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CORTI, Count.
A History Of Smoking.
London: Bracken Books, [1996]..
8vo. pp. 295, [1]. 33 plates (31 double-sided). biblio. index. wrs.
$31 USD Book Number: GRTHiCOR34 Order / Enquire
COWLES, Virginia.
The Rothschilds A Family of Fortune.
London: Weidenfeld And Nicolson, [1973]..
8vo. pp. 304. numerous illus. (few colour). index. cloth. dw. (few chips & short tears in upper edge). First Edition.
$60 USD Book Number: alyssa278 Order / Enquire
CROKER, Temple Henry, Thomas WILLIAMS & Samuel CLARK.
The Complete Dictionary Of Arts and Sciences. In Which The Whole Circle Of Human Learning Is Explained...
London: Printed for the Authors, and Sold by J.Wilson & J.Fell, J.Fletcher & Co., J.Coote, Messrs. Fletcher & Hodson, Cambridge, and W.Smith & Co., Dublin, 1764-66..
3 Volumes. folio. unpaginated. text in double columns. engraved frontis. by C.Grignion after S.Wale, 4 engraved maps (1 folding) & 146 engraved plates. folding table. contemporary tree calf, rebacked with spines mounted, endleaves preserved (worn, front cover of Vol. I detached, spine labels chipped, plates offset, some foxing & browning throughout). ownership entries of George Ball, 4th August, 1792 and Charles A.H.Ball, 1833. First Edition.
$1100 USD Book Number: elala5521 Order / Enquire
CROLE, Robin.
Pipe The Art and Lore of a Great Tradition.
[Rocklin]: Prima Publishing, [1999]..
4to. pp.144. profusely illus. in colour & b/w. glossary. biblio. index. cloth. dw. First Edition.
$40 USD Book Number: GOLpeCRO56 Order / Enquire
DANKOVSZKY, Gregor [1784-1857].
Die Griechen als Stamm-und Sprachverwandte der Slawen. Historisch und philologisch dargestellt.
Pressburg: gedruckt mit Belnai'schen Schriften, 1828..
8vo. pp. 80. modern cloth (some light foxing & a few stains). First Edition of this comparative grammar of Greek and Slavic.
$231 USD Book Number: GNKeDANK26 Order / Enquire
DAVIDOFF, Zino.
L'Histoire du Havane.Avec la collaboration de Bernard Dary.
[Toulouse]: Editions Daniel Briand, 1981..
folio. pp. 110. profusely illus. in colour. leatherette. dw. First Edition.
$72 USD Book Number: GVIHiDAV76 Order / Enquire
DAY-DAWN.
Day-Dawn.
New York: American Tract Society, 150 Nassau St., [c1870]..
miniature: 2 ¼ x 1 ½ inches. pp. 144. original gilt-stamped cloth, all edges gilt (slight stain to lower spine & slight fraying to upper front joint, stain to lower inner corner of outer leaves).
$75 USD Book Number: dola2444 Order / Enquire
[DE ROSSI DI SANTA ROSA, Santorre Annibale, conte].
De La Révolution Piémontaise. Troisième Édition, Revue, Corrigée Et Augmentée De Notes Et De L'Analyse De La Constitution Sicilienne.
Paris: Alexandre Corréard, 1822..
8vo. pp. 2 p.l., 224. Uncut in original printed wrs. (spine bit chipped, some light foxing).
$198 USD Book Number: elala126 Order / Enquire
DELACROIX, S., BERNARD-MAITRE, H. et al.
Les Missions Modernes [XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles] [At Head Of Title:] Histoire Universelles Des Missions Catholiques D'Après La Conception Originale De J.L. Francoisprimo Publié Sous La Direction De Monseigneur S. Delacroix.
Paris: Librairie Grund & Monaco: Editions De L'Acanthe, [1957]..
8vo. pp. 421, [1 leaf]. 8 colour plates, many illus. on 32 double-sided plates, 5 colour map plates (3 fold-outs), & numerous text illus. (incl. more maps). biblio. wrs. (upper spine becoming unglued, institutional bookplate & blindstamp). dw. (lightly rubbed, torn in two along back spine edge, two short tears).
