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New Law-Dictionary
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New Law-Dictionary: containing, the interpretation and definition of words and terms used in the law; and also the whole law, and the practice thereof, Under all the Heads and Titles of the same. Together with such Informations relating thereto, as Explain the History and An

by JACOB, Giles

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In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling.., 1729. Containing, the interpretation and definition of words and terms used in the law; and also the whole law, and the practice thereof, Under all the Heads and Titles of the same. Together with such Informations relating thereto, as Explain the History and Antiquity of the Law, and our Manners, Customs, and Original Government. Abstracted from all Dictionaries, Abridgments, Institutes, Reports, Year-Books, Charters, Registers, Chronicles, and Histories, Published to this Time. And fitted for the Use of Barristers, Students, and Practisers of the Law, Members of Parliament, and other Gentlemen, Justices of Peace, Clergymen, &c. By Giles Jacob, gent. [London] In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer, Esq;) for J. and J. Knapton, J. Darby, A. Bettesworth, F. Fayram, W. Mears, J. Pemberton, J. Osborn and T. Longman, C. Rivington, F. Clay, J. Batley, and A. Ward, MDCCXXIX. [1729]. First edition. Large quarto… Read More
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Cover Her Face
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Cover Her Face

by JAMES, P. D.

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London: Faber and Faber, 1962. London: Faber and Faber, [1962]. First edition of the author's first novel. Octavo (7 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 185 x 125 mm). [1]-254, [2, blank] pp. Publisher's full green cloth. Spine lettered in gilt. Cloth with some browning to edges, and foxing to boards. Endpapers and text black edges with some foxing. In original dust jacket. Jacket with light toning and some minor chipping along edges. Jacket with a 1 3/8 -inch closed tear at fold. A few light marks to front panel of jacket. Overall a very good copy. Phyllis Dorothy James [P.D. James] was a British crime novelist and public servant. "Her literary career was launched when her agent, Elaine Greene, learned from Charles Monteith, a director of Faber and Faber, that they were seeking a replacement for their leading crime novelist, Cyril Hare, who had recently died. Greene sent him the manuscript of James's first novel, Cover Her Face (1962), which she had just read. The telephone call informing James that Faber had… Read More
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Narrative of the Captivity and Adventures of John Tanner
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Narrative of the Captivity and Adventures of John Tanner: (U.S. Interpreter at the Saut de Ste. Marie,) During Thirty Years Residence Among the Indians in the Interior of North America.

by JAMES, Edwin

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New York: G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1830. JAMES, Edwin. . TANNER, John [author]. A Narrative of the Captivity and Adventures of John Tanner. (U.S. Interpreter at the Saut de Ste. Marie,) During Thirty Years Residence Among the Indians in the Interior of North America. New York: G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1830. First edition. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 222 x 140 mm). [1]-426, [2 blank] pp. With engraved frontispiece portrait of Tanner. Numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text. Part I is the Narrative by as told by Tanner to Edwin James, and Part II which is written by James, covers Native American customs, astronomy, music, poetry, medicine hunting, and includes a vocabulary of Chippewa words and phrases. Quarter contemporary (?) black cloth over drab brown boards. Spine with original printed paper spine label. Boards and edges lightly rubbed. Previous owner's armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Some minor soiling and toning to pastedowns front glue. Scattered foxing as is usual of American… Read More
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Daisy Miller: A Study

by JAMES, Henry, Jr.

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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1879. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [N.d., ca. 1879]. First edition, later issue. Issued as Harper's Half-Hour Series .This issue proceeds the first english edition. This copy with copyright date of 1877 at front wrapper, date of 1878 at copyright page, no date at title page and 120 titles for this series listed in ads. Twelvemo. (Measures 4 13/16 x 3 1/8 inches). [1], 116; 12 ads, pp. Publisher's original printed wrappers lettered in black and red, rebacked in tan cloth. Previous owner's signature on first page, newspaper clipping mounted to last page. Front cover chipped at corners. Overall, very good copy of this fragile book. "[Daisy Miller] deals with an unsophisticated, 'strikingly, admirably pretty' girl from Schenectady traveling through Europe who runs athwart the conventions of a group of Europeanized Americans who enforce the rules of the older European community with unthinking severity. The book aroused controversy when it first… Read More
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Stories Revived
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Stories Revived: In Three Volumes.

