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Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo. 423 pages, x, [2], indexed. Hardcover bound in blue cloth with lettering in gilt. The binding is a bit rubbed and bumped. The spine is dulled, and there is a rubbed white spot on the front cover. Early signature of "Lucian St...(?)" on the front flyleaf is dated 1927. Lacks the frontis portrait of Woodrow Wilson, and the gutter between the Half Title and the Title Page is cracked. The rest of the text block and the inner hinges are sound. Endpapers toned and foxed. The text is generally clean. Early (original?) bookseller's ticket at the bottom of the rear flyleaf reads, "The Book Shop, Inc. / 110 S. Greene St. / Greensboro, N.C." Carter Glass (1858-1946) was born in Lynchburg, Virginia and was the Secretary of the Treasury under Woodrow Wilson. He helped establish the U.S. financial regulatory system and was instrumental in setting up the…
Read More MANUSCRIPT MUSIC BOOK Circa 1738-1740. Libris in Bibliotheca Jeane & Guilelma Nissetius, Dualnes (Liber viz) Aqualis, Septembris viginti & nona Anno Domini 1740. [Approximately 27 Pieces of Music, Mostly Minuets, on 38 Pages by Steuart of Allanton - 1740
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MANUSCRIPT MUSIC BOOK Circa 1738-1740. Libris in Bibliotheca Jeane & Guilelma Nissetius, Dualnes (Liber viz) Aqualis, Septembris viginti & nona Anno Domini 1740. [Approximately 27 Pieces of Music, Mostly Minuets, on 38 Pages
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England: N.p., 1740. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Oblong Octavo. Contains about 27 pieces of music (mostly minuets and exercises) on 38 pages along with 16 pages on 8 leaves containing hand-ruled blank scores. Hardcover bound in early full leather with rules embossed in blind round a central panel. The binding is worn and has some chipping on the spine. The fore edges of the boards are a bit bowed out. An early bookplate on the front pastedown is for "Steuart of Allanton" with a crest showing two Lions and has a motto on the top of "Aspera Juvant" and a motto on the crest reading, "Virtutis Proemium." This may be Henry Steuart of Allanton (1759-1836) who was a Scottish agriculturalist and a scholar. The front pastedown also has written, "the younge lady's bugun the 13 day of Aprile 1738." There is handwritten a title leaf which reads, "Libris in Bibliotheca Jeane & Gulielma / Nissetius, duobus (Liber viz) aquabis / Septembris viginti & nona / Anno Domini 1740. Some of the songs are "Mr. Lessly's Minuet," Gemeniam's Minuet," "Minuet in Anadne," "Lord Aberdours minuet," Miss Forester's minuet," "Duke Hamilton's minuet," "Capt. Rose's minuet," Lady Katharine Steuart's minuet," "The 20th of December," and others.
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An Adventure in Constructive Finance [History of the Federal Reserve]
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A Treatise on the Powers and Duties of Executors and Administrators According to the Law of North Carolina
by Martin, Francois-Xavier
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New Bern: Martin and Ogden, 1803. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo. 320, (8) pages, indexed. Hardcover rebound with a modern cloth spine and cloth-covered rear board and with the original leather front board. Black title label on the spine. The original leather board has wear at edges and damping at lower right corner. Text is toned, with occasional foxing, smudges. Some of the lettering on the title page is not fully printed on the left side, lacking the "B" of "By" before the author's name and the "M" of "Martin" for the publisher. New endpapers, including a new pastedown over the original board (so no visible signatures, etc.). Rare.
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Houses and Gardens by E. L. Lutyens. ("Country Life" Library of Architectural Monographs)
by Weaver, Lawrence
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London: Published at the Offices of "Country Life, 1913. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio. 344, 15 pages. Hardcover bound in white quarter cloth with grey cloth covered boards. The binding is quite worn and stained but sound. Old glass rings and stains on the front cover, especially at the fore edge. The white cloth spine is foxed and the spine is toned and the spine gilt a bit dulled. A sound copy with secure hinges. Text is clean. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. Signed on the back side of the frontis by William Lanier Hunt. William Lanier Hunt (1906-1996) was the "Dean of Southern Horticulture." He donated land along the Morgan Creek in southern Orange County, NC to the North Carolina Botanical Garden and is now known as the Hunt Arboretum.
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Slingsby and Slingsby Castle
by Brooke, Arthur St. Clair
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London: Methuen & Co., 1904. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo. 272, 40 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in green cloth with titles in gilt. Moderate wear to the binding. The front and rear covers have pale spotting, and the spine is toned. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Top edge gilt. Endpapers foxed. Text is toned but generally clean with a bit of foxing near the photographic plates. Complete with the folding map at the rear. The map has some brief tears at the edges of the folds. Quite scarce.
