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The Alps And Alpinism
by Lukan, Karl
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1968. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. The book is in fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no foxing, solid binding. The dust jacket is in nice condition with minor rubbing tips corners, tiny loss tips two corners, clean. The book measures 283mm tall x 285mm, and has 200 pages, 283 b/w & 12 color photos (tipped in) & several illustrations. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK...
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£28.57
A Selection of the Eatable Funguses of Great Britain. Illustrated by W. G. Smith
by [Plues, Miss Margaret] Hogg, Robert & George W. Johnson
London: Journal of Horticulture & Cottage Gardener Office, 1866. 8vo. 215 x 140 pp. [8 ½ x 5 ½ inches]. vii, [47] pp. preliminaries and text pages. Illustrated with 24 hand colored plates. Bound in green calf spine and tips over marbled paper boards; author and title label on spine. First edition. Very attractive copy of this modest publication, illustrated with 24 nicely produced color plates. Although assigned to Hogg & Johnson as editors, the Preface states that the text was written by...
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£490.08
BOOK OF INSECTS
by FABRE
New York: Tudor Publishing Company, (1939). Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. Detmold. Quarto (7-1/2" x 10") in publisher's gilt-decorated green cloth. Illustrated with 12 tipped-in color plates with tissue guards by Detmold.
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£76.58
Scenes From The Snow-Fields: Being Illustrations Of The Upper Ice-World Of Mont Blanc, From Sketches Made On The Spot In The Years 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858; With Historical And Descriptive Remarks, And A Comparison Of The Chamonix And St. Gervais Routes
by Coleman, Edmund T
Bern: Kümmerly & Frey, 1985. Reprint . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Coleman, Edmund T. . 1985 deluxe facsimile reprint. Excellent reprint of one of the scarcest books in the literature of mountaineering. This reprint has the publisher's introduction in german but all of the original text from the Coleman original is in English. Edition limited to 100 numbered copies signed by the editor of this edition, Gherardo Priuli. Original maroon imitation leather clamshell slipcase with gilt lettering...
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£326.56
REPORT ON THE BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE FOOD-HABITS, BASEDON OVER FOUR THOUSAND STOMACH EXAMINATIONS
by WARREN, B. H
Harrisburg, PA: E. K. Meyers, 1890. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Large octavo (6" x 9-1/4") in original marbled boards with a new black leather spine and corners. Illustrated with 98 (of 99) color plates and one B&W plate. Plate #24 of the Kingfisher is lacking. The preferred edition because of the additional color plates after Audubon not in the First Edition.
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£204.10
AH, WILDERNESS!
by O'NEILL, Eugene
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1972. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Fine in a lightly soiled slipcase. Shannon Stirnweiss. Quarto (8" x 11") bound in blue linen with decorated paper sides; 186 pages. Copy #39 of 1500 numbered copies designed by Adrian Wilson and illustrated with four double-page and four full-page oil paintings by Shannon Stirnweiss. SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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£35.76
Album Di Diverse Vedute Di Firenze e Di Altre Citta Della Toscana
by ANONYMOUS
Firenze (Italy): Presso Luigi Dardi R. Calcografo, 1850. First Edition; oblong quarto (approximately 9 3/4” tall by 13” wide); consisting of a title page with descriptions on the verso and twenty color plates; bound in later buckram with a leather spine label (rubbed); some foxing, which is not apparent in the illustrations themselves, which include views of Florence, Pisa and Siena (often spelled “Sienna” in English).
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£1,632.80
JAPANESE ART FOLIO
by SHUGIO, Heromich (editor)
Tokyo: K. Ogawa, 1898 - 1899. First Edition. Softcover. Plates are generally Fine with some light foxing to a few of the margins. A few of the wrappers are faded, but they are generally in very nice condition with no chips or tears. The slipcases are a bit worn, six of them soiled and spotted. Part 1 lacks its wrappers, and Parts 11 and 12 lack their slipcases. Overall Very Good and scarce. Folio (13" x 19") in original gray printed wraps issued in 12 monthly parts in slipcases. Complete set with a...
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£2,041.00
Die Geschichte der Kinder im Walde Mit Vielen bunten Bildern geziert
by (Peters, Gustav Sigismund)
Harrisburg, Pa: Gedruckt und zu haben bey G. S. Peters, 1830. 140 x 90 mm. (5.5 x 3.5 inches). 18 leaves, printed on one side only. Eight full-color illustrations. Original orange paper printed wrappers. Light edge wear with a slight crease down the front. The words "Sept 1940" and "Mrs. Balsbaugh" written in ink on margins of front cover. Pennsylvania Dutch printer Gustav Sigismund Peters (1793-1847) is considered the first color printer in America, bringing his technique from...
