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Education Reform; or, the Necessity of a National System of Education.

WYSE (Thomas) · 1836 · Forest Books

£510.63 (€612.16 | $674.73 | ¥107,758)

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1836. First edition, vol. 1 [all published], 8vo (220 x 135 mm), xi, [1], 553, [1] + 16pp., of publishers adverts, with half-title, orig. publishers brown blind-stamped cloth, unopened, uncut, a fine copy. An important work…

Catalogue of an Extensive and Valuable Collection of the Best Works on Natural History, Arranged in Classes According to the Linnean System. With an Enumeration of the Pages and Plates Each Volume Contains. Now selling, at the Prices affixed to each, by William Wood.

WOOD (William) · 1832 · Forest Books

£349.38 (€418.85 | $461.66 | ¥73,730)

London: Printed by Richard Taylor, 1832 [4], 208pp., coloured engraved frontispiece, 2 further coloured engraved plates, orig. cloth, head of spine a little torn, printed title label. William Wood, zoologist and surgeon, was born in Kendal in 1774, and educated for the medical…

Catalogue of an Extensive and Valuable Collection of the Best Works on Natural History, Arranged in Classes According to the Linnean System. With an Enumeration of the Pages and Plates Each Volume Contains. Now selling, at the Prices affixed to each, by William Wood.

WOOD (William) · 1824 · Forest Books

£317.13 (€380.19 | $419.04 | ¥66,924)

London: Printed by Richard Taylor, 1824. First edition, [4], 7, [1], 136, [4]pp., coloured engraved frontispiece, some light spotting, recent publishers style boards, printed title label to spine. William Wood, zoologist and surgeon, was born in Kendal in 1774, and educated fo…

An account of the inquisition at Goa, in India; translated from the French. With an appendix; containing an account of the escape of Archibald Bower, from the inquisition of Italy.Boston, Samuel T. Armstrong, 1815. 12mo. Later half gilt calf.

DELLON, Charles & Archibald BOWER. · 1649 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,850.00 ($2,039.08 | £1,543.17 | ¥325,654)

214, (2) pp.Two rare accounts of victims of the Inquisition, printed in Boston! The work starts with the story of Charles Dellon (1649- ca. 1709), a member of the protestant church, who left France for the Indies in 1668. He worked as a physician in Daman, where he was arrested …

Dangerous Deceits (Signet Regency Romance)

HAZARD, BARBARA · 1995 · Kalamos Books

$7.00 (€6.35 | £5.30 | ¥1,118)

New York, Berkley. 1995, 1st UK Edition. (ISBN: 0451182022) Soft cover. Book, The fist thing that Diana heard about the Duke of Clare was that he was a womanizer.Which is why she tried not to be attracted to him, even though he declared that his intentions were honorable.But whe…

A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand, in 1827; Together with A Journal of a Residence in Tristan D'Acunha, an island situated between South America and the Cape of Good Hope.

EARLE, AUGUSTUS · 1832 · Tinakori Books

$590.00 (€535.29 | £446.51 | ¥94,227)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. 1832, First Edition. Half-Leather, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Earle, Augustus. Book, x, 371 pages, frontispiece, 6 other plates (all present). Book is rebound in half leather cloth boards and marbled endpapers. This bin…

[A large-sized album with twelve exquisite paintings on silk related to the twelve months]. Japan, no date but ca 1900.

HÔZAN, UEJIMA: · 1875 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€4,200.00 ($4,629.27 | £3,503.41 | ¥739,323)

Large folio. Size: 42.5 x 32 cm. Comprises twelve paintings on silk pasted on gilt speckled strong paper. Orihon bound. Each painting signed by Hôzan with artist's seal. Original silk padded boards, decorated in gilt, paper label (without title) on upper cover, gilt edges. A v…

Jacob Bruces Resa genom Abyssinien. I Sammandrag med AnmÃñrkningar af Samuel Ödmann. Parts 1-2 (complete).

