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Imprint: 1842 Stock number: 77137.
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Imprint: 1833 BOURNE, Hermon. FLORES POETICI. THE FLORIST'S MANUAL: Designed as an Introduction to Vegetable Physiology and Systematic Botany, for Cultivators of Flowers, with more than Eighty Beautifully Coloured Engravings of Poetic Flowers. Boston & New York: Munroe and Francis & Charles S. Francis, 1833. viii, [9]-288 pp. 73 hand-colored engravings. Rebound in green cloth. There is a contemporary ink signature on title page and a fair amount of foxing and spotting to the text. It is curious that despite the title statement of more than eighty plates, the consistent compliment is 73. The index misleads as well, with reference to 124 plants. Many in the same class are represented by a single general illustration. A rare early American botanical in acceptable condition., Acceptable Stock number: 87119.
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Imprint: 1947 BOURQUIN, Constant, ed. ALMANACH DU CHEVAL AILE, 1947. Geneve: Les Editions du Cheval Aile, 1947. Wrappers. Very good plus, with moderate edgewear to wraps., Very Good Stock number: 71404.
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Imprint: 1981 BOUVET, Francis. BONNARD: THE COMPLETE GRAPHIC WORK. New York: Gallery Books (1981). 351 pp. 4to., green paper covered boardswith gilt spine lettering. Edges of boards sunned, gilt spine bright. Top of front joint bumped, slightly torn. Small area of sticker residue to front flyleaf and front panel of dust jacket. Front hinge starting at top edge. Interior fine. Color pictorial dust jacket slightly creased with small chip/closed tear to top of spine; front flap creased. A very nice collection. Good plus., Good Stock number: 83676.
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Imprint: 1857 BOWDITCH, N.I. SUFFOLK SURNAMES. Boston: Printed by John Wilson and Son, 1857. First edition, inscribed by the author to Josiah L. Hale of Newburyport on the ffep. and dated March 12, 1857. 108 pp. Tall, slim 8vo., brown cloth, blind-stamped decoration to all sides, gilt-stamped title to spine. With only a couple of tiny spots on the fore-edge, some light sunning to spine, and a touch of wear to heel and crown, this is a clean and fresh copy in near fine condition., Fine Stock number: 60606.
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Imprint: 1857 BOWDITCH, N. I. SUFFOLK SURNAMES. Boston: Printed by John Wilson and Son, 1857. Inscribed by the author on front flyleaf, dated 1857. 108 pp. 8vo., ribbed cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Interior fine. Surnames of the United States., Fine Stock number: 83378.
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Imprint: 1949 BOWEN, Elizabeth. ENCOUNTERS: SHORT STORIES. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1949. First edition thus with new preface by the author; originally published in 1923. xiii, [3], 178 pp. 8vo., blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near fine, slight ripple to cloth on front board, interior fine. Unmarked. Re-issue of Bown's first book., Fine Stock number: 82671.
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Imprint: 1965 BOWEN, Elizabeth. THE GOOD TIGER. Illustrated by M. Nebel. NY: Knopf, (1975). First edition (no British edition). 8vo., golden cloth. Touch of soil to rear board, else fine, in a dust jacket with just slight soil and wear to edges. Scarce., Fine Stock number: 62435.
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Imprint: 1907 BOWEN, Marjorie. THE MASTER OF STAIR. New York: McClure, Phillips, 1907. First edition of Marjorie Bowen's second book (dedicated to Mark Twain). Green cloth with gilt lettering and vaguely Scottish decoration in red. Front hinge cracked, prelim. pages have small tear at gutter. Very good overall., Very Good. Illustr: FE Stock number: 81430.
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Imprint: 1939 BOWEN, Elizabeth. THE DEATH OF THE HEART. New York: Alfred A. Knopf: 1939. First American edition, inscribed; ink inscription of the ffep.: "Elizabeth Bowen inscribed for William A. Koshland. March 15th 1950." 418 pp. 8vo., salmon cloth, reverse letters within printed grey rectangles to upper board and spine, with grey and blue line decoration to upper board and spine, top-edge stained grey. A near fine copy, with light dust-soiling to top-edge and a thin sliver of sunning at crown. In an edgeworn and spine-sunned, but acceptable dust jacket, which is splitting at the front fold-in, shows occasional shallow loss to top-edge, with a thin strip missing near the head., Acceptable Stock number: 61012.
