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A Subaltern&Apos;S Letters to His Wife

Reginald Rankin · 1901 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Longman, Green and Co, 1901. Leather. A work of literary criticism. Title page does not attribute authorship, author is known as Reginald Rankin. Bound by Knill and Sons, Reading as stated to binder's label to front pastedown. The second impression. With the bookpla…

Helen's Babies: Some Account of Their Ways, Innocent, Crafty, Angelic, Impish, Witching, and Repulsive: Also a Partial Record of Their Actions During Ten Days of Their Existence

HABBERTON, JOHN · 1908 · Round Table Books, LLC

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

NY: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1908. Author's Edition. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Illustrated by C. V. Dwiggins; B. Cory Kilvert. Publisher's full yellow cloth, color paste-down on cover with embossed lettering on spine and cover. Illustrated with a full-page tissue-protected f…

Augusta Leigh : Byron's Half-Sister: A Biography

Bakewell, Michael · 2000 · Alpha 2 Omega Books

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.18 | ¥2,743)

Random House of Canada, Limited. First edition-first printing. Book. VGC,Chatto & Windus,2000.First edition-first printing(2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1).Blue hardback(silver lettering to the spine)with laminated Dj(small colour mark,crease and nicks on the laminated cover),both in VGC.E…

The Memoirs of Miss Louisa Mansell, and an Account of Her Family, and Her Remarkable Seduction at an Early Age, Arising from an Intimacy with Miss Holmes, Whose Character Is Developed; Also, the Life of Felix Despard, a Cheiftain in the Irish Rebellion, with Whom She Lived in Fleet Prison, with Cause of Their Separation. To Which Is Added, Her Trial at the Old Bailey, for Robbing a Gentlemanof a French Repeater, Escape from Punishment, and Subsequent Marriage and Good Fortune; Interspersed with

1803 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

London, J. Bailey; Tegg & Castleman, J. Belcher, B.Sellick, T. Troughton, J. Mitchell, E. Peck, T. Binks, J. Dingle, T. Brown, M. Swinie, 1803-17. Hardback. London: J. Bailey; Tegg & Castleman, J. Belcher, B.Sellick, T. Troughton, J. Mitchell, E. Peck, T. Binks, J. Dingle, T. Br…

A Hint to Duellists : A Supposed Case, Founded on Facts (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington; Sir John Bayley, 1st Bt)

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

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

London: Thomas MacLean, 1830. Original lithograph. 15.5 x 11 inches. Very Good. Minor foxing along edges. Inserted into light matting. Published 13 April, 1830. Sitters: Sir John Bayley, 1st Bt (1763-1841), Judge. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), Field Marsh…

Rowland Ward&Apos;S Records of Big Game

Rowland Ward; J. G. Dollman; J. B. Burlace · 1922 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Rowland Ward, Limited, 1922. Cloth. Rowland Ward's influential and detailed record of big game, an illustrated eighth edition. The eighth edition of this work, edited by J. G. Dollman and J. B. Burlace. With in-text illustrations throughout. Ward's 'Reco…

l'Architecte de Charles XII. Nicodème Tessin à la cour de Louis XIV.

TESSIN THE YOUNDER,NICODEMUS. Josephson,Ragnar. · 1930 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,921)

Paris & Bruxelles, Les Éditions G. Van Oest, 1930. XI,157 pp. 5 b./w. figs in the text & 32 plts with b./w. ills (incl. frontispiece). Not orig. blank wrappers. 4to. - Some light foxing. This French-language monograph, written by the Swedish art historian Ragnar Josephson, exami…

History of model & miniature railways, parts 1-45

WHITEHOUSE, Patrick B. & ADAMS, John (eds) · 1974 · Cotswold Internet Books

£148.50 (€178.03 | $196.22 | ¥31,338)

London, New English Library, 1974. Used - Very Good. VG hardbacks 1st ed.. The complete partwork of 45 weekly issues, professionally bound in sturdy orange cloth (not the binders available from the publishers). Undated, but appears to be c.1974. This is a very heavy set (5.5kgs …

The Beacon. Vol. V. No. 4. Boston University. January 20, 1880

Towle, Charles B. et al, eds · 1880 · Kaaterskill Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Boston, Students of the College of Liberal Arts of Boston University, 1880. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. 55-68 pp. Sm. 4to. A very good copy, wrappers almost detached, dampstain along fore edge not affecting text.

