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Springs and Wells of Manhattan and the Bronx : New York City at the end of the nineteenth century. First edition.
by Smith, James Reuel, (1852-1935)
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New York: The New York Historical Society, 1938. 8vo, brown quarter morocco. xxv, 246pp. Smith died in 1935 and a team at the The New York Historical Society prepared the work for publication This is apparently a presentation from one of the editors. No copies on OCLC. Provenance: George A. Zabriskie.
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The Evolution of New York. A Collection of cuttings, views, engravings and other interesting data relating to Old New York. Extra Illustrated with one hundred and fifty illustrations. Possibly unique copy.
by [Janvier, Thomas Allibone (1849-1913)]
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New York: 1897. 4to, 1897. 4to, blue-green half morocco gilt, Provenance: George A. Zabriskie, his bookplate,,,The illustrations are inset on the pages and include inter alia, engravings from the 18th Century and color lithographs from the 19th Century. Apparently never published although the type is set. Author is deduced from his portrait as the frontispiece, the… Read more
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Association de la presse anglo-americaine de Paris. 1973.
by Association de la presse anglo-americaine de Paris.
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Paris: 1973. 16mo. Original wraps. 38pp. Directory of member organizations and individuals, now mostly gone. ...Founded in 1907, the Anglo-American Press Association in Paris is the oldest journalists' organisation in France. It brings together journalists from anglophone media to encourage mutual support and promote common interests. Our main activity is inviting high-profile figures from politics, economics, business and culture… Read more
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![cover of Eutropij De gestis Romanorvm Libri Decem. [The Deeds of the Ancient Romans]. First edition.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/412/230/1484230412.0.m.jpg)
Eutropij De gestis Romanorvm Libri Decem. [The Deeds of the Ancient Romans]. First edition.
by Eutropius ( fl. AD 363–387)
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Parisiis: ex officina Simonis Colinaei 1539 (Paris: Simon de Colines, 1539.). 8vo, contemporary calf, with new matching spine; a few neat notes in an early hand;[2], 58pp; OCLC Number: 1106921251;Other Titles: Breviarium ab urbe conditaDe gestis Romanorum..
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Histoire des provinces unies des Pays-Bas : depuis la naissance de la république jusqu'à la paix d'Utrecht & le traité de la barriere conclu en 1715 ; avec les principales médailles et leur explication., ..., qui contient ce qui s'y est passé depuis l'An MDCLX. jusqu' au Traité de la Barriere. 3 vols. First edition.
by Leclerc, Jean (1657-1736)
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Amsterdam : L'Honoré et Châtelain, 1723 & 1728.. 3 vols. folio. 24 x 38.5cm. Contemporary calf cover and spine preserved and superimposed over new goatskin by the artisan binder Sasha Mosalov. I; [22], 342; [4], 208pp. II: [8], 420, [20] pp. III: [8], 473 pp....The illustrations consist of 3 full page frontispieces by Bernard Picart,… Read more
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Journal of a voyage to New York and a tour in several of the American colonies in 1679-80. by Jasper Dankers and Peter Sluyter. Transl. from the original manuscript in Dutch ... by Henry C. Murphy. Volume I. First edition.
by Danckaerts, Jasper, b. 1639.; Sluyter, Peter, 1645-1722.; Murphy, Henry Cruse, 1810-1882; Hayward & co., lithogrpahers
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Brooklyn: Long Island Historical Society, 1867.. 8vo. iii, xlvii, 440 p. : col. ill. (part fold.) ; 12 color lithographs; 25 cm. Rebound in utilitarian types of buckram, time stained. OCLC Number: 1137389564. Provenance: George A. Zabriskie; his name stamped on cover.
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A historical inquiry concerning Henry Hudson : his friends, relatives, and early life, his connection with the Muscovy Company and discovery of Delaware Bay. First edition. Association copy.
by Read, Jr., John Meredith (1837–1896); [Horace Edwin Hayden (1837-1917); Marshall Reid Anspach (1895-1962).]
