ACTA APOSTOLICAE SEDIS (Volumes 1-74 in 112 books)
1909. Hardcover. Ex-library. Volumes 1-74 for the years 1909-1982 in 112 books. Books in very good condition. Years 1909-33 are buckram and designated as Volumes 1-25. Years 1934-58 are buckram and designated as Volumes 1-25 (in a new series). Years 1959-62 in 1 buckram and six bound boards designated as volumes 51-4. Years 1963-7 are buckram and designated as Volumes 30-34. Years 1968-82 are buckram and designated as Volumes 60-74 (year 1976 [v.68] in 13 slim paperbacks missing Vol... Read More
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TRACTS RELATIVE TO THE ISLAND OF ST. HELENA: Written during a Residence of Five Years
by Major-General Alexander Beatson
London: W. Bulmer, 1816. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Bound in three-quarter leather and marbled boards, expertly restored with covers reattached preserving the original binding. Very good condition. Complete with all seven b/w plates engraved by William Daniell from the drawings of Samuel Davis. An important illustrated account of the island at the time of Napoleon's captivity.
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PIUS IX AND THE REVOLUTION: A Pastoral Letter to the Clergy and Laity of the Diocese of Sydney
by Roger Bede
Sydney: Edward F. Flanagan, 1877. Ex-Library. Paperback. 94p. Ex-library copy of a disbound softcover booklet in good condition. A few tiny library marks in pencil. First and last few pages are foxed. Binding is exposed, but intact and secure. A few pages have small pen marks in the margins. However, the majority of the pages are clean. Signed on the title page by John Stephen Vaughan (1853-1925), the English Catholic bishop of Sebastopolis, and later, of Salford. Vaughan was... Read More
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INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENCE OF SOCIOLOGY
by Robert E. Park & Ernest W. Burgess
Chicago: University of Chicago, 1923. First edition. 1st ed 4th prtg. 1040p. Green cloth. A few traces of rubbing to covers and a few light age spots on the endpapers but otherwise a clean tight hardcover book in very good condition. Unmarked save for the neat ownership signature of Otto Windt who was a top executive with the candy company E.J. Brach. Fourth printing of the first edition of the first study of sociology. All printings of the first... Read More
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THREE BOOKS FROM THE FANTOD PRESS: The Pious Infant; The Evil Garden; The Inantimate Tragedy
by Edward Gorey
New York: The Fantod Press, 1966. 1st Edition. Paperback. Fantod Press Edward Gorey set #1 published in 1966. The three booklets are in fine condition in the original publisher's envelope. The envelope is chipped along its edges but inherently whole and complete. An early Gorey item; this true first printing is scarce in fine condition.
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ALBUM OF THE SECOND BATTALION DURYEE ZOUAVES: 165th New York Volunteer Infantry
by [Union Regimental History]
The Regiment: Privately Printed, 1906. First edition. White decorated cloth. Light staining to covers; interior clean and tight. A hardcover book in good condition. SUPERB PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF A NEW YORK INFANTRY REGIMENT. This work contains little text, being primarily an album of photographs of the regiment's men, both officers and enlisted men. The photographs are all identified and most contain a brief biography of the soldier. The photos are a mix of older photos taken during the war... Read More
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CONSTITUCIONES DE LA REAL Y PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD DE MEXICO: Segunda Edicion
by [Mexican Imprints]
Mexico: Zuniga y Ontiveros, 1775. Second edition of this important Mexican imprint. Bound in full 18th century leather with spine decorated in gilt. Ex-libris with library bookplate and ownership stamp on title page else interior clean and tight. The binding shows minor surface wear and scratches to leather else firm. Marginal repair with tape to the index page. Overall an attractive copy in a nice contemporary binding.
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ECCLESIASTICAE RHETORICAE PARS PRIMA; AUGUSTINI VALERII; DIDACI STELLAE
by Ludovici Granatensis (Louis of Granada, O.P.)
Verona, 1732. Hardcover. Ex monastery library; bound in full vellum. 600+ pages. 7 1/4" 10 1/8". Book in very good condition. Raised bands. Author's name written on spine. Library marking toward bottom of spine. Library stamp on front fixed endpaper. Soiling and shelf wear present but very slight for age. Corners bumped. Else a clean and very tight book in very good condition with full margins. A collection of several works by prominent Dominican theologian and preacher, Louis of... Read More
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THE GARDEN PARTY and Other Stories
by Katherine Mansfield
London: The Verona Press, 1947. First edition. #931/1200 COPIES WITH COLOR LITHOGRAPHS BY MARIE LAURENCIN. Neat bookplate on inside front cover else clean and unmarked. A fine hardcover book in a near fine dustjacket and slipcase. The jacket is slightly darkened on its spine and the light gray paper shows a touch of soil. The publisher's box is marred by a gift inscription of a previous owner. A nice edition of Katherine Mansfield which is highly desirable for its... Read More
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DE INTERPRETATIONE DIVINAE SCRIPTURAE EPISTOLARUM
by Saint Isidore of Pelusium, Isidori Pelusiotae
Venice: Casparis Ranconelle, 1745. First edition. 538p, printed in double columns. Folio. Bound in full 18th century vellum. Slight aging to vellum, interior pages clean and fresh. A nice copy in very good condition. Text in Latin. A collection of letters on Holy Scripture, divided into fine sections. St. Isidore of Pelusium was a 5th century abbot who was held in great esteem by St. Cyril. His letters were originally written in Greek - this volume is the first... Read More
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EPITAPHIA IOCO-SERIA, LATINA, GALLICA, ITALICA, HISPANICA, LUSITANICA, BELGICA
by Pierre Francois Sweerts
Bernardum Gaultheri, 1623. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Full vellum. 351p. 3 7/8" x 6 1/4". Book in very good condition. General shelf wear and soiling in accordance with age. Title still visible on spine. Interior remarkably clean and tight. Book in very good condition. A multilingual collection of humorous and serious epitaphs. Texts in Latin and a variety of early forms of modern European languages. The subtitle cribs from the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes, reading roughly: "With much wisdom... Read More
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SYRIA FROM THE SADDLE
by Albert Payson Terhune
Boston: Silver Burdett, 1896. First edition. 1st ed 1st printing. First edition of the author's first book in fine condition. The future best-selling author wrote this account of his adventures in the deserts of Syria in the late 1890s. This copy is in green decorated cloth; the book is also found in red and yellow cloth with no priority of printing established. Neat bookplate on front inside cover else clean and unmarked. Tight binding with bright gilt. A very... Read More
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