Paris, France: Numa Preti, 1907. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Two volumes in publishers original red decorative cloth, 16mo (6-1/8 inches tall), pp. vol. 1 [unpaginated], illustrated throughout w. chess diagrams ; vol 2 lix, [lx - blank], 231 [232 - blank], illustrated, author index at rear. Vol 1 w......

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New York, NY: Angus Sinclair and John A. Hill, 1895. Screw-Bound Softcovers. All twelve issues for 1895 of this railroading journal, with each issue easily extracted from the publisher's binding by unscrewing the three studs and removing the retaining wire from the center of each issue. Publisher's decorative gilt stamped.....

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Montreal: John Lovell, 1862. Hardcover. An early mention (and perhaps the first book publication) of the proposed state of Kanawha - the breakaway state which became West Virginia - is found in this early Civil War-era printing of a popular school Geography. Yellow printed paper over boards with quarter black.....

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London: Oxford University Press, 1959. William Stobbs. First Oxford Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated paper boards with green quarter cloth spine, slim 8vo (9-3/4 inches tall), pp. 48, (49), illustrated throughout in colour and B&W. Volume with a touch of edge wear and gift inscription dated 1959 at top of.....

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New York: The Century Company, 1913. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Publisher's green cloth with title and decorations stamped in black and dark green onto upper board and spine, 16mo (6-5/8 inches tall), pp. (iv), 169, (1) ads, tissue-guarded frontis, copyright page with "Published, May, 1913" and "1913" printed at.....

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Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1871. First Edition, First Issue. Hardcover. Contemporary rebind with marbled paper and half-calf over boards, title and decorations in gilt onto five band spine, all edges marbled, 12mo, 6-3/4" tall, pp. vi, 152. Has the first issue points of "S.T.K." for "T.S.K." at head of.....

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Paris: A. Durand & Fils. (1925). André Hellé. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. English title : 'The Child and The Enchantments : A Lyric Fantasy in Two Parts'. An opera in one act, with music by Maurice Ravel to a libretto by Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. Front cover artwork by André Hellé.....

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