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Cook Book

By: Heavilon, Mary Jane

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Frankfort, IN, Self Published: 1929

Seller ID: 20879

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 190 pages; No date given [Circa 1929]. Self-published . Dated by gift inscription to front endpage, dated 1929. Bound in textured, faux leather cloth with pictorial title emblem embossed in relief to cover; a double boiler in gilt above author titling, also in a scrolled gilt panel. Gilt title details to spine dulled but legible. Soundly bound copy has some moderate toning to page stock. Several prior owner, names/gift inscriptions penned neatly to front endpages. A lengthy Date cake recipe penned in manuscript to a rear blank leaf. Mild scattered kitchen soiling to...
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Rational Recreations, in Which the Principles of Numbers and Natural Philosophy are Clearly and Copiously Elucidated by a Series of Easy, Entertaining, Interesting Experiments : Vol III: Electrical and Magnetical Experiments

By: Hooper, William

Price: $450.00

Publisher: London, Printed for L. Davis ...J. Robson ...B. Law ...and G. G. J. and J. Robinson ...: 1787

Seller ID: 25090

Binding: Full leather

Condition: Very Good+

Vol III only (of four) : "Electrical and Magnetical Experiments". A lovely copy of the 3rd volume of Hooper's four volume work. Snugly bound in period tree calf with morocco labels to spine; board edges tooled in gilt. Twenty hand colored folding copperplate engravings are complete and very neat with three of the plates starting at the front edge from misfolding and showing some soiling and supericial closed tears to the margins where they extruded from the fore edge. Endpages complete and unmarred. Joints quite sound; surfaces bright and neat with no skinning or rubbing. Just mild bum...
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Rational Recreations, in Which the Principles of Numbers and Natural Philosophy are Clearly and Copiously Elucidated by a Series of Easy, Entertaining, Interesting Experiments : Vol IV: Experiments in Pneumatics, Hydrology and Pyrotechnics, with an Appendix of Miscellaneous Recreations

By: Hooper, William

Price: $400.00

Publisher: London, Printed for L. Davis ...J. Robson ...B. Law ...and G. G. J. and J. Robinson ...: 1787

Seller ID: 25091

Binding: Full leather

Condition: Very Good+

367 pages; Vol IV only (of four) : "Experiments in Pneumatics, Hydrology and Pyrotechnics, with an Appendix of Miscellaneous Recreations". A lovely copy of the 4th volume of Hooper's four volume work. Snugly bound in period tree calf with morocco title label to spine, lacking the small oval "4" volume label; board edges tooled in gilt. Fourteen handsomely hand colored folding copperplate engravings are complete and very neat with three of the plates starting slightly at the front edge from misfolding and showing some mild soiling and supericial rubbing at the area where they e...
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The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments : Translated out of the Original Tongues; and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised

By: Hugh Gaine

Price: $1,000.00

Publisher: New York, Hugh Gaine: 1792

Seller ID: 13224

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 816 pages; New York, Printed and sold by Hugh Gaine, at his book-store and printing-office, at the Bible, in Hanover-Square: 1792. Contemporary calf boards with sympathetic professional rebacking and replaced morocco label at spine. In 12's, printed in double columns. The contents have been carefully inspected with all pages believed present, including original endsheets. Extensive family records in a close hand relating to the families of Daniel Hodgkins, his daughter Betsy Hodgkins and of Sylvanus Sparks, to whom she was wed in 1812. Family history is listed on ...
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A Defence of the Charter, and Municipal Rights of the City of London And the Rights of Other Municipal Cities and Towns of England

By: Hunt, Thomas

Price: $150.00

Publisher: London, Richard Baldwin: 1683

Seller ID: 37275

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

4to 11" - 13" tall; 46 pages; Disbound. 46 pp gathered in 4's. Signatures not bound, with mild stab holes in spine edge margins from prior binding. Mild toning and soiling to title page; light stress crease to top front corner of the pages. The 1st and only edition with title page in two variants. An anti Roman Catholic tract. Good thus.
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The Mexican Guide

