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Amsterdam. (amstelodami): Amstelodami, Apud Andream Frisum. Very Good. 1686. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in vellum . Stain on rear cover. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. A few pages slightly age darkened. Eight engraved illustrations of which five are fold outs. Front and rear paste-down endpaper have hand-written notes from long ago. Printed book on the subject of glass making technology. This recipe book contains over a hundred different preparations that range from the commonplace to the spectacular. It became the bible of glass makers throughout Europe. Glass, Science & Technology ; Engraved illustrations; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 455pp pages .
Flora Lapponica exhibens plantas per Lapponiam crescentes, secundum systema sexuale collectas in itinere impensis Soc. reg. litter. et scient. Sueciae a. 1732 instituto. Additis synonymis, & locis natalibus omnium, descriptionibus & figuris rariorum, by Linnaeus (Linne, Linnaei, Caroli). Edited by James Edward Smith - 1792
by Linnaeus (Linne, Linnaei, Caroli). Edited by James Edward Smith
Flora Lapponica exhibens plantas per Lapponiam crescentes, secundum systema sexuale collectas in itinere impensis Soc. reg. litter. et scient. Sueciae a. 1732 instituto. Additis synonymis, & locis natalibus omnium, descriptionibus & figuris rariorum,
by Linnaeus (Linne, Linnaei, Caroli). Edited by James Edward Smith
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London: J. Davis for B. White et Filiorum, 1792. Engraved frontispiece, twelve folding plates with slight offsetting but otherwise good, octavo, pp l, 390, [16], light age-toning and occasional light foxing, bound in twentieth century brown morocco with red cloth sides, slight fading and very slight wear. With the bookplate of Kenneth Lazenby, a founding father of the Alpine Garden Society. [In the first edition of Flora Lapponica (1737] Linnaeus's ideas about nomenclature and classification were first used in a practical way, making that the first proto-modern flora. This upddate by Smith, cites Linnaeus as the main author and uses Linnaeus' binomial nomenclature.]. Second edition. Half-Leather. Very Good.
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ANTON I NERI FLORENTINI, DE AR TE VITRARIA LIBRI SEPTEM & IN EOSDEM CHRISTOPH. MERRETTI MED. D. SOCITE. REGIAE SOCII OBSERVATIONES & NOTAE. CIN QUIBUS OMNE GEMMARUM ARTIFICALIUM, ENCSUSTERUM LACCRUM ARTIFIUM EXPLICATOR
by Anton I Nery
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LE BIBLIOPHILE FRANCAIS. Gazette illustrée des Amateurs de Livres, d'Estampes et de haute curiosité.
by Various
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Paris, 1868. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. First Editions, 7 volumes published between 1868 and 1873. A complete set of what must have been one of the most impressive bibliographical publications of 19th Century France - indeed Europe. Copiously illustrated with facsimiles and colour reproductions, (many of which are fold-out and impressively large) of remarkable manuscripts and bindings throughout history. In contemporary 1/4 calf with raised bands and blue labels at one stage this set must have been particularly eye-catching but sadly time has taken its toll somewhat. In various states of condition ranging from Good/VG to Fair only. Most with substantial off-setting in places, many tissue-guards missing from the plates. Some occasional spotting and damp-staining to odd volumes but not terribly so. The bindings are overall in Fair condition with several split (and one entirely loose) backstrips and corners. This has been a working set and as well as bearing the bookplate of their original owner at…
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Gustave Dore (illustrator)
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1877. 2nd edition. Elephant folio (15 by 18-1/2 inches), original pictorial cloth gilt, beveled boards, all edges gilt. Complete with 39 full-page plates with tissue guards, engraved title page vignette and engraved vignette headpiece at beginning of text. Square and solid binding. Rare in collectible condition. Wear to tips, edges, and spine. Half-inch surface tear to cloth at foot of spine. Gift inscription on first blank end paper. Cloth has some spotting and fading.Samuel Taylor Coleridge was one of the most notable 19th-century English romance poets. Coleridge's longest poem was 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'. This poem was one of the most important poems written at the end of the 18th-century.
