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Green Mansions; a Romance of the Tropical Forest

W.H. Hudson · 1931 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Duckworth, 1931 . Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated copy of this exotic romance novel William Henry Hudson, his most popular work. The second reprint of the illustrated edition of the work, first published with illustrations in 1926, and first published in 1904.The novel …

A Panegyrike with a Defence of Ryme

Samuel Daniel · 1969 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Menston, The Scolar Press Limited, 1969. Cloth. An uncommon facsimile reprint of this collection of poetry and prose by the influential writer Samuel Daniel. An uncommon facsimile reprint in the publisher's original cloth binding with pictorial gilt to the front board, with…

BLUE BOOK Magazine: June 1937 ("One Against a Wilderness", Kioga series)

Blue Book (H. Bedford-Jones; Beatrice Grimshaw; William L. Chester; Owen Francis; Capt. L. B. Williams; Gordon Keyne; Bigelow Neal; Charles B. Parmer; Henry Rowland; Robert Mill; Capt. George Grant; Sgt. Ira Aten; Gen. Smedley Butler; Bob Dorman) · 1937 · Books from the Crypt

$22.50 (€20.41 | £17.03 | ¥3,593)

Very Good- McCall Co. NY Vol. 65, No. 2. Edited by Donald Kennicott. Cover art by Herbert Morton Stoops for "Warriors in Exile" by H. Bedford-Jones. Includes "Adam and Eve Island" by Beatrice Grimshaw; "One Against a Wilderness" (Kioga series) by William Chester; "Good Steel Doe…

IF PICTURES COULD TALK. Stories about California Paintings in Our Collection

[California Art]. Coran, James L. and Nelson-Rees, Walter A. · 1989 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$165.00 (€149.70 | £124.87 | ¥26,352)

Oakland, CA: WIM, 1989. 1st Edition. SIGNED by both authors. Mauve cloth with gilt rules and color illustration pasted to front board, cream stamped lettering. [8], 382, [2] pp. 168 full color plates. 14-1/4" x 11-3/8" A catalogue of the stunning collection of California paintin…

Fantastic Adventures: November, Nov. 1948

FANTASTIC ADVENTURES (BERKELEY LIVINGSTON; CHESTER S. GEIER; CHARLES F. MYERS; GERALD VANCE; WILLIAM P. MCGIVERN; LESTER BARCLAY) · 1948 · Books from the crypt

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.81 | ¥4,392)

NY, Ziff Davis. 1948. SingleIssueMagazine. Book, Vol. 10, No. 11. Pulp magazine. Edited by Raymond A. Palmer. Cover art by Arnold Kohn for "Dimensions Unlimited" (novel) by Berkeley Livingston. Includes "Death's Head" by Chester S. Geier; "The Spirit of Toffee" (novelette) by Ch…

Fantastic Adventures: August, Aug. 1950

FANTASTIC ADVENTURES (ROBERT BLOCH; CHESTER S. GEIER; PETER PHILLIPS; ROBERT MOORE WILLIAMS; FRANCES M. DEEGAN; WILLIAM BRENGLE) · 1950 · Books from the crypt

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

NY, Ziff Davis. 1950. SingleIssueMagazine. Book, Vol. 12, No. 8. Pulp magazine. Edited by Howard Browne. Cover art by H. W. McCauley for "The Devil With You!" (short novel) by Robert Bloch. Includes "Window to the Past" (novelette) by Chester S. Geier; "Well I'll Be Hexed!" (nov…

142 Strand. A Radical Address in Victorian London.

ROSEMARY ASHTON. · 2006 · Clearwater Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Chatto & Windus, London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). 8vo. xiv, 386pp. Black cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Illustrated with thirty photographs and reproductions over sixteen plates. The fore edge lightly spotted. A very good copy in just fractionally rubbe…

On Land and Sea

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Hildesheimer & Faulkner, c1890. Paperback. A scarce collection of poetry by various renowned writers, marvellously illustrated in colour by Ernest Wilson. Containing verses by the likes of Mrs. Hemans, William Wordsworth, Lord Byron, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Bret H…

Handmade : L'ineguagliabile classe del "Fatto a mano" ///The incomparable class of "Handmade" /// La classe incomparable de "Handmade".

Gerben Bijpost ; Laura Rapelli ; Paola Morelli; / traduzioni : Stefania Dugoni . · 2009 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€49.00 ($54.01 | £40.87 | ¥8,625)

Antwerp, Tectum, 2009 Hardcover with orig. slipcase, 220pages ; ENG / ITA / FR edition.,300 x 155 x 25 mm, illustrations / photos in colour / b/w. , oblong, ISBN 9788879067713. Content: Shibata - Scabal - Glashutte Original - Devaux - Dottling - Henk -I ittala - Steinway - Porte…

15 Bände (in 16 Bänden) der Deutschen Hausbücherei

Dünndruckausgaben · 1960 · Celler Versandantiquariat

€70.00 ($77.15 | £58.39 | ¥12,322)

