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Mein Kampf
by Adolf Hitler  Notes Munich: Zentralverlag der NDSAP, 1938, 385th/389th edition (two books in one volume). Octavo. xxvi,[3],781pp,[11pp]. Gilt-stamped quarter leather, tan paper boards, top edge gilt. Frontispiece photo of Hitler. Text printed in Fraktur. Half of...
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Essays on Political & Social Science, Contributed Chiefly to the Edinburgh Review 2 Volumes
by William R. Greg Notes London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1853. 2 volumes. Octavo, 222x145mm. 566pp; 594pp. First edition. Uniformly bound in contemporary full calf panelled in gilt, gilt dentelles. Spines with raised bands, gilt-decorated compartments, and gilt...
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Precis de l'Histoire Universelle ou Tableau Historique, 12 Volumes
by Louis P Anquetil Notes Paris, Chez Maradan, 1807. 3rd revised edition. 12 volumes, 12mo, red paper over boards, bumped and worn. Gilt title and rules on spines. Good condition. Text in French....
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Series of Letters From London Written During the Years 1856, '57, '58, '59, and '60
by George Mifflin Dallas Notes Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1869. Maroon cloth, bevelled boards, gilt spine. Light rubbing, fraying to foot of spine; light soiling to boards. 225pp. + ads at rear. Name in contemporary ink to front fly leaf...
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Rare Books: $95.00 Hardcover
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Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Select Committee on Disposal of Lands in the British Colonies
by Parliament Notes [London]: 1836. Quarto, rebound in black cloth, gilt spine, new endpapers. Lacking title page & first few pages. Begins at v-viii, 259pp. Ex-library with rubber stamps to p. v, paper repair to 3 x 4 1/2" area at lower right corner of p. vi, and to lower...
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England Begun in the Year 1641, 6 Volumes
by Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon Notes Oxford: Printed at the Theatre, 1720-1. 3 volumes in 6, as issued. Octavo, 13x19cm. Uniformly bound in 19th Century half calf, marbled paper over boards. Spines with gilt-decorated compartments and gilt-stamped black and red morocco labels. All edges...
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Oeuvres Du Comte Antoine Hamilton
by Antoine Hamilton Notes Paris: Chez Antoine-Augustin Renouard, 1812 Two volumes, octavo in format, 3/4 tan leather, four raised bands with gilt stamped compartments, marbled paper over boards, marbled endpapers; 400pp., [504], xvj, 112pp. Bookplates on both front pastedowns...
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Rare Books: $125.00 Vellum
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A Short Narrative of the Late Troubles in England
by Anonymous Notes London: F. E. Robinson & Co., 1902. Octavo. Full vellum with ornate gilt decoration to boards & spine; top edge gilt. xxxvii, 151pp. Quite clean & sound internally, with some leaves unopened. Frontispiece engraving of Charles I. Number 135 of an edition...
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Charge of the Commons against Charls Stuart, King of England, of High Treason, and Other High Crimes, Exhibited to the High Court of Justice
by John Cook Notes London: Printed for Rapha Harford, 1648. Small quarto, 14x19cm. 8pp. Bound in modern grey paper over boards, printed paper label on the front board. No dust jacket. Text block thumbed, soiled, and foxed. Title page chipped along the edges, paper repair...
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The Jordan Valley and Petra 2 Volumes
by William Libbey and Franklin E. Hoskins Notes Green cloth-covered boards w/title,etc. in gilt on spines. Fair/NI(Corners lightly bumped;Extremities rubbed;Faint soiling of boards,fore-edges & endpapers. VOL-1:Front hinge "starting" but intact;Tissue guard for frontis. partially detached;Binding just...
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Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq. F.R.S. Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II and James, 2 Volumes 1st Edition
by Samuel Pepys and John Smith and Richard Griffin Lord Braybrooke Notes London: Henry Colburn, 1825. 2 volumes. Quarto, 24x30cm. xlii,498pp,xlix; 311pp. First edition. 20th Century full red morocco panelled in gilt; spines each with 5 raised bands, gilt-ruled compartments, and gilt lettering; inner dentelles gilt. All edges...
