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AFRICA). LANGEWIESCHE, William.
Sahara Unveiled. A Journey Across The Desert. New York: Pantheon, (1996). First edition. Cloth, (302)pp. Fine in d/w.
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AGASSIZ, Professor and Mrs. Louis.
A Journey In Brazil.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868. Fourth edition. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth, xix, 540pp. A fine, bright copy.
This work details a 19 month collecting expedition to Brazil, begun in the spring of 1865 for the purpose of collecting specimens for Agassiz's natural history museum at Harvard. It is one of the most famous scientific expeditions to the Amazon and, interestingly, most of it was written by Mrs. Agassiz. Kept in the form of a journal it is interesting reading, graphic in its descriptions. (Smith A17)
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868. Fourth edition. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth, xix, 540pp. A fine, bright copy.
This work details a 19 month collecting expedition to Brazil, begun in the spring of 1865 for the purpose of collecting specimens for Agassiz's natural history museum at Harvard. It is one of the most famous scientific expeditions to the Amazon and, interestingly, most of it was written by Mrs. Agassiz. Kept in the form of a journal it is interesting reading, graphic in its descriptions. (Smith A17)
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AGASSIZ, Professor and Mrs. Louis.
A Journey In Brazil. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868. First edition. Tall thick 8vo., orig. green cloth, xix, 540pp. Inner hinges cracked, some wear to spine ends and rubbing along front spine gutter but this is still a very good copy. This work details a 19 month collecting expedition to Brazil, begun in the spring of 1865 for the purpose of collecting specimens for Agassiz's natural history museum at Harvard. It is one of the most famous scientific expeditions to the Amazon and, interestingly, most of it was written by Mrs. Agassiz. Kept in the form of a journal it is interesting reading, graphic in its descriptions. (Smith A17)
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(AGO).
Art Gallery of Toronto Programme 1948-1949. No place: no publishers, 1949. 8vo., orig. decorated wrappers, 32pp. Illustrated. Slight foxing o/w fine.
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AGUILAR, Grace.
The Days of Bruce: A Story from Scottish History.
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1894. Later edition. 8vo., orig. red cloth, 506, (8)pp.ads. Pages browned o/w a near fine copy.
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1894. Later edition. 8vo., orig. red cloth, 506, (8)pp.ads. Pages browned o/w a near fine copy.
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AIKEN, Lucy.
Memoirs of the Court of King James The First.
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1822. In two volumes. Second edition. Tall 8vo., orig. paper boards, paper spine labels, xvi, 444; x, 413, (2)pp.ads. Signature on pastedown, boards worn at extremities with chipping to the heads of the spines but still a very good copy in the original boards.
Lucy Aiken [1781-1864] English writer, niece of Anna Laetitia Barbould. A diligent student of French, Italian and Latin, Aiken had articles and reviews published when she was 16. Her first major work, "Epistles on Women" appeared in 1810 and was "a poem, a bold and arduous study in women's history which opens memorably retelling the adam and eve story and closed with Rachel Russell." Although Aiken produced a short novel, her reputation was gained entirely by her historical works published between 181801843, as the above. These memoirs were designed as a new genre, "the manners of the age, the state of literature, arts & c., interwoven with as slender a thread of political history as will serve to keep other matters in their place." (DNB, Feminst Companion to Literature.)
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1822. In two volumes. Second edition. Tall 8vo., orig. paper boards, paper spine labels, xvi, 444; x, 413, (2)pp.ads. Signature on pastedown, boards worn at extremities with chipping to the heads of the spines but still a very good copy in the original boards.
Lucy Aiken [1781-1864] English writer, niece of Anna Laetitia Barbould. A diligent student of French, Italian and Latin, Aiken had articles and reviews published when she was 16. Her first major work, "Epistles on Women" appeared in 1810 and was "a poem, a bold and arduous study in women's history which opens memorably retelling the adam and eve story and closed with Rachel Russell." Although Aiken produced a short novel, her reputation was gained entirely by her historical works published between 181801843, as the above. These memoirs were designed as a new genre, "the manners of the age, the state of literature, arts & c., interwoven with as slender a thread of political history as will serve to keep other matters in their place." (DNB, Feminst Companion to Literature.)
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AIKIN, Lucy.
Memoirs of the Court of King James The First.
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1822. Two volumes bound in one. Second edition. Tall 8vo., cont. half calf, marble boards, xvi, 444; x, 413pp Bookplate, some rubbing o/w a good copy.
Lucy Aiken [1781-1864] English writer, niece of Anna Laetitia Barbould. A diligent student of French, Italian and Latin, Aiken had articles and reviews published when she was 16. Her first major work, "Epistles on Women" appeared in 1810 and was "a poem, a bold and arduous study in women's history which opens memorably retelling the adam and eve story and closed with Rachel Russell." Although Aiken produced a short novel, her reputation was gained entirely by her historical works published between 181801843, as the above. These memoirs were designed as a new genre, "the manners of the age, the state of literature, arts & c., interwoven with as slender a thread of political history as will serve to keep other matters in their place." (DNB, Feminist Companion to Literature.)
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1822. Two volumes bound in one. Second edition. Tall 8vo., cont. half calf, marble boards, xvi, 444; x, 413pp Bookplate, some rubbing o/w a good copy.
