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Gratiano, Antonio Maria [1537 - 1611]. FlŽchier, Esprit [1632 - 1710] - Editor. De CASIBUS VIRORUM ILLUSTRIUM. Lutetiae Parisiorum: Apud Antonium Cellier, via Citharea. 1680. Lutetiae Parisiorum: Apud Antonium Cellier, via Citharea. 1680. Period full vellum binding with yapp fore-edges. Title hand inked to spine crown. "Society of Writers to the Signet" shield gilt-stamped to boards. [8], 411, [13] pp. Index at rear. Eratta last page. Hand inked word correction to p. 316. T.p. vignette. Head- tailpieces. 4to: a^4 A - 3G^4. 9-7/8" x 7-1/4". 1st edition. Binding square & tight, with covers showing some soiling. Period pos at top of t.p. Withal, a handsome VG+ copy.

Lives of 19 celebrated men & women of the ages, including Henry VIII, Mary Queen of Scots, &c.


Inventory #: 33680.0
Price: $ 1250.00      


Silvestri, Camillo, Conte [1645 - 1719]. Lancisi, Giovanni Maria [1654 - 1720]. Garofalo, Biagio [1677 - 1762]. Oliva, Jean [1689 - 1757]. COMITIS CAMALLI SILVESTRII RHODIGINI In ANAGLYPHUM GRAECUM. Interpretatio Posthuma, Cui accedunt Dissertationes duae Epistolares, Altera Joannis Mariae Lancisii Archiatri, atque ab Intimo Cubiculo Clementis XI. P.M., Altera AB. Blasii Caryophili Neapolitani. Cura Joannis Olivae Rhodigini Vulgatae. Romae [Rome]: Typis Georgii Placho, prope S. Marcum. 1720. Period full vellum binding with title hand inked to spine crown. Red speckled edges. LXV, [3], 137, [1] pp. Errata last page. Elaborate copperplate decorative initial capital letters. One fold-out plate after B6. 8vo: a - c^8 c^10 A - H^8 I^6. I6 a blank [with errata & t.p. offset]. 1st editon. Faint damping stain to lower half of text for first 30 leaves. Still, a nice VG+ copy.


Inventory #: 33681.0
Price: $ 750.00      


[Theology]. Pagani [also Pagan], Antonio [1526 - 1589] - Founder. GLI ORDINI DELLA DIVOTA COMPAGNIA DELLE DIMESSE Che Vivono Sotto il Nome, et la Protettione Della Purissima Madre di Dio Maria Vergine. Con Licentia de' Superiori, & Privilegio. In Venetia: Appresso Domenico Nicolini, 1587. Later full vellum [early 18th C?] with title hand-inked to spine. Red edgestain. Later eps. [12], 109, [3] pp. Printer's device to t.p. Tailpieces. Large decorative initial capital letters. 4to: *6 A - O4. 8-1/4" x 6-1/8". 1st edition. Not in Adams. Tight binding, with just a hint of board splay. PO initials "G. P." to t.p. Occasional stain to paper, beginning with title leaf. Light bit of worming 1" from bottom edge of last two leaves touches some printing, but not in an obtrusive manner. All-in-all, a very nice VG+ copy of a rare book.

Father Antonio Pagani, the Order of Friars Minor is the founder of the Sisters Dimesse. Born in Venice, he graduated in civil law at Padua and joined the Franciscan Order in 1557. Bishop Matteo Priuli tasked Father Pagani with the reorganization of the diocese of Vicenza. In this city in 1579, Father Pagani founded the Company Dimesse or "Society of Our Lady ", creating a new form of life, bringing together the contemplative dimension in self and community, which was open to apostolic work as well. The "Company Dimesse" soon spread throughout the Republic of Venice: Murano, Bergamo, Verona, Thiene, Schio, Feltre, Padua and Udine. More recently, Dimesse is dedicated to education of girls by the opening of private schools, licensed by the government in 1842. [Wiki]. OCLC locates one copy [KS].


Inventory #: 33678.0
Price: $ 1250.00      


Cuenot, L. Professor of the College of Sciences at Nancy. The HEREDITY Of ACQUIRED CHARACTERS. From the Smithsonian Report for 1921, Pages 335 - 345. Publication 2688. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1923. Printed buff paper wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. [2], 335 - 345, [1 (blank)] pp. Unopened. 8vo. 1st separate English printing. Lower corner bumped, otherwise a Nr Fine copy.


Inventory #: 33675.0
Price: $ 12.50      


Holls, Frederick William [1857 - 1903]. Of the New York Bar. SANCTA SOPHIA And TROITZA: A Tourist's Notes on the Oriental Church. A Paper Read Before the Martin Luther Society of New York, March 19, 1888. New York: Published by the Society, 1888. Buff, printed paper wrappers. vi, 82 pp. Text block unopened & untrimmed. 8vo. 7-1/4" x 4-7/8". 1st edition. Rear wrapper chipped, and starting to detach in the lower 2". A VG copy of a scarce book.


