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From Creel to Kitchen

Heathm A · 1939 · Phoenix Books (Joanne's Used Books)

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Adam & Charles, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. From Creel to Kitchen by Heath, A. Adam & Charles, 1939, lst. Hardback in good condition with poor dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, pages slightly tanned due to paper used and age. Dust jacket is a wreck. While…

The Children&Apos;S Golden Treasure Book for 1938

Robert Bridges; Humbert Wolfe; Mme. D'Aulnoy; W. B Yeats et al · 1938 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Odhams Press, 1938 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the 1938 volume of 'The Children's Golden Treasure Book', with contributions from Yeats, Madame D'Aulnoy, and others. The first edition of the uncommon 'The Golden Treasure Book for …

Om slanger i almindelighed og om de forgivtige Slanger, bibelen berører, tilligemed nogle antiqvariske tilloeg.

Kofod, B. P. · 1799 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€850.00 ($936.88 | £709.02 | ¥149,625)

Kjøbenhavn, Boas & Brünnich, 1799. 8vo (17.3 x 10.5 cm). Title page, [vi], 294, [ii] pp.; one large, folded, engraved plate. Contemporary full tree calf. Spine with gilt bands and vignettes, and red morocco label with gilt title. Boards with gilt dentelles; marbled endpapers. Al…

The Wren: A Biography

Moss, S. · 2018 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£17.00 (€20.38 | $22.46 | ¥3,588)

Square Peg 188, col illus, b&w photos. 206x142mm. HB. NEW. . From the bestselling author of The Robin: A Biography. The wren is a paradox of a bird. On the one hand wrens are ubiquitous. They are Britain's most common bird, with 8.5 million breeding pairs and have by far the lou…

Considérations sur quelques faits applicables à la théorie du globe, observés par M. Péron dans son voyage aux Terres Australes, et sur quelques questions géologiques qui naissent de la connoissance de ces faits.

Lamarck, J. B. P. A. de Monet de · 1805 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€1,800.00 ($1,983.97 | £1,501.46 | ¥316,853)

Paris, Levrault Schoell, et Cie., An XIII - 1805. 4to (27.5 x 21.3 cm). 27 pp. [numbered 26-52]. Original printed wrappers. = This work by the eminent French naturalist Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck (1744-1829) is very important for two reasons. First, it is the first work to contain…

Dundarg Castle: a history of the site and a record of the excavations in 1950 and 1951

SIMPSON, W. Douglas · 1954 · Cotswold Internet Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

University of Aberdeen/Oliver & Boyd, 1954. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket First Edition. 1st edition, 1954; B&W & line illustrations ; folding plans. End papers lightly browned; page fore-edge foxed. Dust jacket not price-clipped, & protected in removable clear…

Japan and Its Art

Huish, Marcus B. · 1896 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$30.40 (€27.58 | £23.01 | ¥4,855)

London, England / London, England / Shanghai, Hong, B.T. Batsford / The Fine Art Society / Kelly & Walsh , . Third Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Publication date not stated, but a stated Third Edition, revised and enlarged. Laid in is a pencil-written note, heavil…

Biggles sets a trap (no.63)

JOHNS, W.E. · 1962 · Cotswold Internet Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Hodder & Stoughton, 1962. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in good dust jacket First Edition. 1962 1st edition with B&W illustrations by Stead; tightly bound in red cloth with black lettering to spine; pale mark to front cover close to spine with another on spine itself. Dust jacke…

The EGOIST. A Comedy in Narrative

Meredith, George [1828 - 1909] · 1879 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$544.50 (€494.01 | £412.08 | ¥86,960)

London: C. Kegan Paul & Co, 1879. 1st trade edition (NCBEL III, 890; Sadleir 1692). Not in Wolff. Original publisher's olive-green morocco cloth with gilt stamped spine & decorative band stamped in black. Each volume now protected by a custom-cut clear mylar wrapper. 3 volumes. …

A new Anthology of Rhodesian Verse

chosen by John Snelling, foreword by Sir Herbert Stanley · 1950 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

B H Blackwell, Oxford, 1950. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Unclipped dust-jacket is darkened and marked, clean yellow covers with brown spine-label. sound binding, end-papers are a little darkened, clean pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1…

What's In a Name. A Look at the Origins of Plant and Animal Names. (Illustrated by Andrew Martin).

