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History of the Class of Seventy-Nine
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History of the Class of Seventy-Nine: At the U.S. Military Academy West Point, N.Y.

by ABBOT, Frederic V.

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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1884. First edition. Quarto. 217 pp. Full maroon cloth, gilt-stamped on front cover and spine. With 8 sepia tone photographs mounted on hard stock paper. Top edge gilt. "Chas H. Grierson U.S. Army" stamped on front paste-down. Spine sunned, edges bumped and covers rubbed. A few plates loose but still in tact. A very good copy with early military photographs. HBS 66611. $1,000.
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Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China
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Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China: And of a Voyage to and from that Country in the Years 1816 and 1817, Containing an Account of the Most Interesting Transactions of Lord Amherst's Embassy to the Court of Pekin, and Observations of the Countries which it Visited. Illustrated by Maps and ot

by ABEL, Clarke

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London: Printed for Longman. Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. ABEL, Clarke. Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China. And of a Voyage to and from that Country in the Years 1816 and 1817, Containing an Account of the Most Interesting Transactions of Lord Amherst's Embassy to the Court of Pekin, and Observations of the Countries which it Visited. Illustrated by Maps and other Engravings. London: Printed for Longman. Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. First edition. Quarto (10 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches; 269 x 210 mm). [4, blank], xvi, 420, [6, blank] pp. With four maps, three of which are folding, and nineteen plates, eight of which are hand-colored, some others are sepia tone. Two of the uncolored botanical plates are folding. Additional engravings in text. With errata slip tipped in on verso of dedication page. Contemporary full speckled calf, rebacked with original spine laid down. Marbled endpapers. All edges dyed yellow. Plate facing page 165 trimmed close, affecting the imprint but not the… Read More
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First Carriage, the Ariel
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First Carriage, the "Ariel

by ACKERMANN & CO

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London: Ackermann & Co, 1843. ACKERMANN & CO.. Hand-colored aquatint. Matted, framed and glazed. Sheet: 17 x 22 3/4 inches, 432 x 578 mm. Frame: 25 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches; 645 x 542 mm. The bottom of the image reads "By permission of the patentees, this engraving of The First Carriage, The "Ariel", is respectfully inscribed to the directors of The Ariel Transit Company, by their obedient servants Ackermann & Co. London. Published March 28th 1843 by Ackermann & Co. 96 Strand" In our research we have not been able to find another hand-color copy in this large size. Framed in a black and gilt wooden frame. Some light soiling and scattered foxing to image. A few small tears to edges of sheet, but not visible while in the frame. This is the original print. (There have been many re-prints). Very good. William Henson (1812-1888) patented his Aerial Steam Carriage in 1842. "Henson's design was logically conceived, if only on paper, and his aerial carriage was a plausible expression of what an airplane… Read More
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Poems on Several Occasions
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Poems on Several Occasions: Original and Translated.

by ADAMS, John

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Boston: Printed for D. Gookin, 1745. Boston: Printed [by Rogers and Fowle] for D. Gookin, 1745. First edition, printed posthumously. Small octavo (5 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches; 145 x 95 mm). [8], 176 pp. Printers' names supplied by Evans. We could find no copies at auction in over 50 years. Bound by the Adams Bindery in full red morocco. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. Gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Silk page marker. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Some occasional minor toning. Overall about fine. A rare example of early American poetry. Contains a poem On the Death of the late Reverend and Learned Dr. Cotton Mather, Feb. 13, 1727-8. "Though pervaded by the Puritan Spirit ye (poems) reveal a more purely aesthetic purpose, and a more careful style, than can generally be found before the latter years of the Century."--Cambridge History of American Literature. John Adams, "poet and minister, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of John Adams, a shopkeeper, and… Read More
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Suggestions on Presidential Elections
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Suggestions on Presidential Elections: With Particular Reference to a Letter of William C. Somerville, Esq.

