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The gilded man An H. M. story.

Dickson, Carter · 1942 · Aucott & Thomas

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

William Heinemann Ltd, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex private library, tightly bound hardback book, stamps on endpapers/foldovers plus 8½ in green on front endpaper, in an unclipped dustjacket which is tanned at the spine and chipped at the top edge. 192 pages. Fair in Good …

The Historian&Apos;S History of the World Vol X

Various; Henry Smith Williams [ed.] · 1907 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London , The Times , 1907. Vellum. A comprehensive volume from Henry Smith William's collaborative world history series, bound in full vellum. In full vellum binding with gilt detailing. This volume from 'The Historians' History of the World' (published in 2…

The Churches of the Middle Ages: Being Select Specimens of Early and Middle Pointed Structures with a Few of the Purest Late Pointed Examples

Henry Bowman; J. S. Crowther · 1849 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

London, George Bell, 1849. Leather. A highly illustrated work detailing the churches of the Middle Ages, two volumes in one text. Dated from the University of Bristol Libraries. Highly illustrated throughout with 60 plates in volume one and 62 plates in volume two. Specimens of …

Annals of Horsemanship

BUNBURY, Henry; GAMBADO, Geoffrey · 1791 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$1,250.00 (€1,134.09 | £945.99 | ¥199,633)

London: W. Dickinson, 1791. The Classic Lampoon Of Idiots On Horseback [BUNBURY, Henry]. Gambado, Geofrey (pseud.). Annals of Horsemanship: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments and Experimental Accidents, Both Successful and Unsuccessful: Communicated by Various Corresp…

The Complete Works of Shakespeare, Carefully Collated and Compared with the Editions of Halliwell, Knight, Collier, and Others, with Historical and Critical Introductions and Notes to Each Play, and a Life of the Great Dramatist, by Charles Knight: Historical Plays; (the Complete Works of Shakespeare from the Original Text)

Shakespeare, William (and) Knight, Charles · 1878 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

Philadelphia, Henry J. Johnson, 1878. Hardcover. Leather with gilt embossing and raised bands on spine. Gilt page edges. 909 pages; illustrated in black-and-white. Historical plays only in this edition. VG: Wear to the edges and corners.

The Information of Thomas Dangerfield, Gent. Delivered at the Bar of the House of Commons, Tuesday the Twentieth Day of October, in the Year of Our Lord 1680.

Thomas Dangerfield; William Williams · 1680 · Rooke Books

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

London, John Bill, Thomas Newcomb, Henry Hills, 1680 . Unbound. A scarce publication of the information English conspirator Thomas Dangerfield gave in support of the existence of the fictitious Popish Plot. ESTC Citation No. R6224. Wing D187.With the register [A]2, B-D2. Collate…

Days in the Yellow Leaf [Tom Wolfe's copy]

HOFFMAN, William (1925-2009) · 1958 · Fine Editions Ltd

$199.00 (€180.55 | £150.60 | ¥31,782)

New York Doubleday First Printing First Edition (so stated) of the author's second novel. 8vo: 354pp. Publisher's mustard-yellow linen, spine lettered in black, fore-edge untrimmed, illustrated dust jacket priced $3.95. Fine, apparently unread copy, in an about Fine jacket, head…

June, 1836. At the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Begun and Holden by Adjournment at Newport, Within and for Said State, on the Third Monday in June, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Six, and of Independence the Sixtieth

Rhode Island. General Assembly. [Bowen, Henry] · 1836 · Kaaterskill Books

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

[Providence], [Printed by William Simons, Jr.], 1836. Stitched self wrappers. 112 pp. 8vo. Signed in ink by Henry Bowen as "Sec'ry," on the rear under "True copy-witness." Henry Bowen (1785-1867?), son of Jabez Bowen Jr, was R.I. Secretary of State from 1819 to 1849. William Sim…

Collection of Sotheby&Apos;S Catalogues

Sotheby and Co · 1922 · Rooke Books

£128.00 (€153.45 | $169.13 | ¥27,012)

London, Sotheby and Co, 1922-1927. Paperback. A six volume set of illustrated Sotheby's auction catalogues. All related to the auction of the library of S R Christie-Miller Titles are: Catalogue of A Further Selection of Extremely Rare and Valuable Works in Early English Po…

A View of the Relative Situations of Mr. Pitt and Mr. Addington, Previous to, and on the Night of, Mr. Patten&Apos;S Motion

A Member of Parliament [Robert Plumer Ward] · 1804 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, John Stockdale, 1804. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce pamphlet by Robert Plumer Ward, in support of William Pitt the Younger against the Addington Ministry. The first edition of this work bound in paper wraps, though lacking the front of the wrap. This political …

