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Typed Letter Signed with Autograph Annotation

Typed Letter Signed with Autograph Annotation by EINSTEIN, ALBERT

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Title
Typed Letter Signed with Autograph Annotation
Author
EINSTEIN, ALBERT
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The Manhattan Rare Book Company (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Princeton, NJ: np, 1953. First edition. custom folder. Very Good. TOWARDS THE END OF HIS LIFE, EINSTEIN WRITES TO ONE OF HIS FRIENDS FROM THE PATENT OFFICE CONCERNING ONE OF THE CENTRAL STRUGGLES OF HIS SCIENTIFIC LIFE.COMMENTING ON THE WORK OF DIRAC, EINSTEIN ADMITS THAT ALTHOUGH HE "CAN'T TAKE A STATISTICAL FOUNDATION OF PHYSICS SERIOUSLY" HE FINDS IT "DIFFICULT TO MOVE BEYOND IT". Background:Einstein's struggle with accepting a strictly statistical quantum theory has been one of the most discussed and debated topics of twentieth-century physics. When introduced to the statistically-based quantum mechanics of Heisenberg, Born, and Jordan in 1926, Einstein famously wrote to Max Born that "Quantum mechanics is certainly imposing. But an inner voice tells me that it is not yet the real thing. The theory says a lot, but does not really bring us any closer to the secret of the 'old one.' I, at any rare, am convinced that He is not playing at dice." (Einstein letter to Born from 4 December 1926.)From the onset, "Einstein regarded the quantum theory as descriptively incomplete. What he meant was that, in typical cases, the probabilistic assertions provided by the theory for an individual quantum system do not exhaust all the relevant and true physical assertions about the system. Put briefly, according to Einstein, the typical statistical story told by quantum theory is not the whole story." (Arthur Fine, "What is Einstein's Statistical Interpretation, or, Is It Einstein for Whom Bell's Theorem Tolls?"). Einstein's discomfort with the new theory haunted him for the next three decades and his challenges to the theory were the cause of some of the most fertile and defining moments of modern science, notably the celebrated "Bohr-Einstein debates" begun at the Fifth Solvay Conference (1927) and his monumentally influential "EPR" paper of 1935 ("Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?", written with Boris Podolsky and Nathan Rosen).As late as 1949, in his "Reply to Criticisms" (published in Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist), Einstein notes that Born and Wolfgang Pauli, in their contributions to the volume "deprecate the fact that I reject the basic idea of contemporary statistical quantum theory, insofar as I do not believe that this fundamental concept will provide a useful basis for the whole of physics" and spends the majority of the essay explaining his position (and distinguishing between his acceptance of the model for "ensembles of systems" while still rejecting it for an "individual physical system").The letter:Dated September 12, 1953, and written to his old colleague at the patent office in Bern, Joseph Sauter, the letter (translated from the original German) reads in full:Dear Mr. Sauter,If I am able to, I will gladly assist Mr. Keberle.I have heard of you often from my old friend Besso and I have also received a manuscript which deals critically with [handwritten] Dirac's presentation of the statistical approach to quantum theory. I have not been able to judge it myself because it is simply impossible for me to take a statistical foundation of physics seriously. But I have to admit that it is difficult to move beyond it.Yours sincerely, [signed] A. Einstein.Albert Einstein.The recipient, Joseph Sauter, worked with Einstein at the Bern Patent office during the years he was developing the ideas for his revolutionary papers of 1905. "Among his colleagues at the Patent Office Einstein discovered one with similar scientific interests-Dr. Josef Sauter, a French-Swiss, who had also studied at the Polytechnic and who had been Professor Weber's chief assistant for a while... Sauter, like Einstein, tried to fill the gaps in the Polytechnic's syllabus by private study, so that Einstein was able to discuss with him Maxwell's thermodynamics and Helmholtz's and Hertz's theoretical concepts... The two also discussed Einstein's publications on thermodynamics with the result that Sauter discovered a mistake in them, which Einstein accepted 'without being the least upset.' Fifty years later Einstein recalled 'that I had a lot of discussions with Sauter about... my thermal-statistical papers'... At least as important as his help with the 'rewriting and amending' were Sauter's connections with scientific circles in Bern, to which he soon introduced his new colleague." (Albrecht Fölsing, Albert Einstein). Edouard Keberle, mentioned in the first line by Einstein, was a Bulgarian physicist who, at the time of the letter, had just left the Institute of Theoretical Physics in Bern over a publication dispute. Not long after this letter - in early 1954 - Keberle accepted a post at the Midwest Research Institute in Kansas City. It is unclear if Einstein helped him in any way to get this position.Michele Besso - also mentioned in this letter - was Einstein's close lifelong friend.What prompts Einstein to declare that "it is simply impossible for me to take a statistical foundation of physics seriously" is the mention of a manuscript on the work of Paul Dirac. Philosophically, Dirac was almost the opposite of Einstein - he had no interest in probing the interpretations of quantum theory, wryly noting in his paper "The Inadequacies of Quantum Field Theory," that "The interpretation of quantum mechanics has been dealt with by many authors, and I do not want to discuss it here. I want to deal with more fundamental things."It is revealing in this letter that although Einstein re-states his objection to a statistical basis of quantum theory, he has doubts about his position, admitting - less than two years before his death - that he still has difficulty moving beyond it. Typed Letter Signed. Princeton, NJ: September 12, 1953. One 8.5x11 inch sheet with Einstein's embossed Mercer Street address at top. Custom silk presentation folder. With original mailing envelope with postmarks. A few small smudges, usual folds; fine condition.ONE OF EINSTEIN'S FINAL STATEMENTS ON ONE OF THE CENTRAL TENETS OF HIS SCIENTIFIC PHILOSOPHY.
Principal Navigations, Voiages and discoveries of the English Nation, made by Sea or over Land, to the most remote and farthest distant Quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1500 yeeres

