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HOLIDAY 2012 u Catalogue XXXII 87 Thomas Hardy Novels. “Mellstock Edition”

140 Pierre de Nolhac Marie-Antoinette

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185 Harriet Beecher Stowe Writings, including samples of rare autographed material

IMPERIAL FINE BOOKS, INC. Catalogue XXXII 5 1. ALISON, Sir Archibald in a magnificent deluxe gilt-tooled binding, with title page in History of Europe from the Commencement of the red and black, red engraved initials and vignettes through- French Revolution to the Restoration of the Bour- out text. Original blue printed wrappers bound in. Very good bons in 1815 with Portraits condition, occasional faint foxing, beautifully bound. Pub: Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons. 1849. $3,500 9. AUSTEN, Jane 14 volumes. Bound in ¾ wine morocco, marbled boards, top Works edges gilt, raised bands. Pub: London: Eveleigh Nash and Grayson. Ltd. 1927. $2,500 2. (ANONYMOUS) 5 volumes. With an introduction by John Bailey. Bound in ¾ Old and New London blue morocco by Bayntun (spines slightly faded) top edges Pub: London: Cassell, Peter & Galpin n.d., circa gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. 1890’s. $1,800 6 volumes. A narrative of its history, its people and its places. 10. AUSTEN, Jane Illustrated with numerous engravings. Bound in ¾ wine calf, The Novels and Letters marbled edges, raised bands, gilt panels. Quartos. Pub: New York and Philadelphia. Frank S. Holby. 1914. $7,500 3. (ANONYMOUS) 12 volumes. Edited by Reginald B. Johnson. “Hampshire Edi- Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary (thin paper tion.” With colored illustrations by C. E. and H. M. Brock. dictionary) Bound in ¾ wine morocco, top edges gilt, raised bands, or- Pub: Massachusetts: G. and C. Merriam and Co. nate gilt on spines. A fine set. 1953. $550 1 volume. Bound in full blue morocco, top edge gilt, raised 11. BALZAC, de Honore bands, ornate gilt on covers and spines. La Comédie Humaine Pub: La Societe Renaissance. 1902. $27,500 4. (ANONYMOUS) 46 volumes. Beautiful and unique set, in French, Extra-illus- Ballet and Opera trated. The text in French (unexpurgated) finely printed on Pub: London: David Bogue. n.d., circa 1880’s. $1,200 Japanese vellum paper with wide margins. Profusely illus- 1 volume. Beauties of the Opera and Ballet. Illustrated with trated with a charming series of etchings in two states, on highly-finished portraits, engraved on steel and numer- Japan paper and India paper mounted; Extra-illustrated ous engravings on wood under the superintendence of Mr. with a series of 46 original signed water-color drawings and Charles Heath. Elaborately bound in full red morocco, or- over 100 original etchings on Japan paper inlaid; 46 origi- nate gilt designs on covers and spine. Quarto. A beautiful nal signed water-color drawings on the title pages and over copy. 150 Goupil photogravures (many colored by hand) on Hol- land paper inlaid on Japan paper. Handsomely bound in 5. (ANONYMOUS)) full violet polished French levant morocco, inlays of green Mother Goose and the old Nursery Rhymes and white morocco, elaborately gilt, doublures of green le- Pub: London: William Heinemann. 1913. $6,500 vant morocco within gold panels and in the front doublure 1 volume. Illustrated in color and signed by Arthur Rackham. of each volume is a magnificent water-color drawing, 4 x 7 Bound in full maroon morocco, top edge gilt, raised bands, inches, under transparent vellum. Green and violet moiré gilt panels, quarto. silk ends and fly-leaves, gilt tops, uncut, in plush lined slipcases. A very beautiful and unique set, of which but one 6. ARCHER, Thomas copy exists, made under the personal direction of the own- Queen Victoria, Her Life and Jubilee er, a well-known collector whose signature appears on each Pub: London: Blackie & Son. n.d., circa 1880’s. $750 water color drawing which had to be submitted for his ap- 2 volumes. Illustrated with a series of highly-finished etch- proval and acceptance before being placed in the volume; ings. Bound in ¾ red morocco, marbled boards, all edges over four thousand dollars being expended to complete the gilt, raised bands. set. Exquisite set. 7. (ART) Gebhart, Emile 12. BARRIE, J. M. Sandro Botticelli et Son Epopque Quality Street Pub: Paris: Goupil and Co., Manzi, Joyant & Co. Pub: London: Hodder and Stoughton. n.d., circa 1907. $3,500 1910. $2,500 1 volume. Folio, bound in full contemporary brown levant 1 volume. Illustrated in color and signed by Hugh Thomson. morocco, ornate gilt-tooled covers and spine, raised bands, Limited to 1000 copies this being #646. Bound in full decora- gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others un- tive vellum, gilt on covers and spine. Quarto. cut. Limited to 300 copies on special paper, in a superb, ornate gilt-tooled full morocco binding, containing ten lovely 13. BELDAM, George W. full color and fifty tinted plates on heavy stock. Original pa- Great Golfers per wrapper bound in. A beautifully printed and produced Pub: London: MacMillan & Co. 1904. $2,500 work, with title page in red and black, and red engraved ini- 1 volume. The methods at a glance. Illustrated by 268 ac- tials and vignettes throughout text. Fine condition, in an tion-photographs. Rebound in full green morocco, all edges open-end box. gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. First Edition, 2nd Issue. 8. (ART) Gebhart, Emile 14. BEVERIDGE, Albert J. Michel-Ange, Sculpteur et Peintre Abraham Lincoln (1809-1858) Pub: Paris: Goupil & Co., Manzi, Joyant & Co. Pub: Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Compa- 1908. $3,500 ny. 1928. $3,750 1 volume. Folio. Bound in full contemporary brown le- 4 volumes. With illustrations. “Manuscript Edition.” Volume vant morocco, ornately gilt-tooled covers and spine, raised I with a manuscript page by Beveridge. Handsomely bound bands, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. A su- in full red morocco by Riverside. Leather and silk doublures, perb work on the art of Michelangelo, limited to 300 copies, top edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on spines and covers.

