Elements of Conchology, Or, an Introduction to the Knowledge of Shells
by Mendes da Costa, Emanuel
London: Benjamin White, 1776. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. vi, 318 pp. Index. Later quarter calf, spine tooled in blind and gilt, marbled paper boards, vellum corner tips. Two folding charts, seven folding plates, uncolored. Plate III with erasures of contemporary notes, ownership name on title, crossed out, else this is a fine copy. Scarce and important contribution to the science of conchology. .
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Powder River Invasion: War on the Rustlers in 1892
by Mercer. A. S, Rewritten by John Mercer Boots
n.p. (Los Angeles): n.p., 1923. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. 146pp.. Blue cloth, gilt title on the upper board. Light wear and soil. stain in front endpaper gutter, 1931 clipping pasted to front pastedown recounting the 1931 death of Edward Towne, a Cheyenne newspaperman, who in 1892, accompanied as a staff correspondent a group of stockmen and Texas gunmen into Johnson county to end cattle rustling. Previous owner name and address on front free endpaper in pencil. ... Read More
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The Art of Painting in Oil, and in Fresco: Being a History of the Various Processes and Materials Employed, from Its Discovery, By Hubert and John Van Eyck, to the Present Time; Translated from the Original French Treatise of M. J. F. L. Mérimée,.. with Original Observations ... by W. B. Sarsfield Taylor ...
by Merimee, M. J. F. L. W. B. Sarsfield Taylor, transl
London: Whittaker & Co, 1839. First edition in English. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. xliv, 371 pp. Original blue-green T-grain cloth; title in gilt on spine, and the boards blocked with a design in blind; yellow coated endpapers. With two hand-colored plates, the first, the frontispiece of English Chromatic Scale (Moses Harris's colour-wheel), the second after p. 244 of the French Chromatic Scale (Merimee's). The 1839 London translation of Merimee's book, originally published in French in 1830. Cloth spotted... Read More
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Wild Scenes and Song-Birds
by Miller, Alfred J., and Charles Wilkins Webber
New York: George P. Putnam and Co, 1854. First edition. Hardcover. Very good plus. 8vo. Original publisher's maroon marbled cloth, upper cover with elaborate blocked design in gilt and blind with large central sunken lozenge blocked with a gilt vignette of the "southern mocking bird" signed "Tompson" (in reverse), derived from the plate facing p. 66. Illustrated with chromolithographed plates, drawn on stone by Max Rosenthal, printed by L.N. Rosenthal of Philadelphia after Mrs. Webber (15)... Read More
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Travels Through the Southern Departments of France Performed in the Years 1804 and 1805
by Millin, A. L.
London: Richard Phillips, 1808. First edition in English. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. 280pp. "Translated from the French". Four full page hand colored plates of native costume, one trimmed closely. Index. Bound to style in quarter calf, black leather lettering label, gilt; marbled paper boards; vellum tips. A very good copy. The final page of the index has a blank paste-on no doubt by the publisher to conceal printing on the obverse relating to another publication.
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Pictures of Grecian History in Miniature
by Mills, Alfred
London: Darton, Heryry & Darton, 1812. Hardcover. Very good. 2½ by 2-5/8 inches. Publisher's full red leather, gilt spine title. Illustrated with 48 engraved plates. Leather lightly worn at spine and corners, with some rubbing and darkening, neat repair at the hinge, else his is a very good copy. Welsh 4999; Osborne p. 169.
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The Book of Sports
by (Miniature)
Philadelphia: H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss, 1880. Hardcover. Very good. 16mo. 2-1/2 by 3 inches. 191pp. Brown cloth with gilt title on spine and vignette on upper board. 48 plates. All edges gilt. Gilt and cloth rubbed else a very good copy. Marbles, cricket, dolls, blowgun, reading, peep-shows, foot-ball, gymnastics and a long list of other sports. Welsh 1401. .
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La Defensa Maritima y Fluvial de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay
by Miranda, Francisco P.
Montevideo: La Nacion, 1895. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 55pp. Orange paper colored printed wrappers. Later hardcover binding of quarter cloth, marbled paper boards, gilt title on upper board, cloth title label, gilt, on spine. Ownership name on printed outer wrap else a fine copy. In Spanish.
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Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste, to China, Corea, and the Island of Lewchew, with an Account of Her Shipwreck
by M'Leod, John, M. D.
