THE CHRIST CHILD IN DEVOTIONAL IMAGES: In Italy During the XIV Century
by Dorothy C. Schorr
New York: George Wittenborn Inc, 1954. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Bound in off-white linen like cloth. Wear to the corners and top and bottom of the spine; light spotting to the text block edges; otherwise a clean sound copy without any marks. Very Good binding.
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[ART] JOSEPH CLEMENT COLL | THE ART OF ADVENTURE
by John Fleskes; Al Williamson and Mark Schultz
Santa Cruz, CA: Flesk Publications, 2003. First Printing hardback with original jacket. Limited edition of 800. Bound in color plate reproduced direct from the original art, courtesy of Illustration house, NY, exclusive to this edition. ~~Excellent.~.
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UNTERSUCHUNGEN ÜBER DIE ZUSAMMENGESETZTEN AUGEN DER KREBSE UND INSECTEN. MIT ZWEI COLORIRTEN KUPFERTAFELN
by Max Johann Sigismund Schultze; Carl August Sigismund Schultze
Bonn: Verlag von Max Cohen & Sohn, 1868. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair binding. A book on the anatomy of compound eyes of insects and crabs. Complete with two large color plates. Scattered foxing, and toning to the endpapers; library bookplate and library stamp on the verso of the title page, from the Harvard University, Library of the... Read More
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PROF. C. SCHEIGGER'S VORLESUNGEN UBER DEN GEBRAUCH DES AUGSPIEGELS. ALS EIN LEHRBUCH DER OPHTHALMOSKOPIE FUR STUDIRENDE UND ARZTE
by Richard Greeff; [Carl Schweigger]
Verlag Von J. F. Bergmann: Wiesbaden, 1895. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. The rather brittle front endpaper is cracking but still holding; there are two previous owner bookplates on the front pastedown. Very Good binding.
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[RELIGION] [PURITAN] AN EXPOSITION WITH NOTES VPON [UPON] THE FIRST AND SECOND EPISTLES TO THE THESSALONIANS. | A BRIEFE EXPOSITION WITH NOTES, VPON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE THESSALONIANS
by William Sclater
London: Printed by John Haviland, and are [to be] sold by Richard Thrale, 1632. Second Edition. Full Leather. 8vo. (7 1/2" X 5 1/2"); in later (but by no means 20th century) full black calf binding with titling lettered in gilt to the spine; [8], 351, [1], 383-598 pages; [4], 307 pages.~Collates complete; First blank leaf of A Briefe... Read More
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[SOUTHERN AMERICANA] MONTROSE: AS IT WAS RECORDED, TOLD ABOUT, AND LIVED
by Florence Dolive Scott; Richard Joseph Scott
Montrose, Alabama: Garden Club, 1976. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. A lovely copy with no marks of any kind. This copy appears to be unmarked and unopened. The dustjacket is not price clipped and is now protected in a mylar cover. Fine binding / Fine dust jacket.
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SELECT WORKS OF HENRY FIELDING. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I & II. (TWO VOLUMES)
by Henry Fielding | Walter Scott
Philadelphia: Carey and Lea, 1832. First American Edition. Full Leather. Good binding. The First American Edition of Fielding's Select Works, complete in two volumes.; with "A Memoir of the Author" by Scott. Bound in sheep, with morocco labels. Scuffing to the boards, with wear and creasing to the spines. There is loss to half of the... Read More
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[RICHMOND] OLD RICHMOND NEIGHBORHOODS
by Mary Wingfield Scott
Richmond, VA: The Valentine Museum, 1975. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Good dust jacket. Small 4to.; in the publisher’s green cloth binding, with dustjacket; 322 pages in the dustjacket; with endpapers printed with a city plan of Old Richmond Neighborhoods; the dust jacket has some shelf wear and chips; there are a few closed tears at the... Read More
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AFTER THE FUNERAL
by Paul Scott; preface by Roland Grant; Illustrated by Sally Scott
London: The Whittington Press & William Heinemann, 1979. Limited Edition, numbered XIII of XXV from a larger limitation of 200. Full Leather. Near Fine binding. Sally Scott. Signed by Sally Scott and Grant on the colophon. Bound as issued in full beige Niger by Weatherby Woolnough--those from the larger limitation were quarter bound; a lovely production with a... Read More
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[SALESMAN SAMPLE] WAVERLEY; OR, ‘TIS SIXTY YEARS SINCE. (WAVERLEY NOVELS)
by [Walter Scott]
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates. Salesman Sample. Hard Cover. Good binding. A salesman sample of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since, published by Porter & Coates. With portrait frontispiece, title page, pp. 213-244 of the text, and eighteen engraved plates. Publisher's sample spine pasted onto the front pastedown. Faded personal inscription on the front flyleaf. Salesman... Read More