Inventory #: 33670.0
Price: $ 145.00      


Hatton, Joseph [1841 - 1907]. "The NEW CEYLON." Being a Sketch of British North Borneo, or Sabah. From Official and Other Exclusive Sources of Information. London: Chapman and Hall, Limited. 1881. Original publisher's green linen cloth with gilt & black stamping. 209, [1 (blank)], 32 pp Frontispiece. 3 maps, 2 folding. "New and original, corrected to date." 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5". 1st edition. Average wear. Short tears to attachment point of 3rd map. Withal, a VG+ copy.

Published shortly after Mr Dent's receipt of those lands ceded by the Sultan. As a laid-in clipping states, "The circumstances and terms of the cession, and of the charter granted to the provisional company the vast resources of the territor, some 20,000 square miles in extent and its political importance, as lying on the direct route between India and China, are all duly set forth by Mr. Hatton."


Inventory #: 33671.0
Price: $ 450.00      


Von Pfluck-Hartttung, Prof. Julius. WELT = GESCHICHTE. Berlin: Ullstein & Co., 1907 - 1909. White buckram cloth with gilt & black stamping. Star & sky eps. 5 (of 6) volumes. Profusely illustrated with cuts, plates, maps, facsimiles etc. Some color, some fold-out, some both. 4to. 1st edition. Overall, Very Good Plus condition.

Set lacks Volume III, "Der Orient". Heavy set, extra postage required.


Inventory #: 33657.0
Price: $ 145.00      


[Cook Book]. SELECTED RECIPES Compiled by the Tacoma Alumnae of Kappa Kappa Gamma. (n. p.): Printed by North Pacific Bank Note Co., 1926. Printed pale green card stock covers, stapled. 63, [1 (blank)] pp. P. 1 blank. Tailpiece, p. 62. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/4". 1st printing (presumed). Not in Brown, CULINARY AMERICA, nor listed on OCLC. Age toning to cover edges. Light wear, with ding to last leaf fore-edge. Withal, a solid VG copy of a rare cookery book


Inventory #: 33660.0
Price: $ 60.00      


[Archaeology]. [Boileau, Sir John. 1794 - 1869]. Wright, Thomas, Esq. On ANGLO-SAXON ANTIQUITIES, with a Particular Reference to the Faussett Collection. From the Memoirs of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. Vol. VII. Read 27th September, 1854. Liverpool: T. Brakell, Printer, Cook Street. 1855. Bound in a bespoke brown half-calf binding with marbled paper boards, "Boileau" gilt lettered at spine base. TEG. Original printed front wrapper bound-in. 39, [1 (blank)] pp. Folding frontispiece of Anglo-Saxon England. Text illustrated with 40 cuts. 8vo. 1st separate appearance. INSCRIBED, "with the author's sincere respects", to Sir Boileau on the front wrapper. A VG+ volume, with Sir Boileau's bookplate.

"In 1838, Boileau was created a Baronet, of Tacolnestone Hall, in the County of Norfolk. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1843 and was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1844. When one year later the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society was founded, Boileau was nominated one of its vice-presidents until 1849, after which he became the Society's president. He joined the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1852 and by the recommendation of Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope, he was chosen a vice-president in 1858, a post he occupied for seven years with only a break in 1863. Boileau was additionally vice-president of the Zoological Society of London and of the Royal Statistical Society. He served in the same capacity for the Institute of Archaeology and for the Royal Society of Arts. Boileau further held a fellowship in the Geological Society of London and was vice-president of the Royal Institution as well as the British Science Association." [Wiki] Volume contains 5 other pamphlets on similar subjects: see Tavistock Books' Inventory Nos 33649 - 33654. Price is for the entire volume of all 6 pamphlets.


Inventory #: 33649.0
Price: $ 495.00      


[Archaeology]. [Boileau, Sir John. 1794 - 1869]. Potin de la Mairie, N. -R. [1786 - 1873]. NOTICE Sur Les DIVERSES BRANCHES De La FAMILLE Des SIRES NORMANDS De GOURNAY. A Gournay: Chez Madame Veuyve Folloppe, Editeur. 1855. Bound in a bespoke brown half-calf binding with marbled paper boards, "Boileau" gilt lettered at spine base. TEG. Original printed green paper front wrapper bound-in. [2], 106, [2 (blank)] pp. Full page plate, p. 55. Folding plate, p. 58. Geneaology chart, p. 92. At rear, 21 illustrations of armorial shields on 6 inserted plates. 8vo. 1st separate appearance. INSCRIBED, by Daniel Gurney Esq, to Sir Boileau on the front wrapper. Hand-inked annotations to p. 5 & 101. A VG+ volume, with Sir Boileau's bookplate.

"In 1838, Boileau was created a Baronet, of Tacolnestone Hall, in the County of Norfolk. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1843 and was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1844. When one year later the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society was founded, Boileau was nominated one of its vice-presidents until 1849, after which he became the Society's president. He joined the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1852 and by the recommendation of Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope, he was chosen a vice-president in 1858, a post he occupied for seven years with only a break in 1863. Boileau was additionally vice-president of the Zoological Society of London and of the Royal Statistical Society. He served in the same capacity for the Institute of Archaeology and for the Royal Society of Arts. Boileau further held a fellowship in the Geological Society of London and was vice-president of the Royal Institution as well as the British Science Association." [Wiki] Volume contains 5 other pamphlets on similar subjects: see Tavistock Books' Inventory Nos 33649 - 33654. Price is for the entire volume of all 6 pamphlets.


