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[SIGNED] [HISTORY] BROOKLYN’S RENAISSANCE COMMERCE, CULTURE, AND COMMUNITY IN THE NINTEENTH-CENTURY ATLANTIC WORLD
by Melissa Meriam Bullard
Chappel Hill: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. First Edition. Near Fine binding. Signed. Octavo; in pictorial paper covered boards; xvi, 458 pages including the Index; will full color illustrations. ~~Inscribed by the author on the title page. Near Fine binding.
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DEFENSIO FIDEI NICAENAE. EX SCRIPTIS, QUAE EXSTANT, CATHOLICORUM DOCTORUM, QUI INTRA TRIA PRIMA ECCLESIAE CHRISTIANAE SECULA FLORUERUNT. IN QUA OBITER QUOQUE CONSTANTINOPOLITANA CONFESSIO, DE SPIRITU SANCTO, ANTIQUIORUM TESTIMONIIS ADSTRUITUR
by Georgio Bulli [George Bull]
Oxford: Theatro Sheldoniana, 1688. Second Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. The Second Edition of Bull’s Defense of the Faith from the Writings of the Catholic Doctors, first published three years earlier in 1685. George Bull was the Bishop of St. David’s, and devoted himself to ecclesiastical history. Bound in vellum; the title page has an attractive copperplate vignette of the Sir Christopher Wren’s Sheldonian Theater in Oxford, which was completed a couple of decades before this printing.... Read More
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![[SPORTS] [BASKETBALL] THE ART OF BASKETBALL OFFICIATING](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/020/567/1425567020.0.l.jpg)
[SPORTS] [BASKETBALL] THE ART OF BASKETBALL OFFICIATING
by John W. Bunn
Springfield, Mass: The Pond-Ekberg Co, 1948. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s orange pictorial boards; xvi, [3], 4-148 pages, including the Index; laid in is an errata sheet, and an examination sheet offered by the “International Association of Approved Basketball Coaches” from 1959 with the top corner (which has the name of the examinee) torn off; this copy is signed with a personal inscription by John Bunn (”Coach”) to “Bud”.~~John Bunn was an... Read More
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[LITERATURE] [MILITARY] TWO PER CENT FEAR
by John Burgan
New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo.; in the publisher’s vermilion cloth binding, with dustjacket;[2],3-263 pages; with the ownership name of A. B. [Archibald Bolling] Shepperson on the front endapaper; the jacket has shelfwear and has not been price-clipped.~~“War on a small island in the Pacific was -- in one respect -- very much like was everywhere else, ‘War’, said the men who fought it, ‘is 98... Read More
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![[EXAMINATION COPY][PHILOSOPHY] TRUTH](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/187/108/1734108187.0.l.jpg)
[EXAMINATION COPY][PHILOSOPHY] TRUTH
by Alexis G. Burgess | John P. Burgess
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Octavo; in the publisher’s blue cloth; with titling on the spine in blue; 158 pages including the Index; in an unclipped jacket; light wear to the jacket; “Examination Copy” stamp on top edge of the text block. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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![[TRAVEL] [MAPS] [SOUTH] SMITH’S ATLAS. MAP OF THE SOUTHERN STATES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/503/967/1434967503.0.l.jpg)
[TRAVEL] [MAPS] [SOUTH] SMITH’S ATLAS. MAP OF THE SOUTHERN STATES
by [Roswell Chamberlain Smith] |Daniel Burgess]
;Hartford]: [Spalding and Storrs], 1839. An extracted map from Roswell Chamberlain Smith’s Atlas of 1839; The Map of the Southern States is 11 1/2” x 18 1/2” folded at the center. It is attractively hand-colored in yellow, green and pink.~~There are fiigures attached to Cities and Towns marking the population in thousands; in the era of expansion of transportation, railroads and canals are duly marked.
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[PHILOSOPHY] THOUGHTS ON THE PROSPECT OF THE REGICIDE PEACE
by Edmund Burke
London: J. Owen, 1796. First Edition. Very Good binding. 8vo.; disbound pamphlet, [4], [iv], [1], 2-131 pages; previous owner name [J. Williams] on the half title page.~~Springing from Mr. Burke’s response to the French revolution and the execution of King Louis XVI; it was, in his opinion, a radical and dangerous act. France, he argued, was inherently unstable. and therefore was a threat to the peace and security of the rest of Europe. Very Good binding.