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The New Annual Register; or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1787. To Which is Prefixed, the History of Knowledge, Learning and Taste, in Great Britain, During the Reign of Henry the Eighth, from the Year 1509 to 1547. [Includes the United States Constitution] (Signed by Robert Y. Hayne)
by Anon.
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London: Printed for G. G. J. And J. Robinson, Paternoster Row, 1788. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. [2], ii [4], xxviii, 184, 159, [1], 299, [1] pages. Contains an early British printing of the United States Constitution Hardcover (begins page 100 of the second section). Hardcover bound in original full leather with raised bands on the spine. Spine also has a burgundy lettering piece, the date 1787 and rules in gilt. The binding is worn and rubbed. Front hinge is cracked, and the rear hinge is starting. Removed bookplate from the front pastedown, but an early simple paper bookplate bears the name "Robert Y. Hayne," and the title page has the signature of "Robt. Y. Hayne." The text of the book is toned, and the text block is sound. Robert Young Hayne, (1791-1839) was Governor of South Carolina (1832-1834) and was Mayor of Charleston (1836-1837). He was an ardent States Rights supporter. He died in…
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An Adventure in Constructive Finance [History of the Federal Reserve]
by Glass, Carter
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo. 423 pages, x, [2], indexed. Hardcover bound in blue cloth with lettering in gilt. The binding is a bit rubbed and bumped. The spine is dulled, and there is a rubbed white spot on the front cover. Early signature of "Lucian St...(?)" on the front flyleaf is dated 1927. Lacks the frontis portrait of Woodrow Wilson, and the gutter between the Half Title and the Title Page is cracked. The rest of the text block and the inner hinges are sound. Endpapers toned and foxed. The text is generally clean. Early (original?) bookseller's ticket at the bottom of the rear flyleaf reads, "The Book Shop, Inc. / 110 S. Greene St. / Greensboro, N.C." Carter Glass (1858-1946) was born in Lynchburg, Virginia and was the Secretary of the Treasury under Woodrow Wilson. He helped establish the U.S. financial regulatory system and was instrumental in setting up the…
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Cakes and Ale (Two Volumes)
by Jerrold, Douglas
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London: How and Parsons, 1842. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. George Cruikshank. 12mos. 322, (2), 315 pages. Two volume set. Hardcovers rebound in full red leather by Riviere. Signed "Bound by Riviere" in type on the verso of the front flyleaves. The cloth from the original bindings is pasted onto the rear flyleaves of each volume. Marbled endpapers. The bindings are rubbed, especially at the hinges, and the headcaps of the spines have some brief chipping. There is a larger chip at the headcap of the spine to Volume I. A sound set with some light foxing to the text. Frontis pieces by George Cruikshank. Rare.
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A Treatise on the Powers and Duties of Executors and Administrators According to the Law of North Carolina
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New Bern: Martin and Ogden, 1803. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo. 320, (8) pages, indexed. Hardcover rebound with a modern cloth spine and cloth-covered rear board and with the original leather front board. Black title label on the spine. The original leather board has wear at edges and damping at lower right corner. Text is toned, with occasional foxing, smudges. Some of the lettering on the title page is not fully printed on the left side, lacking the "B" of "By" before the author's name and the "M" of "Martin" for the publisher. New endpapers, including a new pastedown over the original board (so no visible signatures, etc.). Rare.
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Through the Yellowstone Park on Horseback
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New York: O. Judd Co., David W. Judd, Pres't, 1886. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. 250, (6) pages. Contains folding map at the rear. Hardcover bound in original blue cloth with titles in gilt. The binding shows heavy wear. The front cover is spotted, and there is damping on the top edge and top of the spine. Top edge of the boards are abraded, and the top edge of the text block is heavily stained. Spine dulled and corners bumped. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Two early owners' signatures on the front flyleaf appear to read "E. F. Gooding / To C. C. Elliott / Nov. 1918." There is brown staining along the top edge of the text block throughout. Text is toned. There is a folding map of Yellowstone in the pocket at the rear. The map has a 6 inch tear along a crease near the top left of the map.
