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London, R. Withy, 1760.. upon the manners, customs, usages, different languages, government, mythology, chronology, geography, ceremonies, religion, mechanics, astronomy, medicine, physics, natural history, commerce, arts, and sciences, of the several nations of Asia, Africa, and America, plus much on China. Two volumes, complete set, translated from the French, FOURTH EDITION, 2 Volumes complete,1760. 8vo, approximately 205 x 125 mm, 8 x 5 inches, pages: Volume 1, [1], iv, [1]-411; Volume 2, [2], [1]-404 plus 16 pages of Contents, full contemporary calf, gilt ruled border to covers, rebacked to style, gilt rules and volume numbers, gilt lettered morocco labels. Covers scuffed and worn, with loss to leather surface, scorners worn with board showing at tips, shelf wear to edges, pale browning to edges of title pages, heavy browning at edges pastedowns and endpapers, very occasional light foxing, contents otherwise clean, 1 very short closed edge tear. A very good copy. 84 brief chapters describe a great variety of topics with much about China, India, and North and South America. Including a chapter on the 'island' of California; on the languages of various native tribes of America; on Egypt; 1 on Ethiopia; on porcelain making in China; the Tibetans etc. The work was first published in Paris in 1749 and the first English translation by John Dunn was issued in 1750. See: Sabin, Dictionary of Books Relating to America, 38729 (first edition) and 38730: "A somewhat scarce and very interesting privately printed book, relating to the aboriginal inhabitants of America". Catalogue of Printed Books in the Wellcome Medical Library, Volume 3, page 437, listing a 1750 edition: ESTC T211087 only 2 locations for this edition. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF HUMMING-BIRDS.
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THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES A FOUNDLING, with a sketch of the Author's life.
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London, Baynes and Son et al., 1825.. 2 volumes, 1825. Bound by Florence Paget(?) listed in Women Bookbinders, signed "F P 1906" on rear lower dentelle of Volume1. Small volumes with small print, approximately 120 x 65 mm, 5 x 2½ inches, engraved frontispiece and title page to each volume, coat of arms with motto "honi soit qui mal y pense" to each title page, pages: 1-443; 1-430, bound in full plain morocco, gilt titles to spines, blind decoration to the end of each raised band, double rules to dentelles, gilt rule to edges of covers, edges stained red. Spine of Volume 2 slighty faded, a few light stains to covers, pale browning to frontispiece and title page of Volume 1, strip of brown offset from dentelles to all first and last free endpapers, occasional pale spot, otherwise a very good clean tight set. Paget was a pupil of Douglas Cockerell, and exhibited at the Arts and Crafts Society in 1899. In 1902 she was chosen to bind the copy of the Form and Order of Service which King Edward VII used at…
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THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION, OR THE PRESERVATION OF FAVOURED RACES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.
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London, John Murray, 1892.. Sixth edition 1892 with additions and corrections (forty-third thousand) and an added Glossary by W. S. Dallas at rear. 8vo, 195 x 125 mm, 7½ x 4½ inches, folding chart, pages: xxi, 1-432 including index, original publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, blind-stamped decorative borders to covers, original patterned endpapers, edges untrimmed as issued, no inscriptions. Binding slightly rubbed with a few tiny white marks, inner paper hinge partially cracked, pale browning to endpapers, minor fox spots to folding plate, slight shelf wear to lower edges, otherwise contents clean and bright, binding tight and firm. A very good copy. See R. B. Freeman, The Works of Charles Darwin, page 79-81 and page 86 No. 439. This is a reprint of the edition of 1876 which contained the final text as Darwin left it which contained small differences in text from the edition of 1872. The word 'evolution' was used for the first time in the 6th edition of 1872. Darwin…
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THE GREAT ILLEGITIMATES!! : Public and private life of that celebrated actress, MISS BLAND and, otherwise MRS. FORD, or, MRS. JORDAN; late mistress of H.R.H. the D.of Clarence; now KING WILLIAM IV. founder of the Fitzclarence family.
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London, J. Duncombe, 19, Little Queen Street Holborn, circa 1830.. TITLE CONTINUED: Accompanied by numerous remarks and anecdotes of illustrious and fashionable characters. By a confidential friend of the departed. Embellished by portraits of the Fitzclarence family. FIRST EDITION c.1830?. Bound in sixes, approximately 170 x 100 mm, 7 x 4 inches, engraved portrait frontispiece and 9 engraved portraits only of 11, 266 pages, full calf, gilt lettered label and floral gilt decoration to spine, triple gilt rules to edges of covers, gilt dentelles, dark blue coated endpapers, all edges gilt, bound by Riviere & Son, their name at bottom of first blank endpaper. Slight rubbing to hinges, title page slightly dusty, pale soiling to engraved portraits, slight rubbing to outer edge of page 38 with loss to a few words, amateur inking in, small hole to text of page 98 affecting 2 words, 1 on recto and 1 on verso, a few other minor marks or pale stains, good copy, in nice binding. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS…
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GREAT NEAPOLITAN EARTHQUAKE OF 1857. THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF OBSERVATIONAL SEISMOLOGY.