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Albany [N.Y.] : J. Munsell, 1866.. 8vo. vi, 209pp. plus hors texte plates. Brown morocco spine, repaired, orange morocco and cloth covers. Small tear on a blank leaf. Bookplate of Marshall Reid Anspach (1895-1962)....Wright Howes, the final edition, no. R91; OCLC Number: 1007174507. Tipped in is an Als letter to the Virginia historian Horace Edwin Hayden, dated… Read more
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Menus for the Compagnie des Messageries Martimes, S.S. Laos with Japanese art. First edition.
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Compagnie des Messageries Martimes: 1961. 4to., 4pp. 2 menus for First Class,Provenance: Estate of Maurice Salzani (1896-1971)..Maurice Léon SALZANI. Born 9 September 1896 - Bournabat (Bornova), zmir, TURQUIE; Deceased 13 January 1971 - Crosville-la-Vieille, 27110, Eure, Haute-Normandie, FRANCE, aged 74 years old... Residence in the 1960s; Grosville-la-Vieille, Le Neubourg, Eure. ...Agent Général de laCompagnie des Messageries Martimes,… Read more
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Supplément . Revue de Smyrne. Première Année. No. 1. First edition.
by Bey, Enver Essad, Directeur
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire: Sept. 8, 1918. 4to., 4pp.marginal tears. Illustrations by REM or TEM.,,,Provenance: Estate of Maurice Salzani (1896-1971)..Maurice Léon SALZANI. Born 9 September 1896 - Bournabat (Bornova), zmir, TURQUIE; Deceased 13 January 1971 - Crosville-la-Vieille, 27110, Eure, Haute-Normandie, FRANCE, aged 74 years old... Residence in the 1960s; Grosville-la-Vieille, Le Neubourg, Eure. ...Agent Général de laCompagnie… Read more
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Menu for the Coronation of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2nd June, 1953. First edition.
by French Line; Elizabeth II.
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London: French Line, 1953. 4to., 4pp. Embossed colour coat of arms and blindstamping on cover. Menu in French on p. 3...Provenance: Estate of Maurice Salzani (1896-1971)..Maurice Léon SALZANI. Born 9 September 1896 - Bournabat (Bornova), zmir, TURQUIE; Deceased 13 January 1971 - Crosville-la-Vieille, 27110, Eure, Haute-Normandie, FRANCE, aged 74 years old... Residence in the 1960s;… Read more
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Supplément . Revue de Smyrne. Première Année. No. 4. First edition.
by Bey, Enver Essad, Directeur
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire: Nov. 24, 1918. 4to., 4pp.marginal tears. Illustrations by REM or TEM....Provenance: Estate of Maurice Salzani (1896-1971)..Maurice Léon SALZANI. Born 9 September 1896 - Bournabat (Bornova), zmir, TURQUIE; Deceased 13 January 1971 - Crosville-la-Vieille, 27110, Eure, Haute-Normandie, FRANCE, aged 74 years old... Residence in the 1960s; Grosville-la-Vieille, Le Neubourg, Eure. ...Agent Général de laCompagnie… Read more
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Group of Menus for the Compagnie des Messageries Martimes, Paquebot "La Marseillaise."1951.
by Compagnie des Messageries Martimes
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Compagnie des Messageries Martimes: 1951. 5 first class menus and one second class. 24 x 18 cm...Histoire:Lancé le 10 juin 1944 à La Ciotat sous le nom de MARECHAL PETAIN. Il évite d'être sabordé par les allemands. Remorqué le 13 juin à Port de Bouc. Il échappe à la destruction du port et la coque dérive dans le canal… Read more
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Remarks upon a late ingenious pamphlet : entituled, A short but thorough search into what may be the real cause of the present scarcity of our silver coin, &c. ... By an impartial hand. First edition.
by Simon, Clement,
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[London : printed for S. Baker, |c 1718.]. 12mo. 11 x 17cm. 24pp. Later marbled boards. Trimmed tight at bottom margin with slight loss.
