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OFFICE DE LA SEMAINE SAINTE A L'USAGE DE ROME

OFFICE DE LA SEMAINE SAINTE A L'USAGE DE ROME by (BINDINGS - 17TH CENTURY GILT-TOOLED FRENCH, ROYAL?)

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Title
OFFICE DE LA SEMAINE SAINTE A L'USAGE DE ROME
Author
(BINDINGS - 17TH CENTURY GILT-TOOLED FRENCH, ROYAL?)
Seller
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Paris: Pierre le Petit, 1683. 203 x 127 mm. (8 x 5"). 4 p.l. (first blank), xxxii, 629, [3] pp. REGAL CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO, GILT, covers with French fillet border, central field semé with alternating fleur-de-lys and Louis XIV's stylized "L" topped with a crown, raised bands, spine compartments with crowned "L" at center, oblique fleur-de-lys at corners, marbled endpapers, olive green morocco label, all edges gilt. Printer's device on title page and four engraved plates, depicting the Entry into Jerusalem, the Crucifixion, the Descent into Hell, and the Resurrection. Front pastedown with morocco bookplate of Hans Fürstenberg; verso of front free endpaper with book label of the Fondation Fürstenberg. USTC 6098649. For the binding: Olivier, Pl. 2493, Fer no. 8. Top inner corner of covers a shade darker (but apparently not from moisture), boards tending to splay slightly, corners a bit bumped, endpapers with offsetting from binder's glue, but the binding lustrous, with very little wear to the joints, and generally pleasing. About a quarter of the leaves with small, faint dampstain at upper gutter, intermittent minor browning and foxing (more pronounced on a couple of quires), other unserious signs of devout use, but the text with nothing approaching a fatal defect. Bound for a distinguished library--and perhaps for a member of the French royal household--and with an illustrious modern provenance, this is a pleasing copy of a 17th century Parisian edition of the Office of Holy Week. The attractive engravings that accompany these paschal hours demonstrate the lush, graceful style that distinguished the fine late baroque printmakers. The scenes of the Crucifixion and Resurrection were engraved by Jean Morin (ca. 1605-50), whose innovation of combining engraving and etching on the same plate ushered in a new popular style of printmaking, and the depiction of the Entry into Jerusalem by Flemish artist Peter Paul Bouche (fl. ca. 1685-1702) is especially pleasing. But the story of this volume is its period binding. The owner who commissioned the binding may well have been a member of the noted Lamoignon family, whose celebrated library was built over several generations, but particularly by Chrétien-François de Lamoignon I (1644-1709), a cultivated man of letters and friend to writers such as Boileau and Racine. The "L" surmounted by a crown appears typically on the family bindings (though normally accompanied by the same cypher stamped in the margin of the third leaf of text, a stamp that is not present here). The impressive library was sold to bookseller Thomas Payne, and auctioned off in 1791-92. Equally (or, really, unequally) the repeating motif of Louis XIV's crowned "L" monogram could well indicate that this was the property of royalty. We have not been able to identify its specific owner, but this style of semis was not uncommon for royal bindings; the Russian National Library has two late 17th century examples with Louis XIV's own arms over an identical ground. According to Olivier, the semis repetition alternating the monarch's initial with a fleur-de-lys or with a specific royal's cipher became popular during the reign of Louis XIII and continued under his successors; "the result for royal bindings is a sort of uniformity in the ornamentation which seems to reflect, in the field of art, the unification and centralization of France." Our binding's crisp, precise tooling has survived beautifully despite apparent dedicated devotional use by its early owner. Our copy is further distinguished by coming from the collection of Hans (or Jean) Fürstenberg (1890-1982), a bibliophile of refined discrimination who assembled one of the great collections of the 20th century and whose books were noted for their outstanding condition. He put together one of the finest collections of 18th century French books ever assembled, and his library contained a discriminating selection of bindings from other periods, such as the present example..
THIRTY NEW BRAZILIAN PLANTS<br>DESCRIBED BY LINNAEUS' FOREMOST DISCIPLE<br>Plantarum brasiliensium. Decas Prima / Secunda / Tertia.

