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Life and Its Manifestations: Past, Present, and Future. (Vol. IV, only, of IV)

By: N/A

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Manchester, England, Privately Printed: 1910

Seller ID: 21777

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Volume IV only. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt emblem on front cover, gilt lettering on spine, ruled edges on pages. With errata page. "A Series of Revelations from Interior Sources, containing a New System of Spiritual Science and Philosophy, illustrated by Examples." . Head and heel of spine, edges of covers and tips are rubbed, two small white specs on lower spine, publisher's printed bookplate on fep (not filled-in with any name), else fine. VERY GOOD. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xiv, 370 pp
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Malerische Studien: Eine Reise um die Welt in 200 farbigen Photographien nach Naturaufnahmen

By: N/A

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Leipzig, K. P. Koehler: N.D.

Seller ID: 26044

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with No dust jacket as issued

Bound in publisher's full olive cloth, intricate illustration and lettering on cover in silver, red, green, black, orange, and blue; printed endpapers. nd (c. 1900). Illustrated with 200 full-page color photographs of scenes all over the world. Text and captions in German.. Crease on ffep, slightly cocked, otherwise unmarked, tight, and clean; all photographs bright and clear. VERY GOOD. . Color Photographs. Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall. (vi), 232 pp
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Official Book of the Fair: Giving Pre-Exposition Information 1932-1933 of A Century of Progress International Exposition Chicago 1933

By: A Century of Progress, Inc.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Chicago, A Century of Progress, Inc.: 1933

Seller ID: 27662

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good with No dust jacket as issued

Publisher's color glossy wraps. . Text block separated from covers, but clean and tight, else fine. VERY GOOD. . B&W Photographs. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 96 pp
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The Comic History of Rome

By: A' Beckett, Gilbert Abbott

Price: $500.00

Publisher: London, Bradbury, Agnew & Co.: N.D.

Seller ID: 26957

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Expertly rebacked in half-leather over marbled boards, original spine laid down in six compartments, gilt lettering in two compartments, intricate gilt tooling in remainder. Illustrated with ten hand-colored steel engravings and 98 in-text woodcuts by John Leech. nd (c. 1870). "One of the wittiest writers of the day" (Allibone, 152), writer Becket worked with illustrator Leech on the staff of the poplar and influential humor magazine "Punch." Leech’s "humor is as keen, his sense of fun as marked [as George Cruikshank’s] [Leech’s pictures] are of the most graphic a...
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The Comic History of England: with Twenty Coloured Etchings, and Two Hundred Woodcuts by John Leech (Two Volumes bound in One)

By: A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott

Price: $650.00

Publisher: London, Bradbury, Agnew, & Co.: N.D.

Seller ID: 16767

Binding: Leather

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Beautifully bound in burgundy half leather over marbled boards by Henry Young and Sons, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in one compartment, elaborate gilt tooling in the remainder, gilt borders on covers, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. nd (c. 1864). Profusely illustrated with 20 hand-colored etchings and 200 woodcuts by John Leech. Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811 – 1856) was an English humorist, lawyer and writer. He was born in London, the son of a lawyer, and belonged to a family claiming descent from Thomas Becket. He was educated at Westmins...
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The Comic History of England: with Twenty Coloured Etchings, and Two Hundred Woodcuts by John Leech (Two Volumes bound in One)

By: A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott

Price: $90.00

Publisher: London, Bradbury, Agnew, & Co.: N.D.

