Brookline Village Books

A Year with the Turks or Sketches of Travel in the European and Asiatic Dominions of the Sultan

Smyth, Warington Wilkinson · 1854

$144.00 (€130.65 | £109.00 | ¥22,995)

New York, Redfield, 1854. Hardcover. 251 p. fold. map. 19 cm. Very good condition Smyth's perspective captures the complexities of mid-19th century Ottoman life, providing sketches of its cities, people, and traditions. Written during a period of significant transformation in ...

Sign Talk; a Universal Signal Code, without Apparatus, for Use in the Army, the Navy, Camping, Hunting, and Daily Life...

Seton, Ernest Thompson · 1928

$167.00 (€151.52 | £126.41 | ¥26,668)

Garden City, N.Y. Doubleday, Page & Co. 1928. 1st edition . Hardcover. 238p. illus. Signed by the author for J.E. Leavett. Ill.: Ernest Thompson Seton. Very good condition, top corner lightly bumped Seton, a notable naturalist, writer, and founder of the Boy Scouts of America,...

The Regimental War Game by Immanuel ; Translated by Walter Krueger.

Immanuel, Friedrich · 1907

$63.00 (€57.16 | £47.69 | ¥10,060)

Kansas City, Mo. Hudson Press, 1907. Hardcover. 156 p. [1] folded leaf of plates : maps ; 22 cm. Very good condition This book serves as a window into early 20th-century military thought, predating the widespread adoption of modern warfare tactics influenced by World War I. Th...

The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church : According to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America

Episcopal Church · 1860

$52.00 (€47.18 | £39.36 | ¥8,304)

New York, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1860. Hardcover. 188p. 13cm. Good condition, in full edge-worn leather with metal clasp. Table of Contents page torn and repaired with tissue.

Oeuvre Romanesque / Jean-Paul Sartre ; Lithographies Originales de Walter Spitzer.

Sartre, Jean-Paul · 1964

$863.00 (€782.99 | £653.22 | ¥137,810)

Paris, Éditions Lidis : Imprimerie Nationale, 1964-65. Paperback. 5 vols. : illus, 64 color lithographic plates. ; 28 cm. Ill.: Spitzer, W. (Walter). Fine condition. Publisher's printed wrappers, later custom quarter calf and board portfolios and board slipcases, edges untrimm...

Of the Uses of Books by Holbrook Jackson.

Jackson, Holbrook · 1957

$63.00 (€57.16 | £47.69 | ¥10,060)

[New York], {Helen & George Macy}, 1957. . Good condition, in worn gray cloth, padded front cover One hundred and fity copies of this printing are presented to their friends by Helen and George Macy to greet the New Year 1937"-- Colophon.

At Last; a Christmas in the West Indies

Kingsley, Charles · 1871

$52.00 (€47.18 | £39.36 | ¥8,304)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1871. Hardcover. 465 p. front. illus. 20 cm. Very good condition A significant travelogue reflecting the cultural, social, and natural history of the Caribbean during the 19th century. Based on the author's travels to the West Indies, particularly ...

Austria : Containing a Description of the Manners, Customs, Character and Costumes of the People of That Empire by Frederick Shoberl ; Illustrated by Twelve Coloured Engravings...

Shoberl, Frederic · 1828

$144.00 (€130.65 | £109.00 | ¥22,995)

Philadelphia, C. S. Williams,, 1828. Hardcover. x p. 1 l. 108 p. incl. col. front. col. plates. 19 cm. Good condition, foxed .

Judas, or, the Betrayal; a Play in One Act with Prologue and Epilogue, by the Author of Nisi Dominus.

Pepler, H. D. C. (Hilary Douglas Clarke) · 1926

$282.00 (€255.86 | £213.45 | ¥45,032)

Ditchling, Sx. S. Dominic's Press, 1926. Hardcover. 3 p.l. 15 p. 1 l. 20 cm. Ilustrated t.-p. by David Jones. Ill.: David Jone. very good condition, in edge worn black goat No. 29 of an edtion of 200.

Bronson Alcott at Alcott House, England, and Fruitlands, New England (1842-1844) by F.B. Sanborn.

Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin) · 1908

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Cedar Rapids, Ia. The Torch press, 1908. Hardcover. 103 p. illus. 23 cm. very good condition, bottom of 1/4 inch of spine lacking Arare glimpse into the ideals and practicalities of 19th-century transcendentalist communities, making it valuable for historians, literary scholar...

