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Old Testament: First and Second Books of Kings, complete, from the King James Bible (The...
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Old Testament: First and Second Books of Kings, complete, from the King James Bible (The Authorized Version)

by Bible in English: King James Bible

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London: Robert Barker, 1611. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Folio. The First and Second Books of Kings, complete in 36 leaves. The first page is the final page of the previous book (2 Samuel); on the reverse begins 'The First Booke of the Kings, commonly called The third Booke of the Kings'. 36pp., followed by 'The Second Booke of the Kings, commonly called, The fourth Booke of the Kings', 35pp. The final page ends II Kings and begins I Chronicles. Printed in black letter, woodcut initials. Recent binding of quarter calf, gilt titles, Cockerell marbled paper boards. Some remargining (no loss) and old stains, else a very good copy in a fine binding, The binder's notes itemize the steps in rebinding, including leaf disinfectant for the stains. Darlow & Moule, 240.
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Os Portuguezes em Africa, Asia, America, e Oceania. Obra Classica
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Os Portuguezes em Africa, Asia, America, e Oceania. Obra Classica

by Saraiva, Cardinal Francisco de Sao Luiz

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Lisboa (Lisbon): Typ de Borges, 1850. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Seven volumes in four. 8vo. xxiv,183;224;215;208;213,(3);220;279,(1)pp. Errata page for Vol. 5 after p. 213; publisher's announcement of the Diccionario after p. 279 of vol. 7. Frontispiece portraits of the author in Vol., 1, of O Immortal Infante D. Henrique in Vol. 2; and portrait plates of D. Vasco da Gama and Antonio da Silveira in Vol. 5, and D. Alvaro de Castro and D. Joao de Castro in Vol. 6. Volume I begins with a comprehensive chronology of Portuguese exploration in Africa, Asia, America and Oceania, commencing in 1412, followed by descriptions of the voyages and discoveries. Contemporary marbled sheep, spines gilt with brown lettering labels. Marbled paper endpapers. Volume I with the bookseller label of Livraria de Joao Pereira da Silva, Lisboa; and also a label from Francis Edwards of London: "This Book was purchased in 1941 from London whilst the great battle for civilization was in progress." Rare. OCLC… Read More
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Sphera del Universo
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Sphera del Universo

by Rocamoro y Torrano (Ginés)

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Madrid: Juan Herrera, 1599. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 4to. (14), fol. 1-271, (1). Woodcut of the arms of Don Luys Faxardo on the title page. Full vellum, ties, manuscript spine title Illustrated with woodcuts, including several full page plates of the sphere of Ivan Sacrobosco, another illustrating both solar and lunar eclipses, and a large woodcut of the solar system showing the earth in the center and the sun revolving in an orbit between Venus and Mars. This title is somewhat bibliographically confusing in that the preliminaries differ from copy to copy, and the title page is sometimes typeset, sometimes with the shield of Don Luys. Palau (271732) remarks that the author may have spoiled some of the early leaves by not including his frontispiece ("Es debido a que el autor inutilizó las primeras hojas por no haber incluido su retrato..."), and by substituting 18 new leaves. This copy lacks p2, the frontispiece, as is frequently the case; but the leaf with the Sonnet of Lope de Vega… Read More
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A Dialogue of Polygamy, Written Originally in Italian; A Dialogue of Divorce
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A Dialogue of Polygamy, Written Originally in Italian; A Dialogue of Divorce

by Ochino, Bernardino (Ochine, Barnardine; Ochini0

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London: Printed for John Garfield, 1657. First edition in English. Hardcover. Very good. Rendred into English by a person of quality, and dedicated to the author of that well-known treatise call'd Advice to a son." 12mo. (22), 89. 61pp. Contemporary full leather, tooled simply in blind. The dialogue of Polygamy is followed by the dialogue of Divorce, which has its own pagination. The endpapers are filled with penciled notations of a former owner (C. Inglis, M.D? His bookplate is on the front pastedown.) Also the first two blanks are filled with a beautifully calligraphed biography of Ochino. We note some old repairs to the leather especially the spine, perhaps they could actually be part of the original binding. The corners are worn else this is in very good condition. Wing O126; ESTC R9210.
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The Epistle of Gildas, the Most Ancient British Author: Who Flourished in the Yeere of our Lord,...
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The Epistle of Gildas, the Most Ancient British Author: Who Flourished in the Yeere of our Lord, 546. ..