London: John Murray, 1820. Hardcover. Near fine. The third edition. 8vo. (6),339,(1)pp. Engraved frontispiece of Sir Murray Maxwell, the captain of the Alceste. Illustrated with six handcolored full page plates. Folding engraved map of the Eastern and Yellow Seas is present. Nicely bound to style in half brown morocco, the spine in six compartments with raised bands, tooled in blind, and with a red morocco lettering label, gilt. The map has had a short repair to... Read More
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Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Comedie-Ballet
by Moliere, J. P. B. de
Paris, 1688. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. (3 x 5'). Sixth printing of this classic. (iv), 3-108pp. Later binding of stiff boards covered in marbled paper. Full page engraved frontispiece followed by the title, list of actors and the text. A reimpression of the Elzevir first edition of 1671. A very good copy. Rare in any 17th century edition. Guibert, Bibliographie des OEuvres de Moliere, p. 315.
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The Poor Man's Physician, Or the Receits of the Famous John Moncrief of Tippermalloch
by Moncrief, John, of Tippermalloch
Edinburgh: Printed for Mt. Thomas Heriot, 1731. Hardcover. Good. The Third Edition. Small 8vo. (4),245 pp. plus 5 pp of index. Bound to style in full leather, bands on the spine and a red leather lettering label. Significant staning from age and the old leather binding; the textblock is in good condition only. The binding is fine. Moncrief's Receipts are mostly English translations of of treatment from the 16th century Thesaurus Pauperum, but even this made his... Read More
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Five Hundred Years of King Arthur (Broadside)
by Monell, Charles
Lindsborg, KS: 5 & Dime Press, Bethany College, 1986. Broadside. Fine. Finely printed broadside, 8½ by 11 inches. Printed letterpress for Dr. Monell's Special Exhibition of Arthuriana. Noteworthy for the use of the original wood block cut by W. H. Hooper for the Ashendene Press edition of Malory in 1913. On Roma Michaelangelo paper , handmade by Fabriano. There were 30 impressions: 3 proofs and 27 numbered copies in the press. This is copy No 1, Dr. Monell's... Read More
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Arthurian Exhibit: Four ephemera items from the Arthurian Exhibition of 1985: Library Bulletin, Exhibition Booklet, Invitation and Keepsake printed with the Ashendene Press woodblock
by (Monell, Charles)
var: var, 1985. Fine. In 1985, Dr., Monell hosted a traveling exhibit of books relating to the 500th anniversary of the publishing of Malory's Morte d'Arthur. Her are four items form that exhibit: 1. California State Library Foundation Bulletin, No, 12, which contains the illustrated text of Dr. Monell's speech in first edition. 2. Single page invitation to the opening of the Exhibit at the California State Library, Sacramento. 3. Finely printed broadside, 8½ by... Read More
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Poems by F. B. Money-Couts
by Money-Couts, F. B.
London and New York: John Lane/ George Richmond, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. (96)pp. Finely bound by Trevor Lloyd, M. B. E., in full brown morocco with green onlays to the boards and spine. SPine in 6 compartments, gilt; boards tooled in gilt; gilt inner dentelles; all edges gilt; decorated endpapers. Trances of rubbing else near fine. Francis Burdett Money-Coutts (1852-1923) was a London solicitor, poet, librettist, and heir to the Coutts banking fortune. This... Read More
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Géométrie Descriptive
by Monge, G.
Paris: Bachelier (Succcesseur de Mme. Ve. Courcier), 1827. Hardcover. Fine. Fifth edition. 4to. xx,188pp. followed by 28 fold-out engraved plates, Leather spine of marbled sheep, gilt spine titles, decorated paper over boards. A fine copy, with a trace of foxing to the first couple of pages, and light rubbing at edges and hinges, Gaspard Monge was a French mathematician, the inventor of descriptive geometry. This edition also contains he Theory of Shadows and Perspective extracted from his... Read More
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Naval Tracts: In Six Books. Containing, 1. A yearly account of the English and Spanish fleets during the war in queen Elizabeth's time... II. Actions of the English under King James I... III. The office of the lord high admiral of England, ... IV. Discoveries and enterprizes of the Spaniards and Portugueses;.... V. Divers projects and stratagems ...VI. Treats of fishing to be set up on the coast of England, Scotland, and Ireland,..
