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Item #2199174 La Storia di Venezia Nella Vita Privata Dalle Origini Alla Caduta Della Repubblica...

Molmenti, Pompeo

La Storia di Venezia Nella Vita Privata Dalle Origini Alla Caduta Della Repubblica - Parti Prima e Terza: La Grandezza; Il Decadimento

Bergamo: Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche, Editore, 1908. Large Hardcover.

Volumes 1 (1910 fifth edition) and 3 (1908 fourth edition) of a three volume set. Front hinge of vol. 3 loosening but sewings holding firmly, minor puncture to vol. 3 spine, owner bookplate on front endpaper of both volumes.

519; 535.....

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Item #2292790 Opera Medica, in Tres Tomos Distributa. I. De Phthisi. II. De Morbis: Universal....

Morton, Richardi [Richard]

Opera Medica, in Tres Tomos Distributa. I. De Phthisi. II. De Morbis: Universal. Acutis. III. De Febribus: Inflammatoriis. - Editio ultima Emendatiori.

Amstelodami: Apud Donatum Donati, 1696. First Edition. Hard Cover.

First edition. Boards and corners a bit rubbed, wax seal remnants on endpapers, ink name and date on title page ('Johann August Harnisch (?) Madrid: 1745'), ink note on rear endpaper.

[16], 206, [24], 142, [12], [38], 318, [18] pp. Engraved.....

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Item #2266244 Traite de Fortification Souterraine, Suivi de Quatre Memoires sur les Mines; Par le...

Mouze

Traite de Fortification Souterraine, Suivi de Quatre Memoires sur les Mines; Par le Chef de Bataillon du Genie Mouze, Ancient Commandant de Mineurs

Paris: Chez Levrault, Schoell et Cie., et chez Magimel, 1804. Half-Leather.

First edition. Nicely rebacked with new endpapers, original boards preserved. Royal Engineers Library stamp on half-title and title pages, illegible ink name on title page, corner of title page restored.

viii, 428, 20 fold-out plates. An excellent treatise on.....

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Newell, George H.

Chips from Our Log, or, Glimpses of Life Aboard the Yacht 'Ripple'

Rochester, NY: R.H. Dennis, 1887. First Edition. Hard Cover.

First edition. Signed and dated 'Cuba Aug 6th, 1892, Ella R. Searle'. Ella was Newell's only daughter by his first wife. Searle's writings feature excerpts from her father's writing, including a poem he wrote for Ella. She includes information about the.....

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Nichols, Chester W.

Bridging for Victory

Warrensburg, Missouri: Self-Published, 1977. First Edition. Large Softcover.

First edition. Scarce - 3 copies in OCLC, and only 2 of this edition. Author's bookplate on title page. An advance copy sent to a member (or surviving family) of the 332nd Engineers, with a slip explaining this laid in. Photographic fold-out.....

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Nichols, John

The Magic Journey

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1978. Nichols, John. First Edition. Hard Cover.

First edition. Slip signed by author with small doodle laid in. Spine edge lightly stained, a bit smoky.

529, [3] pp. 8vo. The second in the New Mexico Trilogy, which began with The Milagro Beanfield War (inspiration.....

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Niles, Blair

Strange Brother

New York: Horace Liveright, Inc., 1931. First Edition. Hard Cover.

First edition. Lacks jacket. Boards lightly soiled, pencil name and note on front endpaper.

341, [3] pp. 8vo. A novel with homosexual themes, set in New York City during the Harlem Renaissance. Blair Niles was the pen name of Mary.....

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Item #2265379 The Four Kings of Canada. Being a Succinct Account of the Four Indian Princes...

[No Author]

The Four Kings of Canada. Being a Succinct Account of the Four Indian Princes lately arriv'd from North America. with a particular Description of their Country, their strange and remarkable Religion, Feasts, Marriages, Burials, Remedies from their Sick, Customs, Manners, Constitution, Habits, Sports, War, Peace, Policy, Hunting, Fishing, Utensils belonging to the Savages, with several other Extraordinary Things worthy Observation, as to the natural or curious Productions, Beauty, or Fertility, of that Part of the World.

