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Smith and Jones

Nicholas Monsarrat · 1963 · Porcupine Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Cassell 1963 First Edition First Printing . Slightly bumped at top and base of spine and page edges bumped, browned and marked around Very Good book in torn worn and creased Dust Jacket with the spine panel orange a little faded . ''He had files on both Smith and Jones... Not a…

the curious incident of the dog in the night-time (Guardian Children's Fiction & Whitbread Prize Winner)

Mark Haddon · 2003 · Porcupine Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

David Fickling 2003 First Edition First Printing (Cream and red Dust Jacket). Slightly bumped at top and base of spine and page edges lightly marked else Fine book in like Dust Jacket. . ''Christopher is 15 and lives in Swindon with his father. He has Asperger's Syndrome, a form…

The Samaritan

Chaz Brenchley · 1988 · Porcupine Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

Hodder & Stoughton 1988 First Edition First Printing . Slightly bumped at top of spine and lower corners bruised, spine lettering tarnished and page edges browned else Fine book in slightly rubbed Dust Jacket, with a tiny piece missing near the base of the front fold . ''... the…

The Eclipse of the Century

Jan Mark · 1999 · Porcupine Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Scholastic 1999 First Edition First Printing . Slightly bumped at top and base of spine, a few page fore-edges a little bumped else Fine book in like Dust Jacket, a little rubbed at the top of the front fold. . ''... a young man has a near death experience and finds himself, as …

Devil To Pay

C. Northcote Parkinson · 1973 · Porcupine Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Murray 1973 First Edition First Printing . Slightly bumped at top of spine and page edges slightly marked - Very Good to Near Fine book in slightly rubbed Dust Jacket with a touch of wear at the upper tip of the front fold . '... almost before he knows it Richard Delancey's na…

The Adept (With Deborah Turner Harris)

Katherine Kurtz · 1992 · Porcupine Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

Severn House 1992 First Edition in the UK & First Hardback First Printing . Slightly bumped at top and bruised at base of spine and a little shelf-wear at the top edge of the rear board else Fine book in like, slightly rubbed and creased, Dust Jacket . ''He is Adam Sinclair: nob…

The Hard Awakening. A courageous personal testament of love that outlines violence and death.

DEHQANI-TAFTI, H. B. · 1981 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Triangle/SPCK, 1981. 1st.ed. "The author writes, it is because he loves his country and people and above all his small church that he has recorded the things which have happened..He escaped assassination - his wife was wounded saving his life.His only son was murdered." …

Jack London. The Man, the Writer, the Rebel.

BARLTROP, ROBERT. · 1976 · Chilton Books

£12.50 (€14.99 | $16.52 | ¥2,638)

London: Pluto Press, 1976. 1st ed. "Robert Barltrop tells more than the story of Jack's dramatic life. He explains how Jack London came to be a radical, how he succeeded as a popular writer, and why he still lives as a story-teller all over the world." Pp. 14/206, 1(ad), 27 b/w …

A State of England

HARTLEY , ANTHONY: · 1963 · Val Waring (formerly Stort Books)

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Hutchinson 1963 First VG/VG protective covered 255pp 9 x 6 480g ¶ The author, one time Deputy and Foreign Editor of the Spectator magazine, surveys England and her prospects at the time of publication. In the book he attempts a diagnosis of the then present condition of England…

Horses Galloping First Edition of the Published Drawing

Lazzari , Pietro (1898-1979) · 1945 · Wittenborn Art Books

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

Washington, DC: The Black Sun Press, 1945. Half-tone reproduction. 31 x 40.5cm. As published in Portfolio One , edited by Caresse Crosby.. Pietro Lazzari (1898-1979) was a sculptor and painter from Washington, D.C. Lazzari studied art in Paris and at the Ornamental School of Rom…

The Baptism - Frederik Hendrik Kaemmerer, 1879

Kaemmerer-- Frederik Hendrik (1839-1902) · 1879 · Inter-Antiquariaat Mefferdt & De Jonge

€350.00 ($385.77 | £291.95 | ¥61,610)

“Un babtême sous le Directoire”, photogravure made by Goupil & Co. after the painting by Frederik Hendrik Kaemmerer, published by M. Knoedler & Co. in 1879, with original hand colouring. Size (paltemark): 69,2 x 46,6 cm. We see a young couple during the Directoire, the period af…

