Ancient Paris; Ile de la Cite
by ANON
Paris. Manuscript map. Pencil crayon and ink on thick Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Carefully drawn map featuring Ile de la Cite in ancient times. The street of Old Drapery, also called street of the Drapery, is featured and is a famous ancient street of Paris that was demolished as the city modernized. It extends from Rue de la Barillerie, to Rue aux Fevres -which was demolished around 1860. Lovely orange pencil shading and tidy... Read More
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Flower bouquet with a butterfly
by ANON
Watercolor and gouache on pith paper. Tipped onto a backing sheet at each corner and bordered by strips of embroidered fabric. A few splits in the corners but otherwise in good condition. 10 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches. Accomplished painting of a botanical arrangement, from China for the export market, undated but early 19th century. Beautifully painted with five different flowers and a cute butterfly.
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Ancient Paris; Ile de la Cite
by ANON
Paris. Manuscript map. Pencil crayon and ink on thick Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Carefully drawn map featuring Ile de la Cite in ancient times. Rue de la Juiverie is named after a large Jewish population that inhabited the street from the 5th to 7th centuries, and again from the 9th until the explusion of the Jews from France in 1183. The church labeled as "La Magdelaine", on the corner of Rue des Marmousets, was... Read More
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Flower bouquet with fruit and a butterfly
by ANON
Watercolor and gouache on pith paper. Tipped onto a backing sheet at each corner and bordered by strips of embroidered fabric. A few splits in the corners but otherwise in good condition. 10 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches. Accomplished painting of a botanical arrangement, from China for the export market, undated but early 19th century. Beautifully painted with many flowers and a butterfly.
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The National Park to Park Highway; Showing Santa Fe - Texas Connections
by ANON
Santa Fe: Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce. Map. 8 3/4" x 12". Included in pamphlet entitled "The City Different. Descriptive Guide to Santa Fe and Vicinity Road Maps." This detailed map of the national park to park highway was published in a Santa Fe travel pamphlet from around the 1920s. It depicts all the city stops on the highway as well as the nearby national parks on the route. In a time when the west was still relatively... Read More
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Letter From Koln, Christmas 1935
by ANON
New York: Stone Street, 1987. Limited. paperback. fine. Thin 8vo, hand sewn gray wrappers with red title label; un-paginated. New York: Stone Street Press (1987). Limited Edition. "Hitler and his men are idealists who want only the very best for Germany." One of 495 copies of this hand-made book, numbered and signed by Malachi McCormick, the publisher.
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Flower bouquet with fruit
by ANON
Watercolor and gouache on pith paper. Tipped onto a backing sheet at each corner and bordered by strips of embroidered fabric. A few splits in the right margin but otherwise in good condition. 10 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches. Accomplished painting of a botanical arrangement, from China for the export market, undated but early 19th century. Beautifully painted bouquet of flowers with many types of fruits intertwined.
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The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei. Volume One: The Gathering
by ANON
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993. hardcover. fine/fine. Translated by David Tod Roy. 610 pages. 8vo, tan cloth, d.w. Princeton University Press, (1993). Ownershiip signature, otherwise fine. . Annotated translation of an anonymous sixteenth century novel. Princeton Library of Asian Translations.
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New York...Go by Train / Pennsylvania Railroad
by ANON
Poster. Offset color lithograph. Mounted on linen. 40 1/4 x 25 1/2" Fabulous 1960s birds eye view of Manhattan from the flat iron building on 5th avenue and 23rd street, looking south. Promoting the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, (PRR). The harbor and statue of liberty glowing in the distance.
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A Narrative of the Proceedings of the British Fleet, Commanded by Admiral Sir John Jervis in the Late Action with the Spanish Fleet, on the fourteenth of February, 1797, off Ca;pe St. Vincent's
by ANON
London: Cornmarket Press, 1971. Reprint. hardcover. near fine. 8 folding plans. Short thin 4to, blue cloth, London: Cornmarklet Press, 1971. Facsimile reprint. Covers slightly scuffed and dust-soiled, still near fine.
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The House Made with Hands
by Anon. (CHAMPNEYS, Adelaide Mary)
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1927. First. hardcover. very good(+)/very good(-). 8vo, red cloth, d.w. (edge-worn). Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1927). First American Edition.
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Santos Sanadores
by (CIBA SOCIEDAD ANONIMA)
Barcelona: Ciba, 1948. hardcover. very good. Many illustrations including full page color plates. 138pp. Small 4to, gilt decorated grey cloth; lacks front free endpaper; hinge cracked. Barcelona, (1948). Very good. One the healing of diseases by saints.
