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The Greatest. My Own Story
by Ali, Muhammad
- Condition
- Used - Black cloth backed boards. Fine copy in dust jacket (spine panel sunned)
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1975
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- 1 vols. 8vo
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A$5,360.25
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New York: Random House, 1975. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth backed boards. Fine copy in dust jacket (spine panel sunned). First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. 'you work me to death'. Inscribed to editor Selma Shapiro: "To Selma from your Boy Muhammad Ali / Say you work me to death / May 11 -75 Time 1:39". … Read more about this item Item Price
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The Heath Hen. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History, Volume 6, Number 4
by Gross, Alfred O.
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- Used - Green wrappers. Bookplate of William Mitchell Van Winkle. Cloth slipcase
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- Separate issue
- Published
- 1928
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- Color frontispiece by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. 11 plates. pp. [vi], [491]-588. 1 vols. 4to and Smaller
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Boston: Printed for the Society, 1928. Separate issue. Color frontispiece by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. 11 plates. pp. [vi], [491]-588. 1 vols. 4to and Smaller. Green wrappers. Bookplate of William Mitchell Van Winkle. Cloth slipcase. Separate issue. Color frontispiece by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. 11 plates. pp. [vi], [491]-588. 1 vols. 4to and Smaller. Van Winkle Copy. Monograph on the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Duke of Cleveland's Fox Hounds. Operations of the Raby Pack, in the Season 1834-5
by (Foxhunting)
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- Used - Contemporary mottled purple cloth, spine faded and slightly worn
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1835
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- 67, [1]pp. 4to
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Richmond: Printed by Mathew Bell, Finkle Street, 1835. First Edition. 67, [1]pp. 4to. Contemporary mottled purple cloth, spine faded and slightly worn. First Edition. 67, [1]pp. 4to. Item Price
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Through the Brazilian Wilderness
by Roosevelt, Theodore
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- Used - Original publisher's brown cloth, gilt stamped cover with gilt wings on upper covers. Spine and boards faded. Early gift inscrip
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1914
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- Illustrated with photographs and drawings. xiv, [2], 383 pp. with color fold-out map at back. 1 vols. Thick 8vo
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. First Edition. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. xiv, [2], 383 pp. with color fold-out map at back. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Original publisher's brown cloth, gilt stamped cover with gilt wings on upper covers. Spine and boards faded. Early gift inscription. Good plus. First Edition. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. xiv, [2],… Read more about this item Item Price
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Day I Played Base Ball
by (Baseball) McKay, Robert
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- Used - A bit toned and brittle, minor chips
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- 1870
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- 1p. 7-1/2 x 4-1/2 inches
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A$306.30
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Philadelphia: A. W. Auner, Song Publisher and Printer, 1870. 1p. 7-1/2 x 4-1/2 inches. A bit toned and brittle, minor chips. 1p. 7-1/2 x 4-1/2 inches. The song begins: "My name is O'Halloher, / I'm a man that's influential. / I mind my business, stop at home/ My wants are few and small. / Some blackguards 'tother day… Read more about this item Item Price
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Woodcock Shooting
by Davis, Edmund W.[alstein]
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- Used - Original vellum backed boards, printed spine label, t.e.g. Some natural speckling to spine. Book label of Henry E. Coe, Jr. Fine
- Edition
- First edition. One of 100 copies, printed on Imperial Japan pape
- Published
- 1908
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- Photogravure frontispiece and 38 photogravure plates. 124 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
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New York, New York, USA
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A$11,486.25
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New York: [The De Vinne Press] Printed for Private Distribution to the Author's Friends, 1908. First edition. One of 100 copies, printed on Imperial Japan paper. Photogravure frontispiece and 38 photogravure plates. 124 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original vellum backed boards, printed spine label, t.e.g. Some natural speckling to spine. Book label of Henry E. Coe, Jr. Fine copy… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert
by Walton, Izaak
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- Used - Eighteenth-century speckled calf gilt, boards with gilt roll border, all edges red. Superbly rebacked to period style. Fine copy
- Edition
- First collected edition
- Published
- 1670
- Binding
- With four engraved portraits, general title page, separate title-pages for Wotton, Hooker, Herbert; Herbert's letters with conti
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London: Tho. Newcomb for Richard Marriott, 1670. First collected edition. With four engraved portraits, general title page, separate title-pages for Wotton, Hooker, Herbert; Herbert's letters with continuous register and pagination. 1 vols. 8vo. Eighteenth-century speckled calf gilt, boards with gilt roll border, all edges red. Superbly rebacked to period style. Fine copy. Custom solander box. First collected edition.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Bow-Mans Glory; or, Archery Revived. Giving an account of the many signal favours vouchsafed to Archers and Archery by those renowned monarchs, King Henry VIII. James, and Charles I. As by their several gracious Commissions here recited may appear. With a brief account of the Manner of the Archers marching on several days of Solemnity
by Wood, William
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- Used - In beautfully ornate contemporary binding of black morocco, sides with gilt fillet border and central panel formed of a double r
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1682
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- Pp. [xvi], 78. A-F8 (-F8). 2 parts in one volume, with second title page to second part (continuously paginated): "A Remembrance
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A$6,891.75
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London: printed by S[amuel] R[oycroft] and are to be sold by Edward Gough at Cow-Cross, 1682. First edition. Pp. [xvi], 78. A-F8 (-F8). 2 parts in one volume, with second title page to second part (continuously paginated): "A Remembrance of the Worthy Shooting by the Duke of Shoreditch and His Associates the Worshipful Citizens of London upon Tuesday the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Rapport sur le Duel preparé en 1851 pour être soumis à l'Assemblée Nationale Legislative au nom d'une comité spéciale [Cover title]. Extrait de la Revue Critique de Législation et de Jurisprudence
by Valette, M. A.
