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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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<center> BOOK OF KELLS <br><i> Codex Cenannensis </i><br> 3 Volume set in VELLUM <p> Deluxe Limited Edition </center>
BOOK OF KELLS
Codex Cenannensis
3 Volume set in VELLUM

Deluxe Limited Edition

$5,000.00

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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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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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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

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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

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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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William and Daniel Downey Cabinet Portrait Gallery, First and Second Series, complete two-volume set
W. & D. Downey
Cabinet Portrait Gallery
2 Volume Set / Series 1 + 2
Fine GILT LEATHER BINDINGS OVER SILK
72 Fine Woodburytypes
Oscar Wilde , Du Maurier , Huxley +++

1890 / 1891

$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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Maurice Hewlett The Forest Lovers 1898 first edition with two signed letters gallery
Maurice Hewlett
The Forest Lovers
First Edition
with 2 ASL SIGNED LETTERS by Hewlett
Macmillan

1898

$450.00

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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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gallery collage Clive Cussler Blue Gold 2000 first limited edition 126 signed by Cussler and NUMA
Clive Cussler
BLUE GOLD A Novel From the NUMA Files
FIRST LIMITED EDITION #126
Signed by Cussler and NUMA

2000

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Spines angled General Synod of Ulster 3 volume set 1691-1820 Belfast 1890 1897 1898 Presbyterian Ireland
GENERAL SYNOD OF ULSTER
3 Volume SET BELFAST 1890

$275.00

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To Russia With Fries 1997 George Cohon Mikhail Gorbachev carved wood leather presentation box McDonald's special edition
George Cohon + Mikhail Gorbachev
To Russia With Fries
1997 Special Edition in
Carved Wood and Leather Presentation Box

McDonald's

$250.00

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Dan Brown Lost Symbol signed first edition 2009 Doubleday dust jacket with signed letter collectible
Dan Brown
The Lost Symbol
SIGNED 1st Edition 2009

with SIGNED LETTER

$225.00

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Spine and cover with slipcase John Milton Areopagitica limited 52 of 100 full morocco 1973 rare collectible
John Milton
AREOPAGITICA
Limited Edition #52 of 100
Finely Bound FOLIO in Full Morocco

1973

$200.00

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Spines John Charles Dent Last Forty Years 1881 2 volume set George Virtue
John Charles Dent
THE LAST FORTY YEARS:
CANADA SINCE THE UNION OF 1841
2 Gilt Stamped Leather Volumes Set
George Virtue

1881

$200.00

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W.G. Sebald Vertigo — first UK edition, Harvill Press 1999, gallery view front cover
W.G. Sebald
VERTIGO
First Edition
Harvill

1999

$125.00

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Alasdair Gray The Book of Prefaces — signed dated first edition, Bloomsbury 2000, gallery view
Alasdair Gray
The Book of Prefaces
First Edition SIGNED
Bloomsbury Publishing

2000

$125.00

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Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi — Paul Woodroffe illustrations, Art and Book Company 1899, gallery view
PAUL WOODROFFE
Little Flowers of Saint Francis
Fine Engravings + Gilt Binding

1899

$115.00

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Caspar W. Weinberger Fighting for Peace 1990 signed first edition Easton Press Pentagon
Caspar W. Weinberger
FIGHTING FOR PEACE
Seven Critical Years in the Pentagon
SIGNED FIRST 1st EDITION

Easton Press 1990

$75.00

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Eleanor Goltz Huzar Mark Antony Biography 1978 first edition Advance Review Copy University of Minnesota front cover with dustjacket
Eleanor Huzar
MARK ANTONY
1st Edition 1978

Advance Review Copy

$75.00

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Peter Greenhalgh Pompey The Republican Prince 1982 Advance Review Copy University of Missouri Press gallery front cover binding
Peter Greenhalgh

POMPEY
The Republican Prince
1982
Advance Review Copy

$65.00

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John De Joinville Chronicles of the Crusades 1848 Richard Coeur De Lion Lionheart Henry G. Bohn London spine with covers
John De Joinville
CHRONICLES OF THE CRUSADES
Richard the LIONHEART

1848

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