The History of John Wise, a Poor Boy

Philadelphia, American Sunday School Union, 1829. Hardcover. Tan boards with leather spine and gilt lettering; 53 pp. with occasional bw illustrations. With one full-page engraving opposite title page.Date is not on title-page, but taken from Worldcat entry (where 2 copies of this edition are noted). VG; intact but with foxing throughout .

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Book number: 110292

Catalogue: Gallimaufry

Keywords: Gallimaufry ; Religion ; ;

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 ; ;

Scripture Illustrations: Explanatory of Numerous Texts, and of Various Customs Mentioned in the Bible with Twenty-Eight Cuts. Second Series

Philadelphia, American Sunday School Union, 1827. Hardcover. Paper-covered boards; Leather at spine; Gilt lettering on spine; 125 pp.; 28 bw illustrations. Fair (General wear to covers; Foxing throughout; Note in ink inside front cover) lacks ffep and possibkky a frontis illustration if ever it was present.

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Book number: 113113

Catalogue: Gallimaufry

Keywords: Gallimaufry ; the Bible ; ;

The Sporting Magazine or Monthly Calendar, of the Transactions of the Turf, the Chase, and Every Other Diversion Interesting to the Man of Pleasure Enterprise & Spirit, Vol. 3. New Series of Vol. 58. Old Series

London, J. Pittman, 1821. Hardcover. Three-quarter marbled paper boards, leather spine & corners, with title inset & gilt letters on spine, gilt top edges, 292, 88 pp. 11 BW plates. A bound volume of The Sporting Magazine, issues April 1821 through September 1821. Includes The Racing Calendar and Index in the second half of the book. The 11 plates depict: Mr. John Wheble (1746-1820). three individual horses, a goshawk, a terrier, American wolves, Fishery House at Lea Bridge,, and three other rural scenes. Articles address hunting techniques, animal behavior, sporting anecdotes, and even include relevant poetry. Remarkably intact for its age. Includes the bookplates of William Rigden and Frank Bibby. G- (Two ownership bookplates at front; edges worn, esp. at spine, some foxing esp. next to plates, but hinges are tight and pages are relatively clean and crsip.) .

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Book number: 136380

Catalogue: Gallimaufry

Keywords: Gallimaufry ; Hunting ; Sport ; ;

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 ; ;

Barrett, William Cary

Oral Pathology and Practice: A Text-Book for the Use of Students in Dental Colleges and a Hand-Book for Dental Practitioners

Philadelphia, S.S. White Dental Mfg. Co, 1901. Signed and Inscribed to Former Owner by the Author; Second Edition, Revised, Enlarged and Illustrated. Hardcover. Green boards with gilt lettering; xii, 319 pp.; richly illustrated. Warmly inscribed to former owner by the author on the ffep. Good (Ex library with a sticker ifc and light markings to endpapers; boards are edgeworn with some scuffing/smudging/staining; textblock edges are toned with light foxing and scuffing; inner hinges are cracked; interior is clean but lightly toned with some light foxing; large plain yellow sticker on rear pastedown.) .

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Book number: 200897

Catalogue: Gallimaufry

Keywords: Gallimaufry, Medicine, Dentistry, Teeth, Oral Pathology, Mouth Diseases ; Dentistry ; ;

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 ; ;