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[101] Foxe, John. Book of Martyrs. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Poor Condition. The library dates this book at 1600. "Presented to the Young Men's Institute by Mr. John B.M. Stebbins; Nov. 1844 to be kept as a relic of the composition and printing of ancient times". Bound in leather, raised bands on spine with 7 compartments, text map of The Realme of England on page 141. Lacks back cover, pages at beginning & end of book, lacks plates and some full and partial inner pages. Book begins with "A Protestation to the Whole Church of England" and ends with page 1004. Interior water stains, foxing. Binding tight. Text in double column format, head & tail-pieces, flourished intials and annotated. EST: $60.00 - $100.00 Realized bid price - $70.00 |
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[102] Gwilt, Joseph [translated from the Latin by]. The Architecture of Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, Ten Books in One. London : Priestley and Weale, 1826. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. xl, 413pp, with 10 engraved plates and engraved vignettes at the beginning of each book. Bound in 1/2 buckram and marbled paper, marbled page edges all around. Covers worn, front hinge taped, interior foxing, worm hole (not affecting the text). Includes the List of Subscribers. EST: $60.00 - $100.00 Realized bid price - $80.00 |
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[103] Forbush, Edward Howe. Birds of Massachusetts and Other New England States - 4 Volumes. ill. Fuertes, Louis Agassiz and Others. Commonwealth of Mass. : Issued By Massachusetts Department of Agriculture, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good Condition. 1927-1929. Part 1 - Water, Marsh and Shore Birds. Part 2 - Land Birds from Bob Whites to Grackles ( 2 Copies). Part 3 - Land Birds from Sparrows to Thrushes. Color & b/w illustrations throughout. Binding & hinges tight. Light surface rubbing. EST: $40.00 - $100.00 Realized bid price - $30.00 |
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[104] Parr / Johnstone. The Works of Samuel Parr - 8 Volumes. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1828. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, and a Selection from His Correspondence by John Johnstone. Bound in 3/4 leather & cloth, raised bands on spines, red leather spine labels on gilt decorated spines, all edges marbled, bindings tight. Engraved frontis in volumes 1, 2 & 7. One cover detached, covers show edge/corner wear, chipping to top/heel of backstrips, sunned. EST: $100.00 - $300.00 Realized bid price - $150.00 |
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[105] Charron, Sieur De [into English By Stanhope, George]. Three Books of Wisdom - 3 Volumes. London: Printed for J. Tonson, J. Walthoe, R. Wilkin...., 1729. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good Condition. Third Edition, corrected. Bound in 3/4 buckram & marbled paper, black leather spine labels, bindings & hinges tight. Loss to top edge of title pages, where signature was cut out. Spines lightly sunned, occasional edge foxing. Vol. 1 - Frontis, title [1] 9 dedication, 19 brief account of the Author, 29 preface, 3 explanation of frontis, 424pp. Vol. 2 - Title [1] pp 435-966-(922). Vol. 3 - Title [1] pp 995-1540 , 20 index. EST: $100.00 - $300.00 Realized bid price - $210.00 |
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[106] JAPANESE CHILDRENS BOOKS. A Group of 8 Volumes . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard & Soft Covers. Ex-Library. Very Good Condition. Circa 1920-1940. TWO ARE POP -UP BOOKS. All in Japanese text with an English translation laid-in. All with color illustrations (colors still bright). EST: $40.00 - $100.00 Realized bid price - $170.00 |
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[107] . Hana-ike-Kagami (Arrangement of Flowers) - Aisawa Hanshu - 3 Volumes. Tokyo: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Soft Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Circa 1860. Full page b/w floral illustrations, with Japanese text. On handmade paper, accordian style folded pages, with 4 band silk ties. Covers are floral patterned paper over stiffener, with paper label on front cover. Covers show wear, darkening, occasional fingerprint marks on pages. EST: $200.00 - $400.00 Realized bid price - $100.00 |
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[108] Lee, Henry. An Exposition of Evidence in Support of the Memorial to Congress Setting Forth the Evils of the Existing Tariff of Duties. Boston: Printed at the Boston Press, 1832. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good ++ Condition. COMMERCE. Title continues: and Asking Such a Modification of the Same, as Shall be Consistent with the Purpose of Revenue, and Equal in its Operation on the Different Parts of the United States, and on the Various Interests of the Same. Prepared in Pursuance of Instructions from the Permanent Committee Appointed by the Free Trade Commission Assembled at Philadelphia to Prepare the Memorial to Congress. Includes No. 4 Woolens and Iron, No. 5 Sugar, No. 6 Inquiry Into the Fall of Prices, No. 7 Taxes on Ships, No.8 Effects of the Anti-Commercial System, No. 9 & 10 Anti-Commercial System, No. 11 High Duty System. Bound as 1 in a library binding, occasional light water mark not affecting the text. Binding & hinges tight. EST: $60.00 - $100.00 Realized bid price - $20.00 |