Lucy Aiken [1781-1864] English writer, niece of Anna Laetitia Barbould. A diligent student of French, Italian and Latin, Aiken had articles and reviews published when she was 16. Her first major work, "Epistles on Women" appeared in 1810 and was "a poem, a bold and arduous study in women's history which opens memorably retelling the adam and eve story and closed with Rachel Russell." Although Aiken produced a short novel, her reputation was gained entirely by her historical works published between 181801843, as the above. These memoirs were designed as a new genre, "the manners of the age, the state of literature, arts & c., interwoven with as slender a thread of political history as will serve to keep other matters in their place." (DNB, Feminist Companion to Literature.)
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AINE, H. Roux and L. Barre.
Herculanum Et Pompei Recueil General Des Peintures, Bronzes, Mosaiques, etc. Decouverts Jusqu'a Ce Jour, Et Reproduits D'Apres Le Antichita Di Ercolano, Il Museo Borbonico Et Tous Les Ovrages Analogues Augmente De Sujets Inedits Graves Au Train Sur Cuivre Par H. Roux Aine. Paris: Librarie De Firmin Didot Freres, 1870-1872. In eight volumes. Later edition. Tall 8vo., contemporary red half morocco, marble boards, raised bands, single gilt decoration in the compartments. Bookplate, a touch of rubbing but still a near fine set which includes volume 8 which is frequently lacking.
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AKELEY, Mary Jobe.
Carl Akeley's Africa. The Account of the Akeley-Eastman-Pomeroy African Hall Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, (1931). Reprint. Cloth, 321pp. A good copy.
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ALBEE, Edward.
Box and Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung.
New York: Atheneum, 1969. First edition. Fine in d/w.
New York: Atheneum, 1969. First edition. Fine in d/w.
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ALDINGTON, Richard (translator).
Euripides . Alcestis. Translated by.... London: Chatto & Windus, 1930. 1 of 250 signed by Aldington. Orig. cloth backed boards. Fine.
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ALDINGTON, Richard.
A Dream In The Luxembourg.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1930. 1 of 300 copies. Orig. cloth backed boards. Near fine.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1930. 1 of 300 copies. Orig. cloth backed boards. Near fine.
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ALDINGTON, Richard.
The Love of Myrrhine and Konallis and other prose poems. Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1926. First U.S. edition, 1 of 150 copies signed by the author. Fine in a chipped and worn d/w.
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ALDINGTON, Richard.
Two Stories. (London: np, nd). First edition,1 of 500 copies signed by the author. Cloth backed decorated paper boards, (44)pp. Spine ends slightly rubbed o/w fine.
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ALEXANDER, Mrs.
By Woman's Wit.
New York: Hurst & Co., nd. (189-?) Arlington edition, so stated on upper cover. 8vo., orig. brown cloth dec. in black on upper cover and spine, 207, (3)pp. ads. Cheap paper browned as usual o/w a near fine copy.
New York: Hurst & Co., nd. (189-?) Arlington edition, so stated on upper cover. 8vo., orig. brown cloth dec. in black on upper cover and spine, 207, (3)pp. ads. Cheap paper browned as usual o/w a near fine copy.
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ALFIERI, Vittorio.
Il Misogallo Prose, E Rime Di.......
Londra (ie: Firenze): 1799. First edition. 8vo., later brown calf spine, marble boards, gilt stamp in the compartments, (8), 184pp. Small clipping on front pastedown o/w a near fine copy.
Londra (ie: Firenze): 1799. First edition. 8vo., later brown calf spine, marble boards, gilt stamp in the compartments, (8), 184pp. Small clipping on front pastedown o/w a near fine copy.
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ALGREN, Nelson.
A Walk On The Wild Side.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, (1956). First edition. Trace of fading along the top edge of the upper board o/w a fine copy in a price clipped d/w with very light wear to the spine ends and a scrape on the spine affecting the imprint, but still very good.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, (1956). First edition. Trace of fading along the top edge of the upper board o/w a fine copy in a price clipped d/w with very light wear to the spine ends and a scrape on the spine affecting the imprint, but still very good.
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ALGREN, Nelson.
Nelson Algren's Own Book of Lonesome Monsters.
(New York): Published by Bernard Geis Associates Distributed by Random House, nd (1963). First edition. A fine copy in a d/w with wear to the spine ends and rubbing o/w very good.
(New York): Published by Bernard Geis Associates Distributed by Random House, nd (1963). First edition. A fine copy in a d/w with wear to the spine ends and rubbing o/w very good.
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ALI, Sidar Ikbal.
The Oriental Caravan A Revelation of the Soul and Mind of Asia. Edited by..... London: Denis Archer, (1933). Second impression. Tall 8vo., orig. pink cloth decorated in blue, 331pp. Bookplate, a couple of marks on the front free e/paper o/w near fine in d/w with wear to the spine ends.
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ALLAN, Mea.
Palgrave of Arabia. The Life of William Gifford Palgrave 1826-88. (London): Macmillan, (1972). First edition. Cloth, 318pp. Fine in d/w. Gifford Palgrave, son of Sir Francis Palgrave, joined the Indian army. After being converted to Catholicism, became a Jesuit missionary. In 1860 he witnessed the Syrian massacres when the Druses rose against the Maronites, and in 1862 was commissioned by Napoleon III to explore the unknown interior of Arabia.
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