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[101] Bizot, Mr.. Histoire Metallique De La Republique De Hollande. Paris : Daniel Horthemels, 1687. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. NUMISMATICS. A catalog of Renaissance & Baroque medals. Title page with vignette, head and tail pieces, historiated initials, engravings throughout. Additional engraved title (with signature cut from top edge), title [1] 4 Epistre, 8 Advertisement [2] 317pp, [1] 13 Table, 2 Errata & Privilege. Leather bound with gilt stamped emblem on both covers, raised bands on gilt decorated spine, marbled page edges all around, marbled endpapers. Front cover loose, (but still attached), leather peeling at edges/corners, backstrip chips. BINDING TIGHT. EST: $80.00 - $150.00 Realized bid price - $325.00 |
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[102] Forsyth, William. History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena ; From the Letters and Journals of the Late Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hudson Lowe, and Official Documents Not Before Made Public - 3 Volumes. London : John Murray, 1853. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. xii, 495pp; iv, 490pp; vi, 529pp in library buckram. Includes 2 (of 3 frontis), lacks map. Binding & hinges tight, one signature spring. EST: $60.00 - $100.00 Passed |
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[103] Gregg, Josiah. Commerce of the Prairies: Or the Journal of a Santa Fe Trader, During Eight Expeditions Across the Great Western Prairies, and a Residence of Nearly Nine Years in Northern Mexico - 2 Volumes. New York : Henry G. Langley, 1844. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. 320pp, 318pp in original brown cloth bindings with gilt vaquero bordered by blind stamped designs on covers, gilt Native American on spines. 1 folding map of Indian Territory (has tear), 1 full page map, 5 (of 6 ) plates and 6 text illustrations. Occasional pencil notation, corners bumped & worn, backstrip wear & chips, hinges starting. EST: $600.00 - $800.00 Realized bid price - $950.00 |
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[104] Kane, Elisha Kent . A Group of 5 Volumes on ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS as Listed. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. ***The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin. A Personal Narrative (1854) 2nd edition, NY: Harper & Brothers. 1 Folding Map with edge chips and stain, 2 full page maps, 14 plates, with text illustrations throughout. 552pp in blind stamped cloth with gilt sailing ship on cover. Covers show corner wear/tear, backstrip wear/chips. ***Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55 - 2 Volumes (1856) 1st Edition, Philadelphia : Childs & Peterson. Each volume has frontis & additional engraved title with illustrations throughout. Bound in 3/4 leather & marbled paper, raised bands on spine with red & black leather spine labels. One volume has library cloth backstrip with hinges taped. With map (no tears). Occasional damp stains. ***Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55 - 2 Volumes (1857) Philadelphia : Childs & Peterson. Each volume has frontis & additional engraved title page, illustrated throughout, in library bindings. With map (has tear/repair). Bindings & hinges tight. EST: $60.00 - $120.00 Realized bid price - $60.00 |
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[105] Lyon, Captain G.F.. The Private Journal of Captain G.F. Lyon, of H.M.S. Hecla, During the Recent Voyage of Discovery Under Captain Parry. London : John Murray, 1824. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. Complete with frontis, folding map (with small tear) and 6 engraved plates. xiii, 1 plate placement, 468pp, bound in 3/4 leather & marbled paper. Covers detached, missing portions of backstrip, binding tight. EST: $100.00 - $200.00 Realized bid price - $100.00 |
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[106] Hawks, Francis L.. Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853 and 1854, Under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, By Order of the Government of the United States - 3 Volumes. Washington : Published By Order of the Congress of the Unites States, A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer, 1856. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Poor Condition, needs rebinding. Bound in original blind stamped cloth, covers detached, lacking backstrips, bindings split, some pages loose. Does not have the suppressed bathing plate (not called for). **Volume 1) 90 tinted lithograph plates which includes 2 folding chromo and 1 full-page chromo. 1 full page map, 2 folding maps (with crease tears), with woodcut text illustrations throughout. Occasional foxing, loss to text on pg 447. xvii, 1 errata, 537pp. **Volume 2) 3 tinted lithograph plates, 5 b/w lithographed plates, 18 handcolored lithograph plates, 17 charts, 1 full page map, 16 folding maps (1 has loss, a few have crease tears). Title leaf, 1 note [1] 1 contents [1] 1 errata [1] 414pp, 1 note [1] 18 Fac-simile of Original Treaty with Japan, Index iii-xi [1] 1 list of charts. **Volume 3) Over 300 Zodiacal charts with text illustrations & additional charts. xliii [1] 705pp. TOTALS: 116 PLATES, 29 MAPS, 18 HAND COLORED PLATES, 17 CHARTS, OVER 300 ZODIACAL CHARTS. EST: $800.00 - $1,200.00 Realized bid price - $600.00 |
