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The Soul Its Sorrows and Its Aspirations

Francis William Newman · 1868 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Trubner and Co. 1868. Cloth. A fascinating work on 'The Soul' by the renowned British scholar and man of letters Francis William Newman. Whilst predominantly remembered as the brother of the well-known churchman John Henry Cardinal Newman, Francis William Newma…

The Virginians a Tale of the Last Century

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1858 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.68 | $356.77 | ¥56,978)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1858-59. First edition. Leather. A first edition, first issue copy of this historical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray. With 'Actresses' on page 207 line 33 and the misnumbered chapters 47 and 48. William Makepeace Thackeray was a Britis…

An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank

[William Makepeace Thackeray] · 1840 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Henry Hooper, 1840. First edition. Leather. A first edition of Thackeray's critical examination of the caricatures of one of the most famous illustrators of the century, George Cruikshank. A fascinating essay on Cruikshank's talent, illustrated with plates and …

First Folio

William Shakespeare 12432 · 1623 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,801)

Lars Remer, Hardback, Shakespeare's Plays or Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies by William Shakespeare was first published by Jaggard & Blount in London in 1623. What is now called the First Folio was in fact the first collection of plays written by William Shakespeare. The …

The Virginians: A Tale of the Eighteenth Century

THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE · 1900 · Bluebird Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York: A. L. Burt Company, [c.1900s-1930s]. Hardcover. William Makepeace Thackeray's "The Virginians" is something of a sequel to his "The History of Henry Esmond." First published in serial form in 1857-59, the novel is set in the United States, and features George Washingto…

Primitivism in 20th Century Art: Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern (2 Vols)

Rubin, William (ed.) · 1984 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

New York, Museum of Modern Art, in conjuction with the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, and the Dallas Museum of Art, TX, 1984. Paperback. Grey cloth boards, black glossy dj with color illus. [xvi] 689 pp. 378 bw ills. 709 bw ill. In matching grey cloth board slipcase. THIS ITEM I…

The Battle of Glorieta Pass: The Colorado Volunteers in the CIVIL War, March 26, 27, 28, 1862

WHITFORD, WILLIAM C. · 1991 · Bluebird Books

$21.50 (€19.51 | £16.27 | ¥3,434)

Glorieta, New Mexico: The Rio Grande Press, 1991. Softcover. ISBN: 0873801717. A softcover reprint edition of an account of the 1862 Battle of Glorieta Pass in northern New Mexico. At that stage of the American Civil War, Confederates believed they could relatively easily conque…

Notitia Venatica

Robert T. Vyner; William C. A. Blew · 1892 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, John C. Nimmo, 1892. Cloth. Extensive guide to fox hunting and the proper care of hounds, delightfully illustrated with 12 colour plates. Seventh edition.In publisher's original red cloth binding with gilt detail.With 12 hand-coloured plates by, among others, promin…

The Schools of Barking; A brief survey, with photographs and plans, issued on the occasion of the formal opening of the Eastbury, Cambell, Erkenwald, Roding, Dawson and Monteagle Schools by Sir Henry Hadow, C.B.E., M.A., D.Mus., L.L.D., D.Litt., F.R.C.M., on 6th October, 1932

Hadow, William Henry (1859-1937); J. Compton; W.J. Parker (Foreword); Borough Council (Barking, Essex) Education Committee · 0 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$145.00 (€131.55 | £109.74 | ¥23,157)

Barking, Essex Borough Council (Barking, Essex) Education Committee | Printed at their Works at Iford by "The Drayton Press." First Edition, First Printing pp. 40. Small 4to., measuring 7.5" x 9.75". Stapled card covers bearing crest in raised gilt to the front cover, and blind-…

Shakespeare on Love

Benjamin Darling, William Shakespeare · 1999 · Klondyke BV

€6.00 ($6.61 | £5.00 | ¥1,056)

Hardcover, hardcover; 1999; Exley Publications Ltd; 128pp.; Puntgaaf exemplaar met schoon en fris binnenwerk. -- Conditie: Goed; A romantic collection of poems and quotes selected from the plays and sonnets of William Shakespeare is beautifully illustrated in fourcolor by artist…

THE COURT-MARTIAL OF CLAYTON LONETREE

Hoffman, William; Headley, Lake · 1989 · Books On The Boulevard

$15.90 (€14.43 | £12.03 | ¥2,539)

Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket Henry Holt & Company, LLC First Edition Fine/Fine; Embossed owner seal to title page. Binding tight and straight, inner pages clean and unmarked. Dust Jacket is price-intact, clean with very mild shelfwear. New York, Ny, U. S. A. 0805008934

The Thackerays in India and Some Calcutta Graves.

