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N.C. Wyeth: The Collected Paintings, illustrations and Murals by: Allen, Douglas & Allen, Douglas Jr.
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N.C. Wyeth: The Collected Paintings, illustrations and Murals
by: Allen, Douglas & Allen, Douglas Jr.

Hardcover. NY, Bonanza Books, reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 335 pages, gilt-stamped maroon cloth. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Unabridged and still the best biography/bibliography/oeuvre catalogue on this American master illustrator and painter. Includes all modes of work: books, periodicals, newspapers, posters, calendars, advertisements, etc. Clean copy.

Record # 399667

Price: $50.00
Price: $50.00 

Nantucket In Print by: Crosby, Everett U.
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Nantucket In Print
by: Crosby, Everett U.

Hardcover. Nantucket MA, Tetaukimmo Press, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, gray boards stamped in black with black cloth spine that has gilt title. 225 pages, 2 fold-out maps. A detailed study of writings. maps and other material concerning Nantucket Island. Still the essential resource for books about Nantucket and its history. It reprints selections of rare texts and provides a bibliography of printed materials.Clean copy, no dust jacket.

Record # 383691

Price: $70.00
Price: $70.00 
 

Natick Dictionary by: Trumbull, James Hammond
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Natick Dictionary
by: Trumbull, James Hammond

Hardcover. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1st, 1903, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 347 pages. Includes Natick to English, and English to Natick dictionaries. Dark green cloth covers, introduction by Edward Everett Hale, section of abbreviations. Rubbing and light edgewear to covers, pages crisp and unmarked, stiff binding; overall, a very clean, tight copy in great condition.

Record # 808655

Price: $70.00
Price: $70.00 

Nature and Development of Plants by: Curtis, A.M., Ph.D., Carlton C.
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Nature and Development of Plants
by: Curtis, A.M., Ph.D., Carlton C.

Hardcover. New York , Henry Holt and Company, 1st, 1907, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 471 pages. Black cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine. Cover has some faint smudges, and some fraying to corners and edges. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Some foxing on front and rear endpapers. Otherwise, inside is bright and clean with many b&w illustrations and educational diagrams throughout.

Record # 852701

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Naval Documents Related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France: Naval Operations from February 1797 to October 1798 by: Swanson, Claude A.
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Naval Documents Related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France: Naval Operations from February 1797 to October 1798
by: Swanson, Claude A.

Hardcover. Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1st, 1935, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 653 pages. Gilt top edge. Minor spine and cover edge wear. Minor soiling on cover and spine. Otherwise, a clean and tight copy. Foreword by President Roosevelt and a preface by Captain Dudley W. Knox. plus 10 plates including 2 folded maps and the frontispiece. Fp: U.S. Ship of War Delaware. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine.

Record # 852307

Price: $35.00
Price: $35.00 

Naval Documents Related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France: Naval Operations from November 1798 to March 1799 by: Swanson, Claude A.
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Naval Documents Related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France: Naval Operations from November 1798 to March 1799
by: Swanson, Claude A.

Hardcover. Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1st, 1935, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 624 pages. Gilt top edge. Minor spine and cover edge wear. Minor soiling on cover and spine. Otherwise, a clean and tight copy.

Record # 852308

Price: $35.00
Price: $35.00 

Navies in the American Revolution: A Bibliography (Vol. 1) by: Smith, Jr., Myron J.
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Navies in the American Revolution: A Bibliography (Vol. 1)
by: Smith, Jr., Myron J.

Hardcover. Metuchen, Scarecrow Press, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 219 pages. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608920

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

New Catechism of Electricity: A Practical Treatise by: Hawkins, N. (Nehemiah), 1833-1928
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New Catechism of Electricity: A Practical Treatise by: Hawkins, N. (Nehemiah), 1833-1928New Catechism of Electricity: A Practical Treatise by: Hawkins, N. (Nehemiah), 1833-1928

New Catechism of Electricity: A Practical Treatise
by: Hawkins, N. (Nehemiah), 1833-1928

Softcover. NY, Theo. Audel & Company, 1st, 1896, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Soft maroon leather lettered in gilt, aeg, 541 pages. Illustrated in-text with electrical machines and tools. Addressed not to "the experimenter or to the toy-maker, nor to the scholar in school or college, but to those who have to deal with Electricity as a part of their life work," this volume seeks to provide an introduction to the theory and scientific discourse concerning electricity. Author Nehemiah Hawkins (1833-1928) was an American inventor, publisher, and author who sometimes wrote under the pen name Theodore Audel or the pseudonym William Rogers. Minor shelf wear, clean copy.

