![河北省地图 / Hebei Sheng di tu [= Map of Hebei Province]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/040/024/1690024040.0.l.jpg)
河北省地图 / Hebei Sheng di tu [= Map of Hebei Province]
Beijing: Di Tu Chu Ban She, 1981. Fourth printing, color broadside map; 30" x 20¾", 1:1,200,000 scale; inset map of Shijiazhuang City; text in Chinese; depicting administrative boundaries, roads, waterways, cities and other settlements, etc.; top and bottom margins dampstained, map area clean, old folds, good. Hebei province surrounds, but does not include Beijing and Tianjin.
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Petrarch: catalogue of the Petrarch collection in Cornell University Library. Introduction by Morris Bishop. Index by Laura Jennings
Millwood, New York: The Kraus-Thomson Organization, 1974. Large 4to, pp. 737; text printed in triple columns; contemporary green cloth, gilt spine, fine. From the Introduction: "The Cornell Petrarch Collection, and this catalogue, are the product of the character and purpose of the collector, Willard Fiske". Fiske (1831-1904) began sending his Dante collection to Cornell in 1893; his Icelandic and Petrarch collections would arrive in 1905, as per his will. A catalogue of the latter collection was originally published in... Read More
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International map of the world. 35 AMS 1301 series maps, Central and South Asia and China
London and Washington DC, 1967. 35 relief color maps plus one color key map, 1:1,000,000 scale; covering the full grid range from NG-43 to NK-49, plus NM-48 (including the Eastern USSR, Mongolia, Western China, Northern India, Tibet, Nepal, Burma, and Bhutan); various sizes but about 27 x 29 in. on average, most produced by the US military with 7 produced by the British military; an assortment of editions, many first; NI-46, NI-48 and NJ-19 with creasing at one edge,... Read More
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Report of the Committee of Public Lands, to whom was referred, on the twenty-fifth ultimo, the petition of Richard Sparks, of the Mississippi Territory. March 18, 1806. Read, and ordered to lie on the table
City of Washington: A. & G. Way, 1806. 8vo, pp. 4; disbound. Richard Sparks bought 320 acres of land, "lying on the bayau Pierre," in 1802. As he was a captain in the army of the United States and was "exclusively occupied by his military duties" he had no knowledge that it was necessary to register his claim.
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![Roma. Pinacoteca capitolina [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/696/904/668904696.0.l.jpg)
Roma. Pinacoteca capitolina [cover title]
Roma: A. Annessi, n.d., 1910. 9.3 x 15.5 cm, 20 black and white photographic postcards; original green pictorial wrappers stamped in gilt; string-bound; complete and near fine; master paintings to be found in the Italian capitol.
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Willard deluxe art wall calendar offer
[Cleveland]: Willard, 1936. Folio bifolium; blue card stock; a touch worn along the edges, some minor damp stains on rear cover, else very good and sound. Interior panels displaying two styles of wall calendar, the "Thermometer Calendar" (equipped here with a small plastic thermometer) and the regular art calendar, each displaying 5 vibrantly colored and wholesome illustrations; lovely pictorial upper panel printed in sliver and black; instructions for ordering listed on the rear panel. Advertisement for Willard Batteries printed... Read More
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American book-prices current. A priced summary of literary properties sold at auction in England, the United States, and in Canada. Index 1965-1970 for Volumes 72-76, September 1965-August 1970
New York: Columbia University Press, 1974. 2 volumes, thick 8vo; original red cloth, gilt lettering to front and spines, interior fine. ABPC on line only goes back to 1975.
