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FIRSTS : The Book Collectors Magazine. Volume 7 # 6 June 1997

1997 · Kalamos Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Tucson, AZ, FIRSTS: The Book Collector's Magazine. 1997, First Thus. Stapled Wraps. Magazine, A monthly fix for avid book collectors.This issue contains articles on The Mysterious Yeat, P.D.James, Mysteries of Manners, Book/Film "And Then There Were None" i76p. illus. As New.

The Afflicted Man&Apos;S Companion a Collection of Comfortable Texts for Dying Believers the Church&Apos;S Danger and the Minister&Apos;S Duty Declared in a Sermon Preached at the Opening of the Synod of Angus and Mearns at Montrose with a Preface and Postscript Touching Some More Evils of the Present Time a Sacramental Directory: Or a Treatise Concerning the Sanctification of a Communion Sabbath

John Willison · 1798 · Rooke Books

£199.99 (€239.75 | $264.26 | ¥42,204)

Glasgow, William Paton for William Brownlie, 1798. Leather. Leatherbound volume containing two scarce texts and a sermon by John Willison. John Willison, (1680–3 May 1750) was an evangelical minister of the Church of Scotland and a writer of Christian literature. His treatise o…

Plates As in "Eccentric Tales" from the German of W.F. Von Kosewitz, with Illustrations by Geo. Cruikshank, from (Sketches) by Alfred Crowquill (London: James Robins & Co. 1827)

Cruikshank, George and Alfred Crowquill (illustrators) · 1924 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$1,575.00 (€1,428.95 | £1,191.95 | ¥251,537)

None Stated, None stated, nd. Hardcover. Dark green 3/4 leather with complementary medium green cloth. Gilt edging, lettering and 3 bands (not raised). AEG. No text. 20 pp, each with an individual bw etching / engraving. With bookplates by prominent people. The title page is han…

Masterpieces of Murder

Agatha Christie · 1977 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Garden City, International Collectors Library, 1977. Hardcover. 594p. A hardcover book bound in gilt-decorated green boards. Front board is slightly warped. Edges rubbed; small rip at head of spine. Owner\'s signature on front endpaper, but otherwise clean and tight. Contains TH…

Sermons

Charles Churchill · 1765 · Rooke Books

£167.99 (€201.39 | $221.98 | ¥35,451)

Dublin, A Leathley, J Hoey et al. 1765. Leather. A bright copy of the scarce Sermons by Charles Churchill, published posthumously. Bound in leather with gilt lettering. Includes The Dedication, an unfinished poem to William Warburton, bishop of Gloucester. Information from the O…

The Holinshed Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland in Six Volumes, Grafton&Apos;S Chronicles in Two Volumes and Monstrelet&Apos;S Chronicles in Five Volumes

Raphael Holinshed et al. · 1807 · Rooke Books

£5,750.00 (€6,893.29 | $7,597.83 | ¥1,213,420)

London , J. Johnson, F. C. and J. Rivington et al, 1807-9. Leather. Three scarce complete sets of early nineteenth-century publications of influential Medieval and Early-Modern Era chronicles, uniformly and finely bound. Holinshed's Chronicles, also known as Holinsheds Chro…

Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two

Ben Bova · 1973 · Book Haven

NZ$31.50 (€15.79 | $17.40 | £13.17 | ¥2,779)

Readers Union Group 1973 Hardback, 529pp. The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time Contents of this volume: Introduction - Ben Bova; Call Me Joe - Poul Anderson; Who Goes There? - John W. Campbell, Jr. (as Don A. Stuart); Nerves - Lester del Rey; Universe - Robert A. He…

Christie Classics by Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie · 1954 · Judith Patton

CA$25.95 (€16.50 | $18.19 | £13.76 | ¥2,905)

Dodd, Mead & Co 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall pgs.410 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, And Then There Were None, The Witness for the Prosecution, Philomel Cottage, Three Blind Mice. clean tight text with tanning to text pages, shelfwear to board extremities with some crimping to top/bo…

French Scenery from Drawings Made in 1819 by Captain Batty of the Grenadier Guards

Captain Robert Batty · 1822 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.33 | $759.78 | ¥121,342)

London, Rodwell & Martin, 1822. First edition. Leather. An uncommon first edition of Batty's French Scenery. First Edition. This work is in English and French. With armorial nameplates for Edward Langford and Richard Leir to the front endpapers. 64 Plates. Collated, complet…

Letters from His Late Majesty to the Late Lord Kenyon, on the Coronation Oath with His Lordship&Apos;S Answers: And Letters of the Rt. Hon. William Pitt to His Late Majesty, with His Majesty&Apos;S Answers, Previous to the Dissolution of the Ministry in 1801.

