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Killarney: A Poem; [bound with:] The Fleece, A Poem. In Four Books [Ravensdale Park]

LESLIE, John (1736-1778); DYER, John (1699-1757) · 17721757

$949.00 (€861.02 | £718.32 | ¥151,543)

Dublin / London Printed for William Wilson / Printed for R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall First Editions of these two eighteenth-century poems in handsome contemporary binding with distinguished provenance. 4to (262 x 208mm): [8],50,2]; [4],156pp, with title page vignettes, list...

Silva : or, A discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesty’s dominions : As it was delivered in the Royal Society on the 15th day of October, 1662, upon occasion of certain Quaeries propounded to that illustrious assembly, by the honourable the principal officers and commissioners of the navy. Together with an historical account of the sacredness and use of standing groves. By John Evelyn, Esq; fellow of the Royal Society. With notes by A. Hunter, M.D.F.R.S

EVELYN, John (1620-1707) · 1776

$1,249.00 (€1,133.21 | £945.40 | ¥199,449)

York Printed by A. Ward for J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall; T. Cadell, in the Strand; J. Robson, New-Bond-Street; and T. Durham, Charing-Cross, London. W. Creech and J. Balfour, Edinburgh First Edition thus First Hunter Edition (sixth overall, first published in 1664), virtually doubli...

The Borough : a poem, in twenty-four letters [Peter Grimes]

CRABBE, Rev. G. (George, 1754-1832) · 1810

$326.00 (€295.78 | £246.76 | ¥52,058)

London Printed for J. Hatchard, Bookseller to Her Majesty, 190, Opposite Albany, Piccadilly First Edition of Crabbe's best known work, dedicated to the Duke of Rutland, a series of twenty-four verse letters, including Peter Grimes, the poem that Benjamin Britten used in 1945...

Phantom Flowers. A Treatise on the Art of Producing Skeleton Leaves

[ANONYMOUS]; [TILTON, J. E., publisher] · 1864

$214.00 (€194.16 | £161.98 | ¥34,173)

Boston J. E. Tilton and Company First Edition under this title (see below) of this early work on a fashionable Victorian pastime. 8vo (191 x 119mm): 96pp, with six tissue-guarded plates, head pieces, and historiated initials. Original dark green ribbed and beveled cloth, cover...

A New Voyage round the World, by a course never sailed before. Being a voyage undertaken by some merchants, who afterwards proposed the setting up an East-India company in Flanders. Illustrated with Copper Plates.

[DEFOE, Daniel, 1660-1731] · 1724

$2,749.00 (€2,494.14 | £2,080.78 | ¥438,980)

London printed for A. Bettesworth, at the Red-Lyon, in Pater-Noster-Row ; and W. Mears, at the Lamb, without Temple-Bar First Edition, in two parts, of "perhaps Defoe's best travel book," an imaginary voyage of circumnavigation, intending to discover uncharted lands in the Sou...

Papyro-Plastics, or the Art of Modelling in Paper; Being an Instructive Amusement for Young Persons of Both Sexes; [offered with:] The Art of Working in Pasteboard, upon Scientific Principles : To which is added, an appendix, containing directions for constructing architectural models: intended as a sequel to Papyro-Plastics, or the Art of Modelling in Paper

[BLASCHE, Bernhard Heinrich, 1766-1832]; BOILEAU, D. (translates) · 18251827

$724.00 (€656.88 | £548.01 | ¥115,613)

London Boosey and Sons Uncommon English translations of these two works by German educator Bernhard Heinrich Blasche, providing "Instructive Amusement for young persons," calculated to "introduce children to the most common and practical applications of geometry." (Preface) Pa...

