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Dialogo de Las Sombras

Becher, Emilio. (Colombo Press) · 1947

$450.00 (€408.30 | £340.64 | ¥71,859)

Buenos Aires, Sociedad de Bibliofilos Argentinos, 1947. First edition. Loose quires in printed wrappers in a brown quarter cloth chemise and slipcase. 80 pp. Sm. 4to. Printed by Francisco A. Colombo, on Perusia de Fabriano paper, with Garamond type. Title in blue, red and blac...

Thoreau's Editors History and Reminiscence

Allen, Francis H. · 1950

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

[Concord], Thoreau Society, 1950. First edition. Stapled blue paper wrappers. 28 pp. [2] blank leaves. 16mo. The Thoreau Society Booklet Number Seven. "This booklet number seven of the Thoreau Society contains an address delivered before the society at Concord, Massachusetts, ...

Balmaceda

[Balmaceda, José Manuel]. Club Jose Manuel Balmaceda · 1955

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

[Santiago], Club José Manuel Balmaceda, Imp. Stanley, 1955. First edition. Grey cloth, red spine label titled in gilt. 93 pp. 12mo. Contains quotations and speeches by Balmaceda. Very good, minor soiling to boards, contents browned.

[Manuscript Diary] 19th Century Journal of Kirkwall, Orkney Islands

[Scotland. Orkneys] · 1873

$850.00 (€771.23 | £643.42 | ¥135,734)

[Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland], 1873. Paper wrappers. [56 pp.]. 4to. A rare daily diary from April 14th 1873 to January 27th, 1874 detailing the weather, storms, the growing of crops, cattle shipments, plantings, the comings & goings of the islanders, of ships, some large, mostl...

Coleccion de Las Leyes, Decretos Y Providencias Importantes Espedidas Por Las Supremas Autoridades de la República Mexicana, Formada Y Publicada En Obsequio de Los Suscritores Del Republicano: Año de 1838 [Bound with]... Año de 1839

Mexico · 1847

$850.00 (€771.23 | £643.42 | ¥135,734)

México, Imprenta de I. Cumplido, 1847. First edition. Three quarter calf over marbled boards, five compartments, gilt spine labels. [3], iv-vi, 192, x pp; 96, xi-xx pp. 8vo. "A collection of the important laws, decrees, and official pronouncements issued by the highest authori...

[Tlss] Letter from President of Princeton Unable to Provide Funds for a Talk by H.G. Wells Plus 3 Other Letters

[H.G.Wells] [Princeton] Hibben, John Grier · 1916

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.70 | ¥15,969)

Princeton, 1916. 1. Letter dated October 21, 1916, from Hibben to a Mr. de Lima, stating that he is very sorry but they have spent their funds for the coming year, and thus could not assure $350 for an H.G. Wells visit, but "if he is willing to come to us I am very confident t...

[Broadside. Raising Troops for the Pastry War, Beginning] El Exmo. Sr. Presidente Se Ha Servido Dirigirme El Decreto Que Sigue... . Art. I Se Autoriza Al Gobierno Para Que Aumente El Número de Tropa Permanente Hasta Treinta Y Tres MIL Hombres. .

[Mexico] Bustamente, Anastasio. Moran, Jose · 1838

$500.00 (€453.67 | £378.48 | ¥79,844)

México, Ministerio de Guerra Y Marina, 1838. Broadside. 1 sheet. 8 x 8 1/2 inches. The first Franco-Mexican war, known as the Pastry War (1838-1839), was short lived, beginning in November 1838 when there French initiated a the blockade of some Mexican ports and captured of th...

Class of Fifty-One. Hamilton College. Forty-Six Anniversaries in One

[Hamilton College]. Knox, Henry M., et al. · 1897

$125.00 (€113.42 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

[Minneapolis], Beard Art Co. Printers, 1897. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. 27 pp. Sm. 8vo. Forty-six alumni updates. Rare. OCLC locates only one copy: Trinity College. Wrappers detached, small chips, browned unevenly, a few leaves with tiny chip to lower forecorner, ...

