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American Primer American Woodcuts
M'Carty's American primer.  Being a selection of words the most easy of pronunciation. Philadelphia: M'Carty & Davis (stereotyped by J. Howe), (copyright 1828). 12mo (14.3 cm, 5.6"). 36 pp.; illus.
$250.00


Plays Elegantly Produced for TheirFirst Print Appearance
Maffei, Francesco Scipione.  Teatro del Sig. Marchese Scipione Maffei cioè la tragedia la comedia e il drama non più stampato.... Verona: Gio. Alberto Tumermani, 1730. 8vo (19.7 cm, 7.75"). xli, [3], 281, [1] pp.; 1 fold. plt., illus.
$675.00


Micmac Catechism WithIllustrations
Maillard, Antoine Simon.  Le catechisme Micmac. Ristigouche, P.Q. [Quebec]: Freres mineurs capucins, [1921]. 12mo. 128, 32 pp.; illus.
$75.00
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Marilyn Monroe'sLAST Posed Photo Session
Maloney, Tom, ed.  U.S. camera annual 1964. New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, (copyright 1963). 8vo (29 cm, 11.4"). 231, [1] pp.; illus.
$125.00

Marmontel's Political-Philosophical Novel withGravelot's Illustrations
Marmontel, Jean François.  Bélisaire. Paris: Chez Merlin, 1767. 8vo (19.9 cm, 7.8"). [4], x, 340, [6] pp.; 4 plts.
$900.00
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WonderfulPeasant”(!) Binding
Martin, von Cochem.   Der grosse Baumgarten. Sulzbach: Im verlage der J. E. Seidelschen Kunst- und Buchhandlung, 1807. 8vo (18.5 cm; 7.375"). Frontis., [9] ff., 688 pp., [6] ff., 16 plts.
$2000.00
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A First Edition of theFirst “Volume”
Martin, William, ed.  Peter Parley’s annual: a Christmas and New Year's present for young people.  London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1840 [i.e., 1839]. 12mo (15 cm, 5.9"). Engr. t.-p., vi, 378 pp.; 4 plts., illus.
$375.00
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Gardener's Guidebook 184412 Plates
Maund, B[enjamin]. Our hardy flowers [/] how to cultivate and rear them from seeds, cuttings, and layers...with numerous accurately coloured illustrations. London: Charles Griffin & Co., [1864]. 4to (20.5 cm, 8.1"). 100, [5]–20 (adv.) pp.; 12 plts.
$375.00


A UniversalistWomen's Literary Annual: 1843
Mayo, Sarah Carter Edgarton, ed.  The rose of Sharon: A religious souvenir, for MDCCCXLIII. Boston: A. Tompkins & B.B. Mussey, 1843 [i.e., 1842]. 8vo (17.8 cm, 7"). add. engr. t.-p., 312 pp.; 3 plts. (lacking frontis.).
$135.00

A Universalist Women's Literary Annual: 1844
Mayo, Sarah Carter Edgarton, ed.  The rose of Sharon: A religious souvenir, for MDCCCXLIV. Boston: A. Tompkins & B.B. Mussey, 1844 [i.e., 1843]. 8vo (17.8 cm, 7"). Add. engr. t.-p., 304 pp.; 4 plts.
$185.00


What Is Dis, A Chin-Chin to a Show Down?
McHugh, Hugh.  Out for the coin. New York: G.W. Dillingham Co., 1903. 8vo. 107, [1], xx (adv.) pp.; 6 plts.
$32.50


Standard & Ground (or Wave?)-Breaking
Medina, Pedro de.  Arte del navigare. Venetia: Appresso Tomaso Baglioni, 1609. 4to (20.5 cm, 8"). A4 b4 2A8 B–Q8 R10; [7], [1 (blank)], 137, [1 (blank)] ff.; illus.
$8000.00

Victorian ArabicaNicely Presented
Meredith, George.  The shaving of Shagpat. New York: Pr. by the George Grady Press for the Limited Editions Club, 1955. 4to.
$60.00

Cortlandt Bishop Copy
Mérimée, Prosper.  Colomba. Paris: L. Conquet, 1904. Small folio.
$1200.00

