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London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Browne, H. K.. xiv, 625pp. Contemporary brown half calf, spine with five raised bands, gilt decorations and titles, marbled endpapers and marbled edges. Tissued frontispiece, engraved title, and thirty-eight plates by H. K. Browne (Phiz). First edition with the errata on page xiv; with "William" for "Frederick" on page 317 line 27; with "Rigaud" instead of "Blandois" from pages 469 to 473; and with signature BB2 misprinted as "B2" on page 371. With the bookplate of the Marchese di Calvatone Sommi Picenardi. Old bookstore label affixed on the front free endpaper. Leather shows some wear to spine ends and corners, light offsetting to some of the pages. Missing the errata slip. A very good copy. ; Octavo.
The Poems and Plays of William Shakespeare [8 vols]; With a Life of the Author and a Selection of Notes, Critical, Historical, explanatory and Glossarial; selected from the Editions of Rowe, Pope, Johnson and Steevens, Malone ..... by Shakespeare, William - 1833
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Little Dorrit
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Episotolas familiars de Don Antonio de Guevara, Obispo de Mondonedo, predicador, chronista, y del confejo del Emperador Don Carlos [ ]
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Anveres: Jacobo Mevrcio, 1665. Limp Vellum. See Description. Small 8vo. 2 volumes in 1. Volume I. pp. 400, [6]. Vol. II. pp. 383, [7]. With separate title page to each volume. Bound in period vellum. Occasional faint miniscule underlining in an old hand and a couple short marginal notations; some marginal smudging / soiling; front and rear blank leaves are ragged and torn. Volume I: tiny hole in p. 271 (mostly between lines but partly obstructing a couple of letters); bottom corner tip clipped on p.399 - not effecting text; pages 400-401 are dusty / soiled. Volume II: upper corner crease on p. 81. The bottom corner tips of the last few gatherings are chipped/worn. Antonio de Guevara [1480?-1545] - Spanish writer who grew up in the court of Ferdinand and Isabella. He later joined the Franciscan order and was appointed court preacher and imperial historiographer by Charles V of Spain. In 1527 he became bishop of Guadix and in 1537 bishop of Mondonedo. Guevera's works were quite popular in their…
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THE EIGHT VOLUMES OF LETTERS WRIT BY A TURKISH SPY, WHO LIV'D FIVE AND FORTY YEARS UNDISCOVER'D AT PARIS Complete in 8 Volumes
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London: Printed for G. Strahan Et Al. Good+. 1741. Eleventh Edition. Hardcover. Giving an Imperial Account to the Divan at Constantinople of the most remarkable Transactions of Europe and discovering several Intrigues and Secrets of the Christian Courts (especially of that of France) continued from the year 1642 to the year 1682. Complete in eight volumes. Full leather. Spine has raised bands, gilt decorated panels & title. Vol. #1, 312pp with a frontispiece of Mahmud the Turkish Spy; #2, 276pp; #3, 287pp; #4, 288pp; #5, 276pp; #6, 264pp; #7, 248pp; #8, 280pp. Text blocks tight, clean and intact. Although some hinges are split or splitting, all covers are firmly attached. Spine ends have light wear. Prior owner signatures. Rare Section; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 2231 pages .
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The Miscellaneous Works of Tim Bobbin Esq., containing his View of the Lancashire Dialect, With large Additions and Improvements; also, his Poem of The Flying Dragon, and The Man of Heaton; Together with other Whimsical Amusements in Prose and Verse
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Manchester: J. Slack, 1818. Hardcover. 226pp. Full patterned calf stamped in gold on the front and the back panel, spine elaborately tooled in blind with black label lettered in gold affixed. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece and nineteen inserted plates. With the armorial bookplate of Charles Napier Lawrence, Baron Lawrence of Kingsgate to front pastedown endpaper. Bound with Plebeian Politics, or the Principles and Practices of certain Mole-Eyed Maniacs Vulgarly Called Warrites. Printed and published by J. Slack, Manchester, 1818. 83pp. Frontispiece and six inserted plates. Mild edge wear else a fine copy. ; Octavo.
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King Leopold’s Soliloquy, A Defense of his Congo Rule
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On The Road ( Being a Almost Flawless Copy Nice Edition of Best Work of Beat Literature, Authors 2nd Book ) Subculture of Fifties, American Youth Adrift in America , Front DJ Has Colored Abstract Design Block Makes it Very Destinctive & Beat !!
