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LITERATURE, ART & SONG Moore's Melodies & American Poems; a Biography, & a Critical Review of Lyric Poets

by Moore, Thomas, and Mackenzie, R. Shelton, and Stevenson, John

International Publishing Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1872. Hardcover. ; Green cloth cover with gilt stamped spine and embossed cover is worn through at caps and corners otherwise in clean and good+ condition. The name of the original owner is gilt stamped in small font "Mrs. Minnie L. Brown." Gilt page edges in good conditions. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Profusely illustrated in black & white. A lock of blond hair is laid in... Read more about this item

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A$50.20

The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne

by White, Gilbert; Bennett, E. T. (Ed.); Harting, James Edmund (Notes); Bewick, Thomas (Illust.)

London: Bickers and Son, 1880. Third Edition. Leather_bound. Good. Third Edition. Leather_bound. This foundational book in the history of environmentalism is the work of parson-naturalist and birdwatching pioneer Gilbert White (1720-1793), referred to by many as the first environmentalist, and Selborne was the community he called home. Selborne is a small village in Hampshire, England. The Natural History of Selborne is an extraordinary work due precisely to its ordinary character. Rather than venture... Read more about this item

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A$232.41

Anton Chekhov: Greatest Plays

by Chekhov, Anton; Fen, Elisaveta (Trans.); Hunter, Stan (Illust.)

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1979. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6". 274pp. Red faux-leather cloth over boards with decorative gilt to spine and front and rear covers. Light rubbing to covers and edges. All edge gilt to edges of text block. Bookplate laid in. Pages bright, clean, and unmarked. A solid copy of this decorative collection of Anton Chekhov's greatest plays.

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A$30.99

Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures: A Sequel to the Fairyland of Science

by Buckley, Arabella (Mrs. Fisher)

London: Edward Stanford, 1890. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. In this scarce sequel to her immensely popular introduction to science, Arabella Buckley ushers her readers into a magician's moonlit turret chamber, wherein we find the magnifying glass, the telescope, the spectroscope, the photographic camera, and the microscope..."All of these instruments told of the magician's power in unveiling the secrets of distant space and exploring realms unknown..." Thus begins Through Magic Glasses, in which the... Read more about this item

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A$565.53

The Recollections of William Finaughty, Elephant Hunter 1864-1875 BRIAR PATCH PRESS AFRICAN COLLECTION

by Finaughty, William; Leigh, W.R. (Illust)

Camden: Briar Patch Press, 1987. Leather_bound. Poor. Leather_bound. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xxv, 272pp. Rather heavy wear to black leather over boards with rubbing, bumps, and scuffs to covers, corners, and edges. Hinges are cracked with leather missing and connective mesh visible. Boards are slightly warped. Three raised bands to spine. Gilt stamping at spine and front cover is rubbed and faded in some spots. Spotting to all-edges gilt. Pink sewn-in silk ribbon appears to have been cut short. Foxing to... Read more about this item

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A$30.99

A History of Gardening in England

by Amherst, Alicia

London: Bernard Quaritch, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First Edition. Hardcover. "The history of the Gardens of England follows step by step the history of the people..." Between these gilt garden-adorned covers lies an 1895 first edition of the first published account of English gardening history. This pioneering account was penned by the intrepid horticulturist and botanist and pioneering gardening historian Alicia Margaret Tyssen Amherst (1865-1941), made a Member of the Order of the... Read more about this item

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A$255.65

Plays and Games for Little Folks: Sports of All Sorts, Fireside Fun and Singing Games

by Pollard, Josephine; Matthews, F. Schuyler (Illust.)

New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1900. Hardcover. Good +. Hardcover. The playtime companion skipping rope from the sky-blue Art Nouveau cover joyfully welcomes you in to this oversized book full of fun and games from the turn of the century. Some of the "sports of all sorts" fully described and detailed in these pages are familiar even almost 125 years later. Games like Blind-Man's Bluff and Simon Says, Mother May I and musical chairs are old favorites, and many are stranger, such as "Book-Binder," a hand... Read more about this item

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A$131.70

Mental Pathology and Therapeutics; Robertson, C. Lockhart (Trans.); Rutherford, James (Trans.)

by Griesinger, Wilhelm

[New York]: Gryphon Editions, 1990. Leather bound. Very good +. Leather bound. 9 1/4" X 6 1/8". viii, 375pp. Bound in full scarlet leather, with boards and spine stamped in gilt. Silver silk ribbon placemarker. Faint scratches to gilt at edges of text block, else fine. Binding is firm, tight, and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A very handsome special edition of this classic text of psychiatry behavioral sciences by the neurologist and psychiatrist Wilhelm Griesinger (1817-1868).

