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Third Reich Daggers, 1933 to 1945

By: Bowman, J.A.

Price: $132.50

Publisher: London, Imperial Publications: 1990

Seller ID: 17061912

ISBN: 1871498023

1st ed., illustrated boards, 8vo. 485 pp..Pristine hardcover edition. A guide to identification and values. New copy; issued without dust jacket. Numbered and signed by both author and illustrator. [edition size unknown but believed to be 500]
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Of Englishe Dogges, the diversities, the names, the natures, and the properties. A Short Treatise written in latine by Johannes Caius

By: Caius, Johannes

Price: $185.00

Publisher: London, A Bradley: 1880

Seller ID: 07151

A reprint of the earliest book on dogs in the English language, first published in 1576. Published in May 1880. 8vo. 1/4 cloth, gray boards. Leather imprinted spine. 1st thus. Good; a 1" diagonal crack across the upper right corner of front cover; front cover sunned. . Interior clean and bright. Title page only is in facsimile; the rest has been reset in new type
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Savage Automatic Pistols

By: Carr, James

Price: $47.50

Publisher: Privately Printed: 1969

Seller ID: 111101

1st ed. 8vo, copper cloth, 131 pp. Classic reference work on the 32 Savage automatic pistols [1907-1922]. Pristine copy in a lightly rubbed very good dust jacket. No tears or chips.
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A Handbook on Hanging: Being a Short Introduction to the Fine Art of Execution....

By: Charles Duff

Price: $62.50

Publisher: Hale, Cushman & Flint, New York: 1929

Seller ID: k200325a

Condition: Very good

FULL TITLE: A Handbook on Hanging: Being a Short Introduction to the Fine Art of Execution, and Containing Much Useful Information on Neck-Breaking, Throttling, Strangling, Asphyxiation, Decapitation and Electrocution; As Well as Data and Wrinkles for Hangmen, an Account of the Late MR. Berry's Method of Killing and His Working List of Drops; To Which Is Added a Hangman's Ready Reckoner and Certain Other Items of Interest; All Very Proper to Be Read and Kept in Every Family ##### New York: Hale, Cushman & Flint, 1929. First Edition. 16mo; Black cloth with printed spine label. 129pp + hangm...
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Annual Report of the Chief of Ordnance to the Secretary of War for the Year 1872

By: Chief of Ordnance

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Government Printing Office, Washington: 1872

Seller ID: k200427c

Condition: Good

1st ed., 8vo, brown cloth, gilt titles. 182 pp. plus index; numerous b/w plates including four fold-out diagrams at rear. Containing reports on field, siege, and sea-coast artillery; rifles and small arms. ##### Condition: Good; surface wear to covers with some spotting, chips at spine ends. Interior clean and tight overall, with foxing to end papers and title page. Ex-library Capt. J. J.Brice, with his bookplate dated 1898.
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Thesaurus linguae Romanae & Britannicae,

By: Cooper, Thomas

Price: $650.00

Publisher: London, 1584

Seller ID: c170370506

Thesaurus linguae Romanae & Britannicae, tam accurate congestus, ut nihil penè in eo desyderavi possit, quod vel Latinè complectatur amplissimus Stephani Thesaurus, vel Anglicè, toties aucta Eliotae B̆ibliotheca : opera & indistria Thomae Cooperi Magdalenensis; etc. etc. London: 1584. Thick folio. 867 leaves, text in double columns. unpaginated. Woodcut device on title page; woodcut initials. Early suede cover heavily worn with loss, notably loss of spine, [appears to be burn or smoke damage at top, not affecting text] front joint and hinge cracked; endpapers heavily toned and foxed;...
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Manual of the Corporation [Common Council] of the City of New York, for 1866

By: D. T. Valentine

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Edmund Jones & Co., NY: 1866

Seller ID: k200329a

Condition: Very good

1st ed., 12mo.. [xvi], 820 pp. Color chromolith title page and 12 city views [4 folding] plus dozens of b/w engravings, 2 folding maps, 2 folding charts, 2 folding signature facsimiles. Rebound in modern tan library binding. The "Manuals of the Corporation" [contain extensive historical and contemporary records of New York City and are an indispensable source of early New York City history. Valentine (1801-1869) served as the Deputy to the Clerk of the Common Council for thirty-seven years. He published these books annually between 1841-1866; they include detailed information on the meeti...
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L'Esprit De L'Encyclopedie, Ou Choix Des Articles Les Plus Curieux, Les Plus Agreables, Les Plus Piquans, Les Plus Philosophiques De Ce Grand Dictionaire. 5 Volumes

By: Denis Diderot; Jean Le Rond D' Alembert

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Geneve et Paris, Chez Briasson et Le Breton: 1767

Seller ID: k200418b

Condition: Fair

1st thus. 5 of 6 Volumes, lacking volume 1. Vol II (C-G): [4], 384 p. Vol III (G-M): [4], 380 p. Vol IV (M-V): [4], 334 p. Vol V (Supplement A-D): [4], 431 p. Vol VI [Supplement D-T] [4] 278 pp. ……Bound in contemporary calf, gilt spine with labels. Published in France between 1759-1771 in various editions and supplements, Diderot’s encyclopedia is most famous for presenting thoughts of Enlightenment essayists, including Diderot, Voltaire, and Rousseau. This is the compact edition which we believe had five regular volumes and three supplements. This set is 3 of the main volumes and two o...
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A Collection of Epitaphs and Inscriptions, interesting either from historical associations or quaintness of wording (2 Vols.).