by ADAMS, John Quincy

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Boston: Cummings, Hilliard & co, 1825. SOMERVILLE, William. [ADAMS, John Quincy, author]. [SOMERVILLE, William]. Suggestions on Presidential Elections, With Particular Reference to a Letter of William C. Somerville, Esq. Boston: Cummings, Hilliard & co., 1825. First edition of pamphlet attributed to John Quincy Adams in support of a letter that was written by Willam Somerville regarding the need to reform the presidential election system in the United States, following the controversial election of 1824. Octavo (8 x 5 1/4 inches; 204 x 133 mm). 32 pp. Pamphlet, disbound with stab-marks present. Some mild toning, mainly to final leaf. Overall a very good copy. The presidential election of 1824 was a controversial one. Four candidates ran, including Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay and William H. Crawford. Although Andrew Jackson received the most popular and electoral votes (this was the first election that popular votes were counted), he did not have the majority as there were four… Read More
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Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Motier De Lafayette
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Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Motier De Lafayette: Delivered at the Request of Both Houses of the United States, Before Them, in the House of Representatives at Washington. On the 31st of December, 1834

by ADAMS, John Quincy

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Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1835. Full Description: ADAMS, John Quincy. Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Motier De Lafayette. Delivered at the Request of Both Houses of the United States, Before Them, in the House of Representatives at Washington. On the 31st of December, 1834 Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1835. First edition, regular paper issue. Inscribed by Adams on the front wrapper rather than the inserted slip in front of title-page, which is the usual. Rare in wrappers. Signed "Revd Mr Smith/ from/ J. Q. Adams" Octavo (9 x 5 1/2 inches; 230 x 140 mm). [1]-94, [2, blank] pp. Publisher's original tan printed wrappers. Some minor wrinkling and creasing to wrappers. Wrapper corners and first few leaves with small dog-eared folds. Some minor light foxing. Housed in a red cloth chemise, with previous owner's armorial bookplate on inside of chemise. Overall a very good copy in the rare original wrappers. It is commonly known that at the time of the original publication of this book,… Read More
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Has a Negro the Right to Vote
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Has a Negro the Right to Vote: Or, the Validity of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Denied. A Historical Compilation from Original Sources and Review from a Legal Standpoint.

by ADRIAANS, J.H.

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Washington D.C.: Printed for the Author, 1908. Washington D.C.: [Printed for the Author, 1908]. Legal pamphlet examining the legal and constitutional basis for the 14th amendment. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches; 210 x 137 mm). 26, [6] pp. With errata in red on the back outer wrapper. Bound with staples in original printed wrappers. Wrappers printed in black on front and a red errata on back wrapper. Some minor creasing and and a tiny closed tear to wrappers. Overall very good. "While the subject herein treated has been , and is, a bone of contention between the two great political parties, and has thus to a greater or less extent been regarded as a partisan issue, the author has complied the within information from a broad standpoint of a citizen, desiring the welfare of the Country more than the welfare of any political party. To this end the author has furnished copies of within compilation to the recognized leaders of both the rest political parties that they might make such use thereof, not by… Read More
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His Various History
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His Various History

by AELIANUS

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London: Printed for Thomas Dring, 1665. STANLEY, Thomas. Claudius Aelianus His Various History. London: Printed for Thomas Dring, 1665. First edition. Octavo. 314 pp. (26 pp., The Arguments). Dedicated to Lady Newton. Modern full brown calf, gilt-stamped red morocco label on spine. Off-setting to first and last few pages. Overall, a very good copy. Claudius Aelianus (175 AD-235 AD). Roman author and teacher of rhetoric often known for his "honey-tounge." HBS 64689. $850.
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Esopo con la vita sua historiale vulgare e latino [with] Le Fabule de Esopo
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Esopo con la vita sua historiale vulgare e latino [with] Le Fabule de Esopo: vulgare e latine. Historiade.

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Milan: Uldericus Scinzenzeler, 1497. Full Description: [AESOP]. Esopo con la vita sua historiale vulgare e latino [with] Le Fabule de Esopo vulgare e latine. Historiade. [Milan: Uldericus Scinzenzeler, 1497]. An early and rare edition of Aesop's Life and Fables. Two parts in one octavo volume. Book 1- Vita: Complete with 40 leaves [A-E8]. With woodcut title-page and 23 additional woodcuts in the text. Book 2- Fabule: With 67 of 70 leaves. [a-d8, e2-e5, f-i7]. Book 2 is lacking text leaves e1 and e6 and blank i8. With woodcut title-page and 63 of 66 woodcuts in the text. There is no woodcut called for for fable 1. Missing leaf e1 contains fable 35 and part of 36 along with the woodcut for fable 35. Missing leaf e6 contains part of fable 40 and part of fable 41 along with the woodcuts for both of those fables. The final missing leaf, i8 is a blank. With numerous historiated initial in both books spanning 3-lines, 4-lines and 8-lines. Gothic type. This copy is the Walter Crane copy with his bookplate… Read More
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Chronicles of England
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Chronicles of England: Description of Britain.

