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Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1975. xii + 130 pp., 22 b&w plates. Moderate lean, lightly toned original illus. wraps.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Chicago, IL: Athenian Corporation, 1965. 136 pp., illus. in color, b&w. Moderately soiled covers, rubbed with some exposure at corners.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Henry R. Piercy & Co. Printers, 1831. Original 1/4 calf, marbled paper over boards, leather backstrip. 74 pp., many accompanied by a full-page woodcut opposite. Rubbed edges, with corners exposed, leather rubbed, with small area of loss at top spine extremity. Former owner signature (dated 1831) on FFEP. Interior a bit toned, with scattered foxing (ranging to moderate in a few spots), mostly to woodcuts. Contains 31 of an unspecified number of plates. Interesting early U.S. views of U.S. Capitol at Washington D.C., the New York Highlands near West Point, Bedford Mineral Springs and York Springs, Adam County, (Pennsylvania), Brooklyn (NY), Jersey City (New Jersey), Butments of Genesee Bridge (NY), New York Merchants' Exchange, Lake George, Niagara Falls, Upper Chasm of Fall River (all NY), Rock Bridge (Virginia), Bay of Quebec, Mariners Church at Portland (Maine), also some views from England and Europe. Several woodcut leaves are sized a bit differently than their adjacent leaves but have not been trimmed or altered. Woodcuts known to be lacking include boa constrictor; uncertain whether woodcuts existed for Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York Deaf & Dumb Asylum (both also lacking from the only other collated copy of which I have record), Falls of Montmorenci--not present but no visible indications of any plates removed. American Imprints 8029. Surely quite scarce. Solid binding, still quite presentable.. First Edition. Quarter-Leather. Good/N/A. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Amsterdam: H. D. Pfann, 1969. Burgundy cloth, decorated and lettered in gold foil. Oblong folio. 120 pp., illus. in b&w with period engravings, drawings, modern b&w photographs. Top board slightly warped, otherwise appearing virtually as issued. The front flyleaf and several interior leaves have detached from the binding, which is otherwise fully intact, with a clean and bright interior -- a competent binder could easily repair by reattaching the entire text block. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear, a bit of rubbing at corners. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/VG+. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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New York: Booth-Clibborn Editions/Harry N. Abrams. 408 pp., fully illus. w/ color, b&w plates. Slight shelf/edge wear, virtually as issued. This, the BOMC softcover, is actually the 1st thus of the softcover edition, reprinting the Abrams hardcover edition. Catalogue to accompany the lauded 1998-99 exhibition.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Time, Inc., 1936. Original prospectus for the third publishing venture (after Time and Fortune) of Time, Inc. -- and the first to fail. Tan cloth, moderately soiled. Interior clean, as issued. Firm binding. 72 pp., illus. w/ gorgeous b&w photographs.. First Edition. Cloth. VG+/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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London, England: British Museum Publictions Limited, 1975. 3rd edition, reprinted. 108 pp. + tables, illus. w/ line drawings. Slight wear to corners, slight lean original to publication.. Soft Cover. Near Fine/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., 1969. Periodical. Slight edge wear, virtually as issued.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: American Jewish Committee, 1916. Black cloth, lettered in red. 120 pp. Ex-library, typically marked/stamped, moderate overall wear, including surface rubbing. Firm binding, clean text block (a bit toned), acceptable reference copy of a scarce publication.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Not Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: Ward, Lock & Co., Ltd., 1920. Dark fred cloth, lettered and decorated in black. Mildly sunned spine panel, light shelf wear. Foxed text block edges and endpapers, clean interior. 224 pp., b&w plates, 12 color foldout maps + 1 large color fold-out frontis. map. Similar format to Baedeker's. Nicely preserved copy.. Cloth. VG+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1966. Deaccessioned from noncirculating art museum reference library, lightly stamped, minimal wear. Oblong format. 55 full page b&w plates, each accompanied by full description. Exhibition catalogue.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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The Jewish Black Book Committee, 1946. Black cloth, lettered in green on front and spine panels. Mild shelf wear, a bit rubbed along edges and at corners, with flecking to cloth along joints and along portions of spine panel and fore-edges. Interior somewhat toned but otherwise intact. [ix],560 pp., illus. w/ b&w photos, possibly lacking one leaf close to front, with tab in binding gutter (between Fefer epigraph page and Table of Contents).. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London, England: Francis Griffiths, 1912. Red cloth, lettered in gilt, gilt armorial emblem on lower front panel, decorated endpapers, deckled edges. xix + 302 pp., illus. w/ 8 watercolour plates + 86 line drawings. Cloth is a bit rubbed/flecked along edges and joints, at corners and spine extrems, spine panel lightly sunned. Some foxing to early and late leaves, otherwise clean interior.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. VG+. Illus. by Marjorie Nash. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Macmillan, 1929. xv,179 pp., illus. w/ 51 reproductions of etchings and drawings by J. T. Arms. Ex-library, typically marked/stamped, neatly rebound in red patterned library cloth, with edges slightly trimmed. Quite functional reading/reference copy, with all plates and guards intact, clean interior beyond library marks. Affordable copy of a scarce publication.