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The Land of The O-O. Facts, Figures, Fables, and Fancies. By Ash Slivers, Sr., Lumberman.

By: Burnett (Charles C.) [writing as Ash Slivers]

Price: $90.00

Publisher: Cleveland: Cleveland Printing and Publishing Co., 1892. First edition.:

Seller ID: 56323

Original brown cloth, designed and lettered in gilt. Frontispiece & numerous illustrations. Folding map of the Hawaiian Islands at the rear. Lower right corner dampstained, affecting both covers; otherwise, a very clean and attractive copy. An uncommon work on Australia, with curious and humorous illustrations. Copies exist in other colours of cloth, as well as in illustrated wrappers.
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Johannis Buxtorfi Manuale Hebraicum et Chaldaicum. Quo Significata Omnium Vocum .... Editio Quinta castigatior.

By: Buxtorf (Johannes)

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Basileae: Lucovici Koning, 1631. Fifth edition.:

Seller ID: 55955

12mo. Full calf, fairly modern, unlettered. Modest edge wear, old stain to lower half of text block, a very good copy. Page 81/82 [D5] has suffered a marginal tear with the loss of a few words. Paginated in reverse to the western convention; title page at the rear. Text in Latin and Hebrew. An uncommon manual first published in 1602; there was also an edition from Koning in 1619.
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Catechism of Christian Doctrine Prepared and Enjoined by order of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore. Translated into Flat-Head by a Father of the Society of Jesus.

By: Canestrelli (Philip) [published anonymously].

Price: $75.00

Seller ID: 52720

Woodstock College, 1891. First edition. 102 pages. Original plain, unlettered green wrappers. Spine chipped with a bit of loss, some wear to rear wrapper, basically a very good, unread copy. Canestrelli, a Jesuit missionary, is highly regarded as a translator.
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Carleton's Compendium of Practical Arithmetic. Applied to the Federal and other Currencies. Designed for the Use of Schools in the United States.

By: Carleton (Osgood)

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Boston: Thomas Wells, 1810. First edition.:

Seller ID: 55936

12mo. 251pp. (erratta on page [252]). Original pale green boards, cloth spine, unlettered. Cloth torn at lower front hinge, some wear to tips, moderate browning of paper, a very good copy. Presentation inscription on verso of front flyleaf from Daniel Manston to Harvey Soule, dated Duxbury 1834. Later bookplate and ownership inscription from the 1950s on front leaves. Some mathematical notes on front end paper. The scarce final work by this notable Boston cartographer and mathematician.
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A Romanized Japanese Reader: Consisting of Japanese Anecdotes, Maxims, Etc., In Easy Written Style; with An English Translation and Notes. Three Parts in One Volume.

By: Chamberlain (Basil Hall)

Price: $125.00

Seller ID: 54427

London: Trubner, [ca.1886]. Original red-brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Yellow coated end papers. Cloth worn at spine ends, some repair to upper spine, rubbing to cloth, otherwise very good; internally clean and fresh. The imprint at the base of the spine reads: "TRUBNER & CO." The three sections have individual title pages which bear the imprint: "London: Trubner & Co. / Yokohama: Kelly & Walsh". The preface is dated 1886. This is the combined edition of three works which were published separately. Copies are also seen in blue cloth, and with a variant imprint of "Paul, Trench and Trubn...
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His Majesties Gracious Speech Together with the Lord Keepers to both Houses of Parliament, January 7, 1673/4. Published by His Majesties Special Command.

By: Charles II, King of England.

Price: $100.00

Seller ID: 53164

London: Printed by the Assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1673/4. 20 pages. Self-wrappers. Title printed within a double border, Royal Arms on title page. Wear to spine and corners, first leaf nearly detached, very good otherwise.
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A New Defence of Tithes, Being an Answer to The Legal Argument by Mr. Eagle.

By: Chetham (Humphrey, Esq.)

Price: $45.00

Seller ID: 54804

London: C.F. Cock, 1832. First edition. 8vo. [24]pp. Disbound. A little wear to edges, very good. Chetham believes that tithes should go to the clergy.
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A woodcut from a German edition of Cicero's Geburlicher Werck, probably 16th century.

By: Cicero - German Woodcut

Price: $90.00

Publisher: Germany, 16th century?:

Seller ID: 55505

A single leaf from a German edition of Cicero, probably 16th century. The recto bears a woodcut of animals, a stag being brought down by dogs, also a bear and a hog. The running title at the top of the page is "Geburlicher werck." and the numeral XXV. The verso bears text only and the running title "Das Erst theyl". Some light creases, not affecting image, fine otherwise. Size of the leaf is 8 x 12 inches; the image measures about 6.2 x 5.5 inches. This same image appears in the German edition of Cicero published by Egenolff in Frankfurt in 1550, but with different accompanying text and the ru...
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An Epistle from the Elector of Bavaria to the French King: after the Battel of Ramillies.

