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spine with cover angled Jamaica Almanac 1817 Kingston Alex. Aikman Junior rare Caribbean almanac
1817 JAMAICA ALMANAC

Government , Military , Statistics
with Jewish Calendars
PLANTATION OWNERS + SLAVE COUNTS

$8,000.00

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<center> Isaac Littlebury <br><i> The History of HERODOTUS </i><br> RARE <i>1st Complete Translation </i><p> 1709 </center>
Isaac Littlebury
The History of HERODOTUS
RARE 1st Complete Translation

1709

$6,500.00

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All spines set Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 1706-1786 33 volumes fine calf leather Paris l'Imprimerie Royale
1706 - 1786
Histoire de l'Academie Royale des Sciences
33 Volumes
Original 18th Century
FINE CALF LEATHER BINDINGS
Large Quarto First Editions

574 Fold-Out + Full Page ENGRAVINGS

$5,500.00

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Duke Florimond Loubat Codex Vaticanus B 3773 1896 Pre-Columbian manuscript Aztec Maya Inca 1 of 50 Danesi
Duke Florimond Loubat
Codex Vaticanus B 3773
Pre-Columbian Manuscript in Colours

AZTEC MAYA INCA
1 of only 50
FOLDING OUT to 24 FEET
Sacrifices + Customs + Rituals
Danesi 1896

$4,000.00

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John Paradise Hadadrimmon Threnodia Anglicana King Charles I regicide 1661 London Nathanael Webb rare pamphlet
Hadadrimmon
REGICIDE OF KING CHARLES I
1661
RARE PAMPHLET

John Paradise

$3,000.00

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Spine with covers Pierre Pomet History of Druggs 1712 first English edition pharmaceutical medical book
Monsieur Pierre Pomet
HISTORY OF DRUGGS
86 full page Engravings Drugs
RARE First English Edition

1712

$2,300.00

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Thomas Salmon Sollom Emlyn State Trials 1730 6 volume leather folio set complete spines
Thomas Salmon + Sollom Emlyn
A Complete Collection of

STATE TRIALS and PROCEEDINGS
MURDER ! PIRACY ! TREASON ! RAPE ! SODEMY ! WITCHCRAFT !
6 Volume Leather Folio Set
1730

$1,750.00

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Grandeur of the Gorges David Mennie 1932 China Yangtze Kiang hand-colored silver prints Shanghai Kelly Walsh front cover
Grandeur of the Gorges

David Mennie
HAND-COLORED SILVER PRINTS
1932 CHINA

$1,700.00

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Josiah Tucker Humble Address 1775 rare Revolutionary War pamphlet R. Raikes front cover
Josiah Tucker
Humble Address to Great Britain to Decide Whether A Connection With Or A Separation From the
CONTINENTAL COLONIES OF AMERICA
Rare Early Revolutionary War Pamphlet
R. Raikes

1775

$1,600.00

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Bernard Quaritch Sette of Odd Volumes, complete collection of bound limited-edition fragments gallery with signature
Bernard Quaritch SIGNED
Sette of Odd Volumes
FINE FULL LEATHER
ZAEHNSDORF Binding

1880

$1,500.00

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Rudolf Von Ems Weltchronik World Chronicle 1982 fine full leather binding limited 524 of 980 illuminated
Der Stricker + Rudolf Von Ems
CHARLEMAGNE / Karl der Grosse
Weltchronik or WORLD CHRONICLE
Manuscript 302
FINE FULL LEATHER BINDING

Limited #524 of 980 Beautifully ILLUMINATED
1982

$1,400.00

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Edmund Burke Reflections on the Revolution in France 1790 rare Dublin imprint binding
Edmund Burke
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Rare DUBLIN Imprint

1790

$1,300.00

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Jacques de Solleysel The Compleat Horseman 1717 full leather folio binding
Jacques de Solleysel + William Hope
The Compleat Horseman HORSES
FOLIO Original Full Leather
Fine FOLD-OUT ENGRAVINGS

1717

$1,200.00

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Oliver Quid Tobacconist Letter of Advice 1783 rare pamphlet British Stamp Duties Act front cover
Oliver Quid , Tobacconist
Letter of Advice ... Avoiding Tax on Receipts
Of the Unpopular British Stamp Duties Act
RARE Pamphlet

1783

$1,200.00

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Title page J.M. Traveller's Guide Country's Safety Declaration laws England against highwaymen robbers 1692 London I.C. T.S.
The Traveller's Guide Against

