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Browne, Thomas

THE WORKS OF THE LEARNED SIR THOMAS BROWN [SIC], KT. DOCTOR OF PHYSICK, LATE OF NORWICH. CONTAINING 1. ENQUIRIES INTO VULGAR AND COMMON ERRORS. II. RELIGIO MEDICI: WITH ANNOTATIONS AND OBSERVATIONS UPON IT. III. HYDRIOTAPHIA; OR, URN-BURIAL: TOGETHER WITH THE GARDEN OF CYRUS. IV. CERTAIN MISCELLANY TRACTS. WITH ALPHABETICAL TABLES; Full old leather, rebacked, some wear.The works of the learned Sr. Thomas Brown, Kt. Containing I. Enquiries into Vulgar and Common Errors. II. Religio Medici: With Annotations and Observations upon it….III Hydriotaphia... …IV Miscellany

London: Printed for Tho. Bassett, Ric. Chiswell, Tho. Sawbridge, Charles Mearne, and Charles Brome, 1686. Leather-bound. Full old leather, rebacked.Five raised bands with gilt rules. Red spine label faded. Folio [13 x 8-3/4 inches)]. Corners worn, chips to spine, scratches and rubbing to cover. Hinges reinforced, binding tight. Title page..... More

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Charron, Pierre

OF WISDOME: THREE BOOKES WRITTEN IN FRENCH

London: Printed for Luke Fawne at the Parrot in Paule's Church Yard. 1651. Sixth Printing. Leather-bound. Full contemporary calf,with replacement spine label attached. Wear and some loss of leather to top and bottom of spine. Hinges cracked Front blank, and rngraved title page, by Guielmus Hole detached but present. Rearend..... More

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Charron, Pierre

OF WISDOME: THREE BOOKES WRITTEN IN FRENCH

London: Printed for Luke Fawne at the Parrot in Paule's Church Yard. 1651. Sixth Printing. Leather-bound. 4to. Full contemporary calf, lacking spine label. Loss of just under 1/3 leather top of spine. (Remnants laid in.)Hinges cracked Engraved title page, by Guielmus Hole. Corners bumped/worn. Side markers. Doodles to pp. 20-21..... More

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AN INTRODUCTION TO ALGEBRA; Being the First Part of a Course on Mathematics, Adapted to the...

Day, Jeremiah

AN INTRODUCTION TO ALGEBRA; Being the First Part of a Course on Mathematics, Adapted to the Method of Instruction in the American Colleges

New Haven, Connecticut: Hezekiah Howe & Co., 1834. Thirteenth Edition. Leather-bound. Later edition of an early 19th century algebra text by Congregational minister, Professor of Mathematics and (later) President of Yale College for almost thirty years (1817-1846). Full original brown tree calf, with contrasting (red) spine label. Two pull-out charts..... More

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SOME THOUGHTS CONCERNING THE PRESENT REVIVAL OF RELIGION IN NEW-ENGLAND, AND THE WAY IN WHICH IT...

Edwards, Jonathan,

SOME THOUGHTS CONCERNING THE PRESENT REVIVAL OF RELIGION IN NEW-ENGLAND, AND THE WAY IN WHICH IT OUGHT TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED AND PROMOTED; HUMBLY OFFER'D TO THE PUBLICK IN A TREATISE ON THAT SUBJECT, IN FIVE PARTS; Part I. Shewing that the Work that has of late been going on in that Land, is a glorious Work of God; Part II: Shewing the Obligations that all are under, to acknowledge, rejoice in and prmote this Work; and the great Danger of the contrary; Part III: Shewing, in many Instances, wherein the Subjects, or zealous Promoters, of this Work have been injuriously blamed; Part IV: Shewing what Things are to be corrected or avoided in promooting this Work, or in our Behaviour. under it; Part V: Shewing positively what ought to be done to promote this Work.

