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The Quartier Latin: a Little Book Devoed to the Arts (2 Volumes Bound Together: December 1896 & March 1897)
by Wood, Trist (editor)
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- Used - Good.
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$40.00
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London: Iliffe & Son Two issues of this magazine custom bound together in plain dark blue cloth boards. Front endpaper missing and spine detached from booklets, all held together by rear board and endpaper, owner bookplate on front pastedown. The two issues (vol. 1, no. 5 & vol. II, no. 8) themselves are complete, and relatively clean save… Read more about this item Item Price
$40.00
The Complete Works of George Farquhar (in Two volumes)
by Farquhar, George. Charles Stonehill (editor)
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- Used - Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1930
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$40.00
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London: Nonesuch, 1930. Two volumes bound in grey paper over boards with navy cloth backstrip and paper label. Spines faded, corners worn through, some moisture staining of boards, offsetting of free endpapers, some foxing of pastedowns; yet internally solid, clean, and unmarked; some leaves unopened. Limited to 900 sets on machine-made paper numbered 101 to 1000 (this is… Read more about this item Item Price
$40.00
The Choice of Books
by Richardson, Charles F.
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1881
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$15.00
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New York: American Book Exchange, 1881. Bound in dark green cloth with gilt design and lettering stamped on upper board. Wear to ends of spine and to tips, and owner name and date (June 1881) on front free endpaper; internally clean and tightly bound. 94 pages with index.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Item Price
$15.00
Our Lady's Tumbler: a Twelfth Century Legend Done Out of Old French Into English By Philip H. Wicksteed
by Wicksteed, Philip H. (translator)
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
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- Reprint
- Published
- 1900
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$7.50
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Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1900. Owner inscription on a preliminary blank page. Printed dust jacket is tanned and has a short split top of front spine fold. pp. ix + 30. 450 copies printed.. Reprint. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Item Price
$7.50
Table-Talk; or, Selections from the Ana. Containing Extracts from the Different Collections of Ana, French, English, Italian, and German. With Bibliographical Notices
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- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1827
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- Hardcover
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$25.00
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Edinburgh: Constable, 1827. Small, 4" x 6 1/4", bound in pale green cloth with printed paper label on spine. Upper board almost detached, boards lightly stained, tips worn, spine faded and worn at the ends, front free endpaper missing; internally clean, and other than the upper board is tightly bound; no foxing. Volume X of Constable's Miscellany of Original… Read more about this item Item Price
$25.00
The Pearl of Days. a Monthly Periodical, Vols. VI., VII. - 1886, 1887
by Hill, Charles (editor)
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1887
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$20.00
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London: Working Men's Lord's Day Rest Association, 1887. Bound in grey-green cloth with illustration and lettering stamped in gilt and black on upper board, beveled edges. Tiny rub marks on upper board, rubbing of tips and ends of spine, owner gift inscription on front free endpaper (dated December 16th 1887), binding cracked between front endpaper and title page, staples… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
The Oak Hamlet: Being an Account of the History and Associations of the Village of Ockham Surrey (Signed)
by Bashall, Henry St. John Hick
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1900
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$30.00
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London: Elliot Stock, 1900. Bound in pale green cloth with gilt lettering on upper board. The cloth has faint stains and a few other marks, a small piece has rubbed away top of spine; internally fairly clean and tightly bound. 54 pages plus B&W illustrations inserted. Inscribed by the author on the verso of the front free… Read more about this item Item Price
$30.00
My Travels: Visits to Lands Far and Near: European, British, American and Canadian
by Shields, Robert
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- Early Reprint
- Published
- 1902
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$15.00
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Toronto: Hunter, Rose Co., 1902. Bound in brown cloth with gilt and black decorations on upper board and gilt lettering on spine. Minor wear to ends of spine and tips; internally clean and unmarked. 326 pages plus a few plates inserted.. Early Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Item Price
$15.00
A Memoir of the Honourable Sir Charles Paget, G.C.H. (1778-1839)
by Paget, Reverend Edward Clarence
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1911
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- Hardcover
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$100.00
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Toronto: William Briggs, 1911. Bound in navy cloth with gilt lettering on upper board and on spine. A little wear to ends of spine and tips of boards, a single name on front free endpaper. Subtitled "Vice-Admiral of the White, and Commander-In-Chief of the North American and West Indian Station and Reminiscences of My Life and Family." … Read more about this item Item Price
$100.00
The Bounder: His Book
by The Bounder
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$50.00
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London: Clarion A paperback rebound in textured maroon cloth covered boards. There is cracking between most of the signatures, but still holding well, and owner name and date (May / 07) on blank page on recto of frontispiece "The Bounder and His Private Chaplain". Subtitled: Being an Exposition of Home and Foreign Travel. With many moving Adventures by… Read more about this item Item Price
$50.00
Erotika Biblion
by Mirabeau
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1881
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$50.00
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Bruxelles (Brussells) Belgium: Gay et Douce, 1881. Originally a paperback, this copy has been rebound in black cloth (simulated leather) with author's name hand painted on upper board and title hand painted on spine with marbled endpapers; the original wraps are included. The rear board shows rub marks. Frontispiece illustration is printed on tissue-like paper and has light… Read more about this item Item Price
$50.00
Life of General Sir William Napier, K. C. B. (in 2 volumes)
by Bruce, H. A. (editor)
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1864
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$150.00
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London: John Murray, 1864. Two volumes, complete. Half bound in light brown calf and pebbled brown cloth. five raised bands on spine with title, in gilt, on red leather inset and author, in gilt, on dark blue leather inset, marbled page edges, plain endpapers. "Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow" is stamped in gilt on the upper boards of… Read more about this item Item Price
$150.00
Armurier [ Armour ] from Encyclopedie
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- Used - Near Fine.