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147 PLATO The Dialogues of Plato

158 George Sand The Masterpieces

IMPERIAL FINE BOOKS, INC. Catalogue XXXII 7 84 Captain Robert Melville GRINDLAY Scenery, Costumes and Architecture, Chiefly on the Western Side of India

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51 Sir Winston S. Churchill The Second World War

IMPERIAL FINE BOOKS, INC. Catalogue XXXII 9 15. BEVERIDGE, Albert J. 24. BOURIENNE, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de The Life of John Marshall Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte Pub: New York: Houghton Mifflin & Co. 1916. $1,800 Pub: London: Richard Bentley. 1836. $1,200 4 volumes. First Edition. Bound in ¾ green morocco, mar- 4 volumes. With anecdotes and illustrative notes, from all bled boards, top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. the most authentic sources. Extra-illustrated. Bound in ¾ red morocco, top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. 16. BEVERIDGE, Henry A Comprehensive History of India, Civil, Military 25. BOURIENNE, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de and Social Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte Pub: London: Blackie & Son. n.d., circa 1890’s. $1,800 Pub: London: Richard Bentley. 1836. $3,500 3 volumes. From the first landing of the English to the sup- 4 volumes. With anecdotes and illustrative notes, from all pression of the Sepoy Revolt; including an outline of the ear- the most authentic sources. Extra-illustrated with 200 por- ly history of Hindoostan. Illustrated with 500 engravings. traits and views. Bound in full blue morocco, all edges gilt, Bound in full wine morocco, all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt raised bands, ornate gilt on spines and covers. Napoleonic panels. Quartos. Crest on covers. 17. (BIBLE) 26. BOWES, James L. The Holy Bible Old and New Testaments with Origi- Japanese Pottery with Notes Describing the nal Notes and Pictorial Illustrations Thoughts and Subjects Employed in its Decoration Pub: London: C. Knight. 1836. $1,500 and Illustrations from Examples in the Bowes Col- 3 volumes. Bound in full black morocco, all edges gilt, raised lection bands, ornate floral gilt on covers, gilt panels. Pub: Liverpool: Edward Howell. 1890. $950 1 volume. Bound in ¾ green morocco, marbled boards, top 18. (BIBLE) edge gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. Quartos. The Holy Bible Containing The Old and New Testa- ments 27. BRONTÉ, Emily Pub: Oxford: Dawson, Bensley and Cooke. 1801. $950 Wuthering Heights 1 volume. Bound in full red contemporary morocco, all edg- Pub: London: George G. Harrap and Co. 1924. $1,200 es gilt, ornate gilt on covers and spines. 1 volume. Illustrated in color by Percy Tarrant. Bound in ¾ red calf by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, marbled boards, top 19. (BIBLE) edge gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. The Pictorial Bible of John Kitto Pub: London: W. and R. Chambers. n.d., circa 28. BRONTÉ, Charlotte and Her Sisters 1800’s. $1,750 The Life and Works 4 volumes. Being the Old and New Testaments. Illustrat- Pub: London: John Murray. 1920. $3,500 ed with steel engravings and many hundreds of woodcuts. 7 volumes. Illustrated. Bound in ¾ green calf, top edges gilt, Handsomely bound in full brown morocco, all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels, red labels. raised bands. Quartos. 29. BRONTÉ, Charlotte, Anne and Emily 20. BLECHER, Captain Sir Edward Novels, “The Thornton Edition” Narrative of the Voyage of H. M. Samarang, During Pub: London: Downey & Co. Ltd. 1898. $7,500 The Years 1843-1846 12 volumes. Edited by Temple Scott. Frontispiece. Bound in Pub: London: Reeve, Benham and Reeve. 1848. $3,500 ¾ tan morocco, marbled boards, raised bands, gilt panels. 2 volumes. Employed surveying the islands of the Eastern Ar- Beautiful and fine set. chipelago, accompanied by a brief vocabulary of the principal languages with notes on the natural history of the is- 30. BROWN, William R. lands by Arthur Adams. Illustrated with plates and maps. The Horse of The Desert Rebound in full tan morocco, top edges gilt, raised bands, Pub: New York: The Derrydale Press. 1929. $4,500 gilt panels, original covers bound in the rear. First Edition. 1 volume. Rebound in full blue morocco, all edges gilt, gilt panels. Colored frontispiece and other illustrations. Limited 21. BLACKSTONE, Sir William to 750 copies. Folio. First Edition. Commentaries on the Laws of England Pub: London: A. Strahan. 1803. $2,750 31. BROWNING, E. B. 4 volumes. Rebound in ¾ tan calf, marbled boards, raised Sonnets from the Portuguese bands, gilt panels, red and green labels. Pub: New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. 1936. $475 1 volume. With colored illustrations by Willy Pogany. Bound 22. BOOTH, Stanley in ¾ red calf, marbled boards, top edge gilt . A Centenary Tribute to Sir Alfred Munnings 1878- 1959 32. BROWNING, Robert Pub: London: Philip Wilson. 1978. $2,500 A History of Golf 1 volume. An appreciation of the artist and a selection of Pub: London: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd. 1955. $2,500 his paintings. Bound in full red morocco by Zaehnsdorf, silk 1 volume. The royal and ancient game. Illustrated with 8 pag- doublures, all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels and cov- es of color and 32 black and white plates. Bound in full green ers. Square quarto in a slipcase. morocco, all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. First Edition. 23. BOUCHOT, Henri 33. BUEL, James W. and Giuseppe Verdi Catherine De Medici The Great Operas: The Romantic Legends upon Pub: Paris: Goupil. 1899. $1,500 which the Masters of Song have Found their Fa- 1 volume. Illustrated, plates in two states. Bound in full blue mous Lyrical Compositions. Introduced by Gi- morocco by Zaehnsdorf, top edge gilt, raised bands, gilt on useppe Verdi spine and covers (text in French). Silk doublures. Folio print- Pub: London, Paris, Berlin and Philadelphia: The Societe ed on Japanese vellum. Universelle Lyrique. 1899. $12,500