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Imprint: 2002 Bower, Virginia L. From Court to Caravan : Chinese Tomb Sculptures from the Collection of Anthony M. Solomon. Harvard University Art Museums, (2002). Small folio, fine, soft cover., Fine Stock number: 78398.
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Imprint: 1965 BOWERS, Q. David. COINS AND COLLECTORS. (Johnson City, NY: Windsor Research Publications, 1965). Third printing. 8vo., cloth, illustrated. Fine, in a price-clipped, slightly soiled, rather edgeworn dust jacket., Fine Stock number: 72964.
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Imprint: 1882 BOWES, James Lord. JAPANESE MARKS AND SEALS. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., London 1882. First edition. 4to., Original red bevelled cloth, gilt, t.e.g.; color frontis. + ix + color map of Japan + 379pp. Profusely illustrated in the text in b&w. Covers very good. Always found weak and partially disbound as the pages are brittle and perfect bound, as well. No exception here. A lovely book, deplorably constructed. (perhaps one might also use the current reprint to save wear and tear)., Very Good Stock number: 84913.
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Imprint: 1895 BOWES, James L. NOTES ON SHIPPO. A Sequel to Japanese Enamels. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1895. First edition, inscribed by the author. 4to, green cloth-backed, decorated tan paper-covered boards; xii + 109pp. + ads. Ex-library. Cloth at spine has been re-backed. With much external wear and soiling, still this copy is very good., Very Good Stock number: 31548.
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Imprint: 1895 BOWES, James L. NOTES ON SHIPPO. A Sequel to Japanese Enamels. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1895. First edition, inscribed by the author to Stewart Culin, the author of the important work: KOREAN GAMES, published in the same year as this valuable monograph. 4to, green cloth- backed, decorated tan paper-covered boards; xii + 109pp. + ads. A very good copy of a work usually found in disrepair, distinguished further by the important association., Very Good Stock number: 77188.
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Imprint: 1891 BOWES, James L.. A VINDICATION OF THE DECORATED POTTERY OF JAPAN. Privately printed, 1891. This copy inscribed with the writer's compliments. Small 4to., white paper-covered boards, decorated in gilt; 64pp. Illustrated with 2 color plates, 1 line drawing, 1 half-tone. Ex- library. Spine considerably worn, boards soiled, else very good., Good Stock number: 38315.
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Imprint: 1891 BOWES, James L.. A VINDICATION OF THE DECORATED POTTERY OF JAPAN. Privately printed, 1891. Small 4to., white paper-covered boards, decorated in gilt; 64pp. Illustrated with 2 color plates, 1 line drawing, 1 half-tone. Ex-library. Remnants of paper cover on pastedowns, small tape repair at spine, some wear to heel and crown, boards soiled. Stock number: 47125.
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Imprint: 1979 BOWIE, Theodore, in collaboration with James T. Kenney, Fumiko Togasaki. ART OF THE SURIMONO. (Bloomington: Indianna University Art Museum, 1979). Inscribed by Theodore Bowie on the t.p. Illustrated, some color. Small quarto. 188 pp. Illustrated paper wrappers. One corner is very gently bumped, and wrappers have faint dust-soiling. Near fine. Catalog of an exhibition at the Indiana University Art Museum, February 25-March 25, 1979., Fine Stock number: 78283.
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Imprint: 1964 (BOWLES, Paul). A LIFE FULL OF HOLES. By Driss ben Hamed Charhadi. A Novel Tape-Recorded in Moghrebi and Translated into English by Paul Bowles. New York: Grove Press, Inc., (1964). First edition. 8vo., blue cloth. Slight wear to extremes. Fine in a dust jacket., Fine. Illustr: 964 Stock number: 49419.
