Sale 547 - Fine Books & Manuscripts from the Personal Collection of the Late Cecil M. Wahle (with additions)

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(Arion Press)
Author
Rilke, Rainer Maria
Headline
The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke, Rainer Maria Rilke
Publisher
Arion Press
Date Published
1983

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Call It Sleep

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(Arion Press)
Author
Roth, Henry
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Call It Sleep, Henry Roth Arion Press
Publisher
Arion Press
Date Published
1995

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27

A Lie of the Mind

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(Arion Press)
Author
Shepard, Sam
Headline
A Lie of the Mind, Sam Shephard
Publisher
Arion Press
Date Published
1993

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28

The Silverado Squatters

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(Arion Press)
Author
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Headline
The Silverado Squatters, Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher
Arion Press
Date Published
1996

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Arcadia: A Play

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(Arion Press)
Author
Stoppard, Tom
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Arcadia: A Play, Tom Stoppard
Publisher
Arion Press
Date Published
2001

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30

The Ballad of Lemon and Crow

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(Arion Press)
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Todd, Glenn
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The Ballad of Lemon and Crow, Glenn Todd
Publisher
Arion Press
Date Published
2002

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31

Williwaw

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(Arion Press)
Author
Vidal, Gore
Headline
Williwaw, Gore Vidal
Publisher
The Arion Press
Date Published
1996

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Tono-Bungay

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(Arion Press)
Author
Wells, H.G.
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Tono-Bungay, H. G. Wells
Publisher
Arion Press
Date Published
2008

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Orlando: A Biography

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(Arion Press)
Author
Woolf, Virginia
Headline
Orlando: A Biography, Virginia Woolf
Publisher
Arion Press
Date Published
2005

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34

Histoire des Animaux d'Aristote

Author
Aristotle
Headline
The Animals of Aristotle 1783
Publisher
Desaint
Date Published
1783

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35

The Art of Edward Weston

Author
Armitage, Merle
Headline
The Art of Edward Weston 1 of 550 signed
Publisher
E. Weyhe
Date Published
1932

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36

Announcement and order form for the Ashendene Press edition of Dante

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(Ashendene Press)
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Announcement for Ashendene Dante
Date Published
1909

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37

Handbook of Christian Symbolism

Author
Audsley, W. & G.
Headline
Handbook of Christian Symbolism
Publisher
Day & Son
Date Published
[c.1865]

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38

Interieurs Francais

Author
Badovici, Jean
Headline
Jean Badovici Interieurs Francais
Publisher
Albert Morance
Date Published
[1925]

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Poems

Author
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
Headline
Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Poems first edition 1844
Publisher
Edward Moxon
Date Published
1844

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40

Coming Back with the Spitball. A Pitcher's Romance

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(Baseball)
Author
Hopper, James
Headline
Rare 1914 Baseball Fiction in original dust jacket
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Date Published
1914

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41

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Author
Baum, L. Frank
Headline
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, first edition, Second state
Publisher
Geo. M. Hill Co.
Date Published
1900

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42

Salome

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(Beardsley, Aubrey)
Author
Wilde, Oscar
Headline
Salome, Oscar Wilde
Publisher
John Lane
Date Published
1920

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43

Biblia Sacra Quadrilinguia Veteris Testamenti Hebraici cum versionibus e regione positis, utpote versione Graeca LXX interpretum..., item versione Latina Sebastiani Schmidii noviter revisa..., et Germanica B. Lutheri...; adiectis textui Hebraeo notis Masorethicis... Volumen II, Continens Jobum Usque ad Malachiam

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(Bible - Polyglot)
Headline
Polyglot Bible 1751
Publisher
Lanckisch
Date Published
1751

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44

Jeremiah - from the 1583 folio edition of the Geneva Bible

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(Bible in English)
Headline
Jeremiah from Folio Geneva Bible 1583
Publisher
[Christopher Barker]
Date Published
[1583]

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[Joshua], i.e. The booke of Iosuah, who the Hebrewes call Iehosuah - from the 1574 folio edition of the Bishops' Bible

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(Bible in English)
Headline
Bishops' Bible Joshua 1574
Publisher
[R. Jugge]
Date Published
[1574]

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The Psalmes of Dauid - from the 1583 folio edition of the Geneva Bible

