![[AMERICANA] OCEANPORT IN RETROSPECT](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/110/330/1686330110.0.l.jpg)
[AMERICANA] OCEANPORT IN RETROSPECT
by The Oceanport Historical Society
New Jersey: Burough of Oceanport, 1970. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. 8vo;; bound in yellow paperback with the titling and illustration printed in black; a street map of Oceanport is bound in as issued; a trivial fold on the rear wrapper; some light foxing to the edge of the textblock, a few very small stains on the wrappers. Near Fine binding.
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![DOMESTIC ARTS] [COOKERY] JAMESTOWN COOK BOOK. TRIED RECIPES COMPILED~BY MEMBERS OF THE LADIES' AID SOCIETY OF FREEMASON STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, NORFOLK, VA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/951/231/1682231951.0.l.jpg)
DOMESTIC ARTS] [COOKERY] JAMESTOWN COOK BOOK. TRIED RECIPES COMPILED~BY MEMBERS OF THE LADIES' AID SOCIETY OF FREEMASON STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, NORFOLK, VA
by The Ladies' Aid Society
Norfolk, VA: Burke & Gregory, Printers, 1907. 8vo.; in the publisher's gray cloth binding; 3 preliminary leaves; [3]-184 pages, with frontispiece illustration of the Freemason Street Church and with full page ads interspersed through out.~~The binding appears to have had a printed paper title label, now perished; the hinges are cracked but holding; the front endpaper has a chip; the upper board is printed with an image of the ruin of the old church at Jamestown.~~The cook book was... Read More
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THE NEW HISTORY OF HIGHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 1983
by The Highland County Historical Society
Marceline, MO: Printed by Walsworth Publishing for the Highland County Historical Society, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Stated First Edition of The New History of Highland County, Virginia. First edition limited to 750 copies. Published by the Highland County Historical Society. Photographic illustrations throughout. Full red leatherette, with gilt lettering and decoration. There is a trace of faint foxing to the bottom of the title page. A previous owner gift inscription at the top of... Read More
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![[ARCHITECTURE] EXAMPLES OF DOMESTIC COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE IN NEW ENGLAND](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/525/956/1689956525.0.l.jpg)
[ARCHITECTURE] EXAMPLES OF DOMESTIC COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE IN NEW ENGLAND
by James M. Corner | E. E. Soderholtz
Boston: Boston Architectural Club, 1891. First Edition. Very Good+ binding. Worn Portfolio; with titling stamped on the upper board; lacking the tie; with 3 leaves of text followed by 50 photographic plates; there is a one and a half inch tear to the hinge of the portfolio; some foxing and a bit of loss to the front patedown; scattered foxing to the plates but overall they are bright. Very Good+ binding.
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THE SAILOR BOYS OF ‘61. FULLY ILLUSTRATED
by James Russell Soley
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1888. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good binding. One of the lovely edition in illustrated paper-covered boards with printed paper spine. There is a previous owner name pencilled on the endpaper; otherwise a clean copy. The boards and spine are relatively bright with some wear but little loss. The bottom from corner has wear. Quite an attractive copy. Very Good binding.
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SELECTION FROM THE CORRESPONDENCE OF THE LATE MACVEY NAPIER, ESQ
by Macvey Napier (edited by his son)
London: Macmillan and Co, 1879. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Scarce. Green cloth binding with light edge wear to extremities. Slightly heavier wear at corners and head and tail of spine. no markings in text. Very Good binding.
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![[TRAVEL] GUIDE TO THE ROMANTIC SCENERY OF LOCH LOMOND, THE TROSACHS,, &c. Guide to The Romantic Scenery of Loch-Lomond, Loch-Ketturin, The Trosachs, &c. Comprising a Description of Loch-Lomond and Its Islands, the Ascent to the Summit of Ben-Lomond, Voyage to Rob Roy's Cave with .](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/564/999/1700999564.0.l.jpg)
[TRAVEL] GUIDE TO THE ROMANTIC SCENERY OF LOCH LOMOND, THE TROSACHS,, &c. Guide to The Romantic Scenery of Loch-Lomond, Loch-Ketturin, The Trosachs, &c. Comprising a Description of Loch-Lomond and Its Islands, the Ascent to the Summit of Ben-Lomond, Voyage to Rob Roy's Cave with .
by Lumsden & Son's
Glascow and London: James Lumsden and Son, 1849. Sixth edition, revised and enlarged. Original Wrappers. Good+ binding. Very scarce in the original green wrappers which are quite fragile; the front panel is detached; folding frontispiece map present but detached ; Original Wrappers. Good+ binding.
