Catherine de' Medici.
by Williamson, Hugh Ross.
Tall 8vo, hardcover, cloth, gilt title on spine, dust jacket, illustrated, 288pp. Some minor aging, a little edewear to top of DJ, with a couple of tiny nicks; otherwise the book is in excellant condition. Great coverage of one of history's very important woman.
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Map of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona.
by Williams, J. David.
Large (14" x 20") colored map, margins are ample. Normal browning and aging, a little finger soiling, some very minor folds and chips at the extremities; otherwise very good. This is an attractive colored map of the Western States from The People' Pictorial Atlas published in 1873. Utah, Arizona and New Mexico are not yet states, and are presented as territories.
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Map of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
by Williams, J. David.
Large (14" x 19") colored map, margins are ample. Normal browning and aging, a couple of minor folds and chips at the extremities; otherwise very good. Attractive coloring of the Northeast States from The People' Pictorial Atlas published in 1873. While Oregon is a state, Idaho and Washington are presented as territories. Considerable detail is provided for each state.
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Map of Nebraska, Dakota., Montana and Wyoming.
by Williams, J. David.
Large (13" x 19") colored map, laid down, margins are ample. Laid down on board (cannot be removed), some browning and aging, a little finger soiling; otherwise very good. This is an attractive colored map of what would become some of the Western States from The People' Pictorial Atlas published in 1873. While Nebraska is a state, Montana, Dakota and Wyoming are presented as territories.
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Map of New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
by Williams, J. David.
Large (14" x 19") colored map, margins are ample. Some browning and aging, a couple of very minor chips at the edges, a little finger soiling; otherwise very good. This is an attractive colored map the tri state area that includes an insert of Long Island. The map is from The People' Pictorial Atlas published in 1873.
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Map of the British Isles
by [Williams, J. David , Oublisher].
Large double page map of the British Isles (27" x 19"), colored. A little aging and darkening, creased in the middle, some ceap repairs at fold, tear at fold; otherwise in good shape. This map is probably from The People's Pictorial Atlas, published in 1873. Nice detailed map of the area. will be shipped folded.
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Map of Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
by Williams, J. David.
Large (14" x 19 1/2") colored map, margins are ample. Normal browning and aging, a little finger soiling, a couple of minor folds and chips at the extremities; otherwise very good. This is an attractive colored map of what would become Western States from The People' Pictorial Atlas published in 1873. While Oregon is a state, Idaho and Washington are presented as territories.
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Map of the State of New York
by Williams, (J.H. Hammond)
Single page map of New York, uncolored, 16"x 13". Some archival tape repairs, some browning and aging, a few fold tears, some slight extra browning at one fold, but not that bad. Overall, in good condition. Map taken from the Williams's Annual register, and the map was made by J.T. Hammond.
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The History of America.
by Robertson William
3 volumes, 8vo, period leather with partial morocco lettering and numbering pieces, lettering mostly gone on thrid volume, illustrated with 4 folding copper engraved maps and a folding plate of Mexican hieroglyphics. Spines very rubbed, and covers also show some wear, hinges tender, and top cover of volume one is partially detached, corners showing, minor foxing and aging, some foxing of map of Mexico, maps with some mild offsetting, preface misbound with some leaves at the end of volume one;... Read More
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The Natural and Civil History of Vermont
by Williams, Samuel
8vo, later half calf and marbled boards, original endpapers, morocco lettering piece, copper engraved folding map, xvi, [17]-416 pp. front free endpaper creased with short tear, foxing; else very good. This work includes an attractive 12 ½ x15 folding copper engraved map by James Whitelaw done in 1793. Evans indicates this map was also sold separately. Howes reports a second edition was printed in Vermont in 1809.
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Bilder-Atlas des Pflanzenreichs: nach dem naturlichen System.
by Willkomm, Moritz.
4to, original cloth with illustration on top cover, illustrated, x, 143, xiv pp. Binding worn, joints cracked covers are seperated from book block, spine torn or cracked a bit, endpapers and title loose, bookplate on front pastedown, some aging and browning, but plates are generally bright and clean. This is s somewhat scarce German natural history title with 124 chromolithographic plates. While the plates are largely not of colorful flowers, they are bright and attractive with nice coloring.
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Wilson’s Business Directory of New York City for 1868-69.
by Wilson, H.
16mo, original black cloth with gilt lettering on front cover, illustrated, 624 pp. Small tear to top of spine, library label on front pastedown covering part of an advertisement; otherwise in excellent condition. This directory is double the size of directories published by Wilson just a decade earlier, reflecting business growth in New York City. It contains numerous full-page advertisements, many of which are on colored paper. The ads cover everything from billiard tables to soap products. The Wilson Directory... Read More
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Wilson’s Business Directory of New York City for 1850-51
by Wilson, H
16mo original embossed cloth 323 pp. Illustrated. Binding show some wear on edges, especially at top and bottom of spine. A couple of small pieces missing from top and bottom of spine. Back cover is detached, and back page ad is torn. Just a little foxing, but all in all a pretty clean tight copy. Early edition of Wilson’s New York City Directory, which ran from 1848 until 1884. This volume contains a folding map of New York City,... Read More
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Before the Flood: The Biblical Flood as a Real Event and How It Changed the Course of Civilization.
by Wilson, Ian.
