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Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood, 1887 233 pages Edited by J.H.Stoddart Embellished with 36 engravings pasted into the book.Internally in near fine condition subject to moderate browning to end papers and a card with an owners name on the inside front cover.Binding sound (the book has evidently been seldom read) subject to 3 cm crack between inside front cover and fep.Cover quite bright with slight markings.Moderate wear to extremities of spine and a small nick at the bottom.Top corners bumped. An attractive book.
Estatutos do Collegio Real de Nobres da Corte, e Cidade de Lisboa. (Carta porque Vossa Magestade havendo respeito aos motivos que nella vaõ expressos: Ha por bem restabelecer na sua Corte, e Cidade de Lisboa em lugar dos outros uteis, e fructuozos Collegios, que haviaõ sido abolidos, hum Collegio com o Titulo de Collegio Real de Nobres; para nelle se educarem cem Porcionistas distinctos pelo seu nascimento; e para o conservar sempre no seu inteiro dominio, e na sua immediata, e privativa Protecçaõ; dando logo ao mesmo Real Collegio para o seu Governo os Estatutos estabelecidos na mesma Carta . . .) (Dated 7 March 1761.) by [Education] - 1778
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Estatutos do Collegio Real de Nobres da Corte, e Cidade de Lisboa. (Carta porque Vossa Magestade havendo respeito aos motivos que nella vaõ expressos: Ha por bem restabelecer na sua Corte, e Cidade de Lisboa em lugar dos outros uteis, e fructuozos Collegios, que haviaõ sido abolidos, hum Collegio com o Titulo de Collegio Real de Nobres; para nelle se educarem cem Porcionistas distinctos pelo seu nascimento; e para o conservar sempre no seu inteiro dominio, e na sua immediata, e privativa Protecçaõ; dando logo ao mesmo Real Collegio para o seu Governo os Estatutos estabelecidos na mesma Carta . . .) (Dated 7 March 1761.)
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[Lisbon]: Na Officina de Antonio Rodrigues Galhardo, 1778. Wrappers.. Together with:- Alvará, por que Vossa Magestade . . he servido ampliar, e declarar a Instituição Primordial do Real Collegio de Nobres, dada em sete de Março de mil setecentos sesenta e hum . . . (Dated 13 March 1772.) Folio. 6 pp. Wrappers. (Lisbon), Na Regia Officina Typografica, 1772. The Jesuits had been largely responsible for higher education in Portugal and with the suppression of the Order Pombal resolved to establish a school for sons of the nobility to prepare them for future positions of responsibility. Pupils were to be admitted aged seven and thirteen years, with a yearly payment of 120 mil reis. In addition to Latin, Greek, rhetoric and logic, the curriculum included equitation, fencing and dancing, and more radically mathematics, physics, military and civil architecture and art. Marquês de Pombal, Catálogo Bibliográfico e iconográfico, 646 (cf. 325.)[removed][removed]
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Legal and Other Lyrics
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Venezia Nei Secoli La Citta. Secondo Volume
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Venezia: Venezia Casa Editrice Libeccio, 1957. Volume Two. First edition. Hard cover. Published Venezia: Venezia Casa Editrice Libeccio, 1957, first printing. Small 4to., 8" x 11", 436pp., profusely illustrated with color and black and white plates, fold-outs. Gilt stamped cream cloth with gilt cover design, ribbon marker. Text in Italian. Partial foxing along two edges, else very good plus. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 4to.
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A Child's History of England
by Dickens, Charles
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Boston: Jenks, Hickling, and Swan. Good with no dust jacket; Pages toned, boards worn, dampstained and . sunned, vol. 1 gift inscription and dampstaining to lower half of boards . and text.. 1854. Hardcover. A married set in two volumes (volume one in ribbed dark brown cloth while volume two is in patterned lighter brown cloth). Uniform gilt lettering and designs on spines, boards stamped in blind. 332; 355 pp. An early American edition of Dickens only book written for children - his own, in fact - which provides his lively view of English history from ancient times through the beginning of Queen Victorias reign. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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Imperator Et Rex, William II. of Germany: By the Author of The Martyrdom of an Empress
by Cunliffe-Owen, Marguerite
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This is an exceptionally maintained Book published in 1904. It is a Biography of William II, the Emperor of Germany. The Author, Marguerite Cunliffe-Owens, remained anonymous and did not include her name anywhere on this Book as she had done with several of her other Books. This Book has 282 pages and 16 illustrations. This Book also includes a signature by Emperor William dated 1903 under his photo in the frontispiece.
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Collection of 17 Volumes of Historical Fiction (List of Book Titles in Remarks)
by Mühlbach, Luise, Translated from the German to English by Several Translators
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This is a 17-Volume collection of works of Historical Fiction by Luise Mühlbach, a well-known German Author, who wrote most of her work in the 1860s and early 1870s. Her Books focus on several well-known German and European personalities including Frederick the Great, Joseph the Second, Empress Josephine, Goethe and Schiller, Napoleon, Marie Antoinette, King Henry and others. Her Books were translated into English by several different translators and published as a set by A.L. Fowle, Publisher, of New York in 1905. This Set was not published with Volume Numbers for each Book. Each Book contains 400-650 pages of text and three to five illustrations.There are 20 Volumes in the complete set. However, the set being offered here is limited to 17 Volumes and are listed below:BERLIN AND SANS-SOUCI, Translated by Mrs. Chapman Coleman and Daughters;FREDERICK THE GREAT AND HIS FAMILY, Translated by Mrs. Chapman Coleman and Daughters;MARIE ANTOINETTE AND HER SON, Translated by Rev. W. L. Gage;ANDREAS HOFER,…
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Contracts and Conveyances of Real Property
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Callaghan & Company. HARDCOVER. 1/1/1954. B001NJ3AFY :1954- includes the 1956 Cumulative Supplement, green hardcover with minor dings on corners, pages have soiling of edges, otherwise clean and tight! . Used - Good.
