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REPORT ON THE MUNITIONS OF WAR. REPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS, PARIS UNIVERSAL...
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REPORT ON THE MUNITIONS OF WAR. REPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS, PARIS UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION, 1867

by Charles B. Norton; W. J. Valentine

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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1868. Hard Cover. Fair binding. With nine folding diagrams and illustrations. Also with text illustrations throughout. Dampstaining throughout, and wear to the binding. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Overall in Fair or Good condition. Fair binding.
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JOHN M. BARBER'S CHESAPEAKE
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JOHN M. BARBER'S CHESAPEAKE

by John M. Barber | John R. Valliant

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Saint Michaels, Maryland, U.S.A.: Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Signed. A fresh and attractive copy signed on the title page by the artist, John Barber, with a personal inscription. The dustjacket is bright and is now protected with a new mylar cover. Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket.
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DE GOUDE EN ZILVERE GANGBAARE PENNINGEN DER GRAAVEN EN GRAAVINNEN VAN HOLLAND, IN ER EGTE STAND...
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DE GOUDE EN ZILVERE GANGBAARE PENNINGEN DER GRAAVEN EN GRAAVINNEN VAN HOLLAND, IN ER EGTE STAND EN WAARE WEEZENS VERTOOND EN BEHANDELD, EN MED EEN KORTE BESCHRIIVING DER PRINSELIIKE LEEVENS-BEDRIIVEN OPGEHELDERD, DOOR KORNELIS VAN ALKEMADE

by Cornelis van Alkemade

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Delft: Andriez Voorstad, 1700. First Edition. Full Leather. Good binding. A numismatic study on the gold and silver coins in the collection of the Count and Countess of Holland, by Cornelis van Alkemade, a Dutch historian and collector of antique coins and manuscripts. Additional title page, engraved. Text in Dutch. Collates complete; 2o: *-7*2 (7*2 blank) A-P2 R-W2 2A-2P2 2R-2W2 3A-3K2 [$1-2 signed] [28], 192, [8] pp. 64 leaves of plates. Full vellum, with titling in ink on the spine, and embossed designs and rules. Joints cracked but holding well. Housed in a homemade green cloth clamshell case. Good binding.
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HISTORY OF THE HONOLULU ENGINEER DISTRICT 1905-1965

HISTORY OF THE HONOLULU ENGINEER DISTRICT 1905-1965

by Ellen Van Hoften

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Honolulu: U.S. Army Engineer District, 1970. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Small 4to.; in the publishers cream colored wrappers printed in black, red and green; vii, [1], 133 pages, followed by four appendices, xix; there are no ownership or other marks in the book. Very Good binding.
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THE COMMENTARIES UPON THE APHORISMS OF DR. HERMAN BOERHAAVE...CONCERNING THE KNOWLEDGE AND CURE...

THE COMMENTARIES UPON THE APHORISMS OF DR. HERMAN BOERHAAVE...CONCERNING THE KNOWLEDGE AND CURE OF THE SEVERAL DISEASES INCIDENT TO HUMAN BODIES (VOLUME I ONLY)

by Gerard Van Swieten

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John and Paul Knapton, 1744. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Garrison Morton 2200. Van Sweeten was Boerhaave's student who transplanted his style of teaching to Vienna and founded the Vienna School of Medicine [Garrison Morton 2200]. He spent years on his translation of Boerhaave's works. An presentable copy in contemporary calf, lacking the front and back free endpapers. The front board has been discreetly reattached. Very Good binding.
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D. IOANNIS RVSBROCHII. SUMMI ATQVE SANCTISS. VIRI, QVEM INSIGNIS QUIDAM THEOLOGUS ALTERUM...

D. IOANNIS RVSBROCHII. SUMMI ATQVE SANCTISS. VIRI, QVEM INSIGNIS QUIDAM THEOLOGUS ALTERUM DIONYSIUM AREOPAGITAM APPELLAT, OPERA OMNIA

by Jan Van Ruysbroeck

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Hants., England: Gregg Press Limited, 1967. Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. A clean facsimile copy of the 1552 Cologne Edition. Bound in red buckram with lettering stamped in gilt on the spine. Some wear to the spine. Near Fine binding.
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YOUNG WOODLEY

YOUNG WOODLEY

by John Van Druten

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New York: The John Day Company, 1929. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good dust jacket. The First American Edition of the novel adapted from Van Druten's play of the same name (1925). The play was initially banned in London as it portrayed a schoolboy in love with the headmaster's wife and that we too much for the Lord Chamberlain's office. Naturally when the ban was lifted it enjoyed a most successful run. A nice binding, with no marks of any kind, in a dustjacket which has moderate shelfwear, and a piece missing from the top of the rear panel. The dustjacket is not price-clipped and is protected with a new mylar cover. Very Good+ binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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THE DEAD DOLL AND OTHER VERSES