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The New Annual Register; or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1787. To Which is Prefixed, the History of Knowledge, Learning and Taste, in Great Britain, During the Reign of Henry the Eighth, from the Year 1509 to 1547. [Includes the United States Constitution] (Signed by Robert Y. Hayne)
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London: Printed for G. G. J. And J. Robinson, Paternoster Row, 1788. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. [2], ii [4], xxviii, 184, 159, [1], 299, [1] pages. Contains an early British printing of the United States Constitution Hardcover (begins page 100 of the second section). Hardcover bound in original full leather with raised bands on the spine. Spine also has a burgundy lettering piece, the date 1787 and rules in gilt. The binding is worn and rubbed. Front hinge is cracked, and the rear hinge is starting. Removed bookplate from the front pastedown, but an early simple paper bookplate bears the name "Robert Y. Hayne," and the title page has the signature of "Robt. Y. Hayne." The text of the book is toned, and the text block is sound. Robert Young Hayne, (1791-1839) was Governor of South Carolina (1832-1834) and was Mayor of Charleston (1836-1837). He was an ardent States Rights supporter. He died in…
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Secret Splendor (Silhouette Classics, No 11)
by Claire, Erin St (Sandra Brown)
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Silhouette, 1992. Paperback. Very Good. Sandra Brown writing as Erin St. Claire, 253 pgs
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Bloody Sunrise
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1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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1942 - noted on the copyright page as "A WARTIME BOOK This complete edition is produced in full compliance with the government's regulations for conserving paper and other essential materials" book: very good -tight, sound, and square, no previous owner marks - moderate edgewear plus rubbing to the boards - some toning from age - no dj - includes a vintage (pre - "The Google") Buccaneer Books Laguna Beach, CA out-of-print book search card
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1987 - 1st ed ("1" in number line) - INSCRIBED to include shark-faced rocket cartoon - "Exclusive Preview of the U.S. - Soviet Manned Mission - book: very good - pages show toning from age - dj: very good - some toning from age - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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John Wayne America: Why I Love Her
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1977 - collectable 1st edition ("1" present) Photographs and stories for each piece of music. Words and sheet music arranged for piano and guitar from John Wayne's best-selling record album... Sheet music for: Why I love Her The Hyphen My Roots Are Buried Here The People An American Boy Grows Up Face the Flag The Good Things The Pledge of Allegiance Why Are You Marching Son? Taps book: very good - tight, sound, and square - all pages are clean and unmarked - dj: very good - not price clipped - some tears/chipping at top of dj have been repaired with archival tape - some overall toning from age - dj wrapped in protective sleeve
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Cognac a Liquid History (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
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2001 - 1st edition - INSCRIBED by author on the title page "To Anthony Salute 18 03 05" - prior owner inscription "With love for Michelle 26 Dec 2014" - "Seen through the eyes of Salvatore Calabrese, a renowned and respected cognac expert, this book is a personal and insightful perspective on the spirit that earned its image of virility and strength from Napoleon Bonaparte." - book; very good - filled with images - tight, sound, and square - all pages are clean and unmarked, no folded page corners, dj: not price clipped [Price in UK 25.00] - small dime size chip on the back upper left corner repaired with archival tape - slight amount of scuffing - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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The Birth and Death of Meaning: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on the Problem of Man
by Becker, Ernest
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New York: The Free Press, 1971. Second Edition. Contents include: The Man-Apes; The Origins of the Mind; The Distinctive Human; The Inner World; Socialization: the Creation of the Inner World; The New Meaning of the Oedipus Complex; Self-Esteem; Culture and Personality; Social Encounters: The Staging of Self-Esteem; Culture: the Relativity of Hero-Systems; What is Normal?; What Would A Science of Man Then Be?; Religion: The Quest for the Ideal Heroism. 228 pages. Edgewear; light wear to covers; worn corners and light creases on spine. Deeply creased spine opens flat at pages 60/61. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. 2nd. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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More Than Forever
by McLean, Jay
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2014. Book Four in the More Than Series 8vo size trade paperback; 369 pages Please note: This book has a Mature Readers Advisory. From back: "Lucy - There is love so fierce it cannot be measured... Cameron - Forever. Everlasting. Eternal. THere is no measure of time... But our forever isn't always." Creased back cover and last few pages, worn corners. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press.
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Unreal Tournament Bradygames Official Strategy Guide
by Marcus, Phillip
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Bradbury & Evans, 2007. Covers PC-CD ROM/DVD ROM & Playstation 3 Computer Entertainment System 4to sized softcover; 271 heavy glossy pages with color illustrations throughout Brand new, but note some edgewear and blemish to top of back cover. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Trade Paperback. New/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Shoemakers Best Selections Number 5 For Readings and Recitations
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Rare original poetry book with cloth covered boards, copyright 1880 by J. W. Shoemaker & Co. This edition published in 1906 by the Penn Publishing company, Philadelphia. From the estate of my great-great grandfather.Includes many unique poems and recitations such as "To a skull", "Uncle Daniel's Introduction to a Mississippi Steamer", "The Leak in the Dyke", etc. More well-known poetry includes "Song of Birds", "Old Ironsides", and "Bannock Burn" by Robbie Burns. Light rubbing and bumps to outside spine edges. Back cover and interior cloth covered board has a stain at top. Original owner's name and address from 1908, but no other writing or marks. First 2 pages have a stain at top, but text of 192 pages of poetry and recitations is totally clean with light tanning of pages.
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