SELECTION FROM THE CORRESPONDENCE OF THE LATE MACVEY NAPIER, ESQ
by Macvey Napier (edited by his son)
London: Macmillan and Co, 1879. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Scarce. Green cloth binding with light edge wear to extremities. Slightly heavier wear at corners and head and tail of spine. no markings in text. Very Good binding.
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![[TRAVEL] GUIDE TO THE ROMANTIC SCENERY OF LOCH LOMOND, THE TROSACHS,, &c. Guide to The Romantic Scenery of Loch-Lomond, Loch-Ketturin, The Trosachs, &c. Comprising a Description of Loch-Lomond and Its Islands, the Ascent to the Summit of Ben-Lomond, Voyage to Rob Roy's Cave with .](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/564/999/1700999564.0.m.jpg)
[TRAVEL] GUIDE TO THE ROMANTIC SCENERY OF LOCH LOMOND, THE TROSACHS,, &c. Guide to The Romantic Scenery of Loch-Lomond, Loch-Ketturin, The Trosachs, &c. Comprising a Description of Loch-Lomond and Its Islands, the Ascent to the Summit of Ben-Lomond, Voyage to Rob Roy's Cave with .
by Lumsden & Son's
Glascow and London: James Lumsden and Son, 1849. Sixth edition, revised and enlarged. Original Wrappers. Good+ binding. Very scarce in the original green wrappers which are quite fragile; the front panel is detached; folding frontispiece map present but detached ; Original Wrappers. Good+ binding.
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![[INTERIOR DESIGN] [TRADE CATALOG] UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE. M. SINGER & SONS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/844/582/1693582844.0.m.jpg)
[INTERIOR DESIGN] [TRADE CATALOG] UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE. M. SINGER & SONS
by M. Singer & Sons
New York: M. Singer & Sons, 1920. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Oblong 16mo; printed paper wrappers; photographic illustrations and prices; 31 pages; beginning of separation at the spine.~~Trade catalog for M. Singer & Sons’ Upholstered Furniture. Very Good binding.
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![[THEATER PROGRAM] [LITERATURE] THE CURE AT TROY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/083/364/1602364083.0.m.jpg)
[THEATER PROGRAM] [LITERATURE] THE CURE AT TROY
by Seamus Heaney | Sophocles
[Derry, Northern Ireland]: Field Day Theater Co, 1990. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. Quarto; copper colored stiff wrappers with a printed illustration in color; [14] unnumbered pages, with black and white illustrations, portraits and photographs;~publisher from logo at head of title; includes publishers' advertising matter at end..~~Theater program for The cure at Troy given by the Field Day... Read More
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![[HAND-LETTERED BOOKS] SONNETS. POISON PILLS, LYRICS. (TWO VOLUMES)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/082/558/1266558082.0.m.jpg)
[HAND-LETTERED BOOKS] SONNETS. POISON PILLS, LYRICS. (TWO VOLUMES)
by Paul Sorel
Santa Monica, California: Printed at The Light Finger Press, 1955. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Two hand-lettered books, by Paul Sorel, and published through The Light Finger Press, 1955; numbered 10 and 22 respectively. Sorel was an American Impressionist active in the Santa Monica literary and artistic scene of the late 50's and early 60's, and... Read More
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![[RELIGION] Relecciones y opusculos, I: Introduccion general, De Dominio, Sumario, Fragmento: An liceat.. (Introduccion, edicion y traduccion)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/642/517/1656517642.0.m.jpg)
[RELIGION] Relecciones y opusculos, I: Introduccion general, De Dominio, Sumario, Fragmento: An liceat.. (Introduccion, edicion y traduccion)
by Domingo de Sota
Salamanca: Editoriale San Esteban, 1995. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s printed cardstock wrappers; [6], 7-285 page, including the Index; there are no marks of any kind in the book.~~. Near Fine binding.
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CATALOGUE OF THE WELL-KNOWN EXTRENSIVE AND VALUABLE COLLECTION OF BOOK-PLATES (EX-LIBRIS), OF THE LATE JULIAN MARSHALL, ESQ. Which will be sold by auction...on Monday, the 28th of May, 1906, and Three following days
by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge
London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 245pp. Ink markings in text. Page edges are brittle. Original wrappers bound in brown cloth library type binding. Front cover of original wrapper pasted on front board. Very Good binding.