Inventory #: 33650.0
Price: $ 495.00      


[Archaeology]. [Boileau, Sir John. 1794 - 1869]. Scharf, George. ARTISTIC NOTES On The WINDOWS Of KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGE. From No. 48 of the Archaeological Journal. (n. p.): (n. d.). Bound in a bespoke brown half-calf binding with marbled paper boards, "Boileau" gilt lettered at spine base. TEG. Plain brown paper front wrapper bound-in. 20 pp. Illustrated with 10 images on 6 inserted plates. 8vo. 1st separate appearance. Ca 1855. INSCRIBED, "with G Scharf's complts", to Sir Boileau on the front wrapper. A VG+ volume, with Sir Boileau's bookplate.

"In 1838, Boileau was created a Baronet, of Tacolnestone Hall, in the County of Norfolk. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1843 and was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1844. When one year later the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society was founded, Boileau was nominated one of its vice-presidents until 1849, after which he became the Society's president. He joined the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1852 and by the recommendation of Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope, he was chosen a vice-president in 1858, a post he occupied for seven years with only a break in 1863. Boileau was additionally vice-president of the Zoological Society of London and of the Royal Statistical Society. He served in the same capacity for the Institute of Archaeology and for the Royal Society of Arts. Boileau further held a fellowship in the Geological Society of London and was vice-president of the Royal Institution as well as the British Science Association." [Wiki] Volume contains 5 other pamphlets on similar subjects: see Tavistock Books' Inventory Nos 33649 - 33654. Price is for the entire volume of all 6 pamphlets.


Inventory #: 33651.0
Price: $ 495.00      


[Archaeology]. [Boileau, Sir John. 1794 - 1869]. Thomas, Vaughan [1775 - 1858]. ACCOUNT Of The NIGHT-MARCH Of KING CHARLES The FIRST From OXFORD, by Wolvercot, Yarnton, Hanborough Bridge, to Buford and Worcester, Monday, June 3, 1644, Passing without Conflict or Discovery Between the Army of Essex, Near Woodstock and That of Waller, at and About Ensham. Being the Substance of a Paper (with Additions) Read at Oxford to the Historical Section of the Archaeological Society, June 21, 1850. Oxford: Baxter, Printer. [1850]. Bound in a bespoke brown half-calf binding with marbled paper boards, "Boileau" gilt lettered at spine base. TEG. 29, [3 (blank)] pp. Fold out map depicting Charles' route. 8vo. 1st printing. A VG+ volume, with Sir Boileau's bookplate.

"In 1838, Boileau was created a Baronet, of Tacolnestone Hall, in the County of Norfolk. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1843 and was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1844. When one year later the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society was founded, Boileau was nominated one of its vice-presidents until 1849, after which he became the Society's president. He joined the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1852 and by the recommendation of Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope, he was chosen a vice-president in 1858, a post he occupied for seven years with only a break in 1863. Boileau was additionally vice-president of the Zoological Society of London and of the Royal Statistical Society. He served in the same capacity for the Institute of Archaeology and for the Royal Society of Arts. Boileau further held a fellowship in the Geological Society of London and was vice-president of the Royal Institution as well as the British Science Association." [Wiki] Volume contains 5 other pamphlets on similar subjects: see Tavistock Books' Inventory Nos 33649 - 33654. Price is for the entire volume of all 6 pamphlets.


Inventory #: 33652.0
Price: $ 495.00      


[Archaeology]. [Boileau, Sir John. 1794 - 1869]. Kerrich, Rev. Thomas. CATALOGUE Of ROMAN COINS Collected by the Late Rev. Thomas Kerrich, M.A., F.S.A., Prebendary of Wells and Lincoln: And Presented by His Son, the Rev. Richard Edward Kerrich, M.A., F.S.A., to the Society of Antiquaries of London. Westminster: Printed [by J. B. Nichols and Son] for the Society of Antiquaries. 1852. Bound in a bespoke brown half-calf binding with marbled paper boards, "Boileau" gilt lettered at spine base. TEG. viii, 84 pp. 8vo. 1st printing. A VG+ volume, with Sir Boileau's bookplate.

"In 1838, Boileau was created a Baronet, of Tacolnestone Hall, in the County of Norfolk. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1843 and was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1844. When one year later the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society was founded, Boileau was nominated one of its vice-presidents until 1849, after which he became the Society's president. He joined the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1852 and by the recommendation of Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope, he was chosen a vice-president in 1858, a post he occupied for seven years with only a break in 1863. Boileau was additionally vice-president of the Zoological Society of London and of the Royal Statistical Society. He served in the same capacity for the Institute of Archaeology and for the Royal Society of Arts. Boileau further held a fellowship in the Geological Society of London and was vice-president of the Royal Institution as well as the British Science Association." [Wiki] Volume contains 5 other pamphlets on similar subjects: see Tavistock Books' Inventory Nos 33649 - 33654. Price is for the entire volume of all 6 pamphlets.


