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Shadow of Eros a Biographical and Critical Study of the Life and Work of Sir Alfred Gilbert

Adrian Bury · 1952 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, The Dropmore Press, 1952. First edition. Leather. The first edition compelling biographical critical study of sculptor Sir Alfred Gilbert, a limited edition work. The first edition of this text. Limited edition, number 105 of 300 copies printed. Set in Monotype Baskervil…

Discovery: Paintings of the Lewis & Clark Trail by Kenneth A. Holder

Grand, Stanley I. and Eric L. Clements · 2003 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Cape Girardeau, Missouri, University Museum, Southeast Missouri State University, 2003. Softcover. White & color illus. covers. 46 + [10] pp. 20+ color plates. Issued in conjunction with a 2003 exhibition of these Lewis & Clark-related artworks rendered by American artist Kennet…

The universal gazetteer; being a concise description, alphabetically arranged, of the nations, towns, cities, harbours, canals, kingdoms, empires, oceans, rivers, mountains, states, provinces, seas, lakes, capes, &c. in the known world; the government, manners, and religion of the inhabitants, with the extent, boundaries, and natural productions, manufactures and curiosities of the different countries. Containing several thousand places not to be met with in any familiar gazetteer. Illustrated with a fourteen maps.

Walker, John, 1759-1830. · 1798 · John Turton

£87.00 (€104.30 | $114.96 | ¥18,360)

London: printed for Ogilvy and Son; J. Walker; J. Scatchard; J. Cuthell; H.D. Symonds; R. Lea; Darton and Harvey; Vernor and Hood; Lackington, Allen, and Co.; B. Crosby; J. Wright; Lee and Hurst; and James Wallis, 1798 second edition, further accommodated to commercial purposes,…

A Political Ruse "Ye Bankes & Braes

Doyle, John ("H.B.") (1797-1868) · 1830 · Wittenborn Art Books

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

London: Thomas MacLean, 1830. Original lithograph. 10.5 x 14.5 inches. Good. Foxing throughout. Inserted into light matting. Published 17 February, 1830. Sitters: George Bankes (1787-1856), Politician and lawyer. Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868), Lord Chan…

A theory of fun for game design.

Raph Koster. · 2005 · SomeThingz, books etcetera

€16.50 ($18.19 | £13.76 | ¥2,904)

Scottsdale Paraglyph Press 2005 Softcover, 244pp., 23.5x18cm.,ills. in b/w., in good condition (mild traces of use). ISBN 9781932111972. A Theory of Fun for Game Design is not your typical how-to book. It features a novel way of teaching interactive designers how to create and …

A Dictionary of the English Language

Noah Webster · 1831 · Rooke Books

£6,500.00 (€7,792.41 | $8,588.85 | ¥1,371,692)

London, Black, Young and Young, 1831-2. Leather. An attractive first UK edition of this famous dictionary, in a uniform leather binding. The first UK edition, reprinted by E H Barker from a copy communicated by the author and containing manuscript corrections and additions. Comp…

Das frühe Rom und die Latiner. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt von Fr. Kolb.

ALFÖLDI, A., · 1977 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€11.50 ($12.68 | £9.59 | ¥2,024)

Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1977. XIX,604,XXIVp. ills.(B&W photographs). Map loosely inserted. Bound. 'This is one of the fullest surveys of the problems of early Rome to have appeared in recent years. (...) Alföldi's thesis is that Rome only became an indepe…

George Inness: A Catalogue Raisonne

Quick, Michael · 2007 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$700.00 (€635.09 | £529.76 | ¥111,794)

New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers University Press, 2007. Hardbound. Light brown cloth with thick, glossy, color pictorial yellow dustjackets. 2 Volumes. Vol. 1: xiii, [3], 592 pp. Vol. 2: x, [2], 548 pp. Profusely illustrated with 238 color and 1, 477 bw plates. Widely regarded as one…

The Adventures Jelly Eli Z.