THE DEAD DOLL AND OTHER VERSES

by Margaret Vandegrift

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Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1889. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. One of a number of children's stories in poetic form by Margaret Vandegrift (Margaret Thomson Janvier). Janvier was a native of New Orleans, and wrote extensively for The Chatterbox. Bound in publisher's green cloth with title vignette stamped in black and gold on the front cover and the spine; shelfwear to the extremities including a bumped spot on the bottom of the back board near the spine; contemporary previous owner inscription on the first blank; scattered foxing/toning throughout else contents clean and binding sound; illustrated throughout with in-text and full page engravings; scarce;. Very Good binding.
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[VIRGINIA] RICHMOND CAPITAL OF VIRGINIA: APPROACHES TO ITS HISTORY
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[VIRGINIA] RICHMOND CAPITAL OF VIRGINIA: APPROACHES TO ITS HISTORY

by By Various Hands

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Richmond, VA: Whittet & Shepperson, 1938. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto; this is #76 of 163 copies, the special numbered edition bound in quarter leather over buckram boards and housed in a publisher's slicpase; xxi, [3] - 337 pages.~~This with the pencilled signature of R. N. Wall on the pastedown; Mr. Wall is one of the listed sponsors in the book.~~This special edition is uncommon in commerce, and necessarily so. Very Good binding.
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LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW VOLUME LVI,  APRIL AND JUNE 1836.  VOLUME LVII.  SEPTEMBER AND DECEMBER...
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LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW VOLUME LVI, APRIL AND JUNE 1836. VOLUME LVII. SEPTEMBER AND DECEMBER 1836; AND No..CXV. FOR FEBRUARY, 1837

by Various

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New York: Theodore Forster, 1837. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Five issues bound in full sheep with a morocco label. Very Good binding.
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[THEOLOGY] OBSERVATIONS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS.  I. ON THE SEVEN TIMES SEVENTY YEARS OF DANIEL, CH....
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[THEOLOGY] OBSERVATIONS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. I. ON THE SEVEN TIMES SEVENTY YEARS OF DANIEL, CH. ix. 24-27. II. ON THE CANON OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. III. ON THE TRUE READING OF THE PASSAGE I. TIM. iii, 16

by John [Johann] Caspar Velthusen

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London: C. Heydinger, 1773. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in contemporary paper covered boards, with titling penned at the top of the spine; [6], 104, [2] pages. Complete with the half-title page, and the advertising leaf at the back of the book. With copious notes in pencil regarding "Velthusens's Successor" Christian Ludwig Gerling on the pastedown, and on the recto and verso of the first blank leaf.~~A group of Biblical commentaries by the 18th century German Protestant theologian Johann Caspar Velthusen, "One of his Majesty's German Chaplains" [from the title page]. (ESTC T4913). Very Good binding.
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THE REPORTS OF SIR PEYTON VENTRIS  Kt. LATE ONE OF THE JUSTICES OF THE COMMON-PLEAS.   IN TWO PARTS
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THE REPORTS OF SIR PEYTON VENTRIS Kt. LATE ONE OF THE JUSTICES OF THE COMMON-PLEAS. IN TWO PARTS

by Peyton Ventris

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London: Charles Harper; Jacob Tonson, 1701. Second Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. The Second Edition, the first being the 1696 edition. Ventris's Reports appeared posthumously in two pars: 1. Cases in the King's Bench; and 2. Cases in the Common Pleas. Though admitted to the Middle Temple, and called to the bar, Ventris "failed to secure a practice [and] devoted himself to reporting. ... [His reports] have a high reputation for accuracy" [see DNB, 1885-1900, Volume 58]. A rebacked copy in contemporary calf, with most of the original spine laid down. Lacking the endpapers and the engraved portrait of Ventris. Very Good binding.
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THE RIFLE BRIGADE CHRONICLE FOR 1900. CENTENARY NUMBER
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THE RIFLE BRIGADE CHRONICLE FOR 1900. CENTENARY NUMBER

by Lieut.-Colonel Willoughby Verner

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London: John Bale, Sons and Daneilsson, Ltd, 1901. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. The Centenary Number of the Rifle Brigade Chronicle Series (the Eleventh Year). 409 pages, with illustrations throughout and four folding maps as called for. In the publisher's green cloth binding.~~With much on the involvement of the Brigade in the Boer War -- the Siege of Ladysmith; the Attack on Ladysmith on January 6th, 1900; Modder River to Bloemfontein with the Sixth Division; etc.~~An attractive copy. Very Good binding.
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[CIVIL WAR] HISTORY AND ROSTER OF MARYLAND VOLUNTEERS, WAR OF 1861-65 [2 VOLUMES] [SLIPCASE]
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[CIVIL WAR] HISTORY AND ROSTER OF MARYLAND VOLUNTEERS, WAR OF 1861-65 [2 VOLUMES] [SLIPCASE]

by L. Allison Wilmer; J. H. Jarrett; Geo. W. F. Vernon

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Baltimore, MD: Guggenheim, Weil & Co, 1898. Two small quarto volumes; in black half-leather over brown pebbled cloth, with spines lettered in gilt; [xiv], [1]. 2-934, including the Alphabetical Index to Field Officers; viii, [1], 2-285, followed by Alphabetical Index to Field Officers of Army, and Naval Officers of Corresponding Rank; each officer with photographic frontispiece; closed tear to the front endpaper of Volume II; both volumes show considerable wear, with loss to the leather, but each is holding well; the top of the spine of Volume I was reglued to the top of the textblock by a previous owner (making for a lousy repair).~~The two volumes are housed in what is clearly a much later slipcase, with paper labels to the spine and the front cover.~~The Nevins bibligraphy avers that this is "[a]nother typical state roster of state troops" [but this one] "is more scarce to locate than most of the others". (Nevins II, 156).
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IRISH BULLS

