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BELLS OF THE CHURCH: A Supplement to the “Church Bells of Devon.” [With]: THE CHURCH BELLS OF SOMERSET, To which is added An Olla Podrida of Bell Matters of General Interest.

Ellacombe, Rev. Henry Thomas. · 1872 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

Exeter: Printed for the author 1872-5. 2 works in 1. 4to. x + 362pp. + [ii] + [xii] + 148pp. Port. frontis., 32 plates including 1 in colour, numerous wood engravings. Prelims. frontispiece and title page spotted, some very light marginal browning and occasional spotting, marble…

The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare Revised by George Steevens, Volume VI

Shakespeare, William and George Steevens · 1802 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$325.00 (€294.86 | £245.96 | ¥51,905)

London, W. Bulmer and Co, 1802. Boydell Edition. Hardcover. Black leather/boards with center/border motif of highly-elaborate gilt. Elaborately-gilded spine with 5 raised bands, also decoraded. Paginated as follows: (8) + 112 + (4) + 127 + (5) + 120 + (4) + 143 with 9 bw engrave…

The Sheriffs of Fort William from 1775 to 1926. Their Dealings with Some of the Judges of the East India Company. The Old Jail at Calcutta. Jurors, Constables, Public Meetings. Early Municipal Elections, Doctors, Attorneys, Merchants.

Moore, Charles · 1926 · Creaking Shelves Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Thacker, Spink & Co, 1926. Hardcover. Original enlarged second edition as issued. 516p. Plates. A meticulous hisrtory taken from a mass of documents accumalated in the Sheriffs Office in Calcutta, updated and much enlarged from the 1920 first edition with an index. In near VG co…

Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R. S. To Which Is Subjoined the Private Correspondence between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas and between Sir Edward Hyde and Sir Richard Browne

William Bray (ed) · 1852 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, Henry Colburn and Co, 1852-1857. Cloth. The Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S. author of "Sylvia". Alongside the biographical texts from John Evelyn, the volumes also contain the private correspondence between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas, and betw…

Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, Esq. F.R. S.

William Bray [ed.] · 1818 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

London, Henry Colburn, 1818. First edition. Leather. The smart first edition of John Evelyn's memoirs, offering an illustrated wealth of reference on 17th-century life. First edition. Complete in two volumes; second volume in two parts.  In full contemporary calf. Rebacked…

The Oxford Thackeray with Illustrations

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1848 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Henry Frowde Oxford University Press, c1905. Leather. A smartly bound collection of nine volumes from The Oxford Thackeray, with illustrations throughout. Nine volumes of a seventeen volume set. The Oxford Thackeray with Illustrations. A collection of the works of Willia…

An Account of the Manner and Customs of the Modern Egyptians

Edward William Lane · 1842 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Henry Frowde, 1842. Cloth. The third edition of Lane's illustrated study of the 'Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians&apos. A fascinating study into the lives of Egyptians, illustrated throughout. A smart copy of the two volume third edition of Edward Wi…

The Newcomes

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1910 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Oxford, Henry Frowde, 1910. Fine Binding. A finely bound copy of William Makepeace Thackeray's noted novel 'The Newcomes&apos. From the library at Julians Park, once home of socialite and patron of arts Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Undated, dated from Libraryhub. This wor…

Complete Version of Three Blind Mice (Signed by Illustrator Walton Corbould)

John William Ivimey · 1904 · Richard Thornton Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Frederick Warne & Co This is a Very Good Copy of this fragile book in Publisher's original Pictorial soft covers with text to the front cover in red and green and with pictorial mounted plate in rectangular shape to the front cover.The binding is stapled and with string cord.Sma…

Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Honourable Henry Home of Kames. Containing Sketches of the Progress of Literature and General Improvement in Scotland During the Greater Part of the Eighteenth Century.

Alexander Fraser Tytler' Henry Home, Lord Kames · 1807 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Edinburgh and London, William Creech, T Cadell and W Davies, 1807. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this detailed look into the life of this central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, Henry Home, Lord Kames. The leaf of 105 to volume I, which is the errata, is at …

ATHENAE CANTABRIGIENSES. 1500-1609.