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![[INTERIOR DESIGN] [TRADE CATALOG] UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE. M. SINGER & SONS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/844/582/1693582844.0.l.jpg)
[INTERIOR DESIGN] [TRADE CATALOG] UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE. M. SINGER & SONS
by M. Singer & Sons
New York: M. Singer & Sons, 1920. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Oblong 16mo; printed paper wrappers; photographic illustrations and prices; 31 pages; beginning of separation at the spine.~~Trade catalog for M. Singer & Sons’ Upholstered Furniture. Very Good binding.
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![[AUCTION CATALOGUE] REVOLUTIONARY MANUSCRIPTS AND PORTRAITS. WASHINGTON’S CORRESPONDENCE WITH HIS AGENT, BATTAILE MUSE, WASHINGTON’S CORRESPONDENCE WITH COL. TENCH TILGHMAN; COL. TENCH TILGHMAN’S CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE “COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE OF NEW YORK, DURING THE CAMPAIGN OF 1774” ... TO BE SOLD ... TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS APRIL 5th AND 6th, 1892..](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/736/799/1681799736.0.l.jpg)
[AUCTION CATALOGUE] REVOLUTIONARY MANUSCRIPTS AND PORTRAITS. WASHINGTON’S CORRESPONDENCE WITH HIS AGENT, BATTAILE MUSE, WASHINGTON’S CORRESPONDENCE WITH COL. TENCH TILGHMAN; COL. TENCH TILGHMAN’S CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE “COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE OF NEW YORK, DURING THE CAMPAIGN OF 1774” ... TO BE SOLD ... TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS APRIL 5th AND 6th, 1892..
by Thos. Birch’s Sons
Philadelphia: Thos. Birch’s Sons, 1892. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Quarto, in marbled paper, rebound with new cloth spine lettered in gold, with the original wrappers bound in; 4, 172 pages, with plates portraits and facsmiles.~~With a portrait facsimile of General Washington, captioned “President of the Society of the Cincinnati.”. Near Fine binding.
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![[THEATER PROGRAM] [LITERATURE] THE CURE AT TROY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/083/364/1602364083.0.l.jpg)
[THEATER PROGRAM] [LITERATURE] THE CURE AT TROY
by Seamus Heaney | Sophocles
[Derry, Northern Ireland]: Field Day Theater Co, 1990. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. Quarto; copper colored stiff wrappers with a printed illustration in color; [14] unnumbered pages, with black and white illustrations, portraits and photographs;~publisher from logo at head of title; includes publishers' advertising matter at end..~~Theater program for The cure at Troy given by the Field Day Theatre Company which had its "World premiere [at] Guildhall Derry, 1st October 1990."/ Includes "Field Day's tenth birthday," by Mary... Read More
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![LITERATURE] [POETRY] [HAND-LETTERED BOOKS] SONNETS. POISON PILLS, LYRICS. (TWO VOLUMES)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/082/558/1266558082.0.l.jpg)
LITERATURE] [POETRY] [HAND-LETTERED BOOKS] SONNETS. POISON PILLS, LYRICS. (TWO VOLUMES)
by Paul Sorel
Santa Monica, California: Printed at The Light Finger Press, 1955. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Two hand-lettered books, by Paul Sorel, and published through The Light Finger Press, 1955; numbered 10 and 22 respectively. Sorel was an American Impressionist active in the Santa Monica literary and artistic scene of the late 50’s and early 60’s, and an intimate of Christopher Wood, the socialite and author. Also a close companion of Christopher Isherwood, the English novelist and... Read More
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![[RELIGION] Relecciones y opusculos, I: Introduccion general, De Dominio, Sumario, Fragmento: An liceat.. (Introduccion, edicion y traduccion)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/642/517/1656517642.0.l.jpg)
[RELIGION] Relecciones y opusculos, I: Introduccion general, De Dominio, Sumario, Fragmento: An liceat.. (Introduccion, edicion y traduccion)
by Domingo de Sota
Salamanca: Editoriale San Esteban, 1995. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s printed cardstock wrappers; [6], 7-285 page, including the Index; there are no marks of any kind in the book.~~. Near Fine binding.