WONDERFUL Culs-de-Lampe by Villavicencio & Navarro
& a Headpiece by Nava
Mexico (ecclesiastical province). 1st & 2nd Concilia (1555, 1565).  Concilios provinciales primero, y segundo, celebrados en la muy noble, y muy leal Ciudad de México, presidiendo el Illmo. y Rmo. Señor D. Fr. Alonso de Montúfar, en los años de 1555, y 1565. En México: En la Imprenta de el Superior Gobierno, de el Br. D. Joseph Antonio de Hogal, 1769. Folio (27 cm; 10.5"). [10], 34, [2], 35–38, 41–184, [2], 185–396, [12] pp.
$2500.00
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Michener onJapanese Woodblocks
Michener, James A.  Japanese prints from the early masters to the modern. Rutland, VT & Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Co., (copyright 1959). Folio (31.7 cm, 12.5"). 287, [1] pp.; plts., 6 fold.
$250.00

Signed byArthur Miller & Leonard Baskin
Miller, Arthur.  Death of a salesman: certain private conversations in two acts and a requiem ... With five etchings by Leonard Baskin. New York City: The Limited Editions Club, 1984. 4to. [12], 5–164, [3 (1 blank)] pp.; 5 plts.
$975.00
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A Friendship Book   
Milne, Walter J.  Manuscript on paper, in English. [U.K.], 1914. Long 8vo (10.5 cm, 4.1"). [140 (32 used)] pp.; illus.
$95.00

Milton . . . KnowsNo Limits But Those
Impassable by the Human Intellect
Milton, John.  The poetical works... from the text of the Rev. Henry John Todd, M.A. with a critical essay, by J. Aikin, M.D. London: Pr. for J. Johnson, W.J. & J. Richardson, R. Baldwin, et al., 1808. (16.5 cm, 6.45"). 4 vols. I: Frontis., [4], 39, [1], 256 pp.; 6 plts. II: [4], 245, [1] pp.; 6 plts. III: [4], 259, [1] pp.; 6 plts. IV: iv, 265, [1] pp.; 2 plts.
$300.00
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With Printed Music — Edmund Dulac's Last Project
Milton, John, & Henry Lawes The masque of Comus. Cambridge: Printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club at the University Press, 1954. 4to. [1 (blank)] p., [1 (blank)] f., [3 (2 blank)], frontis., [6 (2 blanks)], 3–59 pp., [1 (blank)] p., 12 pp. of printed music, [2 (1 blank)] pp., [1 (blank)] f., [1 (blank)] p.; 5 plts.
$175.00

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ILLUSTRATED!Swedish Antiquities
Montelius, Oscar.  Antiquités suédoises, arrangées et décrites .... Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Söner, 1873–75. 2 vols. in 1. 8vo (25.1 cm, 9.9"). [6], 80, [12], 182, [16] pp.; illus.
$300.00


The FIRST ENTIRELY ENGRAVED Book
Printed inthe
AMERICAS
Montes de Oca, José.  Vida de San Felipe de Jesus protomartir de Japon y patron de su patria Mexico. Mexico: Montes de Oca ... Calle del. Baustisterio de S. Catalina m.e n.o 3, 1801. 4to (23 cm; 9"). [1] f., 28 [of 30] plts.
$8750.00
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Interesting MariologyA Fine Image of Her
Mora, Juan Antonio de.  Alientos a la verdadera confianza, y poderosos motivos para moverse â la perfecta contricion de las culpas. Sacados de los soberanos titulos, que resplandecen en dios para perdonarnos. Dispuestos en varias meditaciones para las almas temerosas y pusilanimes. Mexico: No publisher/printer, 1722. Small 8vo (14.5 cm; 5.75"). [12] ff., 238 pp., plt.
$925.00
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20 CHROMOS
Murray, Hannah Lindley & Mary.  The toilet. Washington, DC: William Ballantine [Ballantyne], 1867. 8vo (21 cm, 8.25"). [4] pp.; 20 col. plts.
$750.00
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Illustrated English Translation:  HERETICS in the MOUNTAINS
Muston, Alexis.  The Israel of the Alps: A history of the persecutions of the Waldenses. London: Ingram, Cooke, & Co., 1852. 8vo (19.5 cm, 7.75"). vii, [1], 312 pp.; 7 plts.
$200.00
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Marble is Never Commonplace”
National Association of Marble Dealers.  The everyday uses of marble. Cleveland: The National Association of Marble Dealers, © 1927. 8vo. 76 pp.; illus.
$65.00
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First U.S. Edition: Icelandic Travel Book
Nicoll, James.  An historical and descriptive account of Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1841. 12mo (15.7 cm, 6.2"). Add. engr. t.-p., 360 pp.; 2 fold. maps, 1 plt. (incl. in pagination).
$125.00
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Caroline Norton's SoleKeepsake Effort
Norton, Caroline, ed.  The keepsake for MDCCCXXXVI. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, [1835]. 8vo (18.9 cm, 7.45"). Add. engr. t.-p., [4], 324 pp. (pagination skips 300–303); 18 plts.
[SOLD]
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CLOUD-LANDS
Oakley, Amy.  Cloud-lands of France. New York: Century Co., 1927. 8vo. xxiii, [1], 497, [1] pp.; illus.
$50.00


