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Jerusalem et la Terre-Sainte Notes de Voyage Recueilles et Mises en Ordre Jerusalem et la Terre-Sainte Notes de Voyage Recueilles et Mises en Ordre
by Abbe Georges Darboy
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Paris, Belin-Leprieur et Morizot, no date. 4to, green pebbled calf, gilt decorations and title. Engraved frontis, 22 plates, and 2 maps. 2" tear to leather at exterior top front hinge. Foxing throughout. Fair condition. JAM... (read more)
Your Price $60.00
Rare Books - Leather

Military

CONAD:  History & Compendium, 3 Volumes CONAD: History & Compendium, 3 Volumes
by Charles H E Scheer
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Heidelberg: Aloys Graf, (1945) 3 volumes: CONAD Compendium and History. Large 4to., illustrated with black & white photographs, color illustrations, and maps. Original decorated buckram. Corners bumped, spines darkened, some soiling to boards. Good... (read more)
Your Price $125.00
Rare Books - Set Hardcover

Americana

Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England and the Summer Isles Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England and the Summer Isles
by John Smith
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World Publishing, Cleveland: 1966. Facsimile reprint of 1624 ed. quarto, full vellum; ST & DEC in gilt. YAP w/2 ties. Prospectus laid in. Housed in blue felt lined clam- shell box w/illus paper label; slight soiling to box 248pp JMW Note: Vellum has it's... (read more)
Your Price $85.00
Rare Books - Hardcover

Genre Fiction

Lay Down My Sword & Shield, 1st Edition
by James Lee Burke
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. First edition, with full number line. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, (1971). 8vo. 266pp. Tan cloth. Remnants of mold spotting to cover and endpapers with spots at tail of front and back matter. Covers slightly bowed. Bottom rear corner is bumped... (read more)
Your Price $125.00
Rare Books - Hardcover

Outdoors

The Krag Rifle Story
by Franklin B. Mallory and Ludwig Olson
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Silver Spring: Springfield Research Service, (1980). Quarto, 22 x 28.5 cm. xiv,224pp. Second printing. Original blue cloth, front board and spine stamped in gilt. In an unclipped dust jacket. Black & white illustrations throughout. Original ISBN: 0... (read more)
Your Price $70.00
Rare Books - Hardcover

Exploration and Travel Writing

Life of John Ledyard, The American Traveller 1ST Edition Life of John Ledyard, The American Traveller 1ST Edition
by Jared Sparks
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Cambridge: Hilliard & Brown, 1828. Octavo, 22 x 13.5cm. xii, 325pp. First Edition, rebound in modern green cloth with gilt stamped on the spine. Binding in near fine condition. Edges of text block toned with small stains along the top and fore edge... (read more)
Your Price $450.00
Rare Books - Hardcover

Children's and Illustrated Classics

If I Ran the Circus, 1st Edition If I Ran the Circus, 1st Edition
by Dr. Seuss
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New York: Random House, (1956). Quarto, 21 x 28.5 cm. Unpaginated. First edition. Original glazed pictorial paper over boards. In the correct dust jacket, unclipped. Pictorial endpapers, color illustrations throughout. Boards rubbed and soiled. Corners... (read more)
Your Price $200.00
Rare Books - Hardcover

Science Fiction

Philip K. Dick: The Dream Connection Philip K. Dick: The Dream Connection
by D. Scott Apel
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Black cloth-covered boards w/text in gilt on spine. VG/G(Spine very slightly cocked;Slight soiling of fore-edges;Spine ends slightly 'softened';Binding is tight & secure.DJ-Light creasing along top edge including head of spine;similar creasing to bottom... (read more)
Your Price $50.00
Rare Books - Hardcover

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