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Edinburgh, W. H. Lizars, and Sterling and Kenney, 1833.. FIRST EDITION 1833, complete set, Naturalist's Library series. Small 8vo, approximately 180 x 100 mm, 7 x 4 inches, portrait frontispiece to each volume of Linnaeus and Pennant, hand-coloured vignette on each engraved title page, and 64 hand-coloured plates with tissue guards engraved by W. H. Lizars, who was a painter and engraver as well as publisher, plus memoirs of Linnaeus and Welsh zoologist Thomas Pennant, original wrapper in front of first volume. Pages: Volume 1: [16], 147, plus 40 pages of adverts; Volume 2: [4], iv, [3], 1-166 including index, plus 46 pages of adverts, both title pages are duplicated in Volume 2, pagination of prelims in Volume I slightly erratic but collated and guaranteed complete, rebound in quarter green morocco over marbled sides, gilt title and decoratiolns to spines, new endpapers. Slight offsetting from portraits onto engraved titles, ink name (James Drummond) on both half-titles dated 1862, very occasional…
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DESCRIPTION DE TOUTES LES NATIONS DE L'EMPIRE DE RUSSIE. Ou L'on Expose Leurs Moeurs, Religions, Usages, habitations, Habillemens et Autres Particularites Remarquables.
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St Petersbourg, Charles Guillaume Muller, 1776-1777.. FIRST FRENCH EDITION 1776-1777, 3 Parts bound together in one volume, each with separate title page, text in French, translated from the German. PREMIERE COLLECTION: LES NATIONS D'ORIGINE FINNOISE, SECONDE COLLECTION: LES NATIONS TATARES ETABLIES DANS CET EMPIRE, TROISIEME COLLECTION: LES NATIONS SAMOYEDES ET MANDSHOURES, ET LES PEUPLES LES PLUS ORIENTAUX DE LA SIBIRIE. 4to, approximately 260 x 210 mm, 10 x 8 inches, 75 hand coloured costume plates with Russian, German and French captions, 1 PLATE (Devin de Kamtchatka in Part 3 is a later hand coloured plate from "Costume of the Russian Empire, 1811 edition", showing the same image as the original with caption of the original pasted below. Pages: [6], 1-108; [4], 1-228; [4], 1-164, bound in later half calf, brown gilt lettered label to spine, gilt rules between raised bands and date at foot of spine, marbled boards, modern cream endpapers. First title page laid down with repairs to margins and 1 corner, not affecting text, dusty and slightly soiled, 20 plates with small pale stain in the white background, plates 52-55 have top margin slightly trimmed, a few pages of text age-browned, first three pages have shallow vertical crease, 1 lower margin has small tear with loss, not affecting text, a few plates have shallow turning crease to top corners, some margins of plates slightly dusty, 1 plate has small tear with slight loss to outer margin, nowhere near image, edges of a few plates are untrimmed and ragged, 1 margin has closed tears neatly repaired, not affecting text, other occasional small marks or light foxing to margins, second title page lightly foxed, text mostly clean, a very good copy. A fourth volume on the Mongols was published in 1780 for the German and Russian editions. All the copies listed in Library Hub Discover are mostly in three volumes and dated 1776-1777, the same as our copies. See Rene Colas, Bibliographie Generale du Costume et de la Mode, Volume 1, page 462, No. 1224; Hilaire and Meyer Hiler, Bibliography of Costume, page 365; Brunet, Manuel du Libraire, page 618. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF HUMMING-BIRDS.