THIRTY NEW BRAZILIAN PLANTS
DESCRIBED BY LINNAEUS' FOREMOST DISCIPLE
Plantarum brasiliensium. Decas Prima / Secunda / Tertia. by [BRAZIL] / THUNBERG, Carol Peter; BILLBERG, Immanuel; AHLBERG, Carolus Gustavus; HOLM, Carolus Otto

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THIRTY NEW BRAZILIAN PLANTS
DESCRIBED BY LINNAEUS' FOREMOST DISCIPLE
Plantarum brasiliensium. Decas Prima / Secunda / Tertia.
Author
[BRAZIL] / THUNBERG, Carol Peter; BILLBERG, Immanuel; AHLBERG, Carolus Gustavus; HOLM, Carolus Otto
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Martayan Lan, Inc. (United States)
Description
Three separately published parts. 4to. [20 x 16.5, 20.5 x 16, and 21 x 17 cm]. I: (1) f., 16 pp., with engraved plates of Lobelia westiniana [31 cm x 20.5 cm] and Rhexia imbricata & Berberis laurifolia [30 cm x 20.5 cm]. II: (1) f. 11 pp. III: (2) ff., 13 pp., engraved plate of Billbergia speciosa [35.5cm x 22cm]. Title pages slightly dusty. Part II unbound. Generally excellent. A rare series of three consecutively printed dissertations (2 of them illustrated) on the flora of Brazil, diligently recorded in standard Linnaean form by Carl Thunberg, Linnaeus' foremost disciple and the greatest botanical explorer and collector of his day. The specimens were collected by Georg Wilhelm Freyreiss in his travels to Minas Gerais, Brazil in 1814-15. Only eight species out of the thirty described by Thunberg in these booklets had been studied until recently (Moraes, Smedt, and Hjertson). Most of the specimens can still be found today at Uppsala University. Although the dissertations are separately signed by Billberg, Ahlberg, and Holm, Reyment notes that the work in each case was Thunberg's, since it was customary for the professor to write the thesis which his students would then defend in public. Each dissertation is in the form of a scientific description of 10 different species, of which several appear to be named and described for the first time: for example, Billberg's thesis notes two Lobelia, one Begonia, and one Euphorbia; Ahlberg'sseveral orchids (Epidendrum, Cymbidium sp.), nightshades (Solanum sp.), and a type of wild basil (Ocymum); and Holm's a species of bromeliad (Billbergia speciosa). Two of the theses are illustrated with detailed depictions of the specimens involved, on large folding engravings. Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828), rector of the University of Uppsala, earned the epithets "father of South African botany" and "the Japanese Linnaeus." Of the disciples whom Linnaeus sent off on far-flung collecting journeys, Thunberg traveled the furthest, reaching South Africa, Indonesia, Japan (where in order to be admitted he had to pass himself off as a Dutch Protestant merchant), and Sri Lanka. Thunberg is cited in naming some 254 species of plants and animals (though significantly more plants than animals) and authoring more than 160 monographs and scientific papers. OCLC: 3 parts together at NYPL, U. Minnesota, JCB, Harvard. *Pritzel 9314; BMNH 5, p. 2110; Stafleu & Cowan 14397; G. Eriksson in DSB XIII, 391-3; not in Borba; R. Reyment, "Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828), The Founder of Japanese Botanical Research"; Moraes, Smedt, and Hjertson, "Notes on the Brazilian Plants Collected by Georg Wilhelm Freyreiss and Published by Carl Peter Thunberg in Plantarum brasiliensium," Harvard Papers in Botany 19/1 (2014): 123-132.
De Cupidinis et Psyches [Cupid and Psyche]; Amoribus Fabula Anilis

De Cupidinis et Psyches [Cupid and Psyche]; Amoribus Fabula Anilis by Lucius Apuleius; Ricketts, Charles (Illustrations)

