A COLLECTION OF RARE OLD CHINESE PORCELAINS
by Sir William Bennett
London: Gorer, 1910. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. An exhibition catalog for the Bennett collection of Chinese porcelains. With color photographic plates throughout, and tissue guards. Scattered foxing. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good binding.
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[LITERATURE] ANTIGONE
by Sophocles | Elizabeth Wyckoff (Translator) | D. S. Carne-Ross; Illustrated by Harry Bennett
Haarlem: The Limited Editions Club, 1975. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Harry Bennett. Quarto in the publisher’s decorative cloth binding; 127 pages with illustrations by Harry Bennet throughout; a small stain on the leading edge; hpused in the publisher’s slipcase.~~Printed by Bram de Does at the ancient printing house of Joh. Enschede en Zonen in Haarlem, Holland. Limited to two thousand copies of which this is number 1261~~Signed by Harry Bennet on the colophon; the signature... Read More
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EIGHT SERMONS, PREACHED AT THE HON. ROBERT BOYLE’S LECTURE, IN THE YEAR MDCXCII. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, THREE SERMONS ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS
by Richard Bentley
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1809. A New Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. An early nineteenth century edition of Eight Sermons, Preached at the Hon. Robert Boyle’s Lecture [...] to which are added Three Sermons on Different Occasions. The first year of the ‘Boyle Lectures’, given in 1692 by Richard Bentley. Variously titled “A Confutation of Atheism [...]” with three additional lectures by Bentley, the lectures focus on Newtonian Physics and their evidence of Intelligent Design. Armorial bookplate... Read More
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BIOMICROSCOPY OF THE EYE: SLIT LAMP MICROSCOPY OF THE LIVING EYE
by M. L. Berliner
New York: Paul B. Hoeber, Inc, 1949. First Edition. Very Good+ binding. Volume I is the reprinted and revised edition of the 1943 London Edition, issued uniform with the publication of Volume II. The first systematic survey in English of slit-lamp examination of the living eye. Other than a gift inscription on the front endpaper of each volume; there are no other marks of any kind. Very Good+ binding.
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[ASIAN ART] [CATALOGUE] GEDACHTNISKATALOG DER AUSSTELLUNG ALTJAPNISCHER KUNST, BERLIN, 1939 2 VOLUMES IN CLAMSHELL
by Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin
Japanischen Ausschuss fur die Berliner Ausstellung Altjapanischer Kunst, 1939. Two volumes in flexible linen boards with paper labels to the upper covers, tied in the Asian style; lxvii, 431 pages, on double leaves in the Asian Style, with black and white illustrations throughout on the rectos; the two volumes are housed in a blue linen-covered clamshell with one bone clasp (and one missing), and with a paper title label.~~Berurin Nihon kodai bijutsu tenrankai kinen zuroku [Catalogue of the Berlin... Read More
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THE HISTORY AND THEORY OF LEGAL PRACTICE IN CHINA: TOWARDS A HISTORICAL-SOCIAL JURISPRUDENCE (THE SOCIAL SCIENCES OF PRACTICE. THE HISTORY AND THEORY OF LEGAL PRACTICE)
by Philip C. C. Huang; Kathryn Bernhardt
Leiden | Boston: Brill, 2014. Hard Cover. Fine binding. A clean copy with no marks of any kind. Still crisp; appears essentially unopened. Fine binding.
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MARATHAS AND DEKHANI MUSALMANS. HANDBOOK FOR THE INDIAN ARMY. COMPILED UNDER THE ORDERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
by R. M. Betham
Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing, India, 1908. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A study on the two Indian peoples mentioned, prepared for the British Government in India. With a folding map housed in the pocket at the rear. Scotch tape stains on the modern front endpaper. Rebound in blue cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good binding.
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GOING TO SEA
by Constance Beverley
London: The Religious Tract Society, 1876. Hard Cover. Good binding. An edifying children’s tale from the late nineteenth century. Bound in red cloth, stamped in black and gilt, with a glazed chromolithographic pastedown on the center of the front board. Textblock is cracked in half, but holding. Gift inscription on the front pastedown, blindstamped in the endpapers. Uncommon, with two copies only found on OCLC. Good binding.