Principal Navigations, Voiages and discoveries of the English Nation, made by Sea or over Land, to the most remote and farthest distant Quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1500 yeeres by Hakluyt, Richard

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Principal Navigations, Voiages and discoveries of the English Nation, made by Sea or over Land, to the most remote and farthest distant Quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1500 yeeres
Author
Hakluyt, Richard
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John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description
1599. London: George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, Deputies to Christopher Barker, 1599-1600. Folio, 3 parts in 2 vols. (24), 1-620; (16), 1-312, 1-204; (16), 1-868 pp. Early 18th century mottled calf, rebacked, retaining original backstrips; a handful of leaves with repair and reinforcement. Edges dyed red. Pencil and ink annotations citing the Irish provenance of the Orrery Library, with ink shelf marks and engraved bookplates on the verso of the title-pages. § An internally sound and complete copy of the second edition (second issue) with good provenance. Lacking the map as almost always. Members of the Boyle family were Earls of Cork, Earls of Orrery, and Earls of Burlington. The earldoms of Cork and Orrery were united in 1753 when John Boyle, 5th Earl of Orrery, succeeded his third cousin as 5th Earl of Cork. This second edition is much expanded compared with the first edition of 1589 and can even be called "an entirely new work" (Parker), with its scope widened to include non-English explorations, and the text increasing threefold. Hakluyt himself never traveled further afield than France, but he met or corresponded with many of the great explorers, navigators and cartographers including Drake, Raleigh, Gilbert, Frobisher, Ortelius and Mercator. In addition to long and significant descriptions of the Americas in Vol. III, the work also contains accounts of Russia, Scandinavia, the Mediterranean, Turkey, Middle East, Persia, India, Southeast Asia, and Africa. "It is difficult to overrate the importance and value of this extraordinary collection of voyages" (Sabin). Church 322; Hill 743; Pforzheimer 443; PMM 105; Sabin 29595, 29597, 29598.
THE KASÎDAH (COUPLETS) OF HÂJÎ ABDÛ EL-YEZDÎ: A LAY OF THE HIGHER LAW

THE KASÎDAH (COUPLETS) OF HÂJÎ ABDÛ EL-YEZDÎ: A LAY OF THE HIGHER LAW by [BURTON, SIR RICHARD FRANCIS]

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THE KASÎDAH (COUPLETS) OF HÂJÎ ABDÛ EL-YEZDÎ: A LAY OF THE HIGHER LAW
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[BURTON, SIR RICHARD FRANCIS]
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London: Privately Printed [Bernard Quaritch], 1880. FIRST EDITION, First Issue. 270 x 205 mm. (10 5/8 x 8 1/8"). 2 p.l., 33 pp.Translated and Annotated by his Friend and Pupil, F. B. ORIGINAL PRINTED YELLOW WRAPPERS, very expertly rebacked. In a (slightly worn) plush-lined navy blue Roan-backed buckram clamshell box, gilt lettering on back. Penzer, pp. 97-98. Wrappers just lightly soiled, gutter open at quire E, but a really excellent copy, the volume entirely firm, and text clean and fresh. This is a very desirable copy in the original fragile wrappers of the uncommon first issue of the work DNB considers "by far [Burton's] most notable poetic effort." Explorer and author Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-90) is primarily known for his riveting accounts of travel--often in regions never before visited by a European--and for his masterful translations of Eastern classics, most notably "The Arabian Nights." A remarkable linguist, he was fluent in more than 40 languages and dialects. Although this work purports to be another translation, it is in fact Burton's original work. The verses draw on Sufi thought and are written in the couplet style of Sufi poetry. "Unlike most of Burton's compositions, which were hastily written and carelessly (if at all) edited," DNB tells us, "this is a polished work that contains many fascinating autobiographical insights." Our first issue is said to have been printed in a very small quantity by Bernard Quaritch for distribution to Burton's friends. Quaritch printed a second issue as well (distinguishable by the firm's name on the title page), but because, as DNB observes, "it was perceived as an echo of Edward Fitzgerald's Rubáiyát," the title did not sell well. Penzer believes "the entire first edition did not in all probability consist of more than 200 copies, and Messrs. Quaritch state that under a hundred were sold.".
Le Arti che vanno per via nella citta di Venezia inventate ed incise da Gaetano Zompini

Le Arti che vanno per via nella citta di Venezia inventate ed incise da Gaetano Zompini by Zompini, , Gaetano

