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LOT 2230
General Books - New York - The Wonder City of the World in Gravure
1915 A.D.
12 5/8 x 10 cm (384 grams, 32.5 x 25.5 cm).
Manhattan Postcard Co. - New York, 1915, card covers, 54 pp.; repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex gentleman.
FootnotesSepia-coloured scenes from New York in the early 20th century.
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LOT 2230
General Books - New York - The Wonder City of the World in Gravure
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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General Books - Breve Instrvzione Medica Sopra La Pietra, E Gotta
1697 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Gio. Battista Contoli - Rome, 1697, card covers, 19 pp. 90 grams, 22 x 16 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Contoli has been called 'one of the most brilliant voices in medical humanism'. This paper deals with the supposed effects of gluten in the generation of (kidney-, gall-) stones and gout. -
General Books - Peches dans l'Amerique du Nord
1886 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Bénédict-Henry Révoil - Tours, 1886, hardback with cloth covers, gilt edging, 286 pp. 1.43 kg, 29.7 x 21.5 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman. -
General Books - The Palestine Case, an intolerable Regime
1936 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
The Palestine New Press - Jaffa, 1936, hardback with cloth covers; English and Arabic text. 429 grams, 35 x 25.5 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Interesting social document covering the Arab reaction to the proposals for the establishment of a Jewish nation-state, including the acts of sabotage to railways, deployment of British troops, contemporary political cartoons, etc.
