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CATALOGUE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, PRINCIPALLY ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HISTORY OF THE PIANOFORTE. The Property of Henry Boddington, Pownall Hall, Wilmslow, Formerly the Collection of J. Kendrick Pyne, Organist of Manchester Cathedral and Town Hall.
Manchester:
George Falkner,
1888.
SIGNED BY HENRY BODDINGTON AND J. KENDRICK PYNE without personalization. ... more
Price: $650.00
BIBLICAL PRINTS.
Tokyo / Boston:
Shinkyo Shuppansha / Biblical Research,
1986.
A Fine hardback First Edition First Printing in mustard colored ... more
Price: $600.00
SIX MONTHS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA; With Some Account of Port Philip and Portland Bay, in Australia Felix; With Advice to Emigrants; To Which is Added a Monthly Calendar of Gardening and Agriculture. Adapted to the Climate and Seasons.
London:
J. Cross,
1838.
A Very Good+ hardback First Edition in the original green ... more
Price: $900.00
THE ENCHANTED FOREST. Deluxe Limited Edition.
London:
A and C Black,
1921.
A Very Good+ hardback First Edition DELUXE LIMITED EDITION OF ... more
Price: $2,000.00
THE CULTIVATION OF THE POLIOMYELITIS VIRUSES IN TISSUE CULTURE. Les Prix Nobel En 1954.
Stockholm:
Kungl. Boktryckeriet P. A. Norstedt & Soner,
1955.
SIGNED BY FREDERICK C. ROBBINS. A Fine First Edition First ... more
Price: $600.00
THE ANATOMY OF THE HUMAN BONES; With an Account of Muscular Motion, and the Circulation of the Blood; Also of Digestion and Nutrition: With a Description of the Four Senses. Illustrated with a Variety of Copper Plates. To Which is Added, a Short and Easy Method of Discovering the Virtues of Plants in Curing the Diseases of the Human Body.
London:
R. Ware; A. Ward; J. Oswald; and T. Hatchett,
1734.
A Very Good++ hardback First Edition First Printing bound in ... more
Price: $900.00
DIAGNOSIS OF UTERINE CANCER BY THE VAGINAL SMEAR. [The Pap Smear].
New York:
Commonwealth Fund,
1943.
SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY GEORGE PAPANICOLAOU. A Very Good++ First ... more
Price: $2,500.00
RICHARD WAGNER'S RING OF THE NIBELING IN A SERIES OF BLOCKPRINTS BY STEPHEN de HOSPODAR. [Original Art].
Los Angeles:
Privately Printed,
1934.
COMPLETE SERIES OF TEN WOOD BLOCK PRINTS. EACH TITLED, NUMBERED ... more
Price: $650.00
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