by SAINT ALBANS CHRONICLE

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London: Wynkyn de Worde, 1515. SAINT ALBANS CHRONICLE; WYNKYN DE WORDE. Saint Albans Chronicles Printed by Wynkyn de Worde [SAINT ALBANS CHRONICLE]. Chronicles of England. [And:] Description of Britain. [London: Wynkyn de Worde, 1515]. Seventh edition (the third printed by Wynkyn de Worde). Two parts in one folio volume (9 15/16 x 7 1/8 inches; 252 x 181 mm.). 172 (of 192) leaves. Lacking the first six leaves (gathering Aa) containing the full-page woodcut arms of England and the table and blank leaves bb8 and D4, twelve leaves (a1-a6, C4-C6, and D1-D3) supplied in pen facsimile (nineteenth century or earlier), and two leaves (S2 and S5) supplied from another copy. Large woodcut of city in landscape (A1 recto), twenty-two (of twentyfour) woodcut illustrations, including one repeat and two partial repeats, eight (of ten) woodcut diagrams, woodcut printer's device (McKerrow 1b) on bb7 verso (lacking the woodcut printer's device (McKerrow 19) on D3 verso). Decorative woodcut and lombard initials.… Read More
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Memories, Some of the Dim Old Pictures That Hang on Memory's Wall.
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Memories, Some of the Dim Old Pictures That Hang on Memory's Wall.: DORRANCE, Walter and Gertrude.

by ALBUM

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Los Angeles, 1905. ALBUM. . DORRANCE, Walter and Gertrude. Los Angeles: 1905. [PHOTO ALBUM]. [CALIFORNIA]. DORRANCE, Walter and Gertrude. "Memories, Some of the Dim Old Pictures That Hang on Memory's Wall." [Los Angeles, Mexico, et al, 1905-1914]. Oblong quarto (9 7/8 x 13 1/4 inches; 250 x 340 mm). 29 leaves with photos on both sides. Leaves are black card stock. Album pages are almost completely filled with extensive manuscript annotations in white ink or pencil in a very neat and readable hand, identifying the photographs. The annotations range from photo captions to small drawings to poems. Album includes approximately 180 photographs (a few loosely laid in) and approximately 54 pieces of ephemera, including postcards, invitations, and news clippings; five original cartoon illustrations; and seven holograph sentimental poems by popular authors Susan Marr Spalding, Reynale Smith Pickering, Charles Hanford Jr., Robert Bridges, and others. "Photo album and scrap book documenting the courtship… Read More
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Forget Me Not Album -- a Philadelphia Album Amicorum
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Forget Me Not" Album -- a Philadelphia Album Amicorum

by ALBUM AMICORUM

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Philadelphia, 1829. ALBUM AMICORUM. CANNON, Margaret A. "Forget Me Not" Album -- a Philadelphia Album Amicorum (1829-1833). Philadelphia and Frankfort, PA, 1829-1833. Quarto (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches; 241 x 190 mm). 73 unnumbered leaves. With cursive ink manuscript in various hands on recto of most pages. Some with hand-colored drawing, generally floral designs. A few small drawing tipped in. With evidence of some excised leaves, missing paste-ons etc. The album's paper stock was made in Philadelphia by W. Amies & Co. and bears their watermark ["W. Amies & Co." -- "Phila." -- Dove bearing olive branch], likely produced ca. 1828 or 1829. A small unopened hand colored envelope and bookmark, both dated 1905 laid in. Full contemporary calf. Boards and spine elaborately tooled in gilt. Spine with black morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. Front board with album's owner Margaret A. Connon's name stamped in gilt. With beautiful color striped endpapers. Gilt of the last name rubbed off. Boards are very worn,… Read More
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Somebody's Luggage
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Somebody's Luggage

