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Ethiopian Manuscript Page From The Book Of Psalms Antique Geez Or Amharic - : Antique 19th Century Two Color Hand Inscribed

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Ethiopian Manuscript Page from The Book of Psalms Antique Geez or Amharic: Antique 19th Century Two Color Hand Inscribed

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Original Ethiopian Manuscript Page from the Book of Psalms. Nineteenth Century on Sheepskin or Goatskin. Two tone writing. Red is the Holy word Written in Geez or Amharic on both sides of page. See our Scans for image and wear at bottom corner and top. I Purchased this 1977 at old Pageant Book Store in Manhattan on the great Book Row.

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Lapis Lydius Boni Spiritus sive Considerationes de Soliditate verae viritutis
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Lapis Lydius Boni Spiritus sive Considerationes de Soliditate verae viritutis

by Druzbicki, Gaspar (Kaspar, Kasper, Gaspare)

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Monachii (München): Joan. Jacobi Remy, 1707. (1 Bl.), 240 S., (1 Bl.); geboren 1589, gestorben 1662, kathol. asket. Schriftsteller, Jesuit u. Autor einer Vielzahl an Meditationen über das Leben u. Leiden Christi, sowie von Streitschriften und Versuchen; Ausgabebezeichnung: Nunc denuo typis datae altera vice; wunderschöner, dunkelbrauner Ganzlederhandeinband neuerer Zeit aus der Werkstatt der Buchbindermeisterin Monika Schellhase (Schwelm); Unikat; Besitzervermerk auf dem Titelblatt, Blätter teils fleckig u. teils mit kl. Randläsuren; schönes Expl. dieses seltenen Titels. Leder. Sehr gut. 13,5 cm. Handeinband.
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Birth of a Reformation or The Life and Labors of Daniel S. Warner (D. S. Warner)

Birth of a Reformation or The Life and Labors of Daniel S. Warner (D. S. Warner)

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Anderson, IN: Gospel Trumpet Company, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 447pp; Brown cloth moire boards with gilt lettering to front & spine, previous owner's name in pencil to FFEP, text unmarked, binding is tight, boards clean and square, VG+ condition. Life and work of Daniel Sidney Warner (1842-1895), American church reformer and co-founder of the Church of God.
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Das Geheimnis Christi: der Epheserbrief in Betrachtungen ausgelegt von Ferdinand Zissler, P. mit...

Das Geheimnis Christi: der Epheserbrief in Betrachtungen ausgelegt von Ferdinand Zissler, P. mit Vorwort von J. Vetter

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An Abstract of the Sufferings of the People call'd Quakers [vol. 3]
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London: Assigns of J. Sowle, 1738. Hardcover. Very Good +. "For the Testimony of a Good Conscience, From the Time of Their being first distinguished by that Name, Taken from Original Records, and other Authentick Accounts; Volume III From the year 1660 to the year 1666." [2], 546, xxviii, [10] p.: 1 leaf, folded; 20 cm. Signatures: B8(+x1) C-2H8 2I-2U4 [x]4 (8vo). Modern calf with original original gilt-tooled spine label. The folded leaf contains the table A Summary Account of the Sufferings in the Second and Third Volumes. Contains: An Alphabetical Index of the Names of the Sufferers in the Third Volume (pp. 479-546), and An Index Containing Some of the Principal Contest of this Third Volume (pp. 1-xxviii). Includes Errata on first page following p. xxviii, and publisher's advertisements on final 8 unpaginated pages. In Very Good+ Condition: very occasional soiling; folded leaf is intact and solid. A clean and tight copy of an important work in Quaker history.
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Les Jeunes Bienheureux.
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Les Jeunes Bienheureux.

by M. L'Abbe C... [Carron, Guy-Toussaint-Julien (1760-1821)]

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First and only edition. Chez Louis Janet Libraire, successor de son pere. nd [c.1800]. 12mo. 212pp. Engraved title page, 12 engraved plates, with tissue guards. Marbled endpapers. Contemporary full red grained morocco, spine with gilt rules, lettering and embellishment. Boards with double gilt border rules, foliar and floral embellishment, edge tooling, inner foliar curlicues. All edges gilt, (gilding a little faded in places), green silk ribbon bookmark. Small area of surface loss to lower board (see photo). Corner tips lightly rubbed. Occasional light spotting, mainly to free endpapers. Text and plates crisp and bright.
Guy Toussaint Julien Carron (1760-1821) born in Rennes. Educator, writer and philanthropist who founded a number of social and educational institutions: schools, libraries and pharmacies while in exile in England. Deported to Jersey (1792-1796), on the Bourbon Restoration in 1814, Carron returned to France and became head of the Institut de Marie - Thérèse.
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Lapis Lydius Boni Spiritus sive Considerationes de Soliditate verae viritutis
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Lapis Lydius Boni Spiritus sive Considerationes de Soliditate verae viritutis