Edinburgh, Scotland: T. Lumisden and J. Robertson, and sold at their Printing-house in the Fish-market, 1743. First British (Second Overall). Leather-bound. Octavo. Contemporary speckled calf. (6 5/8" x 4 1/4"). Author's name hand printed to front board. Spine repaired and reinforced Rubbing and wear to extremities. Internally clean. iv +..... More

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BUCANIERS OF AMERICA: OR A TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE MOST REMARKABLE ASSAULTS COMMITTED OF LATE YEARS...

EXQUEMELIN, Alexandre Olivier

BUCANIERS OF AMERICA: OR A TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE MOST REMARKABLE ASSAULTS COMMITTED OF LATE YEARS UPON THE COASTS OF THE WEST INDIES, BY THE BUCANIERS OF JAMAICA AND TORTUGA, BOTH ENGLISH AND FRENCH. WHEREIN ARE CONTAINED MORE ESPECIALLY, THE UNPARALLEL'D EXPLOITS OF SIR HENRY MORGAN, OUR ENGLISH JAMAICAN HERO, WHO SACK'D PUERTO VELO, BURNT PANAMA, &c.

London, England: William Crooke (Printed For), 1684. Second English Edition. Leather-bound. NOTE: Restored, Sophisticated Copy:Original text: RECASED in period calf (measuring 8 1/4" x 6 3/8"), recently rebacked with new spine, contrasting spine label gilt lettering, and date at bottom also in gilt. MISSING: Two sets of two leaves each..... More

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THE PHYSICIAN'S WIFE AND THE THINGS THAT PERTAIN TO HER LIFE (Original 1894). Ellen M. Firebaugh

Firebaugh, Ellen M.

THE PHYSICIAN'S WIFE AND THE THINGS THAT PERTAIN TO HER LIFE (Original 1894)

Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis Company, 1894. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Bound in brown boards, gold lettering to spine, and dark brown lettering to front board. Rubbing to extremities, corners very slightly nudged. Previous owner's name and date to front free endpaper; residue from bookplate to front endpaper. Some foxing to title..... More

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POEMS CHIEFLY CONSISTING OF SATYRS AND SATYRICAL EPISTLES. Robert Gould

Gould, Robert

POEMS CHIEFLY CONSISTING OF SATYRS AND SATYRICAL EPISTLES

London: R. Bentley, 1689. First Edition. Hardcover. 16mo, (6.75" x 4.5") Half-calf over non-pareil marbled boards.Outer spine lacking but binding tight. Lacks pp. 27-30, which, according to the table of contents should be "Sylvia Perjured", but no pages appear cut out, perhaps rather neglected to originally be bound-in. The later..... More

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THE DIER'S ASSISTANT IN THE ART OF DYING WOOL AND WOOLLEN GOODS; Extracted from the Philosophical...

Haigh, James (Editor and Translator)

THE DIER'S ASSISTANT IN THE ART OF DYING WOOL AND WOOLLEN GOODS; Extracted from the Philosophical and Chymical Works of Those Most Eminent Authors Ferguson, Dufay, Hellot, Geoffery, Colbert, and That Reputale French Dier Mons. De Julienne. Translated from the French with Additions and Practical Experiments by James Haigh, Late Silk and Muslin Dier, Leeds.

Philadelphia, PA: James Humphreys, 1810. FIRST U.S. EDITION. Leather_bound. Original binding -- full period calf, measuring 7 3/8 x 4 1/2. Spine gilt-lettered, and double-ruled into five sections, the top section (only) with an extra set of decorative gilt lines. Text block darkened, with only occasional spots of foxing throughout..... More

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THE SOCIAL TWINS : THE DAINTY BOOK OF ETIQUETTE; "A Just Right Book" Caroline Silver June,...

June, Caroline Silver, and Margerite M. Jones

THE SOCIAL TWINS : THE DAINTY BOOK OF ETIQUETTE; "A Just Right Book"

Chicago, IL: Albert Whitman & Company, 1924. Hardcover. Olive cloth with colorful paste-on to front board. Measures 7.25" X 5". Edgewear to extremities. Previous owner's crayoning and writing to endpapers. "Stories of Little Men and Women with the Charm of Fine Manners" More

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DICTIONNAIRE COMIQUE, SATYRIQUE, CRITIQUE, BURLESQUE, LIBRE ET PROVERBIAL (2 Vols....