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![[HISTORY] [ENGLISH POLITICS] THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/304/410/1603410304.0.l.jpg)
[HISTORY] [ENGLISH POLITICS] THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS
by [Edmund Burke]
London: J. Dodsley, 1770. Fourth Edition. 8vo.; disbound pamphlet with remnants of calf spine with “2” penned on the leading edge, indicating it was the second pamphlet in the volume; 118 pages [with occasional misnumbering; e.g. the recto of the final leaf is numbered 171 not 117]; a previous owner has penned “Edmd. Burke” to the title page.~~The pamphlet was first published in April of 1770, so this self-styled “Fourth Edition” is a very early iteration. In it, “Burke... Read More
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![[HISTORY] [ENGLISH] AN APPEAL FROM THE NEW TO THE OLD WHIGS, IN CONSEQUENCE OF SOME LATE DISCUSSIONS IN PARLIAMENT, RELATIVE TO THE REFLECTIONS ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/440/002/1592002440.0.l.jpg)
[HISTORY] [ENGLISH] AN APPEAL FROM THE NEW TO THE OLD WHIGS, IN CONSEQUENCE OF SOME LATE DISCUSSIONS IN PARLIAMENT, RELATIVE TO THE REFLECTIONS ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
by [Edmund Burke]
London: Printed for J. Stocdall, 1791. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; pamphlet bound in much later plaint tan wrappers; 95 pages.~~By the great Whig, who, as a result from this pamphlet, was called an apostate from Whiggism.~~. Very Good binding.
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![[VIRGINIA] THE MINERAL SPRINGS OF VIRGINIA : WITH REMARKS ON THEIR USE, THE DISEASES TO WHICH THEY ARE APPLICABLE, AND IN WHICH THEY ARE CONTRA-INDICATED, ACCOMPANIED BY A MAP OF ROUTES AND DISTANCES. A NEW WORK](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/117/330/1686330117.0.l.jpg)
[VIRGINIA] THE MINERAL SPRINGS OF VIRGINIA : WITH REMARKS ON THEIR USE, THE DISEASES TO WHICH THEY ARE APPLICABLE, AND IN WHICH THEY ARE CONTRA-INDICATED, ACCOMPANIED BY A MAP OF ROUTES AND DISTANCES. A NEW WORK
by William Burke
Richmond, VA: Morris & Brother, 1851. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo; in the publisher’s brown cloth binding; blind stamped on the boards, with lettering in gilt on the spine; 348 pages; with 18 pages of advertisements in the rear; complete with a folding map bound in opposite the title page; minor loss to the extremities of the spine; a small culiccino (circular water spot) on the upper board; some chipping to the edges of a... Read More
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![[ARCHITECTURE] REPORT OF D. H. BURNHAM ON THE IMPROVEMENT AND ADORNMENT OF SAN FRANCISCO](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/487/020/1688020487.0.l.jpg)
[ARCHITECTURE] REPORT OF D. H. BURNHAM ON THE IMPROVEMENT AND ADORNMENT OF SAN FRANCISCO
by Daniel H. Burnham
Berkley: Urban Books, 1971. Facsimile Reprint. Very Good+ binding. 4to; in the publisher’s burgundy cloth binding; with titling on the upper board in gilt; (7) 8,35-211 pages not including the Index; complete with black and white photographic illustrations, maps, plans, and diagrams; there is a previous owner’s signature on the front end paper; there is a trivial stain on the upper board; the pagination has been cross referenced with a digital scan in OCLC and is complete. Very... Read More
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![[PHILOSOPHY] THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT C.350-C.1450](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/683/584/1693584683.0.l.jpg)
[PHILOSOPHY] THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT C.350-C.1450
by J. H. Burns
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Large 8vo; in the publisher’s black cloth binding; with a red label with titling in gilt on the spine; viii, 808 pages including the Index; in a bright dust jacket; a bit of wear to the edges of the jacket; the spine of the jacket is sunned. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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![[SALESMAN’S SAMPLE BOOK] THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS [WITH PROSPECTUS]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/570/004/1560004570.0.l.jpg)
[SALESMAN’S SAMPLE BOOK] THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS [WITH PROSPECTUS]
by Robert Burns
Philadelphia: Gebbie & Co., Publisher’s, 1886. Large 8vo.; in flexible tan cloth boards with decorative border in a thistle patterns and a vignette in gilt; the pagings are of course various; with an engraved portrait of Burns as frontispiece and sample sheets of text and poems as well as a number of sample engraved illustrations; with sample spines to two available styles of binding -- one in half calf over marbled boards, folded in at the upper board, and... Read More
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LINE AND SURFACE: A Practical Treatise of Laying Out and Maintaining the Alignment and Surface of Railroad Tract
by Moses Burpee
Chicago, Il: The Railway Review, 1906. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Bound in green cloth with white lettering; the boards have loss of color on the the bottom of the spine and back . The previous owner wrote and stamped his name on the front free end paper - no doubt that he was the owner! Otherwise no marks. Very Good binding.