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![[VIRGINIA] A HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY VIRGINIA, FROM ITS FORMATION IN 1734 (O. S.) TO THE END OF RECONSTRUCTION IN 1870; COMPILED MAINLY FROM ORIGINAL RECORDS WITH A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE BEGINNINGS OF VIRGINIA, A SUMMARY OF LOCAL EVENTS TO 1907, AND A MAP](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/002/025/1598025002.0.m.jpg)
[VIRGINIA] A HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY VIRGINIA, FROM ITS FORMATION IN 1734 (O. S.) TO THE END OF RECONSTRUCTION IN 1870; COMPILED MAINLY FROM ORIGINAL RECORDS WITH A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE BEGINNINGS OF VIRGINIA, A SUMMARY OF LOCAL EVENTS TO 1907, AND A MAP
by W. W. Scott
Richmond: Everett Waddey Co, 1907. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Large 8vo.; in the publisher's burgundy cloth, with title and decoration stamped in gilt; 292 pages; there are no marks of any kind in the book; all plates are present, with their tissue guards, including the double page map of Orange County; a clean and attractive... Read More
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[HISTORY] THE DISCOVERY OF BANGLA DESH
by Scrivastava, Prabhat
New Delhi: Sanjay Publications, 1972. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. 8vo; in the publisher’s green cloth binding; in dust jacket; the top and the botom of the spine is bumped; there is a half in tear to the front hinge otherwise sound; there are a few stains to the end papers; the jacket has a... Read More
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JINGLES OF A HAPPY MOTHER GOOSE (Signed)
by Emma S. Seale
San Francisco: Paul Elder, 1911. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. This copy is signed by the author, Emma S. Seale, with a rhyming gift inscription t two little girls. There is also a previous owner name to the top of the half-title page. In decorated blue flexible cloth boards; pages are darkened. Very Good... Read More
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[SIGNED] [VIRGINIA] JOSEPH BRYAN: HIS TIMES, HIS FAMILY, HIS FRIENDS
by John Stewart Bryan | [George J. Seay]
Richmond, VA: Whittet & Shepperson, 1935. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. Quarto; in the publisher's quarter black cloth over gray cloth, with decoration in gilt and titling in gilt to the spine; [18]. 19-408 pages, including the Index; illustrated with black and white photographic portraits, interiors of the Library at Laburnum, and the like; this... Read More
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THE CHARTER OF THE ALBANY AND GREENBUSH BRIDGE COMPANY, AND A STATEMENT OF ITS CLAIMS ON THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN CONNECTION WITH THE BOSTON, HOOSAC TUNNEL AND ALBANY RAILROAD. WITH PROFILE OF BRIDGE AND MAP OF RIVER
by John Swinburne (President); J. W. Gascoigne (Secretary)
Albany, [NY]: Weed, Parsons & Co., Printers, 1874. Original Sewn Wrappers. Very Good binding. An 26 page pamphlet in the publisher's sewn printed wrappers. With two folding plates: "Profile of the New Albany and Greenbush Bridge Company" and "Profile of the Hudson River at Albany". Wrappers have minor chipping and closed tears, and a faint previous owner name... Read More
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[CIVIL WAR] THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND RECONSTRUCTION 1865-1877
by James E. Sefton
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1967. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Large 8vo; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding; in a price clipped jacket; xx, 284 pages including the Index; a bit of chipping to the top and bottom of the spine; a few spots of soiling to the rear of the jacket.~~This copy... Read More
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![MEDICINE] A TREATISE ON THE HIDDEN NATURE, AND THE TREATMENT OF INTERMITTING FEVERS; ILLUSTRATED BY VARIOUS EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/526/956/1689956526.0.m.jpg)
MEDICINE] A TREATISE ON THE HIDDEN NATURE, AND THE TREATMENT OF INTERMITTING FEVERS; ILLUSTRATED BY VARIOUS EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS
by Jean [Baptiste] Senac
Philadelphia: Kimber, Conrad & Co, 1805. Full Leather. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in contemporary calf, with morocco title label; [xvi]. [1]. 2-299, followed by [1] page of ads; in two books which are through paginated; front joint is cracked but holding very well; there is a previous owner name on the front endpaper, and a charming Richmond bookseller’s... Read More
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THE PLEADER'S ASSISTANT, CONTAINING A SELECT COLLECTION OF PRECEDENTS OF MODERN PRECEDENTS OF MODERN PLEADINGS, THE IN THE COURTS OF KING'S BENCH AND COMMON PLEASE, &c
by Serjeant Agar, Bootle, Belfield, Sir W. Chapple, Sejeant Draper, et al.
