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[Utopian Literature] Nicolai Klimii Iter Subterraneum Novam Telluris Theoriam Ac Historiam Quintae Monarchiae Adhuc Nobis Incognitae Exhibens e Bibliotheca B. Abelini

[Baron Ludvig Holberg, writing as:] KLIMIUS, Nicolaus (1684-1754) · 1766 · Fine Editions Ltd

$949.00 (€861.02 | £718.32 | ¥151,543)

Hafinae & Lipsiae [Copenhagen and Leipzig] Printed By Pelt, Friedrich Christian Early Reprint Fourth Edition, in Latin, of one of the most popular eighteenth-century utopian novels (second only to Gulliver's Travels), eventually reaching some 60 editions in 13 different language…

[Unionism] The Cripple Creek Strike, 1903-1904

LANGDON, Emma F., Mrs. (1875–1937) · 1904 · Fine Editions Ltd

$649.00 (€588.83 | £491.24 | ¥103,637)

Victor, Colo. Copyrighted . . . by Mrs. Emma F. Langdon First Edition True First Printing (Great Western Publishing Co. editions are reprints) with "unanimous endorsement of the Colorado State Federation of Labor" on p. [5]. Demy 8vo (198 x 150mm): [12],248pp, with tissue-guard…

[Letters from an American farmer] Lettres d'un Cultivateur Américain, écrites a W. S. Ecuyer, Depuis l'année 1770, jusqu'a 1781. Traduites de l'Anglois par ***

CRÈVECOEUR, Michel Guillaume St Jean de (1735-1813) · 1784 · Fine Editions Ltd

$1,624.00 (€1,473.44 | £1,229.24 | ¥259,332)

A Paris Chez Cuchet, Libraire, rue & hôtel Serpente First Edition in French, First Issue (with errata, not found in second issue) of the author's free translation (adding a second volume) of his Letters from an American Farmer, "as literature, unexcelled by any American work of …

TraitŽ de l'ŽlectricitŽ. Dans lequel on expose, & on dŽmontre par expŽrience, toutes les dŽcouvertes Žlectriques ...

SIGAUD DE LA FOND, (Jean RenŽ) (1730-1810): · 1771 · Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

CHF 500.00 (€540.84 | $596.10 | £451.20 | ¥95,190)

Paris, Des Ventes de la DouŽ, 1771, pt. in-8vo, 1 ff. + XXX + 413 p. + 3 p. + 12 planches repl. de figures, petit coin infŽr. de p. 413-414 arrachŽ (perte de qqs lettres de l'approbation et de la table des mat.), exlibris ÔEx Bibliotheca Josephi SchlemmerÕ, reliure en veau marbr…

Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, September (Sept. ) 1, 1956: The Secret War of Charles Goodeve (Part 2) - How They Opened the Door for D-Day

NEWMAN, PETER C.; FRAYNE, TRENT; PHILLIPS, BLUEBELL S.; HARNER, HUGH; PAWLE, G; HOCKLEY, VERNON; JACKSON, A.Y.; ET AL · 1956 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)

Toronto: Maclean-Hunter Limited, 1956. First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated by Little, John (Cover); Macpherson, Duncan; Anderson, Don. 64 pages. Features: Cover art by John Little features Grey Cup final game at Vancouver's Empire Stadium between the Edmonton Eskimos and the M…

Modern Greek Poetry. Translation, Introduction, an Essay on Translation, and Notes.

FRIAR, K., · 1973 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€125.00 ($137.77 | £104.28 | ¥22,001)

Simon and Schuster, New York, 1973. 1st printing. XX,780p. Original blue gilt stamped cloth with dust wrps. Nice copy. ‘The publication of this volume establishes Kimon Friar as the foremost translator of modern Greek poetry. As a whole, this work sets a standard in the art of …

The Novel in the Ancient World.