Resolves, &C. Of the General Court of Massachusetts. Passed at the Session Begun and Held at Boston, on Thursday the Fifteenth Day of November, Anno Domini 1804. [with]... , on Thursday the Seventeenth Day of January, Anno Domini 1805

Massachusetts · 1805

$125.00 (€113.42 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Boston, Printed by Young & Minns, 1805. First edition. Stitched, in original plain wrappers. 8 pp.; [41-96] pp. + index [7 pp]. Folio. Cabel Strong, Governor, announced the passage of the eleventh amendment which revised presidential election procedures. His long speech for th...

[Broadside] a Bill to Amend the Acts of July, Eighteen Hundred and Thirty-Six, and Eighteen Hundred and Thirty-Eight, Allowing Pensions to Certain Widows

[Revolutionary War Pensions] Taliaferro, John · 1842

$400.00 (€362.93 | £302.79 | ¥63,875)

[Washington, D.C.], 1842. First edition. 1 p. 13.5 x 8 inches. The two sections allowed widows who remarried to claim benefits as well as those whose husbands died since the 1838 bill was passed. A contemporary note on the verso states that a similar bill was passed at the 26t...

[Broadside] "the Following Rules, Regulations and by-Laws Are to Be Observed by All Persons Using or Navigating the Del. & Hud. Canal

[Delaware and Hudson Canal Company] · 1894

$750.00 (€680.50 | £567.73 | ¥119,766)

n.p. 1894. First edition. 1 sheet. 24 x 14 1/4 inches. Text in three columns bordered in black. A few decorations, small illustration of canal boat pulled by three horses at masthead. The Delaware and Hudson Canal was the first canal in the U.S. built as a private enterprise, ...

The New South. Vol. 2. No. 32. Port Royal, S.C. Saturday, April 16, 1864. Whole No. 84

[South Carolina] [Civil War] Sears, Jos. H. · 1864

$300.00 (€272.20 | £227.09 | ¥47,906)

Port Royal, S.C. Jos. H. Sears, 1864. First edition. Self wrappers. 4 pp. Folio. 13 x 9 1/2 inches. Articles on the New Banking System; Fort Pulaski; Lists of Prisoners; Affairs in Florida; Excitement about Torpedoes; advertisements. As Chronicling America, Library of Congress...

La Nueva Farmacopea Del Real Colegio de Médicos de Londres, Y Su análisis, ó Sea, la Explicacion de la Naturaleza, Principios, Virtudes, Usos Y Dosis de Sus Preparaciones Y Composiciones / Por El Doctor Roberto White ; Traducidas Del Ingles Con Notas Relativas á la Farmácia, é Historia Natural Y Médica de España Por El Dr. Don Casimiro Gomez de Ortega, Primer Catedrático Del Real Jardin Botanico, Director Del Real Colegio de Boticarios de Esta Corte, Boticario Mayor Honorario Del Rey N.S. Y Alca

White, Roberto; Gomez de Ortega, Casimiro · 1797

$500.00 (€453.67 | £378.48 | ¥79,844)

Madrid, En la imprenta de la viuda de don Joaquin Ibarra, 1797. First edition. Full speckled calf, red spine label, gilt title & bands, marbled endpapers. [3] preliminary leaves, 145 pp. 165 pp. [2]. 8vo. Translation of: "The new Pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physician...

Resolves of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Begun and Held at Boston, in the County of Suffolk, on Wednesday, the Twenty-Fifth Day of May, A.D. , 1785 [Bound with] Supplement to the Resolves of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Begun and Held at Boston, in the County of Suffolk, on Wednesday, the Twenty-Fifth Day of May, A.D. , 1785 [Bound with] Resolves of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Begun and Held at Boston, in the Count

Massachusetts · 1786

$425.00 (€385.62 | £321.71 | ¥67,867)

[Boston], Printed by Adams and Nourse, 1786. First edition. Grey-blue muslin with red and black morocco spine labels, gilt titles. 63, [1]; [65]-80; [81]-149, [1]; [151]-250; [index] 18 pp. Folio. In June the Commonwealth banned the export of U.S. products in British ships whi...

