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1990 SIGNED Rabbit at Rest by John Updike Literature: 1990 SIGNED Rabbit at Rest by John Updike Literature Pulitzer Borzoi 1ed This ‘Rabbit at Rest’ is an attractive, collectible copy of this Pulitzer Prize winner. Updike's most famous work is his Ha

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1489 St Augustine City of God Incunabula Philosophy: 1489 St Augustine City of God Incunabula Philosophy Existence God Waleys Trivet Augustine of Hippo was a 5th-century early Christian church philosopher and theologian. He is most known for his work ��

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1870 Life Among the Indians George Catlin Native Americans Travel Exploration: 1870 Life Among the Indians George Catlin Native Americans Travel Exploration â€œLife Among the Indians” by George Catlin is a fascinating account detailing the authors experiences and obser

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1924 Conan Doyle Autobiography Voyages Sherlock Holmes: 1924 Conan Doyle Autobiography Voyages Sherlock Holmes Memories & Adventures Arthur Conan Doyle is one of the most important mystery novelists of the 19th-century, best-known for his stories of detect

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1400s BEAUTIFUL Medieval Manuscript Handwritten Vellum: 1400s BEAUTIFUL Medieval Manuscript Handwritten Vellum Leaves Latin Liturgy Color A beautiful gathering of five 15th-century handwritten manuscript leaves. Each leaf is written in double-column format

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1747 1ed Bible History Creation Noah Flood EGYPT: 1747 1ed Bible History Creation Noah Flood EGYPT Cosmogony MAPS Pyramids The “Universal History” is a mid-18th-century history of the world. Written by numerous authors and contributors, this enor

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1885 Mark Twain 1st/1st ed Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer Adventures CLASSIC: 1885 Mark Twain 1st/1st ed Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer Adventures CLASSIC â€œthe most praised and most condemned 19th-century American work of fiction” - Legacies of Genius. â€œAll moder

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1907 1st ed Mark TWAIN Horses Tale Buffalo Bill Cody Wild West Adventure: 1907 1st ed Mark TWAIN Horses Tale Buffalo Bill Cody Wild West Adventure â€œA lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” â€• Mark Twain A Horses

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1885 1ed Civil War Memoirs of Union General Ulysses S.: 1885 1ed Civil War Memoirs of Union General Ulysses S. Grant MAPS 2v Leather Set â€œThe art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard

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1848 History of the French Revolution Illustrated: 1848 History of the French Revolution Illustrated Fine BINDING 2v Set Poujoulat Jean Joseph Françoise Poujoulat was a 19th-century French historian who published a surprisingly pro-Revolution ac

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1740 Isaac Newton OPTICS Mathematics: 1740 Isaac Newton OPTICS Mathematics, Science, Physics Light Illustrated OPTICE Famous printing of Isaac Newton on Optics and his discovery of the behavior of light and light rays. Sir Isaac Newton (1

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1497 Medieval Saint Bonaventure Incunabula: 1497 Medieval Saint Bonaventure Incunabula Dieta Salutis Bible Sermons Catholic “To know much and taste nothing-of what use is that?” ― Bonaventure An exceedingly rare example of “Dieta Sa

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1820 Leonardo Da Vinci Treatise on Painting Science: 1820 Leonardo Da Vinci Treatise on Painting Science vs ART Illustrated Drawing “Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” ― Leo

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1852 1st ed Uncle Toms Cabin Beecher Stowe Slavery: 1852 1st ed Uncle Toms Cabin Beecher Stowe Slavery Abolition Civil War 2v Set â€œA moral battle cry for freedom!” â€“ Langston Hughes on Uncle Toms Cabin No other work of literature hel

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1850 Charles Dickens 1ed David Copperfield Illustrated English Browne Literature: 1850 Charles Dickens 1ed David Copperfield Illustrated English Browne Literature â€œThere is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.” â€• Charles Dic

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1870 1ed FAIRY Legends of IRELAND Irish Tales Mythology: 1870 1ed FAIRY Legends of IRELAND Irish Tales Mythology Croker Banshees Thomas Crofton Croker was a 19th-century Irish antiquarian known for his studies into Irish folklore and legends. He published a

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This treasure trove of rare antique and vintage books features Victorian collectible miniature volumes, including the Young Ladies' Book of Poetry and Young Men' Book of Poetry, published in 1850 by John Ball; poetry book from 1902 and 1904 from Houghton Mifflin Co. by Longfellow & Emerson, Goldsmith & Gray's Poetry, 1842, published by John Locken, Maggie's Dream published in 1880 by Dodd, Mead, & Co., and more. There are also a number of German antique and vintage books of unknown origin and content, including a miniature Grimm's Fairy Tales in German dated 1880, with hand-written inscriptions, as well as an undated photo book with vintage photos.

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