Ilios.
by Schliemann, Henry.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1881. First American edition. Fine. 26 cm; xvi, 800 pages frontispiece, folding map, 6 folding plans and elevations, 16 leaves of plates, and numerous illustrations in text. Alternate binding in half morocco over marbled boards, marbled edges. Never read, perhaps never opened. With a preface, appendices, and notes by Professor Rudolf Virchow, Max Mu¨ller, A.H. Sayce, J.P. Mahaffy, H. Brugsch-Bey [etc.].
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Ways of Being: Elements of Analytic Ontology.
by Schneider, Herbert W.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1962. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good . Dust jacket good only.
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Simon de Colines:
by Schreiber, Fred; Jeanne Veyrin-Forrer.
Provo: Friends of the Brigham Young University Library, 1995. First edition, limited to 750 copies. Good. 29 cm; 242 pages, generously illustrated. In original gray cloth decorated on upper board with Simon de Coline's monogram. Paper title label on spine. A few spots on upper board and on front blank, else unblemished.
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William Henry Schuetze.
by SCHUETZE, William Henry; William McAdoo (1863-1941).
[Chicago]: Printed for Private Circulation [Lakeside Press], 1903. First edition. 25 cm; 165 pages. Laid paper. Photogravure frontispiece portrait, 7 photogravure plates, 1 half-tone photographic illustration, and 3 maps. Bound in original blue cloth decorated in gilt. Minor marks on boards, else fine. One of 180 copies only. The only edition of this account of a trek across Siberia in 1882 to retrieve the bodies of De Long and his party from the... Read More
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A Catalogue of Incunabula and Manuscripts in the Army Medical Library.
by Schullian, Dorothy M; Francis E. Sommer.
New York: Henry Schuman, [n.d.]. First edition. 26 cm; xii, 361 pages, and 12 plates. Original black cloth. A fine copy, with the bookplate of Goodspeed's Book Shop Reference Library.
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Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery; Including Researches and Discoveries on the Eastern Coast of West Greenland, Made in the Summer of 1822 in the Ship Baffin of Liverpool.
by SCORESBY, William (1789-1857); W. J. Hooker.
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1823. First edition. 22 cm; xliii, 472 pages, [6] leaves of plates : illustrations (some folded), 2 folded maps, plan. Bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, tooled in blind, titled in gilt on leather label. Marbled edges. Tissue guards. Armorial bookplate of Lord Blantyre (probably Robert Walter Stuart, 1777-1830). Some wear to edges and to joints, with light to moderate foxing. References: Arctic Bib 15614; Sabin 78171. William... Read More
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Le nilometre et Sakkieh à l'ile Eléphantine.
by Sebah, Pascal.
ca. 1880. Good. Albumen-silver photograph on paper, 260 x 200 mm. Signed and titled in plate. Toned to sepia. Mounted on board excised from album. Additionally titled in ink in lower margin of mounting board.
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Ile de Phylae, Temple Hypethre.
by Sebah, Pascal.
ca. 1880. Good. Albumen-silver photograph on paper, 355 x 270 mm. Signed and titled in plate. Toned to sepia. Some spotting visible in sky portion of photograph. Mounted on board excised from album.
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Siberia in Europe:
by Seebohm, Henry.
London: John Murray, 1880. First edition. Good. 24 cm; xix, 512 pages including wood-engraved illustrations, portrait, folded map. In original polychrome pictorial cloth. Spine darkened, frayed at head and tail. A bit shaken in binding. Early owner's bookplate and autograph. Narrative of Mr. Seebohm's two Siberian expeditions in 1875 and 1877; first published under the respective titles of "Siberia in Europe." 1880, and "Siberia in Asia." 1882. This omnibus edition was edited by... Read More
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The birds of Siberia:
by Seebohm, Henry.
London: John Murray, 1901. Good. 24 cm; xix, 512 pages including wood-engraved illustrations, portrait, folded map. In original polychrome pictorial cloth. Spine darkened, frayed at head and tail. A bit shaken in binding. Early owner's bookplate and autograph. Narrative of Mr. Seebohm's two Siberian expeditions in 1875 and 1877; first published under the respective titles of "Siberia in Europe." 1880, and "Siberia in Asia." 1882. This omnibus edition was edited by Magellan biographer... Read More
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Monet.
by Seitz, William C.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1982. Fine. 31 cm; 127 pages, including 40 color plates. In stiff illustrated wraps. About fine.
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Naga dan Burung Enggang / Hornbill and Dragon:
by Sellato, Bernard.
Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur: Elf Aquitaine, 1989. 32 cm; 272 pages. Richly illustrated with photographs. Cloth in dust jacket. Fine. On the arts of Borneo. Photographs by Gilles Perret, Dicky Wp, Gerard Houlbreque. and Bernard Sellato. Text in English and Indonesian.
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Hexametri precepta medicine continentes.
by Serenus Samonicus, Quintus (4th century CE).
