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New York, Heritage Press, [1963]. xix, 384 p., 16 color plates; 26.5 cm. First published in 1901, The Ambassadors "depicts the reactions of different American types to the European enviornment." Stock# 45,081 Vg, red cloth covers stamped in gold; in scuffed gold slipcase with Sandglass.
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The Ambassadors. With Illustrations by Leslie Saalburg and A Preface by the Author.
by James, Henry, 1843-1916
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American Book Collector. May 1971. Vol. 21 No. 7.: The Flatey Book. Icelandic Manuscript. Des Esseinte's Library.
by McDade, Thomas. Cevasco, G. A. Kauffeldt, Carl. Spater, George A. Cumming, John. Weygand, James Lamar. Thorsen, W. B., editor.
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Articles on the transfer of Icelandic manuscripts from Denmark to Iceland (page 5); "Western Book Roundup" (pages 6, 34-37) by "The Old Bookaroos"; "Des Esseinte's Library", an imagined fiction of a Huysman novel (pages 7-11); "Edmund Gorey, an American Gothic," by Thomas McDade (pages 12-17). McDade on Gorey is rare and desirable; includes bibliography and illustrations.40 pages, illustrated, 28 cm. Stapled; Good+. Stock#48209.
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The American Puritans: Their Prose and Poetry
by Miller, Perry, 1905-1963, editor. Gorey, Edward, 1925-2000
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Garden City, NY, Doubleday Anchor, 1956. Soft Cover. xi, 346 p., illus., maps; 18 cm. "The Anchor Books edition is the first publication of The American Puritans, edited by Perry Miller." "Cover and typography by Edward Gorey." Good+, my former textbook with pencil underlinings in introduction, some use/ soft cover. Stock#47722.
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Analyse Chronologique de l'Histoire Universelle, Depuis le Commencement du Monde, jusqu'à l'empire de Charlemagne inclusivement.
by Philippe de Prétot, Etienne-André, 1710-1787. Le Clerc, Jean, 1657-1736.
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Paris, Michel Lambert, 1752. Cioranescu (18th Cent.) 49804. Translated, from Compendium historiae universalis of Jean Le Clerc, by Etienne-André Philippe de Prétot. Pages 8-24 (1st count) is "Livres les Plus Necessaires". Not found in American or British libraries. Hard Cover. Octavo; 24, 298, [4] pages; 17 cm. Bound in contemporary full leather, flaking, hinges starting; good. stock#NS0289.
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An Arrangement of the Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D.D. To which is added, A Supplement...
by Winchell, James M. (Manning) 1791-1820 / Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748
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Boston: James Loring, and Gould, Kendall & Lincoln. [©1832]. Hard Cover. xxiv, [176], [2], [110] p. Title continues: including All The Hymns Of Dr. Watts, Adapted to Public Worship. By James M. Winchell, A.M. Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Boston. Improved by the Addition of Two Hundred Hymns. Text only, no musical notes. Includes a Table of the Psalms; a Table of the Hymns; a Table of First Lines; an Index of Scriptures, Very Much Enlarged; an Enlarged Index of Subjects; and three indices for the Supplement. Isaac Watts, 1674-1748, English theologian & writer of hymns, sacred poems and metrical psalms, author of 'O God , our help in ages past.' 'No individual, it is generally allowed, has so perfectly preserved in verse, the pure genius of the Bible, or so closely imitated its doctrine and precept, as Watts. ...To perpetuate the use of his book may be one happy means of preserving in the Churches, and extending through the world, an animating view of the grace and glory of the…
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Art, Press, & Illustrated Books.: Public Auction Sale 2349 Part 1, May 7, 2014.
by Swann Auction Galleries, New York.
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Unpaged. Glossy color illustrations of 175 items in this auction sale. Featuring "Architecture, Fine Livres d'Artiste, Modern and Private Press, Design, Applied and Decorative Arts, Printing and Book Arts, Rare Art History & Reference. Private Collections of Curiosa and Eric Gill." Stock#ofc0070.
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The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book. A Book of Old Favourites with New Illustrations.
by Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939, illustrator.
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J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia & NY [no date; after 1933]. Hard Cover. 187 p., 53 b/w & 8 color illus.; 22 cm. Twenty-three tales by Andersen, Grimm, Perrault, Irving, Southey, Villeneuve, and from the Arabian Nights and the English oral tradition. Stock# 44,556. Vg, grey cloth stamped in maroon with sprite on spine,witch & cat flanking cover title; spine (only) waterstained, fore edge foxed, no dj; internally clean.
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Blood in the Streets: The Boston Massacre, 5 March 1770.
by Alden, John Eliot, 1914- .
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Boston, Boston Public Library, 1970. Facsimiles of 18 documents relating to the Boston Massacre, from the collections of the Boston Public Library, with an essay on the event by John Eliot Alden, the BPL Rare Books Librarian. Soft Cover. [32] pages, xviii facsimiles; 28 cm.; VG. Stock#32217b.
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Books and Manuscripts, Americana, general literature, bindings, first editions, including a William Faulkner group
by Parke-Bernet Sale 2247, 14-15 January 1964
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NY, Parke-Bernet, 1964. Periodical. [vi], 81 p.; 25 cm.; 485 lots. Title continues: from the collection of Mrs Victor F. Schoeter, Bronxville, N.Y. Cover title: Rare Books and some Manuscripts. Stock#45220. Vg / soft cover.