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The Nun, A Poetical Romance, and Two Others
by ANONYMOUS (Pardoe, Julia)
London: Longman, Hurst, 1820. First. hardcover. 228 pages, full brown morocco, decorated in gilt, dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled end-papers. London: Longman, Hurst et al, 1820. First Edition. Pardoe's anonymous first book. Presentation copy, "With the Author's most affectionate regards"
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Contest Friars VS. Lambs For United War Work Campaign
by ANONYMOUS
New York: Carey Show Print. Poster. Page measures 85 1/2" x 40". This large scale World War I poster features patriotic red, white, and blue fonts to underscore its message. The Friars and the Lambs, two organizations operating at the time of the War (and still today), participated in fundraising contests for the United War Work Campaign or UWWR. That 1918 campaign was charged with raising $170,000,000 to help demobilize the army and maintain morale in the final... Read More
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Nouveau Manuel Epistolaire, renfermant par Ordre Alphabetique, des Modeles de Lettres sur les differens Sujets qui se presentent dans la vie..
by ANONYMOUS
Caen: Chez G. le Roy, 1787. hardcover. very good(+). 2 volumes. [4], xxv, 355;[4], 400, [4]pp. 12mo, handsomely bound in full contemporary brown speckled calf; triple fillet borders and ornate gilt-stamped spines; all edges red. Caen: Chez G. le Roy, 1787. A very good(+) copy.
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Venezia e Le Sue Lagune
by ANONYMOUS
Venice: Antonelli, 1847. hardcover. very good. Lithographs and huge folding map of Venice. 3 volumes: volume I, volume II parts I & II. Very thick tall 4to, original tan boards, spines soiled and significantly rubbed but internally fine. Venezia: Antonelli, 1847. Very good. One signature loose.
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Crab apple blossom; Mar 23, 1849
by ANONYMOUS
1849. unbound. Herbarium with manuscript notes. White card with specimen 4 5/8 x 3 5/8 inches, on scrap book sheet 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Some toning but in good condition. Delicate and charming pressed crab apple specimen on hand made sheet by an accomplished hand, mounted on scrap book paper. The herbarium is comparable to a library of preserved plants with the specimens and labels providing all the information. In fact, the label and specimen are... Read More
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Fallow Deer [Two Deer]
by ANONYMOUS
London. Tinted lithograph. Image measures 12.5" x 16.75". In this print, a young and old fallow buck lay in a grassy field, with the young buck, distinguishable by his spots, resting his head on the stomach of the older deer. Fallow deer are native to Europe, and the sight is one that would not have been uncommon in the countryside of England, where the print was likely published circa 1840. The deer's antlers and fur have been rendered... Read More
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Copies of The Original Letters And Despatches Of The Generals, Ministers, Grand Officers Of State, &c. At Paris, To The Emperor Napoleon, At Dresden; Intercepted By The Advanced Troops Of The Allies in The North Of Germany
by ANONYMOUS
London: John Murray, 1814. First. hardcover. very good. 354 pages. Slim small 8vo, bound in old 3/4 maroon calf, professionally re-backed in sympathetic style, spine evenly faded to beige, marbled boards, sides rubbed. London: Printed For John Murray, 1814. First Edition. A very nice clean copy with spine lettering reading "Depeches et Lettres".
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S. Hurok presents Antonio and the Ballets de Madrid
by ANONYMOUS
Original poster. Color lithograph. 52.75 x 40.75 inches. This dance performance poster for the S. Hurok program of Antonio and the Ballets de Madrid is yellow and black, with dancers on the right side and text on the left. Antonio Ruiz Soler (1921-1996), professionally known as Antonio, was a Spanish flamenco dancer, choreographer, and director. Antonio and the Ballets de Madrid performed extensively in London, and later toured internationally under American impresario Sol Hurok. Good condition, with original... Read More
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Livre du Centenaire du Journal des Debats 1789-1889
by ANONYMOUS
Paris: Plon, 1889. First. hardcover. very good(+). 24 plates, frontispiece portrait, tissue guard, 9 heliogravures, 6 eaux forts and 8 folding facsimilies. 630 pages, tall thick 4to, 1/2 brown morocco (rubbed), marbled boards. Paris: Plon, 1889. Very good (+).
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Paris October 29
by ANONYMOUS
New York: H. Schile, 1890. Original lithograph backed with linen. 24" x 30". Dramatic and unusual battle scene between the French and the Prussians on November 29th, 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War. Text below details "On the morning of Tuesday, November 29th, the garrison of Paris, under the command of Generals Trochu, Ducrot and Vinoy, made their first sally... For three days the French held their positions and they nearly succeeded in breaking the German lines. But along... Read More
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Terrorist Hunter; The Extraordinary Story of a Woman Who Went Undercover to Infiltrate the Radical Islamic Groups Operating in America
by ANONYMOUS
New York: Ecco, 2003. First. hardcover. fine/near fine. 335 pages. 8vo, green and black boards, d.w. New York: Ecco, (2003). First Edition. Fine in a near fine dust wrapper.
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Coach and Sedan, Pleasantly Disputing for Place and Precedence; The Brewers-Car being Moderator
by ANONYMOUS
London: Westminster Press, 1925. Limited. hardcover. near fine/good. Slim 8vo, linen-backed blue boards, d.w. (chipped and rubbed). London: Westminster Press, 1925. Reprinted from the edition of 1636. A near fine copy with un-opened pages in a very good dust wrapper. Number 358 of 625 numbered copies. The Haslewood Books. Previous owner's bookplate.
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Girotondi e Filastrocche / Round Damces and Rigmaroles
by ANONYMOUS
Florence: Giannini, 1930. hardcover. fine. Charming illustrations in color and in black and white by Bona Gigliucci. Slim oblong 4to, green cloth back pictorial boards. Florence: Giulio Giannini & Figlio, (1930). Fine.
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