A Philosophical Treatise of Husbandry and Gardening : being a new method of cultivating and increasing all sorts of trees, shrubs, and flowers. A very curious work: containing many useful secrets in Nature, for helping the vegetation of trees and plants, and for fertilizing the most stubborn soils. By G. A. Agricola, M. D. and Doctor in Philosophy at Ratisbonne. Translated from the High-Dutch, with remarks: and adorn'd with cuts. The whole revised and compared with the original, together with a Preface, confirming this new method, by Richard Bradley, Fellow of the Royal Society. Printed for P. Vaillant in the Strand

AGRICOLA, Georg Andreas (1672-1738); Richard Bradley (Introduces) · 1721

$1,399.00 (€1,269.30 | £1,058.93 | ¥223,402)

London printed for P. Vaillant in the Strand, and W. Mears and F. Clay without Temple-Bar First Edition in English of the "first treatise on cuttings and graftings." (Hunt) Demy 4to (276 x 214mm): [24],300,[4]pp, with 31 (i.e. 33: in the numbering of plates, XXIII and XXVIII a...

Good Food. Month by Month Recipes

HEATH, Ambrose; BAWDEN, Edward, 1903-1989 (Illustrates) · 1939

$251.00 (€227.73 | £189.99 | ¥40,081)

London Faber and Faber First Edition [from 1932] Third Impression of this first in a series (and arguably the finest) of cookery titles the two men collaborated on. Crown 8vo (200 x 131mm): 279,[1]pp, with title-page vignette within ornamental border and 19 black-and-white ill...

Catalogue of a Collection of Early French Books in the Library Of C. Fairfax Murray; [with:] Catalogue of a Collection of Early German Books in the Library Of C. Fairfax Murray [Four Volumes]

DAVIES, Hugh Wm. [Charles Fairfax Murray] · 19611962

$499.00 (€452.74 | £377.70 | ¥79,684)

London Holland Press First Edition thus Deluxe reprints of this "bibliographical monument of lasting importance," complete in four volumes. (Ricci) Thick royal 8vo (277 x 207mm): [14],599,[4],601-1,096,lxix,[1]; [4],xviii,[4],462,[2],465-818,[1],lxiipp, lavishly illustrated wi...

A treatise on the improvement of canal navigation; exhibiting the numerous advantages to be derived from small canals. And boats of two to five feet wide, containing from two to five tons burthen. With a description of the machinery for facilitating conveyance by water through the most mountainous countries, independent of locks and aqueducts: including observations on the great importance of water communications, with thoughts on, and designs for, aqueducts and bridges of iron and wood. Illustrated with seventeen plates [Uncut]

FULTON, Robert (1765-1815) · 1796

$1,774.00 (€1,609.53 | £1,342.78 | ¥283,285)

London published by I. and J. Taylor, At the Architectural Library, High Holborn First Edition First Printing, early issue (with verso of p. 143 blank; later issues carry the "Addition" on canals in mountainous areas) of Fulton's ambitious scheme to create a network of inland ...

[Maritime] The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor; or, a Key To the Leading of Rigging, and To Practical Seamanship

LEVER, Darcy (1760?–1839) · 1808

$1,774.00 (€1,609.53 | £1,342.78 | ¥283,285)

London Printed for John Richardson, under the Royal Exchange; Black, Parry, and Kingsbury booksellers to the honourable East India Company; and William Heather, Leadenhall Street Rare First Edition, second issue, of this key work on maritime and nautical procedures and equipme...

Researches on Light: an examination of all the phenomena connected with the chemical and molecular changes produced by the influence of the solar rays; embracing all the known photographic processes, and new discoveries in the art [Robert Were Fox's copy]

HUNT, Robert (1807–1887) · 1844

$1,774.00 (€1,609.53 | £1,342.78 | ¥283,285)

London Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, Paternoster-Row First Edition of this key scientific study of the action and effect of solar rays on various chemicals used in photography, and generally considered the first history of that art, uncut and entirely unopened in the or...

