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THE SPECIMEN BOOK OF FRUITS, FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL TREES. Carefully Drawn and Colored from Nature, for the Use of Nurserymen
by DEWEY, D. M
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- Used - Some peripheral soiling of several plates, many showing only minimal staining. Eleven plates show some smearing of the color, se
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- First Edition
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- [1865]
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$4,375.00
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Rochester, NY: D. M. Dewey, [1865]. First Edition. Hardcover. Some peripheral soiling of several plates, many showing only minimal staining. Eleven plates show some smearing of the color, several suggesting that the smearing might have occurred before the original paint had dried. Circular brown stain measuring 1" on front cover. Very Good. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") bound in… Read more about this item Item Price
$4,375.00
THE NORTH AMERICAN SYLVA; OR, A DESCRIPTION OF THE FOREST TREES OF THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AND NOVA SCOTIA...
by MICHAUX, Francois Andre and NUTTALL, Thomas
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- Used - Ex-Library but with minimal markings: labels and stamps on spine, blindstamp and small ink number to title pages; frontispiece p
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- Later Edition
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- 1871
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$4,375.00
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Philadelphia: W. M. Rutter & Co., 1871. Later Edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library but with minimal markings: labels and stamps on spine, blindstamp and small ink number to title pages; frontispiece portrait of Michaux trimmed and pasted on the front pastedown of the third volume. Plates generally clean with light foxing to maybe 10% of them, mostly in the Michaux volumes.… Read more about this item Item Price
$4,375.00
FORST-FLORA oder Abbildung und Beschreibung der Fur den Forstmann Wichtigen Wildwachsenden Baume und Straucher Sowie der Nutzlichen und Schadlichen Krauter
by DIETRICH, David
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- Used - Light, occasional foxing to the text, plates quite clean and bright; minor wear to covers. Near Fine
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- Third Edition
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- 1860-1861
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$3,750.00
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Leipzig: Gebruder Baensch, 1860-1861. Third Edition. Hardcover. Light, occasional foxing to the text, plates quite clean and bright; minor wear to covers. Near Fine. Two quarto (7-3/4" x 10-1/2") bound in publisher's cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards. Revised edition of this scarce treatise on plant specimens native to the German wilderness. Illustrated with 300 hand-colored engraved plates of local… Read more about this item Item Price
$3,750.00
LA BOTANIQUE, ou Histoire et Figure en Couleur des Fleurs et des Fruits de France ou Naturalisés sur le Sol Français
by JAUME SAINT-HILAIRE, [Jean-Henri]
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- Used - Scattered light to moderate foxing, affecting the text more than the plates; covers tight with the backstrip of the first volume
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- First Edition
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- 1828-1833
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$18,750.00
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Paris: Chez L'Auteur, 1828-1833. First Edition. Hardcover. Scattered light to moderate foxing, affecting the text more than the plates; covers tight with the backstrip of the first volume largely detached. Very Good. Jaume Saint-Hilaire. Six quarto (7" x 11") volumes bound in three in contemporary calf-backed marbled boards. Illustrated with 544 plates printed in colors and finished by… Read more about this item Item Price
$18,750.00
LA BOTANIQUE
by ROUSSEAU, J[ean] J[acques]
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- Used - Foxing to text and plates, though less so to the latter; both covers detached. Good with attractive plates
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- Third Edition
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- 1821-1822
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$3,125.00
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Paris: Baudouin Freres, 1821-1822. Third Edition. Hardcover. Foxing to text and plates, though less so to the latter; both covers detached. Good with attractive plates. Pierre Joseph Redoute. Large quarto (10" x 13-1/2") bound in contemporary red leather-backed boards, all edges gilt. Illustrated with 64 (of 65) stipple-engraved plates, printed in color and finished by hand, by Bouquet,… Read more about this item Item Price
$3,125.00
![POMOLOGIA, DAT IS BESCHRYVINGEN EN AFBEELDINGEN VAN DE BESTE ZOORTEN VAN APPELS EN PEEREN, Welke In Neder- en Hoog-Duitschland, Frankryk, Engleland en Elders Geagt Zyn, en Tot Dien Einde Gecultiveert Worden [with] FRUCTOLOGIA, OF BESCHRYVING DER VRUGTBOMEN EN VRUGTEN.... [with] DENDROLOGIA, OF BESCHRYVING DER PLANTAGIE-GEWASSEN...](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/799/257/1599257799.0.m.jpg)
POMOLOGIA, DAT IS BESCHRYVINGEN EN AFBEELDINGEN VAN DE BESTE ZOORTEN VAN APPELS EN PEEREN, Welke In Neder- en Hoog-Duitschland, Frankryk, Engleland en Elders Geagt Zyn, en Tot Dien Einde Gecultiveert Worden [with] FRUCTOLOGIA, OF BESCHRYVING DER VRUGTBOMEN EN VRUGTEN.... [with] DENDROLOGIA, OF BESCHRYVING DER PLANTAGIE-GEWASSEN...