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Title
De Cupidinis et Psyches [Cupid and Psyche]; Amoribus Fabula Anilis
Author
Lucius Apuleius; Ricketts, Charles (Illustrations)
Seller
Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
[London]: Hacon & Ricketts [and] Iohannes (John) Lane [Vale Press], 1901. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Ricketts, Charles. One of 310 copies (unnumbered), quarto size, 31 pp., the first printing with Ricketts illustrations, all text in Latin. The story of "Cupid and Psyche" has been retold countless times, appearing first in Ovid's "Metamorphoses" and thereafter "in poetry, drama, and opera, and depicted widely in painting, sculpture, and even wallpaper" (n.b., per Wiki). This incredibly lovely version with five in-text wood engravings, an opening border with one large initial by Charles deSousy Ricketts (1866-1931), whose talents ran from costume and scenery design to book illustration to book design and typography. The border surrounding the initial page of text is particularly noteworthy, for "Ricketts was unrivalled in his design of woodcut borders; his inventive, intricate patterns succeed with several different motifs, whether vine-leaves and grapes, wild bryony, hops, or knot work derived from Celtic illumination" (n.b., from "The World of Charles Ricketts" by Joseph Derracott). This volume in a stunning custom binding; while there is no binder's stamp, per a pencilled note on the rear pastedown, it was bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in quarter green leather over combed marbled paper in shades of red, green and blue, gilt lettering on the spine, top edge gilt, fore- and bottom edges rough-cut, the five in-text illustrations bound in throughout, please note that all text (including the colophon) is in Latin (per Watry, the choice of Latin for the text was "the opportunity to display the Vale fount to its best advantage"); Vale type on Graver paper, quarto size (11 1/2" by 7 7/8"), pagination: [i-iii] iv-xxx [xxxi, colophon]. ___CONDITION: Near fine, the leather smooth and supple, the boards clean and without wear, straight corners with a hint of rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and free of prior owner markings (note there are a few lightly pencilled marks to the recto of the rear free endpaper which appear to have been from a prior bookseller); we are grading as near fine due to some light scattered foxing and a bit of sunning to the spine. ___CITATIONS: Watry no. B33; A Collection of Books Designed by Charles Ricketts (L'Art Ancien S.A., 1972), no. 53. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm by MacDonald, Betty; Sendak, Maurice (Illustrator)

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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm
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MacDonald, Betty; Sendak, Maurice (Illustrator)
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Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Comany, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/good +. Sendak, Maurice. First printing, octavo size, 128 pp. An early Sendak title, third (of five) in the series about the delightful Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, who "lives in an upside down house, smells like cookies, and was married to a pirate who buried his treasure in the backyard!" (N.B., quote from dust jacket flap, quoting the Philadelphia Inquirer). The character remained so enduringly popular that a new title was published in 2016 featuring the character's great-niece, "Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Whatever Cure" (N.B., from Wiki). ___DESCRIPTION: Green cloth boards with a vignette on the front in dark purple of a small girl and boy holding hands, dark purple lettering on the spine, plain endpapers, pictorial title page (with illustrations spreading over two pages), "First Edition" stated on copyright page (correct for first printing per Hanrahan), wonderful in-text illustrations by Maurice Sendak throughout; octavo size (text block 8" tall), pagination: (1)-128. Dust jacket has original (and correct) $2.00 price on the lower front flap, wrap-around illustration in purple with, on the front panel, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (with a pirate on her shoulder as befits the wife of a pirate) with a small boy following her who is beckoning to (on the back panel) the small girl and boy holding hands, with a small dog bringing up the rear, all upon a background of white with green highlights, purple lettering on the spine; text on flaps in purple, the front flap with a summary of this title, publisher's ads on back flap for the first two books in the series. ___CONDITION: Volume is near fine overall, with a strong, square text block, solid hinges, the corners are straight with a bare minimum of rubbing, the interior is clean and bright, the only prior owner marking is a gift inscription in red ink "To Susan / Christmas 1957" on the front free endpaper. The dust jacket is good or better; it is not price-clipped and is entire; there is sunning to the spine, a small chip (size of a dot) out of the spine not affecting text, overall edgewear with minor loss to the head and tail of the spine (not affecting any lettering), foxing to the creases and a small stain where the back panel meets the spine. ___CITATION: Hanrahan A13. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB and the IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions, we are here to help.
Souvenir in Affectionate Remembrance of the…S. S. “Titanic.”

Souvenir in Affectionate Remembrance of the…S. S. “Titanic.”