By: Clay (Stephen) [issued anonymously].

Price: $90.00

Seller ID: 54528

London: Jacob Tonson, 1706. First edition. 4to. Disbound, considerable wear to the spine, the final leaf quite wrinkled and torn, with some minor loss of text. IMPERFECT COPY: the signature C (pages 5-8) is present in duplicate; the signature D (pages 9-12) is lacking. An interesting example of an error at the bindery, where two copies of a gathering are picked up, and another is skipped, perhaps due to the piles being combined or moved? So, an incomplete copy. Published anonymously; at one time this poem was ascribed to Matthew Prior, but copies exist bearing manuscript attributions to Stephe...
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Commentatio Historico-Politica de Regionibus Suburbicariis, Baderesiis, Baronibus et Paramonariis, Vulgo: Von Grntzhaltern, des R. Reichs Panneren, Freyherren und Vitzdomern. Editio II.

By: Coeler (Martin Clemens) [aka Coler, 1629 - 1691]

Price: $55.00

Publisher: Hermannipoli: Mercatorium, 1745. Editio II.:

Seller ID: 56458

Decorative self-wrapper. 14pp. Woodcut title, headpiece & tailpiece. Small pen numbers on title, very good. Disbound from a volume. Text in Latin. Relates to suburban regions, their flags, government, etc.
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The Christians Course and Complaint, Both in the pursuit of Happinesse desired, and for Advantages slipped in that pursuit : A Sermon Preached to the Honorable House of Commons on the monethly Fast day, August 30. 1643. At St. Margarets Church in Westminster. .... Published by Order of the said House.

By: Coleman (Thomas)

Price: $150.00

Seller ID: 54730

London: Printed by I.L. for Christopher Meredith at the Sign of the Crane in Pauls Church-yard, 1643. [8] + [72] pages. Small 4to. Disbound, spine taped with brown paper tape which is chipped but mainly intact. Ex-lib from a NY Seminary, with ink stamps in several locations; stamped "No Longer The Property Of..." on the final leaf. Some browning at edges, light chipping to outer leaves, a few old stains and some bent corners, but basically a very good copy. Coleman was a Calvinist preacher, who had such a reputation for his extensive knowledge of Hebrew that he was known as "Rabbi Coleman." W...
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Image for The Universal Cook, and City and Country Housekeeper. Containing all the Various Branches of Cookery ..... The Whole Embellished with The Heads of the Authors, Bills of Fare for every Month .... elegantly engraved on fourteen Copper-Plates.

The Universal Cook, and City and Country Housekeeper. Containing all the Various Branches of Cookery ..... The Whole Embellished with The Heads of the Authors, Bills of Fare for every Month .... elegantly engraved on fourteen Copper-Plates.

By: Collingwood (Francis) and John Woolams.

Price: $750.00

Publisher: London: R. Noble for J. Scatcherd and J. Whitaker, 1792. First edition.:

Seller ID: 55900

Modern beige cloth, printed paper spine label. Frontispiece, 12 Bill of Fare Plates for the individual months, and a plate of carving options at page 320. Repaired tear in the frontispiece (between portraits, not affecting images), edges of the first leaf and several final leaves chipped and browned at edges, moderate foxing of the plates; a very good copy. Hand-written recipes on several leaves: verso of the January Bill of Fare Plate (Cherry Bounce); verso of page 451 (Thick Ginger Bread); final two blank leaves (Light Cake / Cherry Bounce again? / Currant Shrub). The first edition of this E...
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Memoirs of the Mother and Wife of Washington

By: Conkling (Margaret C.)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: NY: C.M. Saxton, Barker & Co./San Francisco: Bancroft, 1860. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged.:

Seller ID: 50201

Original brown blind-stamped cloth, spine designed in gilt. Yellow end papers. Frontispiece portrait. Light shelf wear, a nice clean copy. First published in 1850.
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An ALS dated Dec. 1782, relating to the sending of troops to Jamaica.

