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Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1923. Hardcover. 4to. Half vellum and tan paper over boards. (Ca. 50pp). 24 full-page plates (as called for; 3 color). Very good. Binding typically slightly soiled, else internally fine. A tight and attractive first edition. Limited to 160 copies. Wilkins studies the many genealogical tables used by Boccaccio in both manuscript and early printed versions of his "Genealogia deorum gentilium," a mythological encyclopedia. All captioned tissue guards present and pristine. A superb copy, with the original Caxton Club prospectus laid in.
Gaskell's Compendium of Forms, Educational, Social, Legal and Commercial by G. A. Gaskell
by G. A. Gaskell
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Gaskell's Compendium of Forms, Educational, Social, Legal and Commercial
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Gaskell's Compendium of Forms, Educational, Social, Legal and Commercial, Embracing a Complete Self-Teaching Course in Penmanship and Bookkeeping, and Aid to English Composition Together with The Laws And By-Laws Of Social Etiquette And Business Laws And Commercial Forms. A Political Dictionary; The Government of the U.S., The States and Territorial Governments, Colored Charts etc. Also A Manual of Agriculture, Mechanics and Mining. And A Guide To Parliamentary Practice, The Whole Forming A Complete Encyclopedia Of Reference.; Elegantly Illustrated; By Prof. G. A. Gaskell; New and Revised Edition by Loomis T. Palmer.The Whole Revised, Enlarged and Corrected by E.T. Roe, Assisted by Competent Experts. E.A. Weeks Company, 5210531 Wabash Avenue, Chicago. 1897.
Tan suede boards with banded spine containing 2 black leather panels with gilt titles; marbled endpapers; black cloth hinges, all edges marbled. 4to up to 12" tall. Xxvi; Preface, Contents, Indexes; 658 pages; 12 tissue guarded black and white plates illustrating fine examples of penmanship and printing styles; illustrated throughout with full page and in text engravings, tables and sample forms; colored maps and statistical table section. margin and chapter decorations framing text all pages. Boards have some soiling and rubbing to suede, Contents are in near fine condition commiserate with age; front decorative endpaper has a tiny (¼ ") circular loss to top layer exposing the white underlay; pages are uniformly browned with an occasional small foxing mark in outside edges; tiny cut to fore-edge of dedication page; one tissue guard is missing. Binding is tight and square and pages are clean without creases.
This lovely copy of Gaskell's Compendium of Forms is a treasure for the collector and or researcher of the late Victorian age in America and abroad. It provides an immense range and detail of topics. For a description of contents please contact me. I am happy to provide details.
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The Trees of the Genealogia Deorum of Boccaccio
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The Voyage Of Nearchus, From The Indus To The Euphrates. Collected From The Original Journal Preserved By Arrian, And Illustrated By Ancient And Modern Authorities Containing An Account Of The First Navigation Attempted By Europeans In The Indian Ocean
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The Voyage Of Nearchus, From The Indus To The Euphrates. Collected From The Original Journal Preserved By Arrian, And Illustrated By Ancient And Modern Authorities Containing An Account Of The First Navigation Attempted By Europeans In The Indian Ocean. Vincent, William. Published by T. Cadell Jun. & W. Davies, London, 1797. First Edition. 530pp. Expertly rebound in full calf leather with banded spine and gilt stamped titles and marbled endpapers. Frontispiece, wide margins. 6 maps & charts of which 4 are folding, some geometrical figures, 1 table; errata and 'directions to the bookbinder' bound-in. A beautiful and rare volume in near fine condition; light soiling first few blank pages and frontispiece; gray/black inked notes on a few pages in very neat and tiny script; text block is clean with no paper loss or damage. A seminal work for scholars and a rare, fascinating volume for the collector. This work comprises an English version of Arrian's account of the celebrated voyage of Nearchus of… Read More
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Sine Massacre
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The War in The Peninsula and Wellington's Campaigns in France and Belgium
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The War in The Peninsula and Wellington's Campaigns in France and Belgium: With Original Maps And Plans, Clinton, H. R. Published by Frederick Warne and Co, London and New York, Circa 1890. Third Edition. Variant title to title page: "Wellingtons Famous Battles in the Peninsula France and Belgium." 12mo up to 7½" tall., 471pp., Preface to First and Third Edition; 15 maps and plans; tissue guarded steel engraved frontispiece showing with French and British Commanders; 4 full page illustrations; 32pp. rear publisher advertisements with full page illustrations. Gray boards with decorative front and spine in red, white, black and gilt; floral patterned endpapers. Light rubbing to corners, rear hinge line and tail and head of spine; 2 light scratches to rear board; contents are clean and binding tight. First published in 1878, this is a rare, early copy in very collectible condition.