by KNOOP, Johann Hermann
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- Used - Two ink stamps to front endpaper and one to title page, a few faint marginal stains; light wear to binding. Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- [1758]
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$4,375.00
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Leeuwarden: A Ferwerda and G. Tresling, [1758]. First Edition. Hardcover. Two ink stamps to front endpaper and one to title page, a few faint marginal stains; light wear to binding. Near Fine. Folio (8-1/4" x 13") bound in contemporary half calf leather gilt, spine with raised bands with gilt borders and gilt decorations, red morocco spine label. With… Read more about this item Item Price
$4,375.00
THE POEMS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON
by EMERSON, Ralph Waldo
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- Used - Some rubbed spots to the spine. Very Good or better in a Very Good slipcase
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- 1945
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$156.30
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. Some rubbed spots to the spine. Very Good or better in a Very Good slipcase. Richard and Doris Beers. Tall octavo (7" x 10-3/4") bound in full black sheepskin leather, grained and crushed, with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine; 256 pages. Selected and edited with a commentary by… Read more about this item Item Price
$156.30
THE COMPLETE ANDERSEN
by ANDERSEN, Hans Christian
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- Used - Foxing to bulked text edges and endpapers, slightly to the first few text pages in a couple of volumes. Very Good in a Very Good
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- (1949)
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$187.50
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New York: Limited Editions Club, (1949). Hardcover. Foxing to bulked text edges and endpapers, slightly to the first few text pages in a couple of volumes. Very Good in a Very Good, intact slipcase lacking the label on the backstrip. Fritz Kredel . Six large octavo volumes (6-1/2" x 10-1/2") bound in half blue buckram stamped with genuine… Read more about this item Item Price
$187.50
THE POEMS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON
by EMERSON, Ralph Waldo
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- Used - Mild soiling to endpapers; rubbing with light wear to the spine head and a small nick on the rear cover. Very Good, lacking the
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- 1945
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$93.80
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. Mild soiling to endpapers; rubbing with light wear to the spine head and a small nick on the rear cover. Very Good, lacking the slipcase. Richard and Doris Beers. Tall octavo (7" x 10-3/4") bound in full black sheepskin leather, grained and crushed, with gilt lettering on the front cover and… Read more about this item Item Price
$93.80
THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
by COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor
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- Used - Light, scattered foxing. Minor edgewear and a few scuffs on the rear board. Very Good, lacking the chemise and slipcase
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- 1945
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$187.50
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. Light, scattered foxing. Minor edgewear and a few scuffs on the rear board. Very Good, lacking the chemise and slipcase. Edward A. Wilson. Thin quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in full russet ostrich hide, certainly one of the more unusual bindings of the press. Illustrations by Edward A. Wilson hand-colored by… Read more about this item Item Price
$187.50
THE QUEEN'S NECKLACE
by DUMAS, Alexandre (Pere)
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- Used - Fine in a Fine gold foil slipcase
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- 1973
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$100.00
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1973. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine gold foil slipcase. Cyril Arnstam. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") bound in blue linen with an embossed gold fleur-de-lis design at the center of the front cover. Illustrations by Cyril Arnstam that have been hand-colored through stencils in the studio of Walter Fischer. Copy #887 of 1500 SIGNED… Read more about this item Item Price
$100.00
VATHEK, AN ARABIAN TALE
by BECKFORD, William
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- Used - About Fine, lacking the chemise, in a Very Good slipcase with a split at one edge
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- 1945
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$106.30
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[New York]: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. About Fine, lacking the chemise, in a Very Good slipcase with a split at one edge. Valenti Angelo. Duodecimo (4" x 6") bound in full orange morocco gilt-stamped with a design by Valenti Angelo. Each page of text features decorative borders by Angelo, and there are 16 full-page miniatures printed in… Read more about this item Item Price
$106.30
THE ROSE & THE RING
by THACKERAY, William M
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- Used - Fine in a Fine chemise and a Good, broken slipcase
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- 1942
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$106.30
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1942. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine chemise and a Good, broken slipcase. Fritz Kredel. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-3/4") bound in decorated buckram. With Thackeray's original illustrations enlarged and redrawn by Fritz Kredel, with the full-page plates colored by hand under Kredel's supervision by Charlize Brakeley. Copy #460 of 1500, issued unsigned.
