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[151] Gardilanne, G. De / Moffat, E.W. / Royere, Henry. Les Costumes Regionaux De La France - Volumes 1 & 3 (of 4). Paris : Les Editions Du Pegase, 1929. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good Condition. LIMITED #170 of 500. 58 (of 200) color plates (poichor), unbound as issued. The plates are all tipped-in, in hard stock mats with descriptive letterpress on mounted labels at the foot of each plate. Laid in the original box portfolio (box edges split), with original tabs & clasps. COLORS BRIGHT. Volume 1 is the text volume, in French, binding & hinges tight, in original cloth binding. EST: $100.00 - $300.00 Realized bid price - $50.00 |
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[152] 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. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good Condition. 1921, 1928, 1930 & Vol. IV - 1964. Published by Macmillan and Co., Limited, London ; with Vol. IV being Biblo and Tannen, NYC. Lacks Index volume. With text illustrations, plans, tables, coloured and supplementary plates throughout (some folding). Includes 8 folding plans in back pockets (lacks some). Color frontis in each volume. All in original blue cloth bindings, but vol. IV is slightly larger and less decorative. EST: $600.00 - $900.00 Realized bid price - $220.00 |
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[153] . Isaiah Thomas, Junior's Almanack for 1809, 1811, 1813, and 1814 - 4 Volumes. Worcester : Isaiah Thomas, Jun., First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Ex-Library. Fair Condition. All are hand stitched, have edge curl with occasional tear, slight staining, foxing, 1814 issue has cover tears. All calendars present. Subjects include: Military Fines According to the Latest Militia Law passed in 1810, Anatomy of a Man's Body as Governed by the Constellations, Cultivation of Indian Corn and more. EST: $60.00 - $100.00 Realized bid price - $30.00 |
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[154] [Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn]. North and South - 2 Volumes. London : Chapman and Hall, 1855. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good ++ Condition. NOT EX-LIBRARY. ASSOCIATION COPY - Book labels of Hugh Walpole / Brackenburn, inside front covers. Also ownership name on ffp: "Anne Hutchinson - Southwell - Bought of H. Young & Son, Liverpool Apr. 2, 18 95" Includes half-titles, advertising leaf for 3 Gaskell titles, before title page in vol. 1, with 4pp of advertising at the end of vol. 1. 320pp; 361pp, in original blind stamped cloth. Covers show slight surface rubbing, bumped/worn corners, edge bump, loss at upper/lower edges of backstrips, backstrip lifting on vol. 2, back hinges starting, occasional light foxing. Bindings tight. EST: $500.00 - $900.00 Realized bid price - $170.00 |
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[155] . The Strange Adventures of Bachelor Butterfly . New York : Wilson & Co., 1846. First Edition. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good Condition. NO LIBRARY MARKS. Oblong format. 60 (of 64) pages of this second earliest known sequential comic book printed in the United States . Disbound, in a protective mylar sleeve. ALONG WITH 13 leaves (of 40 leaves) from "The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck" by Rudolphe Toepffer. Circa 1850, oblong format, (also an early sequential comic). EST: $100.00 - $300.00 Realized bid price - $170.00 |
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[156] [Steele, Sir Richard]. The Town Talk, The Fish Pool. The Plebeian, and The Old Whig, The Spinster, &c.. Dublin : Printed By Zachariah Jackson for H. Chamberlaine, P. Wogan......, 1790. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. iv, 360pp, with 2 folding plates as called for (one has corner tear). Leather binding, red leather spine label, front hinge taped, binding tight. In a protective mylar cover. Includes Dr. Johnson's Remarks. EST: $40.00 - $100.00 Realized bid price - $30.00 |
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[157] . Memoirs of the Honourable Col. Andrew Newport, A Shropshire Gentleman, Who Served as a Cavalier in the Army of Gustavus Adolphus in Germany, and in That of Charles the First in England. London: Printed for Edward Jeffery, 1792. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard & Soft Covers. Ex-Library. In Good Condition. A New Edition, With Additions. With half-title [2] engraved frontis, title [1] 439pp, 5 publishers advertising. Bound in 3/4 leather & marbled paper, raised bands on spine, binding & hinges tight. Occasional pencil notation. EST: $60.00 - $150.00 Realized bid price - $80.00 |