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![[BINDINGS] [NAVAL HISTORY] THE LIFE OF NELSON [2 VOLUMES]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/101/234/1552234101.0.m.jpg)
[BINDINGS] [NAVAL HISTORY] THE LIFE OF NELSON [2 VOLUMES]
by Robert Southey
London: John Murray, 1813. First Edition, Second Issue. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Two octavo bindings; in blue diced calf with red labels and ship devices in compartments; the perimeters of the boards are rolled in gilt and in blind and turn-ins with a gilt roll; each volume with the armorial bookplate of John Waldie and a shelf... Read More
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ONORI E GLORIE. REGNO D'ITALIA E ANTICHI STATI ITALIANI
by Antonio Spada
Milano: Instituto Per La Diffusione Del Libro, 1977. Full Leather. Good binding. Signed. One of 1050 copies signed by author Antonio Spada, of which this is #366. 243 pages, with marbled endpapers. Illustrated throughout with color photographs. Full red morocco binding.~~THIS COPY OBVIOUSLY TOOK A TUMBLE AT SOME POINT. The front joint is badly cracked,... Read More
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THE AMBASSADORS
by Henry James | Illustrated by Alan Phillips | Frontispiece by Richard Sparks
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1994. Full Leather. Fine binding. Bound in full brown leather, with elaborate decorations in gilt, raised bands to the spine, silk moire endpapers, silk ribbon marker, and all edges gilt. There are no marks of any kind in the book, and the binding is for all practical purposed unopened. Fine binding. ... Read More
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HISTORIA DE LOS ESTABOD-UNIDOS Desde Su Primer Periodo Hasta Nuestros Dias (2 Volume Set); Tomo 1; Tomo 2; Tomo 3
by J. A. Spencer
Barcelona: Montaner Y Simon, editores, 1868. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Sold as a 3 volume set. Full leather binding with light edgewear to extremities. Text in Spanish. ; no markings in text. Very Good binding.
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![[SIGNED] [CONFEDERATE NAVY] [FRANCE] DROUYN DE LHUYS ET LES NAVIES CONFEDERES EN FRANCE. L'AFFAIRE DES NAVIES D'ARMAN (1863-1865)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/068/243/1512243068.0.m.jpg)
[SIGNED] [CONFEDERATE NAVY] [FRANCE] DROUYN DE LHUYS ET LES NAVIES CONFEDERES EN FRANCE. L'AFFAIRE DES NAVIES D'ARMAN (1863-1865)
by Warren F. Spencer
Paris: Editions A. Pedone, 1964. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. Signed. 8vo; in the publisher's printed cardstock wrappers; an articles extracted from La Revue d'Histoire Diplomatique (Octobre - Decembre -- No. 4, 1963) and printed the following year; 28 pages; the text is in French; this copy signed by the author on the front cover.~~The French diplomat Drouyn... Read More
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THE GENEROUS DAYS
by Stephen Spender
Boston: David R. Godine, 1969. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. The First Edition, being no. XLV of 50 lettered copies, signed by Stephen Spender. Quarter tan morocco over marbled boards, title lettered in gilt. This copy with 1 1/2" dampstain to the bottom of the spine, just affecting the edge of the marbled boards as well.... Read More
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METHODISM AS HELD BY WESLEY [TRACTS FOR THE PEOPLE, No. 4; SKETCHES OF SECTARIANISM. No. 2[
by D. S. P. [John Alden Spooner]
Printed for the Publishers, 1841. By a Tractarian of the American Episcopal Church and a graduate of the General Theological Seminarian; in this tract Spooner propounds the view that Wesley never intended to establish a church separate from the Anglican church. Disbound pamphlet; 26 pages.
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HISTORY OF THE PAN-HANDLE : Being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock West Virginia 1879
by J. H. Newton | G.G. Nicholas and A. G. Sprankle
Apollo PA: Closson Press, 1999. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. A clean tight copy of the reprint edition which was originally published in 1879. No marks of any kind. A few full page ilustrations. Near Fine binding.