by JAMES, Henry

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London: MacMillan and Co, 1885. First edition. Three octavo volumes. 7 3/8 x 4 15/16 inches, 189 x 127 mm). [8], 280; [8, including preliminary blank], 280; [8, including preliminary blank], 269, [1, blank], [2, publisher's advertisements] pp. BAL binding "C", no priority. Full green cloth. Boards triple-ruled in black ink, spines stamped and lettered in gilt. Blue patterned endpapers. Top edges green. Mostly unopened. Each volume with a old library bookplate from "Library of the Supreme Council, 33...Washington, D.C.." on front paste-down. With some minor professional restoration to the spines of each volume. Some glue residue to inner margin of final leaf of volume I. Back free endpaper of volume II a bit chipped along edges, and with some professional repairs. Preliminary blank of volume III with a one-inch closed tear to outer margin, and inner hinges with some repair. Outer front corners of volume III a bit bumped. Overall a very nice set with bright gilt spines. Housed in a custom slipcase.… Read More
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Princess Casamassima
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Princess Casamassima: A Novel.

by JAMES, Henry

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London: Macmillan and Co, 1886. First edition, one of 750 sets published in October of 1886. Three octavo volumes. Advertisement leaf at the end of volumes two and three. Publisher's dark green cloth, ruled in black on boards, gilt lettering on the spine. Green coated endpapers renewed. Spine extremities slightly bumped, light rubbing to tips and joints. Uncut. A very good copy. In custom cloth clamshell. "In the middle phase of his career, James wrote two novels dealing with social reformers and revolutionaries, The Bostonians (1886) and Princess Casamassima." (Webster's Dictionary of American Authors, 207) These novels were different in that they strayed from the usual themes found in James' works and focused more on the poor and working-class characters and radical politics. BAL 10577. Edel and Laurence A29a. HBS 64325. $6,500.
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String Figures. A Study of Cat's-Cradle in Many Lands
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String Figures. A Study of Cat's-Cradle in Many Lands: With an Ethnological Introduction by Alfred C. Haddon. Illustrated.

by JAYNE, Caroline Furness

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906. First edition, inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf. Large octavo (10 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches; 265 x 185 mm). xxiii, 91, blank], 407, [1, blank] pp. With seventeen black-and-white photographic plates, including frontispiece and over eight hundred illustrations in the text. Publisher's full blue cloth. Front board ruled and stamped in blind, lettered in gilt. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt, others uncut. A few leaves unopened. Brown coated endpapers. Previous owner, Dr. Wesley Wilbur Beckett's bookplate on front pastedown. Beckett was a Southern California surgeon and president of the California Medical Association. Some minor rubbing to edges of cloth. A bit of soiling to top of front board. Otherwise a near fine copy. Caroline Furness Jayne "was an American ethnologist who published the first book on string figures in 1906 titled String Figures: A Study of Cat's Cradle in Many Lands... Jayne became interested in string figures through… Read More
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Commentary and Review of Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws
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Commentary and Review of Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws: Prepared for press from the original manuscript, in the hands of the publisher. To which are annexed Observations on the thirty-first book by the late M. Condorcet: and Two Letters of Helvetius on the merits of the same work.

by JEFFERSON, Thomas

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Philadelphia: W. Duane, 1811. JEFFERSON, Thomas; DESTUTT DE TRACY, Antoine L.C.. translator]. DESTUTT DE TRACY, Antoine L.C., [contributor]. A Commentary and Review of Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws. Prepared for press from the original manuscript, in the hands of the publisher. To which are annexed Observations on the thirty-first book by the late M. Condorcet: and Two Letters of Helvetius on the merits of the same work. Philadelphia: W. Duane, 1811. Full description: JEFFERSON, Thomas, [translator]. DESTUTT DE TRACY, Antoine L.C., [author]. A Commentary and Review of Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws. Prepared for press from the original manuscript, in the hands of the publisher. To which are annexed Observations on the thirty-first book by the late M. Condorcet: and Two Letters of Helvetius on the merits of the same work. Philadelphia: W. Duane, 1811. First edition all around. The French edition did not appear until 1817. Translated and revised by Thomas Jefferson from the manuscript by Destutt de… Read More
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Narrative of the Two Aerial Voyages of Doctor Jeffries with Mons. Blanchard;
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London: Printed for the author, sold by J. Robson, 1786. BLANCHARD, Jean Pierre. Blanchard; with meteorological observations and remarks. The first voyage, on the thirtieth of November, 1784, from London into Kent: the second, on the seventh of January, 1785, from England into France. By Doctor Jeffries. Presented to the Royal Society, April 14, 1785; and read before them, January, 1786. London: Printed for the author, sold by J. Robson, 1786. First edition of the narrative of the first crossing of the English Channel by Balloon, by the first American to "fly". Small quarto (10 7/8 x 8 3/4 inches; 276 x 220 mm). [2], 60 pp. With frontispiece portrait of Jeffries and one engraved plate. With a general title and separate half-titles for each voyage. Newer quarter brown calf over marbled paper boards. Spine ruled in gilt, with red morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. Newer endpapers. All edges uncut. Portrait with some minor edge repair, not affecting engraving. Housed in a cloth clamshell.… Read More
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Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies: From 1799 to 1815
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Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies: From 1799 to 1815

