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TALES OF THE OCEAN AND ESSAYS FOR THE FORECASTLE
by Sleeper, John (Hawser Martingale - pseud.)
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- Original Of This Edition
- Published
- 1843
- Binding
- Hardcover, Cloth Decorated in Blind; Title and Decorations on Spine
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$145.00
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Small Octavo (7 7/8 by 5 inches) vi, 431 pages, "illustrated with numerous engravings," including 27 full page black and white plates, two title pages, each with the same date: one for publisher Thomas Groom Co. and one for S.N. Dickinson.
Fair condition (minor wear to edges of hardcover cloth bindiing decorated in blind on both upper and back covers, some… Read more about this item Item Price
$145.00
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Truth stranger than fiction: Father Henson's Story of His Own Life
by Henson, Josiah, With An Introduction By Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Original Edition
- Published
- 1858
- Binding
- Hardcover, original decorative patterned cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$475.00
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12 mo. (7 1/2 by 5 1/4 inches) xii, 212 pages, portrait frontispiece, with facsimile signature; hardcover, original decorative patterned cloth binding, embossed in blind; title in gilt on spine, old inked signature of previous owner neatly written on front flyleaf, very good condition (minor staining to margins of portrait, title page, and a few preliminary pages – not affecting… Read more about this item Item Price
$475.00
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SAN DIEGO 1915 "Dodge Auto Know Map and Guide"
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Original Edition
- Published
- 1915
- Binding
- Folded Paper Ephemera
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$45.00
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Octavo, 9 by 4 inch folded paper brochure, folded five times to form six panels, printed on both sides promoting sightseeing by auto, trolley, boat, "taxies, hacks, and saddle horses" offered by Frank E. Dodge, while visiting the Panama California Exposition.
Artistic views of "A Portion of Business Section of San Diego, From the Coast to Mountains," including prominent buildings of… Read more about this item Item Price
$45.00
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SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA THE HARBOR OF THE SUN
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Original Edition
- Published
- 1915
- Binding
- Stapled Booklet, Paper Ephemera
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$50.00
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16 mo. (6 1/4 by 3 1/8 inches) stapled booklet of 22 unnumbered pages illustrated with 40 half tone photo vignettes, a four panel fold-out birds' eye view of "San Diego Harbor Improvements, In Course of Construction," and a view of "Business Section and Water Front of San Diego" with an arrow pointing to Panama-California Exposition Site, Balboa Park." Very… Read more about this item Item Price
$50.00
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THREE MONTHS IN THE SOUTHERN STATES: April-June, 1863
by Fremantle, (Coldstream Guards), Lieut.-Col.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Original Ediition
- Published
- 1864
- Binding
- Origiinal hardcover cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$145.00
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12 mo. (7 1/2 by 5 inches) 309 pages, frontis portrait of Jefferson Davis with facsimile signature, original hardcover, cloth decorated in blind on front and back covers, title and author in gilt on spine, very good condition (minor shelf wear at top of spine, inked signature of former owner on front fly leaf – neither affecting contents).
A first hand… Read more about this item Item Price
$145.00
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Presentation Copy, Signed By Author: Ed McGivern's Book on Fast and Fancy Revolver Shooting and Police Training
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Original First Edition
- Published
- 1938
- Binding
- Hardcover, Leatherette
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$225.00
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Author's presentation, and signature in ink, dated January 24, 1939, on front fly leaf, octavo (9 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches) Springfield, Mass.: The King-Richardson Co., 1938. Original First Edition. 484 pages, frontispiece portrait of author, black and white photo illustrations, diagrams, hardcover leatherette binding, title in gilt on upper cover, and on spine (slightly faded, not affecting contents), index,… Read more about this item Item Price
$225.00
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WAR AND THE WEATHER, and "SHOULD THE RAINFALL EXPERIMENTS BE CONTINUED?"
by Powers, C. E., Edward
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Original Edition
- Published
- 1890
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$135.00
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12 mo. (7 1/2 by 5 inches) Delavan, Wis.: E. Powers, 1890. Original Edition. Presentation in ink by author dated 1896; contemporary original photograph (presumed to be of the author) pasted to the front pastedown.