by Monson, Sir WIlliam
London: Printed for Henry Lintot; and John Osborn, 1745. Early Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Folio. 147-508pp. Extracted from the third edition of Churchill's Voyages, 1745. Preface and letter to his eldest son precedes the Naval Tracts. Bound to style ion quarter calf, spine in seven compartments with raised bands; red leather lettering piece, gilt. A fine copy. And an important work of naval history, containing accounts of the Drake-Norris Portugal expedition (1589); The Earl of Cumberland's privateering expeditions (1586-1598);... Read More
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Moore's Travels: A View of the Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany; A View of the Society and Manners in Italy; A Journal During a Resident in France
by Moore, John
Dublin: G. Burnet; W. Gilbert, 1799. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. 7 volumes. Full contemporary marbled calf, spines riled and tooled in gilt, with leather lettering labels, gilt. We note some nicely done early hinge repair, general light hinge and edge wear, else this is a very good set. The France, Germany and Switzerland set is in 2 volumes, and is the fourth edition; Italy is in 3 volumes and is also the fourth edition; The Journal is... Read More
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Disertacion sobre la Naturaleza y Aplicacion de las Rentas y Bienes Eclesiasticos; y sobre la autoridad a que se hallan sujetos en cuanto a su creacion, aumento, subsistencia o supresion
by Mora, Jose Maria Luis
Guadalajara: Oficina del Supremo Gobierno, 1834. Early Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. 72pp. The author is given merely as 'Un Cuidadano de Zacatecas". Bound to sty;e in quarter leather; red lettering label, gilt; paste paper boards; marbled endpapers. A fine copy. Important essay on the issue of Church property in Mexico. According to the preliminary notice, the H. Congreso de Zacatecas in 1831 offered a reward of 2,000,000 pesos and a medal of gold to the author of a... Read More
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More, Hannah: Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education
by More, Hannah
Philadelphia: ,Printed by Budd and Bartram, 1800. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. Two volumes.. xvi,(17-)216; iv, (5-) 227,(1)pp. Contemporary full sheep, gilt tooling and lettering on spines. Upper hinge of volume 1 neatly repaired, light wear to the edges of the boards, corners worn, else this is a very but mismatched set. While the volumes are bound similarly, they are slightly different in the tooling. And the imprint differs: Vol. I states "Printed by Budd and Bartram". Vol.... Read More
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Sentimientos de la Nación
by Morelos, José María
Tacámbaro de Codallos: Taller Martín Pescador, 2017. Limited edition. Broadside. Fine. Broadside, 80 x 100 cm. Engraving by Artemio Rodriguez. Finely printed by Juan Pascoe on Tamayo de Ponte paper with a Vandercook Press. One of 84 copies. A fine copy. In Spanish. The engraving by Rodriguez is particularly striking, showing a crowned eagle on a prickly pear after a suggestion by the printer to the artist. Printed in red, black and green. MP Bibliography, 655, which... Read More
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Ayesha, the Maid of Kars. By the Author of "Zohrab," "Haji Baba," &c
by Morier, James
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1834. First US edition. Very good. Hardcover. 2 volumes. Tall 8vo. Bound in original boards: drab cloth spines, paper over boards, remnants of printed lettering labels. Expected wear at edges, some soiling, else a very good set. The first American edition of the third of Morier's highly readable novels set in Persia. Rare, and more so in original boards. In a custom clamshell case. For the English edition, see Sadlier, 1796; Wolff 4927.... Read More
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Roller-Printed Paste Papers for Bookbinding
by Morris, Henry
North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1975. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Oblong 4to. 60 finely printed letterpress pages including full page paste-paper samples. One of approximately 215 numbered copies; this is copy 87. The text is set in Centaur and Codex types, and printed on Hodgkinson hand made B & B paper. Bound with a vellum spine, gilt, and paste-paper boards in a design of birds and bulls. .
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Omnibus: Instructions for Amateur Papermakers with Notes and Observations on Private Presses, Book Printing and Some People who are Involved in these Activities
by Morris, Henry
n.p.: The Bird & Bull Press, 1967. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. 121pp. Quarter morocco, gilt spine title, decorated paper boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Finely printed on Green's hand-made 'Bird & Bull' paper. Bound in are paper samples made at the press and at other places, as well as a tribute to Dard Hunter printed on his own paper made ca. 1930. Also laid in is a large sample of paper from the De Schoolmeester mill in... Read More
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Book of the Three Dragons
by Morris, Kenneth
New York: Longman's, Green & Co, 1930. First edition. 4to. Publisher's dark green cloth with three gilt dragons on upper board, Illustrated endpapers. Full page black and white illustrations by Ferdinand Hustzi Hovrath, Stated first edition.A near fine copy with only light wear and a small spot on the foredge. The dustwrapper is present. It is a little rough along the edges and folds, but gives a near fine appearance. The price of $5.00 is present on the front... Read More
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The Story of the Glittering Plain
by Morris, William
Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1891. First edition. Limp Vellum. Near fine. Small 4to. 192pp. Finely printed on Flower paper in Golden type. Stiff vellum binding, gilt spine title, leather ties. One of 200 copies from a total ediiton of 206. Boards yawning a bit, leather ties mostly perished else, vellum lightly worn and soiled, but still a near fine copy. The first book published by the Kelmscott press, and the only one to be reprinted (in 1894). ... Read More
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