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Sketches of the Life of William Stuart, the First and Most Celebrated Counterfeiter of Connecticut

Stuart, William · 1932

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New Milford, Connecticut Times Print Shop 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 171pp. Red cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. Light edgewear, spint slightly darkened, dampstain to lower rear cover, text is clean and sound. A reprint of the first edition published in1854. Good No...

Let My People Go; A Haggadah

Podwal, Mark (Illustrator0, Bikel, Theodore (Introduction) · 1972

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

New York Darien House, Inc. 1st Edition 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall Podwal, Mark Signed by Contriburtor 128pp. Black cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. SIGNED on front free endpaper by Theodore Bike. Heavy spotting to boards, mainly to top edge, boards otherwise unworn...

Under the Maples

Burroughs, John · 1921

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Boston and New York Houghton Mifflin Company 1st Edition 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall viii, 223pp. Green cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. Corners and spine ends lightly rubbed, contents miildly age-toned, occasional light pencil notes in text, neatly written inscriptio...

Omar Khajjam Rubaijat. Die Sinnsprüche Omars des Zeltmachers. Aus dem Persischen übertragen von Friedrich Rosen.

Omar Khajjam (Omar Khayyam) · 1914

$175.00 (€158.77 | £132.46 | ¥27,936)

Stuttgart Deutschen Verlags-Anstalt 1st Edition Paul Haustien [4],32,[2],38pp. Full marroon morocco with elaborate gilt design to cover and spine, all edges gilt, gilt floral endpapers, in slipcase. Published in an edition of 300 copies,of which this is No. 203. Chipping a...

Locksley Hall

Tennyson, Alfred · 1869

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Boston Ticknor and Fields First American Edition W.j. Hennessy (Artist) and A.V.S. Anthony (Engraver) 75pp. Rust cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to cover and spine, all edges gilt, pages printed on one side only. Corners lightly rubbed, text and illustrations all clean ...

Mark Twain's Autobiography; With an Introduction by Albert Bgelow Paine - 2 Volumes in Slipcase

Twain, Mark · 1924

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,964)

New York and London Harper & Brothers Eduard Manet 368, 365pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering, top edges gilt, includes slipcase, frontispiece in both volumes. Both volumes in very good condition, publisher's spine lettering worn. Slipcase is moderately worn and damstained, bu...

A Manual of Surgical Anatomy, Containing a Minute Description of the Parts Concerned in Operative Surgery, with the Anatomical Effects of Accidents...

Edwards, H.M. · 1828

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,964)

Philadelphia Thomas Desilver First American Edition 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 382pp. Boards not present, leather spine with red label and gilt lettering present, text block is complete and firm, contents are age-tanned and moderately foxed throughout, a bit of dampstaining to...

A Treatise on Fishing with a Hook; Attributed to Dame Juliana Berners, Printed in the Book of Saint Albans by Wynkende Worde, MCCCLXXXXVI and Rendered Into Modern English by William Van Wyck

Van Wyck, William · 1933

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

New York Self-Published 1st Edition Signed by Author(s) 54pp. Green cloth, gilt decoration to front cover, gilt spine lettering. Sine is faded, corners lightly rubbed, interior is age-toned. Author has signed the half-title page, and dated it Sept. 19, 1933. . Very Good ...

Hunting-Fishing and Camping

Bean. L.L. · 1942

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Freeport, Maine The Dingley Press, Inc. 2nd Edition 104pp. Red cloth. Corners lightly bumped, slight indentation to rear cover, text is clean and unmarked, binding is tight. A sound copy. Very Good No Jacket

Squabs for Profit

Rice, William E. and Cox, William E. · 1916

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New York Orange Judd Company 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall R. Morton Nance 117pp. Red cloth, white lettering. Corners lightly rubbed, spine lettering faded, contents clean, binding tight. Illustrated. Sound copy. Very Good No Jacket

An Introduction to Mensuration and Practical Geometry to Which is Added A Treatise on Guaging(sic) by James Ryan

Bonnycastle, John · 1846

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Phildelphia Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 288pp. Full leather, gilt lettering to spine. Very light wear, small ll abrasions to rear board, light foxing mainly to first and last few pages, binding is tight and sound. In this edition a curious error ...

My Greatest Baseball Game

Schiffer, Don (Editor) · 1950

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New York A.S. Barnes and Company 1st Edition 219pp. Green cloth. Very sound condition, mild toning to endpapers. Dust jacket has chipping and tearing along edges, 1 1/2 inch fragment missing from foot of spine, now covered in clear jacket. Major League baseball stars of th...

Last Days oof Mast & Sail; An Essay in Nautical Comparative Anatomy

Moore, Alan · 1925

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

New York and London The Clarendon Press 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Ambros Dudley 260pp. Blue cloth, gilt sailing ship on front cove, gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Spine sunned, corners lightly rubbed, endpapers lightly foxed and text mildly age-toned , s...

Russian Ballet. Camera Studies by Gordon Anthony With an Introduction by Arnold Haskell

Anthony, Gordon (Photographer) · 1939

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,569)

London Geoffrey Bles 1st Edition Eduard Manet 20pp of text, 96 tipped-in plates. Blue buckram boards, ivory buckram spine backing with gilt lettering. Boards are sound and square, spine somewhat darkened, small blemish on front free endpaper, introductory text and all plates...

John Cranko und das Stuttgarter Ballett

de Valois, Ninette; Schäfer, Walter Erich; Schneiders, Heinz Ludwig; Höver, Frita and Barnes, Clive · 1969

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Pfullingen Gunther Neske 1st Edition 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall 127pp. White boards, black lettering. Very good book in very good dust jacket. Text is in English, French and German. Photographic illustrations throughout. Very Good Very Good

Carla Fracci

Chesini, Luciano · 0

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall Black cloth, unpaginated, no date c1980. Text iin English and Italian. Book is in near fine condition, unworn, very good dust jacket. Text by Vittoria Ottolenghi, photos in performance and behind the scenes. Near Fine Very Good

Carla Fracci

Cheini, Luciano · 0

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Roma Gregoriana 42 Editrice Unpaginated. Black cloth. Book is in near, unworn condition. Dust jacket is very lightly scuffed. No date, c1980. Near Fine Very Good

Matgot Fonteyn Autobiography

Fonteyn, Margot · 1976

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New YOrk Alfred A. Knopf First American Edition 266, ixpp. Black cloth, gilt lettering, SIGNED by author on title page. Book is in unworn, like-new condition. Unclipped dust jacket is in very good condition. Near Fine Very Good

Histoire du ballet

Reyna, Ferdinando · 1964

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Paris Éditions Aimery Somogy 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 276pp. Light blue striated cloth, gilt decoration and spine decoration. Text in French. Very sound condition, slight age-toning. Dust jacket has a small abrasion and short clean tear, otherwise very good. A ...

Essai sur l'influence des croisades

Heeren, A.H.L. · 1808

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,569)

Jacksonville Treuttel et Würtz 513pp. Marbled boards, gilt tooled leather spine. Moderate wear and scuffing to cover, text is lightly age-toned, light spotting to endpapers, slight cracking at gutters, text block is tight and holding firmly, former owner's bookplate and boo...