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Barrier Bluffs The Guide -- 1987 FIRST EDITION SIGNED [rock climbs near Calgary]
by Tobey, Kelly
Calgary: the author, 1987. First Edition . Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket. Carmen Barbosa. 1987 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition.Inscribed and SIGNED by author in pen on the short-title page. Original glossy pictorial small paperback. The book has some light rubbing to covers, no tears, solid binding (but cracking in a couple of places without any loose pages -- yet), no previous owner marks or writing on any pages (other than author's signed inscription), no foxing. The book measures 152mm tall x 100mm...
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SGD 89.53
Beautiful Shells Their Nature, Structure, and Uaes Familiarly Explained with Directions for Collecting, Cleaning, and Arranging Them In the Cabinet and Descriptions of the Most Remarkable Species.
by Adams, H.G
London: Groombridge and Sons, 1871. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 156pp. Red cloth, gilt and black lettering to cover and spine, all edges gilt, 8 colored plates and numerous black and white engravings. Edges lightly rubbed, light soil to rear board and spine, text is clean, inscriptions on verso of frontispiece , former owner's bookplate on front pastedown. An attractive little book with handsome color plates.
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SGD 103.30
AH, WILDERNESS!
by O'NEILL, Eugene
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1972. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Fine in a lightly soiled slipcase. Shannon Stirnweiss. Quarto (8" x 11") bound in blue linen with decorated paper sides; 186 pages. Copy #39 of 1500 numbered copies designed by Adrian Wilson and illustrated with four double-page and four full-page oil paintings by Shannon Stirnweiss. SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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SGD 60.33
GRANDMA MOSES
by KALLIR, Otto
New York: Harry Abrams, [1973]. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper. Grandma Moses. Coffee-table size book with 253 plates, 135 in color.
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SGD 86.09
THE ROMANCE OF TRISTAN AND ISEULT
by BEDIER, Joseph
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1960. Hardcover. Close to Fine in glassine and a close to Fine slipcase. Serge Ivanoff. Octavo (7-5/8" x 10") bound in quarter red morocco leather, gold-stamped, with mould-made Italian paper sides printed in gold with a design by Adrian Wilson. This great medieval love story is translated by Hilaire Belloc and Paul Rosenfeld with an introduction by Padraic Colum. Copy #887 of 1500 illustrated with color plates by Serge Ivanoff and SIGNED by the illustrator on the...
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SGD 172.17
REPORT ON THE BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE FOOD-HABITS, BASEDON OVER FOUR THOUSAND STOMACH EXAMINATIONS
by WARREN, B. H
Harrisburg, PA: E. K. Meyers, 1890. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Large octavo (6" x 9-1/4") in original publisher's green cloth. Illustrated with 99 color plates and one B&W plate. The preferred edition because of the additional color plates after Audubon not in the First Edition.
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SGD 516.52
MAJOR GENERAL WINFRIELD SCOTT. At Vera Cruz March 25, 1847
New York: MAJOR GENERAL WINFRIELD SCOTT. At Vera Cruz March 25, 1847, 1847. Folio. 355 x 250 mm., [ 14 x 10 inches]. Handsome lithographic portrait printed in tone of black and highlighted with blue, yellow, white, and green wash. Paper stock foxed and toned brown, a few chips at the corners; matted. Full length portrait in uniform on the battle field in Vera Cruz, the first crucial victory of the Mexican War that led to the capture and control of Mexico City and an end to the war. An often...
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SGD 344.52
JAPANESE ART FOLIO
by SHUGIO, Heromich (editor)
Tokyo: K. Ogawa, 1898 - 1899. First Edition. Softcover. Plates are generally Fine with some light foxing to a few of the margins. A few of the wrappers are faded, but they are generally in very nice condition with no chips or tears. The slipcases are a bit worn, six of them soiled and spotted. Part 1 lacks its wrappers, and Parts 11 and 12 lack their slipcases. Overall Very Good and scarce. Folio (13" x 19") in original gray printed wraps issued in 12 monthly parts in slipcases. Complete set with a...
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SGD 3,443.50
Wayside Flowers and Ferns. From Original Water-Colo Drawings by Isaac Sprague. Descriptive Text by the Rev. A. B. Hervey; With Selections by the Poets
by Sprague, Isaac
Troy, N.Y.: Nims and Knight, 1887. Folio. 320 x 230 mm., (12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches). 48 leaves of text and 10 full-page colored lithographic plates. Original publisher's decorated binding, some minor scrapes to the boards; paper lightly toned by age and one plate with outer margin and corner with small tears; otherwise a very good copy. First edition. Beautifully rendered colored lithograph plates of the botanical work of Isaac Sprague, the "most accurate of living botanical artist . . ."...