Inventory #: 33653.0
Price: $ 495.00      


[Archaeology]. [Boileau, Sir John. 1794 - 1869]. Neville, Richard Cornwallis, Baron Braybrooke. 1820 - 1861]. Ê CATALOGUE Of RINGS in the Collection of the Honorable Richard Cornwallis Neville. [Drop title]. (n. p.): (n. d.). Bound in a bespoke brown half-calf binding with marbled paper boards, "Boileau" gilt lettered at spine base. TEG. 28, [2 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 1st printing (presumed). Ca 1856. With penicl inscription at top of p. 1, "Given to me by Hon Rd Neville". At top of P. 1 found the lower half of inked inscription, no doubt a victim of the binder's knife. Still, a VG+ volume, with Sir Boileau's bookplate.

"In 1838, Boileau was created a Baronet, of Tacolnestone Hall, in the County of Norfolk. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1843 and was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1844. When one year later the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society was founded, Boileau was nominated one of its vice-presidents until 1849, after which he became the Society's president. He joined the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1852 and by the recommendation of Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope, he was chosen a vice-president in 1858, a post he occupied for seven years with only a break in 1863. Boileau was additionally vice-president of the Zoological Society of London and of the Royal Statistical Society. He served in the same capacity for the Institute of Archaeology and for the Royal Society of Arts. Boileau further held a fellowship in the Geological Society of London and was vice-president of the Royal Institution as well as the British Science Association." [Wiki] Neville's catalogue describes 134 rings, of an antiquarian nature, and, usually, their circumstance/date of purchase. OCLC records just 4 cc [none in the US]. Volume contains 5 other pamphlets on similar subjects: see Tavistock Books' Inventory Nos 33649 - 33654. Price is for the entire volume of all 6 pamphlets.


Inventory #: 33654.0
Price: $ 495.00      


[Nation, Carry (also Carrie). 1846 - 1911]. Asbury, Herbert. CARRY NATION. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. Green cloth binding with yellow & orange lettering. Yellow topstain. Dust jacket. xxii, 307, [1 (blank)], vii, [1] pp. Index at rear. Illustrated with plates. 8vo. 1st edition. VG+/VG (some wear, with closed tear to top edge of rear panel/pc).


Inventory #: 33639.0
Price: $ 30.00      


Bell, Archie. The SPELL Of EGYPT. Boston: The Page Company, 1916. Green decorative cloth binding with elaborate gilt stamping. Green pictorial eps. TEG. xiii, [1 (blank)], 366 pp (including Index). Color frontis. Folding map. 55 inserted plates, of which 7 are full color. 8vo. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the ffep. A VG+ copy.


Inventory #: 33621.0
Price: $ 50.00      


White, Stewart Edward [1873 - 1946]. The FOREST. New York: The Outlook Company, 1903. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering & front board stamped in red, black & whitle. TEG. [10], 276, [2] pp. Tinted frontis & 17 inserted b&w plates by Thomas Fogarty. 8vo. 1st trade edition (Johnson 4th, p. 523). INSCRIBED by the Author on the ffep. Modest wear. A solid VG copy.

Author's 5th book, filled with forest lore.


Inventory #: 33622.0
Price: $ 225.00      


Vernon, Paul E. MOROCCO From A Motor. London: A. & C. Black, 1927. Cream-colored cloth binding with red black & pale blue color stamping. No dust jacket. viii, 184 pp (including Index). Color frontis. 47 inserted color plates. Fold-out map, depicting route, at rear. 8vo. 1st edition (Inman 670). INSCRIBED by the author on the ffep. A VG+ copy.


Inventory #: 33617.0
Price: $ 75.00      


[Trade Catalogue]. The BOOMER & BOSCHERT CIDER And WINE PRESS. Factory and Home Office at Syracuse, N.Y. Syracuse, N.Y.: Journal Print, [1876]. Printed self-wrappers, sewn. Vignette of the factory to front wrapper. Rear wrapper with advert announcing the company's precence at the [1876] Centennial. 12 pp. Illustrated with 7 cuts of 3 presses & associated ancillary equipment. 12mo. 8-3/4" x 5-3/4". 1st edition thus. General wear, with 2 horizontal fold-lines. Wrapper paper starting along spine fold. Small ink smudge to front wrapper. Withal, a VG copy of a rare trade catalogue.

Not in Romaine, with OCLC recording just one copy [UC Davis]. P. 11 lists references from across the country, including one "A. L. Fish & Co., San Francisco, Cal."


Inventory #: 33608.0
Price: $ 450.00      


[Photography Trade Catalogue]. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE Of PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT And MATERIALS, For Amateurs. October, 1897. New York & Chicago: E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., 1897. Pale blue paper wrappers with red lettering/decorations. 155, [5] pp. Index last 5 pages. Inserted advert leafs. Profusely illustrated with cuts of cameras & associated equipment. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-3/8". 1st edition thus. Not in Romaine, though see pp. 261-262 for other catalogues from Anthony. Wrappers chipped, with front wrapper starting to detach. Sticker abrasion to front wrapper. An About VG copy.

NB. The Anthony firm was George Eastman's retail outlet for his photographic material before he started issuing his own catalogues.


Inventory #: 33602.0
Price: $ 250.00      


[Trade Catalogue]. The BOOMER & BOSCHERT CIDER And WINE PRESS. Factory and Home Office at Syracuse, N.Y. 1881. Syracuse, N.Y.: Journal Print, [1881]. Printed self-wrappers, sewn. Vignette of the factory to front wrapper. Rear wrapper with advert touting Standard Oil as a customer. 35 pp. Pp 21 - 35 are testimonials from satisfied customers across the eastern half of the nation. Illustrated with 19 cuts of 7 presses & associated ancillary equipment. 8vo. 1st edition thus (Romaine, p. 3). General wear, with stain to upper text block corner. Spine paper shows wear & shipping. Foxing to wrappers. Withal, an About VG copy.


