Organisação do Banco de Portugal by [Bank of Portugal] - 1847

Published in Faden's New General Atlas, 1811, 1794. 28" x 21"- 71.1 x 53.3 cm. Copper engraved map with old hand colouring. Offsetting to the North Sea, two short tears to right margin extending just past neatline, dampstain to lower margin, on the whole very good.
A very detailed double page map showing the Netherlands, Flanders, parts of France, Luxembourg and Germany. Cf Phillips 6010, 6013, 6047.

William Faden was a prominent Scottish mapmaker (he dropped the "Mac" from his name when he moved to London), Royal Geographer to King George III and publisher during the late 19th and early 19th Centuries. He produced one of the finest set of maps during the American Revolution, as well as producing detailed charts from around the world.

Wilmington, Delaware: Independent School Management (ism), 1991. 119 pages. Square tight binding, uncreased, unmarked and clean.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good++.

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press [0-8018-1589-4] 1975. (Hardcover) 208pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. Notes, bibliography, index. Book about Chetnik Movement. Locale: Yugoslavia. (World War 2, World War 2).

"The History of the Puritans in England" (by W.H. Stowell) and "The Pilgrim Fathers" (by D. Wilson) - complete in one volume. Three-quarter leather binding with marbled boards and marbled end papers; gilt top edge. The red ribbon page marker is present (but detached). With 2 frontispiece illustrations. Please see the photos for the complete list of contents.From the Preface:"This volume is intended to compress, within narrow limits, the story of the English Puritans, by weaving into the tissue of the general narrative some biographical details respecting the men who bore that name. The writer has spared no pains in consulting the best authorities on both sides of the great controversy of which Puritanism was the result. He can conscientiously present the history to the public as authentic; and he hopes it will not be condemned by any intelligent and candid reader as wanting in fairness towards the opponents of the Puritans."Condition:Some rubbing and light scratches to the marbled boards; scuffs to… Read More

New York: Macmillan Company 1953. (4to) 319pp. Very good plus in very good dust jacket. Color frontispiece, black and white and color photographs, bibliography, index. The dust jacket is lightly edgeworn with a shallow chip to the top of the spine and diagonal creasing and closed tears to the bottom 5-1 / 2 inches square corner of the back panel of the dust jacket. "Footprints of Assurance is a comprehensive and complete record of fire marks used by fire insurance companies in sixty-three companies. These insignia themselves tell the story of the development of one of the world's most important economic institutions. Mr. Bulau enriches the story by introducing the reader to some of the men who had been responsible for the growth of the institution. He has enlivened his account with incident and anecdote so that the lay reader may share with the profession an understanding of the spirit which has from the beginning been the distinguishing feature of the enterprise of providing security… Read More

New York: Edizioni Sociali, 1933. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Includes black and white photographs and with a selection of letters by Malatesta. Foreword by Sebastian Faure. Small stains to the fore edge not affecting text, tiny chip along upper edge of front cover, library label on first page but non-circulating and not otherwise marked. A well preserved copy of the rather scarce first edition which was printed in Paris. ; Octavo.

Clean & tight & unmarked. Some yellowing of pages with age. No DJ. 89 pages.

The Life and Times of Henry Clay, by Samuel M Smucker, LL. D., Author of ..."Life and Times of Thomas Jefferson" ... Philadelphia: G. G. Evans, 439 Chestnut Street, 1860. Stereotyped by J. Fagan. 1860 First Edition.
Condition: Re-backed as pictured. Initial pages heavily foxed, as is the original tissue guard for the frontispiece portrait. Owner "E W Grover MD" signed top of page iii, the Preface. Otherwise, no stamps or writing found within. Vibrant gilt on spine. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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London: Bickers and Son, 1889. New Edition . Full Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Complete three volume set. Uniform prize binding of full black calf with Charterhouse School arms in gilt to upper boards, double gilt borders to both boards, and five raised bands to spines with gilt titling and decoration in compartments. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Charterhouse bookplate to each front pastedown. Each flyleaf bears the neat 1899 ownership inscription of H S Oppe who is believed to be Henry Sigismund Oppe who was killed in action in Turkey in 1935, at the age of 35. A handsome set with minor wear to binding including light scratching to boards and slight fading to upper top edge of Vol. III. Light rubbing to some joints but no separation and no cracking to hinges. All volumes firmly bound. A very clean set without annotations, foxing or other markings. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An early edition of 'The Rise of the Dutch Republic'… Read More

View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages, "Hallam's Middle Ages" 1848. From the Sixth London Edition, complete in one volume. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1848. 568 pages.
Condition: This original 1848 book is in its original leather. Faint marbling still on page edges. Minimal foxing, expected toning of pages. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision! NOT a library book.
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