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Imprint: 1812 [BOWLES, Carrington] THE SELF-INSTRUCTOR; OR, YOUNG MAN'S BEST COMPANION; BEING AN INTRODUCTION TO ALL THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF USEFUL LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE...TO WHICH IS ADDED, THE ARTIST'S ASSISTANT; COMPRISING THE ARTS OF DRAWING, PERSPECTIVE, ETCHING, ENGRAVING, MEZZOTINTO SCRAPING, PAINTING, DYEING, COLOURING OF MAPS. ETC. A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF NAVAL AND MILITARY AFFAIRS. ALSO, VARIOUS USEFUL MEDICINAL RECEIPTS. Liverpool: Nuttall, Fisher, and Dixon [n.d. ca. 1812]. Stereotype edition. 593 pp. + [3 pp] + frontispiece and six plates. 8vo., recently rebound in quarter brown leather with gilt leather spine label and brown cloth boards. Contemporary ink ownership on verso of frontispiece. Plates are foxed and browned at the edges. Ink and pencil margin notes to a few pages; a few pages have closed tears. The owner has crossed out the word "Best" on the title page. Practical instruction in mathematics, grammar, history, geography, writing, astronomy, and chronology. Stock number: 79984.
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Imprint: 1928 BOWMAN, Phila Butler. THE LITTLE BROWN BOWL WITH OTHER TALES AND VERSE. Illustrated by Bess Bruce CLEAVELAND. New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1928. First edition. xviii + 311 pp. 8vo., brown cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering, color pastedown illustration on cover. Corners gently bumped/frayed, else cloth is bright and clean. Slight rubbing to color cover. Bookplate on front free endpaper. Overopened at dedication page, otherwise tight and clean within. Charming color frontispiece and plates, b/w illustrations.. Illustr: CLEAVELAND, Bess Bruce Stock number: 81184.
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Imprint: 1901 (BOXER REBELIION). "Hall of Harmony" Broadside. From the estate of Maj. General Andrew Walker Brewster, a printed programme for a musical concert at the Hall of Harmony, Temple of Heaven, in Peking, on Saturday, 27th April, 1901. Printed by the "Queen's own" Madras Sappers and Miners; 8" x 9 1/4", framed. Very slightly soiled, with large closed tears, (particularly separating at old fold creases), one slightly chipped corner, Brewster received the Congressional Medal of Honor for deeds done in the reilef of Peking during the Boxer Rebellion. Stock number: 42519.
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Imprint: 1931 (BOY SCOUTS). SCOUTMASTER'S TROOP PROGRAM NOTE BOOK. N.P.: Boy Scouts of America, 1931. 12mo., blue and white printed wrappers. Spine somewhat sunned. Overall, a rather clean and bright copy. Stock number: 53711.
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Imprint: 1940 BOYLE, Kay. THE CRAZY HUNTER. Three short novels. The Crazy Hunter, The Bridegrooms Body, Big Fiddle. New York: Harcourt Brace and Co., (1940). First edition. 8vo., green cloth, spine in gilt. A near fine copy in a dust jacket that shows light edgewear and sunning at the spine, some chipping and creasing at the crown., Fine Stock number: 48985.
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Imprint: 1946 BOYLE, Kay. A FRENCHMAN MUST DIE. New York; Simon and Schuster, 1946. First edition. There are two spots of fading to the front board else this is a fine copy in a dust jacket with a few nicks and one small chip., Fine. Illustr: FE Stock number: 49000.
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Imprint: 1933 BOYLE, Kaye. GENTLEMEN, I Address You Privately. NY: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1933. First edition. 8vo., blue cloth. Ink ownership. As is: rather cocked, with some wear to cloth at edges, front hinge cracked. Stock number: 63019.
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Imprint: 1938 BOYLE, Kay. A GLAD DAY. Poems. Norfolk: New Directions, (1938). First edition. Small 4to., red cloth, spine in gilt. A near fine copy in a dust jacket that shows some light soiling and edgewear, sunning at the spine, small chip at top edge and foot of spine. Bookplate at pastedown., Fine Stock number: 48984.
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Imprint: 1863 BOYNTON, EDWARD C. History of West Point, and its Military Importance during the American Revolution and the Origin and Developement of the United States Military Academy. New York: d. Van Nostrand, 1863. First Edition. 8vo. original blue cloth stamped in gilt. Recased with new endpapers. Complete, illustrated throughout with 2 folding maps and a large lithographic plate of West Point from Garrison, NY by J. Bien. There is a small hole in the bottom of the front gutter, and a bit of foxing and short edge tears to some plates, overall an attractive solid copy. (Howes B678, Sabin 7150). Stock number: 89232.