BRITTANY
Oakley, Amy. Enchanted Brittany. New York: Century Co., 1930. 8vo. Frontis., xix, [1], 437, [1] pp.; illus.
$40.00


Life Without Pipe Dreams?
O'Neill, Eugene.  The iceman cometh. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1982. Folio. xv, [5], 153 pp.; 10 plts.
$210.00

Travelling the Great Northern Route 21 Plates & a Large Folding Map
Ontario and St. Lawrence Steamboat Company.  The Ontario and St. Lawrence Steamboat Company's hand-book for travelers to Niagara Falls, Montreal and Quebec, and through Lake Champlain to Saratoga Springs. Buffalo: Jewett, Thomas & Co., Geo. H. Derby & Co., 1852. 12mo (19.1 cm, 7.5"). 158 pp.; 1 fold. map, 21 plts. (incl. in pagination).
$200.00
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Illustrated Inspiring Sumptuous
Orsini, Mathieu, abbé, & J. Sadlier.  Life of the blessed virgin Mary, mother of God; with the history of the devotion to her. Completed by the traditions of the East, the writings of the fathers, and the private history of the Jews. Translated from the French of the Abbé Orsini, by Mrs. J. Sadlier. New York, Boston, & Montreal: D. & J. Sadlier & Co., 1861. 4to. [4], xxviii, 225, [3], 311, [12], 8–192, 133 pp.; 22 plts.
[SOLD]
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Poëmata Embellished withLovely Engravings
Orville, Pierre d'.  Poëmata. Amstelaedami: Apud Adrianum Wor & Haeredes Gerardi, 1740. 8vo (22.7 cm, 9"). Added engr. title-page, [18], 291, [1] pp.
$850.00

Parry’s First VoyagePlates, Maps, Stories
Parry, William Edward.  Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific.... London: John Murray, 1821. 4to (27.3 cm, 10.75"). [4] ff., xxix, [3], 310, [2], clxxix, [3 (2 adv.)]pp.; 14 plts., 4 fold. maps, 2 maps.
$1000.00
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Design Manual, Used by aFemale Philadelphia Art Student?
Peale, Rembrandt.  Graphics, the art of accurate delineation; a system of school exercise, for the education of the eye and the training of the hand, as auxiliary to writing, geography, and drawing. Philadelphia: E.C. & J. Biddle, 1853. 8vo (18.7 cm, 7.4"). [6 (adv.)], xvii, [1], 22, [2], 27–132 pp.; 41 plts.
$175.00
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The OnlyGIFT of Its Kind
Percival, Walter, ed.  Friendship's gift: A souvenir for MDCCCXLVIII. Boston: John P. Hill, [1847]. 12mo (19.3 cm, 7.6"). Frontis., add. engr. t.-p., vi, [2], [13]–312 pp.; 8 plts.
$140.00


Virtuous EMBLEMS Engraved Title-Pageafter RUBENS
Pietrasanta, Silvestro.  Symbola heroica. Amstelaedami: Janssonio Waesbergios & Henr. Wetstenium, 1682. 4to (21.3 cm, 8.4"). lxxx, 480, [32] pp.; illus. (lacking 1 portrait).
$3000.00
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BENEDICTINES Come to the New World
with COLUMBUS
A FINE Engraved Title-Page & 18 Splendid Plates
[Plautius, Caspar].  Nova typis transacta navigatio novi orbis Indiae occidentalis.... [Linz], 1621. Folio (32.6 cm, 12.875"). )(4 (-)(4, blank) A–M4 N4 (-N4, blank); Engr. t.-p., [2] ff., 101, [1] pp.; 18 plts.
$27,000.00


