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ANON.
Leitfaden zur Arbeiterversicherung des Deutschen Reichs. Neu zusammengestellt fur die Weltausftellung in St. Louis 1904.
(Berlin: Verlag von A. Asher & Co., 1904). Tall 8vo., orig. wrappers, (46)pp. Near fine.
A guide to worker insurance in the German Reich.
(Berlin: Verlag von A. Asher & Co., 1904). Tall 8vo., orig. wrappers, (46)pp. Near fine.
A guide to worker insurance in the German Reich.
| $100 | Book Number: 24905 | Order / Enquire |
ANON.
Scenery in the Western Highlands on the Route from Oban to Iona, Staffa & Glencoe.
Edinburgh: Published by Banks & Co., nd. (188-?) Oblong 8vo., orig. flexible blue cloth lettered in gilt on the upper cover, 15 engraved plates on 30pp. Some foxing but o/w near fine.
We have also had a cloth issue of this item in purple cloth with 26 engravings; probably a more expensive issue. The popularity of the small steel engraved vignette lead to their use in guidebooks; without text in collections or singly as embellishments on note paper. One publisher, Rock & Co., was responsible for producing 7000 such vignettes over a 30 year period, making these vignettes the Victorian equivalent of the picture postcard. Several other firms issued similar works though none on the scale of Rock & Co. As late as the 1890's, Banks & Co., was issuing collections such as the above title, a set of anonymous plates. Their value is in the pictorial record that the vignettes supply of the landscapes and townscapes of the time. (Russell: History of British Topographical Prints).
Edinburgh: Published by Banks & Co., nd. (188-?) Oblong 8vo., orig. flexible blue cloth lettered in gilt on the upper cover, 15 engraved plates on 30pp. Some foxing but o/w near fine.
We have also had a cloth issue of this item in purple cloth with 26 engravings; probably a more expensive issue. The popularity of the small steel engraved vignette lead to their use in guidebooks; without text in collections or singly as embellishments on note paper. One publisher, Rock & Co., was responsible for producing 7000 such vignettes over a 30 year period, making these vignettes the Victorian equivalent of the picture postcard. Several other firms issued similar works though none on the scale of Rock & Co. As late as the 1890's, Banks & Co., was issuing collections such as the above title, a set of anonymous plates. Their value is in the pictorial record that the vignettes supply of the landscapes and townscapes of the time. (Russell: History of British Topographical Prints).
| $200 | Book Number: 25085 | Order / Enquire |
ANON.
Memorandum on Cholera, Adopted at a Medical Conference Held in the Bureau of Agriculture, March, 1866.
(Ottawa): Printed for the Bureau of Agriculture, 1866. First edition. 8vo., lacking wrappers, (36)pp. This copy is lacking the wrappers o/w a nice copy of a scarce item.
(Ottawa): Printed for the Bureau of Agriculture, 1866. First edition. 8vo., lacking wrappers, (36)pp. This copy is lacking the wrappers o/w a nice copy of a scarce item.
| $250 | Book Number: 25192 | Order / Enquire |
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ANON.
Camera Studies of Ottawa 1937 from the Ottawa Journal. (Ottawa: The Journal December 1937). 4to., orig. printed wrappers, (40)pp. mostly illustrations. Near fine.
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ANON.
The Boundary Tree; Or, The Two Farmers and Other Stories.
London: Religious Tract Society, nd. (188-?) 8vo., orig. pictorial decorated mustard cloth, 96, 16pp.ads. A near fine copy.
London: Religious Tract Society, nd. (188-?) 8vo., orig. pictorial decorated mustard cloth, 96, 16pp.ads. A near fine copy.
| $50 | Book Number: 25657 | Order / Enquire |
ANON.
The State Remedy for Poverty. "By A Doctor of Medicine" (pseud).
London: Geo. Standring, 1904. Second edition. 8vo., orig. self wrappers, 14, (1)p.ad. Near fine.
