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London: Henry Colburn, 1845. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes: [1], xxiii, [1], 452 p., frontispiece portrait; [1], vii, 452 p., frontispiece portrait; 23 cm. Contemporary half red morocco with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled title in second compartment and volume in third, with "1845" at tail. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers in gilt and blue, matching boards. Published anonymously but attributed to Robert Folkestone Williams (approx. 1805-1872). The life of Sophia Dorothea (1666-1726), Consort of George I, before he became King of Great Britain. Forced to marry her cousin George Louis, she bore him three children before he divorced her and imprisoned her in the Castle of Ahlden, where she spent the rest of her life. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; spines lightly sunned; frontispiece portraits are foxed; text has minimal marginal foxing and soiling; a solid and attractive set.
Cyropaedia, of historie van Cyrus, in 't Grieksch beschreeven door Xenophon. Nevens den lof van Agesilaus, door den zelven auteur. by XENOPHON
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Cyropaedia, of historie van Cyrus, in 't Grieksch beschreeven door Xenophon. Nevens den lof van Agesilaus, door den zelven auteur.
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Memoirs of Sophia Dorothea, Consort of George I: Chiefly from the Secret Archives of Hanover, Brunswick, Berlin, and Vienna; including a Diary of the Conversations of Illustrious Personages of those Courts, Illustrative of her history, with letters and other documents
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Sketch of the antiquities of the ancient city of Worcester, illustrated with fourteen copper-plates of perspective views of its public buildings, &c. [Bound with:] Memoirs of King Charles I and the Loyalists who suffered in his Cause. Chiefly extracted from Clarendon's History of the Rebellion.
by Anonymous
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London: London: printed for and sold by Greenland & Norris, Finsbury Square, 1805. 1st Edition . Full leather. Very Good. Two separate works in one volume. First editions, octavo. Sketch of Worcester: [2], 16pp, with full complement of 14 engraved plates, one folding. Memoirs of Charles I: [1], 22, [ii]pp, complete with engraved title-page bearing portrait of Charles I and 17 engraved portrait plates together with closing publisher's adverts. In contemporary full speckled leather (lightly worn with minor loss to extremities), gilt rolls to board margins, spine gilt, gilt lettered black leather spine label, marbled endpapers with internal hinges expertly reinforced in matching blue cloth, twentieth century ownership label to front blank, sporadic light paper browning and unobtrusive soiling, overall an attractive complete copy of these two uncommon illustrated titles. The Sketch of Worcester is listed in ESTC (T155523) since it was previously thought to have been printed around 1760; 4xUK…
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An Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections. Signed with full name: Jimmy Carter.
by CARTER, Jimmy.
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New York: Bantam Books, 1988. Signed by Jimmy Carter on the half title page, additionally inscribed: Best Wishes to Ryan Trudeau - Jimmy Carter. First edition / First printing. Green cloth spine, green paper-covered boards. Near fine in fine dust jacket. Uncommon with full first name in signature.
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Seraphim Rose : The True Story and Private Letters
by Scott, Cathy (on Eugene Seraphim Rose), Eileen Rose Busby (Preface by)
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Salisbury, MA: Regina Orthodox Press, 2000. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, xvi+256pp, printed wrappers. Erratum slip (containing Afterword) laid in. A biography of the important Orthodox holy man, drawing upon his correspondence, by his niece. Includes a photo section and brief bibliography, plus a short preface by Rose's sister. Unmarked copy, patches of sunning to back cover and spine.
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Frontier Days with Reta and Robbie
by Myrtle Jones Longacre
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n.p.: Myrtle Jones Longacre, 1963. Good. No DJ. Buckram cover is sunned and shows light soiling and shelf wear. Binding is split at title page. Interior is clean and without ownership marks. Photo is of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books. "A true account of the Jones family."
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Memoirs of Sophia Dorothea, Consort of George I: Chiefly from the Secret Archives of Hanover, Brunswick, Berlin, and Vienna; including a Diary of the Conversations of Illustrious Personages of those Courts, Illustrative of her history, with letters and other documents
by Williams, Robert Folkestone; Sophia Dorothea, Consort of George I, King of Great Britain
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London: Henry Colburn, 1845. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes: [1], xxiii, [1], 452 p., frontispiece portrait; [1], vii, 452 p., frontispiece portrait; 23 cm. Contemporary half red morocco with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled title in second compartment and volume in third, with "1845" at tail. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers in gilt and blue, matching boards. Published anonymously but attributed to Robert Folkestone Williams (approx. 1805-1872). The life of Sophia Dorothea (1666-1726), Consort of George I, before he became King of Great Britain. Forced to marry her cousin George Louis, she bore him three children before he divorced her and imprisoned her in the Castle of Ahlden, where she spent the rest of her life. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; spines lightly sunned; frontispiece portraits are foxed; text has minimal marginal foxing and soiling; a solid and attractive set.
