Rare Books General Collection
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- A complete practical guide to the art of dancing : containing descriptions of all fashionable and approved dances, full directions for calling the figures, the amount of music required, hints on etiquette, the toilet, etc. [binding]
- Moderate yellowish-pink paper over boards with moderate yellowish-brown wave grain cloth spine; dancing girl, lettering above and below, leaf design and rules within double rule outer border in black; advertisement within double rule outer border on back cover all in black. H: 17.2 cm.; W: 11.3 cm.; D: 0.8 cm.
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- A desk book of printing types : to which is appended a condensed catalogue and price list of printing machinery and materials [binding]
- Dark green calico-texture cloth; two panels on left side ruled in black, upper panel has man looking at book on podium with books and quill in front, window and pillar in background, lower panel has coat of arms with ribbon around, all in red and black, lettering to right of panels in black; spine lettered in black; all edges in red. H: 20.1 cm.; W: 20.8 cm.; D: 1.2 cm.
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- A history of New York from the beginning of the world to the end of the Dutch dynasty : containing among many surprising and curious matters the unutterable ponderings of Walter the Doubter, the disastrous projects of William the Testy, and the chivalric
- Grayish-yellowish-brown (C80) paper over boards with calico-texture cloth spine; paper onlay with three panels ruled in black, central panel had two seated men, smoking pipes, upper and lower panels lettered, all in black with yellow background; spine lettered in gilt; untrimmed, t.e.g. H: 32.3 cm.; W: 23.7 cm.; D: 1 cm.
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- A little tour in France [binding]
- Blackish-green (C152) calico texture cloth; 3 horizontal panels above 3 vertical panels with horizontal panel below; horizontal panels lettered in yellow green, all panels within yellow green rule borders; center vertical panel with illustration of turreted castle wall in yellow green, reddish-brown and gilt; 3 panel spine lettered in gilt, two yellow green fleurs-de-lis and yellow green borders; top edges gilt, untrimmed. Unsigned, designed by Thomas Watson Ball. H: 20.1 cm.; W: 13.3 cm.; D: 3.1 cm.
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- A masque of poets : including Guy Vernon, a novelette in verse [binding]
- Dark green (C146) very fine diagonal rib cloth with beveled edges; vignette of person's head wearing mask with lettering above and below in gilt; mask and lettering on spine in gilt; t.e.g. Dark grayish-brown (C62) coated endpapers. H: 18.4 cm.; W: 13.2 cm.; D: 1.7 cm.
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- A masque of poets : including Guy Vernon, a novelette in verse [binding]
- Black (C267) cloth; series binding with red rules, panels, and lettering across covers and spine, red flowers and publisher's monogram within horseshoe on front and back covers; motif repeated on spine, with gilt panel titled in reserved black. H: 17.1 cm.; W: 11.8 cm.; D: 1.3 cm.
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- A memorial of Alice and Phoebe Cary : with some of their later poems [binding]
- Dark green very fine diagonal rib cloth with beveled edges; Eastlake designs at head and foot in black, gilt lettering in center, lettering below gilt lettering within double rules above and below in black; triple ruled outer blind stamped border on back cover with decorations in corners; motif repeated on spine in black and gilt. Dark blue coated endpapers. H: 19.2 cm.; W:13.1 cm.; D: 3.1 cm.
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- A natural method of physical training : making muscle and reducing flesh without dieting or apparatus [binding]
- Yellowish-gray very fine diagonal rib cloth; man stretch, circle vignette of women, lettering and rules, double rules and head and foot, all in dark blue; lettering and rules and double rules at head and foot on spine in dark blue. Patterned endpapers in gilt. H: 17.4 cm.; W: 12.5 cm.; D: 1.9 cm.
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- A thousand years with royalty
- Grayish-olive green paper over boards; shield with design in center with floral design around, lettered and head and foot, all in gilt. H: 18.4 cm.; W: 13.2 cm.; D: 1.2 cm.
