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Charcot, J B - ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION:
Journal de l`Expedition Antarctique Francaise
Paris, E Flammarion, [ 1906 ], 4to., orig. publisher's printed wrappers A frontis., por., fldg. map, 27 full page plates and maps, text illus.. First Edition. Uncommon. Rosove 60.A1 ; Spence 253; Taurus 54.
A good copy; appx. 3 inches of the wrapper at the base of the spine chipped away.
 
The Wonderful Game of Oz, Parker Bros., Salem, 1921. The original game based on Baum's book. This copy has the original playing pieces made of pewter, the instruction book is printed in color and all the original game pieces and boxes. The overall condition is very good with some modest dust soiling to the cover and inoffensive scuffing. The box has two split corners.
Whitall, H - ASTRONOMY - INSTRUMENTS: A Movable Planisphere of the Heavens at Every Minute Philadelphia, H Whitall, 1871, as issued. Color star illustrations and constellations. Edition Unknown See Dekker, Globes at Greenwich, pp. 518 - 520. A very good copy.
AMERICAN PATENT MEDICINE: [Manuscript] Storer family common plance album of drawings, watercolors, poetry, engravings [Cambridge, UK], np, ca. 1840, 4to., full contemp. crushed red morocco. Fifteen engravings, drawings, watercolors. Unique. See DNB for noticies of James and Henry S Storer. A very good copy; binding somewhat rubbed; front hinge broken.


 

 Hitzig, F - ARCHITECTURE - DECORATIVE ARTS: Ausgerfurhrte Bauwerke, 2 vols. bound as one Berlin, Ernst & Korn, [1850 - 62], folio contemp. half leather, Vol. I has 30 plates; Vol II [Heft 1 - 4 + Supp.] has 38 plates. First Edition. Rare. NUC locates 2 copies and the copy at CCA in Montreal. A very good copy with some light scattered spotting; there is a circular private ownership stamp on each title.
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 De Mare, George - AFRICA: Eleven original watercolor and pencil portraits [identified] of Africans of the Ivory Coast, manuscript, 1899 Ivory Coast, 1899, 4to., not bound. Pencil and watercolor washes. Unique. All in very good condition.
Connecticut (Colony): Acts and Laws of his Majesty's English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America BOUND WITH Session Laws through 1753 New London, Timothy Green, 1750, sm. folio orig. contemp. calf. First Edition. Evans # 6479, # 6480, # 6653, # 6830, # 6831, # 6981. A good copy; first 25 pp. with rodent damage to lower fore-edge (no text loss); some toning and hand soiling.
Smits, H D A - SINGAPORE: The Seaman's Guide Through the Banks and Gaspar Straits Singapore, Straits Times Press by Thomas Baptist, 1847, 8vo., orig. prtd. wrappers. There is a large fldg. map of the strait. First English Edition. Rare. Unlocated and absent from Proudfoot. A very good copy; some spotting and ink stains to the frt. wrappers; light toning; small wear hole to a blank portion of the map.
Clark, Jonathan - COLOR PRINTED BROADSIDE: The First Great Western Empire: or, the United States of America Albany [NY]. Printed By and For the Autho, 1812, folio as issued. A number of woodcut illustrations of the presidents and symbols. First Edition. Rare. S & S # 25079; OCLC cites 4 loc's.. A very good cop; some separation along folds; color oxidized (?).
Houghtaling, C - MERCHANT'S ARITHMETIC: Eighteenth century American manuscript mathematical notebook New York State, Manuscript., 1775, sm. folio full contemp. calf. The mss. is decorated and written in red and black ink. Unique. The mss. in in generally good condition; the first five leaves and two others are defective; occ. stains.
Rymill, J - ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION: Southern Lights. The Official Account of the British Graham Land Expedition 1934 - 1937 London, Chatto and Windus, 1938, 4to., orig.publisher's cloth. There are photographs and illus. throughout. First Edition. Accompanied by letters and expedition plan. A very good copy

BAROMETERS: Rules for Foretelling the Alteration of the Weather .... [London ca. 1730, h'bill., as issued ? First Edition ? Rare. A very good copy with some overall toning.

 
Anon.: Nineteenth century watercolor American, , ca. 1850,
Unque. A very good copy