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Paris: N.Berey, 1654. First Edition of this handsome early European armorial. Brunet V 261. Graesse VI 341. small folio. engraved title, engraved dedication, 2 plates of engraved text, [pp. 12](printed table) & 201 (of 206?) engraved plates of coats of arms (incl. 7 bis plates). lacking 5 bis plates. old vellum over paste-board (covers bowed, upper margin of plate 1 replaced, mild staining in upper margin). Ex-libris L. Gidel. some early ms. additions in the table
Armorial Porcelain of the Eighteenth (18th) Century by TUDOR-CRAIG, Sir Algernon - 1925
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Armorial Porcelain of the Eighteenth (18th) Century
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This thorough study assesses ceramics ordered by British houses from China in the 18th C. The high quality of the book, as a survey and as a book-arts production, warrants attention. A lovely book.
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Armorial Universel Contenant Les Armes des principales Maisons Estatz et Dignitez des plus considerable Royaumes de líEuropeÖ
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Man And Wife
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RARE/SCARCE.USED. GOOD CONDITION. HARPER & BROTHERS. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 1870. MAN AND WIFE, a novel by WILKIE COLLINS, author of "The Moonstone" and "The Woman in White. Brown boards with ornate gold gilt titles on spine. Large octavo, original cloth, 239 pages [text printed in two columns] (followed by 4 pages of adverts). ILLUSTRATED with a frontispiece portrait and text vignettes. Signed and dated by former owners Mr. & Mrs. A. B. Wiswall of Newton Lake Falls, Mass. Sept. 1869.
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The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in the Year 1852. UKRAINIA
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UKRAINIA Tolstoi, Count Lyof N.: The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in the Year 1852. First English Edition, 1888 Walter Scott, 24 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row, London. Translated from the Russian by Nathan Haskell Dole. Summary: A novel of the Caucasian War 1817-1864. Used. Good- Condition/ No DJ. Blue Boards gold titling and ornamentation. Imperial Russian crest stamped in gilt at center front. A solid copy. Light foxing to endpapers. Toning. Fabric at top of spine missing. RARE/SCARCE.
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A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour: as it Existed in Europe, Particularly in Great Britain, from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of King Charles II.
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Beautiful copy of the rare first edition of this standard work on medieval European armour. With 80 fine illustrations drawn and engraved by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick (some engraved by Richard Bridgens and William Maddocks). Complete with three frontispieces with calligraphic titles and engraved vignettes drawn by Richard Bridgens and engraved by Charles Heath, 70 hand-coloured aquatint plates drawn by Meyrick and engraved by himself or William Maddocks, 10 engraved plates drawn by Meyrick and etched by Richard Bridgens, and 27 illuminated chapter initials.Volume I: 22 hand-coloured plates (VIII to XXX) & 8 b/w etchings (I to VII, XXVI), pp. lxxvii, 206Volume II: 35 hand-coloured plates (XXXI to LVI), 1 b/w engraving (XLIV), pp. 297 Volume III: 13 hand-coloured plates (LVII to LXXIX) & 1 b/w (LXXX) , pp.147, unpaginated 132-page glossaryThe plates are essentially a catalogue of the collection of ancient armour collected by Samuel and his son Llewelyn, with a few items drawn from illuminated manuscripts…
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Armorial Universel Contenant Les Armes des principales Maisons Estatz et Dignitez des plus considerable Royaumes de líEuropeÖ
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Man And Wife
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RARE/SCARCE.USED. GOOD CONDITION. HARPER & BROTHERS. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 1870. MAN AND WIFE, a novel by WILKIE COLLINS, author of "The Moonstone" and "The Woman in White. Brown boards with ornate gold gilt titles on spine. Large octavo, original cloth, 239 pages [text printed in two columns] (followed by 4 pages of adverts). ILLUSTRATED with a frontispiece portrait and text vignettes. Signed and dated by former owners Mr. & Mrs. A. B. Wiswall of Newton Lake Falls, Mass. Sept. 1869.
