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[026] THE ACROPOLIS. A Group of 3 Volumes as Listed. Paris : Albert Morance, Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. ***L'Acropole L'Enceinte-L'Entree Le Bastion D'Athena Nike-Les Propylees by Charles Picard (circa 1920). 43pp text in French (disbound) with text illustrations, complete with 75 b/w photographic plates on hard stock, unbound as issued, in original portfolio with ties. Portfolio has library cloth over backstrip. ****L'Acropole D'Athenes Le Parthenon with Introduction by Gustave Fougeres - 2 Volumes (1910). Plates dated 1913. 16pp French text, complete with 136 plates, on hardstock, unbound as issued, in original portfolios with ties. Portfolios have library cloth tape over backstrips, plates have occasional edge chip/tear, not affecting the illustrations. Includes titles and half-titles. EST: $260.00 - $500.00 Realized bid price - $300.00 |
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[027] Evans, Sir Arthur. The Palace of Minos - A Comparative Account of the Successive Stages of the Early Cretan Civilization as Illustrated By the Discoveries at Knossos - 4 Volumes in 6. London : Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. 1921, 1930, 1935. Lacks Index volume. With text illustrations, plans, tables, coloured and supplementary plates throughout (some folding). Includes 11 folding plans in back pockets. Lacks one frontis. Printed on glossy paper, 5 volumes in original blue cloth with gilt borders & illustration, one volume in a library binding. Binding & hinges tight. EST: $800.00 - $1,200.00 Realized bid price - $1,400.00 |
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[028] MINIATURE CLASSICS. A Group of 3 Volumes as Listed. Londra: G. Pickering, 1822. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Bound in maroon cloth with paper label on spines. Italian text. Covers sunned. ***La Gerusalemme Liberata Di Torquato Tasso - 2 Volumes. Additional title with frontis, dedication, 199pp; title [1] 203-405pp, 3 pages advertsing. Front hinges cracked, paper hinge on back of title page of vol. 2, bindings tight. ***Le Rime Del Petrarca. 1 publisher ad, additional title with frontis, dedication, 237pp, 7 Indice. Front hinge cracked. EST: $60.00 - $150.00 Realized bid price - $30.00 |
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[029] ENGRAVED HARPSICORD SCORES. A Collection of 4 in One Volume. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Circa 1720-1750. Oblong format. Engraved scores. ***A Collection of Lessons for the Harpsicord Composed by Mr. Rameau. Opera Seconda. London : Printed for I. Walsh. Title [1] 1-17 [1] 19-27 [1]. ***Six Sonatas for the Harpsichord Composed by Sigr. Domenico Scarlatti - Vol. III. London : Printed for John Johnson at the Harp & Crown in Cheapside . Title, [2] 2-25 [1]. ***A 2d Collection of Lessons for the Harpsicord Composed by Mr. Rameau. Opera 3rd. London : Printed for I. Walsh. Title [2] 2-29 [1]. ***Sei Sonate Per Il Cembalo Solo Accompagnate Da Alcune Ariette Polonesi e Menuetti Composte Da Giovanni Agrell. London : Printed for I. Walsh. Title [1] 36pp. Disbound, occasional foxing or mark, edge wear, occasional edge tear (not affecting the engraved score. EST: $400.00 - $800.00 Realized bid price - $400.00 |
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[030] SCHOOL READERS & PRIMERS. A Group of 15 Volumes as Listed. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair Condition. ***The Columbian Class Book. Consisting of Geographical, Historical and Biographical Extracts....For the Use of Schools by A.T. Lowe (1824) 1st Edition, Worcester : Dorr & Howland. Leather bound with red leather spine label, frontis & woodcut illustrations throughout. ***The Webster-Franklin Intermediate Reader, with Illustrations, by George S. Hillard (1878) NY: Taintor Brothers, Merrill & Co. Original paper over boards with library cloth backstrip. ***The Webster-Franklin Primer or First Reader by G.S. Hillard and L.J. Campbell (1878) NY: Taintor Brothers, Merrill & Co. Illustrated, bound in original paper over boards. ***New-Year and Midwinter Exercises edited by Alice M. Kellogg (1895) NY: E.L. Kellogg & Co. Illustrations, original paper over boards, with library cloth backstrip, some pages loose. ***Fourth Reading Book....Designed for Advanced Classes in Public and Private Schools (1852) 6th Ed., NY: Pratt, Woodford & Co. Frontis, bound in original cloth with library tape backstrip. ***The Fifth Progressive Reader. Carefully Arranged for the Use of Schools (1871) NY: P. O'Shea. In original cloth binding with library cloth tape backstrip, front hinge