The Truth About Florida.
by Fox, Charles Donald.
New York: Charles Reynard, 1925. Book. 8vo , orig illus. cloth (soiled and worn). Pp. vi, 260, uncut. Illus with tinted photos and maps. Internally very good..
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France For the Motorist. With 16 half-tone plates, a 16-page atlas in colours and 6 plans of touring areas.
by Freeston, Charles L.
New York: Scribner's, 1927. Book. Narrow 8vo, orig cloth (soiled). Pp. xv, 207, 16, illus in color and b&w. A nice, sound copy..
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The Nemesis of Faith.
by Froude, James Anthony.
London: John Chapman, 1849. Book. 8vo, original cloth. Pp. 227 + ads dated January 1849. Trifle rubbed. A wood engraved portrait of Froude is pasted in at the rear. A very nice copy. First edition of this tortured narrative of self-examination and religious doubt. Infamous in its da y, the novel was suppressed and in one instnace burned in public. A scarce title, Wolff noted that his copy was the only one ever offered to him..
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Arbor Day.
by Furnas, Robert W., editor.
Lincoln, Neb.: state Journal Company, 1888. Book. 8vo, orig. faux-leather gilt; pp. 184; frontis. Good, sound copy. First edition, with an inscription by the original owner noting the volume was a gift of J. Sterling Morton, founder of Arbor Day, and the book's dedicatee..
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Western American Alpines.
by Gabrielson, Ira N.
New York: Macmillan, 1932. Book. 8vo, cloth; pp. xviii, 271, profusely illus with b&w photos. Spine and top edge of cover faded; a very good copy..
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Conference de l'Ordonnance de Louis XIV, du mois d'Aout 1669, sur le fait des Eaux et Forets...contenant les Loix Forestieres de France. Nouvelle edition.
by Gallon, de.
Paris:: Bernard Brunet, 1752. Book. 2vols. Thick 4to, full early mottled calf, morocco labels, raised bands, gilt compartments. Important body of French conservation laws, with much on hunting and fishing. Some marginal staining to titles; a fine, fresh set..
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Letters to a Nobleman, on the Conduct of the War in the Middle Colonies. The Fourth Edition
by Galloway
London: For G. Wilkie, 1780. Book. 8vo, 19th c 3/4 morocco, marbled boards. Pp. 101, (2 pp ads.) Folding engraved map. Spine worn, binding cracked, title browned. With the engraved folding "Plan of the Operations of the British and Rebel Army, in the Campaign, 1777." Sabin 26436: "Written to demonstrate the shameful conduct of the English generals in the American war." There is much detail on Washington's movements at Valley Forge, and a chapter on "On the Disposition of the... Read More
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Traité sur les Puits Artésiens ou sur les Différantes Espèces de Terrains dans lesquels on doit rechercher des eaux souterraines
by GARNIER, F.
Paris: Bachelier, 1826. Book. 4to, early marbled boards, green morocco spine, ornamented in gilt. Pp. 264 + 12 pp. publisher's catalogue of mathematical books; uncut. 25 folding plates. Binding scuffed, worn at extremities; moderate general foxing within. A very good, sound copy. Second edition, corrected and enlarged; first published in 1822 as L'art du Fontenier Fondeur. Extensive treatise on finding and drilling artesian wells, with numerous plates of drilling apparatus..
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May-Day: or, The Musical Gipsy. A musical farce, of one act. To which is added, the Theatrical Candidates. A musical prelude.
by GARRICK, David.]
London: For T. Becket, 1775. Book. 4to, removed. Pp. [vi], 40. Wanting half-title. Final leaf dusty; very good. First edition. Two short musicals, Garrick's last original productions at the Theatre Royal, from which he retired the following year..
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Garden Pinks.
by Genders, Roy.
New York: St. Martin's, (1962). Book. 8vo, cloth; pp. 160, illus with color and b&w photos. Fine copy..
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Anno Regni Georgii II. An Act for Encouraging the Growth of Coffee in His Majesty's Plantations in America.
by George II.
Book. London: John Baskett, 1732. Folio, removed. Pp. 411-415. Fine. Promoting coffee plantations in Jamaica and other British colonies, by reduction of duties for coffee grown therein..
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[Catalogue Y.] Guitars - Banjos - Mandolins - Ukuleles. Electrical Instruments - Strings.
by Gibson.
Book. Kalamazoo, Michigan: Gibson, Inc., nd [1937.]. Oblong 8vo, cover title. Pp. 88. Illus. Small chip at lower inner cover, moderate wear and soiling; very good. Excellent catalogue, profusely illustrated with half-tones of Gibson wares - archtop and flat top guitars, tenor, plectrum and 5-string banjos, A & F model mandolins - along with photos of performers - radio and recording dance orchestras, country artists (Uncle Dave Macon & The Monroe Brothers), regional soloists, etc. 10 pages are... Read More
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G. G. Evans' Great Gift Book Store. The most extensive and the only Original Establishment of the kind in the United States. [cover title]
by (Gift Books - trade catalog.)
Philadelphia, 1860. Book. Sm. 8v, illustrated title wrappers. Pp. 47. Wrapper printed in red and black. Minor marginal wear; very good..
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The Lady's Annual Register and Housewife's Memorandum Book for 1838
by GILAMAN, Caroline
Boston: T.H. Carter Book. [1837.] 8vo, orig. printed boards; rebacked, with new endpapers. Pp. 140. Frontis; illus. Boards rubbe, foxed; a very good, sound copy. First number of this annual compendium of gardening, cookery, housekeeping and literature, illustrated with appealing Bewick-style genre cuts by the noted Boston engraver Nicholas Devereaux. The series continued until 1843. Scarce..