by JENKINS, James

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London: Printed for Js. Jenkins...by L. Harrison.., 1814. Full Description: [JENKINS, James]. The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies: From 1799 to 1815. London: Printed for Js. Jenkins...by L. Harrison..., [1814-1815]. First edition, large paper copy. With the text watermarked J. Whatman / 1812 and 1810 and plates watermarked 1824-1825. Large quarto (13 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches; 345 x 286 mm). Complete with engraved title-page with an uncolored vignette and fifty-three hand-colored aquatint plates, including frontispiece (captioned as "vignette title"), dedication leaf with the arms of the Duke of Wellington, and fifty-one views of military scenes and battles, by T. Sutherland, D. Havell, J. Clarke, M. Dubourg and J. Hassell from drawings by W. Heath. Bound without the List of Subscribers. Contemporary red straight-grain morocco, by Bayntun of Bath. Boards tooled in gilt and stamped with gilt central lozenge devices. Spines stamped and lettered in gilt. Board edges tooled in gilt.… Read More
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Annonces: An inquiry into the causes and effects of the variolae vaccinae
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Geneva: De l'Impr. de la Bibliotheque Britannique, 1798. The First Announcement and First Almost Complete Translation in any Language on the Continent of Europe of Jenner's Discovery of the Small Pox Vaccine. Published the Same Year as the First Edition English Original. [JENNER, Edward]. [ODIER Louis]. Annonces: An inquiry into the causes and effects of the variolae vaccinae, etc. By Edward Jenner, M.D.F.R.S., etc. London 1798. Recherches sur les causes et les effects de la Petite-verole des vaches, par Ed. Jenner, Dr. M. Membre de la Societe Royale, etc. Londres 1798: [containing] [Annonces], premier extrait [and] second extrait. [Bound within] Bibliothèque Britannique; ou Recueil Extrait des Ouvrages Anglais periodiques et autres; des Memoires et Transactions des Societes et Academies de la Grande-Bretagne, d'Asie, d'Afrique et d'Amerique; en Duex Series, intitulees: Litterature et Sciences et Arts, redige a Geneve, par une Societe de Gens de Lettres. Tome Neuvième. Sciences et arts. Geneve:… Read More
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Principles of Economics
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Principles of Economics: A Fragment of a Treatise on the Industrial Mechanism of Society and Other Papers. With a Preface by Henry Higgs.

by JEVONS, W. Stanley

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London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1905. First edition. Octavo (8 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 219 x 140 mm). xxviii, [1]-273, [1, blank], [2, publisher's advertisements] pp. Publisher's full brick cloth. Boards ruled in blind. Spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Partially unopened. Previous owner's name twice on front free endpaper, and once of title-page, not affecting text. Another previous owner's signature has been extracted from the front free endpaper, leaving a 2 1/2 -inch hole. Corner's a bit bumped. Spine slightly darkened with gilt a bit rubbed. Some light foxing to endpapers. Overall a very good copy. William Stanley Jevons, (1835-1882), was a British economist and philosopher of science. "He planned a Principles of Economics to supplement his Theory of Political Economy; significantly, he gave it the subtitle ‘A treatise on the industrial mechanism of society'. By 1882 he had sketched out its contents and drafted a number of chapters, but was still preoccupied with the completion of papers… Read More
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Certaine Sermons Preached before the Queens Majesties
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Certaine Sermons Preached before the Queens Majesties: And the Paules crosse... Whereunto is added a short Treatise of the Sacraments, gathered out of other his sermons, made upon that matter, in his Cathedral Church at Salisburie.