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[107] . Eusebii Pamphili, Ruffini, Socratis, Theodoriti, Sozomeni, Theodori, Euagrii, et Dorothei Ecclesiastica Historia, Sex Prope Seculorum Res Gestas Complectens....... Basileae: Eusebii Episcopii & Nic. Fratris Haeredum, 1570. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. Title [1] 11 preface, 2 [1] 672pp, 23 index, bound in ornately blind stamped leather, raised bands on spine, binding tight. Covers worn, lacks most of backstrip, light damp mark on some upper page edges (not affecting the text), insect damage last few pages (not affecting the text). CHURCH HISTORY. EST: $300.00 - $600.00 Realized bid price - $550.00 |
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[108] . Karen Catechism & Karen "The Awakener" - in 1 Volume. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. The Karen language originates in Northern Thailand, classified as the Tibeto-Burman group of the Sino-Tibetan language family. 22 leaves bound in marbled paper over boards. Includes one illustration of Meridians & Parallels with description in English. Covers detached, binding tight, occasional foxing. EST: $100.00 - $200.00 Realized bid price - $130.00 |
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[109] Stow, Baron. Daily Manna for Christian Pilgrims, Translated Into Chinese By W. Dean. Hong Kong: 1844. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Text in Chinese, accordian style folded pages on thin paper, single thread stitched. Title in English shows wear/tear, as well as the first four leaves. EST: $80.00 - $150.00 Realized bid price - $30.00 |
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[110] RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY. A Group of 11 Volumes as Listed. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. ***The History of Sunday Schools and of Religious Education, From the Earliest Times by Lewis G. Pray (1847) 1st Edition, Boston: Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols. 12mo in blind stamped cloth, library tape backstrip. Frontis with tg & additional engraved title. SCARCE. ***The Guide to Domestic Happiness by the Author of the Refuge (1824) Philadelphia: A. Finley. 16mo, full leather, with frontis. Interior foxing, front cover bowed. ***Devotional Exercises: Consisting of Reflections and Prayers, for the Use of Young Persons by Harriet Martineau (1833) 1st American Edition from the 3rd London Edition, Boston: Leonard C. Bowles. 13mo, library cloth over covers, frontis with tg, interior foxing. ***The Rose of Sharon: A Religious Souvenir for MDCCCXLV edited by Miss S.C. Edgarton (1845) Boston: A. Tompkins & B.B. Mussey. 12mo bound in tooled leather, library cloth backstrip, aeg, with frontis, additional engraved title and interior plates. ***An Account of the Most Important and Interesting Religious Events by J.W. Barber (1834) New Haven: L.H. Young. 12mo, library cloth over leather binding, frontis, title vignette, illustrated throughout, covers detached. ***Forty Years' Experience in Sunday-Schools by Stephen H. Tyng (1860) NY: Sheldon & Co. 12mo, in blind stamped cloth, binding & hinges tight. ***The Land and the Book; Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land - 2 Volumes by W.M. Thomson (1859-60) NY: Harper & Brothers. 12mo, library binding, frontis in each volume, includes folding map, illustrated throughout. ***Lessons in Life - A Series of Familiar Essays by Timothy Titcomb (1901) NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. 12mo, library binding, binding & hinges tight. ***Legends of the Madonna, as Represented in the Fine Arts by Mrs. Jameson (nd) Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co. 16mo, in decorative cloth, hinges cracked. ***Saints in Art by Clara Erskine Clement (1899) 1st Edition, Boston: L.C. Page and Co. 12mo, in illustrated cloth, teg, deckled page edges, frontis with tg, illustrated throughout, binding & hinges tight. EST: $80.00 - $150.00 Realized bid price - $40.00 |
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[111] ART BOOKS. A Group of 7 Volumes as Listed. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. ***The Studies of Sir Edwin Landseer, Illustrated by Sketches from the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, with a History of His Art-Life by W. Cosmo Monkhouse (nd) London: Virtue and Company, Limited. Folio, disbound, original decorative cloth binding, covers detached. Illustrated throughout. ***Vincent by Julius Meier-Graefe - 2 volumes (nd) Verlag/Munchen: R. Piper & Co. Folio, in original bindings, text in German, tissue guarded plates throughout, binding & hinges tight. ***The Work of Charles Keene with an Introduction & Comments by Ioseph Pennell (1897) London: T. Fisher Unwin / Bradbury, Agnew & Co. Ld. Folio, in original red cloth binding, frontis with tg, plates throughout. Binding & hinges tight, backstrip wear/tear. ***Design for the Ballet by Cyril W. Beaumont (1937) London: The Studio Ltd. 4to, in library buckram with illustrated paper cover pasted-on, binding & hinges tight, color & b/w illustrations throughout. ***Peter Hurd Sketch Book (1971) Chicago: Sage Books / Swallow Press Inc. 4to, oblong format, dust jacket in a mylar cover, binding & hinges tight. ***22 Famous Painters and Illustrators Tell How They Work by Mary Anne Guitar (1964) NY: David McKay. 8vo in original cloth binding, illustrated throughout, backstrip wear. EST: $80.00 - $150.00 Realized bid price - $50.00 |
