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Wertheimer, Josef and Leopold Kompert. (Judaica)(Almanac) JAHRBUCH (OR CALENDAR) FUR ISRAELITEN 5624.
Vienna, 1864, (26)270,(271-282 ads)pp., 12mo. One ad chipped, rear free e.p. margins chipped. Spectacular ftspc of Dr. F. N. Mannheimer. Three quarters leather, top cover thread retained. Missing ffep. The 1842 ed. (first issue) on net @ 250. This ed. not listed per OCLC.
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Szauto, S. (Judaica)(Almanac) JAHRBUCH (OR CALENDAR) FUR ISRAELITEN 5627.
Vienna, 1866, (30)lxix,190(17-ads)pp., 12mo. Very fragile paper. Second year of this series. Threequarters leather. Missing ffep. The 1842 ed. (first issue) on net @ 250. Not listed per OCLC.
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Thompson, John B. (New Jersey)(Women) A JERSEY WOMAN OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
New Brunswick, 1893, 8pp. First ed. Caption title. Removed, fine. Hist. of Judith Bodine of AmbroseBrook. NUC locates four copies.
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(Electrical)(Physics)(Science) SCIENCE ABSTRACTS. PHYSICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING.
London & NY (SPON), 1898, & 99, 2 vol. These are 1st two vols issued jointly by Inst. of ElectricalEngrs & Physical Soc. of London, scouring above 100 journals. After the fifth vol., each of the two groups began separate abstracts which have continued. New half raspberry buckram & matching dull red linen. All edges marbled. No copies on net.
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Sacken, C. R. Osten (Natural History) CATALOGUE OF THE DESCRIBED DIPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA.
DC, 1878, xlvi(2)276pp. First publ. 1858, here three times more entries. Incls 20-p. list of authorities consulted of Smithsonian Misc. Collections #270. Fine in recent crimson cl. w/gilt lettering. All edges red freckled.
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Slingo, W. & A. Brooker (Electrical)(Engineering) ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT ARTIZANS AND STUDENTS.
London, 1890, vi(1)631(16 publ. cat.)pp., small 8vo. A respected duo prepare a crib sheet but very extensive. First ed. Highly respected w/other editions appearing in 1891, 1900, 1902, 1903, & 1908. V.g. in dark blue cl. Bkplt removed. Engineering. Technical.
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Trevert, Edward (Electrical)(Physics) HOW TO BUILD DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINERY: EMBRACING THEORY DESIGNING AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF DYNAMOS AND MOTORS.
NY, 1894, 339(13)pp., large 8vo. First ed. Appendices on field magnet & armature winding. Management of dynamos & motors & useful tables of wire gauges. Over 175 text illus., including some folding. Trevert was from Lynn, MA. Interestingly the pub. cat.(w/13 p., not 12 as cited by one of the net listings), is for Bubier, a publisher in Lynn. Approaching v.g., missing ffep. Some age soil & two cvr marks. Bkplt removed. Technical. Physics.
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Houston, Edwin J. (Electrical)(Tech)(Physics) A DICTIONARY OF ELECTRICAL WORDS, TERMS AND PHRASES.
NY, 1894, vi,667pp. Third ed., 1st ptd 1886. V.g., the inner front jt strengthened (text weight) & bkplt removal stain on ffep. Many text illus. Has about 100pp. on words "new & recent". No earlier ed. on net. No complete copy on net.
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Vogel, Hermann (Technical)(Photography) THE CHEMISTRY OF LIGHT AND PHOTOGRAPHY.
NY, 1875, xi(1)288(12)pp. Of the six plts, three have laid down photo prints, of the moon, of a camera device, & a before & after print. First ptd Germany in 1874, the English & this Amer. eds both ptd 1875. Part of the International Scientific Series. V.g. (missing ffep), Eastlake design on red cl., slight rub on bkstrp. Technical.
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Flather, John J. (Engineering)(Indiana) DYNAMOMETERS AND THE MEASUREMENT OF POWER: A TREATISE ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION OF DYNAMOMETERS.
