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London: J[ames]. C[ottrell]. for Tho. Basset, 1671. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1671. 1st edition. --The History of Romish Treasons & Usurpations-- edition of collected work edited by Henry Foulis, B.D., an Anglican Oxford theologian and controversist (a 'stirrer of the pot'). Wing F1640B.  The history of Romish treasons & usurpations together with a particular account of many gross corruptions and impostures in the Church of Rome, highly dishonourable and injurious to the Christian religion. To which is prefixt a large preface to the Romanists. Carefully collected from a great number of their own approved authors by Henry Foulis, B.D. late Fellow of Lincoln-Colledge in Oxford. London : printed by J[ames]. C[ottrell]. for Tho. Basset, at the George neer Cliffords Inne in Fleet-street, 1671. Folio, bound in worn period full calf, 6 raised-bands to spine, remains of old morocco label gilt lettered to second compartment. Period plain endpapers with bookplate to upper… Read More

Germany: TASCHEN, 2010. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 2010. Signed presentation copy - by photographer Naomi Harris. In excellent condition all around. Photographer Naomi Harris was living in Miami, freelancing for the Miami Herald and New York Times, when she attended her first swingers party. She was brought there by a friend she'd met at the local nude beach ("I don't like tan lines and I don't like bathing suits," she said) and initially found herself horrified by the sight of frumpy attendees loading up on roast beef before heading to the backroom for an orgy. At the same time, she was intrigued. The result is Harris' America Swings, named one of ten best photography books of 2009 by American Photo. The book shows a world to which few photographers have been admitted-an alternate American Heartland where the phrase "good times with good neighbors" has a very particular meaning..

Book. Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Details of the Martian Utopia. Mars is advanced both technically and spiritually and most of the book is on spiritualism. Eugenics and rule by the most fit. Little need to work. Children are socialized for "brotherhood" and service, and people are not self-centered but are concerned about the community as a whole. Ms. Winterborn's signed presentation on a tipped in card. Printed for the author by Photolith Printing Company,1961; stiff wrapper. Book is in excellent condition. Clean, square, sharp, and tight..