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ADDISON (Lancelot)

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John Donne. Pseudo-Martyr, 1610, 1st Ed.: Donne, John. PSEUDO-MARTYR. WHEREIN… THIS CONCLUSION IS EVICTED. THAT THOSE WHICH ARE OF THE ROMANE RELIGION IN THIS KINGDOME, MAY AND OUGHT TO TAKE THE OATH OF ALLEGEANCE. London: W. Stansby for Wa

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Fabian Society, Autograph Album: Late 19th to early 20th century, quarto album containing a variety of autographs and clippings mounted to leaves; also with several loose items housed in envelope mounted inside the rear cover. The wh

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Bible. King James, True 1613 Folio Edition: [THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTEYNING THE OLD TESTAMENT, AND THE NEW: NEWLY TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINALL TONGUES. London: Robert Barker, 1613. With ample margins, 16.25" x 10.5". C6, D4; A-4M6, 4N4 (wanting

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Cervantes. Don Quixote, Ibarra Ed., 1780: Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA. Madrid: por Don Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. 4to (11.5" x 8.75".) 4 volumes. Containing 1 engraved portrait, 4 additional engrave

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Miniature Manuscript Koran, 19th c.: Miniature circa 19th c. manuscript Koran, measuring 2.25" x 2", containing 193 leaves including 25 leaves with illuminated decorations, text throughout in combinations of brown, green, red, and blue i

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Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, 1550: Chaucer, Geoffrey. THE WORKES OF GEFFRAY CHAUCER NEWLY PRINTED, WITH DYVERS WORKES WHICHE WERE NEVER IN PRINT BEFORE. London: Thomas Petit, [ca. 1550]. 11.75" x 8". Final blank leaf wanting, 15 leaves

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Early Hong Kong Printing: The Daily Press. Hongkong, 31 August, 1859. Large folio, 4 pp. ************** The Daily Press was the first newspaper in Hong Kong, beginning in 1857. The present includes a long article on the Coolie

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WWI, Important Archive, British-American: A large archive of material from Colville Barclay, who was a British diplomat serving as charge d'affaires in Washington D.C. during WWI. The heart of this archive includes a substantial amount of sen

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[Botany, Color Plates] Botanist's Repository: Andrews, H. C. THE BOTANIST'S REPOSITORY, COMPRISING COLOUR'D ENGRAVINGS OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS… BOTANICAL DESCRIPTIONS IN LATIN AND ENGLISH AFTER THE LINNAEAN SYSTEM. [London: Bensley, ca. 1803-181

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Colonial American Printing, Folio, 1748: Tieleman Jansz van Braght. DER BLUTIGE SCHAU-PLATZ ODER MARTYRER-SPIEGEL DER TAUFFS.... Ephrata in Pennsylvania: Bruederschafft, 1748-1749. 14" x 8.75". 56, 478, [4], [14], 949, [11] pp., + engraved f

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[Harrison Forman's Copy, "Lost Horizon" Script]: Script for the 1937 film "Lost Horizon," directed by Frank Capra, Final Draft of March 23, 1936. HARRISON FORMAN'S COPY, with his stamp. 175 pp., 4to in pale green wrappers, in hardcover binder. Very

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Refutation of Rhemists, 1618: Cartwright, Thomas. A CONFUTATION OF THE RHEMISTS TRANSLATION, GLOSSES AND ANNOTATIONS ON THE NEW TESTAMENT, SO FARRE AS THEY CONTAINE MANIFEST IMPIETIES, HERESIES, IDOLATRIESâ€¦AND OTHER EVILLS.

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Wizard of Oz, 1900, 1st Edition: Baum, L. Frank. THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZâ€¦ WITH PICTURES BY W. W. DENSLOW. Chicago and New York: Geo. M. Hill Co., 1900. 4to, original publisher's cloth. 16 plates (of 24), text complete. *****

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[Kelmscott Press] The Earthly Paradise: Morris, William. THE EARTHLY PARADISE, VOL. VIII. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1897. [2], 186 pp. 9.25" x 6.5". Volume 8 (of 8). In original limp vellum, with ties intact. Beautifully printed at this

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Ptolemy. Cosmographia, 1490: Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus.) COSMOGRAPHIA. [Rome: Petrus de Turre, 1490.] Folio, 428 x 285mm, a2-c8 on shorter leaves measuring 411 x 275mm. Text portion only, lacking all maps. A2-C8, D6, E5, a2-10

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[Color Plates] Edwards' Botanical Register: Edwards, Sydenham. THE BOTANICAL REGISTER: CONSISTING OF COLOURED FIGURES OF EXOTIC PLANTS. [and] EDWARDS'S BOTANICAL REGISTER… NEW SERIES. London, 1819-1839, and 1838-1847. All uniformly bound, 10"

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ADDISON (Lancelot) The Present State of the Jews: (More Particularly Relating to those in Barbary) Wherein is Contained an exact Account of their Customs, Secular and Religious. London: by J.C. for William Crooke, at the Green Dragon without Temple-Bar; and to be sold by John Courtney Bookseller in Sarum, 1675, 8vo, 1st edition, engraved frontispiece, woodcut initials and headpieces, some old ink underlinings and very occasional marginal notes, light age toning, a few corner creases, some slight cropping at head to a few leaves, disbound (one later board loose) [ref. Wing A526] ?? Rare first edition of this close and careful study of Jewish life and customs. Joseph Addison served seven years as chaplain of the garrison in Tangiers, during which time he became interested in the customs and habits of the Jewish community there.