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Rules Books: What are The Laws of Lawn Tennis? An Oration in Praise of Autocracy, not to be Delivered before The National Lawn Tennis Committee, A.D. 1880. Oxford: J. Vincent,...
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S.C.F. Lawn Tennis as a Game of Skill. New York: Scribner's, 1885. 1st Am. Ed. 12mo, orig. pictorial cloth; joints & extremities scuffed. 6 pp. adverts at end. Some internal...
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Cuts and Quips, in Prose and Verse, with Rules and Wrinkles. London: Field and Tuer, Ye Leadenhalle Presse, [1884]. First edition. Oblong 12mo, orig. paper vellum, & printed...
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Pamphlets, Ephemera: The Philistine. Ca. 1901-1906. Bound vols. 13-18, 20, 23 - 2 copies of vol. 18. 16mo, orig. suede & bds.; scuffed. Vols. 13, 18, 20 & 12 with orig. adverts....
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Rudiments of Mental Philosophy and Phrenological Chart. Lampeter, 1839. 8vo, later 19th-Century 3/4 scarlet morocco & cloth, gilt, gilt-lettered & decorated spine. Plates....
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C: Walker, John. The Oculists Vade-Mecum: A Complete Practical System of Ophthalmic Surgery. London: H. Renshaw, 1857. Sm. 8vo, orig. blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Light...
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Fowls, Their Origin and History. West Chester, Pa., (1896). Standard edition. 8vo, orig. gilt-pictorial green cloth; light edge wear, slightly scuffed. * Another copy of...
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Kent. The United States Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin. Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1857. 8vo, orig. gilt-paneled black morocco, gilt-lettered & paneled...
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Directories, Handbooks, Promotional Brouchures - Mid 19th - mid 20th-Century imprints, including: Matchett's Baltimore Directory for 1851. Baltimore: R.J. Matchett, 1851....
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Howitt, William. The History of The Supernatural. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, Green, 1863. 1st ed. 2 vols. 8vo, orig. blue cloth, gilt-lettered & decorated spines,...
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[more like this] - 8 vols. Housman, Clemence: The Were-Wolf.
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Arts: The Studio. The Art of The Book. London, etc., 1914. Edited by Charles Holme. 4to, orig. wrappers; chipped along edges. Color plates, other illus., adverts. Minor internal...
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Facey Romford's Hounds. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1865. First edition, original parts. 12 parts. 8vo, orig. pictorial orange-brown wrappers; occasional chipping at foot...
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