cracked. ***The Historical Reader, Designed for the Use of Schools and Families. On a New Plan by Rev. J.L. Blake (1827) Concord , NH : Manahan, Hoag & Co. Leather binding, frontis with woodcut illustrations throughout. Covers detached. ***First-Class Reader: A Selection for Exercises in Reading ......by B.D. Emerson (1836) Philadelphia : Hogan and Thompson. Bound in original 1/2 leather & paper with library cloth over backstrip, hinges cracked. ***The Reader's Manual by John Hall (1841) Hartford : Robins & Folger. Leather bound, front cover detached, library cloth over backstrip. ***Analytical Fourth Reader by Richard Edwards (1867) NY: Taintor & Co. In original 1/2 leather & cloth, marbled page edges all around, lacking upper/lower backstrip edge. ***The Third Reader for Primary Schools by G.S. Hillard & L.J. Campbell (1864) Boston : Brewer and Tileston. Illustrated, original cloth & paper binding. ***The Franklin Fourth Reader for the Use of Public and Private Schools by G.S. Hillard (1878) NY: Taintor Brothers, Merrill & Co. Illustrated, original cloth & paper binding. ***McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader (1879) Cincinnati : Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co. Illustrated, bound in original paper over boards, with library cloth tape backstrip, hinges taped. ***The American Common-School Reader and Speaker by John Goldsbury & William Russell (1844) Boston : Charles Tappan. Leather bound, library cloth backstrip, binding split, covers detached. ***Analytical Fifth Reader by Richard Edwards (1867) NY: Taintor & Co. Original cloth binding, library tape backstrip, marbled page edges all around, hinges taped. EST: $60.00 - $140.00 Realized bid price - $70.00 |
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[031] Richardson, Charles. A New Dictionary of the English Language, Combining Explanation with Etymology: And Illustrated By Quotations From the Best Authorities - 2 Volumes. London : Bell and Daldy, 1856. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. OVERSIZED, bound with half-titles, titles with printer's vignette, versos with Pickering 's Aldine anchor and dolphin device, three column format, in library bindings. Covers show edge wear, binding & hinges tight. EST: $200.00 - $350.00 Realized bid price - $100.00 |
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[032] Stryjenska, Zofia. Polish Peasants Costumes. Nice, France : C. Szwedzicki, 1939. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. With Introduction and Notes by Dr. Thadee Seweryn. LIMITED #20/400 with SIGNATURE OF PUBLISHER. 16pp text in English & French in double column format, with 39 (of 40) plates. hand painted (possible serigraph) with colours still bright (some highlighted with gold or silver). Unbound as issued, in original portfolio with illustrated plate pasted-on, library cloth backstrip. Lacks plate 21, occasional edge tear/wear/repair, some fingerprint soiling. MUST BE SEEN. EST: $600.00 - $1,200.00 Realized bid price - $1,500.00 |
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[033] Heyworth, Abraham. A Collection of Scripture Texts, with Short Skeletons Upon Them. Together With the Time When, and the Places Where, They Were Delivered - Vol. I. ORIGINAL, NON-PUBLISHED, HAND WRITTEN, 1814. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good Condtion. THIS IS NOT AN EX-LIBRARY BOOK. Title page dated July 1, 1814 , 1 List of Hymns, 436pp, 5 List of Contents. Bound in paper vellum with working brass clasp, marbled endpapers, binding & hinges tight. UNIQUE, handwritten sermons, which includes place and dates delivered, with a list of hymns suitable to the subjects and List of Contents in the back. Appears to be British. EST: $60.00 - $100.00 Realized bid price - $100.00 |
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[034] Justinianus I. , Flavius Anicius. Institutionum Juris Civilis Libri Quatuor; Nun Repraesentati Per Ant. Contium. Paris : 1560. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. ROMAN LAW. Poor Condition. Also bound with - ***Enchiridion Titu- Lorum Aliqvot IV- Ris, Videlicet. De Verborum & rerum significatione, ex Pandectis Florentinis. De Regulisiuris, tu ex Padectis Florentinis, tum ex Decretalibus & Sexto. Ad Haec. Rubricae omnes Caesarei & Pontificij Iuris. Paris 1560. ***Index Re-Rum Et Verbo-rum, quae Pandectis Tractan-tur, copiosissimus, Renato Auberto in suprema curia Pari-sensi aduocato collectore. Paris 1562. ***Index Om-Nium Legum Quae His Pandectarum seu Digestorum libris continentur, ordine alphabetico digestus. Title, [1] leaves 4-133, 136, 2. Title, [1] 79 leaves. Title, unpaginated leaves. Title, unpaginated leaves. Bound in leather with raised bands on spine. OWNERSHIP NAME - Rev. Noyes of Lyme , Connecticut . Covers & backstrip in poor condition, title page has tears & hole, lacks most of leaves 2 & 3, binding split, water damage in back of book. EST: $60.00 - $200.00 Realized bid price - $140.00 |