8vo, hardcover, dust jacket, illustrated, 336 pp. Slight creasing on top of dust jacket, otherwise in excellent condition. Interesting work on a significant event in human history.
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An Essay Towards an Instruction for the Indians Explaining the most Essential Doctrines of Christianity…
by Wilson, Thomas
12mo, modern leatherette, 248 pp, illuminated with woodcut borders and letters. Top of title page trimmed, lacks the additional title and the add leaf preceding title (apparently not found in all copies). Some very minor foxing and aging. While this work was published in many editions throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, the first edition is scarce. According to the dedication the work was prepared for James Oglethorpe and the Georgia colonists. Written in the form of dialogues, this publication... Read More
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Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America and of English Books Printed in other Countries, 1641-1700.
by Wing, Donald.
3 Volumes, 4to, cloth, gilt lettering on spines, xvii, 562; xi, 520; xi, 521 pp. Near fine condition. Donald Wing (1904-1972) was a Yale University librarian that put together this important bibliographic work. First published in 1945, it was been reprinted in a couple of limited editions. OCLC.
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The Story of the Titanic As Told by Its Survivors,
by Winocur, Jack (Ed.).
8vo, paperback, illustrated, 320 pp. Normal aging; otherwise in excellent condition. Like A Night to Remember, this work draws on the testimony ofactual survivors to present what happened that night.
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Mrs. Winslow's Receipt Book for 1877.
by Winslow, Mrs.
Small 8vo, original yellow printed wrappers, top cover illustrated, with cord tie, 22 pp. Some staining and foxing, a couple or corner folds, partially uncut, one page tear, contents with normal aging; otherwise in surprisingly good condition. Charming little receipt book that includes a calendar for 1877. Contains a number of basic receipts, including breakfast roils, buckwheat cakes, Boston cream chicken, and tomato sauce. Also includes advertisement for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
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Early American Books & Printing.
by Winterich, John T.
8vo, paperback, 252 pp. Normal aging, and a little slight soiling to edges; otherwise very good plus. A consise from 1639 to the 19th century.
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The Three Little Pigs.
by Winter, Milo (Illustrator).
Square Folio (13" x 10"0, illustrated paper wrappers. Illustrated. 14 pp. Minor writing on front cover, corner chip missing on rear cover, only affecting the letter T, some edgewear and edge folds, normal aging; otherwise very good and generally bright and clean. Attractive illustrations by Milo Winter are featured in this version of a classic tale. Winter (1888-1956) was a talented book illustrator that also did illustrations for an edition of Alice in Wonderland. # 106001
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Sir Walter Ralegh.
by Winton, John.
8vo, hardcover, cloth, gilt title on spine, dust jacket, illustrated, 352 pp. Some slight creasing and wear to DJ, a little dust soiling to page edges, normal aging; otherwise a very nice copy. Great coverage of one of history's colorful charachters.
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A New Map of the State of Wisconsin.
by [Wisconsin].
Hand colored folding map (450x380mm), folds into original 12mo gilt lettered cloth case. Some browning along folds, a couple of holes at folds, some aging and toning, case a little faded, but in nice shape; overall the map is very good. Relatively early map of Wisconsin, which became a state less than ten years earlier. Charles Desliver was the publisher, who was an active map publisher in the middle part of the 19th century. He was actually the partner in... Read More
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Chronicles of Border Warfare, or, A History of the Settlement by the Whites of North-western Virginia: and of the Indian Wars and Massacres, in that section of the State…
by Withers, Alexander Scott
12mo, period full tree sheep, morocco spine label, edges stained yellow, 319 pp. plus one ad leaf. Spine dull with minor rubbing, some shelf wear, a bit of cracking to spine and joints, old ink number (125) to front free endpaper bleeding through to following leaves and faintly to title, one front free endpaper loose, bookplate, a little bit of foxing or staining to a few pages, and light mottled patch to pp. 17-18. However, internally is generally bright and... Read More
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Picturesque Alaska.
by Wittemann, A.
Oblong 12mo (4 1/2" x 7"), original brown cloth, gilt title on front cover, string tie, illustrated with 12 plates from photographs, [4] pages of text including title and unprinted back of title page. Gilt bear sticker label on title, indicating store where book was sold, rubber stamp library label on title and back of front and rear covers, some minor edgewear; otherwise very good plus to near fine. Unusual souvenir book of Alaska, with only a couple of... Read More
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Three Hands on the Magic Lasso! No. 168. February 1967
by [Wonder Woman].
Spine with a couple of splits, a edge tear or fold at bottom of front cover, normal browning and aging; other wise very good. About 25 years after she got her own commic book, she is still going strong.
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