Inventory #: 33597.0
Price: $ 325.00      


Clunas, Craig. ART In CHINA. Oxford History of Art. Oxford / New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Color pictorial wrappers. 255, [1] pp (including Index). Illustrated, with much in color. 8vo. 1st pb edition. A Nr Fine copy.


Inventory #: 33589.0
Price: $ 10.00      


Schell, Orville. VIRTUAL TIBET. Searching for Shangri - La from the Himalayas to Hollywood. New York: Henry Holt, 2000. Hardback. Dust jacket. x, 340 pp (including Index). 8vo. 1st printing. A Fine copy in a similar jacket.


Inventory #: 33590.0
Price: $ 12.50      


[Mendelsohn, Felix - Attributed to]. The BLUE And GOLD COOK BOOK. Recipes of Quality. Presented by Oakland Brewing & Malting Co. Oakland, Cal. Oakland: Presented by Oakland Brewing & Malting Co., (1912). Red cloth spine over printed buff-paper boards. Rear board an advert for Oakland Brewing & Malting Co. 224 pp (including Index). Initial introductory leaf, by the Oakland Brewing and Malting Company, tipped-in. 8vo. 1st edition (Bitting, p. 520 Glozer 31). Not in Cagle, nor Wheaton & Kelly. Binding worn. Rfep starting. An About VG copy.

Author attribution from copyright slug [Mendelsohn a known author of other cookery books]. Glozer states the work printed in Chicago [we find no evidence corroborating this assertion], and is known in 2 other California issues, e.g., Blue & Gold Brewery, San Francisco [which would account for the initial tipped-in leaf].


Inventory #: 33586.0
Price: $ 125.00      


Magalh‹es [also Magaillans], Gabriel de [1609-1677]. A NEW HISTORY Of CHINA,ÊContaining a Description of the Most Considerable Particulars of That Vast Empire. Written by Gabriel Magaillans of the Society of Jesus, Missionary Apostolick. Done Out of French. London: Printed for Thomas Newborough, at the Golden Ball, in S. PaulÕs Church-Yard, 1688. Modern greyish green quarter leather binding with marbled paper boards & printed paper title label to spine. [24], 148, 193 - 352 [= 332] pp. Folding plate of 'Pekim' after R4 (with old paper reinforcement along some portions of the divers fold lines). Pictorial glossary p. 83. Woodcut of a canal, p. 117. 8vo: A^8 a^4 B- K^8 L^2 N - Y^8. L2 missigned K2. 1st Edition in English (T.C. II, 230 Wing M-247). Variant without comma after 'Magaillans' on t.p. Binding - Nr Fine. Text block - VG (small worm track in upper portion of gutter margin, occasionally affecting text, though not the overall sense thereof).


Inventory #: 33584.0
Price: $ 3000.00      


Fessenden, Thomas G[reen. 1771 - 1837]. Attorney at Law. The AMERICAN CLERK'S COMPANION, And ATTORNEY'S PROMPTER A Collection of the Most Useful and Approved Froms of Legal Instruments, Precedents in Pleading, &c. With Observations Relative to the Varieties of Practice, Introduced or Sanctioned by the Statutes and Courts of Different States. Brattlebrorough, VT.: Published by John Holbrook, 1815. Period brown paper spine over drab blue paper boards. Printed paper title label to spine. [4], [13] - 377, [3 (blank)] pp. Untrimmed. 12mo, in 6s. 7-1/4" x 4-1/4". 1st edition (American Imprints 34697). Some binding wear, with rear joint starting. Period ownership signature(s) of Paul Varney, Alton NH. Usual foxing. A VG copy.


Inventory #: 33572.0
Price: $ 145.00      


Orlean, Susan. The BULLFIGHTER CHECKS HER MAKEUP. My Encounters with Extraordinary People. New York: Random House, (2001). Hardback. Dust jacket. 294, [6] pp. 8vo. 1st edition. F/F


Inventory #: 33573.0
Price: $ 10.00      


[Exhibition Catalogue]. Fontein, Jan. Soekmono, R. & Sedyawati, Edi - Contributors. The SCULPTURE Of INDONESIA. Washington / New York: National Gallery of Art / Harry N. Abrams Inc., (1990). Color pictorial glossy-stock paper wrappers. 312 pp. Profusely illustrated, with much in color. 4to. 11-5/8" x 8-1/2". 1st pb edition. A Nr Fine copy.

Heavy book- extra postage required.


Inventory #: 33571.0
Price: $ 12.50      


Pan, Lynn. TRUE To FORM. A Celebration of the Art of the Chinese Craftsman. Hong Kong: FormAsia Books Limited, 1995. Red cloth binding. Dust jacket. 148 pp. Profusely illustrated, primarily in color. 12-1/4" x 10-1/4". 1st edition. Small abrasion to ffep, otherwise a Fine copy in a spine-sunned Nr Fine dust jacket.

Heavy book- extra postage required.


