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	1	. WANDERING SKETCHES OF PEOPLE AND THINGS IN SOUTH AMERICA, POLYNESIA, CALIFORNIA, AND OTHER PLACES VISITED, DURING A CRUISE ON BOARD OF THE U. S. SHIPS LEVANT, PORTSMOUTH, AND SAVANNAH William Maxwell Wood Philadelphia Carey and Hart, 1849 First Edition Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; [Pacific Exploration]. William Maxwell Wood. Wandering Sketches Of People And Things In South America, Polynesia, California, And other Places Visited, during a Cruise on Board of the U. S. Ships Levant, Portsmouth, and Savannah. Phila: Carey and Hart, 1849. 12mo. X, [13]-386pp. Original gilt & blind-stamped cloth with Carey and Hart initials embossed on front board. 1st edition. Howes W646. Sabin 105083. Scattered very light foxing, light ink name on within Table of Contents page, old library bookplate front pastedown and pocket rear pastedown, faint blind seal on title page. Last copy auctioned according to AE was 1980.; Approximate packaged weight for this item is 1000 grams. There are about 500 grams to the pound. 25688 Price: 699.95 USD
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	2	A BOOK OF ENGLISH VERSE ON INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD Wood, L. S. London England Macmillan 1921 Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 365 pages; Published 1921 sign by owner and dated April 25, 1936 in neat cursive on front free and paper; Aproximate packaged weight of 1000 grams 21709 Price: 11.95 USD
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	3	A SPLENDID GYPSY: JOHN DREW. Wood, Peggy. E. P. Dutton & Co. 1928 Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Aproximate packaged weight of 1000 grams 14277 Price: 11.95 USD
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	4	DENE HOLLOW Wood, Henry, Mrs. , 1814-1887. Philadelphia T. B. Peterson & Brothers 1871 Hardcover Good with no dust jacket We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; Wood, Henry, Mrs. , 1814-1887.Dene Hollow. Philadelphia, T. B. Peterson & brothers [c1871]1 p. L. , 19-262 p. 23 cm. Scarce work by a prolific author; Aproximate packaged weight of 1000 grams 18651 Price: 99.95 USD
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	5	DIRECTORY OF THE BOROUGH OF WEST CHESTER FOR 1857, CONTAINING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE BOROUGH FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT TO THE PRESENT TIME, THE NAMES OF ALL ITS INHABITANTS, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED, THEIR OCCUPATIONS, PLACES OF BUISNESS, ...CARDS [g] Wood & James Pub West Chester PA E. F. James, Book, Card & Job Printer 1857 First Edition Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 160, [2] pages; Directory of the Borough of West Chester for 1857, Containing a Complete History of the Borough from Its First Settlement to the Present Time, the Names of All Its Inhabitants, Alphabetically Arranged, Their Occupations, Places of Business, ...cards1857-8. 1st ed. 8vo; modern 1/4 morocco & bds. , orig. Covers mounted to modern bds. , orig. Front paste-down mounted to modern front paste-down. Text illus. Adverts. Text bright with very occasional spot of foxing. This lists businesses as well as individuals. It also notes the profession or lack thereof of the individuals named. Signed on front paste-down by previous owner. Helen Elizabeth Hause. Images of adds and tp available. 27522 Price: 149.95 USD
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	6	Furniture: Its Selection and Use U. S. Department of Commerce National Committee on Wood Utilization. Illustrated. United States Department Of Commerce, Wood Utilization Wash DC U. S. Dept. of Commerce 1931 First Edition Wraps Good with no dust jacket We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Wear to extremities- see graphic 18560 Price: 11.95 USD
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	7	HOW TO TELL THE BIRDS FROM THE FLOWERS AND OTHER WOODCUTS Facsimile Wood, Robert Williams NY Dover 1959 (1917) 1st Thus Paperback Fine with no dust jacket We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; Woodcuts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 54 pages; 1959 (1917) facsimile of 1917 Dodd Meade edition, bound in stiff card. 23768 Price: 14.95 USD
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	8	MOUNTAINEERING: CATALOGUE OF THE GRAHAM BROWN AND LLOYD COLLECTIONS IN THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND Cain, Alex, Alison Harvey Wood and John Bowles Edinburg The National Library of Scotland 1994 0902220985 / 9780902220980 First Edition Hardcover Fine in Fine dust jacket We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; xvii, 453 pages; With a microfilm addition to the Brown Collection laid in. Apparently published that way. About 6000 items thourgh 1987 plus microfiche additions. ; Approximate packaged weight for this item is 2000 grams. There are about 500 grams to the pound. 26149 Price: 49.95 USD