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Queen Anne
by Paul, Herbert
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London: Goupil & Co., 1906. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Color Frontispiece, Sepia Plates. 02 Pp. Three Quarter Blue Morocco, Gilt, Five Bands, Gilt Crowns In Four Compartments, Blue Cloth Covers With Gilt Emblem Of British Royal Family On Front Cover, Marbled Endpapers, Top Edge Gilt, Deckled Edges. #718 Of 800 Copies Of A Limited Edition. Possibly Bound For A Member Of The British Royal Family. Rubbing At Edges, Small Frays At Tips, Hinges Tight, No Names Or Marks.
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Sketch of the antiquities of the ancient city of Worcester, illustrated with fourteen copper-plates of perspective views of its public buildings, &c. [Bound with:] Memoirs of King Charles I and the Loyalists who suffered in his Cause. Chiefly extracted from Clarendon's History of the Rebellion.
by Anonymous
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London: London: printed for and sold by Greenland & Norris, Finsbury Square, 1805. 1st Edition . Full leather. Very Good. Two separate works in one volume. First editions, octavo. Sketch of Worcester: [2], 16pp, with full complement of 14 engraved plates, one folding. Memoirs of Charles I: [1], 22, [ii]pp, complete with engraved title-page bearing portrait of Charles I and 17 engraved portrait plates together with closing publisher's adverts. In contemporary full speckled leather (lightly worn with minor loss to extremities), gilt rolls to board margins, spine gilt, gilt lettered black leather spine label, marbled endpapers with internal hinges expertly reinforced in matching blue cloth, twentieth century ownership label to front blank, sporadic light paper browning and unobtrusive soiling, overall an attractive complete copy of these two uncommon illustrated titles. The Sketch of Worcester is listed in ESTC (T155523) since it was previously thought to have been printed around 1760; 4xUK…
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VALENTINO AS I KNEW HIM
by Ullman, S. George
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New York: Macy-Masius, 1926. First edition. Introduction by O. O. McIntyre. Biography of the 1920's sex symbol and silent film star written by his closest friend and business manager. Valentino's sudden death at the age of 31 set off a media frenzy and prompted much speculation surrounding both his life and death. 12mo quarter black cloth stamped in green on spine with off-white decorated paper boards; illustrated with black-and-white photographs; 218 pages. Small hole in cloth at front spine gutter, offset to p. 28 and pp.160-1 (from items previously laid in); otherwise near fine in very good to near fine dust jacket showing a few small chips and tears but still quite crisp and attractive. Scarce to rare in dust jacket.
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Seraphim Rose : The True Story and Private Letters
by Scott, Cathy (on Eugene Seraphim Rose), Eileen Rose Busby (Preface by)
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Salisbury, MA: Regina Orthodox Press, 2000. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, xvi+256pp, printed wrappers. Erratum slip (containing Afterword) laid in. A biography of the important Orthodox holy man, drawing upon his correspondence, by his niece. Includes a photo section and brief bibliography, plus a short preface by Rose's sister. Unmarked copy, patches of sunning to back cover and spine.
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With a Touch of Olive Oil from Spain
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Olive Oil Exporters Association of Spain Unusual size spiral bound softcover - narrow 4to horizontal about 12 inches wide and 4 inches tall with the spiral at the top; unpaginated - about 30 pages Recipes by Susy Umlauf Recipes include: White Gazpacho; Multicolor Omelettes; Snapper and Tomato; Vegetable Provencale; Kidney Beans, Peas and Green Beans; Oxtail and Lentil Stew; Spanish Potato Omelette; Stuffed Breast of Veal; Beef Burgers with Beer; Partridges with Chocolate; Braised Beef with Glazed Vegetables; Catalonian Rice Salad; Breads, more. Some overall handling wear, worn bottom right corner, and crease to back cover. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Spiral. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Private Press.
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Volunteers in the African Bush: Memoirs from Sierra Leone
by David Read Barker
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Indianapolis: Dog Ear Publishing, January 2013. Trade Paperback. Fine. Slight reading wear to corners, otherwise pristine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Not damaged. Suitable for gifting. 163 pages. The 25 authors of this book were volunteers in the first Peace Corps rural community development project in Africa: Sierra Leone, 1965-67. They are also the first group to tell a collective story of Peace Corps volunteers, anywhere. The Peace Corps was in its infancy then, and memories of John Kennedy were strong among the young volunteers. Sierra Leone was also in its infancy in the first few years after independence, before military coups and tribal warfare became common. The authors forthrightly recount their feelings of loneliness and isolation, and their frightening experiences with secret societies and witchcraft, but their uniquely optimistic "can-do" American attitude brought most through a great life experience.
