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    Our New Arrivals section includes a hand-picked selection of our recent acquisitions that have yet to be entered into our online catalog. If interested in purchasing or finding out more information about a particular volume, call us at the Warehouse (412-242-9040)


    new book

    Marlborough, His Life and Times. (4 Volumes Bound as 2)
    Winston Churchill
    First Edition, 1947
    $50.00


    new book

    History of the Northern Pacific Railroad
    Smalley, Eugene V.
    First Edition, 1883, ex-library
    $150.00


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    Sonnets from the Portuguese
    Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
    Initials, half-title, and other hand illumination in brilliant color, by "E.O.B." on January 25, 1899.
    $350.00


    new book

    The Voyages of Captain James Cook, Illustrated with Maps and Numerous Engravings on Wood...With and Appendix...; 2 Vols.
    Cook, James
    2 volumes, 1842
    $240.00, recently reduced from $400.00


    new book

    Aesop's Fables
    Jones, V.S. Vernon, Trans.; G.K. Chesterton; Arthur Rackham, Ill.; Aesop
    First edition
    $150.00


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    Diderot & D'Alembert: L'Encyclopedie... ( Encyclopedie, Encyclopedia ) 36 Volumes Plus Plates
    3rd edition, 1778-1779. Condition: 4to (26 x 20 cm), contemporary sprinkled calf boards, all volumes re-spined in late 19th century, in heavily gilt decorated calf with raised bands and spine labels. Light corner rubbing and minor rubbing to extremities, all volumes tight and in very good condition, but two volumes (#s 3 & 4) are in an 8vo edition, in contemporary quarter calf and patterned paper- covered boards, from the Berne 1781 edition, which, as the title page states, "Edition exactement conforme a celle de Pellet in-quarto." Thus, all text is present, with 2 of the 36 volumes in contempo rary replacements. The 3 plate volumes are all present but in mixed states; first volume is Geneva, 1778 in contemporary speckled calf and is 1 cm shorter than text volumes; 2nd vol. is Lausanne 1780 and is 4 cm shorter than text volumes; 3rd volume is uniform with text volumes. All three have hundreds of plates and are complete.
    $8,500.00


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    Cahiers D'Art, Vol. 11, Nos. 1 & 2, 1936
    Marcel Duchamp, et al.
    This is the famous issue with two color plates by Marcel Duchamp within. The cover, "Coeurs Volant," is also by Duchamp; the covers of this copy are a professionally serigraphed facsimile of the original.
    $1,000.00








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