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London. John Murray. 1903. Spectacularly bound by Broca in full gilt ruled royal blue polished calf. Gilt ruled spine compartments with elaborate gilt tooled motifs. Gilt tooled raised bands. Morocco labels. Intricate gilt tooled inner dentelles. Marbled edges and endsheets. a.e.g. 8vo. (5.5" x 8.5"). First Edition. Hugely illustrated throughout with portrait engravings and a profusion of extra illustrations. A most unique extra-illustrated set. Hinges lightly rubbed. One ore two scuffs to covers. A Fine elegant set.Featured Sets.
An historical collection, of the most memorable accidents, and tragicall massacres of France, under the raignes of Henry. 2. Francis. 2. Charles. 9. Henry. 3. Henry. 4. now living. Conteining all the troubles therein happened, during the said kings times, until this present yeare, 1598. by SERRES, Jean de, [or Simon Goulart] and MATTHIEU, Pierre - 1598
by SERRES, Jean de, [or Simon Goulart] and MATTHIEU, Pierre
An historical collection, of the most memorable accidents, and tragicall massacres of France, under the raignes of Henry. 2. Francis. 2. Charles. 9. Henry. 3. Henry. 4. now living. Conteining all the troubles therein happened, during the said kings times, until this present yeare, 1598.
by SERRES, Jean de, [or Simon Goulart] and MATTHIEU, Pierre
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London: Thomas Creede, 1598. First English language edition. . Hardcover. See Description. Small folio. Lacking preliminary blank leaf, thus pp. [10], 310, 292, [4]. Page numbering is erratic. Leaf Ee3 is mis-signed as F3, but all leaves are present and in order. The title page contains a woodcut vignette/device. Each chapter begins with a woodcut decorative head piece and an initial. Bound in full dark brown modern calf with blind tooled borders and stamps after an early period style. The upper part of the title page is age-toned / tanned; a professionally sealed 7 cm. tear runs from the gutter part way across the upper portion of the title and is difficult to detect on first sight; a couple of tiny chips on the top edge are restored. Interior pages are generally attractive but with occasional mild age-toning and periodic faint marginal damp staining. A small repair patch is present on the inner margins of leaves A6 and V6. A tear on leaf V6 (also carefully sealed) extends vertically about 8.5 cm from the lower gutter and part way into the text (but causing almost no obscuration). Printed by Thomas Creede, who is best known for issuing dramatic works including some of Shakespeares plays. The book is divided into two parts. The first part is a translation of "Recueil des choses mémorables avenues en France sous le règne de Henri II, François II, Charles IX, Henri III, et Henri IV." This work is generally attributed to either Simon Goulart or Jean de Serres, and was first printed in French (no place or publisher) in 1595 and again in 1598 expanded to include the reign of Henri IV up to the year 1597. [See Brunet IV, 1161-1162]. The second part (with new pagination) provides translated selections from Pierre Matthieus, 4 part "Histoire des derniers troubles de France" (first published in Lyons 1594-95). A section at the end is titled "a brief recitall of the most memorable things which came to passé in Fraunce, under the raigne of Henry the fourth,
until the middle of the Yeare, 1598" which, if written by Matthieu, may possibly represent the first printing of some amendments which Matthieu later added to the second edition of his "Histoire" printed in 1600. This collection provides interesting testaments to the wars of religion in France during the 16th century. A separate 4 page tract at the end is titled: "A true discourse concerning the deliverie of Brittaine, in the yeare 1598." [ESTC S121331; USTC 513796; Lowndes, p. 831; Hazlitt, Biblio. Collections 2nd Series, p. 231].