Seller ID: 26956

Binding: Leather

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Beautifully bound in burgundy half leather over marbled boards, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, elaborate gilt tooling in the remainder, blind-stamped borders on covers, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. nd (c. 1864). Profusely illustrated with 20 colored etchings and 200 woodcuts by John Leech. Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811-1856) was an English humorist, lawyer and writer. He was born in London and belonged to a family claiming descent from Thomas Becket. He was educated at Westminster School and was called to the bar at Gray's...
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The Negative

By: Adams, Ansel

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company / New York Graphic Society: 1984

Seller ID: 26041

ISBN: 0821211315

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket

Publisher's full black cloth, silver lettering on spine. Profusely illustrated with B&W photographs. . Former owner's name and date (1984) on ffep, else as new; otherwise unmarked, tight, square, and clean. The unclipped dust jacket is in fine condition. NEAR FINE/FINE. . The New Ansel Adams Photography Series Series. Vol. 2. B&W Photographs. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 272 pp
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The American Wilderness

By: Adams, Ansel

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown & Company: 1990

Seller ID: 26840

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

Publisher's full gray cloth. Illustrated with magnificent full-page photographs by Ansel Adams. In this magnificent volume, Ansel Adams champions the incomparable American landscape and insists that we keep these treasured lands undefiled. A testament of love for the wilderness from our nation's most famous photographer, in 108 duotone illustrations. This is the noted photographer's last book project, begun two years before his death in 1984 at the suggestion of his friend, Wilderness Society president William Turnage. The straightforward design takes pertinent quotations from Adams's writin...
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The Education of Henry Adams

By: Adams, Henry

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Franklin Center, PA, The Franklin Library: 1982

Seller ID: 28109

Binding: Leather

Condition: As New with No dust jacket as issued

Publisher's full brown leather, spine in four compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in three compartments, gilt tooling in remainder; gilt borders and tooling on covers, all edges gilt, moire silk endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with monochrome sketches by Jerry Pinkney. Notes from the Editors laid-in. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition; unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW. . The 100 Greatest Books of All Time Series. B&W Sketches. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xiv), 530 pp
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The History of England, from the Accession of King George the Third, to the Conclusion of Peace in the Year 1783 (Three Volumes, Complete)

By: Adolphus, John

Price: $1,500.00

Publisher: London, T. Cadell and Jun. and W. Davies: 1802

Seller ID: 22234

Binding: Leather

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

First Edition, First Printing. Three volumes in contemporary half calf over marcled boards, spines in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments on burgundy labels, intricate gilt tooling in the remainder, blind-stamped borders on covers, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. Frontispiece portrait of George III in volume one. John Adolphus (1768–1845) was an English barrister and historian. This, his major work, was first published in 1802. It includes summaries of parliamentary debates, and Adolphus was praised for it in issue No. 2 of the Edinburgh Revie...
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The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation-Bearers; The Furies

By: Aeschylus

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Norwalk, Connecticut, The Easton Press: 1979

Seller ID: 27459

Binding: Leather

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Publisher's full green leather, spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling in remainder, gilt tooling and borders on covers, a.e.g., moire silk endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound. Translated from the Greek by E. D. A. Morshead. Illustrated with B&W plates by Michael Ayrton. Introduction by Rex Warner.. Former owner's embossed seal on title page, otherwise the volume is in perfect, pristine condition; unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. NEAR FINE.. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Series. B&W Illustrations. 4to 11" ...
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Oresteia

By: Aeschylus

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Franklin Center, PA, The Franklin Library: 1980

Seller ID: 28114

Binding: Leather

Condition: As New with No dust jacket as issued

Publisher's full burgundy leather, spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in three compartments, gilt tooling in remainder; gilt borders and tooling on covers, all edges gilt, moire silk endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with etchings by Elaine Raphael and Don Bolognese. Translated by Richmond Lattimore. Notes from the Editors laid-in. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition; unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW. . The 100 Greatest Books of All Time Series. Etchings. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xii), 186 pp
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Phaedri, Augusti Liberti, Fabularum Aesopicarum Libri Quinque: Nova editio, cui accesserunt Publii Syri et aliorum Veterum Sententiae

By: Aesop

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Paris, Petrus Didot the Elder: 1798

Seller ID: 27851

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with No dust jacket as issued