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164 William Shakespeare The Tempest

IMPERIAL FINE BOOKS, INC. Catalogue XXXII 11 10 volumes. With 50 plates after William de Leftwich Dodge 35. BURNEY, Charles and others. Numerous illustrations. Period full dark green A General History of Music. From The Earliest Ages morocco, covers elaborately tooled in gilt with a central de- to the Present Period sign with only, spine with raised bands in six compartments, Pub: London: T. Becket. 1776. $4,500 silk endpapers, all edges gilt. The Superb Edition: one of fifty 4 volumes. Bound in full tan calf (spines rebacked) illustrat- numbered copies, specially bound in full morocco. The most ed, raised bands, gilt panels, labels. Quartos. deluxe issue of this work describes in great detail the plots of fifty of the most famous operas ever written, wonderful- 36. BRYANT, William C. ly illustrated throughout, and including sketches of many Picturesque America or The Land We Live In composers. The operas described and illustrated include Pub: New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1872. $2,500 “The Marriage of Figaro,” “Manon,” “Carmen,” “Aida,” “Wil- 2 volumes. “A delineation by pen and pencil of the moun- liam Tell,” “The Magic Flute,” “La bohéme,” “Tristan and Isol- tains, rivers, lakes, forests, waterfalls, shores, and other pic- de,” “The Valkyrie,” “Don Giovanni,” “The Barber of Seville,” turesque features of our country, with illustrations on steel “Rigoletto,” “La Traviatta,” “Tannhäuser,” and more. A mag- and wood by eminent American artists.” Bound in full brown nificent set. morocco, all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt and blind tooling on covers and spines. Folios. First Edition. 34. BUNYAN, John The Pilgrim’s Progress from this World to that 37. BUCKINGHAM, J. S. which is to Come Travels Among the Arab Tribes Inhabiting the Coun- Pub: London: Strahan and Company Limited. tries East of Syria and Palestine Including A Journey 1880. $1,500 From Nazareth To The Mountains Beyond The Dead 1 volume. With one hundred illustrations by Frederick Bar- Sea nard and others. Engraved by the Dalziel Brothers. Edition Pub: London: Longman, Hurst, Rees. 1825. $7,500 De Luxe, printed on special hand-made paper, with proofs 1 volume. Illustrated with fold-out map and other illustra- of the illustrations on Japanese paper. Number 160 of 500 tions. Bound in full tan polished calf, marbled edge, raised copies. Bound in full morocco, with full polished crimson calf bands, gilt panels. Thick Quarto. First Edition. doublures, gilt dentelles, top edge gilt, rest uncut. A fine copy.

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154 John RUSKIN The Complete Works. “Library 38. BURCKHARDT, John Lewis Edition” Edited by E. T. Cook and Travels In Nubia Alexander Wedderburn Pub: The Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa. John Murray. 1819. $3,500 1 volume. First Edition. Etched frontispiece portrait, 3 maps including 2 folding, rebound in modern half calf with marbled boards, gilt lettered spine very slightly faded. An in- creasingly scarce work, Brunet refers to the author “as the 42. CAMPAN, J. L. first person to really know the Arab people.” Baker’s Histo- Memoirs of the Private Life of Marie Antoinette ry of Geographical Discovery: “Of outstanding importance Pub: New York: Brentanos. 1917. $450 was the work of J. L. Burckhardt. He visited Cairo in 1812 and 2 volumes. With illustrations. Bound in ¾ blue morocco, crossed the Nubian Desert to Suakin. Returning from Arabia marbled boards, top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. he prepared to start from the Nile Valley for the Niger, but died at Cairo.” 43. CARLYLE, Thomas Collected Works, “Library Edition” 39. BURNETT, Frances H. Pub: London: Chapman and Hall. 1869. $5,500 The Secret Garden 34 volumes. Bound in ¾ red morocco, all edges gilt, raised Pub: London: William Heinemann. 1911. $2,500 bands, gilt panels. Titles include: “French Revoultion,” “Fred- 1 volume. Illustrated by Charles Robinson. Rebound in full erick the Great,” etc. A fine set. green morocco, all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. First English Edition. 44. CARROLL, Lewis Alice In Wonderland and Through The Looking 40. BURTON, Sir Richard Glass The Land of Midian (Revisited) Pub: London: MacMillan & Co. 1899 and 1872. $12,500 Pub: London: C. Kegan Paul & Co. 1879. $4,500 2 volumes. Bound in full red morocco with multi-colored on- 2 volumes. With map, wood-cut illustrations. Bound in ¾ lays on covers by Kelligram, green silk doublures, all edg- green morocco, top edge gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. First es gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. Illustrated by John Tenniel. Edition. With cloth slipcases. 41. BURTON, Sir Richard 45. CARROLL, Lewis Arabian Nights Alice In Wonderland and Through The Looking Pub: Burton Club: n.d., circa 1900. $7,500 Glass 17 volumes. Illustrated. “Benares Edition.” Bound in ¾ red Pub: London: MacMillan and Co. 1924 and 1925. $1,750 morocco, top edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on spines. 2 volumes. Bound in full red calf by Riviere, all edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on spines and covers with gilt design of the queen and rabbit. Illustrated by John Tenniel. A charming copy.

