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Edinburgh, W. H. Lizars, and Sterling and Kenney, 1833.. FIRST EDITION 1833, complete set, Naturalist's Library series. Small 8vo, approximately 180 x 100 mm, 7 x 4 inches, portrait frontispiece to each volume of Linnaeus and Pennant, hand-coloured vignette on each engraved title page, and 64 hand-coloured plates with tissue guards engraved by W. H. Lizars, who was a painter and engraver as well as publisher, plus memoirs of Linnaeus and Welsh zoologist Thomas Pennant, original wrapper in front of first volume. Pages: Volume 1: [16], 147, plus 40 pages of adverts; Volume 2: [4], iv, [3], 1-166 including index, plus 46 pages of adverts, both title pages are duplicated in Volume 2, pagination of prelims in Volume I slightly erratic but collated and guaranteed complete, rebound in quarter green morocco over marbled sides, gilt title and decoratiolns to spines, new endpapers. Slight offsetting from portraits onto engraved titles, ink name (James Drummond) on both half-titles dated 1862, very occasional…
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NAVIGATIO SALOMONIS OPHIRITICO ILLUSTRATA.
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Witteb(ergae), Impensis Andreae Hartmanni, 1660.. FIRST EDITION 1660, Latin, German, Greek and Hebrew text in Roman and Black Letter. small 12mo, approximately 130 x 70 mm, 5 x 2¾ inches, engraved pictorial title page, showing the Kings Solomon and Hiram and below them a scene of ships before a harbour at Chersonesus Aurea, pages: [96], 1-826, (2 - Epilogus), final leaf of prelims is blank, contemporary calf, re-backed to style, no lettering or label. Original covers pitted and slightly worn at corners, inner paper hinges neatly repaired, armorial book plate of the Earls of Macclesfield with motto Sapere Aude on front pastedown, Earls of Macclesfield book-plate and north library label dated 1860 on front endpaper, small blind-stamp of the arms to top of title page and following page, fore-edge margin of title page trimmed off, not affecting image, pages browned and foxed throughout, all easily legible, very small piece missing from 2 lower corners, no loss of text. A good tight copy. Martin Lipen (1630 - 1692) was a German teacher and bibliographer. His book which is full of biblical references is chiefly concerned with the history of navigation but he tackles many subjects including Solomon, King of Israel, the location of the mysterious Ophir (Asia, Africa, South America?), gems and precious stones, animals (elephants and ivory, monkeys, peacocks, and parrots, all apparently brought to King Solomon from Ophir). Sabin, Books relating to America, Volume I, 41390 "Ophir is here located in South America, pages 499-538". Library Hub Discover; list the last copy sold at auction at Sotheby's in 1971. 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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OBSERVATIONS SUR LES NOUVEES DECOUVERTES AEROSTATIQUES, et sur la probabilité de pouvoir diriger les ballons.
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#Paris, Le Boucher, 1784.. Pour servir de Supplement a son Dictionnaire raisonne de Physique. Contenant: L'idée d'un Aérostat; Rapport fait à l'Académie des Sciences sur la MACHINE AEROSTATIQUE inventée par MM. DE MONGOLFIER; Moyens de diriger les Ballons. FIRST EDITION 1784. 4to, approximately 260 x 195 mm, 10 x 7½ inches, woodcut vignette to title page, large floral headpiece to first page, pages: [2], 1-34, rebound in quarter calf with gilt lettered label and gilt decoration to spine over paper boards, vellum tips to corners, new endpapers, edges stained red. Pale age-browning throughout, last page has brown stained corners (see attached image), occasional small brown spot. Very good copy with attractive spine. See: Gaston Tissandier, Bibliographie Aeronautique, page 15, listing the smaller 8vo edition only. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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THE FORMATION OF VEGETABLE MOULD THROUGH THE ACTION OF WORMS. WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR HABITS.
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London, John Murray, 1882.. Seventh thousand 1882, corrected by Francis Darwin, 190 x 135 mm, 15 text illustrations, pages: vii, 1-328 including index, plus 1 page publisher's catalogue, original publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, blind decoration to covers, original brown endpapers. Slight wear to head and tail of spine, corners slightly worn, small dark stain to to lower cover, pale foxing to endpapers and title page, small ink name or scribble on first blank endpaper, otherwise a very good clean copy. See R. B. Freeman, The Works of Charles Darwin page166, No. 1364. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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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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HOCUS POCUS OR THE WHOLE ART OF LEGERDEMAIN IN PERFECTION.
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NEW-YORK, published by E. Duyckinck, 102 Pearl-Street. Nicholas Van Riper, Print. 1814.. Title continued: By which the meanest may perform the whole without the help of a Teacher. Together with the use of all the instruments belonging thereto. TO WHICH IS NOW ADDED Abundance of New and Rare Inventions. Seventeenth Edition, 1814. LACKING FRONTISPIECE, facsimile pasted to inside front cover, 12mo, approximately 130 x 80 mm, 5¼ x 3¼ inches, facsimile frontispiece, woodcuts in the text, [1], 5-107 pages, full old calf. Binding worn and creased, leather soft and flexible, spine has stitching down the spine (see attached image), closed tear to first page of text repaired with small pieces of document repair tape, tip of lower corner repaired, 1 margin has small repair, tip of 1 corner missing, not affecting text, corners crease due turn down, a few chips to margins, pale browning and staining throughout, no loose pages, fair condition, well used copy of a scarce New York printing. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO…
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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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OBSERVATIONS SUR LES NOUVEES DECOUVERTES AEROSTATIQUES, et sur la probabilité de pouvoir diriger les ballons.
