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GEN. Z. TAYLOR, ("ROUGH AND READY.")

GEN. Z. TAYLOR, ("ROUGH AND READY.")

New York: Lith. & Pub.by Sarony & Major, 1846. Folio.  355 x 255 mm., [14 x 10 inches].  image size 300 x 220 mm., [11 ¾ x 8 ¾ inches]. Lithograph printed in tones of back and highlighted in blue, yellow, red, and green wash.  Paper stock show discoloration in margins and on back, remnants of tide marks on the verso of the print; paper generally in good condition and image clear and the colors very strong. Matted. Lithographic portrait, produced by the firm Sarony & Major, that was published soon... Read more about this item
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CA$415.11
Charles Darwin 1809-1882 A Centennial Commemorative -- NEW in publisher's packing

Charles Darwin 1809-1882 A Centennial Commemorative -- NEW in publisher's packing

by Darwin, Charles

Wellington: Nova Pacifica, 1982. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket Issued. 1982 FIRST EDITION deluxe binding in publisher's slipcase. New condition, straight from publisher's shipping box (still present), kept in climate controlled storage for years. Never used. With publisher's original packing & shipping review/delivery confirmation slip. No fading, no wear, no foxing, no owner marks, no bumps. New condition. Big volume: the book measures 320mm tall x 248mm and has... Read more about this item
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CA$484.05
NESTS AND EGGS OF BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES

NESTS AND EGGS OF BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES

by GENTRY, Thomas

Philadelphia: J. A. Wagenseller, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Rear cover split and loose but holding; plates vary from clean to lightly foxed. Very Good. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in publisher's decorated cloth, lacking the spine which is here covered with binder's tape. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author, a detailed chromolithographic title page, and 54 gorgeous chromolithographs of birds and their nests with eggs, all protected with a tissue guard. Bennett (p. 44):... Read more about this item
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CA$1,642.31
The Ten Little Mulligan Guards

The Ten Little Mulligan Guards

by (McLoughlin Brothers). (Harrington, Edward)

New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1874. Oblong 4to.  230 x 275 mm., [9 x 11 inches].  12 leaves, (ten color printed plates plus front and rear wrappers).  Printed on card stock the corners and edges of which are chipped with minor loss to the margins; the stapled cover wrappers  nearly loose, the paper stock is sound and clean but fragile at edges. Appears to be the only edition of this title, with reappearances of the Mulligan Guards and their Black counterparts in other publications by... Read more about this item
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CA$414.90
Ricordo di Pompei

Ricordo di Pompei

by (Postcards)

N.p., (Pompei), 1950. Small 8vo. 165 x 120 mm., [6 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches]. Illustrated with 32 color postcards, linked together in accordian fashion and bound in boards, decorated with a view of ancient Pompei and Blessed Virgin Mary. High gloss tourists cards printed in color, each with an legend describing the image in Italian, French, English and German.  Nice survival in quite good condition.
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CA$44.28
Villa d'Este

Villa d'Este

by Podenzani, Nino

Cernobbio, Lake Como: Villa d'Este, 1960. 8vo.  210 x 155 mm., [8 1/4 x 6 inches].  84, 1 pp.  12 tupped-in color plate reproductions.  Original cloth binding, dust jacket; boards with residue of paper wrapper, dust jacket showing some discoloration at edges.  With faults a good copy. Well-illustrated promotional guide to the history and gardens of the Villa d'Este on Lake Como.  A famous sanctuary of the rich which includes an illustrious past and examples of exquisite architectural buildings,... Read more about this item
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CA$48.43
The Clans Under the Patronage of the Highland Society of London [Clans of the Scottish Highlands]. Parts XI and XII

The Clans Under the Patronage of the Highland Society of London [Clans of the Scottish Highlands]. Parts XI and XII

by Logan, James

London: Ackermann and Co. Original Wraps. Poor. R.R. McIan. Two volumes, separate, in original stiff wraps with a thin cloth binding. Thess volumes appears to be whole unto themselves, labeled Part XI and XII at the upper left corner of the cover, and perhaps issued either before or separately and in conjunction with the two volume work by the same author and illustrator. No bibliographic information pertaining to these particular pieces, or any publications of this work in parts, could, at the... Read more about this item
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CA$373.41
ZACHARY TAYLOR, People's Candidate for Twelfth President of the United States

