Titles starting with F from Webster's Fine Books & Maps, ABAC,ILAB

Published in Diderot's Astronomie. 8-3/4" x 6-1/4"-22.2 x 15.87 cm. Light marginal staining o/w a nice crisp impression. An interesting chart of the moon's surface. ... more information

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1758.. Light browning, light crease upper left corner but overall very good.. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4"- 19 x 12 cm. . London: Gentleman’s Magazine, A hand coloured copper engraved map. Jolly GENT-116 An interesting map showing the Fort Fouras on the top portion, and the coastline of the Bay of Chatalilon with a large cross section of a ship on the lower portion of the map. The fort was of strategic importance during the Seven Years war. Military Map ,France, Seven Years War, Gentleman’s Maga... more information

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From "Nuovo Atlante DI Geografia Universale..." published in Milan by Batelli & Fanfani [c. 1821] . 13-1/2" x 16"- 34.2 x 40 cm. Hand-coloured in outline nice wide margins, some spotting to margins, but generally a very good impression. A detailed double page map of France divided into departments. ... more information

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c.1579. 15-3/4" x 19-3/4"- 40 x 50.1 cm. . Copper engraved map with original hand colouring. Laid down on board. An attractive map of Friesland and Groningen with inset of ancient Friesland. Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a prominent Flemish cartographer who produced the first world atlas "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" in 1570. This map was based on an earlier manuscript map by Sibrandus Leo whose name is featured in the title. ... more information

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London and New York:: Two Continents Publishing Group,, 1975. 8vo,. Illustrated. wraps. Very slight creasing to edges of wraps, else very good. A facsimile of Bewick's 1818 edition, with an introduction by Michael Marqusee. ... more information

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New York: : The Century Co., , [1930]. Fifth printing. 4to,. Illustrated with plates by E.H. Suydam. cloth with pictorial pastedown. board edges bumped, inscription to half title, else very good. Information on the history of New Orleans including Mardi Gras, the architecture, voodoo etc. ... more information

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Toronto: : McClelland and Stewart, , [1929]. Sixth edition. 4to, . green cloth with pictorial pastedown spine ends slightly frayed, name on ffep, else very good. Stories of the Norsemen landing, New France, Montcalm, Wolfe, Early Exploration, Northwest passage and other events in Canadian history. ... more information

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1853.. Spine ends worn, occasional spotting, rear hinge cracked, else very good.. 8vo,. Detroit: Kerr, Doughty & Lapham, gilt decorated cloth. Observations on farmyard animals, agricultural life etc. Argirculture, Animals, Farming, ... more information

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Princeton:: Princeton University Press,, 1947. 8vo,. green cloth. Pencil notations on rear pastedown, very good. Bentley considers this work a "magisterial analysis of Blake's poetry and thought". ... more information

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1853.. Cloth soiled, ffep lower portion cut away, scattered foxing throughout, a fair copy.. 8vo,. Auburn and Buffalo: Derby and Miller, and Derby, Orton and Mulligan, original embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering McLean p. 131 Parton or Fanny Fern, wrote about women’s issues of the time particularly about economic independence. She was one of the first women authors in America at the time to negotiate her own terms of payment by means of royalties, a move made through necessity when her fath... more information

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London:: Trubner & Co, 1873. Second edition, second impression. 8vo,. brown cloth, gilt lettering, with paper spine label. Wear to hinges and spine, bookplate, very good. An introduction to the Sanskrit language and the Devanagari alphabet complete with translation exercises, pronounciation guide etc. This second edition has an introuduction to the Hitopadesa-a collection of Sanskrit tales with moralastic themes. ... more information

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London:: Scolar Press, , 1978. Deluxe edition limited to 15 dedicated opies, signed by the author. 8vo,. Illustrated. full red nigerian goatskin, with gilt edges and tooled in gold, central black medallion onlay surrounded by two floral and leaf rolls, black pigsuede fly leages, housed in a full nigerian goatskin slipcase with black edging, red panels and hand lettering-bound by Zaensdorf. Fine. Plates 1-4 taken from the second printing. ... more information

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Toronto:: University of Toronto Press,, 1950. First edition. 4to,. Illustrated. cloth and dustjacket. Small tear to head of spine jacket and two small spots, else very good. Limited to 550 numbered copies, signed by the author on the half title. The art of Flemish illuminists during the 14th and 15th centuries. Examples from "Les Grandes Heures du duc de Berry" and the work of Jan van Eyck amongst others are examined. ... more information

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1870. . Spine strip loose, inner hinge cracked, lacking 1 plate, else a good clean copy.. 8vo, . London: Groombridge, green and gilt blind stamped cloth, a.e.g. A very good horticultural guide embellished with lovely colour printed plates. Flowers, Gardening, Horticulture, Colour printing, chromolithography ... more information

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1870. . Spine strip loose, upper cover spotted, small insect hole to ffep and frontis (not affecting image) inner hinge cracked, lacking 1 plate, else a good clean copy.. 8vo, . London: Groombridge, green and gilt blind stamped cloth, a.e.g. A very good horticultural guide embellished with lovely colour printed plates. Flowers, Gardening, Horticulture, Colour printing, chromolithography ... more information

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1859-61. . Spines spotted and faded, else very good.. 8vo, . London: Groombridge, green and gilt blind stamped cloth, a.e.g. A very good horticultural guide embellished with lovely colour printed plates. Flowers, Gardening, Horticulture, Colour printing, chromolithography ... more information

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Boston: : Dana Estes and Company, , [1891]. . 8vo, . Illustrated. blue and gilt decorated cloth. Slight rubbing to extremities, front hinge cracked, else a fine copy. ... more information

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Toronto:: McClelland and Stewart Limited,, 1965. 4to,. Illustrated. cloth and dust jacket. Fine. A selection of pre-Victorian children's poems, nursery rhyms, chapbooks and stories. Nicely illustrated. ... more information

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London: : Heath Cranton, , [1923]. . First edition. 8vo,. Illustrated. half blue calf and cloth prize binding, gilt decorated spine and gilt institutional stamp. A few spots to covers, lower board bumped at fore-edge, prize label on front pastedown, a nice sound and attractive copy. A flying trip to the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. ... more information

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London, New York, and Toronto:: Henry Frowde,, 1908. 8vo,. Illustrated. light blue cloth. Spine darkened, cloth rubbed, endpapers a little browned, else very good. Author's compliments slip tipped-in. The history and design of baptismal fonts. ... more information

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