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Oceanic birds of South America: A study of species of the related coasts and seas, including the American quadrant of Antarctica, based upon the Brewster-Sanford … in the American Museum of Natural History
by Robert Cushman Murphy (Author), Francis L. Jaques (Illustrator)

Hardcover in very good condition, no jacket. Two volumes. 1936. Blue boards. Illustrated from paintings by Francis L. Jaques, photographs, maps, and other drawings. ( b.aa)

$149.00

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Perfumery and Kindred Arts. A Comprehensive Treatise on Perfumery. Containing A

by R. S. Cristiani

Henry Carey Baird & Co.; 1st Edition edition (1877)
Language: English

Hardcover in very good condition, no jacket. Collectible. Pages mildly age toned. 1877. First edition.

$300.00

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by Marguerite Hamilton

Hardcover in very good condition, in very good jacket. First edition. Inscribed and signed by the author and the authors daughter (Nancy) the subject of the book. With an additional gift inscription. (b.bb)
224 pages
Lippincott; 1st edition 1955

$500.00

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by Howard Pyle

Hardcover in very good condition, no jacket. A nice collectible copy. Illustrated by Howard Pyle. 1927. Charles Scribner’s. Spine title a bit faded. Former owner name in pencil on third front end page.

$175.00

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A Separate Peace
by John Knowles

Hardcover in very good condition, in good jacket. In mylar sleeve. 1960. Stated first edition. Former owner name. Boards are unevenly discolored. Jacket not price clipped with $3.50 price. Front jacket panel has short tears and accompanying crease at crown. (b.bb)

$550.00

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Very Good. No Jacket. Illustrated. 1959 reprint. Very scarce, four volumes.

Volume I Engines, Carburettors, Suspension Systems,

Volume II Diesels, Transmissions, Tyres, Brakes, Bodywork, Hydraulic Systems,

Volume III Steering, Electrical Equipment, Index,

Volume IV contains vehicle service data charts and wiring diagrams
each for 42 contemporary British automobiles from AC to Wolseley. (l.ac)

$325.00

FELIX LORIOUX (Illustrator)

Hardcover in fair condition, no jacket. Circa 1929. Folio, 72 pages. Every page with full color illustration by Felix Lorioux. Boards very worn, piece of spine cloth detached at rear seam. A binder can repair this collectible. (b.aa)

$300.00

by Harry Lawton

The Paisano Press (1960)

Hardcover in very good condition, in very good jacket. Price clipped. First edition. In mylar sleeve. Collectible author. Basis for “Tell Them Willie Boy is Here” featuring Robert Redford, Katharine Ross and Robert Blake. Signed and inscribed by the author.
(b.bb)

$300.00

Hardcover in near fine condition, in near fine jacket. In very good plus slipcase. New York & Shelton, Ct.: Simon & Schuster and First Edition Library. 1989. Laid in is a printed card from The First Edition Library giving a biography of the author. (d.jj)

$145.00

Critici Sacri: sive Annotata doctissimorum virorum in Vetus ac Novum Testamentum.

Quibus accedunt tractatus varii theologico-philologici. (Editio nova in novem tomos distributa, multis anecdotis commentariis, ac indice ad totum opus locupletissimo, aucta.) (Leather Bound)
by Henricus & Vidua Theodori Boom

Leather bound. 1698. Binding very worn, corners worn through. Text in roman, italic, Greek, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic, textura and fraktur types; with woodcut decorative initial letters. The only page color illustrated is the title page. 922 pages. An 1864 name and date on title page. International shipping will have to be quoted.

$850.00