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A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words
A London Antiquary; [Hotten, John Camden]London: John Camden Hotten, 1859. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. [5], ii-x, [1], ii-lxxxvi, [3], 2-160, [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Brown pebble-grain publisher's cloth with several borders and the publisher's device in blind on each board, gilt lettering on the spine. Light brown coated endpapers and pastedowns. Bound.....
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Under Fire; or, Fred Worthington's Campaign
Munsey, Frank A.New York: Frank A. Munsey & Company, Publishers, 1890. First edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. [9], 12-240, [4] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Grey cloth with gold lettering and a gold and red decoration on the front board, gold lettering on the spine. Floral endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a......
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The Way of Zen
Watts, Alan W.[London]: Thames and Hudson (1957), 1957. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], ix-xvii, [3], 3-236, [2] pp. Black cloth with the publisher's device in gold on the front board, gold lettering on the spine. Price of 25/- net on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with two plates of.....
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The Foundations of Mathematics; and other Logical Essays
Ramsey, Frank PlumptonNew York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1931. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-xviii, [1], 2-292 pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Edited by R.B. Braithwaite, M.A. With a preface by G.E. Moore, Litt.D. Dauben 1613. Slater 817. Ramsey is best-known for the mathematical theorem bearing his.....
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The Post Captain
O'Brian, PatrickLondon: Collins, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 7-413, [3] pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of £1.80 on the front flap of the dust jacket. First trade edition. A beautiful copy of the second of O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin novels. Binder's error to two corners of.....
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He Knew He Was Right
Trollope, AnthonyLondon: Strahan and Company, Publishers, 1869. First edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [5], vi-ix, [4], 2-384, [2]; [5], vi-ix, [4], 2-384, [2] pp. Contemporary half black morocco over grey cloth boards, spines in six compartments with gilt lettering; top edges gilt. Lovely marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Brown ribbon bookmarks laid.....
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Narrative and Critical History of America
Winsor, Justin, [Ed.]Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1888; 1889. First edition. Hardcover. 8 vol. Large 8vo. [7], viii-x, [1], ii-xxxvii, [2], 2-470, [4]; [5], vi-ix, [2], ii-ix, [2], 2-640, [2]; [5], viii-xi, [2], 2-578, [2]; [5], vi-ix, [2], ii-xxx, [1], 2-516, [4]; [5], iv-vii, [2], 2-649, [3]; [5], iv-vii, [2], 2-777, [3];.....
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Sula
Morrison, ToniNew York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [12], 4-174, [6] pp. Orange cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine; green topstain. Price of $5.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Ahearn APG 002b. Morrison's second novel, focused on the friendship between two.....
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Breakfast of Champions; Or Goodbye Blue Monday!
Vonnegut, KurtNew York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence (1973), 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [16], 295, [7] pp. Orange cloth with facsimile of author's signature embossed in gold on the front cover and gold and blue lettering on the spine; yellow topstain. Black endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $7.95 on the front flap.....
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On the Stream of Travel
Norman Hall, JamesBoston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [13], 2-365, [3] pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $3.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Born and raised in Iowa, the author was a World War I veteran who traveled.....
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An Easy Introduction to Astronomy for Young Gentlemen and Ladies; Describing the Figure, Motions, and Dimensions of the Earth...
Ferguson, JamesGlasgow: Gray, Maver & Co., 1804. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Slim 8vo. [5], 10-182, [4] pp. Full contemporary calf, spine in six compartments with a red morocco label lettered in gilt on the spine. Illustrated with seven beautiful fold-out copper plates. Intended as a textbook for young people to learn about.....
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Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year 1878; 1879; 1880
Thomson, Charles; Marquis de La Rouerie;New York: Printed for the Society, 1879; 1880; 1881. First edition. Hardcover. 3 vol. 8vo. [11], xii-xiv, [5], 4-503, [3]; [17], 6-559, [3]; [11], xii-xiii, [9], 6-489, [5] pp. Green pebbled cloth lettered and decorated in gold on each spine. The collection from 1880 is illustrated by a fold-out map.....
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