3VOL CHARLES DICKENS, PIC NIC PAPERS,SIGNED The Pic Nic Papers by Various Hands. Edited by Charles Dickens. Published 1841 by Henry Colburn, London. First edition. Bold signature of Charles Dickens taken from...
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8VOL CHARLES DICKENS BOOKS, INCL EARLYEDITIONS A collection of 8 volumes by Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens. Published by Chapman and Hall, 1850s. Large paper. 4to. 423pp. Bound in black and...
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RESTAURATION LIBRARY STEPS, STAMPEDG. IACOB 19th c., France, stamped 'G. IACOB JME' on stretcher, attributed to Georges-Alphonse Jacob-Desmalter (French, 1799-1870), carved mahogany, with seven steps raised...
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EVANS, HENRY RIDGLEY. A MASTER OF MODERNMAGIC: LIFE AN...Evans, Henry Ridgley. A Master of Modern Magic: Life and Adventures of Robert-Houdin. New York: Macoy, 1932. Blue cloth stamped in gold. Illustrated with...
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BURLINGAME, H.J. HERRMANN THE GREAT.CHICAGO: LAIRD & L...Burlingame, H.J. Herrmann the Great. Chicago: Laird & Lee, 1897. Pictorial cloth stamped in black and red. Illustrated. 8vo. Former owner's library stamp...
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BOUND VOLUME OF DEVANT’S WORKS, FROMCARDINI’S LIBRARY....Devant, David. Bound Volume of Devant’s Works, from Cardini’s Library. Two vols. in one, comprising Magic Made Easy (London, 1910) and Woes of a...
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(35) REFERENCE BOOKS: AMERICANA, METALS,WEAPONS(lot of 35) Collection of reference books on Americana, silver, metal, and various weapons, comprising: (1) "Old English Plate," Wilfred Joseph Cripps, Spring Books,...
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(11) CHILDREN'S BOOKS: LONDON, TWAIN,HOWELLS(lot of 11) Children's books, including: (1) "White Fang," Jack London, illustrated by Helen Ward, Borders Press, 2004, 227 pages, minor creasing to dust jacket, (1)...
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TWO EARLY 18TH CENTURY HERALDRY COMPILATIONSTo include: Coats, James. A New Dictionary of Heraldry...and A concise Account of the most noted Orders of Knighthood that are, or have been; and of Honours and Dignities...
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A vintage wooden folding valet stand,stamped Viscount of England 38”H x 18”W x 13”D (when folded). A antique oak folding library ladder, 36”H x 18”W x 21”D (when opened up). Condition: good overall,...
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TWO 18TH CENTURY FRENCH TRAVEL VOLUMES,ONE OF COPPERPLATE ENGRAVINGS The first book, quarto (11 in.), features twenty-three (23) engraved plates that accompany Joseph-Jérome de Lalande's Voyage en Italie (various...
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EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINTS, ETC., INCLUDINGTHE SCRIPTURE-BISHOP VINDICATED. 1733 THE SCRIPTURE-BISHOP VINDICATED. 1733, [American Imprints] 12 volumes, 12 titles: Eleutherius [pseudonym of Jonathan Dickinson]. The...
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BOOK: ADJUTANT GENERAL'S LIBRARY, GAINESV. SCOTTUS Adjutant General's own copy of the 1837 "Proceedings of the Military Court of Inquiry, in the case of Major General (Winfield) Scott and Major General (Edmund P.)...
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(THEOLOGY) LOHNER TOBIAS Instructissimabibliotheca manualis concionatoria. Dilingae: Joannis Caspari Bencard 1697. Folio rebound in recent 3/4 smooth calf over marbled boards renewed endpapers engraved title page...
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2 vols. Marino, Giambattista; Sanvitale,Conte Fortuniano; Scoto, Lorenzo. L'Adone, Poema... Amsterdam, 1769-1770. 12mo, contemp. mottled sheep, spines gilt, morocco spine labels; scuffed. Ink library stamp on title...
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* (CULINARY FRENCH) Dictionnaire portatifde cuisine d'Office et de distillation. Paris: Chez Vincent 1767. 2 vols. 12mo contemporary mottled calf spines gilt a.e.g. half-title to vol. 1. First edition. Light wear...
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(ANATOMY) BAGLIVI GIORGIO Opera omniamedico-practica et anatomica. Editio Nona. Antwerp: [Rudigerum ] 1715. [4] 4 13-855. 4to full vellum title in red and black. Ninth edition with three leaves of plates frontispiece...