ZACHARY TAYLOR, People's Candidate for Twelfth President of the United States

New York: Lith. & Pub. By N. Currier, 1848. Folio.  355 x 255 mm., [14 x 10 inches]; image size 300 x 210 mm., 11 ¾ x 8 ¼ inches].  Lithographic portrait, printed in tones of black and highlighted with red, blue and yellow wash. Margins soiled with age, two creases at lower right affecting the arm of the sitter.  Good strong color. Taylor rode his popularity as a military leader during the Mexican War to become the 12th President of the United States.  He was a strong unionist, did not support... Read more about this item
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CA$345.92
THE BOOK OF JOB

THE BOOK OF JOB

by BIBLE

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1946. Hardcover. Sporadic foxing, occasionally heavy, not affecting the plates though the margins of three plates have varying degrees of foxing. The spine has very slight wear at the tips, much less than usually encountered with this title. Very Good in an intact, Good slipcase with abrasion and dryness to the gold paper. Arthur Szyk. Small folio (8-1/2" x 12") bound in half white sheepskin leather with sheepskin corners, gilt-stamped, and gilt-decorated smooth vellum... Read more about this item
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CA$172.88
INK & BLOOD. A BOOK OF DRAWINGS

INK & BLOOD. A BOOK OF DRAWINGS

by SZYK, Arthur

New York: The Heritage Press, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Some rubbing to the spine with light wear at the heel, contents bright and fresh. Better than Very Good in a Fine slipcase. Arthur Szyk. Quarto (9" x 12-1/2") bound in full black morocco leather with gilt-lettering on the spine and attractive batik endpapers housed in a slipcase covered with the same batik paper. Illustrated with 74 full-page plates, most in sepia with 6 in color and pasted in, by Arthur Szyk. The images mostly depict... Read more about this item
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CA$1,469.44
GRANDMA MOSES

GRANDMA MOSES

by KALLIR, Otto

New York: Harry Abrams, [1973]. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper. Grandma Moses. Coffee-table size book with 253 plates, 135 in color.
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CA$86.44
Barrier Bluffs The Guide -- 1987 FIRST EDITION SIGNED [rock climbs near Calgary]

Barrier Bluffs The Guide -- 1987 FIRST EDITION SIGNED [rock climbs near Calgary]

by Tobey, Kelly

Calgary: the author, 1987. First Edition . Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket. Carmen Barbosa. 1987 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition.Inscribed and SIGNED by author in pen on the short-title page. Original glossy pictorial small paperback. The book has some light rubbing to covers, no tears, solid binding (but cracking in a couple of places without any loose pages -- yet), no previous owner marks or writing on any pages (other than author's signed inscription), no foxing. The book measures 152mm tall x 100mm... Read more about this item
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CA$89.90
A Treatise on the Insect Enemies of Fruit and Fruit Trees. With numerous illustrations drawn from nature by Hockstein, under the immediate supervision of the author

A Treatise on the Insect Enemies of Fruit and Fruit Trees. With numerous illustrations drawn from nature by Hockstein, under the immediate supervision of the author

by Trimble, Isaac P

New York: William Wood & Company, 1865. 4to. 290 x 225 mm. (11 1/2 x 9 inches). [ix]-xvii, [19]-139 pp. (collates per the copy at Princeton). 11 full-page lithographic plates, 9 of which are printed in colored. Publisher's green cloth, title gilt on upper board and in blind on lower cover; joints cracked but expertly repaired, corners and edges bumped, and the green cloth is faded in some places; preliminary leaves foxed as are the tissue guards, otherwise quite a clean copy. First Edition.... Read more about this item
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CA$691.50
Die Katakomben Von Neapel -- FIRST EDITION

Die Katakomben Von Neapel -- FIRST EDITION

by Hans Achelis

Leipzig: Verlag Karl W. Hiersemann, 1936. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Ex-library bound in heavy black cloth with gilt lettering spine. Library bookplate on front pastedown, library perforated blindstamp on title page and on a couple other pages, no library marks on any of the illustration plates, no underlining or writing on any pages, no foxing, plates are clean and bright, solid binding. Generally nice condition. The book is very large... Read more about this item
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CA$41.49
Il Pasticciere e Confettiere Moderno. Raccolta complete di ricette per ogni genere di Biscotti, Tore, Paste al Lievito, Petits Fours . . . Metodo practica per la decorazione delle tore e dei dolci fantasia. . . Prefazione del Dott. Cav. Alberto Cougnet

