The Advancment of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce: or...
Munich: published by the Academy, nd [ca 1773]. First German Edition. The First English Edition of this work... Read More
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L'Imitation de Jesus-Christ. Traduction Nouvelle par l'Abbé F. de Lomennais.
Quebec: Zech & Fils, nd.
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A, B, & C's Little Trip: Pleasant Recollections of a Holiday in Holland and Belgium. Narrated by "C." With "A's"...
Manchester: Richard Johnson, Printer, Brook Strreet, 1894.
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Autograph Letter, signed ("John S.C. Abbot") to Mr. Edward Brown Houghton.
Brunswick, Maine: Nov., 2, 1858. "Your favor of Nov. 6 I have just rec'd. I regret very much that I have no autograph of the Emperor and have never had any. While in Europe I received some notes from distinguished men but they have long since passed into the hands...
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Bibliographica Aberdonensis: Being an Account of Books Relating to or Printed in the Shires of Aberdeen, Banff, Kincardine or written...
Aberdeen, (Scotland): Printed for the Third Spalding Club, 1929. First edition.
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Broadside Letter as Minister of Justice "Aux Tribunal de première instance, d'appel et criminels, et aux Commissaires du Gouvernment près...
11 May, 1802. He was Minister of Justice from 1799 to 1802 under Napoleon. The =quaetion raised in this ketter is "Shall Napoleon be a lifetime Consul?"
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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...
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History of the Merchant Taylors' School.
London: Ackermann, 1816. First Edition, First Issue (paper watermarked 1816). This folio forms part of one of Ackermann’s larger, though not so successful projects, his History of the Colleges. Ford in his book on Ackermann notes that William Combe wrote the text for this, as well as five other schools...
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![[An Act for advancing the Sale of Fee-Farm Rents, and other Rents … An Act to enable the Kings Majesty to make Leases, Grants, and Copies of Offices, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, Parcel of his Highness Dutchy of Cornwall, or annexed to the same] Anno Regni Caroli II Regis Angliæ, Scotiæ & Hiberniæ Vicesimo Secundo At the Parliament begun at Westminster the Eighth Day of May, Anno Dom. 1661](/pictures/thumb/300139.jpg?v=1534807084)
[An Act for advancing the Sale of Fee-Farm Rents, and other Rents … An Act to enable the Kings Majesty...
[London] in the Savoy: John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1670.
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Contributor's Copy–Honoring Adenauer
Abschied Von Konrad Adenauer. 42 Briefe.
N. P: [1963]. Contributor's Copy–Honoring Adenauer. From the library of Henry Cabot Lodge who was one on the contributors to this collection. The magazine “Der Spiegel” produced a special issue to honor Chancelor Adenauer on his retirement. This notebook contains facsimiles of the contributions. The contributors are Harold Macmillan, Dwight.....
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Memoirs of the Court of James the First.
London: Printed for Longman. Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1822. First edition.
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Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth.
London: Printed for Longman. Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1819. Fourth Edition.
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As Secretary for Prince Albert
ALS to William Gourlie and Thomas Anderson.
Osborne: 11August 1855. As Secretary for Prince Albert. Phipps, as private secretary to Prince Albert, responds to the invitation of Gourlie and Anderson to attend the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science as the Prince and the Queen will have just “arrived in the Highlands for...
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“A nun and a small peasant girl” entitled "From a Watercolour Sketch by E. Landseer"
1843. Rare - the plate for this print remained private and was never used for a published edition.
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![A Natural History of English Insects Illustrated with a Hundred Copper Plates, Curiously Engraven from the Life: And (for those whose desire it) Exactly Coloured by the Author [With:] [Large Notes, and many Curious Observations. By W. Derham]. Eleazar Albin.](/pictures/thumb/32863.jpg?v=1534804155)
A Natural History of English Insects Illustrated with a Hundred Copper Plates, Curiously Engraven from the Life: And (for those...
London: William and John Innys, 1720-24. With preliminaries and titles of both first and second editions.
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ALEHOUSE LICENSE 1772 IN WESTMINSTER
Alehouse license for Ambrose Pennington and John Waite of The Crooked Bill.
Westminster: St Clement Dane, September 15, 1772. ALEHOUSE LICENSE 1772 IN WESTMINSTER. Alehouse license for The Crooked Bill in the parish of St. Clement Danes. The fee for the one-year license was £. 10 each to the proprietors Ambrose Pennington and John Waite.
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Salmon-Fishing in Canada. By a Resident.
London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860. First Edition. A lighthearted look at sport and camping in the Canadian wilds.
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"War of the Two-Brothers," with a contemporary letter of Admiral Sartorius
Sketches in Portugal, during the Civil War of 1834 ... with Observations on the Present and Future State of Portugal.
London: James Cochrane and Co, 1835. First edition. "War of the Two-Brothers," with a contemporary letter of Admiral Sartorius. First edition of this lively first-hand account of events in Portugal in 1834 during the so-called "War of the Two-Brothers." The author James Alexander is perhaps best known nowadays as having...
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Inscribed
Le Torrent et la Digue. Alger du 13 Mai aux Barricades.
Paris: Plon, nd. Inscribed. Inscribed "Pour M. Emile Rossignol/ cordialement/ Massu/7.4.73."
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History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in 1789, to the Restoration of the bourbons in 1815.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1847. Seventh Edition.
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ALS to Goodenough.
Hampshire: 27 May 1887. Alison writes explaining that while he is always "most willing to do what I can to assist you", the week he had chosen coincided with H.R.H. and Gerneal Nicholson coming down to inspect the Engineers. Having served at Lucknow (where he lost his left arm), Ashantee, Egypt.....
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The National Sports of Great Britain, with Descriptions in English and French ... Chasse et Amusemens Nationaux de la Grande Bretagne.
London: Published by Thomas McLean, 1823 [but later, plates watermarked 1822-1824]. Alken, Henry. First edition. A fine copy of "Alken's most important work... It must always form the cornerstone of any Alken collection" (Tooley) The plates and text between them offer a thorough survey of the sports practiced in Great Britain...
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Battles of the British Navy.
London: Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1852. Revised edition.
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From the Silent Earth. A Report on the Greek Bronze Age.
New York: Harper & Row, (1964). First edition. This copy is inscribed by the Author, famous WASP columnist, to his sister Corinne , 'sis", Alsop Chubb, "For darling Corinney with much love and infinite admiration, Joe."
Price: $200