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Cassell's Old and New Edinburgh: Its History, its People, and its Places (3 Vols)
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Cassell's Old and New Edinburgh: Its History, its People, and its Places (3 Vols), Grant, James. Published by Cassell & Co., Ltd., London, 1884. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Vol. I xii, 384pp., Vol. II xii, 384pp., Vol. III xii, 392pp. Illustrated throughout. Half leather over brown cloth boards, gilt spine titles. Toning to pages which are otherwise fine and without marks, tears or folds; one plate detached (see picture); inner hinges are lightly weakened. Boards have rubbing to all edges; light soiling; tiny splits to the leather of spine heads; spines lightly faded. A complete set in very good condition. Cassell's Old and New Edinburgh by James Grant was first printed as a periodical in the 1880s.
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t' Amsterdam: Abrah[am] van der Putte, 1728. Half Calf. Very Good +. Seven works by the Dutch statesman and poet bound as one, each separately paginated. 16mo (100 x 172m): [14],246,[2]; 94,[2]; 82; 86; 32; 205,[3]; 46pp (lacking the final blank), with four engraved title pages (two of which folding) by C. V. Dalen after Breugel's pupil Adriaan van de Venne, one full-page plate, and 63 emblematic half-page text plates of Dance of Death scenes and of court and country life, mostly by or after Van de Venne. Period half-calf, spine in six compartments between raised bands ruled in gilt, title label lettered in gilt. Some gathering lightly spotted or moderately toned, with neat archival repair to one plate, still Very Good or better. Not in Landwehr or Praz. Cats was one of the distinguished Dutch writers of Holland's golden age, but his Orangist and Calvinistic opinions set him apart from the liberal school of Amsterdam poets. Still, for nearly two centuries, he enjoyed enormous popularity. N. B. With…
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The Voyage Of Nearchus, From The Indus To The Euphrates. Collected From The Original Journal Preserved By Arrian, And Illustrated By Ancient And Modern Authorities Containing An Account Of The First Navigation Attempted By Europeans In The Indian Ocean
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The Voyage Of Nearchus, From The Indus To The Euphrates. Collected From The Original Journal Preserved By Arrian, And Illustrated By Ancient And Modern Authorities Containing An Account Of The First Navigation Attempted By Europeans In The Indian Ocean. Vincent, William. Published by T. Cadell Jun. & W. Davies, London, 1797. First Edition. 530pp. Expertly rebound in full calf leather with banded spine and gilt stamped titles and marbled endpapers. Frontispiece, wide margins. 6 maps & charts of which 4 are folding, some geometrical figures, 1 table; errata and 'directions to the bookbinder' bound-in. A beautiful and rare volume in near fine condition; light soiling first few blank pages and frontispiece; gray/black inked notes on a few pages in very neat and tiny script; text block is clean with no paper loss or damage. A seminal work for scholars and a rare, fascinating volume for the collector. This work comprises an English version of Arrian's account of the celebrated voyage of Nearchus of… Read More
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The Research Magnificent
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No Dust JacketBook: Flaws - The boards and spine edges have rubs and discoloration caused by shelf storage, the board tips are bent (photo). The pages are moderately and uniformly toned, the page edges more so, consistent with a book that is over a hundred years old (photo). The string-tied boards and spine are strong and firm, and the book lies flat, plumb, and square (photo). All pages are present. No marks or entries. Extremely Rare. Well's undedicated and distinctive inked signature is on the Table of Contents page (photo).From Wikipedia: The text of this novel of ideaspresents itself as a book that has been written as the result of a promise to a dying man. William Porphyry Benham is a man who has lived a life devoted to a complicated, protean idea: "that he had to live life nobly and thoroughly."
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The War in The Peninsula and Wellington's Campaigns in France and Belgium
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The War in The Peninsula and Wellington's Campaigns in France and Belgium: With Original Maps And Plans, Clinton, H. R. Published by Frederick Warne and Co, London and New York, Circa 1890. Third Edition. Variant title to title page: "Wellingtons Famous Battles in the Peninsula France and Belgium." 12mo up to 7½" tall., 471pp., Preface to First and Third Edition; 15 maps and plans; tissue guarded steel engraved frontispiece showing with French and British Commanders; 4 full page illustrations; 32pp. rear publisher advertisements with full page illustrations. Gray boards with decorative front and spine in red, white, black and gilt; floral patterned endpapers. Light rubbing to corners, rear hinge line and tail and head of spine; 2 light scratches to rear board; contents are clean and binding tight. First published in 1878, this is a rare, early copy in very collectible condition.
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Cassell's Old and New Edinburgh: Its History, its People, and its Places (3 Vols)
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Cassell's Old and New Edinburgh: Its History, its People, and its Places (3 Vols), Grant, James. Published by Cassell & Co., Ltd., London, 1884. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Vol. I xii, 384pp., Vol. II xii, 384pp., Vol. III xii, 392pp. Illustrated throughout. Half leather over brown cloth boards, gilt spine titles. Toning to pages which are otherwise fine and without marks, tears or folds; one plate detached (see picture); inner hinges are lightly weakened. Boards have rubbing to all edges; light soiling; tiny splits to the leather of spine heads; spines lightly faded. A complete set in very good condition. Cassell's Old and New Edinburgh by James Grant was first printed as a periodical in the 1880s.
