Lettres Illustrées de Edouard Manet. Introduction de M. Jean Guiffrey.
Paris: Maurice Legarrec, [1929. #266 of 300 copies. Read More about Lettres Illustrées de Edouard Manet. Introduction de M. Jean Guiffrey
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New Arrivals
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Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, &c.
London: How and Parsons, 1841-43. First Edition. Read More about Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, &c
Price: $750
Laws of the State of New-Jersey. Compiled and published, under the authority of the legislature.
Trenton: Printed by James J. Wilson, 1811. Standard early nineteenth century compendium of New Jersey state statutes. Samuel H. Conger was a Newark politician, antiquary, and librarian of the New Jersey Historical Society from 1852 until his death in 1872. Read More about Laws of the State of New-Jersey. Compiled and published, under the authority of the legislature
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The Green Bag. A Useless but Entertaining Magazine for Lawyers. Vol. I [II].
Boston: Boston Book Company, 1889-90. The first two years of this long-running legal miscellany of news, historical scholarship, and biographical notices. Topics range from The Whitechapel Tragedies, Slander in the Middle Ages, and Foot-Ball in Law, to a substantial essay on Women lawyers in the United States. With numerous portraits..... Read More about The Green Bag. A Useless but Entertaining Magazine for Lawyers. Vol. I [II
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A Tale of Lake St. John comprising a bit of history, a quantity of facts and a plenitude of fish...
Montreal: Desbarats & Co, [1903]. First edition. Read More about A Tale of Lake St. John comprising a bit of history, a quantity of facts and a plenitude of fish...
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Iron City Fishing Club. 100th Anniversary.
[Pittsburgh, Pa.]: Iron City Fishing Club, 1981. RARE. Club is in Georgian Bay, Ontatrio orhganized by Pitttsburgh, Pa. gentry. Read More about Iron City Fishing Club. 100th Anniversary
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Early Day Stories. The Overland Trail. Animals and Birds that Lived Here. Hunting Stories.
[Norfolk, Nebraska: Huse Publishing, circa 1916]. First edition. Narrative of the adventures on the author's journey from St. Joseph, Michigan to Oregon City in 1852. No copy at auction in decades. Read More about Early Day Stories. The Overland Trail. Animals and Birds that Lived Here. Hunting Stories
Price: $250
The Complete English Dictionary or, general repository of the English language. Containing A Copious Explanation of all the Words in...
London: printed for the author, and sold by T. Evans, at No. 54, in Pater-Noster Row; F. Blyth, [1772]. Some text leaves stained. The prefatory notice is dated Feb. 1, 1772; issued in 24 weekly numbers beginning October 31, 1772. Read More about The Complete English Dictionary or, general repository of the English language. Containing A...
Price: $750
The New World of English Words: or, a General Dictionary containing the interpretations of such hard words as are derived...
London: printed by E. Tyler, for Nath.[aniel] Brooke at the sign of the Angel in Cornhill, 1658. First edition. Upon its release, this work was attacked publicly by Thomas Blount, whose own dictionary had been published two years earlier. Edward Phillips (1630-1696?) was the nephew of John Milton, and was..... Read More about The New World of English Words: or, a General Dictionary containing the interpretations of such...
Price: $5,500
The Indian War of 1864, Being a Fragment of the Early History of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming.
First Edition. "Uncommon account of Indian fighting in the West during the Civil War offering "Day-by-day occurences in the campaigns around Forts Kearney and McPherson" (Howes). "This unique and picturesque narrative recounts the role played by the 7th Iowa Cavalry in operations against the Indians during the war" (Nevins). Read More about The Indian War of 1864, Being a Fragment of the Early History of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and...
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The River of the West. Life and Adventure in the Rocky Mountains and Oregon.
Hartford: Columbian Book Company, 1870. First Edition. Fascinating biography of Joseph Meek, fur traderOriginal purple cloth, sunned, gilt spine. Read More about The River of the West. Life and Adventure in the Rocky Mountains and Oregon
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Ten Years on the Iowa Frontier.
[Des Moines, Iowa: Privately Printed, ca. 1915]. First edition. A very rare account of early Iowa including an account of the Indian massacres at New Ulm and Spirit Lake. From a 1953 Midland catalogue: "the little Ingham books described above are a remarkable series of unpretentious publications containing long extracts..... Read More about Ten Years on the Iowa Frontier
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The Journal of Jacob Fowler. Narrating an adventure from Arkansas through the Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico...