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Imprint: 1867 THE RISE OF THE IRONCLAD BOYNTON, Charles B. THE HISTORY OF THE NAVY DURING THE REBELLION. New York: Appleton and Company, 1867-68. 8vo. pp.576; 579. 29 plates (19 b/w; 10 color) lithographs. Three-quarter dark brown leather over marbled paper covered boards stamped in gilt to spine. A history of the Union Navy during civil war, detailing important battles, strategy as well technical developments. Light wear to extremities. A near fine set. (Sabin, 7149), Fine Stock number: 89687.
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Imprint: 1855 BRACKENBURY, George. THE CAMPAIGN IN THE CRIMEA. An historical sketch...illustrated by 40 plates from drawings taken on the spot. London: Paul and Domonic Colnaghi and Co., 1855. First edition, first series. 8vo., blue cloth stamped in gilt, spine in gilt, a.e.g. Illustrated with color lithographs throughout. A very good copy, clean and bright. Recased, with new endpapers, professional cloth restoration at the spine ends, light rubbing at extremities., Very Good Stock number: 48309.
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Imprint: 1973 BRADBURY, Ray. THE WONDERFUL ICE CREAM SUIT AND OTHER PLAYS FOR TODAY, TOMORROW, AND BEYOND TOMORROW. London: Hart-Davis, MacGibbon,(1973). First British Edition. Signed by author. 8vo., yellow cloth lettered in black to spine. Negligible wear, else near fine in a near fine dust jacket., Fine Stock number: 87810.
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Imprint: 1829 BRADFORD, Alden. HISTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS from the year 1790, to 1820. Boston: Printed for the author, 1829. First edition. 8vo., full calf, spine in gilt. The third vol. of Bradford's 3 vol. series, the previous vols. having been issued in 1822 and 1825. A near fine copy with only a couple small perforations at the hinges and light rubbing at the extremities; tooled gilt number at spine and bookplate residue at pastedown suggest this may have been an institutional copy. Moderate foxing at prelims. (Howes B 692)., Fine Stock number: 46846.
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Imprint: 1835 BRADFORD, Alden. HISTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS, FOR TWO HUNDRED YEARS: FROM THE YEAR 1620 TO 1820. Boston: Hilliard, Gray, and Co., 1835. 480 pp. 8vo., quarter grey cloth with printed paper spine label, original brown paper covered boards. Spine sunned, detached from block for the lower four inches. Boards soiled, dampstained. Endpapers, title and interior have light soil/moderate to heavy foxing. Folding map of Boston and Maine Railroad showing New England including Canada laid in, dated 1881; several small chips and closed tears, slight loss only. Pencil ownership to front flyleaf. Folding state map as frontispiece has light foxing and soil, small closed tear with no loss at joint. Complete. Stock number: 84757.
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Imprint: 1835 BRADFORD, Alden. HISTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS, FOR TWO HUNDRED YEARS: from the year 1620 to 1820. Boston: Hilliard, Gray, and Co., 1835. First edition. Illustrated with six wood-engraved plates, portraits of James Otis, Samuel Adams, James Bowdoin, John Hancock, John Adams, and Gen. J. Warren. 480 pp. 8vo., original binding: green cloth back, printed paper label to spine, brown paper covered boards. Early ink ownership to first blank. Heavy foxing to endpapers, with very light, intermittent foxing in the book block. The original binding is edgeworn and rubbed at surfaces, missing a patch of the paper board-cover on the upper board; the spine is sunned, with a short tear at the the crown, and the label is a little edgeworn. Despite the stated Wear, the book is a solid copy, and in very good condition. The portraits in this copy are of interest because both Howes and Sabin contain entries for this book (B691 and 7223 respectively) and, as usual in copies bound with the green cloth spine, it does not contain the map; however, the portraits which appear in this copy are not mentioned in either entry despite the presence of the original binding., Very Good Stock number: 60618.
