Chamisso Werke.
by Chamisso, Adelbert von.
Leipzig and Vienna: Bibliographisches Insitut (Meyers Klassiker-Ausgaben), 1893. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 2 volumes. Engraved portrait.
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Le Roman de Helcanus Ed. Henri Niedzielski.
by [Chansons de geste].
Paris and Geneva: Minard/Droz, 1966. Wraps. Very good. lxxxix, 420 p. unopened.
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The birds of the Belgian Congo.
by Chapin, James Paul.
New York: The American Museum of Natural History, 1932-1954. First edition, signed.. Very Good. 4 volumes, 25 cm. Illustrated with photo half-tones, maps (some folding), diagrams, and some full-color illustrations. Bound in sturdy green buckram. Original wraps bound in. Old shelf location labels on spines, but no library markings. Inscribed by the author to Donald Carter, then ornithologist at the American Museum of Natural History, whose bookplate appears on the front pastedown. ... Read More
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Memories of fourscore years less two, 1851-1929 ...
by Chapman, Abel.
London: Gurney & Jackson, 1930. First edition. Very Good. 23 cm; xxvii, 257 [3] pages, with photogravure frontispiece portrait and 27 plates (24 of them in color). Original green ribbed cloth, about fine. No dust wrapper. Some creased corners ironed out.
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In tribute to Suzanne E. Chapman.
by Chapman, Suzanne E.; Walter Muir Whitehill.
Boston: Anthoensen Press, 1970. First edition. Very Good. 28 cm; [40] pages. Original wraps. A bit undulated. Suzanne E. Chapman prominently illustrated many books on classical antiquitiy.
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Orchids of the northeast: a field guide.
by Chapman, William K.
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1997. First edition. Very Good. 200 pages. Illustrated with color photos. Bound in illustrated boards. Small stain on half title.
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Bonaparte, governor of Egypt.
by Charles-Roux, F.
London: Methuen, 1937. First edition in English. Very Good. 22cm; x, 374 pages, and 16 plates. Appparently lacks maps, which were originally printed on endleaves. Errata slip laid in. Bound in full red plush leather. Marbled endleaves and edges. Silk signet. Some shelf wear to extremeties.
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![Formosan primitive art: masterworks from the Museum collection [Taiwan yuan shi yi shu jing xuan ji], volume 1.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/940/031/880031940.0.l.jpg)
Formosan primitive art: masterworks from the Museum collection [Taiwan yuan shi yi shu jing xuan ji], volume 1.
by Chen, Zhengxiong; Jilu Zhen; Museum of Formosan Primitive Art.
Taibei: Taiwan yuan shi yi shu guan, 1978. Fine. 28 cm; 85 pages, chiefly color illustrations. Text in English and Chinese. Bound in illustrated boards. Illustrations of art and objects of the indigenous inhabitants of Taiwan. Includes: "Introduction to the art of Formosan aborigines" by Chen Cheng-Hsiung
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Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; Late Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Dresden:
by Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of.
London: Printed for J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1774. First edition. 2 volumes quarto (30 cm); Engraved frontispiece portrait in volume I. [4], vii, [1, blank], 568; [4], 606, [1, errata], [1, blank] pages. Half titles present. In contemporary polished tan calf, expertly rebacked in period style. Bookplate of Tatton Park in both volumes (the country estate of the Egerton family until 1958, when it passed to the National Trust). Preserved in custom-made cloth-covered slipcase. A handsome copy! Reference:... Read More
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La morte di Kouli-Kan
by Chiari, Pietro.
Bologna: Nella Stamperia di San Tommaso d'Aquino, 1781. Very Good. 18 cm; 64 pages. Publisher's device on title page. Modern wraps. Light scattered foxing.
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Hebdomeros.
by Chirico, Giorgio de (1888-1978).
Paris: Editions du Carrefour, 31 December 1929 (Colophon). First edition. Very Good. 19 cm; 252 pages, [1] leaf. Bound in original wraps, plain variation (that is, without the vignette that appears on most copies). Edition limited to 2500 copies on Alfa Mousse Navarre, this copy not numbered. INSCRIBED BY DE CHIRICO on front blank "A Monsieur Rudder, hommage de..." Published in the "Collection Bifur" series. Original glue fails to completely hold the wraps... Read More
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Yvain. (Le Chevalier au Lion).
by Chretien de Troyes; Ed. T. B. W. Reid.
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1948. Very Good. 263p. Wraps. Text in old French.
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John James Audubon, The Birds of America: The Fox-Bute Set.
by Christie's, New York.
New York: Christie's, 2000. Very Good. 28 cm; 92 pages, ads; many full-page color illustrations, one folding. Original gilt-stamped blue cloth in illustrated dust jacket. Dust jacket sun-bleached along spine, else fine. Sale catalogue of the auction at Christie's, New York, on 10 March 2000. The sale consisted of a single lot: Audubon's Birds of America. One of 119 complete copies known to exist. Copy originally owned by George Lane Fox (17931848) and subsequently... Read More
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Uffizio della Beata Vergine Maria, Uffizi de' morti, dello spirito S., della Croce, sette Salmi penitenziali, ed una Raccolta di divote orazioni con gli argomenti de' salmi.
by Catholic Church.
