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A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings. Rudolf Ackermann

Fine Early Copy of Ackermann's Oxford

A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings.

London: Rudolf Ackermann, 1814. First edition. Fine Early Copy of Ackermann's Oxford. An early copy. The list of plates in vol. I is the first state (it does not list the portraits of Founders; this copy does not include the Founders). Plate 1, vol.1, is mislabeled “History of Cambridge” and..... Read More about A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings

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Album of 34 Chinese watercolor paintings on paper

Album of 34 Original Chinese Watercolors

Album of 34 Chinese watercolor paintings on paper.

China: Ca. first half of 19th century. Album of 34 Original Chinese Watercolors. A very interesting and engaging collection of genre scenes. The trees, rocks, and landscapes are particularly well rendered, and the figures are full of life. The pictures in many such albums often follow a sequence of events..... Read More about Album of 34 Chinese watercolor paintings on paper

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A Quaint Treatise on "Flees, and the Art a Artyfichall Flee Making," By an Old Man Well Known on...

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A Quaint Treatise on "Flees, and the Art a Artyfichall Flee Making," By an Old Man Well Known on the...

London: John B. Day, 3, Savoy Street, Strand, 1876. First edition, second issue. VERY FINE COPY. The manuscript upon which Aldam based his text appeared at auction in 1999; the author's name was revealed to be Robert Whitehead, but nothing further of the author is known. Both issues of this..... Read More about A Quaint Treatise on "Flees, and the Art a Artyfichall Flee Making," By an Old Man Well...

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The Stage Coach. Cecil Aldin

Fine Coaching Inn Scene by Cecil Aldin

The Stage Coach.

n.p: 1901. Fine Coaching Inn Scene by Cecil Aldin. Cecil Aldin (1870-1935) remains one of the most talented and popular depictors of English life; his prints and paintings of sporting scenes, dogs, and old buildings, and his regular appearance in books and magazines brought him worldwide fame, and his work..... Read More about The Stage Coach

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Description de l'Arabie, d'après les observations et recherches faites dans le pays même....

Description de l'Arabie, d'après les observations et recherches faites dans le pays même.

Copenhagen: Chez Nicolas Möller, 1773. First edition in French, with half-title. With the large fold-out map of Yemen hand-colored in outline. Account of the ill-starred Royal Danish expedition (1761-1767) to the Arabian Peninsula, the first scientific expedition, from which Niebuhr returned as the only survivor. Niebuhr only covered a small..... Read More about Description de l'Arabie, d'après les observations et recherches faites dans le pays même

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The Bow-Mans Glory; or, Archery Revived. Giving an account of the many signal favours vouchsafed...

The Glory of the English Bow

The Bow-Mans Glory; or, Archery Revived. Giving an account of the many signal favours vouchsafed to Archers and Archery by...

London: printed by S[amuel] R[oycroft] and are to be sold by Edward Gough at Cow-Cross, 1682. First edition. The Glory of the English Bow. One of the more important archery books of the period after Ascham’s TOXOPHILUS (1545), written by Wood who was "Marshall to the Regiment of Archers." It..... Read More about The Bow-Mans Glory; or, Archery Revived. Giving an account of the many signal favours vouchsafed...

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Spiegel der Sibyllen, van Vierderley Vertooningen ... Seer rykelijk verçiert met allerhande...

Prophets, Oracles, and Sacrifices

Spiegel der Sibyllen, van Vierderley Vertooningen ... Seer rykelijk verçiert met allerhande raare Kopere platen, waar onder de XII Sibyllen...

Amsterdam: Gedrukt [by Hendrik Harmensz] voor d'Autheur, waar by dit werk ook te bekomen is, op de Bloemgraft, omtrent de drukkery van d'Heer Blaauw : en by Timotheus ten Hoorn, Boekverkooper in de Nes, naast de Brakke-Gront, 1685. First edition. Prophets, Oracles, and Sacrifices. Four-part work on religion in the..... Read More about Spiegel der Sibyllen, van Vierderley Vertooningen ... Seer rykelijk verçiert met allerhande...

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Wild Fowl Decoys. Joel Barber

Wild Fowl Decoys.

