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The Life of Captain James Cook.

The Life of Captain James Cook. by [COOK, Captain James]. Kippis, Andrew.

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Title
The Life of Captain James Cook.
Author
[COOK, Captain James]. Kippis, Andrew.
Seller
Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
First full-scale biography of Captain Cook Small quarto. 10 x 8 inches. Pp. xvi, 527, [1, ads]. Engraved frontis portrait. Nicely rebound in three-quarter dark green leather, marbled boards. Matching marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. Light foxing to first few leaves, including frontis portrait and title, small library stamp on title, else a fine, clean, and crisp copy. First edition of the first full-scale English biography of Captain Cook, compiled from Admirality sources as well as documents that were in the possession of Sir Joseph Banks. This work was intended to give a well-balanced account of Cook's life, from birth to death, including his family and early years, and the capacities in which he was engaged prior to the famous voyage. Cook discharged several important duties while aboard the Mercury, on the St. Lawrence River, during the siege of Quebec. The Newfoundland and Labrador surveys are discussed, and the three voyages are dealt with in great narrative depth. Kippis includes most of Samwell's narrative of Cook's death at Kealakekue (pp. 454-474), and gives accounts of various tributes to Cook memory. Appendix No. 2 consists of "The Morai, An Ode" by Miss Helen Maria Williams. [Beddie: 32; Hill: 935; Forbes:149, Sabin: 37954].
La Tapisserie de Bagneaux. 1ère époque Gromelo & Jurette

La Tapisserie de Bagneaux. 1ère époque Gromelo & Jurette by Lemant, Albert

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Title
La Tapisserie de Bagneaux. 1ère époque Gromelo & Jurette
Author
Lemant, Albert
Seller
Arthur Fournier Fine & Rare (United States)
Description
No. 12 of 25 copies signed by the author, of an edition of 30 in total (5 hors-commerce). Artist's book consisting of [2] 12 unnumbered leaves of engraved and tinted plates on Arches vellum [4] in accordion fold, chiefly illustrated, printed texts in French and fanciful Latin story captions inscribed on the plates. Oblong small folio. Original drawing of Ubu Roi by Lemant on the colophon. Near fine contents in a very good portfolio. Custom embroidered beige linen boards enclosure with interior flaps (and an embroidered garter tie) housing the plates. [1832] A dizzying graphic work that presents a rich and madcap "tapestry" unfolding "sometimes in Bagneux, sometimes in Bayonne, on land, at sea, and in the air" with characters including The Admirable Nelson (concupiscent King of the Blind Spots), his son Gromelo, Christophale Palombe (captain of the Admirable Fleet), the beloved Jurette, the Jester Prospère, and other "officers, gentlemen, servants, sailors, sailors, spirits, elves, mustard grains, etc..." Lemant a renowned French illustrator and member of the society of friends of Alfred Jarry explains, "the twelve engravings constituting this work were printed on Arches vellum on the presses of my workshop in Bulan. The text, composed in Goudy characters, size fourteen, was printed by Thierry Bouchard, a typographer in Losne. Natalie Levisalles helped me devise this poor Latin language, but who did the casing? This engraved graphic work was printed in thirty copies, it's not many but it's good, including twenty-five numbered from 1 to 25, and five non-commercial - numbered anyhow -. Finished on May 25, 1992." Unrecorded in the commerce or in library collections.
The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex.

The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. by Darwin, Charles.

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Title
The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex.
Author
Darwin, Charles.
Seller
Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (United States)
Condition
Good+
Description
London: John Murray, 1871. First edition, second issue of volume 1, seventh thousand of volume 2.. Good+. 2 volumes octavo (20 cm). Original green cloth. Spine cocked somewhat on volume 1. Both volumes well-read, but quite good. Owner's name in pencil on title page of volume 1. References: Norman 599; Garrison-Morton 170; Corrections to the text in volume 1 mark this printing as the first edition, second issue. Volume 2 is the first restriking. It is noted that the word "evolution" occurs on page 2 of volume 1 for the first time in any of Darwin's works.
Psmith Journalist

Psmith Journalist by WODEHOUSE, P.G. (novel); WHITWELL, T.M.R. (illustrations)

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Title
Psmith Journalist
Author
WODEHOUSE, P.G. (novel); WHITWELL, T.M.R. (illustrations)
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
London: A & C Black, Ltd, 1915. Second UK Edition. First Impression (and first under this title, originally published as The Prince and Betty in 1912). Octavo (20cm); in the first binding, with the publisher's name measuring 1/8" at base of spine; navy blue cloth, with titling and pictorial elements stamped in gilt, ivory, black, and yellow on spine and front cover; viii,247,[1]pp, with frontispiece and 11 plates of illustrations by T.M.R. Whitwell. Bookplate of Wodhouse collector Douglas R. Vining to front pastedown; spine ends nudged, light wear to extremities, mild offsetting to endpapers, with scattered foxing to some preliminary and terminal leaves; Very Good+, lacking the rare dustjacket. A well-preserved copy of this early Wodehouse book, its contents first serialized in The Captain magazine between October 1909 and February 1910. MCILVAINE A15c.
The Uncelestial City [Signed, Numbered]

