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Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies

Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by SHAKESPEARE, William

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Title
Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies
Author
SHAKESPEARE, William
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Heritage Book Shop, LLC (United States)
Description
London, 1623. London: 1623. Full description: [SHAKESPEARE, William]. Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: A Leaf from Each of the Four Folios]. "Much Ado About Nothing" (pp. 113/114 in the First Folio of 1623); "Macbeth" (pp. 157/158 in the Second Folio of 1632); "Henry VI part I" (pp. 425/426 in the Third Folio of 1664); and "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar" (pp. 21/22 in the Fourth Folio of 1685). [London: 1623, 1632, 1664, 1685]. Four leaves, the first measuring 12 7/8 x 8 3/8 inches (326 x 213 mm), the second leaf measuring 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (320 x 215 mm), the third leaf measuring 12 1/4 x 8 3/8 inches (311 x 210 mm), the fourth leaf measuring 13 1/8 x 8 5/8 inches (333 x 219 mm). Some light toning. Evidence at inner margins of having been removed from a binding. First leaf, "Much Ado" with two tears to blank inner margin, not affecting text. A few instances of small spotting. Forth leaf "Caesar" with a tiny hole, just affecting one letter. Some general darkening to edges. Overall very good and a wonderful addition to any Shakespeare collection. Page 21 of "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar" included here contains the infamous line "Beware the Ides of March" Jaggard,. Shaksperiana,. HBS 69408. $9,500.
Stock Market Theory And Practice

Stock Market Theory And Practice by SCHABACKER, Richard W.

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Title
Stock Market Theory And Practice
Author
SCHABACKER, Richard W.
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Heritage Book Shop, LLC (United States)
Description
New York: B.C. Forbes Publishing Company, 1930. New York: B.C. Forbes Publishing Company, [1930]. First edition. Octavo (9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches; 233 x 156 mm). [i]-xxix, [3], [1]-875, [1, blank] pp. With folding frontispiece map of the Financial District in New York, two folding charts, twelve black-and-white plates and ninety illustrations in the text. This volume also includes twelve appendices with historical records and statistics. Original full black paper boards, stamped in blind. Spine lettered in gilt. Some very light foxing in places. In original blue and orange dust jacket. Jacket is extremely bright, with just a bit of shelfwear and two small, quarter-inch closed tears to top edge of front panel. Top edge of back panel has a small amount of dampstaining. Overall about fine. Schabacker was the youngest financial editor of Forbes Magazine and wrote three influential books on the stock market, Stock Market Theory and Practice, 1930; Technical Analysis and Stock Market Profits, 1932; and Stock Market Profits, 1934, before he died at the young age of 36. "This volume stands out as the supreme compendium of stock market knowledge and information. The author has long been known and widely read as one of the most experienced and dependable authorities on banking, finance, and practical stock market trading. It is no exaggeration to say that he has complied the most complete, all-embracing handbook that has ever been published on the subject. It is a simple, straight-forward and readable explanation of everything the reader could wish to know about organized stock markets, from the merest fundamentals for the beginner to intricate technicalities for the veteran trader." (from the front flap) HBS 67356. $7,500.
Murrel’s Two Books of Cookery, containing the best fashions of dressing of flesh, fish or fowle, and curious receipts for making gellies or made-dishes of any fashion. Also,... the Eighth Edition Enlarged

Murrel’s Two Books of Cookery, containing the best fashions of dressing of flesh, fish or fowle, and curious receipts for making gellies or made-dishes of any fashion. Also,... the Eighth Edition Enlarged by Murrel, John; [John Murrell]