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by John Taylor Arms. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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New York: Harper Torchbooks/Harper & Row, 1961. Light shelf/edge wear. Square, uncreased binding. xii,365 pp. Short closed tear with minor loss along bottom rear edge.. First Thus. Soft Cover. VG+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2001. xi,408 pp. As issued. Remainder mark on bottom text block edge.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2001. xvi,416 pp. As issued. Front board is very slightly bowed, a condition clearly original to issue.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Chicago, IL: Stanford University Press, 1958. 1970 ptg. Slight edge wear, virtually as issued. ix,162 pp.. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: The Historical Association, 1964. 1964 reprint. Nominally ex-library, lightly marked, noncirculating. 27 pp.. Original Wraps. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London and New York: Kaye & Ward/Oxford University Press, 1974. Virtually as issued. Price-clipped dust jacket with light edge wear. 172 pp., illus. w/ color plates, b&w photographs.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Boston: Little, Brown, 1899. Light green illus. cloth, deckled edges. Nominal ex-library, lightly stamped, no exterior indications. Moderately soiled, with general shelf wear. Front hinge slightly starting, but binding is firm. xiii,389 pp. + index, publisher's catalog at rear, illus. w/ frontis. map, b&w plates. Most plates show an embossed library stamp. Copyrighted 1898; early (2nd?) printing.. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Devin-Adair Company, 1925. "A claim based on Dutch and British official reports, and on statements by authoritative Dutch and American historians and geographers." Dark burgundy ribbed cloth, lettered in gilt. Very slightly rubbed extremities, a virtually as issued copy. Scarce peach paper dust jacket lettered in black shows separation and some loss along upper front flap fold, chipped spine extremites, a few small holes along spine, and chip of loss at bottom front corner, now in archival mylar. xviii,373 pp. Scarce.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1999. xii,306 pp., illus. As issued.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Arkana/Penguin Books, 1996. 6th ptg. xv,318 pp., illus., maps. As issued.. Soft Cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom: Anton Press, 1983. v,180 pp. As issued.. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Editions Heimdal, 1983. Dark blue cloth, lettered in gold foil. As issued. 528 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs throughout, several color at rear. Dual language edition, in French and English. Dust jacket lightly rubbed at head of spine and corners, with a few light surface marks, now in Brodart sleeve.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Dorset Press/Marboro Books Corp., 1986. Black 1/4 cloth, ivory paper covered boards. As issued. 4th ptg. thus. viii,328 pp. Dust jacket shows slight shelf wear, nearly as issued.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York and London: Paddington Press Ltd., 1976. 192 pp., illus., maps. Very slightly soiled text block edges, else as issued. Dust jacket as issued. Medieval France.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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1931. Booklet published on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of Zwingli's death, Oct. 1931. Light brown paper wraps. 43 pp., frontis., illus. Light handling wear. Former owner signature on title pg., circulation pocket at rear (never circulated).. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Basel: R. Reich, 1901. Green cloth, red and black cover lettering. No edition indicated. 92 pp., illus. in b&w. Light wear to edges, both inner hinges split but binding/text block solid. All text in German.. Cloth. Very Good/N/A. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Chicago, IL: The Fine Arts Journal. Dark brown grained leather, lettered in gilt, patterned endpapers, edged in gilt. 224 pp., b&w illus. Ex-library copy, lacking backstrip (remmant is laid in), with rubbed edges, exposed corners. Acceptable reference copy.. Full-Leather. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Groningen, Batavia: J. B. Wolters' Uitgevers-Maatschappij, 1936. Brown textured cloth, stamped and lettered in black. Approx. 10" x 13 3/8". 45 double-paged hinged maps in color, some foldout. Modestly rubbed at corners and spine extremities, a few light surface marks to exterior. Interior clean and bright. Approx. 3/4" tear to cloth along rear joint with minor loss.. First Thus. Cloth. VG+. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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New York: Pantheon/Random House, 1988. xv + 488 pp. As issued.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Charles Scribner, 1857. Deaccessioned from non-circulating museum library, nominally marked/stamped, clear-coated spine panel (somewhat age-toned) with handwritten call number on lower portion. Brown cloth, stamped in blind, with gilt lettering on spine panel. Chipped with loss at both spine extremities, exposure at corners. Two vintage signatures of original owner H. H. Muhlenberg on front endpapers (Reading, PA physician and financier, descended from the prominent Lutheran family in Pennsylvania). 516,[i] pp., illus. w/ engravings. Lightly soiled endpapers and text block edges, text block itself a bit toned but clean, with firm binding. Frontis. and guard show moderate foxing, other plates mostly clean.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Not Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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New York: Dover, 1975. Republication of 125 plates from the 3rd (1907) edition of Costumes of All Nations. 256 pp., illus. Slight shelf wear, minimal layering of top front corner, portions of rear cover mildly toned. Square, uncreased binding. Former owner's embossed seal on title page.. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Mexico City, Mexico: American Book and Printing Co., 1922. Moss green cloth, lettered in gilt, with black accents, marbled text block edges. Mildly rubbed spine extremities, slight crease across a portion of upper front cover. 196 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs, large double-sided color fold-out map tipped in at front flyleaf. Interior a bit toned but otherwise intact. Nicely preserved vintage travel guide, strong VG+ to Near Fine; scarce.. Revised Edition. Cloth. VG+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. xvi,403 pp. Modest shelf wear, some abrasions and creasing along front cover edges. Rear panel is lightly spotted. Square, uncreased binding. Scattered internal underlining early on, otherwise clean.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Macmillan and Co., 1887. Dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine panel. Rubbed edges, some exposure at corners, chipped at heel of spine and with narrow strip of loss at head of spine. 8th edition. Toned text block edges, interior slightly toned. xxvi,479 pp. Former owner's signature on verso of front flyleaf, else unmarked. Solid binding, still acceptable reading copy.. Cloth. Good/Not Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Crown Publishers, 1967. Tan cloth, virtually as issued, with binding very slightly starting at pp. 12-13. Dust jacket shows modest wear at corners and along edges. "Sketches of the manners, society, and customs of France, Flanders, the United Provinces, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy in the letters, journals and writings of the most celebrated voyagers between the years 1720 and 1820, with descriptions of the most illustrious Antiquities and Curiosities in these countries." Decorated with a great variety of engravings, paintings, watercolours, and drawings. Oblong format.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. more information

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New York and London: Oxford University Press, 1994. 1st ptg. 360 pp., illus. Front cover crease, modest handling wear. Clean interior.. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1959. Periodical, illus. wraps. Light wear. From the collection of Janet S. Byrne, Curator of Prints and Photographs, Metropolitan Museum of Art, who contributed one of the articles. CONTENTS: ""A Viking Chieftain's Sword" (Grancsay); "The Best Laid Plans" (Byrne). . First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1959. Periodical, illus. wraps. Light wear. Two copies, both from the collection of Janet S. Byrne, Curator of Prints and Photographs, Metropolitan Museum of Art, who contributed one of the articles. CONTENTS: ""A Viking Chieftain's Sword" (Grancsay); "The Best Laid Plans" (Byrne). Besides the two issues, this grouping includes two copies of an off-print of Byrne's article translated into French as "Le Souvenir des Projets de Sacre de Louis XVIII" (Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Oct. 1960) and numerous pages of typed correspondence between Byrne and Theodore van R. Wagenaar, and Byrne and Baron Herve Pinoteau, dating between 1958 and 1975. One of the two copies contains marginal corrections and annotations in the author's hand.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Viking Press, 1939. 1st edition, "Published in March 1939." Natural linen, lettered in burgundy. Deaccessioned from non-circulating museum library, nominally marked/stamped, little actual wear, clear-coated spine panel (somewhat age-toned) with handwritten call number on lower portion. A bit toned toward fore-edges, minor spotting to cloth. 128 pp., illus. w/ full page b&w photographic plates, endpaper maps. Library plates mounted to both pastedowns, otherwise clean interior, with all plates but one free of stamps. Czechoslovakia: Bohemia, Moravia, Slovakia, Carpatho-Ukraine. Overall, minimally marked, a decently preserved copy. A poignant memoir captured at the moment of a culture's disappearance.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Margaret Bourke-White (photographs). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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New York: Harvest/Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1994. 5th ptg. of 1st edition thus. xi,339 pp., illus. Very slight wear evident on fore-edge, else as issued.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Boston, MA: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1924. Royal blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Slight shelf wear, slightly darkened spine panel, very nearly as issued. xviii,207 pp., illus. A lovely copy.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Hamburg, Germany: Verlag Broschek and Co., 1939. Full natural linen, lettered in blue. Mildly spotted cloth, corners slightly curled. Foxed endpapers, interior otherwise clean. 160 pp., illus. w/ 48 color plates, map. Color pictorial dust jacket worn but present, showing loss along bottom front edge, spine extremities, several creases and minor loss on rear panel, now in mylar. Text in German.. First Edition. Cloth. VG+/Fair-Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Macmillan, 1969. Dark blue cloth, gilt lettering, as issued. 164 pp., copiously illustrated edition. Dust jacket shows slightly toned fore-edges. Former owner signature and embossed stamp on FFEP.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Harmondsworth, Middlesex and New York: Penguin, 1968. 1982 printing. Slight shelf wear, virtually as issued. 304 pp.. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Harper and Row, 1985. 224 pp., illus. w/ maps in color. Oblong format. Light shelf wear. Firm, square binding.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Catherine Petit (maps). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY: Philosophical Library, 1984. Dark blue cloth, lettered in gold foil. Former owner's embossed name stamp on title page and handwritten date on front pastedown, otherwise unmarked and as issued. xix,400 pp., 15 b&w illus., 4 maps. Dust jacket shows the slightest hints of shelf wear, virtually as issued. See our other listings for Volume I of this 2-volume set.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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