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The Beginnings of New England or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to civil and Religious Liberty

By: FISKE, John

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin: 1898

Seller ID: 28706

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Extensively illustrated in black and white, small fold-out coloured map. An enormousely attractive copy half-bound in red calf, marbled boards and endpapers, TEG.Six spine compartments with gilt titling or decorations in each compartment. Very minor scuffing to the spine joints, overall a bright and very handsome book.
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Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel - 2 Volumes

By: Rabelais, Francis (ill Louis Chalon)

Price: $375.00

Publisher: London, Lawrence and Bullen: 1892

Seller ID: 30068

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: VG

This is number 58 of only 210 copies printed on Japanese Vellum for England and America. Translated by Sir Thomas Urquhart, Introduction by Anatole de Montaiglon. Portrait frontis and nine other plates in gravure in volume 1, seven plates in gravure in volume 2. Bound in original cream gilt titled and decorated cloth, ribbon bookmarks. Some wear to the corners, covers are extensively spotted, particularly on the spines, otherwise very light wear with contents in excellent condition. A very heavy set, special shipping considerations will apply.
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Quentin Durward

By: Scott, SIR WALTER (Various Illustrators)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Edinburgh and London, Robert Cadell and Houston & Stoneman: 1845

Seller ID: 30099

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: VG

Published in Edinburgh by Cadell and in London by Houston. Listed as Volume 8 of the Waverley Novels on the engraved title page, volume 15 on the spine. Illustrated with five guarded steel engravings of architectural and scenic views including two a portrait of Louis XL. Also illustrated with 80 vignette wood engravings. Almost all engravings of both types are credited to both the artist and the engraver. Handsomely bound by Dawson Brothers of Montreal in green gilt-ruled calf, six spine compartments, 4 with leaf motifs, two with brown leather spine labels; marbled endpapers, inner dent...
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The Fortunes of Nigel

By: Scott, SIR WALTER (Various Illustrators)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Edinburgh and London, Robert Cadell and Houston & Stoneman: 1845

Seller ID: 30096

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: VG

Published in Edinburgh by Cadell and in London by Houston. Listed as Volume 7 of the Waverley Novels on the engraved title page, volume 13 on the spine. Illustrated with five guarded steel engravings of architectural and scenic views, including a portrait frontis of James I. Also illustrated with 84 vignette wood engravings. Almost all engravings of both types are credited to both the artist and the engraver. Handsomely bound by Dawson Brothers of Montreal in green gilt-ruled calf, six spine compartments, 4 with leaf motifs, two with brown leather spine labels; marbled endpapers, inner d...
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Woodstock or The Cavalier : A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Forty-One

By: Scott, SIR WALTER (Various Illustrators)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Edinburgh and London, Robert Cadell and Houston & Stoneman: 1846

Seller ID: 30093

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: VG

Published in Edinburgh by Cadell and in London by Houston. Listed as Volume 10 of the Waverley Novels on the engraved title page, volume 19 on the spine. Illustrated with six guarded steel engravings including a portrait frontis of Scott, a portrait of Oliver Cromwell, and various architectural and scenic views. Also illustrated with 85 vignette wood engravings. Almost all engravings of both types are credited to both the artist and the engraver. Handsomely bound by Dawson Brothers of Montreal in green gilt-ruled calf, six spine compartments, 4 with leaf motifs, two with brown leather spi...
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The Beginnings of New England or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to civil and Religious Liberty

Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel - 2 Volumes

Quentin Durward

The Fortunes of Nigel

Woodstock or The Cavalier : A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Forty-One