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. THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF ISLAM (IN TWO VOLUMES). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1970. Two volume set. 8vo. Cloth. xviii, 815; xxvi, 966 pp. Volume II with black and white illustrations. Light shelfwear. Light toning to page edges. Jackets with light sunning and wear to edges, and price-clipped. Very good in very good jackets. $150 CW428846

Abu Ishaq Quhistani. Translated by W. Ivanow. HAFT BAB OR "SEVEN CHAPTERS". Bombay: The Ismaili Society. 1959. 8vo. Cloth. (027), 85 pp. followed by Persian text. Ismaili Society Series A No. 10. Light shelfwear. Jacket with light soiling, some sunning to spine and edges, and some small chips and tears at the edges. Jacket also with some small stains to lower front panel. Very good in a veyr good jacket. $150 CW428854

Baker, William Avery. A MARITIME HISTORY OF BATH, MAINE AND THE KENNEBEC RIVER REGION. Bath, Maine: Marine Research Society of Bath. 1973. Two volume set. 8vo. Red cloth with slipcase. xviii, 564; viii, 565-1160 pp, Black and white illustrations. Light shelfwear and rubbing to edges and corners. Hinges slightly tender. Light soiling to page edges. Slipcase with shelfwear and the beginning of some splits at the edges. Overall very good in a very good slipcase. $125 CW428845

Deleuze, Gilles. Translated by Mark Lester. THE LOGIC OF SENSE. New York: Columbia University Press. 1990. 8vo. Cloth. 393 pp. Jacket with an old price sticker to rear panel and a sticker remnant to front panel. Jacket with light wear at the edges and a small chip to head of spine. Book with light shelfwear. Overall very good plus in a very good jacket. $40 CW428852

Devauchelle, Roger. LA RELIURE EN FRANCE DE SES ORIGINES A NOS JOURS. Paris: Jean Rousseau-Girard. 1959. Three volume set. 4to. Unbound leaves with wraps and slipcases. Text in French. Extensively illustrated in black and white and color. Leaves uncut. Volumes II and III with additional glassine wrappers. Wraps lightly sunned at spines. Volume I with slight bumping to corners. Glassine chipped at top edge in volume III. Slipcases splitting at edges. Books near fine. $1250 CW428842

Gray, Thomas. DESIGNS BY MR. R. BENTLEY, FOR SIX POEMS BY MR. T. GRAY. London: Printed for R. Dodsley. 1753. First edition, first state. Folio. Full calf with marlbed endpapers, top edges gilt. Leaves printed on one side only only. Rubbing to board edges, with some stains visible to boards. Spine darkened. Leather splitting at bottom of front joint, with a small chip at tail of spine. Very good overall. $2500 CW428831

Kiernan, Michael. THE OXFORD FRANCIS BACON VIII: THE HISTORIE OF THE RAIGNE OF KING HENRY THE SEVENTH AND OTHER WORKS OF THE 1620S. Oxford : Oxford University Press. 2012. 8vo. Blue cloth. 702 pp, Light shelfwear. Bar code sticker to rear cover. Very good plus, no jacket. $245 CW428840

Mayfield, Frank M. . THE DEPARTMENT STORE STORY. New York: Fairchild Publications. 1949. 8vo. Cloth. 260 pp. Inscribed by Mayfield to front free endpaper. Light shelfwear. Light soiling to top of textblock. Jacket lightly faded at spine, with chipping to head and heel of spine, light wear to edges, and a few small tears to edges. Very good in a very good minus jacket. $60 CW428855

Moity, Christian; Teissèdre, Jean-Marc; Bienvenu, Alain. 24 HEURES DU MANS 1923-1992 COFFRET 2 VOLUMES. Le Mans: J-P Barthelemy. 1992. Two volume set. 4to. Cloth. 368, 382 pp. Text in French. Extensively illustrated in color and b/w. 76 pp. English translation laid in to back of volume II. Light shelfwear, slight bumping to corners, else very good plus in a very good plus jacket. $500 CW428841

Norwich, John Julius. KINGDOM IN THE SUN, 1130-1194. London: Longman. 1970. 8vo. Cloth. 426 pp. Black and white illustrations. Light shelfwear. Jackt with light sunning and wear at the edges, and price-clipped. Very good in a very good jacket. $30 CW428848

Paden, Jr., William D., edited. THE POEMS OF THE TROUBADOUR BERTRAN DE BORN (ENGLISH AND OLD PROVENCAL EDITION). Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: Univ of California Pr. 1986. Oblong 8vo. Cloth. 573 pp. Light shelfwear, previous owner's name to front pastedown, else very good plus in a very good plus jacket. $50 CW428837

Prince Albert Victor and Prince George of Wales, with additions by John N. Dalton. THE CRUISE OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP "BACCHANTE" 1879-1882. London: Macmillan and Co.. 1886. Two volume set. 8vo. Rebound in blue cloth, small section of original front gilt-decorated cloth laid down to front boards, top edges gilt, new endpapers added. xxviii, 675; xii, 803 pp. Color frontispiece map in volume I. Both volumes extensively illustrated with black and white plates and figures in the text, as well as charts, maps, and plans. Light shelfwear. Light toning to page edges. Sporadic light foxing to interiors. Volume II with slight dampstain at upper fore-edges of final 10 pages. Very good with faults as noted. $150 CW428844

Simmons, George Finlay. BIRDS OF THE AUSTIN REGION. Austin: University of Texas Press. 1925. 8vo. Red buckram. 387 pp. Occasional black and white illustrations. Light shelfwear. Boards slightly bowed. Offsetting to endpapers. Light toning to page edges. Very good, no jacket. $60 CW428833

Stewart, Alan; Knight, Harriet. THE OXFORD FRANCIS BACON I: EARLY WRITINGS 1584-1596. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2012. 8vo. Blue cloth. 1066 pp. Light shelfwear. Sticker residue to rear cover. Previous owner's signature to front free endpaper. Very good, no jacket. $275 CW428839

Von Humboldt, Alexander. POLITICAL ESSAY ON THE ISLAND OF CUBA: A CRITICAL EDITION (ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT IN ENGLISH). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2011. 8vo. Cloth. 519 pp. Near fine in a near fine jacket. $45 CW428835

Von Humboldt, Alexander. VIEWS OF THE CORDILLERAS AND MONUMENTS OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAS: A CRITICAL EDITION (ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT IN ENGLISH). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2013. 8vo. Cloth. New in shrinkwrap. $60 CW428836

White, Peter. CICERO IN LETTERS: EPISTOLARY RELATIONS OF THE LATE REPUBLIC. Oxford : Oxford University Press. 2010. 8vo. Cloth. 235 pp. Light shelfwear. Occasional pencil marginalia. Bookplate to front pastedown. Very good in a very good jacket. $25 CW428853

Woodward, David; Lewis, G. Malcolm. THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY, VOLUME 2, BOOK 3: CARTOGRAPHY IN THE TRADITIONAL AFRICAN, AMERICAN, ARCTIC, AUSTRALIAN, AND PACIFIC SOCIETIES. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1998. 4to. Cloth. 639 pp. Color and b/w illustrations. Light shelfwear. Spine slightly cocked. Jacket with light wear to edges. Very good in a very good jacket. $125 CW428850