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CATALOGUE OF THE WELL-KNOWN EXTRENSIVE AND VALUABLE COLLECTION OF BOOK-PLATES (EX-LIBRIS), OF THE LATE JULIAN MARSHALL, ESQ. Which will be sold by auction...on Monday, the 28th of May, 1906, and Three following days
by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge
London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 245pp. Ink markings in text. Page edges are brittle. Original wrappers bound in brown cloth library type binding. Front cover of original wrapper pasted on front board. Very Good binding.
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![[BINDINGS] [NAVAL HISTORY] THE LIFE OF NELSON [2 VOLUMES]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/101/234/1552234101.0.l.jpg)
[BINDINGS] [NAVAL HISTORY] THE LIFE OF NELSON [2 VOLUMES]
by Robert Southey
London: John Murray, 1813. First Edition, Second Issue. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Two octavo bindings; in blue diced calf with red labels and ship devices in compartments; the perimeters of the boards are rolled in gilt and in blind and turn-ins with a gilt roll; each volume with the armorial bookplate of John Waldie and a shelf label for a private library; xiii, [1-3], 4-253 pages, [3] pages advertisments; viii, [1], 2 -275, 275-280 pages advertisments this... Read More
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ONORI E GLORIE. REGNO D’ITALIA E ANTICHI STATI ITALIANI
by Antonio Spada
Milano: Instituto Per La Diffusione Del Libro, 1977. Full Leather. Good binding. Signed. One of 1050 copies signed by author Antonio Spada, of which this is #366. 243 pages, with marbled endpapers. Illustrated throughout with color photographs. Full red morocco binding.~~THIS COPY OBVIOUSLY TOOK A TUMBLE AT SOME POINT. The front joint is badly cracked, though the board is holding. Good binding.
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[LITERATURE] BABYLON REVISTED
by F. Scott Fitzgerald; Illustrated by Richard Sparks
Norwalk: Easton Press, 1991. Full Leather. Near Fine binding. Richard Sparks. Large Octavo; in full dark teal leather with elaborate decorations in green, black and gilt; edged in gilt; with silk moire endpapers; xiv, (2) 3-428 pages; with illustrations by Richard Sparks throughout; some scrapes to the gilt edge. Near Fine binding.
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[LITERATURE] TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE
by F. Scott Fitzgerald; Illustrated by Richard Sparks
Norwalk: Easton Press, 1991. Full Leather. Fine binding. Richard Sparks. Large Octavo; in full black leather with design on front board in green, gray, and gilt; titling on the spine in gilt; edged in gilt; with silk moire endpapers; xi, (1-2) 349 pages; foreword by Charles Scribner III, with illustrations by Richard Sparks throughout. Fine binding.
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[LITERATURE] THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
by F. Scott Fitzgerald; Illustrated by Richard Sparks
Norwalk: Easton Press, 1991. Full Leather. Fine binding. Richard Sparks. Large Octavo; in full red leather with design on front board in black, white, and gilt; titling on the spine in gilt; edged in gilt; with silk moire endpapers; (1-11) 255 pages; with illustrations by Richard Sparks throughout. Fine binding.
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THE AMBASSADORS
by Henry James | Illustrated by Alan Phillips | Frontispiece by Richard Sparks
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1994. Full Leather. Fine binding. Bound in full brown leather, with elaborate decorations in gilt, raised bands to the spine, silk moire endpapers, silk ribbon marker, and all edges gilt. There are no marks of any kind in the book, and the binding is for all practical purposed unopened. Fine binding.
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HISTORIA DE LOS ESTABOD-UNIDOS Desde Su Primer Periodo Hasta Nuestros Dias (2 Volume Set); Tomo 1; Tomo 2; Tomo 3
by J. A. Spencer
Barcelona: Montaner Y Simon, editores, 1868. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Sold as a 3 volume set. Full leather binding with light edgewear to extremities. Text in Spanish. ; no markings in text. Very Good binding.
