Constitutions of the Free-Masons Contaning the History, Charges, Regulations, &c. of the most Ancient and Right Worshipful Fraternity
by (Anderson, James)
News York: Jno. W. Leonard and Co., Masonic Publishers, 1855. Facsimile editon. Hardcover. Very good. Thin 4to. (viii), 108pp. Publisher's red embossed cloth tooled in gilt and blind, Light soiling, gutter dampstain in the bottom margin throughout, small repair to the base of the spine, else a very good copy. A facsimile of the 1723 first edition. Thomas H. McCulloch's copy, with his signature and place (Clarksville, Tennessee) dated 1858 on the front pastedown. There is also... Read More
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Missale Romanum. Ex Decreto Sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini Restitutum...Ab Innocento X et Alexandro VII .,..
by (Binding: Rospigliosi Bindery; Andreoli)
Romae: Typographia Reverendae Camerae Apostolicae, 1662. Hardcover. Very good. Folio. (34), 560, xcii, 8 pp. Contemporary elaborate morocco, fine armorial binding. Corners and spine tips repaired, lacks clasps, scuffs and rubbing from use. Spine elaborately tooled as well. Red and black text, double column, chant notations. Worn ribbon markers. A few small closed tears; T6 with large corner repair, the Crucifixion illustration corner supplied with ink, and the text of the Sanctus on the reverse affected. Facing page,... Read More
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The Story of the Electrotypes Used to Illustrated Sir John Tenniel's Drawings for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass
by Arman, Mark
Thaxted Essex: The Workshop Press, 1996. Limited edition. Stiff card wraps. Fine. Thin folio. Stiff printed wraps. Unpaginated (24pp.) One of 50 numbered copies; this is No. 17. Arman's discussion of the history of the Alice electrotype plates in illustrated by twelve plates finely printed letterpress. A fine copy. The plates were electrotypes created from the original wood engravings cut by the Dalziel Brothers ca. 1860-1870. .
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Ink Sketch of Beavers from an Unidentified Children's Book
by (Original Art)
n.p.: n.p., 1940. Fine. Black ink on beige ground, on an art board, depicting seven beavers listening to an eighth read from a paper, while two more fell a tree in the background. Signed "Slade" in the lower right corner. Image size is approximately 10 by 16 inches. The image is fine with one white spot, apparently put there by the artist. The board is approximately 15 by 18 inches. Along the bottom is the notation that the... Read More
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How Did We Find Out About Numbers
by Asimov, Isaac
New York: Walker and Company, 1973. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illustrated by Daniel Nevins.. Thin 8vo. 63pp. Illustrated in black and white. Red textured paper over boards. Spine printed in black. Upper board embossed in blind with a design by the illustrator. Inscribed on the front free endpaper by Asimov: "For Rick Harrison...." A fine copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped and shows the original $4.50 price. It is lightly toned with age else... Read More
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Gustave Baumann's Book of Saints
by Austin, Mary; Gustave Baumann: Peggy Pond Church; Carmella Padilla
Santa Fe: Prees at thePalace of the Governors, 2021. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. xi, (13-) 93, (3) pp. Printed from thirty-four two-color woodcuts carved by Baumann beginning in 1927. Cloth spine, printed paper label, printed paper over boards in a. special “reliquary” binding by Priscilla Spitler, 7.25 x 9.75 inches. The board papers are based on a Baumann design taken from a panel in the Santuario de Chimayó. A fine, as new copy. Baumann collected santos... Read More
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A Account of Two Voyages ... into China
by Backhoff, Feodor Iskowitz, and Zachary Wagener
London: Henry Lintot and John Osborn, 1746. Folio. An extract of pp. 467-478 of Vol. VI of the third edition of Churchill's Voyages. Bound to style in quarter leather, red leather lettering piece, gilt; marbled paper boards. A near fine copy. Translated from the High-Dutch original. Backhoff traveled from Moscow to China via Siberia in 1654. Wagener traveled throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and America. This account is taken from his diary. He was in China in 1653.... Read More
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The Ghost of Opalina, Or, Nine Lives
by Bacon, Peggy
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1967. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. 8vo. Yellow-green cloth blocked in dark red on the spine and upper board, Illustrated by the author. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped and shows the correct first state price of $4.95. It is rough along the edges and has noticeable rubbing on the front and rear boards near the spine, but is otherwise in very good condition. .