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[109] RELIGION. A Group of 7 Volumes as Listed. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. ***The Creeds and Platforms of Congregationalism by Williston Walker (1893) NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. SCARCE. Good conditon, in a library binding, binding & hinges tight, a few pages loose. ***The Baptists and the National Centenary. A Record of Christian Work 1776-1876, edited by Lemuel Moss (1876) 1st Edition, Philadelphia: American Baptist Pub. Society. Very Good Condition, bound in original gilt illustrated cloth, binding & hinges tight. ***Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker G. Eddy (1888) Boston: Pub. by the Author. Very Good condition, bound in half leather & marbled paper, binding & hinges tight. ***A Portraiture of Quakerism, Taken from a View of the Moral Education, Discipline, Peculiar Customs, Religious Principles, Political and Civil Economy, and Character, of the SOCIETY OF FRIENDS by Thomas Clarkson - 3 Volumes, (1807) 3rd Edition, London: Printed by R. Taylor and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme. Fair to Poor condition, bound in paper over boards with library cloth over backstrips, deckled page edges. Most covers detached, occasional foxing. ***An Exposition of the Faith of the Religious Society of FRIENDS, in Some of the Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Religion: To Which is Prefixed A Brief Account of the Rise of the Society by Thomas Evans (1849) Philadelphia: For Sale at Friends' Book Store. Fair Condition, bound in leather, covers detached, binding tight, lacks backstrip. EST: $80.00 - $170.00 Realized bid price - $50.00 |
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[110] De Hooghe, Romeyn. To the Burgermasters of Haarlem. ill. BASKIN, LEONARD. Printed at the Gehenna Press, 1971. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good ++ Condition. LIMITED EDITION - #18 of 100. The portrait of Romeyn de Hooghe engraved by Leonard Baskin, with the BOOK SIGNED BY LEONARD BASKIN on the limitation page. "This letter now first printed in English is taken from A. van der Willigen Pz., Geschiedkundige Aanteekeninhen over Haarlemsche Schilders, Haarlem, 1866". 8 leaves bound in marbled paper over boards, with paper label on cover. EST: $300.00 - $500.00 Realized bid price - $300.00 |
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[111] Lucas, C.P.. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. 1887-1907. 7 books. ***Introduction to a Historical Geography of the British Colonies, complete with 8 maps. ***Volume I - Complete with 11 maps. ***Volume III - West Africa, complete with 5 maps. ***Volume IV - South & East Africa, complete with 3 maps. ***Volume V, Part I - Canada, complete with 4 maps (2 folding, one of which has a closed tear and is detached). ***Volume V, Part II - Canada Historical, by Hugh E. Egerton, complete with 10 maps. ***Volume VI - Australasia by J.D. Rogers, complete with 5 maps (1 folding). Lacks vol. II, first two books bound in original maroon cloth, others in original green cloth. Bindings tight. EST: $60.00 - $100.00 Realized bid price - $100.00 |
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[112] Britton, John / Brayley, Edward Wedlake / Shoberl, Frederic / Bigland, John. The Beauties of England and Wales; or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County - 22 Volumes in 35. London: Printed By Thomas Maiden for Vernor and Hood, Longman and Rees....../ Printed By J. Harris, Longman and Co., 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Poor Condition. 1801-1816. Additional engraved title pages, title vignettes, embellished with engraved plates throughout, with volumes 19-22 being just engraved plates (675 of them). Most volumes bound in cross-hatched leather, 3 in alternate bindings, lacks one back cover, covers detached, backstrips damaged, some have inner joint splits, some foxing. Uncollated and sold as is. EST: $400.00 - $800.00 Realized bid price - $220.00 |
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[113] . The Beauties of Scotland: Containing a Clear and Full Account of the Agriculture, Commerce, Mines, and Manufactures; of the Population, Cities, Towns, Villages, of Each County - 4 Volumes. Edinburgh: Printed for Thomson Bonar and John Brown...., 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Volumes II - V. 1805-1808. Leather bindings, marbled endpapers, library cloth over backstrips, covers detached on vol. V. Each volume has additional engraved title pages. With 89 engraved plates (most with tissue guards). Bindings tight. Covers worn, occasional foxing. EST: $60.00 - $100.00 Realized bid price - $40.00 |
