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J.M.Dent and co. London.,1904. FIRST BROCK EDITION. 8vo. Illustrated throughout with colour title page and 24 full page colour plates. Finely bound in original publishers delux full vellum binding with spine and front board fully decorated and lettered in gilt. Decorative endpapers. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. A fine copy of this beautiful edition.:
A tripa virada. Periodico semanal. Nos. 1 - 3. Together with:- Tripa por huma vez. Livro primeiro e ultimo. Dividido em dous folhetos. Nos. 4 - 5 & post scriptum by [MACEDO, José Agostinho de] - 1823
by [MACEDO, José Agostinho de]
A tripa virada. Periodico semanal. Nos. 1 - 3. Together with:- Tripa por huma vez. Livro primeiro e ultimo. Dividido em dous folhetos. Nos. 4 - 5 & post scriptum
by [MACEDO, José Agostinho de]
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Porto: Na Typ. de Viuva Alvares Ribeiro & Filhos, 1823. Contemporary quarter calf.. "In his political periodicals . . (Macedo) puts forth all his spice and venom . . he bullies and crushes his opponents in the raciest vernacular" (Bell, Portuguese Literature, p. 282). According to Teófilo Braga, the authors outrageous and out-spoken statements provoked a rebuke from the government. Second issue of both works. Innocêncio IV, 196 & XII, 202. (Cf. Innocêncio Francisco da Silva, Memorias para a vida Ãntima de José Agostinho de Macedo, p. 226 for 1st issue of both works).
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- Keywords Portuguese language
CRANFORD
by GASKELL. MRS. Elizabeth Cleghorn.; BROCK. H.M. Illustrates
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HISTOIRE DES CROISADES (4 VOL SET - COMPLETE)
by M. Michaud
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Paris: Furne et Cie, 1849. Hardcover. Very Good +. Vol 1 – vii, 528 pgs. Vol 2 – 502 pgs. Vol 3 – 510 pgs. Vol 4 – 494 pgs. Text in French.6 x 9 in. Half chocolate-brown morocco with red marbled shiny paper boards. 4 raised bars on spine with gilt lettering and designs. Brown marble endpapers. Marbled edges to text block. Brown silk bookmark. Tissue-protected frontis illustration. Vol 4 has fold-out map at end. Condition of books is VERY GOOD+ ; leather and gilt on spines very clean and bright, some very slight wear, very faint cracking. Some wear to paper boards. Tops of text block darkened with age. Foxing sporadic throughout text. Large David B. Ogden bookplate on front paste down. Wear to and very small tears to corners. Very tight Vol 1 – slight damage to raised bars on spine, wear to front board.Vol 3 – tiny damage to one raised band of spine.
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Ivan the Fool; or, The Old Devil and the Three Small Devils
by Tolstoy, Leo
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New York: Charles L. Webster and Co., 1891. This antique hardcover first edition is bound in gray pictorial boards, with red and black lettering and a cover illustration showing a man and three little devils. Spine lettering and decorations are gilt. Some cover soil, edgewear; some wear to spine; inner pages very slightly browned; mostly a clean, tight copy. Translated by Adolphus Norraikow, the book contains a short note by the translator, and three short stories: "Ivan the Fool," "A Lost Opportunity" and "Polikushka." 172 pages; approx. 5"x7".. First Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible-Good. Illus. by Valerian Gribayedoff.
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All I Could Never Be
by Yezierska, Anzia
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ANZIA YEZIERSKA: 1932, Brewer, Warren & Putnam, First Edition, 1932. Printed and bound in the U.S.A. by Chas. H. Bohn & Co. . USED. Good/ No DJ Included. About the author: "Yezierska's fiction focuses on Jewish immigrant life at the turn of the century, and she sees herself as giving voice to her people".
