. Olson captures the heritage in a lively and well-illustrated account that details the tempo and pattern of the city's growth and development ... She points out the ongoing search for unique solutions to such common urban problems as racial unrest,... Read More
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The Emperor Jones, Diff'rent, The Straw
by O'Neill, Eugene G.
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, as such. Very good minus orange cloth backed brown paper boards. Minor soiling to boards, spine darkened, edges and corners worn. Inner flaps of the dust jacket are present and laid in. Bookplate to front pastedown Text is clean and bright. No... Read More
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Japanese Names. A Comprehensive Index
by O'Neill, P.G.
New York and Tokyo: John Weatherhill Inc, 1972. STATED FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. STATED FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front board. Very clean interior with tight binding. Signed by previous owner on ffep. Cock to spine. Grey dj with red spine panel and black title... Read More
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![Marie-Claire Blais, an annotated bibliography [by] Irene Oore & Oriel C.L. MacLennan](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/335/708/914708335.0.m.jpg)
Marie-Claire Blais, an annotated bibliography [by] Irene Oore & Oriel C.L. MacLennan
by Oore, Irene
[Toronto]: ECW Press, 1998. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. An exhaustive and thorough bibliography of this Canadian novelist and poet with extensive annotations for every entry. Bound in grey wrappers with photo of Blais to cover. In near fine condition. 159 pages. BOB/111616.
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Novum Lexicon Hebraeo-Chaldaeo Biblicum, Complectens I. Radices easque saepè deperditas ex Chald. ... II. Formas omnes & regulares & irregulares ultra 40000. in S. Codice Vet. Test. occurrentes, atque hìc ordine Alphabeticö unà cum earum Enucleatione Grammatica ad quaevis Praecepta facilè applicabili, ritè dispositas. Et sic ad modum Tàm Laxici Buxtorfiani Hebrai, Quàm Schreveliani Graeci. Adornatum in usum .... cupiunt
by Opitz, Heinrich (Opitius)
Leipzig (Lipsiae): Gottfried Liebezeit, 1692. Hardcover. Very Good -. Hardcover. This is an important early Hebrew-Chaldean-Latin biblical lexicon. Its author, Heinrich Opitz, was the son of a silk merchant and was appointed to the court orchestra of Duke Friedrich Wilhelm II at the age of thirteen because of his early interest in singing and music. In 1662, Opitz... Read More
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The Emperor's Candlesticks
by Orczy, Baroness Emmuska
London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition. This is the second book (and first novel) by the author of The Scarlet Pimpernel, which first appeared as a play in 1903 and was later released as a novel. This book is a tale of jewels, intrigue, and high Russian society. It is scarce in... Read More
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Concerning Man
by Orlovitz, Gil
New York: The Banyan Press, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition. Author's first book. The first book of The Banyan Press. Number 5 of 350 numbered copies. Full page inscription by the author on the front free endpaper: "March 1947 / Philadelphia / For Paul-- / It would be a mockery to give you this even as... Read More
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Mr. Mogo Mouse
by Ort, Jane
Joliet, IL: P.F. Volland Company, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. A charming children's book telling the story of Mr. Mogo Mouse, a resident of a small village in Czecho-Slovakia, who lives in a boot and is friends with a small boy named Kozol. The book was published by Volland as part of its Sunny Books series of 40... Read More
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Bookbinding: A Living Art
by Ory, Norma R. [catalog], William C. Agee [preface]
Houston, Texas: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, 1980. Softcover. Very Good. Softcover. This is the catalog for an exhibition "Bookbinding: A Living Art" held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in 1980. Includes 26 pages of black and white plates of the works in the exhibition. With introduction that describes the parts of the book... Read More
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Special Meeting of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Historical Club: Presentation to the Hospital of Memorial Plaque of Sir William Osler, January 19 1925
by [Sir William Osler]
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins. Pamphlet. Very Good + in Wraps. Pamphlet. Reprinted from Bulletin of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Vol. XLI, No. 3, pages. 139-153, September, 1927. Beige side stapled wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Light wear to edges of wrappers including browning. Interior is clean and bright. Baltimore. BALT/090415.