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[114] DEATH IN VERSE AND PROSE. A Group of 3 Volumes as Listed. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. ***The English Dance of Death, From the Designs of Thomas Rowlandson, with Metrical Illustrations - Volume 1 only, by the Author of "Dr. Syntax" (Combe, William) (1815-16) 1st Edition, London: Printed by J. Diggens, Published at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts. vii, 295pp, 4 index. Additional engraved title with colored vignette, 36 hand colored engravings, as called for. Bound in 1/2 leather & cloth, binding & hinges tight. Occasional light foxing. ***Death's Doings; Consisting of Numerous Original Compositions in prose and Verse. The Friendly Contributions of Various Writers; Principally Intended as Illustrations of Thirty Plates Designed and Etched by R. Dayley - 2 Volumes in 1 (1827) 2nd Edition, London: J. Andrews. xvi, 2, 466pp, 6pp, 2. Two addtional engraved titles, with 29 (of 30) plates (lacks frontis). Bound in 3/4 leather & cloth, hinges cracked, binding tight, occasional foxing ***Friendship in Death; in Twenty Letters From the Dead to the Living. To Which are Added, Letters Moral and Entertaining, in Prose and Verse, 3 Parts (in 1 Volume) by Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe (1750) London: Printed for Henry Lintot. 12 leaves, 472pp bound in leather with raised bands on spine. Lacks ffp, cloth tape on backstrip edge, front cover detached, front hinge taped, binding tight, interior foxing. EST: $600.00 - $800.00 Realized bid price - $170.00 |
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[115] Goya - with an Introduction By Lafond, Paul. Goya Y Lucientes Cinquante Planches D'Apres Ses Oeuvres Les Plus Celebres. Paris: Goupil & Cie, 1910. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. ISBN: . Good ++ Condition. Series No. 1-5, Complete with 50 lithographed, tipped-in plates (most with tissue guards). Each individual plate is in a protective folding cover. Each of the 5 series are in their original, individual hard stock portfolio, with all in original hard cover folding portfolio, lined in silk moire. 10pp text in French. Occasional foxing. EST: $200.00 - $300.00 Realized bid price - $50.00 |
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[116] Josephus, Flavius. Opera Omnia. Frobenius, 1582. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard & Soft Covers. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Flavii Iosephi Opera Omnia AD Graecorum Exemplarium Fidem Recognita Emendataq. Cum CAES Maiestatis Priuilegio. Title with woodcut vignette & publisher's device [1] 3 leaves, 627pp [1] 21 leaves Index. Bound in 3/4 blind stamped vellum & paper, raised bands on spine. Annotated. Lacks free end papers, one corner lacks vellum, covers show edge/corner wear/tear, front hinge cracked, light upper edge damp mark (not affecting the text), binding tight. EST: $400.00 - $700.00 Realized bid price - $475.00 |
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[117] UNITED STATES CENSUS. A Group of 4 Volumes as Listed. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good Condition. ***Second Census of the United States, Washington 1801, Duane Printer (facsimile) NY: The Luther M. Cornwall Co. Elephant Folio, LIMITED EDITION #149/385. In original cloth covers, binding & hinges tight. ***Aggregate Amount of Persons Within the United States in the Year 1810 - Book I of the Third Census (facsimile) NY: The Luther M. Cornwall Co. 4to, oblong format, LIMITED EDITION #67/295, in original cloth, binding & hinges tight. ***Abstract of Returns, Fifth Census, Washington 1832, Duff Green (facsimile) NY: The Luther M. Cornwall Co. 8vo, bound in original cloth, LIMITED #71/295, binding & hinges tight. ***Fifth Census: or, Enumeration of the Inhabitants of the United States, as Corrected at the Department of State, 1830, Washington 1832 (facsimile) NY: Luther M. Cornwall Co. Elephant folio, in original cloth binding, LIMITED #31/345, binding & hinges tight. EST: $60.00 - $100.00 Realized bid price - $20.00 |
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[118] Rousseau, Jean Jacques. Oeuvres Completes - 38 Volumes. Paris: Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. Nouvelle Edition 1788-1793. 8 inches by 10-1/2 inches. With 39 engraved title plates, 44 hand coloured engraved botanical plates, 13 engraved folding music plates and 44 engraved plates by Leoine, Pruneau, Frusotte et al., after Moreau, Boucher et al. The music volumes (#19-22) have been slightly trimmed are in library bindings, all others bound in leather with leather spine lables, all edges gilt with inner dentelles, on laid paper. Leather covers show peeling & flaking, occasional light foxing, occasional light damp mark on a few page edges, Vol. 8 lacks front cover, Vol. 1 lacks backstrip, Volumes 6 & 26 have library tape over backstrips, a few have backstrip chips. BINDINGS TIGHT. EST: $600.00 - $900.00 Realized bid price - $850.00 |
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[119] Mastricht, Petro Van. Theoretico-Practica Theologia - 2 Volumes. Trajecti Rhenum, & Amstelodami: Sumptibus Societatis, 1715. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Qua, per Singula Capita Theologica, pars exegetica, dogmatica, elenchtica & practica, perpetua successione conjugantur Editio Nova...... Folding engraved portrait frontis of the author, title in red & black. 23 leaves, 1-424pp, then printed page error 325-636pp (not affecting the continuation of the text); 637pp-1236pp, 28 leaves of index. Bound in leather, raised bands on spine, library tape over backstrips, covers nearly detached, binding tight, light foxing. EARLY THEOLOGY. EST: $200.00 - $500.00 Realized bid price - $80.00 |
