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![Cover title:] Recueil de Trophées Militaires Anciens et Modernes &hellip. Pécheux, enoît.](http://www.jamescumminsbookseller.com/pictures/thumb/247221.jpg?v=1669651318)
Paris: Chez Chaillou, n.d. [ca. 1830]. A scarce work, published as an aid to artists for correctly representing... Read More about Cover title:] Recueil de Trophées Militaires Anciens et Modernes &hellip
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London: James E. Hawkins, 17, Paternoster Row, [1893]. The Yeke Kingdom (also called the Garanganze or Garenganze kingdom) of the Garanganze people in Katanga, DR Congo, was short-lived, existing from about 1856 to 1891 under one king, Msiri. Read More about GARENGANZE; or Seven Years' Pioneer Mission Work in Central Africa
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Paris: Devamber, 43 bould. Malesherbes, nd [1918]. Plates are: Le Bon Français Cultive la Terre, Le Bon Français Travaille pour nos soldats, Le Bon Français Se Bat pour son Pays, Le Bon Français Assure la Reprise des Affaires, Le Bon Français Souscrit à l"Emprunt et Echange son Or contre des..... Read More about Le Bon Français
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Paris: Devamber, 43 boulevard Malesherbes, nd [1918]. Plates are: Les Bleuets, Les Cadets, Les Marie-Louise, Les Tapins. EACH IS SIGNED BY ARNOUX in the lower right. Read More about Quatre Canon françois. Mis en Images par Guy Arnoux
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London: Published by the Author 10 Soho Square, 1828. ETON ATLAS. With 4pp. of 8vo ads for Arrowsmith tipped in at back. With this book advertised as "Speedily will be published" crossed out and "just published" supplied in pen with " Pr. 2..2..0" supplied in ink as well. Read More about Orbis Terrarum Veteribus Noti. A Comparative Atlas of Ancient and Modern Geography from Original...
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Istanbul: Milli Egitim Basimevi, [1952]. First edition. Read More about Les Arts Decoratifs Turcs
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Frankfurt: Sumptibus Sigismudi Latomi, [1607]. A bi-annual publication generally regarded as the first periodical, the present volume is the second book of the seventh volume and includes material and an illustration relating to the Battle of Gibralter in which the Dutch fleet surprised and destroyed much of the Spanish armada..... Read More about Mercvrii Gallobelgici Succenturiati, Sive Rervm In Gallia Et Belgio Potissimvm; Hispania Qvoque,...
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Hartford: Printed by Peter B. Gleason & Co, 1819. First edition. Intended for the use of the militia, in which it was found “that every company had a Drill of its own; and no small embarrassment was occasioned … when they were called to exercise toghether.”. Read More about The Artillerist; Comprising the Exercise and Movements of the Light Horse Artillery. Together...
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London: John Murray, 1878. Life on Ascension Island with her husband Scottish Astronomer David Gill to measure the solar parallax-the distance between the Earth and the Sun-by observing Mars, which was then the closest to Earth than it had been for a century. Read More about Six Months in Ascension. A Unscientific Account of a Scientific Expedition
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[Amsterdam: c. 1596]. A very attractive plate of Ascension Island from van Linschoten's celebrated Itinerario. Read More about Vera effigies et delineatio Insul, Ascensio nuncapat … Waerachtighe affbeeldinghe en...
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London: T. Fisher Unwin 26 Paternoster Row, 1886. First Edition. Read More about The Dawn of the XIXth Century in England. A Special Sketrch of the Times
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London: Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, 1888. First edition, Number 45 of only 100 copies on Large Paper. Read More about Modern Street Ballads
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London: Ward and Downey, 1890. First edition. Read More about Social England Under The Regency
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London: Ward & Downey, Limited 12 York Street Covent Garden, 1894. First edition. Read More about Varia
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London: Chapman & Hall, 1896. First Edition. Read More about When William IV was King
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London: 44, Bedford Square, 13 June 1922. Read More about ALS. To Mr Freeman. He has considered the matter talked about and will write the article for 200...
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Washington, D.C: National Gallery of Art. Harry N. Abrams inc., Publishers, New York, [1986]. First edition. Read More about Süleymanname. The illustrated History of Süleyman the Magnificent
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London: Day & Son, n.d. Third edition. Read More about “Curry & Rice,” on Forty Plates; or, The Ingredients of Social Life at “Our Station”...
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London: Day & Son, 1911. Fifth edition. Read More about “Curry & Rice,” on Forty Plates; or, The Ingredients of Social Life at “Our Station”...
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London: Macmillan and Co, 1891. First Edition. Read More about The Last of the Giant Killers or the Exploits of Sir Jack of Danby Dale
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London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1860. First edition. Read More about Travels in the Regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor and the Russian Acquisitions on the Confines...
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[Paris: P. Didot l'ainé, 1808]. Read More about Atlas Historique Généalogique, Chronologique, et Géographique
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Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnston, nd. 24th Edition, 240,000th. Read More about The Unrivaled Atlas of Modern Geography for Schools and Families. Forty-three Maps with an Index...
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[Mexico: Imprenta Americana de D. José Maria Betancóurt, calle de S. José, 1821]. First edition. Read More about Primer Topeton de un Borrego Desperso de la Manada. Al Padre Rosillo
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1934 1936. GROTON SCHOOL. A photographic chronicle of the first two decades in the life of Gordon Auchincloss from infancy to college. Highlights include the Groton School 50th Anniversary, June, 1934 with Fraklin D. Roosevelt pictured seated in the center of the porch, the Groton Football team of which Gordon..... Read More about 2 Photograph Albums of Gordon Auchincloss including images from his years at the Groton School...
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Paris: Georges Blaizot & Claude Guerin, Juin, 6,1972-18 Juin 1974. One of the greatest sales of the century. Read More about Bibliotheque Raphael Esmerian...in 5 Parts...Avant-propos de M. Jacques Guignard for Part I;Part...
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