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Pratiques des Harems Marocains: Sorcellerie, Medecine, Beaute, avec une Preface par les Docteurs Speder et Lepinay
by Mme A R de Lens
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Paris; Paul Geuthner Librairie Orientaliste; 1925. Brown wraps stamped in red, wear to corners, spine darkened. 95 pp including index. Mme de Lens was the daughter and granddaughter of French physicians: "Mme A R de Lens ne pouvait manquer de s...
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Your Price $85.00
Rare Books - Trade Paper
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen, 2nd Edition, 4 Volumes
by John Campbell
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London: T. Waller, 1750. 4 volumes, 8vo. 200x130mm. [iv],543; [ii],476,[24]; 488; [ii],453,[16]. Second edition. Uniformly bound in full old calf. Spines each with 5 raised bands, gilt compartments, and red and black morocco labels. Engraved vignettes...
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Your Price $400.00
Rare Books - Leather
Alaskan Boundary Tribunal British Atlas: Maps and Charts Accompanying the Case of Great Britain
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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904. Folio. 18.5 x 15" 35 historical maps, printed in facsimile. Included are Vancouver's General Map of the NW Coast; Russian maps from 1822 & 1853; Sir George Simpson's 1847 map. Original reddish brown cloth...
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Your Price $200.00
Rare Books - Hardcover
Albertus Seba's Cabinet of Natural Curiosities
by Albertus Seba
Publisher Comments
Albertus Seba's "Cabinet of Curiosities" is one of the 18th century's greatest natural history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural history books of all time.
Though it was common for men of his profession to collect natural...
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Your Price $179.98
Rare Books - Hardcover
Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey Signed Limited Edition
by Chuck Palahniuk
Publisher Comments
The Rant Limited Edition is specially packaged in a one-piece preprinted case, printed black, with the title created in spot gloss; a 4-color slipcase that matches the original jacket of the trade book; a 1/8" ribbon marker; a signed tip-in sheet...
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List Price $150.00
Your Price $90.00
Rare Books - Slipcase
Tanganyika: Eleven Years in Central Africa
by Edward Coode Hore
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London: Edward Stanford, 1892. Octavo, 20 x 13cm. 306pp. First edition rebound in green cloth with gilt stamped spine. Boards show some staining and the spine is sunned. Edges speckled. Bookplate from sculpter Herbert Ward on front paste-down. Fold-out...
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Your Price $70.00
Rare Books - Hardcover
The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
by Beatrix Potter
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New York: Frederick Warne & Co., (1906). Sextodecimo, 10.5 x 14 cm. 85pp. An early reprint, from between 1908 (the date of the 1st US edition) and 1910, since the publisher's address is still listed as "36 East 22nd Street" on the title page. Pictorial...
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Your Price $275.00
Rare Books - Hardcover
The Weird Tales Story, 1st Edition
by Robert Weinberg
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West Linn: Fax Collector's Editions, (1977). First edition. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket. ISBN 0913960160 KB...
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Your Price $70.00
Rare Books - Hardcover
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