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A short but thorough search into what may be the real ause of the present scarcity of our silver coin. : And a method proposed, which, if taken, will effectually both produce a speedy supply, and prevent the like scarcity of it for the future. : With the fatal consequences that will unavoidably follow, either from the advancing our silver coin, or lowering the price of our gold. / By a hearty well-wisher of the peace and prosperity of his country. First edition.
by Clayton, David ; James Roberts
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London, : Printed for the author, and sold by James Roberts ..., M DCC XVII. [1717]. 12mo. 11 x 17cm. 30pp. Later marbled boards. Trimmed tight at bottom margin with slight loss.
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Rapport sur les fouilles d'antiquités faites à Aix, en 1843 et 1844. First editions.
by Rouard, Etienne Antoine Benoit; Commission archéologique d'Aix.
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Aix: Impr. de Nicoet et Aubin & Fréd. Vitalis, 1841-1844.. 3 tomes reliés en un volume in-4, demi-percaline verte à la bradel, pièce de titre de maroquin bordeaux, couvertures conservées, non rogné (reliure de l'époque).... OCLC Number: 493517942...Réunion des trois rapports des fouilles réalisées entre 1841 et 1844 dans la ville d'Aix en Provence: - Rapport sur les… Read more
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Saint-Cyr (1686-1859). Album contenant douze dessins ... Avec texte en regard ... par Victor Pellegrin . First edition.
by Pellegrin, Victor (Lieutenant), artist; Lemercier, Dufaure, printers; Sorrieu, Guérard lithographers
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Paris: Librairie militaire de J. Dumaine, 1859. Folio. Original gilt and blindstamped percaline. 30 x 43cm. The plates on rag paper with tissue guards, fresh. Text pages and endpapers, browned. OCLC Number:759781928 & OCLC Number: 466288140...This work describes the Maison Imperiale de Saint Louis and the Military Imperial School of the little town Saint Cyr, close to Versailles. The… Read more
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Illustration de la vie civile et militaire de l'Empereur Napoléon Premier, d'après les premiers peintres de l'Ecole française. 50 planches inédites par Madou. First edition.
by Madou, Jean-Baptiste (1796 –1877)
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Bruxelles: H. Gérard, circa 1840. Small oblong folio. 26 x 33cm. Original half cloth boards, front cover partially detached. 50 lithograph plates with titles and captions, which do not appear elsewhere. by Madou: Rare, not in OCLC. Some plates are loose with small losses on left margin.///Madou began as lithographer; worked in Brussels during the 1820's… Read more
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Le Spectateur Américain, Premièrre partie, ou, Remarques generales sur l'Amerique Septentrionale et sur la republique des Treize-Etats-Unis : suivi de Recherches philosophiques sur la decouverte du Nouveau-monde. First edition.
by Mandrillon, Joseph
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Amsterdam; Bruxelles, Chez de la Haye & compagnie, 1785.. 8vo. 519pp; lacking the first XX preliminary pages and the map, which may have been part of this edition; 2 folding charts present. New qtr. goatskin and marbled board binding by the artisan binder Sasha Mosalov...Wright Howes, the Final Edition, no. 247; Sabin 44240. Monaghan 1024....«LE SPECTATEUR AMÉRICAIN.… Read more
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Le Bulletin de Vote. [Caricatures of 72 Republican politicians, incl. Louis Blanc, Albert Grévy, Édouard Lockroy, Jules Ferry, Brisson, Gambetta, Jean-Casimir Périer, Jules Grévy, Clémenceau… First edition.
by Gill (Louis-Alexandre Gosset de Guines, dit André); André Gill, (1840-1885). Illustrateur; Adolphe Perreau, (1841-1891); Maxime Rude; Paul Genay.
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Meaux et Paris: Paul Genay, 1877. 8vo. Qtr. roan. 14 x 18 cm. Ref: Ch. Fontane, "André Gill," Vol. II, pp. 177-180; OCLC Number: 4170900 (digital only)... Very good. Includes issues 1-72; there is said to be a very rare 73rd issue without an issue number.. . 72 numéros reliés en un volume in-8 demi-basane brune, dos lisse… Read more
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Notice: The California War History Committee is compiling a biography of Californians in the service.
by California War History Committee; Edward A. Dickson (chairman).
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Sacramento, CA: California War History Committee, [ca. 1919].. 9" x 6" Printed on card stock. Illustrations. VG. Scarce.
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