ADLER, DAVID A. · 2018 · Pegasus Books

$15.25 (€13.84 | £11.54 | ¥2,436)

Brooklyn, NY: Menucha Classroom Solutions, 2018. Softcover. B&W; 5 1/2 8 1/4\"; 180 pages; Soft cover has green spine with white lettering. Slight rubbing, scuffing to covers. Pages are clean and tight. Illustrated with b/w pictures. 'Eli Zipperbaum better known as Jelly Eli Z, …

THE SAVAGE CITY Race Murder and a Generation on the Edge

ENGLISH T.J. · 2011 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

New York: William Morrow & Co., 2011. 9780061824555 1st edn 3rd printing. 8vo. Original red lettered black and grey cloth (small black pen mark on top edge - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xxi + 475, illus with b&w plates (no inscript…

Thamilla - The Turtle Dove, A Story Of The Mountains Of Algeria

Duchene, Ferdinand · 1927 · Eastleach Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,065)

Fleming H Revell & Co nd [ 1927 ] 1st English edition. Cloth, VG. 252pp, b/w frontis, an attractive bright copy. A story, originally written around 1907 set in the Mountains of Kabylia on the Coast of Algeria. The independant people who live there being Berbers & not Arabs.

La Fontaine's Fables. A Selection. Pictured for Children. Nelson edition. 1905

Fontaine, Jean de la; Park, Carton Moore [illus]; Shirley, Edward [trans] · 1905 · Barter Books Ltd

£36.00 (€43.16 | $47.57 | ¥7,597)

Worn conditiont. Binding loose. Stains to front margins mostly not impinging. Final plate loose and edgetorn London Thomas Nelson & Sons Reprint 250mm x 320mm (10" x 13"). 63pp. Colour and b/w illustrations. In English.

A warning to the curious: the ghost stories of M.R. james

JAMES, M. R. and RENDELL, Ruth (editor) · 1987 · Cotswold Internet Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,583)

Hutchinson, 1987. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket . 1987 reprint with B&W illustrations in tight binding; dust jacket not price-clipped; slight discolouration to page fore-edges; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/st…

Manchester : Heart of the Industrial North (Signed by Publisher)

PRIESTLEY, J. B. (INTRO) · 1937 · Godley Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Manchester Chamber of Commerce/J. K. Clayton. 1937, First Edition. Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6 inches. Inscribed on front end paper by J. K Clayton, publisher. No other marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked suede leather boards sligh…

THROUGH THE YEAR WITH THE SAINTS a daily companion for private or liturgical prayer

PENNINGTON,M.B. · 1988 · Moby Dick

€8.00 ($8.82 | £6.67 | ¥1,408)

New York 1988, 202 pp., not ill. (code B-175)

Bibliotheca Medica: A Collection of 900 Medical Books, Prints, and Broadsides of the 15th - 19th Centuries & Early Books on Medicine and Natural and Physical Sciences

1923 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Lugano, L'Art Ancien S. A. 1923-1936. Cloth. A smartly bound collection of two volumes on early medicine and medical texts bound into one volume. Two volumes bound into one. Bibliotheca Medica: A Collection of 900 Medical Books, Prints, and Broadsides of the 15th - 19th Cen…

A Plea for the Non-Conformists. In Three Parts. A New Edition Enlarged.

NON-CONFORMITY. 4 TRACTS. DE LAUNE (Thomas): · 1779 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Cambridge, Printed by F. Hodson, for the Editor. 1779 8vo, 208 x 122 mms., pp. [viii], 142, with some annotations in pencil at the end of the Advertisement and next page. BOUND WITH: BICHENO (James): A Glance at The History of Christianity, and of English Nonconformity. Four…

Takings; or, the Life of a Collegian

DAGLEY, Richard; GASPEY, Thomas · 1821 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$1,100.00 (€998.00 | £832.47 | ¥175,677)

London: John Warren, 1821. Dedicated To The Eye Of The Connoiseur DAGLEY, Richard (illustrator). [GASPEY, Thomas. author]. Takings; Or, The Life of a Collegian. A Poem. Illustrated by Twenty-Six Etchings, from Designs by R. Dagley. London: John Warren, 1821. First edition. Octav…

Image 4: If This Is the Time / Tant qu'il y a la vie.

Semak, Michael. (photos). · 1969 · Inno Dubelaar Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

National Film Board, 1969. 1969. Soft cover. Second edition, 1971. Not paginated, b&w photos, oblong 8vo, softcover. B&w photographs of Ghana, accompanied by poems in French and English by Kwesi Brew. NF with light sunning/wear to covers. Uncommon. Very Good.

The Ornaments of Late Chou Bronzes: A Method of Analysis

WEBER, George W, Jr · 1973 · Cotswold Internet Books

£32.50 (€38.96 | $42.94 | ¥6,858)

Rutgers University Press, 1973. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket First edition. 1st edition, 1973, in black cloth with gilt. B&W & line illustrations. Text clean; binding tight. Dust jacket not price-clipped, but rather worn, with chipping & short tears, & scrat…