ROBBERS HIGHWAYMEN
1692

$1,200.00

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Title page focus TRAGOEDIAE SELECTAE Aeschyli Sophoclis Euripidis duplici interpretatione Latina Henricum Stephanus Geneva 1567
1567
TRAGOEDIAE SELECTAE
Aeschylus + Sophocles + Euripides
Aeschyli, Sophoclis, Euripidis

Henricum Stephanus - Henri Estienne

$975.00

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The Ingoldsby Legends — Arthur Rackham illus., signed limited #370 of 560, J.M. Dent 1907, gallery view
Thomas Ingoldsby + Arthur Rackham
THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS
SIGNED & LIMITED EDITION 370 of only 560
Bound in Full Gilt Vellum

JM Dent 1907

Sold

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Spine and cover Harper's Weekly 1864 complete year leather folio Civil War Lincoln Custer Black Americana
1864
HARPER'S WEEKLY
Complete Full Year
Leather Folio American Newspaper
CIVIL WAR / SLAVERY / LINCOLN

CUSTER / BLACK AMERICANA

Sold

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Spine and cover Harper's Weekly 1863 complete year leather folio Civil War Santa Claus Black Americana Indians
1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY
Complete Full Year
Leather Folio American Newspaper
CIVIL WAR / SANTA CLAUS /

BLACK AMERICANA / INDIANS
1st Depiction of Santa Claus by NAST

Sold

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Sir Walter Raleigh The Historie of the World 1666 large leather folio binding
Sir Walter Raleigh
The Historie of the World
History in Five Books
Large Leather FOLIO with MAPS
Robert White

1666

Sold

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Spines Plutarch's Lives John Dryden 6 volume set Edinburgh Alexander Donaldson 1774 rare Donaldson imprint
PLUTARCH'S LIVES
6 volume set
RARE DONALDSON IMPRINT

1774

$800.00

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Samuel Mather Funeral Discourse 1738 rare Boston early American imprint Cotton Mather son
Samuel Mather
Funeral Discourse upon the Death of her most Excellent Majesty Wilhelmina Dorothea Carolina
Rare BOSTON & Early American Imprint
By the son of Cotton Mather

1738

$750.00

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Verlag Von Ernst Wasmuth Stadt-und Landhauser 1894 large folio Victorian house designs 50 lithographic plates
Verlag Von Ernst Wasmuth
STADT-UND LANDHÆUSER Landhauser
Large FOLIO
Victorian House Designs + Architecture
50 Full Page LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES

1894

$750.00

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Frontier Metropolis Picturing Early Detroit 1701-1838 Brian Leigh Dunnigan signed limited edition 1 of 150 Wayne State front cover angled
Brian Leigh Dunnigan

FRONTIER METROPOLIS
Picturing Early DETROIT
SIGNED LIMITED 1 of 150

$750.00

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John C. Ogden sermon 1790 New Hampshire Annual Election George Hough Concord rare early American pamphlet
John Ogden
A SERMON
Rare Early American Pamphlet
Slavery + Spanish Inquisition

1790

$750.00

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John N. Abeel A Discourse 1801 Middle Dutch Church New York Missionary Society Isaac Collins front cover pamphlet
John Abeel
A Discourse
RARE Early New York

Native INDIAN References and WITCHCRAFT
1801

$750.00

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1898 Alaska Klondike Gold Fields broadside poster, full front view
1898
ALASKA KLONDIKE GOLD FIELDS and THE WONDERFUL TALKING MACHINE
Sears Roebuck

Rare Original Broadside Poster

$700.00

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Great Events By Famous Historians — Johnson & Horne, limited #212 of 22 vols, National Alumni 1926, gallery view
Rossiter Johnson , Charles Horne
Great Events By Famous Historians
LIMITED EDITION SET
Fine Gilded Bindings

1926

$700.00

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Simon, Noble Grapes and Wines of France, c.1950s — three-quarter view, fine full red morocco by Zaehnsdorf, gilt grapevine tool to front board, 5 raised bands, gilt spine titles
Andre L. Simon
Noble Grapes and the Great Wines of France
Full Leather Fine Binding by

ZAEHNSDORF

$650.00

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Epictetus, Golden Sayings, Crossley trans., Macmillan 1920 — three-quarter view, fine full mottled calf by Rivière, polychrome onlays: raised "EPICTETUS" title, oil lamp with flame, scroll and book, gilt spine lettering
Hastings Crossley
EPICTETUS
Fine Full Calf Tooled Binding by RIVIERE

1920

$650.00

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Spines History of England David Hume 13 volumes 1825 leather bindings Smollett set
David Hume + Tobias Smollett
HISTORY OF ENGLAND
1825

13 Leather Bindings SET

$650.00

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Old and New London 6-volume set — black calf leather, Cassell Petter Galpin c.1880, gallery view
Old and New LONDON
Its History, Its People, and Its Places
ENGRAVINGS
Cassell Petter Galpin
FIRST EDITION

1880

$525.00

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L'Album des Peuples Saint-Gervais 1835 world cultures rituals book binding
A. Antoine De Saint-Gervais
L'Album des Peuples
WORLD'S NATIONS RITUALS & CULTURES
Human Sacrifice + Punishments + Torture
FULL PAGE ENGRAVINGS
China / Africa / Natives etc.