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- First Edition
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- 1762
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- Paperback
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$100.00
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Paris: Diderot, 1762. Three sheets carefully disbound from the 1762 edition of Diderot's Encyclopedie, the first edition to contain this section on Armour. Two plates (copper engravings) illustrating elements of Armour, and one page of text describing these elements. Sheet size: 24 cm x 37.5 cm (9 1/2" x 14 3/4"). A few small spots of foxing… Read more about this item Item Price
$100.00
Arquebusier [ Firearms] from Encyclopedie
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- Used - Near Fine.
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- First Edition
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- 1762
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- Paperback
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$200.00
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Paris: Diderot, 1762. Nine sheets carefully disbound from the 1762 edition of Diderot's Encyclopedie, the first edition to contain this section on Firearms. Six plates (copper engravings) illustrating elements of Firearms and three pages of text describing these elements. Sheet size: 24 cm x 37.5 cm (9 1/2" x 14 3/4"). A few inconsequential spots of foxing… Read more about this item Item Price
$200.00
Espagne Occidentale et Portugal & Espagne Orientale [Two Antique Maps of Spain]
by Malte-Brun, M.
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- Used - Very Good Plus.
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- 1812
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- Paperback
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$125.00
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Paris: Francois Buisson, 1812. Two adjoining maps from "Atlas Complet du Precis de la Geographie Universelle", 1812, making for a complete Spain. Each sheet measures 9 3/4" x 13 1/4", engraved one side, mountains, rivers and city names, with hand coloured boundaries. Very nice condition without tears or staining. . Single Sheets. Very Good Plus.. Illus. by… Read more about this item Item Price
$125.00
The New Tablet of Memory, or, Mirror of Chronology, History, Statistics, Arts, and Sceinece; Comprehending Every Memorable Fact and Item of Information in Those Departments of Knowledge
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- Sixteenth Edition
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- Hardcover
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$20.00
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London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans Bound in dark green cloth, blind stamped with design and borders on upper and rear boards, and with gilt title on spine. Spine ends frayed, corners turned in, sticker remains on front paste down; internally clean. Continuation of the title: From The Earliest Period, Classified under Distinct Heads, and Arranged Alphabetically, with… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
The Life and Death of Jamie Fleeman: The Laird of Udny's Fool
by ( Pratt, J. B. )
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- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1904
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$50.00
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Aberdeen: Lewis Smith & Son, 1904. Smallish, 4 1/4" x 6 1/2", illustrated boards bound with binders tape on spine. Boards browned, owner name inside front board, and another owner name top of half-title page; internally clean and tight. Illustrated, Sixty-Seventh Thousand, Enlarged; 80 pages plus 10 B&W illustrations.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Item Price
$50.00
Robinson Crusoe ( Globe Edition )
by Defoe, Daniel
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- Reprint
- Published
- 1882
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$75.00
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London: Macmillan, 1882. Bound in dark green cloth with blind stamped vignette on upper board and gilt lettering and design on spine. Spine darkened, spine ends a bit frayed, tips slightly worn, small white spot on upper board, and two owner names on verso of front free endpaper; internally clean and fairly tight. Edited after the original editions… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
The Forty Five: Being the Narrative of the Insurrection of 1745, Extracted from Lord Mahon's History of England. To Which are Added, Letters of Prince Charles Stuart from the Stuart Papers, Copied By Lord Mahon from the Original Mss. At Windsor
by Mahon, Lord
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- Used - Good.
- Published
- 1851
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- Hardcover
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$50.00
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London: John Murray, 1851. Bound in brown cloth, with blind stamped design front and back and gilt lettering on upper board and on spine.. Normal wear to tips and ends of spine, owner name on front pastedown and another owner name rubber stamped to front free endpaper and again top of half-title page, and appears to be lacking the… Read more about this item Item Price
$50.00
Personal Reminiscences of a Great Crusade
by Butler, Josephine E. (nee Grey)
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Published
- 1898
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- Hardcover
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Comox, British Columbia, CAN
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$150.00
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London: Horace Marshall & Son, 1898. Bound in dark red cloth with gilt lettering on upper board and on spine. Ends of spine softened and rubbed, a tone on tone discoloured splotch on rear board, a few tiny spots on fore edge of pages, and some neat pencil marginalia and underlines on a few pages. 245 pages plus… Read more about this item Item Price
$150.00
