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Halliday's Collection of Photographs of New England Historic Buildings and Colonial and...

Halliday's Collection of Photographs of New England Historic Buildings and Colonial and Provincial Houses. MDCXXVII — MDCCC

by (ARCHITECTURE, NEW ENGLAND, PHOTOGRAPHY) HALLIDAY, William H.

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Boston: William H. Halliday, for sale by Damrell & Upham, no. 283 Washington Street, 1895. First edition. 12mo. B/w photo illustrations throughout. [ii], 50 pp. + 7 ll. of ads for books on local history interspersed. Publisher's illustrated wrappers; covers toned, piece torn from lower corner of front wrapper, Damrell & Upham address crossed out in pencil and replaced with "50 Bromfield St, Room 30" Catalogue of the photographs of historic New England homes and buildings available for purchase from the Boston firm of William H. Halliday. “This collection of photographs is intended to embrace every building in Colonial and Provincial New England of importance, either in a picturesque point of view or for its historic or traditional value.” The catalogue lists some 400 to 500 photographs, grouped by location, and each with a short but often detailed description. The images were available as 6-1/2 x 8-1/2 inch prints at $.50 apiece. "The Halliday Historic Photograph Company was a Boston firm… Read More
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The Handy-Volume Shakespeare
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The Handy-Volume Shakespeare

by SHAKESPEARE, William

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London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., nd [ca. 1880]. 13 volumes in 5. 12mo. Contemporary crushed red morocco, gilt turn-ins, a.e.g., silk markers; rebacked preserving original gilt spine titling, tips rubbed PROVENANCE: Dame Jane Strachey, 1840-1928, English suffragist and writer, mother of Lytton Strachey (book-plate in each volume)
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The Hasheesh Eater:
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The Hasheesh Eater: Being Passages from the Life of a Pythagorean

by [LUDLOW, Fitz Hugh]

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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1857. First edition. 8vo. 371, [1] pp. Publisher's plum-brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind; spine faded, extremities rubbed, some foxing throughout First edition of the "first full-length work of American drug literature" (Horowitz), the first book on cannabis in English and the author's first book. Ludlow (1836-1870) began his experiments with drugs as a teenager in Poughkeepsie; the present work recounts his hallucinogenic experiences with large doses of cannabis extract while a student at Union College. PROVENANCE: James B. Weller (early ownership signature in pencil on title) REFERENCE: Horowitz, Phantastica, no. 153; Wright II, 1592
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Heart Disease and Aneurysm of the Aorta

Heart Disease and Aneurysm of the Aorta: With Special Reference to Prognosis and Treatment

by BROADBENT, William & John F.H. BROADBENT

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New York: William Wood, 1906. Fourth edition. 8vo. Chromolithograph frontispiece. xvi, 479, [1] pp. Publisher's blue cloth, titled in gilt; rubbed, spine gilt faded First published in London, 1897
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The History of the Lives of Abeillard and Heloisa;
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The History of the Lives of Abeillard and Heloisa;: Comprising a Period of Eighty-Four Years, from 1079 to 1163. With Their Genuine Letters, from the Collection of Ambroise

by BERINGTON, Joseph

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Birmingham: M. Swinney, 1788. Second edition. 4to. li, [1], 498 pp. Contemporary half black calf and marbled boards, spine gilt; front cover detached, some toning and foxing to title-page, small tear to title-page at gutter PROVENANCE: James Darbishire (book-plate)
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The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha ...
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The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha ...: Translated by Several Hands: and Published by the late Mr. Motteux

by CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de

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London: D. Midwinter, et al, 1743. Seventh edition thus. 4 vols. 12mo. 19 engraved plates, engraved head- and tailpieces. xviii, 303, [1]; [ii], 309, [1]; 310; [ii], 355, [1] pp. Contemporary three-quarters calf and marbled boards, gilt spines; a few joints starting, but in all an attractive set A handsome set of the seventh edition of the Motteux translation, revised and edited by Ozell. Rius notes that the plates are "unas malas copias de Coypel." PROVENANCE: George Beard (signature on vol. 2 title-page) REFERENCE: ESTC T59501; Rius 627
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The History of and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha...
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The History of and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha...: Translated from the Spanish ... by Dr. Smollett

by CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de

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London: Alex Hogg, nd, ca. 1794. One volume ed. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece and 11 engraved plates after Riley 519, [3] pp., text in two columns. Contemporary half speckled calf and marbled boards, morocco spine label; light rubbing to covers, adhesive stain to gutter of title, text toned, some staining and foxing A rather crude one-volume edition of Smollett's translation, previously published by Hogg in four volumes and in his New Novelist’s Magazine. The plates, which Rius signals out as this edition's one virtue, are dated 1794. REFERENCE: ESTC T59479 (2 copies); Rius 652
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The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote.
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The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote.: Translated ... by T. Smollett ...

by CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de

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London: W. Strahan, et al, 1782. Fifth edition thus. 4 vols. 12mo. 28 engraved plates after Francis Hayman. [ii], xl, 293, [1]; [ii],314; [ii], xi, [1], 331, [1]; [ii], 322 pp. Contemporary stained calf, rebacked, black morocco spine labels; vol. 1 lacking one label; text toned, occasional light staining and foxing Fifth edition of the Smollett translation, first published in 1755, with plates after Francis Hayman — "his best book" (Ray). REFERENCE: ESTC T59488; Ray England, p. 5; Rius 647
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The History of Johnny Quae Genus,
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The History of Johnny Quae Genus,: the Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax: a Poem

by (ROWLANDSON, Thomas) [COMBE, William]