NY, 1892, vi,215pp. First ed. Indiana author. Well illus. V.g., all gilt bright. Bkplt removed. Only one copy of this first ed. on net. Hydraulics. Technical. Electrical.
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Aldrich & Donaldson. (Naval)(Marine)(Engineering) MARINE ENGINEERING - A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO VESSEL CONSTRUCTION AND PROPULSION AND ALLIED INTERESTS - Vol. V.
New York, 1900, 4to. 12 Issues. ca. 50 pp. per issue. New bkstrp & label. Many illus of steamships,warships, apparatus, etc. Not net.
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Marine Engineering, Inc. (Naval)(Marine)(Engineering) MARINE ENGINEERING (Vol. VII, January to December, 1902).
New York, 1902, 4to. 12 Issues. ca. 65 p. each. With Index. New bkstrp & label. Four fold plate ofplans. Full p. plate of cyclonic propeller. Illus of steamships, warships, apparatus, etc.
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Aldrich & Donaldson. (Naval)(Marine)(Engineering) MARINE ENGINEERING - A MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO VESSEL CONSTRUCTION AND PROPULSION AND ALLIED INTERESTS, VOL. III (January to June, 1899).
New York, 1899, 4to. 12 Issues. Vols III & IV. New bkstrp & label. Fold out schematics of Steel Screw Steamer ATLAS for Standard Oil Co., to carry 720,000 gal. oil in Bulk. (Inboard profile, Deck and Hold Plans). Built & engined by Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding & Engine Works, Chester PA. Many steamships, improvised apparatus, mishaps & war vessels. Ca. 50 p. per issue. First Vol. on net, only one copy. Second Vol. not net.
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Marine Publishing Company. (Naval)(Marine)(Engineering) MARINE ENGINEERING, VOL. II (January to December, 1898)
New York, 1898, 4to. 12 Issues, about 50 p. per issue. Many illus. of steamships, war ships. U.S.S.Maine, Apparatus. Numerous articles relating to Spanish American War, incl. images of various Spanish vessels (a 4p. photo supplement included) New half cloth & new label. Bookplate removed.
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(Minnesota)(Viewbook) SOUVENIR OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA (VIEWBOOK).
1887, 6 x 5". Twelve accordion panels w/36 views, good. Separated at bkstrp, two panels w/spots. Pub by Ward & Sons, Cincinnati.
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(American West)(Wash. State) SPOKANE, WASHINGTON (VIEWBOOK).
c.1890, 6 x 5". 12 accordion panels w/39 images. Good+, some cvr soil. Pub by Ward Bros. Cincinnatiw/Spokane tag for John W. Graham.
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Dillon, John B. (Constitution) NOTES ON THE HISTORICAL EVIDENCE IN REFERENCE TO ADVERSE THEORIES OF THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
NY, 1871, 141pp. A former owner has provided (no extra charge) some underlining & some marginal notes, etc. Dillon also wrote on Indiana Hist. & on the American Revolution. V.g. in green cl. w/good title gilt.
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Bidwell, George (Law)(England)(Economics) FORGING HIS OWN CHAINS. The Wonderful Life Story of...
Hartford, CT, (1891), 624pp. Bank of England swindle, etc. Orig. bright gilt deco lea., w/later bkstrp & gilt on lea. labels.
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Begg, Alexander (Canada)(Foreign) DOT IT DOWN. A STORY OF LIFE IN THE NORTH-WEST.
Toronto, 1871, 381pp., 12mo. The scarcest of the books by Begg, it describes life in Manitoba. Recased in orig. cl. New e.p. Bkstrp legible but old cracks over the recase. Two sm. int. cancel. lib. stamps.
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Ostwald, Wilhelm (Chemistry) (Measurements) MANUAL OF PHYSICO-CHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS.
London, 1894, 255pp. Translated by Scots Prof., James Walker, this work by a Chem. Prof. at Leipzig. Fine copy w/over 100 text illus. Physics.
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Scoffern, J. (Occult)(Superstition) STRAY LEAVES OF SCIENCE AND FOLK-LORE.
London, 1870, (12)485pp., 8vo. V.g. New bkstrp & label - extra label laid in. Mrbld bds., corner lea. rubbed. Our pagination disagrees with two net entries, one omitting prelims and one counting all the rear blanks.
