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Miniature Leather-Covered Bible [original]
Binding: good ; brown leather ; some rubbing ; bumped corners ; paste-down endpapers have handwriting
Spine: good to very good ; brown leather ; gilded title ("BIBLE") ; gold tooling (rubbed off) ; very light wear
Textblock: fair to good ; some…
Spine: good to very good ; brown leather ; gilded title ("BIBLE") ; gold tooling (rubbed off) ; very light wear
Textblock: fair to good ; some…
The Works of the English Poets [original]
Binding: fair to good ; paper covered boards ; some spotting ; bumped corners ; some wear on edges ; front cover loose
Spine: poor ; covered removed ; exposed sewing
Textblock: good to very good
Contents: The Poems of Edmund Smith ; The…
Spine: poor ; covered removed ; exposed sewing
Textblock: good to very good
Contents: The Poems of Edmund Smith ; The…
Boyle's Fashionable Court and Country Guide for January, 1833 [original]
Binding: poor to fair ; front cover completely separated from material ; spine and back cover are still connected ; red leather with gold tooling [border detail and a crown with the initials "A" and "R" on either side of the top of the crown on the…
Catalogue Des Livres [original]
A French bookseller's catalogue of French, English, Spanish, Italian, and Latin books.
Binding: fair to good ; paper binding (black marbling) ; rubbing on sides, edges, front, back, spine
Spine: fair ; paper binding ; damage at top and bottom…
Binding: fair to good ; paper binding (black marbling) ; rubbing on sides, edges, front, back, spine
Spine: fair ; paper binding ; damage at top and bottom…
Collection d'Anciens Evangiles [original]
Binding: very good ; fully bound in red leather ; marbled enpapers (yellow, blue, green, red) ; borders of inside binding (before endpapers) feature gold tooling
Spine: very good ; 5 raised bands ; gilded text in two compartments reads "COLLECTION…
Spine: very good ; 5 raised bands ; gilded text in two compartments reads "COLLECTION…
Conference D'Antitvs, Panvrge, et Gveridon [original]
Binding: very good ; navy blue leather ; marbled endpapers ; gold tooling around inside edges of binding and before the leather meets the marbled endpapers ; gilded foreedges ; slip enclosed reads: "THIBARON-ECHAUBARD BINDING"
Spine: good ; 5…
Spine: good ; 5…
The Conspiracy or the Change of Government [original]
Play: 22 cm ; Solander case: 23 cm ; Protective board: 22 cm
Binding: protective sleeve and folded board
Textblock: good to very good ; at least 2 pages may gave had repair work done ; some discolouration ; one crack on final page ; some…
Binding: protective sleeve and folded board
Textblock: good to very good ; at least 2 pages may gave had repair work done ; some discolouration ; one crack on final page ; some…
Cuneiform Clay Tablet [facsimile]
Protected: in a lidded (very worn) cardboard box ; embedded in a soft material that looks like cotton on top of a synthetic material
Sticker on box reads: Oriental Institute Museum
Publishing note: writing on front and back and on parts of one…
Sticker on box reads: Oriental Institute Museum
Publishing note: writing on front and back and on parts of one…
Dante's Divina Comedia [original]
Binding: fair to good ; fully bound in paper ; some wear, especially at corners and bottom front board slightly bent in at top ; markings that appear to be red ink are visible on the back board ; plain endpapers
Spine: good ; features hand-printed…
Spine: good ; features hand-printed…
Defensa de la Declaracion del Clero de Francia de 1682 [original]
Binding: good ; limp vellum binding ; laced at spine ; slightly worn ; binding on bottom left corner of inside front cover seems to be lifting, and endpaper has been lifted by the vellum
Spine: good ; faint hand-lettered text seems to read…
Spine: good ; faint hand-lettered text seems to read…
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