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Books on Gems & Jewelry. The Henry Polissack Library, Part I [II].
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Including (Part I) Gemology, Mineralogy, Travel & Exploration, Illustrated Books, Diamonds & Mining, French Crown Jewels, Rare Catalogues; (Part II) Gemology, Mineralogy, Travel & Exploration, History & Lore, Reference Works. With large sections on: Diamonds, Engraved Gems and Cameos, Gold and Precious Metals. Part II includes printed list of prices realized. Two book auction catalogs: 307 & 250 lots; softcover; VG+. Stock#ofc0105.
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A Boston Athenaeum Miscellany; Catalogue of an Exhibition in honor of the visit of the Grolier Club on February 11, 1950
by Boston Athenaeum / Walter Muir Whitehill
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Boston, 1950 Printed by the Anthoensen Press, Portland. Soft Cover. ix, 17 p. 8 plates. 26 cm. By Walter Muir Whitehill. An exhibition of 36 rare books prepared by the director. Stock# 37,693. Vg/ paper.
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Carmina Quadragesimalia ab Aedis Christi Oxon: Alumnis composita et ab ejusdem ædis Baccalaureis determinantibus
by Christ Church, University of Oxford / Este, Charles, 1696-1745 / Parsons, Anthony, 1706?-1778, editors
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Oxonii: Ex Theatro Sheldoniano, MDCCXXIII [-MDCCXLVIII] [1723 & 1748]. Hard Cover. Two quarto volumes bound as one: 2 p.l., 168 pages; 4 p.l., 151, [3] pages (2 ll., A-X4; 4 p.l., A-T 4, t2); 23 cm. Titles continue: in schola naturalis philosophioe publice recitata. Vol. 1 is edited by Charles Este and vol. 2 by Antony Parsons. Vol. 2 is dated 1748. College verse by students of Christ Church, Oxford. Bound in full leather by Dragonfly Bindery, George and Pat Sargent; very good. Stock#OB534.
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The Castle Number Nine [No. 9]. Story and Pictures by Ludwig Bemelmans
by Bemelmans, Ludwig, 1898-1962
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Viking Press, NY, 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. [48] p., illus. incl. color, pictorial endpapers, 25.5 cm. Sixty-five-year-old manservant Baptiste finds a new master in the Count of the castle, who decides to re-name his dog, the cat, his bed, the stairs, the fire, and his new manservant, and how the Count came to change the names back as they had been. Green cloth stamped in gold; brown stain inside upper margin of pp. 28/9; color pictorial dj spine ends rubbed, rear slightly soiled, neat ink inscription; VG. Pomerance A6. stock#44623.
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Catalog Number 28: Medicine
by Jeff Weber Rare Books, Glendale, California
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Glendale, CA, Jeff Weber, 1994. Soft Cover. [48] p.,, illus., 22 cm. 719 items; Stock# 38,517. Fine. Bibliography, book collecting; history of medicine.
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Catalogue 135. A Selection From Scribner's Stock of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
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New York, Scribner Book Store, 1947. 465 items. "In all fields of collecting 1467-1947." With David Randall in New York and John Carter in London, Scribner had a formidable team. Hard Cover. 161 pages, 24 cm. Good, worn at corners. Stock#38440.
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Catalogue [14] Fourteen. Biblotheca Aldina Vetvstior
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Southport, CT, Witten, 1981.. Soft Cover. 16 p., illus., 28 cm. 61 items.A collection of books of Aldus Manutius, 1449-1515, The descriptions are brief, Stock# 39,802. Vg/ paper.
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Catalogue A20 from Blackwell's Rare Books. John Evelyn 1620-1706. Section I: A Collection of Works written and contributed to by John Evelyn and his Family.: Section II: Books from John Evelyn's personal library. Section III: "Evelyniana".
by Blackwell's Rare Books (firm). Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.
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"English writer on the arts and sciences; a founding member of the Royal Society; now chiefly valued for the light which his letters and his diary (kept from 1641 to 1706) cast on the social, political and intellectual history of his times" (Wikipedia). "Comprising a collection of works by John Evelyn, Mary Evelyn and John Evelyn, Junior; with a selection of books containing contributions by John Evelyn, and an autograph letter from Evelyn to Pepys." 103 items; paper slightly browned; stapled in red-printed paper covers (map on rear cover); Very Good. Stock#ofc0475.
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Catalogue170. Art and the Development of Taste, Collecting & Connoisseurship
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New York, Ursus Rare Books, [1993]. Soft Cover. Unpaged. plates, 21 x 21 cm. 754 items. (238 antiquarian) Introduction by Charles Ryskamp. To benefit the Frick Collection. Stock# 38,302. Vg/ paper.
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The Cathedral by James Russell Lowell
by Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891
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Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1870. First Edition. Hard Cover. 5p.l., 7-52 p., 2ll.; 18.2 cm. Lowell's long poem is his most ambitious verse. First edition. BAL 13135. Title vignette. Bound in green publisher's cloth with gold embossed title; some wear on edges; very good. Stock#OB549bis.
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Certain Small Works.: With an Introduction by Jeremiah S. Finch.
by Taylor, Robert B.
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"In these pleasant essays and addresses Robert Taylor tells of his adventures in the world of books with wit, grace, and a ready smile. He is one of those rare collectors who actually reads his books and writes about them with distinction." xi, 164 pages, illus.; Very Good in dust jacket slightly wrinkled across top edge. Stock#ofc0397.
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