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Trollope, Anthony. (England)(Ireland)(Literature) PHINEAS FINN, THE IRISH MEMBER.
London, 1869, vi(1)320/vi(1)328pp., 2 vol., 8vo. First Edition. Good to v.g., w/new bkstrp & label (extra label laid in). Mrbld bds. w/some rubbing. The lea. corners rubbed. Vol. I has small cancelled lib. stamp on t.p. and one other p. All edges rubricated.
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Simcox, E. J. (Ethnology)(Law)(Anthropology) PRIMITIVE CIVILIZATIONS OR OUTLINES OF THE HISTORY OF OWNERSHIP IN ARCHAIC COMMUNITIES.
London, 1894, x,576/vi,554pp., 2 vol., 8vo. New bkstrps & labels on mrbld bds., lea. corners rubbed. Contents tight & unfoxed. Vol. II deals w/China whilst Vol. I centers on Middle East. Over 1100 pps. text.
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G., D.F. (Occult)(Philosophy) THE SPIRITUALIST: BEING A SHORT EXPOSITION OF PSYCHOLOGY BASED UPON MATERIAL TRUTHS, AND OF THE FAITH TO WHICH IT LEADS.
London, 1857, xvi,iii(1)pp., 12mo. First ed. V.g. w/new bkstrp & label, extra label laid in. Mrbld bds.
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Thompson, E. W. (Nautical)(Naval) DOUBLE-TURRETED MONITORS - LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
Washington, DC, 1889, 20pp., 8vo. Also included: MAPS - ACCOMPANYING - LETTER FROM SECRETARY OF THENAVY TRANSMITTED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 11, 1880, IN RELATION TO DOUBLE-TURRETED MONITORS. 6 pps. and 6 gatefold plts. Removed. Note: These are House Ex. Doc 82 and 82 part 3. No evidence about a "Part 2" being relevant to double-turreted vessels. Not net.
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Bonvalot, Gabriel. (Asia)(Tibet)(India)(Travel) THROUGH THE HEART OF ASIA, OVER THE PAMIR TO INDIA.
London, 1889, xxii,281/x,250pp., 2 vol., tall 8vo. First ed. Fold map. Has over 200 full & part page illus. by Pepin. New half cl. & labels, mrbld. bds., lea. corners worn. Text tight & unfoxed.
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Nash, Valery, etc. (eds.) (Virginia) (Women)(Social)(Art) ARTEMIS: A PROJECT OF THE WOMEN'S RESOURCE AND SERVICES CENTER.
Roanoke, VA, 1977, 48pp. Wrps, v.g.. Celebration of VA women in the arts, fiction, & poetry. Not Net.
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Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam-Vessels. (Nautical)(Steam) REPORT ON SAFETY-VALVE TESTS, MADE AT THE U.S. NAVY YARD, WASHINGTON, D.C., Removed.
Washington, DC, 1875, 75pp., 8vo. W/o wrps, ever? Many diagrams and illus.
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U.S. Navy Department. (Nautical)(Steam) ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF STEAM-ENGINEERING FOR THE YEAR 1879, Removed.
Washington, DC, 1880, 8vo. 32 pp., w/37 full p. plts. This is for year 1879. Unfoxed. Scarce - not net.
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Richardson, G. F. (Geology) GEOLOGY FOR BEGINNERS; COMPRISING A FAMILIAR EXPLANATION OF GEOLOGY, AND ITS ASSOCIATE SCIENCES.
London, 1846, xx,624pp., 12mo. Over 250 text & near full p. illus. Green cl., the fore edges untrimmed. Bkstrp gilt bright. Ftspc reseated. "Second Edition" indicated on bkstrp, "Third Edition" shown on ptd. title page. Scarce - Not Net.
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Canada. (Canada) NEW ALBUM OF QUEBEC VIEWS.
New York?, c.1880, 7 1/2" x 5 1/2". 30 views on 12 panels in fold case. Cover gilt bright but fronthas one vertical crease. Interior clean & free from foxing.