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Souvenir in Affectionate Remembrance of the…S. S. “Titanic.”
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James Arsenault & Company (United States)
Description
8 York Place, Strand, [London]: S. Burgess, [ca. 1912]. Illustrated souvenir tissue with floral border in red and purple 14.125” x 15”. CONDITION: Good, foxed and slightly creased, chip at lower right corner with no loss to decorative floral border. This illustrated tissue paper souvenir honors the “Captain, Mates, Crew, & Passengers who lost their lives by the foundering of the world’s largest liner, S. S. ‘Titanic’”, and is illustrated with an image of the ship “Whilst on Her Maiden Voyage from Southampton to New York.” A brief message from the King and Queen is printed next to “The Last Hymn.”  London printer and “swag” vendor Sarah Burgess, known affectionately among the city’s street sellers as “Auntie,” began her business in the late 1800s, and by the 1930s her shop had become “the recognised centre for the street traders and the costers of London to buy their wares” (Barker). A London directory of 1908 describes her as a “manufacturer of paper switches, cut tissues, lace paper and shelf trimmings & confetti, and stationer, wholesale and export” (Crawford). REFERENCES: Barker, Dudely. “This is Where London’s Costers Buy the Things They Sell,” Evening Standard (London) 1 August 1938, p. 5; Crawford, Elizabeth. “Ephemera: Mrs Sarah Burgess, Printer,” Woman and Her Sphere online. 
The Lone Wolf Returns

The Lone Wolf Returns by Vance, Louis Joseph

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Title
The Lone Wolf Returns
Author
Vance, Louis Joseph
Seller
The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1923. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First edition, first printing of The Lone Wolf Returns by Louis Joseph Vance, in the publisher's scarce dust jacket.. Octavo, 367pp. Gray cloth, title in gilt on front cover and spine. No additional printings listed. Solid text block, light wear to head and tail of spine, faint toning to hinges. In the publisher's scarce dust jacket, price clipped, with a few small losses along top edge. One closed tear along rear hinge flap, touch of sunning to spine, archival tape repair on verso at head of spine. Both panels retain vibrant illustrations of the titular "Lone Wolf." (Steinbrunner & Penzler 250) A scarce work in jacket. The Lone Wolf series tells the story of Michael Lanyard, a fictional jewel thief turned private detective. The Lone Wolf Returns was adapted into a silent film numerous times after its publication; the first starring Bert Lytell in 1926 and another starring Malvyn Douglas in 1935. Other titles in this series include The Lone Wolf (1914), The False Faces (1918), Alias The Lone Wolf (1921), Red Masquerade (1921), The Lone Wolf's Son (1931), Encore (1933), and The Lone Wolf's Last Prowl (1934).
An Autobiography. The Story of the Lord's Dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith. The Colored Evangelist. With an Introduction by Bishop Thoburn, of India..

An Autobiography. The Story of the Lord's Dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith. The Colored Evangelist. With an Introduction by Bishop Thoburn, of India.. by Smith, Amanda

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An Autobiography. The Story of the Lord's Dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith. The Colored Evangelist. With an Introduction by Bishop Thoburn, of India..
Author
Smith, Amanda
Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
Chicago: Meyer & Brother, 1893 First edition. Publisher's brick red cloth stamped in gilt with portrait of Amanda Smith. . Octavo. With frontisportrait and twenty-five full-page engravings. Some rubbing to cloth and a few spots of discoloration. Dark blue coated endpapers. Some marginal toning, as usual. A good copy of this important autobiography of a Black preacher and missionary. Amanda Berry Smith (1837 - 1915) was a missionary, Methodist preacher, evangelist for the Women's Christian Temperance Union, and founding member of the Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. Smith was born into slavery in Maryland and, after her father bought the freedom of their family, she married a Methodist deacon and became a preacher in black churches in New York and New Jersey. Smith spent eight years as a missionary in West Africa and, upon returning to the United States, established the Amanda Smith Industrial Orphan Home, an orphanage and school for Black children in Chicago. The Amanda Smith Industrial Orphan Home, founded in 1899, appears in 'Efforts for Social Betterment Among Negro Americans' (1909), the report of an Atlanta University sociological study directed by W.E.B. Du Bois. Between 1899 and 1909, the orphanage had housed and educated sixty Black children. In this book's introduction, Smith's colleague Bishop J.M. Thorburn attested to Smith's striking presence and command of an audience: "During the many years that I have lived in Calcutta, I have known many famous strangers to visit the city…but I have never known anyone who could draw and hold so large an audience as Mrs. Smith," (p. vi).
Fluffy Ruffles: The "It Girl of 1907 - Paper Doll