by Gildas

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London: T. Cotes for William Cooke, 1638. First edition in English. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo. (134),327pp. Engraved frontispiece of Gildas by William Marshall. First edition in English, translated from the Latin by Thomas Habington. Early handwritten notes on the front blanks. Bookplate. Nicely bound in full brown morocco, spine in six compartments, tooled in blind and with the title in gilt; boards intricately tooled in blind. Marbled endpapers. Title page, frontispiece and preliminary blank remargined (no loss). Some contemporary names and notes mostly on the beginning and ending blanks. A fine copy. Gildas provides some of the earliest commentary on the war effort associated with King Arthur. The first edition of the original Latin was pubished as Opus de Calimitate, Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae in 1525. STC 11895. Potthast, I, 525. Sarton I, 455. Lowndes, p. 790. ESTC S103163.
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Arthurian Tetrology: The Story of King Arthur; The Story of The Champions; The Story of Sir...
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Arthurian Tetrology: The Story of King Arthur; The Story of The Champions; The Story of Sir Launcelot; The Holy Grail

by Pyle, Howard

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. First editions, first printings. Hardcover. Near fine. Four 4to volumes, all in original mustard-color cloth with spines and upper boards blocked in black, red and gilt., With black and white illustrations by Howard Pyle. This is essentially a near fine set. These titles have traditionally suffered cracked inner hinges because the textblock was too heavy for the binding structure. Here, the first, second, and fourth volumes have perfect inner hinges. The remaining volume, 'Launcelot', has a minor and nearly invisible repair to the front inner hinge. Overall this is a near fine set. Pyle's quintessential treatment of King Arthur. "The books are lavishly decorated with Beardsleyesque headpieces, tail pieces, and full-page pen-and-ink drawings featuring enigmatic ladies, neo-Gothic furnishings and complexly patterned dress and armor."--so does Muriel Whitaker describe this set in the Arthurian Encyclopedia. Gaines C-17, 19, 21 & 27. .
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Wild Scenes and Song-Birds
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Wild Scenes and Song-Birds

by Miller, Alfred J., and Charles Wilkins Webber

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New York: George P. Putnam and Co, 1854. First edition. Hardcover. Very good plus. 8vo. Original publisher's maroon marbled cloth, upper cover with elaborate blocked design in gilt and blind with large central sunken lozenge blocked with a gilt vignette of the "southern mocking bird" signed "Tompson" (in reverse), derived from the plate facing p. 66. Illustrated with chromolithographed plates, drawn on stone by Max Rosenthal, printed by L.N. Rosenthal of Philadelphia after Mrs. Webber (15) or Miller (5). The binding has been expertly and nearly invisibly rebacked (indeed, we had to use magnification to confirm the reback), with the inner hinges strengthened. Some tissue guards are torn, and there is occasional light spotting on the plates, an offset from the guards. Miller's contribution consists of five views of Indian life, four of which, according to the author, are of "scenes in the camp of the Delawares," although they are almost certainly based on the artist's sketches of the Snake Indians… Read More
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Lives of Game Animals
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Lives of Game Animals

by Seton, Ernest Thompson

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New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Four volumes. Thick 4tos. Brown buckram spines, gilt; tan buckram boards with the upper boards blocked with a rule in gilt and an illustration by the author. Top edges gilt. Illustrated with photographs as well as line drawings by the author. Each volume has an engraved frontispiece. Limited to 177 numbered sets signed by the author. This is copy No. 65. The author has signed the frontispiece of Volume I, as usual. A fine set with only traces of soil and wear. Illustrated with 1500 photographs, halftone plates and line cuts, most made from Seton's own drawings from life, documents 100 land animals, "which are considered 'game,' either because they have held the attention of sportsmen, or received the protection of law." These include cats, wolves, foxes, bears, raccoon, badgers, weasels, deer, antelope, buffalo, sheep, peccary, squirrels, rabbits, armadillo, and opossum. A superb monument to American game animals… Read More
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A Description of the East, and Some Other Countries
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A Description of the East, and Some Other Countries

by Pococke, Richard

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London: Printed for the Author, by W. Bowyer,,,, 1743. Hardcover. Very good. Comprising Vol 1: Observations on Egypt; Vol 2 part 1: Observations on Palestine or the Holy Land, Syria, Mesopotamia, Cyprus, and Candia; Vol 2 part 2: Observations on the Islands of the Archipelago, Asia Minor, Thrace, Greece and some other parts of Europe. Folio. Three parts in two volumes. With 177 full page or folding engraved plates and maps. Fill contemporary calf, Spines in seven compartments, gilt, red leather lettering pieces, gilt. Spine tips worn, upper hinges mended and lower cracked but firm, the contemporary bindings generally rubbed, but presentable and firm. A few of the plates have tears on the lower margins, which do not approach the images as the margins are quite generous. Collated complete, although a number of plates in the second volume are misbound. A complete listing accompanies the set. Cox, I, p. 224, who notes that the author traveled the Nile as far as Philae before passing into Palestine… Read More
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Capital: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production
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Capital: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production