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(Emblems)(Printing)
. VIVILAE Rhetorum et Somnia Poetarum Emblamatice Expressa Salisburgensi 1731 A-G(1), 1, A(7)-(G2)(49 plates) Deo Ter Opt. Max. Motori Primo Tranquilissimo G3-L4 (34 plates). No colophon. TOGETHER WITH SAECULUM ANTIQUUM ET NOVUM EMBLEMATICE DESCRIPTUM A RHETORIBUS & Poetis. SALISBURGENSIBUS 1701 Mayr Aa (1-4 A-H2) (57 plates) A3 (Contents) Saeculum Antiquum Saeculum Novum Az (1-2), Aa-Kk5 (78 plates) No Colophon. Trans: Nightly labors of orators and the dreams of poets, expressed in emblematic form and publicly displayed in the nourishing archepiscopal University of Salzburg...1731. TOGETHER WITH the old and new age described in emblematic form by the orators and poets of Salzburg...1701. In all 218 leaves of wood engravings. Each emblem embellished w/both Latin and German verse, seemingly identified by the individual orators and poets who composed them. The first title known only at Johns Hopkins' Welch Medical Library, with the 1700 edition noted in the Liste der Emblembucher in Munchenen Bibliotheken. This first title has no auction record for the past four decades. The second title is unrecorded. Full very early vellum, triple ruled at top and bottom, quadrupled ruled on both sides, with a central panel triple-ruled top and bottom above triple rules, vertical double ruled sides about a doubly-terminated center piece quartered with ornate spear points. The border between exterior and interior rules embellished in blind. Minimal foxing, no library marks. A one-inch of clear tape wraps around the third (of four) panel of the back strip. Mayr was a prolific printer, having a long career involving emblem books.
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Webb, Jon Edgar. (Beat Generation)(LA) THE OUTSIDER - OUT OF NEW ORLEANS USA, NUMBER TWO.
New Orleans, LA, 1962, 112pp., tall 8vo. Wrps, front cover shows Willie Humphrey, Dee Dee Pierce & Gypsy Lou(the assoc. ed.) w/more on cover 3 - the Eureka Brass Band, etc. Tissue guard inside front cover is stamped "Printed by Hand in New Orleans USA". This is Vol. I, #2, w/contributions by Burroughs, Bukowski, Nemerov, Eigner, Corso, Webb, Hazard, Margolis, Kerouac, Henry Miller, & many more. Priced on net to four hundred fifty.
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Naval War College (Law)(Naval)(Military) INTERNATIONAL LAW SITUATIONS, WITH SOLUTIONS AND NOTES, 1904.
DC, 1905, 141pp. Part of an extensive series. Fine, gilt bright. Other Net copies begin at thirty-five.
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Mantegazza, Paolo. (Medical)(Phrenology) PHYSIOGNOMY AND EXPRESSION.
New York, c.1890, vi,224-ads(44)pp., 8vo. Fine in new cl. w/lea. label. This ed. issued by Humboldt. Not net.
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Bemis, Ed., ed. (Economics) (Social) HISTORY OF COOPERATION IN THE UNITED STATES.
Baltimore, 1888, 540pp. First ed. Fine in recent green cl. w/lea. label, two small cancelled lib. stamps. Solid copy. This is Vol. VI in Johns Hopkins Studies in Hist. & Political Science. Preface notes that even this work reflects cooperation among six scholars who divided the topic geographically as New England, Middle States, Northwest, West, Pacific Coast, Maryland and the South. Instant book (add money & stir) at. 180 dollars.
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Johnson, Samuel. (China)(Religion ORIENTAL RELIGIONS AND THEIR RELATION TO UNIVERSAL RELIGION - CHINA.
Boston, 1877, xxiv,975pp., 8vo. Fine in recent port wine cl. & new label. All edges rubricated. Copy on net to one seventy five.
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United States War Department (Military)(Alaska)(Cuba) ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1901
Washington, DC, 1901, 379pp., tall 8vo. Fine in recent navy blue cl. w/lea. & gilt bkstrp. Seventy p. index. Includes: Ordnance, National Military Parks, West Point, bureau chiefs, Alaska, Cuba, etc.
