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A Dictionary of the Scottish Language in Which the Words are Explained in Their Different Seneses, Authorized By Writers By Whom They are Used, or the Itles of the Works in Which They Occur, and Derived from Their Originals
by Jamieson, John and John Johnstone
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Edinburgh: William Tait, 1846. Octavo. Frontispiece, vi-xvi, 775 pages. Abridged from the dictionary and supplement, in four volumes in quarto. John Jamieson (1759-1838) began his work on the uniqueness of the Scottish language in his work the Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language. As a Scot living in London, he realized how different his native language was from the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Olivia & Cypraea
by Sowerby, G.B.
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Quarto. A bound selection of plates (some hand colored) published by G. B. Sowerby II (and some other authors) between 1842-1887 as Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. This collection was carefully written together with the earliest having handwritten descriptions and the later ones have typewritten pasted down. The earliest pages (I-V, VII, IX, XII, XV) of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical
by Perrin, William Henry
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Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishing Division, 1971. Octavo. 404 and 398 pages, index. Originally published in 1891, this work now is in one volume complete with all 802 pages. It dealt with a long neglected study not only of the nine parishes deat with in Part I, but also an extenisve list of biographical sketches of the prominent citizens of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Hanta Yo
by Hill, Ruth Beebe
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New York: Doubleday, 1979. First Edition. Octavo. 834 pages, glossary of key terms used for the animals, birds, flowers, berries, nuts, and nature as the Native Americans saw nature. The story of an original people, a multigenerational saga which reveals for the first time an American Indian culture from the inside. The quarter of the research by Hill will… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Foundation of Mathematics
by Heerden, Pieter J. Van
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N.V. Uitgeverij Wistik-Wassenaar, (1968). Octavo. 50 pages. In the great debate between Einstein and Bohr in the 1930's, Einstein, the realist, stressed the fact that quantum mechanics could not represent the real world. Bohr, the pragmatist, emphasized that physical experiments were the only true confirmation of the theory. Bound in pale gray cloth lettered in gilt, spine plain, with… Read more about this item Item Price
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The History of the War of Seventeen Hundred and Forty One, the Second Edition
by Voltaire, 1694-1778
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- 1756
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London: Printed for J. Nourse, 1756. Octavo. Second edition. [4], [2]pp. ads, [1]- 260 pages. Two parts in one volume with continuous pagination. Voltaire was becoming a major correspondent on European affairs and published Historie de la guerre de 1741 and then the work was translated into English in 1756. ESTC 137642 in their note specifically says "not a… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson (5 Volume set)
by Stevenson, Robert Louis; Sidney Colvin
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London; (1924): Prentice Hall. Small Octavo. In five volumes. The remarkable friendship between Robert Louis Stevenson and Sidney Colvin is one of the great friendships that began before RLS was published and when the rare engravings in Colvin's trust were stolen, RLS loaned him money (since he was now a successful published author on his own). When Stevenson thought,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Nine Months is a Year at Baboquivari School (signed By Eulalia Bourne with Note of Appreciation for Friend Who Plugged Her book)
by Bourne (Sister) Eulalia
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Tucson; (1968): University of Arizona. Small Octavo. 270 pages, map. Signed and inscribed by the author. A teacher who preferred to teaching in a one-room rural school instead of in town though the school was a hundred miles from the ranch which she had homesteaded and from which she drew her livlihood. Here she was free to teach in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Histoire De Napoleon Du Consulat et Empire: Histoire De La Famille Bonaparte (3 Volumes Bound in 1)
by Vivien, L.
