Die Kanzel und der Orgelfuss zu St. Stefan in Wien. (Österreichs Kunstdenkmäler. Veröffentlichungen des I. Kunsthistorischen Institutes.)
by Klebel, Ernst.
Wien: Logos Verlag, 1925. Book. Tall 8vo, gilt cloth; pp. 26, (6)pp., 63 photographic plates. Minor wear to covers; very good..
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Das Alte Chorgestühl zu St. Stefan in Wien. (Österreichs Kunstdenkmäler. Veröffentlichungen des I. Kunsthistorischen Institutes der Universität Wien.)
by Klebel, Ernst.
Wien: Logos Verlag., 1925. Book. Tall 8vo, gilt cloth (gilding faded); pp. 38 + 143 photographic plates and 8 pp. line drawings.Very good..
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Panorama of St. Petersburg.
by KOHL, Johan Georg.
Book. London: Simms and M'Intyre, 1852. bound with: Lewald, Fanny. The Italian Sketch-Book. London: Simms and M'Intyre, 1852. 2 vols in 1. 8vo, early 3/4 crimson russia, marbled boards. Pp. 224; 224. Extremities rubbed, very good and sound. Both translated from the German, part of the "Book Case" publishing series. Kohl was considered one of the best travel writers of his time. His trenchant account of St. Petersburg and Russian daily life was first published in 1841. Ewald... Read More
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Shakespeares Sonette. Nachdichtung.
by Kraus, Karl.
Wien-Leipzig: Die Fackel. Book. 8vo, orig cloth (spine faded); pp. [158] (unpaginated). Inner hinge beginning to show signs of cracking; otherwise a very nice, tight copy..
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Vingt Fables illustres de lithographies originales et d'ornaments par Jean Lurcat.
by La Fontaine, Jean de
Lausanne: Andre Gonin, 1950. Book. Illus. by Lurcat, Jean.. Folio, unbound sheets as issued, within original limp wrappers; housed in the original vellum-backed portfolio. 20 color lithographs by Lurcat, with original tissue guards. No. 126 of a total edition of 250 copies, printed on Rives paper, signed by artist and publisher. Minor soiling to portfolio; a fine copy..
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Select Harmony. Containing in a plain and concise manner the Rules of Singing. Together with a Collection of Psalm Tunes, Hymns and Anthems.
by LAW, Andrew
Book. Np [?Cheshire, Ct.]: [?Andrew Law], Nd [1782-87]. Oblong 4to, contemp. plain paper boards, calf spine. Pp. 4 (letterpress), 100 (engraved). Moderate wear to boards, inner hinges cracked but sound; lacking flyleaves; a very good copy. Early ownership signatures of Sarah Bradley and Josiah Bellows, of Vermont. Second edition of the first copyrighted American tune book, first published in 1778, this being one of a number of issues printed in the 1780s. These issues are generally thought to have... Read More
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Trees, Plants and Flowers. Their Beauties, Uses and Influences.
by Lee, Mrs. R.
London: Grant and Griffith, 1854. Book. 8vo, orig. cloth, gilt. Pp. viii, 446; a.e.g. With 8 hand-colored plates by James Andrews. Spine faded, worn, lacks front free endpaper..
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Address Before the Horticultural Society of Maryland, at its Annual Exhibition, June 6, 1839.
by LEE, Zaccheus Collins
Baltimore: John D. Toy, 1839. Book. 8vo, plain later wrappers. Pp. 32. minor foxing, very good. First ed. Brief overview of European and American horticultural history, the need for a botanic garden, and a charge to the women to establish a national flower. AI 56789..
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Orange Culture. The Orange "From Seed to Grove."
by LELONG, B.M.
Sacramenta: State Office, 1890. Book. 8vo, removed; pp. 19, illustrated. 5 folding plates at rear, one of them colored. (2 plates detached.) Published by the State Board of Horticulture. Good only..
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European and American Cuisine.
by Lemcke, Gesine.
New York, 1921. Book. 8vo, cloth. Pp. 618. Fifth Edition. Bitting, p. 281. Good copy..