London: J.E. Garratt & Co, 1891. Reissue. Soft Cover.

Wrappers lightly toned, 1/2 inch tear to spine head.

47, [1] pp. Printed wrappers, sewn binding. 1891 reissue of 1710 original (Sabin 25282, Howes C106: "These were Iroquois chiefs taken to London by Col. Schuyler of Albany."). An account of colonial.....

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Item #2200987 The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated out of the...

[No Author]

The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated out of the Original Tongues; and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised.

New York: American Bible Society, 1850. Later Edition. Full-Leather.

'35th Ed.' stated on contents page. Ink gift note on front flyleaf ('Mr John Rankine, A token of friendship from Cornelia W. Martin, Willowbrook Sept 22nd 1852.'). Family Record section preceding New Testament includes following names: Julia G. Willson; John Rankine.....

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Item #2292256 The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated Out of the...

[No Author]

The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated Out of the Original Tongues; and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by His Majesty's Special Command

London: George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1858. Full-Leather.

Front hinge broken, edges rubbed, light stain along bottom edge of some pages.

Unpaginated. Gilt page ridges. 20 engravings by W.H. [William Henry] Bartlett, a British artist known for this type of illustration, the most famous examples of which appeared in.....

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Item #2198748 Nouveau Guide de Florence et ses Environs, Compris la Vallombrosa, Alvernia et...

[No Author]

Nouveau Guide de Florence et ses Environs, Compris la Vallombrosa, Alvernia et Camaldule, avec la Description de la Galerie des Statues et de Celle du Palais Pitti, du Gabinet Physique Ec. Ec., Ornee de Vues et Statues Plan de la Ville et Carte de la Toscane.

Florence: Chez Gaspard Ricci Marchand Libraire, 1844. Hard Cover.

New edition. Boards toned and lightly rubbed, front and end matter foxed, a few text pages foxed, owner bookplate on front endpaper.

293, 210 pp. 12mo. French text. A 19th century guide to Florence. Two fold-out maps precede text, engraved illustrations.....

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Item #2207593 Follow the Drum: Being the Ventures and Misadventures of One Johanna Lovell,...

Norton, Andre

Follow the Drum: Being the Ventures and Misadventures of One Johanna Lovell, Sometime Lady of Catkept Manor in Kent Country of Lord Baltimore's Proprietary of Maryland, in the Gracious Reign of King Charles the Second.

New York: Wm. Penn Publishing Corp. 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover.

First edition. Front hinge weakening, ink name on front endpaper.

vi, 312 pp. 8vo. Historical fiction divided into three parts set in London, Bermuda, and the American colonies, complete with accusations of witchcraft and the sad reality of the slave.....

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Item #2266637 Chinese Jades in the Stanley Charles Nott Collection: Being an Illustrated...

Nott, Stanley Charles; Yutang, Lin; Meng, Chih

Chinese Jades in the Stanley Charles Nott Collection: Being an Illustrated Descriptive Record: Exhaustively Reviewing the Symbolic Ritualistic Appurtenances of Chinese Jades and Their Various Sacrificial Usages. Describing fully the involved formulas underlying Chinese religious services; the altar equipment and numerous superstitious practises, as they are perpetuated in Chinese Jades produced throughout the ages.

West Palm Beach: The Norton Gallery and School of Art, 1942. Limited Edition. Large Hardcover.

First edition, #759 of 1000 copies, with stamped number and printed author's signature on copyright page. Former library copy, rebound in buckram with a few internal marks, presentation bookplate from the author on front endpaper

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Oates, Joyce Carol

Broadside: Double Portrait

. William B. Ewert, 1998. Signed Copy. Broadside.

Signed by author without inscription. One of 140 copies. A fine copy.

7 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches. Deckled bottom edge. "If opening that drawer quickly you hear your life rattle like hollow dice--we understand each other perfectly."

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Oates, Joyce Carol

Broadside: O Crayola! For John Updike

. William B. Ewert, 1994. Signed Copy. Broadside.

