SIMON, JULES

Une Academie Sous le Directoire

Paris, Galmann Levy, 1885. Hardcover. pp. 472.Royal 8vo,,,The boards are rubbed at the edges, and there is a small pull to the top of the spine. The hinges are tight. Library pocket, and accession number, to first blank preliminary page. Library stamp to title page. No other such markings. Contents clean and tightly bound. A good, to good plus, copy. Very nicely bound in contemporary 3/4 leather over marbled boards, with marbled endpapers and top edge in gilt.

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SWITZLER, WM. F., CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS, TREASURY DEPARTMENT

Report on the Internal Commerce of the United States for the Fiscal Year 1889. / Part II of Commerce and Navigation

Washington, DC, Government Printing Office, 1889. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. xxxiii,897,Heavy 8vo,,Bound in original dark brown blind-ruled cloth; gilt titling,Dealing with the commercial, industrial, transportation, and other interests of Arkansas, Colorado, Dakota [sic], Indian Territory, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas, and Wyoming. Front hinge weakening, bds. a bit scuffed & bumped, cont. very clean & unmarked, top of spine pulled; overall g/vg condition.

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Book number: 9900030764

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TODD, O. J.

Index Aristophaneus

Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1932. Hardcover. 4to. Ex-library: call number to spine, bookplate to front pastedown, embossed stamp and catalogue number to dedication page, withdrawn stamp to rear pastedown, no other lib. markings, some minor edgewear, general shelfwear, mull exposed at front hinge (binding remains tight and sound), small ink name to ffep; good. Text in Greek and Latin. .

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Book number: 035206

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TOMLINSON, CHARLES, ED.

Cyclopedia of Useful Arts & Manufactures / 2 Volumes Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering

London, George Virtue, 1854. Leather Bound. 8vo. Bound in 1/2 leather over cloth boards. 40 steel engravings + 2477 wood engravings. Vol. I disbound. Vol II intact with some edgewear. Contents show occasional spotting, otherwise clean and unmarked. .

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Book number: 041829

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URE, ANDREW

A Dictionary of Arts, Manufacture and Mines Containing a clear exposition of their principals and practice

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1847. Hardcover. 8vo. Binding broken with some loss, text block shows tide mark to top edge, otherwise unmarked; overall poor. .

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[VARIOUS]

Encyclopedia Britannica; or, a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Compiled Upon a New Plan In Which The Different Sciences And Arts are digested into distinct Treaties Or Systems And The various Technical Terms, are explained as they occur in the order of the Alphabet

Edinburgh, A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, ND [Circa 1970-1980]. Hardcover. Thick 4to. Bound in dark brown "leatherette" with gilt lettering and rules to spine. Five raised bands to spin, six compartments. Profusely illustrated with black and white illustrations. Negligible shelfwear, some spotting to top edge of volume two. Very light occasional foxing to contents otherwise, contents of all volumes remain bright and unmarked with tight, sound binding. Overall, very good+. Reprint of the 1771 publication.

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Book number: 040950

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HEDLEY, R. W. AND G. F. MANNING

Elementary Art Grades I and II

Edmonton, AB, Institute of Applied Art, 1929. 1st edition. Wraps.Small 4to,,Stapled card covers a bit rubbed & soiled; else vg condition. Ill.: colour, b&w illustrations. The first in a series of four books which outline a complete course in art for elementary school students. We have others.

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HEDLEY, R. W. AND G. F. MANNING

Elementary Art Grades III and IV

Edmonton, AB, Institute of Applied Art, 1929. 1st edition. Wraps.Small 4to,,Stapled card covers a bit rubbed & soiled; else vg condition. Ill.: colour, b&w illustrations. The second in a series of four books which outline a complete course in art for elementary school students. We have others.

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Book number: 9900030723

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HEDLEY, R. W. AND G. F. MANNING

Elementary Art Grades V and VI

Edmonton, AB, Institute of Applied Art, 1929. 1st edition. Wraps.Small 4to,,Stapled card covers a bit rubbed & soiled; else vg condition. Ill.: colour, b&w illustrations. The third in a series of four books which outline a complete course in art for elementary school students. We have others.

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HEDLEY, R. W. AND G. F. MANNING

Elementary Art Grades VII and VIII

Edmonton, AB, Institute of Applied Art, 1929. 1st edition. Wraps.Small 4to,,Stapled card covers mod. soiled. Eps sl. rippled; else gd+ cond.. Ill.: colour, b&w illustrations. The fourth in a series of four books which outline a complete course in art for elementary school students. We have others.

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WAITE, MAURICE (ED.)

Oxford Compact Thesaurus

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2008. Hardcover. 8vo. Bound in navy leather with gilt lettering and rules to spine. Marbled endpapers. No detectable flaws; near fine. .

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Book number: 058360

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WATTS, NIKI (ED.)

The Oxford Paperback Greek Dictionary

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1997. Paperback. 8vo. Very good+. .

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Book number: 056191

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WHEELER, HAROLD (EDITOR)

The Waverley Pictorial Dictionary / 8 Volumes

London, The Waverley Book Company, n. d. Leather Bound. No publication date, but an original receipt for this set laid-in the first volume is dated 1938. All volumes uniformly bound in full navy leather with gilt lettering to spine; publisher's topstain. All volumes very nicely illustrated. Light general shelfwear to boards and extremities, edges quite scuffed at corners, some spots of light soiling and scratches to boards, contents lightly age-toned; overall condition good+. .

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Book number: 039539

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WHITE, JOHN STAPLES

Humanics

New York, Funk & Wagnalls, 1893. Ed. not stated. Hardcover. viii, 268 pp.Small 8vo,,Corners bumped, slight soiling, ink name, about vg-. A collection of aphorisms, comments and essays, organized around certain topics.

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Book number: 9900021944

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WILLIAMS, E. N

Dictionary of English and European History, 1485-1789

London, Penguin Books, 1984. Paperback. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good+. .

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Book number: 027039

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