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[HISTORY] [DISBOUND] SOME SEASONABLE ANIMADVERSIONS ON EXCISES: OCCASIONED BY A PAMPHLET LATELY PUBLISH’D, ENTITULED CONSIDERATIONS OCCASION’D BY THE CRAFTSMAN. [WITH] SOME CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING THE PUBLICK FUNDS, THE PUBLICK REVENES AND THE ANNUAL SUPPLIES, GRANTED BY PARLIAMENT ..
by [ANONYMOUS] | [ROBERT WALPOLE]
London: J. Wilford | J. Roberts, 1735. Very Good binding. 8vo; two disbound pamphlet, still attached to each other by the leather spine of the binding from which they were removed; 26 pages | 110 pages.~~The pamphlets being sold together. The first concerning excise taxes; the second, appropriations. Very Good binding.
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TAKE YOUR CHOICE
by Maurice Walsh
Philadelphia and New york: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1954. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Seven stories “across Irish town and country”. The binding is clean, and really quite sharp. The dustjacket has shelfwear with minor creasing and loss. The dustjacket has not been price-clipped and is now protected with a new mylar cover. Fine binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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![[MILITARY] LAST STANDS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/570/435/1738435570.0.l.jpg)
[MILITARY] LAST STANDS
by Michael Walsh
Norwalk: Easton Press, 2020. Full Leather. Near Fine binding. Large octavo; in full burgundy leather; with titling on the spine in gilt; with four raised bands on the spine; edged in gilt; with silk moire endpapers; 358 pages including the Index; includes the "Collector's Notes" laid in. Near Fine binding.
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![[MEDICAL] EIGHT LECTURES BY WALTER B. CANNON, M.D.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/623/968/1721968623.0.l.jpg)
[MEDICAL] EIGHT LECTURES BY WALTER B. CANNON, M.D.
by Walter B. Cannon, M.D.
1934. Eight stapled softcover medical pamphlets reprinting articles and lectures by Dr. Walter B. Cannon, a professor of Physiology at Harvard in the early 20th centur. Dr. Cannon coined the term, “fight or flight” in his research about the connection between stress and the nervous system.~~Titles include: ~The Case System in Medicine, 1900~The Shattuck Lecture: The Physiological Factors Concerned in Surgical Shock, 1917~Some Problems of Readjustment in Medical Practice, 1921~The Value of Animal Experimentation to the Physician in His... Read More
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MON VILLAGE, CEUX QUI N’OUBLIENT PAS
by Oncle Hansi (Jean-Jacques Waltz)
Paris: H. Floury, 1913. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Oblong quarto; in the publisher’s blue boards decorated in a pattern reminiscent of calico, with titling in gilt and in black, and a charming image of a young girl in Alsatian costume and in a variety of colors.; 31, [5] pages, with evocative illustrations, many of them full page. Laid in is a manuscript translation of the text into English -- 25 pages, plus a title leaf,... Read More
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LE PARADIS TRICOLORE. PETITES VILLES ET VILLAGE DE L’ALSACE
by Oncle Hansi (Jean-Jacques Waltz)
Paris: H. Fleury, 1918. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. “Un peu de texte et beaucoup d’images pour les petits enfants allies” by “L’Oncle Hansi”, otherwise known as Jean-Jacques Waltz, an Alstian artist and staunchly pro-French activist. As only the French can do, he started publishing in the early 1900’s satirical works making fun of the German tourists. His drawings for children’s books are charming, those in Le Paradis Tricolor being no exception. A work dedicated to... Read More
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[SPECIAL PRESS] [PROOF COPY] [ALS] LETTER FORMS 3 VOLUMES
by Stanley Morison | John Dreyfus | Beatrice Warde
New York: Typophiles, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Signed. 12mo; 3 volumes, the Trade edition, The Typophiles edition, and John Dreyfus’ proof copy; 2 copies in red cloth; the proof copy is housed in a red chemise;~~1. Inside the chemise are 3 pages typed on foolscap of John Dreyfus’ Editor’s Notes signed by Mr. Dreyfus;~~2. Correspondence between Melvin Loos and John Dreyfus signed by Mr. Dreyfus; ~~3. Correspondence between Beatrice Warde and Melvin Loos, signed... Read More
