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[151] Grosart, Rev. Alexander B.. The Works in Verse and Prose Complete of Henry Vaughan, Silurist - 4 Volumes. Great Britain: Printed for Private Circulation, 1871. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. LIMITED to 156 Copies only. In original brown cloth bindings with paper spine labels. xlvi, 351pp; ci [3] 368pp; 366pp; 370pp. No plates in this edition, only in the 4to edition. One signature loose, occasional inner hinge crack, one with paper repair. EST: $200.00 - $600.00 Realized bid price - $150.00 |
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[152] Williams, Henry Smith. The Historians' History of the World - 25 Volumes. New York: The Outlook Company, 1904. First American Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Bound in paper vellum, top edges gilt, deckled page edges, gilt illustration/design on covers. Occasional backstrip wear, covers slightly bowed. BINDINGS TIGHT, most hinges tight. Index dated 1905. ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT, includes MAPS. EST: $100.00 - $200.00 Realized bid price - $50.00 |
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[153] Lessing, Julius. Kgl. Museen Berlin. Die Gewebe-Sammlung Des K. Kunstgewerbe-Museums. Im Amtlichen Auftrag Herausgegeben Von Julius Lessing - 11 Volumes. Berlin: Verlag Von Ernst Wasmuth, 1900. Double Elephant - over 25" - 50" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. 328 TEXTILE PLATES on hardstock, all with descriptive tissue guards, unbound as issued, in original 3/4 cloth & paper portfolios with ties, NUMBERED 34. All have library cloth backstrips. Of the 328 plates, 2 are double-page, 3 are tinted and 153 are chromolithographs, some with gold & silver (2 have paper repair affecting the illustration). This research project on textiles, covers Oriental, Spanish, Islamic, Byzantine textiles and more. Occasional edge chips/tears, not affecting the images, library marks show as light pencil & ink stamp on back of plates, occasional closed tear to tissue guard. EST: $4,000.00 - $8,000.00 Realized bid price - $2,000.00 |
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[154] BIOGRAPHIES & AUTOBIOGRAPHIES. A Group of 8 Volumes as Listed. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. ***The Last Days of Lord Byron: With His Lordship's Opinions on Various Subjects, Particularly on the State and Prospects of Greece by William Parry (1825) 1st American Edition, Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea and R.H. Small. 12mo, library binding, occasional water stain, lacks plates, occasional paper repair, binding & hinges tight. ***In Sacred Memory of William Thornton Parker, Jr. B.S. Beloved Son of William Thornton and Elizabeth Stebbins Parker 1876-1900 (1900) Book #22. In original cloth binding with photographs throughout, binding & hinges tight. ***Memoirs of the Private and Public Life of William Penn by Thomas Clarkson - 2 Volumes (1813) London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. 8vo in 3/4 leather & marbled paper, with library cloth backstrip on vol. 1 and covers detached on vol. 2, interior foxing. ***Life of James Buchanan Fifteenth President of the United States by George Ticknor Curtis - 2 Volumes (1883) NY: Harper & Brothers. 8vo in library bindings, frontis with tg in vol. 1, binding & hinges tight. ***The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais by His Son John Guille Millais - 2 Volumes (1899) 1st Edition, NY: Frederick A. Stokes Co. 8vo in library bindings, frontis in each volume, pages glossy, with plates throughout, binding & hinges tight. EST: $80.00 - $180.00 Passed |
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[155] . The British Gallery of Historical Portraits - 4 Volumes. London: Edward Daniell, Limited. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Bound in half leather & cloth, backstrip wear, hinges taped, bindings tight. One of 50 copies. Title continues: Being a Collection of About Three Hundred Authentic Portraits, with the Autography, Seals, etc. of the Royal and Illustrious Personages in English History and Literature, from the Reign of Henry V. (1420) to that of George II. (1750)...Comprising the Whole of the Series of British Autography Formerly Published by Mr. J. Thane... Tissue guarded engraved plates. EST: $100.00 - $400.00 Realized bid price - $100.00 |
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[156] THE WORKS OF.... A Group of 9 Volumes as Listed. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. ***The Works of Mrs. Amelia Opie: Complete in Three Volumes (circa 1841) Philadelphia: Crissy & Markley. 8vo in leather bindings, (one with protective cloth over the leather), library cloth backstrips, marbled endpapers, marbled page edges all around, hinges taped or split, bindings tight. Text in double column format. ***The Works of William E. Channing, D.D., Eighth Complete Edition in 6 Volumes (1848) Boston: James Munroe and Co. 8vo in original blind stamped cloth, occasional foxing, upper/lower backstrip wear, binding & hinges tight. Subjects include SLAVERY, EMANCIPATION, TEMPERANCE, ABOLITIONISTS, CALVINISM and more. EST: $60.00 - $100.00 Realized bid price - $30.00 |