Record # 401223

Price: $50.00
Price: $50.00 

New Universal Gazetteer or Geographical Dictionary/ Containing a Description of the Various Countries, Provinces, by: Morse, Jedidiah and Richard
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New Universal Gazetteer or Geographical Dictionary/ Containing a Description of the Various Countries, Provinces,
by: Morse, Jedidiah and Richard

Hardcover. New Haven, S. Converse, 4th Ed., 1823, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 856 pages, the Fourth Edition, revised and corrected of this classic work. Bound in worn calf with an inch and a half tear to top of spine. Previous owners signatures on front fly leaf. Very good with light, scattered foxing. Issued with an separate atlas of maps which is missing.

Record # 402935

Price: $60.00
Price: $60.00 

Ninth of Thermidor, The: The Fall of Robespierre (Problems in European History: A Documentary Collection) by: Bienvenu, Richard (Editor)
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Ninth of Thermidor, The: The Fall of Robespierre (Problems in European History: A Documentary Collection) by: Bienvenu, Richard (Editor)Ninth of Thermidor, The: The Fall of Robespierre (Problems in European History: A Documentary Collection) by: Bienvenu, Richard (Editor)

Ninth of Thermidor, The: The Fall of Robespierre (Problems in European History: A Documentary Collection)
by: Bienvenu, Richard (Editor)

Softcover. New York, Oxford University Press, 1st paperback, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 355 pages. Softcover. Light pencil underlining in a few places. Wrapper good, with a touch of agewear, no tears, some slight moisture damage at the bottom of the back cover.

Record # 99029

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

O'brien Family Heritage Book, The by: Bayley, Beatrice
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O'brien Family Heritage Book, The
by: Bayley, Beatrice

Hardcover. Beatrice Bayley, Inc., 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Gilt decorated covers and spine. Very minor edge wear on the corners. Otherwise, tight clean copy.

Record # 852239

Price: $50.00
Price: $50.00 

Objects of Thought by: Prior, Arthur N./P. T. Geach/A. J. P. Kenny (Editors)
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Objects of Thought by: Prior, Arthur N./P. T. Geach/A. J. P. Kenny (Editors)Objects of Thought by: Prior, Arthur N./P. T. Geach/A. J. P. Kenny (Editors)

Objects of Thought
by: Prior, Arthur N./P. T. Geach/A. J. P. Kenny (Editors)

Hardcover. London, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 175 pages. Hardcover. Light pencil marking throughout. Price clipped dust jacket with fading to spine and wear. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 614013

Price: $28.00
Price: $28.00 

Official Formulae of American Hospitals: Collected and Arranged by: Taylor, C.F.

Official Formulae of American Hospitals: Collected and Arranged
by: Taylor, C.F.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, The Medical World, 2nd Ed., 1886, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 272 pages, brown cloth with gilt lettering on front cover. A collection of pharmaceutical mixtures, enlarged from the previous year's edition. Bright, clean copy.

Record # 404630

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Official New Motor Trips: New England New York Canada Pennsylvania New Jersey Florida by: N/A
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Official New Motor Trips: New England New York Canada Pennsylvania New Jersey Florida
by: N/A

Hardcover. Hartford CT, Guyde Publishing Co., 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Limp red cloth covers stamped in gilt, now faded. Vintage travel guide for the northeast. Maps, advertising, photos, large folding map inside rear cover with a tear to one panel, no paper loss. Previous owners embossed stamp on front fly leaf, otherwise clean, very good.

Record # 371175

Price: $35.00
Price: $35.00 

Old Homes of Roxbury Township - Third in a Series of Books on the History of Roxbury Township by: Seraly, Ruthann/Frances Lyman
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Old Homes of Roxbury Township - Third in a Series of Books on the History of Roxbury Township
by: Seraly, Ruthann/Frances Lyman

Softcover. Roxbury NJ, Roxbury Township Historical Society, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 152 pages. Softcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Light wear. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 613456

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

Oliver Goldsmith Bibliographically and Biographically Considered based on the collection of material in the library of W.M. Elkins, Esq. by: Scott, Temple / Newton, A
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Oliver Goldsmith Bibliographically and Biographically Considered based on the collection of material in the library of W.M. Elkins, Esq.
by: Scott, Temple / Newton, A

Hardcover. NY, Bowling Green Press, 1st, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark blue cloth with gilt medallion on upper cover, gilt-lettered on spine. limited to 1000 copies, this one of 750 for sale, this copy #62 and so attested to in ms. on the copyright-page by Edward Stern & Co., Inc. 368 pages, color frontispiece portrait, 87 reproductions of title pages, letters, portraits, etc. Introduction by A. Edward Newton. Well annotated, with full collations, descriptions, pagination, etc. This is the standard Oliver Goldsmith bibliography, but it can be read for enjoyment as well as for reference. Has much on Samuel Johnson. Previous owner's commentary on rear fly leaf, rear hinge cracked.

Record # 383177

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 
 

Ordnance and Gunnery - A Text-Book Prepared for the Cadets of the United States Military Academy, West Point by: Lissak, Ormond M.

