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Item #306680 The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New: Translated out of the...

Baskerville's Masterpiece, in Staggemeier & Welcher Binding

The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New: Translated out of the Original Tongues and With the former...

Birmingham: John Baskerville, Printer to the University, 1763. The third variant of the Subscriber's list, with the most names, ending with that of the Hon. Charles York, Esq, Attorney General. Baskerville's Masterpiece, in Staggemeier & Welcher Binding. The 1763 edition of Baskerville's Bible has always been recognised as his masterpiece..... Read More about The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New: Translated out of the Original Tongues...

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Item #260692 [Breviary] Das geistliche Seelenmahl oder Officium für die Abgestorbenen. Italian...

Italian Armorial Binding in Original Box

[Breviary] Das geistliche Seelenmahl oder Officium für die Abgestorbenen.

Brünn: Johann Paul Krauss, [c.1760]. Italian Armorial Binding in Original Box. A beautiful Italian armorial binding of the mid 18th-century, similar in style to those promoted by the Salvioni firm, in the original pull-off case. OCLC locates only one copy of this scarce German breviary, in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Read More about Breviary] Das geistliche Seelenmahl oder Officium für die Abgestorbenen

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Item #300912 [Remarkable bespoke bound collection of Civil War extracts, illustrations and...

[Remarkable bespoke bound collection of Civil War extracts, illustrations and ephemera].

nd. [c. 1880-90s]. A remarkable collection of newspaper dispatches, maps, plans, portraits and illustrated scenes of battles and views. The maps, portraits and illustrations are drawn from a variety of published sources, including The New York World, but many are coloured or engraved and on heavier stock. This set provides..... Read More about Remarkable bespoke bound collection of Civil War extracts, illustrations and ephemera

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Item #309339 The Writings. James Fenimore Cooper

With an Autograph Manuscript Leaf

The Writings.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, [ca.1906]. "Author's Autograph Edition" With an Autograph Manuscript Leaf. A handsome and finely illustrated set of Cooper's works, number 21 of 63 copies, with an original autograph leaf of 42 lines from the manuscript of Cooper's 1848 novel, "The Oak Openings;..... Read More about The Writings

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Item #313021 Men of Massachusetts. Charles Edison

From the library of Charles Edison

Men of Massachusetts.

Boston: Boston Press Club, 1903. From the library of Charles Edison. From the library of Charles Edison (1890-1969), son of Thomas A. Edison and Governor of New Jersey from 1941-1944. Includes a portrait of Samuel R. Knights, one of Edison's ancestors, on p 77. Read More about Men of Massachusetts

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Item #312932 Collection of 49 volumes all belonging to various members of the Edison family....

Edison, Thomas, Charles, Mina, etc

Collection of 49 volumes all belonging to various members of the Edison family.

vp: vd. Edison, Thomas, Charles, Mina, etc. An finely bound collection of books from the libraries of Thomas A. Edison and his son Charles Edison, including two volumes with pencil annotations by Thomas Edison, a many author-inscribed volumes to one of the two men or to their wives, and many..... Read More about Collection of 49 volumes all belonging to various members of the Edison family

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Item #312913 Sergeant 331. Personal Recollections of a Member of the Canadian Northwest Mounted...

INSCRIBED TO THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Sergeant 331. Personal Recollections of a Member of the Canadian Northwest Mounted Police from 1879-1885.

New York: Published by the Author, 1921. First edition. INSCRIBED TO THOMAS ALVA EDISON. Vividly recollected account of the author’s youthful employment in the Canadian West, including accounts of the arrival of Sioux warriors, and of relations between Indians and settlers. Inscribed by the author on the recto of the..... Read More about Sergeant 331. Personal Recollections of a Member of the Canadian Northwest Mounted Police from...

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Item #229079 The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Baronet. Fore-edge Paintings, Sir Walter Scott

Fore-Edge Views of Scotland

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Baronet.

Edinburgh: Arch. Constable, 1821. Fore-Edge Views of Scotland. Each volume with a fine early fore-edge painting of a Scottish scene identified in an old hand in block letters on the ffep. Volume I : Berwick-on-Tweed Volume II : Falkland Palace Volume III : Edinburgh Castle Volume IV : Barnborough Castle..... Read More about The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Baronet

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Item #243907 The Book of Sport. Golf, William Patten

One of 50 copies, Superbly Bound

The Book of Sport.

New York: J.F. Taylor, 1903. Autograph edition, no. 24 of 50 copies. One of 50 copies, Superbly Bound. An imposing compilation of sporting personalities and statistics, illustrated with drawings and numerous photographic portraits taken especially for this book. THE TWO CHAPTER, 80-PAGE SECTION ON AMERICAN GOLF IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTING, being..... Read More about The Book of Sport

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Item #232794 WORKS: comprising: Farina: A Legend of Cologne. London, 1857; The Ordeal of Richard...

WITH ALL SADLEIR'S RARITIES

WORKS: comprising: Farina: A Legend of Cologne. London, 1857; The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. London, 1859. 3 volumes; Evan Harrington...

London: vd [1857-1892]. First Editions. WITH ALL SADLEIR'S RARITIES. An amazing assemblage of the works of one of England's major 19th century novelists all in magnificent full green morocco bindings with the original covers bound in at the back. We have never had such a complete collection. Sadleir (pp. 380-381)..... Read More about WORKS: comprising: Farina: A Legend of Cologne. London, 1857; The Ordeal of Richard Feverel....

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Item #302966 Paradise Lost, A Poem. John Milton

"Things unattempted yet ..." The J.R. Abbey Copy

Paradise Lost, A Poem.

Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, Printers to the University, 1770. First Foulis edition, large paper issue. "Things unattempted yet ..." The J.R. Abbey Copy. The Abbey copy of the Foulis Press Milton, which stands as one of the great achievements of 18th-century printing as well as arguably the..... Read More about Paradise Lost, A Poem

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Item #223044 The Works of Monsieur de Moliere [Translated by John Ozell]. Molière,...

First Collected Molière in English

The Works of Monsieur de Moliere [Translated by John Ozell].

London: Printed for Bernard Lintot, 1714. First collected edition of Molière in English. First Collected Molière in English. The first collected edition in English of the plays of Molìere, with all but two of the translations by John Ozell (d. 1743), one of the most important translators of the first..... Read More about The Works of Monsieur de Moliere [Translated by John Ozell

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Item #62046 The Works of John Ruskin. Edited by E. T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn. John Ruskin

With Ruskin A.L.s

The Works of John Ruskin. Edited by E. T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn.

London and New York: George Allen and Longmans, Green, and Co, 1903-1909. Library edition, one of 2062 copies printed. With Ruskin A.L.s. Profusely illustrated (including many previously unpublished drawings) and scrupulously annotated, the Library Edition remains the definitive collection of Ruskin's work; two thousand and sixty-two copies were printed, of..... Read More about The Works of John Ruskin. Edited by E. T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn

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Item #306048 The Works of Shakespear. In Eight Volumes. Collated and Corrected by the Former...

'The first edition of Shakespeare's works published in Ireland' (Jaggard)

The Works of Shakespear. In Eight Volumes. Collated and Corrected by the Former Editions, by Mr. Pope.

Dublin: Printed by and for Geo. Grierson … and for George Ewing …, 1726. First Irish edition of Shakespeare. 'The first edition of Shakespeare's works published in Ireland' (Jaggard). A rare complete set of the first edition of Shakespeare’s works printed in Ireland. Published in 8 volumes by George Grierson..... Read More about The Works of Shakespear. In Eight Volumes. Collated and Corrected by the Former Editions, by Mr....

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