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Berlin: C.F. Henning, 1751. 1st Edition . Very Good. 3.75 x 6 inches (9.5 x 15 cm). Complete in two volumes. Full calf leather bindings, red leather title labels and gilt decoration to spines. Good solid bindings. Volume one has light rippling to the pages and foxing up to page 3, hole to front free endpaper and three small holes to leading blank, Volume II is very clean throughout. Engraved bookplate to front endpapers (Charles Grave Hudson - 1st Baronet Hudson, of Wanlip Hall, Leicestershire.) The first edition of one of Voltaire's most important works, a landmark in the development of historiography, published under the alternative pseudonym M. de Francheville. A very nice example. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 3.75 x 6 inches (9.5 x 15 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 12mo. [14], 488, [1] (Errata) + [2], 466, [2] (Errata)
David Thompson's Narrative of His Explorations in Western America, 1784-1812 by Thompson, David; J. B. Tyrrell [ed.] - 1916
by Thompson, David; J. B. Tyrrell [ed.]
David Thompson's Narrative of His Explorations in Western America, 1784-1812
by Thompson, David; J. B. Tyrrell [ed.]
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Toronto: The Champlain Society, 1916. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original crested gilt red buckram cloth hard covers. This is no. 272 (of 550 copies). Top edges gilt, others uncut. Spine just slightly faded/toned; some mild dappled toning to boards. Fore-edge a little toned. Otherwise clean, very tight, square and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and very handsome copy. All plates and colour fold-out sketches very fine and present as listed, Four folded sheets of map in rear pocket. xcviii,582+viii[subscriber list]pp. .
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Le Siecle de Louis XIV
by Voltaire (Monsieur de Francheville / Francois-Marie Arouet)
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Almanacks for 1811, 1812 & 1813, as follows: The Gentleman's Diary; or, The Mathematical Repository. The Ladies' Diary; or, Woman's Almanack. Vox Stellarum; or, A Loyal Almanack. Merlinus Liberatus. Old Poor Robin. Speculum Anni: or, Season on the Seasons. The Coelestial Atlas; or, A New Ephemeris.
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London: Company of Stationers, 1811. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Three annual volumes, each containing the seven Almanacks listed above for that year. Original matching crimson morocco leather covers. All edges gilt. Vellum tab-markers tipped in for each title-page. Printed in red and black. Some toning, light rubbing and handling wear to covers. Excise stamp on each title-page. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked, internally fine. Very neat -- a sound and handsome set..
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The Floure and the Leafe; and the Boke of Cupide, God of Love, or the Cuckow and the Nightingale
by Clanvowe, Sir Thomas
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London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine. 9 7/16" × 6 7/16" × 5/16" (24 × 16.4 × .8 cm) . First Printing. Edited by Frederick Startridge Ellis. Printed by and sold by William Morris. Medium 4to. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 300 [at ten shillings] paper copies (plus 10 [at two guineas] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the Apple watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon and the smaller, rectangular printer's device designed by Morris (no. 1). [viii], 1 (title), [ii], 47, [iii] pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Troy type, with the “Note" and "Colophon" in the Chaucer type, both types designed by Morris for his press. The two stories opening with title printed in red and 15-line elaborate foliate woodblock initial words designed by Morris for his WORKS OF CHAUCER and engraved by William Harcourt…
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Statistical Account of Upper Canada. Compiled with a View to a Grand System of Emigration [two volumes]; with, General Introduction to Statistical Account of Upper Canada . . . in Connexion with a Reform of the Poor Laws. By Robert Gourlay.
by Gourlay, Robert
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London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1822. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Recently bound in period-style red half-morocco over paper-covered boards, with raised bands and gilt title-labels to spines. Edges toned and uncut (indeed the signatures are in the greater part unopened). Some mild intermittent foxing and staining to text in the main two volumes, with heavier staining and old (1823) owner's name to title-page in the General Introduction volume, but in all very bright and near fine. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and very handsome set. Large folding map in Volume I well-preserved and bright with just a short closed tear (1 cm.) near stub. Small map in Volume II fine and partially hand-coloured. Engraved title-pages in Volumes I & II; half-title present in General Introduction volume. All plates, plans and folding maps present and very fine: three maps (two folding), two engraved title-pages, and one plan. Collation: [Vol. I]xx[+iv, with errata &…
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Theatro del mundo y de el tiempo compuesto por Ioan Paulo Gallucio Salo[n]ese; traducido de lengua latina en castellana y anadido por Miguel Perez: (Theatro del mundo y de el tiempo compuesto por Ioan Paulo Gallucio Salo[n]ese; traducido de lengua latina en castellana y añadido por Miguel Perez)
by Giovanni Paolo Gallucci
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Three raised bands to spine; remnants of label to spine. Gallucci's atlas is the first to make use of Copernicus' catalogue of coordinates, and presents the 48 maps of the Ptolemaic constellations with striking and original constellation figures. Christies. This copy has an additional leaf with four part astronomical dial (for latitude 39) before leaf 100. Also an additional leaf with four part astronomical dial (for latitude 41) before leaf 101, and a two part dial before 102 (for latitude 48); lacking part of leaf 115 dial. Pen and ink caricature of soldiers to verso of leaf 328. Lacking front fly and initial 6 leaves, leaf 8; rear fly and leaves 356-376 (comprising final tables and Index). Leaf 38 three wheels (Getty 2), 54 (Getty lacking dial); leaf 97 (missing in Getty) present with all dials. Leaf 100 dial has the arm missing from the Getty copyhas dial missing from Getty leaf 129. ; 354 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.
