Sale 769: Antiquarian Books with Fine Press and Fine Bindings

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Ansichten der Natur

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(Hammer, Victor)
Author
Humboldt, Alexander von
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Victor Hammer's Alexander von Humboldt
Publisher
Stamperia del Santuccio
Date Published
[1934]

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The British Novelists; with an Essay, and Prefaces Biographical and Critical...

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Barbauld, Anna Laetita, editor
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With six color fore-edge paintings of England
Publisher
Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington et al
Date Published
1820

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28

The Poetical Works

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Campbell, Thomas
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With color fore-edge painting of Fast Castle
Publisher
Edward Moxon
Date Published
[1848]

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29

Democritus in London with the Mad Pranks and Comical Conceits of Motley and Robin Good-Fellow to Which are added Notes Festivous Etc.

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
[Daniel, George]
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With fore-edge painting of St. Paul's cathedral
Publisher
William Pickering
Date Published
1852

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30

Cranford

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn
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With color fore-edge painting of a Ship
Publisher
Macmillan and Co., Limited
Date Published
1898

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31

Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Gesner, J.M., editor
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With fore-edge paintings of Badminton and Stowe
Publisher
Harding, Mavor, et Lepard
Date Published
[1824]

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32

The Life of Arthur Duke of Wellington

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Gleig, G.R.
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With fore-edge painting of Wellington in uniform
Publisher
Longmans, Green, and Co.
Date Published
1877

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The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood: Memoir, Explanatory Notes, &c.

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Hood, Thomas
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With a fore-edge painting of riders and dogs
Publisher
Frederick Warne and Co.; Scribner, Welford and Armstrong
Date Published
[ca. 1880]

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34

The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, with Notes, Index of First Lines and Chronological List.

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Horder, W. Garrett, editor
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With fore-edge painting of ship City of Mobile
Publisher
Henry Frowde
Date Published
1910

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35

Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Irving, Washington
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Fore-edge paintings of Goldsmith and Dublin
Publisher
Bell & Daldy
Date Published
1868

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The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell.

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Lowell, James Russell
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With a color fore-edge painting
Publisher
Ward, Lock, & Co.
Date Published
[ca. 1900]

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37

Critical and Historical Essays

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Macaulay, Thomas Babington
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With a fore-edge painting of a Holkham Hall
Publisher
Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer
Date Published
1874

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38

Milton's Paradise Lost.

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Milton, John
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With fore-edge painting of Battersea Bridge
Publisher
T. Longman, B. Law, P. Dodsley et al.
Date Published
1795

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39

Proper Lessons to be Read at Morning and Evening Prayer on the Sundays and other Holy-days throughout the Year [and] The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments...

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
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With fore-edge paintings of Basingwerk & Conwy
Publisher
Printed at the University Press by S. Collingwood and Co.
Date Published
[1834]

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40

Rider's British Merlin: For the Year of Our Lord 1826. Being the Second After Bisextile. Adorned with many delightful and useful Verities... in the Islands of Great Britain's Monarchy.

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Rider, Cardanus, compiler
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With fore-edge painting of an armored knight
Publisher
Printed for the Company of Stationers
Date Published
1826

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41

Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Scott, Sir Walter
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With fore-edge painting of Norham Castle
Publisher
Archibald Constable and Company; William Miller and John Murray
Date Published
1811

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42

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Including his Great Metrical Romances, Copyright Lyrical Pieces, Miscellaneous Poems and Ballads. with a Memoir of the Author.

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Scott, Sir Walter
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With fore-edge painting of Norham Castle
Publisher
Adam and Charles Black
Date Published
[1861]

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43

The Lady of the Lake

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Scott, Walter
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Lady of the Lake with fore-edge painting
Publisher
Adam and Charles Black
Date Published
1871

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44

The Natural History of the Bible

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Tristram, H.B.
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With a charming fore-edge painting of Dresden
Publisher
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; E. & J. B. Young & Co.
Date Published
1898

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118

Zoo Köln

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(Posters - Travel)
Author
Bruns
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Bruns poster for the Cologne Zoo
Publisher
Kölnische Verlagsdruckerei
Date Published
No date

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154

Fabre's Book of Insects Retold from Alexander Teixeira de Mattos' Translation of Fabre's "Souvenirs Entomologiques"

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(Detmold, Edward J., illustrator)
Author
Stawell, Mrs. Rodolph
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Detmold illustrates Fabre's insects
Publisher
Dodd, Mead and Company
Date Published
1921

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Eleven hand-colored lithographs from John Gould's ornithological works

Author
Gould, John
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11 Hand-Colored Lithos from John Gould
Date Published
[1833-87]

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Six hand-colored lithographs from A Monograph of the Trochilidae or Family of Humming-Birds

Author
Gould, John
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6 Hand-Colored Hummingbird & Toucan Lithos
Date Published
[1849-87]

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182

History of Quadrupeds

Author
Pennant, Thomas
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Thomas Pennant classifies the quadrupeds, 1793
Publisher
Printed for B. & J. White
Date Published
1793

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Advertising archive in 80 volumes from Sunkist Growers, Inc. with clippings of published advertisements, posters and labels dating from 1917-1996

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(Sunkist Growers Inc.)
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Advertising Campaigns archive for Sunkist Corp.
Publisher
Sunkist Growers, Inc.
Date Published
1917-96

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Victoria Regia; or The Great Water Lily of America: With a Brief Account of its Discovery and Introduction into Cultivation. - text leaves and portfolio only

Author
Allen, John Fisk and William Sharp
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Text leaves and portfolio to Allen's Victoria Regia
Publisher
Printed and Published for the Author by Dutton and Wentworth
Date Published
1854

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Three Physico-Theological Discourses...The Production and Use of Mountains...Sea-Fishes Bones and Shells found in the Earth; the Effects of particular Floods, and Inundations of the Sea; the Eruptions of Vulcano's; the Nature and Causes of Earthquakes...

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(Natural Theology)
Author
Ray, John
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John Ray on natural theology, volcanos, fossils
Publisher
Printed for William Innys
Date Published
1713

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342

Great Flower Books 1700-1900: A Bibliographical Record of Two Centuries of Finely-Illustrated Flower Books

Author
Sitwell, Sacheverell & Wilfred Blunt
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With 36 folio color plates of flowers
Publisher
Collins
Date Published
1956

Estimate$500 - $800

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343

Fine Bird Books, 1700-1900

Author
Sitwell, Sacheverell, Handasyde Buchanan and James Fisher
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With 16 folio color plates of birds
Publisher
Collins & Van Nostrand
Date Published
1953

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An Essay of Dr. John Wallis, exhibiting his Hypothesis about the Flux and Reflux of the Sea, taken from the Consideration of the Common Center of Gravity of the Earth and Moon...

Author
Wallis, John
Headline
Richard Wallis on the theory of tides, 1666
Publisher
Royal Society of London
Date Published
August 6, 1666

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