[Souvenir View Album]

The LEPORELLO ALBUM Of CRYSTAL PALACE VIEWS. Entered at Stationers' Hall. Sold Wholesale by Hyman A. Abrahams

[London]: , (n. d.). Black cloth spine over tortoise-shell boards, with gilt stamping. Slipcase. 6 b/w views, all captioned, affixed to a fold-out sheet. Oblong format: 3-1/8" x 5-1/8". Light wear with a bit of warping to boards. A VG item. The 6 views: "General View", "View from the Second Terrace", "Water Temples and Large Fountain", "The Rosary", "Interior with Crystal Fountain" & "The Orchestra." No copies located on OCLC.

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Book number: 35988

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Alciatore, Jules - Proprietor

ANTOINE'S DINNER MENU. "Allons Chez Antoine." Established 1840

(New Orleans, LA): Antoine's Restaurant, 717 St. Louis Street, (n. d.). Ca. early 1900s. White paper printed in black ink. Single sheet, printed recto & verso. Large illustration of a dapper couple being served by a waiter with a violin. 9" x 7-3/8". Moderate wear to menu (horizontal crease, all prices penned in). About Very Good. This Creole-American dinner menu comes from Antoine's, the United State's oldest family-run restaurant. "[New Orleans] was the city young Antoine Alciatore adopted, after two frustrating years in New York, to establish a restaurant that would endure under his family's direction for more than 173 years and set the standard that has made New Orleans one of the great dining centers of the world." (per the Antoine's website). The restaurant has played host to some of the most famous figures in American history, and is known for "inventing" some renowned dishes: Oysters Rockefeller, Eggs Sardou & Pompano en Papillote (all of which are found on this menu). All prices for the dishes on this menu are penned in.

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Book number: 40522

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Aldin, Cecil [1870 - 1935] - Illustrator

CATHEDRALS and ABBEY CHURCHES of ENGLAND

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1929. 1st Cheap Edition. Original publisher's purple cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & front board. TEG. Color pictorial eps. Printed buff paper dust jacket. vii, [1 (blank)], 111, [1] pp. Illustrated in both color & b/w. Imperial 8vo. 10-3/4" x 7-3/4". Average wear, with slight lean. Bookplate. A VG+ copy in a slightly soiled VG jacket.

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Book number: 44744

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Aldington, Richard

LAWRENCE Of ARABIA. A Biographical Enquiry

Chicago: Henry Regnery Co, 1955. 1st US edition. Blue cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Black dust jacket with white lettering. 448 pp (including index). Illustrated from photographs. 8vo. VG+/VG (minor edgewear).

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Book number: 28073

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[Railroad] Alexander, Edwin P.

The PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. A Pictorial History

New York: Bonanza, 1967. Reprint edition. Yellow & brown cloth. Dust jacket. 248 pp. (including index). Illustrated with b/w photos. 4to. F/NF (minor creasing at bottom of spine).

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Book number: 16678

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Alexander, Lamar

WE KNOW WHAT TO DO. A Political Maverick Talks with America

New York: William & Morrow, 1995. 1st edition. Tan cloth over boards. Dust jacket. 202 pp. 8vo. 21.5cm x 14cm. VG+/VG+ .

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Book number: 22404

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Alfieri, Maria

ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE Of The INDIAN SUBCONTINENT

London: Laurence King Publishing, 2000. 1st Edition. Black cloth binding. Dust jacket. 320 pp (including Index). Much color illustrations, with photographic imagery by Federico Borromeo. 12" x 9-1/2". A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket.

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Book number: 50225

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[European History / Napoleon]. Fremeaux, Paul. Rieu, Alfred and Fremeaux, Paul - Translators

The DRAMA Of SAINT HELENA

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1910. 1st American edition (presumed). Red cloth lettered in gilt, with blue, white and gilt ornament to front board, t.e.g. Red dust jacket printed in black. xx, 373, [1] pp. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-3/4". Modest wear; minor soil to page block; light toning to endpapers. Interior clean and otherwise bright, binding tight. Dj worn/ slightly chipped to extremities; spine sunned. VG+/ VG. A bright copy of this uncommon title, in the scarce dust jacket. We find no copies of this edition on OCLC, and only one of the British edition (Andrew Melrose, 1910).

