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189444440New York: A. E. Chasmar & Co 1894 - 1895 . Hardcover. Very good-/No jacket issued. PHOTOGRAPHED FROM LIFE 4 ISSUES OF Ò LIVING PICTURES Ò AND 5 ISSUES OF Ò LEAVES FROM AN ARTISTÕS SKETCH BOOKÓ BOUND TOGETHER. New York: A. E. Chasmar & Co 1894 - 1895 . Copious duotone photographs by Sarony. Unpaginated. Hardcover. Large 4to. Dark blue 3/4 morocco over marbled boards. Top edge gilt. Boards worn with obvious signs that a 3Ó piece of the spine has been reglued leaving the hinges on either side cracked; the same is true of a smaller piece of the spines heel; both inner hinges cracked through the endpapers; the text block is tight and clean. A better than average copy of a scarce photography book. Very good-/No jacket issued. Oversized - extra shipping charges apply Insurance required to ship this item. A. E. Chasmar & Co hardcover books
1841287654Paris: Delay 1841. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. First Edition of Napoleon Roussel's Scenes Prophetiques. Roussel was an evangelical French preacher who at the time of publication also edited the biweekly Parisian periodical "L'Esperance" catering to French Protestants. Engraved title page. Complete with twenty numbered plates. Foxing; previous owner's name on the verso of the front endpaper. Full calf with blindstamped decorations at the perimeter of the boards gilt designs and maroon leather label on the spine. All edge gilt. Very Good. OCLC notes only one institutional holding. Very Good binding. Delay unknown books
199475977Bamberg: Palette Verlag 1994. Paperback. 123p. text in German illustrated with b&w photos very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. On HIV/AIDS. Palette Verlag paperback books
1869S11185Paris:: Chez Gauthier-Villars 1869. 1869. Bureau du Journal Les Mondes 8vo. 4 xii 236 pp. Foxing throughout many pages unopened. Original green printed wrappers; spine replaced with kozo paper. Rubber stamps on upper cover half-title and title-page. RARE. Very good. With contributions by Hooker Tyndall Frankland Godwin-Austin Berkeley Huxley Odling etc. Moigno known as Abbe Moigno 1804-1884 was a French Jesuit physicist and author who considered himself a student of Cauchy. Chez Gauthier-Villars, 1869. unknown books
1856181014Paris.: Ch. Meyrueis. 1856. 3rd Edition. Elaborate gilt blindstamped blue cloth. Very good plates toned old ink name to ffep otherwise a bright and tight copy. 18x11.2 cm. . French text. Scarce. A collection of Old Testament Biblical stories for young people. weight: 0.5 lb. 20 Engravings of Biblical scenes. Ch. Meyrueis. hardcover books
1985253895Great Neck NY: Todd and Honeywell 1985. 26p. slender hardcover in a worn dustjacket. Vanity press children's book about a family of shoes by a Filipino American author. Todd and Honeywell unknown books
19111885San Jose: Maria V. de Lines 1911. Staplebound. Good. 67p. many small engravings of eagle ship hand nest cat shoe chair guitar bird balloon horse etc. alongside phoenetic and grammatical lessons in large font for children. 7.75" x 5.25" cloth spine color printed stiff paper. Corner damped a rubbed cover with worn spine. Text in Spanish. <br/><br/> Maria V. de Lines unknown books
19556043491955. 1. Engraved Card "Le Prince Napoleon" with Autograph Note Signed "Napoleon" in black fountain pen ink. 4" x 2 "; n.p. n.d. Fine. Thanking Bradley McCormick for good wishes on his coming of age. 2. Engraved Card "Le Prince Napoleon" with Bold Signature and Date "Napoleon April 1955" in blue fountain pen ink. 4" x 2 "; n.p. n.d. Fine. Together with the original typed mailing envelope stamped and postmarked Paris 1955. To Monsieur Ernest F. Manfred; 593 West 191 street; New York 10040 3. Engraved New Year's Card Signed by Princess Alix in blue fountain pen ink 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"; fine. Together with the original typed mailing envelope stamped and postmarked Paris 1968. To Monsieur Ernest F. Manfred 230 West 82nd Street; New York 24; U.S.A. Bonaparte Prince Louis Napoleon 1914-1977 Great-grandson of King Jerome of Westphalia youngest brother of Napoleon I; he lived in exile in Switzerland. No Binding. Fine/No Jacket. unknown books
