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Imprint: 1900 CIVIL WAR PAPERS. Read before The Commandery of the State of Massachusetts, Military ORder of the Loyal Legion of The United States. Boston: Printed for The Commandery (by F.H. Gilson), 1900. 2 volumes. 8vo., blue cloth, title gilt-stamped to spine, t.e.g. Ink ownership to ffep. Some rubbing and edgewear to spine and boards. Clean within. About very good to very good., Very Good Stock number: 75354.
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Imprint: 1966 (CIVIL WAR). CIVIL WAR NAVAL CHRONOLOGY, 1861-1865. Part VI - Special Studies and Cumulative Index. Washington, DC: Governemnt Printing Office, (1966). Large 8vo., paperback wrappers, illustrated. Some soil and wear to wraps, slight bend to lower corner of the pages; very good clean text., Very Good Stock number: 59941.
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Imprint: 1868 (CIVIL WAR). A HISTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS IN THE CIVIL WAR. By William Schouler. Boston: Vol. I, E.P. Dutton, 1868; Vol. II published by the author, 1871. First editions. 2 vols., 8vo, terracotta and green cloth; Vol. I with frontis., Vol. II with folding map. Ex-library, some shelfwear, minor tear to each title page, Vol. I inner hinge starting; text and map are fine. Overall very good., Fine Stock number: 29467.
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Imprint: 1959 CLAGETT, Marshall. THE SCIENCE OF MECHANICS IN THE MIDDLE AGES. Madison/London: University of Wisconsin Press/Oxford University Press, 1959. First edition. University of Wisconsin's Publications in Medieval Science series. xxix + 711 pp. 8vo., dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Hinges cracked internally. Occasional neat pencil notes and diagrams in margins. Dust jacket is splitting at creases and has a few short closed tears along top edge. About very good., Good Stock number: 82193.
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Imprint: 1931 CLAPHAM, Richard. THE BOOK OF THE FOX. Illustrated by Lionel Edwards, Marguerite Kirmse and from Photographs. New York: Derrydale Press, 1931. First edition, 1/750 copies. 8vo., red cloth, lettered in gilt. Boards slightly bowed. Sun to spine, edges, slight soil to cloth. Light bump to heel. Hinges tender, top edge-slightly dust-soiled, occasional touch of foxing. About very good; serviceable reading copy., Very Good Stock number: 60550.
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Imprint: 1952 CLARE, RONALD L. A SHORT HISTORY OF NORTH MEOLS [THE ANCESTRAL HOME OF THE FLEETWOOD HESKETH FAMILY]. Southport [England]: Printed and published by Robt. Johnson & Co. Ltd., 1952. This copy is one of an edition limited to 25 copies bound leather. One plate, a drawing of the North Meols Church, and several facsimiles of signatures and letters throughout text. [2], 54 pp. Tall octavo, full maroon leather with inner dentelles, gilt title on spine, marbled endpapers. Binding shows general, light soiling all over, but is sound Clean within and about near-fine overall. This is a "modern" history of the Fleetwood Hesketh family, beginning at 1872 and continuing until 1952, the time of this publication. In his preface, the author state his two-fold purpose in writing the book: because many of the more interesting details of the family's recent history had yet to be chronicled, and to clear up some confusion surrounding the line of succession, which had recently passed through the female line., Fine Stock number: 86778.
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Imprint: 1944 CLARK, Ann & Helen Post. BRAVE AGAINST THE ENEMY. T'oka wan itok'ip ohitike kin he. Sious by Emil Afraid of Hawk, edited by Edward A. Kennard. Photographic illustrations by Helen Post. Edited by Wilard W. Beatty. Kansas: A publication of the Education Division, United States Indian Service, (1944). 8vo., crimson cloth stamped in gilt. Wear and some soil to the perimeters of the boards, bump to top corners of boards, some sun to the spine. A very good copy with a map laid in., Very Good Stock number: 55348.