IRISH BULLS

by Eugene Vest

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The Press of Ward Schori, 1981. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Slightly oblong miniature books (1 1/2" x 1 5/8"). Limitation of 100 copies. Bound in green cloth. Fine binding.
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FOUR LITTLE BLUE BOOKS BOUND TOGETHER: No. 961, HUMOROUS VERSE (17th and 18th CENTURY) AN...

FOUR LITTLE BLUE BOOKS BOUND TOGETHER: No. 961, HUMOROUS VERSE (17th and 18th CENTURY) AN ANTHOLOGY | #1068, THE BEST FUN FROM THE PICKWICK PAPERS | #1170 FUNNY GHOST STORIES TOLD AFTER SUPPER | #781, THE HOUSE OF LIFE: A SONNET SEQUENCE

by E. Haldeman-Julius | Charles Dickens; George Milburn (Editor) | Jerome K. Jerome | Dante Gabriel Rossetti; George Sylvester Viereck

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Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Company. Full Leather. Near Fine binding. Four of the Little Blue Books bound together -- rather incongurously -- in a handsome green morocco binding, stamped in blind with raised bands and marbled endpapers. Don't know what Haldeman-Julius would have made of it, but it's quite pretty. Near Fine binding.
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ADVENTURES AMIDST THE EQUATORIAL FORESTS AND RIVERS OF SOUTH AMERICA: ALSO WEST INDIES AND THE...

ADVENTURES AMIDST THE EQUATORIAL FORESTS AND RIVERS OF SOUTH AMERICA: ALSO WEST INDIES AND THE WILDS OF FLORIDA. TO WHICH IS ADDED "JAMAICA REVISITED

by H. Villiers-Stuart

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London: John Murray, 1891. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A clean First Edition copy in the publisher's blue cloth binding, which has a small patch to the spine which affects the titling slightly. There are no marks of any kind in the book. The attractive folding map is present and intact. Very Good binding.
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[SALESMAN'S SAMPLE] MY MOTHER'S BIBLE STORIES. TOLD IN THE LANGUAGE OF A GENTLE, LOVING MOTHER...
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[SALESMAN'S SAMPLE] MY MOTHER'S BIBLE STORIES. TOLD IN THE LANGUAGE OF A GENTLE, LOVING MOTHER CONVERSING WITH HER CHILDREN. DESIGNED FOR FAMILY USE DURING "CHILDREN'S HOUR" AROUND THE EVENING LAMP

by John H. Vincent

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Chicago, Ill: National Book Concern, 1896. Salesman Copy. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Salesman sample copy, with two sample cloth spines and the leather spine on the pastedowns. Pink slips of short salesman pitches or explanations of the various plates stubbed in throughout, for example "CHILDREN LOVE PICTURES. [...]." Full page illustrations and colored plates. Salesman ledger at the rear is blank. Front board and spine is bound with decorated tan cloth, and the rear board is half red leather over dark olive cloth. Very Good binding.
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MAPAS DE AMERICA EN LOS LIBROS ESPANOLES DE LOS SIGLOS XVI AL XVIII (1503-1798).  CON 241 FACSIMILES
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MAPAS DE AMERICA EN LOS LIBROS ESPANOLES DE LOS SIGLOS XVI AL XVIII (1503-1798). CON 241 FACSIMILES

by Francisco Vindel

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Madrid, 1955. #121 of 500 copies. With 241 maps, the majority of which are folding. An elaborate and handsome production. Pages unopened. In original wrappers, housed in a box.
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PUBLIUS VIRGILIUS MARO. | BUCOLICA. GEORGICA. AENEIS

PUBLIUS VIRGILIUS MARO. | BUCOLICA. GEORGICA. AENEIS

by Virgil

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Londini: Impensis Gul. Pickering, 1821. Full Leather. Very Good binding. 8.75 x 4.75 cm. Copy includes Virgil's Bucolica, Georgica, and Aeneid. With engraved portrait of Virgil, and additional engraved title page. Bound in morocco with lettering and rules stamped in gilt on the spine. Gilt rule at the perimeter of the boards. Spots of surface loss to the front and rear boards. Ruled in gilt to the perimeter of the boards. Lacking front and rear endpapers. All edges gilt, but faded. Very Good binding.
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