THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF ISLAM (IN TWO VOLUMES)
Cambridge University Press, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volume set. 8vo. Cloth. xviii, 815; xxvi, 966 pp. Volume II with black and white illustrations. Light shelfwear. Light toning to page edges. Jackets with light sunning and wear to edges, and price-clipped. Very good in very good jackets.
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THE SNOW QUEEN: A TALE IN SEVEN STORIES
by Andersen, Hans Christian. Translated by Patricia L. Conroy and Sven H. Rossel
Poul Kristensen, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good. Helge Ernst. Limited edition, number 17 of 300 signed by illustrator Helge Ernst. Blue cloth, top edges gilt. 77 pp. Light shelfwear. Slight bumping to corners. Light soiling to head of spine. Very good plus.
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A MARITIME HISTORY OF BATH, MAINE AND THE KENNEBEC RIVER REGION
by Baker, William Avery
Marine Research Society of Bath, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volume set. 8vo. Red cloth with slipcase. xviii, 564; viii, 565-1160 pp, Black and white illustrations. Light shelfwear and rubbing to edges and corners. Hinges slightly tender. Light soiling to page edges. Slipcase with shelfwear and the beginning of some splits at the edges. Overall very good in a very good slipcase.
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MODERNE PHYSIK. SIEBEN VORTRAGE UBER MATERIE UND STRAHLUNG
by Born, Max. Edited by Fritz Sauter
Julius Springer, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 8vo. Blue cloth. vii, 272 pp. plus 4 pp. ads. Text in German. Light shelfwear. Spine slightly cocked. Bookseller ticket to front pastedown. Previous owner's signature to title page (physicist Archie I. Mahan). A one-inch by two-inch piece of the title page has been clipped out, to the right of the publisher's device (doesn't seem to affect any text). Overall very good, no jacket.
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TRAVELS OF A NATURALIST
by Boucard, A.
n.p., 1894. Hardcover. Good. First edition. 8vo. Pebbled brown cloth. viii, 204 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Boucard. Light wear to exterior. Head of spine faded and with the cloth chipped/frayed. Spine slightly cocked. Hinges tender and partially exposed. Front free endpaper with an old dealer price and notes in pencil. Boucard's address on the Isle of Wight stamped to title page, with a number stamped above the publishing date. 'Field Columbian Museum Library' embossed to same (this appears... Read More
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THE TRUE ARISTOCRACY
by Bradford, E. E.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 8vo. Red cloth. 125 pp. Light rubbing to head, heel, and corners. Spine slightly cocked. Bookseller label to front pastedown, and previous owner's signature to front free endpaper. Occasional underlining in pencil. Very good, no jacket, with faults as noted. Scarce.
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HEINRICH ISELIN OF ROSENFELD AND HIS DESCENDANTS
by Friedrich Weiss-Frey (compiled by)
Privately Printed for O'Donnell Iselin, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition, limited to 225 copies. 8vo. Bound in plain, unmarked brown cloth. 273 pp. Color frontispiece, black and white plates, folding genealogical pedigree in pocket at rear. Light bumping to corners, light shelfwear, else very good plus, no jacket.
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GLOSSARIUM MEDIAE ET INFIMAE LATINITATIS
by Charles du Cange
Arnaldo Forni Editore, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good. Facsimile of the 1883 Niort edition. 10 volume set. 8vo. Olive green cloth. Text in Latin. Light shelfwear, slight bumping to corners, else very good, no jackets.
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The History of Suffrage, 1760-1867
by Anna Clark
Routledge, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good. Six volume set. 8vo. Green cloth. Facsimiles of various texts. Light shelfwear, else very good, no jackets.
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ESSENTIALS OF ECONOMIC THEORY AS APPLIED TO MODERN PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRY AND PUBLIC POLICY
by Clark, John Bates
The Macmillan Company, 1907. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 8vo. Rebound in half burgundy morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, new endpapers. 566 pp. plus 4 pp. publisher's ads. Previous owner's name from original blank has been mostly erased. Light foxing to page edges. Some scattered pencil marginalia and underlining. A few dog-eared pages. Very good with faults as noted. Scarce.
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THE OPERA GLASS: A MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC MAGAZINE. VOLUMES 1 TO 5
by Coburn, Frank W., edited
Opera Glass Publishing, 1894. Hardcover. Very Good. A complete run of this periodical from volume I of 1894 through volume V, December, 1898. 8vo. Recently rebound in quarter black morocco over green cloth-covered boards, original covers bound in at rear. B/w illustrations. Some light toning to page edges, else very good plus in a near fine recent binding. An essential reference for opera in Boston during the years covered. Even single issues are scarce.
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The New Cambridge History of Islam 6 Volume Set
by Cook, Michael; Robinson, Chase F.; Fierro, Maribel; Morgan, David O.; Reid, Anthony; Irwin, Robert; Robinson, Francis; Hefner, Robert
Cambridge University Press, 2010. Hardcover. Very Good. Six volume set. 8vo. Green cloth. Light shelfwear. Some light soiling to tops of textblocks. Jackets with superficial wear. Very good plus in near fine jackets.
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LES CHARACTERISTIQUES DE L'ART COPTE
by de Gruneisen, W
Istituto di Edizioni Artistiche Fratelli Alinari, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Quarter vellum over paper-covered boards. 195 pp. followed by 65 b/w plates. Additional b/w figures in the text. Text in French. Light soiling to backstrip and boards, with rubbing to corners. Lower fore-corners rubbed through and bumped. Toning to endpapers and light toning to page edges. Very good, no jacket, with faults as noted.