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- A wintersnight tale [binding]
- Decorated paper over boards; dark blue (C183) calico-texture cloth spine with printed paper label; untrimmed; medium gray laid endpapers. H: 23.4 cm.; W: 14.4 cm.; D: 1.9 cm.
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- Ad astra : being selections from the Divine comedy of Dante [binding]
- Light brownish-yellowish-gray paper over boards with yellowish-white calico-texture cloth spine; paper onlay in upper right corner of title-page reproduced in red, signed "MA" i.e. Margaret Armstrong; untrimmed. H: 30.7 cm.; W: 23.7 cm.; D: 1.7 cm.
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- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's comrade) [binding]
- Very dark green (C147) very fine diagonal rib cloth; panel with Huckleberry Finn in reserved green, black and gilt, lettering above and to the side with initial letters of Huckleberry Finn in wood design, branches, all in gilt and black, all within double ruled outer border; lettered panel with gilt background, rules, decorations, ornament and branch of spine in gilt and black; pale peach endpapers. H: 22 cm.; W: 17.6 cm.; D: 1 cm.
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- Agnes Grant's education [binding]
- Grayish-olive (C110) calico-texture cloth; flowering stems in white, dark green and black, gilt lettering, all within border of black thick rule between gilt thin rules; spine lettered and ruled in gilt. H: 19.1 cm.; W: 12.8 cm.; D: 3 cm.
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- American sonnets [binding]
- Very dark green calico-texture cloth; floret, ornament and lettering within single rule outer border, all in gilt; floret and lettering on spine in gilt. H: 15.6 cm.; W: 11.8 cm.; D: 3.2 cm.
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- American swimming manual : swimming, diving, floating, life saving, resuscitation, rules for water polo, etc. [binding]
- Deep red (C13) calico-texture cloth" horizontal panel with view of inside of natatorium with pool and swimmers, lettering with initial letter within border of leaves, all in silver; green floral-patterned endpapers. H: 17.6 cm.; W: 13.6 cm.; D: 1.6 cm.
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- Among the poets : a choice selection of the best poems by the best authors [binding]
- Dark grayish reddish-brown (C47) fine diagonal rib cloth; elaborately stamped in black and gold with Eastlake style designs, floral and architectural ornaments and details, angel with lyre, black and gold lettering; similarly decorated spine design for full edition stamped on back cover; moderate yellow floral patterned endpapers. H: 20.4 cm.; W: 15.7 cm.; D: 1.1 cm.
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- An old country house [binding]
- Tan wood-textured paper over boards; strong yellowish-green art nouveau roses with leaves and stems on left side, lettered in gilt on right; gilt lettered leather spine; light greenish-yellow endpapers; top edges gilt, untrimmed. H: 28.2 cm.; W: 19 cm.; D: 2.8 cm.
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- Authors and publishers : a manual of suggestions for beginners in literature, comprising a description of publishing methods and arrangements, directions for the preparation of mss for the press, explanations of the details of book-manufacturing, instruct
- Moderate reddish-brown (C43) pebble grain cloth; printing press, quill, lettering and two decorative rules in black and gilt; decorative rules and lettering on spine in gilt. Light grayish-olive (C109) floral patterned endpapers. H: 23.7 cm.; W: 15.4 cm.; D: 1.8 cm.
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- Bricks without straw
- Deep red (C13) fine diagonal rib cloth; sword separating shackles, owl perched on stick with jesters head, lettered, double ruled at head and goot, all in black; front cover blindstamped on back cover; motif repeated on spine in gilt and black. H: 18.4 cm.; W: 13.4 cm.; D: 2.9 cm.
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- By salt marshes : pictures and poems of old Ipswich [binding]
- Light yellow brown paper over boards with grayish-brown calico-texture cloth spine; watercolored rock with lettering above in black, gray, orange, brown and green. H: 23.8 cm.; W: 18.5 cm.; D: 2.1 cm.