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[112] Piranesi, J.B.. Oeuvres Choisies. Paris: Auguste Vincent , 1905. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good Condition. Title in red & black, with vignette, 7pp French text, complete with 114 plates (some folding or double-page). Frontispices, Compositions, Prisons, Trophees, Plan Et Vues De Rome Dessines Et Graves De 1746 a 1778. Reproductions from the originals. BINDING & HINGES TIGHT. SELECTED WORKS OF J.B. PIRANESI. Bound in 3/4 leather & cloth, raised bands on spine, marbled endpapers, teg, covers show general wear. EST: $80.00 - $150.00 Realized bid price - $180.00 |
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[113] Lang, Henry H. [forward by]. Cancionero De Baena Reproduced in Facsimile from the Unique Manuscript in the Bibliotheque Nationale. Printed By Order of the Trustees of New York, 1926. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good Condition. Collection of poetic court of John the Second of Castile. 4 leaves in English text, with facsimile pages, unbound as issued, in original folding cloth portfolio with ties. Portfolio shows darkening. EST: $200.00 - $400.00 Passed |
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[114] Keller, Arthur I.. A Series of American Monographs - Figure Studies From Life. New York: H.C. Perleberg, 1920. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Title. 22 pp text, complete with 40 plates on hard stock, in a portfolio with ties, paste-on illustration on cover. EST: $60.00 - $100.00 Realized bid price - $40.00 |
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[115] Montenegro, Robert. Vaslav Nijinsky - An Artistic Interpretation of His Work in Black, White and Gold . London: C.W. Beaumont and Company, Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. SCARCE. ND-circa 1911. Complete with 4 leaves including title with vignette, 10 plates with gold and a note of introduction by C.W. Beaumont. Unbound as issued, in a pocket portfolio with a paper paste-on on cover. 3 plates have paper tear or repair, with only one affecting the corner of the image. Library marking on plates show as a light pencil mark on the back of the plates. EST: $300.00 - $600.00 Realized bid price - $600.00 |
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[116] Cruikshank, George. Cruikshankiana, An Assemblage of the Most Celebrated Works of George Cruikshank. London: Edward Lumley, . Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Complete with Title & 82 engraved plates, bound in 3/4 leather & cloth. Covers show edge/corner wear/tear, interior has occasional light foxing. EST: $200.00 - $400.00 Realized bid price - $425.00 |
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[117] Koehler, S.R.. Etching. An Outline of Its Technical Processes and Its History, with Some Remarks on Collections and Collecting. New York: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1885. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Complete with 30 plates by old and modern etchers, with numerous reproductions in the text. xiv, 1, [1] 238pp, bound in original cloth with bevelled edges, silk moire endpapers & deckled page edges. Covers darkened, corners worn, lower backstrip loose, front hinge taped, binding tight. EST: $400.00 - $600.00 Realized bid price - $300.00 |
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[118] Keuller, H.F. / Wauters, Alphonse. Les Tapisseries Historiees A L'Exposition Nationale Belge De 1880 Ouvrage Dedie As. M. Leopold II, Roi Des Belges. Bruxelles: F. Hayez, 1881. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Title [1] half-title 1, 4pp, 1 [1] 38pp and 126 (of 127) tinted plates, of which 10 are hand colored, in a folding portfolio of 3/4 leather & cloth, with silk moire endpapers. Library cloth backstrip, cover corner wear. TAPESTRY PLATES. EST: $400.00 - $1,000.00 Realized bid price - $350.00 |
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[119] Thoreau, Henry D.. Walden; or, Life In the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good ++ Condition. THIS IS NOT AN EX-LIBRARY BOOK. 357pp [7] 8pp of publisher advertisements dated April 1854 in the back. Bound in original brown, blind stamped cloth, with bright gilt lettering on spine. Title with wood engraved vignette of cabin in the woods, includes the lithographed map. With readings "post" for "port" on page 24; "single" for "double spruce" on page 137 and "white" for "black spruce" on page 217. BINDING & HINGES TIGHT. Covers show light corner wear, light surface rubbing, light fray to top/heel of backstrip, with occasional light foxing to interior & outer page edges. Owners name in pencil. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. EST: $8,000.00 - $12,000.00 |