26111Pale green wrappers sewn. Title hand-inked to wrappers. Some foxing extremity wear to wrappers. A Very Good copy. 11 copperplate engravings. 5-3/4" x 8" <br/><br/> unknown books
19672565Stratford: Cider Mill Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. First edition. SIGNED by the author. . Cider Mill Press hardcover books
240996New York. : Hawthorn Books. No date. 4th printing. . Yellow cloth red spine title. . Very good light yellow highlighting limited to two pages of the introduction otherwise near fine in a near fine dust jacket. 8vo. weight: 1.2 lb. Hawthorn Books. hardcover books
194511108London: Golden Cockerel Press 1945. One of 100 copies bound in full vellum this being copy No. 4 signed by the translator. Translated into English for the first time by Somerset de Chair. Frontispiece portrait. 1 vols. 12mo. Full vellum with gilt honey-comb motif and gilt bee in central panel a.e.g. Fine copy in custom cloth slipcase. One of 100 copies bound in full vellum this being copy No. 4 signed by the translator. Translated into English for the first time by Somerset de Chair. Frontispiece portrait. 1 vols. 12mo. One of 100 in Full Vellum. Golden Cockerel Press unknown books
1975303715Chicago Nelson-Hall 1975. 1975. First edition. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait; 10 b/w portraits. Chronology bibliography. Dust jacket designed by Martha Hall unclipped; short tear; minor nicks. Very good. 209 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Signed and inscribed by Douglas Hilt on the front free endpaper: "with best wishes Douglas Hilt". Inscribed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Chicago, Nelson-Hall [1975]. hardcover books
1856291393New York: D. Appleton 1856. First American Edition. The set in two volumes each with a steel-engraved frontispiece one of Napoleon Bonaparte and the other of Joseph Bonaparte. In brown embossed cloth. The set belonged to William F. Ritchie the son of Thomas Ritchie editor of the Richmond Enquirer and he penned his name on the endpaper of each volume; William Ritchie also was for a time an Editor of the Enquirer. D. Appleton unknown books
199372357Norwalk:: Easton Press. Fine. 1993. Hardcover. B00D3UU3C4 . Part of The Great Military Commanders series. Collector's edition. Octavo bound in green leather with gilt lettering and design raised bands along spine all edges gilt silk endpapers ribbon book mark. Fine.; 526 pages . Easton Press, hardcover books
1870449481870. Broadsheet circular with title printed in various sizes and styles of type 17 x 12 inches printed in four columns on both sides of the sheet. The address is signed in type by Napoleon Arango and dated March 28th 1870. Arango eloquently states his objections to the insurrection declared by Carlos Manuel de Cespedes an effort aimed at achieving independence from Spain fought as the "Ten Year War" or "Great War" 1868-1878. OCLC locates four copies American Antiquarian Society Princeton Harvard Michigan. Creased from folding thumbnail sized chip to left margin not affecting text; one small hole at fold slightly affecting a letter or two and another small hole in top margin possibly from posting. A small spot or two of browning but a nice copy. <br/><br/> unknown books
1870576531870. Broadsheet approcx 18 x 12in pp. 2. Printed in four columns on both sides of the sheet. Chipped at the edges and some wear at the folds a very good copy. The address is signed in type by Napoleon Arango and dated March 28th 1870. OCLC locates four copies American Antiquarian Society Princeton Harvard Michigan. Arango states his objections to the insurrection declared by Carlos Manuel de Cespedes aimed at achieving independence from Spain called the "Ten Year War" or "Great War" 1868-1878. Arango was a Cuban planter. unknown books
191043947New York: D. Appleton and Company 1910. 1st American edition presumed. Red cloth lettered in gilt with blue white and gilt ornament to front board t.e.g. Red dust jacket printed in black. Modest wear; minor soil to page block; light toning to endpapers. Interior clean and otherwise bright binding tight. Dj worn/ slightly chipped to extremities; spine sunned. VG/ VG. xx 373 1 pp. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/>A bright copy of this uncommon title in the scarce dust jacket. We find no copies of this edition on OCLC and only one of the British edition Andrew Melrose 1910. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