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Get Cured or Get Clean
   YOU Choose: Druggs” or
Soap
      [A FAVORITE BOOK HERE]
Pomet, Pierre.  A compleat history of druggs, written in French by Monsieur Pomet ... To which is added, what is further observable on the same subject, from Mess. Lemery and Tournefort ... Illustrated with above four hundred copper cutts ... Done into English from the originals. London: Pr. for R. & J. Bonwicke, and R. Wilkin; John Walthoe & Tho. Ward,, 1725. 4to (22.5 cm; 9"). xii, 419, [1] pp., [4] ff.; 86 plts.
$3250.00
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Prize Binding, withthe Certificate
Pomey, François.  Pantheum mythicum, seu Fabulosa deorum historia hoc epitomes eruditionis volumine brevitur dilucidéque comprehensa. Amstaelodami: Ex officina Schoudeniana ; Trajecti ad Rhenum: Apud J.J. a Poolsum, 1777. Small 8vo (15.5 cm; 6"). [8] ff., 298, [7] ff., 27 plts. (4 fold.).
$625.00

If YouLook Like a Swine . . .
Porta, Giambattista della. Della fisionomia dell'huomo.... Venetia: Presso Christoforo Tomasino, 1644. 4to (23 cm, 9"). a6 A–Z8 Aa–Nn8; [6] ff., 570 (i.e., 572) pp., [2] ff.; illus.
$4000.00

Long the Standard in its FieldMany Illustrations
Potter, John.  Archaeologia graeca or the antiquities of Greece. The fifth edition. London: Ja. & Jo. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. & B. Sprint, et al., 1728. 8vo (19.8 cm, 7.75"). 2 vols. I: iv, [4], 464, [28 (index)] pp.; 2 fold. plts., 7 plts. II: [4], 420, [36 (34 index, 2 adv.)] pp.; 9 fold. plts., 13 plts.
$550.00
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Powell’s Report on theUinta Mountains
Powell, J.W. Report on the geology of the eastern portion of the Uinta Mountains and a region of country adjacent thereto. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1876. Folio (30 cm, 11.75"). vii, [1], 218 pp.; 4 plts.
$200.00


“In Vienna Everyone Worships the Opera”
Prawy, Marcel.  The Vienna Opera. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970 (© 1969). 4to. 224 pp.; illus.
$25.00


Prescott’s PERUPasta española
Prescott, William Hickling.  History of the conquest of Peru, 1524–1550. Mexico City: Imprenta Nuevo Mundo for the members of the Limited Editions Club, 1957. Folio (32 cm, 12.6"). xxxvi, 252 pp., [2] pp.; illus.
$150.00


Illustrated Primer“do not lash the cat”Philadelphia, ca. 1860
Pretty stories in easy words. Philadelphia: Davis, Porter & Co., [ca. 1860]. 16mo (13.3 cm, 5.25"). [2], 13–18 pp.; illus.
$300.00
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For the InterestedSpanish Audience
Prida y Arteaga, Francisco de la; & Rafael Pérez Vento.   Méjico contemporáneo. Madrid: Est. tipo. de Fortanet, 1889. 8vo (21.5 cm; 8.25"). xxi, 399 pp. illus., ports.
$150.00
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A Curious Text & 12 Remarkable Woodcuts
Priest, Josiah.  The anti-universalist, or history of the fallen angels of the Scriptures. Albany: J. Munsell, 1839. 8vo. 420 pp.; 12 plts. (incl. in pagination).
$150.00
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Tips fromthe Prince of Ventriloquists
Prince, Arthur.  The whole art of ventriloquism. London: Will Goldston Ltd., [1922]. 8vo (18.3 cm, 7.2"). Frontis., 100, [4 (adv.)] pp.; illus.
$150.00


Illustrations by Dulac
Pushkin, Alexander.  The golden cockerel. New York: The Limited Editions Club, n.d. [1950]. Folio. [4], 41, [3] pp.; illus.
$200.00
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