THE ANNALS OF SPORTING AND FANCY GAZETTE; A MAGAZINE, ENTIRELY APPROPRIATED TO SPORTING SUBJECTS AND FANCY PURSUITS; Containing Every Thing Worthy of Remark on Hunting, Shooting, Coursing, Racing, Fishing, Cocking, Pugilism, Wrestling, Singlestick, Pedestrianism, Cricket, Billiards, Rowing, Sailing, Etc. Etc. Accompanied with Striking Representations of the Various Subjects
London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1822-1828. First Edition. Hardcover. Occasional light foxing or staining but contents generally clean. Attractive bookplate of Edward Motley Weld on the front pastedowns of all volumes. Three covers detached, rubbing to the raised bands. Very Good. Complete in 13 octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/2") volumes bound in later polished calf leather with gilt rules... Read More
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DOVE AT THE WINDOWS: LAST LETTERS OF FOUR QUAKER MARTYRS
Lincoln, MA: Penmaen Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Tall quarto (8" x 11-3/4") in original cloth. Foreword by George Selleck. Illustrated with five woodcuts by Michael McCurdy. One of 24 copies of a total edition of 224 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. This copy is marked "MM" at the colophon and belonged to the... Read More
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THE RACE - JEROME PARK N.Y
New York: Thomas Kelly, 1869. First Edition. Print. Small archival linen tape repairs on the reverse used to strengthen the paper where torn at the margins, two tears going into the image slightly; mild dampstain lower right corner, dampstain at left center margin, small circular stain top center, light foxing spread across the left side, scattered soiling. Quite attractive... Read More
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CROSSING THE PLAINS
Akron, OH: The Saalfield Pub. Co., 1942. Softcover. All cutouts still intact, though the cutout of the buffalo on the rear cover is detached and loosely laid in. Near Fine. Stiff pictorial wraps; 12 pages including covers, all in color. Stand-up punch-outs of cowboys and wranglers.
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AUBREY SCHWARTZ. A RETROSPECTIVE
(Binghamton, NY): Binghamton University Art Museum, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Aubrey Schwartz. Stapled wraps, 8-1/2" x 11": 36 pages. Contents consist primarily of black-and-white and color reproductions of the artist's work. Laid in is a four-page brochure for the artist's reception.
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THE COLLECTION OF THE GARDEN LTD. MAGNIFICENT BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS
New York: Sotheby's, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Unpaginated. Includes 308 lots, every item with color or B&W photographic illustrations, many full-page. List of sale results is loosely inserted. A magnificent collection that brought magnificent prices.
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THE DAGUERREOTYPE: A MAGAZINE OF FOREIGN LITERATURE AND SCIENCE. Volume I, Issues 2 - 12
Boston: J. M. Whittemore, (1847). First Edition. Hardcover. Owner name of Eastman Sanborn dated Andover, Mass. 1850 on the front endpaper. Minor foxing; chipping to spine tips and some loss along spine edges, covers tight. Good. Bound in publisher's brown blindstamped cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine. For some reason, the first issue is not... Read More
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HEIRS OF HIPPOCRATES. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICINE IN A CATALOGUE OF HISTORIC BOOKS IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY, THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
Iowa City: Friends Of The University Of Iowa Libraries, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Cloth; xiv, 474 pages. Excellent reference work with illustrations. "This catalogue contains descriptions of 1,196 of the 1,600 books in the John Martin Rare Book Room in the Health Sciences Library. Works were chosen for the catalogue which seemed to illustrate the best... Read More
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DAGUERROETYPE MAGAZINE. Volume I, #2-12. 1847
New York. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine chipped. Good. Original cloth
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PHOTOGRAPHIC SCENERY OF SOUTH AFRICA
n.p.: Sam Alexander, 1880. Second Edition. Hardcover. Images generally clean with some foxing to margins and to tissue guards; hinges reinforced with cloth tape. Binding rubbed and worn but still quite presentable. Very Good. Quarto (9" x 11-1/2") in publisher's gilt-decorated morocco leather, with modern rebacking retaining most of the original spine and tinted lithographic title page with... Read More
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QUARTO-MILLENARY. AN ILLUSTRATED SURVEY ... OF THE FIRST 250 PUBLICATIONS OF THE LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959. First Edition. hardcover. Slight foxing to first few pages; bookplate on front pastedown; two blank rear endpapers removed; light soiling to red cloth. Very Good in a Near Fine slipcase. Folio (9" x 12") bound in half black morocco leather and red cloth with a black morocco inset on the front cover... Read More
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LIST OF CATALOGUES OF ENGLISH BOOK SALES, 1676-1900, NOW IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM
(New York): (Martino Publishing), 1915 [1995]. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine, issued without dustwrapper. Red cloth; xv, 523 pages. This reprint of the 1915 edition is stated to be "Strictly Limited to 100 Copies." Introduction by Alfred W. Pollard. Preface by G. F. Barwick: "The collection of 8000 [auction] catalogues of English book sales here listed ranges from the sale... Read More
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BHAGAVAD GITA: THE SONG CELESTIAL. From the Mahabharata being a discourse between Arjuna, Prince of India, and the Supreme Being under the form of Krishna