London: Geo. Standring, 1904. Second edition. 8vo., orig. self wrappers, 14, (1)p.ad. Near fine.
| $50 | Book Number: 25963 | Order / Enquire |
ANON.
Memorials of Acadia College and Horton Academy For the Half-Century 1828-1878.
Montreal: Dawson Brothers, 1881. First edition. 8vo., orig. green cloth, 260pp. Inner front hinge cracked o/w a fine copy.
Montreal: Dawson Brothers, 1881. First edition. 8vo., orig. green cloth, 260pp. Inner front hinge cracked o/w a fine copy.
| $200 | Book Number: 26772 | Order / Enquire |
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ANON.
Diamond Jubilee of the Confederation of Canada Sixty Years of Canadian Progress 1867-1927. (Ottawa: F.A. Acland.....) 1927. 8vo., orig. wrappers, printed with a border of dark green and black maple leaves, (168)pp. With illustrations. A fine copy.
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ANON.
One Hundred Plates Illustrative of the Principal Scenes In Shakespeare's Plays.
London: H.R. Young, 1819. First edition. 4to., cont. red half leather, paper boars, (1), 100 leaves of plates (and a frontispiece). Chipping to head and the foot of the spine, some soiling to boards but all the plates are fine.
London: H.R. Young, 1819. First edition. 4to., cont. red half leather, paper boars, (1), 100 leaves of plates (and a frontispiece). Chipping to head and the foot of the spine, some soiling to boards but all the plates are fine.
| $850 | Book Number: 27738 | Order / Enquire |
ANON.
Voyages Through The Northern Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Chinese Sea.
Dublin: Printed by Bentham and Hardy, 1825. Later printing. 12mo., full contemporary calf, 178pp. Names and writing on front and rear e/papers and pastedowns, binding chipped and worn, a good copy.
Dublin: Printed by Bentham and Hardy, 1825. Later printing. 12mo., full contemporary calf, 178pp. Names and writing on front and rear e/papers and pastedowns, binding chipped and worn, a good copy.
| $200 | Book Number: 28114 | Order / Enquire |
ANON.
Artificial Silk Industry. Its Development and Its Prospects Dedicated to Their Friends by C. Schlesinger, Trier & Co.
Berlin: S. Schlesinger, Trier & Co, nd. (192-?) Oblong 8vo., orig. cloth, 80pp. Rubber stamp of "FA Turner Co. Toronto" in the margins of 8 pages o/w near fine.
This book gives a brief history of artificial silk and outlines its manufacture as well as outlining the principal manufacturers of artificial silk.
Berlin: S. Schlesinger, Trier & Co, nd. (192-?) Oblong 8vo., orig. cloth, 80pp. Rubber stamp of "FA Turner Co. Toronto" in the margins of 8 pages o/w near fine.
This book gives a brief history of artificial silk and outlines its manufacture as well as outlining the principal manufacturers of artificial silk.
| $125 | Book Number: 28123 | Order / Enquire |
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ANON.
The Statisical Account of Lanarkshire By The Ministers of the Respective Parishes, Under the Supervision of the Society for the Benefit of The Sons and Daughters of the Clergy. Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1841. Tall thick 8vo., orig. cloth with printed paper spine label, 962pp. Some damage to the label not affecting the title, light wear to the spine ends but in fact a very nice copy.
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ANON.
The Argyll Robertson Pupil. Reprinted from The Journal of the American Medical Association, March 17, 1934. Vol. 102, pp. 844-5.
Orig. wrappers. Fine.
Orig. wrappers. Fine.
| $25 | Book Number: 33226 | Order / Enquire |
ANON.
L'Hygiene Mentale Organe De La Ligue Francaise D' Hygiene Mentale. Paraissant 3 fois par an comme supplement de L'Encephale. No. 2-1951.
Paris: G. Doin, 1951. wrappers, 56pp. Fine.
Paris: G. Doin, 1951. wrappers, 56pp. Fine.
| $35 | Book Number: 33008 | Order / Enquire |
ANON.