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The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in the Year 1852. UKRAINIA
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UKRAINIA Tolstoi, Count Lyof N.: The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in the Year 1852. First English Edition, 1888 Walter Scott, 24 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row, London. Translated from the Russian by Nathan Haskell Dole. Summary: A novel of the Caucasian War 1817-1864. Used. Good- Condition/ No DJ. Blue Boards gold titling and ornamentation. Imperial Russian crest stamped in gilt at center front. A solid copy. Light foxing to endpapers. Toning. Fabric at top of spine missing. RARE/SCARCE.
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Beautiful copy of the rare first edition of this standard work on medieval European armour. With 80 fine illustrations drawn and engraved by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick (some engraved by Richard Bridgens and William Maddocks). Complete with three frontispieces with calligraphic titles and engraved vignettes drawn by Richard Bridgens and engraved by Charles Heath, 70 hand-coloured aquatint plates drawn by Meyrick and engraved by himself or William Maddocks, 10 engraved plates drawn by Meyrick and etched by Richard Bridgens, and 27 illuminated chapter initials.Volume I: 22 hand-coloured plates (VIII to XXX) & 8 b/w etchings (I to VII, XXVI), pp. lxxvii, 206Volume II: 35 hand-coloured plates (XXXI to LVI), 1 b/w engraving (XLIV), pp. 297 Volume III: 13 hand-coloured plates (LVII to LXXIX) & 1 b/w (LXXX) , pp.147, unpaginated 132-page glossaryThe plates are essentially a catalogue of the collection of ancient armour collected by Samuel and his son Llewelyn, with a few items drawn from illuminated manuscripts…
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Armorial Porcelain of the Eighteenth (18th) Century
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London: The Century House. VG/NO DUSTJACKET. 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. #199 0f 1000 copies signed by author . 4to., 136 pp. .
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London: The Century House, 1925. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Decorative Arts. 4to. Pp. vi, 136. Frontispiece; thoroughly illustrated with three color and 54 b&w plates; index. Elegantly bound in dark blue linen with gilt lettering. Spine is lightly sun-faded, as is top front edge. TEG; fore-edge untrimmed. Very Good. Number 817 of 1,000 copies. This thorough study assesses ceramics ordered by British houses from China in the 18th C. The high quality of the book, as a survey and as a book-arts production, warrants attention. A lovely book.
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Ban and Arriere Ban: A Rally Of Fugitive Rhymes
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Andrew E. Lang , a rare book of his poetry. Ban and Arriere Ban USED. 1st Edition, 1894, Longman's Green and Co. Deckle edge, tanning. Beveled green boards with gold gilt ornamentation. The Author's name appears in gold at the front lower right.board. . 118 pages. Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford. illustrator of the Fairy Books. Per wiki "Arrière-ban, in French customs, is a general proclamation whereby the king summons to war all his vassals and their vassals. To the Provost of Paris belongs the convoking and commanding of the arrière-ban. In the Medieval usage, arrière-ban denoted a general levy, where all able-bodied males were summoned into arms. List of contents available upon request.: ."Many of the verses of this collection appeared in magazines prior to appearing here". INCLUDES ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION PUBLISHERS STATEMENT, 4 3/8 x 2 3/8: "Messrs Longmans intend this book to be sold to the Public at the advertised price and supply it to the Trade on terms which will not allow discount."…
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The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in the Year 1852. UKRAINIA
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UKRAINIA Tolstoi, Count Lyof N.: The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in the Year 1852. First English Edition, 1888 Walter Scott, 24 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row, London. Translated from the Russian by Nathan Haskell Dole. Summary: A novel of the Caucasian War 1817-1864. Used. Good- Condition/ No DJ. Blue Boards gold titling and ornamentation. Imperial Russian crest stamped in gilt at center front. A solid copy. Light foxing to endpapers. Toning. Fabric at top of spine missing. RARE/SCARCE.