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The Ghost of Opalina, Or, Nine Lives
by Bacon, Peggy
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1967. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. 8vo. Yellow-green cloth blocked in dark red on the spine and upper board, Illustrated by the author. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped and shows the correct first state price of $4.95. It does have some rubbing at the top, bottom, and along the side of the spine but is otherwise in very good condition. Inscribed by the author to two... Read More
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Grèce: Manuel du Voyageur
by Baedeker, Karl
Leipzig & Paris: Karl Baedeker; Paul Ollendorff, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Light red cloth spine, gilt; deeper red cloth sides. 17 maps, 32 town plans, 2 plates and a panorama. A fine copy, essentially as new, with the large folding map in the rear pocket. In the scarce dustwrapper, which is near fine. Ribbon marker First edition in French. .
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Book of Flowers, Animals and Birds
by Baiyun Mountain Man, pseud. of Tan Tien
n.p.: n.p., n.d.. Near fine. Hardcover. Accordion style book bound in floral patterned silk, and with five double pages of original water color and calligraphy. Each is signed by the calligrapher as , and there arre additional artist seals, for a total of 10 seals. The double page images measure 12 by 12 inches, and the subjects are: crane with pine branches; green bird with peony; panda with bamboo; blue birds and nasturtiums; dragon fly and peony; brown... Read More
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The Story of the Teasing Monkey by the Author of "Little Black Sambo" and "Little Black Mingo
by Bannerman, Helen
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1907. First US edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Poor. 12mo. Cloth backed pictorial boards showing Jocko, the teasing monkey, hanging from a tree and pulling the tails of two lions. 142pp. Illustrated in color throughout and printed on one side of the page only. Gift inscription "from Aunt Florence" dated 1909. Trace of soil; bottom edge worn else this is a near fine copy. The dustwrapper is present: Off-white paper printed on... Read More
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Tales of the Mountain Men
by Barbour, Barton H., compiler and editor
Santa Fé: Press of the Palace of the Governors, 1984. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrations by Andrew Burns.. Oblong 4to. 77,(1)pp. Finely printed by hand on Rives paper by Pamela Smith. Introduction by David J. Weber. Bound by Priscilla Spitler in maroon Centennial book cloth, with spine title in silver and a hand-printed paper vignette on the upper board. One of 150 numbered copies in cloth, from a total edition of 165 copies. This is copy... Read More
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Red Spider
by Baring-Gould, S.
NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1887. First US edition. Hardcover. Very good. First US edition. 12mo. Original binding of cloth spine, gilt title, marbled paper boards. The edges are worn and the boards rubbed else this is a very good copy of a scarce work. The first English edition was published in London in the same year. See Wolff, 280.
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Dissertatio Inauguralis Chemico-medica de Thermis Gasteinensibus
by Barisani, Joseph
Vindobonae (Vienna): Josephi Nobilis de Kurzboeck, 1780. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. 52,(iv)pp. Woodcut chapter heading and tailpiece. Folding hand-colored frontispiece entitled 'Prospectus Thermarum Gasteinensium.' Bound to style in quarter leather, gilt; vellum tips; marbled paper boards. A fine copy. Scarce early discussion on the healing powers of the Gastein waters, long before the discovery of radon and radioactivity and their connection to the Bad Gastein. Természettudomány Társulat Közlönye, 316 (Hydrophonica Germanica), No. 41. In Latin.
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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
by Barrie, J. M.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906. First US edition. Hardcover. Fine. With Drawings by Arthur Rackham, A. R. W. S.. 4to. Superb binding of half green morocco, spine in six compartments, gilt, green cloth sides, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. The binding is unsigned but is reminiscent of Bayntum-Riviere or Sangorski & Sutcliffe. All plates are present with their tissue guards, and all but the frontispiece are bound after the text. A fine copy with only traces of... Read More
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Excursions in the North of Europe, Through Parts of Russia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway
by Barrow, John
London: John Murray, 1835. Hardcover. Very good. New edition. 8vo. vii,(1),380pp. 2 folding maps. 9 woodcuts. Contemporary quarter leather, marbled paper boards; spine in 6 compartments with raised bands, gilt. Later lettering label, gilt; light wear and rubbing to edges and sides, illustrations toned with age, else a very good copy.
