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1854 DIARY & LETTERS of MADAME D'ARBALAY 6 volumes ANTIQUE: DIARY & LETTERS of MADAME D'ARBLAY London; 1854 6 volumes (of 7, incomplete set) Size 4 3/4 by 7" 3/4 calf, marbled boards and endpapers, gilt spines, gilt upper edge Very good condition, minor wear,

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1751 9 VOLUMES LETTERS to AMERICAN history of Monsieur: (LeLarge de Lignac, JA). Letters to an American, on the natural, general and particular history of Monsieur de Buffon. Hambourg, Duchesne, 1751-1756 9 volumes Original uniformed mottled calf with gilt

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1723 Fine Binding Historical Register America: The Historical Register, Containing An Impartial Relation of all Transactions Foreign and Domestick. With a Chronological Diary…Volume VIII for the Year 1723, printed at London and sold by C. Meere

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1727 4 VOLUMES SET Sylloge of Letters Written by Illustrious Men antique VELLUM: Sylloges Epistolarum Illustribus scriptarum Tomi Quin Que collected by Petrum Burmannum. Sylloge of Letters Written by Illustrious Men - contains biographical material on scholars. Correspondence of J

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OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, 1892, "THE WORKS OF OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES": OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, 1892, "THE WORKS OF OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES" Number 158 of 750 copies. 3/4 Leather. Thirteen Volume Set. Plus Two Volumes of Holmes's Life and Letters. Published by Houghton, Miff

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1490 INCUNABULA ST. JEROME S.Hieronymus EPISTOLAE antique vellum ROYAL FOLIO 17": Hieronymus,S. Epistolae. (Letters) Venice, Bernardinus Benalius; July 14, 1490. 2 parts in 1 volume. This edition of St Jerome's Letters is almost a page for page reprint of Torresanusâ€™s 1488 e

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1894 Great Men & Famous Women, 8 Vol Set, Hess: Beautiful books in an 8 volume set titled Great Men & Women from Selmar Hess and copyright 1894. These leather bound books feature very prominent figures in the world. Vols 1 and 2, Soldiers and Sailo

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1668 DESCARTES EPISTOLAE 2 volumes ANTIQUE illustrated: DESCARTES, Rene (1596-1650). First Latin edition of Descartes' correspondence, compiled by Johannes De Raei. It contains 237 letters, illustrated with woodcut figures in the text. Amsterdam: Daniel El

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THE PENNY CYCLOPAEDIA, 27 VOLUMES, 1833-1845: 1833-1845. London. Charles Knight, Publisher. Complete in 27 volumes. All volumes are in Very Good condition. Contemporary Brown Half Calf Leather Binding with Marbled Paper Covered Boards and Leather

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1898 JAPAN YEDO EDITION illustrated 8 FOLIO VOLUMES antique: Japan: Described and Illustrated by the Japanese 8 volumes (of 10) Boston: J.B. Millet, copyright 1898 Folio: 12 1/4 by 15 3/4" Yedo Edition of 1000 copies silk-covered boards with paper label on fron

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PLUTARCH’S SELECTED LIVES, 5 VOLUME SPECIAL EDITION – 1929: 1929. London. Nonesuch Press, Publisher. Complete in 5 Volumes. All volumes in Very Good ++ condition. It is a special, limited-edition printing, this being number 227 of 1050. Tan cloth covered board

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1894 EXQUISITE Great Men & Famous Women History Dore: 1894 EXQUISITE Great Men & Famous Women History Gustave Dore Art Illustrated A beautiful and complete 4 volume set of “Great Men and Famous Women”. This series is a pictorial view of more than 200

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Covered Wagon Women 6 volumes Diaries & Letters

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Holmes, Kenneth.
University of Nebraska Press.
Reprints.
Octavo.
Six volumes. Important reference works.
Fine set. Like new.

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