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The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakspere

William Shakespeare; Charles Knight [editor] · 0 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London, Charles Knight and Co. c1839. Cloth. Three smart volumes of this illustrated edition of Shakespeare's works, containing two volumes of histories and one volume of tragedies. Three volumes of an eight volume set, being volumes I and II of the histories and volume I o…

The Peregrine's Saga and Other Stories of the Country Green. 1923

Williamson, Henry; Reynolds, Warwick [illus.] · 1923 · Barter Books Ltd

£36.00 (€43.16 | $47.57 | ¥7,597)

G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Edge-block foxed London William Collins Sons & Co Ltd First Edition 190mm x 140mm (7" x 6"). vii, 301pp + ads.

Original Plays

William Schwenck Gilbert · 1910 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1910 . Leather. A fine-paper edition of W. S. Gilbert's original plays, in a smart, red calf binding. Rebound in a smart, full, red calf binding, by Henry Sotheran, London. The fine-paper edition of the work. First published c1856. A collection of…

Picturesque America

William Cullen Bryant · 1872 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

New York, D Appleton and Company, 1872-74. First edition. Leather. The complete two volumes of this popular travel text. A beautifully illustrated series which grew out of an earlier series in Appleton's Journal. The volumes describe and illustrate the scenery of America. T…

The Virginians a Tale of the Last Century in Two Volumes

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1858 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1858-1859. First edition. Leather. First printings of the first edition of the historical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, which forms a sequel to his Henry Esmond. Illustrated throughout by Thackeray himself, as the original series was. Featurin…

The Thackerays in India and some Calcutta Graves.

Hunter, Sir William Wilson. · 1897 · John Turton

£44.08 (€52.84 | $58.25 | ¥9,302)

London: Henry Frowde, 1897 1st edn 5000 Copies. 191[1] pp, [4] page authors list. Original blindstamped blue/green cloth gilt, bevelled edges, top edge gilt otherwise uncut. 19 cm x 16 cm. Sticker to lower section of spine, spine discoloured, minor marks to cloth, rubbing to ext…

Some Notes of the Past

Sir Henry Drummond Wolff · 1892 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Private Circulation [William Clowes], 1892. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this privately published autobiographical volume from Sir Henry Drummond Wolff. A scarce first edition.The work of Henry Drummond Wolff, an English diplomat and Conservative Par…

Charles Dickens. The Story of His Life. By the Author of 'The Life of Thackeray'. Third Edition. THIRD EDITION OF THE FIRST 'LIFE'

TAVERNER, pseud.] [Henry Thomas · 0 · Island Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

John Camden Hotten, [1874]. 8vo., Third Edition, with engraved title-vignette, neat contemporary signature on advertisement leaf, some light spotting to text; original decorative green cloth, upper board elaborately blocked in gilt and black, gilt back, black endpapers, uncut, a…

Social Diseases and Worse Remedies. Letters to the "Times" on Mr. Booth's Scheme with a Preface and (Reprinted) Introductory Essay

Huxley, T.H. [Thomas Henry] · 1891 · Kaaterskill Books

$175.00 (€158.77 | £132.44 | ¥27,949)

London, Macmillan & Company, 1891. First edition. Paper wrappers. 128 pp. 12mo. A second edition was published the same year. Criticises William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, whose book 'In Darkest England and the Way Out' became a best seller. Huxley felt Booth's scheme…

Blue Book Magazine July 1938

Bedford-Jones, Henry and others · 1938 · Parigi Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Dayton, OH, McCall Corporation, 1938. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. Pages are mildly toned, faint dampstain affecting lower half of the magazine. A good+ copy. Contributions by Fulton Grant, William Chester, Gordon Keyne, and others. Cover art by Herbert Morton Stoops. ; Oc…

A Collection of Volumes from Cassell&Apos;S National Library

John Evelyn; William Shakespeare; William Makepeace Thackeray; Edmund Burke; Cicero · 1904 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1904-1905. Cloth. Five smart volumes by great writers from the Cassell National Library. Five volumes. Cassell's National Library. Each volume includes a portrait frontispiece. This set includes: The Diary of John Evelyn (Reign of Charles…

The Virginians

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1858 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.56 | $502.12 | ¥80,191)