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New York, 1863. PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM. Somebody's Luggage'. [New York: 1863]. Miniature photographic album locket, in the shape a a suitcase. (7/8 x 3/4 inch; 24 x 20 mm). Gilt brass. With the words "Somebody's Luggage" stamped on the front. With a brass clasp to keep it closed. Inside six brass leaves hinged in a concertina fold. Each leaf with an albumen-print portrait on either side, within an oval frame. A total of twelve portraits. Some very minor tarnishing, else about fine. Although originally produced as a souvenir for the wedding of the most famous little people of the time, Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren, with the twelve photos being portraits of the bride, groom and wedding party; this particular copy has been repurposed to hold photographs of other distinguished people of the era. The portraits are of unknown individuals, but include a man in military dress, a woman with child and several other figures of similar distinction. The only identified photo is of Italian general Giuseppe… Read More
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Alciphron's Epistles;
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Alciphron's Epistles;: In Which are Described, The Domestic Manners, The Courtesans, and Parasites of Greece. Now First Translated from the Greek.

by ALCIPHRON

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London: Printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson; Leigh and Sotheby; and R. Faulder, 1791. BELOE, William; MONROE, Thomas. BELOE, William, translator]. [MONROE, Thomas, translator].Alciphron's Epistles; In Which are Described, The Domestic Manners, The Courtesans, and Parasites of Greece. Now First Translated from the Greek. London: Printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson; Leigh and Sotheby; and R. Faulder. 1791. First English edition. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 222 x 144 mm). [6], 270, [4, blank] pp. With the half-title containing errata on the verso. Quarter newer beige paper over original drab boards. Uncut. Boards rubbed. Inner joints of boards cracked. With a 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 inch marginal tear on leaf P8, a1 1/2 inch closed tear on leaf S3 and a 3 1/2 inch closed tear on leaf S4, none affecting text. Overall a very good copy. "Alciphron, a Greek sophist, and the most eminent among the Greek epistolographers... we may safely infer that Alciphron was a contemporary of Lucian — an inference which is not… Read More
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Dr. Allen's Synopsis Medicinae
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Dr. Allen's Synopsis Medicinae: or, a brief and general collection of the whole practice of physick : containing the opinions and judgments of the most celebrated authors, concerning diseases, their causes and remedies : with most cases in surgery and midwifery :to which are added, some

by ALLEN, John

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London: Printed for J. Pemberton and W. Meadows, 1730. Full Description: ALLEN, John. Dr. Allen's Synopsis Medicinae: or, a brief and general collection of the whole practice of physick: containing the opinions and judgments of the most celebrated authors, concerning diseases, their causes and remedies : with most cases in surgery and midwifery :to which are added, some observations very rare and uncommon ; and a curious treatise on all sorts of poysons. In Two Parts. Translated from the last Edition, which is enlarged on third Part, by a Physician. London: Printed for J. Pemberton and W. Meadows, 1730. First edition in English. This title was first published in Latin in 1719, and was a synopsis of what the great minds of that time believed about each of the known diseases. Two octavo volumes (7 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches; 195 x 120 mm). [4],336, 335-404, [4], 405-409, [1, publisher's ad]; [2], 274, [44] pp. Leaves A3-A4 of volumes I, misbound between pages 404 and 405. With numerous wood cut initials and… Read More
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Works of Anacreon
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Works of Anacreon: Translated Into English Verse; With Notes Explanatory and Poetical. To which are added the Odes, Fragments, and Epigrams of Sappho. With the Original Greek plac'd oppisite to the Translation. By Mr. Addison.