$154 USD Book Number: GLAsDELA64 Order / Enquire
DELEUZE, J[oseph] P[hilippe] F[rançois] [1753-1835].
Histoire Critique Du Magnetisme Animal.
Paris: Mame, 1813..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., 298; 2 p.l., 340. with half-titles. Uncut (Vol. II unopened) in original wrs. (front wrs. wanting, spines chipped & stitching breaking). First Edition. A standard historical work on animal magnetism, described by Caillet as 'indispensable'. The first part is devoted to the history and practice of animal magnetism, while the second contains an analysis together with extracts from the principal works on animal magnetism published up to 1813, with valuable critical notes. Caillet 2933.
$1399 USD Book Number: elala542 Order / Enquire
[DOPPET, François Amédée] [1753-c1800].
Traité Du Fouet Et Des Ses Effets Sur Le Physique De L'Amour Ouvrage Priapi-Médico-Philosophique Par D***, Médecin [Pseud.].
London [i.e. Amsterdam]: 1885..
16mo. pp. 70, [2]. with half-title. A fine copy, entirely uncut, in modern calf. Limited Reprint Edition of this treatise on the eroric pleasures of flagellation, attributed to François Amédée Doppet, a physician and general in the French army. Five hundred copies were printed. Five hundred copies were printed, of which this is #146. The work was originally published in 1788, probably at Geneva, under the title Aphrodisiaque externe, ou traité du fouet. This and other bibliographical information is discusses in the preface, and literature of a similar nature is advertised for sale on the final two pages of the book. cfBrunet 6952.
$300 USD Book Number: elala632 Order / Enquire
DUBRAVIUS, J[an, Bishop of Olmutz] [1486-1553].
Historia Bohemica, à Cl. V. Thoma Jordano, Medico, Genealogiarum, Episcoporum, Regum, Ducum Catalogis ornata, & necessariis Annotationibus illustrata. Cui in fine adiecta Aeneae Sylvii, Cardinalis, De Bohemorum Origine Ac Gestis Historia.
Frankfurt: Printed by Johann Philip Andreas for Johann Georg Stack, 1687..
2 Parts in 1 [second part with separate title]. 8vo. pp. 879, [62], [2]blank, 194. title in red & black. folding table. woodcut tailpieces & initials. contemporary vellum (spine ends worn, front joint split, corner of a3 repaired with loss of several words on a total of 8 lines, some light foxing & browning). Brunet 26484. Graesse II 439.
$500 USD Book Number: elala2433 Order / Enquire
DUNHILL, Alfred H.
The Gentle Art of Smoking.
London: Max Reinhardt, [1954]..
12mo. pp. xiii, 146. 10 plates (4 double-sided) & some text illus.; drawings by James Arnold. biblio. index. bds. dw. (dw. slightly chipped, one-inch tear to upper back). Second Printing of the First Edition.
$51 USD Book Number: ABE-180295 Order / Enquire
EDGAR, John G[eorge] [1834-1864].
Sea Kings And Naval Heroes. A Book For Boys.
London: Bell And Daldy, 1861..
8vo. pp. vi, [2], 336. 6 wood-engraved plates by .Keene & E.K.Johnson. contemporary half calf (very worn but sound, short split in upper front joint (school prize stamping on upper cover & inscription on front paste-down). First Edition.
$150 USD Book Number: elala5199 Order / Enquire
EMANUEL, Harry.
Diamonds And Precious Stones: Their History, Value, And Distinguishing Characteristics. With Simple Texts For Their Identification.With A New Table Of The Present Value Of Diamonds.
London: John Camden Hotten, 1867..
8vo. pp. 1 p.l., xxii, 266 + 6(ads). with half-title. 6 plates (5 tinted, the title printed in blue & gold) & several text illus. Untrimmed in original gilt-stamped cloth, rebacked with spine mounted (outer margin of half-title repaired, scattered light foxing). Second Enlarged Edition. Included are chapters on the properties, characteristics, and geographical occurrence of precious stones, the precious stones mentioned in the Bible, descriptions of famous large diamonds (Braganza, Orloff, Polar Star, Shaw, &c.), methods of cutting and polishing, tables of values, &c. A bibliography occupies pp. 233-60.
$404 USD Book Number: GANamEMA98 Order / Enquire
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