Publisher's green paper-covered boards, spine in seven compartments separated by gilt borders, gilt lettering in one compartment, gray endpapers, edges deckle. This stereotype edition of Phaedrus' version of Aesop's Fables includes all five books, and was published in Paris in Year VI of the Republic (1798). Gaius Julius Phaedrus was a 1st-century CE Roman fabulist and the first versifier of a collection of Aesop's fables into Latin. Few facts are known about him for certain and there was little mention of his work during late antiquity. It was not until the discovery of a few imperfect manu...
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Hothouse

By: Aldiss, Brian W.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Norwalk, Connecticut, The Easton Press: 1964

Seller ID: 26939

Binding: Leather

Condition: Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued

Publisher's full red leather, spine in four compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling in remainder, gilt decoration on cover, a.e.g., printed endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. Introduction by Marshall Tymn. Collector's Notes laid in. Illustrated with full-page color and B&W plates by Patricia Davis. . Former owner's printed bookplate on fep, otherwise the volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean. NEAR FINE.. The Masterpieces of Science Fiction Series. Color and B&W Drawings. 8vo 8" - 9" t...
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The Information

By: Amis, Martin

Price: $100.00

Publisher: NY, Harmony Books: 1995

Seller ID: 26796

ISBN: 0517585162

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

Signed by the author on the half-title. Stated first edition, first printing. Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over black boards, gilt lettering on spine, black endpapers. . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect, pristine condition; unread, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. NEW/NEW.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 374 pp. Signed by Author
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Andersen's Fairy Tales; Shorter Tales; Longer Stories (Three Volumes, Complete, in Slipcase)

By: Andersen, Hans Christian

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press:

Seller ID: 13973

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Translated from the Danish by Jean Hersholt. Three volumes in red slipcase. Full blue, yellow, and green cloth, red lettering on spines, red decoration on front covers, a.e.g. (yellow), decorated endpapers. Illustrated with color drawings throughout all three volumes. The three volumes are of Andersen's (1) Fairy Tales, (2) Shorter Stories, and (3) Longer Stories. . Spines of all three volumes sunned, mild wear to slipcase, else fine. NEAR FINE. . Two-Color Drawings. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xx, (ii), 297; (xiv), 445; (x), 430, lii pp
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Fairy Tales

By: Andersen, Hans Christian

Price: $200.00

Publisher: London, George G. Harrap & Company: 1932

Seller ID: 25352

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on cover and spine. Illustrated with color plates with tissue-guards and B&W drawings. . Covers stained, spine sunned, former owner's bookplate on fep, and name written on ffep, spine cracked; else fine, all illustrations clean and bright. GOOD. . Color Illustrations. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. 287, (1) pp
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Fairy Tales

By: Andersen, Hans Christian

Price: $80.00

Publisher: Franklin Center, PA, The Franklin Library: 1982

Seller ID: 28101

Binding: Leather

Condition: As New with No dust jacket as issued

Publisher's full burgundy leather, spine in four compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling in remainder; gilt borders and intricate gilt tooling on covers, all edges gilt, moire silk endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with B&W plates, head and tail-pieces in Art Nouveau style by Henry Clarke. Translated from the Danish by H. L. Breakstad. Notes from the Editors laid-in.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition; unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW. . The 100 Greatest Books of All Time Series. B&W Plates. Smal...
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Norroena; Anglo Saxon Classics, Embracing the History and Romance of Northern Europe (Saxo Edition, 15 Volumes, Complete)

By: Anderson, Rasmus B. (ed)

Price: $1,750.00

Publisher: London, Norroena Society: 1906

Seller ID: 27499

Binding: Hard Cover.