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THE WORLD TURNED UP-SIDE (upside) DOWN; or the comical metamorphoses: a work entirely calculated to excite laughter in grown persons, and promote moralily (sic), in the young ones of both sexes:
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London, printed for & sold by Edward Ryland, at No 67 in the Old Bailey, no date, (1790).. Title continued: decorated with 34 copper plates curiously drawn and elegantly engraved. Price 1s Plain, 2s Coloured. Edition not known, circa 1790, 16mo in eights, approximately 120 x 90 mm, 4¾ x 3¾ inches, LACKS 2 COLOUR PLATES, Nos 9 (School Boys correcting their Master) and 27 (Old Women ground Young) hand coloured facsmiles inserted (see images), AND LAST LEAF OF TEXT FOR PLATE 31 (D8, 63/64), facsimile inserted for page 63 but lacking final page 64. Hand coloured frontispiece, engraved title page with hand coloured vignette, unnumbered hand coloured plate facing Introduction, the rest numbered 1-31, pages: (2 - title page, verso blank), ii (2 page verse introduction), (3)-62 numbered on versos only, collation: pi1, A-D8 (-D8), verse text, quarter brown roan, marbled boards. Binding rubbed, endpapers inscribed by 2 early owners (1802) and 1 20th cent., lacking rear endpaper, light creasing to…
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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER. Or Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse on Fishing not Unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers.
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The Caradoc Press, Bedford Park, Chiswick, 1905.. LIMITED EDITION OF 350 COPIES THIS COPY NUMBERED 188. THIS EDITION IS AN UNEDITED REPRINT OF THE FIRST EDITION. 8vo, approximately 220 x 145 mm, 8½ x 5½ inches, portrait frontispiece of Izaak Walton, title page a facsimile of that in the first edition of 1653, 7 text illustrations, a river scene and 6 small engravings of fish plus 2 pages of music (the second printed upside down as issued), decorated initials, all by H. G. Webb, text printed red and black. Pages: [14], 1-155, [1], the colophon printed in red in the shape of a dolphin, finely bound in full crushed morocco by Bayntun of Bath, with gilt fishing motifs and decorations to spine and both covers, gilt title, author's name and date to spine, gilt top edge, a little gilt decoration to inner dentelles (turn ins), decorated endpapers. Spine faded to brown from green, uneven fading to covers, pale foxing to endpapers front and rear, otherwise a clean copy. Though the binding has faded it is…
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THE BOOK OF SER MARCO POLO THE VENETIAN, CONCERNING THE KINGDOMS AND MARVELS OF THE EAST.
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London, John Murray, 1875.. SECOND EDITION 1875, With the Addition of New Matter and Many New Illustrations. FIVE PAGE INK HAND WRITTEN LETTER SIGNED BY YULE to COLONEL (LEWIS) PELLY, author of "Journal of a Journey from Persia to India through Herat and Candahar" seeking information for this work. 2 volumes, complete set, 8vo approximately 220 x 145 mm, 8½ x 5½ inches, 2 frontispieces, portrait and Great Armilary Sphere, extra pictorial title pages, text printed red and black and dated 1874, 16 maps, 6 folding, 14 full page plates, 3 folding, 2 in colour and 1 heightened in gilt, 35 full page text illustrations, approximately 78 text illustrations of various sizes, pages: Volume 1, xl, [ii], 1-139 (Introduction), followed by Additional Corrigenda (1 tipped in slip), 1-444; Volume 2, xxi, [ii], 1-606 including index, bound in full vellum (probably a presentation binding), gilt lettering and decoration to spines, gilt pictorial covers with coat of arms of Marco Polo, gilt cross to all pastedowns, all…
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THE YOUNG GENTLEMAN'S DIALLING, containing such ELEMENTS of the said Art, as are mostly useful and easy to be known.
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London, printed for James Knapton, at the Crown in St. Pauls Church-Yard, 1712.. FIRST EDITION 1712. Part 3 only from "The Young Gentleman's Astronomy, Chronology, and Dialling". 8vo, approximately 190 x 120 mm, 7½ x 4½ inches, 11 engraved folding plates, 9 numbered and 2 unnumbered, pages: [8], 1-56, bound in quarter modern calf, pale brown cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine, bookplate to first free endpaper of Arthur Frank. Repairs to blank side of plate 8, no loss to image, pale stain to tops of last three plates and lower margins of pages 47-56, 3 pale spots to lower margin of plate 9, not affecting image, slight creasing to the larger folding plates, ink name and notes to last 2 blank endpapers, small repairs to inner lower margins of same, a good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF HUMMING-BIRDS.