By: Conway (Henry Seymour)

Price: $200.00

Seller ID: 55307

ALS in pen on the recto of a bifolium, to an unknown recipient. Written from Little Warwick Street; the date is Dec 21, 1782. Conway suggests that regiments heading for Jamaica should "if possible touch at Barbados". He expresses concern about the accommodation of troops, mentioning the Carolina Garrison. Signed: "H.S. Conway". Titled on the verso of the second leaf: "Dec 21, 1782 / Genl. Conway". Old stains and discoloration, quite severe, several horizontal folds, but intact. Conway had held the post of Commander-In-Chief of the Forces since March of 1782; he would be promoted to Field Marsh...
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Image for The Thames; or, Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River. The Engravings Executed by William Bernard Cook, from Original Drawings by Samuel Owen, Esq.

The Thames; or, Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River. The Engravings Executed by William Bernard Cook, from Original Drawings by Samuel Owen, Esq.

By: Cooke (William Bernard)

Price: $625.00

Publisher: London: For Vernor, Hood, & Sharpe, 1811. First edition.:

Seller ID: 56548

Two volumes. Half-calf & marbled boards, marbled end papers, top edges gilt, other edges trimmed. Including frontispieces, a total of 103 engraved plates. 86 plates are called for; this copy has 17 additional plates by Cooke, dated 1814 - 1817. This copy was in a seminary library, and bears some marks including ink stamps on preliminary and title pages, and in a few spots throughout; Volume I has one of the spine panels darkened (probably to hide library marks); Volume II has some mottling to the same spine panel, but looks decent. In general a very clean and attractive copy with the hinges al...
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Motives for An Enquiry into The Present Distresses, Addressed To Members of Both Houses of Parliament; Showing, that The Artificial High Price of Corn occasions A Much Greater Pressure than The Whole Amount of the Taxes.

By: Corn Prices.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: London: Printed for Rowland Hunter, 1820. First edition.:

Seller ID: 56354

Disbound, 32pp. Half-title leaf present, first & last leaf detached. Internally fresh, light chipping to edges; exlib, several markings on the verso of the title. A scarce pamphlet relating to the Corn Laws. Kress 22770.
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Chinese Games with Dice. Read Before The Oriental Club of Philadelphia. March 14, 1889.

By: Culin (Stewart)

Price: $100.00

Seller ID: 53165

Philadelphia, 1889. Original sewn tan wrappers, front cover lettered in red, back cover designed in red with a dice design. Splitting along the edge of the front wrapper and the spine, a few small marks, small number in red on upper front cover, a clean very good copy otherwise. Several small illustrations, and one full-page plate in black & red.
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Petri Cunaei de Republica Hebraeorum Libri III. Editio Novissima.

By: Cunaeus (Petrus) [Peter van der Kun].

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Lugd. Batavor.: Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1632,:

Seller ID: 55954

16mo. Full calf. Rebound, old calf laid down. Engraved title. [xxiv] pp., 502pp., [503] = errata. Upper edge singed, some discoloration to upper margins, pen notes on end papers, ownership signature on upper title; a clean very good copy for the most part. Minor restoration to the margins of the first two leaves. Text in Latin and Hebrew. First published by Elzevir in 1617. A treatise on the Hebrew Republic. [Wikipedia: His book The Hebrew Republic is considered "the most powerful statement of republican theory in the early years of the Dutch Republic". ]
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The French convert : Being a True Relation of the Happy Conversion of a Noble French Lady from the Errors and Superstitions of Popery to the Reformed Religion .... To Which is Added, A brief Account of the severe persecutions of the First Protestants.

By: d'Auborn (A.) [Attributed to John MacGowan]. [published anonymously].

Price: $50.00

Seller ID: 55123

[np: USA]: Printed for the Book-Sellers, 1812. 12mo. [108]pp. Original boards, leather spine. Boards chipped at edges, paper entirely missing from outer front board, very good generally. The edge of the title page is chipped partly away, affecting the title and part of the imprint. Shaw & Shoemaker 24654. A popular anti-Catholic tract, first published in 1696.
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Annals of Scotland From the Accession of Malcolm III To The Accession of the House of Stewart. To Which are Added Several Valuable Tracts Relative to the History and Antiquities of Scotland. By The Late David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes. A New Edition. In Three Volumes.

By: Dalrymple (Sir David, Lord Hailes)

Price: $375.00

Publisher: Edinburgh: Printed for William Creech, etc., 1797. New Edition.:

Seller ID: 56574

Three volumes. Full calf, spines gilt. Some foxing to early leaves of Volume I, some modest rubbing of covers, a clean very good set. Lower corner of the title leaf in Volume 1 slightly chipped. Some cracking along joints, but all hinges are sound. The first edition was published in two volumes, 1776/1779, and was notable for having the second volume revised by Samuel Johnson, James Boswell being the intermediary. This is a new ediiton of 1797.
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