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Books For Sale
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Period: 1920s
Marseille Ancienne et Moderne - FIRST ED WITH THE GILT ARMS OF NAPOLEON - 1786
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: M. Guys [Pierre-Augustin].
TITLE: Marseille Ancienne et Moderne.
PUBLISHER: Paris: Veuve Duchesne, 1786.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION WITH THE GILT ARMS OF NAPOLEON. 1 vol....
Category
1780s French Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Vintage 1928 Pirated Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence Book
Located in Seguin, TX
Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence. Published by Privately Printed , Florence., Italy., 1928 An early pirated edition now quite scarce. Original ...
Category
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
The Works of William Shakespeare, Mayfair Edition Bound in English Niger Leather
By Albert Maurin
Located in Morristown, NJ
The Works of William Shakespeare - The Definitive Text, With Notes and Glossary, The Mayfair Edition, New York Three small octavo volu...
Category
1920s American Art Nouveau Vintage Books
Materials
Gold
William Shakespeare, Othello, the Moor of Venice, a Tragedy, 1695 Sixth Edition
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
"But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve"
AUTHOR: SHAKESPEARE, William.
TITLE: Othello, The Moor of Venice. A Tragedy. As it hath divers times Acted at the Globe, and at the B...
Category
1690s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Now We Are Six, by A. A. Milne
Located in Middletown, NY
Milne, A.A. (Alan Alexander: 1882–1956). NOW WE ARE SIX.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927. First Edition.
Crown 8vo, 7 1/2 x 5 in (191 x 125 mm), pp. xi + 103 + colophon. With its...
Category
1920s English Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Milton, John, Paradise Lost, A Poem in Twelve-Books, 'Third Edition, 1678'
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MILTON, John.
TITLE: Paradise Lost. A Poem In Twelve-Books. The Third Edition. Revised and Augmented by the same Author.
PUBLISHER: London: by S. Simmons, 1678.
DES...
Category
1670s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
19th Century Album Containing Drawings, Memorabilia, and Botanical Samples
Located in Middletown, NY
A lovely example of an intimate 19th century memorabilia album illustrating the era's sensibilities for nature and antiquities, and bound in an exquisite blank album with miniature v...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Poems of Robert Fergusson
Located in Middletown, NY
This is the FIRST EDITION OF ROBERT FERGUSSON'S POEMS in a very attractive binding. It presents poems in both English (1-84) and Scots (80-121) and includes a Glossary of Scots words...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Torquato TASSO, Gerusalemme Liberata
Located in Middletown, NY
An early illustrated edition of Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso (1544 – 1595)
"La Gerusalemme Liberata; Di Torquato Tasso – Figurata da Bernardo Castello – con le annotationi ...
Category
Early 17th Century Italian Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley, Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth, 1924
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Kingsley, Charles. Westward Ho! or, the Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the County of Devon, In the Reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizab...
Category
1920s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Schmetterlinge 'Butterflies' by Carl Gustav Jablonsky & J.F.W. Herbst
Located in Middletown, NY
An exceedingly rare and beautifully-illustrated work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky and JFW Herbst, whose Natursystem is one of the first attempts at a complete survey of exotic and European butterflies, and edited following the system of Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), the father of modern taxonomy, as stated in the subtitle of the work.
Jablonsky, Carl Gustav & J.F.W. Herbst. Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insekten: Schmetterlinge; Nach dem System des Ritters Carl von Linné...
Category
Late 18th Century German Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Inedited Works of Bakst, Illustrated Book of Stage/Dance/Theater Designs
Located in Middletown, NY
LEON BAKST, Inedited Works of Bakst; Essays on Bakst by Louis Reau, Denis Roche, V. Svietlov and A. Tessier.
New York: Brentano's, 1927.
FIRST, LIMITED EDITION
Folio, 12 3/8 x 9 3/4 inches (315 x 248 mm); pp. 127, [2]; THIS IS NO. 59 of 600 COPIES PRINTED; Alternative title page: The art of Bakst / by V. Svietlov; half-title: Bakst; in variant contemporary pebbled blue library...