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[157] . The American Art Review. A Journal Devoted to the Practice, Theory, History and Archaeology of Art - Volumes I & II. Boston: Dana Estes and Charles E. Lauriat, . First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Poor Condition. 1880-1881. Illustrated with etchings, engravings & aquatints throughout. Bound in 3/4 leather & cloth. Covers detached, vol. II lacks backstrip and has split binding. EST: $60.00 - $150.00 Realized bid price - $275.00 |
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[158] Child, E.S. - Architect. Artistic Practical Houses. New York: Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Homes of Moderate Cost in an Original Style of Architecture. A Collection of Unique Houses with Sensible, Practical Floor Arrangements. Closets, Kitchens and Pantries Thought Out First and the Other Rooms and the Exteriors Made to Fit Them. 26 DESIGNS on glossy paper, b/w drawings with floor plans, dimensions and materials lists. In a library binding with original paper cover pasted on. EST: $60.00 - $100.00 Realized bid price - $130.00 |
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[159] Atkinson [James]. Sketches in Afghaunistan. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1842. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. Dated - July 1, 1842. 25 tinted lithographs on hard stock, with tissues guards intact. Plates done by Louis and Charles Haghe. With illustrated title page (has closed tear) and dedication. Bound in original half leather & green silk moire. Lacks half of backstrip, perforation to title page and first & last plates only (affecting the illustration). Cover wear, disbound, minimal foxing, edge chips, occasional water stain on edge (not affecting the illustrations). EST: $1,000.00 - $2,000.00 Realized bid price - $3,300.00 |
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[160] Gonse, Louis. L'Art Japonais - 2 Volumes. Paris: A. Quantin, 1883. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. LIMITED EDITION #866/1400 on paper vellum. iv, 310pp; 369pp bound in illustrated silk, with protective mylar jackets. With 64 tissue guarded plates [etchings, photogravures, chromolithographs, etc.] 32 of which are in color (some highlighted in gold), and an additional 49 b/w plates, with text illustrations throughout. Subjects include ceramics, sculpture, armour, swords, architecture and more. Front cover & first few leaves detached on vol. 1, corner wear, wear to upper/lower edges of backstrips. BINDINGS TIGHT. EST: $400.00 - $800.00 Realized bid price - $150.00 |
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[161] Grasset, M. Eugene. La Plante et Ses Applications Ornementales Sous La Direction De M. Eugene Grasset - 2 Volumes. Paris: Librairie Centrale Des Beaux-Arts / E. Levy, Editeur, Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. SCARCE IN 2 VOLUMES!!! Circa 1896. Volume 1) Half-title, title, iv, 67 (of 72) colour pochoir plates, unbound as issued, in a library folding portfolio with ties. 2) Half-title, title, 71 (of 72) colour pochoir plates, unbound as issued, in a library folding portfolio with ties. A few plates trimmed, edge chips/tears (1 affecting the illustration). DECORATIVE ARTS. Includes artwork by Verneuil, Hervegh, Mangin, Schlumberger and others. EST: $3,000.00 - $6,000.00 Realized bid price - $1,800.00 |
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[162] HISTORY. A Group of 11 Volumes as Listed. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. ***The History of Australia by G.W. Rusden - 3 Volumes (1883) 1st Edition, London: Chapman and Hall Ltd. In original bindings with library cloth backstrips, folding color MAP has tears/repairs, one hinge taped, bindings tight. ***History of the Eighteenth Century and of the Nineteenth Till the Overthrow of the French Empire, with Particular Reference to Mental Cultivation and Progress - 8 Volumes (1843-1852) London: Chapman and Hall. 6 volumes in original blind stamped cloth (with cracked hinges), 2 in library bindings. Bindings tight. EST: $60.00 - $120.00 Realized bid price - $20.00 |
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[163] Duruy, Victor. History of Greece, and of the Greek People, From the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest - Complete in 8 Volumes. Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1890. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good Condition. LIMITED #396/1000 on Linen Vellum Paper. In library bindings, with binding & hinges tight. Chromolithograph frontis in each volume, with maps, engravings, additional chromos and text illustrations throughout. EST: $100.00 - $200.00 Realized bid price - $70.00 |
