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Carta' Accvrata dell' Imperio del Giappone

Carta' Accvrata dell' Imperio del Giappone

by KAEMPFER, Engelbert; TIRION, Isaak and ALBRIZZI, Giovanni Battista

[Venice,: Giovanni Battista Albrizzi,, 1734].. 280 by 357mm. (11 by 14 inches).. Engraved map. The first state of the map, published in the second volume of the Italian translation of Thomas Salmon's 'Modern History…or, the present State of all Nations', 'Lo Stato Presente Di Tutti Paesi E Popoli Del Mondo', 1734. A copy of Tirion's version of Kaempfer's map, probably engraved by Giuseppe Filosi (fl1732-1757), with only the title and the names of the seas and major features changed into Italian.... Read more about this item
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$755.94
Fragment from a monumental Lectionary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment [France, mid-twelfth century]

Fragment from a monumental Lectionary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment [France, mid-twelfth century]

by [MS] Lectionary

1150. No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Half leaf, bi-sected laterally; with remains of double column of 17 lines in a notably fine early gothic bookhand, without biting curves, capitals touched in red, rubrics in red and pale blue in margin, elegant Nota sign in red and pale blue, small initials in red or pale blue with contrasting penwork (that on back with foot and tracery scrolling far into bas-de-page), one large red initial with acanthus leaf frond picked out in foot, prick marks... Read more about this item
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$881.93
Die Geschichte der abendländischen Buchmalerei.

Die Geschichte der abendländischen Buchmalerei.

by GRIMME, ERNST GÜNTHER

Book. Good. Original Wraps. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Köln, Dumont, 1980. 238 pp. 77 illus. in b/w & colour. Wrs. 0.
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$16.18
The Heathen Chinee, As Written for the Overland Monthly. Facsimile of the Original Manuscript. Together with the Corrected Letter Press, As Published in the Issue of September, 1870.

The Heathen Chinee, As Written for the Overland Monthly. Facsimile of the Original Manuscript. Together with the Corrected Letter Press, As Published in the Issue of September, 1870.

by Harte, Bret

San Francisco: John H. Carmany. Fair. 1871. Softcover. Original pictorial wrappers. Fair condition, with splits to spine, edgewear, soil, corner losses, vertical crease. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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$59.99
Maurice Guest

Maurice Guest

by Henry Handel Richardson

South Royalton, Vt: Minerva, 1992. Used.PAPERBACK EDITION.CREASES TO SPINE'A passionate and controversial novel set in turn-of-the-century Europe'Henry Handel Richardson?s debut, published in London in 1908, is set in the music scene of Leipzig, a cosmopolitan centre for the arts drawing students from around the world?among them Maurice Guest, a young Englishman, who falls helplessly in love with an Australian woman, Louise Dufrayer. Maurice Guest is the story of this overwhelming passion.'The novel was... Read more about this item
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$48.25
Original Manuscript of Pettibone's Chef Doover

Original Manuscript of Pettibone's Chef Doover

by Field, Eugene

Very Good. Hardcover. Holograph poem manuscript by Eugene Field of "Pettibone's Chef Doover." Two pages in his small pencilled writing with corrections. On the verso is an inked statement as follows: "This manuscript is in the handwriting of my father, Eugene Field. (signed) Eugene Field II. Dec 23, 1918." Tipped into a 3/4 leather binding with mild/moderate wear. This appears to have eventually become a longer poem entitled "Our Lady of the Mine." ; Folio... Read more about this item
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$799.99
Halid Al-Bagdadi, Mawlana Ziyaeddin (1779-1826). Tercüme-yi Risale-yi Halidiye [Translation of Halidi Order Letters]. Cairo: Bulaq Typ., 1262 H. [1846].

Halid Al-Bagdadi, Mawlana Ziyaeddin (1779-1826). Tercüme-yi Risale-yi Halidiye [Translation of Halidi Order Letters]. Cairo: Bulaq Typ., 1262 H. [1846].

by HALID AL-BAGDADI, Mawlana Ziyaeddin (1779-1826)

Octavo (ca. 22,5x14,5 cm). 56 pp (numbered in Eastern Arabic system). Text in Ottoman Turkish within printed ornamental border, first page decorated with traditional floral and geometric ornaments. Period Ottoman green quarter sheep with black papered boards and gilt tooled ornaments on the spine. Binding slightly rubbed on extremities, paper slightly age toned, otherwise a very good copy.Very rare Ottoman imprint with only one paper copy... Read more about this item
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$2,250.00
Scripta manent. Drukletters over schoonschrift, of een vriendenboekje van collega's aangeboden aan drs. A.R.A. Croiset van Uchelen bij zijn afscheid als hoofdconservator van de Universiteitsbibliotheek Amsterdam.