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LA RELIURE EN FRANCE DE SES ORIGINES A NOS JOURS
by Devauchelle, Roger
Jean Rousseau-Girard, 1959. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Three volume set. 4to. Unbound leaves with wraps and slipcases. Text in French. Extensively illustrated in black and white and color. Leaves uncut. Volumes II and III with additional glassine wrappers. Wraps lightly sunned at spines. Volume I with slight bumping to corners. Glassine chipped at top edge in volume III. Slipcases splitting at edges. Books near fine.
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THE SILAPPADIKARAM, OR THE LAY OF THE ANKLET
by Dikshitar, V. R. Ramachandra
Oxford University Press (Indian Branch), 1939. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Cloth. 392 pp. Light shelfwear. Some dust soiling to top of textblock, with a couple small stains to fore-edges. Previous owner's signature to front free endpaper. Jacket with light sunning to spine and edges, some rubbing and wear to edges, and a few small closed tears. Jacket price clipped. Overall very good in a very good jacket.
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VENEZUELAN ORCHIDS ILLUSTRATED (IN SIX VOLUMES)
by Dunsterville, G. C. K., and Leslie A. Garay
Andre Deutsch, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good. Six volume set, published between 1959 and 1976. Large 8vo. Cloth. Extensively illustrated, mostly in b/w but with occasional color plates. Some light rubbing to head, heel, and corners of volumes. Jackets all with light wear to edges, as well as some rubbing and small chips to head, heel, and corners. Jackets of volumes 2 and 5 with some spotting to backstrips and edges. Some light spotting to page edges of volumes... Read More
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A REPORT UPON THE CONDITION OF AFFAIRS IN THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA
by Elliott, Henry W.
Government Printing Office, 1875. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Original brown cloth. 277 pp. Light shelfwear, with some rubbing to joints and spine ends. Previous owner's name in pencil to front pastedown. Endpapers foxed. Some light foxing to interior. Very good minus overall. Elliott traveled to Alaska to investigate the fur trade, seal fisheries, native population, and more for the Treasury Department. This report is the result of that effort.
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EPPERSON AND ALLIED FAMILIES GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL
by Epperson, Elizabeth Weaver
Privately printed by The American Historical Society for Mrs. Elizabeth Weaver Epperson, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Half blue morocco over cloth-covered boards, five raised bands, compartments decoratively tooled in gilt, double gilt rules to edges of backstrip and corners, all edges gilt, blue moire endpapers. 167 pp. With b/w and color plates. Light rubbing to head, heel, and corners, else very good plus.
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Atomistiek Zonder Atoommodel
by B. J. Van Eyk
D. B. Centen's Uitgevers Maatschappij, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Green cloth. 222 pp. Text in Dutch. Inscribed by Van Eyk to fellow scientist Arthur Loeb on the front free endpaper. Light shelfwear. Spine sun-faded, with some slight fraying at the ends. Stain to bottom edge of pastedowns, with toning to endpapers and offsetting to front endpapers from a couple laid-in pieces of paper. Very good, no jacket.
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OEUVRES COMPLETES ILLUSTREES DE ANATOLE FRANCE
by France, Anatole
Calmann-Levy Editeurs, 1925. Soft Cover. Very Good. 25 volume set. 8vo. Wraps. Text in French. Many leaves still uncut. Occasional b/w illustrations. Light wear to edges, and light sunning to spines. Some volumes have small splits to joints at head and heel of spines, and some creasing to the spines. Very good. Heavy set.
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The Dead Sea Scrolls Study Edition, Volume Two: 4Q274-11Q31
by Garcia Martinez, Florentino, and Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar
Brill, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume Two only. 8vo. Cloth. v, 628-1360 pp. Superficial shelfwear. Some dust soiling to page edges. Jacket sun-faded at spine and with light edgewear. Near fine in a very good plus jacket.
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CENNI SULLA MANIERA DI RINVENIRE I VASI FITTILI ITALO-GRECI SULLA LORO COSTRUZIONE, SULLE LORO FABRICHE PIU DISTINTE E SULLA PROGRESSIONE E DECADIMENTO DELL'ARTE VASARIA
by Gargiulo, Raffaele
Dalla Tipografia Virgilio, 1843. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition. 4to. Half calf over decorative paper-covered boards, all edges speckled red. 40 pp. followed by 16 b/w plates. Text in Italian. Rubbing to spine, edges, and corners. Bump to top edge of rear cover and bottom edge of front cover. Interior generally clean, but first plate with some light foxing. Very good plus.
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Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray
by Gray, Thomas
Printed for R. Dodsley, 1753. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first state. Folio. Full calf with marlbed endpapers, top edges gilt. Leaves printed on one side only only. Rubbing to board edges, with some stains visible to boards. Spine darkened. Leather splitting at bottom of front joint, with a small chip at tail of spine. Very good overall.
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PHYSIKALISCHE KRYSTALLOGRAPHIE UND EINLEITUNG IN DIE KRYSTALLOGRAPHISCHE KENNTNISS DER WICHTIGEREN SUBSTANZES
by Groth, P.
Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1876. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarter blue cloth over contemporary marbled paper-covered boards. xvi, 527, [3] pp. followed by three folding plates (one in color). Text in German. Boards rubbed at edges and corners, with part of the front board exposed at the fore-edge. Gift note to front free endpaper. Plate III with some wear at the edge from being improperly folded. Very good plus.
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THE ARCHITECTURE OF SIR ROGER PRATT, CHARLES II's COMMISSIONER FOR THE REBUILDING OF LONDON AFTER THE GREAT FIRE
by Gunther, R. T., edited
Oxford University Press, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 8vo. Cream cloth. 312 pp. Bookplate of Melvin Edward Jahn to front pastedown. Many leaves still uncut. Light shelfwear. Light soiling to covers. Very good plus, no jacket.
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