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Memoirs of Count Grammont
$300.00
Count A. Hamilton
London; S. and E. Harding, [no date, circa 1790s]. Â A new translation, with notes and illustrations. Embellished with Seventy-six portraits, of the principal characters mentioned in the work. 4to. Full brown leather covered boards with gilt title and decoration to spine. Five raised bands to spine. Gilt emblem and borders to both boards. Minor bumping and rubbing to edges and hinges. Small chip to leather at foot of spine. Light rubbing to spine. Gilt to edges of boards, though some has been rubbed off. Gilt dentiles. Marbled end pages slightly faded and browned at edges. Original owner’s book plate laid in and four small areas of browning to front paste down where it was once attached. Minor browning and foxing throughout. Many pages are nearly perfect Though some on either side of certain illustrations are more browned or foxed. See pictures. Text and illustrations remain bright. THIS IS A HEAVY BOOK AND MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGES. 363 pages + 84 pages “Notes and Illustrations” + index of names.
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German book of homeopathic remedies
Charakteristik von Dreibig der Wichtigsten Homoopathischen Heilmittel Behufs ihrer Univendung in den Gemohalichsten Erkrankungsfallen
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Leipzig; Dr. Willmar Schwabe, 1880. “Characteristics of thirty of the most important homeopathic remedies for their use in the most common cases of illness”. SCARCE. Very good. 12mo. Brown cloth covered boards with black title to front board and to spine. Minor creasing to front board and minor bumping to spine ends and corners. A few light areas of rubbing to rear board. Minor browning to pages though text remains bright. Previous owner’s writing and stamp to front free end paper. Written in German Fraktur. 104 pages+ ads.Â
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Full matching nine volume set
Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence. NINE VOLUMES
$900.00Under The Covers Antique And Vintage Books
Philadelphia: Joseph M. Sanderson for the Proprietor and  R. W Pomeroy, 1820, 1823, 1824, 1827. Hardcover. 8vo. Volumes I and III were edited by John Sanderson, Volume III-VI were edited by Robert Waln, Jr.(though volume III says John Sanderson on the illustrated title page), and, while Volumes VII-IX have no stated editor, they were edited by Henry D. Gilpin. Very good in full speckled calf with gilt titles to black title labels and gilt decoration to spines. Gilt decoration to edges of corners. Wear to all volumes includes light bumping spine ends and minor bumping to corners, minor rubbing to edges, and minor fading to spine. Foxing and minor browning throughout all volumes though text and illustrations remain bright. Includes 25 portraits and four pages of facsimile signatures all with tissue guards intact. Previous owner’s book plate to front paste down of all volumes. All volumes except for volume IV include an illustrated title page. Vol I: 1820. Article and pamphlet about the signers laid in. Vol II: 1823. Vol III: 1823. Vol IV: Lacks illustrated title page and contains no illustrations. Two small holes to leather on front board. Vol V: 1824. Two very small punctures to leather on front hinge and one to leather on rear hinge. Front interior hinge is starting though binding remains tight and secure. Vol V: 1824. Small hole to leather on rear hinge and very small area of scuffing to both front and rear boards. Vol VI: 1827. Two very small holes to leather on rear hinge. Vol VII: 1827. Small hole to leather on rear hinge. Vol VIII: 1827. Four small holes to leather on hinges and a sliver of loss to leather at foot of rear board. Vol IX: 1927. Three holes to leather on front board and one hole to the rear board. More photos available. This set may include extra shipping charges.Â
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