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Edinburgh, W. H. Lizars, and Sterling and Kenney, 1833.. FIRST EDITION 1833, complete set, Naturalist's Library series. Small 8vo, approximately 180 x 100 mm, 7 x 4 inches, portrait frontispiece to each volume of Linnaeus and Pennant, hand-coloured vignette on each engraved title page, and 64 hand-coloured plates with tissue guards engraved by W. H. Lizars, who was a painter and engraver as well as publisher, plus memoirs of Linnaeus and Welsh zoologist Thomas Pennant, original wrapper in front of first volume. Pages: Volume 1: [16], 147, plus 40 pages of adverts; Volume 2: [4], iv, [3], 1-166 including index, plus 46 pages of adverts, both title pages are duplicated in Volume 2, pagination of prelims in Volume I slightly erratic but collated and guaranteed complete, rebound in quarter green morocco over marbled sides, gilt title and decoratiolns to spines, new endpapers. Slight offsetting from portraits onto engraved titles, ink name (James Drummond) on both half-titles dated 1862, very occasional…
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THE WORLD TURNED UP-SIDE (upside) DOWN; or the comical metamorphoses: a work entirely calculated to excite laughter in grown persons, and promote moralily (sic), in the young ones of both sexes:
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London, printed for & sold by Edward Ryland, at No 67 in the Old Bailey, no date, (1790).. Title continued: decorated with 34 copper plates curiously drawn and elegantly engraved. Price 1s Plain, 2s Coloured. Edition not known, circa 1790, 16mo in eights, approximately 120 x 90 mm, 4¾ x 3¾ inches, LACKS 2 COLOUR PLATES, Nos 9 (School Boys correcting their Master) and 27 (Old Women ground Young) hand coloured facsmiles inserted (see images), AND LAST LEAF OF TEXT FOR PLATE 31 (D8, 63/64), facsimile inserted for page 63 but lacking final page 64. Hand coloured frontispiece, engraved title page with hand coloured vignette, unnumbered hand coloured plate facing Introduction, the rest numbered 1-31, pages: (2 - title page, verso blank), ii (2 page verse introduction), (3)-62 numbered on versos only, collation: pi1, A-D8 (-D8), verse text, quarter brown roan, marbled boards. Binding rubbed, endpapers inscribed by 2 early owners (1802) and 1 20th cent., lacking rear endpaper, light creasing to…
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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER. Or Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse on Fishing not Unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers.
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The Caradoc Press, Bedford Park, Chiswick, 1905.. LIMITED EDITION OF 350 COPIES THIS COPY NUMBERED 188. THIS EDITION IS AN UNEDITED REPRINT OF THE FIRST EDITION. 8vo, approximately 220 x 145 mm, 8½ x 5½ inches, portrait frontispiece of Izaak Walton, title page a facsimile of that in the first edition of 1653, 7 text illustrations, a river scene and 6 small engravings of fish plus 2 pages of music (the second printed upside down as issued), decorated initials, all by H. G. Webb, text printed red and black. Pages: [14], 1-155, [1], the colophon printed in red in the shape of a dolphin, finely bound in full crushed morocco by Bayntun of Bath, with gilt fishing motifs and decorations to spine and both covers, gilt title, author's name and date to spine, gilt top edge, a little gilt decoration to inner dentelles (turn ins), decorated endpapers. Spine faded to brown from green, uneven fading to covers, pale foxing to endpapers front and rear, otherwise a clean copy. Though the binding has faded it is…
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THE BOOK OF SER MARCO POLO THE VENETIAN, CONCERNING THE KINGDOMS AND MARVELS OF THE EAST.