The Uncelestial City [Signed, Numbered] by WOLFE, Humbert

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Title
The Uncelestial City [Signed, Numbered]
Author
WOLFE, Humbert
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1930. First Edition. One of 400 copies numbered and signed by the author, of which this is no.289. Octavo (20cm); brown cloth-covered boards, with yellow paper title label on spine; fore- and lower-edges untrimmed; dustjacket; [4],5-262,[2]pp. Light rubbing to board edges, with tanning to upper edge of textblock and faint off-setting to endpapers; Very Good. Dustwrapper tanned with shelf-soil, and tiny chips and tears to spine ends and extremities; Good. Collection of poetry, organized into Proem, Books I-V, and Coda.
Die Psychologie des Aristoteles, insbesondere seine Lehre vom Nous Poietikos

Die Psychologie des Aristoteles, insbesondere seine Lehre vom Nous Poietikos by [ARISTOTLE] BRENTANO, Franz

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Die Psychologie des Aristoteles, insbesondere seine Lehre vom Nous Poietikos
Author
[ARISTOTLE] BRENTANO, Franz
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1967. Facsimile reprint of the 1867 first edition. Octavo (22cm). Tan cloth, titles stamped in gilt on spine; viii,252pp. Previous owner's neat signature to front free endpaper, inconspicuous spot of soil to front cover, else minimal evidence of use - Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. A clean copy. Text entirely in German.
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WERKE IN AUSWAHL by BISMARK, Otto Von

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WERKE IN AUSWAHL
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BISMARK, Otto Von
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Boston Book Company (United States)
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1962. BISMARK, Otto Von. WERKE IN AUSWAHL. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer Verlag, 1962. 8 volumes bound in nine. Published on the 100th anniversary of Bismark taking power in Prussia. 8vo., biege cloth-covered boards. A fine set, in the dust jackets and slipcases.
The Improved Family Singer Sewing Machine" Advertising Card

The Improved Family Singer Sewing Machine" Advertising Card

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The Improved Family Singer Sewing Machine" Advertising Card
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Eclectibles (United States)
Condition
Very good. Light dust soiling.
Description
United States: The Singer Man'f'g Co, 1885. Very good. Light dust soiling.. A color-illustrated card promoting "The Improved Family Singer Sewing Machine", described as "very light running" and as making "the finest stitch of any machine ever built". The front is illustrated to depict a colorful quilt with creative and quirky stitches, with an illustration of the product in the center. The reverse depicts examples of the "100 Crazy Patchwork Stitches
The Bermuda Colonist. Two issues: Vol. XXXIX, No. 4 (January 14, 1904); and Vol. XLI, No. 36 (May 9, 1906)

The Bermuda Colonist. Two issues: Vol. XXXIX, No. 4 (January 14, 1904); and Vol. XLI, No. 36 (May 9, 1906)

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The Bermuda Colonist. Two issues: Vol. XXXIX, No. 4 (January 14, 1904); and Vol. XLI, No. 36 (May 9, 1906)
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McBlain Books (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Good. 4-page. 42 x 59 cm. Tight vertical and horizontal fold. Some chipping along edges. Minor loss of text long horizontal fold on 1904 issue. Jagged 10 cm. tear on 1906 issue. Good. Semiweekly newspaper published in Hamilton, 1866-1920.
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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, PASSED AT CALLED SESSION, 1863, IN THE EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR OF THE COMMONWEALTH. [bound with] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, PASSED AT SESSION OF 1863-4, IN THE EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR OF THE COMMONWEALTH by Virginia

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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, PASSED AT CALLED SESSION, 1863, IN THE EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR OF THE COMMONWEALTH. [bound with] ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, PASSED AT SESSION OF 1863-4, IN THE EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Author
Virginia
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David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description
Richmond: William F. Ritchie, Public Printer, 1864. 57, 107 pp. Rubberstamped title page of the first item, else uniformly toned with light foxing and Very Good. Bound in modern buckram [institutional stamp on front cover]. Crandall 2275, 2276. Parrish & Willingham 4390, 4391.
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The Dead Sea Scrolls and Modern Scholarship [The Jewish Quaterly Review: Monograph Series, Number III] by Zeitlin, Solomon

