Ricerca avanzata
Risultati della ricerca
6122 risultati per "author: Society"
On Making & Collecting Etchings a Handbook for Etchers, Students and Col-Lectors, Written by Members of the Print Society and Put Together and Edited by E. Hesketh Hubbard, A.R. W.A. (Founder of the Print Society)
Members of the Print Society inc. E. H. Hubbard, Percy Smith, Hugh Paton, and Leslie M. Ward ; Ed. by Eric Hesketh Hubbard · 1920 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)
London, Ringwood, The Morland Press; The Print Society, 1920. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this detailed work on etching and its adjacent practices by members of The Print Society. The first edition of this work. Uncommon. With 10 monochrome plates includ…
Jubilee Congress of the Folk-Lore Society Sept. 19 - Sept. 25, 1928 Papers and Transactions
Various; Folklore Society · 1930 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
London, William Glaisher, Ltd , 1930. Cloth. An uncommon collection of papers that were read at an exhibition for The Folk-Lore Society, illustrated with plates. In the publisher's original cloth.Illustrated with five plates.Contains the twenty-one papers that were read at …
The Society of Writers to His Majesty&Apos;S Signet, with a List of Members and Abstracts of the Minutes of the Society, the Commissioners and the Council, and the Early History of the Scottish Signet
Society of Writers to His Majesty's Signet; Robert Kerr Hannay · 1936 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this list of members, and abstracts of the minutes, of a private society of Scottish solicitors, including a history of the society. The first edition of this uncommon work in the pu…
The Aesthetic and Modern Aestheticism; a Popular History of Society As Affected by Thought, Culture, and Art
The Aesthetic and Modern Aestheticism; A Popular History of Society as affected by Thought, Culture, and Art · 1883 · Rooke Books
£400.00 (€479.53 | $528.54 | ¥84,412)
Cheltenham, Marshall, Norman and Co. [1883]. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this work on Aestheticism by John Wooder. Written by John Wooder. A very scarce work, rarely seen in commerce. Found institutionally at the library of the University of Oxford and…
An Abstract of the History and Proceedings of the Revolution Society in London to Which Is Annexed a Copy of the Bill of Rights
Revolution Society · 1789 · Rooke Books
£2,400.00 (€2,877.20 | $3,171.27 | ¥506,471)
London , Revolution Society , 1789. Leather. A scarce volume of proceedings of the Revolution Society in London and The London Corresponding Society. A scarce volume of An Abstract of the History and Proceedings of the Revolution Society in London to which is Annexed a Copy of T…
Useful and Ornamental Planting
The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge · 1832 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London, Baldwin and Cradock , 1832. First edition. Cloth. A first edition early 19th century work on ornamental planting. The first edition. Rebound in full cloth. With vignette diagrams throughout. A very interesting early nineteenth-century work on ornamental planting gardenin…
The History of Spain and Portugal from B.C. 1000 to A.D. 1814
M. M. Busk [ed.]; Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge · 1833 · Rooke Books
£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)
London, Baldwin and Craddock, 1833. First edition. Leather. A pleasing copy of Mary Margaret Busk's impressively detailed chronological history of Spain and Portugal. A bright first edition of this impressive history of Spain and Portugal. Printed in two columns, and with t…
A History of the Operations of the French and British Armies in Egypt
Several Gentlemen of The Literary and Philosophical Society; John Baillie · 1809 · Rooke Books
£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)
Newcastle upon Tyne, K. Anderson, 1809-1810. First edition. Leather. The complete two volume first edition of this detailed history of the military involvement of the French and British armies in Egypt, illustrated with folding plates and a folding map. Credited both to 'Se…
Report on Spiritualism, of the Committee of the London Dialectical Society, Together with the Evidence, Oral and Written, and a Selection from the Correspondence
Various; London Dialectical Society · 1871 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
London, Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1871. First edition. Cloth. The first and only edition of this scarce report on spiritualism by the London Dialectical Society. The first edition of this report of the London Dialectical society into the claims of spiritualism. The socie…
The Dictionary of Architecture.