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[164] Raynal, Abbe. A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies - 8 Volumes. London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1783. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair Condition. Newly translated from the French by J.O. Justamond. Includes engraved portrait of Raynal by Bannerman and 6 (of 7) folding maps. Leather bound with red and black leather labels on gilt decorated spines. Covers detached or starting, occasional foxing, pencil markings, occasional stain. BINDINGS TIGHT. Maps show occasional small tear, mostly on creases. EST: $100.00 - $200.00 Realized bid price - $150.00 |
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[165] Romero, Matias. The Tehuantepec Isthmus Railway. Washington: 1894. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. RARE. 19pp with a MAP and Table of Distances, in a library binding with original cover mounted on. Binding & hinges tight. EST: $100.00 - $200.00 Realized bid price - $50.00 |
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[166] AMERICANA. A Group of 4 Volumes as Listed. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair Condition. ***The History and Geography of the Mississippi Valley. To Which is Appended a Condensed Physical Geography of the Atlantic United States, and the Whole American Continent by Timothy Flint - 2 Volumes in 1 (1833) 3rd Edition, Cincinnati: E.H. Flint. 8vo in leather binding. Covers detached, light damp mark, lacks portions of backstrip. ***A Subaltern's Furlough: Descriptive of Scenes in Various Parts of the United States, Upper and Lower Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, During the Summer and Autumn of 1832 - 2 Volumes by E.T. Coke (1833) NY: J. and J. Harper. 12mo in mismatched 3/4 leather & marbled paper, covers detached, lacks backstrips, no plates, occasional foxing. ***America and Her Commentators. With a Critical Sketch of Travel in the United States by Henry T.Tuckerman (1864) 1st Edition, NY: Charles Scribner. 8vo in original blind stamped cloth, covers loose, upper/lower backstrip & corner wear. EST: $60.00 - $100.00 Realized bid price - $40.00 |
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[167] Eleutherius, V.D.M. / Phileluth. Bangor, V.E.B. (Dickinson, Jonathan). The Scripture-Bishop Vindicated & Eusebius Inermatus. Just Remarks On a Late Book, Intitled, Eleutherius Enervatus - 2 Books in One. Boston: Printed By S. Kneeland & T. Green for D. Henchman, 1733. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Complete titles: Book 1) The Scripture-Bishop Vindicated. A Dialogue Between Praelaticus and Eleutherius, Upon the Scripture-Bishop, or the Divine Right of Presbyterian Ordination and Government: Against the Exceptions of a Pamphlet, Intitled, The Scripture-Bishop Examin'd. 2) Eusebius Intermatus. Just Remarks On a Late Book, Intitled, Eleutherius Enervatus, or An Answer to a Pamphlet, Intituled, The Divine Right of a Presbyterian Ordination &c. Argued. Done By Way of Dialogue Between Eusebius and Eleutherius; Together with Two Letters on this Subject. (4) 126pp; (2) 158pp, bound in blind stamped leather over wood, binding tight, lacks free endpapers. EST: $200.00 - $600.00 Realized bid price - $500.00 |
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[168] THEOLOGY. A Group of 3 Volumes as Listed. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition, with general wear. ***The Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church (1808) 14th Edition, NY: John Wilson and Daniel Hitt. 16mo in a leather binding, binding & hinges tight. Occasional foxing, edge tear on one page, affecting edge of text. ***The Psalms of David by I. Watts (1806) Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring for John West & Hymns and Spiritual Songs in Three Books by I. Watts (1806) same publishers as above. 2 BOOKS IN 1. 16mo in leather, library cloth backstrip, hinges taped, binding tight, interior foxing. ***An Abridgment of Henry on Prayer: Consisting of a Judicious Collection of Scriptures, Proper to the Several Parts of the Duty (1805) Hartford: Lincoln & Gleason. 24mo in leather, with red leather spine label (worn label), binding & hinges tight, title page has tear repair. EST: $60.00 - $100.00 |
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[169] Walton, Br.. The Considerator Considered: Or, A Brief View of Certain Considerations Upon the Biblia Polyglotta, the Prolegomena and Appendix Thereof..... London: Tho. Roycroft, 1659. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. ASSOCIATION COPY - Autographs of the celebrated Bishop N. Marsh & T. Goodwin Bishop of Kilmore, afterwards Archbishop of Cashel, with his bookplate. (10) 293pp, Errata, bound in leather bordered in gilt, raised bands on spine, outer edges blind stamped. Front cover detached, back cover starting, some backstrip loss, binding tight. EST: $100.00 - $200.00 Realized bid price - $190.00 |
