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Theatrum instrumentorum et Machinarum

Theatrum instrumentorum et Machinarum by BESSON, Jacques

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Title
Theatrum instrumentorum et Machinarum
Author
BESSON, Jacques
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Martayan Lan, Inc. (United States)
Description
Lyons: Barthelemy Vincent, 1578. Early edition, with Latin commentary, of the most influential illustrated technological compendium of the Renaissance, “the first independent work on machinery published” – Zeitlinger
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THE KINGDOM OF EARTH WITH HARD CANDY A BOOK OF STORIES by Williams, Tennessee

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THE KINGDOM OF EARTH WITH HARD CANDY A BOOK OF STORIES
Author
Williams, Tennessee
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THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
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THE KINGDOM OF EARTH WITH HARD CANDY A BOOK OF STORIES, New Directions, 1954, first edition, very fine in just about fine publishers slip-case with some professional restoration to the spine of the slip-case. Of allegedly 100 SIGNED copies, this is copy #9 with numbered copies seemingly showing up less frequently than presentation copies. This title story was not included in the original simultaneous publication entitled HARD CANDY A BOOK OF STORIES. The actual number of copies extant is unknown. Apparently, the authors scarcest book to locate in first edition.
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A New and General Biographical Dictionary; containing An Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; From the Earliest Accounts of Time to the present Period, wherein Their remarkable Actions and Sufferings, Their Virtues, Parts, and Learning, are accurately displayed. With a Catalogue of their Literary Productions; twelve volumes in six complete plus supplement by Anonymous

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A New and General Biographical Dictionary; containing An Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; From the Earliest Accounts of Time to the present Period, wherein Their remarkable Actions and Sufferings, Their Virtues, Parts, and Learning, are accurately displayed. With a Catalogue of their Literary Productions; twelve volumes in six complete plus supplement
Author
Anonymous
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James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
London: W. Strahan, T. Payne and Son et al., 1784. Hardcover. Very Good. Ex-library. Set of seven books; twelve volumes in six plus stand-alone supplement. Bound in half leather with marbled boards, spines stamped in black and gilt. Marbled endpapers. Text blocks are in extraordinary condition, fine except for library stamp and number to each title page, bookplates on front paste-down endpapers. Wear to corners and extremities. A gorgeous set. 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches.
Lost Worlds

Lost Worlds by Smith, Clark Ashton

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Lost Worlds
Author
Smith, Clark Ashton
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Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 8vo., 419pp. Beautiful First Printing of this collection of 15 stories, Smith's second Arkham anthology. One of only 2043 copies printed, (Jaffery, p.18). Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save a touch of softness to the heel cloth. Remarkably well-preserved. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($3.00), has very light toning to edges and spine panel as is quite common but less than most. Fresh and bright with no creasing chipping or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy.
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Latter Day Saints Millennial Star vol 17, 1855 with The History of Joseph Smith Supplement

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Latter Day Saints Millennial Star vol 17, 1855 with The History of Joseph Smith Supplement
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Very Good
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F. D. Richards, 1855. Very Good. Latter Day Saints Millennial Star vol 17, 1855 with The History of Joseph Smith Supplement. Liverpool: F. D. Richards, 1855. 824, 88pp. 8vo. Book condition: Good. Boards and extremities rubbed and scuffed, with corners bumped and boards exposed. Pencil notations on front endsheet, and name and address of Dr. Rulon C. Allred in ink on front pastedown. Contents otherwise very good, clean and tight. Collated complete with extra 88 page Supplement on the History of Joseph Smith.
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Poetry: July 2002

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Poetry: July 2002
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Fine
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Poetry Magazine, 2002. Fine. Poetry: July 2002. Chicago: Poetry Magazine, 2002. 53pp. 12mo. Paper wraps. Book condition: Near fine with faint rubbing and bumping to edges.
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Chansonette by TAPPERT, GEORGE (1880-1957)

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Chansonette
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TAPPERT, GEORGE (1880-1957)
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L'Estampe Originale (United States)
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Der Aktion. Original woodcut. As published in "Der Aktion". Image: 9 3/4 x 6 3/4. With margins.
ABBEY LINCOLN (1961-68) Photo archive

ABBEY LINCOLN (1961-68) Photo archive by Np

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ABBEY LINCOLN (1961-68) Photo archive
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Np
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Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
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Just About Fine
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Np. No binding. Just About Fine. New York, Los Angeles: 1961-1968. Set of four vintage original 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm) and 7 x 9" (18 x 23 cm) black-and-white photos, photo agency stickers on verso, overall just about fine. Portrait of Lincoln appearing in a legendary off-Broadway production of Jean Genet's The Blacks, date stamped April 7, 1961, with small newspaper clipping on verso; Portrait of Lincoln in the film Nothing But a Man;. Two portraits from the 1968 film For Love of Ivy, in which she co-starred with Sidney Poitier. One is double weight with notation "Photoplay Feb. page 59" on verso, the other with printed text on verso. Abbey Lincoln was a distinguished jazz vocalist, actress, and civil rights activist.
A SERMON, PREACHED AT THE STONE CHAPEL IN BOSTON, SEPTEMBER 12, 1790

A SERMON, PREACHED AT THE STONE CHAPEL IN BOSTON, SEPTEMBER 12, 1790 by Bentley, William

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A SERMON, PREACHED AT THE STONE CHAPEL IN BOSTON, SEPTEMBER 12, 1790
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Bentley, William
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David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
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Boston, 1790. 24pp, with the half title. Light spotting, disbound, Good+. Bentley was Pastor of the Second Congregational Church in Salem. On "the original dignity of natural religion," "the most excellent religion," and the necessity of adhering to natural law. Bentley was, as DAB notes, a Jeffersonian surrounded by Federalists. Evans 22342.
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EVE OF ST MARK by ANDERSON, Maxwell