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Imprint: 1907 BRADFORD, Thomas Lindsley, compiler. THE BIBLIOGRAPHER'S MANUAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY. Containing an account of all state, territory, town, and county histories relating to the United States of North America, with verbatim copies of their titles, and useful bibliographical notes, together with the prices at which they have been sold for the last forty years. And with an exhaustive index by titles, and an index by states; the whole forming an invaluable reference for the use of the librarian, the historian, the collector,and the bookseller. Edited and revised by Stan. V. Henkels. Philadelphia: Stan. V. Henkels & Co., 1907-1910. Complete in five volumes; the fifth volume is the index. Large 8vo., beige buckram, leather lettering-pieces to spine, top-edge trimmed and gilt, other edges untrimmed. Ex library; Massachusetts Historical Society bookplates to front pastedowns. Although the fifth volume does have some occasional foxing, this is a mostly clean and very fresh set; it was nicely printed and has wide margins. The cloth shows light to moderate soiling, some rubbing to labels, and is darkened at the spines. Very good., Very Good Stock number: 59210.
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Imprint: 1922 BRADLEY, Alice. CANDY COOK BOOK. Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1922. 8vo. Grey cloth. Lightly soiled. Very Good., Very Good Stock number: 87651.
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Imprint: 1958 BRADLEY, Van Allen. GOLD IN YOUR ATTIC. New York: Fleet Publishing Corp, (1958). Second printing. 8vo., black cloth, spine in gilt. A very good copy of this price guide on rare and collectible American books. Dust jacket shows light rubbing and creasing., Very Good Stock number: 48006.
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Imprint: 1894 BRADSHAW, John. A CONCORDANCE TO THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN MILTON. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1894. 412 pp. 8vo., red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Good, spine nicked, corners bumped, interior hinges cracked. Light to moderate foxing front and rear. Tight, clean., Good Stock number: 79480.
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Imprint: 1845 BRAMSTON, John. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SIR JOHN BRAMSTON, K.B., OF SKREENS, IN THE HUNDRED OF CHELMSFORD. London: Printed for the Camden Society by John Bowyer Nichols and Son, 1845. xx + 443 pp. 8vo., black cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Corners and edges worn, spine chipped at heel and crown, front joint splitting, backstrip and front board detached. Pencil ownership to front flyleaf. Pencil underlining and margin marks. About good., Good Stock number: 83796.
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Imprint: 1965 [BRANCUSI, Constantin] BRANCUSI. Photographs by Nicolae Sandulescu. Bucuresti: Editura Meridiane, 1965. Unpaginated; 47 b/w photo reproduction plates, some with facing text, some double-page. 4to., white cloth stamped in black. Front board slightly bowed/bumped; Light soil to edges of boards. In a good b/w illustrated dust jacket with mylat protector, jacket has moderate edgewear with a 4-inch closed tear to rear flap. Owner's inkstamp inside front cover. Internally fine., Fine Stock number: 85246.
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Imprint: 1931 BRAND, Max. THE HAPPY VALLEY. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1931. First edition. Slightly obtrusive ink ownership on flyleaf and half title, a touch of wear to extremes of cloth, otherwise a near fine, bright copy; in a dust jacket worn at perimeters (tape reinforcement on verso) and mildly sunned on the spine, but fresh and clean on front panel., Fine. Illustr: FE Stock number: 24920.
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Imprint: 1935 BRAND, Max. HUNTED RIDERS. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1935. First edition. Trace of (?)bookplate on front pastedown, else a fine bright copy in a dust jacket with some wear to spinal ends and edges., Fine. Illustr: FE Stock number: 33346.
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Imprint: 1925 BRANDON, Charlotte. THE VESTIBULE AND OTHER POEMS. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1925. Blue printed wrappers with paper labels. Faint dampstain to upper cover, which is detached; but the stain does not effecting inner text leaves, which are quite clean and fresh. Some general soiling and wear to wrappers, and the spine label is chipped. As is. Stock number: 55488.
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Imprint: 1906 BRANDOW, Henry. THE STORY OF OLD SARATOGA And History of Schuylerville. Saratoga Springs, New York: Robson & Adee, (1906). Illustrated, including 2 foldout maps. 8vo., navy cloth, gilt. Ink ownership. Slight sun to spine with minor rubbing and light spots of soil. Front hinge cracked and occasionally overopened within. Clean text. Good plus., Good Stock number: 76759.
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Imprint: 1950 BRANT, Irving. JAMES MADISON: FATHER OF THE CONSTITUTION 1787-1800. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1950. Lawyer's Literary Club edition. Illustrations and photographs. 520 pp. 8vo., red cloth. Near fine with owner's address label on ffep, in near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Third volume of the Madison biography., Fine Stock number: 78797.
