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Richard MacDonald.
Macdonald, Richard.
Monterey, California: Richard MacDonald Studio, 1999.
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Giacometti: The Complete Graphics and 15 Drawings. Introduction by John Lloyd Taylor...
Lust, Herbert C.
New York: Tudor Publishing. [1970].
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List of subscribers in each volume. The verso of the title-page in Volume II bears an ink notation: "The Original Manuscript of both Volumes of this History will be deposited in the Cotton Library by G. Burnett [sic]."
Bishop Brunet's History of his Own Time. Volume I: From the Restoration of King Charles II to the Settlement of King William and Queen Mary at the Revolution. Volume II: From the Revolution to the Conclusion of the Treaty of Peace at Utrecht, in the Reign
Burnet, [Gilbert].
London: [Vol. 1:] Printed for Thomas Ward…1714; [Vol. II:] Printed for the Editor, by Joseph Downing…and Henry Woodfall, 1734.
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Text in double columns (except for the few leaves at the end with classical weights and measures, etc.).
Bibliotheca Classica; Or, a Classical Dictionary, containing a full Account of all the Proper Names mentioned in Antient Authors. To which are subjoined, Tables of Coins, Weights, and measures, in Use among the Greeks and Romans.
[ Lempriere, John ].
Reading: Printed for T. Cadell, London, 1788.
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5" x 8." Concertina album, comprised of thirty-six leaves, each with a single or multiple paper-weaving patterns, most in blue and white, some with black added. Each pattern has a border of gilt beaded paper.
Album of Paper Weaving examples prepared for children's instruction. European, possibly Scandinavian, circa 1880.
[Paper Weaving].
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A collection of seven offprints, several containing sixteen papers, chronicling their work on protein structure, 1951-55.
Pauling, Linus.
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With the approbation leaf. Includes sections on botanical etymology, ancient names of English rivers and towns, and obsolete English and Anglo-Saxon words.
Etymologicon Linguae Anglicanae, seu explicatio vocum anglicarum etymologica ex propriis fontibus, scil. ex linguis duodecim; Anglo- Saxonica...Runica...Franco-Theotisca...Danica...Belgica...Teutonica recentiori...Cambro-Britanica...Franco-Gallica...Itali
Skinner, Stephen.
London: typis T. Roycroft, & prostant venales apud H. Brome, 1671
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Etched frontispiece in each volume, numerous color plates throughout. Printed on India paper. Foreword by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of London," signed A.F. London, dated 1911.
The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testament & the Apocrypha. Translated Out of the Original Tongues in the Year of Our Lord MDCXI.
[ Bible in English ].
London: Ballantyne Press, [1910].
Price: $600.00
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Fifty-three illustrations by Blake printed in collotype at the Chiswick Press.
Poems in English with Illustrations by William Blake.
Milton, John.
London: Nonesuch Press, 1926.
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The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence. In Four Volumes.
[ Bronte, Emily, Charlotte, Branwell, and Anne ].
Oxford: The Shakespeare Head Press, 1932.
Price: $225.00
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An ingeniously designed book, employing cut-outs, three-dimensional effects, scalloped edges, and serigraph designs. Printed on Madeleine Pestiaux’s “Misty Rose” handmade paper, using a Vandercook No. 4 proof press, with Van Son’s inks in Brick Dust and Slate Gray.
Olympe and Henriette. With an introduction by Patrick magarick and handmade paper by Madeleine Pestiaux.
[ D'Ambrosio, Joseph.] Villiers de l'Isle Adam.
[Beachwood, Ohio:] Livre d’Art by D’Ambrosio, 1992.
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With the final blank. Diagrams in text.
An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision. The Second Edition.
Berkeley, George.
Dublin: Printed by Aaron Rhames, for Jeremy Pepyat 1709 [i.e., 1710].
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Dialogo...Del Modo de lo Tradurre d'una in Altra Lingua Secondo Regole Mostrate da Cicerone...
Fausto, Sebastiano [or Fausto da Longiano, Sebastiano].
Venice: [Gio. Griffio, ad Instanza di Lodovico delle Avanzi], 1556.
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Household Education.
Martineau, Harriet.
London: Edward Moxon, 1849.
Price: $375.00
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Practical Remarks on Infant Education, for the use of schools and private families.
Mayo, Charles, and Elizabeth Mayo.
London: Published for the Home and Colonial Infant Society, by R.B. Seeley and W. Burnside... 1837.
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God and the State. By Michael Bakounine, Founder of Nihilism and Apostle of Anarchy. With a Preface by Carol Cafiero and Elisée Reclus. Translated from the French by Benj. R. Tucker…Fifth Edition.
[ Tilton, Josephine S. ] Bakunin, Mikhail A.