Category
1920s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paint, Paper
Andre Lurcat: Projets Et Réalisations
By André Lurcat
Located in New York, NY
Monograph on the work of Andre Lurcat, important French modernist architect, designer, urban planner, and younger brother of the textile artist Jean. ...
Category
1920s French International Style Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Life of the Late King of France Lewis XIII by James Howell 1st Edition, 1646
Located in San Francisco, CA
An extensive biography of the life of Louis XIII king of France who ruled from 1610-1643. This volume is the first edition of Howell's work and retains its original full calf...
Category
Mid-17th Century English Louis XIII Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Very Early Illustrated Book on Birds, Giovanni P. Olina: "Uccelliera", 1622
Located in Middletown, NY
Giovanni Pietro Olina. UCCELLIERA; Overo discorso della natura e proprietà di diversi uccelli e in particolare di que' che cantano, con il modo di prendergli, conoscergli, allevargli...
Category
Early 17th Century Italian Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
1 Volume, Aeschylus, the Tragedies
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Aeschylus, The Tragedies. First Edition. Bound in full brown calf with the covers displaying a modern Cambridge-style paneled design, toned and s...
Category
18th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
The Sleeping Beauty, by C. S. Evans, Signed by Arthur Rackham, Limited Edition
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Evans, C.S. (editor). Rackham, Arthur (illustrator). The Sleeping Beauty. London and Philadelphia: William Heinemann & J.B. Lippincott Co., 1920. F...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Mary Robinson, Hubert De Sevrac a Romance of the Eighteenth Century, 1st Ed 1796
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Robinson, Mary.
Title: Hubert de Sevrac, a Romance of the Eighteenth Century.
Publisher: London: for the Author by Hookham and Carpenter, 1796.
Description: First edition. 3 vols., 6-13/16" x 4-7/16", errata at the end of each vol., advertisement leaf at the end of vol. 3, vol. 2 M6 with early repaired tear at foot, without the half-titles, bound in fine contemporary full speckled calf, floral gilt decorated spines, gilt lettered red and green spine labels, covers ruled in gilt.
Condition: Internally clean and bright, armorial bookplate of Sir John Eden to front pastedowns, extremely minor foxing to first and last leaves, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spines fine, a handsom set.
Additional information: An exceedingly rare gothic novel by Robinson (known as "the English Sappho") set during the French Revolution. In her lifetime Robinson was better known as an actress and lady of fashion as well as for a string of prominent affairs, including with George IV whilst he was still Prince of Wales whose portrait she wore encrusted with diamonds throughout her life but who she did not hesitate to blackmail for £5000 pounds when he cast her off. Her literary output, though derided at the time, has since been reassessed and Robinson herself now seen as a proto-feminist.
Mary Robinson was one of those independent 'viragos' who upset so many conventional men at the end of the eighteenth century. She was admired by Mary Wollstonecraft...
Category
1790s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Arts Decoratifs Et Industriels Modernes Encyclopedie, 12 Books, 1925 Art Deco
Located in Oakland, CA
‘Encyclopedie des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes’ (Encyclopedia of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in the twentieth century) complete set of 12 original books...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
William Caxton, an Original Leaf from the Polycronicon 'Polychronicon', 1482
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Caxton, William - Higden, Ranulf (Ranulphus).
Title: Polycronicon. (Polychronicon).
Publisher: [Westminster]: William Caxton, 1482.
De...
Category
15th Century and Earlier British Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Japanese Epic Novel Book Edo Period, circa 1820
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique Japanese epic novel book Edo period, circa 1827
Woodblack print book
Book dimensions: 225 mm x 157 mm
There are damages because it is antique item as we show on the ph...
Category
1920s Japanese Edo Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Antique 1719 English "The Compleat Herbal" Volume 1 First Edition Book
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique first edition book titled "The Compleat Herbal" or 'The botanical institutions of Mr. Tournefort' was published in 1719 in England on paper and bound in leather in the period George 1...
Category
Early 18th Century English George I Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Austrian Set of Six Vellum Bound Books, Circa 1699
Located in Atlanta, GA
A handsome collection of 6 Austrian vellum bound books from the late 17th century. This antique set of six books from Austria, which retain their original vellum bindings, have Latin...