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Le Arti che vanno per via nella citta di Venezia inventate ed incise da Gaetano Zompini
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Zompini, , Gaetano
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Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
VG+
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Venezia, 1785. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+. Folio, all 60 engraved plates extant plus frontis, depicting Venetians in all manner of everyday life and commerce. Plates remarkably clean, no evidence of foxing. In old boards to which new 3/4 polished, dark brown grain leather has been applied. Library bookplate of the YMCA of the City of New York "from the Niblo Fund" on the pastedown; no other internal markings or numberings. A handsome folio.
Galo-Maquia. Obra Utilisima para los Aficionados a la Pelea de Gallo [manuscript caption title]

Galo-Maquia. Obra Utilisima para los Aficionados a la Pelea de Gallo [manuscript caption title] by [Cockfighting]. [Spain]

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Galo-Maquia. Obra Utilisima para los Aficionados a la Pelea de Gallo [manuscript caption title]
Author
[Cockfighting]. [Spain]
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McBride Rare Books (United States)
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Very good.
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[Spain, 1850. Very good.. 45pp. Small quarto. Contemporary calf, gilt. A few minor abrasions along spine, edges and corners worn. Occasional minor dust-soiling or foxing to text. An intriguing handwritten manual on cockfighting, describing different types of roosters and the rules for fighting them, presumably produced in Spain in the first half of the 19th century. The subtitle of the work touts it as (in English translation), "a very useful work for cockfighting fans." The manuscript includes passages with headings such as "Nobleza antiguedad y utilidad del juego de Gallo" ("Nobility, antiquity and usefulness of the Rooster game"), "De las peleas en general" ("Of fights in general"), "Condiciones para carear la guerra" ("Conditions to face war"), "Condiciones en las peleas de navaja" ("Conditions in knife fights"), "Observaciones acerca del acto de las peleas" ("Observations about the act of fighting"), "De las circumstancias del Gallero, de las cosas anexas a su egercicio y de su gratificacion" ("Of the circumstances of the Gallero, of the things annexed to his exercise and gratification"), "Sobre preparacion de los gallos para las peleas de pico" ("On the preparation of roosters for beak fights"), "Del modo de disponer los gallos para las peleas de navaja" ("How to arrange the roosters for knife fights"), as well as passages on the rules for fighting and comparing roosters by weight, age, and other means, and more. A substantial portion of the latter part of the manual is devoted to describing about thirty different "Colores de los gallos" and color patterns, which include various shades and patterns of "Indio," "Giro," "Canelo," "Blanco," "Prieto," "Pintojo," and "Tabao." The last section contains a "Regimen para curar las enformedades que mas generalmente padecen los gallos" ("Regimen for curing diseases that roosters most generally suffer from"). Though an undated manuscript, the binding appears to emanate from the first half of the 19th century. The ownership inscription and stamp on the first flyleaf indicates the work was owned by Fermin Canella Secades of the University of Oviedo in Spain. Canella Secades lived from 1849 until 1924, so could have owned the work anywhere within those years, but the manuscript was most assuredly produced earlier. Though he was a prolific author, the handwriting of the ownership inscription, presumably belonging to Canella Secades, does not match the handwriting in the manuscript, and the ownership inscription and stamp were most certainly added later. In any case, the present manuscript is a fascinating collection of useful information regarding one of the more esoteric bloodsports in the world, which is still legal in parts of Spain and Mexico (as well as many other countries), and still practiced in numerous places where it's clearly illegal.
The genuine letters of Baron Fabricius, envoy from his serene highness the Duke Administrator of Holstein to Charles XII of Sweden..

The genuine letters of Baron Fabricius, envoy from his serene highness the Duke Administrator of Holstein to Charles XII of Sweden.. by FABRICE, [Friedrich Ernst von]

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The genuine letters of Baron Fabricius, envoy from his serene highness the Duke Administrator of Holstein to Charles XII of Sweden..
Author
FABRICE, [Friedrich Ernst von]
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
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London: Printed for T. Becket and P.A. Dehondt, 1761. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Modern quarter calf with cloth boards, spine label with title in gilt on red background; title page slightly loose. Two bookplates, one with the letter “W” and the other bearing a stylized “A.” Excellent condition. First edition in English. This fascinating collection of letters was written to Charles XII and others in his circle by Baron Fabrice during their exile from Sweden. After a disastrous campaign against Russia, a wounded Charles and a few of his men retreated to the Ottoman Empire where they sought refuge under Ahmed III. They spent the years 1710-1714 at Bender, in Moldavia near the Black Sea, where Charles attempted to enlist the aid of the Turks against the Russians. “Fabrice won the full confidence and sympathy of the otherwise sealed and restrained the king” (NDB). Thus, four years of “singular particulars, secret transactions, and curious anecdotes in relation to that Northern hero, during his residence in Turkey” are captured in these missives, documenting an important power shift taking place in Northern Europe as well as the extraordinary fate of Sweden’s Warrior King. Fabrice (1683-1750) was born and educated in Germany before entering the service of King Charles XII of Sweden as a diplomat. He continued to represent Swedish interests abroad until Charles’ death in 1719 and later provided essential material for Voltaire’s two volume Histoire de Charles XII.
[WESTERN AMERICANA]. Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44 [Senate 174, 28th Congress, 2nd Session]