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The Creevey Papers - A Selection from the Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Thomas Creevey, M.P
by Creevy, Thomas
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Les memoires des intendants sur l'etat des generalites, dresses pour l'instruction du duc de Bourgogne, tome I: memoire de la g�n�ralit� de Paris
by Boislisle, Arthur-Andre-Gabriel Michel de
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Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1881. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to, 9 x 11, xciv + 854 pages. Ancien eleve de l'Ecole des chartes, le historien Arthur-Andre-Gabriel Michel de Boislisle (1835-1908) entra au ministere des Finances et y devint sous-chef des archives. Membre du Comite des travaux historiques, membre et secretaire de la Societe des antiquaires, il fut elu membre libre de l'Academie des inscriptions et belles-lettres en 1884. Sous les auspices du ministere des Finances et d'apres les documents des Archives nationales, Arthur de Boislisle publia la Correspondance des controleurs generaux des finances avec les intendants des provinces (1874-1883), et pour la Collection des documents inedits de l'Histoire de France, Les memoires des intendants sur l'etat des generalites (1881). Arthur de Boislisle a egalement laisse une histoire de la Chambre des comptes de Paris (1873), ainsi qu'une monumentale edition des Memoires de Saint-Simon (1879-1908). Rebound in green buckram, paper label. Interior spotless.
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Reseña Histórica de Centro-América [Seven Volumes]
by Montúfar y Rivera Maestre, Lorenzo. [Walker, William]
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Guatemala: Tip. de El Progreso / La Union, 1887. First editions. Vol. 1, quarter red morocco; vols. 2-7 original blank paper wrappers as issued. Volumes 2-7 unopened (uncut) and untrimmed as sold hence some edges worn and soiled, scattered foxing, blank wrappers quite worn, torn, and soiled, some toning to half titles or titles, otherwise trimmed size is internally near fine; volume 1 extremities worn, small chip at head of spine and joint split at top. Booksellers stamp to title page of one volume.. Illus. 8vo. This is the most famous 19th c. work on Central America and a very important regional history by an anti-clerical and liberal historian, Lorenzo Montufar y Rivera Maestre (1823-1898), who, as foreign minister of Costa Rica, helped organize the Central American defense against William Walker (to whom the final volume is devoted; and is perhaps the best treatment of the filibusters) and was frequently exiled for his opposition to the dictator Rafael Carrera. Bancroft and many other historians…
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Idea de una Nueva Historia General de la America Septentrional. Fundada sobre material copioso de figuras, Symbols, Caracteres, Geroglifcos, Cantares, y Manuscritos de Autores Indios, ultimamente descubiertos
by Boturini Benaducci, Lorenzo (1702-1753)
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[xxxvi]+167+[viii]+96 pages. Octavo (8 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in full leather with decorative gilt and lettering to spine. From the library of George M Foster. First edition.Lorenzo Boturini Benaducci, born in Italy of noble parentage, studied in Milan and lived in Trieste and Vienna. He was a knight of the Holy Roman Empire. Forced to flee Austria because of the war with Spain, Boturini arrived in Spain via England and Portugal. In Madrid he met the Condesa de Santibáñez, oldest daughter of the Condesa de Moctezuma. The mother authorized him to collect a pension due her, as a descendant of the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II, from the royal treasury in New Spain. Boturini went to New Spain in 1736, where he remained eight years. During those years he assembled a vast collection of paintings, maps, manuscripts and native codices. He copied more than 500 pre-Columbian inscriptions and made his own drawings of monuments and sculptures, and he investigated the history of the apparition of the Virgin of…
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Reflexiones imparciales sobre la humanidad de los Españoles en las Indias, contra los pretendidos filósofos y políticos. Para ilustrar las historias de MM Raynal y Robertson
by Nuix y de Perpiñá, Juan de (1740-1783)
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lii+315 pages. Octavo (8" x 5 3/4") bound in full leather with gilt lettering to spine. Translated with notes by Pedro Varela y Ulloa. (Palau 196692.) First Spanish edition.A text that engaged the well-studied debates about the natural history of the Americas and Spain's colonial history. In 1780, in Venice, Juan Nuix published Riflessioni imparziali supra l'umanita degli spagnuoli nell' Indie contro i pretersi filosofi e politici. Nuix, a Catalan living in Italy since the expulsion of the Jesuits, wrote the book to defend Spanish colonialism and historiography against the attacks of Robertson and Raynal. It sailed by the censors in the Council of the Indies, and two separate translations appeared in succession, one in 1782, edited by a member of the Royal Council, Pedro Varela y Ulloa, and another in 1783, by Joseph Nuix, Juan's brother. The Spanish edition sponsored by the crown opened with an essay by Varela y Ulloa, in which he first offered a searing Critique of traditional forms of colonialism,…