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London, Chapman and Hall, 1862.. VOLUME 1 ONLY OF 2 VOLUME SET, ORIGINAL EDITION. FIRST EDITION 1862. Tall 8vo, approximately 260 x 165 mm, 10¼ x 6½ inches, 34 tinted lithographs by Vincent Brooks, 3 folding, 4 full page line diagrams and many small text illustrations, pages: xxiv, 1-431, original publisher's pebbled green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, blind decoration to covers, pale yellow endpapers. Binding rubbed, slight wear to head and tail of spine, head of lower hinge has 15 mm (¾ inch) split and 3 other tiny holes, lower cover has pale patchy fading and stains, corners slighty worn and slight shelf wear to edges, inner paper hinges cracked, pale offset from folding frontspiece to title page, otherwise a very good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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THE DESCRIPTION AND USE OF A PORTABLE INSTRUMENT, vulgarly known by the name of GUNTER'S QUADRANT 1721, BOUND WITH, THE ART OF NUMBRING BY SPEAKING-RODS, Vulgarly termed NEPIARS BONES 1685.
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London, J. Wilcox, 1721.. 2 WORKS BOUND TOGETHER, 1721. Title continued: By which is perform'd most propositions in Astronomy; as, the altitude, azimuth, right ascension and declination of the sun, &c. also his rising and setting and amplitude, together with the hour of the day or night, and other conclusions exemplified at large. To which is added THE USE OF NEPEIRS BONES 1685, In multiplication, division and extraction of roots; also the nocturnal, the ring-dyal, and Gunter's line... Collected and digested into this portable volume for the use of young practitioners. SECOND EDITIONS, 1721 (actually a reissue of the first edition of 1685 with a cancel title page). THE ART OF NUMBRING BY SPEAKING-RODS, Vulgarly termed NEPEIRS BONES, title page dated 1685, second edition. London, printed by T[homas]. B[raddyll]. for H[annah]. Sawbridge, at the Bible on Ludgate-Hill, first published 1667, 2 works bound together. Small book, 12mo, approximately 130 x 75 mm, 5¼ x 3 inches, a folding plate to each volume,…
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THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES A FOUNDLING, with a sketch of the Author's life.
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THE GREAT ILLEGITIMATES!! : Public and private life of that celebrated actress, MISS BLAND and, otherwise MRS. FORD, or, MRS. JORDAN; late mistress of H.R.H. the D.of Clarence; now KING WILLIAM IV. founder of the Fitzclarence family.
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London, J. Duncombe, 19, Little Queen Street Holborn, circa 1830.. TITLE CONTINUED: Accompanied by numerous remarks and anecdotes of illustrious and fashionable characters. By a confidential friend of the departed. Embellished by portraits of the Fitzclarence family. FIRST EDITION c.1830?. Bound in sixes, approximately 170 x 100 mm, 7 x 4 inches, engraved portrait frontispiece and 9 engraved portraits only of 11, 266 pages, full calf, gilt lettered label and floral gilt decoration to spine, triple gilt rules to edges of covers, gilt dentelles, dark blue coated endpapers, all edges gilt, bound by Riviere & Son, their name at bottom of first blank endpaper. Slight rubbing to hinges, title page slightly dusty, pale soiling to engraved portraits, slight rubbing to outer edge of page 38 with loss to a few words, amateur inking in, small hole to text of page 98 affecting 2 words, 1 on recto and 1 on verso, a few other minor marks or pale stains, good copy, in nice binding. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS…
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GREAT NEAPOLITAN EARTHQUAKE OF 1857. THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF OBSERVATIONAL SEISMOLOGY.
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London, Chapman and Hall, 1862.. VOLUME 1 ONLY OF 2 VOLUME SET, ORIGINAL EDITION. FIRST EDITION 1862. Tall 8vo, approximately 260 x 165 mm, 10¼ x 6½ inches, 34 tinted lithographs by Vincent Brooks, 3 folding, 4 full page line diagrams and many small text illustrations, pages: xxiv, 1-431, original publisher's pebbled green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, blind decoration to covers, pale yellow endpapers. Binding rubbed, slight wear to head and tail of spine, head of lower hinge has 15 mm (¾ inch) split and 3 other tiny holes, lower cover has pale patchy fading and stains, corners slighty worn and slight shelf wear to edges, inner paper hinges cracked, pale offset from folding frontspiece to title page, otherwise a very good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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L'ARGONAUTICA DI APOLLONIO RODIO.
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Rome, a spese di Venanzio Monaldini, e Paolo Giunchi, 1791.. 2 volumes, complete set, FIRST EDITION 1791-94, Translated and edited by Cardinal Lodovico Flangini, parallel Greek and Italian text with explanation in Italian, 4to, approximately 280 x 210 mm, 11 x 8¼ inches, each title page has a different engraving, 2 engravings in the prelim pages plus 17 engravings of varying size in the text, large folding map at the end of the prelims, pages: xxxix, 168, 199-434, [2]; xxviij, 531, [1], the jump in pagination in Volume I is a printer's error, the register and text are continuous, bound in modern half calf, red and green gilt lettered labels, gilt rules and decoration to spine, mottled paper covered boards, new endpapers, speckled edges. Rubbing to corners, neat inscription (C. J. R. Coleridge, address and date 1860) on front endpaper, tiny blind stamp of bookseller on endpaper of Volume II, small chip to 3 fore-edge margins, small tear to 1 fore-edge margin, all due to paper flaws, a couple of pages…
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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre
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Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.
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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River
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YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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DOLLY MADISON: WOMEN OF COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era
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Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.
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BOSTON ~ 150 VIEWS: One Hundred and Fifty Glimpses of Boston and Historical Surroundings
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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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Readin' 'Ritin' 'Rithmetic: Northern San Luis Obispo County Area One-Room Schools; Memories, Photos
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The DOs and DON'Ts of Yesterday: Little Book of Early American Know-How
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