1835

$500.00

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<center> Richard Kidder <br><i> DEMONSTRATION OF THE MESSIAS ... AGAINST THE JEWS </i><br> Scarce Antisemitic <p> 1699 </center>
Richard Kidder
DEMONSTRATION OF THE MESSIAS ... AGAINST THE JEWS
Scarce Antisemitic

1699

$500.00

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Daniel Webster The Works 6 volume leather fine bindings set 1853 1885
DANIEL WEBSTER
The Works
6 LEATHER FINE BINDINGS SET
with Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations

1853 + 1885

$475.00

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Margaret Armour The Fall of the Nibelungs — MacDougall illustrations, J.M. Dent 1897, gallery view
Margaret Armour
THE FALL OF THE NIBELUNGS
MacDougall Arts & Crafts Illustrations
J.M. Dent Aldine House

1897

$450.00

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Isabelle Bird Bishop Korea And Her Neighbors 1898 first American edition binding
Isabelle Bird Bishop
KOREA And Her Neighbors
with MAPS and PLATES
First American Edition Revell

1898

$450.00

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Journals Legislative Assembly Province of Canada 1852 1853 rare fold-out maps historic
1852 + 1853
Journals of the Legislative Assembly
PROVINCE of CANADA

Rare with FOLD-OUT MAPS

$450.00

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Greek Dramas 1900 Aldine Edition fine leather gilt Bayntun binding Aeschylus Sophocles Euripides Aristophanes
GREEK DRAMAS
Fine Leather Gilt Binding
BAYNTUN
AEschylus Sophocles Euripedes
Aldine Edition

1900

$450.00

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<center> Life of St. Thomas <p> Giovanni Battista Cola <br><i> Original VELLUM Binding </i><br> 1696 </center>
Life of St. Thomas

Giovanni Battista Cola
Original VELLUM Binding
1696

$450.00

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Heinrich Schwalenberg Aphorismi Hieroglyphici 1606 rare early 17th century alchemical hermetic text front cover and spine angled
Heinrich Schwalenberg
APHORISMI HIEROGLYPHICI

1606

$450.00

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John Hooker manuscript Exeter 1555 Herbert Edward Reynolds folio colored plates Marcus Ward Belfast 1890 front cover
AN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF

JOHN HOOKER
CHAMBERLAIN OF EXETER 1555
FOLIO with Beautiful Colored Plates

$425.00

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1815 New York guardianship manuscript — full document, hand-inked, embossed paper seal, signed Joseph Robinson Surrogate, Jamaica Queens County, 22 April 1815
1815
Jamaica , Queens , New York
Original Hand Inked Document

Robinson + Oakley

$400.00

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gallery signature and cover Mark Twain 1601 Barry Moser signed wood engraving Lazarus edition limited 4 of 200
Mark Twain + Barry Moser
1601 : Conversation in the Time of the Tudors
Wood Engraving SIGNED by Moser
'Lazarus edition'
Limited Edition #4 of only 200

1978

$400.00

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John T. Gilbert Jacobite Narrative War Ireland 1688-1691 limited edition 200 Joseph Dollard 1892 leather
John T. Gilbert
A JACOBITE NARRATIVE OF THE WAR IN IRELAND 1688-1691
Limited Edition of 200
FOLD OUTS
Joseph Dollard

1892

$400.00

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Thomas Babington Macaulay History of England 1854 1855 4 volume set Longman Brown Green and Longmans London spines
Thomas Babington MACAULAY
HISTORY OF ENGLAND
4 Volume Set

1854

$400.00

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Spine with cover angled Gilbert Burnet ABRIDGMENT HISTORY REFORMATION CHURCH OF ENGLAND 1682 scarce first edition London
Gilbert Burnet
ABRIDGMENT OF THE HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION OF THE Church of ENGLAND
Scarce FIRST EDITION

1682

$400.00

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Carlos Ruiz Zafón The Shadow of the Wind — signed first American edition, Penguin Press 2004, gallery view
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
THE SHADOW OF THE WIND
First Edition SIGNED in Dustjacket
Penguin Press

2004

$375.00

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