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44 [Senate 174, 28th Congress, 2nd Session] by Fremont, John Charles and Jessie Benton Fremont

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[WESTERN AMERICANA]. Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44 [Senate 174, 28th Congress, 2nd Session]
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Fremont, John Charles and Jessie Benton Fremont
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Michael Laird Rare Books LLC (United States)
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Good
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Washington DC: Gales and Seaton, 1845. First Edition. Good. Thick 8vo (23.5 x 16 cm). 693 [1 blank] pp., 5 lithographic maps (list below) including the huge 50" x 30" map, 22 lithographed plates (views, fossils, botany), 3 of the maps and 12 of the plates are attributed to Weber in image. Original blindstamped dark brown cloth, spine gilt-lettered (worn at extremities, particularly at head and tail of spine). Interior with moderate foxing and some browning, plates with moderate uniform foxing and browning, generally a good copy in original condition, unsophisticated. The large folding map is preserved in a separate mylar sleeve, good condition without any loss but with multiple characteristic splitting at folds as is always the case with this vastly oversized folding map (SEE IMAGES), original pocket at rear separating from lower board edge. With faults, and priced accordingly. FIRST EDITION -- A COMPLETE COPY -- OF ONE OF THE MONUMENTAL WORKS OF WESTERN EXPLORATION. This copy belongs to the PREFERRED SENATE ISSUE, containing the astronomical and meteorological observations that were omitted from the House issue and subsequent editions. Our copy is absolutely complete with all 22 plates and 5 maps, including the huge and justly famous 50" x 30" map (see below). "John C. Frémont's 'Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains...and to Oregon and California' can only be described as one of the monumental works of Western exploration. Although preceded by mountain men and immigrants, Frémont opened the West to an entire nation. By accurately describing this vast territory from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, his government report became the vade mecum of Manifest Destiny. Its words, maps, and pictures paved the way for future waves of overlanders culminating in the flood tide of the Gold Rush. Historians from Hubert Howe Bancroft to William H. Goetzmann bestowed upon the "Pathfinder" the highest praise for his accomplishments as a scientific explorer. The celebrated savant, Alexander von Humboldt, congratulated Frémont as a geographer and explorer and Brigham Young, the great Mormon prophet, read with keen interest his description of the Salt Lake Valley and its potential as a new Zion. Frémont, as he readily acknowledged, benefited from a superb supporting cast beginning with his wife and amanuensis, Jesse Benton Frémont; his powerful father-in-law, Senator Thomas Hart Benton; and his courageous and knowledgeable scouts and scientists including Kit Carson, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Alexis Godey, and Charles Preuss. His reports and those of his later expeditions made him a national hero and a charismatic symbol of American expansionism." (Gary Kurutz in Volkmann, Zamorano 80 catalogue). MAPS: 1. [Untitled emigrant route in Bear River Valley]. Sheet size: 49 x 22.5 cm. 2. Beer Springs [lower right] Lith by E Weber & Co. Sheet size: 22.5 x 14.5 cm. 3. The Great Salt-Lake. Sheet size 22.5 x 14.5 cm. 4. [Untitled map of the crossing of the Sierra Nevada by the South Fork of the American River] [lower center] Lith. by E. Weber & Co. Baltimore, Md. Sheet size: 22.5 x 64 cm. 5. Map of an Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842 and to Oregon & North California in the Years 1843-44 by Brevet Capt. J. C. Frémont of the Corps of Topographical Engineers under the Orders of Col. J. J. Abert, Chief of the Topographical Bureau. Lith. by E. Weber & Co., Baltimore, Md. [profile at top] Profile of the Route from the Mouth of the Kansas to Pacific by Capt. J. C. Fremont in 1843. Neat line to neat line: 78 x 129 cm (30" x 50"). Water courses and lakes highlighted in blue. Rumsey 1833 (House issue): "The large map of the west is one of the most interesting and beautiful government maps of the 1840s. It filled in many of the gaps in cartographic knowledge of the west. Charles Preuss was the cartographer." Wheat, Mapping the Transmississippi West, no. 497: "[Frémont's report and gigantic map] changed the entire picture of the West [and] represented as important a step forward from the earlier western maps of the period as did those of Pike, Long, and Lewis and Clark in their day.... [Frémont's map] represented trustworthy direct observation, a new, welcome, and long overdue development in the myth-encrusted cartography of the West. To Frémont and his magnificent map of his Second Expedition all praise. An altogether memorable document in the cartographic history of the West, and for it alone Frémont would deserve to be remembered in history.... This map marked not only the end but the beginning of an era." (See also Wheat, Maps of the California Gold Region 21). Alliott, p. 83. Cohen, Mapping the West, pp. 130-133. Cowan I, pp. 91, 269. Cowan II, pp. 223. Edwards, Enduring Desert, pp. 89-90. Field 565. Graff 1436. Grolier American Hundred 49. Hill I, pp. 112-113. Hill II:640. Holliday 396. Howell, California 50:88. Howes F370. Huntington Library, Zamorano 80...Exhibition of Famous and Notorious California Classics 39. Mintz, The Trail 165. Plains & Rockies IV:115:1. Sabin 25845. Schwartz & Ehrenberg, The Mapping of America, pp. 262, 271-78. Streeter Sale 3131: "Though the [large folding] map is unsigned, Lt. G. K. Warren in his Memoir, p. (45), says 'it was drawn by Charles Preuss, whose skill in sketching topography in the field and representing it on the map has probably never been surpassed.' Though the Oregon Trail and the Spanish Trail had been regularly used for a few years there were no dependable maps. For other parts of Frémont's route, much of the recording of his map was new, including the whole extent of the Sierra Nevada Range, the California rivers from the American River south, and the three Colorado rivers.-TWS." Tweney, The Washington 89 #22. Walgren, The Scallawagiana Hundred: A Selection of the Hundred Most Important Books about the Mormons and Utah 29. Zamorano 80 #39. PROVENANCE: Contemporary ownership inscription of George [Arthur?] Donald dated 1846 (lightly crossed out) -- bookplate and signature of Edward E. Bourne inside the front cover -- subsequently in Dorothy Sloan's private collection of Western Americana, which we purchased en bloc in 2020. CATALOGUER'S NOTE: We have made grateful use of Sloan's magisterial description of a copy which sold in her Auction 21 (lot 52: $2820 with buyer's premium).
Cabinet photograph. Hastings, Boston. Stowe was photographed with her grandson. Rules of reproducing the photograph stamped on verso with cropping notation in pencil. Condition: Overall very good condition with slight wear to corners and some soiling on verso. www.schulsonautographs.com