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![[AMERICANA] [NEWSPAPERS] THE HARTFORD DAILY TIMES, 1851](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/094/667/1630667094.0.l.jpg)
[AMERICANA] [NEWSPAPERS] THE HARTFORD DAILY TIMES, 1851
by Alfred E. Burr
Richmond, VA: Virginia Illustrating Company, 1917. This collection of seven issues of The Hartford Daily Times, runs from January 13 to May 7, 1851. Each issue is 21 ½” x 16”, folded into quarters. 4 pages, 2 unbound leaves. This daily for the Hartford, Connecticut area cost $5 per year. The 1st, 3rd, and 4th pages contain ads for everything from groceries to insurance to miracle medical cures. Page 2 contains poetry and news stories at local, regional, national,... Read More
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[LITERATURE] [SIGNED] LOCUSTS AND WILD HONEY
by John Burroughs
Boston | Cambridge: Houghton, Osgood and Company | The Riverside Press, 1879. First Edition. Very Good binding. Signed. Octavo; in mustard colored cloth, with titling in and decoration in gilt and in black; ii, [1], 253 pages, followed by a blank leaf; with dark green coated endpapers (the upper endpaper has a small amount of loss to the bottom corner); the title page in black and in red, and with the author’s name in black on the upper... Read More
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[LITERATURE] TARZAN AND THE FOREIGN LEGION
by Edgar Rice Burroughs; Illustrated by John Coleman Burroughs
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc, 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. John Coleman Burroughs. Octavo; in the publisher's blue cloth binding; with titling on the upperboard and spine in red; (10),11-314 pages; complete with 5 black and white illustrations including the frontispiece; in a bright jacket. ~~The twenty-second installment in the Tarzan series. While serving in the Royal Air Force during World War II Tarzan is shot down over the Island of Sumatra... Read More
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[HISTORY] MONASTIC AND RELIGIOUS ORDERS IN BRITAIN
by Janet Burton
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Octavo; in the publisher’s black cloth; with titling on the spine in gold; xi, 354 pages including the Index; in an unclipped jacket; minimal wear to the jacket. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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![[LITERATURE] A GAME OF THRONES; A CLASH OF KINGS; A STORM OF SWORDS; A FEAST FOR CROWS; A DANCE WITH DRAGONS FOLIO SOCIETY COLLECTOR’S EDITION COMPLETE SET (10 VOLUMES)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/429/608/1721608429.0.l.jpg)
[LITERATURE] A GAME OF THRONES; A CLASH OF KINGS; A STORM OF SWORDS; A FEAST FOR CROWS; A DANCE WITH DRAGONS FOLIO SOCIETY COLLECTOR’S EDITION COMPLETE SET (10 VOLUMES)
by George R. R. Martin; Illustrated by John Burton
London: Folio Society, 2022. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. John Burton. Complete 10 volume set of small quartos; in decorative cloth bindings; one cloth bound folding map of “The Known World” housed in 5 slipcases; with full color illustrations by John Burton throughout; some edge wear to the slip cases but overall in really nice condition. ~~From the notice from the publisher laid in “We Worked closely with George R. R. Martin and his team to create the... Read More
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[AMERICANA] A HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY WEST VIRGNIIA
by Millard Kessler Bushong
Charles Town, West Virginia: Jefferson Publishing Company, 1941. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. Small quarto; in the publisher’s red pebbled cloth, with somewhat faded (but still legible) titling in gilt to the upper board and the spine; xviii, [ixx], 438 pages including the Index; this copy with a penned presentation inscription by Mr. Bushong on the front endpaper: “Presented to my good friends, Corrine and Archie, with the author’s compliments, Millard K. Bushong”. There is... Read More
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[RELIGION] VISIONS OF RELIGION
by Stephen S. Bush
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Good dust jacket. Large octavo; in the publisher’s black cloth; with titling on the spine in gold; xi, 259 pages including the Index; in an unclipped jacket; moderate wear to the jacket including some stains; pencil annotations throughout in both margins and blank leaves. Very Good+ binding / Good dust jacket.
