Amarakocha traduit en Tibétain extrait du Tandjour
by (Manuscript on Paper:) Gamboïeff (Gomboyev), Lama Galsang, transl
St Petersburg: n.p., 1856. Hardcover. Very good. Folio. Manuscript of the Amarakocha exquisitely penned by Lama Galsang Gamboïeff from the Tibetan edition of Tandjour owned by the Department Asiatique in St, Petersburg. The manuscript is paginated according to the French Sanskrit edition of the Amarakocha published paper boards and endpapers. Upper hinge cracked but strong, hinges, edges, and corners worn, so the binding is in only good condition, but the manuscript is fine. The Amarakocha is... Read More
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Roman Catholicks Uncertain Whether there be any True Priests or Sacraments in the Church of Rome...
by Marsden, Thomas
London: Walter Kettilby, 1688. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. (8), 136pp. Bound to style in quarter leather, gilt spine title, marbled paper boards. A very good copy. One of the many English treatises on the validity of Orders in the Church, this one by a Protestant Divine. Wing M725; ESTC R726.
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Marshall's Chess "Swindles
by Marshal,. Frank J.
New York: The American Chess Bulletin, 1915. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Thin 8vo. (8),130,(6)pp. Maroon ribbed cloth gilt title on the upper board. Light wear and sunning else a near fine copy. "Comprising over one hundred and twenty-five of his best tournament and match games at chess, together with the annotation of the same by himself and other well-known chess authorities, also an analysis of the Queen's side openings with several King's gambit novelties and a... Read More
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The Camel; His Organization Habits and Uses considered with reference to his introduction into the United States
by Marsh, George P.
Boston: Gold and Lincoln, 1856. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 12mo, 224pp. Brown ribbed cloth embossed in blind with a vignette of a camel on the uppe oard and the publisher's monogram on the rear. Gile spine title. Near ontemporary ownership name in a few places, but a fine copy with only minor traces of wear. . Sabin 44735 .The author had spent time in Turkey, Egypt, Nubia, Arabia, Petraea, and Syria and was a proponent... Read More
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The History of Louisiana from the Earliest Period
by Martin, François-Xavier
New=Orleans: Printed by Lyman and Beardslee, 1827. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 2 volumes, 8vo. lxxxiii,(1),364;xv,(1)429pp. Contemporary full leather, spines with simple rules, leather lettering labels, gilt. Half-titles present in both volumes. Ownership name, E. Rawle, on the reverse of the half-titles. The classic history of Louisiana, from the discovery of America to the War of 1812, and with much on exploration and Native Americans. Bindings worn at corners and spine tips, some hinges neatly mended,... Read More
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Border Boss: Captain John R. Hughes, Texas Ranger
by Martin, Jack
San Antonio: The Naylor Company, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Good. Drawings by Frank Anthony Stanush.. 8vo. xvi, 236. Reddish cloth printed in black. Dark pink endpapers. Photographic frontispiece. Illustrated. Index. Neat ownership name and date (1944) on the front pastedown. A fine copy. The dustwrapper has a clean split on the spine, and a tape repair from within on the top and bottom edges and is sunned on the spine, else is in good condition. It... Read More
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Capital, a Critique of Political Economy:The Process of Capitalist Production; The Process of Circulation of Capital; The Process of Capitalist Production as a Whole
by Marx, Karl, and Frederick Engels
Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1909. First US editions. Hardcover. Very good. Three volumes, 8vo. Red cloth blocked in gilt on the spines. Volume I is the 1906 US firs tprinting; Volume II is the 1907 US first printing; and Volume II is the 1909 US first printing. Volume II spine gilt dulled (a comon issue with this volume), some rubbing to the spine, and inner hinges neatly repaired. Volumes I and II are in very good... Read More
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Capital: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production
by Marx, Karl
New York: The Humboldt Publishing Co, 1890. First US edition. Hardcover. Very good. First edition printed in America. Tall 8vo. xviii, 506pp. Brick red ribbed cloth blocked in blind on the boards and with a gilt spine title with black lines. Translated from the German by Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling. Edited by Frederick Engels. Cloth is rubbed at edges and hinges else this is a very good copy. The bibliography of this edition is a... Read More
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Capital, a Critique of Political Economy:The Process of Capitalist Production; The Process of Circulation of Capital; The Process of Capitalist Production as a Whole
by Marx, Karl, and Frederick Engels
Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1933. Early U. S. Editions. Hardcover. Very good. Three volumes, 8vo. Red cloth blocked in gilt on the spines. Volume I is the 1909 printing; Volume II is the 1933 printing; and Volume II is the 1909 first printing. Inner hinges of volume I neatly repaired; spine of Volume III is rubbed in places, else this is a very good set. The Kerr edition is the first US edition of Marx's... Read More
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The Gentleman's New Pocket Farrier, Comprising a General Description of the Noble and Useful Animal The Horse; ..
by Mason, Richard, M.D.