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Imprint: 1881 BRASSEY, Mrs. A VOYAGE IN THE SUNBEAM. Our home on the ocean for eleven months. Chicago: Belford, Clark and Co., 1881. xiv, 511pp., 8vo., folding map, profusely illustrated in the text, golden-brown boards decorated in gilt. Gilt spine. Some internal browning, but the covers are very clean and bright; a lovely copy of the original binding, scarce thus. Stock number: 59784.
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Imprint: 1680 BRAUN, Johannes. [BIGDE KOHANIM] ID EST VESTITIUS SACERDOTUM HEBRAEORUM. Sive Commentarius amplissimus in Exodi cap. XXVIII. ac XXXIX. & Levit. cap. XVI. Aliaque loca S. Scripturae quam plurima. Liber Secundus. Auctore Johanne Braunio, Palatino. Cum Indicibus locupletissimis & Tabulus aeneis elegantissimis. Lugduni Batavorum: Arnoldum Doudium, 1680. Volume 2 only (of two). First edition, simultaneous with an Elzevier edition. (See OCLC 39926835.) First part of title, in brackets, transliterated from Hebrew. Twelve full-page engraved plates. All but three are included in the pagination and have text printed on the reverse. One plate (p. 817) is trimmed close on the right margin, just entering the plate and skimming the image. Small quarto. (20 x 15 cm.) Signatures: [-]2 3I-6B4 6C3 (-6C4) 6D2 6E-6I4 6K2. 6C4, the missing leaf, is probably a blank. Pp. [2],[431]-940,[48]. The final unnumbered section is comprised of three indices and an Errata leaf. Disbound: Bookblock is separated into four parts; early leather boards, including marbled endpapers, are present but detached; lacks backstrip. A few gatherings are moderately browned, one of which includes a plate (p. 799). Otherwise the text is clean. Ex library: Small library stamp embossed in blind on t.p., with ink cancel on reverse, and with usual marks on boards (bookplate, pocket, shelfmark on top board, etc.). The first (missing) volume discusses the materials, colors and origins of sacred dress; in the second volume the various forms of the garments are considered. This is a scarce work on the Jewish high priests; we offer only volume 2, with all faults. Rare. Stock number: 82250.
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Imprint: 1836 BRAYLEY, Edward Wedlake, and John Britton. THE HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT PALACE AND LATE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT AT WESTMINSTER. Embracing accounts and illustrations of St. Stephen's Chapel, and its cloisters, Westminster Hall, The Court of Requests, The Painted Chamber, etc. London: John Weale, Architectural Library, 1836. With 48 illustrations (41 of 41 engravings are here but out-of-sequence). 476 pp. 4to., quarter leather, marbled paper sides, gilt title to spine, t.e.g. Ex-library; bookplate to front and rear pastedown and no other marks. Spine and boards show some rubbing. Edges are worn, especially at joints. Glue repair to spine covering near crown. Marbled endpapers. Internally clean and fresh. About very good., Very Good Stock number: 74846.
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Imprint: 1975 (BREAD LOAF WRITER'S CONFERENCE). "FLEDGING WRITERS ON THE MOUNTAIN - 50 YEARS OF THE WRITERS' CONFERENCE." pp. 25-36. Middlebury College News Letter, Volume 49, Number 4. (Summer 1975). Photo illustrations. This article has three parts: "Crisis and Survival in the 1930's," by Ted Morrison, "Bread Loaf in the '40's," by Wallace Stegner, "The Plot Was Thin But, Oh, Those Characters," by Carol McCabe. 4to., illustrated paper wrappers, wire saddle stitch. Some sunning to spine and a little soiling to wrappers; still a very good copy., Very Good Stock number: 57423.
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Imprint: 1872 BREE, C(harles). R(obert). AN EXPOSITION OF FALLACIES IN THE HYPOTHESIS OF MR. DARWIN. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1872. 8vo., 418 pp. + 32 pp.(publisher's list); 4 b/w plates, 1 b/w folding chart, b/w illustrations in text. Green cloth, blindstamped to front and back and stamped in gilt to spine. Light discoloration and dampstaining to cloth. Bookplate to front pastedown and signature to ffep. of J. Amory Jeffries. Frontispiece detached. Scarce. [a] Stock number: 89504.
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