11562Napoleon III carte-de-vistie. Emperor of France. Legend has it Napoleon III in 1859 en route with his troops to Italy stopped at Disdéri's Paris studio to have his portrait taken. Seizing the opportunity Disdéri sold thousands of copies. Almost overnight a new CDV fad was born. The studios of Paris not only Disdéri's were besieged by patrons who wished to have their pictures taken in the new style. 2.5x4" Upper body image of Bonaparte wearing military regalia. unknown books
1879122443London: George Routledge and Sons 1879. Finely bound example of Horne's biography of Napoleon Bonaparte with a fore-edge painting of him. Octavo bound in full morocco with red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling to the front and read panel marbled endpapers all edges gilt with a fore-edge painting. With additions by S.R. Townshend Mayer. Illustrated with several hundred designs by Raffet and Horace Vernet tissue-guarded frontispiece portraits of Napoleon. With the original cloth cover adhered to the front pastedown. In near fine condition. The first known example of a disappearing fore-edge painting where the painting is not visible when the book is closed dates back to 1649. Around 1750 the subject matter of fore-edge paintings changed from simply decorative or heraldic designs to landscapes portraits and religious scenes usually painted in full color. The technique was popularized in the 18th century by John Brindley 1732-1756 publisher and bookbinder to the Prince of Wales and Edwards of Halifax a distinguished family of bookbinders and booksellers. The majority of extant examples of fore-edge paintings date to the late 19th and early 20th century on reproductions of books originally published in the early 19th century including the present volume. George Routledge and Sons hardcover books
1949140941401Meriden CT: The Ralston University Press 1949. Reprint. Very Good. Early reprint. Sixteen lessons complete in eight volumes bound in publisher's red cloth decorated in blind and stamped in gilt. Very Good. Spines sunned and lightly frayed at ends cup ring to cover of Volume III. Pages toned. A nice set. The Ralston University Press unknown books
1939140941399Meriden CT: The Ralston Society 1939. Near Fine. Early reprint. Sixteen lessons complete in eight volumes bound in publisher's dark brown/maroon cloth decorated in blind and stamped in gilt. Near Fine with light rubbing and shelf wear to covers with several small patches of heavier rubbing and scuffing. Pages toned. A nice set. The Ralston Society unknown books
1928140938609Meriden CT: The Ralston University Press 1928. First Edition. Very Good. First Edition complete eight volume set bound in dark blue variant cloth with volumes ranging from Very Good to Near Fine. Rubbing to gilt stamping and to cloth at tips. Foxing to edges heaviest at top edge; pages toned. Several volumes show faintly soiled cloth. A beautiful set. The Ralston University Press unknown books
1928140940868Meriden CT: The Ralston University Press 1928. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. Complete eight volume set bound in light blue variant cloth stamped in dark blue. First edition. Very Good with sunning to spines light mottling to cloth heads and tails a little worn and frayed. Scratch to spine of Vol. 1 binding error with front free endpaper pasted onto paste down penciled gift inscription on page facing copyright page another to Vol. VIII front hinge a little over-opened. A classic of the self-improvement genre. The Ralston University Press unknown books
195040030London: William Brendon 1950. hardcover. With commentary by Charles de la Ronciere introduction by Arthur Bryant. Frontis illus. 8vo cloth d.w. chipped and rubbed Bookplate on inside cover ownership stamps on title page. London: 1950. Very good- in good d.w.<br/><br/> William Brendon unknown books