Pansy Faces: Sheet Music for Piano

PENN, WILLIAM H.; SMITH, HARRY B. · 1900 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$119.95 (€108.83 | £90.78 | ¥19,157)

USA: Publisher Not Stated, 1900. First Edition. Paperback. 8 pages. Undated. Appears to be circa 1900. Above-averate wear and soiling. Assorted peripheral openings. A worthy working copy of this vintage work.; Sheet music; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Penn, William H.; Smith, Ha…

The Dryden Theatre of the George Eastman House Presents a Tribute to Gloria Swanson

George Eastman House and Dryden Theatre · 1966 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

[Rochester, N.Y.], [George Eastman House], 1966. Spiral bound. B&W-photo-illustrated covers; 23 unnumbered leaves; richly illustrated. This scarce item was created on the occasion of a film restrospective presented by George Eastman House in Rochester, New York from May 12th to …

The War in the West a New History Volume 2 the Allies Fight Back 1941-1943

HOLLAND James · 2017 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Bantam Press, 2017. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. xxvi + 720, illus with coloured and b&w plates and maps (no inscriptions). .

The Poems and Translations in Verse: Including Fifty-Nine Hitherto Unpublished Epigrams of Thomas Fuller D.D. And His Much-Wished Form of Prayer

Thomas Fuller; Alexander B. Grosart · 1868 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Not Stated, Printed for Private Circulation, 1868. Cloth. A scarce limited edition collection of the poetical works and epigrams of Thomas Fuller, one of only one-hundred copies. A scarce work.Only one hundred copies, printed for private circulation. The collected epigrams of T…

Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire for the Year 1968, Volume 120

edited by K B Drake · 1969 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,005)

Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, Liverpool, 1969. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Clean red covers with bright gilt lettering and decoration, sound binding, clean pages and end-papers. Includes black and white illustrations and maps. Pap…

A History of France From the Conquest of Gaul to the Death of Louis Philippe.

Markham, Mrs · 1858 · Hessay Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

John Murray., 1858. Hard Cover, 'For the Use of Young Persons'. New and revised edition, many b + w illustrations woodcuts. 615 pp, embossed cloth boards, worn to top of spine. Tears to edge of 2 pages, not affecting text. Previous owners' names on flyleaf... Very Good /No Jacke…

Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time, Connected by a Critical and Biographical History. [Two Volumes]

Chambers, Robert, ed · 1847 · Kaaterskill Books

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Boston, Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1847. First American edition. Cloth. 672 pp.; 717 pp. Illus. with b/w engravings. Sm. 4to. Mixed bindings: Vol. I, boards detached, spine worn and scuffed, backstrip separated at head; good- only. Vol. II, front board sunned along top edge, so…

Le Dictionnaire Royal, Francois-Anglois Et Anglois-Francois

Mr. A. Boyer; P. M. Fierville · 1796 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, T. Longman, B. Law, J. Johnson et al, 1796 . Leather. A bright late eighteenth century edition of Abel Boyer's English-French and French-English dictionaries, bound together. A new edition of this work, in both French and English.With a portrait frontispiece to volu…

Solitude Considered, with Respect to Its Influence Upon the Mind and the Heart

Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann; J. B. Mercier · 1797 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.56 | $502.12 | ¥80,191)

London, C. Dilly, 1797. Leather. Zimmermann's interesting monograph on solitude, a philosophical essay, illustrated with a frontispiece. An interesting study on solitude, discussing the advantages of solitude, and solitude's influence over the mind and heart.In this re…

The Lace of a Thousand Trees and Other Lyrics

YOUNG, WALDEMAR (WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY EDWARD F. O\'DAY) · 1933 · S. Howlett-West Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

San Francisco, CA: John Henry Nash, 1933. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Philip Little and William Wilke. B&W Illustrations; Limited to 350 copies, this is number 258. This copy has been signed, with a short inscription by the Publisher John Henry Nash.…

Archives, the Journal of the British Records Association, Vol X No. 45, April 1971

edited by A E B Owen. Contributors:B V Spence; P Gouldesbrough · 1971 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£11.00 (€13.19 | $14.53 | ¥2,321)

The British Records Association, London, 1971. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Clean crisp grey card covers with red lettering, sound binding, clean pages and end-papers. Contents include: Report and Comment; Should Historical Records be exported, R…