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Featured Member
Michael Laird Rare Books LLC
Lockhart, TXhttp://michaellaird.com
Fine and rare books in all fields; early printed books and manuscripts; literary manuscripts and archives; historical documents; curious ephemera; historic bookbindings, antiquarian bibliography, and illustrated books of every description.
Selections from Member's stock
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![[WOMEN'S LITERATURE FROM IRELAND]. Poems by Lady Manners. [ORIGINAL DRAB BOARDS]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/212/088/1654088212.0.m.jpg)
[WOMEN'S LITERATURE FROM IRELAND]. Poems by Lady Manners. [ORIGINAL DRAB BOARDS]by Lady Manners" (i.e. Catherine Talmash, Baroness Huntingtower)
London : Printed for John Booth et al. , 1794
offered by Michael Laird Rare Books
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![[MEDICINE]. Observations on the utility and administration of purgative medicines in several diseases [ORIGINAL DRAB BOARDS]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/393/086/1654086393.0.m.jpg)
[MEDICINE]. Observations on the utility and administration of purgative medicines in several diseases [ORIGINAL DRAB BOARDS]by Hamilton, James
Edinburgh : Archibald Constable and Company [et al.] , 1818
offered by Michael Laird Rare Books
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![[WOMEN'S LITERATURE]. Correspondence between a Mother and her Daughter at School [ORIGINAL DRAB BOARDS]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/382/086/1654086382.0.m.jpg)
[WOMEN'S LITERATURE]. Correspondence between a Mother and her Daughter at School [ORIGINAL DRAB BOARDS]by Taylor, Ann Martin and Mrs. Jane Taylor
London : Taylor & Hessey , 1821
offered by Michael Laird Rare Books
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[PHOTOGRAPH]. "Projet ville hydraulique en suspension 1946 - Kosice" (on verso). La Ciudad Hidroespacial (The Hydrospatial City)by Kosice, Gyula
Buenos Aires 1946
offered by Michael Laird Rare Books
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![[POLITICAL SUICIDE 1836]. Das Castlereaghsche Federmesser und Stähli, der zweite Berner Rathsschreiber. Eine Teufelei als Beitrag zur Geschichte politischer Selbstmörder, begleitet mit einigen Betrachtungen über die Naturgeschichte des Justemilieu.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/210/188/1653188210.0.m.jpg)
[POLITICAL SUICIDE 1836]. Das Castlereaghsche Federmesser und Stähli, der zweite Berner Rathsschreiber. Eine Teufelei als Beitrag zur Geschichte politischer Selbstmörder, begleitet mit einigen Betrachtungen über die Naturgeschichte des Justemilieu.First Editionby [Anonymous]
S.l. (Switzerland?) : s.n. , 1836
offered by Michael Laird Rare Books
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![[SAMURAI]. [HOMOSEXUAL DEVOTION]. Hosokawa Chidaruma Jikki [](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/209/188/1653188209.0.m.jpg)
[SAMURAI]. [HOMOSEXUAL DEVOTION]. Hosokawa Chidaruma Jikki ["Blood-stained Document of the Hosokawa Clan]First Editionby Shimizu, Yoshirō [author]; [Kawatake, Shinshichi III (original play by)]
Tokyo (Asakusa) : Kinjudo , 1889
offered by Michael Laird Rare Books
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