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By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Dresden, Germany, Rommler and Jonas: 1893
Seller ID: 020360
Condition: Collectible-Fine
Original cabinet card on beige board. Black and white photograph. Text is in German. Board measures 4 1/4" x 6 1/2"; photograph measures 3 3/4" x 5 7/8." Cabinet card is very clean and intact with minimal age wear and two pieces of tape on back. Very faint marks on upper portion of photograph. A fine copy. This is a beautiful photograph that shows the Hahnentorburg (also Hahnenthor, Hahnentor, and Hahnen Gate) which is one of twelve city gates that were part of Cologne's medieval city wall. Hahnen Gate was constructed during the 13th century, and while the wall was demo... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Dresden, Germany, Rommler and Jonas: 1893
Seller ID: 020361
Condition: Collectible-Fine
Original cabinet card on beige board. Black and white photograph. Text is in German. Board measures 4 1/4" x 6 1/2"; photograph measures 3 3/4" x 5 3/4." Cabinet card is very clean and intact with minimal age wear and two pieces of tape on back. A fine copy. This is a beautiful photograph that shows the Hohenzollernring (or the Cologne Ring) which is a street in Cologne. The photograph shows 19th-century buildings and a perspective view looking straight down the street. Hohenzollernring is still used and is Cologne's busiest street. "Koln" (Cologne) is printed ... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Dresden, Germany, Rommler and Jonas: 1892
Seller ID: 020362
Condition: Collectible-Fine
Original cabinet card on beige board. Black and white photograph. Text is in German. Board measures 4 1/4" x 6 1/2"; photograph measures 3 7/8" x 5 7/8." Cabinet card is very clean and intact with minimal age wear and two pieces of tape on back. A fine copy. This is a beautiful photograph that shows a corner view of a theater on Glockengasse ("Theater in der Glockengasse") in Cologne that was built in 1872. The theater is shown with a brick facade and architectural details in decorative stone relief. This theater was one of several theaters to be built on this s... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Dresden, Germany, Rommler and Jonas: 1892
Seller ID: 020363
Condition: Collectible-Fine
Original cabinet card on beige board. Black and white photograph. Text is in German. Board measures 4 1/4" x 6 1/2"; photograph measures 3 3/4" x 5 7/8." Cabinet card is very clean and intact with minimal age wear and two pieces of tape on back. Small black dot in upper-right corner of photograph. A fine copy. This is a beautiful photograph that shows the Great St. Martin Church in Cologne. The church features Romanesque architecture and has foundations that date back to 960 CE. While the church was severely damaged in World War II, restorations were made and completed... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $37.50
Publisher: Dresden, Germany, Oberpostdirektion: 0
Seller ID: 020577
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
Most of the text in both German and English. Original publisher's multicolored wrapper. A Reichspoft (German Postal Service) touring car is shown on the front cover parked near a building with delighted tourists walking around. Back cover shows a picturesque scene with another Reichspoft car driving on a winding road through a canyon with a river. Illustrations by "Ruffer, Dresden." No date, circa 1929. 5" x 7 1/4." Seventy-six unnumbered pages, complete. Many black and white illustrations, two black and white maps showing the Dresden rail lines, and one black, white, a... View more info
By: "Cavendish"
Price: $25.00
Publisher: London, Hazell, Watson & Viney: 1903
Seller ID: 6511
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
xvii, (16), 750, 65 pages, double column, maps, ads, red cloth with black stamping, 7.5 x 5". Some spotting of cloth, nice tight interior. Eighteenth year of issue. Detailed reference book on the British Empire as well as highlights of "the achievements of the year in regard to Aerial Navigation, Wireless Telegraphy, and Engineering, Railway Development in Persia, Siberia, Canada, and Africa, the negotiations with regard to the Trans-American Canal." View more info
By: Adams, John
Price: $25.00
Publisher: J. & G. Innes, Ltd. 1932. Cupar-Fife.: 1932
Seller ID: 3278
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
First edition. Illustrated cloth. Illustrations. Slight sun fading to spine. The author takes the reader on a stroll to Balcarres Crag and surrounding countryside. He examines the crag to see the crystals of this basalt-looking rock to discover dole rite, or igneous rock. He listens to the springtime choir, led by the freedom-loving missel-thrush in the topmost branch of the old grey ash. He calls attention to the wonders of nature that are all around; we need only stop for a moment and look. and listen. View more info
By: Adams, John
Price: $50.00
Publisher: 1772
Seller ID: 016500
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
10 x 10 1/2 inch map on paper. Multiple fold lines, some chipping. Legend title : "South America. The Coast of Brazil Being Corrected by Mr. John Adams. Anno 1772". Detailed map of South America, "Plate III To face the Title Vol. 1" printed above map and "Thomas Bowen Sculp." printed below. Appears to have been removed from a 3rd edition or later of "A Voyage to South America ." by Don George Juan and Don Antonio de Ulloa, translated by John Adams (Esq. of Waltham Abbey), who also corrected this map as he had resided in South America for several years. View more info
Price: $37.50
Publisher: Boston, L.C. Page & Company: 1904
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 018705
Condition: Fine
Publisher's red cloth binding, beautifully designed with gilt decorations and illustrations on front cover and spine. Scholarly study of ancient Greek and Roman art. 16 illustrations, complete. Title page in red and green. 5 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches. Former owner's inscription on front end paper. 285 pages, including bibliography and index. View more info
By: Agle, William C.