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Monachii (München): Joan. Jacobi Remy, 1707. (1 Bl.), 240 S., (1 Bl.); geboren 1589, gestorben 1662, kathol. asket. Schriftsteller, Jesuit u. Autor einer Vielzahl an Meditationen über das Leben u. Leiden Christi, sowie von Streitschriften und Versuchen; Ausgabebezeichnung: Nunc denuo typis datae altera vice; wunderschöner, dunkelbrauner Ganzlederhandeinband neuerer Zeit aus der Werkstatt der Buchbindermeisterin Monika Schellhase (Schwelm); Unikat; Besitzervermerk auf dem Titelblatt, Blätter teils fleckig u. teils mit kl. Randläsuren; schönes Expl. dieses seltenen Titels. Leder. Sehr gut. 13,5 cm. Handeinband.
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Birth of a Reformation or The Life and Labors of Daniel S. Warner (D. S. Warner)

Birth of a Reformation or The Life and Labors of Daniel S. Warner (D. S. Warner)

by Byers, A. L.

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Anderson, IN: Gospel Trumpet Company, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 447pp; Brown cloth moire boards with gilt lettering to front & spine, previous owner's name in pencil to FFEP, text unmarked, binding is tight, boards clean and square, VG+ condition. Life and work of Daniel Sidney Warner (1842-1895), American church reformer and co-founder of the Church of God.
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Das Geheimnis Christi: der Epheserbrief in Betrachtungen ausgelegt von Ferdinand Zissler, P. mit...

Das Geheimnis Christi: der Epheserbrief in Betrachtungen ausgelegt von Ferdinand Zissler, P. mit Vorwort von J. Vetter

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An Abstract of the Sufferings of the People call'd Quakers [vol. 3]
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An Abstract of the Sufferings of the People call'd Quakers [vol. 3]

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London: Assigns of J. Sowle, 1738. Hardcover. Very Good +. "For the Testimony of a Good Conscience, From the Time of Their being first distinguished by that Name, Taken from Original Records, and other Authentick Accounts; Volume III From the year 1660 to the year 1666." [2], 546, xxviii, [10] p.: 1 leaf, folded; 20 cm. Signatures: B8(+x1) C-2H8 2I-2U4 [x]4 (8vo). Modern calf with original original gilt-tooled spine label. The folded leaf contains the table A Summary Account of the Sufferings in the Second and Third Volumes. Contains: An Alphabetical Index of the Names of the Sufferers in the Third Volume (pp. 479-546), and An Index Containing Some of the Principal Contest of this Third Volume (pp. 1-xxviii). Includes Errata on first page following p. xxviii, and publisher's advertisements on final 8 unpaginated pages. In Very Good+ Condition: very occasional soiling; folded leaf is intact and solid. A clean and tight copy of an important work in Quaker history.
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Les Jeunes Bienheureux.
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Les Jeunes Bienheureux.

by M. L'Abbe C... [Carron, Guy-Toussaint-Julien (1760-1821)]

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First and only edition. Chez Louis Janet Libraire, successor de son pere. nd [c.1800]. 12mo. 212pp. Engraved title page, 12 engraved plates, with tissue guards. Marbled endpapers. Contemporary full red grained morocco, spine with gilt rules, lettering and embellishment. Boards with double gilt border rules, foliar and floral embellishment, edge tooling, inner foliar curlicues. All edges gilt, (gilding a little faded in places), green silk ribbon bookmark. Small area of surface loss to lower board (see photo). Corner tips lightly rubbed. Occasional light spotting, mainly to free endpapers. Text and plates crisp and bright.
Guy Toussaint Julien Carron (1760-1821) born in Rennes. Educator, writer and philanthropist who founded a number of social and educational institutions: schools, libraries and pharmacies while in exile in England. Deported to Jersey (1792-1796), on the Bourbon Restoration in 1814, Carron returned to France and became head of the Institut de Marie - Thérèse.
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The Polynesian Triangle

The Polynesian Triangle

by Berry, Erick & Best, Herbert

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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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Wrack and Rune
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Wrack and Rune

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Signed 1st Ed. w/DJ) WRACK AND RUNE: A PETER SHANDY MYSTERY BY FAMED CANADIAN AUTHOR CHARLOTTE MACLEOD. Publisher: Doubleday & Co., Garden City, NY, 1982. Used First printing SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by author on title page. Good Condition/ Good condition unclipped Dust Jacket, $10.95 original price. Will ship from United States.
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Ban and Arriere Ban: A Rally Of Fugitive Rhymes
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Ban and Arriere Ban: A Rally Of Fugitive Rhymes