Category
Late 17th Century Austrian Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Johannes Balbus. Catholicon, 1469, Original Leaf Printed by PETER SCHOEFFER
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author:: Balbus, Johannes.
Title: Catholicon. (An original leaf).
Publisher: Mainz: [Peter Schoeffer], 1469.
Description: An Original Catholicon Leaf Printed By Peter Schoeffer. 36.5 cm x 28.5 cm, printed in double columns with 66 lines to the page, rubricated 15 on recto and 38 on verso, printed on Galliziani paper, the half of the sheet without the watermark, but with the characteristic shadows at wire-line intervals of ca. 5 mm..
Condition: Mild toning to edges of leaf, otherwise invery good condition
Additional Information.: The first nonreligious book ever printed by the first printer. Below is an interesting translation mentioning Africa from Verso: column 2: 11th item: line 34 - "Heliotrope: A green colored stone having blood red veins. If placed in a silver dish filled with water and exposed to the rays of the sun, the water will turn blood red, and the sun will go dark. It is most brilliant when at the rising and setting of the sun it changes color. It is found in Africa."
Aside from a leaf from the Gutenberg bible this is one of the earliest possible obtainable pieces of printing associated with Johann Gutenberg.
Provenance: 1) Sir Hans Sloane...
Category
15th Century and Earlier German Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Set of 11 French Vellum Books, Circa 1730's
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French set of eleven vellum bound books from the early 18th century. This antique set of six books from France, which were published in Amsterdam, retain their original vellum bindings and will make fabulous decorative objects. Should you choose to use these standing together in a bookcase, side-by-side they measure an approximate run of 1.25 feet, and have an approximate height of 6.75 inches. Note that there is some minor interior moisture damage to some of the books. This collection of French vellum books...
Category
18th Century French Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
William Timlin. The Ship That Sailed to Mars. 1st Ed of the Author's Only Book
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Timlin, William M.
Title: The Ship That Sailed To Mars.
Publisher: London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., 1923.
Description: First edition of the author's only book. ...
Category
1920s British Vintage Books
Materials
Leather
John Kidgell, the Card, 1755, First Ed, the Earliest Known Mention of Baseball
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: KIDGELL (John)
TITLE: The Card.
PUBLISHER: London: for the Maker & sold by J. Newberry, 1755.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 2 vols., 6-5/8" x 4-1/4", hand col...
Category
1750s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
VERINEAU ( Gerda Wegener ) - Douze Sonnets Lascifs - LIMITED EDITION - 1925
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: VERINEAU, Alexandre de, (Louis Perceau), (Gerda Wegener - illustrator).
TITLE: Douze Sonnets Lascifs: pour accompagner la suite d'aquarelles int...
Category
1920s French Vintage Books
Materials
Leather
Memorial Etchings of the Historic Landmarks of America, 1921
Located in New York, NY
United States Historical Society, 1921. One of an edition of unspecified limitation. Hardcover. Good/o jacket issued. New York: United States Historical Society, 1921. Introduction by Stephen Morrell Newman. One of an edition of unspecified limitation with 24 original etchings by Robert Shaw...
Category
1920s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Architecture of Robert & James Adam '1758-1794'; 2 Volumes, 1st Ed, c1922
Located in valatie, NY
The Architecture of Robert & James Adam (1758-1794); Two Volumes, by Arthur T. Bolton. Published by Country Life, London, 1922. 1st Ed hardcovers no dust jacket as published. Origina...
Category
1920s Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Frederick Chapman: ‘Naval Architecture War Vessels’, circa 1770
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
FREDERICK CHAPMAN: ‘Naval Architecture War Vessels’, circa 1770, , 50 engraved plates of various sizes depicting naval diagrams (numbered I-XXVI), four signed ‘F. Ringheim’and one ea...
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Winter Palace: Saint Petersburg (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Housed in a dusty rose clamshell box with colour illustration to front. Mint green hardback book with no dust jacket, as issued for this boxed edition. This handsome volume of watercolors and portraits from the State Hermitage Museum documents the winter palace...
