Nimes Autrefoise, Aujourd'hoi
by Picard, Theodore
Nimes: Imprimerie Generale, 1901. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Modern binding in red cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Edgewear and browning to interior pages. Includes several photographic illustrations. 182 pages. IN FRENCH. French Travel. FRETRAV/022508.
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Studies in Auditory and Visual Space Perception
by Pierce, Arthur Henry
New York: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1901. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Published as a requirement for the Kellogg University Fellowship of Amherst College. A collection of essays on auditory and visual space perception - a field of experimental psychology (at the time of publication). The first part addresses the localization of sound with historical background and experimental theories... Read More
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Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-Third Congress. December 6, 1853. Part II
by Pierce, Franklin
Washington: Robert Armstrong, 1853. Hardcover. Very Good Minus. Hardcover. Ex. Doc. No.1. Franklin Pierce (1804 - 1869) was the 14th president to the U.S., serving in the mid-1850s. He believed that the abolition of slavery threatened the unity of the nation and enforced acts such as the Fugitive Slave Act, which favored slave owners. When Lincoln took office... Read More
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Sub-Tropical Rambles in the Land of the Aphanapteryx. Personal Experiences, Adventures, and Wanderings in and Around the Island of Mauritius
by Pike, Nicolas
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1873. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Includes all 4 maps and many illustrations. A travelogue of the author's voyage from America to Mauritus aboard the "Gem of the Ocean." Mauritius is a small island chain off the coast of Madagascar. Nicolas Pike (1818 - 1905) was an American consul and naturalist who... Read More
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Facing the Future in Industry
by Pilkington, Sir Harry
London: Camelot Press; University of Southhampton, 1958. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. The fifth Fawley Foundation Lecture. Near fine in light blue paper wrappers with black title to front cover. Pen marking to front cover, else clean. Crease to rear cover. 26 pages. ENG/121013.
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Histoire Illustree de La Musique
by Pincherle, Marc
Gallimard, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. VG in illustrated off-white boards with orange and black lettering on from cover; tan cloth spine with gilt lettering; b/w and color illustrations; pp. 221. Music. MUS102231.
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The Benefit of the Doubt
by Pinero, Arthur Wing
London: William Heinemann, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. SCARCE. Original blue cloth covered boards with black title to front board and to spine. Illustration to front board. Interior is clean and bright. Binding is very tight. A beautiful copy. 292 pages. Drama DRA/4073.
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The Chesapeake Corporation and Alleghany Corporation, Appellants, vs. Tri-Continental Corporation and Selected Industries Incorporated, Appellees. In the Court of Appeals of Maryland. October Term, 1937. General Docket No. 86
by Piper, James, R. Dorsey Watkins [Solicitors for appellees]
Baltimore: The Daily Record Co. Print, 1937. Pamphlet. Very Good. Pamphlet. 8vo. Very good. Paper-bound pamphlet. Slight darkening along spine, but else very good. Signed by owner at top of cover. 56 pages. Maryland. MD/6242.
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The Aletheia of Rev. Charles Constantine Pise
by [Pise, Charles Constantine] Rev. James J. Dougherty (editor)
Staten Island, NY: Mission of the Immaculate Virgin, 1894. Hardcover. Very Good Minus. Hardcover. "New edition." Bound in the original tan cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Minor wear to edges of boards and spine ends. Library markings to spine, title page, and front endpaper. Large crack after title page. Binding is nearly seperated... Read More
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Finding Fossil Man
by Place, Robin, Charles Green [illustrator]
New York: Philosophical Library, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Light blue paper covered boards with gilt title to spine. Light yellow foxing to boards. Minor foxing to first and last few pages. Else is clean and bright with illustrations throughout. Illustrated end pages. Light blue illustrated dust jacket with black title to fornt and spine panels.... Read More
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The Reserve Store in a University Library
by Plant, Marjorie
Library Quarterly, 1941. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Reprinted from the Library Quarterly, Volume XI, Number 2, April 1941. Clean with minor wear to edges in white side-stapled wraps with black title to first page. Pages 186 to 199. BOB/090815.
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The Substance and Shadow: Reflections on Prosperity
by Plant, Sir Arnold
London: Camelot Press; University of Southhampton, 1956. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. The third Fawley Foundation Lecture. Near fine in light blue paper wrappers with black title to front cover. Light browning to edges of covers. Clean interior. 22 pages. ENG/121013.
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Land Planning and the Economic Functions of Ownership. The Views of an Economist on Town and Country Planning Policy
by Plant, Sir Arnold
Journal of the Chartered auctioneers' and Estate Agents' Institute, 1949. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Reproduction of an article from May, 1949 issue of The Journal of Chartered Auctioneers' and Estate Agents' Institute. Beige side-stapled wrappers with black title to front cover. Clean. 17 pages. ECO/090815.