Arctic Stories.
London: Gall & Inglis, nd. (188-?) Sm.8vo., orig. pictorial cloth, 96pp. With illustrations. Last two leaves badly stained, cloth rubbed, a good copy only.
London: Gall & Inglis, nd. (188-?) Sm.8vo., orig. pictorial cloth, 96pp. With illustrations. Last two leaves badly stained, cloth rubbed, a good copy only.
| $65 | Book Number: 23185 | Order / Enquire |
ANON.
Canadian Singers and Their Songs. An Album of Portraits and Autograph Poems.
Toronto: William Briggs, 1902. First edition. 8vo., orig. printed wallet edge wrappers, 45pp. Illustrated. Near fine.
Toronto: William Briggs, 1902. First edition. 8vo., orig. printed wallet edge wrappers, 45pp. Illustrated. Near fine.
| $125 | Book Number: 28609 | Order / Enquire |
ANON.
Sowing The Good Seed. A Canadian Tale. By Alicia (pseud).
Toronto: James Campbell And Sons, 1872. Second Canadian edition. (first published 1870). 8vo., orig. dec. green cloth, xii, (112)pp. Ownership inscription, some light wear to spine ends and corners, very good.
Toronto: James Campbell And Sons, 1872. Second Canadian edition. (first published 1870). 8vo., orig. dec. green cloth, xii, (112)pp. Ownership inscription, some light wear to spine ends and corners, very good.
| $165 | Book Number: 32551 | Order / Enquire |
ANON.
The Forest Crossing: Life In The Canadian Backwoods.
London: The Religious Tract Society, nd. [ca.1875]. First edition. Sm.8vo., orig. green cloth stamped in black on the upper cover, gilt on spine, 128pp. With illustrations. With the bookplate of the Public Library, London Ontario, bearing their stamp 'Reference Department/Canadiana' on the pastedown, hinges rubbed with some light wear to the spine ends but certainly a very good copy.
London: The Religious Tract Society, nd. [ca.1875]. First edition. Sm.8vo., orig. green cloth stamped in black on the upper cover, gilt on spine, 128pp. With illustrations. With the bookplate of the Public Library, London Ontario, bearing their stamp 'Reference Department/Canadiana' on the pastedown, hinges rubbed with some light wear to the spine ends but certainly a very good copy.
| $450 | Book Number: 35418 | Order / Enquire |
ANON.
Albinia: Or, The Young Mother.
Philadelphia: J.B. Perry...... nd. (circa 1847-1849).
(WITH): HELME, Elizabeth. Louisa, The Lovely Orphan; or the Cottage On the Moor. Philadelphia: Published by John B. Perry, nd. (WITH): ANON. The Mysterious Penitent; Or, The Norman Chateau. A Romance. Philadelphia: Published by John B. Perry.....nd. Three books in one volume as issued. Small 8vo., original full brown publishers leather binding, gilt lettering on spine, embossed design on boards, 320; 182; 205pp. Lacking the half or blank, front free pastedown torn away, binding rubbed but still a very good copy.
Philadelphia: J.B. Perry...... nd. (circa 1847-1849).
(WITH): HELME, Elizabeth. Louisa, The Lovely Orphan; or the Cottage On the Moor. Philadelphia: Published by John B. Perry, nd. (WITH): ANON. The Mysterious Penitent; Or, The Norman Chateau. A Romance. Philadelphia: Published by John B. Perry.....nd. Three books in one volume as issued. Small 8vo., original full brown publishers leather binding, gilt lettering on spine, embossed design on boards, 320; 182; 205pp. Lacking the half or blank, front free pastedown torn away, binding rubbed but still a very good copy.
| $350 | Book Number: 31463 | Order / Enquire |
ANON.
