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Memoire sur la ville souterraine, découverte au pied du mont Vesuve [i.e. Herculaneum]

Memoire sur la ville souterraine, découverte au pied du mont Vesuve [i.e. Herculaneum] by Arthenay, Guillaume-Marie de

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Title
Memoire sur la ville souterraine, découverte au pied du mont Vesuve [i.e. Herculaneum]
Author
Arthenay, Guillaume-Marie de
Seller
Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Description
Paris: Herissant, 1748. [Arthenay, Guillaume-Marie de.] Mémoire sur la ville souterraine découverte au pied du Mont Vesuve. [8], 51, [1]pp. Paris: Cl. Herissant, 1748. 187 x 121 mm. Quarter morocco, marbled boards in period style. Minor foxing but very good. First Edition. Arthenay's pamphlet is one of the early unauthorized memoirs on the official excavation of Herculaneum, which had begun in 1738 under the patronage of King Charles VII of Naples. The Neapolitan government, anxious to prevent theft and to exploit the site's prestige value, severely restricted access to the buried city to all but its own hired scholars and prohibited the publication of any unauthorized descriptions, so despite intense international interest in the site only a few scattered reports of the excavation's findings leaked out over the following decade. The "Secret of Herculaneum" proved to be too big to keep, however, and starting in the late 1740s several unauthorized works on Herculaneum began to be published, written both by Neapolitan scholars and by foreigners such as Arthenay, a vulcanologist and amateur antiquarian who was then serving as secretary to the French ambassador at Naples. Arthenay's work is sometimes attributed to the Abbé Moussinot, whose name is tooled on the spine of this copy. .
Recollections of a California Pioneer

Recollections of a California Pioneer by Abbott, Carlisle S.

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Recollections of a California Pioneer
Author
Abbott, Carlisle S.
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Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Twelvemo size, 235 pp. Written after the author had passed 88 years of age, this important early work follows his decision as a young man to leave his home in the East to seek gold in California in 1850. The book chronicles their travel westward and their life in San Francisco, as well as recollections of early Sacramento, Salinas, Native Americans encountered, fighting off attacks by wolves, and even travels in Arizona: a fascinating glimpse into early pioneer life in California. ___DESCRIPTION: Orange cloth with gilt lettering on front board and spine, plain endpapers, author portrait as frontispiece with tissue guard; pagination: 235 pp. ___CONDITION: Overall near fine with a strong, square text block, solid hinges, straight corners with a minimum of rubbing. There is very minor soiling to boards, very minor wear to head/tail of the spine, prior owner name in a flowing script on the front free endpaper, vintage bookseller ticket (Books Inc., Fairmont Hotel, SF) on rear paste-down, all pages clean with exception of very small (5mm) burn-hole on page 49. ___CITATION: Cowan (1964), p. 1. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply, please contact seller for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
Tennis: Origins and Mysteries -- With an Historical Bibliography

Tennis: Origins and Mysteries -- With an Historical Bibliography by Malcolm D. Whitman

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Title
Tennis: Origins and Mysteries -- With an Historical Bibliography
Author
Malcolm D. Whitman
Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good +
Description
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1932. Boards. Very Good +. The 1932 1st edition. Limited to 450 copies, "printed upon Van Gelder hand-made paper, designed by William Dana Orcutt". Solid and VG+, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and lightly-rubbedc paper title label affixed to the spine. One severe example of offsetting (at pg. 59), where a newspaper article had been laid-in. Otherwise, very clean internally. Octavo, gilt top-edge, deckled fore and bottom-edges. With an Historical Bibliography by Robert W. Henderson. ALSO INCLUDES DERRYDALE'S UNCOMMON ORIGINAL 8-PG ANNOUNCEMENT BOOKLET AND ORDER FORM, which have been laid-into this copy.
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EVANGELICAL COCKROACH by Woodford, Jack

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Title
EVANGELICAL COCKROACH
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Woodford, Jack
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THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description
EVANGELICAL COCKROACH, Carrier, 1929, first edition, spine a little faded, else a tight vg+ copy of this, the authors first book.
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The Atlantic Monthly, Devoted to Literature, Science, Art, and Politics. Volume LII, Number 309, July 1883

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The Atlantic Monthly, Devoted to Literature, Science, Art, and Politics. Volume LII, Number 309, July 1883
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Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Boston, et al: Houghton Mifflin, et al, 1883. Paperback. Good. Wraps; 8vo; pp. 144, [13]-24 (ads). Spine and corners reinforced; loss to upper corner; a bit water-stained along the edges; the whole a bit wavy. A good reading copy. Sold as is. Includes "En Province" by Henry James.

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