202 pages; plus 15 pages by the same author: "Should The Rainfall Experiments Be Continued, A Criticism of Prof. Simon Newcomb's Contribution to the Article in… Read more about this item Item Price
$135.00
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Thompson in Africa
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Original First Edition
- Published
- 1852
- Binding
- Original Hardcover, Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$110.00
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12 mo. (7 by 4 3/8 inches) Cleveland, Ohio: Printed by D. M. Ide, 1852. Original First Edition. 320 pages, wood cut illustrations, and frontis, folded map, original hardcover, cloth, matching decorations in blind on front and back covers, title in gilt on spine, very good condition.
" . . the Mendi Mission, (was) established by radical abolitionists in the wake… Read more about this item Item Price
$110.00
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THE HOME MESSENGER BOOK OF TESTED RECEIPTS.
by Duffield, Mary B., Sally B. Sill, and Isabella G. D. Stewart (Compilers)
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Published
- 1878
- Binding
- Hardcover, dark chocolate brown cloth, with title and image of Detroit Home of Friendless
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$90.00
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Octavo (7 5/8 by 5 1/4 inches) Detroit, Michigan: E.B. Smith & Company, 1878. Second Edition. 287 pages, hardcover, dark chocolate brown cloth, with title and image of Detroit Home of Friendless in gilt on upper front cover, title in gilt on spine, good condition, with cloth loop at top of spine to hang the book (worn covers, minor shelf… Read more about this item Item Price
$90.00
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A HANDBOOK FOR INFANTRY:
by Duane, William (Adjutant General in the Army of the United States)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- The Eighth Edition
- Published
- 1814
- Binding
- Quarter bound, gray paper over boards
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$180.00
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Octavo (9 by 5 7/8 inches) vii, 112 pages (some uncut), vii [11] leaves of black and white plates : illustrations, diagrams, plans; quarter bound in cream colored paper, and gray paper over boards. Very good condition (minor wear along spine, and edges – contents unaffected).
"Regulations to be Received and Observed for the Discipline of Infantry in the Army of… Read more about this item Item Price
$180.00
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INDIAN NULLIFICATION OF THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS RELATIVE TO THE MARSHPEE TRIBE:
by Apes, William ("An Indian and Preacher of the Gospel")
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Original First Edition
- Published
- 1835
- Binding
- Hardcover, original early American smooth calendared-dyed cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
- Item Price
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$475.00
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16 mo. (7 by 4 1/2 inches) 168 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates, hardcover, original early American smooth calendared-dyed cloth binding, printed paper label pasted onto the spine, Good condition (minor shelf wear to edges, light foxing, small hole in text on page 33 – not affecting the overall text, which is still in good, clean, and readable condition).
Commonly… Read more about this item Item Price
$475.00
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TEN THOUSAND MILES WITH A DOG SLED
by Stuck, D.D., F.R.G.S., Hudson
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Published
- 1916
- Binding
- Hardcover, Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$60.00
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Octavo (8 1/4 by 5 3/4 inches) New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. Second Edition. xxii, 420 pages, 37 unnumbered pages of photographic plates : illustrations, color map, portraits, index; hardcover, cloth, title in gilt on spine. Very good condition, gift inscription from previous owner in ink on front fly leaf dated 1917, inked name of previous owner on front… Read more about this item Item Price
$60.00
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ON WAKEFULNESS
by Hammond, M. D., William A.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Original First Edition
- Published
- 1866
- Binding
- Hardcover, Original Brown Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, USA
- Item Price
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$50.00
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Small octavo (7 3/4 by 5 inches) viii, 93 pages, hardcover, brown cloth, title in gilt on upper cover, very good condition (minor shelf wear to bottom edge of spine, and on back cover, previous owner's name at top of title page - contents not affected).