Category
18th Century Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Italian Rare Edition of Historia Dell'Armi Imperiali from Venice 1687
Located in Sofia, BG
Rare antique Italian edition of HISTORIA DEGL'AVENIMENTI DELL'ARMI IMPERIALI CONTRO A'RIBELLI, ET OTTOMANI published in Venice at 1687.
Italy
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Lindbergh, Charles a., "We", 1927, First Edition, with the Dj & Signed
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: LINDBERGH, Charles A.
TITLE: "WE".
PUBLISHER: NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927.
DESCRIPTION: SIGNED FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., signed by Lindbergh on the title-page, illustr...
Category
1920s American Vintage Books
Materials
Fabric
Set of 39 18th Century Italian Vellum Books
Located in Atlanta, GA
A wonderful 39 volumes set of 18th century Italian Vellum Books. A wonderful addition to any bookcase.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Lunardi - Account of the First Aerial Voyage in England - 1784 - First Edition
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: LUNARDI, Vincent.
TITLE: An Account Of The First Aerial Voyage In England, In A Series Of Letters To His Guardian, Chevalier Gherardo Compagni, Written under the impressi...
Category
1780s British Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Girl Scouts Loan Exhibition of Colonial and Early Federal Furniture, 1st Ed 1929
Located in valatie, NY
Girl Scouts Loan Exhibition of Colonial and Early Federal Furniture, Portraits and Glass 1929. Published by American Art Galleries, New York, 1929. 1st Ed s...
Category
1920s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
La Tapisserie Gothique by Goeblins, 1st Ed, Leather Bound, Presentation Copy
Located in valatie, NY
La Tapisserie Gothique, par Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins, by E. Planès, Directeur de la Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins. Published by Albert Morancé...
Category
1920s French Vintage Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Colonial Furniture: The Superb Collection of the late Howard Reifsnyder, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Colonial Furniture: The Superb Collection of the Late Howard Reifsnyder, including signed pieces by Philadelphia cabinetmakers, formerly contained i...
Category
1920s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, First Edition, Later Printing, 1929
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First Edition, Later printing. Octavo, Rebound in quarter leather an...
Category
1920s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Saunders 'Maxfield Parish', the Knave of Hearts, First Ed. Presentation Copy
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SAUNDERS, Louise (Maxfield Parish).
TITLE: The Knave of Hearts.
PUBLISHER: NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDIT...
Category
1920s American Vintage Books
Materials
Fabric
The Works of Tobias Smollett, 8 Volumes, 1797, in a Fine Full Leather Binding
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: SMOLLETT, Tobias.
Title: The Works of Tobias Smollett. With Memoirs of His Life.
Publisher: London: for many, 1797.
8 vols., 8-5/8" x 5-1/2", engraved frontis plate...
Category
1790s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Old World House: Its Furniture and Decoration, 2 Volumes, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Old World House: Its Furniture and Decoration, In two volumes, by Herbert Cescinsky. Published by The Macmillan Company, London, 1924. A pair of 1st ed hardcovers with gilded top edge. Herbert Cescinsky was an architect and writer active in the early 20th c. He was particularly interested in the development of English furniture and wrote profusely on the subject. This work is an interesting look at the furniture and decorations found in the interior designs in older houses in England. The author discusses oak chairs and tables, marqueterie furniture...
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1920s English Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Biblia Cum Concordantijs Veteris & Novi Testamenti & Sacrorum Canonum, 1519
Located in Delft, NL
Biblia cum concordantijs veteris & novi testamenti & sacrorum canonum, 1519
A Bible by auteur Alberto da Castello, printed by Luca-Antonio Giunta, Latin Anno 1519, Venice
27-532-55 pages
First alphabetical list- Tabula Tertia, after that comes the 1st full page woodblock plate.
This title page in red and black with a surrounded frame in woodcut. Above the page “San Jerome” illustrated and below the page the printers mark “ Giunti’s Mark” from the family of printers in Florentine. The initials L A of Luca-Antonio Giunta.