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Gaskell's Compendium of Forms, Educational, Social, Legal, and Commercial [Leather Bound] Gaskell, G. A 1882 ed
by Gaskell, G. A
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Leather Bound. Fair. Good only 3/4 leather with loss at spine tips. Earlier 1882 edition. No reader or library marks. Endpapers worn and chipped. Hinges loose. Inside and contents good. Heavy and comprehensive. Send it to the short-fingered vulgarian to study.
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Secret Splendor (Silhouette Classics, No 11)
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Silhouette, 1992. Paperback. Very Good. Sandra Brown writing as Erin St. Claire, 253 pgs
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Bloody Sunrise
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1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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The Republic Of Plato: A New Version Founded On Basic English
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1942 - noted on the copyright page as "A WARTIME BOOK This complete edition is produced in full compliance with the government's regulations for conserving paper and other essential materials" book: very good -tight, sound, and square, no previous owner marks - moderate edgewear plus rubbing to the boards - some toning from age - no dj - includes a vintage (pre - "The Google") Buccaneer Books Laguna Beach, CA out-of-print book search card
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Unreal Tournament Bradygames Official Strategy Guide
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Bradbury & Evans, 2007. Covers PC-CD ROM/DVD ROM & Playstation 3 Computer Entertainment System 4to sized softcover; 271 heavy glossy pages with color illustrations throughout Brand new, but note some edgewear and blemish to top of back cover. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Trade Paperback. New/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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The Birth and Death of Meaning: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on the Problem of Man
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New York: The Free Press, 1971. Second Edition. Contents include: The Man-Apes; The Origins of the Mind; The Distinctive Human; The Inner World; Socialization: the Creation of the Inner World; The New Meaning of the Oedipus Complex; Self-Esteem; Culture and Personality; Social Encounters: The Staging of Self-Esteem; Culture: the Relativity of Hero-Systems; What is Normal?; What Would A Science of Man Then Be?; Religion: The Quest for the Ideal Heroism. 228 pages. Edgewear; light wear to covers; worn corners and light creases on spine. Deeply creased spine opens flat at pages 60/61. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. 2nd. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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More Than Forever
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2014. Book Four in the More Than Series 8vo size trade paperback; 369 pages Please note: This book has a Mature Readers Advisory. From back: "Lucy - There is love so fierce it cannot be measured... Cameron - Forever. Everlasting. Eternal. THere is no measure of time... But our forever isn't always." Creased back cover and last few pages, worn corners. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press.
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A Million Miles from Boston
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2011. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 215 pages. Signed by author on title page. Stated First Edition From jacket: "(Lucy) wants to get out of Boston and forget her worries about starting middle school and about her father's new girlfriend. Pierson Point is where she feels most like herself, and where memories of her mother, who died when Lucy was six, are strong and sacred. But this summer, nothing is the same. Ian, a boy from home in Boston, comes to Pierson Point...Lucy's father wants his girlfriend to become a bigger part of Lucy's life. Though Lucy struggles against change, she gradually realizes that sometimes, change is for the better. Average wear to jacket; bumped corners and head and heel of spine, owner's name on fep. Autographed Copy sticker on front of jacket; one previously folded page corner. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits…
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A study of child-nature from the Kindergarten Standpoint
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A study of child-nature from the Kindergarten Standpoint by Elizabeth Harrison. Published by Chicago Kindergarten College; 4th edition (1892). 207 pages. Interior clean and unmarked except for previous owner's name and date of Aug 1893 on fly page. Another fly page has "Compliments Chicago Kindergarten College Co." in handwriting. Edge of several pages have slight bend and small tear. Hardback with no dj if offered. Slight bumping on edges and spine. Blue cloth cover and spine has some fading. Condition: Good. Measures 7.5" x 5"
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Kane & Abel
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New York, 1979. Book Club. Hardcover. Book Club/Has Jacket. Book is a book club edition. Quite a few closed tears, chips, and other signs of wear to the dust jacket. Some bumping to the boards at corners, edges and ends of the spine. Pages are clean.
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In This Moment
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North Charleston, South Carolina: Creative Space Independent Publishing Platform, 2013. 8vo size trade paperback; 283 pages From back: "Aimee Spencer learned the hard way that for some moments there are no take backs, no rewinds, no do-overs. A year ago her world imploded and Aimee has been running ever since. .. Cole Everly is a golden boy with a cocky smile and an attitude to mach. He 's grown accustomed to girls throwing themselves at his feet, but when Aimee trips and literally lands in his lap one afternoon, she's not at all what he expects..." In excellent condition! Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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