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London, John Murray, 1875.. SECOND EDITION 1875, With the Addition of New Matter and Many New Illustrations. FIVE PAGE INK HAND WRITTEN LETTER SIGNED BY YULE to COLONEL (LEWIS) PELLY, author of "Journal of a Journey from Persia to India through Herat and Candahar" seeking information for this work. 2 volumes, complete set, 8vo approximately 220 x 145 mm, 8½ x 5½ inches, 2 frontispieces, portrait and Great Armilary Sphere, extra pictorial title pages, text printed red and black and dated 1874, 16 maps, 6 folding, 14 full page plates, 3 folding, 2 in colour and 1 heightened in gilt, 35 full page text illustrations, approximately 78 text illustrations of various sizes, pages: Volume 1, xl, [ii], 1-139 (Introduction), followed by Additional Corrigenda (1 tipped in slip), 1-444; Volume 2, xxi, [ii], 1-606 including index, bound in full vellum (probably a presentation binding), gilt lettering and decoration to spines, gilt pictorial covers with coat of arms of Marco Polo, gilt cross to all pastedowns, all…
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THE YOUNG GENTLEMAN'S DIALLING, containing such ELEMENTS of the said Art, as are mostly useful and easy to be known.
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London, printed for James Knapton, at the Crown in St. Pauls Church-Yard, 1712.. FIRST EDITION 1712. Part 3 only from "The Young Gentleman's Astronomy, Chronology, and Dialling". 8vo, approximately 190 x 120 mm, 7½ x 4½ inches, 11 engraved folding plates, 9 numbered and 2 unnumbered, pages: [8], 1-56, bound in quarter modern calf, pale brown cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine, bookplate to first free endpaper of Arthur Frank. Repairs to blank side of plate 8, no loss to image, pale stain to tops of last three plates and lower margins of pages 47-56, 3 pale spots to lower margin of plate 9, not affecting image, slight creasing to the larger folding plates, ink name and notes to last 2 blank endpapers, small repairs to inner lower margins of same, a good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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DESCRIPTION DE TOUTES LES NATIONS DE L'EMPIRE DE RUSSIE. Ou L'on Expose Leurs Moeurs, Religions, Usages, habitations, Habillemens et Autres Particularites Remarquables.
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St Petersbourg, Charles Guillaume Muller, 1776-1777.. FIRST FRENCH EDITION 1776-1777, 3 Parts bound together in 1 volume, each with separate title page, text in French, translated from the German. PREMIERE COLLECTION: LES NATIONS D'ORIGINE FINNOISE, SECONDE COLLECTION: LES NATIONS TATARES ETABLIES DANS CET EMPIRE, TROISIEME COLLECTION: LES NATIONS SAMOYEDES ET MANDSHOURES, ET LES PEUPLES LES PLUS ORIENTAUX DE LA SIBIRIE. 4to, approximately 260 x 210 mm, 10 x 8 inches, 75 hand coloured costume plates with Russian, German and French captions, 1 PLATE (Devin de Kamtchatka in Part 3 is a later hand coloured plate from "Costume of the Russian Empire, 1811 edition", showing the same image as the original with caption of the original pasted below. Pages: [6], 1-108; [4], 1-228; [4], 1-164, bound in modern half calf, brown gilt lettered label to spine, gilt rules between raised bands and date at foot of spine, marbled boards, modern cream endpapers. First title page laid down with repairs to margins and 1…
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Secret Splendor (Silhouette Classics, No 11)
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The Birth and Death of Meaning: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on the Problem of Man
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New York: The Free Press, 1971. Second Edition. Contents include: The Man-Apes; The Origins of the Mind; The Distinctive Human; The Inner World; Socialization: the Creation of the Inner World; The New Meaning of the Oedipus Complex; Self-Esteem; Culture and Personality; Social Encounters: The Staging of Self-Esteem; Culture: the Relativity of Hero-Systems; What is Normal?; What Would A Science of Man Then Be?; Religion: The Quest for the Ideal Heroism. 228 pages. Edgewear; light wear to covers; worn corners and light creases on spine. Deeply creased spine opens flat at pages 60/61. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. 2nd. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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2014. Book Four in the More Than Series 8vo size trade paperback; 369 pages Please note: This book has a Mature Readers Advisory. From back: "Lucy - There is love so fierce it cannot be measured... Cameron - Forever. Everlasting. Eternal. THere is no measure of time... But our forever isn't always." Creased back cover and last few pages, worn corners. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press.