IMPERIAL FINE BOOKS, INC. Catalogue XXXII 13 78 Jean Froissart 49. CHURCHILL, Sir Winston S. The War Speeches Chronicles of England, France, Pub: London: Cassell and Co. 1941-1946. $5,500 Spain and the Adjoining Countries 7 volumes. Rebound in full brown morocco by Asprey, all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels, illustrated. First Edition. 50. CHURCHILL, Sir Winston S. A History of The English Speaking Peoples 46. CELLINI, Benvenuto Pub: London: Cassell and Co. 1956. $3,500 Memoirs Of Cellini 4 volumes. Rebound in full red morocco by Asprey, all edges Pub: London: Henry Colburn and Co. 1823. $950 gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. Illustrated. First Edition. 2 volumes. A Florentine artist, written by himself, containing a variety of information respecting the arts, and the his- 51. CHURCHILL, Sir Winston S. tory of the sixteenth century. Translated by Thomas Roscoe. The Second World War Portrait frontispiece after Vasari. A very handsome set fine- Pub: London: Cassell and Co. Ltd. 1948. $5,500 ly bound in full contemporary dark green morocco, with or- 6 volumes. Rebound in full red morocco with ornate tool- nate tooling to the boards and spines; all edges gilt, some ing on covers and spines by Asprey, all edges gilt, illustrat- slight foxing. ed. First Edition. 47. CERVANTES, Miguel de 52. CHURCHILL, Sir Winston S. Don Quixote, Dedicated to The Duke De Bejar The American Civil War Pub: London: C. Kegan Paul and Co. 1881. $1,500 Pub: London: Cassell. 1961. $1,200 3 volumes. A new translation from the originals of 1605 and 1 volume. Rebound in full red morocco, top edge gilt, raised 1608 by Alexander J. Duffield. Bound in ¾ red morocco, top bands, gilt panels. First Edition. edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. 53. COX, Harding and Lascelles, Gerald 48. CERVANTES, Miguel de Coursing and Falconry Don Quixote, Translated from the Spanish by P. A. Pub: London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1892. $2,500 Motteux 1 volume. With illustrations. “Large Paper Edition.” Limited Pub: Edinburgh: John Grant. 1902. $3,500 to 250 copies, this being #101. Bound in ¾ blue morocco, top 8 volumes. Plates in 3 states. Limited to 130 copies, this be- edge gilt, gilt panels, crest on front cover. ing #11. Bound in ¾ red morocco, marbled boards, top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. 54. DALE, T. F. Polo At Home and Abroad Pub: London: London and Counties Press Assoc. 1915. $6,500 1 volume. Limited to 100 copies this being #58. Profusely illustrated in color, black and white. Bound in full vellum, top edge gilt, gilt panels. Folio.

14 Catalogue XXXII IMPERIAL FINE BOOKS, INC. IMPERIAL FINE BOOKS, INC. 55. DALIMART, Octavier 57. DAPPER, Olfert The Costume of Turkey Naukeurige Beschryving Van Gantsch Syrie, en Pal- IMPERIAL FINE BOOKS, INC. Pub: London: William Miller. 1804. and Thos. McLean. Jan. estyn of Heilige Lant 1, 1818. $9,500 Pub: Amsterdam: Jacob van Meurs. 1677. First Edition. $9,500 2 volumes. Descriptions in English and French. Engraved title 1 volume. Bound in period mottled calf, spine tooled in gilt, and 60 hand-colored plates, sheets watermarked 1819, 1820. raised bands, morocco lettering piece. Title page printed in The military costume of Turkey with hand-colored engraved red and black. With copper-engraved added pictorial-page, title and 30 hand-colored plates. Handsomely bound in full 8 double-page maps (4 of them folding out as well); 33 en- yellow pebbled morocco, orange gilt on spines and covers, graved illustrations in the text. Quarto. Marvelous work on all edges gilt. Folio. Palestine and Syria by Dr. Olfert Dapper (1638-89), physician, geographical and historical scholar, the author of a series of 56. DANTE, Alighieri works dealing with Africa, Asia and America. The notable The Vision; Or Hell, Purgatory and Paradise of plates and maps have crisp, dark impressions, including fine Dante views of Jerusalem, Jaffa, Damascus, Tripoli, Aleppo, Rama, Pub: London: Taylor and Hessey. 1819. $850 the Temple of Solomon, and others. Complete with all plates 3 volumes. Second Edition. Corrected. With the Life of Dante, and maps, the title-page to the second part and the list of additional notes and an index. Occasional pencil markings plates. Provenance: collection of Margaret Gee. to margins, sporadic light spotting, ex-lib. With blind stamps to t. ps and ink stamps to verso, rebound in modern double 58. DARWIN, Bernard blind ruled edge half calf with marbled boards, gilt motifs The Shots and Others with gilt lettered title labels to spines; a handsome set. Hen- Pub: London: Kegan Paul. 1911. $1,500 ry Fancis Cary (1772-1844), translator. Cary’s version was ad- 1 volume. Illustrated by E. W. Mitchell. Rebound in full brown mired by Wordsworth, Keats, Lamb, Coleridge, Macaulay, morocco, all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. First Edition. and Ruskin, and in 1966 the author of a work of translations of the Divina commedia wrote “Cary’s version still holds its place as a minor classic, thanks to the fact that its author was a competent versifier with some poetic perception.” 138 Joseph NASH The Mansions of England

