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Henry I

Charles Warren Hollister · 2001 · Boekhandel Louis Tinner

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

Yale University Press / English Monarchs. 2001, paperback, fine cond.. Henry I, son of William the Conqueror, ruled from 1100 to 1135, a time of fundamental change in the Anglo-Norman world. This long-awaited biography, written by one of the most distinguished medievalists of hi…

Fancies Fashions and Fads

Nevill,Ralph · 1913 · Richard Thornton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Methuen & Co This is a Good Copy of this book in red cloth with gilt title lettering to spine and upper cover.No Dust-jacket.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.There is some wear to the outer boards.This copy was acquired from the impressive private library of Fi…

Sexta Asiae tabula.[Rome, Petrus de Turre, 1490 (engraved Rome, ca. 1478)]. Engraved map of the Arabian peninsula (topographic image 25.5 x 46 cm) printed, as usual, on two joined folio leaves (together 39.5 x 56 cm). Mounted on paper board, in a modern gilt frame (50.5 x 67 cm).

[MAP - ARABIAN PENINSULA]. PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius. · 1478 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€50,000.00 ($55,110.35 | £41,707.25 | ¥8,801,462)

Second map of the Arabian peninsula ever published, in its first state. It was originally engraved as part of the extraordinary 1478 Rome edition of Ptolemy’s Geographia, and the map was preceded by only the one published in the less detailed and crudely engraved Bologna edition…

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 …

Fables originales (a Londres), francois et anglois. Ornee de figures en taille-douce, gravees et propres a etre enluminees./ Original fables, French and English. Adorned with Copper Plates very proper for to Colour. Complete in two volumes. [Rare copy of the earliest known work published as children's colouring book].

[Fables]. (Kidgell, John (1721/22-ca.1780)). · 1772 · Fahrenheit 451

€2,000.00 ($2,204.41 | £1,668.29 | ¥352,058)

London/ Brussels, the author/ A. Collaer and J. van Doren, 1772, 2 volumes, titles and text in French and English, titles with engraved devices, 94 engravings in the text, 2 engraved coats of arms, 2 engraved tail-pieces in volume one, contemporary uniform calf, spine gilt with …

Savings and Savoury Dishes

1917 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Edinburgh, The Patriotic Food LEague, 1917. Paperback. A scarce wartime cookery book published by the Patriotic Food League, presenting economical recipes. A scarce work.Published during the First World War, this work contains all manner of hints on how to save economically on f…

Our Humble Friends and Fellow Mortals Friends in Wood and Field

William Gordon-Stables · 1892 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1892. Cloth. A very scarce edition of the third and final volume in William Gordon-Stables' 'Our Humble Friends and Fellow Mortals' series: 'Friends in Wood and Field&apos. William Gordon-Stables was a doctor in…

Blue Sea Ballads and Chanties

W. Curran Reedy · 1917 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Erskine Macdonald, 1917. First edition. Paperback. An incredibly scarce first edition volume of poetry, in original green paper covered boards. An incredibly scarce volume of wartime poetry by W. Curran Reedy.Bound in original green paper-covered boards, with gilt decora…

Wet Magic

Edith Nesbit · 1923 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, T. Fisher Unwin LTD, 1923. Cloth. An uncommon to see copy of one of Edith Nesbit's popular children's fantasy novels, an illustrated mermaid adventure. The first edition to be published by T. Fisher Unwin, having previously been published by T. Werner Laurie.A …

A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair

Jonathan Gash · 1999 · Rooke Books

£71.99 (€86.30 | $95.12 | ¥15,192)

London, Macmillan, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of Jonathan Gash's A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair. Bound in bule paper-covered boards with gilt lettering and an unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Signed by author. John Grant (b.1933) is an Engli…

Flying Feathers

Horatio Bigelow; Archibald Rutledge [Intro.] · 1937 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

Virginia , Garrett and Massie , 1937 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this collection of reminiscences of hunting adventures in the South of America, with a lengthy inscription from the author. The first edition.Bound in the publisher's original burlap bin…

&Apos;Twixt Sirdar & Menelik

Captain M.S. Wellby · 1901 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Harper & Brothers, 1901. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this travel memoir of Captain M.S. Wellby's year spent in Egypt and Abyssinia, illustrated throughout. A fascinating and detailed account of Captain M.S. Wellby's year spent in Egypt and Abyssi…

Hans Andersen&Apos;S Fairy Tales

Hans Andersen; E. Lucas · 1939 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1939 . Cloth. A lovely and scarce collection of Hans Andersen's fairy tales translated in English with colour plates. An early edition in the original publisher's binding of a collection of Hans Andersen's iconic fairy tales translat…

Odes and Sonnets Illustrated

Various Contributors · 1863 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Routledge Warne & Routledge , 1863. Cloth. A charming and scarce anthology of odes and sonnets, profusely illustrated with pictures by Birket Foster and designs by John Sliegh. A charming anthology of illustrated odes and sonnets, a scarce early edition of 1863, original…

Lysbeth

H. Rider Haggard · 1901 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, New York and Bombay, Longmans, Green and Co. 1901. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of H. Rider Haggard's historical novel containing a number of illustrations. 'Lysbeth: A Tale of the Dutch' is a historical novel set in the Netherlands during …

George Morland: His Life and Works

Walter Gilbey; E. D. Cuming · 1907 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Adam and Charles Black , 1907. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of this volume recounting of George Morland's life and career as a painter, with lovely coloured plates. The first trade edition of this work, published simultaneously as a deluxe limited e…

Poems

Samuel Rogers · 1834 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, T. Cadell, 1834. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this collection of poetry by the Romantic nineteenth century poet Samuel Rogers, engraved throughout by Turner and Stothard. The first edition of this work. A collection of poems by Samuel Rogers, a nineteenth…