The Book of Common Prayer
Cambridge, Stereoyped and Printed by J. Smith, Printed at the University. Cambridge Stereotype Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in contemporary red straight grained morocco, gilt spine. a.e.g. Fine. Cambridge Stereotype Edition. 1 vols. 8vo.
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![Les Amours de Léandre et de Héro; Poëme de Muée le Grammairien; traduit de grec en françcois, avec le texte. [With:] Héro et Leandre, poeme en quatre chants, suivi de poesies diverses par P. Denne Baron, Troisième édition. Paris, 1806](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/129/710/581710129.0.l.jpg)
Les Amours de Léandre et de Héro; Poëme de Muée le Grammairien; traduit de grec en françcois, avec le texte. [With:] Héro et Leandre, poeme en quatre chants, suivi de poesies diverses par P. Denne Baron, Troisième édition. Paris, 1806
Paris: Chez Nyon Lejeune, Place des Quatre Nations, 1784. Frontispiece by Delaunay after Cochin (bound after the Advertissement) and extra-illustrated with 8 plates (2 in 2 states, one on China paper) and one original pencil sketch. ix, [1], 45; xx, 168 pp. (the first title with parallel text in Greek and French). 1 vols. 12mo. Later 19th-century full crimson morocco, a.e.g., by Café, with small oval leather ex libris of James Hartmann and engraved bookplate of Emmanuel Martin. Joints... Read More
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Le Phénakisticope
Paris: Chez Alph. Giroux et Cie, 1835. 11 (of 12?) hand colored discs [lacking number 6], paper board disk with eye slits, and wooden framed mirror. Without the wooden handle with brass fitting. Original patterned paper box with lithographed onlay on upper cover. Box worn and soiled. 11 (of 12?) hand colored discs [lacking number 6], paper board disk with eye slits, and wooden framed mirror. Without the wooden handle with brass fitting. Among the earliest animation devices,... Read More
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Album of the Demolition of the Forges de la Providence Steel Company, Dampremy, Belgium
Marchiennes, Belique, nd. 28 photographic prints depicting the various stages of the demolition of the Providence Steel Company factory; all mounted to board, with caption slips pasted in bottom margin. 4to. Quarter pebbled brown morocco, Spine titled "Etat des usines de la Providence a marchiennes Belgique avant et apres les evenement. 28 photographic prints depicting the various stages of the demolition of the Providence Steel Company factory; all mounted to board, with caption slips pasted in bottom margin.... Read More
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Wohn's Service Station Main Street Park Ridge. Photographic album
In black album. Archive includes: History of the station and the Wohn Family; Photographs of the Station in 1940s and 1950s; Photographs of Wohn's 1937 Ford pick-up and other family vehichles; Photograpohs of Albert J. Wohn Jr. on his first motorcycle, a 1934 Harley Davidson; and more with some duplication.
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My Favorite Story Book
Philadelphia: Fisher & Breo., Publishers. Baltimore Fisher & Denison, 1850. Illustrated. 192 pp. 64mo (54 mm.). Original cloth. Illustrated. 192 pp. 64mo (54 mm.). Welsh, D.V. Miniature books, 5193
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The Gridiron Sporting Guide 1926
Washington, D.C.: Gridiron Club, 1926. First edition. Illus. 86, [6, ads] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original white and black cloth, stamped in red cloth. Fine. First edition. Illus. 86, [6, ads] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Inscribed by the Club president Clifford K. Berryman with a sketch of a Teddy Bear on page 6. Berryman was a Pulitzer-prize winning Washington Post and Washington Star political cartoonist whose 1902 cartoon of Teddy Roosevelt refusing to shoot a bear cub inspired... Read More
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The Yachtsman's Annual Guide and Nautical Calender 1889
Boston: Copyrighted and Printed by M.J. Kiley, 7 Spring Lane, 1889. First edition. Illustrated. 163, [5] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt, with loss at front joint, but Very Good and sound. Label with Compliment from M.J. Kiley on front pastedown. First edition. Illustrated. 163, [5] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Illustratewd with great advertisemenst inluding the Unexcelled Fireworks Co. of NY & St. Louis; The Private Club Champagne by Felix Jacquin , Espernay France;... Read More
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Advertisement for a John L. Spivak Lecture in Cleveland at the Engineers Auditorium [February 9th, 1935]
Cleveland, Ohio, 1935. single leaf. 9" x 6. Single leaf toned from age, else near fine. single leaf. 9" x 6" John L. Spivak (b. 1897 - d. 1981) was an American socialist reporter and author who wrote for various publications about the working class, racism, and labor movements in the United States. During the height of McCarthyism he lived under a false name and wrote under other aliases (infamously under Monroe Fry for the sensational Sex, Vice... Read More
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![The Library of Mary Queen of Scots, and of King James the Sixth [half-title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/925/560/642560925.0.l.jpg)
The Library of Mary Queen of Scots, and of King James the Sixth [half-title]
[Glasgow: Maitland Club, 1834. Privately printed limited edition. 25, [1] pp. 4to. Period citron morocco, gilt. Covers rubbed. Privately printed limited edition. 25, [1] pp. 4to. A privately printed volume for the Maitland Club, a 19th century Scottish bibliophilic society.