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THE LIFE OF JOHN MARSHALL. VOL. I. FRONTIERSMAN, SOLDIER, LAWMAKER 1755-1788. VOL. II. POLITICIAN, DIPLOMAT, STATESMAN 1789-1801. (TWO VOLUMES)
by Albert J. Beveridge
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1919. Three Quarters Leather. Very Good binding. First two volumes only, of four. Covering Marshall’s life from 1755-1801. Color portrait frontispiece, and additional plates: facsimiles, portraits, and illustrations. Text is reasonably bright. Front joint of Volume I, and the corners of the boards, with some surface wear. Three quarters red morocco over light red cloth, with gilt lettering and rules. Top edges gilt, with silk ribbon markers bound in. Very Good... Read More
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[MILITARY] AMERICAN SWORDS & SWORD MAKERS VOLUME II
by Richard H. Bezdek
Boulder: Paladin Press, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/no dust jacket. 4to; in publisher’s blue cloth with gilt titling on the spine; (i-ii)iii-vi, 1-370 pages; lacking the dust jacket; there are no previous owner markings.~~An expansive bibliography of American swords and sword manufacturers with a wide array of black and white photographs and illustrations. Near Fine binding / no dust jacket.
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![[BOOKS ON BOOKS] THE WILLIAMSBURG BIBLIOPHILES. A SUMMARY OF THE FIRST YEARS. THE FIRST DECADE, 1980-1990](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/873/312/1592312873.0.l.jpg)
[BOOKS ON BOOKS] THE WILLIAMSBURG BIBLIOPHILES. A SUMMARY OF THE FIRST YEARS. THE FIRST DECADE, 1980-1990
by Williamsburg Bibliophiles
[Williamsburg]: Williamsburg Bibliophiles, 1990. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. 8vo.; stapled pamphlet in tan printed wrappers; [vii], 15 pages.~~The Williamsburg Bibliophiles were organized in 1980 to further the interests of booklovers through programs on book collecting, fine printing, graphic arts and to encourage public interest in such pursuits through exhibits and lectures. The Williamsburg Bibliophiles were patterned after the Pittsburgh (Pa.) Bibliophiles.~~. Near Fine binding.
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ACROAMATUM ACADEMICORUM LIBRI III
by Jacobi Bidermanni [Jacob Bidermann]
Wilhelmi Metternich: Coloniae, 1703. Full Leather. Very Good binding. In contemporary calf, with faded decorations to the spine; title label has been replaced with an ancient hand-lettered paper label. 437 pages; index. Very Good binding.
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[SPORTING] GUNNERMAN
by Horace Bigelow
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1939. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto; in the publisher’s red cloth with gilt lettering, rules and decoratios and with mylar wrapper; xvii, [2]. 1-246; there is a small stain from scotch tape on the endpapers; and a previous owner bookplate on the front endpaper; with eighteen plates, sixteen from photographs and two from painting; as per Siegel, the plate listed as facing page 33, is facing page 37; this is... Read More
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![[SIGNED] [VIRGINIANA] THE PAPERS OF FRANCIS HOWARD BARON HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM 1643-1695](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/231/179/1685179231.0.l.jpg)
[SIGNED] [VIRGINIANA] THE PAPERS OF FRANCIS HOWARD BARON HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM 1643-1695
by Warren M. Billings
Richmond: Virginia State Library Archives, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Signed. 4to in the publisher’s blue cloth binding; with gilt titling on over a burgundy label on the spine.xxxvii, 473 pages including the Index; the dust jacket has some small signs of wear and a trivial chip to the spine.~~Signed on the front end paper by the editor “For Emily and John “ The copy editor from Hell! Warren 26 August 1989”~~.... Read More
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[CHILDREN] TRUE GRIT
by Harold Bindloss
London: S. W. Partridge & Co.~, 1933. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Large octavo; in the publisher’s decorated red cloth binding, with dustjacket; there is a previous owner name penned on the front endpaper but no other marks in the book; the bright and attractive dustjacket has not been price-clipped; it has minimal wear. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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![[CHILDREN] [MOVABLE BOOK] ROUNDABOUT PICTURES. A NOVEL PICTURE BOOK FOR CHILDREN](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/337/077/1588077337.0.l.jpg)
[CHILDREN] [MOVABLE BOOK] ROUNDABOUT PICTURES. A NOVEL PICTURE BOOK FOR CHILDREN
by Clifton Bingham
London | New York: Ernest Nister | E. P. Dutotn & Co, 1900. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Square 8vo binding, in cloth-backed glazed pictorial boards; unpaginated, but with five colored illustrations with movable parts operated by a tab; on the facing recto leaves are poems, with line illustrations a bit in the style of Kate Greenaway; the pull tabs are in fact small pieces of red silk ribbon; they are quite fragile and the tab for the... Read More
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IN AND OUT & ROUND ABOUT. A BOOK OF TRANSFORMATION PICTURES
by Clifton Bingham
London | New York: Ernest Nister | E. P. Dutton & Co, 1895. Pictorial Boards. Very Good binding. With text and in text illustrations, opposite six functioning, pull-tab transition illustrations. A bright copy of a children’s transformation book, with few closed tears to the borders of the movable illustrations, and minor wear to the corners of the boards. Quarter brown cloth over pictorial paper boards. Very Good binding.