by Marx, Karl

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New York: The Humboldt Publishing Co, 1890. First US edition. Hardcover. Very good. First edition printed in America. Tall 8vo. xviii, 506pp. Brick red ribbed cloth blocked in blind on the boards and with a gilt spine title with black lines. Translated from the German by Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling. Edited by Frederick Engels. Cloth is rubbed at edges and hinges else this is a very good copy. The bibliography of this edition is a little complex. In 1890 the Humboldt Publishing Company published this edition in English of Das Kapital in four separate parts bound in stapled wrappers. Later, probably the following year, some copies were disassembled and bound into a single volume, as in the present case. The wrappered edition contained publisher's ads. These were sometimes bound into the single volumes, sometimes not, and, in one case, only a couple of ads were bound in. Some bindings were blocked in black on the boards, some not. There are reports that the publisher reprinted the text in 1891 or… Read More
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Robin's New and Improved Series of Arliss' Pocket Magazine
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Robin's New and Improved Series of Arliss' Pocket Magazine

by Cruikshank, George

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London: James Robins & Co, 1828. First edition. Wraps. Very good. Five issues. 12mo. Original printed wrappers. Each with an original woodcut. Three are unquestionably by Cruikshank, with his original signature; the remaining two are in his style and are likely by him as well. No. 1, January 1827, 'King of the Hartz", with the signature: By Geo Cruikshank, 1827. No. 5, May, 1827, :More Mornings at Bow Street", unsigned but with a pencil notation "Reid 3549". No. 8, August, 1827, "The Priest of Rothdunan" with": By Geo Cruikshank, 1827. The upper wrapper is also signed: An lllustration by Geo Cruikshank. No. 11, November, 1827, "German Popular Stories" with the signature: By Geo Cruikshank 1827. No. 14, January 1828, The Gomulagh. Douglas states that only four woodcuts in this series were by Cruikshank, but Dodd and Cohn have pointed out that this statement is in error, for at least one other woodcut is known with Cruikshank's signature,. The five volumes here have three woodcuts signed by the… Read More
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The Island of Doctor Moreau

The Island of Doctor Moreau

by Wells, H. G.

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London: William Heinemann, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. Tan cloth blocked in red and black. Publisher's ads present in rear. Frontispiece illustration and tissue guard, which has lightly offset to the the title page. Cloth somewhat rubbed and soiled else thsi is a very good copy. Bookplate of former owner on the front pastedown. .
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The Comic Almanac (Complete)
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The Comic Almanac (Complete)

by Cruikshank, George

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London: Tilt and Bogue, 1853. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. NIneteen volumes comprising the complete first and second series. Bound in full crimson morocco by Riviere and son; spines in six compartments with raised bands, gilt titles, gilt inner dentelles, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. With the color engraved bookplates of Chales Cobb Walker. And also with a music conservatory blindstamp at the base of each title page and another page near the end, varying with the volume. Otherwise this is a fine set, and profusely illustrated by Cruikshank. Wrappers are bound in, although the 1835 edition has wrappers from 1842. Three frontispieces with contemporary coloring, otherwise uncolored, as called for. Ads present in a few volumes. The last five volumes have folding frontispieces. Cohn, 183, who notes that there we frequent reissues in volume form. .
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The British History, Translated into English from the Latin of Jeffrey of Monmouth
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The British History, Translated into English from the Latin of Jeffrey of Monmouth

by (Geoffrey of Monmouth, Jeffrey of Monmouth) Galfridus, Monumentensis, Bishop of St. Asaph

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London: J. Bowyer, et al., 1718. First edition in English. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. (ii),cxi,(xvii),401,(lv)pp. In a lovely contemporary binding of sprinkled panelled,calf. The spine is in six compartments, gilt, red morocco lettering label, gilt. The errata page is present in the rear. The List of Subscribers is present (including Isaac Newton). Spine tips neatly restored, hole to title page with loss of a few letters, pp. xlv/xlvi with small chip and small chip at head slightly affecting letters, otherwise contents fresh and binding in very good condition. Geoffrey's Historia dates from the 12th century and purports to be a history of Britain from its first settlement by Brutus to the death of Cadwallader in the 7th century. In contains one of the earliest developed narratives of King Arthur and dwells on Merlin and his prophecies. Originally written in Latin, this is the first translation into English, made by Aaron Thompson, who provides a lengthy preface giving his views on the authenticity of… Read More
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Edgar Tobin Aerial Surveys
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Edgar Tobin Aerial Surveys

by (Tobin, Edgar)

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San Antonio: n.p., 1929. Wraps. Very good. Oblong folio. Printed stiff orange wraps. Printed introductory page followed by nineteen stiff pages with mounted original photographs. The photographs range in size form 6½ by 8 to 7½ by 9 inches. Some are of testimonial letters the rest are pictures of the Tobin shops and labs, aerial photographs of Texas, and one of the dirigible "Los Angeles" flying over San Antonio. Covers soiled and worn else this is in very good condition. Accompanied by a 1929 typed letter signed from Tobin to Col. Birdseye of the U. S. Geological Survey with a map of Texas showing areas photographed and ready for delivery Edgar Tobin was a WWI pilot, a member of Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker's "Hat in the Ring" squardon. In 1928 he founded the TObin Aerial Surveys firm in San Antonio. At the time of his deather in 1954, his firm had become the largest aerial mapping firm in the world. He was credited with being a major contributor of the war effort in the United States. A very… Read More
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