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- Used - Brown cloth and marbled boards, preserving original wrappers. Fine
- Edition
- First separate edition
- Published
- 1858
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- 57 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
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A$574.31
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Paris: Cotillon, 1858. First separate edition. 57 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown cloth and marbled boards, preserving original wrappers. Fine. First separate edition. 57 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Presentation Copy. Inscribed on front wrapper "offert à M. Bertin, avocat par son affectionné confrère A. M. Valette". Thimm, p. 91 Item Price
A$574.31
Stalking Big Game with a Camera in Equatorial Africa, with a monograph on the African elephant
by Maxwell, Marius
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- Used - Original publisher's dark blue cloth, t.e.g. Very Good, some minor staining on back cover
- Edition
- First edition, Number 157 of 568 copies (550 for sale) numbered
- Published
- 1924
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- With 113 plates (some folding) in photogravure after photographs by the author and a colored map of Kenya Colony. Laid in a pock
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A$1,072.05
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London: The Medici Society Limited 7 Grafton Street, 1924. First edition, Number 157 of 568 copies (550 for sale) numbered and signed by Maxwell. Printed by the Arden Press. With 113 plates (some folding) in photogravure after photographs by the author and a colored map of Kenya Colony. Laid in a pocket at the rear is a 4-page folding… Read more about this item Item Price
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Order of Arrangements. Thursday, Oct. 19th ... Equestrian! Performance by the Ladies at 2 1-2 o'clock ... No pedlers, auctioneers, or gentlemen on horseback admitted on the ground during the Fair
by (Horses)
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- Used - Minor chips at corners
- Published
- 1860
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- Broadside. 1 vols. 13-1/2 x 10-3/4 inches
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New York, New York, USA
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A$1,914.38
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[Trumbull County, Ohio, 1860. Broadside. 1 vols. 13-1/2 x 10-3/4 inches. Minor chips at corners. Broadside. 1 vols. 13-1/2 x 10-3/4 inches. Performance by the Ladies at 2-1/2 o'clock. Likely related to equestrian displays at the Trumbull County Ohio Agricultural Society, where both Austin and Seely (identified on the broadside as the President and Marshall respectively) seemed to… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Sporting Family of the Old South. With which is included Reminiscences of an Old Sportsman by Frederick Gustavus Skinner
by Smith, Harry Worcester
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- Used - Red cloth, gilt lettering. Near fine copy (spine slightly faded as usual)
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1936
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- Illustrated. xvii, [2], 477 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
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A$344.59
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Albany, New York: Published by J.B. Lyon Company, 1936. First edition. Illustrated. xvii, [2], 477 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth, gilt lettering. Near fine copy (spine slightly faded as usual). First edition. Illustrated. xvii, [2], 477 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed at Three Score and Ten. Inscribed, with the author's bookplate, on an inserted leaf. "Inscribed by… Read more about this item Item Price
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Traité sur l'Art de faire des Armes
by Ghersi, [F.]
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- Used - Quarter cloth and brown drab boards, printed spine label. Lightly rubbed, near fine
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- First edition
- Published
- 1830
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- With two folding plates. xii, 60, [1, errata] pp. 1 vols. 8vo
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New York, New York, USA
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A$765.75
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London: Sold at His Academy, 148, Holborn Bars, Five Doors from Gray's Inn Lane towards the City. By Page and Son, Booksellers, &c., 62, Blackfriars Road, 1830. First edition. With two folding plates. xii, 60, [1, errata] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter cloth and brown drab boards, printed spine label. Lightly rubbed, near fine. First edition. With two… Read more about this item Item Price
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Les Armes et Le Duel...Préface anecdotique par Alexandre Dumas. Dessins par E. de Beaumont. Portrait de Grisier par E. Lassalle
by Grisier, A.