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Paris; Nd(ca.1850): Freres. Small Quarto. French text. 302, 316 and 332pp. Illustrated with 12 color plates, all others in black and white. Notable for twelve splendid hand colored uniform plates by Guerin, Belange, de Moraine, Vernier. Bound in a 3/4 modern blue leather over light blue cloth, raised bands ruled in gilt, compartments lettered and stamped in gilt, scattered… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Works of Christopher Marlowe; with Some Account of the Author, and Notes
by Marlowe, Christopher; Alexander Dyce; Sir
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- 1858
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London: Edward Moxon and Co, 1858. A new edition, revised and corrected. liii, 407 pages. Perhaps the best 19th century edition after the small Pickering edition done in 1836. Edward Moxon the publisher allowed several corrections from earlier editions. Both Wordworth and Alfred Lord Tennyson wanted him to publish their works (Tennyson even allowing a small author's stipend in… Read more about this item Item Price
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![The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacrament [sic] ...together with the Psalter..(with notes) to Which is Added the New Version of the Psalms (with Double fore-edge paintings)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/060/143/1403143060.0.m.jpg)
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The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacrament [sic] ...together with the Psalter..(with notes) to Which is Added the New Version of the Psalms (with Double fore-edge paintings)
by Church of England
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London: L. Wayland, 1792. Large Octavo. Frontispiece, [12] 284, [250] 58 pages. Nice large type. One of the better unofficial printings done at the end of the 18th century. The border resembles Didot. The use of the singular for the sacraments is an error (see Griffiths). Both the British Library and the Huntington have copies with this variation. Special… Read more about this item Item Price
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John Webster & the Elizabethan Drama
by Brooke, Rupert (1887-1915)
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London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd, 1916. First Edition. xvi, 276 pages. This book was the dissertation written which won his fellowship to King's College, Cambridge in 1913, His poems include some written about the war just as Graves, Sassoon and Wilfred Owen did to become literary memorials to the cost of the Great War. He died while in military… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Bibliography of Early English Law Books: The Ames Foundation
by Beale, Joseph Henry
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- 1926
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1926. First Edition. Small Quarto. 304 pages. Illustrated. Not only has the author assiduously noted the order of the earliest English language books on the law, but he has tabulated the libraries where they can be found. As the leading professor of Law at Harvard in the first half of the 20th Century,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Forms of Prayer; Proper to be Used Before, at and After the Receiving of the Holy Sacramento; Some of Which May be Fitly Made Use of Upon Other Occasions to Which are added Some Meditations, Proper to Excite a Holy and Devout Frame of Mind
by Barker, Benjamin
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London: Printed for Benj. Barker and Sold By A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch. J Osborn and Ten Others, 1732. 12mo. 8th edition. Frontispiece, 72 pages. While some mistakenly attributed this to Dr. Samuel Johnson, it was first issued in 1704 and became popular in 18th Century England so some copies were also designed to be bound in with… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Pictorial Elementary Spelling Book Being an Improvement on the American Spelling Book
by Webster, Noah
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New York; ND[ca.1845]: George F. Cooledge & Brothers. Small Octavo. (5)pp. ads, blank, 168pp. (2)pp. ads, engraved frontispiece and vignette title page, about 160 original illustrations designed as head-pieces for each page engraved by W.P. Morgan and A. Anderson, bound in original leather backed boards with pink paper illustration to front and back of boards missing. Previous owner's name… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fontenoy and Great Britain's Share in the War of the Austrian Succession (introduction By Field Marshal Early Roberts)
by Skrine, Francis Henry
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Edinbugrh: Wm. Blackwood, 1906. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 393p. index. some pages uncut but a very clean copy with original maroon cloth cover and gilt lettering. The Battle of Fontenory was one of the three major battles in the War of the Austrain Succession. … Read more about this item Item Price
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The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments..Combined with the Plates from the Liturgy of the Church of England..Bound with: The Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as They are to be Sung or Said in Churches
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Cambridge: Joseph Bentham, 1766. Octavo. A unique issue of the Book of Common Prayer (cf. Griffiths, Book of Common Prayer which shows only 1764 and 1765 versions). As is typical on editions printed before 1852, the Thanksgiving for deliverance from the Gunpowder Plot and the Restoration of Charles II is present. The fifty-five engravings are chiefly… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Reputation of Trollope; an Annotated Bibliography, 1925-1975
by Olmsted, John Charles; Jeffrey Egan Welch
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New York: Garland Publishers, Inc, 1978. Cloth. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 212p. index The revival of interest in Anthony Trollope's novels underwent a revival in the mid-1920's but the last collection of critical assessments of his works was done in 1926. This work covers the fifty… Read more about this item Item Price
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New Ways of Looking at Old Texts, II Papers on the Renaissance English Text Society, 1992-1996
by Hill, W. Speed (editor)
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Tempe, AZ: Medieval & Renaissance Text & Studies, 1998. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 173pp. Text with footnotes. Facsimiles. Index. Bound in red cloth boards, with gold titles. Item Price
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The Book-Bills Of Narcissus, an Account Rendered
by Le Gallienne, Richard
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- 1892
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Leicester and Nottingham: Frank Murray Derby, 1892. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo., 142pp. Literary criticism in London at the beginning of the last century. In red cloth with gilt spine letters (spine faded to bron). The book is clean and tight. Item Price
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