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![[SIGNED] THE DUKE OF DECEPTION. MEMORIES OF MY FATHER](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/657/636/1610636657.0.l.jpg)
[SIGNED] THE DUKE OF DECEPTION. MEMORIES OF MY FATHER
by Geoffrey Ward
New York: Random House, 1979. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Signed. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s tan paper-covered boards backed in white cloth, with dustjacket; this copy is signed by Geoffrey Wolff with a personal inscription on the title page; the binding has a stain (from coffee?) at the rear endpaper and the edge of the textblock; there is some underlining in pencil; the dustjacket has some minor chipping.~~A readable memoir, and uncommon signed... Read More
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![[HANDWRITING] THE SCRIPT OF HUMANISM. SOME ASPECTS OF HUMANISTIC SCRIPT, 1460-1560](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/241/939/1692939241.0.l.jpg)
[HANDWRITING] THE SCRIPT OF HUMANISM. SOME ASPECTS OF HUMANISTIC SCRIPT, 1460-1560
by James Wardrop
Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1963. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Quarto; in terra cotta cloth, with dustjacket; xiv, 57 pages; with 58 pages of plates; there is a previous owner bookplate on the rear pastedown.~~This is comprised of a series of lectures given at King’s College, London in March if 1952. In these lectures Mr. Waldrop delves into the origins of italic and traces the development of humanistic cursive. Near Fine binding /... Read More
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[CIVIL WAR] UNION GENERALS CARTE DE VISITE [CDV]
by H.F. Warren
Waltham, Mass, 1861. [CDV] [CIVIL WAR] General Winfield Scott and his staff. c.1861~~2 ½” x 4 ¼” carte-de-visite featuring Union generals. Lt. General Winfield Scott is at center, surrounded by Major General John Wool, Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon, Major General Nathanial P. Banks, Major General John A. Dix, General George B. McClellan, Major General Benjamin Butler, Major General J.C. Fremont, and Major General Robert Anderson. Reverse shows makers mark of H.F. Warren, Waltham, Mass.~~Good condition, minor wear. ~. ... Read More
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OFFICIAL ARMY REGISTER, FOR 1851
by Secretary of War
Washington: Adjutant General's Office, 1851. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Sewn paperback. Minor loss and beginning of separation at the head and tail of the spine. With no marks; overall in Very Good condition. Very Good binding.
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OFFICIAL ARMY REGISTER, FOR 1849
by Secretary of War
Washington: Adjutant General's Office, 1849. Soft Cover. Good binding. Sewn paperback. Some loss and beginning of separation along the spine. Good binding.
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OFFICIAL ARMY REGISTER, FOR 1841
by Secretary of War
Washington: Adjutant General's Office, 1841. Soft Cover. Good binding. Sewn paperback. Some loss along the spine. Good binding.
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OFFICIAL ARMY REGISTER, FOR 1842
by Secretary of War
Washington: Adjutant General's Office, 1842. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Sewn paperback. Very small puncture would to the text, with no loss to the text. Minor loss at the tail of the spine. Very Good binding.
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[MILITARY] OFFICIAL ARMY REGISTER, FOR 1852
by Secretary of War
Washington: Adjutant General’s Office, 1852. Soft Cover. Good binding. Sewn paperback. Some loss at the head and tail of the spine. Good binding.
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OFFICIAL ARMY REGISTER, FOR 1848
by Secretary of War
Washington: Adjutant General's Office, 1848. Soft Cover. Good binding. Sewn paperback. Minor loss to the head and tail of the spine. Good binding.
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OFFICIAL ARMY REGISTER, FOR 1855
by Secretary of War
Washington: Adjutant General's Office, 1855. Soft Cover. Good binding. Sewn paperback, now stapled. With a folding chart or diagram. Loss along the spine. Good binding.
