Choix de Chansons Joyeuses, Suplement a l’Anthologie. / Anthologie Francoise, ou Chansons Choisies, Depuis le 13 Siecle jusqua present (3 Volumes)
Paris and London: Hispahan, 1765. Hardcover. Very Good. Full calf, gilt-stamped lettering and detail on spine. Spines a little dry and chipped.
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Poetika -- Issue No. 4 -- Gosudarstvennyi institut istorii iskusstv
Leningrad: Academia, 1928. Paperback. Very Good+. Original wraps. Spine and edges of covers chipped; discreet ownership markings on rear panel.
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Italia [Photogravure Album of Italy, Hand-Painted Vellum Binding]
Very Good. Lovely painted vellum; contains more than 80 photogravure reproductions of photographs of Florence, Venice, Milan, Como, Italian artwork, and more. Bookplate on front free-endpaper.
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The Spectator (8 Volumes)
London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1767. Hardcover. Very Good+. Full contemporary calf, leather spine labels.
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Pictures to Remind You of the Things You Leave Here Including That Gal! Photo Album compiled by U. S. Naval Officer Florn Lamarr Lee and Dorothy Dot Carrigan, 1940s.
1940. Very Good. Embossed faux leather over boards (10 x 7), bound with brown ribbon; contains 40 thick black leaves, 27 of which have tipped-on b/w photographs (ranging in size from 2 x 3 to 5 x 7), annotated by hand. Front board detached; slight wave to photos (from adhesive); otherwise clean and legible. More than 100 images. This sweet little keepsake preserves the relationship between Florn Lee (who served as a Commanding Officer on the USS... Read More
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Fables ou Originales. Ou Imitees de Divers Auteurs.
Paris: Chez Dufart, 1831. Hardcover. Very Good. Full calf, elaborately blindstamped boards, gilt-stamped lettering and ornament on spine. Corners bumped, with boards exposed; spine tips perished; split up front joint (though board is holding just fine). Scarce.
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Photograph of Jean-Louis Dumas-Hermes
Fine. Photographic portrait of Jean-Louis Dumas-Hermes, b/w, about 7-x-9.5 inches. Credited to photographer Daniel Aron on the verso.
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Catalogue des Ouvrages Condamnes comme Contraires a la Morale Publique et aux Bonnes Moeurs, du 1er Janvier 1814 au 31 Decembre 1873
Paris: Librairie des Publications Legislatives, 1874. Paperback. Very Good. Wraps. Front cover missing; chip at top corner of title-page, with some light browning on the page beneath it. An excellent reading copy or candidate for repair, with text block overall nice and clean.
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Cartes-de-Visite. Albumens. Gelatin Silver Prints.
Very Good. Collection of 15 Cartes-de-Visite, albumens and gelatin silver prints. Images are about 4-by-5.5-inches, on printed mounts (4.25-by-6.5-inches). Five of the images are rubbed and a little soiled, but the rest remain crisp and clean.
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Washington Observations for 1876 -- Appendix III. Reports on the Total Solar Eclipses of July 29, 1878, and January 11, 1880. Issued by the United States Naval Observatory
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1880. Hardcover. Good+. Black cloth; 4to; pp. xiv, [2], 426, with illustrations and tables in text, plus 3 lithographed plates, 25 plates ("sketches"), and 30 color lithographed plates. Lithographs by J. Bien. Backstrip perished; front board detached. Ex-library, with stamp on title-p., but no other library markings. An excellent candidate of rebinding, text block is complete, bright, and clean.
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Tsekh poetov #3 [Poet's Workshop No. 3]
Petrograd, 1922. Paperback. Fair. Original wraps; pp. [80]. Front cover detached, chipped along the edges; rear cover absent. About three-quarters of the half-title page has been neatly torn away, leaving behind only the decoration -- seemingly with intent, as it looks nice against the title-page behind it. Text block tanned, but clean and unmarked. Poetry and essays by Adamovich, Vaginov, Gumilyov, Zenkevich, G. Ivanov, Lipavsky, Mandel'shtam, Nel'dikhen, Odoyevtseva, Otsup, Pyast, and others. An... Read More
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The Printer and the Artist: A Catalogue of Private Press Books & Illustrated Books from the United Kingdom, Europe & America
London: Bertram Rota, 1974. Paperback. Very Good. Wraps; 8vo; pp. 154, illustrated. Bookseller's catalogue, listing 1320 items. Spine lightly creased; covers a little wrinkled along the edges; top corner bumped.
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The Rubaiyat of Mirza-Mem'n
Chicago: Henry Olendorf Shepard, 1901. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Purple silk over bevelled boards, gilt-stamped lettering and decoration on upper board, all edges gilt. Illustrated, with decorative borders and plates with printed tissue-guards. Spine tips and corners very lightly rubbed; ink smudge in the margin of just one page.
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Books of Moses: Genesis, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
London: F. Kiernan, 5583 [1823]. Hardcover. Good+. Four volumes; 8vo; paste-boards backed in gilt-stamped sheep. Title-pages lacking from "Genesis" volume, engraved title-page present in "Leviticus" and "Deuteronomy," printed title-page in "Numbers." All volumes scuffed along spine and edges of boards; some foxing throughout. Sold as is.