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£326.56
Villa d'Este
by Podenzani, Nino
Cernobbio, Lake Como: Villa d'Este, 1960. 8vo. 210 x 155 mm., [8 1/4 x 6 inches]. 84, 1 pp. 12 tupped-in color plate reproductions. Original cloth binding, dust jacket; boards with residue of paper wrapper, dust jacket showing some discoloration at edges. With faults a good copy. Well-illustrated promotional guide to the history and gardens of the Villa d'Este on Lake Como. A famous sanctuary of the rich which includes an illustrious past and examples of exquisite architectural buildings,...
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£28.59
Ricordo di Pompei
by (Postcards)
N.p., (Pompei), 1950. Small 8vo. 165 x 120 mm., [6 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches]. Illustrated with 32 color postcards, linked together in accordian fashion and bound in boards, decorated with a view of ancient Pompei and Blessed Virgin Mary. High gloss tourists cards printed in color, each with an legend describing the image in Italian, French, English and German. Nice survival in quite good condition.
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£26.14
ZACHARY TAYLOR, People's Candidate for Twelfth President of the United States
New York: Lith. & Pub. By N. Currier, 1848. Folio. 355 x 255 mm., [14 x 10 inches]; image size 300 x 210 mm., 11 ¾ x 8 ¼ inches]. Lithographic portrait, printed in tones of black and highlighted with red, blue and yellow wash. Margins soiled with age, two creases at lower right affecting the arm of the sitter. Good strong color. Taylor rode his popularity as a military leader during the Mexican War to become the 12th President of the United States. He was a strong unionist, did not support...
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£204.20
![HILLINGDON HALL OR THE COCKNEY SQUIRE. A TALE OF COUNTRY LIFE. [COLOR PLATES]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/011/922/580922011.0.b.jpg)
HILLINGDON HALL OR THE COCKNEY SQUIRE. A TALE OF COUNTRY LIFE. [COLOR PLATES]
by (Surtees, Robert. )
London: John C. Nimmo. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1899. Hardcover. color; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Contemp 3/4 scarlet morocco leatehr & marbled bds, spine gilt, T. E. G; joints rubbed, extremities scuffed. With 12 color plates. Internally clean and bright with. Plates collated and in VG condition. Owner's bookplate and ownership signatures on fep.. .
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£83.97
Pearls of American Poetry Illuminated
by MAPLESON, T.W. GWILT
New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1853. Sq. 4to. 248 x 220 mm., [ 9 ¾ x 9 inches]. Illustrated with 53 illuminated pages (hinged boards), with highly gilded and decorated borders; all edges gilt. Orig. beveled brown morocco, with gilt title in shield on front cover in blind on rear board. Lacks free front endsheet. Binding rubbed, lacking bit at top of spine. Endsheets foxed. Very sound & clean, complete with orig. tissue guards. First edition One of three illuminated works by Mapleson, exquisitely...
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£1,224.60
Beautiful Shells Their Nature, Structure, and Uaes Familiarly Explained with Directions for Collecting, Cleaning, and Arranging Them In the Cabinet and Descriptions of the Most Remarkable Species.
by Adams, H.G
London: Groombridge and Sons, 1871. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 156pp. Red cloth, gilt and black lettering to cover and spine, all edges gilt, 8 colored plates and numerous black and white engravings. Edges lightly rubbed, light soil to rear board and spine, text is clean, inscriptions on verso of frontispiece , former owner's bookplate on front pastedown. An attractive little book with handsome color plates.
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£61.23
REPORT OF THE FISH COMMISSIONERS OF THE STATE OF PENNYSLVANIA FOR THE YEAR 1903
[Harrisburg, PA]: Wm. Stanley Ray, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Contents quite clean with some smudges here and there; covers rubbed with wear and tear to the spine. Very Good. Publisher's red cloth (6" x 9-1/4"); 124 pages. Illustrated with 18 color plates and numerous B&W plates. Sticker of an assemblyman of the PA House of Representatives on the front pastedown. Uncommon.