COLLECTANEA ADAMANTAEA. - XII. A Collection of Epitaphs and Inscriptions, interesting either from historical associations or quaintness of wording (2 Vols.).

By: Edmund Goldsmid , editor

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Edinburgh: privately printed by E & G Goldsmid : 1885-1886

Seller ID: k200301g

Condition: Good

A Collection of Epitaphs and Inscriptions, interesting either from historical associations or quaintness of wording (2 Vols.). Edinburgh: privately printed by E & G Goldsmid 1885-86. 12vo. 54; 48pp; Limited to 275 copies. head and tail-pieces, title-pages printed in red and black. One of 275 small paper copies (total edition of 350). Printed parchment paper wrappers. A two-volume compilation of graveyard epitaphs. Condition: Good; covers soiled and toned, that of volume I chipped and partially split at spine. Interior clean and bright overall, with soiling to half-title and title page of vo...
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Napoleon 1er et la Garde Imperiale. [Costumes Of The French Militaire.]

By: Eugene Fieffe

Price: $275.00

Publisher: Paris, Adolphe Elahays: 1860

Seller ID: k200824e

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

First edition, first printing. (1859 on title page; 1860 on front wrapper) Imperial 4to, ¾ cloth with original paper wrappers bound in. Color plates engraved on steel by Ch. COLIN after RAFFET. 171 pp. Frontispiece, title vignette on India paper and 20 colored plates by Raffet. Text in French by Eugene Fieffe. The color plates show the uniforms of the various regiments of the Imperial Guard; frontispiece of Napoleon in uniform on horseback. The last 80 pp. are a list of all the officers of the Imperial Guard in 1813, the composition of the Guard on Elba Island, text of the decrees rela...
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GARRISON ARTILLERY DRILL, VOL. I

By: Her Majesty's Stationery Office

Price: $75.00

Publisher: London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office: 1895

Seller ID: k200814b

Binding: Hardcover

16mo, 553 pp. 3.75±”x5.25”. Detailed instructions on Gunner, ammunition, Material, Drill, Care of Armament and Stores, Coast Defence, Practice. Illustrated with dozens of figures, tables, and several fold out plates and diagrams. Condition: Ex-lib, but a good copy. Bound in burgundy cloth with typical library markings, part of original leather cover inset on front board. A clean tight copy overall; several small tears and tape repairs to advts at front and back; contemporary owner’s signature and date on title page.
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J.A. Danzii [hebrew lettering], sive, Interpres Ebraeo-Chaldaeus : omnes utriusque linguae idiotismos dexterè explicans : ad genuinium Scripturae Sacrae sensum ritè indagandum accommodatus.

By: Johann Andreas Danz [J.A. Danzii]

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Jena: Bielck [Ienae: In officina Bielckiana], 1745

Seller ID: k190114i

Condition: Good

A Hebrew/Aramaic grammar, with latin text by Johann Danz -- German theologian and Hebraicist. Professor of Oriental languages at the University of Jena. He was considered by contemporaries to be the greatest Hebrew scholar and his several works on Hebrew grammar, including this one, remained standard works for nearly a hundred years. (Jewish Encyclopedia). 12mo, vellum covered boards. 361 pp plus another 60 or so pages of indices. Good condition: a clean, tight copy overall but age-toned, light foxing throughout. Title hand-written on spine in black ink.
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Manual of the Corporation [Common Council] of the City of New York, for 1868

By: Joseph Shannon

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Edmund Jones & Co., NY: 1868

Seller ID: k200120a

Condition: Fair

1st ed., 8vo. publisher's embossed brown cloth with seal of New York on front and spine. [xiv], 912 pp. The first of a new series, enlarged, with new engravings and smaller type so that the book contains nearly double the aount of matter in forer compilations. Chromolith title page, 8 color plates [2 folding] and dozens of b/w illustrations, maps [several folding], and tables. Condition is fair: Text block is clean and tight overall with only very occasional foxing. Frontis fold-out map of New York is hand colored; larger b/w fold-out map is torn but intact. Oversized chromolith of Tammany H...
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King's Handbook Of New York City; An Outline History and Description of the American Metropolis

By: KING, Moses, editor

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Moses King, Boston: 1982

Seller ID: k190125d

Condition: Good

1st ed., with title page in red and black. 8vo, 928pp. Original tan and brown pictorial & gilt cloth. More than 800 photographs, many full page. A good copy of this comprehensive nineteenth-century guide to the city. CONDITION: Good; edges and corners lightly worn and bumped, spine ends lightly rubbed, front hinge cracked, inked gift inscription at top of title page.
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Bibliographie Instructive Ou Notice de Quelques Livres Rares Singuliers Et Difficiles Trouver, Avec Des Notes Historiques, Pour Connotre Et Distinguer Les Diffrentes Editions, Et Leur Valeur Dans Le Commerce; disposee par Francois de Los-Rios, Libraire a Lyon. [Unique and Hard to Find Rare Books With Historical Notes To Distinguish the Different Editions, And Their Value In The Trade.]