Cabinet photograph. Hastings, Boston. Stowe was photographed with her grandson. Rules of reproducing the photograph stamped on verso with cropping notation in pencil. Condition: Overall very good condition with slight wear to corners and some soiling on verso. www.schulsonautographs.com by STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER

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Cabinet photograph. Hastings, Boston. Stowe was photographed with her grandson. Rules of reproducing the photograph stamped on verso with cropping notation in pencil. Condition: Overall very good condition with slight wear to corners and some soiling on verso. www.schulsonautographs.com
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STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER
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Schulson Autographs (United States)
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Rare Cabinet Photograph, albumen print, on photographer's mount, Sarony, New York, ca 1880's

Rare Cabinet Photograph, albumen print, on photographer's mount, Sarony, New York, ca 1880's by BESANT, ANNIE

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Rare Cabinet Photograph, albumen print, on photographer's mount, Sarony, New York, ca 1880's
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BESANT, ANNIE
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Explication des Peintures, Sculptures et Gravures, de Messieurs de l’Académie Royale… by (PARIS SALON)

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Explication des Peintures, Sculptures et Gravures, de Messieurs de l’Académie Royale…
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(PARIS SALON)
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Woodcut royal coat-of-arms to title. 59 pp. 12mo (164 x 98 mm.), 20th-cent. green morocco-backed marbled boards (by Blanchetière), spine ornately gilt, t.e.g. Paris: l’Imprimerie des Bâtimens du Roi & de l’Académie Royale de Peinture, 1787. Scarce livret produced for the 1787 Salon in Paris. Ca. 115 artists exhibited 327 paintings, drawings, sculptures, engravings, etc. The exhibition presented the work of Brenet, Suvée, Vernet, Weyler, Callet, Vigée-Lebrun (pp. 19-20), Labille-Guiard (pp. 21-22), David, Wertmuller, Peyron, Perrin, Hall, Bilcoq, Pajou, Bridan, Boizot, Houdon, Comte de Parois, Porporati, Venon, Monot, etc. A finely bound copy of this rarity, livrets of the Paris Salon are now rare on the market. ❧ Documenting the Salon: Paris Salon Catalogs 1673-1945 (National Gallery of Art Library: 2016).
Exhibition postcard: Carl Andre - Copper Prime Couples (16 September-13 October 1976)

Exhibition postcard: Carl Andre - Copper Prime Couples (16 September-13 October 1976) by (ANDRE, Carl)

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Exhibition postcard: Carl Andre - Copper Prime Couples (16 September-13 October 1976)
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(ANDRE, Carl)
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Description
Black & white photographic illus. on recto, details to verso. Pictorial postcard, mailed. Paris: Yvon Lambert, 1976. Mailed example of the postcard invitation to Andre’s 1976 solo exhibition at Yvon Lambert's gallery. The recto bears an installation photograph of the artist's sculptures. In excellent condition. Hand-addressed to Stedelijk Museum curator Frits Keers (1936-2000). ❧ Sophie Richard, Unconcealed: The International Network of Conceptual Artists 1967-77, Dealers, Exhibitions and Public Collections (2010), p. 372.
A BEGINNING

A BEGINNING by [AUDEN, W. H.] HORAN, Robert

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A BEGINNING
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[AUDEN, W. H.] HORAN, Robert
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Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Covers foxed with small tear to spine. Very Good in a Very Good dustwrapper with chipping at the spine tips and corners
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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1948. First Edition. hardcover. Covers foxed with small tear to spine. Very Good in a Very Good dustwrapper with chipping at the spine tips and corners. Bloomfield & Mendelson B36: 1014 copies. Horan's first book, with a 4-page foreword by W. H. Auden. This copy SIGNED by Auden on the front endpaper and quite uncommon thus.
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THE SOUTHERN CROSS by WRIGHT, Charles

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THE SOUTHERN CROSS
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WRIGHT, Charles
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Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Random House, (1981). First Edition. Printed red wraps. Fine. Uncorrected Proof in printed red wraps.
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Abstraction, création, art non figuratif 1933 (no. 2). by Abstraction, création, art non figuratif 1933 (no. 2).

