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The Leisure Hour November 1897-October, 1898. Bound Volume

Various Authors · 1898 · Mare Booksellers

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.08 | ¥7,826)

London, Leisure Hour, Publisher, 1898. Half-Leather. Half leather with marbled boards. Original wrappers bound in. 812 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout, including a piece by E. Burne-Jones. A bound volume of this general interest magazine including history, science...

Harper's New Monthly Magazine February, 1897

Du Maurier, George; Kennedy, Sara Beaumont et al. · 1897 · Mare Booksellers

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

New York, Harper and Brothers, 1897. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Black and white illustrations throughout, including a few by Frederic Remington and Howard Pyle. Single issue of this magazine devoted to literature, history and current events, among other subjects. This issue wit...

The Cloister Life of the Emperor Charles V. Volume 5 of the Works of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell

Stirling-Maxwell, Sir William · 1891 · Mare Booksellers

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.24 | ¥5,749)

London, John C. Nimmo, 1891. Cloth. Number 105 of 640 copies published. Fourth edition of this work, with the author's latest notes, additions and emendations. 528 pp. Illustrated plates throughout. A biography of Charles V, focusing on the years from 1538 to 1559. VERY GOOD c...

An Anthology of Elizabethan Dedications and Prefaces

Gebert, Clara (editor) · 1933 · Mare Booksellers

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

No Place, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1933. Hard Cover. Cream paper covered boards. 302 pp. Signed by the editor on the first endpaper. A collection of dedications and prefaces taken from English works from around 1557 to 1623, in an effort to shed light on the authors l...

The Kathayan Slave, and Other Papers Connected with Missionary Life

Judson, Emily · 1853 · Mare Booksellers

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,069)

Boston, Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1853. Cloth. Brown cloth decorated in blind. 186 pp. plus 8 pages of ads. A collection of essays on missionary life and work, including some mention of people and work in Burma, Ceylon, India, etc. GOOD condition. Ex-library with a pastedown a...

Raleghana. Part V. The History of Durham House. Offprint from Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, 1903

Brushfield, T.N. · 1903 · Mare Booksellers

$27.00 (€24.50 | £20.43 | ¥4,312)

No Place, Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, presumed publisher. Wraps. No place or date, presumed 1903. Light blue printed wraps. 44 pp. Perhaps signed, with a brief inscription, by the author on the front cover. With a few black and wh...

The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. January, 1895

Maxim, Hiram; Wharton, Edith et al. · 1895 · Mare Booksellers

$27.00 (€24.50 | £20.43 | ¥4,312)

New York, The Century Co, 1895. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Black and white illustrations and photos throughout. Single issue of this magazine containing, fiction, history, science and other articles. Of note in this issue is an illustrated article on a new flying machine by US ...

Persons and Events Involved in Organizing the First Baptist Church of Exeter, Nh in 1800. The Ecclesiastical Council and Original Ten Church Members

Dow Jr., John J. · 0 · Mare Booksellers

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

Exeter, NH, First Baptist Church of Exeter, Publisher. Spiral Bound. no date. Copy Number 40, signed by the author. Illustrated wraps. 47 pp. A history of the origins of the First Baptist Church of Exeter, New Hampshire, including short biographies on the original council and ...

Map of the Province of Albacete, Spain

No author given · 1900 · Mare Booksellers

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

No Place, No Publisher. Unbound. No publisher, place or date. Folding, color map backed with linen. 18 by 14 ½ inches. An undated map of the Albacete province of Spain, depicting cities and towns, as well as railroads and roads both in use and under construction. Also depicted...

The Chinese Periodical Press 1800-1912

Britton, Roswell S. · 1966 · Mare Booksellers

$81.00 (€73.49 | £61.30 | ¥12,936)

Taipei, Ch'eng-Wen Publishing Company, 1966. Cloth. Blue cloth in glassine wrapper. 151 pp. plus 24 plates. A descriptive and historical survey of the Chinese periodical press in the 1800s, examining indigenous newspaper and gazettes and the introduction of Western journalism ...