IMPERIAL FINE BOOKS, INC. Catalogue XXXII 15 59. DARWIN, Bernard 69. DOYLE, Arthur Conan Golf The Works. “Crowborough Edition” Pub: London: Burke. 1954. $1,800 Pub: New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co. 1930. $17,500 1 volume. Illustrated. Rebound in full green morocco, all 24 volumes. Signed by the author in Volume I. Bound in ¾ edges gilt, raised bands. First Edition. contemporary red morocco, raised bands, top edges gilt, ornate gilt on spines (two volumes covers neatly rehinged). A 60. DARWIN, Bernard and DUNCAN, very scarce and desirable set. George Present-Day Golf 70. DUCHESNE, Jean Pub: New York: George H. Doran Co. 1921. $2,500 Museum of Painting and Sculpture 1 volume. Illustrated with photographs by G. W. Beldam. Re- Pub: London: Bossange, Barthes Lowell. 1828. $4,500 bound in full green morocco, all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt 16 volumes. Collection of the principal pictures, statues panels. First Edition. and bas-reliefs in the public and private galleries of Europe drawn and etched by Etienne Réveil, with descriptive, critical 61. DARWIN, Charles and historical notices. Bound in full green morocco, all edg- Works. “Author’s Edition” es gilt, ornate gilt on spines and covers, raised bands. Text in Pub: New York: D. Appleton and Co. n.d., circa English and French. 1900. $6,500 15 volumes. Bound in ¾ contemporary red morocco, mar- 71. ELIOT, George bled boards, top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. Fine The Writings of George Eliot, Together with the Life set. by J. W. Cross Pub: Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co. 1908. $12,500 62. DEFOE, Daniel 25 volumes. Frontispiece in 2 states each, one colored, the Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe other uncolored and signed in pencil. Large Paper Edition. Pub: London: J. C. Nimmo and Bain. 1882. $2,500 Number 2 of 750 copies. Publisher’s full brown morocco, 2 volumes. With illustrations. Bound in full red morocco by spines decorated with 4 gilt flowers, each surrounded by Zaehnsdorf, top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. four groups of three gilt leaves and six small gilt circles, gilt lettering, top edges gilt. Stamped “Bound at the Riverside 63. DICKENS, Charles Press.” A fine set. A Christmas Carol Pub: London: Chapman and Hall. n.d., circa 1875. $4,500 72. ELIOT, George 1 volume. With illustrations by John Leech. Bound in full red The Works Of George Eliot morocco with a multi-colored onlay of Mr. & Mrs. Fezziwig Pub: Boston: Estes and Lauriat. 1893. “Rosehill Limited on front cover by Bayntun, all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt Edition.” $4,500 panels. 24 volumes. Octavo. Bound in ¾ red morocco, marbled boards and matching endpapers, top edges gilt, paneled 64. DICKENS, Charles spines with gilt titles and panel decorations. Signed bind- A Christmas Carol ings from Brentano’s of New York. Frontispiece and sever- Pub: London: Chapman and Hall. 1844. $3,500 al full-page plates with captioned tissue-guard in each vol- 1 volume. With illustrations by John Leech. Bound in full red ume. Internally fresh and clean throughout. This Rosehill morocco by Bayntun, all edges gilt, raised bands. “Second Edition was limited to 1000 copies, this being #486. Dates on Edition.” In a slipcase. title pages are from 1893 to 1895. A fine and extensive set of Eliot’s works. George Eliot (1819-1880) was the pen name 65. DICKENS, Charles of Mary Ann Cross, neé Evans. She was an English novelist, Works. “Library Edition” journalist and translator, a leading writer of the Victorian Pub: London: Chapman and Hall. 1874. $7,500 era. She was the author of seven novels, most of them set in 30 volumes. With reproductions of all the original illustra- provincial England. tions by H. K. Browne, G. Cattermole, G. Cruikshank, etc. Bound in ¾ green morocco, marbled edges, raised bands, 73. EMERSON, Ralph Waldo ornate gilt on spines. Essays Pub: London: Arthur L. Humphreys. 1899. $1,800 66. DICKENS, Charles 2 volumes. Bound in contemporary full blue morocco, spines Works gilt with silk endpapers. A very nice copy printed on hand- Pub: London: Chapman and Hall Ltd. 1881. $22,500 made paper, this selection of Emerson’s Essays includes 30 volumes. Handsomely bound in ¾ contemporary green some of his most famous pieces: “Self-Reliance,” “Love,” calf, marbled boards, raised bands, top edges gilt, ornate gilt “Friendship,” “The Over-Self,” “Intellect,” “Character,” and on spines, profusely illustrated. “Edition Deluxe” Limited to “Manners.” 1000 sets, this being #692. Thick quartos. 74. FARRAR, F. W. 67. DICKENS, Charles The Life Of Christ as Represented In Art A Christmas Carol Pub: London: Adam and Charles Black. 1894. $750 Pub: London: William Heinemann. 1915. $3,500 1 volume. Bound in full blue morocco, top edge gilt, ornate 1 volume. Illustrated By Arthur Rackham. 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IMPERIAL FINE BOOKS, INC. Catalogue XXXII 17 sale), this being #95, top edges gilt, paneled spines with titles edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels (spines faded to a light- and panel decorations in gilt. Frontispieces with captioned er blue). Thick large quartos. An important set on Chinese ce- tissue-guards. Sewn-in silk bookmark in each volume. Oc- ramics. casional light soiling of the cloth. A beautiful set of this limited edition of Fieldings’ works. The works include “Joseph 84. GRINDLAY, Captain Robert Melville Andrews,” “Jonathan Wild,” “Tom Jones,” and “Amelia.” The Scenery, Costumes and Architecture, Chiefly on the author (1707-1754) was an English novelist and dramatist Western Side of India known for his rich earthy humor and use of satire. He and his Pub: London: R. Ackermann. 1826-1830. $22,500 brother founded the Bow Street Runners, which may have 1 volume. Grindlay was a member of the Royal Asiatic Soci- been London’s first police force (Encyclopaedia Britannica). ety and of the Society of Arts. Bound in ¾ contemporary red morocco, marbled boards, top edge gilt, raised bands, with 76. FITZERALD, Edward 36 hand-colored aquatint plates, plates with 1826 imprints. Omar Khayyam Folio. The plates are crisp, text clean, one of the best color Pub: New York and London: M. Walter Dunne. 1901. $450 plate books published on India. First Edition. A series of 36 1 volume. Bound in ¾ green morocco, top edge gilt, raised most beautiful colored plates, from drawings by the author bands, gilt panels, illustrated. and by Westall, Daniel, Stanfield, etc., chiefly of the scenery, temples, villages, etc., in Bombay and its vicinity, with de- 77. FREEMAN, Douglas S. scriptive letterpress. Lee’s Lieutenants Pub: New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1944. $1,800 85. GUIZOT, François 3 volumes. Bound in ¾ red morocco, top edges gilt, raised A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times bands, gilt panels. With 74 hand-colored plates. Pub: Boston: Dana Estes. n.d., circa 1900. $1,250 6 volumes. With 240 illustrations by distinguished artists. 