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#Paris, Le Boucher, 1784.. Pour servir de Supplement a son Dictionnaire raisonne de Physique. Contenant: L'idée d'un Aérostat; Rapport fait à l'Académie des Sciences sur la MACHINE AEROSTATIQUE inventée par MM. DE MONGOLFIER; Moyens de diriger les Ballons. FIRST EDITION 1784. 4to, approximately 260 x 195 mm, 10 x 7½ inches, woodcut vignette to title page, large floral headpiece to first page, pages: [2], 1-34, rebound in quarter calf with gilt lettered label and gilt decoration to spine over paper boards, vellum tips to corners, new endpapers, edges stained red. Pale age-browning throughout, last page has brown stained corners (see attached image), occasional small brown spot. Very good copy with attractive spine. See: Gaston Tissandier, Bibliographie Aeronautique, page 15, listing the smaller 8vo edition only. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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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, 1878.. NEW EDITION 1878, A REPRINT OF THE SIXTH EDITION 1872, Twentieth Thousand, with additions and corrections to 1872. 8vo, approximately 190 x 120 mm, 7½ x 4½ inches, folding chart, pages: xxi,1-458 including half-title and index, original publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, blind-stamped decorative borders to covers, brown endpapers, (the pastedown and the endpaper at front have at some time been replaced and are unsightly, see image, the rear original ones are fine) the bookbinder's small ticket on last pastedown, adverts to verso title page. Binding rubbed, slight shelf wear to edges and corners, inner paper hinge cracked, otherwise a good copy. This is a reprint of the edition of 1876 which contained the final text as Darwin left it and which contained small differences in text from the sixth edition of 1872. The word 'evolution' was used for the first time in the 6th edition of 1872 of The Origin of Species on page 201 (twice) and page 424…
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HOCUS POCUS OR THE WHOLE ART OF LEGERDEMAIN IN PERFECTION.
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NEW-YORK, published by E. Duyckinck, 102 Pearl-Street. Nicholas Van Riper, Print. 1814.. Title continued: By which the meanest may perform the whole without the help of a Teacher. Together with the use of all the instruments belonging thereto. TO WHICH IS NOW ADDED Abundance of New and Rare Inventions. Seventeenth Edition, 1814. LACKING FRONTISPIECE, facsimile pasted to inside front cover, 12mo, approximately 130 x 80 mm, 5¼ x 3¼ inches, facsimile frontispiece, woodcuts in the text, [1], 5-107 pages, full old calf. Binding worn and creased, leather soft and flexible, spine has stitching down the spine (see attached image), closed tear to first page of text repaired with small pieces of document repair tape, tip of lower corner repaired, 1 margin has small repair, tip of 1 corner missing, not affecting text, corners crease due turn down, a few chips to margins, pale browning and staining throughout, no loose pages, fair condition, well used copy of a scarce New York printing. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO…
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A TREATISE OF FRUIT TREES, shewing the manner of planting, grafting, pruning, and ordering of them in all respects, according to rules of experience. Gathered in the space of thirty seven years.
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Oxford, printed by William Hall, for Amos Curteyne, 1665.. TITLE CONTINUED: Whereunto is annexed, observations upon SIR. FRANCIS BACONS NATURAL HISTORY as it concerns fruit-trees, fruits, and flowers. Also, directions for planting of wood for building, fuel, and other uses; whereby the value of lands may be much improved in a short time, with small cost and little labour. The third impression, revised, with additions, by Ra. Austen, practiser in the art of planting, 1665. 2 works bound together each with its own title page and pagination, as often found, dedicated to Robert Boyle. Small 8vo approximately 145 x 95 mm, 5¾ x 3¾ inches, a few woodcut headpieces and initials, pages: [48], 1-260, [10], 1-82, the vertically printed half title present, bound in full early calf, 2 gilt lettered labels and gilt decoration to spine, double gilt rules and blind decoration to edges of covers, marbled edges. Spine rubbed, hinges beginning to crack, covers still firmly attached, labels slighty…
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Attempt on Roosevelt Life
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
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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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DOLLY MADISON: WOMEN OF COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES
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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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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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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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Readin' 'Ritin' 'Rithmetic: Northern San Luis Obispo County Area One-Room Schools; Memories, Photos
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El Paso de Robles Area Pioneer Museum. Very Good. 2004. No Edition Stated. Softcover. 1929117094 . Light edgewear, corners of book have light curl, small indentation to front cover; b/w photos; 172 pages .
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The DOs and DON'Ts of Yesterday: Little Book of Early American Know-How
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