London, Bradbury & Evans, 1858-59. First edition. Leather. A nice first issue of Thackeray's historical novel revolving around the American War of Independence, illustrated throughout with Thackeray's original plates. The first edition, first impression of this work. I…

The Dearborn Independent - Chronicler of the Neglected Truth, May 15, 1926, Volum 26, Number 30 - Reconstruction and the Negro Race

MASSON, THOMAS L. BARTON, WILLIAM E.; BOYER, TOWNSEND; FINGER, CHARLES J. · 1926 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$295.00 (€267.64 | £223.25 | ¥47,113)

Dearborn, Michigan: The Dearborn Independent, 1926. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: Woodrow Wilson, Who Filled the Unforgiving Minute (part VIII); A Year of Thirteen Months?; Socialism With the Bark Stripped Off - Showing Up Marxian Theories on Marriage, Religion…

The Trial of William Lord Byron [with] the Trial of Lawrence Earl Ferrers for the Murder of John Johnson [with] the Whole Proceedings at Large in a Cause on an Action Brought by the Rt Hon. Richard Lord Grosvenor Against His Royal Highness Henry Frederick Duke of Cumberland for Criminal Conversation with Lady Grosvenor. [with] the Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for Bigamy

Various · 1765 · Rooke Books

£2,750.00 (€3,296.79 | $3,633.74 | ¥580,331)

London, Various Publishers, 1765-1776. First edition. Leather. A sammelband of prominent eighteenth century legal cases, which deal with cases of bigamy, adultery and murder. These four uncommon publications form the account of proceedings during trial. The first edition of all …

A Method of Breaking Horses, and Teaching Soldiers to Ride, Designed for the Use of the Army.

PEMBROKE (Henry Herbert, Earl of) · 1762 · Forest Books

£349.38 (€418.85 | $461.66 | ¥73,730)

London: Printed by J. Hughs, 1762. Second edition, revised, and corrected, with additions, small 8vo, [8], 128pp., 3 folding engraved plates, the large folding plate showing the horses bit is a little creased with several closed tears to folds but is complete, early ownership si…

Old Saint Paul&Apos;S: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire.

William Harison Ainsworth · 1841 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, Hugh Cunningham, 1841. First edition. Leather. A pleasing first edition of Ainsworth's historical novel, bound in half calf. The seventh novel by Ainsworth, first published as a serial in The Sunday Times from 3rd January 1841 to 26th December 1841. Cunningham&apos…

Philip Mavor; or, Life Amongst the Kaffirs

Kingston, William H.G. · 1860 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.24 | ¥5,749)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, . . Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being currently no additional copies available on-line. Publication date not given, but probably mid 1860s, and the first edition was published in 1865 and…

Amelie

Henry FIELDING - Elena RICCOBONI · 1762 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€350.00 ($385.77 | £291.95 | ¥61,610)

Brocas et Humblot | Paris 1762 | 9.50 x 17.20 cm | 3 parties en un volume relié | Première édition de la traduction et libre adaptation de Madame Riccoboni. Reliure en plein veau blond marbré et glacé d'époque. Dos à nerfs orné. Pièce de titre en maroquin rouge. Traces de frotte…

Complete Writings, the

HENRY, O.; Grant, Gordon · 1917 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$5,000.00 (€4,536.35 | £3,783.98 | ¥798,531)

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1917. Edition de Luxe of the Memorial Edition of the Writings of O. Henry HENRY, O. [pseudonym of William Sydney Porter]. The Complete Writings of O. Henry. With Illustrations by Gordon Grant. In Fourteen Volumes. Garden City, …

A Treatise on the Game of Chess; containing a regular System of Attack and Defence: also,. Numerous Rules and Examples, teaching the most approved Method of playing Pawns at the End of a Game. To which is added, A Selection of Critical and Remarkable Situations, won or drawn by Scientific Moves. A New Edition, Revised and Improved, with Additional Notes and Remarks by W. Lewis.

Jacob Henry Sarratt 1109922 · 1822 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€425.00 ($468.44 | £354.51 | ¥74,812)

Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown [and others], 1822, Herbonden in zwart linnen, (niet storend) bibliotheek nummer op rug. , Second edition of Sarratt's influential chess treatise, first published in two volumes in 1808, here extensively revised and improved by his pupil Wil…