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![Sulfamine p. patd. powder. Cromoflavine D. Chrome orange p. powder. And alizarine green b. patd. powder [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/972/143/542143972.0.l.jpg)
Sulfamine p. patd. powder. Cromoflavine D. Chrome orange p. powder. And alizarine green b. patd. powder [cover title]
New York: C. Bischoff & Co, 1890. 8vo (227 x 140 mm.), accordion fold with 11 panels, each displaying 3 or 4 dye-cloth samples numbered 1-36, 2-leaf pamphlet describing the treatment of each sample tipped in to first panel; original white printed wrappers (stained); cloth samples a bit wrinkled, else a very good copy. "C. Bischoff & Co. importers of aniline and alizarine colors, dye-stuffs and chemicals. 87 & 89 Park Place, New York. No. 33." Does not appear... Read More
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Special exhibition. Poems and calligraphy. Japanese ways of artistic refinement. October 15-November 24, 1991
Tokyo: Tokyo National Museum, 1991. 4to, pp. 354; colored plates, text in Japanese and English; fine in original green and white pictorial wrappers; The exhibition contained approx. 250 items relating to artistic writing, paintings and applied art objects ranging from the Heian to Edo periods.
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The monotype recorder. Vol. 41, no. 3
London: Monotype Corporation Limited, 1958. 4to, pp. 21, [1]; photo-reproductive plates and text illustrations throughout; printed paper wrappers, near fine. Commemorating the exhibition held at Monotype House of lettering and type designs by Eric Gill. Laid in is a bifolium of photos from the exhibition, a photo of Eric Gill guiding the hand of W. I. Burch, and a transcript of the address opening the exhibit from Sir John Rothenstein.
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Catalogue of the second exhibition of sculpture in the Athenaeum gallery
Boston: Eastburn's Press, 1840. First edition, 8vo, pp. 15, [1]; original printed pink wrappers; very good. In this catalogue there are 115 contemporary pieces by artists such as Greenough and Power, and these are for sale. Not in American Imprints but 5 (Boston Athenaeum, Mass. Historical, Yale, AAS, and NY Historical) in OCLC.
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Standing Rules, adopted by the House of Representatives of the State of Rhode-Island ... June Session, A.D. 1828
[Providence]: October 28, 1834. Oblong folio broadside (approx.13" x 16½"), text in double column beneath the running head; previous folds, neat tape repair on verso closing a 3" tear, a few short breaks at the edges; very good. Dated in type at bottom, October 28, 1834. Divided into three sections, with Standing Rules "of the speaker," "of decorum and debate," and "of standing committees," with duties for all. Not in OCLC or American Imprints.
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Neurological biographies and addresses: Foundation volume published for the staff, to commemorate the opening of the Montreal Neurological Institute, of McGill University
London: Oxford University Press, 1936. 8vo, pp. viii, 178; black and white photographic frontispiece; original gilt-stamped buckram, ex-library book with usual markings, otherwise very good.
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The female soldier; or, The surprising life and adventures of Hannah Snell (1750). Introduction by Dianne Dugaw
Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 1989. 8vo, pp. xiii, 42, [1]; engraved portrait frontispiece reproduction, facsimile reprint; original pale grey printed wrappers, "Soldier, Female" written in pencil at head of upper cover, else fine. The Augustan Reprint Society Publication no. 257.
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Amerikanischer Dolmetscher der unsehlbare Rathgeber für Einwanderer und Eingewanderte
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Demokrat Publishing Co, 1900. 16mo, pp. [4], 347, [3]; an English grammar, wordlist, phrases and pronunciation guide for German speakers; full black cloth, gilt spine; boards a little soiled, text clean and sound, very good. The Demokrat was a German language morning paper and was the largest German printing business in the country in the late 19th century. This the fifty-fifth thousandth printing, but of all printings it appears only Northwestern, The Center for Research, and the... Read More
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The Weekly Inter Ocean. Vol. XV. No. 25
Chicago: Tuesday, September 14, 1886. 23" x 17¾", pp. [4]; 7 columns per page. Special correspondence from N.H. bear-slayer, "Mr. and Mrs. Jake" by Sidney Luska, earthquake incidents, education of women, the republican party, notes on women, George William Curtis on the wife's vow of obedience in the marriage services: "we had supposed that this generation had emancipated itself from any idea that a woman ever acknowledged obedience to anything save her own sweet will, but conservatism is tenacious... Read More
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The Dome: a quarterly containing examples of all the arts..