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Almanacks for 1811, 1812 & 1813, as follows: The Gentleman's Diary; or, The Mathematical Repository. The Ladies' Diary; or, Woman's Almanack. Vox Stellarum; or, A Loyal Almanack. Merlinus Liberatus. Old Poor Robin. Speculum Anni: or, Season on the Seasons. The Coelestial Atlas; or, A New Ephemeris.
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London: Company of Stationers, 1811. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Three annual volumes, each containing the seven Almanacks listed above for that year. Original matching crimson morocco leather covers. All edges gilt. Vellum tab-markers tipped in for each title-page. Printed in red and black. Some toning, light rubbing and handling wear to covers. Excise stamp on each title-page. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked, internally fine. Very neat -- a sound and handsome set..
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A CHRONICLE OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND From the Time of the Romans Government [sic] unto the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord King Charles.
by Baker, Sir R., Knight (Sir Richard Baker 1568-1645)
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London: Daniel Frere to be sold at his shop at the Red Bull in Little Brittaine 1st edition first printing., 1643. Hardcover. Very Good-. Frontispiece of Charles Prince of Wales by Cor(nelius) van Dalen + fine engraved titlepage by W. Marshall with views of London, York, Lincoln & Kings etc.. Folio contemporary brown marbled calf on five raised bands with gilt directly lettered to spine (tips worn/hinges split to top & bottom compartent of front hinge but hinges still well attached & sound). Frontis portrait + engraved title + dedication leaf to Charles Prince of Wales + To reader +[5]pp of Authors used as sources + 181pp +163pp +108pp +163pp collated complete. The To Reader & Author list are Misbound at the end (signed from A2 where they should follow the dedication). The last leaves of text are correctly signed XXXX (pp161-3) last is a quarter page of text ending in FINIS. The frontis has a longitudinal crease and a corner torn away not touching either the printed area nor even the plate mark,…
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Statistical Account of Upper Canada. Compiled with a View to a Grand System of Emigration [two volumes]; with, General Introduction to Statistical Account of Upper Canada . . . in Connexion with a Reform of the Poor Laws. By Robert Gourlay.
by Gourlay, Robert
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London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1822. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Recently bound in period-style red half-morocco over paper-covered boards, with raised bands and gilt title-labels to spines. Edges toned and uncut (indeed the signatures are in the greater part unopened). Some mild intermittent foxing and staining to text in the main two volumes, with heavier staining and old (1823) owner's name to title-page in the General Introduction volume, but in all very bright and near fine. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and very handsome set. Large folding map in Volume I well-preserved and bright with just a short closed tear (1 cm.) near stub. Small map in Volume II fine and partially hand-coloured. Engraved title-pages in Volumes I & II; half-title present in General Introduction volume. All plates, plans and folding maps present and very fine: three maps (two folding), two engraved title-pages, and one plan. Collation: [Vol. I]xx[+iv, with errata &…
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Relations de divers voyages curieux, qui n'ont point esté publiées
by THEVENOT, Melchisédech
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1696 Thevenot Voyages Curious CHINA Ethiopia MAPS Jeronimo Lobo MEXICO SpainMalechisedech Thevenot was a 17th-century French historian, known for an extensive list of scholarship. One of his best works was 'Relations de Divers Voyages Curieux' – a collection of descriptions of various world discoveries.
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Chinese Empires: Xanxi, Xangtung, Honan, Sushuen, Kiangsi, Kinagnan, Quangtung,
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Japanese Empires
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Ethiopian history, lower and upper Ethiopia
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Giovanni Grueber in China
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Life of Confucius
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Voyages of Jerónimo Lobo
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History of Mexico and Spanish voyages in Central America
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Portuguese conquests in the orient
This highly valuable and extremely desirable volume contains 15 full-page and double-page engravings, illustrations that are known to be extracted and framed. It is incredibly rare to find these illustrations still intact in the book itself.
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The booke of thrift, containing a perfite order, and right methode to profite lands, and other things belonging to husbandry
by HENLEY, Walter de
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1589 ENGLISH 1ed Henley Husbandry Booke of Thrift Medieval Agriculture Farming Walter de Henley was a 13th-century French agriculturalist primarily remembered for his treatise on husbandry. In fact, this book is considered to be
"undoubtedly the most original contribution of the Middle Ages to scientific agriculture". (Power).
Henley provided some of the earliest French instructions on farm management and upkeep the upkeep of a manor.