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The Girl Graduate: Her Own Book Issue one
by Cox, Ruth Irene Perrett, Louise Smith, Sarah
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1925. An overflowing scrap book of cherished ephemera belonging to Ruth Irene Cox, documenting the "author's" high school years. Cox was clearly active in her high school years, as well as a dedicated archiver. From Football scorecards to newspaper reviews of Orchestras, the album contains three years of high school ephemera carefully preserved and annotated. Her membership in the Young Women's Christian Association, The Glee Club, and The Girl Reserves among many other clubs are all detailed. A musicophile, Cox enthusiastically attended (and collected at) state-wide concerts, from high schools and universities to the Kansas Symphony Orchestra, Mirza Theatre and more.Ephemera includes holiday celebration notes, special edition Christmas stamps, Epworth League ephemera, as well as Valentine's Day cards and cut-outs gifted to our heroine, comedy letters from "The Goblina", and a pink token from Health Week, March 1926 "I wear Hygienic Shoes".Throughout the collection, Cox acquires a car, and begins…
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The Story of Enriquez: ChuChu, The Devotion of Enriquez, The Passing of Enriquez - One of a Limited Edition of only 100 copies
by Harte, Bret
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This extremely rare book was published by Grabhorn of San Francisco in 1924. It is one of a Limited Edition of only 100 copies.
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Vita del beato Gioanni di Parma settimo general ministro di tutto l'Ordine de' Minori
by Affò, Ireneo
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Parma: Dalla Stamperia Reale, 1777. First Edition. Hardcover. xix, [1], 224pp. Contemporary vellum backed paper covered boards with gold lettering on the spine. Some stains to covers, stain affecting lower corner of boards and of leaves, previous owner's name to front pastedown endpaper and to title page, small wormhole to front pastedown endpaper. A very good copy. In the Italian language. ; Octavo.
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Lingua Tersancta: or, a Most Sure and Compleat Allegorick Dictionary to the Holy Language of the Spirit; Carefully and Faithfully Expounding and Illustrating all the Several Words or Divine Symbols in Dream, Vision, and Apparition, & c.
by Freke, William
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London: Printed for the Author, 1703. First Edition. Hardcover. viii, 566pp + index and errata. Modern full clay brown sheepskin, spine decorated in gold and with vellum labels lettered in gold. A dictionary of dreams, often categorized both in an elaborate and inordinate manner. This title was the first in a series of books on dreams, based on the writer's own oneiric experiences and shrouded in mysticism. Text block is heavily toned. The edges of the first few leaves are brittle and those of the title page are chipped. Probably lacks a preliminary blank. A very good copy. Uncommon. ; Octavo.
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Fundamenta botanica, in quibus theoria botanices aphoristice traditur. Accedunt Iohannis Gesneri dissertationes physicae, in quibus celeb. Linnaei elementa botanica dilucide explicantur. [bound with] Amoenitates academicae; seu dissertationes variae, physicae, medicae, botanicae, antehac seorsim editae, nunc collectae & auctae cum tabulas aenaeis. Volumen secundum
by Linnaeus, Carl (Carl von Linné)
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Halae propter Salam: Apud Io. Gottl. Bierwirth, 1747. Hardcover. Two volumes bound in one. [7], 8-78; [3], 478pp. Contemporary full speckled calf, spine with five raised bands and compartments decorated with floral motifs, marbled endpapers. Amoenitates academicae was printed in 1752 in Amsterdam by J. Wetstenium and includes four engraved foldout plates and one in-text illustration. With the bookplate of noted malacologist Paul Maurice Pallary on the front pastedown endpaper. Later bookplate on the front free endpaper. Front joint partially split, wear to extremities, previous owners' names on title, light scattered foxing, small loss to spine ends. A good+ copy. Bradley I, p. 254. Pritzel 5405. ; Octavo.
