A Treatise on the Art of Psychologic Fascination, or Soul Charming. A Guide to the Unmarried of Both Sexes. Egyptian Oracle. A Wedding Night Shirt. Phenomenon of Dreams, Hints to Ladies, &c.
Philadelphia: T. William & Co., n.d. (c. 1860). Paperback. Good+. Original stitched printed wraps; 32mo; pp. 48. The whole a little tattered, but still perfectly legible. A fun little piece of goofballery, with sections on how to win the favour of ladies, how to write a love letter, how to pop the question; plus a kind of horoscope ("Egyptian Oracle"), in which ladies born in November are said to be "large, liberal, and full of novelty";... Read More
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Pictures to Remind You of the Things You Leave Here Including That Gal! Photo Album compiled by U. S. Naval Officer Florn Lamarr Lee and Dorothy Dot Carrigan, 1940s.
1940. Very Good. Embossed faux leather over boards (10 x 7), bound with brown ribbon; contains 40 thick black leaves, 27 of which have tipped-on b/w photographs (ranging in size from 2 x 3 to 5 x 7), annotated by hand. Front board detached; slight wave to photos (from adhesive); otherwise clean and legible. More than 100 images. This sweet little keepsake preserves the relationship between Florn Lee (who served as a Commanding Officer on the USS... Read More
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[MANUSCRIPT - FRENCH 17TH CENTURY LEGAL DOCUMENT]
FRENCH 17TH CENTURY LEGAL DOCUMENT.. No Binding. Good. Manuscript document on vellum (wrinkled), in French. [N.p. but Paris?:] 19 January 1653. 1 page (405 x 248mm). Written in brown ink in a small batarde script. Pertaining to inheritance to Antoine Pascal born c.1614; ìLouye par la grace de Dieu roy de France et de Navarre dans St. AffriqueÖ Louye PascalÖ heritier de feu maistre Anthoine PascalÖ chanoine de líeglise collegialle de ladite ville; (light dampstains, tears at folds,... Read More
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Yezhemesyachnyya literaturnyya i populyarno-nauchnyya prlozheniya k zhurnalu "Niva,"1896 (Nos. 7, 9-12), and 1911 (Vol. 1) -- Collection of 6 Volumes, Monthly Literary and Pop-Science Supplements to Niva Journal
St. Petersburg: Marks, 1896, 1911. Paperback. Very Good. Collection of 6 volumes: 5 issues from July, September-December 1896 in original wraps; 1 from 1911, half calf and cloth. Volumes in wraps -- covers rubbed, chipped along the edges and, in two instances, sometimes detached but present (nos. 7, 12). Single hardbound volume -- boards a bit scuffed. All volumes illustrated, internally clean. An exellent working set.
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Choix de Chansons Joyeuses, Suplement a l’Anthologie. / Anthologie Francoise, ou Chansons Choisies, Depuis le 13 Siecle jusqua present (3 Volumes)
Paris and London: Hispahan, 1765. Hardcover. Very Good. Full calf, gilt-stamped lettering and detail on spine. Spines a little dry and chipped.
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Fables ou Originales. Ou Imitees de Divers Auteurs.
Paris: Chez Dufart, 1831. Hardcover. Very Good. Full calf, elaborately blindstamped boards, gilt-stamped lettering and ornament on spine. Corners bumped, with boards exposed; spine tips perished; split up front joint (though board is holding just fine). Scarce.
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Costumes of America
Philadelphia: C. G. Henderson, 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 16mo. Original gilt gilt stamped cloth. 96 pp + catalogue of publications at rear. Engravings throughout, most hand-colored. A pretty copy of an uncommon American juvenile costume book.
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Das Deutsche Museum in Bildern, I. Historische Denk Denkwürdigkeiten
Munchen: Munchener Graphischen Gesellschaft Pick & Co., 1927. Paperback. Very Good+. Illustrated wraps; oblong 24mo; with 74 photogravure illustrations. Covers a little wrinkled along yapp edges, and chipped at the bottom corners.
