Charles Agvent

THE STRATAGEMS OF JERUSALEM: with the martiall lawes and militarie discipline, as well of the Jewes, as of the Gentiles By he Stratagems of Jerusalem bound with [A BRIEFE CONFERENCE OF DIVERS LAWES; DIVIDED INTO CERTAIN REGIMENTS]

LODOWICK LLOYD Esquier, one of her Majesties Serieants at Armes · 1602

$3,125.00 (€2,835.24 | £2,365.37 | ¥498,864)

London. Thomas Creede. First Edition. Small quarto (5-1/2" x 7-1/4") in later sheep leather; [viii], 352, [14], without the last blank; 143, [9] pages, the last leaf is blank. First work is the variant with a Latin quotation above the device on title page; the second work lack...

IN DARKEST ENGLAND AND THE WAY OUT

BOOTH, General William · 0

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

London. International Headquarters of the Salvation Army. First Edition. Original cloth with gilt lettering. Illustrated with a large folding color frontispiece depicting the impact of the Salvation Army's proposed "Scheme of Social Selection and Salvation" to redress the soci...

THE NEW PICTURE BOOK, Being Pictorial Lessons on Form, Comparison, and Numbers, For Children Under Seven Years of Age with Explanations

BOHNY, Nicholas · 1858

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.84 | ¥59,864)

Edinburgh. Edmonston and Douglas. First Edition. Oblong quarto (13-1/4" x 10") in original pictorial boards; (iv), 36 pages printed on rectos only. All 36 pages are illustrated with charming hand-colored plates.. Title page and preface page heavily creased and wrinkled; illust...

HOME FRONT MEMO

SANDBURG, Carl · 0

$437.50 (€396.93 | £331.15 | ¥69,841)

New York. Harcourt, Brace and Company. First Edition. A collection of “pamphlets, speeches, broadcasts, newspaper columns, poems, legends, photograph texts.” Illustrated with photographs. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "Dear Jo Wershba/a few spots he...

A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF NEW-ENGLAND IN THE FORM OF ANNALS

PRINCE, Thomas · 1736

$1,875.00 (€1,701.14 | £1,419.22 | ¥299,318)

Boston. Kneeland & Green. First Edition. Small quarto (4" x 6-3/4") in contemporary paneled calf, neatly rebacked; (x), xii, 20, 104, (2), 254 pages including the list of subscribers; title page printed in red and black. Volume I in two parts (all published); the second volume...

RERUM ET URBIS AMSTELODAMENSIUM HISTORIA In qua Hollandiae primum atque inde Amstelandiae,oppidique, natales, exordia, progressus, privilegia, statute eventaque mirabilia cum novis urbis incrementis com Cercijsque ac navigationibus longinquis, aliaque ad politiam spectantia, additis suo loco tabulis aeri incisis, ad haec usque tempora, observata annorum serie accurate omnia deducuntur. Auctore Ioh. Isacio Pontano. Accedunt sub calcem Auctores vetustiores duo nunquam antea editi, quorum nomina et seriem verba pagella indicabit

PONTANUS, Johannes Isacius · 1611

$10,625.00 (€9,639.82 | £8,042.26 | ¥1,696,136)

Amsterdam. Judocus Hondius. First Edition. Quarto (7" x 10-3/4") in somewhat later full calf leather; [viii], 64, [40], 65-292, [7] pages with a page of errata at rear. Complete with the 40-page section, bound in after page 64, rather than at the end, as in other copies. Illus...

PEARLS OF GREAT PRICE. Grace

[ROOSEVELT, Franklin] LEAR, H. L. Sidney (editor) · 1881

$1,562.50 (€1,417.62 | £1,182.69 | ¥249,432)

London. Rivingtons. First Edition. Miniature book (2-1/4" x 3-1/2") in original drab olive cloth with gilt floral decoration and lettering on the front cover; 92, (3) pages. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's copy SIGNED by him on the front endpaper "Franklin D. Roosevelt/Hyde Park/1...

MEMOIRS OF RUSSIA, HISTORICAL, POLITICAL, AND MILITARY, From the Year MDCXXVII, to MDCCXLIV … Comprehending … The Wars of Russia with Turky and Sweden. With a Supplement, containing a Summary Account of the State of the Military, the Marine, the Commerce, &c. of that Great Empire

MANSTEIN, General [Christoph Hermann Von] · 1770

$1,375.00 (€1,247.51 | £1,040.76 | ¥219,500)

London. T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt. First Edition. Later 1/2 dark blue calf spine and corners, marbled paper boards (8-1/4" x 10-3/4"); viii, 424, [8] pages. Illustrated with 10 engraved folding maps. An important historical eye-witness account of Russian and Ukrainian histo...

PICTURESQUE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE DRESS AND MANNERS OF THE CHINESE

ALEXANDER, William · 1814

$1,875.00 (€1,701.14 | £1,419.22 | ¥299,318)

London. John Murray. First Edition. Large octavo (6-3/4" x 9-1/4") in later 3/4 black morocco leather and marbled boards with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine. Illustrated with 50 hand-colored lithographed plates.. Later ink presentation on front endpaper, paper poc...