After this page starts a full-page woodcut illustration after that are 3 pages not numbered and then starts numbered page 2 – 532
On page 401 is also a full-page woodcut plate
There are ca 345 small woodcuts...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Vintage Miniature German Variable Camera Tripod 1920s with Ansel Adams Book
By Carl Zeiss
Located in Incline Village, NV
From a photography collection are two items included in this listing, for the collector of photographic memorabelia. In it's original tapered brown leather carry case is a miniature ...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Books
Materials
Brass
Antique 1798 James Colnett A Voyage to the South Atlantic & Round Cape Hope Book
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique book titled "A Voyage to the South Atlantic and Round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean", and authored by W. Bennett, on the work of James Colnet...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Rudolf Grossmann. Frauen, 'Limited to 50 Copies, 1920'
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Grossmann, Rudolf
Title: Frauen.
Publisher: Munich, Hyperionverlag , [1920].
Description: 1 vol., oblong folio 19-1/4" x 14-1/2", 15 original hand colored Lithograph...
Category
1920s Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Old English Furniture Its True Value & Function with Important Bookplate, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Old English Furniture its true value and function, by H. Avray Tipping With an Important Bookplate of The Right Honorable Malcolm John MacDonald PC OM, (1901 – 1981) who was a British politician and diplomat. He was born to future Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Margaret MacDonald...
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1920s Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Beggar's Opera by Mr. Gay, Nelson Doubleday's Personal Copy with His Bookplate
Located in valatie, NY
The Beggar's Opera. Written by Mr. Gay, to Which Is Prefixed the Overture in Score: And the Musick to Each Song, by John Gay. Published by Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Co. 19...
Category
1920s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Van Dyke, John Henry, Blended Worlds, First Edition, 1927
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Van Dyke, John Henry
Title: Blended Worlds.
Publisher: Miami, Arizona: Southern Arizona Publishing Co., 1927.
Description: First edition. 1...
Category
1920s North American Vintage Books
Materials
Fabric
Battersea Enamels Selected & Described With an Intro. By Egan Mew, Signed 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Battersea Enamels Selected and Described with a Signed Introduction By Egan Mew. Published by The Medici Society, London, 1926. Rare Signed 1st Ed hardc...
Category
1920s Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Autograph Edition of the Works of Anatole France, in a Fine Leather Binding!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: France, Anatole
Title: The Complete Works of Anatole France.
Publisher: NY: Gabriel Wells, 1924.
Description: The Autograph Edition. 30...
Category
1920s American Vintage Books
Materials
Leather
The Pine Furniture of Early New England by Russell Kettell, 1st Limited Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Pine Furniture of Early New England by Russell Hawes Kettell. Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929. First Limited Edition. Hardcover. No Jacket. Exhaustive coverage of the subject; n...
Category
1920s Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
The Babyons: The Chronicle of a Family, 4 Vol Set, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Chronicle of a Family, by Clemence Dane. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1928. 1st Ed hardcover of four novelettes, two of...
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1920s Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
The New Pewter Marks and Old Pewter Ware by Major C.A. Markham, 2nd Ed 1928
Located in valatie, NY
The New Pewter Marks and Old Pewter Ware by Major C.A. Markham. Published by Reeves and Turner, London, 1928. 2nd Ed hardcover with protective mylar cover. Profusely illustrated with...
Category
1920s English Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
'Robert Frost', Memoirs of the Notorious Stephen Burroughs, Signed by FROST
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: BURROUGHS, Stephen (Robert Frost)
Title: Memoirs of the Notorious Stephen Burroughs of New Hampshire.
Publisher: NY: The Dial Press, 1924.
...
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1920s American Vintage Books
Materials
Fabric
Girl Scouts Loan Exhibition of Colonial and Early Federal Furniture, 1929
Located in valatie, NY
Girl Scouts Loan Exhibition of Colonial and Early Federal Furniture, Portraits and Glass 1929, by American Art Galleries. Published by American Art Gallerie...
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1920s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Homes of Our Ancestors; as Shown in the American Wing of the Met, Stated 1st
Located in valatie, NY
The Homes Of Our Ancestors; as shown in the American Wing Of The Metropolitan Museum Of Art Of New York by R.T.H. Halsey And Elizabeth Tower. Published by: Doubleday Page & Company, ...
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1920s American Vintage Books
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Paper
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