Rare Books

# 46411

READE, Charles (1814-1884)

‘It is never too late to mend.’ A matter of fact romance.

/ by Charles Reade. New Edition. London : Richard Bentley, 1857. Second edition. Octavo (185 x 125 mm), contemporary gilt-ruled half black calf over marbled papered boards (heavily rubbed), spine in compartments decorated in gilt and with contrasting leather title piece lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers, early ownership inscription to dedication page; pp. 274, with several …

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# 46391

HOULDER, J. A.

[MADAGASCAR] Ohabolana, or Malagasy proverbs, illustrating the wit and wisdom of the Hova of Madagascar. Parts I and II

/ collected, translated, and arranged by J.A. Houlder ; with translations into French by Henri Noyer ; edited by James Sibree. Faravohitra, Antananarivo : Printed and published at the press of the Friends’ Foreign Missionary Association, 1915-1916. First edition (first printing). Two volumes bound in one, octavo (220 x 145 mm), red cloth over red papered …

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# 46363

USAF (NORTHEAST AIR COMMAND)

Small archive of original photographs taken at Narsarssuak (Narsarsuaq) Airbase, Greenland, 1942-45.

Group of 7 (seven) gelatin silver print photographs, in uniform 200 x 250 mm format; no inscriptions to versos, but presumably taken by a USAF serviceman; all of the prints are in excellent condition. These original photographs, taken sometime between 1942 and 1945, show USAF personnel at the airbase at Narsarssuak (Narsarsuaq), Greenland, which had been …

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# 46413

[PERRON, Joseph or JETTÉ, Jules, attributed]

[ALASKA; JESUIT MISSIONS] Canotlé Rannaga Kelékak. Délochét Roka.

[Canticles, hymns and catechism in the Deg Xinag language]. At head of title: A.M.D.G. (Ad maiorem Dei gloriam). Winnipeg, Manitoba : Free Press No-Rodeneletekteyar, 1904. Square duodecimo (140 x 110 mm), original limp black pebbled cloth, pp. 54; a fine example. A Catholic hymn book in the Deg Xinag (or Deg Hit’an; formerly, Ingalik) language, …

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# 46409

The alphabets of Korea and English for the students.

Seoul : East-West Academic Research Society [c.1950?]. Folding sheet, 175 x 380 mm (opened), 175 x 95 mm (closed), printed on both sides; front panel illustrated with the Taegukgi, followed by 6 panels with the two alphabets presented in tabular form with equivalents in each language, and a colophon in Korean on last panel; good …

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# 46323

THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE

Committee Reporter. Vol. 1, nos. 1-9, March-December 1944. (Complete run) [PLUS] Vol. 2, nos. 1-12, January-December 1945. (Complete run)

New York, NY : The American Jewish Committee, March 1944 to December 1945. Twenty-one individual issues (i.e. not bound), uniform quarto (280 x 220 mm), self-wrappers, 8-page format; occasional illustrations; very good condition throughout. ‘The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is a civil rights group and Jewish advocacy group established on November 11, 1906. It is one of the oldest …

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# 46384

AUSTEN, Jane (1775 - 1817)

Emma

With an introduction by Austin Dobson. London : Macmillan and Co., 1904. Octavo, decorated cloth, lettered in gilt light wear to head and foot of spine, all edges gilt, pp. xviii; 437; [blank]; (6 – catalogue), illustrated by Hugh Thomson, a few spots of foxing to preliminaries, otherwise clean internally, a very good copy. A …

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# 46058

JONES, John H. (1817?-1872)

The Black Forest, Macedon Ranges, after bushfire. Central Victoria, circa 1862.

Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each individual image 74 x 73 mm (arched-top format), on original card mount 83 x 175 mm; recto of mount imprinted Jones’s photographs of Australian Sceneries and inscribed in ink: ‘[Vi]ew at Black Forest after Bush fire’; verso inscribed in ink ‘No. 105’; the left-hand print is somewhat faded, and the mount is rubbed …

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# 46130

[Photographer unknown] A. PUMPHREY (publisher)

A Peep down the Melbourne Telescope.

[Title from printed caption in negative]. Circa 1870. Stereoscopic silver albumen print photographs, each individual image 68 x 72 mm, on yellow board mount 83 x 166 mm, with the publisher’s serial number and caption in the negative at far right edge ‘685. A Peep down the Melbourne Telescope’, along with the publisher’s imprint ‘A. Pumphrey, …

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# 46050

CEYLON & INDIA GENERAL MISSION

Ceylon & India General Mission collection box, circa 1920.

[London : CIGM, c.1920]. Wooden box, 152 x 80 x 70 mm, with chromolithographic label on five sides (one illustrated); surface wear commensurate with extensive use. The Ceylon and India General Mission (CIGM) was a non-denominational organisation founded in 1892. Initially its evangelical work was carried out among Ceylon’s Sinhalese Buddhists and Tamil Hindus, but …

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# 46403

KERAUDREN, Pierre François (1769-1857?)

Mémoire sur les causes des maladies des marins et sur les soins à prendre pour conserver leur santé

dans les ports et à la mer. Half title: Médecine nautique. A Paris : de l’Imprimerie Royale, 1824. Second edition. Octavo, bound in modern cloth backed marbled boards, spine with gilt ornament and leather title label lettered in gilt, pp 115, [1] engraved diagram of a furnace ventilator; mild foxing to the last few leaves, …

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# 46550

KNIGHT, Charles

A history of England

London : Bradbury, Evans & Co., circa 1860. Eight volumes, octavo, finely bound in half calf over marbled papered boards (edges a little rubbed), spines in compartments with raised bands, elaborate gilt tooling and contrasting morocco title labels with gilt lettering (spines a little scuffed at heads); marbled edges and endpapers; various paginations, with numerous engraved plates …

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# 40452

DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882)

The origin of species (1880)

by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. London : John Murray, 1880. Sixth edition, with additions and corrections to 1872 (twenty-second thousand). Octavo, original publisher’s gilt-lettered green cloth (corners a little rubbed, slightly bruised with short tear at head and foot of spine) original endpapers (lightly …

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# 41732

WRIGGLESWORTH & BINNS

Studio portrait of two actors in costume as Robinson Crusoe and Friday. Wellington, New Zealand, 17 October 1881.

Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 163 x 116 mm; verso with imprint of ‘Wrigglesworth & Binns, Willis Street, Wellington, New Zealand’, and contemporary inscription in ink ‘Oct. 17th 1881’; both the print and mount are in fine condition.

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# 45876

EDEN SOCIETY STUDIOS

Studio portrait of a man in Salvation Army uniform, posed with his tuba. Sydney, late 1890s.

Sepia-tone gelatin silver print photograph, cabinet card format, 168 x 107 mm (mount); recto with the imprint of ‘Eden Society Studios’; the print is in very good condition; the mount has a couple of spots of foxing.

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# 45877

THE CROWN STUDIOS

Studio portrait of a couple in Salvation Army uniform. Sydney, late 1890s.

Albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 163 x 106 mm (mount); recto with the imprint of ‘The Crown Studios, George and Market Streets, Sydney’; the print is in very good condition; the mount has some toning.

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