[Geology] XI. An Account of Observations, made by Lord Webb Seymour and Professor Playfair, upon some Geological Appearances in Glen Tilt, and the adjacent Country [Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh]

SEYMOUR, Lord Webb (1777-1819); PLAYFAIR, Professor John (1748-1819) · 1815

$251.00 (€227.73 | £189.99 | ¥40,081)

Edinburgh and London Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. and Cadell and Davies Original article disbound from Volume VII of Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh (not a reprint, facsimile reproduction, or photocopy). Roman numerals preceding title refer to order o...

[Volcanos] VIII. Account of the Structure of the Table Mountain, and other Parts of the Peninsula of the Cape [Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh]

PLAYFAIR, Professor John (1748-1819) · 1815

$176.00 (€159.68 | £133.22 | ¥28,105)

Edinburgh and London Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. and Cadell and Davies Original article disbound from Volume VII of Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh (not a reprint, facsimile reproduction, or photocopy). Roman numerals preceding title refer to order o...

[Hand-Colored] [Original Cloth] Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France, Shortly Before the Revolution Embellished with Seventeen Coloured Engravings by T. Rowlandson, Esq.

[COMBE, William, 1741-1823]; Thomas Rowlandson (Illustrates) · 1821

$1,249.00 (€1,133.21 | £945.40 | ¥199,449)

London R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101, Strand First Edition in book format of this lively look at life and travel on the eve of the French Revolution. Royal 8vo (247 x 155mm): [2],[ii],291,[5]pp, with 18 hand-coloured aquatints (including frontispiece) drawn by Rowlands...

A Living Theatre. The Gordon Craig School. The Arena Goldoni. The Mask [First Issue, Unopened]

CRAIG, Edward Gordon (1872-1966) · 1913

$274.00 (€248.60 | £207.40 | ¥43,754)

Florence [The School for the Art of the Theatre] First Edition First Issue (with "Fo rterms" on front cover verso) of this beautifully produced (and lesser known) title by the theatre director, stage designer, actor, and dramaturge. 8vo (228 x 158mm): 73,[7]pp, with 22 full- a...

Les Jockeys Camouflés. Trois Poèmes par Monsieur Pierre Reverdy. Agrementés de cinq dessins inédits de Monsieur Henri Matisse

REVERDY, Pierre (1889-1960); Henri Matisse (Illustrates) · 301918

$1,399.00 (€1,269.30 | £1,058.93 | ¥223,402)

Paris La Belle Édition, 71, Rue des Saints-Pères Limited Edition First Edition, No. 221 of 300 copies on verge d’Arches, of Matisse's first illustrated book. Square royal 8vo (247 x 224mm): [50]pp, with five plates (one double-page) from early drawings by the French Fauve illu...

The scripture-theory of the earth, Throughout all its revolutions, and all the periods of its existence, from the creation, to the final renovation of all things. By the author of, An essay on redemption

[WORTHINGTON, William, 1703-1778] · 1773

$551.00 (€499.92 | £417.06 | ¥87,988)

London Printed for J. and F. Rivington, in St. Paul’s Church-yard First and only edition of this attempt to describe the method of God's creation through the words of the Bible, touching on the geology of the earth, its mountains, seasons, and rainbows, before and after the De...

The History of a Lump of Chalk : Its family circle and their uses

WATT, Alexander · 1883

$199.00 (€180.55 | £150.63 | ¥31,778)

London A. Johnston, 6, Paternoster Buildings First Edition of this charming popularization, one of a series making seemingly mundane subjects fascinating. Crown 8vo (188 x 120mm): viii,88,[8] with ten text figures. Original pictorial publisher’s boards (featuring a wedge of ch...

The Gold Hesperidee [First State with Provenance]

FROST, Robert (1874-1963) · 1935

$349.00 (€316.64 | £264.17 | ¥55,731)

Cortland, N.Y. The Bibliophile Press First Separate Edition, First State (with A on page 3 and long line on page 7). 8vo (186 x 123mm): 8pp. Publisher's tan stiff paper wrappers (Crane's Binding A of two first-state bindings), front cover ruled and lettered in black with vigne...