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Annesley, Charles.
Highlights of American History: Government, wars, inventions, discoveries, great men and women, industry, commerce and essential elements that have entered into the building of the Republic. With excerpts from epoch making speeches by Woodrow Wilson, Will
New York, Brentano's,
1899, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Containing detailed opera plots from 123 well known operas and music dramas; ranging from 1714 when Gluck was born, to 1863 when Mascagni saw the light. From "Armida" of Gluck to "The Cricket on the Hearth" of Goldmark. Brown cloth, red illustration black lettering. Spine darkened. Sm 8 vo, 446 pages
(Standard, Operaglass, First, Edition, Antique, Opera, Books, Brentano's, Books, Operas, Of, Weber, Oberas, Of, Auber, Opera, Composers, Don, Carlos, By, Verdi, Don, Pasquale, By, Donizetta, Operas, Of, Verdi, Opera, Plots, The Barber, Of, Bagdad, By, Peter, Cornelius) Cat No. 1841.
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20.50
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The Child's Friend.
Hilda: a Sequel to Ethel's Story
Philadelphia, Perkinpine & Higgins,
Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Victorian period stories of children and their families. Brown publishers cloth blind stamped design, ornate gilt to spine.Mild fraying to upper spine end. Illustrated. Childrens drawings to e.p.'s. Frontispiece. Age appropriate wear, random moderate foxing. Clean text, solidly bound. circa 1860's. 16 mo, 144 pages
(Books, Victorian, Literature, Childrens, Stories, Children's, Books, Victorian, Children, Victorian, Literature) Cat No. 697m.
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25.00
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Notestein, Lillian Lucy.
Hill Towns of Northern Italy
Boston, Little Brown & Company, A Bulfinch Press Book,
1963, First American Edition ed, Hard Cover,
illus: David Gentleman, Condition: Very Good, Jacket: Very Good, The hill towns of Tuscany, Umbria, The Marches, Porto Venere, Nemi, Ravello, Sicily each described for its particular unique quaility. Illustrated in pen & ink. Brown cloth boards & spine. DJ not clipped, brown pictorial green & brown lettering. One inch closed tear to L edge near corner, mild edgewear. Inscription to front E.P. Tight binding clean text. 1st Am. Ed. 8 vo, 256 p
(Hill, Towns, Italy, Travel, Notalgia, Etruscan, Artisans, Italian, Villages, Umbria, Tuscany, Porto, Venere, Alban, Hills) Cat No. 80m.
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15.00
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Kubler, George, A.
Historical Treatises, Abstracts and Papers on Stereotyping
New York,
1936, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Good Plus, Highlighting the arguments & findings of two great statesman & politcal leaders of their day; Armand Gaston Camus & Baron Willem Hendrik Jacob van Westreenen van Tiellandt. In their efforts to secure his own country the honor of the first invention of stereotyping. Five additional abstracts & papers have been added also biblographic data, reproductions of rare portraits of persons mentioned in text & also reproductions of samples of stereotyping work executed during the epochs described. 27 illustrations, printed from silvertype plates produced by the Silverstone Stereotyping proces. Pale blue paper boards, browning of top & side edges & rear board, brown paper spine bleu lettering. Spine ends bumped, mild scuffing of spine. Light foxing of e.p. & page edges, prev. owner name written to inside board front & rear. Text light toning clean, binding tight. tall 8 vo, 169 pages
(Stereotyping, Armand, Gaston, Camus, Baron, Willem, Hendrik, Jacob, Van, Westreenen, Van, Tiellandt, Louis-Etienne, Herhan, M., Darcet, Marquis, Jean, Philippe, De, Paroy, William, Ged, Lieutenant-Governor, Dr., C.D., Colden, Vintage, Books, First, Edition) Cat No. 380m.
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17.50
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Christian, Paul; Translated By James Kirkup and Julian Shaw.
The History and Practice of Black Magic
New York, Citadel Press,
1969, 4th Edition ed, Wraps,
Condition: Very Good, Newly translated from the French with additional material, edited & revised by Ross Nichols. Contains: Gates of the Supernatural; The Mysteries of the Pyramids; The Ancient Oracles, The Sibyls & the Fates; Magic from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the End of the Middle Age; Supernatural Sciences & Curiosities; General Theory of the Horoscope; The General Keys of Astrology. Black wraps, general wear to wraps, upper spine edge bumped closed tear to spine edges. Text clean & white, binding firm. Previous owner name & writing of spells to rear end paper. Volume I. tall 8vo, 621 pages. in protective polyester.
(Magic, Magic, Occult, Supernatural, Horoscope, Ancient, Oracles, Magical, Symbols, Mysteries, Of, The Pyramids, Corwn, Of, The Magi, History, Of, Magic, History, Of, Astrology, Astrology, In Egypt, Medieval, Magic) Cat No. 160m.
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20.00
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