The Sacred Lyrist, or Singer's Third Book

Bird, J. & H. · 1847

$52.00 (€47.18 | £39.36 | ¥8,304)

Boston, William J. Reynolds & Co. 1847. Hardcover. 104 p. oblong. Good condition, lacking front flyleaf Includes J. G. Whittier's Gone, Gone, Sold and Gone.

A Newport Aquarelle

Elliott, Maud Howe · 1883

$29.00 (€26.31 | £21.95 | ¥4,631)

Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1883. First edition. Hardcover. 250 p. 19 cm. Good condition, binding cocked A novel that explores the social dynamics, cultural life, and romantic intrigues of Newport, Rhode Island, during the Gilded Age.The book provides a literary glimpse into the...

A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem; at Easter, 1697... By Henry Maundrell

Maundrell, Henry · 1749

$259.00 (€234.99 | £196.04 | ¥41,359)

Oxford, Printed at the Theatre, for W. Meadows, 1749. 7th edition. Hardcover. 6 p.l. 171 p. illus. plates (partly fold.) plans, facsims. 21 cm. very good condition, rebound in in pebbled cloth A firsthand account of Maundrell's travels through the Levant, offering insights int...

Mission Songs : A Collection of Hymns and Music Designed for Sabbath Schools by E. Fobes. Prepared for the New-England S.S. Union

Fobes, Edwin · 1855

$52.00 (€47.18 | £39.36 | ¥8,304)

Boston, Heath & Graves, 1855. Hardcover. 77 pages; 18 cm. Good condition .

The Black Border; Gullah Stories of the Carolina Coast : (with a Glossary) by Ambrose E. Gonzales. Published/Created

Gonzales, Ambrose Elliott · 1922

$109.00 (€98.89 | £82.50 | ¥17,406)

Columbia, S.c. The State Company, 1922. Hardcover. Very good condition/worn, Gift inscription form J. M. Whiting [?] to Admiral W. S. Benson. One of the earliest attempts to document the Gullah language, a unique Creole language blending English with African linguistic element...

Singing Soldiers by John J. Niles ; Illustrated by Margaret Thornley Williamson.

Niles, John Jacob · 1927

$86.00 (€78.03 | £65.10 | ¥13,733)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. Hardcover. 171 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. Very good condition/good, Niles, a prominent figure in the American folk revival, meticulously collected and arranged these songs, many of which were drawn from oral traditions. The book reflects his com...

The Mozart Collection of Sacred Music : Containing Melodies, Chorals, Anthems and Chants, Harmonized in Four Parts ; Together with the Celebrated Christus and Miserere, by Zingarelli, with the Adaptation of English Words ; to Which Is Prefixed His New Method of Teaching the Rudiments of Music

Ives, E · 1946

$52.00 (€47.18 | £39.36 | ¥8,304)

New York, Paine & Burgess, 1946. Second edition. Hardcover. 1 score (318 p.) ; 16 x 26 cm. Good condition, foxed, spine worn .

American ÆSop; Negro and Other Humor

Pickens, William · 1926

$98.00 (€88.91 | £74.18 | ¥15,649)

Boston, The Jordan & More press, 1926. Hardcover. 183p. frontis. 20cm. Very good condition Signed by the author for Thomasina Johnson [Thomasina Walker (Norford) Johnson] the First Black woman to serve as a Registered Lobbyist in Washington, D.C. She served as Legislative Repr...

Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion : Together with the Full Text of the So-Called "Confessions" of Nat Turner Made in Prison in 1831 / by Herbert Aptheker.

Aptheker, Herbert · 1966

$86.00 (€78.03 | £65.10 | ¥13,733)

New York, Published for A.I.M.S. by Humanities Press, [1966]. First printing. Hardcover. iv, 152 pages : facsimile ; 22 cm. Very good condition/good, Signed by the author "Herbert" fro Constant, March 1966.

The First Night

Rasmussen, E. Michael · 1947

$81.00 (€73.49 | £61.31 | ¥12,935)

New York, W. Malliet, 1947. First printing. Hardcover. Good condition E. Michael Rasmussen's The First Night holds significant literary and cultural value for its exploration of interracial relationships and the social dynamics of the Virgin Islands in the years leading up to ...