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SGD 447.66
HON. HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON. Democratic Candidate for Vice President of the United States
New York: Currier & Ives, 1860. Folio. 435 x 320 mm., [17 x 12 ½ inches]; image size 320 x 230 mm., [12 ½ x 10 inches]. Color lithographic portrait, printed in black ink and hand colored in two colors and highlights of black. Some light discoloration to margins, otherwise a very good copy with strong color. Fine designed and executed lithographic political portrait of Johnson, highlighted with delicate rendering of the hair, eyes and beard. It was printed by Currier & Ives, the partnership...
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SGD 413.43
Il Pasticciere e Confettiere Moderno. Raccolta complete di ricette per ogni genere di Biscotti, Tore, Paste al Lievito, Petits Fours . . . Metodo practica per la decorazione delle tore e dei dolci fantasia. . . Prefazione del Dott. Cav. Alberto Cougnet
by Ciocca, G[iuseppe]
Milano: Ulrico Hoepli, 1923. Small 8vo. 150 x 105 mm., [6 x 4 inches]. lxxvii, 574 pp. Illustrated with 170 illustrations e 24 chromolithographic plates. Bound in white printed and decorated boards; some spotting to the boards and light foxing to the preliminary leaves, otherwise sound and not unattractive. Fourth edition, originally published in 1907. Giuseppe Ciocca was a principle cookery author for the Hoepli series Manuali, which brought instruction on numerous domestic arts and crafts...
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SGD 413.43
INK & BLOOD. A BOOK OF DRAWINGS
by SZYK, Arthur
New York: The Heritage Press, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Some rubbing to the spine with light wear at the heel, contents bright and fresh. Better than Very Good in a Fine slipcase. Arthur Szyk. Quarto (9" x 12-1/2") bound in full black morocco leather with gilt-lettering on the spine and attractive batik endpapers housed in a slipcase covered with the same batik paper. Illustrated with 74 full-page plates, most in sepia with 6 in color and pasted in, by Arthur Szyk. The images mostly depict...
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SGD 1,463.49
THE BOOK OF JOB
by BIBLE
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1946. Hardcover. Sporadic foxing, occasionally heavy, not affecting the plates though the margins of three plates have varying degrees of foxing. The spine has very slight wear at the tips, much less than usually encountered with this title. Very Good in an intact, Good slipcase with abrasion and dryness to the gold paper. Arthur Szyk. Small folio (8-1/2" x 12") bound in half white sheepskin leather with sheepskin corners, gilt-stamped, and gilt-decorated smooth vellum...
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SGD 172.17
L'armée Française en 1845 (Sidi-Brahim)
by Margerand, J
Paris: Les Éditions Militaires Illustrées, 1945. Soft cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Maurice Toussaint. 68pp. Stiff wrapper, original glassine dust jacket. Limited edition # 495 of 975 copies printed. Text in French. Illustrated throughout, including 4 hand-colored plates. Spine ends chipped, page edges and margins of text mildly age-toned, glassine jacket age-darkened, contents otherwise clean. Illustrations en noir, 4 planches en couleur.
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SGD 48.21
GEN. Z. TAYLOR, ("ROUGH AND READY.")
New York: Lith. & Pub.by Sarony & Major, 1846. Folio. 355 x 255 mm., [14 x 10 inches]. image size 300 x 220 mm., [11 ¾ x 8 ¾ inches]. Lithograph printed in tones of back and highlighted in blue, yellow, red, and green wash. Paper stock show discoloration in margins and on back, remnants of tide marks on the verso of the print; paper generally in good condition and image clear and the colors very strong. Matted. Lithographic portrait, produced by the firm Sarony & Major, that was published soon...
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SGD 413.43
THE GOLDEN COCKEREL
by PUSHKIN, Alexander
New York: Heritage Press, [1950]. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Very Good slipcase. Edmund Dulac. Small folio in decorated boards. Illustrated with color plates by Edmund Dulac
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SGD 43.11
Charles Darwin 1809-1882 A Centennial Commemorative -- NEW in publisher's packing
by Darwin, Charles
Wellington: Nova Pacifica, 1982. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket Issued. 1982 FIRST EDITION deluxe binding in publisher's slipcase. New condition, straight from publisher's shipping box (still present), kept in climate controlled storage for years. Never used. With publisher's original packing & shipping review/delivery confirmation slip. No fading, no wear, no foxing, no owner marks, no bumps. New condition. Big volume: the book measures 320mm tall x 248mm and has...