Harry Lee; Or, Hope For the Poor.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1859. First edition. 8vo., orig. blue/green blind stamped cloth, viii, (9)-381, (2)pp.ads. With illustrations. Spine slightly faded o/w a near fine copy of this juvenile title concerning poverty and homelessness in NYC.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1859. First edition. 8vo., orig. blue/green blind stamped cloth, viii, (9)-381, (2)pp.ads. With illustrations. Spine slightly faded o/w a near fine copy of this juvenile title concerning poverty and homelessness in NYC.
| $225 | Book Number: 34301 | Order / Enquire |
ANON.
The Flea. By You. (pseud).
New York: (Thomas O?Kane), 1870. Later (second) printing. (Published the previous year by George S. Wilcox.) Large 12mo., orig. cloth-backed paper boards with paper label on upper cover, 24, (8)pp. ads. With frontispiece and four additional plates. Bookplate on verso of the front free e/paper, e/papers and inner boards browned, some light wear to edges and a chip out of the front panel but still very good.
?The Flea follows its main character as he hops onto various hosts, finally landing on an attractive sleeping woman, whose slumber he interrupts. Through double entendre and metaphor, the writer explores the woman?s body through the travels of a flea. The storyline employs the familiar literary device of the perspective of a flea or a piece of bedroom furniture, allowing an author to invade the inner sanctum of the bedroom or other intimate events. Although hardly explicit either in text or illustrations, such works had the opportunity to introduce a reader to more substantial forms of erotica.? A focus of U.S. postal inspector Anthony Comstock?s ire, many copies of this title were destroyed.
New York: (Thomas O?Kane), 1870. Later (second) printing. (Published the previous year by George S. Wilcox.) Large 12mo., orig. cloth-backed paper boards with paper label on upper cover, 24, (8)pp. ads. With frontispiece and four additional plates. Bookplate on verso of the front free e/paper, e/papers and inner boards browned, some light wear to edges and a chip out of the front panel but still very good.
?The Flea follows its main character as he hops onto various hosts, finally landing on an attractive sleeping woman, whose slumber he interrupts. Through double entendre and metaphor, the writer explores the woman?s body through the travels of a flea. The storyline employs the familiar literary device of the perspective of a flea or a piece of bedroom furniture, allowing an author to invade the inner sanctum of the bedroom or other intimate events. Although hardly explicit either in text or illustrations, such works had the opportunity to introduce a reader to more substantial forms of erotica.? A focus of U.S. postal inspector Anthony Comstock?s ire, many copies of this title were destroyed.
| $450 | Book Number: 35001 | Order / Enquire |
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ANON.
In Memory of Rev. James Ballantyne....1857-1921. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1922. First edition. Cloth, 40pp. Near fine.
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ANON. .
Muskoka Memories. (Bala: The Twins Studio and and English Tea Garden): (Printed by Parkview Press, Toronto) nd (194-?). Sm. 8vo., orig. pictorial wrappers, (36)pp. A previous owner, one Eleanor Carson of Bala, has annotated this work (and has added poems of her own), and has also listed the names of other women, who do not have poems published in the work so it is unclear just how they are associated with the booklet or the The Wishing Well Memorial. It appears this little booklet of poetry by various people (one assumes residents of Muskoka, though not exclusively) was published to raise money for the Wishing Well Fund. 12 pages near the rear list those who gave their lives in service 1939-1945 and are to be named on the 'Wishing Well Memorial.' It also states that further contributions from the Wishing Well will be used to assist veterans confined to hospital.
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(ANROBUS, J.)
The Wrongs of Poland, A Poem In Three Cantos. Comprising The Siege of Vienna, With Historical Notes. By the Author of "Parental Wisdom." (pseud.)
London: Saunders and Otley, 1849. With a presentation inscription from the author on the dedication page. 8vo., orig. red cloth, viii, (9)-167, (1)p.ads. Inner hinges cracked, lacks half the spine, a copy suitable for rebinding.
London: Saunders and Otley, 1849. With a presentation inscription from the author on the dedication page. 8vo., orig. red cloth, viii, (9)-167, (1)p.ads. Inner hinges cracked, lacks half the spine, a copy suitable for rebinding.
| $60 | Book Number: 5118 | Order / Enquire |
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(ANSTEY, Christopher).