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An Interesting Small Archive of French Revolutionary Era Newspapers
by [French Revolution]
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Paris, 1789. First Edition. Self-wraps. Folded sheets, stitched. The archive includes twenty items. Titles as follows: 1) Journal de Perlet #s 33 to 37, 39, 911 to 915; Paris, C. Perlet, various years; Suite du Journal de Perlet #356; Paris, C. Perlet, 1793. 2) Journal des débats et des décrets #344; Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1792. 3) Annales universelles et méthodiques, concernant la Politique, la Législation, le Commerce, l'Agriculture, l'Economie, la Marine, les Finances, les Sciences, la Littérature, les Arts Méchaniques & Libéraux, &c. #s IV (November 14), 133 (September 9, 1790), 2 (January 6, 1791), 7 (but perhaps 17?) (January 17, 1791), 18 (January 18, 1791), 19 (January 19, 1791); Paris, De l'Imprimerie des Annales Universelles. 4) Bulletin politique du N. 126 des Annales Universelles; Paris, August 25, 1790. Some sporadic foxing. The Perlet issues and one of the Annales Universelles have a faint stain affecting the upper corner; a couple of the Perlet issues…
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The Seaman's Medical Guide In Preserving the Health of a Ship's Crew: Containing Plain Directions for the Use of the Medicines in the Cure of Diseases &c.
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This book is bound with leather covers and a cloth spine. There is a label on the front cover which is not readable. New endsheets have been added at some point in the book's long history, but the original endsheets and covers are present. There is a former owner's inscription on the original front endsheet. Pages are intact and the binding is tight. The book contains black & white drawings of muscles, bones, and bandages. There is an index for medicines and an extensive table of contents of body parts, diseases, syndromes, and treatments. Printed in the year 1846, the book itself is, in essence, a time capsule that portrays how medicine was practiced aboard an early nineteenth century sailing ship. This will make a wonderful addition to the library of the collector of medical memorabilia.
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
by Engle, Joanna
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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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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River
by John B. Wyeth
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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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Key to the Fishes of Northern Europe
by Alwyne Wheeler
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London 1978: Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd., London 1978: Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd., 1976. Good. Softbound limp edition. Cased edition also available Illustrations by Peter Stebbing 1976. Limp. Good. Peter Stebbing.
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The Polynesian Triangle
by Berry, Erick & Best, Herbert
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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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The Silence Of The North
by Olive A. Fredrickson with Ben East
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By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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ICEBERGS AND GLACIERS
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New York: William Morrow and Company, inc., 1987. First Edition. Extensively illustrated with large and beautiful photographs. Square 4to, publisher’s original pictorial boards in the original decorated dustjacket. (30). A fine, bright copy. In clear, concise text and exceptional, full color photographs, noted science author Seymour Simon explains how different types of glaciers and icebergs are formed, how they move, and how they affect life on Earth. He also explores some of their mysteries: Can icebergs be used as a source of fresh water for dry lands? And will the ice ages return, covering the continents with glaciers as they did twenty thousand years ago?
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Winter - Notes from Montana
by Bass, Rick
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarter cloth boards with pictorial dust jacket and mylar cover. Signed by author on title page. Dust jacket has sticker residue over the price, otherwise no wear or soiling present. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 162 pp; Signed by Author .
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Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) G&D Hardcover w/DJ 1945
by Christie, Agatha
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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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A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
by Verne, Jules
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Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."
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Island Folk: The People of Isle Royale
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Houghton, Michigan: Isle Royale Natural History Association, [1979]. Softcover book with pictorial wraps. 160p. B&W photos throughout text. This is the original printing, later reprinted by the University of Minnesota Press. Book has been well read and is in very good - condition with wear to the cover image along the edge and reading crease to front cover, corners bumped and shelf wear. Pages are clean and unmarked with light staining on the edge of a few pages. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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