Inventory #: 33563.0
Price: $ 17.50      


Dawson, Barry. Gillow, John. The TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE Of INDONESIA. [London]: Thames & Hudson, (1994). Hardback. Dust jacket. 192 pp (including Index). 244 illustrations, with 192 in color. 4to. 1st edition. A Fine copy in a Nr Fine dust jacket.


Inventory #: 33564.0
Price: $ 30.00      


Van Briessen, Fritz. The WAY Of The BRUSH. Painting Techniques of China and Japan. Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1990. Black cloth binding. Dust jacket. 329, [3 (blank)] pp (including Index). Profusely illustrated, with a few in color. 10-3/8" x 7-3/4". 11th printing. A Fine copy in a Nr Fine dust jacket.

Heavy book- extra postage required.


Inventory #: 33566.0
Price: $ 15.00      


[Law]. [Pitt, William. First Earl of Chatham. 1708 - 1778]. [Burke, Edmund. 1729 - 1797]. [Erskine, Thomas. 1750 - 1823]. 'Selected By A Member of the Philadelphia Bar.' CELEBRATED SPEECHES Of CHATHAM, BURKE, And ERSKINE. To Which is Added, the Argument of Mr. MacKintosh in the Case of Peltier. Philadelphia: Key & Biddle - 23 Minor Street. 1834. Original publisher's full sheep binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. vi, [2], [9] - 540, [2 (blank)] pp. P. 316 misnumbered 216. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-1/2". 1st edition (American Imprints 26289 BEAL 8549.50). Some binding wear. Period poi ["B. F. Rawlins"] to front blank & his light blue printed paper book label to front paste-down. Usual foxing. A Very Good copy.

Speeches of Lord Chatham (William Pitt), pp. 9 - 49 speeches of Edmund Burke from pp. [50] - 326 speeches of Thomas Eskine from pp. [327] - 495 Macintosh on Peltier the remainder.


Inventory #: 33568.0
Price: $ 150.00      


Gernet, Jacques. Foster, J. R. & Hartman, Charles - Translators. Spence, Jonathan D. - Contributor. A HISTORY Of CHINESE CIVILIZATION. London: The Folio Society, 2002. Brown cloth bindings with gold stamping. Slipcase. 2 volumes. Illustrated with a suite of color images. 8vo. 2nd printing. A Fine set in a Nr Fine slipcase.

Heavy item- extra postage required.


Inventory #: 33570.0
Price: $ 45.00      


Weismann, Dr. August. Meldola, Rahael - Translator & Editor. Darwin, Charles - Contributor. STUDIES In The THEORY Of DESCENT. With Notes and Additions by the Author. Translated and Edited, with Notes, by Raphael Meldola, F.C.S. With a Prefatory Notice by Charles Darwin, LL.D., F.R.S. In Two Volumes. London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington, 1882. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. 2 volumes (400 [2], 401 - 729, [1 (Errata)], 20 pp). Index in Volume II. Publisher catalogue last 20 pages of Vol.II. Illustrated, including 8 inserted color plates. 8vo. 1st Edition in English (Freeman 1414, for Darwin's Preface). Ex-library, with associated markings. A Good set.


Inventory #: 33532.0
Price: $ 200.00      


Rhoads, Asa - Compiler. [Webster, Noah. 1758 - 1843]. The NEW INSTRUCTOR, Being the Second Part of the American Spelling Book. Designed for the Use of our Common Schools and as an Easy Introduction to the Art of Spelling and Reading the English Language with Propriety. Comprising a Selection of More than 3000 Words, Divided, Accented, Defined, and their Approved Pronunciation Pointed out: with Instructive and Entertaining Reading Lessons Including a Catechetical Treatise upon Orthography, and the Most Simple Parts of Geography. Stanford [NY]: Printed by Daniel Lawrence, 1804. Period quarter-leather binding, over drab paper-wrapped boards. 238, [2] pp. 12mo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/8". 2nd edition (American Imprints 7184). General wear, though square & tight. PO inked arithmetic sums to front board. Some browning & staining to paper. Lacks rfep. Withal, a solid VG copy.


Inventory #: 33535.0
Price: $ 125.00      


Nettleton, Asahel [1783 - 1844]. [Watts, Isaac. 1674 - 1748]. VILLAGE HYMNS For SOCIAL WORSHIP. Selected and Original. Designed as a Supplement to the Psalms and Hymn of Dr. Watts. New - York: Printed and Sold by E. Sands, 1831. Period maroon full morocco-style sheep with elaborate gilt decorated spine & gilt perimeter border to boards. AEG. Marbled paper eps. viii, 9 - 488 pp (including Index). 24mo. 4-3/4" x 2-3/4". 'Stereotype Edition.' Cf. American Imprints 8384. Modest extremity wear. Period poi to preliminary blank. A solid VG copy.


Inventory #: 33536.0
Price: $ 50.00      


Porter, Ebenezer [1772 - 1834]. The RHETORICAL READER Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice, with a Rhetorical Notation, Illustrating Inflection, Emphasis, and Modulation and a Course of Rhetorical Exercises. Designed for the Use of Academies and High-Schools. New York: Published by Dayton & Newman, 1842. Period full sheep binding with black leather title label to spine. xii, [13] - 304 pp. 12mo, signed in 6s. 7-1/4" x 4-1/4". "One Hundredth Edition, with an Appendix." American Imprints 42-4101. Spine leather a bit rubbed, with front joint starting in upper half. Usual bit of foxing, primarily confined to preliminary & terminal leaves. A VG copy of this popular reader.