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RAJPUTS. CASTE HANDBOOKS FOR INDIAN ARMY. COMPILED IN THE INTELLIGENCE BRANCH OF THE QUARTER MASTER GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT IN INDIA
by A. H. Bingley
Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1918. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A 1918 reprint edition, first published in 1899. This study on the Rajput, northern India’s Hindu warrior caste. Prepared for the British Government in India and its Indian Army. Small library plate on the modern rear endpaper, stamped ‘withdrawn,’ and small tape stains to the modern front endpaper. Rebound in blue cloth with gilt lettering. OCLC notes one institutional holding only of this edition. Very Good binding.... Read More
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[LITERATURE] CALAVAR: OR, THE KNIGHT OF THE CONQUEST: A ROMANCE OF MEXICO ... IN TWO VOLUMES
by [Robert Mongomery Bird]
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1834. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Two 8vo volumes; in the publisher’s purple muslin, with labels on the spines; [i]-xxviii, [29]-278, blank leaf; [1]-296; with an inserted 12 page catalog at the back of each volume; the catalogs are both in State A [with no priority established].; there is a previous owner name on the pastedown of Volume II with initials on the pastedown of Volume II; each volume has the... Read More
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[CHILDREN] THE KINGS’ DAY
by Claire Huchet Bishop
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1940. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Quarto; in glossy pictorial boards with dustjacket; with 47 unnumbered pages, illustrated; printed in red and black, with delightful line drawings by Doris Spiegel; the dustjacket has been price-clipped; there is a penned gift inscription to the top of the front endpaper: “To E.R. from E.R.”; three is some minor creasing and chipping to the edges of the dusjacket.~~The interesting dedication page states “because of... Read More
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COMMENTARIES ON THE LAW OF MARRIED WOMEN UNDER THE STATUTES OF THE SEVERAL STATES, AND AT COMMON LAW AND IN EQUITY (Volume II Only)
by Joel Prentiss Bishop
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1875. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. This is Volume II only of a 2 volume set; 653 pp. plus the alphabetical index to both volumes. In full calf with maroon title label. Some cracking to the leather at the spine, but intact and holding well. Very Good binding.
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[SPECIAL PRESS] .[CHRISTMAS CARD] HERTHA STRUGG’S FIFTH CHRISTMAS
by Edward Gorey | George Bixby
New York: Albondocani Press | Ampersand Books, 1979. First Edition. Fine binding. Signed. A single sheet printed on green cardstock, folded to 7” x 5”, with a cover illustration by Edward Gorey.~~One of a series of cards designed by Mr. Gorey “to be used as a holiday greeting”; for his own use and that of his publisher George Bixby. Signed by Mr. Bixby. Limited to 450 copies, none of which were for sale. There are no marks on... Read More
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[TRANSPORTATION] [MILITARY] THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND THE MOTOR TRUCK: A CASE STUDY IN STANDARDIZATION
by Marc K. Blackburn
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in the publisher’s green cloth; [vi] 126 pages, including the index; there is a previous owner name on the front endpaper; a single stray pen mark in the margin of one page; otherwise a clean copy without underlining or highlighting. Very Good binding.
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![[MILITARY] HOLLYWOOD GOES TO WAR HOW POLITICS, PROFITS & PROPAGANDA SHAPED WORLD WAR II MOVIES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/605/065/1692065605.0.l.jpg)
[MILITARY] HOLLYWOOD GOES TO WAR HOW POLITICS, PROFITS & PROPAGANDA SHAPED WORLD WAR II MOVIES
by Clayton R. Koppes | Gary W. Gallagher | Gregory D. Black
New York: The Free Press, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Large 8vo; in the publisher’s blue-grey binding; with titling on the spine in gilt; x, 374 pages including the Index; in a clipped jacket.~~This book was purchased by us directly from Gary W. Gallagher’s personal library with a signed card laid in attesting to this. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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[MILITARY] ANTIBALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE IN THE 1980’s
by Ian Bellany; Coit D. Blacker
Totowa, NJ: Frank Cass, 1983. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Octavo; in publisher’s red cloth boards, with dustjacket; there are no ownership marks of any kind in the book.~~Uncommon title. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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