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Das Deutsche Museum in Bildern, I. Historische Denk Denkwürdigkeiten
Munchen: Munchener Graphischen Gesellschaft Pick & Co., 1927. Paperback. Very Good+. Illustrated wraps; oblong 24mo; with 74 photogravure illustrations. Covers a little wrinkled along yapp edges, and chipped at the bottom corners.
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Scientific Tracts, Vol. II: No. XII, "Temperaments;" No. XIII, "Philosophy;" No. XIV, "Association of Ideas"
Boston: Carter and Hendee, n.d. (c. 1832). Paperback. Fair. Extract, 3 articles stitched together. Disbound.12mo; pp. [265]-336. N.d., pencilled notations suggest 1831 and 1832. A few leaves faintly waterstained along the edges, but otherwise a decent working copy.
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Plakat Handbuch Albacharys Führer durch das Plakat Wesen
Berlin: Jacques Albachary, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. Illsutrated paper over boards, brown cloth backstrip lettered in white; 8vo; pp. 408, with duotone illustrations. Boards and spine lettering rubbed; spine tips and corners bumped. Internally clean.
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Informe sobre el resultado de la Exposicion Retrospective Celebrada per la Academia de Bellas Artes de Barcelona en 1867 dado a la misma academia por la comision encargada de dicha Exposicion
Barcelona: Celestino Verdaguer, 1868. Hardcover. Very Good. Mottled green cloth over boards, backed in gilt-lettered green morocco; oblong folio (428x305mm); 31 pp. letterpress, and 35 ff of lithographic plates. Spine tips, corners, and joints a bit scuffed; some light bumping along edges of boards. Text pages foxed; marginal foxing to lithographs. An exhibition of Catalan arts and craftsmanship that includes sculpture, tapestries, metalwork, and ceramics -- with an emphasis on religious paintings.
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Petit Courrier des Dames, Journal des Modes. No. 19-36, Tome XXXV. 5 Octobre - 31 Decembre 1838. With 24 Plates (Numbered 1484-1507).
1838. Hardcover. Very Good+. Numerous issues bound in one volume. Half leather and marbled paper over boards; pp. 145-288, plus 24 colored plates. Boards detached; plate 1491 cut close along the bottom edge, eliminating a word or two of text. A perfect candidate for re-binding, as text and plates are remarkably clean, bright, and lovely, suitable for display. Most of these lavishly produced images show young ladies’ dresses and hats (from the front and back, in different... Read More
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Map of Long Island, Showing Long Island Railroad
New York: Rand, McNally, & Co., 1929. Ephemera. Very Good. Cloth-backed folding map, b/w, 46x20 inches opened. Trimmed a bit close along the edges; cloth a little bit frayed here and there.
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The Female Jockey Club, or a Sketch of the Manners of the Age
D. I. Eaton, 1794. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo; pp. 200. 19th century 3/4 leather and marbled paper over boards; front board detached; rubbed and some flaking to the spine; sold as is.
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Das dem Drey-Einigen Gott Andachtig Vertauend Angenehm Danckbahre Osterreich Von der Rom. Kayserl auch zu Hungarn und Boheim Konigl. Mayt. Leopold, Den 25. Wein-Monats 1682. Als Sie In der Domkirchen zu S. Stephan... eine Marmorsteinene Saulen auffrichten... Das Gelubd aufferbaulichst abgelegt. Auff den furnehmsten Platz der Statt Wienn am Graben genannt prachtigst vorgestellet
Vienna: Leopold Voigt, 1682. 20 (303 x 200 mm). Large folding plates (525 x 1850 mm, comprising 5 large plates joined together). Contemporary marbled wrappers; cloth folding case. In 1679, Vienna was visited by one of the last big plague epidemics. Fleeing the` city, Emperor Leopold I vowed to erect a marble mercy column if the epidemic would end. A temporary wooden structure was erected in the same year. Three years later, Leopold's vow was... Read More
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A Letter from Stella: An Epilogue to the Publication of C-S The Master Craftsman
The Adagio Press, 1971. Limited Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Sewn wraps, just a little rubbed along the edges. Copy 74 from an unspecified limited edition.
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Collection of 23 Vintage Postcards of British Actors
Very Good+. An excellent collection of photographic postcards of late-19th and early-20th century English actors, from the Golden Age of British Theatre. All are in excellent condition, bright and clean (some are blank, others with contemporary handwriting), in sepia and b/w, one colored. Includes Dan Leno, Arthur Roberts, George Alexander, Martin Harvey, Herbert Campbell, Chirgwin (in black face, with his famous white diamond eye), and more.
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Photo Album of Dee Electric Company's Offices, Products, and Employees
Missouri, 1981. Hardcover. Fine. Glossy red decorative paper over boards; 14.25 by 12 inches; contains approx. 50 leaves, each with numerous tipped-on full-color and b/w photographs; 6 issues of the company newsletter, "Shop Talk," laid-in, as well as a typed letter on business stationery. Fine. The Dee Electric Company was founded in Chicago in 1950 to manufacture heavy duty industrial solder pots for the electronics industry. In 1958, they introduced their first printed circuit board soldering... Read More
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