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Englishman in Kansas

GLADSTONE, Thomas H. · 1857

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,964)

1857. GLADSTONE, T[homas]. H. THE ENGLISHMAN IN KANSAS: OR, SQUATTER LIFE AND BORDER WARFARE. With an introduction, by Fred. Law Olmsted. New York: Miller & Company, 1857. First American edition. 12mo. lv,328 pp. In a worn publisher's binding of blue cloth which is sunned at s...

Flight from the Flag

DALZELL, George W. · 1940

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

1940. DALZELL, George W. THE FLIGHT FROM THE FLAG; The Continuing Effect of The Civil War Upon The American Carrying Trade. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1940. Illustrated. 8vo. navy cloth. A near fine volume in a sunned-to-spine dust jacket that has a small...

Nassau W. Senior: The Prophet of Modern Capitalism

LEVY, S. Leon · 1943

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

1943. LEVY, S. Leon. NASSAU W. SENIOR: The Prophet of Modern Capitalism. Illustrated. Boston: Bruce Humphries/Toronto: Ryerson Press, (1943). First edition. 8vo. brown cloth. Bookplate. SLight shelfwear to heel and crown, else a fine copy, in a rather soiled dust jacket with s...

History of the Seventh Regiment

SWINTON, William · 1870

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,945)

1870. SWINTON, William. HISTORY OF THE SEVENTH REGIMENT, NATIONAL GUARD, STATE OF NEW YORK, DURING THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. New York and Boston: Fields, Osgood & Co. 1870. Illustrations by Thomas Nast. 8vo. half black leather, marlbed paper sides, title gilt-stamped to spine,...

Sketches of War History

SKETCHES OF WAR HISTORY · 1888

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

1888. SKETCHES OF WAR HISTORY; 1861-1865. Cincinatti: Robert Clarke, 1888. Papers read before the Ohio Commandery of the military order of the loyal legion of The United States. Volume 2 (1886-1888). Illustrated with maps. 8vo. blue cloth, title gilt-stamped to spine, t.e.g. E...

First Rhode Island Regiment

WOODBURY, Augustus · 1862

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

1862. WOODBURY, Augustus. A NARRATIVE OF THE CAMPAIGN OF THE FIRST RHODE ISLAND REGIMENT, in the Spring and Summer of 1861. Providence: [Privately printed by] Sidney S. Rider, 1862. Woodbury was the chaplain of the regiment. Frontispiece and map. Small 8vo. black cloth, title ...

National Geographic Reports, 1964

OEHSER, Paul H. · 1964

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,747)

1964. OEHSER, Paul H, ed. NATIONAL SOCIETY RESEARCH GEOGRAPHIC REPORTS. Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1964. 275 pp. With a chapter by Hilger on the Ainu. Fine in DW. $36.00. .

Two Move Chess Problem

LAWS, B.G. · 1890

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

1890. LAWS, B.G. THE TWO-MOVE CHESS PROBLEM. London: George Bell & Sons, 1890. First edition. With numerous diagrams. 116 pp. 12mo. burnt orange cloth, title and illustration stamped to front board. Gentle bumping to spine and light soil to boards. Offsetting to endpapers. Spo...

Memoir of Elder John Peak, Written by Himself

PEAK, Elder John · 1832

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

1832. PEAK, Elder John. MEMOIR OF ELDER JOHN PEAK, Written by Himself. Boston: J. Howe, 1832. First edition. 8vo. blue paper-covwered boards backed in tan cloth, 203 pp. Paper label to spine. As is: rather worn and soiled at the boards; internally, foxed, with a dampstain runn...

Picasso in Retrospect

KAHNWEILER, Daniel-Henry, Theodore Reff, et al.. · 1973

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,578)

1973. KAHNWEILER, Daniel-Henry, Theodore Reff, et al..PICASSO IN RETROSPECT. New York/Washington: Praeger, (1973). First edition. 4to. green cloth; color and black & white illustrations. Hinges tender, else fine, in a mildly edgeworn dust jacket with light bubbling to the lami...