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(Bible in English)
Headline
Book of Psalms from Folio Geneva Bible 1583
Publisher
[Christopher Barker]
Date Published
[1583]

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47

Twenty-two leaves from the great She Bible of 1613-11

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(Bible in English)
Headline
Leaves from the folio King James Bible
Publisher
[Robert Barker]
Date Published
[1613-1611]

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48

Vetus Testamentum ex versione Septuaginta interpretum olim ad fidem codicis ms. alexandrini summo studio & incredibili diligentia expressum, emendatum ac suppletum a Joanne Ernesto Grabe... Svmma cvra edidit Joannes Jacobus Breitingerus...

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(Bible in Greek)
Headline
Scholarly Old Testament in Greek
Publisher
Ex officina J. Heideggeri & soc.
Date Published
1730-1732

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49

The Grave: A Poem...Together with Gray's Celebrated Elegy in a Country Church Yard

Author
Blair, Robert
Headline
Rare Concord New Hampshite Imprint 1817
Publisher
Isaac Hill
Date Published
1817

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Nine volumes by The Book Club of California

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(Book Club of California)
Headline
The Book Club of California, Nine volumes
Publisher
The Book Club of California
Date Published
Various dates

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Nine volumes of Fine Press Books by The Book Club of California

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(Book Club of California)
Headline
The Book Club of California, nine volumes.
Publisher
The Book Club of California
Date Published
Various dates

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52

Two volumes on the art of bookbinding

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(Bookbinding)
Headline
History of Bookbinding
Date Published
Various dates

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53

Over 100 bookplates from the collection of Nathan Van Patten

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(Bookplates)
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Over 100 bookplates
Date Published
Various dates

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54

Faustus: His Life, Death, and Descent Into Hell. Translated from the German

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(Borrow, George, translator)
Author
[Klinger, F.M. von]
Headline
Faustus first edition in English
Publisher
W. Simpkiin and R. Marshall
Date Published
1825

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55

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Author
Boswell, James
Headline
Third Edition Boswell's Life of Johnson 1799 3rd Edition
Publisher
Charles Dilly
Date Published
1799

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56

The Iris Prints

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(Bukowski, Charles)
Author
Montfort, Michael and Giorgia Moroder
Headline
Montfort, Moroder & Bukowski - The Iris Prints
Publisher
MoMo Editions
Date Published
1996

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57

Bukowski

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(Bukowski, Charles)
Author
Montfort, Michael
Headline
Bukowski photos by Michael Montfort Black Sparrow
Publisher
Black Sparrow Press
Date Published
2002

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Bukowski. 24 Photographs, 1977-1987 - One of 26 lettered copies

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(Bukowski, Charles)
Author
Montfort, Michael
Headline
Bukowski: 24 Photographs, 1977-1987 Lettered Copy
Publisher
[Michael Montfort]
Date Published
[1987]

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Bukowski: Photographs 1977-1991

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(Bukowski, Charles)
Author
Montfort, Michael
Headline
Bukowski: Photographs 1977-1991 1 of 100 copies
Publisher
Bukskin Press
Date Published
1993

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60

Shakespeare Never Did This - One of 15 Photographer's copies

Author
Bukowski, Charles
Headline
Bukowski Shakespeare Never Did This Photographer's Copy
Publisher
Black Sparrow Press
Date Published
1995

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61

Carmen

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(Bull, René)
Author
Mérimée, Prosper
Headline
Carmen illustrated by Renee Bull
Publisher
Hutchinson & Co.
Date Published
[1915]

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62

A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful

Author
[Burke, Edmund]
Headline
Edmund Burke on the Sublime and Beautiful
Publisher
R. and J. Dodsley
Date Published
1764

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63

The Gulistan, or Rose Garden of Sa'di. Faithfully translated in English

Author
[Burton, Richard F., atttributed translator]
Headline
Burton translates the Gulistan
Publisher
Kama Shastra Society
Date Published
1888

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64

Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice

Author
Byron, Lord
Headline
Byron's Marino Faliero etchings by Sepp Frank
Publisher
Avalun Verlag
Date Published
1922

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Apostolici: or, the History of the Lives, Acts, Death, and Martyrdoms of Those Who were Contemporary with, or Immediately Succeeded the Apostles. As Also the Most Eminent of the Primitive Fathers for the First Three Hundred Years