Leipzig: Valentin Schumann ("in officina Valentini Dammandri"), 1515. Fine. Octavo (21 cm); 32 leaves. Title and postscript set in large gothic type; text in roman. Woodcut title page within four-sided border, includes human figures with stylized plants, a putto, birds, etc. About 66 woodcut initials. In recent quarter leather over marbled boards. References: Durling 4189; BM/STC German 815; This edition not in Adams, Wellcome, Osler, etc.. Title page reproduced in... Read More
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Lives of the Hunted: Containing a True Account of the Doings of Five Quadrupeds & Three Birds.
by Seton-Thompson, Ernest.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. First edition. Very Good. 21 cm; 360 pages. 200 illustrations. Original illustrated cloth binding. Early owner's inscription on front blank. About fine, preserved in mylar sleeve.
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The history of Egypt under the Ptolemies.
by Sharpe, Samuel.
London: Edward Moxon, 1838. First edition. Very Good. 28cm; vi, 220 pages. Bound in recent 1/4 leather over cloth, with new endleaves. Pages evenly toned, with occasional dust. Reference: Ibrahim-Hilmy II, 232.
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Classic Guitar Technique, Volume 1.
by Shearer, Aaron.
New York: Franco Colombo, 1963. Second edition, revised. Very Good. Only slight blemishes on cover.
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Pilots' powerplant manual:
by Shedenhelm, L.E.; United States Department of Commerce Civil Aeronautics Administration.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1940 . Dated 1942 on cover.. Very Good. 24 cm; 392 pages and color folding plates and diagrams. Black and white half-tone photo illustrations throughout. Original gray printed wraps. Some discoloration to wraps, minor chips.
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Autograph document, signed.
by Sherman, Isaac.
Connecticut Huts, [New Windsor Cantonment],: 27 January, 1782. Very Good. In 1781, the 5th Regiment Connecticut line drew in the remains of the former 8th regiment, and re-formed with the rest of the Continental Army at New Windsor. Writing from the Connecticut Huts sector of the cantonment, Colonel Isaac Sherman, commander of the 5th Regiment, certifies the service of one Jedidiah Ensworth as surgeon's mate in the former 8th regiment on the battlefield.
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Eastward to the Land of the Morning.
by Shoemaker, M. M.
Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1893. First edition. Fair. Octavo; 241 pages. Halftone roundel illustrations. Bound in red cloth, titled in gilt on upper board, worn. Title page loose.
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Relacion verdadera de los daños ocasionados en el Reyno de Sicilia, por el terremoto sucedido en los dias 9. y 11. del mes de Enero deste presente año; traduzida de Italiano....
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by [Sicilian Earthquake of 1693].
[Pamplona]: [Colophon;] Martin Gregorio [de Zabala], [1693]. Only edition in Spanish. Very Good. Quarto: text (207 x 156 mm) in portfolio (23 cm); . [4] pp. Bound in later plain paper wraps, the lower inside cover with an unidentified 18th-century line-engraving featuring geometric figures (not associated with the text). Fore-edges of wraps wrinkled and soiled. Interior: Fore-edges a bit ragged, minor stains. Anonymous 19th-century manuscript summary of contents to upper wraps, misdating the pamphlet to 1609. Protected in... Read More
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Filling Aswan Reservoir in the Future.
by Simaika, Y. M.
Cairo: Ministry of Public Works (Schindler's Press), 1940. Very Good. Octavo. 32 pages, 2 color folding maps, and 21 full-page diagrams, some folding. Bound in original half pebbled morocco over printed boards. Scuffed along edges.
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British North Greenland Expedition: Report by Expedition Leader on Reconnaissance of Queen Louise Land, 1951.
by SIMPSON, C[ortlandt] J[ames] W[oore].
N. p.: British North Greenland Expedition, 1951. 20 x 32 cm; [3], 44 leaves mimeographed typescript 40 original silver-gelatin photographs, two color folding maps in pocket at rear, and two original prick-through tracings of marks from plane table sheets. Original customs declaration and shipping despatch note to the Danish vice-admiral A.H. Vedel, who is named in the acknowledgements preceding the text. Bound in original plain printed boards with cloth backstrip, faded at edges and stained on upper... Read More
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The Jewish encyclopedia :
a descriptive record of the history, religion, literature, and customs of the Jewish people from the earliest times to the present day.
by Singer, Isidore, ed.
New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls, 1901-1906. Original edition. Very Good. 12 volumes, quarto (28 cm). Blue cloth. Basically very good, with some shelf wear. Original hard copy of this great monument of Jewish learning, talmudic in scope and depth. Shipping charges will be applied at cost.
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Monks, Nuns, and Monasteries.
by Sitwell, Sacheverell.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965. First American. Cloth. Very Good. Dust jacket chipped and preserved in mylar. Gift inscription on half title.
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Queer things about Egypt.
by Sladen, Douglas.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1911. First American edition. Very Good. 24cm; 428 pages. 65 photo offset illustrations and folding map. Bound in recent cloth. Fore-edge a little dusty. Reference: Kalfatovic 1052b.
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