Il Pasticciere e Confettiere Moderno. Raccolta complete di ricette per ogni genere di Biscotti, Tore, Paste al Lievito, Petits Fours . . . Metodo practica per la decorazione delle tore e dei dolci fantasia. . . Prefazione del Dott. Cav. Alberto Cougnet

by Ciocca, G[iuseppe]

Milano: Ulrico Hoepli, 1923. Small 8vo.  150 x 105 mm., [6 x 4 inches].  lxxvii, 574 pp.  Illustrated with 170 illustrations e 24 chromolithographic plates.  Bound in white printed and decorated boards; some spotting to the boards and light foxing to the preliminary leaves, otherwise sound and not unattractive.  Fourth edition, originally published in 1907.  Giuseppe Ciocca was a principle cookery author for the Hoepli series Manuali, which brought instruction on numerous domestic arts and crafts... Read more about this item
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CA$415.11
Scenes From The Snow-Fields: Being Illustrations Of The Upper Ice-World Of Mont Blanc, From Sketches Made On The Spot In The Years 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858; With Historical And Descriptive Remarks, And A Comparison Of The Chamonix And St. Gervais Routes

Scenes From The Snow-Fields: Being Illustrations Of The Upper Ice-World Of Mont Blanc, From Sketches Made On The Spot In The Years 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858; With Historical And Descriptive Remarks, And A Comparison Of The Chamonix And St. Gervais Routes

by Coleman, Edmund T

Bern: Kümmerly & Frey, 1985. Reprint . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Coleman, Edmund T. . 1985 deluxe facsimile reprint. Excellent reprint of one of the scarcest books in the literature of mountaineering. This reprint has the publisher's introduction in german but all of the original text from the Coleman original is in English. Edition limited to 100 numbered copies signed by the editor of this edition, Gherardo Priuli. Original maroon imitation leather clamshell slipcase with gilt lettering... Read more about this item
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CA$553.20
AH, WILDERNESS!

AH, WILDERNESS!

by O'NEILL, Eugene

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1972. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and lightly soiled slipcase. Shannon Stirnweiss. Quarto (8" x 11") bound in blue linen with decorated paper sides; 186 pages. Copy #533 of 1500 numbered copies designed by Adrian Wilson and illustrated with four double-page and four full-page oil paintings by Shannon Stirnweiss. SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.
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CA$77.86
HILLINGDON HALL OR THE COCKNEY SQUIRE. A TALE OF COUNTRY LIFE. [COLOR PLATES]

HILLINGDON HALL OR THE COCKNEY SQUIRE. A TALE OF COUNTRY LIFE. [COLOR PLATES]

by (Surtees, Robert. )

London: John C. Nimmo. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1899. Hardcover. color; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Contemp 3/4 scarlet morocco leatehr & marbled bds, spine gilt, T. E. G; joints rubbed, extremities scuffed. With 12 color plates. Internally clean and bright with. Plates collated and in VG condition. Owner's bookplate and ownership signatures on fep.. .
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CA$142.24
Wayside Flowers and Ferns. From Original Water-Colo Drawings by Isaac Sprague. Descriptive Text by the Rev. A. B. Hervey; With Selections by the Poets

Wayside Flowers and Ferns. From Original Water-Colo Drawings by Isaac Sprague. Descriptive Text by the Rev. A. B. Hervey; With Selections by the Poets

by Sprague, Isaac

Troy, N.Y.: Nims and Knight, 1887. Folio. 320 x 230 mm., (12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches). 48 leaves of text and 10 full-page colored lithographic plates. Original publisher's decorated binding, some minor scrapes to the boards; paper lightly toned by age and one plate with outer margin and corner with small tears; otherwise a very good copy. First edition. Beautifully rendered colored lithograph plates of the botanical work of Isaac Sprague, the "most accurate of living botanical artist . . ."... Read more about this item
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CA$449.48
Die Geschichte der Kinder im Walde Mit Vielen bunten Bildern geziert

Die Geschichte der Kinder im Walde Mit Vielen bunten Bildern geziert

by (Peters, Gustav Sigismund)