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[158] MILITARY. A Group of 9 Volumes as Listed. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. ***The Irish Guards in the Great War, Edited and Compiled From Their Diaries and Papers, by Rudyard Kipling - 2 Volumes, in dust jackets (1923) 1st Editions, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. 8vo, in Very Good Condition, with MAPS . Library marks show as pencil on copyright page. Uncut, with binding & hinges tight. ***E. Meissonier Sa Vie - Son OEuvre by Ch. Formentin (1901) Paris: Ch. Soccard. Elephant Folio, complete with 20 gravure MILITARY PLATES and 1 text illustration. Bound in 3/4 leather & marbled paper, library cloth tape over backstrip. ***History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena; from Letters and Journals of the Late Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hudson Lowe, and Official Documents Not Before Made Public by William Forsyth - 3 Volumes (1853) 1st Edition, London: John Murray. 8vo, in library bindings, with 2 (of 3 frontis), lacks map, one signature sprung. ***Germany Surrenders Unconditionally, Facsimiles of the Documents - The National Archives. 4to in a library binding with original paper cover mounted on, binding & hinges tight, pages are glossy. ***Souvenirs Sur La Vie Privee Du General Lafayette by M. Jules Cloquet (1836) Paris: W. Galignani. 8vo bound in 3/4 leather & marbled paper. Poor condition with front cover detached, lacking part of backstrip, some pages loose. ILLUSTRATED, text in French. ***The Political and Military History of the Campaign of Waterloo translated from the French of General Baron De Jomini by S.V. Benet (1853) 1st Edition, NY: Redfield. 12mo in marbled paper with leather tips. Poor condition, disbound, lacking backstrip, lacks map. EST: $100.00 - $200.00 Passed |
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[159] 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. Unbound as issued, in original folding cloth portfolio with ties. Portfolio shows darkening. SPANISH POETRY with Forward in English. EST: $100.00 - $200.00 Realized bid price - $60.00 |
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[160] . Paris Dans Sa Splendeur Monuments, Vues, Scenes Historiques, Descriptions et Histoire - 3 Volumes. Paris: Henri Charpentier, Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Vol. 1 - 1863, Volumes 2 & 3 - 1861. Complete with 100 tinted lithographs (one being a Plan of Paris), text illustrations and title vignettes. Bound in half leather & cloth, raised bands on spines, marbled endpapers, bindings & hinges tight. Covers show worn corners and backstrip scuffing, interior foxing. Text in French. No obvious library markings on plates. EST: $1200.00 - $1,500.00 Realized bid price - $1,000.00 |
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[161] Daly, Cesar. Motifs Historiques D'Architecture Et De Sculpture D'Ornement. Decorations Exterieures Empruntees A Des Edifices Francais in 4 Portfolios. Paris: Ch. Massin, 1911. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good Condition. Nouvelle Edition. Each portfolio has 2 leaves for title pages, and 2 leaves for contents. 373 (of 398) plates, 23 of which are double-page, in original portfolios with ties. Plates show details, views, profiles and elevations. Slight page darkening, occasional edge chip. FRENCH ORNAMENTAL MOTIFS ON ARCHITECTURE. Light library ink stamp on back of plates, with pencil notation. EST: $500.00 - $1,000.00 Realized bid price - $450.00 |
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[162] Neander, Dr. Augustus. Lectures on the History of Christian Dogmas - 2 Volumes. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1858. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Fair to Good Condition. xxii, 356pp; xvi, 357-720pp. Covers have marbled paper with leather tips, library cloth backstrips, hinges taped, bindings tight. Pen markings in text on 3 pages. EST: $60.00 - $100.00 Realized bid price - $30.00 |
