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Alibris seller since October 2002
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Very Good. 4to-over 9¾"-12" Tall 23 volumes (issued beginning in 1767), an incomplete though substantial portion of this large and important orthographic work. Present are volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30. SUMPTUOUSLY BOUND in full period French brown mottled calf, spines with raised bands, browned morocco labels, and elaborate gilt tooling, edges stained red, marbled endpapers (some rubbing to spine, some wear to joints; 2 volumes are ...
$1,192.01
Very Good. 4to-over 9¾"-12" Tall 6 volumes, complete as issued. Attractively bound in full period brown polished calf, spines with raised bands, contrasting red and green morocco spine labels, and elaborate gilt floral tooling within gilt-tooled compartments, covers with triple gilt-rules, marbled endpapers, all edges stained red (some rubbing to spines, boards, with some heavy wear to corners; traces of foxing).
$54.63
Near Fine. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7 3/4"-9 3/4" Tall New in boards 8vo none [10]+79pp Account of the author's apprenticeship, under the aegis of Cesar Vallejo. Includes a 2pp text by Charles Olson. One of 50 deluxe copies signed by the author, with a poem in the author's hand laid in.
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$21.79 Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 63/4"-73/4" tall VG in orig. cl. 12mo 241pp Presentation copy signed by author, with a 5-line inscription, april 30, 1885. W/4-line AN from author laid down. Read More |
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$9.93 Description: Illustrated by Color frontis. Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 73/4"-93/4" tall VG in orig. cl. 8vo 345pp Publisher's complimentary advance label on pastedown. Inscribed: "To Son, Daddy's last book-Mother". We are uncertain if this inscription refers to the author, illustrator, of publisher, context unclear. xama Advanced Reading Copy. Read More |
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$5.94 Description: Very Good+ No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall VG+ in orig. cloth, t.e.g. 8vo xvi+298pp. Read More |
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Art That Works: Decorative Arts of the Eighties Crafted in America $6.94 Description: Illustrated by Illustrated. Very Good. No Jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall VG in wraps (minor wear) 4to, oblong 24+[1]pp Contains 131 plates in full color after the text. Read More |
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Look Down That Winding River: an Informal Profile of the Mississipi $4.48 Description: Illustrated by Ils by Alice Caddy. Very Good in J Good+ jacket. 8vo-over 73/4"-93/4" tall VG/G+ (some soiling and dampstaining to DJ) 8vo DJ 192pp A look at life along the Mississippi river in the 1800's. Read More |
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$18.98 Description: Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Used good in wraps (wraps detached and separated at spine, rubbed) 8vo 20pp Printed by Order of the Legislature. Read More |
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$43.64 Description: Illustrated by Illustrated by Cecil Smith. Near Fine in J Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 73/4"-93/4" tall Near fineNear fine (DJ price-clipped) 8vo DJ 373pp [title continued]. Back Over the Years, and Taken Down and Edited by M.P. Wentworth. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by Wentworth. Signed: I Signed By Editor. Read More |
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$5.28 Description: Fine/Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 0391034758 Used Fine/Fine 8vo DJ ix+135pp Series: Harvester New Readings. Read More |
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Les Etats-Unis: Origine-Institutions-Developpement $21.79 Description: B&W Illustrations. Good+ No Jacket. 8vo-over 73/4"-93/4" tall G+ in orig. cl. (hinges weak, bumping) 8vo xv+437, index Rare Canadian French-language history of the United States. Read More |