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Title
Abstraction, création, art non figuratif 1933 (no. 2).
Author
Abstraction, création, art non figuratif 1933 (no. 2).
Seller
Ars Libri Ltd (United States)
Description
Paris (Association Abstraction Création), 1933.. 52pp. Prof. illus. 4to. Orig. wraps. (slightly worn, with small stains). Important journal of abstract art in the 1930’s with Arp, Barbara Hepworth, Béothy, Buchheister, Calder, Delaunay, Drier, Freundlich, Gabo, Gleizes, Herbin, Kupka, Moholy-Nagy, Mondrian, Nicholson, Pevsner, Schwitters, Seligmann, Taeuber-Arp, Van Doesburg, Vantongerloo, Villon, Vordemberge-Gildewart, et al.
Die Wandgemaelde im Ball- und Concert-Saal des Konigl. Schlosses zu Dresden

Die Wandgemaelde im Ball- und Concert-Saal des Konigl. Schlosses zu Dresden by Bendemann, Eduard

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Die Wandgemaelde im Ball- und Concert-Saal des Konigl. Schlosses zu Dresden
Author
Bendemann, Eduard
Seller
Bernett Rare Books Inc (United States)
Description
Unpaginated introduction by Johann Gustav Droysen to a series of plates illustrating the mid-19th century murals in the Konigsschloss, Dresden by Eduard Bendemann, 12 highly detailed plates in excellent condition showing a variety of Classical subjects and a plan detailing their placement. Oblong folio. Boards, edges slightly rubbed. N.p., n.d., circa 1857.
Melotoons #1

Melotoons #1 by Crumb, R. (Robert); Peter Kuper (Editor)

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Title
Melotoons #1
Author
Crumb, R. (Robert); Peter Kuper (Editor)
Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
1972. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 16pp. Very slim quarto [28 cm] Saddle-stitched bright yellow printed wraps. Subtly faded at the spine and edges of the wraps. G.A.S. Publications Check List laid in. From the Foreward- "Robert Crumb needs no introduction. He is probably the best artist in the Underground Comics industry. He has been adopted and imitated by the commercial art world- and says he hates it." R. Crumb, from his humble beginnings as a greeting card artist in Kansas City, went on to become a sixties icon with his work for Zap Comix. He was responsible for creating Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural, and is now collected by museums and galleries across the globe. He was the subject of the Terry Zwigoff documentary Crumb (1994).
75 Years of Cannon Ward

75 Years of Cannon Ward

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Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Title
75 Years of Cannon Ward
Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Printed by Capson Custom Printing, 1970. Paperback. 100pp. Short oblong quarto [21.5 cm x 35.5 cm] Stapled illustrated wraps. Very good. The wraps are mildly soiled, and also a little stained. Two holes have been stamped through the covers and pages above and below the staples of the binding. The corners of the covers and pages are a bit bumped. The pages are tanned, and several pages have very minor stains. Profusely illustrated.
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PHOTOGRAPH (INSCRIBED) by AMOS AND ANDY

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Seller: Houle Rare Books & Autographs
Title
PHOTOGRAPH (INSCRIBED)
Author
AMOS AND ANDY
Seller
Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
Description
Photograph, original vintage sepia pose, costumed as "Amos & Andy" by Radio Pictures [ca. 1930], signed and inscribed: "To Bert Kalmar with sincere kindest regards and many thanks from "Amos n" Andy" (Freeman Gosden)(C.J. Correll."10 1/4" x 13 1/4" (minor surface damage, small tears at margins, inscription slightly faded). AUTOGRAPHS VERY GOOD. Signed by Author(s).
Histoire de la Coiffure Feminine

Histoire de la Coiffure Feminine by Villermont, Comptesse Marie de

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Title
Histoire de la Coiffure Feminine
Author
Villermont, Comptesse Marie de
Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Paris: Librairie Renouard. Henri Laurens, 1892. Half Morocco. Marbled pastedown on boards. Very Good. 4to. 30.5 by 21.5 cm. xiii, [1], 822 pp. Well over 500 illustrations, including many full page plates, and chromolithographic frontis plate. Original wrap cover was bound in, but front wrap now detached, along with frontis -- rear remains firmly attached. Small oval library stamp on title. This surrounded by ugly remnants of tape. Otherwise, no evidence of ex-lib. Age toning, deeper along edges. Otherwise clean.
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Let's Talk about Port by Valente-Perfeito

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Title
Let's Talk about Port
Author
Valente-Perfeito
Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Porto: Instituto do Vinho do Porto. Tip. J. R. Goncalves, Limitada, 1948. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. xxxiii, [1], 100, [1] pp. DJ with a few small holes on spine. Now protected by mylar.
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A Full Moon in March by YEATS, W. B.