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EVE OF ST MARK
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ANDERSON, Maxwell
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Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
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WASHINGTON, ANDERSON HOUSE, 1942, 1942. DUST JACKET (UNCLIPPED); ADVANCE REVIEW COPY FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. Hardcover.
Good Night, Willie Lee, I'll See You in the Morning [Signed]

Good Night, Willie Lee, I'll See You in the Morning [Signed] by Alice Walker

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Good Night, Willie Lee, I'll See You in the Morning [Signed]
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Alice Walker
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
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New York: The Dial Press, 1979. Very Good -/Very Good. New York: The Dial Press, 1979. First Edition, stated First Printing. Octavo (21cm); publisher's dust jacket with $5.95 price intact; red boards and blue cloth spine with gilt lettering; [viii],53pp. Ex-District of Columbia Public Library, with the usual markings. Jacket in mylar cover and affixed to pastedowns, but is clean and crisp beneath. Boards show light shelfwear along bottom edge. Spine slightly cocked. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Binding is sound and, apart from the library markings, pages are clean. Signed by Walker without inscription on half title.
Mr. Campion's Clowns: The Third Allingham Omnibus (First UK Edition)

Mr. Campion's Clowns: The Third Allingham Omnibus (First UK Edition) by Margery Allingham

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Mr. Campion's Clowns: The Third Allingham Omnibus (First UK Edition)
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Margery Allingham
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Royal Books (United States)
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London: Chatto and Windus, 1967. First UK Edition. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Slightly cocked, with moderate foxing to the page edges, and light offsetting to the endpapers. Jacket toned to the extremities, with light wear (but no loss) at the spine ends.
The French Penal Code of 1994 as Amended of January 1, 1999

The French Penal Code of 1994 as Amended of January 1, 1999 by Tomlinson, Edward A (Translator)

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The French Penal Code of 1994 as Amended of January 1, 1999
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Tomlinson, Edward A (Translator)
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The Lawbook Exchange Ltd (United States)
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1999. Tomlinson, Edward A. (Editor and Translator). The French Penal Code of 1994 as amended as of January 1, 1999. Fred B. Rothman & Co.: Littleton, Colorado, 1999. xxii, 278 pp. Publisher's black cloth bound hardcover with gilt stamped spine and front cover. New. $65. * Part of the prestigious American Series of Foreign Penal Codes (No. 31), this authoritative English translation provides a comprehensive look at one of the most significant legislative overhauls in modern European history. Replacing the Napoleonic Code of 1810, the 1994 Code introduced fundamental shifts in French legal philosophy, including the recognition of corporate criminal liability and the modernization of human rights protections. This edition features a scholarly introduction by Edward A. Tomlinson, providing essential context on the Code's structural innovations and its departure from classical doctrine. As a meticulously translated text current through the 1999 amendments, it serves as an indispensable tool for researchers analyzing civil law traditions, continental jurisprudence, and the evolution of penal sanctions.
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The Dome

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The Dome
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London: Unicorn. 1899-1900. Two bound volumes: Vol. Fiveof the New Series (November & December, 1899 and January, 1900) and Vol. Seven (May-July, 1900) Owner name; wear to boards in Vol. 5; a good copy. Backstrip missing on Vol. 7; a fair copy. Hardcover. Fair.
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THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD: A BOOK OF STORIES by Yellen, Samuel

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THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD: A BOOK OF STORIES
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Yellen, Samuel
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Hoffman Books (United States)
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Very Good
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good. 1957. Hardcover. First Edition, 244pp., a clean, Very Good copy. .
Lycanthropia

Lycanthropia by Bloxham, Fredrick

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Lycanthropia
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Bloxham, Fredrick
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ReadInk (United States)
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Near Fine in Near Fine dj
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San Francisco: Robert D. Reed Publishers. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.2000). First Edition. Hardcover. [nice copy with no discernible shelfwear, just a tiny bit of soiling on the front endpaper; the jacket shows a little bit of surface rubbing, minor wrinkling at top of front panel]. Fantasy/crime thriller set in Los Angeles (or, as it ought to be called in this book, Werewolf City). The plot features a couple of werewolves trying to solve a series of murders committed by their "fellow werewolves involved in the Los Angeles criminal underworld." One of the good-guy werewolves works as a dogcatcher, whose "success as an animal control officer for Los Angeles County stems from his own lycanthropic tendencies." (Ya gotta work with the hand you're dealt, I guess.) The author's jacket bio cites some of his influences: Ray Bradbury, Herman Hesse, C.S. Lewis, Tom Clancy, and Anne Rice. The narrative supposedly combines "European legend with the Native American tradition of shape-shifting." If Warren Zevon doesn't make a cameo appearance in this novel, I'm going to be very disappointed. .
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California Picnic. by AKMAKJIAN, Alan P.

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California Picnic.
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AKMAKJIAN, Alan P.
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Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description
Portlandville: M.A.F. Press, (1992).. First edition.. 32 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers.
Solving the Enigma: History of the Cryptanalytic Bombe.

Solving the Enigma: History of the Cryptanalytic Bombe. by WILCOX, Jennifer.

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Solving the Enigma: History of the Cryptanalytic Bombe.
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WILCOX, Jennifer.
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Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
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Washington, DC:: Center for Cryptologic History, National Security Agency, 2002., 2002. Revised. 21cm. [2], 55, [1] pp. Illus. Printed wrappers. Very good. [C324/58]

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