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A$85.22

JAPANESE ART

by Hartmann, Sadakichi

L.C. Page & Company, 1903. Hardcover. Fine. L.C. Page & Company, c1904. Fourth Impression, April 1907. 8vo. Decorative blue cloth covers, Gold titles on front cover and spine, decorative endpapers, upper edge gilt; minimal wear else fine bright hardcover.

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A$154.94

Folk-Lore of Women as Illustrated by Legendary and Traditionary Tales, Folk-Rhymes, Proverbial Sayings, Superstitions, Etc.

by Thiselton-Dyer, T. F

Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co, 1906. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good +. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. "It is not surprising that the beauty of woman--in praise of which both literature and art have from the earliest period lavished some of their grandest works--should have given rise in most countries to a host of strange and romantic fancies." These strange and romantic fancies, passed down through the centuries in folk-lore, art, and literature, are gathered... Read more about this item

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A$302.13

The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia BRIAR PATCH PRESS AFRICAN COLLECTION

by Baker, Sir Samuel White

Camden: Briar Patch Press, 1987. Leather_bound. Poor. Leather_bound. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xx, 606pp. Rather heavy wear to brown leather over boards with rubbing, bumps, toning, and scuffs to covers, corners, and edges. Hinges are cracked with leather missing in some places. Boards are slightly warped. Three raised bands to spine. Gilt stamping at spine and front cover is rubbed and faded in some spots. Spotting and toning to all-edges gilt. Foxing to endpapers. Faint musty smell to pages. Pages are free of... Read more about this item

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A$30.99

Beauty and Nature

by John Ruskin

Caldwell, 1886-01-01. Leather Bound. Very Good. NY: H.M. Caldwell. Hardcover. Bound in green leather and decorated in a gilded floral design. A lovely volume filled with Ruskin's philosophical musings on the aesthetics of nature. Very good with minor rubbing to spine ends and corners.

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A$77.47A$54.23

OEDIPUS THE KING AND ANTIGONE

by Sophocles

Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1980. Leather bound. As new. Demetrios Galanis. With an introduction by Thornton Wilder. Collector's Edition. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, c1980. 159pp., illustrated in color with wood engravings Demetrios Galanis. 4to. Full leather stamped in gold, raised bands on spine, silk moire end pages, all edges gilt, silk ribbon marker. As new unread leatherbound hardcover.

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A$69.72

Z3: The Enterer of the Threshold, a Facsimile of a Golden Dawn Inner Order Manuscript by Cogito Ergo Sum [Ritual Z Part Three: Containing Symbolism of Admission to Neophyte Grade, Closing, Oration and Equinox; HERMETIC ORDER OF THE GOLDEN DAWN]

by [Gillison, Mrs. Jean B.]

United Kingdom: The Hellfire Club, 2008. Limited Edition, Facsimile. Leather_bound. Very good. Limited Edition, Facsimile. Leather_bound. A handsomely-produced, half-leatherbound facsimile edition of this "important historical record and a significant Inner Order document for all involved in studying the tradition of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and all those systems derived from it" (Hellfire Club). 8" X 6 7/8". This copy has no statement of limitation, but according to the publisher's... Read more about this item

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A$387.35

The Art and Craft of Garden Making

by Mawson, Thomas H.; Mawson, E. Prentice

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2021. Hardcover. Very good +. Hardcover. 14 1/2" X 10". xii, 440pp. Bound in green cloth over boards with spine and front cover stamped in gilt. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges. Top-edge gilt. Pages are bright, clean, and unmarked. Binding is sound. This book is heavy and oversized and will require additional postal charges to ship internationally. Please contact us today for an international shipping quote. ABOUT THIS BOOK: An astounding and... Read more about this item

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A$108.46

Home, Sweet Home

by Payne, J. Howard & C. Klein (Illust. )

London, Paris & New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons. Very Good-. 1898. Hardcover. Tuck # 2663; Chromo-lithograph; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 18 pages; Circa 1895-1898 Raphael Tuck & Sons. Smaller 8vo paperback in die-cut and embossed chromo-litho illustrated covers with 3 hole thread binding. Cover and pages with die-cut patterned edges following the cover design of floral vines. Integrated into the design are die-cut openings at the corners and edges of the front cover. 20 pages including covers. 5... Read more about this item

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A$100.71

MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE

by Tarkington, Booth

The Easton Press, 1981. Leather bound. As new. T.M. Cleland. With a Preface J. Donald Adams. The Easton Press, c1981. 121pp., illustrated T.M. Cleland. 8vo. Full leather stamped in gold, raised bands on spine, gold letterings and decorations on spine, silk moire end papers, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. As new unread leatherbound hardcover.

