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Don Miguel Receiving the News from Terceira (Dom Miguel I; Carlota of Spain)

Doyle, John ("H.B.") (1797-1868) · 1830 · Wittenborn Art Books

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

London: Thomas MacLean, 1830. Original lithograph. 13 x 10 inches. Very Good. Inserted into light matting. Sitters: Carlota of Spain (1775-1830), Queen consort of John VI, King of Portugal. Dom Miguel I (1802-1866), King of Portugal, 1828-1834. John Doyle (Dublin 1797 - 2 Januar…

The Battle of the Pamphleteers; or Newcastle Versus Newark. 1. Mr. Sadler 2. Wilmot Horton

Doyle, John ("H.B.") (1797-1868) · 1829 · Wittenborn Art Books

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

London: Thomas MacLean, 1829. Original lithograph. 13 x 10.5 inches. Very Good. Inserted into light matting. Light smudge in bottom right corner, not affecting image. John Doyle (Dublin 1797 - 2 January 1868 London), known by the pen name H. B. was a political cartoonist, carica…

The Old White Lion. 1. Lord Eldon 2. Duke of Wellington 3. Lord Lyndhurst

Doyle, John ("H.B.") (1797-1868) · 1829 · Wittenborn Art Books

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

London: Thomas MacLean, 1829. Original lithograph. 13 x 10.5 inches. Very Good. Inserted into light matting. Some wear in bottom right corner, not affecting image. John Doyle (Dublin 1797 - 2 January 1868 London), known by the pen name H. B. was a political cartoonist, caricatur…

Janice Meredith a Story of the American Revolution

FORD, PAUL LEICESTER · 1899 · S. Howlett-West Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1899. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Howard Pyle & students. B&W Illustrations; Two Volume Set. Limited Edition. Both volumes are in Very Good condition and possibly issued without dust jackets. Volume two is in slightly …

Hong Kong a View of the Harbor and Victoria Peak at Sunset in 1870. Signed

Stobart, John (1929-2023) · 1990 · Wittenborn Art Books

$500.00 (€453.64 | £378.40 | ¥79,853)

Maritime Heritage Prints. 1990. Color print One of 950 signed and numbered impressions. 20 × 32 in.. This view of Hong Kong shows an ocean-going junk moving through the harbor as the American ship CHARTER OAK (left foreground) takes on cargo at sunset in 1870.... Born in Leicest…

Liberty Ship the "John W. Brown" in Convoy Off the East Coast, April 1944. Signed

Stobart, John (1929-2023) · 1994 · Wittenborn Art Books

$500.00 (€453.64 | £378.40 | ¥79,853)

Maritime Heritage Prints. 1994. Color print One of 950 signed and numbered impressions. 19.5 × 31 in.. This painting of the BROWN shows her in the epitome of her role as an armed freighter in convoy. Proceeding down the East Coast, a World War I destroyer (known as a "Four Piper…

Seattle a View Looking North from Yesler's Wharf in 1880. Signed

Stobart, John (1929-2023) · 1991 · Wittenborn Art Books

$500.00 (€453.64 | £378.40 | ¥79,853)

Maritime Heritage Prints. 1991. Color print One of 950 signed and numbered impressions. 65.5 x 90cm. 19 × 30 in.. One of the most appealing aspects of this composition that helped fire John Stobart's enthusiasm was the fact that hardly a single feature in the scene, other than t…

Victoria. The Celebrated Clipper Ship "Thermopyae" Alongside Main Wharf, June, 1891. Signed

Stobart, John (1929-2023) · 1991 · Wittenborn Art Books

$500.00 (€453.64 | £378.40 | ¥79,853)

Maritime Heritage Prints. 1991. Color print One of 850 signed and numbered impression s..65.5 x 90cm. 19 × 30 in.. This view, looking east, was chosen because of the interesting foreground featuring the Indian settlement of Songhee Point and the opportunity to portray men workin…

1940s Manuscript Letters on Love, Child Rearing and the Polio Epidemic, Both Connected to a Prominent New England Artist

HELEN LOUISE BURROWS STUETZER, RUTH BURROWS · 1945 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$579.99 (€526.21 | £438.93 | ¥92,628)

Charlottesville Virginia VA. None. On offer is a small archive of two manuscript letters that interestingly connect an ill-fated marriage, child rearing practices in the mid-20th century and polio virus control restrictions in 1945. Both letters are connected to the Stuetzer and…

The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, October [Oct. ] 1923, Vol. LI, No. 306: Eighteen Months Serving Under Francisco Villa