Fluffy Ruffles: The "It Girl of 1907 - Paper Doll by Wallace Morgan

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Title
Fluffy Ruffles: The "It Girl of 1907 - Paper Doll
Author
Wallace Morgan
Seller
Eclectibles (United States)
Condition
Edge wear on envelope. 4 hats lacking.
Description
New York: J. Ottmann, 1907. Edge wear on envelope. 4 hats lacking.. A 10 34/" easel back die-cut paper doll with five costumes, one hat and the original envelope. The character first appeared as a comic strip in the New York Herald and its European counterpart the Paris Herald. Fluffy was considered the "New Woman" of the 20th Century. She epitomized the evolution of women into independent thinkers also promoting the current fashions of the day. Costumes include a driving outfit and a golfing outfit. Envelope measures 11" x 8
Autograph Letter Signed, New Hartford, New York, December 21, 1830, to Hon. Charles E. Dudley, Washington

Autograph Letter Signed, New Hartford, New York, December 21, 1830, to Hon. Charles E. Dudley, Washington by Savage, Eli

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Autograph Letter Signed, New Hartford, New York, December 21, 1830, to Hon. Charles E. Dudley, Washington
Author
Savage, Eli
Seller
Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Description
Quarto, two pages, old folds, postal markings on stamp-less address leaf, "free franked", in very good, clean and legible condition. Savage, recently returned from Green Bay, writes to Dudley seeking the post of Indian Agent there and comments upon the Oneida, York and Buffalo Indians, and the removal of the latter. "My Dear Sir, … I hasten to answer your enquiry as to Mr. Colton he is a gentleman that I saw but once at Green Bay and that was two days before I left there. When in New York about a month before I saw you he (Colton) made himself known to me and told me the great attachment he had for the Indians and that he intended to go to Washington this winter and vindicate their cause, and publish a series of numbers on the ill treatment of the Indians, I encouraged him in the measure, for I supposed that discouragement was equal to encouragement believing that he was one of those who was sent out to spy out the difficulty between the Government and the Indians, for the purpose of raising the Indian Question in this State for political purposes this is all that I know of Mr. Colton.. Since I saw you I have understood that the Oneida Indians were not satisfied with the Report of the Commissioners and that some of them will be at Washington this winter, the information that I conveyed to you was from Gen Root and not from the Indians since then I have learned they are anxious for more land, as I told you it is all the White Man and not the Red Man. According to your wishes if I go to New York this winter I shall call upon Mr. J. D. Ogden. I may be at Washington in the course of the Session after the office of Indian Agent at Green Bay if Col. Stambaugh appointment is not confirmed as it is said that it will not be owing to his neglect of duty while at the Bay how true this may be I do not know. It is an office that I should like very well if consistent with the Power to give it to me and it would be of great importance to this state upon the account of the Removal of the York Indians for they feel a great interest in having an agent from this state. I am sure that it would assist much in the Removal of the Buffalo Indians. It is an office that I have thought of much and it was suggested to me when at the Bay I should wish to hear from you …"
Autograph Letter Signed, Franklin, Tennessee, July 18, 1841, to James M. Critz, Lewisburg, Virginia

Autograph Letter Signed, Franklin, Tennessee, July 18, 1841, to James M. Critz, Lewisburg, Virginia by Meredith, F. D.