Signed by author without inscription. One of 150 copies. A fine copy.

8 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches. Deckled bottom edge. Title and author name in magenta; rest of text in purple. "Shall we tell them thanks but why reward us who.....

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Oates, Joyce Carol

Funland

Concord, New Hampshire: William B. Ewert, publisher, 1981. Limited Edition. Soft Cover.

Limited edition, #30 of 150. Signed by Joyce Carol Oates without inscription on limitation page. Softcover in dust jacket. An exceptional copy.

Unpaginated. A fine press short story by the prolific, award-winning American author, with an introduction by.....

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Oates, Joyce Carol

The Miraculous Birth

Concord, New Hampshire: William B. Ewert, publisher, 1986. Azarian, Mary. Limited Edition. Soft Cover.

Limited edition, #45 of 100. Signed by Joyce Carol Oates and Mary Azarian on limitation page. Faint stain to front panel of jacket.

Unpaginated. A fine press poem about the birth of Jesus Christ, by the.....

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Oates, Joyce Carol

New Heaven, New Earth: The Visionary Experience in Literature

New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover.

First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Jacket flaps lightly toned.

307 pp. 8vo. Oates's second volume of literary criticism, examining the conflict between innovation and relatability when it comes to writing. Keywords: AMERICAN FICTION LITERATURE.....

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Oates, Joyce Carol

Small Hymns [Broadside]

Concord, New Hampshire: William B. Ewert, 1983. Hayden, Mary Ann. Limited Edition. Broadside.

Signed by author and by illustrator without inscriptions. One of 100 copies. Faint smudge along right side.

Measures roughly 11 1/4 x 19 inches. Illustrated by Mary Ann Hayden. "The smallest of hymns, in praise of silk--cornsilk--spiderweb.....

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Odlum, Jerome

Nine Lives are Not Enough

New York: Sheridan House, 1940. First Edition. Hard Cover.

First edition. Front hinge slightly weakened, jacket flaps taped to endpapers, stamp on front endpaper, edge wear.

253 pp. Ronald Reagan starred in the movie version of this novel. "Boy crusader Matt works for the Daily News and always breaks the.....

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Item #2206695 Aequanimitas: With Other Addresses to Medical Students, Nurses and Practitioners of...

Osler, Sir William

Aequanimitas: With Other Addresses to Medical Students, Nurses and Practitioners of Medicine

Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1910. Second Edition. Hard Cover.

Second edition, with three additional addresses. Front hinge starting, ink name and date on front endpaper.

x, 475 pp. 8vo. A classic collection of addresses to those in the medical field by a co-founder of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Osler's.....

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Item #2206697 Aequanimitas: With Other Addresses to Medical Students, Nurses and Practitioners of...

Osler, Sir William

Aequanimitas: With Other Addresses to Medical Students, Nurses and Practitioners of Medicine

London: H.K. Lewis, 1910. Second Edition. Hard Cover.

Second edition, with three additional addresses. Hinges weakening, ink name and date on front endpaper.

x, 475 pp. 8vo. A classic collection of addresses to those in the medical field by a co-founder of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Osler's creation of the first.....

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Item #2206701 Aequanimitas: With Other Addresses to Medical Students, Nurses and Practitioners of...

Osler, Sir William

Aequanimitas: With Other Addresses to Medical Students, Nurses and Practitioners of Medicine

Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1914. Second Edition. Hard Cover.

Second edition. Spine faded, hinges just starting, ink gift note on front endpaper.

x, 475 pp. 8vo. A classic collection of addresses to those in the medical field by a co-founder of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Osler's creation of the.....

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Item #2291059 The Principles and Practice of Medicine, Designed for the Use of Practitioners and...

Osler, William

The Principles and Practice of Medicine, Designed for the Use of Practitioners and Students of Medicine (Appleton's Medical Library)

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Second Edition. Half-Leather.

Second edition. Spine and corners dried and rubbed, spine faded.

xvi, [2], 1143, [3] pp. 8vo. Leather spine and corners, gilt titles. An immensely important work of general medical knowledge, written by a co-founder of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Osler's creation.....

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