Richmond: Peter Cotton, 1825. Hardcover. Good. The third edition, enlarged and improved. 12mo. vii,(8)-228pp. Contemporary full calf. Illustrated. Lacks front free endpaper and lettering label; spine and head of spine worn; dampstain on the upper third of the first half of the text block, but a presentable copy of a scarce book.
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Massacre of Cheyenne Indians: Testimony of Mr. Jesse H. Leavenworth; Report of the Secretary of War
by (Sand Creek Massacre)
(Washington): (GPO), 1867. Hardcover. Near fine. Two volumes. The first is 8vo. Pp. 3-108. In a 19th or early 20th century binding of victorian ribbed blue cloth, gilt title on the upper board. Extracted from the "Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, at the Second Session Thirty-Eighth Congress". First page partially separated for bottom inch, else this is a fine copy in a fine binding. The second is a Senate copy of the Report of... Read More
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Magnalia Christi Americana: Or, The Ecclesiastical History of New-England ...
by Mather, Cotton
London: Thomas Parkhurst, 1702. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Folio. (30), 38 pp.; (2), 75 pp., (1); (2); 238 pp.; (2), pp. 125-222; 100 pp.; (2), 88 pp.; 118 pp. plus two leaves of publisher catalog, one at the beginning, and the other at the end of the text. Double page map of New England and New York is present. Newly bound to style in full polished calf tooled in Cambridge style, with marbled endpapers in a non-pareil... Read More
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Red Wise
by Mathers, E, Powys
Waltham Saint Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Thin 8vo. White buckram spine, gilt; red paper over boards; decorative endpapers. (8), 98, (6)pp. Finely printed on handmade paper by Robert Gibbings, who also provided the illustrations. A very good copy with only a trace of soil and age. The illustrated dustwrapper is present, rough along the top with a tiny closed marginal tear and a little toned with soil and age. With... Read More
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Eastern Love: English Versions of the Kuttanimatam of Damodargupta and Samayamatrika of Kshemendra
by Mathers, E. Powys
London: John Rodker for Subscribers, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Twelve volumes in Four. "The edition of 1,000 copies on all rag paper was printed by Messrs. Molyneux . The copper plate engravings are by Hester Sainsbury and have been printed and hand coloured by Messrs. A. Alexander and Sons, Ltd." Vols. 2-12 printed by Richard Clay and Sons, Ltd. This set unnumbered. A delightful unsigned full leather vbinding of rust colored morocco. Spine titles in gilt.... Read More
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Narrative of a Visit to Brazil, Chile, Peru, and the Sandwich Islands
by Mathison, Gilbert Farquhar
London: Charles Knight, 1825. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. xii,(2),478pp. Four colored aquatint plates and a folding map of the Sandwich Islands. Magnificent binding by J. R. Mitchell in full crimson morocco. The spine in six compartments, gilt, separated by raised bands, gilt. Gilt rolls and rules on the boards, floral gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. The textblock untrimmed. Occasional trance of age toning, some foxing on the map, else a fine, bright copy. Publisher's ads in rear dated... Read More
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Great Book of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
by Matthews, John
New York: HarperDesign, 2022. First US edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Small 4to. 406pp. Pictorial boards, deep blue endpapers. Foreward by Neil Gaiman. Illustrated by John Howe. A fine, as new copy. A collection of Arthurian stories either unknown to Malory or written in other languages. Some are the earliest tales of Arthur from Celtic tradition. .
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
by May, Robert L.
New York: Maxton Publishers, 1946. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Thin 8vo. Illustrated throughout in color by Denver Gillam. Paper over boards illustrated in color. A fine, bright copy with only a trace of wear at the edges. The elusive dustwrapper is present. It has a couple of short closed marginal tears, and two pieces of old tape, one on the lower right corner of the upper panel and the other on the front inside flap. .