Collection of Sotheby&Apos;S Catalogues

Sotheby and Co · 1923 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Sotheby and Co, 1923-1927. Paperback. A seven volume set of Sotheby's auction catalogues. All related to the auction of the library of S R Christie-Miller Titles are: Catalogue of A Further Selection of Extremely Rare and Valuable Works in Early English Poetry and O…

The Cambridge Apostles

Brookfield, Frances M. · 1906 · Brookline Village Books

$52.00 (€47.18 | £39.35 | ¥8,305)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906. Hardcover. xi, 370 p. 1 l. 12 port. (incl. front.) 23 cm. Very good condition, corners & spine ends lightly worn The "Apostles".--William Henry Brookfield.--The friend of the "Apostles" [Brookfield]--Joseph William Blakesley.--Charles Bul…

Attested copy of Release of 7 Messuages in Sudbury.

18TH CENTURY LEGAL DOCUMENT - HENRY & THOMAS ROGERSON, TO THOMAS GREIVE (TENANTS: HASKELL; WILLIAM ARCHER; CHRISTOPHER BOURNEY; JOHN BERRY; GOODWIN; SHERMAN) . · 1764 · Chilton Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

24th August, 1764 . 0. 1764 - Attested copy of Release of 7 houses in the County of Suffolk. By Henry & Thomas Rogerson both of Swithins Lane, London, to Thomas Greive, Swithins Lane, London, Gentleman. “Six freehold messuages in Cornard End Street, Sudbury. Tenants: ? Haskell; …

21 Meilen vom Südpol. Die Geschichte der britischen Südpol-Expedition 1907/09. Mit einer Beschreibung der Reise zum magnetischen Südpol von T. W. Edgeworth David. Übers. und bearb. von Frederick Becker. Zusammen 2 Bde.

Shackleton, E. H. [Ernest Henry]. · 1909 · Antiquariat Reinhold Pabel

€125.00 ($137.78 | £104.27 | ¥22,004)

Berlin, Wilhelm Süsserott, [ 1909]. X S., 1 Bl., 508 S.; 3 Bll., 321 S. Mit zahlr. tls. ganzseit. Abb. (davon 1 farb. Frontispiz in Bd. 2) u. 1 mehrf. gefalt. Panorama als Beilage. Gr.-8vo. 24,5 cm. OLn. mit VDeckel- u. Rücken-Illustr. [The heart of the Antarctic, dt.]. - Ohne…

The History of the Caliph Vathek; and European Travels

William Beckford; G.T. Bettany · 1891 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Henry Frowde, 1891. Fine Binding. A beautifully bound copy of William Beckford's famous gothic novel, Vathek. A beautifully bound copy of William Beckford's famous gothic novel, Vathek. Part of the Minerva Library of Famous Books series, with a biographical int…

The Naval and Military Library of Entertainment

William Maginn; et al. · 1834 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Henry Colburn, 1834 . First edition. Cloth. A collection of six first editions from The Naval and Military Library of Entertainment, a scarce work compiled by Irish author William Maginn. First editions, in a uniform cloth binding. Six volumes of the series of works from…

The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century

W. M. Thackeray · 1858 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.70 | $343.55 | ¥54,868)

London, Bradbury & Evans , 1858-9 . First edition. Leather. The first edition, first impression of Thackeray's classic historical fiction novel set during the American War of Independence, illustrated throughout by the author. The first edition, first impression of this wor…

All Our Yesterdays

H. M. Tomlinson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A signed, limited edition, first edition, of H. M. Tomlinson's celebrated anti-war novel. No. 577 of 1025 limited edition copies, signed by the author to the limitation page. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiec…

The Traveller's Oracle; or, Maxims for Locomotion: Containing Precepts for Promoting the Pleasures and Hints for Preserving the Health of Travellers. [ Complete in 2 Volumes ]

William Kitchiner and John Jervis · 1827 · George Jeffery Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

Henry Colburn Complete in 2 volumes. Books measure 16x11.cm. viii,264pp, viii, 336pp, 17 engraved plates of music. Bound in full period calf gilt lines, blind stamped dentells, raised bands, ornate gilt tooling. Calf lightly rubbed, minor abrasion wear. Both bindings in very goo…

6 Vols Shakspere&Apos;S Works

William Shakespeare; Nicolaus Delius · 1886 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co , 1886. Cloth. A smart and scarce six-volume Avon Edition of Shakespeare"s complete plays, sonnets, and poems, finely printed at the Chiswick Press in 1886 using Delius"s respected text. In the publisher's original blue cloth bindings.A smart…