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Nights Under A Tin Roof: Recollections of a Southern Boyhood
by James A. Autry
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Hardcover edition with price clipped dust jacket. Recollections written in verse of a Southern boyhood. Multiple b/w photos of the author's boyhood in 1940's Mississippi. Introduction by John Mack Carter
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Was it Worth While? The Life of Theodore Storrs Lee
by Street, William Dana (editor)
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NY: Association Press. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed.. 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering stamped on spine. Foreword by Supreme Court Justice Charles E. Hughes. A biography of the short-lived (1873-1911) reverend and religious missionary in western India, written by many of his family members and friends, including Rev. Samuel H. Lee, Welling H. Tinker, Rev. Albert Parker Fitch, Rev. Alden H. Clark, Hannah Hume Lee (his widow) , Rev. Arthur Osborn Pritchard and Fred B. Smith. Many photos. Tipped in letter at front free endpaper written and signed by Hannah Hume Lee. xiv, 178 pp. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Goldrush Days With Mark Twain, Illustrated with Woodcuts By Henry J. Glintenkamp
by William R. Gillis
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William R. Gillis. Goldrush Days with Mark Twain (H. Glintenkamp woodcuts). Copyright 1930. Albert & Charles Boni, NY. With an into by Cyril Clemens. RARE H. Glintenkamp WOODCUTS 6 woodcut illustrations included, Twain frontis (Three old friends), and 5 other historic and realistic woodcut illustrations. MEMOIRS. HISTORY OF NEVADA GOLDRUSH. Summary: Mr. Gillis was a friend of American author/humorist Mark Twain and was with him at Virginia, Nevada in the Goldrush days. In 1859 placer miners in the Great Basin discovered the largest gold and silver strike that had happened in the United States up until that time. RARE H. Glintenkamp WOODCUTS. Used. Good- Condition. 264 pages. Used. Good condition. First few pages are loose. Frontis is still affixed to binding. Green cloth boards gold titling. No titles left on spine. Spine is sunned.
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The Silence Of The North
by Olive A. Fredrickson with Ben East
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By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta: Lord of Rimini: A Study of a XV Century Italian Despot
by Edward Hutton
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J.M. Dent & Co. and E.P. Dutton & Co., 1906, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 296 pages, 7" x 9", TEG, bumped corners, foxing to endpapers, otherwise clean and tight. Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (1417 – 1468) was an Italian condottiero and nobleman, a member of the House of Malatesta and Lord of Rimini, Fano, and Cesena from 1432.
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Jigsaw An Unsentimental Education
by Sybille Bedford
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First US. Near Fine/Very Good+. A near fine copy with black cloth spine and silver titles on green paper boards Front cover blindstamped with floral motif matching that on DJ Small bump at bottom of front cover Gift inscription on half title signed just "B" accompanied by a handwritten card by the same Possibly, but not probably, of the author, as I cannot find a clear Bedford handwriting example for comparison Therefore I am not representing or pricing it as author-signed, but just as a US first in excellent condition No other marks or damage at all Clipped DJ has slight wrinkling at edges, but is otherwise also in excellent condition 328 pp.
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The Grandees: America's Sephardic Elite
by Birmingham, Stephen
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New York, Harper and Row, 1971, hardcover, xiii-368 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Good in Good dustjacket, Signed by the Author on the front endpaper. Straight and firmly bound, dampstain to top edge affecting front board and top of first 50 pages, non-authorial gift inscription to previous owner to half-title page, light spine-end and corner wear. Dustjacket price-clipped, edge nicks, darkening to spine, in new Brodart sleeve. The author of Our Crowd, The Right People, and Those Harper Women, presents an in-depth look at the tiny band of twenty-three Sephardim who arrived in the United States in 1654 from Spain, the rich and varied history of their descendants, and the impact they had on the development of the social, financial, and political landscape. Illustrated with 8 black-&-white plates. Appended: Sources, Index. An Abbreviated Genealogical Chart of America's Sephardic Elite attached inside rear cover. ISBN 9780060103378
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Travels in Hawaii
by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, 1973. Edited and Introduction by A. Grove Day. [4] xlv,[1], 205pp, [3], 16 photographic plates inserted. Brown cloth covered boards with bright gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Map illustrative endpapers. Binding is tight, slight foxing on page edges. Dust jacket has faded spine, and a few small tears at bottom edge. Front of dust jacket showing shelf wear. Pages are unmarked. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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