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[LITERATURE] [FRENCH] MAXIMES ET REFLECTIONS SUR LA COMEDIE
by Jacques Benigne Bossuet
Paris: Jean Anisson, 1694. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. 16mo.; in full mottled calf, with raised band, gilt decorations and a morocco label to the spine; [8], 152 pages; there is a previous owner bookplate on the front endpaper and a scribble in old gall ink on the front endpaper.~~The First Edition, in French, of M. Bossuet’s treatise on Comedie. Very Good binding.
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[HISTORY] KNIGHTS IN HISTORY AND LEGEND
by Constance Brittain Bouchard
Norwalk: Easton Press, 2009. Full Leather. Near Fine binding. Quarto; in full gray leather with titling and design on front board in gilt; edged in gilt; with silk moire endpapers; 304 pages; very few scrapes to the gilt edge. Near Fine binding.
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TRAVEL] [CITY PLAN] [FINDING RIBBON] [TRAVEL] SOUVENIR OF THE BON MARCHE: FOUNDED BY ARISTIDE BOUCICAUT
by Aristide Boucicaut
Paris: [Au Bon Marche], 1910. Hard Cover. Good binding. 8vo.; in publisher’s flexible boards; 36 pages, with large folding plan (52 cm x 68 cm) of Paris des Magasins du Bon Marche, at the rear; with an insert image “Vue Generale des Magasins du Bon Marche”, the plan printed in pinks and green; with an attached finding ribbon or tape indicator; the front endpaper is detached, and the flexible boards have a couple of tears.~~Le Bon Marche was... Read More
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ESSAI GENERAL DE FORTIFICATION, ET D’ATTAQUE ET DEFENSE DES PLACES, DANS LEQUEL CES DEUX SCIENCES SONT EXPLIQUEES ET MISES L’UNE PAR L’AUTRE A LA PORTEE DE TOUT LE MONDE. TOME PREMIER, TROISIEME ET QUATRIEME. DES TENTATIVES A FAIRE POUR PERFECTIONNER L’ART DE FORTIFIER LES PLACES, ET QUELQUES IDEES SUR LE RELIEF ET LE COMMANDEMENT DES FORTIFICATIONS; POUR SERVIR DE COMPLEMENT ET DE SUITE A L’ESSAI GENERAL DE FORTIFICATION ET D’ATTAQUE ET DEFENSE DES PLACES. (THREE VOLUMES, VOL. I, III, & IV ONLY, OF FIVE)
by M. [Henri Jean-Baptiste] de Bousmard
Paris: Chez Magimel, Libraire pour l’Art Militaire, 1814. Early Edition. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Volumes 1, 3 and 4 only of a five volume set. First published in 1797, this being a corrected early edition. A French manual on bastioned fortifications, both addressing the defense and attack thereof. Described by sir Henry Yule’s Fortification for Officers of the Army as “probably the best existing view of the whole subject [of military fortifications], as its clear and lively... Read More
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[LITERATURE] LET IT COME DOWN
by Paul Bowles
London: John Lehmann Ltd, 1952. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo; in in publisher’s blue linen weave cloth; 318 pages; the First UK Edition in a dustjacket which is bright with just a trace of fade to the spine; there is minor shelfwear to the top of the spine; the dustjacket has not been price-clipped; there is a neatly penned previous owner name to the top of the endpaper. Very Good binding /... Read More
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[LITERATURE] DRUMS
by Boyd, James
New York: Charles Scrbner's Sons, 1925. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/near Very Good dust jacket. 8vo; in the publisher’s green cloth binding; with titling on the upper board and spine in gilt; in scarce unclipped dust jacket; 490 pages; the dust jacket has some loss at head of spine and partially affecting the "D" and the "R" of Drums and small chip at top of front panel; dustjacket spine indicates 10th printing but no additional printing information on... Read More
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BRAZZAVILLE BEACH (SIGNED LIMITED EDITION)
by William Boyd
London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1992. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Signed. This is #95 of 150 copies of a the Limited First Edition, Signed by William Boyd and specially bound. Fine, in the publisher’s glassine wrapper which has only modest wear. Fine binding.