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[170] LITERATURE. A Group of 8 Volumes as Listed. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. ***Rural Letters and Other Records of Thought at Leisure, Written in the Intervals of More Hurried Literary Labor by N. Parker Willis (1854) Auburn: Alden, Beardsley & Co. 8vo in a library binding, binding & hinges tight. ***Rogues, Vagabonds & Sturdy Beggars - A New Gallery of Tudor and Early Stuart Rogue Literature Exposing Lives, Times and Cozening Tricks of the Elizabethan Underworld, edited with notes, from quartos of the first edition by Arthur F. Kinney (1973) LIMITED #1035/1950, SIGNED by the engraver, Barre, MA: Imprint Society. 4to in half leather & paper, backstrip wear, front hinge taped, binding tight, ILLUSTRATED. ***The Pilgrim's Progress From This World to That Which is to Come by John Bunyan ILLUSTRATED with water-colors BY WILLIAM BLAKE (1942) NY: Heritage Press. 8vo in original cloth with paper labels, binding & hinges tight. ***The Treasury of Sacred Song Selected From the English Lyrical Poetry of Four Centuries by Francis T. Palgrave (1889) LIMITED #600/ of 585, copies numbered 16-600, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, Oxford: Clarendon Press. 8vo in half vellum and cloth, deckled page edges, binding & hinges tight. ***A Simple Story & Nature and Art - 2 Books in 1, by Mrs. Inchbald (1827-1831) London: L. Limbird. 8vo in original buckram with red leather spine label (worn label), binding & hinges tight. ILLUSTRATED WITH WOOD ENGRAVINGS, double column format. ***Legends of the Province House by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1890) Boston: S.E. Cassino. 4to in a library binding, binding & hinges tight. ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT. ***The Bay-Path - A Tale of New England Colonial Life (2 copies) by J.G. Holland (1902) NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. 16mo in library bindings, with binding & hinges tight. One copy has tape repairs to some pages, other has occasional pencil marking. EST: $60.00 - $140.00 |
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[171] Poley, Arthur F.E. St. Paul's Cathedral, London - Measured, Drawn & Described. London: Printed for the Author: Willowbank, Hampton Hill, Middlesex, 1927. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Complete with 32 plates, most with tissue guards. Includes half-title, xvi, 29pp, vii - WITH LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. Bound in 3/4 leather & cloth with gilt illustration of cathedral on cover, raised bands on gilt decorated spine, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, deckled page edges. Front cover nearly detached, binding tight. Covers show corner wear, upper/lower backstrip wear/chips. EST: $100.00 - $200.00 Realized bid price - $130.00 |
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[172] Jones, Thomas Rymer. Cassell's Book of Birds. From the Text of Dr. Brehm- in 4 Volumes. London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. With Upwards of Four Hundred Engravings, and a Series of Coloured Plates. No date. Chromolithograph frontis in each volume, with illustrations and chromos throughout. In library bindings, with bindings & hinges tight. Occasional foxing. EST: $80.00 - $150.00 Realized bid price - $275.00 |
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[173] Toppan, Robert Noxon [memoir by]. Edward Randolph; Including His Letters and Official Papers From the New England, Middle and Southern Colonies in America, With Other Documents Relating Chiefly to the Vacating of the Royal Charter of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay. 1676-1703. 5 Volumes. Boston: The Prince Society, Limited. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. 1898-1899. With Historical Illustrations and a Memoir by Toppan. Complete in 5 volumes. Bound in 3/4 leather & marbled paper, raised bands on spine, marbled endpapers. LIMITED TO 250 COPIES. Covers detached on volume I, otherwise binding & hinges tight. Covers show corner wear, some wear to lower/upper backstrips. No library pockets. EST: $400.00 - $600.00 Passed |
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[174] Catlin, George. Catlin's Notes of Eight Years' Travels and Residence in Europe, With His North American Indian Collection - 2 Volumes. New York: Burgess, Stringer & Co., 1848. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. Title continues: With Anecdotes and Incidents of the Travels and Adventures of Three Different Parties of American Indians Whom He Introduced to the Courts of England, France and Belgium. xvi, 296pp; xii, 336pp in mismatched library bindings, with binding & hinges tight. COMPLETE with 24 black & white plates and half-titles. First 2 leaves in vol. I detached, water stain on lower part of title page only in vol. I, occasional closed edge tear/repair. EST: $100.00 - $300.00 Realized bid price - $130.00 |
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[175] Gladbach, E.. Characteristic Swiss Style Buildings From the 16th Century to the 19th Century, Together with Their Interior Decoration. New York: Hessling & Spielmeyer, Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair Condition. Title, 22pp of text in German with text illustrations and 32 (of 50) black & white plates on hard stock, unbound as issued, in a portfolio with ties. Showing front elevations, floor plans, architectural and ornamental details. Library cloth backstrip, some foxing. EST: $100.00 - $200.00 Realized bid price - $70.00 |
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