Spain in 1830
by Inglis, Henry D.
London: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co, 1831. First edition. 2 volumes. Small 4to. ix,(1),400;xi,(1),402 pp. Contemporary polished calf boards, marbled edges; nicely rebacked in calf with spines in six compartments with raised bands, gilt rules, red leather lettering labels, gilt, and gilt author and volume numbers. Frontispiece of the Al-Hambra in Vol,.1 (lightly foxed). Original boards show light wear at edges, else this is a very good set. Scarce travel title covering Biscay to Madrid to Toledo.... Read More
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Peter Pond, Fur Trader and Adventurer
by Innis, H. A.
Toronto: Irwin & Gordon, Ltd, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Good. Small 4to. 153pp. Gray cloth printed in black on the spine and in black and silver on the upper board. Large folding map in the rear. Neat ownership name and sticker else a near fine copy with only traces of fading and wear. The map is in fine condition. The dustwrapper is present, but is rough along the top, split at the upper fold and lacks the... Read More
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The King's County Directory ... Including a Short History
by (Ireland, Co. Offaly [Ui Failghe])
Parsonstown (Birr): King's County Chronicle, 1890. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. 344 pp followed by 24pp of ads. Later red cloth, gilt spine, title from original binding onset onto upper board. Folding colored map of the county. A very good copy. The first King's County Directory. A short history, then extensive details on places and persons of interest in the County, including a three page discussion, with illustration, of the famed Rosse telescope in Parsonstown.... Read More
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An Act for the Setling of Ireland, together with: An Act for Stating and Determing Accompts of such Officers and Soldiers ... in Ireland; and An Act for the Three Moneths Assessment in Ireland for the ... Spanish War
by (Cromwell: Settlement of Ireland)
London: John Field, 1657. Hardcover. Very good. Three Acts bound as one in 19th century paper over boards, leather label, gilt. Fine copies; the the binding is worn at the upper hinge else is in very good condition., The first Act banned public practice of Catholicism, Catholic priests were killed when captured; Catholic-owned land was confiscated and given to Scottish and English settlers, and Catholic landowners were relocated to Connacht. (Hence the expression attributed to Cromwell: To... Read More
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Life of George Washington
by Irving, Washintgon
New York: G. P. Putnam & Co, 1859. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Five octavo volumes, 4to. Volume I is first printing with John F. Trow. In Volume 2 the Map of Westchester County is inserted after p. 276 though listed as after p. 270; it is an unrecorded variant with an imprint date of 1856 instead of 1855 as called for. Volume 3, p. 248, l., 6 up, is first state, with "near, Fishkill..." Volume 4 seems... Read More
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Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition With Related Documents, 1783-1854
by Jackson,. Donald
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. 8vo. xxi, (1), 728pp. Blue cloth, gilt spine title, map endpapers. Index, bibliography. Illustrations. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is lightly sunned on the sun, price-clipped, else fine. With the signature of writer A. B. Guthrie, Jr., on the half-title. .
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The Expeditions of John Charles Frémont
by Jackson, Donald, and Mary Lee Spence, eds.
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Three volumes in four, plus the map portfolio in slipcase. A fine set. The books all have fine,price-clipped dustwrappers. Volume Three has its supplement, making the total sety four volumes. .
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The Cañons of Colorado from Photographs by W. H. Jackson
by Jackson, W. H.
Denver: Frank S. Thayer, 1980. Hardcover. Very good. Accordion style, single sheet folded. 5 by 8 inches closed; 8 by over 90 inches extended, contained within a box in imitation of a book, with marbled paepr edges, blue faux leather padded cloth sides, gilt. Upper hinge repaired else this is a very good copy with fine photographs after Jackson. In all, sixteen vies of various canyons in Colorado. .
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Sous le Signe de Rossignol
by Jacques, Henry; Kay Nielsen
Paris: l'Edition d'Art H. Piazza, 1923. Limited edition. Wraps. Near fine. Folio. Illustrated wraps. Decorative title page, and illustrated with 19 mounted color plates by Kay Nielsen, protected by lettered tissue. 102 pp. of text in French, printed within green borders. A fine copy, still in the publisher's glassine wrapper, which has a couple of short closed tears. One of 1500 numbered copies. This is number 540. .
