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New York: Francis B. Felt & Co., 1871 FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. RARE. 384pp in a library binding, has portrait frontis, with binding & hinges tight. Contents include Sports on the Moors & Lochs, Canna, Night on the Minch, Sport in the Wilds, Skye, Saga of Haco the King, Glen Sligachan and more.
A Traveller's Notes, or Notes of a Tour through India, Malaysia, Japan, Corea, the Australian Colonies and New Zealand during the years 1891-1893 by Veitch, James Herbert - 1896
by Veitch, James Herbert
A Traveller's Notes, or Notes of a Tour through India, Malaysia, Japan, Corea, the Australian Colonies and New Zealand during the years 1891-1893
by Veitch, James Herbert
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Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea: Printed for Private Circulation, 1896. With signed presentation inscription to J. Hollingsworth (head gardener at Tredegar Park followed by Margam Park]. Illustrated with a large folding map frontispiece (with, as usual, tears and creases at the upper join, now neatly repaired), nine large full-page plates on heavy card. many small text images from photographs, quarto, pp 219, slight age-toning and marking, some inner joints rather cracked and weak, the last third of the book has rather damp-wrinkled pages, with light staining on the last few pages, original decorated cloth with paper inlay, bevelled edges, a bit rubbed and marked, the spine dull and age-toned andpulled at the head and tail, the upper cover slightly unevenly age-toned. [In October 1891 Veitch embarked on a tour of inspection of the great Botanic and Public Gardens maintained by governments in various countries as well as visiting many private horticultural establishments, to decide whether the Veitch gardens and nurseries might be enriched by further additions. He set off by way of Rome and Naples to Ceylon, thence overland from Tuticorin to Lahore. He continued to Calcutta and on to the Straits Settlements. In Penang he visited the Botanic Gardens, whose curator Charles Curtis was formerly employed by James Veitch & Sons as a plant collector, before moving on to Singapore where he visited the Botanic Gardens. He then visited Johore, before returning to Singapore in February 1892, when he climbed Bukit Timah (the highest point on the island) with Walter Fox, curator of the Gardens. He then travelled to Buitenzorg, West Java where he visited the Botanical Gardens. He also explored the crater of Kawah Papandajan (volcano), and visited Lake Bagendit near Garoet. His travels then took him to Japan, where he met Charles Sprague Sargent of the Arnold Arboretum, and they undertook a joint plant collecting expedition including ascending the Hakkoda Mountains together. After visiting Korea, he reached Australia in 1893. However he found Australia disappointing and wrote that it was easier to collect seed in Japan where there was cheap labour; in Australia "no one will help". He complained that the seeds of many plants "were so tiny he did not know if he was collecting seed or dust". He sent to Kew a collection of dried specimens of 250 species from Western Australia. Later he visited the North Island of New Zealand, before returning to England in July 1893. ]. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fair.
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The Land of Lorne; or, A Poet's Adventures in the Scottish Hebrides, Including the Cruise of the "Tern" to the Outer Hebrides - 2 Volumes in 1
by Buchanan, Robert
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The Life and Work of Harriet Martineau (including letter from author)
by Vera Wheatley
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Secker & Warburg, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Signed by Author. Includes letter and greeting card from the author. Inscription on flyleaf in ink states: "For Reginald Hailing, with gratitude and good wishes, From Vera Wheatley, August 1957". The enclosed Christmas card c. 1950 vibntage is signed by Wheatley. the enclosed letter is a 2-oage typed letter to Hailing (too lengthy to reproduce here in full) which discusses various matters including the book. Full copy can be provided to interested parties prior to purchase). Letter is signed at foot of p.2 by Wheatley in ink, and a handwritten note added by Wheatley, also in ink: "One is almost afraid to avow love for anyone of the same sex nowadays! How I loathe this love of making everything horrible!". Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight foxing…
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S. P. E. Tract No. XXXVII 'Oxford' English - WITH AUTHOR'S LETTER TIPPED-IN
by Chapman, R. W.
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England: At the Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press, 1932 IN GOOD CONDITION. AUTHOR'S SIGNED LETTER, on Oxford University Press stationary, addressed to Mr. Kent, tipped-in. Along with an article on the author, laid-in. Bound in original paper wraps, stitched binding is tight. Front cover detached, in a protective mylar sleeve.