New York: The Derrydale Press, 1934. First Edition, No. 14 of 55 large paper copies, signed by the author. "One of the most important books published by Connett." - Siegel Published in an edition of only 55 copies, this, in effect, was the Derrydale "De luxe" edition of Barber's book: the..... Read More about Wild Fowl Decoys

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American Scenery; or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature. W. H....

American Scenery; or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature.

London: George Virtue, 1840. First edition, state A of volume II with Contents list numbered. Originally published in 30 parts without text, and appearing here for the first time in expanded book form, this is a beautiful series of views, showing principal cities and scenic views, engraved from drawings Bartlett..... Read More about American Scenery; or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature

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Portrait of Charles Baudelaire. Charles Baudelaire, Georges Rouault

Rouault's Baudelaire

Portrait of Charles Baudelaire.

[Paris: 1926]. No. 2 of 35 copies SIGNED AND NUMBERED by the artist in pencil; with his stamp lower left. Rouault's Baudelaire. Superb image of the brooding genius so greatly admired by Rouault, who included it in the second edition of his collection, SOUVENIRS INTIMES (Paris: E. Frapier, 1927), with..... Read More about Portrait of Charles Baudelaire

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Watercolor studies of Madeline and Pepito and the head of a young woman. Ludwig Bemelmans

Original Bemelmans Watercolor Studies

Watercolor studies of Madeline and Pepito and the head of a young woman.

n.p. Original Bemelmans Watercolor Studies. Ludwig Bemelmans (1892-1962), Austrian-born American painter and writer, drew on his hotel and restaurant experiences for many of his stories and novels, which he often illustrated with his own sophisticated drawings and watercolors. Although he also wrote for adults, he is perhaps best known for..... Read More about Watercolor studies of Madeline and Pepito and the head of a young woman

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A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling. Confirmed by actual Experience, and Minute Observations...

A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling. Confirmed by actual Experience, and Minute Observations ... To Which is Added...

London: Printed for C. Stalker ... H. Turpin, 1787. First edition, with half-title. Begins with a chapter on the natural history of fish, goes on to the best manner of making and choosing rods, lines, hooks, etc. Chapter IV provides a description of flies. "Best was Keeper of His Majesty's..... Read More about A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling. Confirmed by actual Experience, and Minute Observations...

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A testimonial, hand-lettered in German in black, gold, red and silver inks, presented to...

Sumptuous German Presentation Testimonial, 1902

A testimonial, hand-lettered in German in black, gold, red and silver inks, presented to Erzherzog Rainer and his wife Maria...

Vienna: produced by the studio of Brüder Nedomansky, 1902. Sumptuous German Presentation Testimonial, 1902. An extremely attractive and well-produced artifact. The layout of the text is impeccable, the lettering faultless, while the binding was intended to be a showpiece, and succeeds. UNIQUE. Read More about A testimonial, hand-lettered in German in black, gold, red and silver inks, presented to...

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Further Notes on the Pursuit of Salar. Alfred E. Bissell, in collaboration, Charles Lee Reese Jr

Inscribed to His Brother

Further Notes on the Pursuit of Salar.

Wilmington, Delaware: (Privately Printed), 1972. First edition, one of 50 copies. Inscribed to His Brother. Privately printed and second in the series of books on Salmon fishing done by Sportsman Alfred Bissell in a very limited edition This copy is inscribed on the half-title "For my brother John who may discover..... Read More about Further Notes on the Pursuit of Salar

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Tuscarora Recollections, [Preface by David J. Reinhardt, Jr.]. Alfred E. Bissell

Tuscarora Recollections, [Preface by David J. Reinhardt, Jr.].

Wilmington, Delaware: (Privately Printed. Printed by the Anthoensen Press Portland, Me), 1965. First edition. Probably 50 or 100 copies. Mostly reminiscences of the Tuscarora Club, near Margaretville in the Catskills, but also with a trip to the Beaverkill one rainy April day. Portraits of Ogden Pleissner, Carl Martin, Jr., etc. Inscribed..... Read More about Tuscarora Recollections, [Preface by David J. Reinhardt, Jr

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