by JEWEL, John

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London: Christopher Barker, 1583. Full Description: JEWEL, John. Certaine Sermons Preached before the Queens Majesties. And the Paules crosse... Whereunto is added a short Treatise of the Sacraments, gathered out of other his sermons, made upon that matter, in his Cathedral Church at Salisburie. London: Christopher Barker, 1583. First edition, with last two words of the publisher's info in italics. Small octavo (5 3/4 x 4 inches; 147 x 105 mm). [4], 182 leaves [of 184]. Lacking leaves O4 and O5. Title printed within a woodcut border. With woodcut head and tail piece and initial. Only one complete copy on Rare Book Hub since 1963. [Bound together with]: An Exposition upon the two Epistles of the Apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians... Whereunto is adjoined a very necessarie table of the principal matters contained in this Exposition. London: Ralfe Newberie, 1584. Second edition. Small octavo. [16], 304, 307-424, [2, blank] pp. Although there is a jump in pagination, no leaves are lacking in this… Read More
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Dictionary of the English Language
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Dictionary of the English Language: In which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed, a history of the language, and an English grammar.

by JOHNSON, Samuel

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London: Printed by W. Strahan, for J. and P. Knapton.., 1755. Full Description: JOHNSON, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed, a history of the language, and an English grammar. London: Printed by W. Strahan, for J. and P. Knapton..., 1755. First edition of "the most amazing, enduring and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography" (Printing and the Mind of Man). Two large folio volumes, tall paper copies, (16 1/4 x 10 1/8 inches; 412 x 258 mm.). Unpaginated. Text in double columns. Title-pages printed in red and black. Decorative woodcut tail-pieces. Full contemporary speckled calf, rebacked to style. Spines with original two red and green calf spine labels, lettered in gilt. Spines ruled in gilt in compartments, six raised bands. Board edges tooled in gilt. Boards a bit rubbed and scuffed, with a bit of wear to some… Read More
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Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language
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Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language: Addressed to the Right and Honourable Philip Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield; One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.

by JOHNSON, Samuel

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London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton, T. Longman and T. Shewell, C. Hitch.., 1747. Full Description: [JOHNSON, Samuel]. The Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language; Addressed to the Right and Honourable Philip Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield; One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton, T. Longman and T. Shewell, C. Hitch, A. Millar, and R. Dodsley, 1747. First edition, second issue. With leaf A reset to exclude the Earl of Chesterfield's name on the first page of the dedication and leaf E in corrected state without the duplicate "the". Quarto (9 x 6 3/4 inches; 230 x 170 mm). [2], 34 pp. Bound by Riviere and Son in full mottled smooth calf. Boards double-ruled in blind. Red morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. Blind dentelles. With stab-holes present along inner margin. A tiny hole repaired to blank lower magin of title-page. Title-page lightly toned, otherwise very clean inside. Previous owner's armorial bookplate on front… Read More
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Miscellany of Poems by Several Hands
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Miscellany of Poems by Several Hands

by JOHNSON, Samuel

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Oxford: Printed by Leon Lichfield, 1731. JOHNSON, Samuel; HUSBANDS, John|POPE, Alexander. contributor]. HUSBANDS, John, [compiler]. POPE, Alexander, [contributor]. A Miscellany of Poems by Several Hands. Oxford: Printed by Leon Lichfield, 1731. Full description: [JOHNSON, Samuel, contributor]. HUSBANDS, John, [compiler]. [POPE, Alexander, contributor]. A Miscellany of Poems by Several Hands. Oxford: Printed by Leon Lichfield, 1731. First edition of this title and Samuel Johnson's first appearance in print. His Latin translation of Pope's poem "Messiah" is printed on pages 111-117. Small quarto (8 x 5 inches; 204 x 138 mm). [148], 270 pp. With numerous other poems including a number by Husbands as well. With the 10 leaves "List of Subscribers." Contemporary acid-treated calf (?), rebacked with original spine laid down. Red morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. Spine stamped in gilt. All edges speckled red. Some minor chipping along edges and corners. Title-page lightly toned and some light foxing… Read More
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Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language
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Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language: Addressed to the Right and Honourable Philip Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield; One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.