London: Unicorn Press, 1897. Original series, volumes 1-5 [all published], small square 4to, illustrated throughout, original printed paper-covered boards; a very good set. Includes sections on art, architecture, music, and literature, with contributions by Laurence Binyon, Laurence Housman, Lucas Cranach, D. G. Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones, Charles Meryon, and William Nicholson, among others. No. 2 contains the first appearance in print of "The Desire of Man and of Woman," a poem by W. B. Yeats [Wade p. 352]. A New... Read More
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The Twin Cities: Minneapolis and St. Paul
Portland, Maine: L. H. Nelson Company, 1906. First edition, oblong 4to, unpaged; chiefly plain photographic views; original green pictorial wrappers stamped in gilt; a bit of wear from handling, else very good and sound. Depicts the various landmarks of Minneapolis and St. Paul, including Minnehaha Falls, Fort Snelling, and Nicollet Avenue.
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Exeter News-Letter and Rockingham Advertiser. Volume XXXII. No. 14
Exeter, N.H.: Samuel Hall, Monday, June 30, 1862. 21¾" x 16½", pp. [4]; 6 columns per page, removed from binding, small tear near lower gutter with minor loss, early owner's name. Agriculture, miscellany, letter from the Mississippi River "There is war to the knife, among the people here. They are killing each other, and reaping the bitter fruits of secession."; the Opium trade, foreign news, the Charleston battle, marriages, deaths, numerous ads (many with cuts), patent medicines, and volunteers... Read More
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Columbian Centinel. No. 39, of vol. XIX
Boston: Benjamin Russell, Wednesday, July 24, 1793. 19 " x 12", pp. [4]; 4 columns per page; removed from binding, early owner's name at top. Politcal miscellany from the Gazette of the United States Pacificus no. II concerning treaties between the United States and France, domestic miscellany, values of merchandise exported from each state of the United States, important proceedings, marriages & deaths, port of Boston list of ships entered and cleared, auction announcements, ships for sale (with cuts),... Read More
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Eskenazi: masterpieces from ancient China: fortieth anniversary exhibition of ten bronzes from Shang to Han to celebrate the Millennium: 2000
London & New York: Eskenazi Ltd, 2000. First edition, folio, pp. 71, [1]l illustrated in color throughout; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Introductory essay in English by Wang Tao with a foreword by Giuseppe Eskenazi. Catalog entries in English and Chinese.
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Minnesota: its place among the states. Being the first annual report of the Commissioner of Statistics, for the year ending January 1st, 1860. Published by authority of law
Hartford: Case, Lockwood, and Company, 1860. 8vo, pp. 173, [3]; original printed wrappers, spine neatly reinforced with old tape, nicked at extremities, some soiling, else a very good copy. Sabin 49279.
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Harvard Library Bulletin. New Series. Spring 1995, Volume 6: Number 2
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Library, 1995. 4to, pp. 64; illustrations and facsimiles throughout; original blue-green printed wrappers, fine. Contents include "Guide to the Perplexed in the Wilderness of Hebraica: From Historical to Contemporary Bibliographies and Catalogs of Hebraica" by Menahem Schmelzer; and "'Dreaded Eloquence': The origins and Rise of African American Literary Societies and Libraries" by Elizabeth McHenry.
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A memorial to Bruce Fay Towne, March 25-1905 - September 3, 1970
Roanoke, VA: Shade Acre Press of Willametta (113) & Martin B. Keffer, 1980. Bifolium, small 8vo; 3 woodcut illustrations by Towne; fine. Memorial for an amateur printer and friend of the Press.
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The Far East. Vol. 1 no. 1
[Tokyo]: Kokumin no tomo, 1896. 8vo, pp. [4], 38, [8]; 1 plate, gray printed paper wrappers; spine perished, light edgewear and toning, signature of M(?) Campbell Davidson on upper cover, good and sound. The first issue of a short lived periodical that appears not to have made it past the third volume. It was published as an English language companion to the Kokumin no tomo, or Countryman's friend, which lasted a decade. Articles cover issues of international politics, Christianity... Read More
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