Dublin: J. Stockdale, 1795. Encompassing Declarations, Avowries, Pleas, Replications, Rejoinders, Demurrers, &c. In a Variety of Actions. This Dublin Edition follows the 1786 London Editin. ~~In contemporary calf with morocco label; with fillets in blind to the spine; front board most discreetly reattached; there is loss at three small spots of leather at the spine. Lacking the... Read More
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LETTERS FROM THE MARCHIONESS DE SEVIGNE TO HER DAUGHTER THE COUNTESS DE GRIGNAN (10 Volumes Bound as 5)
by The Marchioness de Sevigne
London: Spurr & Swift, 1927. Full Leather. Near Fine binding. A lovely set in full blue morocco, with gilt rules and corner devices, dentelle turn-ins, raised bands with titling and decorations. and marbled endpapers. All edges gilt and bound in silk markers. Bound by Charles E. Lauriat of Boston. Each volume with a colored frontispiece.... Read More
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MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF DR. DARWIN, CHIEFLY DURING HIS RESIDENCE IN LICHFIELD, WITH ANECDOTES OF HIS FRIENDS, AND CRITICISMS ON HIS WRITINGS
by Anna Seward
Philadelphia: At the Classic Press, for the Proprietors Wm. Poyntell, & Co, 1804. First American Edition. Full Leather. Good binding. Memoirs of Erasmus Darwin, part of the Midlands Enlightenment and the grandfather of Charles Darwin. Contemporary owner's name on the front pastedown. Scattered spots of staining or discoloration to the text. Spots of staining to the edges of... Read More
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A MEMENTO OF THE QUATER-CENTENARY YEAR OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, 1564-1964, APRIL 23
by William Shakespeare
Worcester: Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1964. Near Fine binding. Finely printed memento with The Merchant of Venice, Act V, Scene i as well as Sonnet CXVI. One of 200 copies handset in Jan van Krimpen's Romulus Open Capitals and Cancelleresca Bastarda. Printed on Millbourn Lexpar handmade paper with covers by the Takumi Artists of Tokyo and initials... Read More
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![[DRAMA] THE DRAMATIC WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE: WITH GLOSSARIAL NOTES, A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE, AND AN ESTIMATE OF HIS WRITINGS. NEWLY ARRANGED AND EDITED](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/259/407/1355407259.0.m.jpg)
[DRAMA] THE DRAMATIC WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE: WITH GLOSSARIAL NOTES, A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE, AND AN ESTIMATE OF HIS WRITINGS. NEWLY ARRANGED AND EDITED
by William Shakespeare [Shakspeare] |
London: Moon, Boys, & Graves, 1832. Full Leather. Very Good binding. From the Preface: "The present collection of Shakspeare's Plays differs in arrangement from any that has hitherto been published. The Tragedies, Comedies and Historical Plays are divided; and in each division, the consecutive order of the pieces has reference to the country in which the action... Read More
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[SCIENCE] URBAN REMOTE SENSING
by Zhenfeng Shao
Beijing: Higher Education Press, 2023. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Octavo; in pictorial paper covered boards; xvi, 239 pages; with full color illustrations throughout; a clean copy in excellent condition. Near Fine binding.
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![[AMERICANA] DIARY OF THOMAS MOODY CAMPAIGN OF 1760 OF THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/450/897/1675897450.0.m.jpg)
[AMERICANA] DIARY OF THOMAS MOODY CAMPAIGN OF 1760 OF THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR
by P. M. Woodwell [Editor]; Illustrated by H. H Shaw
Woodwell & Shaw, 1976. Very Good binding. H. H Shaw. 8vo; in paper boards; with brown tilting and illustrations; 56 pages; complete with one folding map; there is a trivial tear with loss to the bottom of the lower board; there is foxing throughout. Very Good binding.
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HISTORY OF THE GREAT TEMPERANCE REFORMS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY ..
by Rev. James Shaw
Cincinnati, OH; Toronto: Hitchcock & Walden; Wesleyan Book Room, 1875. First Editoin. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A pretty comprehensive state by state survey of temperance movement activities. Illustrated with plates depicting such edifying scenes of children bursting into a saloon which a skeleton behind the bar pours daddy some rum. Includes a report to the... Read More
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