The New Bath Guide: Or, Memoirs of the B--R--D Family. In A Series of Poetical Epistles. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1766. Third edition. Tall 8vo., recently rebound with a dark brown calf spine, boards, leather spine label, 139pp. Repair to title, contemporary name on title o/w a nice copy.
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(ANSTEY, Christopher).
The New Bath Guide: Or, Memoirs of the B--R--D Family. In a Series of Poetical Epistles. London: Printed for J. Dodsley..... 1767. The fifth edition. Sm. 8vo., full cont. calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, iv, (1)-173pp. Bookplate, outer front hinge cracked, rear outer hinge tender, a very good copy.
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ANTHOLOGY).
War Verse.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, (1918). Reprint. Very good.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, (1918). Reprint. Very good.
| $45 | Book Number: 7254 | Order / Enquire |
(ANTHOLOGY).
American Miscellany. Consisting of Choice Selections from the Writings of ....Irving, Poe, Melville, .......
Bath, NY: R.L. Underhill & Co., 1851. First edition. 8vo., orig. brown cloth, 264pp. Some light foxing throughout o/w a fine copy.
Bath, NY: R.L. Underhill & Co., 1851. First edition. 8vo., orig. brown cloth, 264pp. Some light foxing throughout o/w a fine copy.
| $450 | Book Number: 27451 | Order / Enquire |
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APSTEIN, Theodore E.
The Parting of the Ways. An Expose of America's Divorce Triangle. New York: Dodge Publishing, (1935). First edition. Cloth, 272pp. Bookplate o/w fine in a lightly worn d/w.
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ARASARATNAM, Sinnappah. (editor).
Francois Valentijn's Description of Ceylon. Translated and Edited by....
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1978. Second Series, Vol. 149. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, xvi, 395pp. Spine slightly faded o/w fine.
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1978. Second Series, Vol. 149. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, xvi, 395pp. Spine slightly faded o/w fine.
| $75 | Book Number: 33502 | Order / Enquire |
ARASARATNAM, Sinnappah. (editor).
Francois Valentijn's Description of Ceylon. Translated and Edited by....
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1978. Second Series, Vol. 149. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, xvi, 395pp. Spine slightly faded o/w fine.
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1978. Second Series, Vol. 149. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, xvi, 395pp. Spine slightly faded o/w fine.
| $75 | Book Number: 33503 | Order / Enquire |
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ARCHIBALD, Mabel Evangeline and Louise May Mitchell.
Glimpses and Gleams of India and Bolivia. The Jubilee Book for Mission Bands. Toronto: Published for the Baptist Women's Missionary Societies of Canada.... nd. (1923). FIrst edition. Inscribed by Mabel Archibald. Sm.8vo., orig. red cloth, 230pp. A fine copy. An account of Archibalds mission in India, and Mitchell's mission in Bolivia.
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(ARCTIC). NANSEN, Fridtjof.
The First Crossing of Greenland. Translated from the Norwegian by Hubert Majendie Gepp.
London: Longmans, Green and CO.,. 1910. A new impression. 8vo., full cont. calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, xii, 452pp. With illustrations. A nice copy in a school prize binding.
London: Longmans, Green and CO.,. 1910. A new impression. 8vo., full cont. calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, xii, 452pp. With illustrations. A nice copy in a school prize binding.
| $250 | Book Number: 10440 | Order / Enquire |
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ARDEN, Harvey.
Dreamkeepers. A Spirit Journey into Aboriginal Australia. (New York): HarperCollins, (1994). First edition. Cloth backed boards, 219pp. Fine in d/w.
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ARETAEUS.
The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian. Edited and Translated By Francis Adams.
London: Printed For the Sydenham Society, 1856. First edition. From the library of Dr. C.B. Farrar with his signature and bookplate. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth with a small gilt decoration on the covers, xx, 510pp. A fine copy.