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Imprint: 1864 CLARK, Edward L. DALETH or the HOMESTEAD OF THE NATIONS. Egypt Illustrated (in black and white and coloured plates). Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864. Crown 8vo., green cloth lettered and designed in gilt with blind stamp to lower board; t.e.g. Boards are rubbed with some minor soiling. Crown has a chip which effects a small part of the top-edge of text and a little surface tear to lower board. One signature pulling from the text slightly. This is still an attractive copy. Stock number: 52435.
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Imprint: 1847 CLARK, Joseph G. LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF SAILOR LIFE, AS EXEMPLIFIED IN FIFTEEN YEARS' EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING THE MORE THRILLING EVENTS OF THE U.S. EXPLORING EXPEDITION, AND REMINISCENCES OF AN EVENTFUL LIFE ON THE "MOUNTAIN WAVE". Boston: John Putnam, 1847. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 324. Red cloth, blindstamped front and back and stamped in gilt to front, back and spine. Corners bumped, head and tail of spine chipped. Front hinge weak. Endpapers toned, light foxing to margins throughout. An account of the Wilkes U.S. exploring expedition. Stock number: 89688.
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Imprint: 1964 CLARK, William Bell, ed. NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Washington D.C.: (Naval History Division, U.S. Navy), 1964(-1972). Forewords by John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon. 6 volumes. Illustrated. Each volume is approximately 1500 pp. Small 4to., navy cloth, title gilt-stamped to spine, gilt emblem to front board. Volume 1 with sunned spine and shaken binding; volumes 2-4 also with light sun to spine. Some volumes show light rubbing and bumping at fore- corners. Clean and bright within. A very good set., Very Good Stock number: 75296.
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Imprint: 1913 CLARK, Austin Hobart. NOTES ON THE RECENT CRINOIDS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 61, No. 15, Publication 2242. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1913. 8vo., wrappers, 89 pp. Partially unopened. Lightly worn; very good., Very Good Stock number: 63783.
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Imprint: 1979 CLARK, Larry. TULSA. (New York: Larry Clark, 1971 [actually 1979]). First cloth-bound and second edition overall, following the 1971 first (paper-bound) edition. Signed by Clark on title-page. Black and white photo illustrations. [64] pp. Quarto, black cloth, title stamped in silver to spine; black dust-jacket with photo illustration on front panel. Cloth has faded slightly just at the top and bottom edges, else fine. The dust-jacket, showing light rubbing and with a closed tear at rear fold- in, is very good., Very Good Stock number: 78729.
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Imprint: 1910 CLARKE, Frank Wigglesworth. THE CONSTANTS OF NATURE: Part V: A Recalculation of Atomic Weights. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 54, No. 3, Publication 1923. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1910. 8vo., wrappers, 548 pp. Partially unopened. Separating from wraps; internally, very good., Very Good Stock number: 63796.
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Imprint: 1929 CLARKE, Austin. PILGRIMAGE And Other Poems. London: George Allen & Unwin, (1929). First edition. 1 of 500 copies. 45pp. 12mo., blue paper boards, printed title label. Light foxing and offsetting to endpapers. Just a hint of foxing to bookblock fore-edge, else generally clean within. A very good copy, in protective glassine wrapper., Very Good Stock number: 76816.
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Imprint: 1951 CLARKE, Arthur C. PRELUDE TO SPACE. A Compellingly Realistic Novel of Interplanetary Flight. New York: World Editions, Inc, (1951). First edition. The pages are slightly faded and the wrappers are torn at the heel and slightly soiled. In all, this is a very good copy of a somewhat fragile item, in pictorial wrappers., Very Good. Illustr: FE Stock number: 77636.
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Imprint: 1921 CLARKE, Austin. THE SWORD OF THE WEST. Dublin and London: Maunsel & Roberts, 1921. 95pp. 12mo., gray paper boards backed in beige cloth, printed title label to spine. Ink ownership to front pastedown and ffep. Bumped at fore-corners and sporadically along board edges; unobtrusive vertical crease line to front board. Offsetting to endpapers, else clean within. About very good., Very Good Stock number: 78045.
