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The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Translated Out of the Original Greek; and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised

New York: American Bible Society, 1840. Full soft leather cover. 431 white pages, foxed throughout, followed by The Book of Psalms, Translated out of the Original Hebrew; and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised - this section run...

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$225.00

Who's Who in American Jewry Volume 3 1938-1939 by Simons, John (editor)

New York: National News Association, Inc., 1938. Edited and Preface by John Simons Small 4to size blue cloth with gilt titles on spine and cover. 1,177 glossy pages with 400 black and white photographs and illustrations, some full page; geographical index...

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$125.00

Form of Prayers and Blessings of Israel with an English Translation

Brooklyn, NY: Hebrew Publishing Company, 1901. Unique Handmade Ivory and Brass Cover on Rare 1901 Siddur (Jewish Prayerbook) Form of Prayers and Blessings of Israel with an English Translation published by the Hebrew Publishing Company, Brooklyn, New Yor...

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$525.00

The Book of Knowledge: The Children's Encyclopedia by Thompson, Holland & Arthur Mee (editors)

New York: Grolier Society, 1927. Rare ephemera 1927 sales brochure for The Book of Knowledge The Children's Encyclopedia. Stapled binding. Toned thin glossy stock has reproduction pages from encyclopedia with their original pages numbers. Illustrat...

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$120.00

The Prose Writers of America with a Survey of the Intellectual History, Condition, and Prospects of the Country. by Griswold, Rufus Wilmot

Philadelphia: Parry & McMillan, 1857. Prose Writers of America was first published in 1847 (this is the 4th and last edition.) And was specifically designed to compete with a similar anthology by Cornelius Mathews and Evert Augustus Duyckinck. Edito...

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$100.00

Child Classics: The Sixth Reader by Alexander, Georgia & Grace

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1917. Umber colored cloth cover with a black decorative harvest illustration; 365 lightly toned pages. Contents include: Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving; The Song of the Camp by Bayard Taylor; A Mountain Hunt by ...

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$120.00

Don Bosco Technical High School Technician Yearbook 1971

Boston, 1971. 4to size green leatherette hardcover with large embossed gold colored school seal with motto In Labore Vie Tus on bottom of front cover; 160 pages including index. Includes not only portraits of senior class, who are all wearing bow ties i...

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$100.00

The Battle for the Seed by Morgan, Patricia

Shippensburg, PA: Destiny Image, 1992. Foreword by Dr. Myles Munroe Signed and inscribed by author inside front cover 8vo size trade paperback; 106 pages From back: "The dilemma facing our young people today should be a major concern for all par...

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$7.00

George Washington in Two Volumes by Ford, Worthington Chauncey (W.C.)

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. Memorial edition. Limited edition number 958 (out of 1,250 copies printed, a rare item.) Marbelized boards with blue leather corners and spine trimmed in two rows of gilt along all three marlbelized edges. B...

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$200.00

The Odes of Anacreon by Moore, Thomas

London: J. Carpenter, 1803. The Odes of Anacreon translated into English verse with Notes by Thomas Moore, Esquire 12mo size, (2) two-volume three-quarter leather bound set with deckle edged pages. Maroon buckram centers the covers which are trimmed in l...

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$275.00

1992 Middlesex School Yearbook

Massachusetts: Middlesex School, 1992. 1992 yearbook for the Concord, Massachusetts day and boarding high school that boasts former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and former Massachusetts Governor William Weld as well as actor Steve Carrell amongst i...

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$100.00

Bringing Up the Brass: My 55 Years at West Point by Maher, Sergeant Marty & Campion, Nardi Reeder

New York: David McKay Company, 1951. Foreword by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Blue boards with black titles and decorations on the spine; 234 pages with black and white illustrations on glossy stock This book was the inspiration for the film The Thin G...

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$250.00

No Time for Rest by Cutler, Robert

Boston: Little Brown, 1966. Very rare book. Robert Cutler (1895-1974) was the first United States National Security Advisor. The position was created for him by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Cutler served in the United States Army, eventually being pr...

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$375.00

The Grammar of Science by Pearson, Karl

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1911. The provenence of this antiquarian volume is what makes this book unique. Pasted to the inside cover is the bookplate of Louis Agassiz Shaw, co-inventor (along with Philip Drinker) of the iron lung in 1928. 394 ligh...

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$100.00

Nugents Pocket- Dictionary of the English and French Language

London: E H Wells Undated but most likely from the late 1800s (1870-1890 based on endpapers.) 572 pages gilt bordered all around. Gilt is still bright. Front cover, end page, title page and page 1 are detached (but present.) Page 1 has a several tears...

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$100.00