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Japanese Fairy Tale Series, No. 17. Schippeitaro
by (James, Mrs. T. H. , transl.)
Tokyo: Hasegawa, 1892. Wraps. Very good. Crepe paper edition. Stain on upper cover, light wear, else a very good copy.
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The Matsuyama Mirror; Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 10
by James, Mrs. T. H.
Tokyo: Kobunsha, 1880. Wraps. Good. Color illustratedtext in wraps measuring 5" x 7". Paper edition, bound with silk string ties. Woodblock illustrations are full page and double page with small bit of color decoration on some of the text pages. Unpaginated (12 double pages) plus covers. Text is in English. Copyright page is in Japanese, with 'Copyright Reserved'. Rear cover and final 7 leaves lack corner pieces, with small loss to the printed borders on those pages, else... Read More
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Auguste Ravier: Etude Critique
by Jamot, Paul
Lyon: H. Lardanchet, 1921. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 4to. Full brown morocco by Luichon, spine in six compartments, gilt. Gilt top edge. Ribbon marker. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated with 10 tipped-in color plates and 25 in black and white. Small repair to the upper hinge, inner hinge cracked but strong, else a fine copy. .
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The Life of John Jay
by Jay, William
New-York: J & J Harper, 1833. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Two volumes. Tall 8vo. (8), 520; (4) 502pp. Portrait in volume 1. Original drab temporary cloth bindings, printed paper labels. Cloth, hinges, labels and edges well worn, foxing to the beginning and end of the textblocks, but still a good, presentable set. Ex historical library, with acquisition and de-acquisition stamps on the reverse of the title pages, and evidence of numbers remoived form spines. Rare. The... Read More
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Reports of the Secretary of War with Reconnaissances of Routes from San Antonio to El Paso,... Route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe, Expedition into Navajo Country, ... Western Frontier of Texas
by Johnston, Col. J.
Washington: Printed at the Union Office, 1850. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Complete with all plates as issued (i.e., without plates numbered 2, 21,39). Later black cloth, gilt spine title. Plates foxed; the large map has old repairs on the reverse at the folds and with some fold separation (no loss). Howes J-178. .
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Gutenberg and the Book of Books
by Johnston, Henry Lewis
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1922. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. Folio. One of 750 copies. Brown cloth. Gilt title on spine and upper board. With bibliographical notes, reproductions of specimen pages and a listing of all know copies of the Gutenberg Bible. And with a separate facsimile leaf incorporating Psalm 23 (22), The Lord is My Shepherd; (Dominus regit me) in a separate portfolio, suitable for framing. The whole enclosed in the publisher's cloth clamshell case. ... Read More
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Lion: African Adventures with the King of Beasts
by Johnson, Martin
New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Large 8vo. xiii,(1),281pp. Red cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and upper board. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated with photographs. Gilt darkened a bit, light rubbing to the hinges and corners, else this is a near fine copy. Signed on a preliminary blank, "Sincerely yours, Martin Johnson." .
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The Rubaiyat
by (Binding) Omar Khayyam; Arthur Johnson
London: Grant Richards, 1906. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. Bound in red goatskin inlaid with shapes of purple, beige and black goatskin and single gilt spot, by Arthur Johnson, smaller shape on lower cover, spine titled in gilt, a.e.g., signed & dated "A.J. 1977" at foot of rear turn-in, and preserved in blue cloth drop-back box, A fine copy; the clamshell case shows wear at edges else is in very good condition. Johnson was... Read More
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How to Make and Operate Moving Pictures
by Jones, Bernard E.