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Scientific Tracts, Vol. II: No. XII, "Temperaments;" No. XIII, "Philosophy;" No. XIV, "Association of Ideas"
Boston: Carter and Hendee, n.d. (c. 1832). Paperback. Fair. Extract, 3 articles stitched together. Disbound.12mo; pp. [265]-336. N.d., pencilled notations suggest 1831 and 1832. A few leaves faintly waterstained along the edges, but otherwise a decent working copy.
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Catalogue des Ouvrages Condamnes comme Contraires a la Morale Publique et aux Bonnes Moeurs, du 1er Janvier 1814 au 31 Decembre 1873
Paris: Librairie des Publications Legislatives, 1874. Paperback. Very Good. Wraps. Front cover missing; chip at top corner of title-page, with some light browning on the page beneath it. An excellent reading copy or candidate for repair, with text block overall nice and clean.
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Die Praxis des modernen Maschinenbaues. Modell-Atlas.
Berlin: C. A. Weller. Hardcover. Good+. Cloth, with decorative border and lettering stamped in black on upper board. Contains 8 full-color plates illustrating cars, trains, engines, and more -- all with movable flaps revealing the inner workings of each machine. Boards dampstained and loose; plates a little finger-smudged, but still in good working order.
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Bulletin of the Natural History Society of Maryland: Vol. XIII, No. 4, April, May, June 1943
Baltimore: Natural History Society of Maryland, 1943. Paperback. Very Good+. Staple-bound wraps; 4to; pp. 56-70, plus b/w illustrations. Covers wrinkled along edges. Contents nice and clean. With laid-in newspaper clippings.
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Plakat Handbuch Albacharys Führer durch das Plakat Wesen
Berlin: Jacques Albachary, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. Illsutrated paper over boards, brown cloth backstrip lettered in white; 8vo; pp. 408, with duotone illustrations. Boards and spine lettering rubbed; spine tips and corners bumped. Internally clean.
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Petit Courrier des Dames, Journal des Modes. No. 19-36, Tome XXXV. 5 Octobre - 31 Decembre 1838. With 24 Plates (Numbered 1484-1507).
1838. Hardcover. Very Good+. Numerous issues bound in one volume. Half leather and marbled paper over boards; pp. 145-288, plus 24 colored plates. Boards detached; plate 1491 cut close along the bottom edge, eliminating a word or two of text. A perfect candidate for re-binding, as text and plates are remarkably clean, bright, and lovely, suitable for display. Most of these lavishly produced images show young ladies’ dresses and hats (from the front and back, in different... Read More
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Map of Long Island, Showing Long Island Railroad
New York: Rand, McNally, & Co., 1929. Ephemera. Very Good. Cloth-backed folding map, b/w, 46x20 inches opened. Trimmed a bit close along the edges; cloth a little bit frayed here and there.
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Nouvel Atlas des Enfans, On principes claires pour apprendre facilement & en fort peu de temps la Geographie. Suivi D'un Traite methodique de la Sphere, qui explique les mouvemens des Astres, les divers systemes du Monde, & l'usage des Globes; Enrichi de XXIV Cartes enluminees. A l'usage des Colleges des Pays-Bas
Bruxelles [Brussels]: Chez Benoit le Francq, 1780. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary calf; 12mo; pp. [iii]-xx, [1]-240, plus frontis., 24 folding hand-colored maps. Boards detached; contemporary ownership markings on prelims (including recto of frontis., and faintly showing through on illustration), maps V and VI a little wrinked along the fore-edge, not infringing upon the map itself. A lovely little volume -- text block is overall nice and clean, and colors remain bright. An excellent candidate for... Read More
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Photographs, Early Twentieth Century, America
1920. Very Good. Black cloth over boards (7 x 5.25) with Photographs stamped in blind on upper board; contains 75 b/w photographs (average size is 2.5 x 3.5). Boards rubbed; many leaves detached and laid in. A jumble of little photographs, fit closely together on little pages, capturing three generations of a family including babies, young couples in their best duds or lounging on the front porch, a grandma who doesnt smile much, horses, and a dog... Read More
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Cartes-de-Visite. Albumens. Gelatin Silver Prints.