Hunter, Sir William Wilson. · 1897 · John Turton

£25.52 (€30.59 | $33.72 | ¥5,385)

London: Henry Frowde, 1897 1st edn 5000 copies. 191[1] pp including index, [4] page authors list. Original blue/green cloth with gilt lettering to spine & front board, bevelled edges, top edge gilt otherwise uncut. 19 cm x 16 cm. Spine discoloured with some random marks, minor …

Remarks on a Brass Medal of Our Saviour

Henry J. Monck Mason · 1819 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Dublin, Graisberry and Campbell, 1819. Cloth. A scarce description of medals depicting Jesus Christ, as found in the Friar's Walk near Cork, written by Henry J. Monck Mason. This work is an account describing a number of medals depicting Jesus Christ, which were found in Oc…

A Treatise on Wood Engraving: Historical and Practical

William Andrew Chatto · 1861 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Chatto and Windus, [1861]. Leather. The second edition of this study of wood engraving by William Andrew Chatto. The second edition, dated from Jisc and identified through its preface. An uncommon volume in all editions. A new edition with an additional chapter by Henry …

Selections from the Records of the City of Oxford

William H. Turner · 1880 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.72 | $91.17 | ¥14,561)

Oxford and London, James Parker and Co. 1880. Leather. A Victorian-published record of the city of Oxford between the years 1509 to 1583. Edited and compiled by William H. Turner of the Bodleian Library and overseen by town clerk, Robert S. Hawkins, this volume comprises a detai…

The Bird of Paradise and Other Poems

William H. Davies · 1914 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Methuen and Co. Ltd. 1914. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first edition collection of William H. Davies' collected poems, with the scarce original dust wrapper. First edition. Including poems which previously appeared in The Nation, The New Statesman, The Westmin…

The New Information Infrastructure: Strategies for U.S. Policy.

Drake, William J. · 1995 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€14.00 ($15.43 | £11.68 | ¥2,464)

Washinton, DC: Brookings Inst Pr, 1995. Paperback. 448 pp.(A Twentieth Century Fund Book). - The telecommunications and information industries have undergone a profound transformation, driven by rapid technological change, globalization of markets, liberalisation of government p…

Henry George Fischer: Collection of Over 100 Rare Offprints in Egyptology. Various publications. [LOT OF 100 ITEMS]. ~ [SOME OF THE TITLES:] 1: The Abu Symbol. (The Psychoanalytic Quarterly). 2: Another Example of the Verb nh "Shelter". (The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology). 3: The Archer as Represented in the First Intermediate Period. (Journal of Near Eastern Studies). 4: Bi3 and the Deified Vizier Mhw. (Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt). 5: Boats in Non-nautical Titles of the Old Kingdom. (Göttinger Miszellen). 6: "Boris de Rachewiltz: The Rock Tomb of 'Irw-k3-Pth." [BOOK REVIEW]. (Journal of the American Oriental Society). 7: The Butcher Ph-r-ntr. (Orientalia). 8: Concerning the Restoration of a Text in the Tomb of Mry a

Fischer, Henry George. · 1958 · Librarium of The Hague

€979.54 ($1,079.66 | £817.08 | ¥172,428)

Various publishers, 1958-1992. 1st Edition. Offprint. Collection of offprints. Various sizes, various publications and publishers. All in original printed wrappers, small inscription at top. All items are fully identified and collated; of these, over 60 are fully described and a…

Wall's Etched Monthly. Vol. 3. No. 1. First Edition. Signed. Signed Etchings of Boy and Dog; Florence Early Morning; William F. Gable; a Dreadnought; Judge Edgar J. Lauer; the Kit Kat Club; Giovanni Grasso

Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956) and William Lipman (artist) · 1921 · Wittenborn Art Books

$750.00 (€680.45 | £567.60 | ¥119,780)

New York: Bernhardt Wall, Sep. 1921. 4to. 8 x 10.75 inches. Edition of 125 copies; original dark brown wraps with etched cover label; signed, dated Feb. 1921 and annotated in pencil "Copy no 8." 14 etchings (plus cover label and 2 etched ad leaves). Several signed and dated 1937…

Palm Tree Island being the Narrative of Harry Brent showing how he in company with William Bobbin of Limehouse was left on an Island in the southern hemisphere, and the accidents and adventures that sprang therefrom, the whole faithfully set forth

Strang, Herbert & Webb, Archibald & Wright, Alan · 1910 · Greensleeves Books

£23.75 (€28.47 | $31.38 | ¥5,012)

good . pictorial covers clean bright, 1910, some foxing throughout, no markings, binding tight, Professional booksellers since 1981 Henry Frowde