Bruce, J. (translated by S. Ödmann) · 1795 · Hermann L. Strack, Antiquarian Book Dealer

€198.00 ($218.24 | £165.16 | ¥34,854)

1795 [28], 388, [20], 389-780, [10] p., contemporary hcalf (worn). First blank end-paper missing. Ex libris Reinhold Charpentier. Title-page with some marginal soiling and with worn edges. First (and only?) abridged Swedish translation. "Bruce arrived in Alexandria in 1768 havi…

The Plastic Age of the Gospel

ZENOS, ANDREW C. · 1927 · S. Howlett-West Books

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

New York, NY: MacMillan Company, 1927. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book has some bumping, rubbing and wear to the spine ends, corners and edges. There is a small tear to the top spine end. The te…

The Rockets Red Glare; a Scenario on Survival

ROMAN, ROBERT · 1970 · S. Howlett-West Books

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

San Jose, CA: Academy Press, 1970. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author on the first free page. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a plastic dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. T…

There Will Be No Miracles Here

Casey Gerald · 2019 · Book Haven

NZ$15.50 (€7.77 | $8.56 | £6.48 | ¥1,367)

Profile Books Limited 2019 Hardback, 400pp. ""Casey Gerald comes to our fractured times as a uniquely visionary witness whose life has spanned seemingly unbridgeable divides. His story begins at the end of the world: Dallas, New Year's Eve 1999, when he gathers with the congrega…

Tales of the Werewolf Clan (Volume Two : The Master Goes Home)

MUNN, H. WARNER · 1979 · S. Howlett-West Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc, 1979. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Jeff K. Potter. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The te…

The Amateur Magician's Handbook

HAY, HENRY · 1983 · S. Howlett-West Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

New York: Signet, 1983. 4th Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0451122569. Mass Market PB. B&W Illustrations; This is a mass market paperback book. This book is in Very Good+c ondition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. …

364 Days Of Tedium Or What Santa Gets Up To On His Days Off

Dave Cornmell · 2011 · Book Haven

NZ$10.50 (€5.26 | $5.80 | £4.39 | ¥926)

HarperCollins Publishers Limited 2011 Paperback, 192pp. Ever wondered what Santa gets up to the rest of the year? You'll wish you hadn't! For 364 days of the year Santa has bugger all to do. The elves do all the manual labour and these days he orders all the presents online. All…

Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close

Jonathan Safran Foer · 0 · Book Haven

NZ$16.50 (€8.27 | $9.11 | £6.90 | ¥1,456)

Hamish Hamilton Trade Paperback, 326pp. ""An inspired innocent, Oskar is alternately endearing, exasperating, and hilarious as he careens from Central Park to Coney Island to Harlem on his search. Along the way he is always dreaming up inventions to keep those he loves safe from…

Lion

Saroo Brierley · 2016 · Book Haven

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,837)

Penguin Books 2016 Paperback 261 This is the miraculous and triumphant story of Saroo Brierley, a young man who used Google Earth to rediscover his childhood life and home in an incredible journey from India to Australia and back again... At only five years old, Saroo Brier…

His Illegal Self

Peter Carey · 2008 · Book Haven

NZ$13.50 (€6.77 | $7.46 | £5.64 | ¥1,191)

Alfred A. Knopf 2008 Hardback, 292pp. 'When the boy was almost eight, a woman stepped out of the elevator into the apartment on East Sixty-second Street and he recognised her straightaway. No one had told him to expect it. That was pretty typical of growing up with Grandma Selki…

Reach

Hugh Brown · Book Haven

$10.50 (€9.53 | £7.95 | ¥1,677)

HarperCollins Paperback 258 Raised by octogenarian grandparents after his narcissistic mother left to join a retreat centre, Will Clark is an uncomfortable mix of teenage shyness and adult candour. Fiercely loyal to his mother, he resents his father, whom he blames for her leav…

His Illegal Self

Peter Carey · 2008 · Book Haven

NZ$17.50 (€8.77 | $9.67 | £7.32 | ¥1,544)

Alfred A. Knopf 2008 Hardback, 292pp. 'When the boy was almost eight, a woman stepped out of the elevator into the apartment on East Sixty-second Street and he recognised her straightaway. No one had told him to expect it. That was pretty typical of growing up with Grandma Selki…

The Legend of Joaquin Murrieta, California\'s Gold Rush Bandit

VARLEY, JAMES F. · 1995 · S. Howlett-West Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Twin Falls, ID: Big Lost River Press, 1995. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0964774704. Trade PB. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized paperback book. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers are clean and bright. T…