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Hirn, G. A. (Astronomy)(France) CONSTITUTION DE L'ESPACE CELESTE.
Paris, 1889, 332pp., 4to. Fold plate. Fine in recent bl cl., lea. label. Two small cancelled lib. stamps. T.e.g. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Author also wrote on Saturn, acoustics, meteorology, etc.
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Agassiz, Louis. (Natural History) CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. VOLUME III ONLY OF FOUR.
Boston, 1860, 301pp., 4to. Fine in recent dk. moss green cl., w/lea. label. This is the third vol.,of his second monograph containing 5 parts: I - Acalephs in General, II - Ctenophorae, III - Discophorae, IV - Hydroidae, V - Homologies of the Radiata, with forty-six plates. Available from Instant Book (add money & stir) at one hundred forty.
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Gardner, Percy (Greece)(Arch)(Deco)(Travel) SCUPLTURED TOMBS OF HELLAS.
London, 1896, 259pp. T.e.g., fore edge untrimmed. Large 8vo photogavure illus. Architecture. Deco. Travel.
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Sampson, Emma S. (Cookery) MISS MINERVA'S COOK BOOK. DE WAY TO A MAN'S HEART.
Chicago, 2002, (1931), 280pp. Facsimile copy in wrps with plastic comb binder. The scarcest of theseries begun by Calhoun (M. M. & W. G. Hill) & continued for several vols by E. S. Sampson. A magnificent collection of old South recipes in Black dialect. In 1977 we sold a copy at 25 & in 1997 a copy was sold at 250. Recently we saw this title offered in a d.j. at 1000. ISBN 1-933607-13-0
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Smithsonian Institution (Native American)(Sci)(KY) ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
DC, 1871, 494pp. 60pp. on Native Americans in Kentucky, eggs, birds, 105pp. on scientists, 10pp. onphysics. Fine in recent crimson cl. w/gilt lettering. All edges rubricated. Miscellaneous. HOR #20.
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Link, O. Winston (Railroad)(VA)(Photo)(WV)(OH) STEAM, STEEL & STARS: AMERICA'S LAST STEAM RAILROAD.
(NY), (1987), 144pp., 4to. First ed. Fine in near fine d.j. Link's spectacular camera work brings reality to the dream, specificity to the concept, & romance to the reality. Text by Tim Hensley (who still hasn't settled an account from Oct 2003) of Huntington, West Virginia. Ohio.
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Réville, Albert (Mexico) LECTURES ON THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF RELIGION AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE NATIVE RELIGIONS OF MEXICO AND PERU.
London, 1895, x,256,8pp. First ptd 1884. Six lectures incl. two on Peru. Fine in recent green cl. Some copies issued w/erratum; in this case the correction is made in pencil. French author. No copy this ed. on net. Travel.
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Tittman, O. H. (Measurement) "Historical Account of U.S. Standards of Weights & Measures, Customary & Metric.
. Of the Inception & Construction of the National Prototypes of the Metre & the Kilogramme; of their Transportation from Paris to Washington; of their Official Opening & Certification, & of their Deposits in the Office of Weights & Measure." DC, 1890, pp. 735-758 w/one plt (the Kilogram) removed from U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Report, 1890. Paper brown-toned.
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Cruikshank, George (Humor)(Lit)(Illus) THE COMIC ALMANACK: FIRST SERIES 1835-1843 & SECOND SERIES 1844-1853.
London, 2 vol. In all 19 years in 2 vols. Later green cl. & gilt lettering. All edges untrimmed. Literature. Illustration.
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(Serpentology) OPHIOLATREIA: AN ACCOUNT OF THE RITES AND MYSTERIES CONNECTED WITH THE ORIGIN, RISE, AND DEVELOPMENT OF SERPENT WORSHIP...
Privately ptd, 1889, viii,103pp., 12mo. First ed. Origin, tradition, mounds, temples, slithers around phallic adoration. Fine in recent black cl. w/gilt lettering.
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Barton, J. Clark (Printing)(Textile)(Paper) HOW TO MAKE RUBBER STAMPS FOR PROFIT.
