Archive for April 16th, 2006

Wallace Nutting * Pennsylvania Beautiful

Sunday, April 16th, 2006

Historic Eastern Section
Illustrated by the Author with Many examples of landscapes and old houses in all the counties herein described
Published in cooperation with Old America Company by the
Garden City Publishing Co.
New York
1935 (1924 was the original printing)
Hardcover in very good condition, former owner name marked out on front end page.

 

$37.50

 

 

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Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung

Sunday, April 16th, 2006

Foreign Languages Press
Peking
1966
First Edition 1966
The well-known “Little Red Book of the cultural revolution.
Red vinyl hardcover in good condition, no jacket. 

 

$99.95

 

 

 

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1870, Disaster, Struggle, Triumph, 1000 Boys in Blue

Sunday, April 16th, 2006

Disaster, Struggle, Triumph.
The Adventures
of
1000 Boys in Blue
From
August 1862 to June 1865
by
Mrs. Arabella M. Willson
Dedicated to the 126th Regiment od the New York State Volunteers
with an appendix containg a choronical record of the principal events in the history of the regiment, and the personal history of its officers and enlisted men.
Prepared by the historical committee of the regiment
ALBANY
The Argus Company
1870
A few engraved plates.
Hardcover in need of rebinding. Front board detached, but present. Spine heavily worn. Still collectible. And a bargain. 

  

$29.95

 

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1844, Scott’s Bible, Volume II

Sunday, April 16th, 2006

The Holy Bible
Containing the
Old and New Testaments
According to the Authorized Version
With Explanatory Notes, Practical Observations, and Copious Marginal References.by
Thomas Scott
Rector of Aston Sanford, Bucks
First American Stereotype Quarto editon, in five volumes( only volume two offered here), From the London Standard edition, with the author’s last corrections and improvements
Vol. II
James M. Campbell
Philadelphia
1844
Hardcover in good condition, no jacket. Leather Bound.
11″ x 9 1/2″ x 3″ thick. Interior foxed. Not illustrated.   

   

$29.95

 

 

 

 

 

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1929, China, Mother of Gardens

Sunday, April 16th, 2006

 

by
Ernest H. Wilson, M.A., V.M.H.      
Author of Pant Hunting, America’s Greatest Garden, Aristocrat’s of the Garden, More Aristocrat’s of the Garden, etc.
With  Map and sixty-one illustrations from photographs taken by the author
The Strattford Company
Boston
1929
      

 

   

 

$299.00

 

 

 


   

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