Ordnance and Gunnery - A Text-Book Prepared for the Cadets of the United States Military Academy, West Point
by: Lissak, Ormond M.

Hardcover. New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Reprint, 1915, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brick-red cloth, 604 pages. Stated: First Edition - Third Thousand. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Minor fade to spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610128

Price: $60.00
Price: $60.00 

Origin of Indian Corn and its Relatives - Texas Agricultural Experiment Station - Bulletin Number 574 - May 1939, The by: Mangelsdorf, P. C./R. G. Reeves
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Origin of Indian Corn and its Relatives - Texas Agricultural Experiment Station - Bulletin Number 574 - May 1939, The
by: Mangelsdorf, P. C./R. G. Reeves

Softcover. College Station, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1st, 1939, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 315 pages. Softcover. Previous owners name at top right corner of front cover. Black & white photographs and illustrations. Darkening to spine paper, light surface rubbing to front cover. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 611805

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Our American Artists by: Benjamin, S. G. W.
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Our American Artists
by: Benjamin, S. G. W.

Hardcover. Boston, Massacusetts, D. Lothrop & Co., 1st, 1879, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated. Green cloth covers with black titles and gilt illustration, all edges gilt, beveled edges, multiple full page b&w tissue-protected plates, 12 chapters on different American artists. Very light foxing to tissue paper, mild wear to cover edges and spine; overall a very clean, tight copy in great condition.

Record # 806050

Price: $120.00
Price: $120.00 

Painting the Nude Handbook, The: Learning from the Masters by: Maiotti, Ettore
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Painting the Nude Handbook, The: Learning from the Masters by: Maiotti, EttorePainting the Nude Handbook, The: Learning from the Masters by: Maiotti, Ettore

Painting the Nude Handbook, The: Learning from the Masters
by: Maiotti, Ettore

Hardcover. New York, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1st American Edition, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Binding tight, spine straight. Decorated cover boards, red quarter cloth, white title on spine. Pages and edges clean and unmarked. In beautiful condition. Combines practical advice and fascinating narrative to teach the aspiring artist how to paint the nude.

Record # 32394

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Pedagogical Sketchbook by: Klee, Paul
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Pedagogical Sketchbook
by: Klee, Paul

Hardcover. New York, Praeger, 1st US, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 64 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations. Introduction and Translation by Sibyl Moholy-Nagy. Dust jacket with chunk of paper missing at top of spine, some additional lesser chipping along edges - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 614415

Price: $70.00
Price: $70.00 

Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture: The Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum - Volume 12 by: Pamela Simpson (editors) Jennings, Jan (Author)
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Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture: The Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum - Volume 12
by: Pamela Simpson (editors) Jennings, Jan (Author)

Softcover. Washington and Lee University, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 100 pages. The 2005 issue, Volume 12, of Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture: The Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum contains the articles: "Selling Domestic Space: The Boarding House in the Southern Mountains" by Michael Ann Williams; "La Casa Alamense: The Mexican Hacienda as Urban Dwelling" by John Messina; "Unraveling the Benjamin Deyerle Legend: An Analysis of Mid-Nineteenth-Century Brickwork in the Roanoke Valley of Virginia" by Michael J. Pulice; "Orson S. Fowler and a Home for All: The Octagon House in the Midwest" by Rebecca Lawin McCarley; and "Roadside Shrines and Granite Sketches: Diversifying the Vernacular Landscape of Memory" by David Charles Sloane.

Record # 374033

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

Phillips de Pury & Company - Photographs 17 May 2008 London - Lots 201-341 by: Phillips de Pury & Company
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Phillips de Pury & Company - Photographs 17 May 2008 London - Lots 201-341
by: Phillips de Pury & Company

Softcover. London, Phillips de Pury & Company, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-Paginated. Softcover. Phillips de Pury & Company of London - auction catalog (May 17, 2008 - Lots 201-341) featuring modern photography. Auction Lots include photographs by: Peter Beard, Bill Brandt, Henri Cartier-Bresson, William Eggleston, Nan Goldin, LaChapelle, Sally Mann, Irving Penn, M. Tichy, and more. Shallow creases on front cover. Light wear. Clean, tight.

Record # 613376

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

Photofreund Bucherei: Herausgegeben von Fr. W. Frerk Band 8 by: Frerk, Fr. Willy

Photofreund Bucherei: Herausgegeben von Fr. W. Frerk Band 8
by: Frerk, Fr. Willy

Hardcover. Berlin, Guido Hackebeil, 1st, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 344 pages plus tables, ads in rear. Red cloth spine, cream colored boards with light soil. A book on amateur film making, b&w illustrations, German text. AGFA has an ad in the back with actual film stills. Previous owner's bookplate, signature on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 403947

Price: $60.00
Price: $60.00