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Die Staatskunst; oder: Vollständige und Gründliche Anleitung zu Bildung kluger Regenten, geschickter Staatsmänner und rechtschaffener Bürger -- Erster Theil; Aus dem Französischen des Herrn von Real; Uebersetzt von Johann Philip Schulin
by Réal de Curban, Gaspard de
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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Frankfurt und Leipzig: Göbhardt, 1762. Hardcover. Very Good. [32], 576, [8] p., frontispiece; 21 cm. Signatures: [pi]2 a-b8 A-2N8 2O4 (4to). Full contemporary calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title; blind-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. All page edges red. Paste paper endpapers. First volume of the first German edition of La Science du Gouvernement by Gaspard de Réal de Curban (1682-1752). Scarce. In Very Good Condition: leather is rubbed with loss at head of spine and at upper corner of back board; minor worm damage to back board; internally clean and tight.
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THE HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF PHILIP THE 2ND, KING OF SPAIN
by ROBERT WATSON
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San Jose, California, United States
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Spain: W. Strahan and T. Cadell , 1779. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Full calf leather complete in three volumes, third edition, printed W. Strahan and T. Cadell in The Strand; and J. Balfour and W. Creech Edinburgh, 1779. Pages are tight to the binding, a previous owner's name is inked at the top of the title page, end pages are toned, text is clean.
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The works of Henry Mackenzie, Esq.: Vol.1 The Man of Feeling and Miscellaneous Pieces; Vol.2 The Man of the World; Vol.3 Julia de Roubigne
by Henry Mackenzie
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Lanvellec, France
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Internally exceptionally clean: no foxing, watermarks, underlining. Contact seller for full description.
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Savrola: a Tale of the Revolution in Laurania
by Churchill, Winston Spencer
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
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London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1900. No dustwrapper, some bumping and minor shelf-wear to spine ends and corners of blue cloth-covered boards, binding just starting to split at the page between the black free front endpaper and the half-title, which has a previous owner's name in pencil. Minor foxing to outer pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with gilt titles on spine and front board all still bright, of this hard-cover book. A tale of revolution in a (fictitious) Mediterranean country, this was Churchill's only novel. This is the first UK edition, one of 1500 copies, published by Longman, Green & Co on 30th January 1900 (a larger [4000 copies] edition was published earlier in the US in November 1899). 345pp, 2pp adverts.. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Les Petits Enfants en Voyage
by Armand-Delille, Etiennette Louise Mayor & Jean Marie Martin
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Lanvellec, France
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An attractive, didactic children's book very probably written in 1844 by the Swiss (Geneva) wife of the "co-author", a Protestant Pasteur -Pasteur de l'église réformée evangelique- telling the story of a boat trip up the Rhône river, from Avignon to Geneva. viii + 203 pp. The unusual cover page is composed of a series of vignettes.Free postal delivery worldwide.
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Les Saracatsans / Une tribu nomade grecque (2 Tomes)
by Höeg, Carsten
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Athens, Greece
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I. Étude linguistique, précédée d'une notice ethnographique. Thèse présentée à la Faculté des Lettres de l'Université de Copenhague. xx+311 pp. II. Textes (contes et chansons) - Vocabulaire technique - Index verborum. 212 pp. Librairie ancienne Édouard Champion, Paris, 1925-1926. --- B&W illustrations in the text. Uncut copy.
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Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries Vol. II (Froissart's Chronicles)
by Froissart, Sir John
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IPSWICH, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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London: William Smith, 1839. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket (as published). 7" x 10. History from the latter part of the reign of Edward II to the coronation of Henry IV. Volume 2 of 2. Damage to the spine / backstrip and the back board detached though present but page block still tightly bound. Rough cut paper, pages clean throughout. All orders processed and shipped promptly from the UK, usually within 24 hours. Please call or email with your questions. This could be a good rebinding / restoration project. A heavier book, please enquire about shipping costs to your destination. 7"x10
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Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)
by Christie, Agatha
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Murder for Christmas, a Poirot Story by Agatha Christie (1944 Midnite Mystery) COPYRIGHT BY AGATHA CHRISTIE MALLOWAN: "It is Christmas Eve, and elderly Simeon Lee is found violently murdered in his locked office. The police are immediately called, but of course nobody has a clue until Hercule Poirot arrives..." USED. 1944 Books inc. Midnite Mystery. Copyright 1938 - 1939 Agatha Christie Mallowan. Good+/ No DJ. Black boards with gold titling on spine. Titles gilting is still nice Scarce.