Shinsen Kogo Jiten

Nakada, Norio · 0 · Mare Booksellers

$43.00 (€39.01 | £32.54 | ¥6,867)

Tokyo, Shogakkan, Presumed Publisher. Soft Cover. Flexible covers in slipcase. 1333 pp. With a section of color photo plates, as well as black and white illustrations and maps in the rear. All text in Japanese. A dictionary of archaic words from Japan. GOOD condition. Minor to...

Treviso Illustrata. La Citta E IL Territorio in Piante E Vedute Dal XV Al XX Secolo

Basso, Toni · 1997 · Mare Booksellers

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

Padova, Studio Editoriale Programma, 1997. Wraps. 1992 date given, but perhaps 1997 based on a date on the colophon. 213 pp. Black and white and color illustrations throughout. All text in Italian. A primarily visual history of the city and commune of Treviso in Italy, present...

The Carolingian Renaissance. The Arts of Mankind Series

Hubert, Jean; Porcher, Jean; Volbach, W.F. · 1970 · Mare Booksellers

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,472)

New York, George Braziller, 1970. Cloth. Red cloth in clipped jacket. 381 pp. plus a few maps in the rear. Black and white and color photos of artwork throughout. A historical survey of the arts in during the ninth century Carolingian Renaissance, inspired by Charlemagne's des...

Yuriev-Polskoy Architecture. White-Stone Carving. Decorative and Applied Art Works. Monuments of Architecture and Art

No author given · 1985 · Mare Booksellers

$27.00 (€24.50 | £20.43 | ¥4,312)

Moscow, Sovetskaya Rossiya, Publisher, 1985. Hard Cover. Green paper covered boards. 144 pp. Color and black and white photos throughout. Text in Russian/Cyrillic and English, although it appears the foreword essay is in Russian only. A primarily visual record of the various b...

Document Authorizing the Award of the Decoration Du Lys (Decoration of the Lily). 1814

No author given · 1814 · Mare Booksellers

$27.00 (€24.50 | £20.43 | ¥4,312)

No Place, No Publisher, 1814. Unbound. Single sheet folded in half, with printing on one side (of four) only. All text in French. Red wax seal present. A printed document from the Ministre-Secretaire-d'Etat de la Guerre, Comte Dupont, issued in 1814 authorizing the Decoration ...

Harper's New Monthly Magazine. April, 1895

Twain, Mark; Hardy, Thomas et al. · 1895 · Mare Booksellers

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

New York, Harper and Brothers, 1895. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Black and white illustrations throughout. Single issue of this magazine, featuring: the first part of a novel by Mark Twain, written under the pseudonym Louis de Conte, "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc;" part...

Foreign Devil. Reminiscences of a China Missionary Daughter 1909-1935

Fitch, Janet · 1981 · Mare Booksellers

$405.00 (€367.44 | £306.50 | ¥64,681)

China, Chinese Materials Center, 1981. Cloth. Orange cloth in yellow dust jacket. 458 pp. With a few photos/illustrated plates. A memoir of the author's experiences growing up and living in China during the early 20th century, documenting Chinese culture through the eyes of a ...

Royal Homes Near London

Fletcher, Benton · 1930 · Mare Booksellers

$13.00 (€11.79 | £9.84 | ¥2,076)

London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1930. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. Red cloth in beige illustrated jacket. 220 pp. Black and white illustrations by the author. A History and visual survey of various houses near London associated with various Royal families of England...

Roster of Valor. The Titanic-Halifax Legacy

Watson, Arnold and Betty · 1984 · Mare Booksellers

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

Riverside, CT, 7 C's Press, 1984. Cloth. Blue cloth in dust jacket. 97 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A list of the crew of the Titanic, including names, addresses and ratings (in what capacity they served aboard ship). Includes a history and account of the efforts to ...

Italia. Map of Italy

No author Given · 1700 · Mare Booksellers

$27.00 (€24.50 | £20.43 | ¥4,312)

No Place, No Publisher. Unbound. No publisher, place or date. Single sheet, printed on laid paper. Map presumably engraved, as faint plate indent in paper is present. Apparently disbound from a larger work, as binding holes are present. Approximately 10 ¼ by 8 ¾ inches. Some b...