Leroux, P.J. (Philbert-Joseph)

DICTIONNAIRE COMIQUE, SATYRIQUE, CRITIQUE, BURLESQUE, LIBRE ET PROVERBIAL (2 Vols. Complete); (New Edition, Revised, Corrected, and Considerably Augmented)

Paris, France: Pampelune, [1718]1786. Revised Edition. Leather-bound. Octavos 7.75" x 5.0". Full,period catspaw calf mottling (.50" x .75") acid-etched into boards. Five raised band (six compartments), each with gilt title on red spine label, and gilt title on dark green morocco label, in next compartment below, indicating volume in series..... More

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Markham, Gervase

CHEAPE AND GOOD HUSBANDRY FOR THE WELL-ORDERING OF ALL BEASTS, AND FOWLES, AND FOR THE GENERALL CURE OF THEIR DISEASES. CONTA YNING THE NATURES, BREEDING, CHOICE, USE, FEEDING, AND CURING OF THE DISEASES OF ALL MANNER OF CATTELL, AS HORSE, OXE, SHEEPE, GOATES, SWINE AND TAME CONIES, SHEWING FURTHER, THE WHOLE ART OF RIDING GREAT-HORSES, WITH THE BREAKING AND ORDERING OF THEM: AND THE DIETING OF THE RUNNING, HUNTING, AND AMBLING HORSE, AND THE MANNER HOW TO USE THEM IN THEIR TRAVAILE. ALSO, APPROVED RULES, FOR THE CRAMMING AND FATTING OF ALL SORTS OF POULTRY AND FOWLES, BOTH TAME AND WILDE, &c. AND DIVERS GOOD AND WELL-APPROVED MEDICINES FOR THE CURE OF ALL THE DISEASES IN HAWKES, OF WHAT KIND SOEVER. TOGETHER WITH THE USE AND PROFIT OF BEES, THE MAKING OF FISHPONDS, AND THE TAKING OF ALL SORTS OF FISH. GATHERED TOGETHER FOR THE GENERALL GOOD AND PROFIT OF THIS WHOLE REALME, BY EXACT AND ASSURED EXPERIENCE FROM ENGLISH PRACTICES, BOTH CERTAINE, EASIE, AND CHEAPE, DIFFERING FROM ALL FORMER AND FORRAINE EXPERIMENTS, WHICH EITHER AGREED NOT WITH OUR CLIME, OR WERE TO HARD TO COME BY, OR OVER-COSTLY, AND TO LITTLE PURPOSE: ALL WHICH HEREIN ARE AVOYDED. NEWLY CORRECTED AND INLARGED WITH MANY EXCELLENT ADDITIONS, AS MAY APPEARE BY THIS MARKE [pointing hand]

London, England: Printed at London by Anne Griffin, for John Harison, and are to be sold at his shop in Pater-noster row, 1631. Sixth edition. Disbound. 7 1/4" x 5 1/2" quarto. 188 pages. Removed with two cords. Paper loss on first seven leaves (half the leaf or more), including..... More

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THE ENGLISH READER, OR, PIECES IN PROSE AND POETRY, SELECTED FROM THE BEST WRITERS DESIGNED TO...

Murray, Lindley

THE ENGLISH READER, OR, PIECES IN PROSE AND POETRY, SELECTED FROM THE BEST WRITERS DESIGNED TO ASSIST YOUNG PERSONS TO READ WITH PROPRIETY AND EFFECT, TO IMPROVE THEIR LANGUAGE AND SENTIMENTS, AND TO INCULCATE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES OF PIETY AND VIRTUE: WITH A FEW PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD READING.

Brookfield, Massachusetts: E. and G. Merriam, 1826. Hardcover. 12mo. Leather bound. Wear to extremities and boards primarily around edges. Creasing to spine. Back hinge started. Foxing to pages. Bottom corner of spine worn. 250 pp. More

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SEQUEL TO THE ENGLISH READER: OR, ELEGANT SELECTIONS IN PROSE AND POETRY; DESIGNED TO IMPROVE...