Cooper, Charles Henry and Thompson. · 1858 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Cambridge: Deighton, Bell & Co.; ... 1858-61. 2 vols. [vi] + viii + 589pp. + [i] + viii + 569pp. + [i] + [ii] + 16pp. publ. adverts. Ex.-libris Walter Harold Wilkin, with the signature of William Selwun ? College Cambridge’ to pastedown of vol. 1, pp.169-172 taped to margins, so…

1800-1900. Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Establishment of the Seat of Government of the District of Columbia

Cox, William V. (compiler) · 1901 · Clayton Fine Books

$195.00 (€176.92 | £147.58 | ¥31,143)

Very Good 1st Edition Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 0 Large quarto. Very good in original dark blue cloth covered boards with image of the Capitol stamped in gold to the front. This copy was "Presented to Henry W. Samssn / Member of Comm. on Medals & Badges / by / …

Commemorative Tributes to Van Der Stucken and Chadwick by Henry Hadley; Woodberry and Cole by Robert Underwood Johndon; Hadley and Alderman by John Huston Einley; Matthews by Nicholas Murray Butler; Channing by A. Lawrence Lowell

Hadley, Henry et al. · 1932 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

New York, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1932. Original Edition, not a reprint. Paperback. Small, tan wraps with blue lettering and insignia on front cover. 106 pp. with 8 bw portrait plates. Academy publication no. 77. The American Academy of Arts and Letters was founded…

Time - the Weekly Newsmagazine, June 24, 1940, Volume XXXV, Number 26 - Cover Photo of Mussolini & Badoglio

LUCE, HENRY R. (EDITOR) · 1940 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.20 | ¥39,927)

USA: Time Inc, 1940. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Contents: One-page black and white Coke ad, 5 cents; Chevrolet dump truck ad with photos of them working on Mississipi's Sardis Dam; International truck ad features photos of Commander Attilio Gatti and his wife with the…

Interrogating the Witness

Sharp, William (After, 1900-1961) · 1956 · Wittenborn Art Books

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

White Plains, New York: Henry Gottlieb, circa 1956. B & W print on wove paper. A contemporary reprint of the original drawing. 51 x 66 cm (sheet). Very Good. .

Nothing Doing

Sharp, William (After, 1900-1961) · 1956 · Wittenborn Art Books

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

White Plains, New York: Henry Gottlieb, circa 1956. B & W print on wove paper. A contemporary reprint of the original drawing. 51 x 66 cm (sheet). Very Good. .

Conversant Discussions

Sharp, William (After, 1900-1961) · 1956 · Wittenborn Art Books

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

White Plains, New York: Henry Gottlieb, circa 1956. B & W print on wove paper. A contemporary reprint of the original drawing. 51 x 66 cm (sheet). Very Good. .

A Description of the Sights, or, Instruments for Pointing Guns; Proposed by Major General William Congreve, for the Use of the Navy, and now adopted in that Service. With the Account of that Practise made with them on board H. M. S. Liffey...

CONGREVE (Major-General Sir William) · 1819 · Forest Books

£478.38 (€573.50 | $632.11 | ¥100,952)

London: Printed by J. Whiting, 1819. Second edition, 4to (273 x 170 mm), vi, [7]-55, [1]pp., with half-title, large paper copy, 3 engraved plates (2 folding), contemporary ink inscription of Henry Beaufoy to head of title, light marginal water-staining, original boards, rubbed, …

Pillars of Justice, New York City

Sharp, William (After, 1900-1961) · 1956 · Wittenborn Art Books

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

White Plains, New York: Henry Gottlieb, circa 1956. Color print on wove paper. A contemporary reprint of the original drawing. 66 x 51 cm (sheet). Very Good. .

The Plays of Shakespeare (Favourite Classics)

William Shakespeare; George Brandes [intro.] · 1904 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.45 | $627.65 | ¥100,239)

London, William Heinemann, 1904-1921. Cloth. A lovely set comprising forty of William Shakespeare's plays, bound here into twenty volumes. From the 'Favourite Classics' series. The Plays of Shakespeare from the publisher's 'Favourite Classics' serie…