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E. Merck. Darmstadt. Usines de produit chimiques.1938. First edition .
by E. Merck KG
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Darmstadt: E. Merck, 1938. 4to. Original distinctive wraps. 24 x 26cm. 74 page history followed by about 100 gravure plates. Cover repaired...."We are unique. We have been developing further since 1668, thus creating a special identity. The shared values that underpin the company and shape its future are anchored in the past and are still practiced to this very… Read more about this item Item Price
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The French and German delegations at the 1932 Disarmament Conference that convened in Geneva . Original photographs..
by Agence ROL, photographer.
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Geneva: 1932. Original sliver prints. 13 x 18cm. German photo iwth stabilized tear.::: Summary of the Disarmament Conference, Geneva, 1933.: Sixty countries sent delegates to the Disarmament Conference that convened in Geneva in February 1932 to consider reductions in armaments, with particular emphasis on offensive weapons. Germany, whose army and navy already were limited… Read more about this item Item Price
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La regina Elena d'Italia visita una mostra sull'infanzia a Roma. Original photograph.
by Photo Acualit, Bruxelles
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Rome: 1937. Original photograph.. 13.5 x 18.5. Queen Helena of Italy visits a childcare exhibition in Rome.. Item Price
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Commission by William Henry Harrison, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Indiana territory to Pierre Provenchere as Recorder. 19th Century facsimile.
by Harrison. William Henry (1773- 1841); Pierre Provenchere (1741-1831)
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Indiana territory: 1804. 19th Century facsimile; likely a collotype. 21 x 32.5cm....William Henry Harrison, governor and commander in chief of the Indiana territory (1773- 1841)... William Henry Harrison, an American military officer and politician, was the ninth President of the United States (1841), the oldest President to be elected at the time. On his 32nd day, he became the first to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Les Nymphes du Palais-Royal; leurs moeurs, leurs expressions d'argot, leur élévation, retraite et décadence. 6th edition.
by Cuisin, J. P. R. (1777-1845?); Claude-François Fortier (1775-1835), engraver
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Paris: Roux, 1816 . 16mo. 8.3 x 14cm. Contemporary qtr. roan, worn on extremities. Folding frontispiece etching by Fortier.... OCLC Number 846428368 (ebook only on OCLC).. ....In-16° - Petite déchirure marginale au titre quelque peu sali - Frontispice gravé dépliant (partiellement auréolé) - Reliure légèrement postérieure demi-basane verte - Dos lisse orné et titré or (coiffe inférieure arasée)...Edition originale illustrée… Read more about this item Item Price
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Commission by James Wilkinson as Governor and Commander in Chief of the Louisiana Territory to Pierre Provenchere as Major of Militia. 19th Century facsimile.
by Wilkinson, James (1790-1818) ; Pierre Provenchere (1741-1831)
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Indiana territory: 1804. 19th Century facsimile; likely a collotype. 23.7 x 38cm....James Wilkinson (1790-1818) governor of the Louisiana Territory, high ranking official in the United States Army, and informant of, and suspected co-conspirator in the Aaron Burr conspiracy.... As Senior Officer under President Jefferson he shared in taking possession of the Louisiana Purchase for the United States in 1803 but… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Ebell Club of Anaheim: It's History, November 1907 - July 1946. First Edition.
by Raymond, Martha Gould
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Anaheim: circa 1946. Original qtr. cloth and boards.110pp. Waterstain in lower margin and into right margin... The Ebell Club of Anaheim, was organized on November 3, 1907, when Mrs. Harry Dyer and nine other women met at the H. A. Johnson home on East Broadway and formed a society to promote cultural education among women. Their motto, Live as if… Read more about this item Item Price
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The History of the Norwegian Club of San Francisco. First limited edition.
by Enger, Ralph
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San Francisco: Norwegian Club of San Francisco, 1947.. 4to. 18 x 27.3cm. Original qtr. cloth and boards. [4pp. LACKING the frontispiece], 88, [4]pp and 17 plates hors texte. One of 250 numbered copies Item Price
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The Denver Country Club. 1935. First Edition.
by Denver Country Club
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Denver: 1935. Original qtr. cloth and red boards. 100pp. 13 x 18cm. Item Price
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The history of England from the accession of James the Second. Volumes I-V. First editions.
by Macaulay,Thomas Babington = Lord Macaulay (1800–1859); Hannah More Macaulay Trevelyan = Lady Trevelyan, editor
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London,: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861. 8vo. 13.5 x 21.5 cm. Contemporary smooth calf (4 vols.) and tree calf (1 vol.). Uniform gilt spines, repaired . Bookplate of J.B . Newnum. It covers the 17-year period from 1685 to 1702, encompassing the reign of James II, the Glorious Revolution, the co-regency of William III and Mary… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Norwegian Club of San Francisco.1978. List of members and other text.
by Norwegian Club of San Francisco
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San Francisco: Norwegian Club of San Francisco,1978.. 24mo 10 x 15.5cm. Original wraps. 24pp. Item Price
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The History of the Norwegian Club of San Francisco. First limited edition. Signed.