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Andrew E. Lang , a rare book of his poetry. Ban and Arriere Ban USED. 1st Edition, 1894, Longman's Green and Co. Deckle edge, tanning. Beveled green boards with gold gilt ornamentation. The Author's name appears in gold at the front lower right.board. . 118 pages. Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford. illustrator of the Fairy Books. Per wiki "Arrière-ban, in French customs, is a general proclamation whereby the king summons to war all his vassals and their vassals. To the Provost of Paris belongs the convoking and commanding of the arrière-ban. In the Medieval usage, arrière-ban denoted a general levy, where all able-bodied males were summoned into arms. List of contents available upon request.: ."Many of the verses of this collection appeared in magazines prior to appearing here". INCLUDES ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION PUBLISHERS STATEMENT, 4 3/8 x 2 3/8: "Messrs Longmans intend this book to be sold to the Public at the advertised price and supply it to the Trade on terms which will not allow discount."… Read More
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Mourning Becomes Electra, A Trilogy
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O'Neill, Eugene: Mourning Becomes Electra, A Trilogy (1931 First Edition, Horace Liveright, Inc. w/Dj) DRAMA. Three Plays, or parts: Homecoming, The Hunted, The Haunted. RARE. Used. Very Good Condition/ Good- Original unclipped dust jacket. Original Cover Price is $2.50. Jacket has some loss at the spine. Now protected by mylar wrap. Please see our photos. Plot Summary: "Mourning Becomes Electra is a story styled after the Greek legend and the title refers to how the lead character is condemned to a life of mourning the disasters that befall her family. In the Greek legends, Electra is the sister to Orestes, and they are the children of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon."
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The Adventure of Wrangel Island

The Adventure of Wrangel Island

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The Adventure of Wrangel Island, Alaska (1925 Macmillan 1st Edition) HISTORY OF ALASKA. EXLIB. Good Condition/ No DJ included. Fold-out map affixed to binding at the back of the book has never been opened. The story of the (unsuccessful) attempted colonization of Wrangel Island Alaska. 413 pages plus appendix, Index. Titling is still bright. A clean, solid copy. Scarce.
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What Are These Wounds: The Life of a Cistercian Mystic, Saint Lutgarde of Aywières

What Are These Wounds: The Life of a Cistercian Mystic, Saint Lutgarde of Aywières

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Thomas Merton. What Are These Wounds: The Life of a Cistercian Mystic, Saint Lutgarde of Aywières. FIRST EDITION. RARE. Copyright 1950, February 17, 1948 First Printing Thus, The Bruce Publishing Company, Milwaukee. Written by respected Trappist author THOMAS MERTON. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/GOOD- CONDITION $2.50 UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. Top portion of dust jacket spine is missing. 190 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ½.
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Ancient Hunters and Their Modern Representatives. Second Edition
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Ancient Hunters and Their Modern Representatives. Second Edition

by Sollas, W. J

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London: Macmillan, 1915. Second Edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published London: Macmillan, 1915. 8vo., xxiii+591pp., illustrated with numerous b/w photo plates and reproductions, maps. Blue cloth with gilt spine decoration and titles, top edge gilting. Some moisture indications along front edge of covers, else very good, clean, bright. . Hard. Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo.
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The Ephebic Inscriptions of the Fourth Century B. C.

The Ephebic Inscriptions of the Fourth Century B. C.

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Leiden: E. J. Brill. Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, usual library stamps and . de-accession markings.. 1971. Hardcover. 9004014764 . Olive green library reinforced cloth binding. xi, 173pp + xxxi black and white photo plates. Foreword, bibliography, index of ancient authors and sources, index of inscriptions, index of names, general index. Scholarly study of classical inscriptions of the citizenship oath sworn by Athenians in the 4th century BCE. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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The Legendary History of Britain in Lope Garcia de Salazar's Libro de Las Bienandanzas e fortunas
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The Legendary History of Britain in Lope Garcia de Salazar's Libro de Las Bienandanzas e fortunas

by Sharrer, Harvey L. [Editor]

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Collectible Fine First Edition 1979 Hardcover Clean 151 pp. Brown Leatherette Hardcover. Study of Lope Garcia De Salazar's Libro De Las Bienandanzas E Fortunas Textual commentary in Spanish and English. Fascinating journey to find Arthur's exploration of Hy Brazil and Avalon where the material Spanish mystery of Arthur in Avalon and Brazil touches the literary and Spiritual and Geoffrey of Monmouth Merlin and post Vulgate. NOT a library copy. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans The shadow on gold script is the glittering from camera! Fine condition
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King Solomon's Mines
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King Solomon's Mines

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Haggard, H. Rider. King Solomon's Mines. Longmans Green & Co., London. No copyright date. States New Impression 1921 on the title page. USED. VG/ No DJ Included. Blue boards withdark red- orange titling. 274 pages plus adverts. 5 1/8 X 7 5/8. Summary "King Solomon's Mines (1885) is a popular novel by the English Victorian adventure writer and fabulist Sir H. Rider Haggard. It tells of a search of an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain for the missing brother of one of the party. It is one of the first English adventure novels set in Africa and is considered to be the genesis of the lost world genre."
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