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François Guizot · 1852 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Paris, Didier, 1852. Leather. A second edition of the Francois Guizot's account of the English Revolution. This leather bound copy is published in French. An attractive copy of François Pierre Guillaume Guizot's account of the seventeenth century English Revolution wh…

Bear Pond

B. Weber · 1990 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€295.00 ($325.15 | £246.07 | ¥51,929)

Bulfinch, 1990, Homo-erotic photobook; landmark collection of black-and-white photographs from the skull capped maestro of the gay, the fashionable and the rippling muscle. In the line of Horst, Hoyningen Huene and the ineffable George Platt Lynes. Weber did a lot of memorable a…

Lawyer Bell from Boston Baronet&Apos;S Love Dora Deene Bitter Bondage

Owen Masters · 1898 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, James Henderson, c1893-95. Cloth. Four very scarce novels bound in one volume, by Owen Masters, the author's presentation copy for his mother. Author's presentation copy, inscribed by the author to his mother, dated 1898.Four very scarce novels by Owen Masters …

Magna Britannia; Being a Concise Topographical Account of Several Counties of Great Britain. Containing Cambridgeshire.

Daniel Lysons; Samuel Lysons · 1808 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1808. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the Lysons' brothers' brilliant topographical exploration of Cambridgeshire, compete with detailed plates and maps. The first edition.Volume II Part I only, containing Cambridgeshire.Publ…

Frank Harris: His Life and Adventures: An Autobiography

Frank Harris; Grant Richards [Intro.] · 1947 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, The Richards Press, 1947 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Frank Harris' autobiography, inscribed by the editor Martin Secker to fellow editor, and member of the Bloomsbury group, Roger Senhouse. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's cloth. Sig…

Folly&Apos;S Gate

James Blyth [Henry James Catling Clabburn] · 1911 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, John Long, Limited, 1911. Cloth. A second edition copy of this very scarce novel from British author James Blyth. Second edition. Very scarce work. Dickie Lound, or Lord Richard Lound, was one of those fine specimens of the human race who can still be found in the Upper …

Ricerche Storico-Architettoniche Sopra IL Singolarissimo Tempio Di San Giovanni Annesso Alla Metropolitana Di Firenze

Giuseppe del Rosso · 1820 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Firenze , Giuseppe Molini, 1820. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of this historical-architectural study of the Baptistery of St. John in Florence by Giuseppe del Rosso. A very scarce first edition of this study of the Baptistery of St. John in Florence by G…

Master Humphrey&Apos;S Clock

Charles Dickens · 1840 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London , Chapman and Hall , 1840-1841. First edition. Leather. First edition copies in book form of Master Humphrey's Clock by Charles Dickens, richly illustrated. A first edition of this work in book form, complete in three volumes. The collation of these volumes matches …

Butterflies

Samuel H. Scudder · 1881 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1881 . First edition. Cloth. An extremely scarce first edition of this presentation copy of Scudder's illustrated study of butterflies. First edition, in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Very scarce. The author's …

Her Majesty&Apos;S Tower

William Hepworth Dixon · 1900 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1900. Cloth. The seventh edition of this illustrated history of the Tower of London from English historian William Hepworth Dixon. Complete in two volumes. Seventh edition. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece and ten plates, one of w…

A Handbook of Wine & Port: How to Buy, Serve, Store, and Drink It

Wm. J. Todd · 1922 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1922-1926. Cloth. Two smart second impressions of these fascinating guides on wine and port from wine expert William J. Todd. Two volumes. Second impressions. Written by William J. Todd, a British wine merchant and expert, who was the director of Findlater…

Volte E Soffitti Italiani

Arduino Colasanti · 1926 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Milano, Bestetti & Tumminelli , 1926. Cloth. A collection of photographs from one of the oldest photographic firms, Fratelli Alinari, depicting Italian vaults and ceiling designs, written and put together by Arduino Colasanti. Reprint. First published in 1915 by the same publish…

Employment relations in a changing world economy.

Locke, Richard; Kochan, Thomas & Piore, Michael J. · 0 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€25.00 ($27.56 | £20.85 | ¥4,401)

Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, c1995. Paperback. xxix, 395 pp. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. By collaborating, the contributors seek to clarify the dynamics of employment relations across the world today, and to set the terms of reference …

A Thousand and One Gems of English Poetry

Charles Mackay [ed.] · 1877 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1877 . Leather. A charming anthology of English poetry, in a smart full calf prize binding, illustrated throughout. A wonderful anthology of poetry from English authors, selected and edited by Scottish poet Charles Mackay. Featuring examples of…

Collection of 134 Catalogues of Rare and Used Books from Thomas Thorp, Bookseller

Thorp, Thomas · 1970 · Kaaterskill Books

$400.00 (€362.91 | £302.72 | ¥63,882)

London and Guildford, Thomas Thorp, 1970. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. 8vo. The firm was established by Thomas Thorp in 1883 and was located in London and Guildford. Much of the cataloguing of early books was done by Thorp's son, the English literature by Mary Murray, …

Il Pastor Fido Tragicommedia Pastorale del Cavalier Gurarini.

FOULIS PRESS. GUARINI (Battista): · 1763 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

In Glasgua, Della Stampa di Roberto ed Andrea Foulis e si Vendono Appresso Loro, e Giovanni Balfour in Edinburgo, 1763. Small 8vo, 149 x 88 mms., pp. 264, 7 engraved plates by Sebastien Le Clerc (1637 - 1714), contemporary calf, gilt ruled border on cover, spine ornately gilt to…

Culina Famulatrix Medicinae or Receipts in Modern Cookery With a Medical Commentary Written by Ignotus and Revised By A Hunter

Ignotus (Revised By A Hunter) · 1806 · Richard Thornton Books

£300.00 (€359.65 | $396.41 | ¥63,309)

Printed by T Wilson and R Spence For J Mawman This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in full brown leather (calf Binding) with gilt lettering to spine and with further gilt decorations along spine.Gilt Lined borders are present to the outer boards.Marbled Ednpapers.The book has n…

Nutshell News Magazine, May 1988 - England's Elizabethan Expert

MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTORS · 1988 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$59.95 (€54.39 | £45.37 | ¥9,574)

USA: Kalmbach, 1988. First Edition. Paperback. Features: Ivan Turner details the development of English furniture, 1200-1600; Dream House for a Fairy Princess by Colleen Moore; Esther Robertson, her son Bill and his Twin Manor; The Ancient Art of Enameling by Ligia Durstenfeld; …

Souvenir de Beloeil, dédié à son Altesse Sérénissime la Princesse de Ligne, née Princesse Lubomirska.Brussels, Deltombe, 1853. Oblong 1mo (34 x 50.5 cm). With 12 double-tinted lithographed plates (each ca. 24 x 32 cm), by Van der Heecht, Gerlier and Gratry after drawings by Antoine Vasse (11) and Van der Heecht (1) and printed by J. Lots. Contemporary brown half sheepskin.

VASSE, Jacques-Abraham-Antoine. · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€3,000.00 ($3,306.62 | £2,502.44 | ¥528,088)

[8], 17, [1 blank] pp. textVery rare first and only edition of an attractive suite of lithographs, limited to 150 copies, of the gardens at Beloeil, "the principal example in Belgium of the classical French style". "It was not until the mid-18th century, at Beloeil, that the Fre…

Tales of Hearsay

Joseph Conrad; R. B. Cunninghame Graham · 1925 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, T. Fisher Unwin LTD, 1925. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this posthumously collected anthology of four stories by Joseph Conrad, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression, with not subsequent printings listed.In the original unclipped…