Rome: Stamperia Pagliarini, 1755. First edition thus. New. Octavo (23 cm); 5 parts in one volume, each part with separate title page and pagination. Complicated pagination resolving into 192, 32 (of 33) leaves, lacking final leaf D8*, directions to the binder. Roman and italic types. Title page and first two section titles printed in red and black with repeated engraved vignette of the adoration; third section title printed in black with engraved vignette of death.... Read More
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The art of New York.
by Chwast, Seymour; Steven Heller; James Atlas.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1983. Very Good. 35 cm; 191 pages, including 120 full-color illustrations. Cloth in dust jacket. Dust jacket a bit tired, yet very handsome. Gift inscription on half-title. Extra shipping charges will apply at cost.
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Saggio di bibliografia veneziana.
by Cicogna, Emmanuele Antonio.
New York: Burt Franklin, 1967. Reprint . Very Good. 2 volumes, continuously numbered, 943 pages. Bound in strudy maroon buckram boards. Some light wear to covers. Reprints the edition published in Venice in 1847. Fundamental bibliography.
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Multitudes, Multitudes.
by Clampitt, Amy.
New York: Washington Street Press, 1973. First edition. Very Good. Green laid paper printed wraps, stapled. [4], 69, [1] pages. Title page in red and black. Wraps a bit discolored at edges. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Clampitt to classical scholar Martha Browne as "the first purchaser of this volume."
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Daleth, or, The homestead of the nations. Egypt illustrated.
by Clark, Edward L.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864. First Edition. Very Good. 24cm; 289 pages, including 8 chromolithograph plates by J. H. Buford, 3 color tinted lithograph plates, 3 lithograph plates in black and white and 68 wood-engraved illustrations in text. Bound in recent 1/4 black morocco over marbled boards (in style of original binding). Letters on spine faded. Top edge gilt. Tissue guards present. Very good condtion. Reference: Bennett, 24.
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The mayor of New York pays contractors for Leatherheads. Printed document, accomplished in manuscript and signed.
by Clinton, DeWitt (1769-1828).
New York: November 7, 1814. Very Good. 1 oblong leaf, 4 1/2 x 7 inches. Payment voucher to the Treasurer by order of the Common Council, signed by Clinton as Mayor of New York, releasing $474.25 to the partnership of Holden and Laurence for "City Watch." Clean cancel cuts through signature. Countersigned by Thomas Mercein, comptroller, and John L. Morton, clerk pro tem. Endorsed on verso by Asa Holden (1762-1854). In 1814, New York... Read More
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Medievalia et Humanistica: Studies in Medieval & Renaissance Culture:
by Clogan, Paul Maurice, ed.
Cleveland: Case Western Reserve University, 1972. New Series, #3; First edition. About fine.. 328 pages and six black-and-white plates. Cloth in dust jacket. With fifteen essays on various subjects touching Medieval and Renaissance studies.
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Dei Bagni di Pisa trattato...
by Cocchi, Antonio <1695-1758>.
Florence: nella stamperia Imperiale, 1750. First edition. Very Good. Quarto [12], 415, [1] pages, and [7] folding engraved maps, plans, and views. Title-page printed in red and black. Engraved title vignettes (2 medals depicting Holy Roman Emperor Francis I, and the goddess Salus feeding a serpent from a dish held in her hand); engraved head-piece; engraved initial; woodcut initials. Bound in woodblock-printed red-and-white zig-zag paper over boards, titled in manuscript on spine. Spine... Read More
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![[In Hebrew]: Sefer Ruah hadashah... [BOUND WITH] Zemirot Yisrael...](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/904/777/1120777904.0.l.jpg)
[In Hebrew]: Sefer Ruah hadashah... [BOUND WITH] Zemirot Yisrael...
by Coen, Anania ( 1757-1834).
Reggio Emilia: by the author, 5582 [i.e., 1822]. First edition. Very Good. Two titles bound together. 12mo (16cm); xii, 108 pages; [16] leaves. Text in Hebrew. Apparently bound together in 1822 in original publisher's blue printed wraps, perhaps with remaindered copies of the second title, which was published at Livorno in 1792. Wraps stained, portions of spine perished. Text clean. Preserved in custom clamshell case. Busi, #28; Cf. Salah, "La République... Read More
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[In Hebrew] Ma'aneh ha-lashon, ossia, vocabolario compendioso ebraico-italiano ... ad uso degli alunni della sua casa d'educazione.
by Coen, Anania ( 1757-1834).
Reggio Emilia: Nella tipografia della società, presso l'autore, 1811. First edition. Good. 22 cm; 16, 235 pages. Part 1 only. Text in Italian and Hebrew. Bound in publisher's original plain blue paper wraps; pages untrimmed. A fine, unsophisticated specimen. Reference: Busi, #12 Part I only of a three-part work Hebrew and Italian dictionary, including the introduction and the entries of the first half of the Hebrew alphabet (aleph through lamed). Far more than a word list, each entry... Read More
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History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada which are dependant on the Province of New-York in America...
by Colden, Cadwallader.
London: John Whiston, Lockyer Davis, and John Ward, 1747. Second edition. Reference: Howes C-560 ("the first history of the Iroquois Confederation."). Fair. Octavo (20 cm); two parts in one volume: LACKING MAP and TITLE PAGE, supplied in photocopy facsimile; LACKING FINAL TEXT PAGE: (lacks title), iii-xvi , [4], 1-t204; [1]-282 (lacks 283) pages. Bound in contemporary half leather over marbled boards, quite scuffed but sound. Pages evenly toned; pi2 (first text page)... Read More
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The Kress Library of Business and Economics Catalogue
by Cole, Arthur H., librarian.
Mansfield Centre: Martino Fine Books, [1998]. Facsimiles of the original editions of 1940 and 1957. About fine.. 2 volumes. xii, 414; x, 397 pages. In sturdy red cloth. Includes index. Extra shipping charges may apply at cost.
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