New York: Francis P. Harper, 1898. First edition, one of 950 copies. Read More about The Journal of Jacob Fowler. Narrating an adventure from Arkansas through the Indian Territory,...
Price: $225
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A Tramp Trip in the Rockies of Colorado and Wyoming.
[Lancaster, Pa.]: Published by the Author [Press of the New Era Printing Co.], 1903. First Edition. RARE, SIGNED. Signed by the author on the title page Scarce privately printed narrative of a tour through the Rockies starting at Loveland, Colorado and closing at Laramie, Wyoming. Read More about A Tramp Trip in the Rockies of Colorado and Wyoming
Price: $225
Wings in the Blue.
[Boston]: Christopher Publishing House, 1936. First edition. Inscribed on half-title "To Marjorie Bartell with best wishes Edwin A. Boardman Dec 1936." Collection of verse on the outdoor themes and ducks, geese, and upland game birds. Uncommon. Read More about Wings in the Blue
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How to Identify the Snakes of India (Including Burma & Ceylon).
Karachi: Alex. Fonseca at the "Union" Press, Ld., Elphinstone Street, Camp, Published by Frank Wall...Sind Club, 1923. First edition, with errata slip. Read More about How to Identify the Snakes of India (Including Burma & Ceylon
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Days Afield on Staten Island.
[n.p: privately printed, 1892]. First edition. RARE. " A few of the pages that compose this volume appeared in the short lived periodical, The Staten Island Magazine..." his companions of these sojourns were Charles W. Leng and Louis P. Gratacap. Read More about Days Afield on Staten Island
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Meeting the Sun. Some Anglo-Indian Snapshots, With Occasional Verses.
Allahabad: Printed and Published at the Morning Post, 1898. First edition. VERY RARE. Tracy, Preface: "Perhaps in the succeeding pages you may discover the attraction this God-forsaken country has for all of us." Read More about Meeting the Sun. Some Anglo-Indian Snapshots, With Occasional Verses
Price: $400
Leaves from the Records of St. Hubert's Club; or, Reminiscences of Sporting Expeditions in Many Lands.
London: L. Booth, 307 Regent Street, W, 1864. First Edition. "A rare work, thought of very highly by Charles Lanman" (Bruns). Some of stories appeared in the "North Lincoln Sphinx" Read More about Leaves from the Records of St. Hubert's Club; or, Reminiscences of Sporting Expeditions in Many...
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Captain Ben's Book. A Record of Things which happened to Capt. Benjamin J. Willard, [Maine] pilot & stevedore, during 60...
Portland Me: Lakeside Press, Engravers, Printers, and Binders, 1895. First Edition. Chapters include: "In Which a Sword-Fish is Harpooned," "Deep-Sea Fishing," "In Which All Manner of Fish is Sought, from Sea Serpent to Mackerel," "A Cruise for Sea Serpent,", "A Famous Trouting Party on Mount Desert", etc. Read More about Captain Ben's Book. A Record of Things which happened to Capt. Benjamin J. Willard, [Maine] pilot...
Price: $250
PRESENTATION COPY
To and Fro.
Philadelphia: Wm. F. Fell Company, 1908. First edition. PRESENTATION COPY. Inscribed by the author on front pastedown to Dr A.D. Whiting, almost certainly the instructor in surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. Chapters include "A Peruvian Bull-Fight", "The Matterhorn", "Over the Chilkoot Pass in 1898", and "A Week's Shoot in..... Read More about To and Fro
Price: $275
Notes on Jerdon's Mammals of India.
Madras: Higginbotham & Co, 1870. First edition. Read More about Notes on Jerdon's Mammals of India
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Yesterday and To-day in Sinai.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood, 1931. First edition. Governor of the Sinai from 1923-1936. "...His knowledge of Arabic, and of Bedouin customs and law, enabled him to settle tribal feuds, not only among the tribes under his official control, but their feuds with the neighbouring tribes in Transjordan and Saudi..... Read More about Yesterday and To-day in Sinai
Price: $150
Negro Year Book: An Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro 1918-1919.
Tuskegee, Ala: Tuskegee Institute, Alabama: The Negro Year Book Book Publishing Company, 1919. Read More about Negro Year Book: An Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro 1918-1919
Price: $150