Very Good. Collection of 15 Cartes-de-Visite, albumens and gelatin silver prints. Images are about 4-by-5.5-inches, on printed mounts (4.25-by-6.5-inches). Five of the images are rubbed and a little soiled, but the rest remain crisp and clean.
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The Female Jockey Club, or a Sketch of the Manners of the Age
D. I. Eaton, 1794. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo; pp. 200. 19th century 3/4 leather and marbled paper over boards; front board detached; rubbed and some flaking to the spine; sold as is.
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Informe sobre el resultado de la Exposicion Retrospective Celebrada per la Academia de Bellas Artes de Barcelona en 1867 dado a la misma academia por la comision encargada de dicha Exposicion
Barcelona: Celestino Verdaguer, 1868. Hardcover. Very Good. Mottled green cloth over boards, backed in gilt-lettered green morocco; oblong folio (428x305mm); 31 pp. letterpress, and 35 ff of lithographic plates. Spine tips, corners, and joints a bit scuffed; some light bumping along edges of boards. Text pages foxed; marginal foxing to lithographs. An exhibition of Catalan arts and craftsmanship that includes sculpture, tapestries, metalwork, and ceramics -- with an emphasis on religious paintings.
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The Rubaiyat of Mirza-Mem'n
Chicago: Henry Olendorf Shepard, 1901. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Purple silk over bevelled boards, gilt-stamped lettering and decoration on upper board, all edges gilt. Illustrated, with decorative borders and plates with printed tissue-guards. Spine tips and corners very lightly rubbed; ink smudge in the margin of just one page.
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To Sacramento and Stocton. No Mud! No Dust!
Roger Levenson / Tamalpais Press, 1993. Limited edition of 70 copies. Ephemera. Fine. Printed heavy cardstock folder, containing a tipped-in replica of a broadside originally printed by the Women's Co-operative Printing Union in San Francisco. The broadside advertises travel by ship to Sacramento and Stockton. The Women's Union Print was established in 1868 to give women work in a trade that had so long excluded them. This limited edition piece of fine press ephemera was... Read More
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Tsekh poetov #3 [Poet's Workshop No. 3]
Petrograd, 1922. Paperback. Fair. Original wraps; pp. [80]. Front cover detached, chipped along the edges; rear cover absent. About three-quarters of the half-title page has been neatly torn away, leaving behind only the decoration -- seemingly with intent, as it looks nice against the title-page behind it. Text block tanned, but clean and unmarked. Poetry and essays by Adamovich, Vaginov, Gumilyov, Zenkevich, G. Ivanov, Lipavsky, Mandel'shtam, Nel'dikhen, Odoyevtseva, Otsup, Pyast, and others. An... Read More
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Pathfinder Railway Guide for the New England States: Containing Official Tables of the Hours of Departure from Each Station, and the Distances and Fares, On all the Railway Lines in New England, with a Complete Railway Map. No. 4, From Sept. 3 to Oct. 1, 1849
Boston: George K. Snow & Co., 1849. Paperback. Very Good. Original illustrated wraps; 102x70mm; pp. 80, plus folding map. Cover torn, and lightly chipped along the edges; text block lightly tumbed at corners and fore-edge, internally clean and unmarked.
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Biblioteka... slavianskikh pisatelei [Library of Slavic Writers]
St. Petersburg: Slavianskii Mir, 1910. Paperback. Good+. Original orange wraps, illustration of a young woman holding a scythe on front cover; pp. 90, featuring the works of five contributors, chiefly prose, with 8 pages of poems. Covers lightly soiled; spine and edges of covers a bit sunned and chipped; corners wrinkled. Perhaps not the prettiest copy, but with an interesting provenance: From the library of Vladimir Sajkovic, an authority on the work of Fyodor Dostoevsky,... Read More
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