"William Alexander Hammond (28 August 1828 – 5 January 1900) was an American military physician… Read more about this item Item Price
$50.00
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HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH OF THE ISLAND OF GRENADA
by Wells, Septimus (Editor "Grenada Chronicle")
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Original First Edition
- Published
- 1890
- Binding
- Original staplebound wrappers
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$275.00
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Small octavo (8 by 5 1/4 inches) 37 pages, xiv: 8 black and white plates taken from photographs (one fold out), staple bound in pale blue wrappers. Very good condition [minimal age toning to covers, slight shelf wear along lower spine, previous owner's name in pencil at top of title page (P. A. Lovering, who served in the U. S.… Read more about this item Item Price
$275.00
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OFFICIAL GUIDE TO COUNTY DOWN AND THE MOURNE MOUNTAINS
by Praeger, Robert Lloyd
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Original First Edition
- Published
- 1898
- Binding
- Decorated Card Covers Covered in Green Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$120.00
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Issued by the Belfast and County Down Railway Company. 18 mo. (6 3/8 by 4 1/4 inches) Belfast: Marcus Ward & Co. Limited, Royal Ulster Works, 1898. Original First Edition. xv, 232 pages, plates, illustrations, 5 folded maps, decorated card covers covered in green cloth, very good condition.
The Belfast and County Down Railway Company was an "Irish Gauge" (5 foot,… Read more about this item Item Price
$120.00
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FIELD, COVER, AND TRAP SHOOTING
by Bogardus, Adam H. (Edited by Charles J. Foster)
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Original of this edition
- Published
- 1878
- Binding
- Hardcover, Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, USA
- Item Price
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$75.00
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Small octavo (7 1/2 by 5 inches) New York: Published By The Author, 1878. Original of this edition. 443 pages, 28 pages of advertisements at the back, portraits, and black and white line cut plates. Original brown cloth over beveled boards, gilt decoration of a hunting dog laying next to a rifle, and a recently shot game bird, on upper… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
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THE SHIP'S STEWARD'S HANDBOOK
by Bond, M.I.H., M.C.A., Richard
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First and Original Edition
- Published
- [1918]
- Binding
- Hardcover, Blue Cloth, Gilt Lettering
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, USA
- Item Price
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$210.00
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Octavo (8 1/2 by 5 3/4 inches) 436 pages, including index, illustrated with black and white photographs and line cuts, blue cloth hardcover binding, with title in gilt on upper cover and spine, old booksellers ticket on back pastedown, very good condition.
The author was Chief Instructor to the Nautical Training School for Stewards and Cooks, Liverpool. He writes, "My kitchen… Read more about this item Item Price
$210.00
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1903 Los Angeles Real Estate Promotion: Herman W. Hellman Building, Los Angeles, California
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Fiirst, and Only Edition
- Published
- ca. 1903
- Binding
- Original Intact Wrappers
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$395.00
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An original real estate promotional booklet of 24 unnumbered leaves, for a building at the North East corner of Fourth and Spring Street in Downtown Los Angeles; illustrated with half tone black and white photographs printed on coated stock showing tenants' office and showroom spaces, and their fixtures and furnishings, views of the marble lobby, the main stairway, and entrances,… Read more about this item Item Price
$395.00
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THE PRINCIPLES OF LIGHT AND COLOR
by Babbitt, Edwin D.
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Original First Edition
- Published
- 1878
- Binding
- Hardcover, Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
- Item Price
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$475.00
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Small quarto (9 1/2 by 6 3/4 inches) New York: Babbitt & Co., 1878. Original First Edition. 560 pages, four color illustrations, numerous photo engravings, original brown cloth, hardcover binding, with title in gilt on upper cover framed by ornamental geometric shapes and forms, repeated on back cover in blind, title in gilt on spine. Good condition (shelf wear to… Read more about this item Item Price
$475.00
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THE ISSUE FAIRLY PRESENTED: BLACK REPUBLICANISM VERSUS DEMOCRACY
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Original First Edition
- Published
- 1856
- Binding
- Unbound
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, USA
- Item Price
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$67.50
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12 mo. (7 1/4 by 43/8 inches) 32 pages unbound, complete; arranged on printed sheets of uncut rag paper, so that when folded and trimmed, they will appear in correct order for binding as a pamphlet. Very good condition (clean, no tears, and readable as is).
Supporting arguments by Democrats, at the time, regarding the controversy of admitting Kansas to the… Read more about this item Item Price
$67.50