Architectural Publication Society · 0 · Rooke Books
£4,000.00 (€4,795.33 | $5,285.45 | ¥844,118)
London, Whiting and Co, c1853. Cloth. A uniformly bound, important architectural reference work. A comprehensively illustrated work with plates throughout, presented here in a very bright condition. Exceptionally clean condition. This is a work prone to spotting and here is almo…
Illustrated Moss Flora of Fennoscandia
Botanical Society of Lund [ed.]; Elsa Nyholm; Sigfrid Arnell · 1956 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
Sweden, CWK Gleerup, [1956]. Cloth. Two volumes of this series on moss flora found in Fennoscandia, illustrated throughout, with folding maps. A two volume set.In the publisher's original green cloth bindings.Volumes I and II of a six volume set, including I. Hepaticae by S…
The London County Council Bomb Damage Maps 1939-1945
London Topographical Society [edited by Ann Saunders] · 2005 · Rooke Books
£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)
London , London Topographical Society, 2005. Cloth. A scarce volume of printed maps, showing the bomb damage of the Second World War in London. With 147 colour maps. Includes an introduction by Robin Woolven. Robin Woolven joined the airforce at the age of seventeen, taking on t…
Joint Services Expedition Elephant Island 1970-71
Royal Geographical Society · 1971 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, Royal Marines Staff , 1971. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon report of the Joint Services Expedition to Elephant Island, illustrated with photographs throughout. First edition. In the publisher's quarter cloth, with pictorial wraps. Compliments slip loosely in…
The Jewish Historical Society of England Volume X Transactions Sessions 1921-1923
Jewish Historical Society of England · 1924 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, Printed for the Society; Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. Ltd. 1924. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon first edition of this illustrated record, the tenth published for the Jewish Historical Society of England. An uncommon first edition, bound in original paper.Volume …
The Signatures in the First Journal-Book and the Charter-Book of the Royal Society
The Royal Society · 1980 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
London, The Royal Society, 1980 . Cloth. A fine example of the fourth edition of this publication of facsimiles of signatures from the charter book of The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge. The fourth edition of this work.This impressive volume reproduces f…
Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Royal Society of Edinburgh; Thomas Blizzard; Robert Kennedy; Thomas Thomson, et al. · 1802 · Rooke Books
£1,800.00 (€2,157.90 | $2,378.45 | ¥379,853)
Edinburgh; London, Cadell and Davies; Archibald Constable & Co, 1802-1812 . First edition. Paperback. An impressive collection of three volumes of the transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, with articles on a range of mathematical and scientific subjects. First appearin…
Society Small Talk or What to Say and When to Say It
The Author of "Manners and Tone of Good Society · 0 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1880. Cloth. A scarce third edition of this guide to polite society conversation. Third edition. Scarce work. Written as a series of sketches and suggestions, this work aims to guide the reader in making society small talk with hints on what to s…
Report on the Montessori Conference at East Runton July 25th-28th, 1914
The Montessori Society · 1914 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
[London], None stated, [1914]. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce and interesting first edition account of the Montessori conference held at East Runton in 1914. The first edition. In the publisher's original paper covers. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece,…
The Royal Horticultural Society Lily Year-Book 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936
The Royal Horticultural Society; edited by various · 1932 · Rooke Books
£64.99 (€77.91 | $85.88 | ¥13,715)
London , The Royal Horticultural Society, 1932-1936. Cloth. A set of the first five issues of The Royal Horticultural Society Lily Year-Book from consecutive years, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, four issues bound in paper wraps, one in cloth. In five volumes. Highly illustrated …
The Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, from 1949 to 1960
The Royal Astronomical Society · 1949 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, The Royal Astronomical Society, 1949-60. Paperback. Several interesting journals from the RAS, containing peer-reviewed articles on original research in astronomy and astrophysics. With additional 'journal of the British Astronomical Association' from December …