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The Dead Sea Scrolls and Modern Scholarship [The Jewish Quaterly Review: Monograph Series, Number III]
Author
Zeitlin, Solomon
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition
g
Description
Philadelphia: The Dropsie College for Hebrew, 1956. First edition. Softcover. g. Quarto. XVI, [2], 154pp (Text), [10]pp (Plates). Original printed wrappers with publisher's logo on front cover and title page. Remarkable work in which the author argues strenuously - on philological grounds - that the antiquity of the Dead Sea Scrolls should be rejected. Subsequent carbon-14 tests on their linen wrappers firmly dated the finds to the late Second Temple Period and laid to rest arguments concerning the antiquity of the scrolls. Wrappers rubbed and slightly sunned along edges. Wraps in overall fair, interior in very good condition.
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Mela, Pomponius Cosmographia Siue de Situ Orbis. Edited by Hermolaus Barbarus. Undated. c. 1498 by Barbarus, Hermolaus

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Mela, Pomponius Cosmographia Siue de Situ Orbis. Edited by Hermolaus Barbarus. Undated. c. 1498
Author
Barbarus, Hermolaus
Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition
vg
Description
Northridge, CA: California State University, Northridge Libraries, 1973. Facsimile. Softcover. vg. This incunabulum is printed in facsimile as part of the dedication ceremonies for the Delmar T. Oviatt Library, October 24, 1973." 8vo. Unpaginated. Wrappers. Program of the dedication ceremony printed on wrappers. Facsimile of a historical work in Latin, printed on high quality cotton rag. Illustrated initials. Minor age wear to wrappers which are loose, as issued. Inside very clean and tight. In Latin. Very good condition.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by Rowling, J.K.

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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Rowling, J.K.
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Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
ISBN
9780439791328
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic, 2005. Deluxe Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 704pp. Gorgeous Unread First slip-cased Special Deluxe Version, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Fine slipcase. A beautiful collectable copy at a great price.
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THIS LAND IS OURS by Zara, Louis

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THIS LAND IS OURS
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Zara, Louis
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Hoffman Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Very Good. 1940. Hardcover. Near fine in near fine jacket .
A Bibliography on Foreign and Comparative Law. 1966-1971 2 vols

A Bibliography on Foreign and Comparative Law. 1966-1971 2 vols by Szladits,Charles, Compiler

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A Bibliography on Foreign and Comparative Law. 1966-1971 2 vols
Author
Szladits,Charles, Compiler
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The Lawbook Exchange Ltd (United States)
Description
1975. Szladits, Charles, Compiler. A Bibliography on Foreign and Comparative Law, 1966-1971. Two volumes. Dobbs Ferry: Oceana Publications Inc., 1975. Two volumes. Cloth. Good. $50.
The Last Radio Baby

The Last Radio Baby by Andrews, Raymond

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The Last Radio Baby
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Andrews, Raymond
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Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9781561450046
Condition
Very good
Description
Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, 1990. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. Inscribed and signed by Andrews to author Terry Kay on the front free endpaper.
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Catechism of Practical Agriculture. by Stephens, Henry.

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Catechism of Practical Agriculture.
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Stephens, Henry.
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Savoy Books (United States)
Description
Book. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1870. 12mo, limp cloth gilt. Pp. [ii], 64. Illus. Some foxing, marginal wear; very good. Introductory manual of general agricultural practices, by the author of the popular Book of the Farm..
The Growth Of Canadian Painting

The Growth Of Canadian Painting by Buchanan, Donald W.

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The Growth Of Canadian Painting
Author
Buchanan, Donald W.
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Royoung bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Orig. green cloth. Very good
Description
London: Collins, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth. Very good. 112 pages. Sixteen color plates and 64 black and white illustrations. With a Foreword by Eric Newton. Index. CHAMBERLAIN 1248. "Tries to give a chart of 20th century painting in Canada. Not an orthodox history of Canadian Art. Covers the work of 27 artists who are discussed in the text.
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Caterpillars: Journal Entries by 11 Women. by [LITERARY ANTHOLOGY].

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Title
Caterpillars: Journal Entries by 11 Women.
Author
[LITERARY ANTHOLOGY].
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Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description
(np): Epona Press, (1977).. First edition.. v + 135 pp. Small spots to spine and rear cover, else near fine in illustrated wrappers. Introduction by Kate Millett.
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Chicago Manual of Style

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Chicago Manual of Style
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Very Good
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University of Chicago, 1982. Very Good. Chicago Manual of Style. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago, 1982. 737pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. Glossary. 8vo. Red cloth. Book condition: Very good with gentle bumping and rubbing. Spine slightly rolled. Sticker on front-free endsheet.

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