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[035] Hastings, Susannah Willard Johnson. A Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Johnson. Containing An Account of Her Sufferings, During Four Years with the Indians and French. Walpole , New Hampshire : Printed By David Carlisle (Published According to Act of Congress), 1796. SCARCE FIRST EDITION. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hard Cover. Internally in Poor Condition. 144pp in a leather binding. THIS IS NOT AN EX-LIBRARY BOOK. Owner's name on ffp, missing pages 1-4, occasional text loss due to page tear or edge burn. Covers in Good Condition lacking spine label. EST: $400.00 - $600.00 Realized bid price - $300.00 |
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[036] Curtis, Charles B.. Rembrandt's Etchings. New York : Dodd, Mead and Company, 1888. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. 49 (of 50) of the most notable etchings of Rembrandt, reproduced by the photogravure process; with biography of Rembrandt, and descriptive and historical notes to each picture. In original binding with gilt portrait, library cloth for backstrip, hinges taped, binding tight. EST: $60.00 - $100.00 Realized bid price - $60.00 |
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[037] Formentin , Ch. . E. Meissonier Sa Vie - Son OEuvre . Paris : Ch. Soccard, 1901. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. No library marks on plates. 19pp, 1 List of Gravures, Complete with 20 gravure plates and 1 text illustation. Bound in 3/4 leather & marbled paper, library cloth tape over backstrip. Covers worn with slight bow. THE LIFE & WORKS OF E. MEISSONIER. EST: $60.00 - $100.00 Passed |
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[038] Morison, Stanley . Modern Fine Printing. London : Ernest Benn Limited, 1925. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good Condition. LIMITED #452/650 copies in the English language. An Exhibit of printing issued in England, The United States of America, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Czecho-Slovakia, Holland and Sweden during the Twentieth Century, and with few exceptions, since the outbreak of the war. EST: $60.00 - $100.00 Realized bid price - $70.00 |
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[039] Hoak, Edward Warren / Church, Willis Humphry. Masterpieces of Architecture in the United States . New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good Condition. Memorials, Museums, Libraries, Churches, Public Buildings , Hotels and Office Buildings , shown in photographs and drawn details. 225pp in original blue cloth binding, with binding & hinges tight. EST: $100.00 - $200.00 Realized bid price - $50.00 |
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[040] . Japanese Kimono Designs. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good Condition. THIS IS NOT AN EX-LIBRARY BOOK. Color woodblock prints of kimono designs with details, on 26 double sided leaves, accordian style folded, hand stitched with a single thread, bound in illustrated covers. Ownership name on back cover, with foxing on covers. COLORFULLY ILLUSTRATED. EST: $200.00 - $400.00 Realized bid price - $130.00 |
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[041] . Japanese Book on Flowers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good Condition. THIS IS NOT AN EX-LIBRARY BOOK. Color woodblock flower prints, volume 2 only. 4 index, prints number 51-100, 1, in a stiff paper binding with a paper label. Pages are accordian style folded, single thread stitched binding. Occasional foxing. COLORFULLY ILLUSTRATED. EST: $100.00 - $200.00 Realized bid price - $190.00 |
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[042] Strahan, Edward (pseud. For Shinn, Earl]. Mr. Vanderbilt's House and Collection - 10 Parts. Boston : George Barrie, Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. 1883-1884. Holland Edition, LIMITED #423/1000. In original illustrated paper over board portfolios, with cloth backstrip and silk moire endpapers. Includes text, text illustrations, plates of photogravures, chromolithographs, photochromes, with captioned tissue guards, on hard stock, with deckled page edges. Edge stains on volume 10, not affecting texts nor images. Uncollated and sold as is. EST: $600.00 - $800.00 Realized bid price - $1,600.00 |