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[120] Layard, Sir Henry. Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana and Babylonia Including a Residence Among the Bakhtiyari and Other Wild Tribes Before the Discovery of Nineveh - 2 Volumes. New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1887. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Complete with 4 plates ( one of which is a chromolithograph) and 3 folding maps ( one has edge repair). 8pp, 1 list of illustrations [1] 490pp; 8pp 1 list of illustrations [1] 495pp. One volume in a library binding with binding & hinges tight, the other in original olive cloth with maroon borders, library cloth backstrip, hinges taped, binding tight. One page has paper repair. EST: $100.00 - $200.00 Realized bid price - $160.00 |
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[121] Morier, James. A Journey Through Persia, Armenia and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the Years 1808 and 1809. Boston: M. Carey, and Wells and Lilly, 1816. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair Condition. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Complete with 4 plates. Title continues: In which is Included, Some Account of the Proceedings of His Majesty's Mission, Under Sir Harford Jones, Bart. K.C. to the Court of the King of Persia. 427pp bound in 3/4 leather and marbled paper. Front cover with ffp & frontis detached as one, hinges taped, lacks spine label, corners worn, lacks upper/lower edge of backstrip, interior foxing. BINDING TIGHT. EST: $60.00 - $100.00 Realized bid price - $240.00 |
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[122] TRAVEL. A Group of 2 Volumes as Listed. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. ***Through Persia By Caravan by Arthur Arnold (1877) NY: Harper & Brothers. First American Edition. 491pp [1] 8pp of publisher ads, bound in original brown cloth, showing worn corners, wear/tear to top/heel of backstrip, front hinge starting, binding tight. ***The Giant Cities of Bashan; and Syria's Holy Places by the Rev. J.L. Porter (1866) 1st Edition, NY: T. Nelson and Sons. Includes frontis and 3 plates, all with tissue guards intact. Covers detached, 3/4 leather and (what was) marbled paper, leather spine label, binding tight. EST: $60.00 - $120.00 Realized bid price - $30.00 |
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[123] DECORATIVE ARTS. A Group of 5 Volumes as Listed. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. ***Art in the House. Historical, Critical and Aesthetical Studies on the Decoration and Furnishing of the Dwelling by Jacob Von Falke (1879) 1st U.S. Edition, Boston: L. Prang and Company. 4to in original 3/4 leather & marbled paper, hinges taped, covers worn. Authorized American Edition, Translated from the Third German Edition. Edited with notes by Charles C. Perkins. Illustrated by chromolithographs, albertotypes and typographic etchings. ***Georgian Grace - A Social History of Design From 1660-1830 by John Gloag (1936) 1st Edition, NY: Macmillan Co. 4to in original red cloth, hinges cracked, binding tight, illustrated throughout. ***Chinese Trade Porcelain by Michel Beurdeley (1962) Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co. 4to in original maroon cloth, binding & hinges tight, color & b/w illustrations throughout, some tipped-in. ***An Encyclopedia of Colour Decoration From the Earliest Times to the Middle of the XIXth Century, with explanatory text by Helmuth Bossert (1928) 1st Edition, NY: E. Weyhe. Folio in a library binding, binding & hinges tight. Color plates throughout, on glossy paper. ***English Stained Glass by Herbert Read (1926) 1st Edition, London: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 4to in a library binding, with binding & hinges tight. Color frontis, with color & b/w plates throughout. EST: $60.00 - $100.00 Realized bid price - $50.00 |
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[124] FRENCH FASHION. Les Elegances Parisiennes - 10 Issues. Paris: Publication Officielle Des Industries Francaises De La Mode - Librairie Hachette, First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Soft Cover. Ex-Library. Fair Condition. 1921 - Numbers 5 -10. 1921-1922 Numbers 1-4. UNBOUND COLOR PLATES in each issue (as issued), as well as tipped in color plates & b/w illustrations throughout. Text is in French. Most covers detached, with edge chipping. Presented in a protective box. EST: $200.00 - $400.00 Realized bid price - $275.00 |
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[125] HISTORICAL TEXTILE DESIGNS. A Group of 3 Matching Volumes in a Portfolio with Ties.. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Ex-Library. Very Good Condition. Letter from A. Gerbel from Architecture & Industrial Art, dated 1921 - laid in - reads "Javanese Textiles (so called), the designs in this set represent Indian and Persian printed cottons, some Javanese Batik and some Chinese printed goods". Accordian folded style pages, showing color wood block prints, with hand coloring, bound in decorated heavy stock, decorated endpapers with gold stamped flowers, with two bundled-silk thread stitching. Paper label on front covers with calligraphy, first 2 pages have calligraphy with red stamp. Approx. 24 single sided pages with multiple color designs on most pages. Original portfolio with paper label showing calligraphy, edges reinforced with library cloth tape. EST: $3,000.00 - $6,000.00 Realized bid price - $800.00 |
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