Middlebury College and its Surroundings
Middlebury, VT: R.M. Bailey, Class of '72, and J.C. Harvey, Class of '81, 1881. Hardcover. Good. Bound in leather with covers stamped in illustrated blind and gilt. All edges gilt. Illustrated with twelve albumen photographs of the college, town, and surroundings. Features text poetry accompanying the photographs, with a prefatory poem to alumni. Previous owner has pasted additional period photographs and text to endpapers. Pages in very good condition. Leather has wear to extremities, binding is partially separated... Read More
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Inaugural Exhibition Catalog of the Museum of East Asian Art: Volume Two. Chinese Metalwares and Decorative Arts
London: The Museum of East Asian Art, 1993. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine, Dust jacket fine.. With 138 full-color reproductions.
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North Central Printing Types. Two volumes
Saint Paul: North Central Publishing, 1967. Hardcover. Fine. . Bound in publisher's original dark green cloth with spine stamped in git. Volume one deals with monotype, foundry type and Ludlow faces. Volume two deals with linotype and monotype text faces. Illustrated book of type faces used by North Central Publishing Company.
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The Saint John's Bible; Handwritten and Illuminated by Donald Jackson. Seven volumes, all published
Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2006. 1sts. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Donald Jackson. Seven volumes, comprising the Pentateuch, Historical Books, Wisdom Literature, Psalms, Prophets, Gospels and Acts, Letters and Revelation. This is a facsimile of the first handwritten and illuminated Bible commissioned since the invention of the printing press. Created in Donald Jackson's scriptorium in Wales using ancient techniques. The scriptural text is taken from the Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition (1993). Bound in publisher's original red cloth with spine stamped... Read More
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The Natural History Of Birds from the best authors, ancient and modern, Volume I.
Bungay: Brightly & Childs / T. Kinnersly, 1815. Hardcover. Very good. Volume one only (of two). Bound in green cloth with the spine stamped in gilt. Cloth is rubbed at the extremities. Occasional foxing throughout. Embellished throughout with 62 plates, accurately hand coloured from nature.
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Yves Klein; With The Void, Full Powers
Minneapolis: Walker Art Center/Hirshhorn, 2010. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Texts by Kerry Brougher, Philippe Vergne, Kaira Cabaña, Klaus Ottmann, and Andria Hickey. Bound in publisher's original blue boards, with blue belly band. All edges blue. Striking design throughout, and thoroughly illustrated in original color and black and white. 8 x 10 inches. 352 pages.
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Udumbara (Summer 1978)
Minneapolis: Minnesota Zen Meditation Center, 1978. paperback. Near fine condition. One of 400 copies hand set and printed on handmade paper. Uncut. Minor wear to the extremities.
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La Mode feminine de 1795 a 1900 (4 Volume Set)
Paris: Nilsson. paperback. Very good. 80 hand-colored plates loose in four publisher's original color illustrated wrappers with extensive splitting at the seams Contained in new paper slipcase with the original label mounted to the spine of the box. The prints are bright.
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Korea: It's Land, People And Culture of All Ages
Seoul, Korea: Hakwon-Sa, Ltd, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illustrated in black and white, and color, with fold-out color map. Comes in board slipcase with yellow and black spine labe. Book is near fine except for missing front free endpaper. Dust jacket has wear to extremities, front interior flap has a tear. 7 1/2 x 10 inches. 718 pages.
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Church Psalmist; or, Psalms and Hymns, Designed for the Public, Social, and Private Use of Evangelical Christians. Containing, also, Directions for Musical Expression. With Supplement
Philadelphia: Presbyterian Publication Committee, 1847. Hardcover. Very good. Bound in full leather, covers stamped and decorated in blind, spine stamped in gilt. Rubbed at the edges and extremities. All edges gilt. Previous owners name in ink on the ffep.
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Seacoast Artillery, Basic Tacticsand Techniques
Harrisburg: Military Service Publishing Company, 1944. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 891 pp. including illustrations, tables, diagrams. Envelopewith folded map and two protractors laid in at the back.Dust jacket is chipped at the edges with a few tears.
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Portal of the Cathedral, Verona. (print)
London: Henry Bohn, 1843. Very good condition. Original tinted lithograph of the portal of this twelfth century cathedral from Henry Gally Knight's The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Italy from the Time of Constantine to the Fifteenth Century published in 1843 by Henry Bohn in London. Image size is 10 3/4 x 15 1/2 inches. Sheet size is 14 1/2 x 21 1//2 inches. Drawn by Domenico Quaglio II (German, Munich 1787 - 1837 Hohenschwangau, near Fussen) and printed by... Read More
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Twelfth Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics: Part V, Wisconsin's Resources, Industries and Opportunities
Madison: Democrat Printing Company, 1906. Hardcover. Very good condition. Second Edition. State of Wisconsin 1905-1906.