Bombay: Limited Editions Club, 1964. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Near Fine solander case with a stain on the front. Y. G. Srimati. Large octavo (7" x 10") bound in Indian silk hand-woven in a multicolor lotus-and-mango pattern,154 pages. Ancient collection of Indian animal fables and folklore in the original Sanskrit with an English translation by Edwin... Read More
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KIMONO FABRIC DESIGN SAMPLE BOOK
[1950s?]. First Edition. Softcover. Some samples creased or lightly soiled, most in Fine shape. Folio (12" x 16") sheets string-tied with numerous actual fabric samples loosely laid in. From early in the Showa Era (1926-1989), this appears to be from the Hasegawa Kimono company, apparently still in business, and contains samples for everyday wear. There are approximately 80... Read More
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COLLECTION OF SIX MOUNTED ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF TOWNS IN AUSTRIA AND GERMANY
Vienna: Helm, [1868]. First Edition. Photograph. Just a bit of fading to the images. Near Fine and scarce. Six 8-1/8" x 5-1/2" albumen photographs on 12-3/4" x 9-3/4" mounts of various towns in Austria and Germany: Spitz, Persenbeug, Strudel, Passau, Weiteneck, and Grein, all from DONAU-ALBUM by Helm of scenes along the Danube. The complete album contained anywhere... Read More
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AMERICAN INDIAN LEGENDS
Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1968. Hardcover. Mild sunning to spine, often more severe with this title. About Fine in worn glassine and a Near Fine slipcase. Everett Gee Jackson. Nearly square octavo (8-1/4" x 9-1/4") bound in natural wood veneer over boards with an undyed fawnskin leather spine. Selected, edited, and with an introduction by Allan A.... Read More
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THE BOOK OF BALLADS
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1967. Hardcover. Fine in lightly worn glassine and a Fine slipcase. Fritz Kredel. Tall octavo (6-3/4" x 10-3/4") bound in quarter blue buckram and decorated boards, 240 pages. A collection of 87 classic ballads from all over the world, but primarily from England and America, selected and edited by MacEdward Leach. Illustrated with... Read More
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QUARTO-MILLENARY. AN ILLUSTRATED SURVEY ... OF THE FIRST 250 PUBLICATIONS OF THE LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959. First Edition. hardcover. Fine in glassine with some tears and a Fine slipcase. Folio (9" x 12") bound in half black morocco leather and red cloth with a black morocco inset on the front cover of the LEC logo. Illustrated with 200 examples of title pages, text pages, and illustrations reproduced by... Read More
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THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION as published in THE ANNUAL REGISTER, OR A VIEW OF THE HISTORY, POLITICS, AND LITERATURE, FOR THE YEAR 1787
London: J. Dodsley, 1789. First Edition. Hardcover. Early ink stamp on front pastedown; clean copy in a worn binding with the spine dry and rubbed and the joints split but holding tight. Good. Bound in contemporary calf-backed marbled boards. While some copies have a title page dated 1788, the first edition was published in 1789. One of the... Read More
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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE, June 1906
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1906. First Edition. Original Wraps. very light wear, just about Fine. Printed wraps. Vol. XVII, #6. Features illustrated articles on the recent eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the San Francisco earthquake as well as the Diamond Mines of South Africa, Canadian Immigration, the Luray Caverns, and the Panama Canal.
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THE BOOK OF PSALMS FROM THE AUTHORIZED KING JAMES VERSION
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1960. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a close to Fine chemise with some fading to gilt and a Fine slipcase. Valenti Angelo. Duodecimo (4-1/8" x 6-1/4") bound in full orange morocco leather with gilt lettering on the spine and an elaborate design of King David and his harp blindstamped on both covers. Preface... Read More
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THE NURSERYMAN'S SPECIMEN BOOK OF AMERICAN FRUITS, FLOWERS, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses, & c
[Rochester, NY]: Rochester Lithographing Company Successors to D. M. Dewey's, [@1900]. First Edition. Hardcover. Plates bright and clean with occasional smudge. Slight looseness of covers. Near Fine with lovely plates. Oblong octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2") in black leather with a color plate of an apple pasted on the front cover. Illustrated with 71 chromolithographs, printed on rectos only... Read More
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SAILOR. Construction Kit
Kenosha, WI: Samuel Lowe Company, n.d. [1950s]. Softcover. Light soiling. Very Good. Pictorial wraps; 8 pages including covers. Stand-up sailors and punch-outs of sailors and soldiers.
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AMERICAN INDIAN LEGENDS
Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1968. Hardcover. Spine sunned, as often the case with this title, and here to an even white. Very Good in a Near Fine slipcase with some sunning. Everett Gee Jackson. Nearly square octavo (8-1/4" x 9-1/4") bound in natural wood veneer over boards with an undyed fawnskin leather spine. Selected, edited, and with... Read More
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SWISS PICTURES DRAWN WITH PEN AND PENCIL
London: Religious Tract Society, n.d. New Edition. Hardcover. Spine rubbed with loss of gilt and some cloth. Very Good. Large octavo (7-3/4" x 11-1/4") in original gilt-decorated cloth. Generously illustrated by Whymper and others with numerous wood engravings and with two color lithographs of Mont Blanc and the Summit of the Aiguille Verte. Much on wildlife and mountain... Read More
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