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$106.30
JURGEN. A COMEDY OF JUSTICE
by CABELL, James Branch
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- Used - Spine evenly discolored from sunning, otherwise Near Fine in a Fine slipcase
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- (1976)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$50.00
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Westport: Limited Editions Club, (1976). Hardcover. Spine evenly discolored from sunning, otherwise Near Fine in a Fine slipcase. Virgil Burnett. Tall octavo (7" x 11") bound in full purple buckram stamped in gold on the front with an illustration by Virgil Burnett who has illustrated the book with numerous drawings including 8 full-page drawings with colors applied by… Read more about this item Item Price
$50.00
BARCHESTER TOWERS
by TROLLOPE, Anthony
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- Used - Rubbing to the spine tips, most severely at the heel. Very Good in a Fine slipcase
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- 1958
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$75.00
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1958. Hardcover. Rubbing to the spine tips, most severely at the heel. Very Good in a Fine slipcase. Fritz Kredel. Tall octavo (6" x 9-1/2") bound in black levant-grain leather and imported decorated paper boards; 592 pages. Introduction by Angela Thirkell; designed by Richard Ellis. Illustrated with drawings by Fritz Kredel hand-colored in… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
THE MARBLE FAUN
by HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
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- Used - Small university bookplate on the front pastedown of each volume. About Fine in a Fine slipcase
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- 1931
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$125.00
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Zurich: Limited Editions Club, 1931. Hardcover. Small university bookplate on the front pastedown of each volume. About Fine in a Fine slipcase. Carl Strauss. Two duodecimo volumes (4-3/8" x 7") bound in full flexible tan tweed with gold-stamped orange cloth labels. Illustrated with etchings by Carl Strauss printed in gravure and hand-colored. Copy #1266 of 1500 SIGNED by… Read more about this item Item Price
$125.00
TWENTY YEARS AFTER
by DUMAS, Alexandre (Pere)
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- Used - Mild sunning to the spine. About Fine in a close to Fine gold foil slipcase
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- 1958
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$75.00
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1958. Hardcover. Mild sunning to the spine. About Fine in a close to Fine gold foil slipcase. Edy Legrand. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") bound in red linen with an embossed gold fleur-de-lis design at the center of the front cover. Copy #844 of 1500 with illustrations by Edy Legrand that have been hand-colored… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
VOLPONE, OR THE FOX
by JONSON, Ben
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- Used - Some offsetting to the endpapers, the front endpaper with an owner blindstamp. Spine a little darkened. Near Fine in a Near Fine
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- 1952
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$75.00
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Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1952. Hardcover. Some offsetting to the endpapers, the front endpaper with an owner blindstamp. Spine a little darkened. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Rene Ben Sussan. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in linen with a solid rust color along the spine and a pattern-printed linen on the boards. Designed by Francis Meynell… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. A COMEDY
by SHERIDAN, Richard B
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- Used - Typical but in this case minor offsetting to the endpapers and to the text pages facing the illustrations. Fine in a Near Fine s
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- 1934
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$93.80
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Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1934. Hardcover. Typical but in this case minor offsetting to the endpapers and to the text pages facing the illustrations. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase, lacking the chemise. Rene ben Sussan. Tall octavo (6-7/8" x 11-1/4") bound in pattern-paper over boards and illustrated with hand-colored copper etchings by Rene ben Sussan. The book… Read more about this item Item Price
$93.80
THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND
by THACKERAY, William M
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- Used - Slight soiling to the spine. About Fine in a close to Fine slipcase
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- 1956
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$68.80
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1956. hardcover. Slight soiling to the spine. About Fine in a close to Fine slipcase. Edward Ardizzone. Large octavo (6-3/4" x 9-3/4") bound in luxurious full brocade with a fleur-de-lis pattern; 464 pages. Printed by the University Press, Cambridge. Illustrations by Edward Ardizzone colored by hand in the studio of Walter Fischer. Designed… Read more about this item Item Price
$68.80