Murray, Lindley

SEQUEL TO THE ENGLISH READER: OR, ELEGANT SELECTIONS IN PROSE AND POETRY; DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE HIGHEST CLASS OF LEARNERS IN READING, TO ESTABLISH A TASTE FOR JUST AND ACCURATE COMPOSITION; AND TO PROMOTE. and G. MerriamE THE INTERESTS OF PIETRY AND VIRTUE

New York: B. & J. Collins, 1818. Fourth English Edition. Leather-bound. 12mo. Stereotyped from the Fourth English Edition. Leather bound. Staining, and wear to extremities and boards, a few wormholes and missing leather, to bottom and top of spine. 19th century scribbles to endpapers. 299 pp. More

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A DISCOVERY OF SUBTERRANEALL TREASURE, VIZ. OF ALL MANNER OF MINES AND MINERALLS, FROM THE GOLD...

Plattes, Gabriel

A DISCOVERY OF SUBTERRANEALL TREASURE, VIZ. OF ALL MANNER OF MINES AND MINERALLS, FROM THE GOLD TO THE COALE. AND ALSO THE ART OF MELTING, REFINING, AND ASSAYING OF THEM IS PLAINLY DECLARED, ALSO A PERFECT WAY TO TRY WHAT COLOUR ANY BERRY, LEAFE, FLOWER, STALKE, ROOT, FRUIT, SEED, BARKE, OR WOOD WILL GIVE WITH A PERFECT WAY TO MAKE COLOURS THAT THEY SHALL NOT STAYNE NOR FADE LIKE ORDINARY COLOURS

London, England: John Okes, for Jasper Emory, 1639. First Edition. Pamphlet. LACKS TITLE. Quarto. (6 3/4" x 5 1/2"). Disbound with leather remnants of spine. Woodcut initials and decorations. Our copy missing first unsigned signature : 4to: B-I , K² [$3 signed]; 34 leaves, pp. [8] 1-60 (Ideal copy: 4to..... More

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Salmon, Thomas and Sollom Emlyn

A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF STATE-TRIALS AND PROCEEDINGS UPON HIGH-TREASON, AND OTHER CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS; FROM THE REIGN OF KING RICHARD II. TO THE END OF THE REIGN OF KING GEORGE I: THE THIRD VOLUME (1679-1684); (With Two Alphabetical Tables to the Whole)

London, England: Printed for the undertakers, J. Walthoe Sen. and jun. ; Thomas Wotton, Charles Bathurst, Jacob and Richard Tonson, and the representatives of John Darby ... and also for J. Basket ... [and 29 others], 1742. Third Edition, with Additions. Leather-bound. Large folio.The third of six volumes of this..... More

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Salmon, Thomas and Sollom Emlyn

A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF STATE-TRIALS AND PROCEEDINGS UPON HIGH-TREASON, AND OTHER CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS; FROM THE REIGN OF KING RICHARD II. TO THE END OF THE REIGN OF KING GEORGE I: THE FOURTH VOLUME (1685-1696); (With Two Alphabetical Tables to the Whole)

London, England: Printed for the undertakers, J. Walthoe Sen. and jun. ; Thomas Wotton, Charles Bathurst, Jacob and Richard Tonson, and the representatives of John Darby ... and also for J. Basket ... [and 29 others], 1730. Second Edition, with Additions. Leather-bound. Large folio.The fourth of six volumes of this..... More

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PRACTICAL AND MENTAL ARITHMETIC, ON A NEW PLAN: IN WHICH MENTAL ARITHMETIC IS COMBINED WITH THE...

Smith, Roswell C.

PRACTICAL AND MENTAL ARITHMETIC, ON A NEW PLAN: IN WHICH MENTAL ARITHMETIC IS COMBINED WITH THE USE OF THE SLATE; Containing A Complete System For All Practical Purposes; Being in Dollars and Cents.

Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1866. Hardcover. "Stereotype Edition, Revised and Enlarged, with Exercises for The Slate. To Which is Added a Practical System of Book-Keeping." Sewn, worn paper-over-boards binding, with leather spine. Cover reads, rather faintly: "Smith's Second Book of Arithmetic. Previous owner's name several times -- once in..... More

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THALABA THE DESTROYER : A RHYTHMICAL ROMANCE (PART II). Robert Southey

Southey, Robert

THALABA THE DESTROYER : A RHYTHMICAL ROMANCE (PART II)

Boston, Mass: T.B. Wait and Co., and Charles Williams, 1812. Hardcover. NOTE: Part II only. 23mo (measuring 5.75" x 4"). Three-quarter bound red morocco over gorgeous deep blue, gold and white marbled boards, ruled in gilt. Rubbing to leather extremities, but very solidly bound. Publisher's red-stain to all edges. The..... More

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THE LIVES AND BLOODY EXPLOITS OF THE MOST NOTED PIRATES, THEIR TRIALS AND EXECUTIONS, INCLUDING...

Strong, Ezra Baldwin

THE LIVES AND BLOODY EXPLOITS OF THE MOST NOTED PIRATES, THEIR TRIALS AND EXECUTIONS, INCLUDING CORRECT ACCOUNTS OF THE LATE PIRACIES, COMMITTED IN THE WEST INDIAS, AND THE EXPEDITION OF THE COMMODORE PORTER ; ALSO, THOSE COMMITTED ON THE BRIG MEXICAN, WHO WERE EXECUTED AT BOSTON IN 1835

Hartford, Connecticut: Ezra Strong, 1836. Fourth Edition. Leather-bound. 8vo. Original tree-calf boards, measuring approximately 7.75" x 4.50". Marbled edges, though faded. Front hinge barely started, center crack length middle of spine, split at p. 142-143. In need of repair. Numerous (at least a dozen) illustrations. Probably the fourth edition. (Earlier..... More

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THE TR REGISTER, (Toilet Requisites)1926 EDITION: A REFERENCE BOOK FOR BUYERS OF PERFUMERIES,...

Toilet Requisites

THE TR REGISTER, (Toilet Requisites)1926 EDITION: A REFERENCE BOOK FOR BUYERS OF PERFUMERIES, COSMETICS, AND TOILET ARTICLES

New York: Pope Publishing, 1926. Hardcover. Navy blue flexible boards, faded, with gilt lettering to front/spine. 280 pp with alphabetical index and index to advertisers. Light rubbing to edges and corners, corners have a soft curl to them. A light 3" crease to rear board, gilt lettering on covers a...... More

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PANEGYRIQUE DE TRAIAN PAR PLINE SECOND; De la Traduction de Monsieur L'Abbe Esprit. Trajan

Trajan

PANEGYRIQUE DE TRAIAN PAR PLINE SECOND; De la Traduction de Monsieur L'Abbe Esprit

Paris, France: Pierre le Petit (Libraire du Roy), 1677. Leather-bound. 16mo. Full speckled calf. Leather to spine cracked and slight separations to front board (cocked), but not loose. Ship to leather spine label. Chips in leather to spine caps. Red marbling to all edges. Translated by Jacques Esprit (1611-1677). More

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TRAITE' DE L'ORTHOGRAPHE FRANCOISE EN FORME DE DICTIONNAIRE (NOUVELLE EDITION, REVUE &...

Unknown (Charles Le Roy?)

TRAITE' DE L'ORTHOGRAPHE FRANCOISE EN FORME DE DICTIONNAIRE (NOUVELLE EDITION, REVUE & CORRIGEE); ENRICHI DE NOTES CRITIQUES, & DE REMARQUES FUR L'ETYMOLOGIE & LE GENRE DES MOTS, LA CONJUGAISON DES VERBES IRREGULIERS ET LES VARIATIONS DES AUTEURS

Paris, France: Gabriel Martin, 1742. (Revue & Corrigee) Revised and Corrected. Leather-bound. NOUVELLE EDITION, REVUE & CORRIGEE) 8vo, full leather (tree calf), ruled in blind. Five raised bands to spine (six compartments), five with gilt ornamentation, one with contrasting (red) spine label. Rubbing and wear to leather, considerably to rear..... More

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