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OFFICIAL ARMY REGISTER, FOR 1850
by Seretary of War
Washington: Adjutant General's Office, 1850. Soft Cover. Good binding. Sewn paperback. Contemporary owner's name on the front cover, with some spotting and soiling to the front and rear cover. Loss along the spine. Good binding.
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OFFICIAL ARMY REGISTER, FOR 1860
by U. S. Secretary of War
Washington: Adjutant General’s Office, 1860. Half Leather. Good binding. Ex-library, with library bookplate on the front pastedown, library stamp on the title page, and library notations on the first page of text. Fully rebacked by a conservator using Japanese tissue. Half leather over red pebbled cloth. Red marbled endpapers. All edges red. Good binding.
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![[LITERATURE] THE POETS’ PLEASAUNCE OR GARDEN OF ALL SORTS OF PLEASANT FLOWERS: WHICH OUR PLEASANT POETS HAVE, IN PAST TIME, FOR PASTIME PLANTED](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/640/770/1669770640.0.l.jpg)
[LITERATURE] THE POETS’ PLEASAUNCE OR GARDEN OF ALL SORTS OF PLEASANT FLOWERS: WHICH OUR PLEASANT POETS HAVE, IN PAST TIME, FOR PASTIME PLANTED
by Eden Warwick
London: Longman and Co, 1847. Full Leather. Good binding. Octavo; full brown moracco, stamped decorations in blind with tilting in gilt on the boards; with raised bands, decorations stamped in blind, and horizontal gilt titling on the spine; pages are edge in gilt; with marbled end papers; bound by Josiah Westley; xvi 1-432; some of the leather has been worn, particularly to the edges and raised bands on the spine; minor stains to some of the pages but... Read More
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![[NATIVE AMERICAN] THE AMERICAN INDIAN AND THE UNITED STATES. A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 4 VOLUMES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/163/307/1448307163.0.l.jpg)
[NATIVE AMERICAN] THE AMERICAN INDIAN AND THE UNITED STATES. A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 4 VOLUMES
by Wilcomb E. Washburn
New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Four Small quarto volumes; no marks of any kind; a clean and nearly fresh First Edition set. Near Fine binding.
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REPORTS OF CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA. Volume I (only)
by Bushrod Washington
Philadelphia, PA: Abraham Small, 1823. Second Edition~. Volume I only bound in contemporary calf with spine title. Moderate wear, with toning and staining throughout. Bushrod Washington was George Washington’s nephew and a great favorite of his (in 1802, following the death of Martha Washington, he inherited Mount Vernon and resided there until his death. His case reports were highly regarded and considered authoritative. Washington served on the Supreme Court for 31 years, where he almost always followed Chief Justice... Read More
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![[AUTOBIOGRAPHY] UP FROM SLAVERY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/746/326/1631326746.0.l.jpg)
[AUTOBIOGRAPHY] UP FROM SLAVERY
by Booker T. Washington
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1902. 8vo; in publisher’s burgundy cloth binding; with titling on the upper board and spine in gilt; ix, 330 pages including the Index; the boards have silverfishing and minor water damage to the bottom corners; there is a small amount of bleed to the pastedowns; ~~Early edition of Washington’s autobiography with his facsimile signature under his image opposite the title page. Contains bookplate of Philip Alexander Bruce. Annotated on front endpaper, “Philip A.... Read More
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GEESE IN THE FORUM
by Lawrence Edward Watkin
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A clean First Edition copy of this novel about the world of academia by a sometime professor of English at Washington and Lee University as well as a screenwriter for the Disney studios. Binding is a bit cocked; lacking the dustjacket. Very Good binding.
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[SIGNED] [LITERATURE] MOKEYMEN
by Ian Watson
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2003. First Edition. Full Leather. Near Fine binding. Signed. 8vo; in black leather with elaborate gilt decorations; 324; silk moire endpapers, all edges gilt, and silk ribbon marker. Easton Press materials are laid in. This is #886 of 1000 Signed copies, with a Signed Certificate of Authenticity laid in as well. There is a light scratch to the leading edge of the gilt. There are no other marks of any kind. Near Fine... Read More
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