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Imprint: 1830 CLARKE, Francis G. THE SEAMAN'S MANUAL; CONTAINING A VARIETY OF MATTERS USEFUL TO THE NAVIGATOR. Portland (ME): Shirley, Hyde & Co., 1830. 367 pp. 8vo., contemporary calf with red leather gilt spine label. Front board bowed, spine and corners bumped, shelfworn. Gilt label has faint cracking but bright. Front pastedown bears blue bookplate advertising the volume. Flyleaf chipped four inches at bottom corner. Fore-edge dampstained, although folding charts and plans are clean. Block sound, tight. Paper quality is such that most pages are deeply age-browned. (This appears to be the case with all copies of this book.) Folding navigation charts and rigging plans complete. Stock number: 79609.
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Imprint: 1810 [CLASSICAL] EXCERPTA QUAEDAM E SCRIPTORIBUS LATINIS PROBATIORIBUS, NOTIS ILLUSTRATA. IN USUM JUVENTUTIS ACADEMICAE. Boston: W. Wells, 1810. 512 pp. 8vo., calf with red gilt leather spine label. Joints slightly worn, boards lightly rubbed, else exterior in very good condition. Owner's printed name label on front pastedown, and his ink ownership on front flyleaf. Moderate to light foxing in the text. Excerpts from Livy, Tacitus, Cicero and others., Very Good Stock number: 80043.
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Imprint: 1872 CLAVERS, Mary. NEW HOME IN THE WEST; Or, Glimpses of Life Among the Early Settlers. New York: James Miller, 1872. Frontispiece. Small 8vo., red cloth, title gilt-stamped to spine and front board. Ex-library; all usual markings. Newspaper review clip mounted to fly-leaf. Some lean to spine; spine is sunned. Volume is edgeworn, especially at front fore-edge and spine tips which are chipped. Generally clean within. A good copy., Good Stock number: 75921.
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Imprint: 1904 [CLAY, Virginia]. Ed. Ada STERLING. A BELLE OF THE FIFTIES: MEMOIRS OF MRS. CLAY OF ALABAMA, COVERING SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LIFE IN WASHINGTON AND THE SOUTH, 1853-66. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1904. First edition. Inscribed on first blank recto by the editor, with her note on title page. xxii + 386 pp. 8vo., green cloth stamped in gilt and white, top edge gilt. Corners gently bumped. Minor shelfwear. A few small edgetears to pp. 9-10, not affecting text. Color frontispiece, sepia toned plates. Very good overall., Very Good Stock number: 83757.
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Imprint: 1904 CLAY, John Cecil, illustrator. IN LOVE'S GARDEN: A HUMAN NATURE BOOK. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., (1904). 92 pp. 4to., color pictorial paper covered boards, with rare pictorial dust jacket (lacking spine). Moderate shelfwear to boards and spine, some faint dampstaining to rear board at spine joint. Endpapers offset by dust jacket flaps. Color frontispiece detached, laid in. Verses by James Lane Allen, Heinrich Heine, Shakespeare, Robert Burns, Clement Scott, Margaret Deland, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Tennyson, Christina Rossetti and others. The Paul Laurence Dunbar dialect verse is illustrated by an African-American "Blackberry Lily." The flowers illustrated all have women's heads among the petals - a rather unsettling convention. The dustjacket is in fair condition, in a mylar jacket protector, chipped at edges and with a few small holes, closed tears and minor dampstaining. Stock number: 82705.
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Imprint: 1856 CLAY, Charles. THE COMPLETE HANDBOOK OF OBSTETRIC SURGERY: OR, SHORT RULES OF PRACTICE IN EVERY EMERGENCY, FROM THE SIMPLEST TO THE MOST FORMIDABLE OPERATIONS CONNECTED WITH THE SCIENCE OF OBSTETRICS. London: Henry Renshaw, 1856. xi + [1] + 290 pp. + 2 pp. publisher's advertising. 12mo., brown cloth with blindstamped publisher's name and decorative border. Ex-library with usual markings. Backstrip missing, boards and front endpaper through half-title detached. As is. (GM, citing 6054, Clay's "Observations on ovariotomy..." notes that Clay was the "most eminent oviarotomist in Great Britain," with an exceptionally low mortality rate for the time.) Quite scarce. Stock number: 79885.
