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901 |
Burton, Richard (translator) Arabian Nights - The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night - Complete in 16 Volumes
Benares Kamashastra Society 1885 First Edition Hardcover Near Fine Royal 8VO
Richard Burton's Plain and literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Now Entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights' and a Night. With Introduction explanatory notes on the manners and customs of Moslem men and a terminal essay on the history of the Nights together with the Supplemental Nights with Notes, Anthropological and Explanatory. The original Kamashastra Edition (a publishing fiction created by Burton and Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot to avoid Britain's pornography laws) with the full text, this being a special copy with 230 plates of various types inserted by Letchford, Wood and others, some on Japanese Vellum, some tissue-guarded, some with captions, others with neither. Beautifully bound by Birdsall of Northampton in crimson crushed levant morocco with elaborate gilt tooled borders on both sides, gilt tooled and panelled spines, wide gilt inside borders, TEG. Armorial bookplate in all volumes together with a plain square label on the FFEP, another larger rectangular label on its verso and a circular stamp on a blank preliminary all indentifying the books as property of a post-secondary institution. The books were part of a bequest and were never circulated or even made available to the public. The bindings are in essentially as new condition with cardboard corners still protecting many of the edges. There is some foxing in most of the volumes, mostly around the preliminary and later pages and surrounding the plates. Penzer p. 114. A magnificent set in stunning condition. Very heavy, special shipping considerations will apply.
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9950.00 USD
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902 |
Burton, William A History and Description of English Earthenware and Stoneware
London CASSELL 1904 First Edition Hardcover Good 192 pp. 8VO
Bound in original red cloth with gilt lettering.. An edition of 1450 copies of which this is 852. Well illustrated with colour and black and white plates. Ex-library copy with call letters on spine, usual interior markings and stamping, no pocket. Rather poorly bound and the binding is cracked causing most of the pages to be loose, although all are present.
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25.00 USD
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910 |
by the author of Little Hinges Maid Marjory
London Cassell nd (c 1885) Hardcover VG 248 pp. 8VO
A very attractive volume in decorated red cloth with AEG. Originally published in Little Folks. Dozens of wood engravings. Prize Bookplate (dated 1885) and Society of Friends stamp on FEP.
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16.00 USD
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912 |
Byi, Charlotte Christmas on Stage
Polygraphic Company of America 1950 Hardcover VG in Card Covers Oblong 8VO
Spiral bound card covers. Five delightful Christmas pop-up scenes all in excellent conditon and in perfect working order. Edgewear to covers.
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25.00 USD
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925 |
Caldecott, Randolph Come Lasses and Lads
London Frederick Warne & Co. nd Reprint Hardcover Good 8VO
Delighful colour and black and white illustrations by Caldecott. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. One of Randolph Caldecott's Picture Books. A solid ex-library copy with the usual interor and exterior markings.
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10.00 USD
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926 |
Caldecott, Randolph The Babes in the Wood
London Frederick Warne & Co. nd Reprint Hardcover Good 8VO
Delighful colour and black and white illustrations by Caldecott. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. One of Randolph Caldecott's Picture Books. A solid ex-library copy with the usual interor and exterior markings.
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6.00 USD
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927 |
Caldecott, Randolph (ill) The Three Jovial Huntsmen
London Frederick Warne & Co. nd Early Reprint Hardcover Good 8VO
Bound in grey boards with pasteon. Seven colour illustrations by Caldecott mounted on heavy brown stock as well as pictorial endpapers and vignettes in the text. Spine missing at head and tail. Hinges cracked and repaired with tape and several other tape repairs, one taping down one of the plates.
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14.00 USD
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944 |
Cameron, Donald Campus in the Clouds
Toronto McClelland and Stewart 1956 First Edition Hardcover NF/VG 127 pp. 8VO 1
Story of the founding of the Banff School of Fine Arts by its founder. Warmly inscribed by the author on the FFEP to a student of the school. Illustrated with black and white photos. Two 50's postcards of the school laid in. Jacket rubbed, chipped with some general edgewear.
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14.00 USD
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948 |
Camo Miquette Ecrit Ses Memoires
Paris Librarie Plon 1928 Softcover Fair in Stapled Wraps 8VO
The adventures of Miquette. Covers worn, browned along edges, covers detached, lower corner of front cover missing.. En Francais.
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14.00 USD
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949 |
Camo Miquette Chez ses Amies
Paris Librarie Plon 1927 Softcover VG in Stapled Wraps 8VO
The adventures of Miquette. Covers somewhat worn, browned along edges, spine starting to split . En Francais.
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14.00 USD
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950 |
Camo Les Douze Filles de Miquette
Paris Librarie Plon 1925 Softcover VG in Stapled Wraps 8VO
The adventures of Miquette. Covers somewhat worn, browned along edges, spine starting to split, tear on rear cover . En Francais.
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14.00 USD
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951 |
Camo Miquette et Polo
Paris Librarie Plon 1922 Softcover Good in Stapled Wraps 8VO
The adventures of Miquette. Covers somewhat worn, browned along edges, spine starting to split. En Francais.
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14.00 USD
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953 |
Camo Monsieur Polo
Paris Librarie Plon 1922 Softcover Good in Stapled Wraps 8VO
The adventures of Miquette. Covers somewhat worn, browned along edges, covers detached. En Francais.