By: Janvier, Thomas Allibone

Price: $135.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1888

Seller ID: 22618

Binding: Leather

Condition: Good

16mo 6" - 7" tall; 523 pages; 3rd edition. Bound to accomodate travel in full, supple, pebbled leather with a folding title lettered closure over the front edge. Edges marbled. Calls for three maps but none present. Leather scraped at top and spine edges; partial split along the folding front flap. The leather strip meant to serve as a catch for the tongue of the flap is missing. Laeather at spine more heavily worn with surface rubbing and light scarring but tiles still bold and entire spine present. Contents clean and complete save for maps, with a few signatures starting slightly. S...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words Are Deduced from Their Originals ... Abstracted from the Folio Edition ... to Which is Prefixed a Grammar of the English Language

By: Johnson, Samuel

Price: $1,150.00

Publisher: London, J. Knapton ; C. Hitch and L. Hawes; et. al.: 1756

Seller ID: 40460

Binding: Leather

Condition: Good

In Two Volumes; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1120 pages; In two volumes. First edition of the abridged 8vo edition. Uniformly bound in contemporary speckled calf with double gilt tules to boards; black leather spine labels. Boards tenuously attached by cords with cracking to the leather along the joints. Shallow chipping and loss to leather at spine ends; spine surfaces with light to moderate crazing of the leather and light chipping to title labels. Both volumes lack rear endsheets; Vol I lacks front matter up to the title page. Prior ownership bookplate of a Benjamin Harrison mounted to the f...
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A Selection from the Harleian Miscellany of Tracts, Which Principally Regard the English History; of Which Many Are Referred to by Hume.

By: Johnson, Samuel, (Original compiler)

Price: $95.00

Publisher: London, C. & G. Kearsley: 1793

Seller ID: 32197

Binding: 3/4 leather

Condition: Very Good+

4to 11" - 13" tall; 571 pages; 1st edition thus, an abridged edition of the Johnson compiled edition published in 1744. Soundly bound in later 3/4 calf over pebbled brown cloth. Calf lightly rubbed and slightly scuffed at extremities. Front corners lightly bumped with mild abrasion. Very small chip to leather at crown of spine. Prior ownership/s penned top edge of title page. Light oily crescent of soiling to the front edge of the first 12 or 13 leaves. Page stock bright with no significant foxing. Solid clean copy. VG+ ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or...
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An Essay on the Law of Bailments with Introductory Remarks and Notes...by John Balmanno

By: Jones, William, Sir

Price: $165.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, P. Byrne: 1804

Seller ID: Alibris.0003699

Binding: Full leather

Condition: Very Good

12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 123 pages; Contemporary full calf with red spine label, gilt. Prior ownership signature of highly respected jurist Daniel Agnew, who from 1873-1879 held position as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Agnew's ownership inscriptions to front endpage and title page dated 1831. Black leather title with "M. Agnew" stamped in gilt, with the far left of the label chipped and presumably missing an initial. An undated ownership inscription "R. Moore" on the front endpage is neatly crossed out with a single line but an identical signature on...
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An Introduction to Natural Philosophy Or, Philosophical Lectures Read in the University of Oxford, Anno Dom. 1700; To Which Are Added, the Demonstrations of Monsieur Huygens Theorems, Concerning the Centrifugal Force and Circular Motion

By: Keill, John

Price: $250.00

Publisher: London, Andrew Millar; John Rivington; et. al.: 1758

Seller ID: 26141

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good+

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 306 pages; 5th edition, translated from the last edition of the Latin. Bound in modern plain paper wraps over a complete and snug text block. [Blank], xii, 306, [2(ads)], blank pp. Several cursory period ownership names in manuscript to the front blank; manuscript errata notes in two lines to the top edge of the rear blank. Illustrated throughout with woodcut figures and diagrams. Pages supple. clean and bright. Plain paper wraps are tasteful and professionally applied. Very well preserved, though in want of a proper casing. G++ thus
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A Register and Chronicle Ecclesiastical and Civil, Containing Matters of Fact ... ; With ... Notes and References Towards Discovering and Connecting the True History of England from the Restauration of King Charles II.