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(ANATOMY) RUYSCH FREDERIK Opera omniaanatomico-medico-chirurgica. Amsterdam: Janssonio-Waesbergios n.d. [1737]. 36 parts in one. Folio rebound in library buckram two title pages in red and black each volume with...
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3 vols. Boyle, Robert. The PhilosophicalWorks. London, 1725, 1738. First edition of vols. 1 & 2, second edition of vol. 3. 4to, contemp. calf; rubbed & worn, covers of vols. 1 & 3 detached, spine of vol. 3 defective....
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1 vol. Cole, William. Observationsand Conjectures on The Nature and Properties of Light and on The Theory of Comets. Colchester, 1777. 8vo, orig. printed wrappers; lacking back wrapper, front wrapper creased,...
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4 vols. Franklin, Benjamin - 18th-CenturyGerman Imprints: Benjamin Franklin's Jugendjahre. Berlin: H.A. Rottman, 1792. 12mo, orig. wrappers; moderately worn. Some internal creasing. Old library stamp excised from...
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* (MEDICINE) MAYGRIER J.D. MidwiferyIllustrated. Translated from the French by A. Sidney Doane. New York: Harper 1835. 4to full calf. Third edition with 82 (of 83) plates on 81 sheets. Hinges cracked and front...
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8 vols. The American South - History& C - Much relating to Virginia: Meade, Bishop (William). Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1861. 2nd ed. 2 vols. Lg. 8vo, orig....
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6 pieces. (American 18th-Century Newspaper.)The Pennsylvania Gazette. Philadelphia, Dec. 2, 1731, Dec. 28, 1731, June 26, 1776, Oct. 16, 1776, Sept. 12, 1787, Sept. 27, 1787. Sm. folio; some creasing & toning, occasional...
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1 vol. (Philadelphia Property Atlas.)Atlas of The City of Philadelphia: 21st & 28th Wards. Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins, 1884. Folio, later cloth; moderately dusty. With double-page linen-backed color index map...
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Jan Vredeman de Vries (Dutch 1527-1604)20 engravings from Perspective c. 1561 the separately published work by Hieronymus Cock (Flemish 1510-1570) most signed with hand and star watermark sheets 11 1/4 in. x 7...
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CHAUCER (GEFFREY) THE WORKES OF OURANCIENT AND LEARNED ENGLISH POET engraved title and facsimile portrait plate and armorial plate re-backed tan calf London Adam Islip 1602 (ink library stamp to title page)...
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1 vol. Uniform of The Army of The UnitedStates 1882. Philadelphia: Thomas Hunter, [ca. 1882]. Oblong folio, modern morocco-backed cloth. With 10 chromolithographic & 7 plain plates. Title page repaired & slightly...
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(MOUNTAINEERING) STUCK HUDSON The Ascentof Denali (Mount McKinley). A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1914. 8vo original pictorial gilt-lettered...
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*ALGHISI TOMMASO Litotomia ouvero delcavar la pietra. Florence: Giuseppe Manni 1707. 4to rebound in recent library cloth renewed endpapers. First edition of Alghisi's demonstration of techniques for the removal...
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*DELAROCHE DANIEL Recueil des planchesdu dictionnaire de chirurgie. Paris: Chez H. Agasse An VII de la Republique (1798-1799). 4to quarter morocco gilt-lettered spine marbled endpapers. With 112 (of 113) engraved...
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*GRAAF REGNIER DE De virorum organisgenerationi inservientibus. Leiden and Rotterdam: Ex Officina Hackiana 1668. 12mo contemporary calf. First edition with engraved title page portrait and ten (of 11) fold-out...
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*MORGAGNI GIOVANNI BATTISTA Adversariaanatomica omnia. Padua: Josephus Cominus 1717-1719. 6 parts in one each part with individual title page and colophon. [2] xxvii (8) 54 [2] (6) 104 (4) 116 (16) 92 (8) 124...
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*PASTEUR LOUIS Etudes sur la maladiedes vers a soie. Paris: Gauthier-Villars 1870. 2 vols. 8vo 3/4 black calf over marbled boards marbled endpapers. First edition illustrated throughout with numerous plates...
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*SWAMMERDAM JAN Tractatus physico-anatomico-medicusde respiratione usuque pulmonum. Leiden: Danielem Abraham & Adrian a Gaasbeeck 1667. Thin 12mo full vellum manuscript marginalia to title page. First edition of Swammerdam's...
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18 books, Smithsonian Bulletins: ArthurCleveland Bent, Life Histories of North American Birds , Smithsonian Institution Bulletins 107, 113, 121, 126, 130, 135, 142, 146, 162, 167, 170, 174, 176, 179, 191, 195,...
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