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The Conquest of Gold
by Ostrer, Isidore
London: Jonathan Cape, 1932. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Presentation Copy Inscribed by the Author. Number 246 on 600 copies. Written after WWI, this book addresses the history and present state of banks with a focus on the Bank of England. Largely a reaction to the financial crisis after WWI, the author boldly states: "Events of recent years have... Read More
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War in the Pacific
by Overy, Richard, Dale Dye [foreword]
Long Island City, NY: Osprey Publishing, 2010. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. 4to. Black and white photographically illustrated paper covered boards with grey and white title to black spine. Pristine interior filled with wonderful illustrations as well as rare, removable facsimile documents. Housed in illustrated slip case. 60 pages. WWII/030210.
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Balkan Odyssey (1st U.S. Edition)
by Owen, David
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good in very good illustrated dust jacket with white title to front and spine panels. Illustrations throughout. 389 pp. Balkan History. EEUR1/3272.
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Illustrated Marine Encyclopedia
by Paasch, Captain H.
Model and Allied Publications ARGUS BOOKS LIMITED, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. A facsimilie reprint of the 1890 edition. Grey cloth boards with vertical gilt title to spine. Minor wear / short closed tear to spine ends. Rubbing and some soiling to boards. Minor foxing and occasional spots of soiling to some pages. Minor browning to margins. Previous... Read More
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The Dawn of the Morning: A Sermon Preached in the Franklin Street Orthodox Congregational Church, Somerville, Dec. 28, 1862
by Packard, David Temple
Boston: Press of George C. Rand and Avery, 1863. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Vg in wraps/16 pp. Religion. REL1/5082.
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Two Sermons, Delivered in Shelburne, (Mass.) May 15, 1808. In Which are Plainly Exhibited the Scriptural Evidences of the Essential Divinity of our JESUS CHRIST and the Importance of Viewing and Treating Him According to His Real Character
by Packard, Theophilus
Greenfield: Printed by John Denio, 1808. Paperback. Very Good + in Wraps. Paperback. Beige paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Writing in pen to both wrappers. Light blue paper glued over spine to reinforce binding. Small piece missing from bottom right corner of front wrapper. Minor browning and foxing though text remains bright. 37 pages +... Read More
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The Rossetti-Macmillan Letters
by Packer, Lona Musk [editor]
Berkeley: Univeristy of California Press and Cambridge University Press, 1963. Hardcover. Very good/Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Contains 154 letters; 133 of which were previously unpublished. 29 written by Dante Gabriel, 96 by Christina, and 26 by William Michael. Most are from the archives of Macmillan publishers in London. Alexander Macmillan was the primary publisher of Christina and... Read More
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Nancy Graves: Excavations in Print, A Catalogue Raisonné
by Padon, Thomas, [Nancy Graves]
New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with The American Federation of Arts, 1996. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 4to. Green cloth covered boards with silver title to spine. Pristine interior filled with full color illustrations. Blue illustrated dust jacket with white and yellow title to front and spine panels. Index, 207 pages. ART/101209.
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Drew's Blues: A Sideman's Life with the Big Bands (1st Edition)
by Page, Drew
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj Music. MUS110231.
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The Coasts of Devon and Lundy Island: Their Towns, Villages, Scenery, Antiquities, and Legends
by Page, John Lloyd Warden
London: Horace Cox, 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Number 55 of 250 copies, printed on large paper. According to the preface, this book is not intended to be a guide as no hotels are menationed, rather it documents "scenes and places along the Devonshire seaboard, the result of a walk, or rather of a series of walks, over... Read More
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The Rivers of Devon from Source to Sea with Some Account of the Towns and Villages on Their Banks
by Page, John Lloyd Warden
London: Horace Cox, 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Number 204 of 250 copies, printed on large paper. Written as a travelogue of Devon based on the author's wanderings through the countryside. He laments not commenting more on fishing opportunities; however, he notes this was not intended to be guide book. Brown leather spine over dark green cloth covered... Read More
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A Critique of the Protectorate: An Unpublished Letter of Sir William Paget to the Duke of Somerset
by Paget, Sir William
The Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, 1971. Pamphlet. Very Good+. Pamphlet. Reprinted from the Huntington Library Quarterly Volume XXXIV, Number 3, May, 1971. White paper wrappers with black title to front wrap. Few small stains to front wrap. Pristine interior. 6 pages. English History. ENGHIS/031513.
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Helene: Drame en Trois Actes, En Verse
by Pailleron, Edouard
Paris: Michel Levy Freres, 1873. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Scarce print version of a French theatrical work that was presented on stage in November 1872. Bound in red three quarter leather with five raised bands and gilt titling. Marbled paper covers. Binding is bumped and soiled with some chips. Marbled endpapers. t.e.g. Interior pages clean with light aging... Read More
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