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A STAINED WHITE RADIANCE
by BURKE, James Lee
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NY: Hyperion, 1992. FINE condition in FINE cover. NY. Hyperion. SOFTCOVER. 1992. UNCORRECTED ADVANCE PROOF as issued by publisher for the hardcover edition, April 1992. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Author. AS NEW, bound in dust jacket image stiff paper wraps. Square and tight, UNREAD, NO spine crease.. Fifth in the series featuring Dave Robecheaux. Stored in Archival sleeve. SIGNED/INSCRIBED ~To Ruth, the lady whose support gave me a breakthrough in NYC I had never anticipated. Your old friend, Jim Burke.~. Signed by Author. Uncorrected Proof. Soft Cover. Fine/Fine Original Wraps.
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1931 Les Merveilles de la France Ernest Granger Wonders of France Monuments Lux
by Ernest Granger
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Les Merveilles de la France le pays, les monuments, les habitants By Ernest Granger (The Wonders of France – the country it's monuments and inhabitants) - In French language.***
Beautiful, detailed and illustrated, this book takes the reader on a trip from the country side to the coast and through the time. The book has luxurious binding, 17 colored plates and numerous black and white illustrations.
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Paris, Hachette, 1931.
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Pp.: 443 pages with illustrations + 17 illustrated plates Size: 31 x 23,4 cm
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Binding: Original quarter leather binding. Giltstamped and blindstamped cover and spine cover. Luxurious binding. Condition: Foxing, signs of ageing, paper on some of the plates slightly detached from plates and has dog-ears.
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I is for Innocent.
by GRAFTON, Sue.
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New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1992. Signed on the title page by the author. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, red paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket.
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The Watercolours and Drawings of Thomas Bewick and His Workshop Apprentices: Two volumes
by Thomas Bewick / Iain Bain
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Thomas Bewick / Iain Bain - The Watercolours and Drawings of Thomas Bewick and His Workshop Apprentices - 1989Two volumes, oblong quarto (23 x 25 cm), pp. Volume 1: 233, Volume 2: 230. Reprint edition. Green cloth boards with gilt titling. Blue endpapers. Introduction and editorial notes by Iain Bain. Exhaustively illustrated with hundreds of sketches and reproductions of engravings originally created for General History of Quadrupeds, History of British Birds, Fables of Aesop and Others, History of British Fishes as well as miscellaneous book illustrations and jobbing engravings. Contains three appendices: "Apprentices and their Workshop Periods," "The Dispersal of Bewick's Workshop Drawings" and "The Present-day Collections" plus bibliography and index.A re-issue of this essential work for anyone engaged in a serious study of Thomas Bewick (1753-1828), the father of English wood engraving and one of the most important illustrators of his day. All the drawings and watercolors have been reproduced in…
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Vsemirnyj puteshestvovatel Vol. 19 [Всемирный путешествователь, или Познание Стараго и Новаго света, то есть: описание всех по сие время известных земель в четырех частях света]
by Labbe Delaporte
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СК XVIII №№ 3462, 3464, Битовт № 1950, Сопиков № 9263.The book isnt in great shape. The binding is from different book.
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Jack Lenor Larsen: A Weaver's Memoir. Inscribed to Designer David Weatherford
by LARSEN, Jack Lenor.
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New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1998. Signed on the half-title page: For David With Thanks Jack Larsen. First edition / First printing. Blue-gray cloth. Very fine in fine dust jacket. David Weatherford was a prominent Seattle interior designer and antiques dealer.
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Finden's Views of the Ports and Harbours: Finden's Views of the Ports and Harbours, Watering Places, Fishing Villages, and other Picturesque Objects on the English Coast.
by Finden
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Title:Finden's Views of the Ports and Harbours, Watering Places, Fishing Villages, and other Picturesque Objects on the English Coast.
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William and Edward Finden, continued by W H Bartlett.
No date for book but the vignette is dated 1839 ( London: Published for the proprietors by Geo. Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane 1839)
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Size: 28 x 22.5 x 3.1 cm Weight 1285 grams:
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A collectable topographical book, with 50 fine engravings throughout (including title) from paintings by J. D. Harding : G. Balmer : E. W. Cooke : T. Creswick : and other eminent artists. Contains 162 numbered pages of text describing each locality the prints are from. Covers gilt and blind embossed and spine decorated with gilt designs and text. The book block has all edges gilt. The Plates start at Berwick, Berwickshire and finish at Tintagel Castle, Cornwall. See the 2 pictures of List of Plates for all Plate locations.