Inventory #: 33537.0
Price: $ 45.00      


Sargent, Charles Sprague. The SILVA Of NORTH AMERICA. A Description of the Trees Which Grow Naturally in North America Exclusive of Mexico. Illustrated with Figures and Analyses Drawn from Nature. New York: Peter Smith, 1947. Red buckram bindings. 14 volumes in 7. Illustrated. Folio. 12-1/2" x 9-1/4". Reprint, from the 1890 edition, by offset lithography. Ex-Reference library, with usual ownership markings, but little signs of use. A VG+ set.

Very heavy set, extra postage required.


Inventory #: 33538.0
Price: $ 1750.00      


[Trade Catalogue]. S. D. KIMBARK. Catalogue and Price List with Illustrations. Iron, Steel, Nails, Heavy Hardware, Carriage and Wagon Hardware, Carriage Trimmings and Mountings, Blacksmiths' Tools and Machines, Carriage and Wagon Wood Material. No. 13. Feb. 1897. Chicago: 1897. Orange printed wrappers, stapled. Rear wrapper with cut of the factory. 244 pp. Illustrated with cuts. 12mo. 5-7/8" x 3-11/16". Not in Romaine, though see p. 85 for an 1885 Kimbark Carriage catalogue. Minor wear & chipping to wrappers. A VG+ copy.


Inventory #: 33522.0
Price: $ 75.00      


Aston, James & Story, Edward B. WROUGHT IRON. Its Manufacture, Characteristics and Applications. Pittsburgh: A. M. Byers Company, 1951. Hardback. Yellow & blue dust jacket. vi, 97, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated, with many from photographs. 8vo. 2nd edition, 8th printing. NF (po name stamp)/VG (light wear/po name stamp).


Inventory #: 33523.0
Price: $ 15.00      


Hall, Manly Palmer [1901 - 1990]. REINCARNATION. The Cycle of Necessity. Los Angeles: The Philosophical Research Society, 1946. Brown cloth binding. Dust jacket. 210, [10] pp. Adverts last 10 pages. Fold-out plate. 8vo. 3rd edition, revised & enlarged. NF/VG (spine panel sun-tanned/some edgewear & chipping).


Inventory #: 33524.0
Price: $ 35.00      


Raum, Green B. - Commissioner of Internal Revenue. UNITED STATES INTERNAL - REVENUE GAUGERS' MANUAL, Embracing Regulations and Instructions, and Tables, Prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue by Virtue of Section 3249 U. S. Revised Statutes. July 1, 1880. Series 7, No. 11. -- Revised. United States Internal Revenue. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1880. Period black half sheep, with black pebbled cloth boards. Marbled edges. 523, [1 (blank)] pp. Tables, for calculating volume etc, from p. 67 on. Illustrated with 6 cuts of cask stamps & one fold-out plate depicting cask shapes. 7-1/4" x 4-7/8". 1st edition. Spine & tip leather worn. Modern pos to ffep. Period pos excised from p. 3 top margin [affecting p. 4 text at top]. Withal, a VG copy.

The 'gauger' an IRS official who works at a distillery... from the instructions, "Gaugers are especially directed to personnally gauge the packages, and determine the volume, and the true per cent, of proof of their contents. ... Gaugers are made the custodians of the recieving-rooms at distilleries, and are held responsible for the safe-keeping of the spirits run into the receiving-cisterns ..." Sounds like a job for W. C. Fields.


Inventory #: 33517.0
Price: $ 75.00      


[Franklin, Sir John. 1786 - 1847]. M'Clintock, Captain. Godfrey, Wm. C. A NARRATIVE Of The DISCOVERY Of The FATE Of SIR JOHN FRANKLIN And His Companions. The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas. [bound with] DODREY'S NARRATIVE Of The LAST GRINNELL ARCTIC EXPLORING EXPEDITION In SEARCH Of SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, 1853-4-5. With a Biography of Dr. Elisha K. Kane. From the Cradle to the Grave. Philadelphia: J. T. Lloyd, Agt. / J. T. Lloyd & Co., 1860 / 1857. Original publisher's browncloth binding with gilt spine lettering. 314, [4] 7, [5], 173 - 213, 395 - 403, [1 (blank)] pp. Adverts the last 9 pages. Illustrated with wood engravings & cuts. Fold-out map. 12mo. 1st US edition. Wear at spine ends & tips. Lacks ffep. Still, a solid VG copy.

The later work begins with Chapter XVII.


Inventory #: 33520.0
Price: $ 75.00      


[Pre World War I Era]. FLEET FACT BOOK. "Not for Publication". (n. p.): (n. d.). Custom full-black leather with elaborate gilt stamping, with the UK's Royal Coat of Arms gilt stamped to the front board & the Admiralty Seal device gilt stamped to the rear board. Gilt dentelles with silk moire eps. AEG. 17 leaves: 5 of text, printed recto only. 12 leaves with tipped-in images (8 photographs & 5 color postcard-type images). 7-3/4" x 5". Ca 1906 - 1910. Modest extremity wear. Spine leather a bit dull, and the boards splay slightly. Gutter break prior to last leaf. Still, a VG copy of an uncommon item.