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Viking Press,NY. HBDJ , DJ is LASER Copy, stated 1st edition Published 1957, Later ISSUE, FINE/F, AS-IS, 8 vo,Black Cloth Hardboard Cover lettered in White on Spine, This bk might possibly be Facsimile ?, A truly beautiful copy rarely encountered in this superlative condition, The boards are straight and clean with no bumping, tears, shredding, soiling or loss. The white lettering is bright and complete. Internally there is no writing, tears, soiling, foxing, or separation, No red Topstain, 310 PAGES, . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. [12 volumes]
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London, Eng: Luke Hansard & Sons, 1810. Hardcover. Very Good. Fittler, James. A New Edition, in Twelve Volumes. With an Essay on his Life and Genius, by Arthur Murphy. Printed by Luke Hansard & Sons [vols. 9-12 printed by J. Nichols and Son] for J. Nichols and Son; F. & C. Rivington [etc]. 12 volumes: vol. 1 has engraved frontispiece portrait by James Fittler after Sir Joshua Reynolds; 23 cm. Contemporary full polished calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment reading "Johnson's Works" and gilt-tooled volume number in fifth compartment, with gilt-tooled and blind-tooled decoration in the remaining compartments. Decorative border on each board consisting of double blind rules and a decorative blind roll, with a gilt dot at each corner at the intersection of the double blind rules; gilt-tooled decoration on the edges at the corners. Gilt-tooled Greek key pattern on all turn-ins. All page edges are marbled; marbled…
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The Works of the British Poets Selected and Chronologically Arranged ....with Biographical and Critical Notes
by Aikin, Dr
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New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1852. Large Octavo. A new and revised edition illustrated with fine steel engravings, in three volumes specially bound in full red morocco, elaborately decorated in gilt, inner gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, with gift inscription.... given as a gift to Emma Duprey on her 25th birthday dated 1850...some foxing to plates otherwise a beautiful and fine set.
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A Son at the Front
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. First Edition, First Printing. Small Octavo (7 5/8 x 5 inches; 193 x 126 mm), 426 pages, in red cloth, titles in gilt to spine and upper board, with dust jacket.Edith Wharton's novel of World War I and its devastating effects on a painter whose son is called up for duty in the French army. CONDITION: Near Fine, with spine titles faded, in a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with some moderate soiling to the panels, a few nicks to the spine and flap folds, a couple of closed tears to the lower panel, and a black mark to the front flap.
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Johannis Posselii professoris Rostochiensis Calligraphia oratoria lingvæ Græcæ, ad proprietatem, elegantiam, et copiam Græci sermonis parandam utilissima
by POSSEL, Johann
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1626 Greek Language & Literature Anthology Possel Calligraphia Oratoria RAREJohannes Possel was a 16th-century German scholar known for his study in Greek grammar and language. Little is known of his work and life; however, his book 'Calligraphia Oratoria Lingaue Graeca' is a treatise on the use of Greek language in literature, focusing on its elegant style. This 1626 edition was published in Frankfurt by Wechel.
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Johannis Posselii professoris Rostochiensis Calligraphia oratoria lingvæ Græcæ, ad proprietatem, elegantiam, et copiam Græci sermonis parandam utilissima
Francofvrti : Typis Wechelianis, apud Danielem & Dauidem Aubrios, & Clementem Schleichium, 1626.
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The Complete Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare
by Shakespeare, William; Neilson, William Allan; Hill, Charles Jarvis (editors)
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare. [volume V only]
by Shakespeare, William
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New York: The Outlook Company, 1899. Green cloth boards, gilt-stamped spine. Fair./No Dust Jacket. Volume 5 only of a 13-volume set. Outlook Edition Set. Historical notes y Charles Knight. Includes Taming of the Shrew, All's Well That Ends Well, and King John. 353 pages, small volume. First few leaves loose, torn. Bookplate. Rear hinge cracked, rfep fragile.
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Comprising his Plays and Poems (With Contribitution by Sir Henry Irving)
by Shakespeare, William
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. Containing the Plays and poems with glossary
by William - Cambridge text established by John Dover Wilson Shakespeare
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The Complete Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare (The New Cambridge Edition)
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The Complete Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare (The New Cambridge Edition)
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Comprising His Plays and Poems
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare; Comprising All the Plays and Poems
by William Shakespeare
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The Complete Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare
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Gypsies
by Greenfeld, Howard
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New York: Crown Publishers. An account of the Gypsy way of life, including its origins, history, traditions, customs, occupations, and the changes that modern living has occasioned. EX LIBRARY/USUAL MARKINGS. Profusely & WONDERFULLY illustrated w/photos, Introduction, Bibliography, Index, 111 clean, crisp & solid pp. Excellent Personal cpy/Reference! . Good. Hardcover. 1977.