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Murrel’s Two Books of Cookery, containing the best fashions of dressing of flesh, fish or fowle, and curious receipts for making gellies or made-dishes of any fashion. Also,... the Eighth Edition Enlarged
Author
Murrel, John; [John Murrell]
Seller
Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description
London: Printed by D. Maxwell, and are to be sold by Robert Horn at the Turk's Head in Cornhill [illegible], 1659. Small octavo (12 x 7 cm.), [2], 155 [10], 2-31, [1] pages. A2, B8, C-I12, K3 (-K4, and ?K5) of “table for preserving, conserving, candying and perfuming, &c.”). Stated eighth edition enlarged. The final edition of Murrell’s ‘two books’ consisting of The First Book of Cookery, The Second Book of Cookery, and A New Book of Sewing and Carving, the second book with a separate title page. The New Book... was cribbed from The Boke of Kervynge (London 1508) [see Oxford, pages 1ff.]. One of Murrell’s major contributions to English culinary literature was to bring French recipes to England some forty years before the competition. This and the previous edition (1650) are the only editions of Murrell that are contemporary with the other leading English cookery texts of the 1650s: The French Cook of La Varenne (1653 and 1654) and Marnette’s translation of Le Patissier François (The Perfect Cook of 1656). As to the contents and tone of the work I’ll let the title page of the second book speak for the whole. “[W]herein is set forth the newest and most commendable fashion of dressing, boyling, sowcing, or roasting all manner either flesh, fish or any kind of fowle. Together with an exact order of making kickshawes, or made dishes of any fashion, fit to beautifie either noblemens or gentlemans table. All set forth according to the now new English and French fashion." ~ Textblock contiguous but partially dis-bound. In a brown buckram chemise and slip case. Pages are brittle. [A1] title, within an ornamental border, loose and frayed at edges, with loss of last line and the date in as well as some of the border; Some fraying of first few leaves, not affecting text. Final leaf or two (K4, K5) lacking. All in all, good. Very rare. Known only in one copy in a private collection, and a single title leaf in the British Library (see Notaker). Provenance: Woolley & Wallis sale on 19th June 1996 of some books belonging to Nancy Spain, Isabella Beeton’s great-niece, and authoress of Mrs. Beeton and her Husband, (London: Collins 1948). Ex libris Joan Dawson. [OCLC locates no copy of this edition; [OCLC locates no copy of this edition; COPAC (2019) locates a fragment – only the title page – of this edition at the British Library; Notaker 525.7 (locates the BL fragment and indicates a copy in a private collection (this copy); Oxford page 19].
[Manuscript Field Notes in German over 240 Fungi Drawings of Medicinal, Edible & Toxic Mushrooms]

[Manuscript Field Notes in German over 240 Fungi Drawings of Medicinal, Edible & Toxic Mushrooms] by [Manuscript – Mycology]

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[Manuscript Field Notes in German over 240 Fungi Drawings of Medicinal, Edible & Toxic Mushrooms]
Author
[Manuscript – Mycology]
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Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description
[Switzerland or Germany, 1835. Folio notebook; loose gatherings in separate, ribbon-tied boards (38 x 25 cm.). Two hundred forty original drawings, with accompanying manuscript text, on individual trimmed leaves, each mounted thematically with others of its type, with brass pins to the inside of folio double leafs. Text is in German, with some plant names also in Latin. The lot housed in the original string-tied portfolio boards, heavy green cardstock with manuscript inscription to front. ~ A most uncommon manuscript work, profusely illustrated with pencil drawings, encyclopedic in its scope, devoted strictly to the study and classification of mushrooms, and dating to the formative era of medicinal mycology. Manuscript field notes accompany the drawings, in the form of scientific annotations, classification references, and occasionally with the month in which a living specimen was either collected or observed in its habitat. The notebook was made by an unidentified mycologist/botanist, and illustrates various species of fungi - edible, medicinal, and toxic. Numerous specimens shown were, and still are, popular and beneficial in homeopathic treatments. ~ The author of the present work is unknown, though the work is contemporary to that of notable pioneer mycologists such as Elias Magnus Fries, Christian Hendrik Persoon, Anton de Bary, and Lewis David von Schweinitz. The notes suggest that the writer observed living fungi specimens, between the months of May and October 1830, in Switzerland, Germany, and possibly London, drawing them on the spot, and subsequently identifying and classifying them according to the works of eighteenth century botanists. Specific regions identified include Muünsterlingen and Scherzingen in Switzerland, as well as St. Katharine, which may be the ancient “Royal Peculiar” jurisdiction by the Tower of London that became a civil parish until 1895. In the nineteenth century, St. Katharine’s by the Tower grew to be a village, flanking the banks of the River Thames. ~ Some light soiling to edges of leaves, but mostly clean and supple (the drawings and field notes were pinned on to a quality thick cotton rag paper). Rubbing and edge-wear to paper covered, green boards; light soil and some inks marks; ribbons present and nearly complete. Very good.
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Toward the End of Time by UPDIKE, John

