In Darkest Africa or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. Hardcover. Green cloth with gilt embossed title on cover and spine, embossed outline of Africa on front covers. Volume 1:xiv, 547 pp. one folding map in pocket at rear. Volume 2: xvi, 540 pp. two folding maps in pocket at rear. with two steel engravings, and one hundred and fifty illustrations and maps, a few color. A nice but not perfect set of this classic. All maps are present, nice shelf appeal. Good+, spotting to covers of Volume 2, inner front hinge of Volume 2 is weak and plit at paper but not at cloth can be repaired .

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Book number: 172680

Catalogue: Gallimaufry

Keywords: Gallimaufry ; Africa ; ;

The Proceedings at the Sessions of the Peace, and Oyer and Terminer, for the City of London and County of Middlesex... Being the First Sessions in the Mayoralty of the Right Honourable Sir Richard Brocas [Etc. ]. Numbers I-VIII [Complete, with Two Additional Reports (Bound with) Same Titles for 1731, Being the First Sessions in the Mayoralty of the Right Honourable Humphrey Parson, Esq. [Numbers I-VIII Complete]

London, Printed for T. Payne, at the Crown in Ivy-Lane, 1731. Leather bound. Ancient full leather boards, five raised-bands (overlying leather gone), 18 tracts in total with each tract 20-30 pp. A sturdy and overall nice copy of this compilation of two years' worth of Proceedings. Quite rare, could use a clamshell box or a rebinding. Includes the special printing of the tract "The proceedings at the sessions of the peace, and oyer and terminer, for the city of London, and county of Middlesex, held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey, on Friday the 27th of February .. upon a bill of indictment found against Francis Charteris, Esq; for committing a rape" printed in April of 1730. Each tract presents Brief accounts of the trials, with charges, depositions, verdicts and sentences. Most cases are thefts or assaults, some rape and murder as well. Good+, various soiling spots or toning here or there, last page heavily soiled no rear free endpaper,one page seen with a small tear about an inch long, front boards is off rear board better but tender.

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Book number: 173396

Catalogue: Gallimaufry

Keywords: Gallimaufry ; English Law ; ;

Alaux, Jean-Paul, Gustae Alaux

Magellan: Le Premier Voyade Autour Du Monde Par le Navire la Victoire

Paris, Chez Georges Servant, 1925. Paperback. White wraps with black illustration and lettering in black and red, in glassine jacket. xxviii, 160 pp. 5 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded), illustrations, maps. Text in French. This book is number 336 of 600 copies. Good- curling to top page edges, light corner/edge/spine wear to book and jacket, small edge tears to glassine jacket, light to moderate soiling.

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Book number: 173092

Catalogue: Gallimaufry

Keywords: Gallimaufry, Magellan ; Magellan ; ;

Arndt, E.H.D. et al.; H. Parker Willis and B.H. Beckhart, ed

Foreign Banking Systems

New York, Henry Holt & Company, 1930. 2nd. Hardcover. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering and border on spine. Library bookplate on front pastedown. vi, 1305 pp. Includes figures, bibliography, and index. Part of the "American Business Series." A survey of banking systems in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, Norway, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK. VG, usual ex-library markings, some pencil marks on fore edge, some yellowing from bookplate and laid-in ephemera on endsheets, otherwise very clean and tight considering age.

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Book number: 178326

Catalogue: Gallimaufry

Keywords: Gallimaufry, Business, Foreign Banking ; Foreign Banking ; ; Business

Bailey, Francis

Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Octoraro, PA, Francis Bailey, 1804. Hardcover. Brown calf leather covered boards with gilt spine lettering. iv, 530, viii, 13 unnumbered pages. "Passed at a Session, Which Was Begun and Held at the Borough of Lancaster, on the Sixth Day of December, in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the Twenty-Eighth" -foot of title page. Good- pervasive interior foxing and discoloration, last page of index is torn, name in ink inside front cover, moderate rubbing and wear to boards, soiling to covers, some corner bumping.

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Book number: 172755

Catalogue: Gallimaufry

Keywords: Gallimaufry, Law, Pennsylvania ; Law ; ;

Banvard, John

The Origin of the Building of Solomon's Temple: An Oriental Tradition

Boston, Published by Howard Gannett, 1880. Hardcover. Red boards with gilt lettering and illustration; 32 pp.; illustrations. Good (Boards are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; personal ownership sticker on front cover; personal ownership stamps and notes on ffep; interior has toning with some smudging and foxing.) .

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Book number: 200144

Catalogue: Gallimaufry

Keywords: Gallimaufry, Solomon's Temple ; Solomon's Temple ; ;

Barnard, Francis Pierrepont; Shepard, Thomas

Arms & Blazons of the Colleges of Oxford

London, Oxford University Press, 1929. Hardcover. Navy cloth binding with gilt lettering and device. Beige dust jacket with navy and red text. Color frontispiece and illustrations, some engraved illustrations. 61 [1] pp. Illustration and description of each college at Oxford University. Includes accounts of the arms and a note on heraldry. VG+/G-, foxing on dust jacket, wear on edges of dust jacket, interior very clean .

