A History of Quadrupeds including the Cetacea.
London: John van Voorst, 1837. First edition. Read More about A History of Quadrupeds including the Cetacea
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New Arrivals
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The Physical Basis of Geography.
London: [May, 1942]. Reprint. Read More about The Physical Basis of Geography
Price: $150
How to work with the Microscope.
London: Harrison, Pall Mall, 1868. Fourth Edition. Read More about How to work with the Microscope
Price: $200
Lion Hunting and Sporting Life in Algeria.
London: Addey and Co, 1856. Doré, Gustav. Third Edition. Celebrated and widely reprinted account of sport in Algeria in the 1840s. Read More about Lion Hunting and Sporting Life in Algeria
Price: $150
Finely Bound Copy of the Rockwell Kent Canterbury Tales
Canterbury Tales. Rendered into modern English by J. U. Nicolson. With illustrations by Rockwell Kent and an introduction by Gordon...
Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc, [1934]. Rockwell Kent. De Luxe edition. Finely Bound Copy of the Rockwell Kent Canterbury Tales. Attractively bound copy of the Rockwell Kent edition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Read More about Canterbury Tales. Rendered into modern English by J. U. Nicolson. With illustrations by Rockwell...
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Early modern English fur and textile trade
Manuscript Indenture from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
28 August 1600. Early modern English fur and textile trade. This indenture, from the 28th day of August in the 42nd year of Queen Elizabeth I's reign (1600) records a contract betwen Thomas Fettiplace, citizen and furmonger of London, and Richard Black, draper. An interesting look at the textile and fur..... Read More about Manuscript Indenture from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I
Price: $850
Mosheim's Church History, of The First Two Centuries (Maclaine's Translation) : in which the rise, progress, and variations of church...
Milton, Ia: Published by S.K. Hoshour. A.M. Cambridge City, Indiana, 1847. First Edition. Read More about Mosheim's Church History, of The First Two Centuries (Maclaine's Translation) : in which the...
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Waikna; or Adventures on the Mosquito Shore. By Samuel A. Bard.
London: Sampson Low, Son, & Co., 47, Ludgate Hill, 1855. First London Edition. Colorfully fictionalized account of the artist/writer's prolonged sojourn on the Mosquito Coast (of present-day Nicaragua) after a shipwreck, with accounts of life in the Mosquito capital city of Bluefields, Mosquito and Carib Indian customs, hunting tapir and..... Read More about Waikna; or Adventures on the Mosquito Shore. By Samuel A. Bard
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Fine modern binding
The Peoples and Politics of the Far East. Travels and studies in the British, French, Spanish, and Portugues colonies, Siberia...
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1900. Fifth impression, 500 copies. Fine modern binding. Fascinating personal memoir of four years' travel through colonial Asia in the final decade of the nineteenth century, complete with photographs and maps. Read More about The Peoples and Politics of the Far East. Travels and studies in the British, French, Spanish,...
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Fine modern binding
Gleanings from Japan.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1889. First Edition. Fine modern binding. An important, first-hand account of an Englishman of his visits to Japan over a period of time in the 1860s. This books remains in print. Read More about Gleanings from Japan
Price: $400
A Japanese Omelette. A British Writer's Impressions on the Japanese Empire.
Tokyo: The Hokuseido Press, 1933. First. Ronald Victor Courtenay Bodley, MC (1892-1970), a British army officer, lived in Japan in the early 1930s, and was considered by Westerners at that time to be a preeminent source of knowledge on the area, proving to be erroneous on whether the Japanese were..... Read More about A Japanese Omelette. A British Writer's Impressions on the Japanese Empire
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Tourist's Guide Book to Denver.
Denver: Times Steam Printing House & Blank Book Manufactory, 1882. First edition. Read More about Tourist's Guide Book to Denver
Price: $2,500
English legal history in detail
Warrant to sheriff of Essex County, England, for a case tried before William Lord Mansfield and clerk's listing of cases...
Cholinsford, England: 1772. English legal history in detail. This warrant describes the crimes of several named persons, including Daniel Halls, convicted of felony and burglary against Elizabeth Wilson, widow, to the sum of twelve shillings and eight pence. This legal document describes the course of redress for a theft in some..... Read More about Warrant to sheriff of Essex County, England, for a case tried before William Lord Mansfield and...
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Dune.
Philadelphia and New York: Chilton Book Company, [1965]. First edition, first issue of DJ with $5.95 on front flap and four lines of publisher information on back flap. With the two-page map of Arrakis, original hardback edition and cover illustration. This monumentally important contribution to science fiction literature was a tie..... Read More about Dune
Price: $3,500
The Mikado's Empire. Book I History of Japan from 660 B.C. to 1872 A.D. Book II. Personal Experiences, Observations, and...
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Franklin Square, 1876. First edition. Read More about The Mikado's Empire. Book I History of Japan from 660 B.C. to 1872 A.D. Book II. Personal...
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Travels between 1765 and 1773 Through part of Africa, Syria, Egypt and Arabia , into Abyssinia, to discover the source...
London: Albion Press, published by J. and J. Cundee, [1812]. Read More about Travels between 1765 and 1773 Through part of Africa, Syria, Egypt and Arabia , into Abyssinia,...
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Algeria and Tunis in 1845.
London: Henry Colburn, Publisher, 1846. First edition. Read More about Algeria and Tunis in 1845
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Coryat's Crudities Hastily gobled up in five Moneths travells in France, Savoy, Italy, Rhetia commonly called the Grisons country, Helvetia...
Glasgow: James MacLehose, 1905. Reprinted from the Edition of 1611, one of 1000 copies. The first, and for a long time remained the only, handbook for continental travel. - Cox. Largely an account of observations made on his travels in Europe in 1608. Coryat died in Surat, India. Dr. Johnson..... Read More about Coryat's Crudities Hastily gobled up in five Moneths travells in France, Savoy, Italy, Rhetia...
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Twilight Tales of the Black Baganda.
London: Marshall Brothers, nd [1910]. Read More about Twilight Tales of the Black Baganda
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The Confessions of a Tenderfoot "Coaster"
London: Witherby, 1927. First edition. Read More about The Confessions of a Tenderfoot "Coaster"
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A Journey to Java.
London: Holden & Hardingham, [1914]. First edition. Read More about A Journey to Java
Price: $150
Admiral Dillon's Copy
Narrative of the Voyages and Services of The Nemesis from 1840 to 1843; and of the combined naval and military...
London: Henry Colburn, 1844. Second edition. Admiral Dillon's Copy. The best account of the Opium War of 1839-1842 with a "complete" account of the colony of Hong Kong. The Nemesis was the first British ocean-going iron warship. Launched in 1839 for the East India Company, the British used her to..... Read More about Narrative of the Voyages and Services of The Nemesis from 1840 to 1843; and of the combined naval...
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My Wanderings. Being Travels in the East in 1846-47, 1850-51, 1852-53.
London: Gadsby, 1876. 22nd thousand. Read More about My Wanderings. Being Travels in the East in 1846-47, 1850-51, 1852-53
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UNCUT
The Gentleman's Stable Directory; or, Modern System of Farriery. Comprehending All the most valuable Prescriptions and approved Remedies ......
London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-row; and G. Kearsley, Fleet-street, nd. Eighth Edition. UNCUT. Read More about The Gentleman's Stable Directory; or, Modern System of Farriery. Comprehending All the most...
Price: $300