Author
Cave, William
Headline
Lives, Acts, Death, and Martyrdoms
Publisher
Richard Chiswell
Date Published
1687

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66

The Life of Benvenuto Cellini: A Florentine Artist

Author
Cellini, Benvenuto
Headline
Life of Benvenuto Cellini First Edition in English
Publisher
T. Davies
Date Published
1771

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67

China: Its Costume, Arts, Manufactures

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(China)
Author
Bertin, M. ed.
Headline
China: Its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, M. Bertin
Publisher
J. J. Stockdale
Date Published
1812

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Chinese Characters: Their origin, etymology, history, classification and signification. A thorough study from Chinese documents

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(Chinese Language)
Author
Wieger, Léon
Headline
Study of Chinese Language 1915
Publisher
Catholic Mission Press
Date Published
1915

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69

Bound volume of tracts issued by the Loyal Publication Society of New York

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(Civil War)
Headline
Sammelband of Loyal Publication Society pamphlets
Publisher
Loyal Publication Society
Date Published
1863-4

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70

Dombey and Son

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(Cobden-Sanderson, T.J. - His copy)
Author
Dickens, Charles
Headline
T.J. Cobden Sandersen's Copy
Publisher
Bradbury and Evans
Date Published
[c.1848]

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Wordsworth: An Anthology

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(Cobden-Sanderson, Thomas James)
Author
Wordsworth, William
Headline
Cobden-Sanderson's copy of Wordsworth
Publisher
Richard Cobden-Sanderson
Date Published
1920

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72

Negro Drawings

Author
Covarrubias, Miguel
Headline
Miguel Covarrubias Negro Drawings First Edition
Publisher
Knopf
Date Published
1927

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73

Queen Elizabeth

Author
Creighton, Mandell
Headline
Biography of Queen Elizabeth Finely Bound
Publisher
Boussod, Valadon & Co.
Date Published
1896

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74

Autograph letter signed

Author
Cruikshank, George
Headline
Autograph letter signed, Cruikshank
Date Published
No date

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75

The Historie of Quintus Curtius, conteyning the Actes of the greate Alexander, translated out Latin into Englished by Iohn Brende...

Author
Curtius Rufus, Quintus.
Headline
English ed. of Curtius' Alexander the Great
Publisher
[Richardi Tottell]
Date Published
[1561]

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The Life of Pythagoras, with His Symbols and Golden Verses. Together with the Life of Hierocles, and His Commentaries upon the Verses. Collected out of the Choicest Manuscripts, and Translated in French, with Annotations... Now done into English

Author
Dacier, [Andre]
Headline
Life of Pythagoras, 1707
Publisher
Printed for Jacob Tonson
Date Published
1707

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77

Autograph note signed

Author
Dana, Richard Henry, Jr.
Headline
Autograph note signed, Dana, Richard Henry, Jr.
Date Published
September 1, 1863

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78

Hindoo excavations in the mountain of Ellora, near Aurungabad, in the Decan, in twenty-four views, from the drawings of James Wales, under the direction of Thomas Daniell

Author
Daniell, Thomas & James Wales
Headline
Daniell's Hindoo Excavations wth 24 plates 1816
Publisher
William Daniell, & Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
Date Published
1816

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79

The Expression of the Emotion in Man and Animals

Author
Darwin, Charles
Headline
Charles Darwin on the Expression of Emotions
Publisher
D. Appleton and Company
Date Published
1892

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Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the Years 1822, 1823, and 1824, by Major Denham, Captain Clapperton, and the Late Dr. Oudney. Extending Across the Great Desert to the Tenth Degree of Northern Latitude, and From Kouka in Bornou, to Sackatoo, the Capital of the Felatah Empire

Author
Denham, Dixon and Hugh Clapperton
Headline
Denham & Clapperton in Northern & Central Africa
Publisher
John Murray
Date Published
1826

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Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the Years 1822, 1823, and 1824, by Major Denham, Captain Clapperton, and the Late Dr. Oudney. Extending Across the Great Desert to the Tenth Degree of Northern Latitude, and From Kouka in Bornou, to Sackatoo, the Capital of the Felatah Empire

Author
Denham, Dixon and Hugh Clapperton
Headline
Denham & Clapperton in Northern & Central Africa
Publisher
Cummings, Hilliard & Co.
Date Published
1826

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82

Three volumes in Danish, including a handwritten manuscript

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(Denmark)
Headline
Dansih books, 3 volumes
Date Published
Various dates

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83

Hours of Gladness

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(Detmold, Edward J.)
Author
Maeterlinck, Maurice
Headline
Hours of Gladness illustrated by E.J. Detmold
Publisher
George Allen / Dodd Mead
Date Published
[1912]

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84

Sketches by "Boz": Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People. [With] Sketches by "Boz". Second Series.