New York, 1891, 32 (ads-12)pp., 16mo. Paper over flex bds. New bkstrp, bkplt. 6 1/2" x 4 1/4 w/a pub. envelope containing "muslin and tissue paper for taking molds". Laid in. No copy on net.
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Browning, Robert (Limited Editions Club) THE POEMS OF ROBERT BROWNING.
NY, 1969, xviii,299(1)pp., tall 8vo. Ltd Editions Club, #1117 of 1500 (no number slip). Signed & illus. by Peter Reddick w/wood engravings. (LEC 416). Fine corner lea., orig. glassine d.j. One corner dented on slipcase. Cameo portrait of Browning mounted inside front cvr. Selected, ed. & intro. by C. Day Lewis. Poetry.
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Conrad, Joseph (Limited Editions Club) YOUTH-TYPHOON-THE END OF THE TETHER.
N.p., 1972, xvi,251(3)pp., sm. 4to. Ltd Editions Club, #1117 of 1500. Fine in quarter black moroccow/red & gold stamping, smoky-blue rough linen sides in fine slipcase. Signed & designed by Ward Ritchie. (LEC 446). Illus. by Robert Shore. Literature.
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Cooper, James F. (Limited Editions Club) THE PILOT.
NY, 1968, xvi,357(3)pp., sm. 4to. Ltd Editions Club, #387 of 1500 (no number slip). Fine in black buckram, inlaid w/band of natural sailcloth, gilt bright in fine slipcase (some fading). Signed & illus. by Robert Quackenbush (four color & black & white woodcuts). Six-p. intro by Jon T. Winterich. Literature.
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Darwin, Charles (Limited Editions Club) THE DESCENT OF MAN AND SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX.
N.p., 1971, 362(3)pp., 4to. Ltd Editions Club, #1117 of 1500. Near fine in quarter green morocco (faded), gilt bright. Natural wood veneer sides in slipcase w/tiny nicks. Signed & illus. by Fritz Kredel. (LEC 435). Ed. & intro. by Ashley Montagu.
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Irving, Washington (Limited Editions Club) THE ALHAMBRA.
NY, 1969, xiv,304(2)pp., large 8vo. Ltd Editions Club, #1117 of 1500. Fine in full Toledo henna & gold damask w/gilt bright in glassine d.j. in fine slipcase. Signed & illus. by Lima de Freitas. Intro. by Angel Flores.
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James, Henry (Limited Editions Club) WASHINGTON SQUARE.
NY, 1971, xiv,204(2)pp., tall 8vo. Ltd Editions Club, #1117 of 1500. Fine in quarter black natural grain morocco w/gilt letting, gray satin over bds in fine slipcase. Signed & illus. by Lawrence B. Smith. (LEC 439). Intro. by Louis S. Auchincloss.
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O'Neill, Eugene (Limited Editions Club) AH, WILDERNESS!
NY, 1972, 161(3)pp., sm. 4to. Ltd Editions Club, #1117 of 1500. Fine in cl. over bds, paper label on bkstrp in orig. glassine d.j. in fine slipcase. Signed & illus. by Shannon Stirnweis. (LEC 445). Intro. by Walter Kerr.
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Pushkin, Alexander (Limited Editions Club) THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER AND OTHER STORIES.
Westerham, KY, 1971, xv,227(3)pp., 4to. Ltd Editions Club, #1117 of 1500. Fine in quarter green buckram w/white flecked green linen sides (w/black & gold stamping) in orig. glassine d.j. in fine. Signed & illus. by Charles Mozley. Lithographs in monochrome. Trans. by Ivy & Tatiana Litvinov. Intro. by Kathryn Feuer.
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Scott, Sir Walter (Limited Editions Club) THE TALISMAN.
NY, 1968, xxx,369(1)pp. Ltd Editions Club, #1117 of 1500 (no number slip). Fine in quarter Persian sheepskin w/buckram over bds w/gilt bright in fine slipcase. Signed & illus. by Federico Castellon. (LEC 415). Intro. by Tomas C. Chubb.
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Shelley, Percy Bysshe (Limited Editions Club) POEMS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY.