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Under Fire: An American Story
by North, Oliver L
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Harpercollins, 1991. First edition, as stated, first printing . Hardcover. Fine/near fine. r. 446 pp. This is a rare first edition copy signed by both Oliver North and William Novak. North's inscription, "Margo and Sam, all the best," appears in blue ink on the half title page with North's signature and the date "3 Nov 91" and Novak's signature in black ink. Dust jacket slightly wrinkled at top of spine. Free USPS tracking with every US order. Ships from MA.
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A New History of Japanese Cinema: A Century of Narrative Film
by Standish, Isolde
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New York: Continuum, 2006. 8vo size trade paperback with black and white photo illustrated cover; 414 pages From back: "Cinema, which first arrived in Japan in 1896 with the Kinetoscope prototype, came at the very time that Japan was transforming its economic base and society into that of a major international power. The first cinema, the Asakusa Denikikan, was opened in Tokyo in 1903 and within 13 years 300 cinemas had sprung up throughout the country... (The author) focuses on the historical development of Japanese film, illustrated by a series of typical Japanese film posters. She details an industry and an art form shaped by the competing and merging forces of traditional culture and of economic and technological innovation." Edgewear, creases to bottom and bottom and top corners of front cover, soil on bottom and light soil to outside pages. We note pencilled underlining on at least 29 pages and pencilled marginalia on at least three pages and four creased page corners. Quotes…
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Old Bones
by Elkins, Aaron J
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New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. Fine in Near Fine jacket Signed by Author A Gideon Oliver Mystery, SIGNED on title pg. Edgar Award winner best mystery npc 197pp. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition
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Starting With Flags : Forty-Three Drawings
by Parker, Kingsley
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New York: Private Printing. Fine with no dust jacket. 1976. Limited Signed Edition. Softcover. The artist's abstract and quite varied series of 43 drawings of flags, all printed monochrome on the recto of pages. Kingsley Parker has been exhibiting and represented by galleries since the mid-1970s and has a work in the collection of the Museum Of Modern Art in New York, NY. The artist is quite active with new works. Signed in ink "K. Parker/1976 ©" in the front matter where Parker explains his motivation for drawing the series of abstract flags. Copy 158 of a limited edition of 600, numbered in the colophon. Approximately 44 pages, unpaginated. Printed on fine, machine-made paper in brown wraps. The title and a flag drawing are framed on the front cover. In absolutely clean, Fine condition. ; Drawings; Square 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 44 pages; Signed by Artist .
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Artemis.
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London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2002.. 1st edition. The second book in the Thomas Paine Kydd series, in which Kydd is an able seaman aboard the frigate Artemis. Fine condition in a fine unclipped dustwrapper. unclipped dustwrapper.
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Scientific wonders of the atomic age.
by Taylor, John W.R., editor.:
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London, Ariel Productions, c 1955.. Foreword by Sir John D. Cockcroft. Includes "High-speed flight" by Neville Duke, and "Rockets and Space flight" by Wernher von Braun. Large hardback in very good condition in a very good unclipped dustwrapper.
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Civil War England.
by Young, Peter.:
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London, Longman, 1981.. 1st edition. Concentrates on the military aspects of the war, including the soldiers, arms and armour, the battles, and siege warfare. Longman Travellers Series. There is a small stamp on the front endpaper, otherwise in very good condition in a very good unclipped dustwrapper.
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Dead in Dixie
by Charlaine Harris
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New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2003. Z2 - A Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus Edition hardcover book SIGNED by the Charlaine Harris in as new condition in as new dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, Club Dead. 8.5"x5.75", 612 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club (BCE/BOMC).
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Songs From Appledore
by Oscar Laighton
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RARE. Collectible: 1916. Signed by the author. Cambridge MA: University Press. Very Good. Hardcover. Light soil to green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped title, author's name, and design. A bright solid, book - 27 pages; Inside covers are sunned. Pages clean and bright. Frontspiece. "View from Mrs. Thaxter's Garden Gate. 29 illustrations. Small book: 7" x 5"
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era
by Hazel E. Brown
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Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.
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