Condition: Very Good with No dust jacket as issued

Limited Edition privately printed for members of The Norroena Society (Saxo Edition, No. 23 of only 350 copies). Many pages are uncut and unopened. Illustrated with tissue-protected, hand-colored engravings in each volume. "In his 1908 bibliography of Icelandic Sagas, Halldor Hermannsson references a "Viking Edition" set and mentions a "Saxo Edition". The Saxo Edition is mentioned by no other source and no example of the set has been either presented for sale or listed in a library collection." - Wikipedia [Cornell University Libraries. Islandica, Vol. 1-2, 1908, ...
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Getting Up and Going Home

By: Anderson, Robert

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Franklin Center, PA, The Franklin Library: 1978

Seller ID: 14224

Binding: Leather

Condition: As New with no dust jacket

Limited First Edition. Full brown leather, spine in four compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration in each compartment, gilt decoration and borders on covers, moire silk endpapers, all edges gilt, silk ribbon marker. This limited first edition was published by special arrangement with Simon & Schuster (the publisher of the first trade edition) exclusively for the members of The First Edition Society. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean. AS NEW.. The First Edition Society Series. Color Illustrations. 8vo 8"...
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History of Great Britain, from the Death of Henry VIII to the Accession of James VI of Scotland to the Crown of England: Being a Continuation of Dr. Henry's History of Great Britain, and Written on the Same Plan (Volume One)

By: Andrews, James Pettit

Price: $150.00

Publisher: London, T. Cadell and W. Davies: 1806

Seller ID: 25428

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with No dust jacket as issued

Rebound in half brown morocco over green boards, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, t.e.g., fore-edge deckle. . The volume is in excellent condition, tight, square, and clean; hinges strong. Former owner's armorial bookplate on fep, otherwise unmarked; mild foxing throughout; pages supple. VERY GOOD. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 384 pp
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On a Variety of Subjects

By: Angle, Paul M.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Chicago, The Chicago Historical Society / The Caxton Club: 1974

Seller ID: 26851

ISBN: 0913820040

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New in As New dust jacket

Publishers' full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gray endpapers. Paul M. Angle (1900-1975) was a Lincoln scholar, historian, Director of the Illinois State Historical Society, and the Chicago Historical Society. This collection of his essays, published jointly by the Chicago Historical Society and The Caxton Club, demonstrates the variety, depth, scholarship, urbanity, and humor, with which Angle wrote, and stands as a tribute from two of the many organizations to which he contributed so much. He wrote on a wide range of subjects, and his favorite pieces are gathered together here. The c...
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The Standard-Operaglass: Containing the Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifteen Celebrated Operas with Critical and Biographical Remarks, Dates, &c., &c.

By: Annesley, Charles

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington: 1895

Seller ID: 27528

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with No dust jacket as issued

Publisher's full burgundy cloth, gilt lettering and black decoration on cover, blind-stamped borders and medallion on rear cover. Illustrated with tissue-protected photographic portrait of Threse Malton on frontispiece. N.B. Therese Malten was the stage name of Therese Müller (1855 – 1930), a well-known German dramatic soprano.. Spine and corners worn, small bookseller's label on fep (Brentano's, Paris), gilt faded, text block unmarked, tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD.. Photographic Frontispiece. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. xvi, 350 pp
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A Memoir of the Life of Peter the Great

By: Anonymous (Sir John Barrow)

Price: $90.00

Publisher: London, John Murray and Thomas Tegg: N.D.

Seller ID: 15917

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Full calf, spine in six compartments, gilt lettering on burgundy label in one compartment, intricate gilt tooling in the remainder, gilt borders on covers, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Peter the Great. nd (c. 1850).. Hinges professionally reinforced, a portion of upper board lightly sunned, else unmarked, tight, square, supple and clean. An extremely handsome binding. VERY GOOD. . Portrait Frontispiece. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. xvi, 366 pp
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Westward Journeys: Memoirs of Jesse A. Applegate and Lavinia Honeyman Porter Who Traveled the Overland Trail

By: Applegate, Jesse A.; Lavinia Honeyman Porter; Martin Ridge (ed)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Chicago, The Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company: 1989

Seller ID: 19919

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New with No dust jacket as issued

Publisher's full brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt medallion on cover, t.e.g. Illustrated with a color map showing both routes, an engraved frontispiece, and several additional photographs and drawings.. This volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW. . Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 87. B&W Photographs. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. lxiii, 416 pp
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