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- Used - Near contemporary green cloth spine leather label anbd marbled boards, opriginal wrappers bound in. Some foxing
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- Troisième Edition
- Published
- 1864
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- Portrait and Illus,. 607pp. 8vo
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New York, New York, USA
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A$459.45
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Paris, 1864. Troisième Edition. Portrait and Illus,. 607pp. 8vo. Near contemporary green cloth spine leather label anbd marbled boards, opriginal wrappers bound in. Some foxing. Troisième Edition. Portrait and Illus,. 607pp. 8vo. Thimm p. 122 Item Price
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L'Escrime Pratique au XIXe siècle. [Préfaces de MM. D. Cloutier et Max Doumic'
by Baudry, Ambroise
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- Used - Contemporary quarter calf, red morocco label. Near fine
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- First edition
- Published
- 1893
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- Title page vignette. With 16 illustrations (15 plates from photographs). 150 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
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A$689.18
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Paris: Chez l'Auteur, 1893. First edition. Title page vignette. With 16 illustrations (15 plates from photographs). 150 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary quarter calf, red morocco label. Near fine. First edition. Title page vignette. With 16 illustrations (15 plates from photographs). 150 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. PRESENTATION COPY. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author "A Monsieur Georges Richard,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dictionnaire raisonné d'Escrime, ou Principes de l'art des armes d'après la méthode enseignée par les premiers professeurs de France, précédé de l'Histoire de l'Escrime et de l'analyse de l'Histoire de France dans ses Rapports avec l'Escrime et le Duel
by (Fencing) Embry, J.-A
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- Used - Contemporary quarter dark green leather, titled in gilt. Corners rubbed. Very good
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- First edition
- Published
- 1859
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- Frontispiece portrait in vol. 1; 6 plates in vol. II. [8], vi, 370; [viii], 296 pp. 2 vols. 8vo
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Paris; Toulouse: Courcier; Bompard, 1859. First edition. Frontispiece portrait in vol. 1; 6 plates in vol. II. [8], vi, 370; [viii], 296 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary quarter dark green leather, titled in gilt. Corners rubbed. Very good. First edition. Frontispiece portrait in vol. 1; 6 plates in vol. II. [8], vi, 370; [viii], 296 pp. 2 vols.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Duels de Maîtres d'Armes
by Vigeant, [Arsène]
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- Used - Contemporary three quarter burgundy morocco, t.e.g., original vellum wrappers bound in. Fine (occasional light traces of foxing)
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- First edition, no. 95 of 480 copies
- Published
- 1884
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- Frontispiece portrait of Bertrand, wood-engraved vignettes. Title printed in red and black. 106, [6] pp. 1 vols. 16mo
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Paris: Imprimé par Motteroz, 1884. First edition, no. 95 of 480 copies. Frontispiece portrait of Bertrand, wood-engraved vignettes. Title printed in red and black. 106, [6] pp. 1 vols. 16mo. Contemporary three quarter burgundy morocco, t.e.g., original vellum wrappers bound in. Fine (occasional light traces of foxing). First edition, no. 95 of 480 copies. Frontispiece portrait of Bertrand,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Attaque et Défense sur le Terrain
by Cabot, Augustin
- Condition
- Used - Contemporary half red calf, wrappers bound in. Minor rubbing, some foxing, very good
- Published
- 1888
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- Frontispiece. [viii], 160, [1, table], [3, blank] pp. First and last leaves are blanks. 1 vols. 12mo
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A$536.02
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Paris: Louis Westhausser, 1888. Frontispiece. [viii], 160, [1, table], [3, blank] pp. First and last leaves are blanks. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary half red calf, wrappers bound in. Minor rubbing, some foxing, very good. Frontispiece. [viii], 160, [1, table], [3, blank] pp. First and last leaves are blanks. 1 vols. 12mo. Presentation Copy. Inscribed by the author on… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mémento de l'escrimeur
by Mauroy, Victor
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- Used - Quarter vellum and marbled boards, red morocco spine label. Some toning to first and last leaves
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1887
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- 185 pp. 1 vols. 12mo
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Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles, Jouaust, 1887. First edition. 185 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Quarter vellum and marbled boards, red morocco spine label. Some toning to first and last leaves. First edition. 185 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Inscribed by the author on the half title, "A Monsier Hebrard de Villeneuve Président de la Sociéte d'Encouragement de l'Escrime, Hommage de… Read more about this item Item Price
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Propos d'Epée 1882-1894
by Hebrard de Villeneuve, [Henri]
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- Used - Recent quarter green cloth. Fine
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1894
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- Viii, 211 pp. 1 vols. 12mo
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A$689.18
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Paris: A. Lahure, 1894. First edition. viii, 211 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Recent quarter green cloth. Fine. First edition. viii, 211 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Presentation Copy. Inscribed by the author "à mon excellent camarade H Hervyh affectueux souvenir H. de Villeneuve"
Henri Hebrard de Villeneuve (1848-1925), French soldier, politician, and fencer, was founder of the Société… Read more about this item Item Price
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