By: Kennett, White

Price: $350.00

Publisher: London, R. Williamson: 1728

Seller ID: 37426

Binding: Leather

Condition: Good

Folio 13" - 23" tall; 938 pages; Folio. 1st edition. Published as Vol I, though this was the only volume published. Title page in red & black. Soundly bound with original paneled calf boards, rebacked in a plain but supple matching color leather with basic title lettering struck in gilt to spine. Boards with same type leather over corners as a restoration. Inner joints reinforced with brown cloth tape. Contents complete and clean with light toning to margins of endpages and occasional superficial instances of soiling or spotting to pages of the text. Leather rebacked spine has some li...
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Austin Elliot

By: Kingsley, Henry

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boston, Ticknor and Fields: 1863

Seller ID: 24290

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

1863, Boston; Ticknor & Fields. HC 1st US edition. Author of Ravenshoe and Geoffrey hamlyn; brother of Charles Kingsley. Original green cloth with mid-Victorian age decorative blind stamped borders and garlands to covers. Titles readil legible in gilt to spine. Cloth rubbed with shallow chips at spine ends and slightly rounded, rubbed through corners. Binding sound; several signatures starting and modestly cocked in the spine. Retains original end sheets which are sound. G++ Victorian Novels; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pages; HC 1st US edition. Author of Ravenshoe and Geoffrey Hamlyn; ...
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Round the World: : a Tale for Boys.

By: Kingston, William Henry Giles

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Boston, Crosby and Nichols: 1863

Seller ID: 13489

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

16mo 6" - 7" tall; 444 pages; Publisher issued pebbled brown cloth with decorative borders deeply impressed to cloth at board edges. Gilt titling and decoration at spine dulled (as usual with these pebbled cloth bindings) but readily legible. Binding sound though two signatures start slightly at front edge. This scarce early example, after the original 1859 Nelson issued 1st edition, retains the original endpages. Prior ownership bookplate to front pastedown, along with several successive penned ownership inscriptions. Illustrated with several engraved plates. Light rubbing and mild f...
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A Brief History of the Times, & C. Parts II & III [Only]; II. Shewing the Pretended Popish Plot to Have Been Quite Another Thing Then it Has Been Taken For. & III Part III. Treating of the Death of Sir E. B. Godfrey

By: L'Estrange, Sir Roger

Price: $475.00

Publisher: London, R. Sare, At Grays-Inn Gate in Holborn: 1688

Seller ID: 37146

Binding: Leather

Condition: Fair

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 527 pages; Parts II & III only (of 3) , bound together in one volume. [4] bl, [16], 131; [32], 345, [3], [2] bl pp. In period full leather, aged and crazed to surfaces. Front board detached; binding broken cleanly mid-book between F8 and G1 in Part II. Part II with seaparate title page, contents and register and with separate pagination. Manuscript to front pastedown - "Borrowed of Mr. Whitt of Eastling." Ocaasional spotting to pages; sustained short ticks in margins but no notation or interlinear marks. Mild damp line top front corner of the first 30 or so l...
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Ducatiana ou Remarques de Feu M. Le Duchat, Sur Divers Sujets D'Histoire Et De Litterature. [Ex-Libris Emmanuel Viollet Le Duc]

By: Le Duchat (Jacob) & [Jean-Henri-Samuel Formey]

Price: $225.00

Publisher: Amsterdam, Pierre Humbert: 1738

Seller ID: 40771

Condition: Good+

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 545 pages; 2 volumes, in 1. Paged continuously, with separate title pages and copperplate frontis facing both title pages. Prior ownership plate of Viollet Le Duc (Emmanuel) to front marbled paper pastedown; later ownership bookplate of Shakespearean scholar H. B. Charlton. Speckled calf binding with extra gilt to spine. Leather splitting in the joints with boards tenuous but holding. Leather at spine browning and a little crazed with dulling to gilt and some shallow chipping at ends. Text block snug and clean. At rear is appended an extensive 41 page alphabetized ca...
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Kriss Kingle (Sic) and Other Stories [Kriss Kringle]