EMMONS, G.L.; RICHARDS, KENNETH F.; SABINE, LOUIS A.; POUND, REGINALD; RAVENSHOLME, GEOFFERY; MAIN, J.H.; SIMEY, P.A.T.; COLLINSON, CLIFFORD W.; ALBERT, CAP. M.H.; KERRUISH, J. DOUGLAS; SMITH, L. MARSDEN; ASH, CAP. GEORGE; HIGGINS, THOMAS; ROWE, JOHN, G. · 1923 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$495.00 (€449.10 | £374.61 | ¥79,055)

New York: The International New Company, 1923. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Ernest. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Twenty-Four Days Adrift - The appalling experiences that befell the crew of the U.S. steamer Dumaru, destroy…

The Seasons, a Hymn [with] a Poem to the Memory of Sir Isaac Newton [with] Britannia, a Poem

Mr Thomson · 1730 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.65 | $396.41 | ¥63,309)

London, J Millan, 1730. Leather. An early and uncommon collected edition of James Thomson's four poem cycle 'The Seasons' with his poem to the memory of Sir Isaac Newton and his 'Britannia&apos. Being the ESTC citation number N21182. Issued the same year as t…

A Collection of Short Stories, Novels and Poetry and Essay on Comedy

George Meredith · 1909 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Constable, 1909. Leather. A five volume collection of poetry, novels and essays by George Meredith Consisting of Poems Vol II, An Essay on Comedy, The Shaving of the Shagpat, Short Stories and Lord Ormont George Meredith, (1828 – 1909) was an English novelist and poet o…

The Recreations of Christopher North

Christopher North [John Wilson] · 1842 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Son, 1842. First edition. Leather. The complete three volume first edition set of John Wilson's collection of essays, bound in half morocco. The first edition. Bound in half morocco with moire cloth boards. This collection of essays was wr…

Vox Stellarum; or, a Loyal Almanack for the Year of Human Redemption 1827, Being the Third After Bissextile; and the Eighth of the Reign of His Present Majesty: In Which Are Contained All Things Fitting for Such a Work; As a Table of Terms and Their Returns; the Full, Changes, and Quarters of the Moon; the Rising, Southing, and Setting of the Seven Stars, and Other Fixed Stars of Note; the Moon&Apos;S Age; and a Tide Table Fitted to the Same; the Rising and Setting of the Sun; the Rising, Southi

Francis Moore · 1827 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Printed for the Company of the Stationery , 1827. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this popular astrological almanack by Francis Moore for the year 1827. Francis Moore's almanack for 1827, the first edition. An astrological almanack which ran in Great Br…

Golden Leaves from the British Poets; American Poets; Dramatic Poets

John W. S. Hows · 1867 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

New York, F. J. Huntington and Co. 1867. Leather. A collection of three uniformly bound volumes tribute to British, American, and dramatic poets, collected by John W. S. Hows. Three volumes collecting some of the most beautiful and important poems of British, American, and drama…

On Spectrum Analysis As Applied to Microscopical Observation

W. T. Suffolk · 1873 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

London, John Browning, 1873 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this educational microscopy work, featuring illustrations by the author. The first edition. Very scarce. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and …

4 Vols Sketches of the History of Man

Lord Henry Home Kames · 1788 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

Edinburgh; London, A. Strahan and T. Cadell; William Creech, 1788. Leather. Lord Kames"s ambitious history of human progress, considerably enlarged from his final revisions, complete in four volumes. In a contemporary marbled calf binding, rebacked with morocco.  Complete in fo…

The Dictionary of English Furniture

Percy Macquoid · 1925 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, Medici Society , 1925-1927. Cloth. The complete four volumes of Percy Macquoid's lavishly illustrated, leading survey of English furniture. From the library of Sir Hugh Gurney, a British Diplomat, and member of the influential Quaker Gurney banking family. Comprisin…

Biographical Memoirs of the Late Revd Joseph Warton, D.D. Master of St. Mary Winton College; Prebendary of Winchester Cathedral; and Rector of the Parishes of Wickham and Upham, Hants: To Which Are Added, a Selection of His Works; and a Literary Correspondence between Eminent Persons, Reserved by Him for Publication. Volume I

Rev. John Wooll · 1806 · Rooke Books

£169.99 (€203.79 | $224.62 | ¥35,873)

London, Printed by Luke Hansard for T. Candell and W. Davies, 1806. First edition. Leather. The first edition of these biographical memoirs. Volume I of this work where no further volumes were published. A half brown leather hardback with gilt lettering on the spine. This is the…

King Albert&Apos;S Book: A Tribute to the Belgian King and People from Representative Men and Women Throughout the World

G. Ralph Hall Caine; Ridgwell Cullum; et al. · 1914 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, The Daily Telegraph, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A charming copy of this richly illustrated wartime tribute volume, published to honour King Albert and raise support for Belgium at the outbreak of the First World War. In the publisher's original pale cloth binding.Â…