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Title
Toward the End of Time
Author
UPDIKE, John
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James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Fine copy
Description
N. Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. Uncorrected proof copy. Presentation copy, insxcribed on the title page by Updike to his wife: "for Sweet Martha and her splendid collection of bound proofs, Love, John, 7/8/97.. Fine copy. 8vo, original printed wrappers. Fine copy.
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Marry Me. A Romance by UPDIKE, John

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Marry Me. A Romance
Author
UPDIKE, John
Seller
James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Endpapers lightly foxed, dust jacket somewhat creased, otherwise a very good copy
Description
N.Y.: Knopf, 1976. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper by Updike to his mother-in-law: "For Margaret Ruggles, all persons, places, and imbroglios in this book are purely fictional, Love, John." Margaret Ruggles was the mother of Martha Ruggles, Updike's second wife, whom Updike married in 1977. Endpapers lightly foxed, dust jacket somewhat creased, otherwise a very good copy. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket. Endpapers lightly foxed, dust jacket somewhat creased, otherwise a very good copy.
The Mystery of the Painted Nude

The Mystery of the Painted Nude by Gore, William (Godfrey Jervis 'Jan' Gordon)

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The Mystery of the Painted Nude
Author
Gore, William (Godfrey Jervis 'Jan' Gordon)
Seller
Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: The Crime Club - Doubleday & Co, 1938. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo., 287pp. Sharp Stated First Edition of this quite scarce Crime Club title.Originally published by Harrap in the UK with the title, "Murder Most Artistic". Bound in orange cloth with titles in black on and spine. Square, tight and clean throughout save some off-setting and a couple of spots on the paste-downs. No foxing or toning to pages. Some wear to the spine ends. Shelf-wear and a touch of toning to bottom edges. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.00), has wear to edges with a couple of tiny nicks and closed tears. Moderate soiling to rear cover. Still fresh and bright and almost impossible to find in any condition. A very pretty collectable copy. (Hubin, p.169).
The Curtain of Storm

The Curtain of Storm by Gollomb, Joseph

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The Curtain of Storm
Author
Gollomb, Joseph
Seller
Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: MacMillan, 1933. 1st Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 244pp. Beautiful First Edition. Bound in publisher's black cloth with titles in white on spine and front board. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no toning or edge-wear. Quite gentle bumping to spine ends and a hint of off-setting to gutters. Remarkably well-preserved. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.00 is present on top flap but bottom front flap is clipped), has a mild wear to edges and tips. Spine panel ever-so-lightly toned and a touch of soiling to rear panel. Still fresh and bright with no chipping, tears or creases. A simply gorgeous collectable copy and uncommon in such high-grade. (Hubin, p.167).
Murder and Mystery in Boston

Murder and Mystery in Boston by Rossel Waugh, Carol-Lynn; Frank D. McSherry; Martin Harry Greenberg

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Murder and Mystery in Boston
Author
Rossel Waugh, Carol-Lynn; Frank D. McSherry; Martin Harry Greenberg
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Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
ISBN
9780934878951
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Dembner Books, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 298pp. Beautiful Unread First Printing Edition, tight, solid and clean throughout with Little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($15.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy.
Rowena Teena Tot and the Blackberries

