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The Holy Bible, Henry Hills & John Field, 1660: The Holy Bible, an early edition in English, Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, London, 1660. Containing the Old Testament and The New: "Newly translated out of the original tongues". Book form wi

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Bible. King James, True 1613 Folio Edition: [THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTEYNING THE OLD TESTAMENT, AND THE NEW: NEWLY TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINALL TONGUES. London: Robert Barker, 1613. With ample margins, 16.25" x 10.5". C6, D4; A-4M6, 4N4 (wanting

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1795-1803 JAMES COOK TRAVELS 13 VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED w/ 200 ENGRAVINGS antique: REIZEN RONDOM DE WAERELD, door JAMES COOK, vertaald door J.D.PASTEUR (Translated by J.D. Pasteur) Leyden, Amsterdam and The Hague, Honkoop Allart and Van Cleef, 1795-1803 First edition in Dutch Langua

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[POLITICS]. Autograph book with signatures from the James Buchanan administration, including: : [POLITICS]. Autograph book with signatures from the James Buchanan administration, including: Journal, obl. 6-3/4 x 8-1/2 in., brown cloth, containing 237 signatures including those of President

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1616, THE COLLECTED WORKS OF Mighty Prince KING JAMES I: 1616, THE COLLECTED WORKS OF Mighty Prince KING JAMES I, FIRST EDITION, EXTREMELY RARE ! Combination of Works by the Great King in dealing with major subjects from Witches and Demons to the Pope and t

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1774-1792 18 VOLUMES THREE VOYAGES of CAPTAIN JAMES COOK antique: Beautiful copy, in luxury bindings, complete with the three voyages of Captain Cook in 18 octavo volumes. The first and the third voyage is first octavo edition, respectively from 1774 & 1785. The sec

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[Bible, King James, Black Letter, 1613-14]: THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD TESTAMENT, AND THE NEW: NEWLY TRANSLATED…. London: Robert Barker, 1613, 1614. 4to. A8, A8-Sss8 (register omits Hhh signatures, complete as per Herbert.) * Bound wi

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1612 King James Holy Bible, Genealogy / Map of Canon: THE HOLY BIBLE 1612 This is a very rare 1612 Quartos as there were very few produced to make ready for the 1613 Quartos.

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1784 JAMES COOK VOYAGE TO PACIGIC OCEAN 4 VOLUMES antique in ENGLISH ILLUSTRATED: Cook, J. and King, J. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean; Undertaken by Command of his Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemishere: Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and

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1784 CAPTAIN JAMES COOK VOYAGES AROUND THE WORLD 150: [COOKS VOYAGES] First Edition. A New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World. Undertaken and Performed by Royal Authority. Containing an Authentic, Entertaining, Full and Comple

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Bible. King James Version, Barker, 1612: THE HOLY BIBLE. CONTEINING THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW. NEWLY TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINALL TONGUES. London: Robert Barker, 1612-13. 4to. A8, A-Zzz8, [A]-[M]8. Lacking Kkk3-4, being two leaves fro

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1784 JAMES COOK 2 VOLUMES Voyage towards South Pole & round the World antique: Cook (James). A Voyage towards the South Pole, and round the World London: Strahan & Cadell, 1784 portrait frontispiece to volume 1, 56 engraved plates (7 additional plates supplied in facsimile inclu

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1687 HISTORY of CORONATION of JAMES II antique: Francis Sandford (1630-1694) The history of the coronation of ... James II ... and of his royal consort Queen Mary: solemnized in the Collegiate church of St. Peter in the city of Westminster, on Thur

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1879 James McNeill Whistler "Fifty Seven Etchings And Drypoints": Published 1879 By The Fine Arts Society, includes all 57, some have came unbound and are loose, all appear to be in excellent condition for age

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William James "Father of American psychology" 4 ALS Framed: William James "Father of American psychology" 4 ALS Framed A group of four autograph letters signed "Wm. James" from a collection of correspondence to one of his Harvard students, J.R. Roberts. Dating

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1675 Cambridge Holy BIBLE King James KJV English: 1675 Cambridge Holy BIBLE King James KJV English Apocrypha Psalms John Hayes An extremely rare and valuable 1675 Cambridge Holy Bible by John Hayes. This Bible includes the expected Old and New Testam

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Full title: The Smithsonian: 150 Years of Adventure, Discovery, and Wonder. Hardcover, Publisher: Smithsonian Books/Knopf, 1995. First Edition. Book-VG+. DJ-VG, minor wear. 11.5x9.5. 432pp. Profusely illustrated with color and b/w photos, plates and facsimiles throughout. A fine copy bound. in midnight blue cloth with silver spine lettering. A wonderful history of the institution in a large format.

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