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7 1/2" x 5 1/4", 372 pp, copy is in slightly under average condition, April 1934 First Printing.
The Death Ship: The Story of an American Sailor
Traven, B.
1934.
Price: $40.00
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10 1/2" x 8", 336 pp, copy is in excellent condition with scattered light pencil underlining and annotations, leather spine has moderate wear, text in German, includes 24 colored maps and charts plus 92 bw illustrations.
Die Erde als Ganzes. Ihre Atmosphäre und Hydrosphäre
Hann, J.
F. Tempsky, Wien, Germany, 1896.
Price: $35.00
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36 pp, 9 1/2" x 6 1/4", text in Italian, copy is in about average used condition with lightly soiled and aged cover, there are a couple of Italian newspaper articles laid into the book that I assume are related to either the author or the topic, scarce.
La Nuova Arte Decorativa
Bonardi, C.
S. Lattes & Co., Torino, Italy, 1902.
Price: $35.00
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8 3/4" x 6 1/4", 80 pp, cover is soiled and spine is worn, contents are clean and tight.
Skyland: (The Eaton Ranch of the East) Situated on High Plateau in the Blue Ridge Near Grand Old Stony Man Peak, Overlooking Famous Shenandoah Valley
Pollock, G. Freeman
The Stone Printing Co., 1920.
Price: $20.00
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7 1/2" x 5 1/4", 240 pp, pages are toned and some of the edges are brittle, the first and last couple of pages have come loose from the binding.
The History And Poetry Of Finger-Rings
Edwards, Charles
Pollard and Moss, New York, 1889.
Price: $8.00
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Twelfth Edition, 291 pp, 6" x 4 1/4", copy is clean and tight, dust jacket is chipped and soiled.
How to Speak Japanese Romanized
Tao, Shiroku
Hongo, Tokyo: Fukumura Shoten, 1953.
Price: $5.00
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384 pp, 9 3/4" x 7", copy is in above average condition, cover is worn at the extremities and spine edges.
The Monthly Illustrator for the First Quarter of 1895, Containing 943 Illustrations By 203 Artists. Volume III
Harry Jones, New York, 1894.
Price: $15.00
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131 pp + 69 plates (some fold-out and a couple in color), 9 1/4" x 6", copy is in about average used condition for a book of this type with light scattered foxing throughout, x-lib from the State Library of New Jersey, but probably never in general circulation.
The Bridgewater Treatises on the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God as Manifested in the Creation : Treatise VI: Geology and Mineralogy with Reference to Natural Theology, VOL II
Buckland, Rev. William
Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1837.
Price: $75.00
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NOTE: This is an incomplete copy lacking the title page and some of the pages at the back. The book contains pages 1-412 (the index lists pages through 452.), text in German, 7 1/2" x 4 1/4". (I didn't have the heart to discard a 216-year old book as I would have had this been a modern edition.)
Kurzer Abriß der Geographie. Fünfte rechtmäßige, durchgehends verbesserte Auflage.
Fabri, Johann Ernst
Halle, im Verlage des Waisenhauses, 1794.
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Volume 2 only, 8 3/4" x 5 1/2", pp 428-887 + catalog of plant names, copy is in excellent condition with moderate overall wear consistent with a 230-year old book.
A System of Vegetables According To Their Classes, Orders, Genera, Species With Their Character And Differences, Volume II
Linneus
Leigh & Sotherby, 1783.
Price: $225.00
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562 pp, 7" x 4 1/4", copy is in about average used condition for this title with previous owner's name on endpaper.
The Standard Hoyle: A Complete Guide
Hoyle, Edmond
Excelsior Publishing House, 1905.
Price: $8.00
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6 1/4" x 4", 363 pp, Note: as this copy is dated a full 20 years before the next noted edition, I assume that it is a true first edition. Issued as Volume 54 in The Family Library, the copy is worn and has moderate foxing throughout.
Travels And Researches Of Baron Humboldt
MacGillivray, W.
Harper & Brothers, 1840.
Price: $125.00
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6 1/2" x 4 1/4", 167 pp, copy is exceptionally clean without foxing, 3 previous owner's names are listed on the endpaper,
Biographical Sketches of the Generals of the Continental Army of the Revolution
Letter, Mary Theresa
John Wilson & Sons, Cambridge, 1889.
Price: $30.00
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322 pp, 6 1/4" x 4", copy is in about average used condition for a book of this type, rear hinge starting to split.
The Stones of Venice
Ruskin, John
Thomas Crowell & Co., 1879.
Price: $15.00
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6" x 4", 288 pp, copy is in excellent condition with scattered foxing throughout, the name "Augusta Matilda Billing" is stamped in gold on the front cover, this is a collection of poems, stories, essays, and 10 engravings, scarce.
The Wreath of Friendship: A Literary Album And Annual Rememberancer For 1837
Thomas T. Ash, 1837.
Price: $45.00
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8" x 5 1/4", approximately 350 pp, copy is in excellent condition with moderate foxing and stains, front hinge is weak and there is some spliting on the spine.
Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Mr. William Whiston, Part 3 and Last: To Which Are Added, His Lectures on the Late Remarkable Meteors and Earthquakes, And on the Future Restoration of the Jews
Whiston, William
D. Browne & A. Millar, 1753.
Price: $350.00
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567 pp + 567 pp, 7 3/4" x 5", text in Latin and French, text blocks are in good condition with minimal foxing, both spines have worn away and the front cover of Volume I is detached.
Les Douze Césars, tomes I et II traduits du latin de Suétone
Suétone
Gabriel Warée, Paris, 1805.
Price: $50.00
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485 pp, 7 1/4" x 5", copy is in exceptional condition with previous owner's name on endpaper and stamp on title page, there is no foxing, which is unusual in a book of this type, text in German, includes a few line drawings, very scarce, binding is a leather spine and decorated boards.
Geologie Der Schweiz - Erster Band: Mittelzone Und Sudliche Nebenzone Der Alpen
Studer, Bernhard
1851.
Price: $125.00
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13" x 10 1/4", 367 pp, text block is in good condition, both hinges have split, cover is worn.
The Royal River: The Thames, from Source to Sea, Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial
Cassell & Co., 1885.
Price: $35.00
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11" x 9", copy hinges are split and the pages are foxed, contains 6 photo-gravures - Castle of Chillon, Un Coin de Marais, Parting Day, A September Evening, Un Vallon En Bretagne, and At Evening Time It Will Be Light, very scarce.
Landscape Gems In Photo-Gravure
Frederick A. Stokes, 1890.
Price: $35.00
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