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Famous Persons and Places

By: Willis, Nathaniel Parker

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Auburn, NY, Alden, Beardsley and Company: 1854

Seller ID: 019909

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's dark green cloth binding. 5 1/2" x 8." 492 pages, complete. Eight pages of advertisements for other books in the back. Former ownership signature written in black ink on back pastedown: "J. M. Rose, New York City." Gilt lettering on spine (a bit faded). Beautiful impressed decorations on front and back covers. Pages and covers are clean and intact overall. Some faded foxing on pages. Covers have a few faint spots and a little chipping at the edges. N. P. Willis (1806-1867) was an acclaimed American author famous for his travel writings. He also w...
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Moorish Literature: Comprising Romantic Ballads, Tales of the Berbers, Stories of the Kabylie, Folk-Lore and National Traditions

By: Wilson, Epiphanius; Lockhart, J.; Busset, Rene; Starkweather, Chauncey C.; Mercier, G.; Sonneck, M. C.; Riviere, J. (Translators)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, The Colonial Press: 1901

Seller ID: 019761

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Original publisher's green cloth binding. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2." 191 pages, complete. Three plates, complete. Top edge gilt. Beige paper title label on spine. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Very minimal, if any, wear. A collection of numerous songs, ballads, and stories from Moorish and Berber culture. The songs and stories are categorized by subject: "Moorish Ballads," "Moorish Romances," "The Story of Sidi Brahim of Massat," "Five Berber Stories," "Stories of the Maghreb," "Popular Tales of the Berbers,...
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The Vishnu Purana, a System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition, Translated from the Original Sanscrit, and Illustrated by Notes Derived Chiefly from Other Puranas.

By: Wilson, H. H. (Translator)

Price: $2,500.00

Publisher: London, England, John Murray: 1840

Seller ID: 021934

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First English Language Translation. Modern rebacking. Rebacked with contemporary front and back covers. Brown leather binding with impressed decorations. Marbled endpapers. All edges stained red. 9 1/4" x 11 1/4." (i-ii) i-xci (i) 1-704 (complete). The following is on the verso of title page: "Oxford, Printed by T. Combe, Printer to the University." Former owner's inscription in pen on a front flyleaf. A few former owners' stamps are on the title page, but they are in the margins and do not affect text. Pages and covers are very clean and intact overall. There are a...
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Ruggles of Red Cap

By: Wilson, Harry Leon

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Page and Company: 1915

Seller ID: 021217

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4." 371 pages, complete. Eight black and white plates, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Dulled lettering on the spine. A Fine copy. Harry Leon Wilson (1867-1939) was an American author and playwright. Ruggles of Red Cap is his most famous work and is a comic novel about a British valet named Ruggles who is out of his element when he has to work for an American family.
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Signature on Card - Margaret Harries Wilson (Mrs. Cornwell Baron Wilson)

By: Wilson, Margaret Harries

Price: $25.00

Publisher: 0

Seller ID: 019374

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Signature on beige piece of paper in black ink by Margaret Harries Wilson (Mrs. Cornwell Baron Wilson). Signed paper is adhered to another piece of paper. No date, circa 1830s. Paper with signature measures 4 1/4" x 3"; paper backing measures 6 1/4" x 3 1/2." Signed, "Margaret Wilson, Mrs. Cornwell Boron Wilson." Both pieces of paper and the signatures are clean and intact. Margaret Wilson (or Mrs. Cornwell Baron Wilson; 1796-1846) was an English writer who published many works, including a biography on fellow playwright and novelist Matthew "Monk" Lewis i...
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Italy: Holidays Among the Hill Towns of Umbria and Tuscany. Volume 53, Number 4, Pages 401-466. April 1928. An Article from the National Geographic Magazine.

By: Wilstach, Paul

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., National Geographic Society: 1928

Seller ID: 021292

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Original publisher's brown wrappers backed with black cloth. Red and blue decorative stripes on front cover. Bound by the Angwin Book Bindery in Angwin, California. 6 5/8" x 9 5/8." Pages 401-466, complete. Plates in black and white and color, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. A few numbers are written in black pen in the upper-left corner of the front cover not affecting text. Back cover has a few wrinkles. A Fine copy. This author visits Umbria and Tuscany in Italy and describes the local history, scenery, and culture of the two region...
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Gray Days and Gold: In England and Scotland. New Edition, revised, with Illustrations

By: Winter, William

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York and London, The Macmillan Company: 1896

Seller ID: 8731

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Publisher's dark gray cloth heavily decorated with gilt floral pattern. Inscribed by author with slip on front pastedown: "To my dear Louis. An affectionate rememberance on Christmas Eve 1896. With his father's love and blessing." (Not signed). William Winter was the leading theatre critic in America from the 1870's through the mid 19 teens. His son Louis was an actor. This is the first printing of the revised and illustrated edition. 324 pages, plus advertising of other of Winter's books at end.
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North Africa and the Desert, Scenes and Mood.

By: Woodberry, George E.

Price: $37.50

Publisher: New York, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1914

Seller ID: 13667

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

364 pages; dark blue cloth binding with gilt lettering. George Woodberry (1855-1930) was an American literature critic and poet. He was a Professor at the University of Nebraska and later Columbia University. This book gives an account of his travels in North Africa. Very good clean copy.
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Baboo English As 'Tis Writ : Being Curiosities of Indian Journalism

By: Wright, Arnold

Price: $100.00

Publisher: London, England, T. Fisher Unwin: 1891

Seller ID: 14834

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

108 pages; ads {4} pages; gray cloth binding, design on the cover and spine in brown (5 x 6 1/8 inch). An account of Indian newspapers with background of their development. Very good clean copy.
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Poems of a Chinese Student

By: Yu, Charles (pseudonym of William Targ)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Chicago, IL, The Black Archer Press: 1941

Seller ID: 021132

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Limited edition. One of 250 copies printed. Inscription by the book designer in red ink on the front free endpaper: "To Anne Young, from Norman W. Forgue, Elaine Lundquist." Original publisher's orange cloth binding with yellow title label on front cover. 5 /12" x 8." Twenty-eight pages, complete. Pages and covers are pristine and intact. Binding is tight. Colophon in the front: "Limited Edition of Two Hundred Fifty Copies Issued. Most of the poems contained in this volume first appeared in Front Views and Profiles in the Chicago Tribune." Colophon in the back...
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Der Kampf in Frau Europas Schule, Wie der Deutche Knabe den Franzofifchen Knaben Durchprugelte, und Wie der Englische Knabe Zufah

By: [Pullen, Henry William]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, Simpkin, Marshall & Co.: 1872

Seller ID: 016428

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

String bound, paper wrapper, some chipping and soiling. 24 pages. German translation of "The Fight at Dame Europa's School", a satire about the Franco-Prussian War written by Henry William Pullen (1836-1903), English clergyman. When first published in 1870, this work sold many copies and was translated into many languages.
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Category: Foreign Lands