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![[SPECIAL PRESS] EXPLORING THE EDGE:GUISTINIANI’S ACCOUNT OF COLUMBUS IN THE MARGINS OF 1516 POLYGOT PSALTER](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/420/329/1693329420.0.m.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS] EXPLORING THE EDGE:GUISTINIANI’S ACCOUNT OF COLUMBUS IN THE MARGINS OF 1516 POLYGOT PSALTER
by Augostino Giustiniani; translated and edited by Gilman D. Parsons & Shawn E. Coyle; Illustrated by Margo Consuelo Bors & Fritz Springmeyer
Berkeley, CA: The Bankcroft Library Press, 1993. Limited Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good+ binding. Margo Consuelo Bors & Fritz Springmeyer. No markings in text. Grey paper binding tied at spine. Pages un-cut at top. The first published biography of Christopher Columbus was printed in the margins of the 1516 Polyglot Psalter as commentary to Psalms XIX. Giustiniani drew... Read More
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THE MUSES GARDIN FOR DELIGHTS, 1610: or the Fift Booke of Ayres Onely for the Lute, the Base-vyoll and the Voice
by Robert Jones; William Barclay Squire
Oxford: Daniel Press, 1901. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. An attractive reprint edition of the only known copy of a 1610 edition of songs by Robert Jones, an oxonian composer. Printed by the Daniel Press in 1901, this is #101 of 130 copies , with quite a nice facsimile title. In orginal blue wrappers preserved (though trimmed) and... Read More
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![[SIGNED] [MILITARY] MY FINAL RE-SPOT: A YOUNG SAILOR'S MISFORTUNE ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF THE USS FORRESTAL CV-59](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/353/114/1574114353.0.m.jpg)
[SIGNED] [MILITARY] MY FINAL RE-SPOT: A YOUNG SAILOR'S MISFORTUNE ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF THE USS FORRESTAL CV-59
by John Pugioti; Wesley E. Etheridge Sr
Denver, Colorado: Outskirts Press, Incorporated, 2016. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Signed. 8vo.; in publisher's blue cloth binding, with dustjacket; 95 pages with black and white illustrations; this copy is signed by author Wesley E. Etheridge, Sr..~~It was off the coast of Florida in 1978 when an executive officer crashed a plane in the flight... Read More
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[SIGNED] [SCIENCE FICTION] STAR WARS. I JEDI
by Michael A. Stackpole
New York: Bantam Books, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Signed. Large octavo; in the publisher’s green paper-covered boards back in black paper; with dustjacket; 464 pages.~~This First Edition copy is signed by the author Michael Stackpole on the title page. Fine binding / Fine dust jacket.
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THE STORY OF BACON'S REBELLION (Signed)
by Mary Newton Stanard
New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1907. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. 181pp. 8vo in green buckram; titling in gilt to the upper board and the spine. The spine, as is often the case, has faded to brown. There is a previous owner name on the endpaper. This copy is signed by Mrs. Stanard on... Read More
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![[TRAVEL] IN DARKEST AFRICA OR THE QUEST RESCUE AND RETREAT OF EMIN GOVERNOR OF EQUATORIA (2 VOLUMES)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/245/108/1684108245.0.m.jpg)
[TRAVEL] IN DARKEST AFRICA OR THE QUEST RESCUE AND RETREAT OF EMIN GOVERNOR OF EQUATORIA (2 VOLUMES)
by Henry M. Stanley
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1890. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Large 8vo’s; in the publisher’s decorative green cloth binding; with titling on the upper board and spine in gilt; the bindings have modest wear. Volume I has a trivial stain to the lower board. A previous owner name on the first blank pager of... Read More
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COURTSHIP, MARRIAGE, DEATH & BURIAL OF COCK ROBIN
by CHILDREN] Aunt Louisa's London Toy Books | Illustrations by Henry Stannard
London: Frederick Warne & Co, 1870. Original Sewn Wrappers. Very Good binding. One of the ubiquitous Victorian "Aunt Louisa's London Toy Book" series, this with illustrations by Henry Stannard, an artist best known for sporting paintings. In yellow pictorial wrappers with titling in red gray and black and elaborate decorations as well as an image of... Read More
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![[COOKERY] CHINESE SUGAR-CANE AND SUGAR MAKING; ITS HISTORY, CULTURE, AND ADAPTATION TO THE CLIMATE, SOIL AND ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES. WITH AN ACCOUNT OF VARIOUS PROCESSES OF MANUFACTURING SUGAR](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/950/485/1279485950.0.m.jpg)
[COOKERY] CHINESE SUGAR-CANE AND SUGAR MAKING; ITS HISTORY, CULTURE, AND ADAPTATION TO THE CLIMATE, SOIL AND ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES. WITH AN ACCOUNT OF VARIOUS PROCESSES OF MANUFACTURING SUGAR
by Charles F. Stansbury
New York: C. M. Saxton and Company, 1857. First Edition. Soft Cover. Poor binding. Text is foxed throughout, and dampstaining to the preliminaries and final leaves. Excessive scotch tape repair to the paper covers, and masking tape along the spine. Poor binding.
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[ART] [TWO OIL PAINTINGS]. RENDERINGS OF VICTORIAN BRITISH OFFICERS
by Colin Stanton
1980. PORTRAIT OF AN OFFICER OF THE 11th HUSSARS. The 11th Light Dragoons became the 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars in 1840, and adopted the uniform with "cherry" colored trousers, reflecting the livery of Prince Albert's house, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. They charged with the Light Brigade. Oil on board; 18" x 9"; framed.~~SERGEANT OF THE 24th... Read More
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[HISTORY] THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND (2 VOLUMES)
by Venerable Bede; translated by Thomas Stapleton
Stratford-upon-Avon: For Basil Blackwell by the Shakespeare Head Press, 1930. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Quarto; in holland backed boards with printed paper spine labels; fresh copies with limited shelfwear; a bit of soiling to the back board of Volume I; bookplate on the front pastedown of each volume else contents clean and binding sound; single... Read More
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