In 1589, an English edition of Henley's "Husbandry" was translated by Jacuqes Bellot and published by Wolfe under the title "The Booke of Thrift".
It is incredibly rare and valuable. In fact, there is only one known auction record of this work sold in recent history where it sold for more than $7,000
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HENLEY, Walter de
The booke of thrift, containing a perfite order, and right methode to profite lands, and other things belonging to husbandry
London: Printed by Iohn Wolfe, 1589. First edition.
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Secret Splendor (Silhouette Classics, No 11)
by Claire, Erin St (Sandra Brown)
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Silhouette, 1992. Paperback. Very Good. Sandra Brown writing as Erin St. Claire, 253 pgs
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Mars 1999 (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
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1987 - 1st ed ("1" in number line) - INSCRIBED to include shark-faced rocket cartoon - "Exclusive Preview of the U.S. - Soviet Manned Mission - book: very good - pages show toning from age - dj: very good - some toning from age - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Cognac a Liquid History (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
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2001 - 1st edition - INSCRIBED by author on the title page "To Anthony Salute 18 03 05" - prior owner inscription "With love for Michelle 26 Dec 2014" - "Seen through the eyes of Salvatore Calabrese, a renowned and respected cognac expert, this book is a personal and insightful perspective on the spirit that earned its image of virility and strength from Napoleon Bonaparte." - book; very good - filled with images - tight, sound, and square - all pages are clean and unmarked, no folded page corners, dj: not price clipped [Price in UK 25.00] - small dime size chip on the back upper left corner repaired with archival tape - slight amount of scuffing - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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If I Die At Thirty (INSCRIBED)
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1975 First Edition (No Additional Printings) - INSCRIBED by the author in pink ink on the front free endpaper "With best wishes and prayers from the author - Meg Woodson + Peggie :)" Rare book to have an inscription - "A rare and unforgettable glimpse into a young girl's mind as she faces the reality of her own death: - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - back two pages are a little wavy with a from the book of sticker on the last page (see photographs) - dj: very good- - not price clipped ($4.95) - a few chips, tears, and edgewear repaired with archival tape - dj in protective sleeve
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More Than Forever
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2014. Book Four in the More Than Series 8vo size trade paperback; 369 pages Please note: This book has a Mature Readers Advisory. From back: "Lucy - There is love so fierce it cannot be measured... Cameron - Forever. Everlasting. Eternal. THere is no measure of time... But our forever isn't always." Creased back cover and last few pages, worn corners. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press.
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Unreal Tournament Bradygames Official Strategy Guide
by Marcus, Phillip
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Bradbury & Evans, 2007. Covers PC-CD ROM/DVD ROM & Playstation 3 Computer Entertainment System 4to sized softcover; 271 heavy glossy pages with color illustrations throughout Brand new, but note some edgewear and blemish to top of back cover. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Trade Paperback. New/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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The Birth and Death of Meaning: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on the Problem of Man
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New York: The Free Press, 1971. Second Edition. Contents include: The Man-Apes; The Origins of the Mind; The Distinctive Human; The Inner World; Socialization: the Creation of the Inner World; The New Meaning of the Oedipus Complex; Self-Esteem; Culture and Personality; Social Encounters: The Staging of Self-Esteem; Culture: the Relativity of Hero-Systems; What is Normal?; What Would A Science of Man Then Be?; Religion: The Quest for the Ideal Heroism. 228 pages. Edgewear; light wear to covers; worn corners and light creases on spine. Deeply creased spine opens flat at pages 60/61. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. 2nd. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Bloody Sunrise
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1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Shoemakers Best Selections Number 5 For Readings and Recitations
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Rare original poetry book with cloth covered boards, copyright 1880 by J. W. Shoemaker & Co. This edition published in 1906 by the Penn Publishing company, Philadelphia. From the estate of my great-great grandfather.Includes many unique poems and recitations such as "To a skull", "Uncle Daniel's Introduction to a Mississippi Steamer", "The Leak in the Dyke", etc. More well-known poetry includes "Song of Birds", "Old Ironsides", and "Bannock Burn" by Robbie Burns. Light rubbing and bumps to outside spine edges. Back cover and interior cloth covered board has a stain at top. Original owner's name and address from 1908, but no other writing or marks. First 2 pages have a stain at top, but text of 192 pages of poetry and recitations is totally clean with light tanning of pages.
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A Million Miles from Boston
by Day, Karen
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2011. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 215 pages. Signed by author on title page. Stated First Edition From jacket: "(Lucy) wants to get out of Boston and forget her worries about starting middle school and about her father's new girlfriend. Pierson Point is where she feels most like herself, and where memories of her mother, who died when Lucy was six, are strong and sacred. But this summer, nothing is the same. Ian, a boy from home in Boston, comes to Pierson Point...Lucy's father wants his girlfriend to become a bigger part of Lucy's life. Though Lucy struggles against change, she gradually realizes that sometimes, change is for the better. Average wear to jacket; bumped corners and head and heel of spine, owner's name on fep. Autographed Copy sticker on front of jacket; one previously folded page corner. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits…
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