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[163] THEOLOGY. A Group of 4 Volumes as Listed. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. ***A Collection of Hymns of the Children of God in all Ages, From the Beginning till Now. In Two Parts. Designed Chiefly for the Use of the Congregations in Union with the Brethren's Church (1754) London. 2 parts in 1 volume. 12mo, bound in leather, raised bands on spine, front cover detached, back cover loose, backstrip chips. Binding tight. ***Sermons by Arch-Bishop John Tillotson - 1 volume only, begins with Sermon CV. (circa 1800). Lacks title page to page 2. Handwritten index in back. Folio, bound in leather with raised bands on spine. Binding tight, occasional damp mark. ***Satires by Joseph Hall, with additional Notes by Samuel Weller Singer (1824) Chiswick: Printed by C. Whittingham for R. Triphook. 12mo in 3/4 leather & marbled paper, raised bands on spine, frontis, occasional foxing, binding tight. ***Sermons to Asses, to Doctors in Divinity, to Lords Spiritual, and to Ministers of State by the Late Rev. James Murray - 5 parts in 1 volume (1817-1819) London: Printed for William Hone. 8vo, bound in 3/4 leather & marbled paper, raised bands on spine, frontis & title vignette, binding tight. EST: $80.00 - $150.00 Realized bid price - $40.00 |
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[164] Seidlitz, Dr. Woldemar Von. Allgemeines Historisches Portratwerk Neue Ausgabe Nach Zeitaltern Geordnet Eine Sammlung Von Uber 600 Portraits (1300 - 1845) - 5 Volumes . Munchen: Verlagsanstalt Fur Kunst Und Wissenschaft Vormals Friedrich Bruckmann, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good Condition. 598 (of 602) plates of portraits, with descriptive tissue guards. Includes title pages, Index and List of Plates. Bound in 3/4 leather & cloth, raised bands on spines, bindings & hinges tight. HISTORICAL PORTRAITS. No obvious library markings on plates. EST: $200.00 - $500.00 |
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[165] Dickens, Charles. A Group of 11 Volumes as Listed. New York: Heritage Press, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good Condition. NOT EX-LIBRARY. All in slipcases, all but one in glassine dust wrappers, all illustrated. **The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1941). **Barnaby Rudge (1941). **Life of Nicholas Nickleby (1940). **Bleak House (1942). **Five Christmas Novels (1939). **A Tale of Two Cities (1938). **The Old Curiosity Shop (1941). **Great Expectations (1939). **The Adventures of Oliver Twist (1939). **The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (1938). **The Personal History of David Copperfield (1937). EST: $60.00 - $100.00 Realized bid price - $40.00 |
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[166] JAPANESE ARTS AND LITERATURE. A Group of 10 Volumes as Listed. Hard & Soft Covers. Good to Very Good Condition. NOT EX-LIBRARY. ***Sword and Blossom Poems From the Japanese. Done into English Verse by Shotare Kimura and Charlotte M.A. Peake (circa 1920) Tokyo: T. Hasegawa. 12mo in a padded crepe cloth binding, color woodcut illustrations, accordian folded pages. Backstrip tear with small piece of cloth absent on front cover. Interior very good, colors bright. ***Japanese Mythology by Juliet Piggott (1969) 1st, London: Paul Hamlyn. 4to, in original illustrated cloth, with a dust jacket, binding & hinges tight. ***The Masters' Book of Ikebana - Background and Principles of Japanese Flower Arrangement, edited by Doanld Richie & Meredith Weatherby. Folio in original silk cloth over boards, with wrap-around crepe jack-let. Color & b/w illustrations throughout, binding & hinges tight. ***Kabukiza, a Kabuki Program - Nov. 1959, Tokyo. 4to, soft cover, illustrated color cover, vg condition. ***Three Modern Japanese Plays, authorized translations by Yozan T. Iwasaki & Glenn Hughes (1923) Cincinnati: Stewart Kidd. Co. 8vo, in cloth & paper over boards, binding & hinges tight. ***Japanese Theatre in Highlight - A Pictorial Commentary - Noh, Bunraku and Kabuki (1954) VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co. 4to, softcover, b/w illustrations throughout. ***An Outline History of the Japanese Drama by Frank Alanson Lombard (1929) 1st, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 8vo with a dust jacket, binding & hinges tight. The Tale of the Genji - Parts 1 & II (2 volumes), Doubleday Anchor soft covers. ***An Introduction to Haiku, with translations by Harold G. Henderson, a Doubleday Anchor soft cover. EST: $60.00 - $100.00 |