SCHMELING, G., (ed.), · 1996 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€95.00 ($104.71 | £79.26 | ¥16,720)

Brill, Leiden (...), 1996. X,876p. Original grey gilt titled cloth with dust wrps. Dust wrps a little bit wrinkled. Else fine. ‘It is inevitable that (…) some readers may find some sections ‘better’ than others, but it should be stressed that all the chapters of this book have …

Arthur Conan Doyle's Book of the Beyond

Doyle, Arthur Conan; Hayward, Colum · 2003 · Bookbarrow

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

The White Eagle Publishing Trust, Hampshire, 2003. Second Edition, Paperback. Near Fine/N/A. 9780854871476 white titles spine; the second edition with corrections & additions & an introduction by Colum Hayward; illustrated by b/w. photo's. & drawings; "This is a greater soul tha…

Bibliotheca Monensis: A Bibliographical Account of Works Relating to the Isle of Man

Harrison, William · 1861 · Bookbarrow

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

The Manx Society, Douglas, Isle of Man, 1861. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. publication number VIII of The Manx Society for Publication of National Documents & one of only 308 copies printed; pre-title page of Manx Society giving …

Breviarium Romanum ex Decreto SS. Concilii Tridentini restitutum S. Pii V. Pontificis Maximi jussu editum Clementis VIII. Urbani VIII. et Leonis XIII. auctoritate recognitum. Editio Typica. Pars Hiemalis ( Pars Aestiva , Pars Autumnalis , Pars Verna ) complete in 4 volumes. Bound in at the end of each part: Officia propria Ecclesia Valleguidonensis

Ecclesia Catholica - BREVIARIUM ROMANUM - Évêque de LAVAL Victor MARÉCHAL (provenance ) - LESORT ( Paris bookbinder ) : · 1886 · Antiquariaat W. de Goeij

€2,400.00 ($2,645.24 | £2,002.24 | ¥422,410)

" Ratisbonae (Regensburg) , Neo Eboraci (New York), & Cincinnatii. Suptibus et Typis Friderici Pustet, 1886, 4 vols in-8°, (18 cm). [1] Pars Hiemalis, lxvi pp + (2)nn pp (illustration) + 636 pp + (384)pp + (xii) pp + 26 pp (Off. Propr. Valleguidonensis). [2] Pars Aestiva, xxx …

NOVA REPERTA - A suite of 20 engravings on discoveries and inventions.

STRADANUS (Jan van der Straet, Bruges 1523 - Florence 1605) : · 1625 · Antiquariaat W. de Goeij

€30,000.00 ($33,065.46 | £25,027.98 | ¥5,280,127)

" Antwerpen, ca. 1625-1630, (editor Johannes Galle), title-engraving and 19 plates, bound in an 18th-century half-vellum binding , with vellum corners, with a manuscript title in Dutch within an engraved label on the front cover and manuscript titles on the flyleaf and in the m…

[Burma - Myanmar] A pair of late nineteenth to early twentieth century Burmese costume studies.

Hla, M. T. · 1920 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€1,200.00 ($1,322.62 | £1,001.12 | ¥211,205)

Burma [Myanmar], ca. 1920. Two watercolour and gouache paintings on Whatman paper. 8vo-sized (images ca. 24.0 x 19.9 cm). Heightened with white body colour; each signed "M. T. Hla" in lower right corner, uniformly mounted. Mounts 30.5 x 24.6 cm. = A suite of two beautiful, very …

Description de l'Arabie d'apres les observations et recherches faites dans le pays meme.

Niebuhr, C. · 1773 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€5,000.00 ($5,510.91 | £4,171.33 | ¥880,021)

Copenhague [Copenhagen], Nicolas Möller, 1773. Large, thick 4to (27.8 x 21.0 cm). Title page with engraved vignette; xlvi (including dedication leaf, dated 1772, with engraved vignette), 372; 25 engraved plates and maps, of which several larger, folded; the very large map of Ara…

The Marine Shells of Port Alfred S. Africa.

