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A volume of seven pamphlets on the “Nottingham Controversy 1822-23”.

NOTTINGHAM NATIONAL SCHOOLS. WILKINS (Rev. George) & STUART (Rev. John Burnett) · 1822 · Forest Books

£155.88 (€186.87 | $205.97 | ¥32,895)

London & Nottingham: various printers., 1822-23. 1. [WILKINS (Rev. George)] A Letter Addressed to the Rev. J. Burnett Stuart, Minister of St. James’s Chapel, Nottingham on the subject of the Nottingham National Schools. London, 1822. 32pp. 2. STUART (Rev. John Burnett) A Letter …

The STARS THEIR EARLY VIGILS KEEP, SONG. As Sung at the Complimentary Dinner to Charles Dickens Esq.; Written by Dr. O W. Holmes. Adapted to the favourite Scotch Air Gramachree. With Symphonies & Accompaniments by E. L. White

Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870] - Subject. Holmes, Oliver Wendell [1809 - 1894]. White, E[dward]. L[ittle. 1809 - 1851] · 1842 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$2,035.00 (€1,846.30 | £1,540.08 | ¥325,002)

Boston: Published by Henry Prentiss 33 Court St, 1842. 1st edition thus (Miller, p. 226; Tilton, p. 515). Not in Gimbel, though see H783 with a similar publication by W. H. Oakes, citing music by James G. Meader. White paper wrappers, with front cover have an stipple engraved im…

Select Illustrations of Hampshire : Comprising Picturesque Views of the Seats of the Nobility & Gentry, Lodge Entrances &C. & Supplement. First Edition

Prosser, George Frederick (1805-1882) · 1833 · Wittenborn Art Books

$1,000.00 (€907.27 | £756.80 | ¥159,706)

London: J. & A. Arch .. Carpenter & Son .. Jacobs & Johnson, Winchester, Joyce & Co. Southampton, and G.F. Prosser .. : 1833; Guildford, Surrey: G.F. Prosser , 1839. 4to, 23 x 29.3cm. 2pp. list of subscribers, first eight parts with 57 lithograph plates and vignettes by C. Hullm…

Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn Mp; a Wet Quaker. Issue 705. (First Edition Before the Bound Volumes. )

Spy (Sir Leslie Ward, 1851-1922) (Lith.) · 1882 · Wittenborn Art Books

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

London: Vanity Fair, 1882. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27cm (15.75 x 10.6 inches). Very Good. Some creasing and toning in margins, not affecting image. Letterpress description pasted on verso. Dated May 13, 1882. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (Lith.). Scarce. Lewis Llewelyn Dil…

Cyclopaedia or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences

E Chambers; Abraham Rees · 1783 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.78 | $2,510.59 | ¥400,956)

London, J F and C Rivington et al, 1783-86. Leather. Four volumes of the famous Chambers Cyclopaedia, which first began in 1728. This work is Abraham Rees' improved edition of Chambers' Cyclopaedia. He re-edited the original work in 1778 and created the supplements whi…

Portrait of an Unknown Woman: A Novel

Vanora Bennett · 2007 · Book Haven

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William Morrow 2007 Paperback, 432pp. The year is 1527. The great portraitist Hans Holbein, who has fled the reformation in Europe, is making his first trip to England under commission to Sir Thomas More. In the course of six years, Holbein will become a close friend to the More…

A Collection from the Badminton Library

Various · 1886 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1886-1890. First edition. Cloth. A collection of five illustrated volumes on sport from The Badminton Library, with a first edition of the volume on Tennis. Five volumes. The Badminton Library. A collection of volumes on sports and pastimes, from…

Three Adventure Novels from W.H. G. Kingston

W. H. G. Kingston · 1911 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London; Oxford, Oxford University Press; Sheldon Press, 1911-1925. Cloth. Three smart illustrated adventure novels from English author William Henry Giles Kingston. Three volumes. Written by William Henry Giles Kingston, often credited as W. H. G. Kingston, an English writer of …

The Survey of Cornwall. And An Epistle concerning the Excellencies of the English Tongue. Now first Published from the Manuscript. With the Life of the Author, By H*** C***** Esq. [Pierre Des Maizeaux].

CAREW (Richard): · 1723 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£2,000.00 (€2,397.66 | $2,642.72 | ¥422,059)

London, Printed for Samuel Chapman, at the Angel in Pallmall; Daniel Brown jun. at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar; and James Woodman, at Camden's-Head in Bowstreet, Covent-Garden. 1723. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo, 225 x 172 mms., pp. [ii] [ii] iii - xix [xx blank], [viii], t…

The History of Photography: From 1839 to the Present

Newhall, Beaumont · 1982 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1982. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy of the enlarged and completely revised edition, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf-…

Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 15 July, 1949 - Edmonton / Mao Tze-Tung

CALLWOOD, JUNE; PFEIFFER, JOHN E.; BEDFORD, JOHN; WUORIO, EVA-LIS; BERTON, PIERRE; ISRAELS II, JOSEF; LIEBERMAN, HENRY R.; SHAFTEL, GEORGE A.; RUTT, EDWIN; ET AL · 1949 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$295.00 (€267.64 | £223.25 | ¥47,113)