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[120] Hubbard, Elbert. The Complete Writings of Elbert Hubbard - Author's Edition - 19 (of 20) Volumes. East Aurora, New York: The Roycroft Shop, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. 1908-1915. LIMITED - #246 OF 1000 SETS, EACH VOLUME SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE LIMITATION PAGE. Bound in original 1/2 red leather & cloth, raised bands on spines, top edges gilt, tissue guarded plates throughout, binding & hinges tight. Covers show edge/corner wear, occasional light marginalia in pencil, light damp mark on a few pages in 2 volumes, lacks vol. 16, lacks the 2 manuscript pages in vol. 1. EST: $600.00 - $800.00 Realized bid price - $200.00 |
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[121] . A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of SHAKSPEARE, By the Artists of Great Britain - 2 Volumes in 1. London: John and Josiah Boydell, 1803. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. 29-3/4 inches by 21-3/4 inches. Complete with 2 engraved portraits and 96 engraved plates from paintings by Sir William Beechey, G. Romney, J. Northcote, Henry Fusch, Sir Joshua Reynolds and others, engraved by Thomas Ryder, B. Smith, R. Thew, William Leney, Caro. Watson and others. Bound in 3/4 leather & marbled paper, raised bands on gilt decorated spine, marbled endpapers, marbled page edges all around. Two titles with vignettes, plates have tissue guards. Plates have occasional light foxing, edge wear/tear (a few affecting the images), a few plates are detached. Glancing through - no obvious library marks on plates. Book weight alone in 44 pounds. EST: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00 Realized bid price - $500.00 |
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[122] Gutkind, E.A.. International History of City Development - 7 (of 8) Volumes. New York: The Free Press of Glencoe / Macmillan Co., 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good Condition. 1964-1972. 1) Urban Development in Central Europe. 2) Urban Development in the Alpine and Scandinavian Countries. 3) Urban Development in Southern Europe: Spain and Portugal. 4) Urban Development in Southern Europe: Italy and Greece. 5) Urban Development in Western Europe: France and Belgium. 6) Urban Development in Western Europe: The Netherlands and Great Britain. 7) Urban Development in East-Central Europe: Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary. Lacks volume 8. In original cloth binding, with binding & hinges tight. ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT THE SERIES. EST: $100.00 - $200.00 Realized bid price - $50.00 |
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[123] Winckelmann, Giovanni. Monumenti Antichi Inediti - 3 Volumes. Roma: Dai Torchj Di Carlo Mordacchini, 1821. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Second Edition. 229 engravings on 157 plates (8 are double-page), plus text illustrations and title vignettes. Bound in vellum with 2 leather spine labels on each volume (chips), bindings and hinges tight. Vol. I - xxiv, ciii, (7), 107pp, (1). Vol. II - (6) 109-370pp [1]. Vol. III - [2] 164pp. The third volume consists of Ricerche Sopra Un Apolline Della Villa Dell' Eminentissimo Sig. Cardinale Alessandro Albani - in 7 dissertations, issued as a supplement to this set. MONUMENTS. EST: $800.00 - $1,200.00 Realized bid price - $900.00 |
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[124] Melville, Herman. Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile. New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1855. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING with page 141 heading reading "Chapter XVI"; / "by---! You..." on page 237, line 23; / "the d---d" on page 238, line 2; / "soul" on page 238, line 3; / and "by---! Every..." on page 239, line 6. 276pp in a library binding, lacking original endpapers, front hinge taped, occasional corner chips to pages, occasional pencil markings. Binding tight. EST: $100.00 - $300.00 Realized bid price - $700.00 |
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[125] Erasmus, Desiderius [1466-1536] (translated By Burton, William). Seven Dialogues Both Pithie and Profitable. London: Printed By Valentine Simmes for Nicholas Ling, 1606. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. 1) The Right Use of Thyngs Indifferent. 2) Shewing What Comfort Popery Affoordeth in Time of Daunger. 3) Dialogue Betweene a Good Woman and a Shrew. 4) Dialogue Betweene a Harlot and a Godly Yong Man. 5) A Dialogue of a Woman in Childe-bed. 6) Dialogue of a Popish Pilgrimage. 7) What Comfort a Man May Finde by Popery in the Houre of Death. 2 leaves endpapers, 75 leaves of text, 2 leaves endpapers. No title page, last 2 leaves of text have paper repair (not affecting the text). Bound in 3/4 leather & marbled paper, with gilt borders, binding & hinges tight. EST: $800.00 - $1,500.00 |
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