Author
Dickens, Charles
Headline
Dickens Sketches by Boz 1837
Publisher
John Macrone
Date Published
1837

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85

The Path to the Double Helix - Signed by Francis Crick

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(DNA)
Author
Olby, Robert
Headline
Path to the Double Helix signed by Francis Crick
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Date Published
[1974]

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86

The Double Helix - Signed by both Watson and Crick

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(DNA)
Author
Watson, James D. [and Francis Crick]
Headline
The Double Helix signed by Watson and Crick
Publisher
Mentor
Date Published
[1969]

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87

Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science

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(DNA)
Author
Watson, James D.
Headline
James D. Watson Avoid Boring People
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published
2007

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88

The Double Helix - Signed by James Watson

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(DNA)
Author
Watson, James D.
Headline
Double Helix signed by James Watson
Publisher
Signet
Date Published
[1969]

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89

Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acid. A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid - offprint from Nature Magazine

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(DNA)
Author
Watson, James; Crick, Francis, et al.
Headline
Rare DNA offprint 1953
Publisher
[Printed by Fisher, Knight & Co., Ltd.]
Date Published
1953

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90

Mathias Sandorf - with 30 original watercolor sketches by Emilien Dufour

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(Dufour, Emilien Leon)
Author
Verne, Jules
Headline
With 30 original sketches by Emilien Dufour
Publisher
Librarie Hachette
Date Published
[1939]

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91

Princess Badoura. A Tale from the Arabian Nights

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(Dulac, Edmund)
Author
Housman, Laurence
Headline
Princess Badoura, Housman, Laurence
Publisher
Hodder and Stoughton
Date Published
[1913]

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92

Pied Piper of Lovers

Author
Durrell, Lawrence
Headline
Lawrence Durrell's First Book Pied Piper of Lovers
Publisher
Cassell and Company
Date Published
[1935]

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93

Four volumes of or relating to early English printing

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(Early English Printing)
Headline
Early English printing
Date Published
Various dates

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94

Egypt's Place in Universal History: An Historical Investigation in Five Books

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(Egypt)
Author
Bunsen, Christian Karl Josias von
Headline
Bunsen's History of Egypt
Publisher
Longman, Brown, et al.
Date Published
1848-1867

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"Einstein in Meditation" - sepia-tone color lithograph portrait signed in pencil by Albert Einstein and by the artist

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(Einstein, Albert)
Author
Georgiev, Boris
Headline
Large signed portrait of Einstein
Date Published
1929

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96

Fourteen papers by Albert Einstein, in five bound volumes of Annalen der Physik

Author
Einstein, Albert
Headline
Papers by Albert Einstein.in Annalen der Physik
Publisher
Verlag von Johann Ambrosius Barth
Date Published
1910-1914

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Ten papers by Albert Einstein, in five bound volumes of Annalen der Physik

Author
Einstein, Albert
Headline
Papers by Albert Einstein.in Annalen der Physik
Publisher
Verlag von Johann Ambrosius Barth
Date Published
1902-1910

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Three photographs by Alfred Eisenstaedt

Author
Eisenstaedt, Alfred
Headline
Three photographs by Alfred Eisenstaedt
Publisher
Pix Incorporated
Date Published
1940s

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99

An Inquiry Into the Origin and Early History of Engraving...

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(Engravings)
Author
Ottley, William Young
Headline
Origin and Early History of Engraving 1816
Publisher
John and Arthur Arch
Date Published
1816

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Photo-montage, signed by five members of the Enola Gay crew from the Hiroshima mission

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(Enola Gay)
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Signed by crewmembers of the Enola Gay
Date Published
No date

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