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THE HISTORY OF TWENTY FIVE YEARS 1856-1870 (2 VOLUMES COMPLETE)
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New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1904. Hardcover. Very Good. Vol. 1- xviii + 529 pages + 40 pages of publisher's list of works. Vol. 2- xiv + 525 pages. 6 x 9 in. Each volume in green cloth binding, gilt lettering on spine. Condition of the volumes is VERY GOOD: Spines faded, light wear and soiling to covers and spines, covers have spotty fading, top edge of text block darkened, pages very clean, binding fine except front hinge cracked on Vol. 1. Signature in ink on second ffep. in Vol. 1 of David B. Ogden.
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Magyarorszag Tortenete 1686-1790. 2 Kotet
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Budapest: Akademiai Kiado [963-05-5290-6] 1989. (Small 4to) 824pp. Very good in very good plus dust jacket. Blue boards with white spine lettering. Illustrations, tables, folding maps. The top of the front board and bottom of the back board have been damp with resulting blue staining to the inner side of the jacket. Otherwise a tight sound book. Text in Hungarian Language. (History--Hungary, History--Hungary).
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The Illustrated History of the Jews
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Harper & Row - Israeli Publishing Institute, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. 1963 Harper & Row - Israeli Publishing Institute. First edition, stated. "Limited edition of one hundred volumes of the first world edition... specially printed and bound for Mr. Leo Robinson, Member of the Board of Directors of the Israeli Publishing Institute of Jerusalem", with hand-written presentation name and date. Oversize hardcover has beige cloth-covered boards with blue and gold spine lettering. Illustrated endpapers. Color plates. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Maps. 407 pages + index. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Mild foxing to covers. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has light surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, a few creases, and a half-inch tear at the top edge of the back panel and a two-inch tear at the top edge of the front panel. Small corner crease on inner front flap; old tape stain on…
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A History of the Crusades: Three Volume Boxed Set
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Volume 1: The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Volume 2: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100-1187. Volume 3: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades. All three volumes are in Fine Condition in a Fine Slipcase. Due to the size of this item, expedited or priority shipping prices will be individually quoted. Media Mail cost within the U.S. will remain as listed.
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The Sky and the Forest
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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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Samuel The Seeker
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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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Shoot to Kill?
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Mercier Press, 1985. Used-Good. Paperback
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Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) G&D Hardcover w/DJ 1945
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Christie, Agatha: Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) 1945 HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET. Unabridged. Please see our stock photo. Used. VG/Fair unclipped DJ. 209 pages. 5 3/8 X 7 ¾. A COLONEL RACE MYSTERY.
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Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection)
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Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection) (aka The Mousetrap). Black faux leather binding. First Edition Thus Bantam Books Inc., NY, September, 1988. Number line: 0987654321. As New. Summary: "A blinding snowstorm—and a homicidal maniac—traps a small party of friends in an isolated estate." THE MOUSETRAP: Known as the "world's longest-running play," The Moustrap has been running since 1952 and celebrated 70 years in London in 2022."
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Rumpole and the Angel of Death
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Viking, 1995. Hardcover. Condition:As New Very . Dust Jacket Condition: As New and unclipped. First American Edition, All pages clean and unmarked
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The Man In The Brown Suit
by Christie, Agatha
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703 ChristieBrownSuit The Man In The Brown Suit. By Agatha Christie. Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd., London, 1958, Stated Fourth Impression Thus,1970. ISBN 0370006720. Please see our stock photos. EXLIB. Good Condition/Good Original Shakel & Ryder Dust Jacket with Yellow spine, black titling, woman and ship cover art. Protected in mylar wrap. "States new and redesigned Edition, Fourth Impression, 80p. Blue boards with black titling. Our book spine has skinned spot at the word "brown" from removal of scotch tape. Plot Summary: Who is he, the man in the brown suit? He says he is a doctor; but Anne Beddingfield, who witnesses the fatal accident at a London tube station, is quick to notice some curious features about him when he comes to the scene. Her investigation of the accident leads her into the thick of mystery. This novel is more than an ingenious puzzle: It is a gripping suspense story."
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Jailbird
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Vonnegut, Kurt. Jailbird. 1979. Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence. First Edition. Used. Good+ Unclipped DJ. Back cover author photo. 245 pages, Indexed. Plot summary: "This thematically and narratively complex book tells the life story of Walter Starbuck, ex-socialist, ex-capitalist, and ex-con. Moving fluidly back and forth between past and present, incident and insight, irony and irony, the novel explores themes relating to the tension between capitalism and communism, layers of meaning inherent in layers of identity, fact, and fiction, and the inter-connectedness of all things."
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Dead-Eye Dick
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Vonnegut, Kurt. Dead-Eye Dick. 1982, DELACORTE PRESS/SEYMOUR LAWRENCE . FIRST EDITION. Used. VG/G+ Condition. Back DJ photo of author taken by Jill Krementz. Plot Summary: "Deadeye Dick is a tragic tale of "gun nuts and nukes," Vonnegut tells Miller Rudy Waltz, the protagonist, while playing around as a child in his father's upstairs gun room, fires off a round from a high-powered rifle and accidentally kills a pregnant woman as she vacuums her apartment several blocks away."
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Histoire du Procès de la France par Auguste Johanet
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Paris: Aux Bureaux du Journal La France, 1841. Very Good -. 48 p.; 20 cm. Disbound. Auguste Johanet (1806-1860) was a French lawyer and historian. Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: half title detached but present; clean and solid.
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