New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls, 1917. Hardcover. Very good. A Complete Practical Guide to the Taking and Projecting of Cinematograph Pictures. 8vo. 216pp. Orange cloth printed in black. Illustrated with eight half-tone plates and numerous line drawings in the text. Index. A very early movie manual, with diagrams and explanations of all facets of motion pictures. There is even a discussion of a primitive color film process. Cloth lightly soiled and worn, else... Read More
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A Grammar of the Greek Tongue on a New and Improved Plan
by Jones, John
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orne, 1804. First edition. 8vo. x, 260pp. Contemporary half morocco, spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt spine title and gilt rules on the bands; marbled paper boards in the Spanish Marbler pattern. Light rubbing to edges and hinges, else this is a very good copy. John Jones (1766?-1827) was a Welsh Unitarian Minister and a lexicographer of note. Besides religious tracts, he published a Latin Grammar and two version of the... Read More
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Dissertations and Miscellaneous Pieces relating to the History and Antiquities, the Arts, Sciences, and Literature, of Asia
by Jones, Sir William, et al.
London: G. Nicol, et al., 1792. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. [xii], 420; [viii], 411pp. Early, likely contemporary, full calf, the spines in six compartments, raised bands, gilt and leather lettering pieces, gilt. The boards tooled in blind. Marbled endpapers in non-pareil pattern. All edges red. Light rubbing to the leather, one lettering piece partrially perished, else a near fine set. Volume the first, containing dissertations by Sir W. Jones; Volume the second, containing the miscellaneous pieces... Read More
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Conspectus Therapiae Generalis, Cum Notis in Materiam Medicam, Tabulis XX, Methodo Stahliana Conscriptus a D. Ioanne Iunckero; & Conspectus Formularum Medicarum...
by Juncker, Johann; Georg Ernst Stahl
Halae Magdeburgicae (Halla an der Saale): Impensis Orphanotrophei, 1725. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 4to. (8),520,(22)pp. Bound with: CONSPECTUS FORMULARUM MEDICARUM: Exhibens Tabulis XVI..., 1723. 112pp. Both works are first editions. Title pages in red and black, each with a vignette of a sower with the motto: "Illo Splendente Levabor". Bound to style in half olive green morocco (the color of Pharmacy), black lettering label, gilt, marbled paper sides. There is a college library stamp on the title... Read More
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Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, &c., Performed in the Year 1823 ..
by Keating, William H.
London: Geo. B. Whittaker, 1825. First English edition. Hardcover. Very good. 2 volumes 8vo. Green bookcloth, gilt spine title. Large folding map, 8 plates, Volume I is nearly invisibly rebacked with the original spine laid-on and the inner hinges repaired, though the inner hinge repair has added a certain stiffness to the hinge; volume two has some wear to the hinges. Both volumes are very good. The plates and the map have generally offset to the facing page... Read More
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Original Art: "De Ox and De Frog
by Kemble, E. W.
n.p.: n.p., 1920. Stiff card. Very good. An original pen and ink sketch by Edward Winsor Kemble produced for "The Youth's Companion", an early 20th century juvenile journal. The sketch 6½ by 8½ inches and with printer's marks along the bottom. Titled in pencil: "De Ox and de Frog". On the reverse is a sticker noting that the sketch has been published by The Youth's Companion as well as a notation, "Original Art". The Tale of... Read More
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Narrative of the Texan Santa Fé Expedition, Comprising a Description of a Tour through Texas...
by Kendall, Geo. Wilkins
New-York: Harper and Brothers, 1844. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes. 12mo. xii, (13)-405; xii, (11)-406pp. Black T-grain cloth, spine title and vignette in gilt; upper and lower boards blocked in blind. Illustrated with four full-page plates as well as a folding map showing the route of the first Sante Fe Expedition through Texas and parts of Mexico and the United States. Texblock and illustrations lightly foxed and paper toned from age. Volume I has a bookplate... Read More
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Practical Chess Grammar: or, An Introduction to the Royal Game of Chess: In a Series of Plates
by Kenny, W. S.
London: T. and J. Allman, 1823. Hardcover. Very good. Thin 4to. viii, 57 pp. Fifth edition, "considerably improved". Engraved frontispiece and nine plates of chess boards; two diagrams in text. Contemporary half leather, spine in gilt; pebble-grain cloth sides. Spine a tad sunned, some light rubbing else this is a very good copy. The engraved plates have offset to the facing pages and there is a bit of light staining to the textblock. The... Read More
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