Cambridge, 1971, xxvii,313pp. Ltd Editions Club, #1117 of 1500. Fine in quarter maroon morocco w/embossed portrait of Shelley in orig. glassine d.j. in fine slipcase. Signed & illus. by Richard S. Smith. Selected & intro. by Stephen Spender for the British Poets Series.
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Garrett, George (Garrett, George)(Virginia) POISON PEN
(New York), 1986, xi,258pp., small 4to. First ed. "POISON PEN has much to offend most readers and, indeed, something to offend everyone, literate or not."
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Garrett, George (Garrett, George)(VA)(Autog) BAD MAN BLUES - A PORTABLE GEORGE GARRETT
Dallas, 1998, xxix,198pp. First ed. Corner fray & dj. flap creased. Signed by author. "...stories, anecdotes, and personal essays, with a few poems added for good measure...".
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Garrett, George (Garrett, George)(VA)(Autog) ENTERED FROM THE SUN
New York, 1990, 349pp., large 8vo. First U.S. ed. Fine in fine dj. Signed by author.
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Garrett, Susan (Virginia)(Social)(Autog) MILES TO GO - AGING IN RURAL VIRGINIA
Charlottesville, VA, 1998, viii,187pp. First ed. Fine in fine dj. Signed by author. Author has homein Virginia.
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Garrett, George (Garrett, George)(VA)(Autog) AN EVENING PERFORMANCE
New York, 1985, viii,518pp. First ed. Near fine w/o dj. Inscribed & signed by author.
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Garrett, George (Garrett, George)(VA)(Autog) THE SUCCESSION - A NOVEL OF ELIZABETH AND JAMES
New York, 1983, viii,538pp., large 8vo. First Quill ed. V.g. in wrps. Inscribed & signed by author.
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Garrett, George (Garrett, George)(VA)(Autog) THE SUCCESSION - A NOVEL OF ELIZABETH AND JAMES
New York, 1983, viii,538pp., large 8vo. First Quill ed. Wrps., copy damped at top fore edge. Signed by author.
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Garrett, George (Garrett, George)(VA)(Autog) MY SILK PURSE AND YOURS - THE PUBLISHING SCENE AND AMERICAN LITERARY ART
Columbia, MO, 1992, 316pp. First ed. Fine in fine dj. Signed by author. Virginia author.
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Duplessis, Georges (Art)(Books)(Engraving) THE WONDERS OF ENGRAVING
New York, 1886, 338pp., 12mo. First ptd. 1871, here newly rebound and raring to go.
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Hardesty, Henry H. (Virginia) ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY BATH COUNTY FAMILIES AND HISTORY.
Rural Retreat, VA, 2001. c.135-p. index. Comb binding. This is the 10th of our local hist. reprints, providing indexed local hist. & family data from the special Rockbridge & Bath ed. of Hardesty's "Hist. Encyclopedia," (Chicago), c.1883. Genealogy. Appalachia. No other copy on net. ISBN 1-933607-49-1
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Kimball, Warren F. (World War II)(Eco)(Autog) LEND-LEASE AND THE OPEN DOOR: THE TEMPTATION OF BRITISH OPULENCE, 1937-1942
Newark, NJ, 1971, 28pp. First separate ptg. Wrps. V.g. Reprinted from POLITICAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY, June 1971. Inscribed & signed by author.
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Wirt, J. (Virginia)(Genealogy) A HISTORY OF HALIFAX COUNTY (VIRGINIA)
Richmond, VA, 1924, 525pp. First ed. V.g. Much on families of Adams, Barksdale, Belt, Booker, Boyd,Bruce, Carrington, Christian, Granville, Faulker, Flourno, Fourqurean, French, etc.
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Pendleton, William C. (Virginia)(Gen)(App) A HISTORY OF TAZEWELL COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA 1748 - 1920
Richmond, VA, 1920, xvi,700pp. First ed. V.g. w/a faded streak on front cover. CW details, family hist., etc. Famous as the home of Burke's Garden, Abb's valley & Bluestone Valley where my great, great grandfather Tiffany settled.
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Carrington, J. Cullen. (Virginia) CHARLOTTE COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Richmond, VA, 1907, 142,(6)pp. V.g. in wrps A Jamestown tercentennial pub. Over 50 half & full p. illus. of homes & buildings.