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London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton, T. Longman and T. Shewell, C. Hitch.., 1747. Second Edition of Johnson's 'Plan' for the Dictionary and Printed to Coincide with the Publication of the Dictionary's First Edition [JOHNSON, Samuel]. The Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language. Addressed to the Right and Honourable Philip Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield; One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton, T. Longman and T. Shewell, C. Hitch..., 1747 [i.e. 1755]. Second edition, one of 1500 copies printed to coincide with the publication of the Dictionary in 1755. Although the date on the title-page is 1747, it was actually published in 1755. There are two states of unknown priority, one as present copy with figure "4" on page 4, the other with figure "8" on page 4. Octavo in fours (7 5/8 x 4 1/2 inches; 194 x 115 mm). [2], 37, 1, blank] pp. Bound in a "Miscellany" together with other pamphlets. The only copy we could find at auction came up at Sotheby's… Read More
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History of Saint Louis
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History of Saint Louis: By John, Lord of Joinville Seneschal of Champagne translated from the French text edited by Natalis de Wailly by Joan Evans.

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Newtown, Montgomeryshire: Gregynog Press, 1937. GREGYNOG PRESS; DE WAILLY, Natalis|EVANS, Joan. One of the Most Impressive Books from the Gregynog Press GREGYNOG PRESS. DE WAILLY, Natalis, [editor]. EVANS, Joan, [editor]. JOINVILLE, Jean, Sieur de. The History of Saint Louis. By John, Lord of Joinville Seneschal of Champagne translated from the French text edited by Natalis de Wailly by Joan Evans. Newtown, Montgomeryshire: Gregynog Press, 1937. Full Description: [GREGYNOG PRESS]. [JOINVILLE, Jean, Sieur de]. The History of Saint Louis by John, Lord of Joinville, Seneschal of Champagne. Translated from the French text edited by Natalis de Wailly by Joan Evans. [Newtown, Montgomeryshire]: The Gregynog Press, 1937. Limited to 200 numbered copies, this being number 176. Folio (13 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches; 342 x 238 mm.). [2, blank], [6], 157, [1, blank], [9], [1, blank] pp. Printed in Poliphilus type on Arnold and Foster handmade paper. Openings and initial letters, printed in red and pale blue, designed… Read More
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Examples of Chinese Ornament
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Examples of Chinese Ornament: selected from objects in the South Kensington Museum and other collections ... one hundred plates.

by JONES, Owen

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London: S. & T. Gilbert, 1867. Examples of Chinese ornament selected from objects in the South Kensington Museum and other collections. London: S. & T. Gilbert, 1867. First edition. Folio (13 1/8 x 9 inches; 334 x 230 mm.). 15, [1, blank] pp. Complete with six intertextual illustrations and 100 chromolithographic plates, including the chromolithograph title-page. With all tissue guards present. Textual title-page in red and black. There are two different iterations of this book, one in which the chromolithograph title-page is considered "Plate I" and the following plates start the numbering at "Plate II." (This version being numerically in line with the list of plates. The other version, as in the present copy, has the first plate after the chromolithograph title labeled "Plate I." In this version, the numbering skips over the number "V", which then at plate VI, brings it in line with the list of plates and the other version. All plates are present and inline with the copies with correct numbering.… Read More
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Asiatick researches or transactions of the Society
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Asiatick researches or transactions of the Society: instituted in Bengal for inquiring into the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences, and literature of Asia.

by JONES, William

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Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1788. On the Hindus. In: Asiatick researches or transactions of the Society,. instituted in Bengal for inquiring into the history and antiquities, the ARTS, SCIENCES, and LITERATURE of Asia. Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1788. True first edition (preceding the London issue). Quarto (11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches; 285 x 215 mm.). Xvi, 465, [1, errata] pp. With thirty-four engraved plates (of which three are folding). Contemporary tree calf with twining gilt borders, expertly rebacked preserving the original spine, smooth spine densely gilt and with red and black morocco gilt lettering labels, marbled endpapers. A very attractive copy. This scholarly periodical went to twenty volumes but the key piece, the piece cited by Carter in Printing and the Mind of Man, is found in this first volume; "This slim paper, read to the Bengal Asiatic Society in 1786 and published in its Tarnsactions, marks a turning point in the history of linguistics and signalled the birth of… Read More
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