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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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George Richards Minot Eulogy on George Washington Boston 1800 Commander in Chief died December 14 1799 rare pamphlet
George Minot

Eulogy on
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Boston
1800

$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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War of 1812 American Troops Samuel White 1896 limited edition George P. Humphrey Baltimore 1830 reprint front cover
WAR of 1812
American Troops During the Late War
Limited Edition

1896

$225.00

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Sienkiewicz Quo Vadis 2-volume set — gilt purple cloth, Little Brown 1897, group gallery view
Henryk Sienkiewicz
QUO VADIS Time of NERO
2 Gilt Volume Set
Howard Pyle Illustrations + MAPS

1897

$200.00

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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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Spine with covers George Stanhope EPICTETUS 1704 Richard Sare fine gilt leather binding Gray's Inn Gate
George Stanhope
EPICTETUS
1704

Fine Gilt Leather Binding

$175.00

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Sarah Tytler Life of Queen Victoria 3 volume set circa 1885 Toronto Virtue and Company fine engravings
Sarah Tytler
Life of QUEEN VICTORIA
3 volume set

FINE ENGRAVINGS ON HEAVY STOCK

$175.00

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Hartmann Schedel Nuremberg Chronicle 1979 Landmark Press folio edition New York
Hartmann Schedel
THE NUREMBERG CHRONICLE
Landmark Press Folio

1979

$175.00

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binding focus Papworth Ordinary British Armorials 1874 coat of arms families Great Britain Ireland
PAPWORTH
Ordinary of British Armorials

1874

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Battle-Fields of the Republic Henry W. Harrison 1857 Lexington to City of Mexico Henry Carey Baird Philadelphia front cover and spine angled
Henry W. Harrison
BATTLE FIELDS OF THE REPUBLIC
Lexington to the City of Mexico

1857

$175.00

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James Mackintosh Vindiciae Gallicae 1791 third edition Defence French Revolution Edmund Burke London Robinson front cover with spine angled
James Mackintosh
VINDICIAE GALLICAE
Defence of the Revolution
1791
$175.00

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Geza Vermes The Dead Sea Scrolls 1966 Limited Edition Club gilt leather slipcase LEC 146
Geza Vermes
THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS Limited Edition Club LEC #1468 of 1500
Gilt Leather in Slipcase

1966

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Edy Legrand Voyages et Decouvertes Grands Navigateurs Explorateurs Francais 1921 Paris Tolmer pochoir illustrations
Edy Legrand

Voyages et Decouvertes des Grands Navigateurs et Explorateurs Francais
1921
BEAUTIFUL POCHOIR ILLUSTRATIONS

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John Clark Marshman Memoirs of Major-General Sir Henry Havelock 1876 Longmans Green Reader and Dyer London front cover and spine angled
John Clark Marshman
Memoirs of
MAJOR GENERAL HAVELOCK

1876

$150.00

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Justin McCarthy History Our Own Times complete 2 volume set 1890 Chicago Donohue Henneberry spines with cover angled to right
HISTORY OF OUR OWN TIMES

2 VOLUME SET 1890

$150.00

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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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Runciman A History of the Crusades — 3-volume Folio Society set, 1995, slipcase and volumes, gallery view
Steven Runciman
A History of the Crusades
3 Volumes BOX SET

The FOLIO SOCIETY

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Spines Manual Writing Middle English 4 volumes Hartung Severs Connecticut Academy Arts Sciences
Hartung + Severs
A Manual of the Writing in Middle English
4 volumes
Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences

1967 , 1970 , 1972 , 1973

$125.00

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Hugh Murray British America Canada circa 1900 2 volume set fine bindings Bradley Company New York
Hugh Murray
British America CANADA
2 FINE BINDINGS
$125.00

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Spines Guizot History of Civilization 3 volume set 1846 Roman Empire French Revolution William Hazlitt London
GUIZOT + Hazlitt
History of Civilization
3 volume set

1846

$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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Chicago Herald and Examiner, July 24, 1934 — front page, banner headline "Hunt Dillinger Hoard; Nelson Escapes Trap!" subhead "Public Enemy No. 1 Pays His Debt," front page photo of Dillinger's body in alley
John DILLINGER + Baby Faced NELSON
Chicago Herald and Examiner PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 1 PAYS HIS DEBT
Original Newspaper

July 24 , 1934

$100.00

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Julian K. Larke General Grant and His Campaigns 1864 first edition J.C. Derby N.C. Miller New York front cover with spine angled Civil War
1864
GENERAL ULYSSES GRANT And His Campaigns
Julian Larke

1st edition

$90.00

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Edwin Whitefield Homes Our Forefathers Massachusetts 1880 Boston A. Williams front cover color lithographs historic houses
Edwin Whitefield
The Homes of Our Forefathers Massachusetts
Numerous Lithographs IN COLORS
Period Record of Famous Early American Houses

1880

$80.00

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Von Moltke The Franco-German War of 1870-71 — Harper & Brothers 1892, gallery view front spine angled
Count Helmuth Von Moltke
FRANCO-GERMAN WAR of 1870-71
Engraving + MAP

1892

$75.00

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James A. Michener Tales of the South Pacific 1975 Franklin Press full gilt leather limited edition
James A. Michener
Tales of the South Pacific
Franklin Press LIMITED EDITION
Full Gilt Leather

1975

$75.00

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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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