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SGD 482.09
REPORT OF THE FISH COMMISSIONERS OF THE STATE OF PENNYSLVANIA FOR THE YEAR 1903
[Harrisburg, PA]: Wm. Stanley Ray, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Contents quite clean with some smudges here and there; covers rubbed with wear and tear to the spine. Very Good. Publisher's red cloth (6" x 9-1/4"); 124 pages. Illustrated with 18 color plates and numerous B&W plates. Sticker of an assemblyman of the PA House of Representatives on the front pastedown. Uncommon.
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SGD 430.44
A Concise and Practical Treatise on the Growth and Culture of the Carnation, Pink, Auricula, Polyanthus, Ranunculus, Tilip, Hyacinth, Rose, and other flowers. Including a Dissertation on Soils and Manures, and Containing Catalogues of the Finest and most Esteemed Varieties of Each Flower
by Hogg, Thomas
London: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co., 1832. 8vo. 190 x 110 mm., [7 ½ x 4 ½ inches]. xxxi, 275 pp. plus 2pp. ads. Illustrated with six color plates. Contemporary cloth; expertly rebacked preserving spine, new endpapers. One plate loose in text. Fifth edition with additions. With faults an attractive copy of a standard book, well-illustrated with hand tinted color lithographic plates by Alfred Ducôte. Tyman writes that Ducôte was one of the leading practitioners of tinted lithographic...
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SGD 275.48
BOOK OF INSECTS
by FABRE
New York: Tudor Publishing Company, (1939). Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. Detmold. Quarto (7-1/2" x 10") in publisher's gilt-decorated green cloth. Illustrated with 12 tipped-in color plates with tissue guards by Detmold.
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SGD 129.20
The Ten Little Mulligan Guards
by (McLoughlin Brothers). (Harrington, Edward)
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1874. Oblong 4to. 230 x 275 mm., [9 x 11 inches]. 12 leaves, (ten color printed plates plus front and rear wrappers). Printed on card stock the corners and edges of which are chipped with minor loss to the margins; the stapled cover wrappers nearly loose, the paper stock is sound and clean but fragile at edges. Appears to be the only edition of this title, with reappearances of the Mulligan Guards and their Black counterparts in other publications by...
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SGD 413.22
REPORT ON THE BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE FOOD-HABITS, BASEDON OVER FOUR THOUSAND STOMACH EXAMINATIONS
by WARREN, B. H
Harrisburg, PA: E. K. Meyers, 1890. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Large octavo (6" x 9-1/4") in original marbled boards with a new black leather spine and corners. Illustrated with 98 (of 99) color plates and one B&W plate. Plate #24 of the Kingfisher is lacking. The preferred edition because of the additional color plates after Audubon not in the First Edition.
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SGD 344.35
A Treatise on the Insect Enemies of Fruit and Fruit Trees. With numerous illustrations drawn from nature by Hockstein, under the immediate supervision of the author
by Trimble, Isaac P
New York: William Wood & Company, 1865. 4to. 290 x 225 mm. (11 1/2 x 9 inches). [ix]-xvii, [19]-139 pp. (collates per the copy at Princeton). 11 full-page lithographic plates, 9 of which are printed in colored. Publisher's green cloth, title gilt on upper board and in blind on lower cover; joints cracked but expertly repaired, corners and edges bumped, and the green cloth is faded in some places; preliminary leaves foxed as are the tissue guards, otherwise quite a clean copy. First Edition....
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SGD 688.70
THE BOOK OF JOB
by BIBLE
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1946. Hardcover. About Fine in a Very Good slipcase with some abrasion to the gold paper on the edges. Arthur Szyk. Small folio (8-1/2" x 12") bound in half white sheepskin leather with sheepskin corners, gilt-stamped, and gilt-decorated smooth vellum paper sides. Copy #1182 of 1950 copies illustrated with 8 busy and striking color plates by Arthur Szyk, each placed by hand in the book, and SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.
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SGD 516.52
AH, WILDERNESS!
by O'NEILL, Eugene
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1972. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and lightly soiled slipcase. Shannon Stirnweiss. Quarto (8" x 11") bound in blue linen with decorated paper sides; 186 pages. Copy #533 of 1500 numbered copies designed by Adrian Wilson and illustrated with four double-page and four full-page oil paintings by Shannon Stirnweiss. SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.
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SGD 77.55