[Poster]. Alex. Caufman As Eugene Lazare in "Life's Mistake.

Thomas, Henry Atwell · 1882

$750.00 (€680.50 | £567.73 | ¥119,766)

New York, H.A. Thomas Lith. Studio, 112 Fourth Ave. New York, 1882. 1 sheet. 86 1/2 x 61 1/2 cm. (34 x 24 1/4 inches). Banner at bottom reads "Fulton Opera House! One night only" Wednesday April 19." Henry Atwell Thomas (1834-1904) was an American artist, portrait painter, and...

Phillis Wheatley's "on Recollection" in the Gentleman's Magazine: And Historical Chronicle. Volume XLIII. For the Year Mdcclxxiii

[Wheatley, Phillis]. Urban, Sylvanus · 1773

$2,750.00 (€2,495.16 | £2,081.66 | ¥439,141)

London, Printed at St. John's Gate for D. Henry, 1773. First edition. Quarter calf over marbled board, marbled edges. [1], [2], 655. [16] pp. Illus. with 29 b/w plates and maps, 5 of which are folding. 8vo. Complete set of 12 issues with supplement. The September issue include...

Coleccion de Las Leyes Dadas Por El Congreso Constitucional de la Republica de Colombia En Las Sesiones de Los años 1825 I 1826

[Colombia] · 1827

$1,000.00 (€907.33 | £756.97 | ¥159,687)

Bog. [Bogotá], Imp. de P. Cubides, 1827. First edition. Contemporary calf, raised bands, gilt florets on spine, paper label in manuscript. [2], 539, [1], lxxxvii, [1] pp. Sm. 8vo. The second collection of laws, (after the 1823-1824 edition), there being no session in 1822. Pro...

Noticias Americanas: Entretenimientos Físico-Históricos Sobre la América Meridional, Y la Septentrional Oriental: Comparacion General de Los Territorios, Climas Y Producciones En Las Tres Especies Vegetal, Animal Y Mineral; Con Una Relacion Particular de Los Indios de Aquellos Paises, Sus Costumbres Y Usos, de Las Petrificaciones de Cuerpos Marinos, Y de Las Antigüedades. Con Un Discurso Sobre El Idioma, Y Conjeturas Sobre El Modo Con Que Pasáron Los Primeros Pobladores

Ulloa, Antonio de · 1792

$600.00 (€544.40 | £454.18 | ¥95,812)

Madrid, Imprenta Real, 1792. Second edition. Contemporary marbled sheep, red morocco lettering piece, spine ruled in gilt, marbled endpapers. [8 lv], 342 pp. 4to. Most of the Noticias concerns Ulloa's travels in Peru and Ecuador, including geography, antiquities, customs, lang...

Noticias Historicas, Politicas, Y Estadisticas de Las Provincias Unidas Del Rio de la Plata

Nuñez, Ignacio Benito · 1825

$700.00 (€635.13 | £529.88 | ¥111,781)

London, Publicado por R. Ackermann, 1825. First edition. Modern full black morocco ruled in gilt, four raised bands, gilt titles, marbled edges, silk book mark sewn in. xi, 323, adv. [4] pp. Illus. with 2 folding maps (1 color). 8vo. "A letter which was circulated in London.. ...

Warm and Cold

Sultan, Donald, and Mamet, David · 1985

$500.00 (€453.67 | £378.48 | ¥79,844)

New York, Fawbush Editions and Solo Press, 1985. First edition. Loose folded sheets as issued with tissue-guards in stiff paper wrappers in blue linen clamshell box. Illus. with 2 tipped-in color photographs and 9 lithographs, most hand-colored. Folio. Number XV of twenty roma...