Turton, W. H. · 1932 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)

Oxford, Oxford University Press; London: Humphrey Milford, 1932. Large 8vo (24.7 x 15.5 cm). Two frontispiece photos; xvi, 331 pp.; 70 plates. Original green cloth with gilt title on front board and spine. = A unique dedication copy - with additional letter - of a rare work on t…

Archive of 47 Mexican Manuscript and Printed Documents -Laws, Decrees, Circulars- from the Ministry of War and Navy: June - December 1853

Santa Anna, Antonio López de. Jose Maria Tornel y Mendivil; Juan Suárez y Navarro; Lino J. Alcorta · 1853 · Kaaterskill Books

$3,250.00 (€2,948.70 | £2,460.00 | ¥518,983)

[Tacubaya], 1853. First edition. Loose leaves disbound from a later made-up volume. [77 pp.] on 43 leaves, some folded. Folio. Beginning on June 1, 1853, shortly after Santa Anna's return to Mexico as dictator, and ending December 29, 1853, just two weeks after he extended his r…

Voyage Historique de L'Amerique Meridionale Fait Par Ordre Du Roi D'Espagne Par Don George Juan... Et Par Don Antoine de Ulloa... Ouvrage Orne' Des Figures, Plans Et Cartes Necessaires Et Qui Contient Une Histoire Des Yncas Du Perou, Et Les Observations Astronomiques & Physiques, Faites Pour Déterminer la Figure & la Grandeur de la Terre [Two Volumes]

Ulloa, Antonio de.; Juan y Santacilia, Jorge · 1752 · Kaaterskill Books

$2,250.00 (€2,041.41 | £1,703.07 | ¥359,296)

Paris, Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1752. First edition in French. Black calf, rebacked with black morocco, over marbled boards, five raised bands, two compartment lettered in gilt. [xxii], 554; [ii], 316, [vi], [viii], [3]-309, [iii] pp. p. 238 misnumbered 338. Illus. with two…

Illinois Contested Election - Ninth District. Memorial of L. Jay S. Turney, Contesting the Election of Hon. Samuel S. Marshall, As Representative of the Ninth Congressional District, Illinois. February 18, 1856. Referred to the Committee on Elections, and Ordered to Be Printed. 34th Congress, 1st Session. House of Representatives. Mis. Doc. No. 11

Turney, L. Jay S. [Leander Jay Sharpe Turney, 1819-1881] / · 1856 · Kaaterskill Books

$200.00 (€181.46 | £151.38 | ¥31,937)

[Washington, D.C.], n.p. 1856. First edition. Removed. 8 pp. 8vo. An important case about states' rights. Turney, who came in second in an election to Congress, argues that the states set the rules for who can run for office and that the state constitution of Illinois prohibited…

R.P. Natalis Alexandri... Historia Ecclesiastica Veteris Novique Testamenti Ab Orbe Condito Ad Annum Post Christum Natum Millesimum Sexcentesimum: Et in Loca Ejusdem Insignia Dissertationes Historicae, Chronologicae, Criticae, Dogmaticae... [with]... Supplementum. [Twenty Volumes]

Alexandre, Noel (Natalis, Alexander); Roncaglia, Constantino; Mansi, Giovan Domenico · 1791 · Kaaterskill Books

$1,200.00 (€1,088.75 | £908.31 | ¥191,624)

Bingii ad Rhenum, G. C. Voigt, 1791. First quarto edition. Editio omnium novissima, notis et animadversionibus, quoad historiam et dissertationem [sic] Novi Testamenti, aucta ad castigationem et illustrationem opinionum quorumdam [sic] auctoris, opera et studio Constantini Ronca…

In August Company: The Collections of the Pierpont Morgan Library

Pierpont Morgan Library · 1993 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

NY, Harry N. Abrams, 1993. Hardcover. Black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, gilt design on front cover, tan dust jacket with color illustration and black lettering, 310 pp. Numerous bw & color plates. "The Pierpont Morgan Library, once the private treasure house of American …

Last Launch: Discovery, Endeavour, Atlantis

Winters, Dan · 2012 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$52.00 (€47.18 | £39.36 | ¥8,304)

Austin, TX, University of Texas Press, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Black and color-photo illustrated DJ with white and grey lettering; black boards with silver lettering; unpaginated; richly illustrated, chiefly in color. "Americans have been driven to explore beyond the hor…