Rowena Teena Tot and the Blackberries by BLUMBERG, Fannie Burgheim

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Title
Rowena Teena Tot and the Blackberries
Author
BLUMBERG, Fannie Burgheim
Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co., Junior Press Books, 1945. Cloth. Fine/near fine. Mary GROSJEAN. [JUVENILE] [WOMAN AUTHOR] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR] [STIGMATIZING LANGUAGE]. Mary GROSJEAN, illustrator. First edition, sixth printing, copyright 1934. Small 4to; 32pp; green cloth over board, color pictorial only to front board showing three young Black girls with pails of blackberries; color pictorial patterned eps; color pictorial half-title, title page and copyright page; color illustrations every page; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, fine in fine dj. The story of three Black children in the South and their grandmother. The author, Fannie Burgheim Blumberg (1894-1964) and the illustrator, Mary Grosjean, were white women writing a story about three Black children and their grandparents. While the story is entertaining and interesting, both the illustrations and character dialect are stigmatizing in perpetuating negative stereotypes.
The Favorites [Framed Print]

The Favorites [Framed Print] by [CURRIER, Nathaniel]

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Title
The Favorites [Framed Print]
Author
[CURRIER, Nathaniel]
Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
New York: Currier & Ives, 33 Spruce Street, 1907. Ephemera no binding. Very good. [Nathaniel Currier]. Varnished wood frame 17 1/16" x 12 15/16"; print with margins 14 1/8" x 10", within the print border 12 x 8 3/8"; hand-colored lithograph; in frame as found; damp staining to margins, foxing to verso; print removed, glass cleaned, new archival backing and wood panel frame back replaced; very good. Conningham 1931. A small but charming and happy Currier & Ives hand-colored lithographic print of two children and their pets, a girl holding a cat and a boy with a dog. One of their lesser-known prints, it is attributed to Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888) with approximate print dates of 1896 through 1907. The dress of the children would suggest an earlier era, but the company's address at 33 Spruce Street in New York places the printing in these dates and after Currier's death. Frederic A. Conningham, in his exhaustive volume Currier & Ives Prints, An Illustrated Check List, lists no other printing dates or addresses.
The Little Busy-Body's Painting Book, Miss Dollie. Dressmaker. Master Sonnie. Painter. Jarrolds' Ever Welcome Series of Toy Books, No. 20

The Little Busy-Body's Painting Book, Miss Dollie. Dressmaker. Master Sonnie. Painter. Jarrolds' Ever Welcome Series of Toy Books, No. 20 by CURRIE, Jessie, illustrator

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Title
The Little Busy-Body's Painting Book, Miss Dollie. Dressmaker. Master Sonnie. Painter. Jarrolds' Ever Welcome Series of Toy Books, No. 20
Author
CURRIE, Jessie, illustrator
Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
London: Jarrold & Sons, 10 & 11 Warwick Lane, E.C., 1890. Wraps. Very good. Jessie CURRIE. [JUVENILE] [ACTIVITY BOOK] [ADVERTISING]. Printed in Holland. 8vo square; 10 unnumbered leaves printed one side; stiff glazed color pictorial wrapper, title and vignette to front, advertisement for Mason's Original Extract of Herbs on rear wrapper; publisher's string binding; chromolithograph illustrations with title, duplicate uncolored image on facing page for child to color, some images colored by child; naïve pencil drawings, some colored by hand on blank leaves; scuffing and light creasing to front wrapper and spine, stain to head of rear wrapper; very good minus. Only located 1 in OCLC at University of Cambridge, UK. A child's activity coloring book with examples to follow. Some pages used and extra drawings in pencil and watercolor on blanks. Color pictorial advertisement for "Mason's Original Extract of Herbs for Making Sparkling & Delicious Herb Beer. A 6 oz. Bottle Makes 8 Gallons. Inventors & Manufacturers: Newball & Mason, Nottingham." Advertising slogan at top of rear wrapper "No Other Extract Makes Beer Like It. Imitated but Not Equalled." Pictorial of a bonneted older woman mixing in a bowl and pouring from a hot kettle.
Love in Idleness. A Tale of Bar Harbour. With Illustrations Reproduced from Drawings and Photographs