78. FROISSART, Jean Bound in ¾ brown morocco, marbled boards, top edges gilt, Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Ad- raised bands, gilt panels. joining Countries Pub: London: Henry G. Bohn. 1849. $3,750 86. HALL, Mr. & Mrs. S. C. 2 volumes. Translated from the French by Thomas Johnes. Il- Ireland Scenery and Character lustrated with 116 wood engravings in text, Extra-illustrat- Pub: London: How and Parsons 1841. $2,500 ed with 74 hand-colored and gilded engraved miniatures 3 volumes. Bound in full green morocco, all edges gilt, raised after the Froissart manuscripts in the Bibliothèque Royale, bands, gilt spines and covers. Paris and the British Museum. Bound in full red morocco, gilt tooled to a dentelle design with knight’s armour and sword 87. HARDY, Thomas tools at corners and sides, spine with five raised bands, all Novels. “Mellstock Edition” edges gilt, by J. Wright. Fine with Philip C. Duschnes’ ticket Pub: London: MacMillan and Co. 1919. $22,500 at rear of Volume II. 37 volumes. Limited to 500 copies, signed by the author. Bound in full brown morocco by Bennett, top edges gilt, 79. FROUDE, James raised bands, gilt panels. Fine and handsome set of the Best A History of England Edition. Pub: London: John W. Parker. 1858. $3,500 12 volumes. Bound in ¾ tan calf, marbled boards and edges, 88. HAZIN, Sheikh Mohammed Ali raised bands, red and green labels, gilt panels. Handsome The Life of… Written by Himself; Translated from set. Two Persian Manuscripts, and Illustrated with Notes Explanatory of The History, Poetry, Geogra- 80. GRAHAME, Kenneth phy, etc. which Therein Occur by F. C. Belfour. The Wind In The Willows Pub: Oriental Translation Fund. 1830. $1,500 Pub: London: Methuen and Co. 1931. $2,500 1 volume. First English Edition. Some light marginal brown- 1 volume. Illustrated by E. H. Shepard. Bound in full green ing ex-lib, with ink stamps to prelims, original boards, sym- morocco by Bayntun, all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. pathetically rebacked in paper with title label to spine. In- First Shepard Edition. scribed to front free endpaper, “Presented to the Council of Kings College by their humble servant, the translator. Hazi- 81. GREEN, H . B. and M. W. n La-hi-ji.” The pen name of Mohammad Ail ibn Abi Ta- A Record of the More Notable Women of the Early leb Hazin La-Hiji, Mohammmad ibn Abi Ta-leb Gila-ni and Days of the Country, and Particularly of the Colo- Sheikh Mohammed Ali Hazin La-hiji. He was an Iranian poet nial and Revolutionary Periods and scholar born into an eminent family in Esfahan. His an- Pub: New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 1912. $950 cestors were scholars and landowners from Gila-n (see La- 3 volumes. Bound in ¾ blue morocco, marbled boards, top hija-n). In 1734 he emigrated to India. Hazin La-hiji is consid- edge gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. ered to be one of the most prominent scholars of the Safavid era, whose knowledge extended over the theological learn- 82. GOLDSMITH, Oliver ing of his time as well as Natural Science, a fact testifeld by The Vicar of Wakefield his extant writings. In a full leather slipcase. Pub: London: MacMillan and Co. 1927. $1,200 1 volume. With illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Bound in full 89. HERODOTUS green morocco by Bayntun with colored onlay on front cov- Translated from the Greek with Notes er; all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. Pub: London: Leigh and Sotheby. 1812. $1,200 4 volumes. Bound in full tan calf, raised bands, gilt panels. 83. GORER, Edward and BLACKER, J. F. Translated from the Greek with notes by Rev. William Beloe. 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IMPERIAL FINE BOOKS, INC. Catalogue XXXII 21 1 volume. Limited to 350 copies, printed on Japanese vel- production. It was contracted through Ernest Gee, and Mr. lum. Plates in two states. Bound in full green morocco with Woodward spared no expense. silk doublures by Zaehnsdorf, top edge gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on spine and covers with royal crest; folio. Fine and 92. HUGO, Victor beautiful copy. The Novels Complete and Unabridged of Victor Hugo (Extra-illustrated with Original Handwritten 91. (HORSES) Signed Manuscript Letter By Victor Hugo) and Orig- Cherished Portraits of Thoroughbred Horses from inal Edition de Bibliophile Portfolio as well as an the Collection of William Woodward With notes by Additional Suite of 108 Etchings in Portfolio W. S. Vosburgh Pub: Philadelphia: George Barrie and Sons. 1892- Pub: New York: Ernest R. Gee. 1929. $5,500 1897. $13,500 1 volume. Large quarto; vii + 297 pages with 68 engraved 46 volumes. Bound in ¾ blue morocco over cloth with finely plates and three charts. Original full crimson morocco by gold-tooled spine, raised bands, top edges gilt. Deckled fore- Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt spine with raised bands, gilt- edges, marbled endpapers, engraved frontispieces in two ruled covers with gilt title on front cover, top edge gilt. Mi- states in each volume. Printed on Japanese vellum. Exquisite nor rubbing to binding extremities. A fine copy in original set with the complete and unabridged novels of Victor Hugo. folding box (box cracked and repaired). One of 500 cop- Each volume illustrated with full- and double-page etchings ies designed and printed by Eugene V. Connett at the Der- printed on Japanese vellum. Total of 616 black and white rydale Press. Presentation copy, inscribed: “To Henry Adams and bistre (sepia-tone) plates (including frontispieces) in two a faithful companion a loyal friend who has had my affec- states as well as 108 double-page etchings with captioned tis- tion and respect since boyhood days – William Woodward”. sue guards. Limitation page states 519 etchings and 70 dou- Henry Adams was a member of the celebrated Adams fam- ble-page etchings. Our copy is Extra-illustrated with an addi- ily, which produced President John Adams and John Quin- tional 97 etchings in two states and 38 double-page etchings cy Adams, and historian and author Henry Adams (1838- (616 plates in two states and 108 double-page plates). Ex-libris 1918). We have not been able to identify which Henry Adams of Walter F. Haas on inside of front covers. Haas was a Los An- the book is inscribed to, though he was obviously a child- geles attorney-at-law in the 1880’s. In 1891, he was admitted hood friend. This was Connett’s first major work in fine book to the Supreme Court of California. The following year he was