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Wisdom in Miniature: or, Pocket Encycloedia of Common Sense
New York: G.G. Sickels Publsiher, 1830. From the 40th London edition. Hand-coloured frontis. (tipped back in facing the front pastedown) 106 pp. Original blue paper over boards with "Wisdom in Miniature" on upper cover. From the 40th London edition. Hand-coloured frontis. (tipped back in facing the front pastedown) 106 pp. Not an uncommon title, but unknown with this imprint.
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Étrennes Intéressantes des Quatre Parties du Monde, contenant principalement la théorie de la terre, & un état très-exacte de tout ce qui compose le gouvernement francais. Au Sextile XI, depuis le 23 septembre 1802 jusqu'au 31 décembre 1803
Paris: Langlois, 1802. Unpaginated. Small 16mo. Full contemporary calf, a.e.g. Decorative painted endpapers. Spine badly rubbed, interior fine. Unpaginated. Small 16mo. Forms part of the series, which ran yearly for approximately forty-five years. Published by various printers. This particular number only found at the University of Oxford and the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris according to OCLC.
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The Columbus Carriage Mfdg. Co. Catalogue 16...Builders for the Trade of Vehicles of Every Description
Columbus, Ohio: South High St and C.H.V. & T. Ry. Crossing, 1890. Illus. 52 pp. Onblong 8vo. Pictorial wrappers. writing on back cover, else fine. Illus. 52 pp. Onblong 8vo.
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Broadside" To-Night at the Cong'l Church Bedle's Orchestra... 'A Colored Poem,' with plenty of 'nigger' songs will make you smile. 'More fun than Injuns.'...
5.5 x 10.125 inches. Small tears. 5.5 x 10.125 inches.
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![Sous la Terreur. Journal d'une amie de Philippe-Égalité. Traduit de l'anglais par M. Théodor de Wyzewa avec Introduction et Notes de MM. Maurice Vitrac et Arnould Galopin [AND] Mémoires du Duc de Lauzun [AND] Souvenirs de Leonard. Coiffeur de la Reine Marie-Antoinette [AND]1814. Manuscrit du Baron Fain, Secrétaire intime de Napoléon 1er [AND] Mémoires sur L'Impératrice Joseephine [AND] Souvenirs d'un Officier de la Grande Armée](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/001/757/248757001.0.l.jpg)
Sous la Terreur. Journal d'une amie de Philippe-Égalité. Traduit de l'anglais par M. Théodor de Wyzewa avec Introduction et Notes de MM. Maurice Vitrac et Arnould Galopin [AND] Mémoires du Duc de Lauzun [AND] Souvenirs de Leonard. Coiffeur de la Reine Marie-Antoinette [AND]1814. Manuscrit du Baron Fain, Secrétaire intime de Napoléon 1er [AND] Mémoires sur L'Impératrice Joseephine [AND] Souvenirs d'un Officier de la Grande Armée
Paris: Modern-Collection Historique et Anecdotique / Arthème Fayard, 1915. Illustrated. Small 4to. Full red morocco, t.e.g., gilt devices on boards, bound by Adams Bindery. Original wrappers bound in. Joints rubbed, else Fine. Illustrated. Small 4to.