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Western Poultry History
by George Biddle
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First Edition - 1989, Authentic looking book from the Pacific Egg and Poultry Assoc, Rare printing, Very Good condition, No creases, only small mark from thumbing textblock, from private collection COLLECTIBLE BOOK [08F]
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The historie of the holy warre; by Thomas Fuller, B.D. prebendarie of Sarum, late of Sidney Colledge in Cambridge; [bound with] The Holy State [and the Profane State]
by FULLER, Thomas (1608-1661)
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Cambridge: printed by Roger Daniel, and are to be sold by John Williams at the signe of the Crown in Pauls Church-yard [through 1648], 1647. Full Calf. Fine. Small Folio: [16], 286, [28, chronological table and index]pp, with additional engraved title page depicting the crusades and folding map of Palestine; [8],189 [124 mis-numbered 104], 200-394,435-510 (pagination is irregular, per ESTC Citation No. R6571, but text is continuous), with additional engraved title-page and 20 engraved portraits. The Profane State has separate title page, dated 1642. Contemporary full calf boards paneled in gilt, spine rebacked in period style with red morocco lettering piece gilt, marbled edges and end papers. A Fine copy, tightly bound, pages fresh and bright, with excellent impressions of the plates; minor marginal staining to first few leaves, repairs to explanatory leaf opposite first frontispiece. Pforzheimer 390 and 92 (for first editions). Lowndes 847 (citing this edition of The Holy State as "best"). Wither…
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Histoire Generale de Languedoc Avec des Notes & les Pieces Justificatives
by Vic & Vaisette
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Paris: Jacques Vincent, 1730. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition. 5 volumes in contemporary gilt calf, worn, dry, hinges and joints split, boards attached but precariously in a few cases. Scattered browning internally and occasional creased pages, spine labels, bookplates and old embossed theological library stamps to title, but generally clean and unmarked otherwise. 36 plates, many folding, and 4 maps hand colored in outline. Published 1730-1745. Size: Folio. 5-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 043619.
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by [Cabbagehead Press] John Risseeuw.
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Tempe, Arizona:: Cabbagehead Press,, 2011.. Edition of 30. 7.5 x 9.25" closed; 7.5 x 140" extended. Accordion book with leatherbound covers. Letterpress and relief on shaped, variable paper handmade from the clothing of landmine victims, minefield plant fibers, and currency of mine-producing nations. Printed two sides in ten sections. Paper title label on front cover. Signed and numbered by the artist. John Risseeuw: "The subject is landmines and landmine victims. From 2001-2007, The Paper Landmine Print Project involved making paper and printing landmine images, facts, and stories of victims on it. In hand papermaking, we make paper from cotton, linen, or silk clothing - rags - as well as plant fibers and other sources of cellulose. I collected articles of clothing from landmine victims (this means only a representative piece of clothing - something the person wore - not from the accident itself), fibrous plants from mine locations, and shredded paper currencies of nations that use or…
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The Royal Charter of Confirmation Granted by King Charles II to the City of London: Published in London in 1676
by King Charles II
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This rare book from the year 1675 has been professionally rebound in tan leather with the title in gold on the cover, with gold decor on the spine, and with gilded corners. The marbled endsheets are also not original. There are a few very old margin notations.The entire text of the book is original and complete. and in Good Condition, while the binding is in Very Good Condition. On the leading page edges the words "Charles of London" are embossed, and this, too, appears to be original.This is a unique item and will make a fine addition to the library of the British historian.
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Collectible Dolls: Facts & Trivia Volume One
by Bennett, Betty O
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Light shelfwear to edges. Glossy covers. Clean interior pages free of markings. 152 pages. 0.3" X 6" X 4.5" 1cmX 15X11cm Facts and trivia about collectible dolls such as many dolls made between 1700 and 1780 were called Queen Ann dolls, the first manufactured dolls to look like a baby were made by Madame Augusta Montanari, and the swivel socket neck was invented in 1861 by Mme. Huret in France.