Boston: Benj. R. Tucker, Publisher, 1885.
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Engraved allegorical frontispiece. Woodcut vignette on title-page.
Der Kleine Print-Bybel, Waar in door verscheide af beeldingen een meenigte van Bybelsche spreuken verklaart warden…
[Hieroglyphic Bible.
Amsterdam: By Gerrit Bouman… 1731.
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Decorative borders and initial letters, flag vignettes in blue and red. Designed and produced by Joseph D'Ambrosio using computer typesetting and a combination of laser and letterpress printing.
Four from 'Only in America.
[ D'Ambrosio, Joseph ]. Golden, Harry.
Phoenix: D'Ambrosio, 1995.
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Vignette of a piece of cake in pink and tan on title-page and first page of text, mounted photos of Albert Sperisen and Joseph D'Ambrosio, one other mounted photograph.
Lunch at Adler's: Reflections on Joe D'Ambrosio's A Memoir of Book Design.
[ D'Ambrosio, Joseph ]. Roatcap, Adela Spindler.
[San Francisco:] Joseph D'Ambrosio, 2005.
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Printed letterpress in black and purple with woodcut backgrounds in various colors, several pages with embossed margins.
Al Aaraaf.
[ D'Ambrosio, Joseph ]. Poe, Edgar Allan.
[Sherman Oaks:] Livre d'Art by D'Ambrosio, 1995.
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[Chapbooks]. Bound volume of thirteen chapbooks for children.
Cameron, Lucy.
London: Houston, [various dates, 1836-184
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Woodcut ornament on title-page, decorative headbands, tail-pieces and initial letters.
The Doctrine of Chances...
Moivre, Abraham de.
London: Printed for the author, 1738.
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Sonnets from the Portuguese. With Preface by Edmund Gosse.
[ Palmetto Press ]. Browning, Elizabeth Barrett.
Aiken, S.C.: Done into a Book by W.L. Washburn at The Palmetto Press, 1900. 1900.
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Title within decorative woodcut border, hand-colored in this copy. Decorative initial letter at start of text, also hand-colored.
The Blessed Damozel.
[Palmetto Press]. Rossetti, Dante Gabriel.
Aiken, South Carolina: Ye Palmetto Press, 1900.
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Title-page printed in black and red, within an ornamental border. Colophon in red. Printed on Whatman paper.
Bivouac of the Dead.
[ Palmetto Press ]. O'Hara, Theodore.
Aiken, S.C.: Ye Palmetto Press, 1900.
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Thoughts on Domestic Education; The Result of Experience. By a Mother...
[ Budden, Maria Elizabeth Halsey].
London: Printed for Charles Knight, 1826.
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Margaret and Her Friends or Ten Conversations with Margaret Fuller upon the Mythology of the Greeks and its Expression in Art. Held at the House of the Rev. George Ripley, Bedford Place. Boston Beginning March 1, 1841. Reported by Caroline W. Healey.
Dall, Caroline.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1895.
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Familiar Lectures on Natural Philosophy, for the Use of Schools.
Phelps, Almira H. Lincoln.
New-York: Published by F.J. Huntington and Co., 1837.
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Britons. Preface by Auberon Waugh. Interview by Larry Frascella.
Slavin, Neal.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1986.
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Lettres à Son Altesse Royale le Duc regnant de Saxe-Coburg et Gotha sur la théorie des probabilités, appliquée aux science morales et politiques.
Quetelet, Lambert Adolphe Jacques.
Brussels: M. Haney, 1846.
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Engraved title and frontisportrait, engraved vignette of Jesus carrying a lamb on the title-page to the second volume. Printed title-pages for both volumes ruled in red. L6 in the second volume is a cancel, as usual, reflecting a change due to the Restoration of Charles II.
Ductor Dubitantium, or The Rule of Conscience In all her generall measures; Serving as a great Instrument for the determination of Cases of Conscience. In Four Books.
Taylor, Jeremy.
London: Printed by James Flesher, for Richard Royston 1660.
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With four full-page and two smaller pochoir illustrations by Vance Gerry.
Narci & Echo (A Myth Retold).
[ Weather Bird Press ].
Pasadena: Printed & Published by Vance Gerry, The Weather Bird Press, 2005.
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An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness; or, A True and Faithfull Representation of the Everlasting Gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, the onely [sic] begotten son of God and Sovereign over Men and Angels.
More, Henry.
London: Printed by J. Flesher, for W. Morden 1660.
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The True Intellectual System of the Universe…
Cudworth, Ralph.
London: Printed for Richard Royston, 1678.
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The New Chronicles of England and France, In Two Parts...Named by himself the Concordance of Histories. Reprinted from Pynson's edition of 1516. The first part collated with the editions of 1533, 1542, and 1559; and the second with a manuscript of the aut
Fabyan, Robert.