Toronto: Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers, 1949. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Illustrated by Arbuckle, Franklin; Colt, William; Eldridge; Woods, Rex. 56 pages. Features: Cover illustration of oxen pulling timbers at the Lunenberg Shipyard; What Happened in the Bismarck -…

An EXAMINATION Of The SENTENCE In The CASE Of The SWEDISH CONVOY, Pronounced in the High Court of Admiralty of England, on the Eleventh of June, 1799; Together with a Previous Historical Sketch of the European, and in Particular the English System of Capture. Translated from the Danish, as Written by Professor Schlegel. [bound with] SUBSTANCE Of The SPEECH Of VISCOUNT SIDMOUTH In The HOUSE Of LORDS May 17, 1808, on Proposing certain Resolutions respecting Danish Merchant Ships detained in British Ports

[Law]. Schlegel, Professor [Johan F. W. 1765 - 1836]. Wolff, Jens [also Wolf, Johann] - Translator. Robinson, Christopher [1766 - 1833].  Addington, Henry, 1st Viscount Sidmouth [1757 - 1844] · 1808 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$302.50 (€274.45 | £228.93 | ¥48,311)

London: Printed by W. Wilson / Printed for J. Hatchard, 1808. 1st edition(s). Cf. Goldsmith 17989, for the 1st Copenhagen edition. Later tan half calf with marbled paper boards. [4], 164, 24; [4], 26, [2 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-3/8" x 5-1/4". Modest wear. A bit of foxing. "Not true"…

Wall's Etched Monthly. Vol. 3. No. 3. First Edition. Signed. Signed Etchings of Sketches of Ex-Pres. Wilson , Pres. Harding, Gen. Pershing Et Al. On Armistice Day; Ferdinand Foch; General Leonard Wood; My Dog; Vera Bloom; the Alamo; J. , Ray Johnson

Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956) · 1921 · Wittenborn Art Books

$750.00 (€680.45 | £567.60 | ¥119,780)

New York: Bernhardt Wall, Nov. 1921. 4to. 8 x 10.75 inches. Edition of 125 copies; original dark brown wraps with etched cover label; signed, dated Feb. 1921 and annotated in pencil "Copy no 8." 13 etchings (plus cover label and 2 etched ad leaves). Several signed and dated 1937…

Wall's Etched Monthly. Vol. 2. No. 2. First Edition. Signed. Signed Etchings of Pottery Seller, Espanola, N.M. ; Chalres Dexter Allen; View in New York City; Mission San Jose, San Antonio, Tex. ; Mrs. H.P. Drought; Caricature of a German Soldier; Impression of Jackie Coogan; Victor Kiraly

Wall, Bernhardt (1872-1956) · 1921 · Wittenborn Art Books

$750.00 (€680.45 | £567.60 | ¥119,780)

New York: Bernhardt Wall, Aug. 1921. 4to. 8 x 10.75 inches. Edition of 125 copies; original dark brown wraps with etched cover label; signed, dated Feb. 1921 and annotated in pencil "Copy no 8." 15etchings (plus cover label and 2 etched ad leaves). Several signed and dated 1937 …

The Plays of Oliver Goldsmith, together with The Vicar of Wakefield. Edited, with glossarial index and notes by C. E. Doble with the assistance of G. Ostler.

OLIVER GOLDSMITH. · 1909 · Clearwater Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Henry Frowde, 'The Oxford Edition', London, The first Oxford Edition, issued as a companion volume to the Austin Dobson-edited 'Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith', issued in the same series. 8vo. viii, 520pp. Bound into half-morocco with cloth covered sides, with five …

contributes his fourteen-page story 'Interlopers at the Knap' to the May 1884 issue of the periodical 'The English Illustrated Magazine 1883-1884'.

THOMAS HARDY · 1884 · Clearwater Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Macmillan & Co., London, 1st Edition, A publisher-bound set of the first twelve issues of this important monthly magazine, which ran for a total of 359 issues between October 1883 and August 1913. 4to. viii, 784pp. Half-bound in pebbled blue cloth with gilt lettering, ornate rul…

The Hunter and the Trapper in North America; or, Romantic Adventures in Field and Forest

Benedict Revoil; W. H. Davenport Adams · 1875 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1875. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this illustrated study of animals across North America. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout with frontispiece and many in-text images. A study on the animals found across Northern Am…

Corydon an Elegy in Memory of Matthew Arnold and Oxford

Reginald Fanshawe · 1906 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Henry Frowde, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A copy of Fanshawe's elegy to Matthew Arnold. Very scarce first edition. Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He has been character…

The Place-Names of Nottinghamshire: Their Origin and Development

Heinrich Mutschmann · 1913 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this authoritative etymological guide to Nottinghamshire"s place-names, rich with phonological and historical insight. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.This volume is a first …

British Dramatists

Graham Greene · 1942 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, William Collins, 1942. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated study of British dramatists from English writer Graham Greene. First edition. Illustrated with eight colour plates and twenty-six black-and-white images. Collated complete. A …