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The Artillery Volunteers Vade Mecum
by Barry, Sergeant-Major E.
London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co, 1880. First edition. Stiff card wraps. Very good. 12mo. 112pp. stiff leather-covered boards, gilt title on the upper board. Light wear to edges and hinges else a very good copy. A book of reference for the volunteer artilleryman. The author was an instructor for many years. Rare .
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Lincoln, The Literary Genius
by Barzun, Jacques
Evanston: The Shori Private Press, 1960. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. 49,(3)pp. Hand printed on Ticonderoga Laid Text paper using types after Garamont. Bound in full marbled sheep. spine gilt with a red leather lettering label, gilt. Marbled endpapers. Housed in a slipcase covered in decorated paper. The binding is like a special binding as it bears the name of the original owner on the upper board: Claude C. Bowman. One of 120 numbered copies signed by... Read More
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Twinkle and Chubbins: Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland
by Baum, L. Frank, writing as Laura Bancroft
Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co, 1911. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine. Maginel Wright Enright. 8vo. 384pp. Mustard-yellow cloth printed in black, red and green on the upper board and in black on the spine. Illustrated throughout in color and black and white, The text contains all 6 of the Twinkle Tales: Mr. Woodchuck, Bandit Jim Crow, Prairie Dog Town, Prince Mud-Turtle, Twinkle's Enchantment and Sugar-Loaf Mountain. The illustrator was the sister of Frank Lloyd Wright. A... Read More
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The Natural History of Bees, Containing an Account of their Production, their Oeconomy, the Manner of Making Wax and Honey, and the Best Methods for the Improvement and Preservation Them
by (Bazin, Gilles Augustin; René-Antoine Ferchault de Réamur; P. Valiant)
London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton, 1745. First edition in English. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. (16), 452, (16)pp. Twelve folded leaves of plates. The final 16pp constitute an index. Recent full burgundy morocco, spine in six compartments, brown leather lettering label, gilt. A very good copy. Translation of Histoire Naturelle des Abeilles, an adaptation in the form of a dialogue of material from R.A.F. de Réaumur's Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des insects, published in... Read More
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The End of the Game
by Beard, Peter H.
New York: Peter H. Beard / International Center for Photography, 1977. Hardcover. Very good. Square 4to. First printing of this special edition commemorating the exhibition at the I.C.P., New York City, November / December 1977. Illustrated throughout with black and white and color photograph , drawings, and maps; 256 pp. 1 vols. Gray cloth blocked in blind on the boards. Pictorial endpapers. The cloth is lightly sunned on the spine and board edges, not nearly as a much... Read More
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Le Prince Desir
by (Beaumont, Mme. Leprince de)
n.p. (Caen): n.p. (Chalopin), 1800. First Separate Edition. Wraps. Near fine. 12mo. 12pp., stitched binding, woodcut headpiece of stars & portrait medallion, original self-wrappers, upper wrapper with title within border of woodcut typographic ornaments, lower wrapper with woodcut illustration of Mercury appearing before ladies outside a temple and a handled jug with foliage sprays with decorative border. A near fine copy. First separate edition, after an initial appearance in the 'Magasin des Enfents' of 1756. Mme.... Read More
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Syria, The Desert and the Sown
by Bell, Gertrude Lowthian
New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1907. First US edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. xvi, 340pp. Red textured cloth, gilt title on spine, and upper board blocked in gilt and blind. Color frontispiece by Sargeant. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Folding map in rear. Light wear to the hinges and corners, spine lightly sunned, else this is a very good copy. Pictorial bookplate on the front pastedown. A chronicle of the travels in 1905 through the region,... Read More
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Fifi
by Bemelmans, Ludwig
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1940. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Folio. (48)pp. Printed in color throughout. Decorative boards and endpapers. Erasure mark on front free endpaper, light wear to edges and rear board, faint trace of occasional foxing, else this is a very good to near fine copy. In unclipped dustwrapper showing original $2.00 price. The dustwrapper has a small chipon uper edge of rear panel, minor wear at edges and hinges, Overall... Read More
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