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Strahan. 1778. $1,200 seur, Precisely 30 years ago, in March 1834, I sent the letter you 2 volumes. “Sixth Edition.” Bound in ¾ tan calf, marbled have mentioned in your remarkable book to Senator Livings- boards and edges, raised bands, gilt panels. ton. Today I stand closer to him and you. It is called ‘Law of.’” 102. JOHNSON, Robert U. and BUEL, C. C. 93. HUGO, Victor Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Novels Pub: New York: The Century Co. 1884-1887. $2,500 Pub: Boston: Dana Estes and Co. n.d., circa 1900. $5,500 4 volumes. Being for the most part contributions by Union 30 volumes. Exquisitely bound in ¾ maroon calf, marbled and Confederate officers. Based upon “The Century War Se- boards, top edges gilt, raised bands, ornate floral onlays on ries.” Bound in ¾ red morocco, marbled boards, top edges spines. “The Centenary Edition.” gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. Quartos. First Edition. 94. HUGO, Victor 103. JOSEPHUS Novels (Judaica) Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus Pub: Boston: Estes & Lauriat. n.d., circa 1900 $6,500 Pub: Boston: S. Walker. 1833. $1,200 30 volumes. “Holland Paper Edition,” limited to 500 copies, 2 volumes. The Jewish historian. Translated by William Whis- this being #365. Bound in 3/4 red morocco, top edges gilt, ton. Revised and illustrated with notes by the Rev. Samuel raised bands, gilt panels, with illustrations. Burder, with a series of engravings. Bound in ¾ wine morocco, marbled boards and edges, raised bands. Quartos. 95. HUTCHINSON, Horace G. Golf 104. JOSEPHUS Pub: London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1890. $2,500 The Work of Flavius Josephus, The Learned and Au- 1 volume. With numerous illustrations by Thomas Hodge thentic Jewish Historian and Harry Furniss. Rebound in full blue morocco with origi- Pub: London: Henry G. Bohn. 1854. $950 nal front cover bound in the rear, all edges gilt, raised bands, 2 volumes. Translated by William Whiston. Bound in full pur- gilt panels. First Edition. ple calf, marbled edges, raised bands, ornate gilt on spines. 96. IRVING, Washington 105. KAYE, John William The Works. “Joseph Jefferson Edition” History of the Sepoy War In India (1857-1858) $1,800 Pub: New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. n.d., circa 3 volumes. Bound in ¾ red calf, marbled boards, all edges 1900. $8,500 gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. 40 volumes. Signed in Volume I of the Sketch Book by Jeffer- son. Limited to 250 sets, this being #67. Handsomely bound 106. KEATS, John in ¾ green morocco, top edges gilt, raised bands, ornate flo- Complete Poetical Works and Letters ral onlays and gilt on spines. Volume I of the Sketch Book Pub: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1899. $225 was bound in full green morocco with leather doublures. Il- 1 volume. Bound in ¾ tan calf, marbled boards, top edge lustrations are hand-colored (in many sets of this edition the gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. illustrations are black and white). A handsome and fine set. 107. KEMPIS, Thomas à 97. IRVING, Washington The Imitation of Christ Rip Van Winkle Pub: London: Arthur L. Humphreys. 1897. $550 Pub: London: William Heinemann. 1905. $4,500 1 volume. Stunning Arts and Crafts binding. Bound in full 1 volume. Illustrations in color by Arthur Rackham. Bound in straight-grain tan morocco by Hatchards, Piccadilly. A very full green morocco by Bayntun, all edges gilt, raised bands, simple and very beautiful Arts and Crafts binding from the gilt panels and covers. Quartos. First Trade Edition. end of the nineteenth century. A superb copy. The style and in particular the leaf tool is very much reminiscent of J. Cob- 98. JERROLD, William Blanchard ben-Sanderson at the Dove’s Bindery, and the binding may The Life Of George Cruikshank indeed have been produced by him. Hatchards were known Pub: London: Chatto and Windus. 1883. $3,500 to have commissioned work from Cobden-Sanderson dur- 1 volume. With 84 illustrations. Bound in full red moroc- ing this period. co with multi-colored onlay on spine by Kelligram, all edges gilt, ornate floral gilt on covers, gilt panels, silk doublures. 108. KIPLING, Rudyard Poems (1886-1929) 99. JOHNSON, A. E. Pub: London: MacMillan and Co. 1929. $4,500 The Russian Ballet 3 volumes. Limited to 525 copies, this being #420. Signed by Pub: London: Constable and Co. 1913. $2,500 Kipling in Volume I. Bound in full red morocco with the orig- 1 volume. Illustrations by René Bull. Bound in full purple mo- inal wrappers. Quartos. (Sets with original dust jackets are rocco by Hatchards, all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels scarce.) and covers; Quartos. First Edition. 109. LABAUME, Eugène A Circumstantial Narrative of the Campaign in Rus- sia Pub: London: Samuel Leigh. 1815. $550 1 volume. Embellished with plans of the battles of the Mo-