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The Farmer's and Mariner's Astronomical and Nautical Diary; or Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord 1813.
by LEONARD, Ezra
Boston: Printed by Edward Oliver for the author Book. [1812.] 12mo, original illustrated wrappers, stitched. 14 leaves, including wrappers,untrimmed. Edges worn, a very good copy. The first and only number of a scarce almanac, with handsome woodcuts of clipper ship and eagle on front wrappers. Drake 3747..
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The Glory and Shame of England.
by Lester, Charles Edwards.
New York:: Harper & Brothers,, 1841. Book. 2 vols. 8vo, original cloth. Pp. 253; 293. Engraved extra-title and emblematic frontis. Spines faded, light foxing. A very good set. First edition. A scathing attack on Britain's social inequities and a widely-read and controversial book in its time, written while Lester was a delegate to the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London. He visited Thomas Campbell, who arranged a meeting with Dickens, the subject of a long and sympathetic chapter. A decent set,... Read More
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Observations in Husbandry.
by LISLE, Edward.
Book. London: J. Hughes, 1757. Large 4t o, early ruled calf (front board detached). Pp. xvi, 450, [3]. Fine engraved frontispiece portrait. Apart from an unfortunate (but not too large) library stamp smack in the middle of the title page, and some insignificant marginal worming, a fine copy, needing rebinding, of this handsomely printed work. First edition, edited posthumously from the author's ms. notes by his son Thomas. The period covered is from the end of the 17th century,... Read More
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Essay on Sheep: Their varieties-- account of the Merinoes of Spain, France, &c.; reflections on the best method of treating them, and raising a flock in the United States; together with miscellaneous remarks on sheep and woolen manufactures.
by Livingston, Robert.
Concord, N.H.:: Daniel Coolidge,, 1813. Book. 12mo, early marbled boards, leather spine, morocco label. Pp. 142; woodcut on t.p. Boards rubbed, lacking front flyleaf. A very good, sound copy. Third edition, first published in 1809. A standard work of its time. Livingston was among the first to import merinoes into the US, and was largely responsible for the subsequent "merino-mania". Imprints 28966; Rink 1612..
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A General Guide for Practising Physicians, in the Examination of the Sick. With an appendix of medical formulae
by LOBSTEIN, Johann Friedrich Daniel.
Philadelphia: Lewis D. Belair, 1823. Book. 12mo, contemp. full tree calf, spine in ruled gilt compartments enclosing urn ornament, green morocco label. Pp. vi, [7]-124, [2]. Minor wear, lightly foxed throughout. First ed., by a self-described "physician and practitioner of midwifery in Philadelphia." A pretty copy of an American diagnostic guide, with emphasis on early symptomatic detection. With an interesting list of various trades and their related ailments. Imprints 13127..
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The Recent Progress of Astronomy; Especially in the United States.
by Loomis, Elias.
New York: Harper & Brothers,, 1850. Book. 8vo, original cloth. Pp. 257. Extremities of spine worn, scattered foxing. A sound copy. First edition, a presentation copy inscribed by Loomis to his Yale associate and fellow astronomer John Brocklesby. Loomis' important astronomical observations were numerous, and his texts were authoritative on both sides of the Atlantic..
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The American Vine Dresser's Guide.
by LOUBAT, Alphonse
New York: G.&C. Carvill, 1829. Book. 12mo, orig. printed boards. Pp. xv, [16]-142. Spine split vertically, chipped at extremities, front cover mostly detached, rear threads secure; moderately browned and foxed. Second edition; first published in 1827. Loubat was a New York merchant, born in the south of France. He established a vineyard of 35 acres on what is now the Brooklyn waterfront, planted with his own imported French vinifera, vines that would ultimately succumb to American blackrot and... Read More
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The Utility of Agricultural Knowledge To The Sons of the Landed Proprietors of England, and To Young Men Intended for Estate-Agents:
by [LOUDON, John Claudius.]