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The Polynesian Triangle
by Berry, Erick & Best, Herbert
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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Soviet Russia: Promise or Menace?
by Petersen, Arnold
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New York: New York Labor News Company, 1939. 12mo (7 1/4 x 5 inches; 183 x 127 mm), 62, [2] pages, in stapled wrappers (soft cover). Attack on Soviet communism by Arnold Petersen, who was a leader of the Socialist Labor Party. The SLP was a bitter foe of the Communists, claiming they had abandoned Marxism. CONDITION: Vertical crease throughout, soiling to wrappers but internally clean and unmarked. Very Good.
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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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The Man In The Brown Suit
by Christie, Agatha
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703 ChristieBrownSuit The Man In The Brown Suit. By Agatha Christie. Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd., London, 1958, Stated Fourth Impression Thus,1970. ISBN 0370006720. Please see our stock photos. EXLIB. Good Condition/Good Original Shakel & Ryder Dust Jacket with Yellow spine, black titling, woman and ship cover art. Protected in mylar wrap. "States new and redesigned Edition, Fourth Impression, 80p. Blue boards with black titling. Our book spine has skinned spot at the word "brown" from removal of scotch tape. Plot Summary: Who is he, the man in the brown suit? He says he is a doctor; but Anne Beddingfield, who witnesses the fatal accident at a London tube station, is quick to notice some curious features about him when he comes to the scene. Her investigation of the accident leads her into the thick of mystery. This novel is more than an ingenious puzzle: It is a gripping suspense story."
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ANONYMOUS GESTA HUNGARORUM [KING BELA'S BOOK ON THE DEEDS OF THE HUNGARIANS]
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Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada
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Budapest: Magyar Helikon, 1977. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. pp: [6]7 - 172 [3]. Printed dust jacket over red cloth covered boards. Complete title: 'King Bela's book on the deeds of the Hungarians'. All printing on the jacket, book, and text is in Hungarian. The book includes a map of present-day Hungary, and surrounding area as it was in 1200CE. The book was originally written in Latin around 1200 and was first translated into Hungarian about 500 years later. This is a very good or better copy with light edge wear on the jacket, and light shelf wear on the boards.
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Grand Hotel
by Baum, Vicki
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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GRAND HOTEL BY VICKI BAUM. ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION. Also published in the German language as Menchen Im Hotel. Used. Good Condition. No DJ is included. Bright pages. STATED FIRST EDITION. Copyright page states: "All rights reserved. First published 1930" Geoffrey Bles Publishers, London. Original source material for the famous film of the same name.
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European Sporting Cartridges Volume 2
by W. B. Dixon
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EUROPEAN SPORTING CARTRIDGES, VOLUME TWO: THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN SPORTING CENTERFIRE AMMUNITION FROM 1870 TO 1998Author: Dixon, W.B.Published by Armory Publications, Inc., 2000Seattle, Washington USA 98155
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First EditionOUT OF PRINT and SCARCE. Both the Book and the Dust Jacket are in AS NEW condition still sealed in the Original Publishers Shrink Wrap. An opportunity to own a beautiful copy of a RARE TITLE.226 pages. 9.25" x 12.25". Hardcover with a Dust Jacket. Volume Two covers all of the European Sporting Cartridges ( other than German and Austrian which are covered in Volume One ), including those from Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Czechoslovakia, France, and Belgium. There are also a number of patent drawings and descriptions of ammunition and magazine designs as well as photographs of a number of German-made double rifles and combination guns.
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The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World (3 Volumes)
by Fernand Braudel
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Holland, Michigan, United States
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The Folio Society, 2000. Hardcover . Must-Have. Would 100% gift this book! It's in great used book condition, with only the barest of shelfwear on the edges. In slipcase, which has minor wear and an unfortunate paint line on the back - easily hidden against the back of a bookcase! All books on our shelves are good condition - lightly read or worn - unless otherwise indicated. The Bluestocking Bookshop provides high-quality used and new books and gift items at deep discounts. Shipping media mail. Follow on Instagram for New Arrival stories and bookseller recommendations.
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