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![[CIVIL WAR] [SIGNED] [CONFEDERATE NAVY] [FRANCE] DROUYN DE LHUYS ET LES NAVIES CONFEDERES EN FRANCE. L’AFFAIRE DES NAVIES D’ARMAN (1863-1865)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/068/243/1512243068.0.l.jpg)
[CIVIL WAR] [SIGNED] [CONFEDERATE NAVY] [FRANCE] DROUYN DE LHUYS ET LES NAVIES CONFEDERES EN FRANCE. L’AFFAIRE DES NAVIES D’ARMAN (1863-1865)
by Warren F. Spencer
Paris: Editions A. Pedone, 1964. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. Signed. 8vo; in the publisher’s printed cardstock wrappers; an articles extracted from La Revue d’Histoire Diplomatique (Octobre - Decembre -- No. 4, 1963) and printed the following year; 28 pages; the text is in French; this copy signed by the author on the front cover.~~The French diplomat Drouyn de Lhuys -- kept a careful eye on the fortunes (or lack) of the Confederacy, receiving reports from Alfred Paul,... Read More
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THE GENEROUS DAYS
by Stephen Spender
Boston: David R. Godine, 1969. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. The First Edition, being no. XLV of 50 lettered copies, signed by Stephen Spender. Quarter tan morocco over marbled boards, title lettered in gilt. This copy with 1 1/2" dampstain to the bottom of the spine, just affecting the edge of the marbled boards as well. Very Good binding.
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![[RELIGION] METHODISM AS HELD BY WESLEY [TRACTS FOR THE PEOPLE, No. 4; SKETCHES OF SECTARIANISM. No. 2[](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/498/633/1133633498.0.l.jpg)
[RELIGION] METHODISM AS HELD BY WESLEY [TRACTS FOR THE PEOPLE, No. 4; SKETCHES OF SECTARIANISM. No. 2[
by D. S. P. [John Alden Spooner]
Printed for the Publishers, 1841. By a Tractarian of the American Episcopal Church and a graduate of the General Theological Seminarian; in this tract Spooner propounds the view that Wesley never intended to establish a church separate from the Anglican church. Disbound pamphlet; 26 pages.
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HISTORY OF THE PAN-HANDLE : Being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock West Virginia 1879
by J. H. Newton | G.G. Nicholas and A. G. Sprankle
Apollo PA: Closson Press, 1999. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. A clean tight copy of the reprint edition which was originally published in 1879. No marks of any kind. A few full page ilustrations. Near Fine binding.
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![[ATLAS] HISTORICO-GEOGRAPHICAL ATLAS OF THE MIDDLE AGES; CONTAINING A SERIES OF SIX GENERAL MAPS; DELINEATING THE MIGRATIONS OF THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN NATIONS, TOGETHER WITH THE STATES ARISING FROM THEIR FUSION WITH THE ANCIENT ROMAN EMPIRE IN EUROPE, WESTERN ASIA, AND NORTHERN AFRICA; FROM THE CLOSE OF THE FOURTH TO THE MIDDLE OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. REPUBLISHED FROM THE GREAT HISTORICO-GEOGRAPHICAL HAND-ATLAS OF DOCTOR CHARLES SPRUNER, MAJOR OF ENGINEERS IN THE KINGDOM OF BAVARIA. WITH A CONCISE EXPLANATORY DESCRIPTION](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/901/687/1695687901.0.l.jpg)
[ATLAS] HISTORICO-GEOGRAPHICAL ATLAS OF THE MIDDLE AGES; CONTAINING A SERIES OF SIX GENERAL MAPS; DELINEATING THE MIGRATIONS OF THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN NATIONS, TOGETHER WITH THE STATES ARISING FROM THEIR FUSION WITH THE ANCIENT ROMAN EMPIRE IN EUROPE, WESTERN ASIA, AND NORTHERN AFRICA; FROM THE CLOSE OF THE FOURTH TO THE MIDDLE OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. REPUBLISHED FROM THE GREAT HISTORICO-GEOGRAPHICAL HAND-ATLAS OF DOCTOR CHARLES SPRUNER, MAJOR OF ENGINEERS IN THE KINGDOM OF BAVARIA. WITH A CONCISE EXPLANATORY DESCRIPTION
by Adolphus Louis Koeppen; Karl Spruner
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1855. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. Large quarto; in the publisher’s brown cloth binding; front board and pastedown are cracked and have been repaired; sympathetic Japanese tissue repair to the top corners of the boards;. the embossed brown cloth is lettered in gilt; 23 pp., with 6 maps.~~First Edition of Adolphus Louis Koeppen and Karl Spruner’s Historico-Geographical Atlas of the Middle Ages. Complete with six double page maps, hand colored. Good... Read More
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