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IOANNIS DE BVSSIERES BELLIIOCENSIS E SOCIETATE IESV. HISTORIAE FRANCICA. PARS SECVNDA. AB HVGONE CAPETIO, AD CAROLVM VII. (VOLUME TWO ONLY)
by Jean de Bussieres
Lvgdvni [Lyon]: Sumpt. Gvill Barbier , Ioan. Girin, & Franc. Comba, 1661. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good+ binding. First Edition of Volume II only of Jean de Bussieres’ History of France. Covering the period from the King of the Franks, Hugh Capet to King Charles VII. De Bussieres was a French Jesuit of the seventeenth century. Title page device. Engraved frontispiece. Engraved headpieces, tailpieces, and initials. Text in Latin. Collates complete; [6], 526, [14] pp. Remnants of... Read More
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IOANNIS DE BVSSIERES BELLIIOCENSIS E SOCIETATE IESV. HISTORIAE FRANCICAE. PARS QUARTA. A CAROLO NONO AD LUDOUICUM DECIMUMQUARTUM. (VOLUME FOUR ONLY)
by Jean de Bussieres
Lvgdvni [Lyon]: Sumpt. Gvill Barbier , Ioan. Girin, & Franc. Comba, 1661. First Edition. Full Leather. Good binding. First Edition of Volume IV only of Jean de Bussieres’ History of France. Covering the period from King Charles IX to King Louis XIV. De Bussieres was a French Jesuit of the seventeenth century. Title page device. Engraved frontispiece. Engraved headpieces, tailpieces, and initials. Text in Latin. Collates complete; [6], 603, [13] Red staining to the top edge of the... Read More
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IOANNIS DE BVSSIERES BELLIIOCENSIS E SOCIETATE IESV. HISTORIAE FRANCICA. PARS TERTIA. A LVDOVICO XI. AD CAROLVM IX. (VOLUME THREE ONLY)
by Jean de Bussieres
Lvgdvni [Lyon]: Sumpt. Gvill Barbier , Ioan. Girin, & Franc. Comba, 1661. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. First Edition of Volume III only of Jean de Bussieres’ History of France. Covering the period from King Louis XI to King Charles IX. De Bussieres was a French Jesuit of the seventeenth century. Text in Latin. Title page device. Engraved frontispiece. Engraved headpieces, tailpieces, and initials. Remnants of a number label on the spine. Collates complete; [2], 558,... Read More
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[TRAVEL] ECHOES FROM OLD CALCUTTA. BEING CHIEFLY REIMINISCENCES OF THE DAYS OF WARREN HASTINGS, FRANCIS, AND IMPEY
by H. E. Busteed
London: W. Thacker & Co, 19081908l. Fourth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Decorated boards with titling in gilt and decoratoins in burgundy and brown; corners are lightly bumped; xvi, [xvii], [1], 2-432 pages including the Index; followed by [4] page of Reviews of Previous editions; there is a previous owner gift inscription on the half-title page; the coated endpapers are black; front hinge os lightly cracked but holding well.~~Overall, an attractive copy.~~. Very Good binding.
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