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14.00 USD
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957 |
Campbell, Bruce A Ken Holt Mystery - The Black Thumb Mystery
New York Grosset and Dunlap 1950 First Edition Hardcover NF/VG 214 pp. 8VO
Number 3 in the series. Mattan & Davis Format 1. In brown cloth with jacket, pictorial endpapers. Lists to self on titles page and jacket flap. Hardy Boys to Lost Tunnel on rear cover, Rick Brant to Phantom Shark on rear flap. Light wear to book. Jacket worn with some losses at spine extremities and at folds.
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25.00 USD
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958 |
Campbell, Bruce A Ken Holt Mystery - The Mystery of the Grinning Tiger
New York Grosset and Dunlap 1956 Reprint Hardcover Vg/Fair 209 pp. 8VO
Number 11 in the series. Mattan & Davis 35300 Format 2. In grey cloth with jacket, pictorial endpapers. Lists to Invisible Enemy on titles page and to Invisible Enemy on the jacket. Light wear to book. Jacket worn with a number of chips and tears, tape repairs on verso, losses on front panetl
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30.00 USD
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959 |
Campbell, Bruce A Ken Holt Mystery - The Riddle of the Stone Elephant
New York Grosset and Dunlap 1949 First Edition Hardcover VG/G 213 pp. 8VO
Number 2 in the series. Mattan & Davis Format 1. In brown cloth with jacket, pictorial endpapers. Lists to self on titles page and jacket flap. Hardy Boys to Crooked Arrow on rear cover, Rick Brant to Phantom Shark on rear flap. Light wear to book, owner's inscription on half-title. Jacket worn with losses at spine extremities.
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20.00 USD
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962 |
Campbell, Dawe, McTaggart-Cowan, Cooper, Kaiser, McNail, Ste The Birds of British Columbia - Volume 4 - Passerines - Wood Warblers through Old World Sparrows
Vancouver UBC Press 2001 0774806214 First Edition Hardcover G/NF 739 pp. Folio
A landmark in regional ornithogical publishing and scholarship, illustrated in full colour. A non-circulating ex-library copy with minimal interior markings, no markings or labels whatsoever on the jackets, minimal marks to the books. Both hinges are cracking but still solid. A large and heavy book, special shipping consideratons may apply.
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65.00 USD
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963 |
Campbell, Dawe, McTaggart-Cowan, Cooper, Kaiser, McNail, Ste The Birds of British Columbia - Volume 3 - Passerines - Flycatchers Through Vireos
Vancouver UBC Press 1997 0774805722 First Edition Hardcover G/VG 693 pp. Folio
A landmark in regional ornithogical publishing and scholarship, illustrated in full colour. A non-circulating ex-library copy with minimal interior markings, no markings or labels whatsoever on the jackets, minimal marks to the books. Minimal interior markings, no pocket. Jacket bright and unworn with minor damage from label removal on upper front panel. A large and heavy book, special shipping consideratons may apply.
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25.00 USD
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964 |
Campbell, Frank W CANADA POST OFFICES 1755-1895
Lawrence, MA Quarterman Publications 1972 0880000082 First Edition Hardcover VG 191 pp. 4TO
Illusttrated with postmarks on every page. Very lightly worn ex-library copy with usual interior artifacts, no external markings whatsoever. Light wear.
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20.00 USD
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968 |
Campbell, Karen Wheel Fortune
London Collins Crime Club 1973 0002219484 First Edition Hardcover NF/VG 220 pp. 8VO
Lightest of wear to book, jacket worn with a number of small chips and tears. Unclipped.
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14.00 USD
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969 |
Campbell, Maria Halfbreed
Toronto McClelland and Stewart 1973 First Edition Hardcover NF/VG 157 pp. 8VO
Groundbreaking book on what it means to be Metis in Canada. Owner's inscription. Nice copy in shelfworn jacket.
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14.00 USD
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Captain Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy
London Macmillan 1896 Hardcover VG 387 pp. 8VO
Black and white illustrations by Frederick Pegram. Bound in florally blindstamped red cloth with gilt titling on front cover and spine. Owner's name on FFEP, spine dulled. A solid and attractive book.
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14.00 USD
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986 |
Captain Marryat Peter Simple
London Constable 1929 First Thus Hardcover VG+ 358,379 pp. 8VO
One of 750 copies. With a portrait frontis and 21 collotype plates of etchings and drawings by R W Buss and a biographical essay by Michael Sadleir. Based on the illustrated edition of 1837, using the same binding design and with eight previously unpublished plates as well as the 12 of the original. TEG. Light wear, gilt titling on spine mildly dulled, a very attractive set.
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30.00 USD
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992 |
Careless, J M S Canada A Story of Challenge
Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1959(1953) Second Printing Hardcover NF/NF 417 pp. 12MO
A lovely copy with cover art by Lawren Harris. Illustrated with maps and black and white illustrations. An excellent popular history of Canada.
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10.00 USD
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Carleton, Will Farm Legends
New York Harper 1887(1875) Reprint Hardcover VG 187 pp 8VO
Farm anthology with dozens of woodcuts. Elaborate gilt decorations faded, spine frayed at head and tail. Tight copy.
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8.00 USD
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