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[167] JAPANESE LIFE AND TRAVEL. A Group of 11 Volumes as Listed. Good Condition. NOT EX-LIBRARY. ***Father and I - Memories of Lafcadio Hearn by Kazuo Koizumi (1935) Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 8vo in cloth binding, lacks jacket, binding & hinges tight. ***An Immigrant in Japan by Theodate Geoffrey (1926) Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 8vo in cloth, no jacket, binding & hinges tight. ***Japanese Here and There by Margaret E. Forsyth (1934) NY: Friendship Press. 12mo soft cover, corner chip to cover. ***Japan the Place and the People by G. Waldo Browne (1904) Boston: Dana Estes & Co. 4to in cloth, frontis with illustrations, binding & hinges tight. ***The New America and The Far East by G. Waldo Browne, Volumes 2, 3 & 4, (1907-1913) Boston: Marshall Jones Co. 4to in cloth, frontis with tg in each volume, illustrated throughout, binding & hinges tight. ***Your Travel Companion in Japan (circa 1959) Japan Travel Bureau. 8vo, soft cover, with maps of Tokyo and Kyoto, a conversion card and postcard bound in. ***The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, vol. 1, by Elizabeth Bisland (1906) 1st, Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 8vo, photographic frontis with tg, illustrated, binding & hinges tight, ex-lib. ***The Importance of Living by Lin Yutang (1937) NY: Reynal & Hitchcock. 8vo in cloth, no dust jacket, binding & hinges tight. ***John L. Stoddard's Lectures, Japan (1909) Boston: Balch Brothers Co. 8vo in cloth, frontis with illustrations throughout, binding & hinges tight. EST: $40.00 - $100.00 Realized bid price - $20.00 |
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[168] JAPANESE VOCABULARY. A Group of 9 Volumes as Listed. Good Condition. NOT EX-LIBRARY. All issued with U.S. Navy ink stamp. ***5 volumes of Sequence Training, to teach the Japanese language. Folio, plastic spiral bound, stiff boards, with lesson notes laid in. One front cover detached. ***Japanese Personal Names compiled by I.V. Gillis & Pai Ping-ch'i (1940). 4to hard cover, bound in blue cloth, includes strokes. Binding & hinges tight. ***Japanese Surnames compiled by I.V. Gillis & Pai Ping-ch'i (1939). 4to hard cover, bound in blue cloth, includes strokes. Binding & hinges tight. ***Ueda's Daijiten. A Japanese Dictionary of Chinese Characters and Compounds (1942) 1st American Edition, Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 8vo, oversized, with a dust jacket, binding & hinges tight. ***Kenkyusha's New English-Japanese Dictionary on Bilingual Principels, Okakura Yoshisaburo, Editor (1942) Tokyo: Kenkyusha. 8vo, hard cover bound in cloth, oversized, binding & hinges tight. EST: $40.00 - $100.00 Passed |
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[169] JAPANESE PRINTS. A Group of 10 Volumes as Listed. Good Condition. NOT EX-LIBRARY. ***Japanese Colour-Prints and Their Designers by Frederick William Gookin. A Lecture Delivered Before the Japan Society of New York, April 19, 1911, to Which is Appended a Catalogue (1913) 1st Edition, LIMITED #76/1000, NY: The Japan Society. Folio, hard cover, cloth backstrip with paper over boards, color tipped-in plates throughout, binding & hinges tight. Covers soiled. ***Japanese book of b/w prints, accordian folded pages, 4to, soft cloth covers with paper label, in original folding portfolio, with bone clasps intact. ***How to Know Japanese Colour Prints by Anna Freeborn Priestley (1927) 1st Edition, Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co. 4to hard cover, no dj, in original paper & cloth covers, color tipped-in plates throughout, binding & hinges tight. ***Japanese book of b/w prints, Japanese embossed paper covers, accordian style pages, paper label on front cover, in original folding portfolio with bone clasps. ***Japanese Prints From the Early Masters to the Modern by James A. Michener (1959) 1st Printing, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co. Folio, with dj, WITH SLIPCASE, color & b/w plates throughout, binding & hinges tight. ***The Japanese Print - A New Approach by J. Hillier (1960) 1st Edition, London: G. Bell and Sons. 8vo, hard cover, with dj, b/w glossy plates throughout, binding & hinges tight. ***Japanese Prints from the Henry L. Phillips Collection by Alan Priest (1947) NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art. 4to, soft cover, color frontis, b/w plates throughout, binding & hinges tight. ***Japanese Art by Raymond Johnes (1967) London: Spring Books. 4to, hard cover, with dj, color plates throughout, binding & hinges tight. ***Hiroshige and Japanese Landscapes by Yone Noguchi (1954) Tokyo: Japanese Travel Bureau. 12mo, hard cover, with dj, color & b/w plates throughout, binding & hinges tight. ***Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858) text by Sei-Ichiro Takahashi (1957) VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co. 12mo, in stiff wraps, with color & b/w plates throughout (many folding), binding & hinges tight. EST: $160.00 - $220.00 Realized bid price - $200.00 |
