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WonderfulJaponica-style Book on Japanese Woodcuts

Hájek, Lubor; & Werner Forman. Japanese woodcuts; early periods. London: Spring Books, n.d. (c.1950). 4to. Frontis., 96, [2], 50 pp., illus.
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• Cloth slipcase with Japanese lettering on front cover and lovely illustration inside, held closed by two bone fasteners through silk loops. Book is in wrappers; Japanese-style string-held binding. A nice copy with slipcase (only) exhibiting slightest soiling. (23115)

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English Grammar, 1855

Hallock, Edward J. A grammar of the English language. For the use of common schools, academies and seminaries...sixth edition. New York: Ivison & Phinney (pr. by Thomas B. Smith), 1855. 12mo. 250, [14 (illus. adv.)] pp.
$35.00

• Contemporary speckled sheep, spine with gilt-stamped leather title label; spine and edges lightly rubbed. Occasional pencilled marginalia and emphasis marks, confined to the first half of the work. (12103)

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Dr. R's Class Haney, John Louis, ed. Who's who in '98 in 1923. Twenty-five year record of the class of 1898 college, University of Pennsylvania ... 1898–1923. Philadelphia: Printed for private circulation, 1923. 8vo. 79 pp.; illus.
$45.00

• Original red cloth, black-lettered on the front. Traces of soiling on covers. Small ink stain on title-page. Author's rubber-stamp on inner margin of p. [5]. Very good. (15956)

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Cultural Scholarship . . .

Hardison, O.B., Jr. Disappearing through the skylight. Culture and technology in the twentieth century. [New York]: Viking [Penguin], [1989]. 8vo. 389 pp.
$27.50

• Near fine. Quarter publisher's cloth over blue paper. Original dust jacket in good condition. Author's presentation inscription on half-title. (3083)

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Virginia Discovery inLimited Edition Facsimile

Hariot, Thomas. A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia ... reproduced in facsimile from the first edition of 1588. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1903. 4to (23 cm, 9.1"). xiii, [1], [48] pp.
$100.00

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• Publisher's green cloth, front cover and spine with gilt-stamped title; corners and spine extremities a little rubbed, spine with white-inked call number. Front pastedown with institutional bookplate, no stamps or other markings; clean and nice. (24657)

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He BeatMark Twain to the Use of Pike County Vernacular

Hay, John. The Pike County ballads. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1912. 8vo (22.3 cm, 8.75"). 45, [3] pp.; illus.
$150.00

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• BAL 7841. Publisher's tan cloth, front cover with affixed color-printed paper illustration; binding somewhat darkened (especially spine), corners and spine extremities rubbed, a few small spots of discoloration to front and back covers. Front pastedown with pencilled gift inscription, front free endpaper with bookseller's small ticket. Pages clean. A very nice book. (20839)

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Fossil Flora — 65 Plates

Hayden, Ferdinand Vandeveer. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the territories. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1878. 4to (30.4 cm, 11.9"). xv, [3], 366 pp.; 65 plts.
$175.00

• Publisher’s cloth, covers framed in blind, spine with gilt-stamped title; front cover with discoloration to upper edge and small bump to outer edge, cloth rubbed along edges and joints, spine scuffed. Front pastedown institutionally rubber-stamped. Pages and plates clean, and the large volume quite solid.

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“Foodie” Life of an

Earlier Era

Hayward, Abraham. The art of dining. London: John Murray, 1899. 8vo. Frontis., xi, [1 (blank)], 211, [1 (blank)] pp.
$150.00

• Bitting, 220. Publisher's mauve cloth, gilt-stamped, spine with paper shelving label. Top edge gilt, others deckle. Light rubbing. Gutter tears to preliminary pages and pp. 1/2, all separating (except frontispiece); half-title and title leaf nearly loose. Lacks front free endpaper. Rear free endpaper loose and chipped. Slight separation of several leaves in middle of text block. Bookplate on front pastedown. Library pocket at rear pastedown. Some spots and soiling; pencil marks in many encil marks in a few margins and occasional marginal tears. Hinges opening just a bit. In mylar. (7667)

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