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Addington, Luther F. (Virginia)(Gen)(App)(Auto) THE STORY OF WISE COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
Wise, VA, (1956), vi,296pp. First ed. V.g. E.p. map. Incls John Fox, Jr., the nationally recognized author, & the well known character "Devil John" Wright. Signed by author.
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Bjornson, Val (Minnesota)(Gen)(American West) THE HISTORY OF MINNESOTA
West Palm Beach, FL, 1969, ca 2000pp., 4 vol., 4to. First ed. Near fine. Vols. 3 & 4 are biographical w/some full p. portraits.
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Carey, Charles Henry (Oregon)(Amer West)(Pacific) HISTORY OF OREGON
Chicago, 1922, 3 vol., Large 4to. V.g. nearly 3000 pp. Vol. III shelf skewed. Marbled p.d. & all edges.
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Highway Research Board, Nat'l Academy of Sciences (Architecture)(Plan)(Urban) URBAN DEVELOPMENT MODELS
DC, 1968, 266pp., small 4to. First ed. Fine in pub. glassine, foxed. Contributions from proceedingsof a conference held June 26-30, 1967, Dartmouth College Hanover, NH. On net Instant Book (add money & stir) @ one hundred.
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Amer. Assn. of State Hwy Officials, Assn. on Right-of-Way (Architecture)(Plan)(Law) ACQUISITION FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY
DC, 1962, xi,747pp., small 4to. First ed. Fine in dark green flex cl.
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Addington, Robert M. (Virginia)(Gen)(App) HISTORY OF SCOTT COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Kingsport, TN, 1932, xiv,364pp., tall 8vo. Good, solid copy, the covers foxed. Author's family incl. other writers & historians.
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Salmon, John S. & Emily J. Salmon (Virginia)(Genealogy)(App) FRANKLIN COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1786 - 1986
Rocky Mount, VA, 1992, xvi,552pp. First ed. in fine dj. E.p. maps. More untaxed beverage than any other county in America.
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Richmond Ford's Hotel (Virginia)(Food) Palm or business card ca.1890 (after Jackson statue, prior to General Lee's) 3 x 4.5"
. on green coated stock w/nice view of hotel on front, list of sights on back. Plumps the hotel's electric bells & "prices greatly reduced for the times." One corner of back scraped, a small chip in margin.
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Creasy, E. S. (Military) THE FIFTEEN DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WORLD FROM MARATHON TO WATERLOO.
NY & Chicago, c.1885, 297(2)pp. V.g. w/red Celtic design on black. Front inner jt. reglued. Britishauthor, de-royaltied due to weak copyright laws then.
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Johnson, Morris, D. (American West)(Birds)(ND) FEATHERS FROM THE PRAIRIE - A SHORT HISTORY OF UPLAND GAME BIRDS
Bismarck, ND, 1964, vi,240pp., large 8vo. First ed. Tight copy, wrps rubbed.
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Art (Art)(Medieval) THE GOTTINGEN MODEL BOOK; FACSIMILE EDITION
Columbia, MO, 1978, 102pp., oblong 4to. First ptd. 1972. Fine in fine dj.
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District of Columbia Tax Revision Commission (Economics)(Urban)(Planning) FINANCING AN URBAN GOVERNMENT - THE FINAL REPORT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TAX REVISION COMMISSION
DC, 1978, viii,201pp., 4to. First ed. V.g. in wrps. Composed of Attorneys, bureaucrats, economists,etc., but no poor people. Not net, but some similar titles are.
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U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development (Architecture)(Soc)(Urban) EUROPEAN HOUSING SUBSIDY SYSTEMS - AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE
DC, 1972, 52pp., 4to. Wrps, v.g. Some photo illus. Not net.
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Teal, Roger, et als (Transportation)(Plan)(Eng) TOURIST TRAFFIC IN SMALL HISTORIC CITIES: ANALYSIS, STRATEGIES, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Medford, MA, 1976, ix,199+pp., 4to. First ed. V.g. in wrps. Final report. Funded by U.S. Departmentof Transportation.
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