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Group of Early and Rare Poetry and First Editions

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Rare Bible 4 v. The Holy Bible, Thomas Scott, 1812: Rare First / New Edition Early 19th Century Antique Bible in 4 volumes - The Holy Bible , Thomas Scott | Published in London by Seeley, Hatchard, Baldwin, 1812 | Volume 1: Genesis - 2 Samuel; Volume 2

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1642 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW RARE, Ed REPUBLIC ROMAN: 1642 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW RARE, Ed REPUBLIC ROMAN GERMAN JACOBO LAMPADIO/VELLUM BND VERY RARE - SCARCE EARLY EDITION - FIRST ISSUE RARE LIMITED EDITION of a CELEBRATED, IMPORTANT & UNCOMMON W

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1795 FIRST EDITION Washington Letters to Congress: Washington Related 1795 Rare First Edition 2-Volume Set George Washington's Letters to the American Congress (1775-1778) 1795-Dated FIRST EDITION TWO-Volume Set titled: "Official Letters To The Honour

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1912 1ed Egyptian Days EGYPT Exploration Voyages Cairo Pharaoh Hieroglyphics: 1912 1ed Egyptian Days EGYPT Exploration Voyages Cairo Pharaoh Hieroglyphics A rare first edition of Philip Sanford Mardens early 20th-century travelogue entitled, Egyptian Days. Drawing from his time

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1912 EGYPT 1ed Egyptian Days Exploration Voyages Cairo Pharaoh Hieroglyphics: 1912 EGYPT 1ed Egyptian Days Exploration Voyages Cairo Pharaoh Hieroglyphics A rare first edition of Philip Sanford Mardens early 20th-century travelogue entitled, Egyptian Days. Drawing from his time

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1853 EARLY Life Insurance Assurance Bank of England: 1853 EARLY Life Insurance Assurance Bank of England John Francis Actuary Sciences A rare first edition of John Francis’s famous treatise on Life Insurance. At the time of publishing ‘Annals, Anecd

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1789 1ed Columbian Magazine American Revolution SLAVES: 1789 1ed Columbian Magazine American Revolution SLAVES William Penn Philadelphia A rare first edition of the 1789 Columbia Magazine! Featured in this rare June issue of the early American periodical a

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1834 Irish Rebellion of 1798 Impartial Narrative Great: 1834 Irish Rebellion of 1798 Impartial Narrative Great Britain IRELAND Jones A rare, early American edition of first-hand accounts of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. At the end of the 18th-century Britis

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1675 POPES TO INNOCENT XI, 1st Edit, SCARCE FIRST Ed.: 1675 POPES TO INNOCENT XI, 1st Edit, SCARCE FIRST EDITION VERY RARE, SCARCE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE LIMITED EDITION of a CELEBRATED, IMPORTANT UNCOMMON EARLY EDITION FINE ORIGINAL GILT LEATHER BIN

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1815 Early German Ethnography 19 Hand-Colored Plates: 1815 Early German Ethnography with 19 Hand-Colored Plates Costumes Persia Africa A rare, color illustrated first edition of Friedrich Wilmsen’s “Fremde Länder und Völker” or “Foreign Lands a

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1898 1ed DAISIES Robert Louis Stevenson Childrens Poetry Childs Garden Verses: 1898 1ed DAISIES Robert Louis Stevenson Childrens Poetry Childs Garden Verses A rare first edition of Robert Louis Stevensons delightful poetry book, Daisies. This poetic work is beautifully illustrat

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1758 1ed Boudier de Villemert French Poetry: 1758 1ed Boudier de Villemert French Poetry L’ami des Muses Voltaire Marmontel A rare first edition collection of French poetry. Boudier de Villemert’s works include letters, madrigals, fables, an

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Group of Early and Rare Poetry and First Editions

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Description

Large group of poetry books, including many first editions. Includes books by notable poets including Ogden Nash, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Robert Burns, Robert Frost, Lord Byron, John Greenleaf Whittier, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and the Bronte sisters, among many others.

SKU: 01945

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