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Kovels' Know Your Antiques
by Ralph Kovel; Terry Kovel
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364 Pages. This fascinating reference book on antiques' dust jacket has a repaired tear on the front side and worn areas along the top and bottom edges and on its corners. The interior book, other than having an inscription to the former owner inside the front cover, has no other visible markings and thus is in extremely well preserved and Fine condition.This book will be carefully wrapped up and then boxed and shipped right away to you from here in New Jersey and comes with our absolute appreciation for your order.
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series
by Kipling, Rudyard
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Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2
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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us
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Lucky You: What Science Has Done For Us J.B. Lippincott Stated First Edition. SCIENCE. Artfully illustrated by MUNRO LEAF. Good EXLIB in a Good unclipped $2.25 orig. price dust jacket. Last page states: 152 4.
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Forced Native Labor in Sixteenth Century Central America
by William L Sherman
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xvi+469 pages with appendix and bibliography. Royal octavo (9" x 6") bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First editionFocusing on the fate of the natives under Spanish rule, the author traces in graphic detail the rupturing of Indian traditions and the fate that befell the Indian people. While demonstrating the excesses of the conquistadors and unscrupulous crown officials, he also emphasizes that Central America was the scene of the first attempt to apply the famous New Laws. Although that legislation was not fully implemented, the reformist judge Alonso Lopez de Cerrato made significant improvements in labor conditions, in the face of furious opposition from the Spanish settlers. Aside from it discussion of labor practices, this account deals with population figures and the extent of the slave trade, and corrects a number of errors in traditional sources. In addition, Spanish Indian policy, particularly at the local level, is examined…
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A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
by Verne, Jules
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Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."
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SOCIAL THEORY AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE ENLARGED TO INCLUDE TWO NEW ESSAYS ON THEORETICAL SOCIOLOGY
by MERTON, ROBERT K. (Meyer Robert Schkolnick)
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New York: The Free Press, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: [vi]vii-xxiii [4]1-702. THE FIRST EDITION of the 1968 Free Press publication. The copyright page states 'first printing'. Includes a preface to the 1957 revised edition. Robert K. Merton is generally considered the father of modern Sociology and a major influence in the study of criminology. This was his first book and has become established as a work of central importance in the social science. The 1968 edition includes the complete 1957 text and two new essays; "On the History and Systematic of Sociological Theory," and "On Sociological Theories of the Middle Range," This is a very good copy in a dust jacket with moderate edge wear, mainly at the top. There is some soiling and darkening of the spine. The jacket is now protected with a Brodart cover.
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The Natyasastra - A Treatise on Hindu Dramaturgy and Histrionics Ascribed to Bharata-Muni, Volume I (Chapters I-XXVII)
by Ghosh Manomohan
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Calcutta : Royal Asiatic Society, 1950. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Volume I only. Rebound in modern gray cloth. Pencil marginalia. Stamp to final text pages. Lacking original wraps.
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Another Part of the Forest
by Hellman, Lillian
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ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST. THE VIKING PRESS, FIRST EDITION STATED FIRST PRINTING THUS, APRIL, 1947. Used. Very good condition/Good + condition original unclipped, $2.00 price appears on front flap. Fuscia dust jacket spine is a trace sunned. Mylar wrap. Another Part of the Forest, a play in three acts by Lillian Hellman, author of "The Little Foxes", and "The Searching Wind". Patricia Neal frontispiece.
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Moose Fort Journals 1783-85
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xxx+392+iv pages with 3 fold out maps, appendixes and index. Royal octavo (9½" x 6½")issued in blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Edited by E.E. Rich, Assisted by A.M. Johnson. Introduction by G.P. de T. Glazebrook. Hudson Bay Record Society volume XVII. Number 1549 of a limited edition.A fort was built near the mouth of the Moose River on James Bay North East Ontario, Canada, by Charles Bayly, governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, in the early 1670s. In the struggle between the English and French in Canada, the fort changed hands several times and shortly after 1696 was destroyed. In 1730 the company built a post close to the ruins of the original fort. This post has been in continuous operation to the present day. This is the first publication of the Record Society to deal specifically with affairs at the "Bottom of the Bay."Condition:Pages unread. A very good to fine copy without jacket as issued.
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