Troja: Results of the Latest Researches and Discoveries on the Site of Homer's Troy, and in the Heroic Tumuli and Other Sites Made in the Year 1882, and a Narrative of a Journey in the Troad in 1881 by Schliemann, Henry - 1884

New York: New York Book Company, 1870. First Thus . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 650pp. 42 plates of engravings. illus. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt spine titles. Hinges broken, front end paper missing, old masking tape connecting front paste down and frontispiece verso, mostly mild/ some moderate foxing to interior, light wear to board edges and spine ends, spine mildly cocked. This is an apparent reissue with a twist of original title by the publisher of the 1869 Women of New York or the Under-world of a Great City by Ellington - a pseudonym according to OCLC, possibly for James Dabney McCabe in the opinion of one scholar (citation on request). The contents: Women of Fashion, Women of Pleasure, Married Women, Wicked Women, Female Artistes, Life in a Female Seminary, Other Women, Female institutions. The last paragraph of the preface sums up the book's general premise: " There are doubtless many true and noble women among the fashion and… Read More

London: Leonard Smithers, 1896 Book. Illus. by with thirty illustrations by V. Foulpuier, etched by G. Mercier. Very Good. Hardcover. lvi, 316; [iv], 314; [iv], 354 pages + 33 plates. In quarter leather and cloth bindings, rubbing to the leather. Head of spine of vol 1 torn. End papers browned. Small booklabel to each volume - Marion C. Walker her book. 250 copies printed, this set not numbered..

Claitor's Publishing Division, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Detailed history of Pineville, Louisiana. Histories of businesses, churches, schools, families and much more. Illustrated with historical photographs. First edition signed by author Brister on title page. Hardcover format. Limited printing. Full index. 203 pp. 9 1/4" x 6 1/4". Tight copy with light shelf wear, ownership signature to front free endpaper and offsetting to dust jacket verso. Two small tears to dust jacket. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Title:
Finden's Views of the Ports and Harbours, Watering Places, Fishing Villages, and other Picturesque Objects on the English Coast.
Engraved By:
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)

Publisher:
Charles Tilt, Fleet Street , London.

Description:
Size: 28 x 22.5 x 3.1 cm Weight 1285 grams:
One volume only.
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.
Condition:
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Small amount of wear at the corners. Not bad at all for 119 years old. Light tan fabric has darkened a bit and there are a few small brown spots on the front cover. Decorations on the front and spine are still clear and bright. Pages are clean, tight and intact. No significant yellowing. A gift inscriptioninside the front cover and a quotation has been written on the half-title page. Over 50 illustrations. A rare and highly valued book.

In English. Hard cover, 32 cm, 512 pp., ill.: more than 500 color pictures; net weight 3380 gr.
The Byzantine and Christian Museum at Athens has over 25,000 artefacts in its possession; probably the most important collection of byzantine artefacts worldwide. Its areas of competency are centred on – but not limited to – religious artefacts of the Early Christian, Byzantine, Medieval, post-Byzantine and later periods which it exhibits, but also acquires, receives, preserves, conserves, records, documents, researches, studies, publishes and raises awareness of. This book presents the most important items of the permanent exhibition of the museum.
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International Graphoanalysis Society, 1994-1997. Softcover. Very Good. Monthly graphoanalysis study guides and model answers issued by the Instruction Department of the International Graphoanalysis Society between February 1994 and December 1997. No issues published in July and August. Each issue includes a Study Guide for the graphoanalysis of handwriting specimens and a Model Answer for a specimen from a previous issue. The March 1994 specimen for the study specimen was frequently in the news for several years. The name of this Mystery Writer, his intriguing story, and his graphoanalysis are included in the May 1994 Model Answer. Each issue is a minimum of 4 pp. depending on topic. One Graphoanalysis Worksheet included. 31 issues bound in a 3-hole binder. Excellent resource for the graphoanalysis student, teacher or collector. Tight, clean copy with light shelf wear. Unmarked front to back. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Small amount of wear at the corners. Not bad at all for 119 years old. Light tan fabric has darkened a bit and there are a few small brown spots on the front cover. Decorations on the front and spine are still clear and bright. Pages are clean, tight and intact. No significant yellowing. A gift inscriptioninside the front cover and a quotation has been written on the half-title page. Over 50 illustrations. A rare and highly valued book.

Although it says in the title that the series is twelve volumes, there is also an index, giving a total of thirteen volumes. The covers are deep red fabric covered boards with leather over the spine. The wear is almost all in that leather area where there has been damage at the top, and/or bottom of some of the spines (some can be seen in the photos). Otherwise, there is little damage. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with no yellowing. The top edges of the pages are gilted as are the print and decorations on the spines. Each book has a color frontspiece and other scattered illustrations as well. The original owner inserted various clippings and pictures into the books, which I have chosen to leave for their historical value. A few of them are shown in the final four photos. This set will ship at over 24 pounds and may be shipped in two boxes. It will be shipped with insurance and will require a signature. Escess shipping costs are included in the list price.

Cover is not badly worn for a book over 120 years old, showing mild wear along the edges and at the corners, and a bit of a dark stain to the lower front. Pages are tight and intact with just a few small margin notes. Owner's name and some notes on the front endpaper. A small stain (1 cm dia.), possibly coffee or tea, on the lower page edges, from the half-title page to about page 7 of the poem (see photo #3). The stain does not reach any print. This is Alexander Pope's peotic translationof four books of Homer's Iliad. This edition is from Macmillan's Pocket English Classics series and was originally published in 1899. This is from the third printing, May, 1900. The introduction materials cover 55 pages before the poems begin. This is a very rare book, one which I have been unable to find another like it in any of my online sources. The closest thing I found had no picture and was asking twice my price. With so many reprints, facsimiles and PODs out there, this is an original.