OWEN, DENIS. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥739)

London: BBC. 1985. "The study of names - including scientific ones - is not a science, but a subject where disagreement flourishes. The author's first radio broadcasts generated a great deal of correspondence from listeners who offered their own local names, disputed the author'…

"Times to Remember... " - Michel - Natal - 1899-1980 [British Columbia Local History]

GAAL, ARLENE B. · 1980 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$495.00 (€449.10 | £374.61 | ¥79,055)

British Columbia: Self-Published, 1980. Collector's Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 4172543707. Presents the local history of the twin British Columbia towns of Michel-Natal. "I lived through the purchase of Michel Colleries in the East Kootenay by Edgar Kaiser (1968-72) with both fed…

The Early Coins of the Chou Dynasty

Coole Arthur B · 1973 · Phoenix Books (Joanne's Used Books)

$300.00 (€272.18 | £227.04 | ¥47,912)

Quarterrrman, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 0880000104. The Early Coins of the Chou Dynasty by Coole, Arthur B. Quarterrman Pub. 1973, lst. ISBN: 0880000104 Hardback in good condition, NO dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, speckling on top of casing not su…

THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR

PARKER Geoffrey A. · 1985 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1985. 0710097883 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. xliii + 340, illus with b&w pictorial endpapers, b&w plates and maps (no inscriptions).

A HISTORY OF GREEK FIRE AND GUNPOWDER

PARTINGTON J.R. · 1960 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons, 1960 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (VG), dustwrapper (lightly rubbed and worn - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xvi + 381, with b&w illus (small tear with sellotape repair at top edge of pp. 63/64; split at gutter o…

A Book of Ireland with 52 Photographs

Frank O'Connor, Editor · 1962 · Judith Patton

CA$14.95 (€9.51 | $10.48 | £7.93 | ¥1,673)

Collins Second Printing. pp.384 with index b/w plates p.321spine gutter cracked but pages still attached red cloth covers silver gilt on spine d/j chipping to top spine else slight edge and corner wear with some faded water marks to lower back which has not gone onto red cover d…

LES DOUZE PETITS PROPHÈTES traduits et commentés

HOONACKER,A. v. · 1908 · Moby Dick

€25.00 ($27.56 | £20.85 | ¥4,401)

Paris 1908, 760 pp., not ill.,m new half-leather binding(back sl. dam) (code B-42)

LES GLOIRES DE LA FRANCE: VIE DE BUFFON

CHESNEL,A. de · 1843 · Moby Dick

€75.00 ($82.67 | £62.56 | ¥13,202)

Paris 1843, 426 pp., 1 engraving on title-page, not as new but good (code B-296)

Days from a Different World: A Memoir of Childhood [Illustrated]

Simpson, John · 2005 · Alpha 2 Omega Books

£17.70 (€21.22 | $23.39 | ¥3,735)

MacMillan. First edition-first printing. Book. Near fine condition.Macmillan,2005.First edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2).White hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small nicks on the cover) with Dj(small nick and crease on the edges of the Dj cover),both in near fine co…

A Memoir of Thomas Bewick. (First Published in 1862, This Is a Facsimile Edition. )

Thomas Bewick · 1974 · Wittenborn Art Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Newcastle upon Tyne: Frank Graham, 1974. 8vo. 344 pp. Very Good+. Hard Cover. Blue cloth covered boards. Dust Jacket Very Good+. DJ unclipped. B&W illustrations throughout. Embellished by numerous wood engravings, designed and engraved by the author for a work on British fishes,…