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Edward de Vere 1550-1604: The Crisis and Consequences of Wardship
by Daphne Pearson Notes Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Limited, (2005). Octavo, 16x24cm. [xii],263pp. First edition. Original burgundy cloth, spine gilt. In an unclipped dust jacket. ISBN: 0-7546-5088-x. Spine ends softened. Dust jacket with a trace of edgewear to the spine...
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Rare Books: $1100.00 Vellum
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Vittoria Navale Ottenuta Dalla Republica Venetiana Contra Othone, Figliuolo Di Federigo Primo Imperadore; Per La Restitutione Di Alessandro Terzo, Pontefice Massimo, Venuto aÌ Venetia
by Girolamo Bardi Notes Venice, Francesco Ziletti, 1584. 4to (190x140mm), stiff vellum. Collation: a-b4 A-S4 T6 (T6 is blank). 154pp; page 154 is mis-numbered 188 as usual. Woodcut design on title, 4 woodcut initial letters. Two small woodcut designs in text. New endpapers...
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The Durbar 1st Edition
by Mortimer Menpes and Dorothy Menpes Notes London: Adam and Charles Black, (1903). Octavo, 17x23cm. xii,210pp. First edition. Original tan cloth decorated in orange, dark blue, and gilt. Top edge gilt. No dust jacket. Illustrated with 206 color plates, including a frontispiece, by Mortimer Menpes....
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Rare Books: $800.00 Hardcover
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Gold Coast Native Institutions, with Thoughts upon a Healthy Imperial Policy for the Gold Coast and Ashanti
by Casely Hayford Notes London: Sweet and Maxwell, Limited., 1903 terra cotta cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, corners bumped spine ends soft, previous owner's inscription to front paste down end paper. Good...
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Rare Books: $400.00 Leather
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Zincali; or, an Account of the Gypsies of Spain. With an Original Collection of Their Songs and Poetry, and a Copious Dictionary of Their Language 2 Volumes 1st Edition
by George Borrow Notes L, John Murray, 1841 First edition. 12mo, binding by Bumpus, 1/2 green morocco over marbled boards, gilt spine, raised bands, TEG. Spines faded, corners bumped, po's armorial bookplate. Very Good/NI RWrw...
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Encyclopaedia of Papua and New Guinea, 3 Volumes
by Peter Ryan Notes Carlton: Melbourne University Press, (1972). 3 volumes. Large octavo, 18x26cm. First edition. Original uniform green cloth, front boards and spines stamped in gilt. No dust jackets. Folding color map in a pocket at the rear of volume 3. Errata slip laid...
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A Self Verifying Chronological History of Ancient Egypt, from the Foundation of the Kingdom to the Beginning of the Persian Dynasty: a Book of Startling Discoveries, Signed
by Orlando P Schmidt Notes Cincinnati: George C Shaw, 1900. Inscribed by the author to Andrew Carnegie on first blank. Nicely rebound, retaining pyramid shaped title from original publication. New endpapers. 569pp. Ex-library copy with stamping to title page, first page of preface....
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Origines Gentium Antiquissimae; Or, Attempts for Discovering the Times of the Planting of Nations in Several Tracts
by R. Cumberland Notes London: S. Payne, printed by W. B. for R. Wilkin, 1724. Octavo, full brown calf, rebacked with raised bands and gilt title to spine. Corners bumped; wear to extremities and boards. xxxiii, [7], 480, [8], [1]ads. Bookplate to front pastedown endpaper...
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Historical Works of William Robertson 6 Volumes
by William Robertson Notes Edinburgh: Doig & Stirling, 1813. 6 volumes. Octavo, 14x22cm. "A New Edition." Uniformly bound in contemporary half calf, marbled paper over boards; spines elaborately decorated in gilt, with gilt-stamped morocco labels. Boards rubbed. Corners bumped and...
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