by Enger, Ralph
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San Francisco: Norwegian Club of San Francisco, 1947.. 4to. 18 x 27.3cm. Original qtr. cloth and boards. [4pp. with frontispiece], 88, [4]pp and 17 plates hors texte. Signed by tthe author in 1948. One of 250 numbered copies Item Price
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Ordonnance ...pendant l'année 1786 de la Généralité de Poitiers...des Travaux rélatifs aux nouvelles constructions de grandes Routes.. First edition of tthe broadside. Signed
by Nanteuil, Antoine François Alexandre Boula de (1746-1816)
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Poitiers: Michel-Vincent Chevrier, Imprimeur du Roi, 1786.. Broadside on a support sheet. 44 x 35cm. Some loss... Antoine François Alexandre Boula de Nanteuil qui, sous le règne libéral de Louis XVI, étant gouverneur de la province du Poitou, dans un moment où elle était accablée par une désastreuse disette, pourvut avec le plus grand zèle à lui faire distribuer du… Read more about this item Item Price
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De la démocratie en Amérique.. Quinzième Edition. Revue avec le plus grand soin et augmentée de la préface mise en tête des oeuvres complète. Original edition.
by Tocqueville, Alexis de (author - 1805-1859); Gustave de Beaumont (preface); Mary de Tocqueville (publisher),
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Paris: Michel Lévy Frères, Paris, 1868. 8vo. 3 vols. 13 x 21.4 cm. Contemporary qtr. green roan with matching marbled boards. OCLC Number 1099190802....3 vol. in-8 reliés 1/2 basane verte, dos lisse à liserés dorés . Item Price
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![Les oeuvres de Monsieur Moliere. Edition nouvelle, enrichie de figures en taille-douce, & augmentée des oeuvres posthumes. (Third illustrated edition].](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/130/432/1572432130.0.m.jpg)
Les oeuvres de Monsieur Moliere. Edition nouvelle, enrichie de figures en taille-douce, & augmentée des oeuvres posthumes. (Third illustrated edition].
by Molière (= Jean-Baptiste Poquelin - 1622 - 1673)
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Amsterdam : Jacques le Jeune [Daniel Elzevier and Henri Wetstein], 1684. 6 volumes in-12, 132 x 80 mm. Goatskin bindings by the artisan binder Sasha Mosalov with the original gilt calf spines preserved in an antique bespoke oak case. Third Elzevier edition, the first illustrated of Molière's works, after those of 1675 and 1679.... OCLC Number 35808588:.... Contents: v.… Read more about this item Item Price
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L'Image. Numero 229. Alexandre Millerand.
by Impressions et Editions d'Art Alsace.
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Paris, France: Impressions et Editions d'Art Alsace, 1894.. 4to. Paper Wraps. 16 pp. Very Good. B&W Photos. En Francais. Item Price
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Historia de la conquista de Mexico, poblacion, y progressos de la America Septentrional conocida por el nombre de Nueva Espana. First edition.
by Solis y Ribadeneira, Antonio de (1610-1686); Theod. Ardeman inv; IF Leonardo sculp.artists of frontispiece.
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Madrid : en la imprenta de Bernardo de Villa-Diego..., 1684. Small folio. 19 x 28cm. Contemory vellum covers with new goatskin spine by the artisan binder, Sasha Mosalov. [34], 548, [8]pp. ; last 4 leaves of index at end lacking... First edition of Solís y Rivadeneira’s account of Cortez’s conquest in Mexico; containing the often missing engraved frontispiece, lacking… Read more about this item Item Price
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Histoire de la conquête du Mexique, ou de la Nouvelle Espagne. First edition in French.
by Solis y Ribadeneira, Antonio de; Antoine de Solis (1610-1686); Samuel de Broé, translator.
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De l’imprimerie de Laurent Rondet. 1691 [Paris: Chez Antoine Dezallier]. 4to 18.5 x 24,5cm. New half goatskin by the artisan binder Sasha Mosalov. [2], 634, [26] pp... First French edition, lacking title page, but with the complete complement of 12 engraved plates, of which 10 are foldouts, plus two maps. OCLC Number 503790440; Sabin 86475; Catalogue Bibliotheca Americana 1417; Boucher… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mexico in 1827 by H.G. Ward, Esq. his majesty's charge d'affaires in that country during the years 1825, 1826, and in part of 1827. First edition.
by Ward, Sir Henry George (1797-1860); Mrs. H. G. Ward aka Lady Emily Elizabeth Swinburne Ward (1798-1882) artist; J. Clark, T.M. Baynes, W. Gauci, artists.
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London: Henry Colburn, 1828.. First edition, 2 vols. 8vo; 13 x 22,1 cm. foldout maps at the end of each volume, foldout landscape lithograph at beginning both vols. Complete with 13 plates and 2 maps..... New half goatskin by the artisan binder Sasha Mosalov with the original morocco spines preserved.... Sir Henry George Ward was the first British Chargé… Read more about this item Item Price
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European War Day by Day. Prepared by The Detroit Free Press. First editions of the articles.
by The Detroit Free Press.
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Detroit: The Detroit Free Press, 1939-1940. 3 loose leaf binders with each day's article pasted on its own page. From Vol. 1, no. 1 Sept. 4, 1939 to Vol. 1, no. 271, May 31,1940. Many maps included. Item Price
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