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Handbook of Field and General Ornithology; a Manual of the Structure and Classification of Birds with Instructions for Collecting and Preserving Specimens
Professor Elliott Coues · 1890 · Rooke Books
£47.00 (€56.30 | $62.09 | ¥9,916)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1890 . Cloth. A lovely copy of Elliott Coues' informing general guide to Ornithology. A work by Professor Elliott Coues.A conclusive handbook of ornithology, a manual of the structure and classifications of birds useful for the field and general st…
The Microscope and Its Revelations
William B. Carpenter · 1881 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.87 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, J. & A. Churchill, 1881 . Cloth. The scarce sixth edition of this profusely illustrated guide on the greatness of microscopes by English physician, William B. Carpenter. The very scarce sixth edition. In the publisher's original black cloth binding. Originally p…
Songs in Captivity
R. H. Sauter · 1922 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.71 | $184.94 | ¥29,537)
London, William Heinemann, 1922. First edition. Hardback. Very scarce first-edition of Rudolf Helmut Sauter's poetry, written whilst interned in the First World War. Very scarce first edition.Publisher's original hardback.From German-born artist and poet Rudolf Helmut …
The Roman Wall: A Description of the Mural Barrier of the North of England
J. Collingwood Bruce · 1867 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.61 | $250.99 | ¥40,086)
London, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1867 . Leather. A profusely illustrated third edition copy of this detailed account of the Roman Wall, with folding maps. The third edition.In the publisher's original half brown morocco, with a red gilt to fore edge. A work by Jo…
The Pleasure Paths of Travel
Edward Fox · 1857 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.90 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)
London, T. C. Newby, Publisher, 1857 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this delightful nineteenth-century travel work. First edition. Very scarce. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three further plate…
The Autobiography of Mr. Bradlaugh with His Political Essays
Charles Bradlaugh · 1866 · Rooke Books
£115.00 (€137.76 | $151.92 | ¥24,262)
London, Freethought Publishing Company, c1873. Cloth. The very scarce autobiography of Charles Bradlaugh, with a collection of twelve of his political essays. A very scarce work. In the original orange cloth binding. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece. The autobiography …
The Freethinkers Text-Book
Charles Bradlaugh; Annie Besant; Charles Watts · 1881 · Rooke Books
£340.00 (€407.30 | $449.14 | ¥71,732)
London, Freethought Publishing Company, c1876-1881. Cloth. A three volume set containing parts I, II, and III of this collection of writings on man, religion and freethought. A three volume set. In the publisher's original brown cloth bindings. Including parts I, II, and th…
Biblical Questions, Spiritual Journeys
RABINOVITCH, RABBI MORDECHAI · 2004 · Bookshop Baltimore
$16.00 (€14.51 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)
Shaar Press, 2004. Softcover. ISBN: 1578194229. Clean text, very good binding. 20 chapters. Answers to questions such as Am I My Brother's Keeper; Shall I Conceal From Abraham; Who Is God; Would You Not Help Your Enemy; Why Do the Wicked Prosper, plus more;. VG .