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London: R. Ackermann, 1822. First edition in book form. Thomas Rowlandson. 8vo. 24 hand-colored aquatint plates by Thomas Rowlandson. [iv], 267 , [1] pp. Near contemporary remainder binding of orange cloth gilt, t.e.g., by Remnant & Edmonds (binder's ticket on rear pastedown); spine ends worn with some loss, offsetting from plates REFERENCE: Abbey Life 268; Tooley 413
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The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant, Don Quixote of the Mancha
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The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant, Don Quixote of the Mancha

by CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de

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London: D. Midwinter, et al, 1740. Third edition thus. Coypel. 4 vols. 12mo. 22 engraved folding plates by Gerard van der Gucht after Charles-Antoine Coypel, engraved head- and tailpieces. xxiv, [14], 264; [ii], 288; [ii], 288; [ii], 260, [36, index] pp. Contemporary calf, rebacked to style, red morocco spine labels; joints and covers rubbed, vol. 1 rust-stain to title and A2-11 loose, vol. 2 head chipped, vol. 4 front board detached, occasional foxing or toning Robert Shelton's translation, the first into English, with engravings after Coypel. ESTC identifies editions of Shelton's translation with Coypel's illustrations published in 1725, 1731, and 1740 PROVENANCE: M. Haddock (contemporary ownership signature on title-pages) REFERENCE: ESTC T59502; Palau 52478; Rius 625
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The History of the Establishment of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland
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The History of the Establishment of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland

by STUART, Gilbert

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London: J. Murray, 1780. First edition. 4to. Portrait frontispiece by Sherwin after Donaldson. iv, [4], 265, [1], [2, catalogue] pp. Contemporary tree calf, rebacked, red leather spine label; some wear to board edges First edition, one of 750 copies printed, of Staurt's narrative history of the Scottish Reformation, notable for its Gothic-inflected prose style. "Where many contemporary historians emphasized the systematic, the rational, and the pragmatic, Stuart believed that a more sentimental, immediate, and intentional approach could better re-create historical verisimilitude" (Zachs, ODNB). REFERENCE: ESTC T96527
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The History of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of la Mancha.
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The History of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of la Mancha.: Translated from the Spanish by P.A. Motteux

by CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de

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London: William Patterson, 1892. Adolphe Lalauze. 4 vols. 8vo. 37 etchings by Adolphe Lalauze. [iii]-xi, [1], xlii, 445, [1]; viii, [4], 484; x, [2], 512; ix, [3], 508 pp. Contemporary half calf gilt and marbled boards, t.e.g.; foxing to endpapers and some preliminaries, offsetting from plate tissue guards, a handsome set
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The History of Pendennis.
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The History of Pendennis.: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy

by THACKERAY, William Makepeace

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London: Bradbury and Evans, 1849-50. First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Engraved titles, 62 steel-engraved plates and numerous woodcuts to text by Thackeray. viii, 384; xii, 372 pp. Full calf gilt, red morocco spine labels, a.e.g., by Riviere & Son; one bruised spot on rear cover of vol. I, joints lightly rubbed REFERENCE: Van Duzer 166
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The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha ...
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The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha ...: Translated by Several Hands: and Published by the Late Mr Motteux. Revised Anew from the Best Spanish Edition, By Mr Ozell ...

by CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de

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Edinburgh: Denham and Dick, 1803. 4 vols. 12mo. [ii], 262; [ii], 246; [ii], 276; [ii], 285, [1] pp. Contemporary calf, contrasting morocco spine labels, extremities rubbed, spines dry, light soiling, toning and foxing throughout, vol. II ffep loose An uncommon Glasgow printing of Motteux's translation of Don Quixote. OCLC locates 5 copies. REFERENCE: Rius 658
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Houdini
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Houdini: His Life-Story ... from the Recollections and Documents of Beatrice Houdini

by KELLOCK, Harold

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New York: Blue Ribbon Books, (1930). Fifth printing. 8vo. Frontispiece. [viii], 384 pp. Publisher's red cloth; light wear to spine ends and tips, spotting to front cover, newspaper clipping to verso of ffep, bookseller's ticket Real photo postcard of Houdini flying a biplane in Australia affixed to the front pastedown. The postcard is captioned "Houdini piloting his biplane. The first successful aviator in Australia. Wins the Australian Aero League's Trophy, March 15th. 1910. Melbourne, Australia." According to a manuscript note beneath the card (possibly in the hand of magician Romuald Codare who owned this book) it was procured from Houdini's brother Hardeen, "who was playing in Boston on March 7th 1933 at the Bourdain Square Theatre." PROVENANCE: Romuald Codare, 1912-1933, professional magician (ownership inscription on ffep)
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Hours in a Library
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Hours in a Library

by STEPHEN, Leslie

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New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, nd. New Edition, with Additions. 4 vols. 8vo. Gift binding of full crushed green morocco, cover stamped in gilt with "Miss Spence's School" and Latin motto, t.e.g., by G.P. Putnam's; spines toned. Presentation inscription to Virginia Stewart Kellog on flyleaf from her aunt upon graduation, May 26, 1926. Attractively bound collection of Stephen's biographical and literary essays
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