Scripta manent. Drukletters over schoonschrift, of een vriendenboekje van collega's aangeboden aan drs. A.R.A. Croiset van Uchelen bij zijn afscheid als hoofdconservator van de Universiteitsbibliotheek Amsterdam.

by VISSER, PIET

Book. Good. Original Wraps. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Amsterdam, Universiteitsbibliotheek, 1997. 110 pp. Illus. in b/w. Wrs. * One of 750 copies only. 0.
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$16.18
Interesting Early Autograph Letter Signed Regarding a Legal Dispute Likely over a Common Law Marriage in Oregon, Addressed to “Mr. Harding” (Most Likely a Notable Salem Attorney Benjamin Franklin Harding) and Mentioning Judge Cyrus Olney, then the Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. Oregon City, O.T., 4 June 1855.

Interesting Early Autograph Letter Signed Regarding a Legal Dispute Likely over a Common Law Marriage in Oregon, Addressed to “Mr. Harding” (Most Likely a Notable Salem Attorney Benjamin Franklin Harding) and Mentioning Judge Cyrus Olney, then the Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. Oregon City, O.T., 4 June 1855.

by OREGON CITY – COMMON LAW MARRIAGE

Folio (ca. 32x19,5 cm or 12 ¾ x 7 ¾ in). 2 pp. Brown ink on blueish laid paper. Fold marks, paper slightly age-toned, but overall a very good letter written in a legible hand.Interesting original manuscript letter providing an insight into an early legal dispute over the confirmation of what looks like a common law marriage in the Oregon Territory. Written by a resident of Oregon City who concealed his identity under... Read more about this item
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$850.00
Collection of Three Original Manuscripts, Reporting on the Voyage to Jamaica of a British Merchant Brig “Jane” in August 1780 – March 1781, Including a Detailed Account of “Jane’s” Wreck and Damage in the Mouth of the Great River during the Savanna-la-Mar Hurricane on October 3, 1780]. Montego Bay (Jamaica), 10 January 1781; London, 24 July and 31 August 1781.

Collection of Three Original Manuscripts, Reporting on the Voyage to Jamaica of a British Merchant Brig “Jane” in August 1780 – March 1781, Including a Detailed Account of “Jane’s” Wreck and Damage in the Mouth of the Great River during the Savanna-la-Mar Hurricane on October 3, 1780]. Montego Bay (Jamaica), 10 January 1781; London, 24 July and 31 August 1781.

by JAMAICA - HURRICANE

Three folded Folio manuscripts: two folio bifoliums ca. 36,5x22,5 cm and ca. 44x27,5 cm, and a single folio leaf ca. 40,5x26 cm. 3, 3 and 1 pp. All written in brown ink on watermarked laid paper, each docketed on the last blank page. Two signed by deponents and notaries, one with two tax stamps and a notarial seal. Fold marks, but overall a very good collection of manuscripts written in a legible hand.Historically significant... Read more about this item
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$1,850.00
Egyptisch leesboek. I. Teksten; II. Teeken- en woordenlijst. [TWO VOLUMES].

Egyptisch leesboek. I. Teksten; II. Teeken- en woordenlijst. [TWO VOLUMES].

by Buck, A. de

Leiden, Nederlandsch Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, 1941. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Two volumes. Crown quarto. Pp. viii, 80; 81-112. Original printed wrappers soiled, stained; some foxing. In fair condition, very good interior. ~ FIRST EDITION. Lithographed from the original manuscript. [Provenance:] Working copy of Prof. Herman De Meulenaere (1923-2011), from whose library this item comes, with his pencil annotations and references. 002-1
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$71.20
De Prudentia

De Prudentia

by Giovanni Pontano

Florentini (Florence): Filippo Giunta, 1508. Early/1st Thus Edition. Very Good+. Printed in Florence in 1508, this edition is believed to have been based on Pontano's original manuscript which was brought to Florence in 1503 by Giovanni Corsi. Based on Aristotles, Nicomachean Ethics, and building on St. Thomas Aquinas', Summa Theologiae, this work has come in and out of fashion for centuries. The concept of Prudence espoused in this work is heavily influenced by 15th century Italy and Pontano's deep... Read more about this item
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$1,575.00
MANUSCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY BOOK CONTAINING 'THE AMERICAN EAGLE', ETC.

MANUSCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY BOOK CONTAINING 'THE AMERICAN EAGLE', ETC.

by [AMERICANA]; DEE, Master W.:

[Original manuscript]; [Tewkesbury: Shuthonger House School]; London: Relfe Brothers., [1859]. Manuscript school calligraphy book belonging to Master W. Dee, a pupil of Shuthonger House School, Tewkesbury. Quarto. Contemporary half green morocco over blue marbled boards with printed name plate to the upper board. Marbling to page edges. Decorative printed title page. 85pp. completed in calligraphic manuscript in black and red ink (the remaining 29pp. blank), comprising 33 poetic and literary excerpts,... Read more about this item
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$251.98
MRS. SIMCOE'S DIARY.

MRS. SIMCOE'S DIARY.

by Innis, Mary Quayle (Ed)

Macmillan. Toronto 1965 1st edition.. Slight shelfwear. long inscription on half-title page, o/w VG in original transparent d/w (small loss only at top of spine).. Beige paper-covered boards with green cloth backstrip and green title label. 223pp. b/w illustrated. 8vo. With illustrations from the original manuscript.
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$12.60
The Turkish Battle at Khaybar.

The Turkish Battle at Khaybar.

by Kuscubasi, Esref. Translated and edited by Philip H. Stoddard and H. Basri Danisman

Istanbul, Arba, 1999. Soft cover. .. Octavo. Pp. 296. With portrait frontispiece, full-page map, facsimiles, and photographs. With 14 appendices. Bound in the original pictorial wrappers. In mint condition, practically unused. ~ Second printing. A translation from the original manuscript. W-2
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$155.35
MARILYN MONROE'S ILLEGITIMATE SON, rumor debunked with research

MARILYN MONROE'S ILLEGITIMATE SON, rumor debunked with research

by Hal Jacques, leading Hollywood/celebrity reporter 1950s-'70s

[MARILYN MONROE SON RUMOR DEBUNKED; NATIONAL ENQUIRER HOLLYWOOD REPORTER ORIGINAL RESEARCH] MARILYN MONROE SON RUMORS research file of assorted items of the investigation by Hal Jacques, a leading Hollywood/celebrity reporter active from the 1960s to '80s, working on assignment for the National Enquirer, 1970s, group of items made up of (a) memo TO: Brian Welles, FR: Hal Jacques, RE: Marilyn Monroe's Son, dated August 10th, 1972, 1-page original ribbon typed manuscript, in part, "It was about two years... Read more about this item
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$750.00
AMERICAN EAGLE FOLK ART DRAWING with calligraphy William W. Livermore, 1830s (est.)

AMERICAN EAGLE FOLK ART DRAWING with calligraphy William W. Livermore, 1830s (est.)

by William W. Livermore,

[CALLIGRAPHY; DRAWING; AMERICAN EAGLE; FOLK ART] WILLIAM W. LIVERMORE, hand drawing of name/calligraphy below drawing of American eagle, many flourishes as seen in engravings of the period, original drawing, undated/est. 1830s from style of the eagle, calligraphy, and flourishes. on one sheet 8" high x 12-1/2" across with vertical midfold, ink drawn by hand, limited scattered small spots of foxing; NOTES: William W. Livermore has not been able to be identified in online research, but possibly William W.... Read more about this item
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$450.00
THE VOLUNTARY STATE manuscript about 240 original ribbon typed pages

THE VOLUNTARY STATE manuscript about 240 original ribbon typed pages

by Mildred Adams McLearn

[ANNOTATED BOOK MANUSCRIPT "THE VOLUNTARY STATE"] THE VOLUNTARY STATE by Mildred McLearn, about 240 original ribbon typed pages bound into a spring binder, 3 parts as follows: (i) original ribbon, 92 pages double-spaced, much edited in pencil typed manuscript of a stage of "The Voluntary State" book-in-progress; (ii) original ribbon, 50 pages single-spaced, a few pages covered with pencil annotations of general notes, no textual editing of a stage of "The Voluntary State" book-in-progress; (iii) essay... Read more about this item
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$200.00
[Manuscript] A Conjurer's Notes

[Manuscript] A Conjurer's Notes

by Andrew, William

Sheffield, England. Quarter Leather. Very Good. Circa 1911, based on clipped entries from "L'Illusioniste", published by Manson Caroly, Paris. 8vo. 23 by 19 cm. 93 paginated leaves, with content almost entirely on rectos, and occasional vignette illustrations or mounted "newspaper" photo clippings on facing versos. Textual content solidly contained on leaves numbered up to 63, then a number of blanks, and then 16 pages of illustrations (vignettes) starting from other end and rendered upside down... Read more about this item
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$1,250.00
Early English Poetry, Ballads And Popular Literature Of The Middle Ages Vol. XV