The wedding - Frederik Hendrik Kaemmerer, 1877

Kaemmerer-- Frederik Hendrik (1839-1902) · 1877 · Inter-Antiquariaat Mefferdt & De Jonge

€350.00 ($385.77 | £291.95 | ¥61,610)

“Un noce sous le Directoire”, photogravure made by Goupil & Co. after the painting by Frederik Hendrik Kaemmerer, published by M. Knoedler & Co. in 1877, with original hand colouring. Size (paltemark): 69,2 x 46,6 cm. We see a wedding during the French Directoire, the period aft…

Alone Against the North: An Expedition into the Unknown [SIGNED]

Shoalts, Adam · 2016 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

Toronto Penguin Books pp. 296. Small 8vo. Illustrated covers, black-and-white maps, photographs, illustrations, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+. SIGNED boldly by the author to the title page. The age of exploration is not over. When Adam Sh…

[Letter to an unknown person].Paris, 18 August 1726. 4to.

CAVALLI. · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€500.00 ($551.10 | £417.07 | ¥88,015)

[1] leaf.The writer of the letter, a certain Cavalli was apparently a kind of spy in the service of an unidentified ambassador, reporting on the activities of members of the French Royal court. He indicates he is writing at the request of the ambassador, but we have not identifi…

Origine et progrès de la mission du Kentucky.Paris, Adrien le Clere, 1821. 8vo. With a woodcut vignette on the title-page. Modern marbled boards.

[BADIN, Stephen Theodore]. · 1768 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,750.00 ($1,928.86 | £1,459.75 | ¥308,051)

[2 blank], [1], [1 blank], 32 pp.Rare work on the early mission in Kentucky, by Stephen Theodore Badin (1768-1853). Badin entered the Sulpician Seminary of Orléans, his native city, in 1789. When the seminary was closed by the revolutionary government in 1791, he immigrated to t…

The Voice of Kahlil Gibran: An Anthology

Gibran, Kahlil; Robin Waterfield (editor) · 1995 · Bookbarrow

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Penguin, London, 1995. Reprint, Softcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. 9780140195064 Titles; contents; introduction; biography & abbreviations to front. This is a selection of short extracts from the writings of Kahlil Gibran, the Lebanese poet, philosopher and artist, w…

Yasir Arafat : a political biography.

Rubin, Barry & Judith Colp Rubin. · 2003 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

Oxford : Oxford University Press , c2003. Reprint. Hardcover. Dustjacket. xiv,354 pp. [8] pp. plates. 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. - Yasir Arafat stands as one of the most resilient, r…

Journal D&Apos;Un Voyage a Temboctou Et a Jenne, Dans L&Apos;Afrique Centrale Precede D&Apos;Observations Faites Chez Les Maures Braknas, Les Nalous Et D&Apos;Autres Peuples; Pendant Les Annees 1824, 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828

Rene Caillie · 1830 · Rooke Books

£2,250.00 (€2,697.37 | $2,973.06 | ¥474,817)

Paris, Imprime par Autorisation du Roi a l'Imprimerie Royale, 1830. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of Rene Caillie's influential travel work, documenting his experiences travelling to Timbuktu, and being the first European to leave the city alive. The firs…

An Archive of the Weddings of Mary Elizabeth Brinsley Sheridan and Charles G. Duff, Later Sir Charles Garden Assheton-Smith. [and] Sophie Sheridan and Major William Hall Walker. First Editions

Lady's Pictorial; Gentlewoman; Dorset County Chronicle; John Lothrop Motley (1814 -1877), grandfather-in-law; Lt.-Col. Herbert Alexander St. John-Mildmay (1836- 1922), provenance) · 1894 · Wittenborn Art Books

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

1894 and 1896. 3 articles on 2 ledger sheets, 31 x 42cm..... "Sir Charles Garden Assheton-Smith, 1st Bt, was born on 16 April 1851 at Ryde, Isle of Wight. He was the son of Robert George Duff and Mary Astley. He was baptised on 19 June 1851 at Ryde, Isle of Wight.. The name chan…

Lord Bowen. A Biographical Sketch.

CUNNINGHAM, SIR HENRY STEWART. · 1896 · Chilton Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Printed for Private Circulation, 1896 0. 8vo. 22.5cm x 18.8cm [9" x 7.5"] . pp.4/pp.256 . A very good original quarter leather binding. Maroon morocco spine with gilt titles, over green cloth covered boards ( a little rubbed ). Rough-cut (deckeled) page edges. Light spotting to …