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Imprint: 1971 CLAYTON, Michael. COLLECTOR'S DICTIONARY OF THE SILVER AND GOLD OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTH AMERICA. New York: The World Publishing Company, (1971). First American Edition. 4to., black cloth w/dj. t.e.g. Profusely illustrated with black and white and color plates. Several small spots of white paint along bottom edge of boards, esle fine in a lightly rubbed and scuffed dust jacket., Fine Stock number: 68228.
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Imprint: 1961 Stock number: 72048.
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Imprint: 1915 CLEF CLUB COMMITTEE FOR THE COLLEGE SONG BOOK. SMITH COLLEGE SONGS. Boston: C.W. Thompson & Co., [1917]. First thus, second edition. Music by Eugene Field. This contribution by Field may have appeared elsewhere. 8vo., beige wrappers with brown lettering over brown cloth, 93 pp.. Dogeared, soiled, sunned, rubbed, with ink ownership to the upper wrapper. Good plus. Music., Good Stock number: 56064.
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Imprint: 1889 CLEMENS, Samuel L. A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT. New York: Charles L. Webster and Co., 1889. First edition, later state (excised "s" ornament at p[59]). Small 4to., olive pictorial cloth. A very good copy that shows a little wear. The front hinge is cracked at the title page, but the book if fundamentally sound and attractive., Very Good Stock number: 78200.
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Imprint: 1606 Stock number: 84719.
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Imprint: 1881 CLEMENT, Clara Erskine. PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, ARCHITECTS AND ENGRAVERS. Boston: Ticknor and Company, (1881). 8vo. Mustard cloth, gilt stamped spine and decorative emblem on lower corner of front board. Minor edgewear, most noticeable on spine, slight rubbing on boards, ownership in pencil on ffep, notes in pen on back endpaper; very good., Very Good Stock number: 77515.
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CLEMENTI, Muzio. 24 ETUDES SUR LES GAMMES, SUIVIES D'UN GRAND EXERCICE dans tous les Tons majeurs et mineurs. Paris: E. Challiot, [ND, 18??]. 191 pp. 4to., green marbled paper-covered boards, edges yellow. Foxing to text. Spine has disintegrated, boards worn, needs rebinding. Manuscript of music notation. As is. Stock number: 57858.
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Imprint: 1875 CLIFFORD, F. S. A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS, OR, THE SEARCH FOR CAPT. JACOB COLE WITH INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT PERFUMES AND ARTICLES USED IN THE TOILET. Boston: Clifford, Perfumer, 1875. 8vo., red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to spine and front board. Ink presentation by author F. S. Clifford on first blank. Very good, gilt decoration slightly faded at spine. Minor shelfwear. Front hinge cracked; block sound. Occasional light foxing. B/w frontispiece and illustrations in the text. Excursions around the world helmed by the son of marooned Capt. Cole., Very Good Stock number: 79069.
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Imprint: 1985 [COLLECTIBLES] LOT OF 20+ AUCTION CATALOGUES FROM SOTHEBY'S and PHILLIPS: TIMEPIECES, CLOCKS AND WRISTWATCHES. New York: Sotheby's/Phillips, 1985- 1990. Thirteen Sotheby's catalogues (February 15 1986 - June 6 and 7 1990) and ten Phillips catalogues (December 5 1985 - December 13 1988). All in very good to near fine condition with minor wear to spines. Some have result sheets laid in. A few catalogues feature women's jewelry as well. Color and b/w photographs, varies., Fine Stock number: 79166.