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Love Triumphant
by Platt, William
London: Charles Hirsch, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition of an uncommon work. A curious book, it was one of two legitimate novels published by Charles Hirsch, a London bookseller and publisher known for distributing clandestine works. William Platt was a peculiar 1890s writer whose works concerned the role of the sexes and often leaned toward the... Read More
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Men, Women, and Chance
by Platt, William
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition of this rare work. William Platt was a peculiar 1890s writer whose works concern the role of the sexes and inhabit an area between regular fiction and the risque. A very nice copy in original grey cloth with a gilt cover design attributed to Sidney H. Sime.... Read More
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Archives of Maryland LIX. Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland 1764-1765
by Pleasants, J. Hall
Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. SCARCE. Very good in black cloth with bright gilt title to spine. Spine faded to brown. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners. Small spot on outside edges of booth boards appear to have been chewed by something, exposing the board, but it is not very noticeable on the... Read More
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Archives of Maryland LXI: Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, 1766-1768
by Pleasants, J. Hall
Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. SCARCE. Very good. Brown cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Minor fading to spine. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners. Minor foxing to first and last few pages. Many pages unopened. Small light dampstain to bottom corner and a small purple and pink spot to edges of... Read More
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Archives of Maryland LVIII: Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland 1762-1763
by Pleasants, J. Hall [editor]
Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1941. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Scarce. 4to. Green cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Minor rubbing and edgewear to exterior. Light browning to end pages and sporadic light foxing to margins throughout though text remains clean and bright. Index, 614 pages. Marylandia. MD/7102.
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Alphabet
by Plimpton, Sarah, artist
New York: Sarah Plimpton, 2021. Fine. Number 2 of 8 copies written and illustrated by the artist. Sarah Plimpton was born in New York City and divides her time between New York and France. She works in several media; oil painting, printmaking and artists’ books and is also a poet. Her books are in such collections as The... Read More
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Same Steps
by Plimpton, Sarah
New York: Sarah Plimpton, 2019. Fine. Number 2 of 12 copies signed and numbered by the artist, who is also the author. Sarah Plimpton was born in New York City and divides her time between New York and France. She works in several media; oil painting, printmaking and artists’ books and is also a poet. Her books are... Read More
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Four Discourses on Subjects Relating to the Amusement of the Stage: Preached at Great St. Mary's Church, Cambridge, on Sunday, September 25, and Sunday October 2, 1808; with Copious Supplementary Notes
by Plumptre, James
Cambridge: Francis Hodson for Messers. F. C. and J. Rivington, 1809. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. English clergyman, dramatist, and author James Plumptre (1771 - 1832) loved the theater and felt it could be used to impart morality. According to the dedication letter preceding this work, Plumptre felt that plays (including the works of Shakespeare) should be ammended to... Read More
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The Ladies' Companion; A Monthly Magazine Embracing Every Department of Literature. Volumes XVIII (18) November 1842 - April 1843 and XIX (19) May 1843 - October 1843
by [Poe, Edgar Allan]
New York: William W. Snowden, 1842. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Includes the first printing of all three parts of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, “The Mystery of Marie Roget,” which is based on the actual murder of Mary Cecilia Rogers. Both volumes are bound together in three-quarter dark brown leather with brown patterned cloth covered boards. Black leather... Read More
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Sartain's Union Magazine of Literature and Art. Volume IV (4) January - June, 1849 and Volume V (5) July - December 1849
by [Poe, Edgar Allan]
Philadelphia: John Sartain & Co, 1849. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Includes Poe’s “A Valentine” on page 173 of Volume IV and “The Bells” on page 304 of Volume V. Also contains a review of Rufus Griswold’s “Female Poets of America,” on page 415. This is the first printing of “The Bells”; however, “A Valentine” was originally printed in... Read More
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Sartain's Union Magazine of Literature and Art. Volume IV (4) January to June, 1849 and Volume V (5) July to December, 1849
by [Poe, Edgar Allan]
Philadelphia: John Sartain & Co, 1849. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Includes “A Valentine" on page 173 of Volume 4 and “The Bells” on page 304 of Volume 5. Also contains a review of Rufus Griswold’s “Female Poets of America,” on page 415. This is the first printing of “The Bells”; however, “A Valentine” was originally printed in the... Read More
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The Art of the Old South: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture and the Products of Craftsmen, 1560-1860 (1st Edition)
by Poesch, Jessie
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Folio. Near fine in brown illustrated dust jacket with brown title to front panel and to white spine. Pristine interior with illustrations throughout. 384 pp. Art. ART1/1312.
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