DIAMOND HEAD

DILLINGHAM, Emma L · 0

$750.00 (€680.46 | £567.69 | ¥119,727)

[San Francisco?]. First Edition. String-tied heavy tan wraps with title lettered in dark brown on the front cover; 12 leaves printed on recto only (8" x 9-1/2"). Seven short poems about this famous Hawaiian landmark with small illustrations from sketches of Hawaiian scenes. Qu...

A JOURNAL KEPT IN TURKEY AND GREECE in the Autumn of 1857 and the Beginning of 1858

SENIOR, Nassau W · 1859

$625.00 (€567.05 | £473.07 | ¥99,773)

London. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts. First Edition. Black leather-backed dark green cloth boards, rebacked (5" x 7-1/2"). Illustrated with 2 folding maps with outline hand-coloring and 2 full-page color plates. An uncommon title.. Minor wear to spine; contents...

THE HAPPY WARRIOR. ALFRED E. SMITH. A Study of a Public Servant

ROOSEVELT, Franklin D · 1928

$7,500.00 (€6,804.58 | £5,676.89 | ¥1,197,273)

Boston & New York. Houghton Mifflin Company. First Edition. Cloth in dustwrapper. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the future President on the front endpaper: "Inscribed for Garrett A Roach/with all good wishes from/Franklin D. Roosevelt/October 31 1928." Below his inscription his son,...

THE EDWARDIANS

SACKVILLE-WEST, Vita · 1930

$1,562.50 (€1,417.62 | £1,182.69 | ¥249,432)

London. The Hogarth Press. First Edition. Vellum-backed cloth. Copy #74 of only 125 numbered copies SIGNED by the author. A late novel which is a clear critique of the Edwardian aristocratic society as well as a reflection of the author's childhood experiences. Rather uncommon...

THE SECOND WORLD WAR

CHURCHILL, Winston · 19481954

$1,125.00 (€1,020.69 | £851.53 | ¥179,591)

London. Cassell and Co. Ltd.. First Edition. Six volumes issued over a period of six years: THE GATHERING STORM (Volume 1), THEIR FINEST HOUR (Volume 2), THE GRAND ALLIANCE (Volume 3), THE HINGE OF FATE (Volume 4), CLOSING THE RING (Volume 5), and TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY (Volume V...

TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS) with TYPED MANUSCRIPT of His Poem THOSE BEFORE US

LOWELL, Robert · 131956

$2,500.00 (€2,268.19 | £1,892.30 | ¥399,091)

Boston. Two-page Typed Letter on both sides of an 8-1/2" x 11" sheet of paper to Kitty Rice, the widow of Philip Rice, Associate Editor of the KENYON REVIEW, SIGNED "Cal." With the envelope and a Typed Manuscript of his poem "Those Before Us" (published in the Winter 1964 iss...

SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS. SELECTIONS FROM HIS WORKS

AQUINAS, St. Thomas · 1969

$137.50 (€124.75 | £104.08 | ¥21,950)

Chatham, England. Limited Editions Club. Large quarto (8-1/2" x 11-3/4") in slate-gray pyroxylin-impregnated vellum cloth stamped in black pigment leaf with a checkerboard pattern of multiple crosses; 132 pages. Book designed by Will Carter. The translation of Father Thomas Gi...

THE BOOK OF PSALMS FROM THE AUTHORIZED KING JAMES VERSION

1960

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Duodecimo (4-1/8" x 6-1/4") bound in full orange morocco leather with gilt lettering on the spine and an elaborate design of King David and his harp blindstamped on both covers. Preface by Mark Van Doren. Illustrated by Valenti Angelo. Copy #10...

THE BOOK OF RUTH

BIBLE · 1947

$343.80 (€311.92 | £260.23 | ¥54,883)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Small folio (8-1/2" x 12") bound in half white sheepskin leather with sheepskin corners, gilt-stamped, and gilt-decorated smooth vellum paper sides. Copy #1628 of 1950 copies illustrated with 8 busy and striking color plates by Arthur Szyk, eac...

THE BOOK OF RUTH

BIBLE · 1947

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.84 | ¥59,864)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Small folio (8-1/2" x 12") bound in half white sheepskin leather with sheepskin corners, gilt-stamped, and gilt-decorated smooth vellum paper sides. Copy #1085 of 1950 copies illustrated with 8 busy and striking color plates by Arthur Szyk, eac...

THE BOOK OF JOB

BIBLE · 1946

$406.30 (€368.63 | £307.54 | ¥64,860)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Small folio (8-1/2" x 12") bound in half white sheepskin leather with sheepskin corners, gilt-stamped, and gilt-decorated smooth vellum paper sides. Copy #1085 of 1950 copies illustrated with 8 busy and striking color plates by Arthur Szyk, eac...