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Unreal Tournament Bradygames Official Strategy Guide
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Bradbury & Evans, 2007. Covers PC-CD ROM/DVD ROM & Playstation 3 Computer Entertainment System 4to sized softcover; 271 heavy glossy pages with color illustrations throughout Brand new, but note some edgewear and blemish to top of back cover. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Trade Paperback. New/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Bloody Sunrise
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1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Shoemakers Best Selections Number 5 For Readings and Recitations
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Rare original poetry book with cloth covered boards, copyright 1880 by J. W. Shoemaker & Co. This edition published in 1906 by the Penn Publishing company, Philadelphia. From the estate of my great-great grandfather.Includes many unique poems and recitations such as "To a skull", "Uncle Daniel's Introduction to a Mississippi Steamer", "The Leak in the Dyke", etc. More well-known poetry includes "Song of Birds", "Old Ironsides", and "Bannock Burn" by Robbie Burns. Light rubbing and bumps to outside spine edges. Back cover and interior cloth covered board has a stain at top. Original owner's name and address from 1908, but no other writing or marks. First 2 pages have a stain at top, but text of 192 pages of poetry and recitations is totally clean with light tanning of pages.
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A Million Miles from Boston
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2011. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 215 pages. Signed by author on title page. Stated First Edition From jacket: "(Lucy) wants to get out of Boston and forget her worries about starting middle school and about her father's new girlfriend. Pierson Point is where she feels most like herself, and where memories of her mother, who died when Lucy was six, are strong and sacred. But this summer, nothing is the same. Ian, a boy from home in Boston, comes to Pierson Point...Lucy's father wants his girlfriend to become a bigger part of Lucy's life. Though Lucy struggles against change, she gradually realizes that sometimes, change is for the better. Average wear to jacket; bumped corners and head and heel of spine, owner's name on fep. Autographed Copy sticker on front of jacket; one previously folded page corner. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits…
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The Republic Of Plato: A New Version Founded On Basic English
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1942 - noted on the copyright page as "A WARTIME BOOK This complete edition is produced in full compliance with the government's regulations for conserving paper and other essential materials" book: very good -tight, sound, and square, no previous owner marks - moderate edgewear plus rubbing to the boards - some toning from age - no dj - includes a vintage (pre - "The Google") Buccaneer Books Laguna Beach, CA out-of-print book search card
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A study of child-nature from the Kindergarten Standpoint
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A study of child-nature from the Kindergarten Standpoint by Elizabeth Harrison. Published by Chicago Kindergarten College; 4th edition (1892). 207 pages. Interior clean and unmarked except for previous owner's name and date of Aug 1893 on fly page. Another fly page has "Compliments Chicago Kindergarten College Co." in handwriting. Edge of several pages have slight bend and small tear. Hardback with no dj if offered. Slight bumping on edges and spine. Blue cloth cover and spine has some fading. Condition: Good. Measures 7.5" x 5"
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Kane & Abel
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New York, 1979. Book Club. Hardcover. Book Club/Has Jacket. Book is a book club edition. Quite a few closed tears, chips, and other signs of wear to the dust jacket. Some bumping to the boards at corners, edges and ends of the spine. Pages are clean.
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