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Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC
Title
A Full Moon in March
Author
YEATS, W. B.
Seller
James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Very faint offset to free-endpapers delimited by jacket flaps, neat ownership signature of W. George S. Whiting, otherwise a fin
Description
London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1935. First edition. One of 2000 copies. Wade 182. Very faint offset to free-endpapers delimited by jacket flaps, neat ownership signature of W. George S. Whiting, otherwise a fine copy in jacket that is quite darkened at spine and margins. 8vo, original dark green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, dust jacket. Very faint offset to free-endpapers delimited by jacket flaps, neat ownership signature of W. George S. Whiting, otherwise a fine copy in jacket that is quite darkened at spine and margins.
Hopgad or the Gnomes of the Black Forest, A Christmas Story for Young Folks

Hopgad or the Gnomes of the Black Forest, A Christmas Story for Young Folks by PLUMB, Master A. Per Lee

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Title
Hopgad or the Gnomes of the Black Forest, A Christmas Story for Young Folks
Author
PLUMB, Master A. Per Lee
Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Paris: No publisher listed, 1887. Cloth. Very good. F. A. BANNISTER. F.A. BANNISTER, illustrator. Printed in London by the National Press Agency, Limited. 8vo; 31pp; gilt-stamped bright blue cloth over beveled board, gilt-stamped vignettes of flowers, and a fairy on a mushroom to front; all edges gilt; black endpapers; 4 full-page woodcut illustrations in sepia; head-piece each chapter; light scuffing to board bottom edge, black mark and scuff to rear cover, front hinge paper has 2" split at head but holding tight, some foxing; very good. No listing in OCLC. Beautifully bound and illustrated, the author, Master A. Per Lee Plumb identifies himself as a 12 year old living in Paris and dedicates his book to his friends living in America. Ownership on verso of the ffep, is "Mrs. Stephen C. Toof", perhaps referring to the wife of Stephen Toof, founder of the S.C. Toof & Company printing business founded in Memphis in 1864.
Mr. Smith & Other Nonsense [Signed by Smith]

Mr. Smith & Other Nonsense [Signed by Smith] by William Jay Smith; Don Bolognese [illus.]

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Title
Mr. Smith & Other Nonsense [Signed by Smith]
Author
William Jay Smith; Don Bolognese [illus.]
Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Delacorte Press / A Seymour Lawrence Book, 1968. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Delacorte Press / A Seymour Lawrence Book, 1968. First Edition. Signed by William Jay Smith at front free endpaper with brief inscription. Octavo; illustrated dust jacket; white cloth spine over blue paper-covered boards with electric green, purple, and orange stamping; yellow endpapers. Black and white illustrations. Unclipped dust jacket chipped with a few short tears along edges; general rubbing and soiling. Boards shelfworn and soiled; binding sound and pages unmarked; about Very Good.
Hogarth's London: Pictures of the Manners of the Eighteenth Century

Hogarth's London: Pictures of the Manners of the Eighteenth Century by Henry B. Wheatley

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Title
Hogarth's London: Pictures of the Manners of the Eighteenth Century
Author
Henry B. Wheatley
Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: E.P. Dutton and Co, 1909. Very Good. New York: E.P. Dutton and Co. First U.S. Edition, with no additional printings listed. Octavo (9" x 6"); xix, 467pp. 53 plates including frontis, some with tissue guards, all present. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering, rules, and illustration. Boards bumped and worn at corners and spine ends, with a bit of rubbing down joints. Front hinge just starting to show a crack, and book opens easily between a few gatherings, but binding is still holding soundly. Previous owner's name (Helen Bridgeman Chandler) on front free endpaper, with a couple small spots of toning. Pages otherwise bright and unmarked.
The Sacred Sculpture of Thailand: The Alexander B. Griswold Collection The Walters Art Gallery

The Sacred Sculpture of Thailand: The Alexander B. Griswold Collection The Walters Art Gallery by WOODWARD, Hiram W., Jr. (text); Donna K. Strahan, Terry Drayman-Weisser, Richard Newman (et al) (contributors)

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Title
The Sacred Sculpture of Thailand: The Alexander B. Griswold Collection The Walters Art Gallery
Author
WOODWARD, Hiram W., Jr. (text); Donna K. Strahan, Terry Drayman-Weisser, Richard Newman (et al) (contributors)
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Baltimore: University of Washington Press for the Walters Art Gallery, 1999. Reprint. Quarto (29cm); black cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in red on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [6],7-326,[2]pp; colorful photographic illustrations to title page and throughout. This copy from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown, else a Near Fine copy. Dustwrapper has price sticker to front flap, and trivial surface wear; Very Good+. Explores collection formed by Alexander B. Griswold and bequeathed to the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland, focusing on Thailand sculptures and artwork, with illustrations and charts throughout, and a concluding glossary. [86227].
First, the Fields [Inscribed & Signed]