Harrisburg, Pa: Gedruckt und zu haben bey G. S. Peters, 1830. 140 x 90 mm. (5.5 x 3.5 inches). 18 leaves, printed on one side only. Eight full-color illustrations. Original orange paper printed wrappers. Light edge wear with a slight crease down the front. The words "Sept 1940" and "Mrs. Balsbaugh" written in ink on margins of front cover. Pennsylvania Dutch printer Gustav Sigismund Peters (1793-1847) is considered the first color printer in America, bringing his technique from... Read more about this item
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CA$553.20
HON. HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON. Democratic Candidate for Vice President of the United States

HON. HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON. Democratic Candidate for Vice President of the United States

New York: Currier & Ives, 1860. Folio.  435 x 320 mm., [17 x 12 ½  inches]; image size 320 x 230 mm., [12 ½ x 10 inches].  Color lithographic portrait, printed in black ink and hand colored in two colors and highlights of black.  Some light discoloration to margins, otherwise a very good copy with strong color. Fine designed and executed lithographic political portrait of Johnson, highlighted with delicate rendering of the hair, eyes and beard.  It was printed by Currier & Ives, the partnership... Read more about this item
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CA$415.11
Album Di Diverse Vedute Di Firenze e Di Altre Citta Della Toscana

Album Di Diverse Vedute Di Firenze e Di Altre Citta Della Toscana

by ANONYMOUS

Firenze (Italy): Presso Luigi Dardi R. Calcografo, 1850. First Edition; oblong quarto (approximately 9 3/4” tall by 13” wide); consisting of a title page with descriptions on the verso and twenty color plates; bound in later buckram with a leather spine label (rubbed); some foxing, which is not apparent in the illustrations themselves, which include views of Florence, Pisa and Siena (often spelled “Sienna” in English).
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CA$2,766.00
MAJOR GENERAL WINFRIELD SCOTT. At Vera Cruz March 25, 1847

MAJOR GENERAL WINFRIELD SCOTT. At Vera Cruz March 25, 1847

New York: MAJOR GENERAL WINFRIELD SCOTT. At Vera Cruz March 25, 1847, 1847. Folio.  355 x 250 mm., [ 14 x 10 inches].  Handsome lithographic portrait printed in tone of black and highlighted with blue, yellow, white, and green wash.  Paper stock foxed and toned brown, a few chips at the corners; matted. Full length portrait in uniform on the battle field in Vera Cruz, the first crucial victory of the Mexican War that led to the capture and control of Mexico City and an end to the war.  An often... Read more about this item
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CA$345.92
The Gathering of the Lilies. Illustrated by the Author, L. Clarkson, Author of with Eyes of Blue.

The Gathering of the Lilies. Illustrated by the Author, L. Clarkson, Author of with Eyes of Blue.

by Clarkson, L(ida)

Philadelphia: J. L. Sibole, Co., [1877], 1877. 4to.  295 x 225 mm., [11 ¾ x 9 inches].  36 ff. Illustrated with four color lithographic plates, 8 tinted lithographs with gray and tan backgrounds, and 4 smaller black and white engravings.  Bound in publisher's green cloth, gilt title on upper board; some wear to the corners and edges of the binding, but otherwise a very good, clean copy.  Presentation inscription in pencil to G. S. Carlton from Nathan Wilmart/ August, 1880. Although little is... Read more about this item
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CA$449.48
A Concise and Practical Treatise on the Growth and Culture of the Carnation, Pink, Auricula, Polyanthus, Ranunculus, Tilip, Hyacinth, Rose, and other flowers. Including a Dissertation on Soils and Manures, and Containing Catalogues of the Finest and most Esteemed Varieties of Each Flower

A Concise and Practical Treatise on the Growth and Culture of the Carnation, Pink, Auricula, Polyanthus, Ranunculus, Tilip, Hyacinth, Rose, and other flowers. Including a Dissertation on Soils and Manures, and Containing Catalogues of the Finest and most Esteemed Varieties of Each Flower

by Hogg, Thomas

London: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co., 1832. 8vo.  190 x 110 mm., [7 ½ x 4 ½ inches].  xxxi, 275 pp. plus 2pp. ads.  Illustrated with six color plates.  Contemporary cloth; expertly rebacked preserving spine, new endpapers.  One plate loose in text. Fifth edition with additions. With faults an attractive copy of a standard book, well-illustrated with hand tinted color lithographic plates by Alfred Ducôte. Tyman writes that Ducôte was one of the leading practitioners of tinted lithographic... Read more about this item
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CA$276.60
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