Deutsche Hausbücherei - sehr gute illustrierte Ausstattungen in Dünndruck/Enthalten: Charles de Coster: Ulenspiegel/William M. Thackeray: Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeit: Ein Roman ohne Helden/Choderlos de Laclos: Gefährliche Liebschaften/Henry Fielding: Tom Jones. Die Geschichte eine…

Boris Karloff

[20th Century Photographer] · 1930 · Wittenborn Art Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

London: Universal, [Ca. 1930s]. Original B&W photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good+. Printed on verso: "Picturegoer" Series, 85, Long Acre, London; No. P707. Made in Great Britain. Scarce. William Henry Pratt (23 November 1887 - 2 February 1969), better kn…

Evergreen Review Reader: 1957-1966. [First North Star Line Edition]

Rossett, Barney (ed.) · 1993 · Wittenborn Art Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

New York, NY: North Star Line / Blue Moon Books, Inc. 1993. 4to. 351 pp. Soft, glossy red and black and white photographic wraps with white text. Very good. Black and white plates. Includes writings by Frank O'Hara, Carlos Fuentes, Denise Levertov, Octavio Paz, Henry Miller, Rob…

Swanage (Isle of Purbeck): Its History, Resources as an Invigorating Health Resort, Botany, and Geology

Braye, John (Ed.) · 1890 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

William Henry Everett & Son London [vii], 119, frontis, 12 b/w plates, 2 folding col maps, 8 b/w text illlus. . HB. 8vo, orig. printed paper-covered boards, worn, spine darkend and scuffed, endpapers browned. Large folding map present but loose. Good.. First edition. Also includ…

Outlines of Palaeontology

Swinnerton, H.H. · 1950 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Edward Arnold London xii, 393, 368 text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, minor wear. Vg. Small stamp of William James Kennedy (1943- ), Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford to endpaper.. Third edition reprint. Henry Hurd Swinnerton (1875-1966) was a British zoologist…

On the Classification and Geographical Distribution of the Mammalia, being the Lecture on Sir Robert Reade’s Foundation, delivered before the University of Cambridge, in the Senate-House May 10, 1859. To which is added an Appendix “On the Gorilla” and “On the Extinction and Transmutation of Species.”

OWEN (Richard) · 1859 · Forest Books

£241.88 (€289.97 | $319.61 | ¥51,044)

London: John W. Parker and Son, 1859. First edition, 8vo, [4], 103, [1] + 4pp., of publishers adverts, original publishers brick red cloth, spine a little worn and chipped, title stamped in gilt on upper cover. Provenance: Engraved armorial bookplate of William Henry Poor.

A Sermon preached to the Gentlemen of Yorkshire, at Bow-Church in London, the 24th of June, 1684. Being the Day of their Yearly Feast.

CARTWRIGHT (Thomas) · 1684 · Forest Books

£53.75 (€64.44 | $71.02 | ¥11,343)

London, Printed for Tho. Flesher, 1684. First Edition, 4to, [4], 38pp., disbound. Dedicated to “all my very much Honoured Friends, the respective Natives of the County of York;.... Sir Robert Legard, Sir Thomas Yarburgh, Abstrupas Danby, Richard Thornton, Lionel Richardson, Ch…

Annales Velleiani, Quintilianei, Statiani. Seu Vitae P. Velleii Paterculi, M. Fabii Quintiliani, P. Papinii Statii, (obiterque Juvenalis), pro temporum ordine, dispositae.

DODWELL, H. · 1698 · Antiquariaat Brinkman, sinds 1954

€140.00 ($154.31 | £116.78 | ¥24,644)

Oxford, e Theatro Sheldoniano, 1698. 8vo in-4. (18,8x11,7cm). [xii],306,[42] pp. Laced vellum with morocco title-piece (vellum soiled; ex libris pasted on paste-down; some pages sl.creased) ¶ Henry Dodwell (1641-1711) was fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, and Camden professor o…

New names introduced by H. A. Pilsbry in the Mollusca and Crustacea.

Clench, W. & R. Turner [H.A. Pilsbry] · 1962 · Hermann L. Strack, Antiquarian Book Dealer

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,873)

1962 [8], 218 p. paperbound. Edited by William Clench and Ruth Turner, it contains the large catalogue, with almost 5700 taxa, mostly molluscs, also cirripeds, of species and genera described Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1862-1957), with references, dates of authorship, etc. Pilsbry …

Contributions to Indian malacology, No. II.

Blanford W. T. and H. F. Blanford · 1861 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€75.00 ($82.67 | £62.56 | ¥13,202)

Calcutta [Kolkata], The Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1861. 8vo (22.5 x 14.5 cm). 20 pp.; two lithographed plates. Original printed wrappers. = Part of a rarely-seen series on Recent non-marine molluscs written by the British malacologist William Thomas Blanford (1832-1905). This i…

The Rinehart Sculpture School 75th Anniversary Catalogue, 1896-1971

Daniels Jr., Edwin A. et al. · 1971 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Baltimore, MD, Rinehart Sculpture School, 1971. Softcover. White stapled wraps. 62 pp. Numerous bw plates. Includes essays on William Henry Rinehart and the history of the Rinehart Sculpture School, a handbook of prominent public monuments and sculpture in Baltimore with a map s…