Love in Idleness. A Tale of Bar Harbour. With Illustrations Reproduced from Drawings and Photographs by CRAWFORD, F. Marion

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Title
Love in Idleness. A Tale of Bar Harbour. With Illustrations Reproduced from Drawings and Photographs
Author
CRAWFORD, F. Marion
Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Description
New York and London: Macmillan and Co, 1894. [STATE OF MAINE] [FICTION]. Norwood Press: J.S. Cushing & Co.,--Berwick & Smith, Boston, Mass. Cover title: Maidens call it Love in Idleness First edition. 12mo; 218pp; navy cloth over board, stamped gilt-decorated with pansies across front and spine, title framed by a heart on the front; all edges gilt; navy endpapers; gift inscription dated "Xmas '95" on recto fp; 17 b&w illustrated plates from photographs, plus small drawings and illustrations in text; head and tail pieces; a few spots, light rubbing of the gilt on fore edge; near fine. The novel is set in Bar Harbor, Maine, on Mount Desert Island. Wonderful illustrations of the island accompany the story. Francis Marion Crawford (1854-1909) was an American novelist born in Italy who was educated in New Hampshire, at Cambridge, in Heidelberg, and in Rome. He is known for fantastical stories, including supernatural fiction. Several of his books were made into early cinematic productions.
The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration

The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration by CRANE, Ross

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Title
The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration
Author
CRANE, Ross
Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Chicago: Frederick J. Drake and Company, 1925. Cloth. Very good. 12mo; 269pp; blue cloth over board with gilt stamped title to front cover and spine, gilt stamped author name, logo and publisher to spine, owner's name to free front endpaper; 6pp full pg color illustrations and 32 full pg black and white tipped in, as well as floor plans and illustrations in the text; bumping to cover corners, light rubbing of cover, light soiling of endpapers; very good.
The Eugenic Marriage. A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies

The Eugenic Marriage. A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies by Hague, William Grant

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Title
The Eugenic Marriage. A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies
Author
Hague, William Grant
Seller
Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Description
New York: The Review of Reviews Co., 1914. First edition. COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO CHILD CARE FOR MOTHERS FROM A EUGENICS PERSPECTIVE, REFLECTING AMERICA IN 1914. Four 7 inches tall hardcover volumes, green cloth binding, embossed title and logo to cover, "A PERSONAL GUIDE TO THE NEW SCIENCE OF BETTER LIVING AND BETTER BABIES," Vol 1. Frontispiece of mother and baby, legend "Eugenics Hath Its Own Reward." i-xxx, 136 pp, plates; Vol 2. Frontispiece of New York's Better Baby, legend "Little Miss Johanna Wiggers, who won the first prize in New York's Better Babies Contest," i-vii, [2], pp 139-329, plate p 207; Vol. 3. Frontispiece of "Mother and Child" by Lorado Taft. i-v, [1], pp 331-494, plate; Vol. 4. Frontispiece of "More Babies Like These. These nine little tots are all sound, healthy stock." i-v, [2], pp 497-656, plates p 518, 566, 599. Very good in custom archival mylar covers. W. GRANT HAGUE, M. D. was on the faculty of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York.
First Lines of Physiology