Inventaire General Des Dessins: Des Ecoles Du Nord

LOUVRE · 1968

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,945)

1968. (LOUVRE). Musee Du Louvre. INVENTAIRE GENERAL DES DESSINS: Des Ecoles Du Nord. Publie Sous Les Auspices Du Cabinet des Dessins. Maitres Des Anciens Pays-Bas, Nes Avant 1550, Par Fruitz Lugt. Paris: Musees Naitonal, Palais De Louvre, 1968. 4to. tan cloth, black & white il...

Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words

HALLIWELL, James Orchard · 1852

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,945)

1852. HALLIWELL, James Orchard. A DICTIONARY OF ARCHAIC AND PROVINCIAL WORDS. Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, From the Fourteenth Century. London: John Russell Smith, 1852. 2 volumes. Second edition. 8vo. navy cloth, title label to spine. Ex-library; bookplate...

F.D. R. Columnist

ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. · 1947

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

1947. ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. F.D.R. COLUMNIST. The uncollected columns of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Foreword by Eleanor Roosevelt, edited by Donald Scott Carmichael. Chicago: Pellegrini and Cudahy, (1947). First edition. 8vo. blue cloth. Touch of sun and shelfwear to extremes; ne...

Autobiography of Joseph Lister

WRIGHT, Thomas · 1842

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

1842. WRIGHT, Thomas, ed. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOSEPH LISTER, Of Bradford in Yorkshire. London: John Russell Smith, 1842. Includes an account of The Defence of Bradford and Capture of Leeds by the Parliamentarians in 1642. 78 pp. 8vo. navy cloth, title label to front board. Ex...

Works of Walter Savage Landor

LANDOR, Walter Savage · 1846

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

1846. LANDOR, Walter Savage. THE WORKS OF WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR. London: Edward Moxon, 1846. 2 volumes. Owner's bookplate to front pastedown (and what appears to be remnants from a library bookplate). Volumes are rubbed. Sunning to spines (and upper front board of volume 2), wi...

Walter Savage Landor

FORSTER, John · 1869

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

1869. FORSTER, John. WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR, A Biography. Boston: Fields, Osgood, and Co. 1869. First American edition. In 8 books. 693 pp. Frontispiece. 8vo. green cloth, title in gilt to spine and gilt emblem to front board. Ex-library; bookplate to front pastedown and no othe...

Diary and Correspondence

PEPYS, Samuel · 1855

$175.00 (€158.77 | £132.46 | ¥27,936)

1855. PEPYS, Samuel. DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE.. The diary deciphered by the Rev. J. Smith.. With a life and notes by Richard Lord Braybrooke. With two portraits. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co. 1855. First American edition, from the fifth London edition. Complete, in four ...

Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, 1756-1806

RAVAL, Maurice · 1946

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

1946. RAVAL, Maurice. CLAUDE-NICOLAS LEDOUX, 1756-1806. Commentaires cartes et croquis de J.-Ch. Moreux. 406 Photos et documents. Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques, (1946). "Les Architectes Francais," Tome I. A largely illustrated work, the initial 68 pages of text are followe...

Three Modes of Modern Southern Fiction: Ellen Glasgow, Et Al.

HOLMAN, C. Hugh · 1966

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

1966. HOLMAN, C. Hugh. THREE MODES OF MODERN SOUTHERN FICTION: Ellen Glasgow, et al. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1966. 8vo. boards. Very good condition in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. $20.00. .

Centaur: Essays on the History of Medical Ideas

MARTI-IBANEZ, Felix · 1960

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

1960. MARTI-IBANEZ, Felix. CENTAUR: Essays on the History of Medical Ideas. New York: MD Publications Inc. 1960. 8vo. boards. Very good in good dust jacket. .