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[170] Tipping, H. Avray. English Homes - 7 Volumes as Listed. London: Country Life, Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. 1921-1926. Glossy pages, b/w illustrations throughout. **Period I- Vol. I Norman and Plantagenet 1066-1485. ***Period II - Vol. I Early Tudor, 1485-1558. ***Period III, Vol. I & II Late Tudor and Early Stuart 1558-1649. ***Period IV - Vol. I Late Stuart, 1649-1714. ***Period V - Vol. I Early Georgian, 1714-1760. ***Period VI - Vol. I Late Georgian, 1760-1820. Bound in original blue cloth, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, bindings tight. EST: $200.00 - $400.00 Realized bid price - $800.00 |
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[171] Raynal, Guillaume-Thomas. Histoire Philosophique Et Politique Des Etablissemens Et Du Commerce Des Europeens Dans Les Deux Indes - Volumes I - IV. Geneve: Chez Jean-Leonard Pellet, 1780. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. Philosophical and Political History of the Establishment and Trade of Europeans in the Two Indes. Bound in leather, raised bands on gilt decorated spines, brown leather spine labels intact, marbled endpapers, marbled page edges all around. Each volume contains a half-title, engraved frontis and errata in the back. Additional plate in Vol. I. EST: $80.00 - $150.00 Realized bid price - $170.00 |
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[172] Pinkerton, John. A General Collection Of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels In All Parts of the World; Many of Which Are Now First Translated Into English - 17 Volumes. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good Condition. With 200 (of 201) engraved plates. Most bound in 3/4 leather and marbled paper, marbled endpapers, marbled page edges all around, showing either taped backstrips or portions of backstrips lacking, bindings tight, some covers detached. Five bound in 3/4 buckram and marbled paper, with edges slightly trimmed, brown leather spine labels, bindings & hinges tight. All in protective mylar jackets. EST: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00 |
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[173] Brown, Glenn. History of the United States Capitol - 2 Volumes. Washington: Government Printing Office, First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good Condition. 1900-1903. Bound in original maroon cloth, with bevelled edges, bindings & hinges tight. Black and white plates throughout. EST: $80.00 - $150.00 Realized bid price - $100.00 |
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[174] Racinet, M.A.. Le Costume Historique - 20 Portfolios. Paris: Librairie De Firmin-Didot, Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hard Cover. In Good Condition. NOT EX-LIBRARY. SCARCE AS UNBOUND PLATES IN PORTFOLIOS. No date - circa 1876. With 472 (of 500) plates, being 289 chromolithographs, 183 tinted lithographs, highlighted with gold & silver, with descriptive text. COLORS BRIGHT. Unbound as issued, in original portfolios, with ties. Occasional foxing, general wear to portfolios. EST: $8,000.00 - $12,000.00 Passed |
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[175] Tooke, Andrew. The Pantheon Representing the Fabulous Histories of the Heathen Gods and Most Illustrious Heroes. London: Printed for D. Midwinter & Others, 1738. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good Condition. NOT EX-LIBRARY. With 28 engraved plates (4 folding). 3 leaves, 360pp, 18 leaves for the Index. Bound in leather, with raised bands on gilt decorated spine, gilt borders on covers, decorative embossed endpapers. Early book plate with coat of arms, inside cover " Nisi Dominus Frusta - Insignia Civitatis Edenburgensis". Binding & hinges tight. Covers show scuffing, corner wear, backstrip dry, gilt rubbed. EST: $60.00 - $100.00 |
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