This work includes Garrison and Morton 2433, 3162, 3163, 3612, 3925, 4484, 4808, 5046, 5089, 5146. Dr. Clarence B. Farrar [1874-1970] "trained under several of the foremost medical scholars of his era beginning with Osler and then at Heidelberg under Kraepelin, Nissl and Alzheimer. Farrar was hand-picked by Prof. Charles Clarke, the University's inaugural head of Psychiatry, to succeed him in both that chair and as the first Director of the Toronto Psychiatric Hospital (TPH) opening in 1925. Farrar served in those capacities until 1947, setting the stage for the TPH to continue as the Department's clinical, teaching, research and administrative nexus until succeeded in 1966 by the Clarke Institute." Dr. Farrar also served as the editor of the American Journal of Psychiatry. (TPH: History and Memories of Toronto Psychiatric Hospital by Edward Shorter).
London: Printed For the Sydenham Society, 1856. First edition. From the library of Dr. C.B. Farrar with his signature and bookplate. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth with a small gilt decoration on the covers, xx, 510pp. A fine copy.
This work includes Garrison and Morton 2433, 3162, 3163, 3612, 3925, 4484, 4808, 5046, 5089, 5146. Dr. Clarence B. Farrar [1874-1970] "trained under several of the foremost medical scholars of his era beginning with Osler and then at Heidelberg under Kraepelin, Nissl and Alzheimer. Farrar was hand-picked by Prof. Charles Clarke, the University's inaugural head of Psychiatry, to succeed him in both that chair and as the first Director of the Toronto Psychiatric Hospital (TPH) opening in 1925. Farrar served in those capacities until 1947, setting the stage for the TPH to continue as the Department's clinical, teaching, research and administrative nexus until succeeded in 1966 by the Clarke Institute." Dr. Farrar also served as the editor of the American Journal of Psychiatry. (TPH: History and Memories of Toronto Psychiatric Hospital by Edward Shorter).
| $650 | Book Number: 29684 | Order / Enquire |
ARETIN, Divin.
L'Oeuvre Du Divin Aretin. ........Introduction Et Notes Par Guillaume Apollinaire.
Paris: Bibliotheque Des Curieux, 1909, 1923. In two volumes. Tall 8vo., cont. red morocco spines, marble boards. Paper slightly browned o/w fine.
Paris: Bibliotheque Des Curieux, 1909, 1923. In two volumes. Tall 8vo., cont. red morocco spines, marble boards. Paper slightly browned o/w fine.
| $250 | Book Number: 31363 | Order / Enquire |
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ARMFIELD, H.T.
The Legend of Christian Art Illustrated in the Statues of Salisbury Cathedral. Salisbury: Brown and Co., 1869. First edition. 8vo., orig. green cloth, 160pp. Some very light wear but certainly better than very good.
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ARMS, Edward W.
A Genealogical Record Of The Arms Family In This Country, Embracing All The Known Descendants of William First, Who Have Retained the Family Name, And the First Generation of the Descendants of Other Names. Troy, NY: Published by the Author, 1877. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. flexible cloth boards, 57pp. Very good.
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(ARMSTRONG...).
The Poetical Works of Armstrong, Dyer, and Green. With Memoirs and Critical Dissertations by the Rev. George Gilfillan.
Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1858. Tall 8vo., recently rebound in dark green half morocco, cloth, raised bands, single gilt decoration in compartments, T.E.G. by Henderson & Bisset, xxii, 281pp. A nice copy.
Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1858. Tall 8vo., recently rebound in dark green half morocco, cloth, raised bands, single gilt decoration in compartments, T.E.G. by Henderson & Bisset, xxii, 281pp. A nice copy.
| $200 | Book Number: 12914 | Order / Enquire |
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ARNOLD, Edmund C.
Ink On Paper 2 A Handbook of the Graphic Arts. New York: Harper & Row, (1972). Fine in d/w.
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