London: Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington...[et al.], 1811.
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The Portfolios of Ansel Adams. Introduction by John Szarkowski.
Adams, Ansel.
Boston: Little Brown/New York Graphic Society, [1981].
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Acts of Samson.. Judges xiii-xvi.
[ Anvil Press ].
[ Lexington: Anvil Press, 1976 ].
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These Eventful Years: The Twentieth Century in the Making. As told by many of its makers. Being the dramatic story of all that has happened throughout the world during the most momentous period in all history. With 160 Full-Page Illustrations and Numerous
London: The Encyclopaedia Britanica Company, Ltd., [1924].
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The Works of...
Babbage, Charles.
New York: New York University Press, [1989.]
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Intimations of Paradise. Photographs by Christopher Burkett. Essays by James Reid and Vincent Rossi. Introduction by James Alinder.
Burkett, Christopher.
[Vernonia, Oregon:] West Wind Arts, 1999.
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My First Holiday; or, Letters Home from Colorado, Utah and California.
Dall, Caroline H.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1881.
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With three separate title-pages. Engraved frontisportrait in Part I; engraved title for Claustrum Regale…at the beginning of Part II, folding engraved map of Boscobel and elaborate engraved folding view of Boscobel, including the grounds, with a legend in the fore-ground. Title-page on a stub.
Boscobel; Or, the Compleat History of the Most Miraculous Preservation of King Charles II. After the Battle of Worcester, September the 3d, 1651. To which is added, Claustrum Regale Reseratum; or The King's Concealment at Trent. The Fourth Edition, Adorn'
[Wyndham, Anne]. [Blount, Thomas].
London: Publish'd [i.e., written] by Mrs. Anne Wyndham. Printed for J. Wilford… 1725.
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Woodcut frontispiece, engraved title-page vignette, engraved plate of Calvin and Luther opposite p. 158, and numerous text illustrations, as well as borders decorative initials and tail-pieces. Chronological, bibliographical, and general index.
Bibliomania; or Book Madness: A Bibliographical Romance, in Six Parts. Illustrated with Cuts.
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall.
London: Printed for the Author, By J. McCreery…and sold by Messrs. Longman, Hurst…[et al.], 1811.
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With a large, folding copper-engraved plate in Volume VIII. Engrqaved vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre on title-page of Volume I.
The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary. In Nine Volumes. The Second Edition: Collated and Improved from the Original MS. With the Addition Also of a General Index.
Leland, John.
Oxford: Printed at the Theatre; for James Fletcher and Joseph Potte 1745-4.
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Weltgeschichte für Gebildete Frauenzimmer mit vorzüglisher Rücksicht auf Völkersitten und auf berühmte Frauen aller Zeiten.
Genersich, Johann August.
Leipzig: Gerhard Fleische and Jüng, 1817.
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. I: vi, 510, [2, index], additional engraved title-page and twelve engraved plates, three folding; Vol. II: [2], 370, [2, index], additional engraved title and seven engraved portraits; Vol. III: vi, [476], additional engraved title and six engraved portraits; IV: 425, [2, "New Publications," "Bankrupts" and "Dividends"], [5, index]; V: vi, 461, [3, index], additional engraved title and five engraved plates, one folding.
The Register of the Times: Or, Political Museum. Containing a select, impartial, and interesting collection of Political Transactions and Occurrences. Divided and Arranged in Domestic and Foreign Politics. Comprising Debates of Parliament. Ministerial Arr
[Periodical].
London: Printed by C. Whittingham, for B. Crosby, 1794-5.
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On Molecular and Microscopic Science.
Somerville, Mary.
London: John Murray, 1869.
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Mapping the Transmississippi West. 1540-1861.
Wheat, Carl.
San Francisco: The Institute of Historical Cartography, 1957-1963.
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With Greek and Latin on facing pages.
.…Conversio Graeca Evangelii Secumdum Joannem, in Latinum Sermonem ad Verbus Translata. In Usum Scholarum Societatis Jesu.
[Women printerrs]. Nonnus Panopolitanus or Nonnus of Panopolis.
Ingolstadt: Elisabeth Angermaier for Johann Herstroi in Munich, 1614.
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Twenty-four engraved plates by Bower, primarily depicting scientific apparatus. (Plates on slightly smaller paper than the text pages.) With index and glossary.
Scientific Dialogues Intended for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young People: In Which the First Principles of natural and Experimental Philosophy Are Fully Explained…By the Rev. J. Joyce. A new edition, corrected and improved
Joyce, Jeremiah.
Philadelphia: Published by Towar & Hogan…[et al], Lydia R. Bailey, Printer, 1829.
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