By: Los-Rios, Jean Francois de.

Price: $450.00

Seller ID: 150310

Avigon et Lyon, Seguin et chez l’auteur, 1777. 12mo, full vellum. 207 pp. An early guide to rare-book collecting; a priced-catalog of books sold by Jean-François de Los Rios, with annotations. de Los Rios (1727-1820) was a noted bookseller in Lyon, famously taking advantage of the dispersion of Jesuit libraries after the order was expelled from France in 1764. The Bibliographie instructive was one of his early works, published after more than 17 years as a bookseller in Lyon. The bilbiografía is organized as a directory with 639 entries briefly discussed and 190 references in the included ...
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Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler / A Checklist and Bibliography of Their Paperback Appearances

By: Lovisi, Gary (ed.)

Price: $65.00

Seller ID: 040306

Brooklyn: Gryphon Books, 1994. 8vo, wrappers. 84 pp. Pristine copy; 1st edition of this indispensable reference for Hammett and Chandler collectors. limited to only 500 copies. As-new.
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A Guide to Practical Navigation. Containing the Rules and Methods of Solving Problems in the Most Practical Manner; the Simplest and Most Complete Method for Finding a Ship's Position at Sea, as Well as a Thoroughly Approved Method of Finding the Latitude and Longitude at the Same Instant of Time. By Double Altitudes

By: McNevin, Captain Edmund

Price: $150.00

Publisher: San Francisco: , A. L. Bancroft & Company: 1878

Seller ID: k200614b

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

1st ed., 8vo, original black cloth with a mariner’s compass blocked on upper cover, leather spine and corners. 324 pp. [16 advts] + one leaf with a Mariner’s Compass inserted between pages [8]-9 and four pages of testimonials inserted before the title leaf. Profusely illustrated with charts and nautical tables. Captain Edmund McNevin was born in Ireland left for the US in 1847 on The Great Western. For nearly twenty-five years he commanded a variety of ships. He moved to San Francisco in 1874 and opened a school for Navigation. This is one of several authoritative nautical works he publ...
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A True Description Of All Trades Published in Frankfort in the Year 1568

By: Merganthaler Linotype Co.

Price: $32.50

Publisher: Brooklyn, NY, Merganthaler Linotype Co: 1930

Seller ID: dg17121606

Condition: Fine

12mo. One of 400 copies printed in Linotype Granjon on Kelmscott hand-made paper. Quarter parchment with marbled paper-covered boards." Reprint of the original which was published in Frankfort in 1568. Six engraved illustrations representing the printing trades: the printer, bookbinder, type-founder, papermaker, draughtsman and woodcutter as well as the original verses by Hans Sachs, a popular Nuremberg poet. With an additional leaf loosely laid in showing the text of two short letters to the publisher explaining the disposition of two copies of this book to the Bodley library. Pristine copy.
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1918-1923 German Hyperinflation

By: Palmer, Marjorie

Price: $185.00

Publisher: Traders Press, New York: 1987

Seller ID: k200312a

Condition: Near Fine

1st ed. 24mo, 2-5/8”x3”,78 pp. Limited to 2500 copies. Printed at The Little Press of Jack R. Levien. Bound in pictorial boards depicting a 10,000 mark note, paper label on frontis. ,Engraved half-title and frontispiece, b/w photos, and with several charts recording the daily value of the mark in relation to the dollar from 1919 to1923. A near-fine copy. Small, light stain on the front cover label, prior owner’s book seal at bottom of ffep.
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Willy Pogany's Drawing Lessons [Signed]

By: Pogany, Willy

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, David McKay Company: 1946

Seller ID: s201123d

Binding: Illustrated boards, spiral bound

Condition: Good+

1st thus. Revised and enlarged edition including sketches and studies. 4to, not paginated. [Approximately 100 pp. with several hundred drawings and sketches.] Illustrated boards, spiral bound. "The aim of this book is to paint the way for those who want to learn to draw. I have endeavored to convey to the student the main principles in a simple, constructive way. Follow the sequences as laid out in these lessons. Begin with the Dot and follow through conscientiously to the last page. You will be pleasantly surprised at the results." His lessons emphasize the human body. Condition: Good+; inter...
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