Book. Illustrated by What Has Taken Place in Scotland. With an Account of an Institution Formed for Agricultural Pupils in Oxfordshire. By A Scotch Farmer, and Land-Agent, Resident in That County. London: J. Harding, 1809. 8vo, removed. Pp. 27, (1). A very good copy. First edition of one of Loudon's scarcest publications. His enthusiasm for Scottish farming methods caused Loudon to open a residential school for hands-on training of young gentry, on a farm 18 miles from Oxford. In the... Read More
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Memorial of George Jaques,
by LOVELL, Albert A.
1878, Book. (Jacques.) LOVELL, Albert A. Memorial of George Jaques, comprising selectio ns from his journals and a biographical sketch. Worcester: Privately printe d, 1878. 8vo, disbound. Pp. 90. Frontispiece portrait. Blindstamp on title. $ 32.50 Only edition, one of 75 copies. With the orginal prospectus tipped in..
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Three Eras of New England and Other Addresses, with Papers Critical and Biographical.
by Lunt, George.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1857. Book. 8vo, original cloth, gilt spine. Pp. 264. First edition. A near fine copy..
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Color. How To Use It.
by MacDONALD, Sterling B.
Chicago: American Colortype Co., 1940. Book. Folio, color decorated cloth. Pp. [61], full page color illus. Text preceded by color chart with mechanical metal calipers mounted on heavy card stock bi-fold, with explanatory leaf, "How to Use the Calipers." Loosely laid in, carbon copy typescript "Balance - The Key to Color Harmony," 25 pp., one side only. Covers soiled and moderately worn, calipers partly rusted but functional; very good. Preliminary sales dummy for an elaborately produced guide to color harmony,... Read More
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Cookery and Pastry as taught and practised by Mrs. Mikiver, Teacher of those arts in Edinburgh
by MACIVER, Susanna
Edinburgh: For C. Elliot, 1787. Book. 8vo, contemp. calf. Pp. xii, [13]-264. Rubbed, moderately browned and foxed throughout; lacking flyleaves; a sound copy. Early ownership signatures of Margaret Johnston and F. A. Bruce. Fourth ed.? A lively and relatively translatable 18th century cook book, first published in 1773. The book concludes with a 7 pp. "List of Things in Season, in Every Month of the Year." As noted by Maclean, "Mrs. Susanna Maciver and her colleague Mrs. Frazer ran... Read More
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Memorial, or Brief, for the Comte de Cagliostro, Defendant: Against the King's Attorney-General, Plaintiff... From the French original, published in Paris in February last; with an Introductory Preface.
by MacMAHON, Parkyns
London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1786 Book. 8vo, plain wrappers. Pp. xii, (1), 86. First English edition of the trial of the notorious scoundrel, petty thief, alchemist and occultist. Cagliostro was arrested in connection with the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, an intrigue involving Marie Antoinette, which contributed to the downfall of the French monarchy. Though probably not involved, he was banished from France as a result. Parkyns introduction speculates on the Cagliostro's origins. NSTC; BLC..
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Thelyphthora; or, A Treatise on Female Ruin,
by MADAN, Martin
Book. in its causes, effects, consequences, prevention and remedy; considered on the basis of the divine law: Under the following heads, viz. marriage, whoredom and fornication, adultery, polygamy, divorce; with many other incidental matters. London: J. Dodsley, 1780-81. 3 vols, 8vo, 19th c. 3/4 morocco, marbled boards, raised bands, gilt compartments, Pp. xxiv, 412;[iv], 382, (18); [iv], 402, (10). A.e.g. Bindings moderately rubbed, older ownership stamp on interior leaf; a very good, sound set. First edition. A famous treatise on... Read More
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La Constitution en Vaudevilles, suivie des Droits de L'Homme, de la Femme, & de plusieurs autres vaudevilles constitutionnels.
by MARCHANT, M.
Paris: Les Libraires Royalists, 1792. Book. 32mo, full straight grained morocco. Pp. 158, uncut. Stipple engraved frontispiece. A fine copy, with the original paste-paper wrappers bound in. First edition of a famous parody of the French constitution, with each article being the subject of a satirical ballad. The handsome frontispiece shows a gentleman amusing himself with a yo-yo. Grand-Carteret 1053, which notes that the volume was reprinted with an historical notice in 1882..
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