First Lines of Physiology by Haller, Albert von

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Title
First Lines of Physiology
Author
Haller, Albert von
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Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Description
Troy: Obadiah Penniman, 1803. First American edition (stated). 1803 FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF SWISS PHYSIOLOGIST'S LANDMARK TREATISE ON PHYSIOLOGY FROM 1747. 13x22 cm hardcover, full leather binding, gilt red leather label to spine, contemporary ink signature of W. Parlier and bookplate of Robert L Chevalier MD to front paste-down, binding tight, [i-iv], 498 pp, scattered light foxing, very good in custom archival mylar cover. ALBERT VON HALLER (1708 – 1777) was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist, encyclopedist, bibliographer and poet. A pupil of Herman Boerhaave, he is often referred to as "the father of modern physiology." When still hardly fifteen he was already the author of numerous metrical translations from Ovid, Horace and Virgil. In 1752, at the University of Göttingen, Haller published his thesis (De partibus corporis humani sensibilibus et irritabilibus) discussing the distinction between "sensibility" and "irritability" in organs, suggesting that nerves were "sensible" because of a person's ability to perceive contact while muscles were "irritable" because the fiber could measurably shorten on its own, regardless of a person's perception, when excited by a foreign body. Later in 1757, he conducted a famous series of experiments to distinguish between nerve impulses and muscular contractions. Haller then visited London, Paris, Basel, and Bern. His scientific researches procured for him from George II in 1736 a call to the chair of medicine, anatomy, botany and surgery in the newly founded University of Göttingen. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1743, a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1747, and was ennobled in 1749. Offered here is the first American edition of the Edinburgh English translation of GARRISON-MORTON No. 585 Primae lineae physiologiae in usum praelectionum academicarum, first published in Göttingen by A. Vandenhoeck, 1747.
Augustini Barbosae, J.U.D. Lusitani, Protonotarii Apostolici...Collectanea in Codicem Justiniani [Two Volume Set]

Augustini Barbosae, J.U.D. Lusitani, Protonotarii Apostolici...Collectanea in Codicem Justiniani [Two Volume Set] by Agostinho Barbosa

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Augustini Barbosae, J.U.D. Lusitani, Protonotarii Apostolici...Collectanea in Codicem Justiniani [Two Volume Set]
Author
Agostinho Barbosa
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Lugduni [Lyon]: Sumptibus Anisson, & Posuel, 1720. Very Good. Lugduni [Lyon]: Sumptibus Anisson, & Posuel, 1720. Two volumes; folios (39.5cm.); later limp marbled boards, pink printed spine labels (Vol. II bound upside down); [24],508,[76]; [16],572,[84]pp. (collated complete); large woodcut publisher's devices to both title pages signed in image "Papillon." Ex-seminary library with old shelf labels to spine feet and front pastedowns, occasional internal rubber-stamps, spines sunned, else a Very Good, pleasingly untrimmed set of this exhaustive work of canonical law by the Portuguese scholar.
Shakings: Etchings from the Naval Academy.

Shakings: Etchings from the Naval Academy. by A Member of the Class of ‘67. (Benjamin, Park.)

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Title
Shakings: Etchings from the Naval Academy.
Author
A Member of the Class of ‘67. (Benjamin, Park.)
Seller
Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Condition
“Pen and ink sketches of the joys and sorrows of a Midshipman’s life at the Naval Academy.” Fairly proficient, faintly amusin
Description
Boston: Lee & Shepard, (1867). Pen and ink sketches of the joys and sorrows of a Midshipmans life at the Naval Academy. Fairly proficient, faintly amusing pen and ink drawings which do succeed in conveying a sense of a young mans career at the Naval Academy. Smith IV, 703. Decorated cover is rubbed water stained. Text and ills are clean. This copy has the bookplate of Edward M. (Ted) Kennedy, US Senator and diplomat, and a bit of a sailor himself.. Oblong format, 24 cm. Unpaginated (about 100 pp.) b/w illus.
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MY HOUSE HAS TWO DOORS by Suyin, Hans

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Title
MY HOUSE HAS TWO DOORS
Author
Suyin, Hans
Seller
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good +
Description
NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good -. Book very good in worn dustjacket with chipping at corners. INSCRIBED by Suyin and dated by her May 1, 1980 on the ffe. Uncommon signed.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD

ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD by Sundelrland, Wdwin S. S.

