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The Flowers of Anecdote, Wit, Humor, Gayety, and Genius. With Etchings
by Anonymous
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- First US Edition
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- 1831
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Schenectady, New York, USA
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$300.00
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Boston: Frederic S. Hill, 1831. First US Edition. Hardcover. 285pp. Original green cloth with paper label affixed to spine panel. Engraved title and three inserted plates with etchings. Wear to cloth, chips to label. Contemporary owner's name on front free endpaper, pencil markings on endpapers, scattered foxing throughout. A good+ copy.; 12mo.
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$300.00

The Orlando Innamorato Translated Into Prose from the Italian... and Interspersed with Extracts in the Same Stanza as the Original
by Berni, Francesco; Rose, William Stewart (translator)
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- 1823
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Schenectady, New York, USA
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$120.00
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Edinburgh / London: W. Blackwood / T. Cadell, 1823. First Edition. Hardcover. lviii, 279pp + errata slip. Original boards. The spine was amateurishly repaired with a piece of cloth and the label redone. Front hinge partially split, some wear to extremities. Internally clean. A good+ copy.
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The Mother's Assistant and Young Lady's Friend January and March 1846
by Brown, William C., ed
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- 1846
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Schenectady, New York, USA
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$120.00
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Boston: William C. Brown, 1846. First Edition. Printed wrappers. Two issues in the original wrappers. Laid in is a receipt signed by the publisher and editor William C. Brown for a 3 year subscription. Subscriber's name and address on one of the covers (Mrs. Stover of Schuylerville, NY). Light overall wear and a couple of faint spots. Very good+.… Read more Item Price
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Memoria en defensa del Conde de Cagliostro, acusado, contra Mr. el Procurador General, acusador: en presencia de Mr. el Cardenal de Rohan, de la Condesa de la Mota, y de otros co-acusados. El Conde de Cagliostro no pretende mas que la tranquilidad, y la seguridad: la hospitalidad se las asegura. Traducida dal frances
by Alessandro Conte di Cagliostro (Giuseppe Balsamo)
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- First Spanish Edition
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- 1788
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Schenectady, New York, USA
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$120.00
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Madrid: Por D. Antonio Espinosa, 1788. First Spanish Edition. Hardcover. 93pp. Contemporary quarter leather over boards. The defense by Cagliostro in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace that landed him nine months in the Bastille and for which he was subsequently acquitted. Text in Spanish. Translated from the French. Very old annotations in Spanish on the margins of some… Read more Item Price
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The case, Trevett against Weeden: on Information and Complaint, for Refusing Paper Bills in Payment for Butcher's Meat, in Market, at Par with Specie. Tried Before the Honourable Superior Court, in the county of Newport, September term, 1786. Also, the Case of the Judges of Said Court, Before the Honourable General Assembly, at Providence, October Session, 1786, on Citation, for Dismissing Said Complaint. Wherein the Rights of the People to Trial by Jury..
by Varnum, James M.
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- 1787
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Schenectady, New York, USA
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$240.00
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Providence, RI: John Carter, 1787. First Edition. Self-wraps. iv, 60pp. Contemporary plain wrappers. Early landmark legal case establishing judicial review. Lacks pages 51-54. Heavy foxing to the first four leaves, pages 3 and 4 are pasted together, some annotations in pencil throughout, heavy wear and stains to covers. A poor copy. Comes with an original invoice from the Charles… Read more Item Price
$240.00

Leaflet for the Corn Festival Held by the Ladies of the Liberal Christian Guild on September 25th, 1891
by [New York State - Jamestown]
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- 1891
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- Ephemera
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Schenectady, New York, USA
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$120.00
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Jamestown, NY, 1891. First Edition. Ephemera. 4pp. Self-wraps. Includes bill of fare and several short ads for local merchants including Clark Bros., Druggists, Tucker & Marvin Shoes, M. Blanchard & Co., Groceries, etc. ; Octavo.
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Our Album of Authors: A Cyclopedia of Popular Literary People
by M'Alpine, Frank
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- 1888
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Schenectady, New York, USA
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$90.00
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Philadelphia: Elliott & Beezley, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. 416pp. Brown pictorial cloth stamped in black and gold on the front and the spine, color illustration affixed to front panel, all edges gilt. Floral endpapers. With several portrait illustrations. Light wear to spine ends, mild fading to spine. A bright near fine copy. ; Quarto.
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$90.00

The Novels of Lord Lytton Complete Thirty Volume Set
by Lytton, Edward Bulwer
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- First Edition
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- 1897
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Schenectady, New York, USA
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$360.00
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New York: The Athenaeum Society, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. 30 volumes bound in half morocco over marbled boards, top edges gilt, others uncut. Includes The Caxtons, My Novel, Pelham, Falkland, Rienzi, The Last of the Barons, Harold, The Last Days of Pompeii, Zanoni, Ernest Maltravers, Alice, The Parisians, A Strange Story, Night and Morning, What Will He Do with… Read more Item Price
$360.00

Hand-book of Practical Cookery, for Ladies and Professional Cooks. Containing the Whole Science and Art of Preparing Human Food
by Blot, Pierre
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- First Edition
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- 1867
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Schenectady, New York, USA
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$300.00
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New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. 478pp + 2 pp of advertisements. Brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides and in gold on the spine. The author was professor of Gastronomy and founder of the New York Cooking Academy. Private library number on front pastedown endpaper, name on front free endpaper and flyleaf. Two… Read more Item Price
$300.00