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Imprint: 1991 CLOSE, Frank. TOO HOT TO HANDLE: THE RACE FOR COLD FUSION. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, (1991). 8vo., red cloth. Blind stamp to title page. Very good plus., Very Good Stock number: 72839.
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Imprint: 1897 CLOUSTON, K. Warren. THE CHIPPENDALE PERIOD IN ENGLISH FURNITURE. London & New York: Debenham & Freebody, Edward Arnold, 1897. First edition. Illustrated with drawings. xvi, 224 pp. 4to., tan cloth sides with cream cloth spine, printed in gilt to upper board and spine, upper edge gilt. Text and illustrations are clean and fresh. Boards are lightly soiled a little wear overall very good., Very Good Stock number: 56915.
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Imprint: 1729 CLUVER, Philipp. PHILIPPI CLUVERI INTRODUCTIONIS IN UNIVERSAM GEOGRAPHIAM, tam VETEREM quam NOVAM LIBRI VI. Cum integris Johannis Bunonis, Joh. Frid. Hekelii & Joh. Reiskii, & selectis Londinensibus notis. Textum ad optimas Editiones recognovit; Pauca Cluverii, multa interpretum sphalmata obelo notavit; Bunonianis Tabulis geographicis passim emendatis novas accuratiores addidit; Praefationemque de Cluverii fatis & scriptis Historico-criticam; cum praecognitis geographicis, praefixit Augustinus Bruzen la Martiniere ... Editio omnium locupletissima. Amstelaedami: Apud Petrum de Coup, 1729. First published in Leiden, 1624, this is the last edition of Cluver's popular geographic history. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, 47 maps (16 folding), 4 plates (2 folding), and 1 folding table. Quarto. [42],688,[59] pp. 24.7 x 19.2 cm (9 3/4 by 7 5/8 in.) Handsomely bound in a modern, full vellum binding in period style, having green ribbon ties and a handwritten title on spine. A complete copy. The frontispiece and title-page are browned. There is a small, light dampstain that begins at the bottom forecorner of p. 639. The last few leaves of the index show general light soiling and are rather tired. Overall, a clean and fresh copy. The main text describes all the countries of the world, including a section on America and the islands of the 'New World' (pp. 666-686), and is illustrated throughout with engraved maps. The accompanying map of America (it depicts North, Central, and South America), the last one in the atlas, shows California as an island. The text includes notes by Johann Buno, Johann Friedrich Heckel and Johann Reiske, taken from earlier editions of the work; these are printed throughout in smaller type in double columns beneath the main text. Text in Latin. A bibliography of preceding editions is given on pp. [9-10], along with a list of errata and directions to the binder on pp. [41-42], in the unpaginated section at the beginning of the book; and there is a [59] page index at the end of the volume. (Graesse 2, p. 204; Sabin 13085). Stock number: 86136.
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Imprint: 1975 COALITION FOR FAIR COPYRIGHT PROTECTION. AN AUTHOR'S SYMPOSIUM FOR CONGRESS, 1975. Slender volume, not paginated. 8vo., green paper wrappers printed in black. Contains the minutes of a symposium featuring Art Buchwald, Irving Stone, Frederik Pohl, Kurt Vonnegut, Barbara Tuchman, and others. About very good with light sunning to spine and small stain to lower board., Very Good Stock number: 57570.
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Imprint: 1955 COATES, Robert M. THE FARTHER SHORE. New York: Harcourt Brace and Co., (1955). First edition. 8vo., black paper-covered boards. A near fine copy in a slightly edgeworn dust jacket., Fine Stock number: 49305.
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Imprint: 1921 COBB, Irvin S. A PLEA FOR OLD CAP COLLIER. Frontispiece by Tony Sarg. New York: George H. Doran, (1921). First edition (M. Johnson does not mention the need for GHD insignia on the title page). Slight offsetting, paste action to endpapers. The paper-covered boards are bright and clean. Near fine, in a slightly soiled and edgeworn dust jacket., Fine. Illustr: FE Stock number: 54736.
