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#181: STEAM - 4 VOLUMES
ON STEAMSHIPS AND STEAM.
(1) "British Sports and Sportsmen - the Glory of Shipping" London,
N.D. Folio. 1 of 1000 Copies. Publisher's full red morocco.
Some rubs. (2) Gregory, Dickson "Australian Steamships
Past and Present" London, 1928. Gilt blue cloth. Spine
fade. (3) "Marine Steam" NY (Babcock & Wilcox
Co.) 1928, 3rd edition, fine copy. (4) "Steam Its Generation
and Use with Catalogue of the Babcock & Wilcox Limited" NY,
1893. 27th edition.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 |
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#182: ANTIQUES AND ARCHITECTURE - 5 TITLES.
(1) Havard, Henry "Histoire de la Faience de Delft" Paris,
1878. 1st edition, 4TO. Chromolithograph and black and white
illustrations. (2) Bles, Joseph "Rare English Glasses
of the XVII and XVIII Centuries" Boston and NY, 1925.
4TO. 1 of 250 copies for America. Fine copy in dust jacket.
(3) Waine, E.J. "Furniture Mouldings ... 1574 to 1820" London,
1923. 4TO. Fine copy in chipped dust jacket. (4) 2 titles
on silver.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 |
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#183: DU MONCEAU, DUHAMEL "ART
DU CHANDELIER" PARIS, 1764. 1ST EDITION, FOLIO.
3 engraved plates showing the art of candle making. Modern
cloth binding. Bookplate of U.S. Patent Office. Library of
Congress surplus stamp on title page.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 |
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#184: HAYDN, JOSEPH "THE CREATION,
AN ORATORIO" LONDON (1801). ADAPTED FOR VOICES AND PIANO
FORTE BY MUZIO CLEMENTI.
Engraved title and 200 pages of engraved music and lyrics.
The first edition of Haydn's magnum opus had a very poor
English translation. Clementi's version though not perfect,
was the first attempt at making "English" sense.
Bound in contemporary 1/4 leather over marbled boards. Binding
shabby, front board separated. Internally fine.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 |
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