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Kane & Abel
by Jeffrey Archer
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New York, 1979. Book Club. Hardcover. Book Club/Has Jacket. Book is a book club edition. Quite a few closed tears, chips, and other signs of wear to the dust jacket. Some bumping to the boards at corners, edges and ends of the spine. Pages are clean.
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Cold Mountain
by Frazier, Charles
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NY: Atlantic Monthly Press. Very Good; Light foxing to fore-edges.. 1997. Advance Review Copy. Softcover. 0871136791 . Glossy softcover binding. An advance copy of Frazier's National Book Award-winning first novel, a wonderful Civil War tale about a Confederate soldier who deserts the army after being wounded and hospitalized and tries to make his way back to his North Carolina home and sweetheart. Later made into a great movie directed by Anthony Minghella. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 267 pages .
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The Hand of the Potter: A Tragedy in Four Acts
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209 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter brow cloth with dark green lettering to spine and cover over green boards. First edition, second state with half-title tipped to stub. Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist. He pioneered the naturalist school and is known for portraying characters whose value lies not in their moral code, but in their persistence against all obstacles, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency. Condition: Chip at front edge, spine heal bumped, lightly soiled else about very good lacking jacket.
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Plays of the Natural and the Supernatural
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228 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's stiff boards with quarter brown spine and dark green lettering to spine label and cover. First edition, first issue. Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist. He pioneered the naturalist school and is known for portraying characters whose value lies not in their moral code, but in their persistence against all obstacles, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency. Condition: Corners bumped and slightly chipped, spine heal rubbed, lightly soiled else about very good lacking jacket.
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We Loved Them Once
by Rivers, Ronda
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NY: Vantage Press, 1954. Pages [135] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Tan boards, black lettering, clean, minor shelf wear. PO's name penned to endpaper. Set in 1950's America. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . Not Stated Assumed First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket.
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St Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England
by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
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v+321 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine. First British edition. St. Ives: Being The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England (1897) is an unfinished novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was completed in 1898 by Arthur Quiller-Couch. Unable to write, Stevenson dictated thirty chapters of the novel to his stepdaughter as a diversion from his debilitating illness. He alternated dictating St. Ives and The Weir of Hermiston but gradually lost interest in the former. The plot concerns the adventures of the dashing Capitaine Jacques St. Ives, a Napoleonic soldier, after his capture by the British. Condition: Corners bumped and rubbed, shelf wear, hinges and spine heal moderately rubbed, previous owner's name on front end paper else a very good copy.
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And Four To Go: A Nero Wolfe Foursome
by Rex Stout
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This book is in very good condition except for the dust jacket. It is in acceptable condition THe dust Jacket is worn, torn and fading. The previous owner's name is written at the top of the first page.Four Nero Wolfe novels in miniature, published in book form for the first time. Christmas Party, Easter Parade, Fourth of July Picnic and Murder is no Joke. There is a marking on the first page.
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Dobrodruzstvi Toma Sawyera a Huckleberryho Finna.
by Twain, Mark; Jiri Hejna
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Praha: Statni Nakladatelstvi Krasne Literatury SNKLHU, 1961, hardcover. Apparent first edition in Czech 1961, with the illustrations by Jiri Hejna, of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Translated into CZECH by Frantisk Gel. 393 pages. -- Hardcover. Good used condition (yellow cloth cover some soil) with very good minus dust jacket (spine sunned).
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THE NOTEBOOKS OF RAYMOND CHANDLER and ENGLISH SUMMER ~ A Gothic Romance
by CHANDLER, Raymond
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NY: Ecco Press, 1976. FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. HARDCOVER. 1976. FIRST EDITION. AS NEW, bound in maroon cloth with gilt titles in orange and green dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. Breath of toning to jacket lapels, else FINE. Cover design by Samuel Antupit. Notes, musings, essays on writing and writers. Also, first publication in book form of English Summer ~ A Gothic Romance ~ . Illustrated by Edward Gorey. Edited, with a Foreword, by Frank MacShane.. First Edition, Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.
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