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Imprint: 1833 COBBETT, William. A GRAMMAR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN A SERIES OF LETTERS. INTENDED FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND OF YOUNG PERSONS IN GENERAL; BUT MORE ESPECIALLY FOR THE USE OF SOLDIERS, SAILORS, APPRENTICES, AND PLOUGH-BOYS. London: William Cobbett, 1833. [226 pp.] + 12 pp. publisher's catalogue. 12mo., half cloth (tan) with paper-covered boards, paper spine label. Good, spine slightly frayed heel and crown, 1/4 inch chip near top edge not affecting label. Block semi-detached. Shelfwear to edges, corners. Light to moderate foxing in the text. Originally published in 1819. Epistolary format: lessons in twenty-four letters, including "six lessons, intended to prevent statesmen from using false grammar, and from writing in an awkward manner.", Good Stock number: 78941.
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Imprint: 1930 COBBETT, William, ed. G. D. H. COLE and Margaret COLE. RURAL RIDES IN THE SOUTHERN, WESTERN AND EASTERN COUNTIES OF ENGLAND, TOGETHER WITH TOURS IN SCOTLAND, AND IN THE NORTHERN AND MIDLAND COUNTIES ENGLAND, AND LETTERS FROM IRELAND, 3 VOLUMES. Illustrated by John NASH and A. E. TAYLOR. London: Peter Davies, 1930. Unnumbered set from a run of one thousand copies. Lacks slipcase. var pp. 8vo., quarter brown cloth stamped in gilt and dark brown, blue marbled paper covered boards. Map endpapers. Very good, minor wear to spine, edges and corners. Boards slightly rubbed. Light foxing to endpapers. "The Whole, Including Many Rides and Tours Never Before Reprinted, Edited and with an Introduction, Notes, A Biographical Record of Upwards of Nine Hundred Persons Mentioned, An Index of Places, and a Bibliographical Note." Text clean; charming vignettes by Nash., Very Good Stock number: 83567.
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Imprint: 1829 COBBETT, William. THE ENGLISH GARDENER; OR, A TREATISE ON THE SITUATION, SOIL, ENCLOSING and Laying-Out of Kitchen Gardens; on the Making and Managing of Hot-Beds and Green-Houses; and on the Propagation and Cultivation of all sorts of Kitchen-Garden Plants, and of Fruit Trees whether of the Garden or the Orchard. And also on the Formation of Shrubberies and Flower-Gardens; and on the Propagation and Cultivation of the Several Sorts of Shrubs and Flowers; concluding with a Kalendar, Giving instructions relative to the Sowings, Plantings, Prunings, and other labours, to be performed in the Gardens, in each Month of the Year. London: Printed by B. Bensley and Published by the Author, 1829. First edition. Unpaginated. Red calf stamped in gilt and blind. Lacks backstrip. Joints tender, cracked. Front board nearly detached. Moderate wear to boards. Marbled edges, plain paper endpapers. Former owner's ink signature on front pastedown. Title page heavily foxed; occasional light foxing in the text. With index. The landmark gardening book of the early 19th century. Fair to good overall. As is., Good Stock number: 83570.
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Imprint: 1825 COBBETT, William. THE WOODLANDS: OR, A TREATISE On the preparing of ground for planting; on the planting; on the cultivating; and on the cutting down of Forest Trees and Underwoods ... London: William Cobbett, 1825. [8], unpaginated (601 paragraphs, numbered). Complete. With 4 pp. publisher's advertisements. Very good. 8vo., dark green polished calf (sunned to brown at spine) with gilt-ruled boards, gilt edges, raised bands, and two gilt leather spine labels. Minor wear to rear board. Joints slightly tender; boards slightly bowed. Handsome green marbled endpapers. Minor foxing to front and rear matter, else fine inside. Index of trees at rear., Fine Stock number: 83400.