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A Time When
by McCaffrey, Anne
n.p.: Nesfa Press, 1975. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo, (6), 76,(1) pp. plus the 8 page Dragondex at the end compiled and designed bny Wendy Glasser. Blue cloth, spine printed in silver. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is fine as well. Signed by Anne McCaffrey on the page facing the title. No. 401 of 800 copies. Hargreaves, p. 156-157. .
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A Bibliography of the Writings of Norman Douglas
by McDonald, Edward D.
Philadelphia: The Centaur Book Shop, 1927. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. 165,(9)pp. Cloth spine, printed paper label, decorated paper over boards. Frontispiece portrait. Cloth spine soiled especially at foot; frontispiece has offset onto the title page, light stain on front endpapers from what looks like a clipping, else this is a very good copy. One of 190 copies of the numbered large paper edition signed by the author as well as Norman Douglas. This is number... Read More
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Biographical Sketches of General Nathaniel Massie, General Duncan McArthur, Captain William Wells, and General Simon Kenton: Who Were Early Settlers in the Western Country
by McDonald, John
Cincinnati: Published for the Author, 1838. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. vi, (7)-267,(1)pp. Contemporary brown sheep nicely rebacked to style. Red and black lettering labels, gilt. Occasional light foxing, board edges worn, else a very good copy. A collection of biographies of four early settlers of the American West. The subjects of the biographies were all important figures in the early history of the region, and their stories provide a valuable insight into the challenges and... Read More
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The Flower-Garden, containing directions for the cultivation of all garden flowers; with selected lists of the most approved annual, biennial, and perennial flowering plants
by McIntosh, Charles)
London: Wm. S. Orr & Co, 1839. Hardcover. Very good. New edition. 8vo. [7, iii]-iv, 515, [1] pages. Nineteen plates, of which eleven are nicely hand-colored. Contemporary full leather tooled in blind on the sides and spine. Leather lettering label, gilt. Hinges and edges rubbed, lettering label partially perished, else a very good copy. A classic horticultural guide providing detailed instructions on cultivating various flowers. .
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Vida, Martyrio, y Beatificación del Invicto Proto-Martyr de el Japón San Felipe de Jesús, Patrón de México, Su Patria ...
by Medina, Fray Balthasar de
Madrid: Imprenta de los Herederos de la Viuda de Juan Garcia Infanzon, 1751. Hardcover. Good. Segunda Edición, 4to, (28) 176pp. Errata printed on page (17). Woodcut on p. 70 of the kind of cross on which San Felipe was crucified in Japan. Woodcut chapter heads and tails. 19th cent (?) speckled calf spine, tooled in blind and gilt, leather lettering label, gilt, marbled boards and endpapers. The title page is soiled and has been remargined with slight loss... Read More
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Les Insinuations de la Divine Piete de Ste Gertrude, Vierge, Abbesse de l'Ordre de S. Benoist
by (Mège, Joseph-Antoine)
Paris: Chez Jean Henault, 1671. Hardcover. Very good. Traduction novelle. 4to. (20, 480 pp. Recent full calf. Wood engraving to the title and at the beginning of the text, Spine in six compartments, red morocco lettering label, gilt, blind tooling, boards tooled in a blind diaper patterns marbled endpapers. Some occasional staining, some contemporary annotations, else a very good copy. Rare quarto edition of a French translation of the mystical revelations of St. Gertrude the Great (1256-1302),... Read More
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Histoires pour Rire
by Meggendorfer, L.; Adeline Reynaud
Paris: A. Capendu, 1890. Hardcover. Very good. Folio. Publisher's cloth-backed boards illustrated in color. The text block is loose but holding. Six full page movable illustrations with captions in French. The boards are soiled and worn at the edges. The movables are complete and in working order, though there is some minor creasing. Several of them have repaired closed tears above the tab ends. All in all this is a very good exemplar of a Meggendorfer... Read More
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The Encantadas Or, Enchanted Isles
by Melville, Herman
Burlingame, CA: WIlliam P. Wreden; Grabhorn, 1940. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. 4to. xxiii, (1), 119, (1)pp. Cloth spine, leather lettering label. Decorated paper boards. Illustrated by Mallette Dean. Lacking a preliminary blank, lettering label faded, else a fine copy. One of 550 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Grabhorn Bibliography, No,. 331 .
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