Early English Poetry, Ballads And Popular Literature Of The Middle Ages Vol. XV

by Hawes, Stephen

London: Percy Society. Good/No DJ. 1845. First Edition. Full Leather. 12mo Edited from original manuscripts and scarce publications. Rubbed leather covered boards. Bright gilt titling on spine. Gilt to all edges. Marbled endpapers, book plate on f. paste down. No ownership inscription. Contents: Friar Bakon's Prophesie. Poetical Miscellanies. The Crown Garland of Golden Roses, Part 11. 74 pages clean and tight. .
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$37.80
AMY TALBOT DUNN SUFFRAGETTE letter Missouri to Brooklyn New York

AMY TALBOT DUNN SUFFRAGETTE letter Missouri to Brooklyn New York

by Amy Talbot Dunn, 19th century suffragette

[SUFFRAGETTE AMY TALBOT DUNN LETTER SIGNED 1883 RARE] AMY TALBOT DUNN, 19TH CENTURY SUFFRAGETTE, handwritten letter signed/ALS, dated Knob View, MO [Missouri], Crawford Co[ounty], October 27, 1883, 5-1/2" x 9"/about 125 words, lightly waxen paper, folds as mailed, to Israel A. Barker (Brooklyn), replying to letter from Israel about her situation and scheduling when to meet with him when she is in Brooklyn, letter reading in part, "I have been living in great seclusion for some months and have sought no... Read more about this item
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$150.00
Der Bamberger Psalter.

Der Bamberger Psalter.

by KLEMM, ELISABETH

Book. Good. Original Wraps. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Wiesbaden, Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 1980. 115pp. Illus. in b/w & colour. Wrs. 0.
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$15.10
PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON FAMILY ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN NOTES WITH REPORTER ARTICLE BASED ON THEM

PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON FAMILY ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN NOTES WITH REPORTER ARTICLE BASED ON THEM

by Florence Vaty, National Enquirer psychic

[1970s FLORENCE VATY NATIONAL ENQUIRER PSYCHIC ON PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON FAMILY ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN NOTES WITH REPORTER ARTICLE BASED ON THEM] FLORENCE VATY, PSYCHIC FOR THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER, 7 pages stapled together of handwritten notes in blue pen with "Vaty" note in red marker at upper right corner of first page on profiles and predictions of members of the president Nixon family based on astrological signs of respective birth months with 4-1/2 page original ribbon article in progress "Our [Nixon]... Read more about this item
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$450.00
ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH ORIGINAL ADAPTATION, PAUL BARON; BUDDY CLARK, SINGER; HILDEGARDE CAMPBELL ROOM RADIO PROGRAM

ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH ORIGINAL ADAPTATION, PAUL BARON; BUDDY CLARK, SINGER; HILDEGARDE CAMPBELL ROOM RADIO PROGRAM

by Paul Baron, composer adaptation

[DISNEY MEMORABILIA; ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH ORIGINAL ADAPTATION, PAUL BARON; BUDDY CLARK, SINGER; HILDEGARDE CAMPBELL ROOM RADIO PROGRAM] ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH adapted by Paul Baron with notes "Campbell" (for Hildegarde radio program "The Campbell Room") and Buddy Clark (popular singer of the 1940s) at top of first page, original adaptation in pencil with "Baron" signed in upper right corner of the first long page version of music composition pages with typescript "PAUL BARON at the bottom of each page, 13 pages... Read more about this item
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$400.00
Descriptiones animalium, quae in itinere ad maris Australis terras suscepto, collegit descripsit et delineavit Ioannes Reinoldus Forster Regiae Socius Regia Societatis Scientiarum apud Londinens

Descriptiones animalium, quae in itinere ad maris Australis terras suscepto, collegit descripsit et delineavit Ioannes Reinoldus Forster Regiae Socius Regia Societatis Scientiarum apud Londinens

by Forster, Johann Reinhold

Book. Fine. Blue Cloth. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. The complete scanned manuscript of Johann Reinhold Forster's Descriptiones Animalium, completed within a month of returning to England with Captain Cook's second expedition. The work was eventually edited by Hinrich Lichtenstein and published in 1844. The original manuscript held in Berlin was scanned and bound by a private collector into three large folio volumes..
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$600.00
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