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By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: 0
Seller ID: 019187
Original stereocard on beige board. No date, circa 1880s. Board measures 7" x 3 1/2"; photograph measures 6 1/8" x 3." Clean copy with slight wear on the edges. "Mosque of Sultan Ahmed, Constantinople" written on back in ink. The photograph shows an image of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque or Blue Mosque in what was then known as Constantinople (now Istanbul), Turkey. The Blue Mosque sits next to the famous Hagia Sophia. In the foreground, the tree... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Rochester, NY, Webster and Albee Publishers: 0
Seller ID: 019195
Original stereocard photograph on beige-colored board. No date, circa 1880-1884. Board measures 6 3/4" x 3 1/2"; photograph measures 5 7/8" x 3." Clean copy. Webster & Albee was a publisher of stereoscopic views. The company was established in 1880 and operated until 1884 when it was succeeded by Woodward & Albee. The publisher information is printed on the left side of the board. "Foreign Scenery." is printed on the right side of the board... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $47.50
Publisher: London, "Printed and Sold by Randall Taylor": 1688
Seller ID: 018786
Bound in later (jbut very well done quarter leather with black title label and gilt lettering, marbled boards. (i-v) 1-58. 6 1/4 x 8 inches. First two pamphlets listed are present. The last one is not View more info
By: N/A
Price: $75.00
Publisher: San Francisco, California., California State Library: 1941
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 018271
Original tan wrapper with black lettering on front cover. Black cloth binding. 8 X 10 1/2 inches. 133 pages. This mimeographed copy was published in a small edition. From the title page, "Sutro Branch, California State Library. Occasional Papers. manuscript Series No. 2." From the introduction, "The diary we are here publishing is printed from a manuscript which was probably intended neither for the public nor for posterity. We do not know the history of the ... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $37.50
Publisher: Boston, BN, Southhard, Proprietor (and) Geo. C. Rand & Co., Printers: 1849
Seller ID: 018902
Original wrappers, slight dampstain to cover. "Third American Edition, July 1, 1849," Fronjtispiece of folding map with different locations named in column on right. One page illustration, a drawing taken from the original photograph. Description of what is shown in the exhibition of the model, plus press and public notices about the exhibition from places other than Boston. 36 pages, plus text on inside and back covers. 4 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Rochester, NY, Webster and Albee Publishers: 0
Seller ID: 019196
Original stereocard photograph on beige board. Board measures 7" x 3 1/2"; photograph measures 5 3/4" x 3." No date, circa 1880-1884. Very clean copy. The title is printed at the bottom of right image. The publisher information is printed on the left side of the board. "Foreign Scenery." is printed on the right side of the board. The photograph shows two people seated atop some ruins of the ancient fishing village of Capernaum in Galilee. ... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $37.50
Publisher: Walla Walla, Wa, Keylor Grand Theatre: 1928
Seller ID: 018287
Original brown wrapper with gilt lettering on front cover. 6 X 9 inches. 19 pages. From the first page, "L. E. Behymer has the distinguished honor of presenting by arrangement with The Japanese-American Dram Society The First and Only Appearance in America of The Imperial Theatre Troupe of Tokio, Japan on their first international tour in "Ken-Geki" (The Drama Unusual). The foremost artists of Japan in the finest interpretation of Japanese Drama ever given... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $37.50
Publisher: Boston, Press of Rand Avery Supply Co.: 1910
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 018833
Title page: "Tour to Japan, Leaving San Francisco March 5, 1910." The tour is advertised as being on the Pacific Mail steamship ?Mongolia." The tour includes much more than the the places the titles indicate with stops in Hawaii, the Philippines and a homeward train trip by the Trans-Siberian Railway through Siberia and Germany. Attractive booklet, with illustrated cover printed in red and black. Illustrated throughout with photos. Description of each ... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $375.00
Publisher: Paris, France, Jean-Francois Daumont: 0
Seller ID: 019898
A beautiful, original hand-colored engraving that shows the Grand Bassin Rond in the Tuileries Garden in Paris, France. People in formal attire are shown walking around the circular pond in a tree-lined plaza at the end of the Grande Allee. In 1564, the Tuileries Garden was built under the orders of Catherine de' Medici as the official garden of the Tuileries Palace. It opened to the public in 1667 and became a public park after the French Revolution. No date, circa ... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Vancouver, British Columbia, 1937
Seller ID: 019986
Miniature edition of the Vancouver Sun for Friday, January 8, 1937. Special edition newspaper for a miniature exhibition. 5" x 7." Four pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact. Front page headline of "I.O.D.E. Brings Tiny Marvels: World's Biggest Exhibit of Miniatures" with an article on Jules Charbeneau's "World's Largest Museum of Smallest Curiosities," which featured thousands of Charbeneau's miniature objects from around the worl... View more info
By: "Cavendish"
Price: $25.00
Publisher: London, Hazell, Watson & Viney: 1903
Seller ID: 6511
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: $50.00
Publisher: 1772
Seller ID: 016500
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 Jo... View more info
By: Adams, John
Price: $25.00
Publisher: J. & G. Innes, Ltd. 1932. Cupar-Fife.: 1932
Seller ID: 3278
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 ... View more info
Price: $37.50
Publisher: Boston, L.C. Page & Company: 1904
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 018705
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
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
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
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 ow... View more info
Price: $25.00
Seller ID: 15101
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
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
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