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Laws Passed at the First Session of the Legislature of the State of South Dakota; Begun and Held at Pierre, The Temporary Capital of Said State, On Tuesday, the Seventh Day of January a.D. 1890, and Concluded March 7th, A.D. 1890
Pierre: State Bindery Co. & Printers, 1890. 1st. Hardcover. Very good. Bound in original sheepskin binding with the name of the state engineer, Fred. F. B. Coffin on the front cover. Binding is worn at the extremities but in remarkable condition.
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Return of Owners of Land, England and Wales,1873, Also known as the Dooms Day Book
London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1875. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in half black leather with spine stamped in gilt and marbled paper on boards. Volume I: Bedford to Norfolk; Volume II: Northamton to Radnor. Skillfully rebacked. Light to moderate wear at forecorners, otherwise fine. A handsome set. Each volume is 14 1/2 x 10 3/4 x 2 1/2 iinches.
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Bancroft's Book Cloths Sample Book
New York: Albert D. Smith & Co, 1949. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with spine and cover stamped in black and silver, bound with two screws. Includes roughly 200 samples of book cloths in varying colors, finishes, and textures, separated by tabs. Cover lists further information; "Pyroxylin Impregnated," and five categories of material; Arrestox C, B, A, S, and Buckram. Pouch inside back cover contains short note to potential customers, fold-out price list, and small... Read More
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Heath's Gallery of British Engravings, Volumes I and II of four total
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1836. Hardcover. Very Good. Volumes I and II feature 110 engravings of the 210 included in full set. Bound in half black leather with marbled boards, spine and covers stamped in gilt. All edges gilt. Some foxing to pages at irregular intervals. Bookplate of previous owner on front free endpaper of both volumes. Endpapers split along front and back inner joints of both volumes, but all joints are fully attached... Read More
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Hudson's Bay Copy Booke Of Letters Commissions Instructions Outward
(Hudson's Bay Record Society). HUDSON'S BAY COPY BOOKE OF LETTERS COMMISSIONS INSTRUCTIONS OUTWARD 1688-1696. Edited by E. E. Rich. Assisted by A. M. Johnson. Introduction by K. G. Davies. London, Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1957. Volume twenty. Fine condition.
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Liechtenstein : The Princely Collections
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Metropolitan Museum of Art, The, 1985. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 372 pp. with 275 illustrations.
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Minneapolis City Directory for 1879-80
Minneapolis: C. W. Davison, 1879. Front pastedown endpaper has Minneapolis Club library label and a former private owner's ex libris affixed. The first nineteen pages consisti of period advertising for local commercial concerns while the last.
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Design Quarterly 41; Product Review
Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1958. Softcover. Very Good. Bound in publisher's original cream and bronze illustrated wrappers. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Tear-away subscription cards in place. Very minor rubbing to extremities. Sharp edges. 8 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches. 21 pages.
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Could This Be You? (poster).; 1945. World War II
poster. Over one million soldiers were transported by rail every month. Office of Defense Transportation pokes fun at those traveling for selfish reasons, reminding us to stay at home and save transportation resources for the war effort. Printed in blue and black. Poster measures 18.5 x 26 inches (45.75 x 66 cm). Vertical and horizontal folds, otherwise fine condition.
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Ordre Der Texten, Waar Iut Jaarlyks Op De Feestdagen, Mitsgaders In De
ORDRE DER TEXTEN, WAAR IUT JAARLYKS OP DE FEESTDAGEN, MITSGADERS IN DE ZEVEN WEEKEN VOOR PAASCHEN .. VAN DEN EENIGEN ZALIGMAAKER JESUS CHRISTUS .. IN DE NEDERDUITSCEN KERKEN .. VAN 'SGRAAVENHAAGE. The Hague, Jacobus Klis, 1781. [with] HET BOEK DER PSALMEN, NEVENS DE GEZANGEN BIJ DE HERVORMDE KERK VAN NEDERLAND IN GEBRUIK. Haarelm, Johannes Enschede en Zoonen, 1781. Octavo. 17 x 11 cm. Contemporary full calf with gilt ornamented spine and leather spine label lettered in gilt, original decorated... Read More
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The Literati Mode : Chinese Scholar Paintings, Calligraphy & Desk Objects
Toronto: Ten Speed Press, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Cloth. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. ISBN:0-89815-213-5. 321 pp. Fine condition in a fine jacket. There are numerous color and black and white illustrations of Chinese materials in this book. Photography by Lucinda Douglas-Menzies.
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