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Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated COCHRAN, Malcolm. Dutch Journal. [24pp.] Oblong octavo. Signed by the author and numbered 140 of 1000. Bound in manila papers and packaged in brown paper envelope with an order form included. A fine copy., Fine Stock number: 86308.
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Imprint: 1961 COCTEAU, Jean. LE TESTAMENT D'ORPHEE. Monaco: Editions du Rocher, (1961). In French. First trade edition. 82pp. of screenplay followed by numerous b/w illustrations. Small 8vo., grey cloth, b/w print mounted to front board. Ink ownership to tp. Minor shelfwear; bumped at crown and near middle of rear board top-edge. Mild offsetting to endpapers, else clean within. Very good., Very Good Stock number: 77019.
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Imprint: 1950 COCTEAU, Jean. ORPHEE: Film. Photographies de Roger Corbeau. Paris: Andre Bonne, (1950). 12mo., glossy photo wrappers. A fragile item, partly unopened, with browning to the paper, light wear at the wraps. Stock number: 62628.
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Imprint: 1929 CODRINGTON, K. De B. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF MEDIAEVAL INDIAN SCULPTURE. London: Edward Goldston, 1929. 32 pp. + 24 b/w plates. 8vo., terra cotta colored printed wrappers. Very good, light soil to edges of wrappers, 1/2 inch closed tear at top of front joint. Interior clean and tight., Very Good Stock number: 79671.
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Imprint: 1866 COFFIN, Charles Carleton. FOUR YEARS OF FIGHTING: A Volume of Personal Observation with the Army and Navy from the First Battle of Bull Run to the Fall of Richmond. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. Fourth edition (same year as first). Illustrated. 8vo., brown cloth, title gilt-stamped to spine. Ownership erasures to ffep. Needs rebacking: spine covering split; boards nearly detached. Generally clean text. This volume is being offered as is. Stock number: 75977.
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Imprint: 1937 COFFIN, Robert P. Tristram. KENNEBEC: CRADLE OF AMERICANS. Illustrated by Maitland de Gogorza. New York and Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, 1937. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on front flyleaf. x + 292 pp. 8vo., orange cloth with gilt spine lettering and cover stamped in blind. Owner's personal bookplate on front pastedowm. Spine a little sunned, else fine. B/w maps and illustrations. The Kennebec River (Maine): history, anecdotes. Uncommon inscribed., Fine Stock number: 80129.
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Imprint: 1950 COHEN, I. Bernard. A SENSE OF HISTORY IN SCIENCE. Reprinted from the American Journal of Physics, Vo.. 18, No. 6, pp. 343-359, September, 1950. Large 8vo., stapled pamphlet, 16 pp. Inscribed by the author at front wrap. One ink correction to text. Near fine., Fine Stock number: 66605.
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Imprint: 1948 COHN, Door William. CHINEESCHE SCHILDERKUNST. London and Utrecht: Phaidon Press and W. De Haan N.V., (1948). Small folio, red cloth lettered in gilt, spine in gilt. 29pp text + 224 plates + notes. A very good copy that shows only some light soiling at the cloth and slight sunning at the spine., Very Good Stock number: 49396.
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Binding:
Hardback
COLART, L. Samuel. HISTOIRE DE FRANCE methodique et comparee, avec texte, tableaux synoptiques et 77 gravures, par Mr. Colart, 1.er eleve et successeur de l'abbe Gaultier, ex-Instituteur des enfants de France et de S.M.T.F. Nouvelle edition. Paris: Hachette et Cie., [n.d., circa 1870- 1890, maybe earlier]. Engraved title-page (signed T. Boys) + 77 engraved plates, including fold-out charts and a fold-out map. Oblong octavo. [ii],256 pp. Red morocco back with gilt-stamped title and decoration in compartments; red pebbled-cloth sides with a gilt-stamped decorative frame and title within to upper board; white endpapers embossed with a watered- silk pattern; a.e.g. Binding shows some light rubbing and spotting, and general light soiling overall. Occasional light foxing within, but mostly clean. Very good plus., Very Good Stock number: 77956.
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