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THE GREAT THEATER OF HONOUR AND NOBILITY | LE GRAND THEATRE DE L’HONNEUR & DE LA NOBLESSE
by Abel Boyer
London: Henry Woodfall, 1729. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Containing: I. The Science of Heraldry with a Complete Dictionary of all the Terms proper thereto. II. An Historical and Chronological Abridgment of the Settlements and Revolutions of the Monarchies and Sovereignties of Europe ... III. The Present State of the Empire of Germany ...IV. The Achievments and Blazon of the Emperors, Kings, Princes and Sovereign States of Christendom. “Both in French and English. Illustrated and Adorned with about... Read More
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A GLAD DAY
by Kay Boyle
Norfolk Connecticut: New Directions, 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Poor dust jacket. Very slight toning to the endpapers, else no marks. Some loss to the extremities of the dustjacket’s spine, and spots of soiling to spine, front, and rear covers. Dustjacket fully separated along the rear joint. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Some water staining along the spine of the binding, and gilt lettering along the spine now darkened.~~Limited to 500 copies. Very Good binding /... Read More
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[CIVIL WAR] CONFEDERATE PORTRAITS
by Gamaliell Bradford
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1914. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding, with dustjacket; xvii pages, 1 List Illustrations, [3] 4-291 pages, including the Index; there is a trace of foxing to the leading edge of the textblock, and a previous owner name on the front endpaper.~~A most attractive copy with the uncommon, albeit price-clipped, dustjacket~~Harwell in In Tall Cotton states that this is... Read More
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THE WORLD OF PHINEAS T. BARNUM
by Brady, Matthew
Time-Life Books, 1977. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Portfolio in silk-covered clamshell box;, With eight photographs in folders printed from the original glass negatives of the Matthew B. Brady Gallery in the Meserve Collection; This is #1086 of a limited printing of 5000 and signed by Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt, trustee of the Frederick Hill Meserve Collection on the limitation label. All tie ribbons, the pamphlet, and the photographs with their tissue guards are present. The pamphlet has some... Read More
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THE WORLD OF PHINEAS T. BARNUM
by Brady, Matthew
Time-Life Books, 1977. Hard Cover. Fine binding. A beautiful copy of a very handsome production.~Portfolio in silk-covered clamshell box;, still housed in the original shipping box. With eight photographs in folders printed from the original glass negatives of the Matthew B. Brady Gallery in the Meserve Collection; This is #27 of a limited printing of 5000 and signed by Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt, trustee of the Frederick Hill Meserve Collection on the limitation label. Fine binding.
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[TRAVEL] THE HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTIONS IN THE EMPIRE OF MOROCCO, UPON THE DEATH OF THE LATE EMPEROR MULEY ISHMAEL; BEING A MOST EXACT JOURNAL OF WHAT HAPPEN’D IN THOSE PARTS OF THE LAST AND PART OF THE PRESENT YEAR. WITH OBSERVATIONS NATURAL, MORAL AND POLITICAL, RELATING TO THE COUNTRY AND PEOPLE
by Captain [John] Braithwaite
London: J. Darby and T. Browne in Bartholomew Close, 1729. Large 8vo.; in speckled sheep with raised bands and quite darkened decorations in gilt; viii, [16], 381, [1] page; with folding map.~~Capt. Braithwaite is described as having “accompany’d John Russel Esq; his Majesty’s Consul-General into those Parts, and was an Eye-witness to the most remarkable Occurrences therein mentioned.” The map of the country was “engraven by Mr. Senex”.~~This copy with some worming; the first 8 or so leaves have... Read More
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[HISTORY] KINGS, BARONS, AND JUSTICES: THE MAKING AND ENFORCEMENT OF LEGISLATION IN THIRTEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND (CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL LIFE AND THOUGHT; FOURTH SERIES
by Paul Brand
Cambridge University Press, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo; in the publisher’s black cloth binding; with titling on the spine in gilt; in an unclipped dust jacket; xix, 508 pages; a tiny spot of surface loss to the corner of the jacket; a nearly perfect copy now protected with a mylar cover. Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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[SPECIAL PRESS] THE MISFORTUNES OF ELPHIN
by Thomas Love Peacock; Illustrated by Horace Walter Bray
Montgomeryshire: The Gregynog Press, 1928. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Horace Walter Bray. Large 8vo; in the publisher’s buckram patterned cloth; with titling on the spine in gilt; 119 pages; with woodcut engravings by Horace Walter Bray throughout; some wear to the boards but overall a very nice copy.~~Printed by Robert Aswin Maynard at The Gregynog Press, Completed on the ninth of October 1928. This book is limited to Two-hundred and Fifty copies of which this... Read More
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[BINDINGS] [MUSIC] THE WORLD OF MUSIC. THE GREAT COMPOSERS; THE GREAT VIRTUOSI; THE GREAT SINGERS (3 VOLUMES]
by Anna Dunphy Comtesse de Bremont
New York: Brentano’s, 1902. First Edition. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Three 8vo. volumes; the bindings in matching half-teal morocco over marbles boards with marbled endpapers; with raised bands, decorative flower and lettering in gilt; the top edges are gilt; Composers [x], [1], 2-253 pages; Virtuosi, [iv], [1]. 2-257 pages; Singers, [vi], [1], 2-227, [228]; there are no marks of any kinds in the books; the front joints are tender, but all are holding at this time. Very... Read More
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A HOLIDAY BY THE SEA
by Brenan, Gerald
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. First English edition of this novel by this English expatriate and friend of the Bloomsbury group (and sometime lover of Dora Carrington). The dustjacket has no chips or tears. It is not price-clipped. There is a bit of rubbing to the rear panel. Near Fine binding / Very Good+ dust jacket.