Price: $37.50
Publisher: Seattle, Washington, The Homer M. Hill Co.: 1903
Seller ID: 11240
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
365 pages; map; bound in red cloth, gilt lettering on the cover and spine, oval photograph glued on the cover. Fading to the spine and across the bottom of the cover (1/2 inch). From the introduction: "He tells what he knows about those marvelous gold fields in Peru and Bolivia, and what the prospects are for Americans to develop the country and secure some of the millions of money still hidden in the gravel banks and lodges of the interior". View more info
By: Airy, Osmund
Price: $375.00
Publisher: Goupil & Co. And Charles Scribner's Sons: 1901
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 14914
Condition: Very Good
Limited edition: No. 212 of 300 copies on Japanese Paper. 3/4 black leather with gilt flower decorations and lettering on spine. Raised bands. A very handsome book. Color frontispiece. 50 engraved plates (complete) done by Manzi Joyant & Co., 10 x 12 1/4 inches. Bookplate of Nellie K. Deaver. The slightest of rubbing at two corner tips. 282 pages plus colophon. View more info
By: Airy, Osmund; Colbeck, C. (Editor)
Price: $37.50
Publisher: New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company: 1889
Seller ID: 019669
Condition: Fine
Part of the Epochs of Modern History series. Original publisher's red-brown cloth binding. 4 3/4" x 6 3/4." 292 pages, complete. Three multicolored fold-out maps with the titles, "Germany Shewing the Territorial Provisions of the Peace of Westphalia, 1648," "United Provinces and Spanish Low Countries," and "The Campaigns of the Upper Rhine." Gilt lettering on spine. Impressed decorations and lettering on covers and spine. Former ownership inscription of "Paul H. Bower" on front flyleaf. Pages and covers are clean. Binding is tight. A fine, see... View more info
Price: $25.00
Seller ID: 15101
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
Circa 1860s. Original carte de visite photograph portrait (full-length, standing). Card dimensions 2 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches, photo dimensions 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. No photographer or publisher listed. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819-1861) was Prince Consort to Queen Victoria, whom he married in 1836. He was instumental in modernizing the British Monarchy. His death in 1861 plunged Queen Victoria into mourning for the rest of her life. View more info
By: Alexandra, Princess of Wales
Price: $50.00
Publisher: London, London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company: 1863
Seller ID: 15050
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
Original carte de visite photograph portrait (full length, facing right). Card dimensions 2 1/2 x 4 inches, photo dimensions 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. Under photo, "H. R. H. the Princess of Wales. Sandringham 1863" Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925) was the daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark. In 1863, she married the eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Edward, the Prince of Wales. In 1901, she became the Queen-Empress Consort of King Edward VII. View more info
By: Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Price: $25.00
Seller ID: 15100
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
Circa 1850s. Original carte de visite photograph portrait (full-length, standing). Card dimensions 2 1/2 x 4 inches, photo dimensions 2 x 3 inches. No photographer or publisher listed. Portrait of a young Prince Alfred (1844-1900), second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. In 1893, he inherited the title of Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from his paternal uncle in 1893. View more info
By: Alice, Princess
Price: $25.00
Seller ID: 15099
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
Circa 1860s. Original carte de visite photograph portrait (sitting, profile, facing right). Card dimensions 2 1/2 x 4 inches, photo dimensions 2 x 3 1/4 inches. No photographer or publisher listed. Princess Alice (1843-1878) was the 2nd daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. She married Prince Louis of Hesse in 1862 and eventually became the Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine. She was the mother of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, the wife of Nicholas II of Russia. View more info
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Paris, Librairie Des Annales: 1912
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 6827
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
xii, 290 (1) pp., 16 plates with tissue guards, #683 of a limited edition, beautifully bound in 3/4 navy leather, marbled boards, gilt spine title, gilt top edge, 10 x 6.5". Excellent copy. Poems and other contributions from a wide range of authors. View more info
By: Allen, George H.
Price: $100.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, George Barrie's Sons: 1922
Seller ID: 5121
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
(1922). Gilt decoration and lettering front covers and spines. Gilt page tops. Numerous illustrations, some in color; most illustrations are copies of paintings, some maps, and some photographs of older buildings. Uncut page sides and bottoms. Some unopened pages. 319 to 366 pages. Vol. II has an 8 x 10 3/4 fold out color map of the Plan of Versailles showing the palace, the Trianons, the gardens, and a portion of the town. Vol. III has an 8 x 10 3/4 color map of Paris and environs. Contents include: Vol. I -- Growth of the French Nation, Splendor of the Bourbon Monarchy in France, The Degrada... View more info
By: Allen, Philip Schuyler [editor]
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, New York, Rand McNally & Company: 1939
Seller ID: 14104
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
"Windermere Series". xiii, 455 pages; illustrations; black cloth with pasted down color illustration, silver color lettering. The story of King Arthur and his knights written for young adults. Very good clean copy. View more info
By: Allou, Roger
Price: $47.50
Publisher: Paris, Garnier Freres: 1871
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 6834
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
xv, 286 (1) pp., engraved frontispiece battle scene, leather backed marbled boards, 7 x 4.5". Tight, some edge wear, top of spine chipped, , very good. History of the Franco-Prussian War. View more info