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The Shorter Catechism, Agreed upon by the Reverend Assembly of Divines at Westminster
Boston: Printed and sold by Thomas and John Fleet, at the Heart and Crown, in Cornhill, 1765. 24 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Stitched. Toned. 24 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. The standard Westminster catechism, here printed in Boston by the Fleets, who printed 4 of the twenty-some eighteenth-century editions in Boston between 1731 and 1765. ESTC records 13 locations. ESTC W3306; Evans 10206; Eames, Early N.E. Catchecisms p. 73; Rosenbach 55
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The Booke of Common Prayer: And administration of the Sacraments: And other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England
London: Imprinted at London by Bonham Norton, and John Bill, printers to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie, 1629. Title within woodcut border. Calendar printed in red and black. Text in two columns, with ornament sectional headpieces and initials. [100] pp. Signatures: A⁴ B-H⁶ I⁴. 1 vols. 4to. Reddish-brown roan over bevelled boards tooled in blind, with contrasting gilt labels, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., by Riviere. Title leaf remargined at gutter, trimmed a bit close to top, elsewhere shaving to some... Read More
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Alphabetum Barmanorum seu regni Avensis. Editio altera emendatior
Rome: Typis. Sac. Congreg. de Prop. Fide, 1787. Second, revised edition, following the 1776 first edition. Text rewritten, plate enlarged. Folding engraved plate of Pali text by G. Expilly, each page printed within a border of typographical ornaments, numerous examples of Burmese types. [iii]-xvi, 64 pp. Lacking [a1] blank. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Recent morocco backed marbled boards, a.e.g. Fine. Second, revised edition, following the 1776 first edition. Text rewritten, plate enlarged. Folding engraved plate of Pali text... Read More
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![The Tourist's Guide containing [3] Maps of Mount Hope Bay, Narragansett Bay, Long Island Sound, East and Hudson River, showing the course of steamers, light houses, islands, and points of interest, together with history and other information](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/701/690/1741690701.0.l.jpg)
The Tourist's Guide containing [3] Maps of Mount Hope Bay, Narragansett Bay, Long Island Sound, East and Hudson River, showing the course of steamers, light houses, islands, and points of interest, together with history and other information
South Terminal Station [Boston]: John F. Murphy, 1901. First edition. Illustrated, with 3 maps. 104pp. 12mo. Wrappers, with loss without textual loss on outer margin of the title-page. First edition. Illustrated, with 3 maps. 104pp. 12mo. Much on Hudson River. OCLC locates only 5 copies held by institutions worldwide
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The Life of Captain James Whitney. Containing, his Most Remarkable Robberies and other Adventures ... To His Execution Near Smithfield Bars, ... the First of February 1692/3
London: Printed for A.R. near Temple-Bar, 1693. First edition. [iv], 30 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Nineteenth-century Dutch combed marbled boards with maroon roan spine titled in gilt. Binding rubbed, internally clean. Very good. First edition. [iv], 30 pp. 1 vols. 4to. "every Man's handsome that goes to be hang'd" Stirring account of the life and crimes and amorous exploits of Capt. Whitney, who began stealing deer while a young butcher's apprentice, soon progressed to robbery. When he... Read More
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Manuscript album amicorum kept by Cecilia Beverly (Stearns) Houghton, with entries in poetry and prose from friends, fellow Methodists, and others related to Turin, NY, Red Creek Union Academy or nearby
New York State, 1845. Manuscript throughout, written on multi-colored paper. Approx. 40pp. (the rest being blank). 8vo. Contemporary half morocco and marbled paper boards, worn. Manuscript throughout, written on multi-colored paper. Approx. 40pp. (the rest being blank). 8vo. Cecilia Beverly Stearns (1812-1900) married Rev. Royal Houghton (1802-1881) in 1837, a minister in the Central New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of note in this album is a young woman named Phebe Candee who following her entry... Read More
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The Gentleman Angler. Containing Short, Plain and Easy Instructions whereby the most ignorant Beginner, may in a little Time, become a perfect Artist in Angling ... to which is added the Angler's New Song ..
London: A. Bettesworth, at the Red-Lyon in Pater-noster-row, 1726. First edition. [xii], 184, [8] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Late eighteenth-century quarter calf and marbled boards. Half title present, with two early owner signatures (small loss at top corner margin); somewhat closely trimmed (with occasional losses to headlines or page numbers). Spine lightly rubbed, upper joint repaired. About very good. Custom speckled calf backed folding box. First edition. [xii], 184, [8] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. First edition of this... Read More
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![Salt Tang [Cover title] [Album of photograph of a cruise after swordfish]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/361/713/1697713361.0.l.jpg)
Salt Tang [Cover title] [Album of photograph of a cruise after swordfish]
[N.p., New England, 1900. 6 mounted albumen photographs of salt water angling, ink decorations on boards, and one plate reproducing a drawing. 5 x 7 inches on larger decorated boards. Canvas portfolio with rope ties, upper cover with ink drawing. Some toning. Good plus (some edge wear). 6 mounted albumen photographs of salt water angling, ink decorations on boards, and one plate reproducing a drawing. 5 x 7 inches on larger decorated boards. Photographs of "Our Captain", "The... Read More
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Lakota 1891-1991
Barnard, Vermont: The Lakota Club, 1991. First edition. Illustrated with photographs, typographic decorations from flies tied by Jim Otranto. [x], 107 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth, spine titled in silver, upper board with vignette of leaping trout, pictorial endpapers bound by Robert Lewis. Fine. First edition. Illustrated with photographs, typographic decorations from flies tied by Jim Otranto. [x], 107 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Hundred year history of the Lakota Club, a private fishing club on what was... Read More
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Ensembles mobiliers. 1939, volume 4
Paris: Editions d'Art Charles Moreau, 1939. [vi], 48 plates in black and white. 1 vols. 4to. Sheets loose in portfolio with ribbon ties, as issued. Portfolio covers with markings, scratches, some rubbing. Preliminary leaves slightly stained. Plates near fine and well-preserved, a few a bit dark around the edges or with small tears/ minor foxing. [vi], 48 plates in black and white. 1 vols. 4to. The fourth volume in a series of interior design books. This one features... Read More
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