Lawn Tennis Up-to-Date
S. Powell Blackmore; Hon. F. M. B. Fisher · 1921 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.87 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1921. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated guide to lawn tennis from sportswriter S. Powell Blackmore. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-seven plates. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive gu…
Meat: A Natural Symbol
Fiddes, Nick · 1993 · Books & Bygones
£25.00 (€29.95 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)
Book As New Reprint Routledge London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 261 pages. This book is a broad-ranging and provocative study of the human passion for meat. It will intrigue anyone who has ever wondered why meat is important to us; why we eat some animals and not others; why vege…
What Is the Matter with England? Criticism and a Reply
Parker, (Sir) Gilbert · 1915 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
$29.97 (€27.18 | £22.69 | ¥4,786)
London, Darling & Son, Limited, 1915. Softcover. Heather blue stapled wraps with black lettering and 10 pp. Critical questions put forth by American citizens to Sir Gilbert during WWI and his responses to them. The six questions include: Why is there so much drinking in Great Br…
Biggles Sweeps the Desert
Captain W. E. Johns · 1943 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.69 | $198.15 | ¥31,646)
Toronto, The Musson Book Company Ltd. 1943. First edition. Cloth. The first Canadian edition of this thrilling Biggles novel from English writer and pilot Captain W. E. Johns. First Canadian edition. Large format. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and many in-text images. W…
Eleven Terrible Months
R. L. Royle · 2007 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
Dewsbury, Dog Horn Publishing , 2007. First edition. Cloth. A chilling fictional documentation of unexplainable events at the Walkingtons' residence in 1998, the first edition, limited to one hundred copies signed by the author. Complete with three original photographs. The…
Offside -Soccer & American exceptionalism
Markovits, A.S. and Hellerman S.L. · 2001 · Antiquesportsbooks.com
€8.00 ($8.82 | £6.68 | ¥1,409)
Princeton and Oxford, Princeton University Press, 2001. This book is about why is soccer not accepted in the American Sports and Landscape.. ISBN: 9780691074474, 367 pp, 1e druk, Cond.: zeergoed. Text on first page, written to historian Gerrit Valk. This book is about why is soc…
Oxford in focus
Oorthuys, C. · 1981 · Acanthophyllum Books
£24.00 (€28.75 | $31.70 | ¥5,063)
Bruno Cassirer. Reissue of 1st edition with new introduction. V.g.. No Jacket. Tiny area of ?nibbling in lower right cover of text block not affecting cover (why not?).
Just Curious, Jeeves.
Mingo, Jack & Erin Barrett, · 2000 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books
$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)
Emeryville, CA, Ask Jeeves, (2000). 2nd ptg. VG lg sz PB. 1001 most intriguing questions asked on the Internet? Which would kill you first, not sleeping or not eating? Why don't. spiders stick to their webs? What is that "new car smell"? What's the difference between idiots, mor…
Sovietology, Rationality, Nationality: Coming to Grips with Nationalism in the USSR.
MOTYL, Alexander J. · 1990 · The Book Firm
A$50.00 (€30.73 | $33.89 | £25.65 | ¥5,412)
Columbia University Press, 1990. Hardcover. Condition vg in dj. Examines the "myth of Russian nationalism" and mass movements in the Baltic republics, Armenia and Azerbaidzhan, addressing the questions: Why did popular movements emerge? Why did they emerge in these republics, an…
Industrial Disputes. Essays in the Sociology of Industrial Relations.
ELDRIDGE, J.E.T. · 1968 · The Book Firm
A$19.00 (€11.68 | $12.88 | £9.75 | ¥2,057)
Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1968. 1st UK edition. Hardcover. Ex-library, with neat internal markings only, o/wise good in dj. Examines why industrial disputes occur, why some are contained within procedural arrangements & others are not, why conflict manifests itself in different wa…
Two Prize Essays on Agriculture and the Corn Law, Showing the Injurious Effects of the Corn Law Upon Tenant Farmers and Farm Labourers
W. R. Greg; Arthur Morse · 1842 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.70 | $64.73 | ¥10,338)
Manchester, James Hodson; Haycraft, 1842. First edition. Unbound. Two scarce essays arguing against the Corn Laws, arguing that this legislation causes problems for tenant farmers and farm labourers. Two scarce essays, unbound but intact. In 1842, the Anti-Corn Law League offere…
The Abominable Airlines
GEORGE JOHNSON · 1964 · Mike Long Books
$44.75 (€40.58 | £33.88 | ¥7,147)
Macmillian Publishing. 1964. Hard Cover. Hardcover/pub.1964/Fair condition/302 pages - Why is pilot error given as the cause of so many air disasters? Why is stewardess training devoted 95% to charm, not safety? Are these some questions you need answers to? [KT312574]. Good.