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Book number: 43947

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Allen, Tim

DON'T STAND TOO CLOSE To A NAKED MAN

NY: Hyperion, 1994. 1st edition. 8vo. F/F.

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Book number: 10866

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[Theology]. Allen, Rev. Benjamin [1789 - 1829]

HISTORY Of The REFORMATION. Being an Abridgment of Burnet's History of the Reformation of the Church of England. Together with the Sketches of the Lives of Luther, Calvin and Zuingle, The Three Celebrated Reformers of the Continent

Washington City: Printed for the Author, by Jacob Gideon, Junior, 1820. 1st edition (American Imprints 80). Period brown full sheep binding. 297, [1] pp. 12mo. 7-1/8" x 4-1/4". Binding rubbed. Front joint held by cords. Period pos to front eps. Errata affixed to front paste-down. A Good copy.

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Book number: 28560

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'By an Old Housekeeper' [pseudoynm for Allen, Ann H.]

The HOUSEKEEPER'S ASSISTANT, Composed Upon Temperance Principles, with Instruction in the Art of Making Plain and Fancy Cakes, Puddings, Pastry, Confectionary, Ice Creams, Jellies, Blanc Mange, Also for the Cooking of All the Various Kinds of Meats and Vegetables; with a Variety of Useful Information and Receipts Never Before Published

Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1845. 1st edition (American Imprints 45-136; Axeford, p. 213; Lowenstein 358; Wheaton & Kelly 83). Not found in Amerine & Borg, Bitting, nor Cagle. OCLC records 11 holding institutions. Uncommon in the trade. Flexible brown cloth covers with title gilt stamped to front cover. 142, v, [1] pp. Index at rear; eratta last page. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 4-5/8". An imperfect copy, lacking the first leaf of the 3rd gathering [pp. 25/26]. Spine cloth renewed. Prior owner signature; pencil annotations to eps. Occasional cooking stains throughtout. With a nod to the lacking leaf, and all else, an About VG copy, sold w.a.f.

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Book number: 37476

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Allen, E.A.

LABOR And CAPITAL: Containing an Account of the Various Organizations of Farmers, Planters, and Mechanics, for Mutual Improvement and Protection Against Monopoly

Richmond: Louis Rich and Co, 1891. Green publishers cloth with black and gold designs spine to front. 536 pp. Illustrated with 18 plates. Thick 8vo. 23cm x 16.5cm. VG- (ex-library copy/ extremities and panels rubbed/ pos at front & rear endpapers/ gutter break at rear/ missing 1 illustration [L.L. Polk]).

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Book number: 21560

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Allen, Thomas B. & Polmar, Norman

MERCHANTS Of TREASON

New York: Delacorte Press, 1988. 1st edition. Red cloth spine with yellow boards. Dust jacket. 378 pp (including index). Illustrated with b/w photos. 8vo. F/F .

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Book number: 17090

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[Travel]. Allen, W. E. D. - editor

RUSSIAN EMBASSIES To The GEORGIAN KINGS 1589 - 1605.; Texts translated by Anthony Mango

Cambridge: Published for the Hakluyt Society by the Cambridge University Press, 1970. 1st edition. Lt Blue cloth with gilt lettering & cover device. 2 volumes, illustrated with plates & maps (including color frontis in each volume), 8vo. NF (binding defect to 2 preliminary leaves of V2)/NF (lt wear). Hakluyt Society Series II, Volume CXXXIX.

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Book number: 7776

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[Allis, William Phelps] Woods, Frederick; Goodwin, Harry; Keyes, Frederick; Moore, Clarence., editors

JOURNAL Of MATHEMATICS And PHYSICS. Vol. VI, No. 3

Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1927. 1st edition. Gray printed wrappers, disbound (staples removed). 119 - 189 pp. 8vo. 23.5cm x 16cm. Spine panel chipped/faint yellowing of extremities, disbound and wrappers dettached. Withal a VG copy. Includes articles by William Phelps Allis, Norbert Weiner, Kurt Mahler and Frank L. Hitchcock.

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Book number: 22211

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