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Book number: 178987

Catalogue: Gallimaufry

Keywords: Gallimaufry, Heraldry, Oxford ; Oxford ; ;

Bendel, John

National Lampoon Peekers and Other True Facts

New York, N.Y. National Lampoon Magazine, 1982. Paperback. Color-photo-illustrated wraps with black lettering; 95 pp.; richly illustrated. Entertaining book from National Lampoon!. Good (Light edgewear/scuffing/toning/foxing to wraps; interior is lightly toned but in great condition; binding is solid.) .

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Book number: 200484

Catalogue: Gallimaufry

Keywords: Gallimaufry, Curiosities, National Lampoon ; Curiosities and Wonders ; ;

Bergman, Ray and Edgar Burke

Trout

New York, A. Knopf, 1945. Ninth printing. Hardcover. White DJ with black lettering and color illustration; purple cloth over boards with gilt lettering; 451 pp.; richly illustrated. Full plates in full color printed by Dr. Edgar Burke; photographs of fly typing by Charles S. Krug; also many diagrams in line by Ivin Sickles. -- WorldCat. Good (DJ is edgeworn/scuffed/smudged with a dampstain; boards are heavily worn and discolored with smudging/scuffing; interior is clean; binding is solid.) .

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Book number: 200594

Catalogue: Gallimaufry

Keywords: Gallimaufry, Fly Fishing, Trout, Fly Tying, Fly Casting, Artificial Flies ; Fly Fishing for Trout ; ;

Bernard Quaritch Ltd

Catalogue: 1339 Gastronomy

London, Bernard Quaritch Ltd, 2005. Softcover. White wraps with B&W illustration. [118] pp. Illustrated in B&W and color. Ephemera. Catalog of gastronomical books in the inventory of Bernard Quaritch Ltd. Includes tipped-in announcement and laid-in "with compliments" slip. VG, some light soiling, rubbing, and wear on wraps, interior clean and crisp otherwise .

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Book number: 178811

Catalogue: Gallimaufry

Keywords: Gallimaufry, Food and Drink, Books on Food ; Catalog ; ;

Berrier, Leroy

Cultivation of Personal Magnetism: A Treatise on Human Culture

Davenport, L. Berrier, 1899. Hardcover. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering. 123 pp. plus [8] pp. ads. A book meant to teach one how to develop charisma using the concept of animal magnetism. VG-, some soiling and bumps to boards, previous owner's inscription, occasional light foxing, interior otherwise clean and tight .

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Book number: 178895

Catalogue: Gallimaufry

Keywords: Gallimaufry, Self-Help ; Self-Help ; ;

Birch Reynardson, C.T.S.

Down the Road, or Reminiscences of a Gentleman Coachman

London, Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1887. Hardcover. Red marbled boards, 3/4 red/brown leather with gilt lettering and design on spine. Marbled endpapers. xvi; 213 pp. 12 color plates. Contents include chapters titled Road Versus Rail; The Old Mail Horn; The 'Peacock' at Islington; Tom Hennesy's Accomplishments; Holyhead Mail; The St. Gothard Press; The Stage Coach of Old, and the Load It Used To Carry; and many others. G-. Front cover detached. Title page detached but laid in. Covers show wear, darkening of leather, some corner wear. Contents are aged but generally clean with minor writing or smudging, with chipping or loss along only a few page edges.

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Book number: 170978

Catalogue: Gallimaufry

Keywords: Gallimaufry; Stagecoaches ; Coaches ; ;

Blackstone, Sir William; Christian, Edward

Commentaries on the Laws of England: Vol. III

Portland, Maine, Thomas B. Wait and Co, 1807. Hardcover. Dark brown leather binding. 455, xxxv pp. Third volume only (of four-volume set). This work focuses on common law and is not only considered one of the leading works on the development of English law, but also a leading influence on the formation of American law. Famous for its use as the key to Benedict Arnold's book cipher. G, spine piece missing, foxing/stains throughout but especially at extremities. Binding tight and text readable.

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Book number: 178176

Catalogue: Gallimaufry

Keywords: Gallimaufry, Common Law, English Law, American Law, Legal ; Common Law ; ;

Boulez, Pierre and John Cage

Corrispondenza E Documenti

Milano, Archinto, 2006. Paperback. Blue and illustrated wraps with white lettering. 337 pp. Illustrations. Text in Italian. Correspondence and documents written by or pertaining to John Cage and Pierre Boulez. VG .

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Book number: 174288

Catalogue: Gallimaufry

Keywords: Gallimaufry ; Correspondence ; ;

Busby, James Esq