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[043] Raguenet, A.. Les Principaux Palais De L'Exposition Universelle De Paris 1900. Berlin : Bruno Hessling, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Soft Cover. Ex-Library. Fair Condition. 88 (of 96) b/w architecture plates, in 12 original paper portfolios. SCARCE. All in a protective, stiff portfolio. Edge wear/tear, fragile. EST: $200.00 - $400.00 |
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[044] Rollin, [Charles]. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians - 8 Volumes. Boston : Hastings, Etheridge and Bliss, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Poor Condition. 1807-1809 Twelfth Edition. Frontis in volume I, portion of one map, lacks other maps. Seven in leather bindings, one in a library binding, leather covers detached, chips to backstrips, interior water stains. EST: $60.00 - $100.00 Realized bid price - $160.00 |
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[045] Ainsworth, William Francis. A Personal Narrative of the Euphrates Expedition - 2 Volumes. London : Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1888. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. Half-title, folding map (has small crease tears) title, [1] v-xiv, 1 List of Officers [1] 447pp, 1, 32 publishers ads; half-title [1] title [1] v-vii [1] 492pp. In original green cloth bindings with red lettering. Some backstrip loss, corner wear, stain on one cover with slight bow, occasional edge chip on pages, front hinges cracked, bindings tight. EST: $100.00 - $200.00 Realized bid price - $275.00 |
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[046] Churchill, Colonel [Charles Henry Spencer]. Mount Lebanon - A Ten Years Residence From 1842 to 1852 - 3 Volumes. London : Saunders and Otley, 1853. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Vol. 1 - Second Edition. Volumes 2 & 3 - Third Editions. In library bindings. 3 lithographed frontis with tissue guards, 3 tinted lithographs, 1 errata, 1 map (most of map missing). Occasional corner or edge chip to pages, one has tape, volume 2 restitched. EST: $300.00 - $500.00 Realized bid price - $550.00 |
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[047] Vining, Edward P.. An Inglorious Columbus ; or, Evidence That Hwui Shan and a Party of Buddhist Monks From Afghanistan Discovered America in the Fifth Century, A.D.. New York : D. Appleton and Co., 1885. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. SCARCE. Frontis map, xxiii, [1] 788pp in original green cloth binding with effigy illustration. Text illustrations throughout. Covers show edge/corner/backstrip wear, hinges cracked, binding tight. EST: $100.00 - $400.00 Realized bid price - $450.00 |
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[048] Piozzi, Hester Lynch. British Synonymy; or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in Familiar Conversation - 2 Volumes. London : Printed for G.G. And J. Robinson, 1794. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Poor Condition. In need of rebinding, with bindings split. Half-title, title, viii, 423pp; half-title, title, 416pp. Samuel Johnson's Poem "A Short Song of Congratulation", is printed here, in full, for the first time. EST: $60.00 - $100.00 |
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[049] Humboldt, Al. De [Alexander Von]. Vues Des Cordilleres Et Monumens Des Peuples Indigenes De L'Amerique - 2 Volumes. Paris : A La Librairie Grecque - Latine - Allemande, 1816. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Poor Condition. Complete with 19 plates - seven of which are coloured. Half-title, 392pp; half-title, title [1] 411pp, 1 errata, 2 table of plates, bound in green paper over boards. VIEWS OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF SOUTH AMERICA . Covers detached, one backstrip detached & laid in, scattered insect damage in both volumes affecting text and some plates. EST: $400.00 - $800.00 Realized bid price - $400.00 |
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[050] Nordenskjold, Dr. N. Otto G. / Andersson, Dr. Joh. Gunnar. Antarctica or Two Years Amongst the Ice of the South Pole. London : Hurst and Blackett, Limited, 1905. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. xviii, 1 list of maps, [1] 608pp, 4 color maps (3 folding with crease tears & repairs), 4 color plates, frontis, with b/w plates & text illustrations throughout. Glossy pages, in a library binding, with binding & hinges tight. One page has paper repair, not affecting the text. EST: $100.00 - $200.00 Realized bid price - $300.00 |
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