First, the Fields [Inscribed & Signed] by WOOD, Charles

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Title
First, the Fields [Inscribed & Signed]
Author
WOOD, Charles
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1941. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm); brown cloth, with titles stamped in pale yellow at spine and front cover; dustjacket; 308pp. Jacket extremities rubbed with some shallow chipping, spine darkened, else Near Fine in Near Very Good jacket. Inscribed by the author on front free endpaper and signed on title page. The author's first novel, chronicling the life of a North Carolina tobacco farmer and his relationship with the land. In the dustjacket with attractive wraparound artwork by John Alan Maxwell. HANNA 3882.
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The Crooked Lines of God: Poems 1949-1954. Contemporary Poets Series by Antoninus, Brother [William Everson]

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Title
The Crooked Lines of God: Poems 1949-1954. Contemporary Poets Series
Author
Antoninus, Brother [William Everson]
Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
Detroit: University of Detroit Press, 1959 One of 1,000 copies. Printed at the Albertus Magnus Press, Oakland, California. 1st edition. Clothbacked boards. Oblong octavo. Fine in dust jacket with slight soiling.
Castelar Crèche Cook Book. Edited and Compiled by The Board of Directors for the Benefit of The Castelar Crèche, A Home for Homeless Babies

Castelar Crèche Cook Book. Edited and Compiled by The Board of Directors for the Benefit of The Castelar Crèche, A Home for Homeless Babies by [Castelar Crèche (Los Angeles, Calif.). Board of Directors]; [Mary Agnes Connell]

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Title
Castelar Crèche Cook Book. Edited and Compiled by The Board of Directors for the Benefit of The Castelar Crèche, A Home for Homeless Babies
Author
[Castelar Crèche (Los Angeles, Calif.). Board of Directors]; [Mary Agnes Connell]
Seller
Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description
Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Printing and Binding House, 1922. Octavo (23 x 15 cm.), 296, [xl] pages. Index. Advertisements. An ambitious anthology of some one thousand recipes, all but a few attributed, directed at an audience familiar with canapes, caviar, and cheese from Neufchâtel-en-Bray. A number were sent in by well-known chefs, presumably on request – for instance, Apricots With Rice and Delice Joseph Relish , both from Joseph Boggia of The Plaza in New York. The family of Secundo Guasti, at the time the largest producer of wine in California, generously contributed entries for fish, gnocchi, and ravioli, among others. Not to be outdone, Mrs. Connell stood her own Onion Soup against that of the chef of the California Club. In much of the United States, homeless children were aided by little or no public policy assistance, to say nothing of legislation. Attempts to address child welfare increased in the 1920s, notably in the form of charities such as The Cradle in Chicago, founded in 1923, which facilitated adoptions in an effort to reduce the role of orphanages. The similarly named Crèche, which opened its doors in 1921 at 818 Castelar Street (mainly single-floor adobe houses in what was then Sonora Town), took a bold approach, endeavoring to board and provide healthcare for infants until such time as their families or nearest relatives acquired the means to bring them home. Doctors, administrators, and consulting staff donated services, and mothers paid only according to their ability. The purpose was two-fold: "Our object is to help these mothers to keep their children and not to abandon them, and not to have them become institutional babies", recorded the president of the Board of Directors, Mary Agnes (Mrs. Michael) Connell (1870-1922). Originally from Boston, and the wife of an Irish-born copper mining magnate, Mrs. Connell had earned admiration as a prodigious supporter of enlisted veterans services after World War I. The Crèche story includes a tragic note, however, as she was killed in an automobile accident within months of ushering the Cook Book to the printer. Castelar Street is now Hill Street in Old China Town, and the Crèche (shown in an engraving on page [8]) disappeared sometime after the commercial development of central Los Angeles began in 1938 (it is still listed in the Los Angeles City Directory for 1942). A bit of very light foxing, in publisher's light blue paper-covered cloth with black lettering and circular logo with an image of an infant. Edges of boards bumped and lightly soiled. Near very good. [OCLC locates twenty-four copies; Brown 136; Cagle 129].
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In Praise of Sailors. A Nautical Anthology of Art, Poetry and Prose. by Warden, Herbert W.

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In Praise of Sailors. A Nautical Anthology of Art, Poetry and Prose.
Author
Warden, Herbert W.
Seller
Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Condition
V G. In D J.
Description
Abradale Press., (1978). V G. In D J.. 27 cm. 299 pp. B/W and color Plates drawings engravings.
A Happy English Child

A Happy English Child by ZILINSKY, Ursula

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Title
A Happy English Child
Author
ZILINSKY, Ursula
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Doubleday, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good or better in very good dust jacket. Corners lighlty rubbed/ dust jacket faded, bumped and rubbed w. Chipping at edges.
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The Clue in Blue by Allen, Betsy

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Title
The Clue in Blue
Author
Allen, Betsy
Seller
Crooked House Books & Paper (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Tan cloth with brown titles, 12mo, 216 pages; boards slightly bowed; price clipped dust jacket a bit worn, now protected in mylar. From the rear panel, "fly to adventure with Vivki Barr, the popular young heroine of a brand new series of exciting series for girls".
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The British Monarchy: Elizabeth I to Elizabeth II

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Title
The British Monarchy: Elizabeth I to Elizabeth II
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Very Good. The British Monarchy: Elizabeth I to Elizabeth II. London: NP, ND. Illustrated. 16mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with bumped edges.

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