by ANACREON

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London: Printed for John Watts at the Printing Office, 1735. First Addison Edition. Small octavo. Original full brown calf. Spine hinges cracked on front and rear, but holding. Previous owner's stamp on front free endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Very good. HBS 64712. $400.
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Jute
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Jute: [Photographic Album of the Jute Production in India]

by JOHNSTON & HOFFMANN

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Calcutta: Johnston & Hofman, 1890. JOHNSTON & HOFFMANN. . Jute. [Photographic Album of the Jute Production in India. Calcutta: Johnston & Hofman, n.d.c.a 1890]. Four oblong quarto photographic volumes. (mounts: 11 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches; 290 x 199 mm; photographs: 7 1/2 x 5 inches; 190 x 128 mm) With 68 black-and-white photographs mounted one per page on stiff cardboard. Uniformly bound in original half navy cloth over green cloth. Front boards lettered in gilt. Volume one with water damage, mainly to rear board and affecting the last seven photographs, but the images are still clearly visible. A few other photos in this volume have some minor fading or spotting. Back endpapers to this volume have been replaced. Some minor spotting to the cloth on other volumes and a bit of wrinkling to the cloth of volume IV. All other volumes internally clean and crisp and the photographs are in very good condition. Overall a very good set. Complete sets are rare. Comprises: Volume I: "Cultivation and Preparation",… Read More
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Libro Magico [Magical Blow Book/Magic Picture Book]
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Libro Magico [Magical Blow Book/Magic Picture Book]: Caduto Dalla Luna 1500 Anni Avanti La Creazione Del Mondo e Rtriovata Nei 1869.

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Torino: Carlo Manfredi, 1869. MAGIC AND CONJURING. [Magical Blow Book/Magic Picture Book]. Libro Magico Caduto Dalla Luna 1500 Anni Avanti La Creazione Del Mondo e Ritrovata Nei 1869. Torino: Carlo Manfredi 1869. Octavo (7 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 186 x 122 mm). In printed color facsimile wrappers. Title-page reinforced along edges. Some leaves with marginal reinforcement. Some occasional minor smudging. Overall a very good copy. With a total of two engraved title-pages (one at front and one at back), and 64 illustrated leaves. With six full sets of eighteen different full color illustrations plus an additional six illustrations. The illustrations include a wizard, imps, gentleman and gentlewoman, soldiers, birds, harbor, church, and others. We could only find one other copy at auction and one copy at a library (Getty). A beautiful copy of a magical blow book or flip book (also known as a magic coloring book). This type of trick is considered the oldest example of a "manufactured prop" to be used for… Read More
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[Magical Blow Book/Flip Book]
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[Magical Blow Book/Flip Book]

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London, 1840. MAGIC AND CONJURING. The Enchanted Scrapbook; Exhibiting Pictures, Which Appears and Vanishes at the Word Command. E. Wallis, London, [n.d.c.a 1840]. Small octavo (7 x 5 inches; 178 x 125 mm). This copy in contemporary floral embossed pink cloth. With matching topped slipcase. Slipcase stamped and lettered in gilt on front. Previous owner's old ink inscription on front blank, dated 1840. Internally all plates are generally clean and bright. A few smudges and a light dampstain. One leaf with a bird/solider has a closed tear, which has been invisibly repaired. Another leaf with a dancer/ ship has a large tear with a missing piece but it does not affect the illustration. Some minor sunning to spine and edges, cloth is splitting along hinge at top of spine. Slipcase is sunned and a bit worn. Overall a very good copy, especially rare in the original slipcase. With a total of 48 leaves. With twelve each of seven different full color illustrations of which include a Saint, a captive bird, a… Read More
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Hocus Pocus, or the Whole Art of Conjuring
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Hocus Pocus, or the Whole Art of Conjuring: Made Easy for Young Persons.

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New York & Philadelphia: Turner & Fisher, 1846. MAGIC AND CONJURING. New York & Philadelphia: Turner & Fisher, [N.d.c.a 1846]. Sixteenmo (5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches; 145 x 90 mm). [1]- 72 pp. With frontispiece included in pagination. With frontispiece and vignette title-page. And with numerous woodcuts in the text. Front board reads "Enlarged and greatly Improved." The caption under the frontispiece reads "How to cut a man's head off, and put it into a platter, a yard from his body." This woodcut image is repeated on the illustrated front cover. Original illustrated blue boards. Boards illustrated with the same engraving as the frontispiece. With some chipping to spine. Boards are a bit soiled. With foxing and toning throughout. Back board loose, but holding. Housed in a cardboard folio with previous owner magician Ricky Jay's bookplate. Overall very good. A scarce American Hocus Pocus with descriptions of numerous tricks including passing balls through cups, how to make a card that is chosen separate… Read More
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