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£255.12
L'armée Française en 1845 (Sidi-Brahim)
by Margerand, J
Paris: Les Éditions Militaires Illustrées, 1945. Soft cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Maurice Toussaint. 68pp. Stiff wrapper, original glassine dust jacket. Limited edition # 495 of 975 copies printed. Text in French. Illustrated throughout, including 4 hand-colored plates. Spine ends chipped, page edges and margins of text mildly age-toned, glassine jacket age-darkened, contents otherwise clean. Illustrations en noir, 4 planches en couleur.
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£28.57
THE GOLDEN COCKEREL
by PUSHKIN, Alexander
New York: Heritage Press, [1950]. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Very Good slipcase. Edmund Dulac. Small folio in decorated boards. Illustrated with color plates by Edmund Dulac
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£25.55
NESTS AND EGGS OF BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES
by GENTRY, Thomas
Philadelphia: J. A. Wagenseller, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Rear cover split and loose but holding; plates vary from clean to lightly foxed. Very Good. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in publisher's decorated cloth, lacking the spine which is here covered with binder's tape. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author, a detailed chromolithographic title page, and 54 gorgeous chromolithographs of birds and their nests with eggs, all protected with a tissue guard. Bennett (p. 44):...
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£969.48
THE ROMANCE OF TRISTAN AND ISEULT
by BEDIER, Joseph
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1960. Hardcover. Close to Fine in glassine and a close to Fine slipcase. Serge Ivanoff. Octavo (7-5/8" x 10") bound in quarter red morocco leather, gold-stamped, with mould-made Italian paper sides printed in gold with a design by Adrian Wilson. This great medieval love story is translated by Hilaire Belloc and Paul Rosenfeld with an introduction by Padraic Colum. Copy #887 of 1500 illustrated with color plates by Serge Ivanoff and SIGNED by the illustrator on the...
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£102.05
The Gathering of the Lilies. Illustrated by the Author, L. Clarkson, Author of with Eyes of Blue.
by Clarkson, L(ida)
Philadelphia: J. L. Sibole, Co., [1877], 1877. 4to. 295 x 225 mm., [11 ¾ x 9 inches]. 36 ff. Illustrated with four color lithographic plates, 8 tinted lithographs with gray and tan backgrounds, and 4 smaller black and white engravings. Bound in publisher's green cloth, gilt title on upper board; some wear to the corners and edges of the binding, but otherwise a very good, clean copy. Presentation inscription in pencil to G. S. Carlton from Nathan Wilmart/ August, 1880. Although little is...
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£265.33
REPORT ON THE BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE FOOD-HABITS, BASEDON OVER FOUR THOUSAND STOMACH EXAMINATIONS
by WARREN, B. H
Harrisburg, PA: E. K. Meyers, 1890. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Large octavo (6" x 9-1/4") in original publisher's green cloth. Illustrated with 99 color plates and one B&W plate. The preferred edition because of the additional color plates after Audubon not in the First Edition.
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£306.15
THE BOOK OF JOB
by BIBLE
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1946. Hardcover. About Fine in a Very Good slipcase with some abrasion to the gold paper on the edges. Arthur Szyk. Small folio (8-1/2" x 12") bound in half white sheepskin leather with sheepskin corners, gilt-stamped, and gilt-decorated smooth vellum paper sides. Copy #1182 of 1950 copies illustrated with 8 busy and striking color plates by Arthur Szyk, each placed by hand in the book, and SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.
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£306.15
Atlas of the Heavens; showing the Places of the Principal Stars, Clusters and Nebulae; Designed to Accompany the Uranography; or A Description of the Heavens
by Kendall, E. Otis
Philadelphia: Butler & Williams, 1845. 4to. 250 x 215 mm. (9 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches). Title and imprint appear on the front board. 18 double-page maps of the sky, 12 of which are colored by stencil. Original printed boards, black cloth spine; wear to edges boards and spine a little frayed, but otherwise a fresh, clean copy of the plates. Although listed separately in OCLC and most university libraries collection catalogues, Kendall's Atlas was printed to accompany his text titled, Uranography published...
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£285.74
Die Katakomben Von Neapel -- FIRST EDITION
by Hans Achelis
Leipzig: Verlag Karl W. Hiersemann, 1936. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Ex-library bound in heavy black cloth with gilt lettering spine. Library bookplate on front pastedown, library perforated blindstamp on title page and on a couple other pages, no library marks on any of the illustration plates, no underlining or writing on any pages, no foxing, plates are clean and bright, solid binding. Generally nice condition. The book is very large...
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£24.49