The volume segregated into 4 sections: The "Dreadnaught" (2 text pages & 1 photographic image), Submarines (1 text page & 5 photographic images), Torpedo Boat Destroyers (1 text page & 2 photographic images) & The Fleet / Dreadnaught Types (1 text page summarizing the fleet strength, including ship types/numbers & 5 color postcard-type images of divers dreadnaught types). In short, a custom 'primer' for the Royal English Navy, ca 1910, with all indications the book created for the use of a senior Naval official, or senior political figure associated with the Royal Navy.


Inventory #: 33514.0
Price: $ 850.00      


Young, George. CONSTANTINOPLE. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. Maroon cloth binding. Dust jacket. vii, [1], 310 pp (including Index). Publisher catalogue follows text. Illustrated with 12 plates from photographs, and fold-out map at rear. 8vo. 1st edition. VG+ (erased pos to front eps/slight gutter break after p. 232)/VG (some wear & soiling, with chipping to spine panel ends [affecting lettering]).

Uncommon title, especially in dj.


Inventory #: 33513.0
Price: $ 75.00      


[Paper Trade Catalogue]. ENGRAVED GREETING CARDS. Felix Birr & Company. Milwaukee, Wis.: Felix Birr & Company, (n. d.). Embossed grey, stiff-stock paper wrappers, cord-tie. Unpaginated, though 32 pp. Each page with 1 - 4 envelope/card samples, with tissue guards between facing pages. 57 samples total, primarily Christmas greetings. Price information also tipped-in opposite. Oblong format: 9-7/8" x 12-3/4". Ca pre-WWII. Geneal age-toning, with light overall wear to wrappers. A VG+ copy with samples tending to Nr Fine - Fine.

Felix Birr & Company the oldest engraved stationery business in Wisconson, founded in 1907, still in existence today, and still as a family-run firm.


Inventory #: 33507.0
Price: $ 275.00      


[Cookbook]. TESTED CRISCO RECIPES. The Absolutely New Product for Frying.. For Shortening.. For Cake Making. Cincinnati: The Procter & Gamble Co., [1912]. Full color pictorial paper wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 39, [1] pp. Illustrated with colored cuts. 7-1/8" x 4-1/2". 1st edition. Not in Cagle. Wrappers with wear & soiling. Internal signs of use. A VG copy.

Evidently distributed as a promotional piece, this the scarce first cookbook entirely focused on the revolutionary new product, Crisco, the first shortening to be made solely of vegetable oil. Crisco debuted June 1911 and remains a kitchen staple to this day.


Inventory #: 33511.0
Price: $ 125.00      


[Anthology]. Shockley, William [Bradford. 1910 - 1989] Sparks, M[organ. 1916 - 2008]. Pearson, G. L. - Contributors. Blois, Marsden S, Jr. [1919 - 1988] - Former Owner. The TRANSISTOR. Selected Reference Material on Characteristics & Applications. Contract DA 36 - 039 SC - 5589 (Task 3). New York: Prepared by Bell Telephone Labratories Inc. for Western Electric Co., Inc. (1951). Grey flexible cloth binding, with black printed lettering. [6], 792 pp. Illustrated with diagrams, charts, schematics & from photographs. 11" x 8-3/8". 1st edition. Minor soiling to covers. Prior owner signatures. A VG+ copy.

"The material included herein covers the same ground and supplements the talks given at a symposium on transistors, which was held at the Bell Telephone Labratories during the week beginning September 17, 1951." [Foreword]. Shockley, a contributor of 2 articles & co-author of 2 additional, the co-inventor of the transistor, and winner of the 1956 Nobel Prize for Physics for that work. His 1950 publication, "Electrons and Holes in Semiconductors" was the first book on transistor electronics (cf. ORIGINS Of CYBERSPACE, 904), and is previewed in his first article herein, "Holes and Electrons" [reprinted from Physics Today, Vol. 3, October 1950]. The volume contains 35 articles total Shockley's second main contribution addresses the p-n Junction, "The Theory of p-n Junctions in Semi-Conductors and p-n Junction Transistors", a scientific path of investigation which would lead to the development of the "elementary 'building blocks' of almost all semiconductor electronic devices such as diodes, transistors, solar cells, LEDs, and integrated circuits..." [Wiki].


Inventory #: 33506.0
Price: $ 1500.00      


[WWII]. Pyle, Ernie [1900 - 1945]. HERE Is YOUR WAR. New York: Henry Holt & Co., (1943). Pale yellow cloth binding. Brown dust jacket. 304 pp. Drawings by Carol Johnson. 8vo. 1st edition. VG+/VG (spine panel lightly sunned/a bit of edgewear & light chipping).


Inventory #: 7973.1
Price: $ 35.00      


Stiles, Henry Reed. BUNDLING: Its Origin, Progress and Decline in America. Albany: Knickerbocker Publishing Company, 1871. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamping. 138 pp [including index]. 12mo. 1st edition. Cocked. Bookplate. A VG copy.


Inventory #: 33483.0
Price: $ 30.00      


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