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[SIGNED] [SCIENCE FICTION] EARTH
by David Brin
New York: Bantam Spectra, 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Signed. Large 8vo.; in black leatherette with titling in gilt to the spine; signed by David Brin on the first blank leaf; all edges gilt.~~A limited edition, and obviously not the trade edition. This novel was nominated for both the Hugo and Locus Science Fiction Awards. Near Fine binding.
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[SIGNED] [LITERATURE] MADAME BOVARY
by Gustave Flaubert | J. Lewis May (Translator) | Jacques De Lacretelle (Introduction) ; Illustrated by Pierre Brissaud
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1950. Near Fine binding. Pierre Brissaud. Quarto; in gold silk decorative cloth; with a leather label on the spine; 348 pages; with full color illustrations by Peirre Brissaud engraved in wood by Theo Schmied; a tiny spot on the half title page; there is a prvious owner’s book plate and a small ink spot on the front endpaper housed in the publisher’s slipcase; some spots of soiling to the slipcase; the spine... Read More
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[LITERATURE] MANSFIELD PARK
by Jane Austen; Illustrated by C.E. Brock
London: Robert Riviere & Son, 1900. Very Good binding. C.E. Brock. 12mo; in three quarter blue calf over marbled paper covered boards; xiii, 396 pages; with a full color frontispiece by C.E. Brock; the marbling on the boards is worn, particularly the upper board; some wear to the leather; a bit of toning to the pastedowns and end papers; spine is sunned.~ ~~. Very Good binding.
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BOMBS AND BOMBINGS: A HANDBOOK TO DETECTION, DISPOSAL AND INVESTIGATION FOR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS
by Thomas Graham Brodie
Charles C. Thomas Pub Ltd, 1995. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. A clean and bright copy of this Second Edition printing, with no marks of any kind. There is a slight curl to the textblock. Near Fine binding.
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[SPECIAL PRESS] HAIKU [TO WELCOME THE NEW DECADE]
by Juliet [Bromer] | Anne and David Bromer
The Rara Avis Press, 1980. Fine binding. “To welcome the new decade this edition of 150 was designed and printed for Anne and David Bromer at The Rara Avis Press in Madison, Wisconsin. This is copy 75. The symbols by Marta Anderson and Palatino and ornaments from the Pickering Press are printed on leaves of Roma, bound by hand in flowering Richard de Bas”. Calendar for 1980 with tassel and bead. Fine binding.
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[CHILDREN] [EDUCATION] UNION PRIMER
by Joseph H. Dulles et al. | [Philip H. Brooke]
Philadelphia, PA, 1875. 6 ½” x 4 ½” pale blue wrappers, “Union Primer” for the American Sunday School Union in Philadelphia, PA. The cover is worn, with loss on the reverse at the bottom of the spine; With a foreward to the Sunday School teachers by Joseph H. Dulles. and numerous short stories with illustrations to aid in literacy and basic Christian teachings. 32pp. Good.~~Inscribed on the cover and a few pages with in. Inside and back covers name... Read More
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![[ENGLAND] THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS [5 VOLUMES]. 1715-1754 [2 VOLUMES]: INTRODUCTORY SURVEY, APPENDICES, CONTITUENCIES, MEMBER A-D, MEMBERS E-Y; 1754-1790 [3 VOLUMES] : INTRODUCTORY SURVEY, CONSTITUENCIES, APPENDICES; MEMBERS A-J; MEMBERS K-Y. COMPLETE IN FIVE VOLUMES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/654/926/1574926654.0.l.jpg)
[ENGLAND] THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS [5 VOLUMES]. 1715-1754 [2 VOLUMES]: INTRODUCTORY SURVEY, APPENDICES, CONTITUENCIES, MEMBER A-D, MEMBERS E-Y; 1754-1790 [3 VOLUMES] : INTRODUCTORY SURVEY, CONSTITUENCIES, APPENDICES; MEMBERS A-J; MEMBERS K-Y. COMPLETE IN FIVE VOLUMES
by Romney Sedgwick | Sir Lewis Namier & John Brooke
New York: Oxford University Press, 1970. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Five quarto volumes in The History of Parliament series; there is a previous owner name either stamped or penned in each volume; otherwise a clean set.~~Uncommon to have all 5 volumes of The History of the House of Commons together. Near Fine binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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[HISTORY] THE COMING OF THE FRIARS
by Rosalind B. Brooke
New York: Barnes & Noble, 1975. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Octavo; in the publisher’s blue cloth; with titling on the spine in silver; 224 pages including the Index; in an unclipped jacket; light wear to the jacket. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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