By: Leavitt & Allen

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, Leavitt & Allen: 1865

Seller ID: 38037

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

32mo 4" - 5" tall; 32 pages; No date given; circa 1865. Small format 32mo. HC in publsiher's original purple cloth with decorative patterns and ruling impressed in blind. Title lettering "Kriss Kringle" in relief to gilt panel at spine. Notably the title page and first story reference Kriss Kingle. Collects 14 short vignettes each with a hand colored woodcut ilustration. Paged as two volumes 16; 2-16 pp, but with only the single title page at front. Trace fading to cloth and gilt at spine; mild shelf rubbing at corners and spine ends. Period Christmas gift inscription to front...
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An Introduction to Botany. Containing an Explanation of the Theory of That Science; Extracted from the Work of Dr. Linnaeus; with Twelve Copper-Plates, Two Explanatory Tables, an Appendix, and Glossary

By: Lee, James

Price: $175.00

Publisher: London, J. F. and C. Rivington; et. al.: 1788

Seller ID: 40747

Binding: Leather

Condition: Very Good+

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 434 pages; 4th edition, corrected. Xxiv, 434 pp. 12 copperplates with facing page of notes placed after page 355 between Table II and Appendix. The plate section is not page numbered but comprises pgs [356-378] in the continuously paged text. Soundly bound in period calf with red morocco label at spine. A well preserved copy with bright clean contents and only mild wear to leather binding. Mild nicks to leather at spine ends and corners; a small spot of worming to the leather at the front joint. Light foxing to edges of first and last few leaves. Armorial bookplate o...
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Historia e Memorie Recondite Sopra Alla Vita di Oliviero Cromvele, Detto IL Tiranno Senza Vizi, IL Prencipe Senza Virtu - Parte Seconda [Vol II, Only]

By: Leti, Gregorio

Price: $245.00

Publisher: Amsterdam, Pietro E Giovanni Blaeu: 1692

Seller ID: 39381

Binding: vellum

Condition: Very Good

Woodcut plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 592 pages; Vol II (Parte Seconda) only, of 2. Stout small 8vo in period 1/4 vellum backed spine and marbled paper covered boards with burgundy morocco title label and gilt ruling to spine. Snugly bound and clean with just some light shelf soiling to sides and spine. [2] - 592, [12] pp. Unpaged index at rear. Illustrated with a good number of copper plate engravins, some bound in on smaller size paper plates. Uncommon, though here only in the 2nd volume of 2 published. VG
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The American Sportsman. Containing Hints to Sportsmen. Notes on Shooting, and the Habits of the Game Birds and Wild Fowl of America

By: Lewis, Elisha J.

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott and Co: 1857

Seller ID: 27522

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

Woodcuts and frontis lithograph; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; HC apparent 3rd edition. Soundly bound in original green cloth with ornate pictorial title panel at spine and gilt vignette to cover. Decorative borders in blind to board edges. Though soundly bound and generally clean the bottom edges of the boards are well shelf rubbed with rub through to the cloth along much of the bottom edges. Lower front corners with cloth rubbed through and boards showing; light fray to cloth at spine ends. Gilt pictorial title design a bit dulled but still striking and attractive. Gift inscription in pencil an...
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Archæologia Britannica, ... Glossography. Giving Some Account Additional to What Has Been Hitherto Publish'd, of the Languages, Histories and Customs of the Original Inhabitants of Great Britain

By: Lhuyd, Edward

Price: $600.00

Publisher: Oxford, Edward Lhuyd, Printed At the Theater for the Author: 1707

Seller ID: 38114

Binding: Leather

Condition: Good

Folio 13" - 23" tall; 472 pages; 1707 Edward Lhuyd, Printed At the Theater for the Author; Oxford. Folio in contemporary paneled leather. Vol I (all published). Uneven pagination in several respects. [20], 312; I - iv; pp - then unnumbered : A- Ii2. Index at rear; list of subscribers at front. Contents complete. Boards detached and present; leather over spine darkened and dry with some flaking and chipping. Front blank is loose and laid in - with note at top edge "Sold at Mr. Bridge's sale..." Engraved vignette of the Theater on the title page; engraved headpiece and historiat...
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