Catalogue of the books, manuscripts and engravings belonging to William Menzies |
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... sold . The condition of the books throughout , is all that the most exacting and tasteful collector can desire ; the slightest blemish was always a cause for rejection ; and as very nearly all of them are bound by the best English ...
... sold . The condition of the books throughout , is all that the most exacting and tasteful collector can desire ; the slightest blemish was always a cause for rejection ; and as very nearly all of them are bound by the best English ...
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... Sold by B. FRANKLIN and D. HALL , at the New Printing- | Office , in Market street , MDCCLVI . Sm . 8vo , pp . 23. Half gray calf , carmine edges . Fine copy . Acrelius had charge of the Swedish churches in this country from 1749 to ...
... Sold by B. FRANKLIN and D. HALL , at the New Printing- | Office , in Market street , MDCCLVI . Sm . 8vo , pp . 23. Half gray calf , carmine edges . Fine copy . Acrelius had charge of the Swedish churches in this country from 1749 to ...
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... sold by Tho . Newberry at the three Lions | in Cornhill by the Exchange . 1756 . 4to , pp . ( 6 ) , 172. Polished calf , carmine edges . FINE COPY . VERY RARE . " Of the three Books , into which this RARE VOLUME is divided , the first ...
... sold by Tho . Newberry at the three Lions | in Cornhill by the Exchange . 1756 . 4to , pp . ( 6 ) , 172. Polished calf , carmine edges . FINE COPY . VERY RARE . " Of the three Books , into which this RARE VOLUME is divided , the first ...
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... sold his remarkable collection for fifteen thousand dollars , while it realized by the auction process about thirty - nine thousand . Taking the whole collection , it was the most extensive and valuable ever sold in America . ” — W ...
... sold his remarkable collection for fifteen thousand dollars , while it realized by the auction process about thirty - nine thousand . Taking the whole collection , it was the most extensive and valuable ever sold in America . ” — W ...
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... sold by WILLIAM BRADFORD in the Year 1733 . of Christ . New - York : 12mo , pp . 64. Polished calf , gilt edges , by F. BEDFORD . ONE OF THE RAREST OF BRAD- FORD'S IMPRINTS . AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY . Proceedings of , at the annual ...
... sold by WILLIAM BRADFORD in the Year 1733 . of Christ . New - York : 12mo , pp . 64. Polished calf , gilt edges , by F. BEDFORD . ONE OF THE RAREST OF BRAD- FORD'S IMPRINTS . AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY . Proceedings of , at the annual ...
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Page 210 - History of New York, from the beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty.
Page 220 - A GENERAL HISTORY of the Pyrates, from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time. With the remarkable actions and adventures of the two female pyrates, Mary Read and Anne Bonny, &c.
Page 262 - Life of Andrew Melville. Containing Illustrations of the Ecclesiastical and Literary History of Scotland in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. Crown 8vo, 6s.
Page 143 - PASTON LETTERS. ORIGINAL LETTERS, written during the Reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III., by various Persons of Rank or Consequence.
Page 114 - Typographical Antiquities ; or the History of Printing in England, Scotland, and Ireland : containing Memoirs of our Ancient Printers, and a register of the books printed by them.
Page 209 - Honourable the Commissioners for the Provinces of Virginia and Maryland, with the Indians of the Six Nations, in June, 1744. Folio, pp. 39, half calf, uncut. Phila. Printed and sold by B. Franklin, at the New Printing Office, near the Market, MDCCXLIV.
Page 126 - Result of Some Researches among the British Archives for Information Relative to the Founders of New England; Made in the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860.
Page 111 - The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo written by himself containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain Translated from the Original Spanish by John Ingram Lockhart, FRAS ... London: J.
Page 209 - An Impartial History of the War in America, between Great Britain and her Colonies...
Page 357 - Whose Life and Character are Peculiarly | Distinguished — being a Continental Soldier, | for nearly Three Years, in the late Ameri- | can War.