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Scottish Rite Ritual Monitor & Guide Second Edition Revised & Enlarged
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Man And Wife
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RARE/SCARCE.USED. GOOD CONDITION. HARPER & BROTHERS. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 1870. MAN AND WIFE, a novel by WILKIE COLLINS, author of "The Moonstone" and "The Woman in White. Brown boards with ornate gold gilt titles on spine. Large octavo, original cloth, 239 pages [text printed in two columns] (followed by 4 pages of adverts). ILLUSTRATED with a frontispiece portrait and text vignettes. Signed and dated by former owners Mr. & Mrs. A. B. Wiswall of Newton Lake Falls, Mass. Sept. 1869.
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Treasure On The Broads
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Elliott, W. Gerald Treasure On The Broads. Herbert Jenkins, London Stated First Printing 1933. Signed and inscribed by British screenwriter Dorothy Greenhill, a co-writer of Mr. Elliott's. RARE THUS. USED. Good Condition/ No DJ is included. Orange boards with black titling. 5 X 7 1/2. 312 pages plus adverts. Summary: A mystery story about an ancient buried treasure trove located in Sussex, England.
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The Peerage of England: Or, an Account of the Present Nobility. Containing the Descent, Original Creations, and Most Recent Actions, of Their Respective Ancestors
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London: For Abel Roper and Arthur Collins, 1709. Octavo. 470pp. An early issue with an index but without the careful indexes done in later issues especially with the work of Burke. The first printed peerage of England. Bound in a modern purple flexible cloth with yapped edges, spine lettering gilt, owner's name stamped in gilt to front cover,renewed endpapers, outer margins of title page and preface are trimmed in old clear tape, pages 17 and 18 small old clear tape repair to inner margin, page 159 has old clear tape mend to inner margin and upper margin, edges darkened.
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Shrek!
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SHREK! By William Steig. 1990 Stated First Edition, Farrar, Straux Giroux. QUITE RARE IN A STATED FIRST. Used. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ NONE AS ISSUED. ISBN 0374368775. Swamp creatures back panel. Unpaginated. 8 5/8 X 10 7/8. Summary: Original source material for the beloved film of the same name. Summary: "Shrek, a horrid, ugly, little ogre, goes out into the world to find adventure and along the way encounters a witch, a knight in armor, a dragon, and, finally, a hideous princess, who's even uglier than he is!" About the artist/author William Steig: "He created his masterpiece character, Shrek, in 1990, at the age of 83."
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British Antiquities Revived or a Friendly Contest Touching the Soveraignty of the Three Princes of Wales in Ancient Times
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Original Very Good+ 1834 Hardcover Clean Pages, and Endpapers. NOT a library copy. NO signatures. Clean fold out Genealogies. Advocacies for kingship in Medieval Wales. 80 pp. Cover sun fades and a little foxing on the pages of the text. Some age related wrinkling to cloth on boards. NOT from water damage. Original paper title patch present partially on spine with small loss. Internally tight, clean copy of the Hengwrt discussion of the Celtic Welsh kingship of Medieval Powys and Gwynedd. See all our Three Geese in Flight Celtic Book Scans.
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A Treatise on Heraldry; British and Foreign with English and French Glossaries (2 Volumes)
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Edinburgh and London: W. & A.K. Johnston 1896, new and enlarged edition. (Hardcover set) xx, 489, ix, 525pp. Very good. Bound in contemporary half red morocco with textured red cloth boards, the spine with raised bands and gilt lettering. One of 325 copies. Top edges gilt, patterned endpapers, 66 plates of shields and arms, most in color, numerous illustrations, errata slip. The spine and corners are lightly worn, there are armorial bookplates and blindstamps from previous owners. (Sets, Genealogy, Heraldry, Sets).
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