George III; Lord Kenyon; William Pitt; · 1827 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, John Murray, 1827. First edition. Leather. A selection of letters from George III to two political figures regarding the proposition of Catholic emancipation and his Coronation Oath. He writes to British politician and barrister, Lord Kenyon and the then Prime Minister W…

Ten Little Niggers

CHRISTIE, AGATHA · 1966 · Sigma Antiquariaat

€93.81 ($103.40 | £78.25 | ¥16,513)

London : Collins / Fontana Books 3/6 1966. Fontana 1355. Third impression. Reprint of first Fontana 1963; First Published: 1939Later published as Ten little Indians / And Then There Were None. 190 p. SOFTCOVER: (Orig. paperback.Previous owner's name in pen. In GOOD /used cond…

Year&Apos;S Best Science Fiction Novels

Everett F. Bleiler; T. E. Dikty · 1952 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Toronto, Frederick Fell, 1952. Cloth. A fantastic collection of the year's' best science fiction novels of 1952, containing works by Poul Anderson, Arthur C. Clarke and Frank M. Robinson. Contains the stories 'Izzard and the Membrane' by Walter M. Miller, Jr.…

Notes of an Exile to Van Dieman&Apos;S Land Comprising Incidents of the Canadian Rebellion in 1838 Trial of the Author in Canada, and Subsequent Appearance Before Her Majesty&Apos;S Court of Queen&Apos;S Bench, in London, Imprisonment in England.

Linus Wilson Miller · 1846 · Rooke Books

£1,300.00 (€1,558.48 | $1,717.77 | ¥274,338)

Fredonia , McKinstry and Co , 1846. Leather. An uncommon, first-hand account of the convict system in Tasmania written by political prisoner Linus Wilson Miller. The first edition of this work. This work follows Linus W Miller who was one of many Canadians transported to the Tas…

The Works of Henry Needler

Mr Henry Needler; Mr Duncombe · 1728 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

London, Mr Duncombe; J Watts; A Bettesworth, 1728. Leather. The second edition of this collection of miscellanies by Mr Henry Needler. A very scarce eighteenth century work. Rebound, in a charming half calf binding with marbled boards. Little is known about Henry Needler. A shor…

ASTOUNDING Science Fiction: June 1951

Astounding (Eric Frank Russell; Isaac Asimov; Roy L. Clough, Jr.; Edward Grendon; J. A. Meyer; Arthur Yuwiler) · 1951 · Books from the Crypt

$6.00 (€5.44 | £4.54 | ¥958)

Good to Very Good- Street & Smith NY Vol. XLVII, No. 4. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Cover art by Rogers illustrating ". . .And Then There Were None" (novelette) by Eric Frank Russell. Includes "Breeds There a Man. . .?" (novelette) by Isaac Asimov; "Bait" by Roy L. Clough. J…

The Political Songster or a Touch on the Times

John Freeth · 1790 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

Birmingham, Thomas Pearson, 1790. Leather. A smartly bound collection of poetry by a major figure in the cultural life of Birmingham during the Midlands Enlightenment, John Freeth. The sixth edition of this work. In a rare untrimmed state. The ESTC lists four copies from this ye…

A Clear State of the Case of Elizabeth Canning Who Hath Sworn That She Was Robbed

Henry Fielding · 1753 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.45 | $627.65 | ¥100,239)

London, A Millar, 1753. First edition. Paperback. A scarce account demonstrating Henry Fielding's humanitarian commitment to justice. Regarding the case of Elizabeth Canning, this pamphlet is one of Fielding's final works. Disbound, and held in a custom clamshell box.T…

A Maze of Death

Philip K. Dick · 1970 · Rooke Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.54 | $1,651.70 | ¥263,787)

New York, Doubleday & Company, 1970 . First edition. Cloth. A striking first edition of Philip K. Dick's science fiction novel about humanity's capacity for murder, in the vibrant original dust wrapper. The first edition, first printing, in the vibrant publisher's…

The Trial of Mrs Harriet Errington, Wife of George Errington Esq. Of the Adelphi in the Bishop of London&Apos;S Court.

Various · 1785 · Rooke Books

£990.00 (€1,186.84 | $1,308.15 | ¥208,919)

London, [R Randall], c1785 . Leather. The divorce proceedings of Mrs Harriet Errington and her Husband George Errington. An incomplete copy of this work, starting at page 9 and ending at page 107. An extremely scarce work. The issue of this work is unknown and is possibly spurio…

The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas

STEIN, GERTRUDE · 1981 · Little Lane Books

A$12.00 (€7.38 | $8.13 | £6.15 | ¥1,298)

UK, Penguin. 1981. Paperback with dust jacket. Book, Crease to lower corner, o/wise 272 clean well bound pp, For Gertrude Stein and her companion Alice B. Toklas, life in Paris was based upon the rue de Fleurus and the Saturday evenings and 'it was like a kaleidoscope slowly tur…