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An Essay Upon Prints. Containing remarks upon the principles of picturesque beauty, the different kinds of prints, and the characters of the most noted masters.
by Gilpin, William.
Book. London: for j. Robson, 1768. 12mo, modern half-calf, marbled boards, morocco label. Pp. iv, 5, 249, [12]. Moderatedly browned, sm. piece chipped from upper margin of title; a very good, nicely bound copy. First edition of a classic early treatise on the subject. Gilpin is remembered as the foremost theoritician of the picturesque movement that dominated landscape architecture and the arts. BLC; Halkett & Laing..
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Garment Drafting By Simple Rule Method. A student's manual for home and school garment cutting.
by GINGLES, Mae Milbourne
Saginaw, MI: Seeman & Peters Book. (1910). 12mo, , cloth gilt. Pp. 54, illus. With ruled blank pages at rear, 18 pp of which bear manuscript "Standard Sewing Machine Instructions," with a mounted sample of hems & tuckings, and 13 pp. on millinery. Very good. Third edition..
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The Revolutionary Plutarch: Exhibiting the most distinguished characters, literary, military, and political in the recent annals of the French Republic. The greater part from the original information of a gentleman resident at Paris.
by [GOLDSMITH, Lewis?]
London: John Murray, 1805. Book. 3 vols, 8vo. Original blue paper boards, paper spine. Pp. xvi, 396; xi, (1), 420; iv, 488; uncut. Stipple engraved frontis. port. in each volume, folding facsimile; half-title in vols. 1 & 3. Contemp. manuscript titles on spine, with ownership signature of William Frederick Vernon Graham. Paper split along front hinges of vols. 1 & 2. Moderate wear and foxing; an excellent set in original state. With the bookplates of William Frederick Vernon. ... Read More
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East Hartford: Its History and Traditions.
by Goodwin, Jospeh O.
Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1879. Book. 8vo, cloth; pp. 249. Reading copy only..
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Plantae Wrightianae Texano--Neo-Mexicanae.
by GRAY, Asa.
Book. An account of a collection of plants made by Charles Wright in an expedition from Texas to El Pas o, New Mexico in the summer and autumn of 1849. Parts I & II [all]. [Washington, D.C.:] The Smithsonian Institution, [1852-53]. Folio, modern half speckled calf antique, morocco label, spine ruled in gilt. Pp. 146, 119; 14 uncolored litho plates, after Isaac Sprague. A few leaves mildly wrinkled, el se a fine copy in a handsome modern binding. First editions,... Read More
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Aliens or Americans?
by Grose, Howard B.
Book. New York: Eaton & Mains, (1906.) 12mo, pictorial stiff wrappers. Pp. 337, numerous photo and other illus; folding map. Minor wear, a very good copy. First edition. Interesting mission-based study of European immigration, with chapters on immigration trends, national characteristics, legislation, labor and sweatshops, etc., with illustrations of Ellis Island scenes, children of various nationalities, tenement life, etc. The folding map shows immigration patterns with statistics..
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The Hermitage-Zoar Notebook and Journal of Travel.
by GUNN, Alexander
New York:: [The DeVinne Press.], 1902. Book. Royal 8vo, full brown crushed morocco, ruled in gilt; spine with raised bands, gilt compartments; inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. Pp. [iv], 261, (1). Frontis and two photogravure plates. First edition, No. 66 of a reported 500 copies, beautifully printed on hand-made paper at the DeVinne Press. Gunn, a Cleveland industrialist, began vacationing in Zoar in 1879 and, taken with the community's rural simplicity, he retired there not long after. He purchased... Read More
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Letters
by GUNN, Alexander
New York:: {DeVinne Press.], 1902. Book. Royal 8vo, full dark blue crushed morocco, ruled in gilt, raised bands, gilt compartments, inner gilt dentellesand marbled endpapers. Pp. [iv,] 221, (1); uncut. With the fine engraved bookplates of Theodore DeVinne and Cleveland book collector Arthur W. Hall. Sole edition, one of around 500 copies, printed on hand-made paper. The printer's copy, with the DeVinne bookplate. A beautiful production, a companion volume to Gunn's Hermitage-Zoar Note Book, which documented his retirement to the... Read More
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Uncle Sam and Old World Conquerors being the Seventh Division of Uncle Sam, A Satirical Prelude.
by Guthrie, William Norman.
New York: Brentano's, 1915. Book. 8vo, orig. boards, cloth spine, paper label. Pp. 175, uncut. Presentation copy, with a long inscription from the author on fly-leaf. A near fine copy..
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Please accept from a friend the following Letter of Charles B. Braddock, on the subject of your Education at School.
by HADDOCK, Charles Brickett
Keene, N.H.: Philanthropist Office, 1846. Book. Folio broadside, 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches. Text in three columns within ornamental border. Early woodcut oval ownership stamp. Very good. An interesting motivational address to New Hampshire students by the the state's first Commissioner of Common Schools. "It depends as much, upon the scholars as it does upon the teacher, whether the school shall be good or bad. And every boy and every girl should go to school every morning with the... Read More
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An Examination into the Expediency of Establishing a Board of Agriculture in the State of New-York.
by HAINES, Charles G.]
Brooklyn: E. Worthington, 1819. Book. 8vo, removed. Pp. 64. First edition, a presentation copy. Several months after this pamphlet appeared, an act was passed establishing a Board of Agriculture, the first such state agency, composed of the various amateur societies, funded toward the establishment and furtherance of agricultural fairs. AI 48907; Rink 1211; Tucher 1261..
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