Beatrice Cenci Miniature Oil Painting on Porcelain
by [Italy - Miniature Paintings]
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Schenectady, New York, USA
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$480.00
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Paintings. Late 19th Century. Lovely portrait of Beatrice Cenci after the painting attributed to Guido Reni. Oil on porcelain. Measures roughly 12.5 x 8.5 cm. In excellent condition. In a vintage frame from the J. O. Krumbholz Fine Arts shop of Milwaukee, WI that measures 13.5 x 17.5 cm and has three nicks to the edges.
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$480.00

1865 Civil War Discharge Papers for Sergeant Allen B. St. John of the Second Regiment of Connecticut Heavy Artillery
by [U. S. Civil War - Discharge Papers]
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- 1865
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Schenectady, New York, USA
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$480.00
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1865. Ephemera. One sheet of paper with another sheet with the oath of identity attached to the back (the photocopy of the oath is part of the papers that will come with the document). Allen St. John enlisted as a Private on August 18, 1862, was promoted to Corporal on November 4, 1862, and to Sergeant on March 23,… Read more Item Price
$480.00

The Children and Other Verses. (Signed Presentation Copy)
by Dickinson, Charles Monroe
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- 1889
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Schenectady, New York, USA
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$180.00
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New York / London: Cassell & Company, Limited / Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. v, 138pp + note. Brown cloth lettered in gold on the front panel and the spine panel, all edges gilt. Printed on laid paper. Signed and inscribed by Charles M. Dickinson to Reverend L. R. Dickinson of West Park, NY,… Read more Item Price
$180.00

Abraham Lincoln Oleographic Portrait
by Middleton, E. C.
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- 1864
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Schenectady, New York, USA
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$1,800.00
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Cincinnati: E. C. Middleton, 1864. One of a series of thirteen chromolithographs depicting portraits of United States Presidents. In this particular series fine oil colors were added to the printing process to make the final products look like actual paintings. Measures roughly 22¼ x 19¼". The back of the canvas is stamped with E. C. Middleton printing information. Comes… Read more Item Price
$1,800.00

Collection of Forty Stereoviews/Stereographs Featuring World War I Images
by Keystone View Company
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Schenectady, New York, USA
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$120.00
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Meadville, PA: Keystone View Company. Photographs. Nice collection of forty stereoviews from Keystone View Company featuring images from World War I. Includes American Soldiers Answering the Bugle Call to Charge, A French 155-mm. Gun Trained on German Trenches, French "75" Gun in Action Against Battle Planes, Observation Balloon Fatally Pierced by Incendiary Bullets from American Plane, the R-34 Dirigible,… Read more Item Price
$120.00

Nineteen Stereoviews/Stereographs with Views of Indians
by Ingersoll View Company / The World Wide View Co
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Schenectady, New York, USA
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$270.00
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St. Paul, MN / Chicago: Ingersoll View Company / The World Wide View Co. Photographs. Late 1890s. A neat small collection of nineteen stereoviews featuring Indians. Includes Gray Eagle and Family, Group of Black Foot Braves, Family Group of Sioux and Lodge, Jake Nahnami, Old Sioux Chief, and Jukawcauh Disca, A Bunch of Buffalo on the Plains, Chippewa Squaws,… Read more Item Price
$270.00

Collection of Eighty-One Stereoviews/Stereographs Featuring American Presidents, War Related Images, and More
by Keystone View Company and others
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Schenectady, New York, USA
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$210.00
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Meadville, PA: Keystone View Company. Photographs. Nice collection of eigthy-one stereoviews from Keystone View Company, The Universal Photo Art Co., H. C. White, and others. Most are b&w, some in color or hand-colored. Includes views of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, the Union Stock Yards in Chicago, the Brooklyn Bridge, water front of New York from the Brooklyn side, the… Read more Item Price
$210.00

Collection of Eighty-Three Stereoviews/Stereographs from The World Wide Series
by The World Wide View Co
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Schenectady, New York, USA
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$240.00
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Chicago: The World Wide View Co. Photographs. Nice collection of 83 stereoviews from The World Wide Series. They include scenes of family life, African American life, Japanese life, views of the Coliseum, Blarney Castle, Nevada Falls, the Grand Canyon, Yosemite Valley, the Cliff House in San Francisco, St. Peter's, St. Mark's, banana plantations in the Philippines, gold digging in… Read more Item Price
$240.00

Four Stereoviews/Stereographs with Views of the San Francisco Earthquake
by Keystone View Company / James M. Davis
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Schenectady, New York, USA
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$54.00
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Meadville, PA / New York: Keystone View Company / James M. Davis. Photographs. They include Looking Towards the Bay from Russian Hill Over a Vast Area of Ruins, General View of Burned Area (Market St. on the Left) from Ferry Tower, Tried in the Crucible of Fire and Earthquake -- the Call Building, and Twisted and Wrecked by the… Read more Item Price
$54.00

16th Century Manuscript Antiphonal Leaf with Initials on Vellum
by [Illuminated Manuscript - Roman Catholic Church]
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Schenectady, New York, USA
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Antiphonal Leaf. Manuscript in Gothic Rotunda. Black, blue, gold, and red ink on vellum. Five-line staves in red, six staves on each page. Text in Latin on both sides. Measures 38.5 x 56 cm. It reads "Alleluia Sancti et iusti in domino gaude...". Closed tear to fore edge, one side is toned. ; Folio.
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16th Century Manuscript Antiphonal Double Leaf with Initials on Vellum
by [Illuminated Manuscript - Roman Catholic Church]
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Schenectady, New York, USA
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$420.00
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Antiphonal Leaf. Manuscript in Gothic Rotunda. Black, gold, and red ink on vellum. Five-line staves in red, six staves on each page. Text in Latin on both sides. Measures 56 x 80 cm. It reads "Iratus rex Saul, dixit mihi mille dederunt et filio Isai dederunt decem milia...". Old mends to edges, toning. ; Folio.
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$420.00