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A$54.23

BILLY BUDD AND BENITO CERENO

by Melville, Herman

The Easton Press, 1980. Leather bound. As new. Robert Shore. With an introduction by Maxwel.l Geismar Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, c1980. 176pp. illustrated Robert Shore. 4to. Full leather stamped in gold, raised bands, silk moire epages, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. Previous owner's small round embossed blind stamp on lower portion of title page, otherwise as new unread leatherbound hardcover.

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A$77.47

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

by Cooper, Douglas

Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1982. Hardcover. Good +. Hardcover. 12 1/4" X 9". 126pp. Mild wear to red leather over boards with light rubbing to covers, and edges. Small area of spotting to bottom edge of gilt text block. Light foxing to endpapers. Slight musty smell to pages. Pages are free of marks and notation. With red silk ribbon sewn in. Binding is sound. An overall clean, solid copy of this collection of art by Henri de Touluse-Lautrec. This book is heavy and oversized and will require additional... Read more about this item

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A$30.99

OFF THE RECORD: THE PRIVATE PAPERS OF HARRY S. TRUMAN

by Ferrell, Robert H., ed

The EasPress, 1989. Leather bound. As new. The Library of the Presidents. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, c1989. 448pp. index, illustrated with photographs. 8vo. Full leather stamped in gold, raised bands on spine, all edges gilt, silk ribbon marker, "Collectors Notes" laid-in. As new unread leatherbound hardcover.

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A$61.98

En Solens Son & Seens Datter. (Son of the Sun & Daughter of the Snow)

by London, Jack

Copenhagen: Martin's Forlag. Very Good. 1915. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Two books in one volume. Pp. 281; 282. Swedish language. Three-quarters leather & paper with color matching endsheets made of paste paper. Very nice copy. .

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A$46.48A$32.54

The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Complete in One Volume [MUDIE BINDING]

by Motley, John Lothrop

London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1891. Leather_bound. Good. Leather_bound. 8 7/8" X 5 3/4". viii, 918pp. Bound by Mudie in full polished calfskin, boards bordered in blind and ruled in gilt, with armorial seal featuring a hound's head and three foxes in gilt to upper board, with chainmail design in gilt to spine, lettered in gilt over brown Morocco title label, with gilt dentelles, inner dentelles in blind, marbled endpapers, and marbled edges. Moderate wear to binding, with stains and foxing-like spots... Read more about this item

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A$69.72

Jacob Faithful

by Marryat, Frederick Captain

London: Routledge. Good. N.D.. Hardcover. "The ""Captain Marryat"" Edition. ( 6 5/8" x 4 1/4") . Attractive blue cloth, stamped in black on front board and gilt and black on the spine. 407 pp., [4 pages of Routledge catalogue.] Six illustrations. Book six of the Marryat Cycle. Frontispiece laid in, retaining original tissue. Missing the ffep; foxing on foredge. ; 8 vo. ; Fair .

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A$23.24A$16.27

The Essays of Elia

by Lamb, Charles; Ainger, Alfred (Intro.); Douglas and Foulis (Binding)

London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1899. Leather bound. Very good +. Leather bound. Ex libris Helen Violet Graham (1879-1945), President of the Young Women's Christian Association and daughter of the 5th Duke of Montrose, with her bookplate to front pastedown and her inscription to flyleaf. Half-bound in dark blue morocco with blue linen over boards by Douglas and Foulis of Edinburgh, with spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Pale blue marbled endpapers. Scuff to tail of spine, light edgewear, and... Read more about this item

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A$69.72

Expressions of Law and Fact Construed by the Courts of Georgia

by Dutcher, Salem

Atlanta: The Franklin Printing and Publishing Co, 1899. Leather bound. Good. Leather bound. 9 1/4" X 6". 172pp. Bound in full leather, with red and black title labels to spine lettered in gilt. Heavy wear to binding, with loss to tail of spine, heavy edgewear, chipping to title labels, soiling, corners turned in, and "Foster and Butler" inked to boards. Small tear to top corner of front free endpaper and hole-punch to title page. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A worn, but... Read more about this item