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	9	NARRATIVES OF COLORED AMERICANS. Mott, A. Wood, M. S. N Y, N Y William Wood & Company 1875 First Edition Thus Hardcover Good with no dust jacket We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 276 pages; Lacking spine, upper cover detached, lacking preliminary blanks, heart of text still useful. FIRST EDITION THUS. A revised edition of the first biographical work on African-Americans. Originally compiled by Abigail Mott in 1826, and reprinted in 1837, it was continued and added to several times thereafter. This edition [possibly the last] contains more up to date entries covering the Civil War and post-war period to 1866. Quite scarce- AE has one copy at auction in last 100 years. Provenance- George F Lee, his private library bookplate. 28308 Price: 399.95 USD
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	10	OBJECT LESSONS FOR JUNIOR WORK WITH PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS Wood, Ella N. Fleming H, Revell 1897 Hardcover Good+ with no dust jacket We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 113 pages; Arts And Crafts. Smoke stain at base of front cover and most of back cover; Aproximate packaged weight of 1000 grams 18480 Price: 11.95 USD
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	11	OUTLINE OF MAN'S KNOWLEDGE 1929 1ST ED G394 Wood, C May not be noted. Good with no dust jacket We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; Wood, Clement: Outline of Man's Knowledge, NY, Lewis Copeland Co. , 1929. 1ST US, hardbound with no dustjacket, penciled notes throughout; Aproximate packaged weight of 1500 grams 205 Price: 11.95 USD
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	12	PHYSIOLOGICAL PLANT PATHOLOGY Wood, R. K. S Oxford, England Blackwell Scientific Publications 1967 First Edition Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; A nice sound copy with minimal libray markings With Boyce Thompson bookplate. Deaccessioned from The Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Yonker, NY, Cornell Univeristy. Dark blue cloth gold printing on spine published in Oxford England 1967 first edition ; APPROXIMATELY 2000 GRAMS PACKAGED WEIGHT 19144 Price: 14.95 USD
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	13	SONGS OF THE AGES BIBLE STORY (Volume Five of the Five Volume Set) Hall, Rev. Newton Marshall and Rev. Irving Francis Wood May not be noted. Hardcover Good with no dust jacket We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; Hall, Rev. Newton Marshall and Rev. Irving Francis Wood. BIBLE STORY (volume five of the five volume set) and (guide) SONGS OF THE AGES, Poetry Chicago & Cleveland: King-Richardson, VERY SCARCE 6430 Price: 30.00 USD
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	14	THE BOOK OF SQUASH Wood, Peter NY Van Nostrand Reinhold Company 1972 Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; Sports & Leisure; Aproximate packaged weight of 1000 grams 13334 Price: 11.95 USD
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	15	THE CHILD IN SCHOOL CARE OF ITS HEALTH Wood, T. D. Funk & Wagnalls 1924 Flexible cloth Very Good with no dust jacket We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; 77 pages; Blind stamped cloth covers. One of 20 in a series of National Health Series; Aproximate packaged weight of 1500 grams 9461 Price: 19.85 USD
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	16	THE COMEDIES AND TRAGEDIES OF SHAKESPEARE IN SLIPCASE IN FOUR VOLUMES Shakespeare, William. (Introduction by Esther Wood) N Y, N Y Random House 1944 Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket Illustrated by Chappell, Warren 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 1101 pages; THE COMEDIES AND TRAGEDIES OF SHAKESPEARE in slipcase in four volumes . In solid but worn slipcase. 28958 Price: 24.95 USD
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	17	THE PERSONAL SHAKESPEARE; CYMBELINE, THE WINTERS TALE, THE TEMPEST, KING HENRY THE EIGHTH Vol XII Only Introduction by Esther Wood (Shakespeare, William) NY Doubleday, Page & Co Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; Orignal red cloth circa 1900, spine sunned. ; Aproximate packaged weight of 1000 grams 13776 Price: 11.95 USD
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	18	THE PERSONAL SHAKESPEARE; CYMBERLINE, THE WINTERS TALE, THE TEMPEST, KING HENRY THE EIGHTH Vol XII Only Introduction by Esther Wood (Shakespeare, William) NY Doubleday, Page & Co Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; Orignal red cloth circa 1900, spine sunned. ; Aproximate packaged weight of 1000 grams 13774 Price: 11.95 USD
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	19	THE PERSONAL SHAKESPEARE; HENRY THE FIFTH, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, AS YOU LIKE IT Vol VII Only Introduction by Esther Wood (Shakespeare, William) NY Doubleday, Page & Co Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; Orignal red cloth circa 1900, spine sunned. ; Aproximate packaged weight of 1000 grams 13777 Price: 11.95 USD
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	20	THE PERSONAL SHAKESPEARE; KING JOHN, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL Vol Vionly Introduction by Esther Wood (Shakespeare, William) NY Doubleday, Page & Co Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; Orignal red cloth circa 1900, spine sunned. ; Aproximate packaged weight of 1000 grams 13769 Price: 11.95 USD
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