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1 CHINESE PROVERBS FROM OLDEN TIMES Anonymous,
Peter Pauper Press Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket 
We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; Sound and tight slender volume of wisdom, penned ownership and circled date. 63pp and about 6 proverbs to the page. 2630 
Price: 9.90 USD
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2 HISTORY OF THE FIRST TROOP PHILADELPHIA CITY CAVALRY, 1774 [G] Anonymous
Philadelphia For the Troop By Hallowell 1874 First Edition Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket 
We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; Chromo and b/w; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 194 pages; History of The First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry. Trenton; Princeton, (1875). 4to, orig. Full brown morocco leather, gilt-lettered spine, T. E. G. , other edges untrimmed; scuffed, joints & extremities heavily rubbed, hinges solid. With engraved vignette title + 18 plates (incl. Chromolithographic plate & facsimile). Scattered light foxing - primarily to front blank & back matter - a few pages at back partly discolored by newspaper clippings. Armorial book plate of John Buckley, Jr. On front paste-down. Appendix. Library book plate on front free endpaper verso. Double-page Duval & Son litho printed in colors of The Troop inserted. With Roll of Members and account of their military and public service. Adt'l graphic available. 28544 
Price: 749.95 USD
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3 MISS TIVERTON GOES OUT Anonymous,
NY Grosset & Dunlap N.D. Hardcover Good+ with no dust jacket 
We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 315 pages 16121 
Price: 11.95 USD
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4 THE INDEPENDENT WHIG: OR, A DEFENCE OF PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANITY, & OF OUR ECCLESIASTICAL ESTABLISHMENT, AGAINST THE EXHORBITANT CLAIMS AND ENCROACHMENTS OF FANATICAL AND DISAFFECTED CLERGYMEN (COMPLETE IN 2 VOLS) Fifth Edition with Additions and Amendments Anonymous
J Peele At Locke's Head 1732 Fifth Edition Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket 
We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; lxxxvii, 262, -548, (4) (28) pages; THE INDEPENDENT WHIG: OR, A DEFENCE OF PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANITY, & OF OUR ECCLESIASTICAL ESTABLISHMENT, AGAINST THE EXORBITANT CLAIMS AND ENCROACHMENTS OF FANATICAL AND DISAFFECTED CLERGYMEN (complete in 2 vols {1&2}) . Fifth Edition with Additions and Amendments. Bound in original polished calf leather with raised bands, spines darkened. Bindings sound, contents very clean. Armorial bookplates of W N Eliot and his case and shelf designations. Runs from Jan 1, 1720 through to January 21, 1721. Illustrated with headpieces and tailpices. 24940 
Price: 299.95 USD
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5 THE MIRRORS OF 1932 Anonymous, Illustrated by Cesare
NY Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932 First Edition; Third Printing Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket 
We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; 8vo; With Ten Cartoons by Cesare. 10616 
Price: 11.89 USD
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6 TRIAL OF QUEEN CAROLINE [COMPLETE IN 3 VOLS] Anonymous
N Y, N Y 3 Vols 1874 Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket 
We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; Causes Celebres; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 545, 365, 479 pages; [British History]. Revised Edition. Provenance- Lebaron Bradford Colt bookplate. Publisher's original brown and gilt cloth. Books are sound and clean. 28177 
Price: 159.95 USD
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