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A Dream of Fair Women & Other Poems

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1900 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Grant Richards, 1900. Cloth. The first edition of this anthology of poems to be illustrated by Art Nouveau artist Edmund Sullivan. The first trade edition of this work illustrated by Edmund J. Sullivan, the red cloth variant.An anthology of twenty-four poems by Alfred Lo…

Notes on Tulip Species

W. R. Dykes; E. Katherine Dykes; A. Daniel Hall · 1930 · Rooke Books

£365.00 (€437.57 | $482.30 | ¥77,026)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautiful and vividly illustrated work on tulips and their cultivation, complete with fifty-four colour plates. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A seminal …

Manuel D&Apos;Economie Politique

Vilfredo Pareto; Alfred Bonnet [trans.] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Paris, V. Giard & E. Briere, 1909 . Cloth. An early French translation of Vilfredo Pareto's major work on political economics from the library of Canadian economist Frederick Macaulay. Early edition of Manuel D'Economie Politique by Vilfredo Pareto, in the original pub…

Decorative Plasterwork in Great Britain

Laurence Turner; Arthur T. Bolton · 1927 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Country Life Limited, 1927. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Laurence Turner's detailed study into beautiful decorative plasterwork used in British architecture, a highly illustrated work. The first edition of this work.This work is an interesting look at …

Lecons Theoriques Et Cliniques Sur la Scorfule Consideree En Elle-Meme Et Dans Ses Rapports Aved la Syphilis, la Dartre Et L&Apos;Arthritis

Er. Bazin · 1861 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)

Paris, Adrien Delahaye, 1861. Leather. An interesting work of a collection of lessons on diseases by the French physician Ernest Bazin, with a folding table of information. The second edition of this work. In the original French. This work is a collection of clinical lessons of …

Tratie de la Devotion

Pierre Jurieu · 1675 · Rooke Books

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

Rouen, Jean Lucas, 1675. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce devotional treatise by French Protestant figure Pierre Jurieu. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the original French.An interesting traise on devotion by the French Protestant Pier…

Deutsch-Englisches Lexicon

1716 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

Leipzig, Thomas Fritschen, 1716. Vellum. A very scarce German to English lexicon, a comprehensive dictionary which explores not only vocabulary but also idioms and expressions. A very scarce work.An impressive German-English dictionary, printed in two columns.This dictionary doe…

Views in Suffolk, Norfolk, and Northamptonshire

E.W. Brayley · 1806 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.46 | $155.92 | ¥24,901)

London, Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, etc. 1806. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated topographical work on Suffolk, Norfolk, and Northamptonshire. A fascinating topographical work on Suffolk, Norfolk, and Northamptonshire, illustrative of the wor…

Round About New Zealand

E. W. Payton · 1888 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1888. First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated journal written by English artist E. W. Payton regarding his three years spent travelling New Zealand in the nineteenth century, with illustrations by the author. First edition. Bound in the publisher&…

Norway and Its Scenery

Edward Price; Thomas Forester [ed.] · 1853 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1853. Cloth. A fascinating mid nineteenth century travel guide and travel journal of Edward Price, beautifully engraved throughout by artist David Lucas. The travel journal of Edward Price, Esq, detailing a trip he took to Norway from Gothenburg to Christi…

Edmund Burke&Apos;S Connection with Bristol from 1774 Till 1780

G. E. Weare · 1894 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Bristol, William Bennett, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this work on Edmund Burke, an Anglo-Irish statesman, and his relationship to the city of Bristol. First edition. With the original errata slip to the rear of the text. Illustrated with a portrait frontispie…

Les Provinciales Ou Lettres Ecrites

Louis de Montalte · 1712 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Not Stated, Not stated, 1712. Leather. An eighteenth century copy of Blaise Pascal's series of philosophical essays. With engraved frontispieces to each volumes. This work is presented as a collection of eighteen letters. They were extremely popular for the use of humour, m…

Lets Have a Party: Simple Recipes

Charlotte Weiss · 1946 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Watford, Bruce Publishing Co. Ltd. 1946. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this charming illustrated collection of party recipes, with the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Illus…

Turkey

Robert Boulanger; Margaret Case [trans.] · 1960 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Paris, Hachette, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A first Hachette edition of this guide to Turkey, with numerous maps and complete in its dust wrapper. The first edition of one of Hachette world guides  under the direction off Francis Ambriere, this volume is an extensive guide to T…

Bullet And Shot in Indian Forest Plain and Hill With Hints to Beginners In Indian Shooting

Russell,C.E.M · 1900 · Richard Thornton Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

W Thacker And Co A Good Copy in Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper cover with further gilt vignette of a bison's head to the front cover.One previous owner's name in ink to four of the first few pages of the book.Slight silverfish nibbling to the front end…

T.A. Crerar: A Political Life

Rea, James Edgar · 1997 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.33 | ¥13,575)

Montréal & Kingston McGill-Queen's University Press First Edition, First Printing pp. viii, 307. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. No detectable flaws to the extremities,…

Prikkels 219 - 10th september 1957 , No carbon required

Frenkel Frank, Dimitri., illustrated Lucebert · 1957 · De Kantlijn

€75.00 ($82.67 | £62.56 | ¥13,202)

( 20) Pages. bound like a notebook., With text by Dimitri Frenkel Frank and 4 illustrations by Lucebert - Amsterdam: Proost en Brandt NV - Again and again, surprisingly with design and use of the various types of paper from its own range. Designers are often not named, but are a…

Prikkels 218 - Juli / Augustus 1957

Groot, Pieter., Ad Windig · 1957 · De Kantlijn

€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,921)

Thick paper cover with lose inserts: 6 decorated platic ( Proflex) bags., 4 cardboard labels wit ropes Prikkels wenst u een goede reisand 3 folding pages with agenda and colofon. - Amsterdam: Proost en Brandt NV - Again and again, surprisingly with design and use of the various …

Prikkels 216 - 10 Mei 1957

Carmiggelt, S., Wandel, Wim., Ad Windig · 1957 · De Kantlijn

€75.00 ($82.67 | £62.56 | ¥13,202)

( 18 ) Pages. With many different fonts. 1 page with controbution by Simon Carmiggelt De Duistere poezie van het bestek - Amsterdam: Proost en Brandt NV - Again and again, surprisingly with design and use of the various types of paper from its own range. Designers are often not…

CALIFORNIA-- 858. Spearing Trout, on Donner Lake, Nevada Co

[California Stereoview]. Houseworth, Thomas [1828 - 1915]. Lawrence, George S. · 1865 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$1,072.50 (€973.05 | £811.66 | ¥171,285)

San Francisco: Lawrence & Houseworth, Opticians, Importers of Stereoscopic Goods, Etc. Etc. 317 & 319 Montgomery Street, 1865. Ca 1865. Cf. Palmquist, p. 59. Yellow colored mount [square corners], with publisher imprint to right end; series name ["California"] to left; typeset p…