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26 Catalogue XXXII IMPERIAL FINE BOOKS, INC. IMPERIAL FINE BOOKS, INC. swka and Malo-Jaroslavitz. Illustrated with two fold-out 117. LAYARD, A. H. maps. Bound in full tan calf, marbled edges, raised bands, Nineveh and its Remains IMPERIAL FINE BOOKS, INC. orante gilt on spine. Extra-illustrated with 260 plates. Pub: London: John Murray. 1849. $1,500 2 volumes. Bound in full tan polished calf, marbled edges, 110. LA FONTAINE, Jean de raised bands, gilt panels. Illustrated. La Fontaine’s Tales, Imitated in English Verse Pub: London: C. Chapple. 1814. $8,500 118. LODGE, Edmund 2 volumes bound in four, in later 19th-century full blue mo- Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain rocco; covers and spines richly gilt, red morocco scroll onlays Pub: London: Printed for Harding and Lepard. on covers, gilt-tooled red morocco doublures, brocade end- 1835. $4,500 papers, all edges gilt. In an open-faced morocco-tipped slip- 6 volumes. Engraved from authentic pictures in the galler- case. Bookplates. Fine. Beautifully bound by Durvand and ies of the nobility and the public collections of the country. Extra-illustrated with 250 plates, including portraits, a set of With biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and reprints from the Eisen plates, illustrations from a Paris 1820 actions, by Edmund Lodge, Esq. F.S.A. 12 volumes in 6; large edition, and also including plates by Desenne, Desrais, and quartos. Bound in contemporary red pebble-grained mo- Chasselat, and some plates on China paper. A luxurious pro- rocco, gilt titles and eleborate decoration to spines, raised duction. bands, rules to boards with corner-pieces, cream endpapers, gilt edges. With 240 engraved plates. With ex-libris book- 111. LANG, Andrew plate from Cathedral Library, Ely, to the front pastedown, Complete Works including the 12 volumes of Fairy some occasional light foxing and offsetting, boards and Books spines a little rubbed. A handsome set in execellent condi- Pub: London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1889. $15,000 tion. 24 volumes. With numerous illustrations by H. J. Ford and G. P. Jacombe Hood, many volumes with colored plates. Bound 119. LONGFELLOW, H. W. in full green calf by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with the original The Poetical Works covers preserved, all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt designs on Pub: London: Frederick Warne and Co. n.d., circa spines. Labels faded. (Many of the titles are now very scarce; 1900. $250 most sets are only 12 Volumes.) A handsome and fine set. 1 volume. Bound in full tree calf levant, marbled edges, First Edition. raised bands, gilt panels. 112. LANG, Andrew 120. LOUDON, Mrs. The Crimson Fairy Book The Ladies Flower-Garden Pub: London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1903. $1,200 Pub: London: William Smith. 1843. $6,500 1 volume. With 8 colored plates and numerous illustrations 2 volumes. Ornamental perennials. With hand-colored by H. J. Ford. Bound in full red calf by Frost. All edges gilt, plates. Rebound in full green morocco, all edges gilt, raised raised bands, gilt panels, original covers bound in the rear. bands, gilt panels. Quartos. First Edition. First Edition. 121. LYTTON, Sir Edward B. 113. LANG, Andrew Novels The Red Fairy Book Pub: Boston: Little Brown and Co. 1892. $12,500 Pub: London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1890. $1,200 40 volumes. Limited to 100 copies, this being #55. Volume I 1 volume. With numerous illustrations by H. J. Ford and has an original letter. Sumptously bound in full red moroc- Lancelot Speed. Bound in full red calf by Frost, all edges gilt, co with white inlaid roses on covers, leather and silk dou- raised bands, gilt panels, original covers bound in the rear. blures with a large rose in red and green leather; top edges First Edition. gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on covers and spines. A magnificent set. 114. LANG, Andrew The Lilac Fairy Book 122. MALORY, Sir Thomas Pub: London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1910. $1,200 King Arthur 1 volume. With 6 colored plates and numerous illustrations Pub: London: Medici Society Ltd. 1929. $3,500 by H. J. Ford. Bound in full purple morocco; all edges gilt, 1 volume. Illustrations in color by W. Russell Flint. Bound in raised bands, gilt panels, original cover bound into the rear. full blue morocco with a multi-colored onlay of King Arthur First Edition. on front cover by Bayntun; all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels and spine. 115. LANG, Andrew The Olive Fairy Book 123. MARTIN, H. B. Pub: London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1910. $1,200 Fifty Years of American Golf, Foreword by Grant- 1 volume. With 8 colored plates and numerous illustrations land Rice, Illustrated by H. J. Ford; original cover bound into the rear. Bound in full Pub: New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. 1936. $2,500 green morocco, all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. First 1 volume. Rebound in full green morocco, all edges gilt, Edition. raised bands, gilt panels, signed by the author. First Edition. 116. LANG, Andrew 124. MASSON, Frédéric The Violet Fairy Book Josephine (Text In French) Pub: London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1901. $1,200 Pub: Paris: Goupil & Co. 1899. $1,800 1 volume. With 8 colored plates and numerous full page 1 volume. Colored frontispiece, plates in two states. Printed black and white illustrations. Bound in full blue calf, all edg- on Japanese vellum. Bound in full green morocco by Zaehn- es gilt, raised bands, gilt panels, original cover bound into sdorf (spine faded); ornate gilt on spine and covers, silk dou- the rear. First Edition. blures, folio.

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Bound in ¾ red morocco, marbled boards, top Pub: London: Baily Brother’s Cornhill. 1845. $950 edge gilt, raised bands, gilt vignettes of ships on spine and 1 volume. With engraved frontispiece and 26 engraved front cover. First Trade Edition. plates, many of them by George Cruikshank. Bound in full red morocco, top edge gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. First 131. MERRILL, Selah Edition. Inscribed from the publisher to the author. Extra-il- East of The Jordan lustrated. Pub: London: Richard Bentley and Son. 1881. $375 1 volume. A record of travel and observation in the countries 127. MAYER, Brantz of Moab, Gilead and Bashan; 70 illustrations and a map. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican… With a Bound in ¾ red morocco, marbled boards. View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization Pub: Hartford: S. Drake and Company. 1852 and 132. MILLS, Charles 1851. $3,750 A History of Muhammedanism Comparing the Life 2 volumes. 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