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Autograph Letter Signed, Franklin, Tennessee, July 18, 1841, to James M. Critz, Lewisburg, Virginia
Author
Meredith, F. D.
Seller
Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Description
Quarto, two pages, plus stamp less address leaf, in very good, clean and legible condition. 1841 Future President Polk runs unsuccessfully for reelection as Governor of Tennessee. Meredith writes in part: "…I got here on the 5th of July…The corn crop here is very fine though backward… The crops in the south have suffered very much for rain but not withstanding they may be called very good. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hearing Gov. Polk and Mr. Jones speak, they both made fine speeches, there were some 15 hundred or two thousand persons present, Ladies and gentlemen. The majority paid the greatest attention that could have been done but I am sorry to say that there were some that had not any respect for either of the gentlemen and were to say that they had no respect for themselves… I think Gov. Polk and Mr. Jones are both smart men, it is said that Jones is quite a different man from Gov. Cannon. I think that Jones and Polk are well matched. They both are smart to themselves and I might say to Tennessee also…" When the writer heard James Polk speak in a rural city in Tennessee, south of Nashville, the former Speaker of the US House of Representative was the incumbent Jacksonian Democratic Governor running for reelection. It's odd that Meredith, writing to his friend Critz, a doctor and slave-owning farmer, thought Polk and his Whig opponent, "Lean Jimmy" Jones, were "well matched" as orators, because Jones was reputed to be a much more entertaining speaker and storyteller. In the election, a month later, Jones defeated Polk by a slim majority of 3,000 votes. Two years later, Polk tried again for the same office and again lost to Jones. With those defeats behind him, in 1844, Polk entered his party's convention as nothing more than a "dark horse" candidate for Vice President. But when no candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination could secure the necessary two-thirds majority, Polk emerged as the compromise nominee. He went on to defeat Whig Henry Clay for the Presidency, holding office as Commander in Chief during the victorious Mexican-American War.
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Main-Traveled Roads by GARLAND Hamlin

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Main-Traveled Roads
Author
GARLAND Hamlin
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Franklin Gilliam :: Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1922. . 8vo, olive green cloth, front inner hinge cracked. INSCRIBED on the front free endpaper: "For Edmund Gosse whose love of Howells endears him to an over-seas neighbor Hamlin Garland." Dedication page (book dedicated to his parents) is inscribed "Hamlin Garland Boston, 1891" which is odd considering the Preface is dated 1922. Signature of R. E. Spiller, London, 1928 on front free endpaper. Pencil notation on front free endpaper "Return to Hamlin Garland". First published in 1891
ABC OF THE MOTORCYCLE

ABC OF THE MOTORCYCLE by Jackman, W.J.

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ABC OF THE MOTORCYCLE
Author
Jackman, W.J.
Seller
Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Near fine.
Description
Chicago: Charles C. Thompson Co, 1912. Near fine.. Second edition of this early illustrated guide to the mechanical operation of the motorcycle, for "People who want the 'SHOW HOW' Features." 7.5'' x 5.25''. Original gilt-stamped red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. 223, [1] pages. Previous owner's name in pen to front free endpaper. Light edgewear to boards. Corner creases to a few pages; minor damage to upper corners of pages 211-216 (text not affected).
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Explorations in Hititte Asia Minor by von der Osten, H. H.

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Explorations in Hititte Asia Minor
Author
von der Osten, H. H.
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McBlain Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Westport: Greenwood Press, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vols. photos, viii, 153, 196p. Original dark blue cloth. 23 cm. Price stickers roughly removed from endpapers. No Jackets (as published). Reprint of the 1927 and 1929 reports which were published by the University of Chicago.
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Guida D'Italia Venezia Tridentina E Cadore. by [Venice].

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Guida D'Italia Venezia Tridentina E Cadore.
Author
[Venice].
Seller
Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books & Prints (United States)
Description
Small 8vo, red cloth, gilt lettering on spine and top cover, illustrated 620 pp. Signature on front endpaper, normal aging and browning, one map with edge tear; otherwise very good plus. Two small double page maps along with text, and two larger folding maps in the rear. Lots of detail.
Catalogue One. A Selection of Fine & Rare Books

Catalogue One. A Selection of Fine & Rare Books by Wyer, William

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Catalogue One. A Selection of Fine & Rare Books
Author
Wyer, William
Seller
Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
A very good- copy a large chip to inner corner of back wrapper and with a mailing label.
Description
Williamstown, MA: William Wyer, 1982. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good- copy a large chip to inner corner of back wrapper and with a mailing label.. Unpaged. Illus. with b/w plates and in-text reproductions. 16mo. 42 items listed.
Catalogue Two. A Selection of Fine & Rare Books

Catalogue Two. A Selection of Fine & Rare Books by Wyer, William

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Title
Catalogue Two. A Selection of Fine & Rare Books
Author
Wyer, William
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Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
A very good+ copy with minor rubbing on wrappers.
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Williamstown, MA: William Wyer, 1982. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good+ copy with minor rubbing on wrappers.. Unpaged. Illus. with b/w plates and in-text reproductions. 16mo. 53 items.

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