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD
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Sundelrland, Wdwin S. S.
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NY: privately printed, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New. As new, 8vo, pictorial green, polished cloth, map endppaers, 117p, bibliography. A historic report of ICR's "organization, financing and subsequent simplification of debt and capital structures through May 1955." RAILROAD HISTORY.
Broadside Writing School Penmanship NH 1870's

Broadside Writing School Penmanship NH 1870's

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Broadside Writing School Penmanship NH 1870's
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Lancaster, NH: Hartshorn & Co., Printers, 1870. Writing School C.W. Hurd Teacher of Plain and Ornamental Penmanship. Measures 7 /4" x 4 3/4". Quite foxed and has been folded.
Ancient Nomads of the Aralo-Caspian Region : The Duana Archaeological Complex. University of Sydney Central Asian Programme

Ancient Nomads of the Aralo-Caspian Region : The Duana Archaeological Complex. University of Sydney Central Asian Programme by Yagodin, V. N. and A. V. G. Betts and S. Blau

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Ancient Nomads of the Aralo-Caspian Region : The Duana Archaeological Complex. University of Sydney Central Asian Programme
Author
Yagodin, V. N. and A. V. G. Betts and S. Blau
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
ISBN
9789042919341
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near fine
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Leuven: Peeters, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. near fine. Quarto (12" x 8-1/2"). viii, 138, (2)pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt. Illustrated with numerous drawings, archaeological ground plans and 7 maps. An ex-library book but with minimal rubber stamps on title page & at bottom of text block, otherwise fine. The content of this volume centers around archaeological fieldwork carried out by Yagodin and others on the Ustiurt Plateau, a remote upland desert region lying between the Aral and the Caspian seas, in the southernmost part of the Asian steppes where ancient Nomadic groups used to winter to take advantage of the relatively mild climate. The Duana region is peculiar, however, in that there are also structures, which Yagodin and his team have interpreted as sanctuaries, shedding some light for the first time on how ancient nomadic cult practices might have influenced on the cults and religions of the settled lands in the South. (OCLC) The Aralo-Caspian region is the southern heartland of the Eurasian steppe and in its remotest quarters it preserves a rich record of the nomads who have ranged for many centuries across its grasslands. Between the Aral and the Caspian Seas lies the Ustiurt Plateau, an isolated upland area of semi-desert that in past centuries was once the favoured winter grazing land for many of the nomadic tribes of central Eurasia. Professor Vadim Yagodin pioneered work in this difficult region and through several decades documented its history, mainly through evidence gathered from cemeteries. Duana lies in a beautiful setting overlooking the western shores of the Aral Sea. Its importance rests not only in the multi-period burial complex but also in the nomad sanctuaries that have been found there. (Publisher) Contents: The Aralo-Caspian region / A.V.G. Betts -- The duanaarchaeological complex / V.N. Yagodin ; [translated from the Russian] -- Human remains / S. Blau.(OCLC) Supplement 43 of the Peeters series, "Ancient Near Eastern Studies.
The Double Helix

The Double Helix by Watson, James D.; Lawrence Bragg (Foreword)

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The Double Helix
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Watson, James D.; Lawrence Bragg (Foreword)
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Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
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Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2000. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. Very Good +. 226pp. Octavo [22 cm]. Bound in red leather; gilt stamped ornamentation on covers and spine. Title stamped in gilt on spine. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Beige moire endpapers and satin ribbon pagemarker. Corners lightly bumped. A somewhat controversial memoir of Watson's work on examining the double helix of DNA and the characters involved.
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Modern Shop Equipment by Atlas: Bulletin No. 37K. by Atlas Press Company.

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Modern Shop Equipment by Atlas: Bulletin No. 37K.
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Atlas Press Company.
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Kalamazoo, Mich.: Atlas Press Co., (1937). Octavo, illustrated self-wrappers, stapled, [16] pp. Photos. Lathes, drill presses, grinders, attachments. Near-Fine, with four-page Price Sheet laid-in, dated January 1, 1938.

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