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The Hull Quarterly and East Riding Portfolio, Vols. I and II Nos. 1-4 January 1884 to December 1885

edited by W G B Page · 1884 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£320.00 (€383.63 | $422.84 | ¥67,529)

A Brown & Sons Limited, Hull, 1884. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. A half-leather bound volume with banded spine and marbled covers of quarterly magazines covering a period of two years, front paper covers of each issue are bound-in, the last two q…

A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus (75 Parts in 8 Volumes)

J. H. Maiden; Margaret Flockton · 1903 · The Book Merchant Jenkins, ANZAAB / ILAB

A$4,400.00 (€2,704.62 | $2,981.05 | £2,256.05 | ¥476,092)

William Applegate Gullick, John Spence, and Adam James Kent, Government Printers Sydney First Edition Very Good Condition 30cm x 23cm. 8 volumes. Blue cloth, gilt lettering. A complete set, being 75 parts in 8 volumes, containing over 3000 pages and 304 plates, 12 of which are i…

The Walters Art Gallery: Catalogue of Japanese Lacquers

Boyer, Martha · 1970 · Jorge Welsh Works of Art Lda

€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.02 | ¥5,281)

Book Good No Jacket 1st Edition The Trustees, The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland English text.; Hardcover (without dust jacket).; 25.5 x 30.5 cm.; 1.6 kg.; 215 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The exterior shows mi…

The History of the Reformation of the Church of England (Six Volumes, Complete, without Index)

BURNET, GILBERT · 1829 · Round Table Books, LLC

$1,200.00 (€1,088.72 | £908.15 | ¥191,647)

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1829. Fifth Edition. First Printing. Leather. Publisher's full brown calf, spines in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering and borders on burgundy labels in two compartments, floral gilt tooling in remainder, gilt and blind-s…

Gradation from a Greenhorn to a Blood

WOODWARD, George Moutard · 1790 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$17,500.00 (€15,877.24 | £13,243.92 | ¥2,794,858)

London: William Holland, 1790. To Hold, as 'twere, the Mirror up to Nature" One of the Great Rarities of Eighteenth-Century English Social Satire George Moutard Woodward's Masterpiece on the Rise - and Fall - of the Georgian Gentleman WOODWARD, George Moutard. Gradation from a G…

The River Euphrates from Werdi to Hit. From the Expedition for the Survey of the Euphrates and Tigris, 1836-1840. First Edition of the Map

Chesney, Francis Rawdon, (1789-1872);Commander H. Blosse Lynch (1807-1873); J. & C. Walker, engravers · 1849 · Wittenborn Art Books

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

[London]: Colonel Chesney, 1849. Original engraving. Map V of XII. 50.5 x 60cm. Folding. Marginal tears..The 12 maps were printed separately by the firm of J. & C. Walker, who was the official printer for the British Admiralty and the East India Company. They were published by C…

The River Euphrates from Abu' Saide to Werdi. . from the Expedition for the Survey of the Euphrates and Tigris, 1836-1840. First Edition of the Map

Chesney, Francis Rawdon, (1789-1872);Commander H. Blosse Lynch (1807-1873); J. & C. Walker, engravers · 1849 · Wittenborn Art Books

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

[London]: Colonel Chesney, 1849. Original engraving. Map IV of XII. 50 x 62 x cm. Folding. Marginal tears..The 12 maps were printed separately by the firm of J. & C. Walker, who was the official printer for the British Admiralty and the East India Company. They were published by…

The River Euphrates from Kal 'at En Nejm to Abu' Saide. From the Expedition for the Survey of the Euphrates and Tigris, 1836-1840. First Edition of the Map

Chesney, Francis Rawdon, (1789-1872);Commander H. Blosse Lynch (1807-1873); J. & C. Walker, engravers · 1849 · Wittenborn Art Books

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

[London]: Colonel Chesney, 1849. Original engraving. Map III of XII. 50 x 62cm. Marginal tears..The 12 maps were printed separately by the firm of J. & C. Walker, who was the official printer for the British Admiralty and the East India Company . They were published by Colonel C…

Scientific Dialogues for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young People. Chemical Field Lectures. A Familiar Exposition of the Chemistry of Agriculture, Addressed to Farmers. Experimental Chemistry Founded on the Work of Dr. Julius Adolph Stockhardt. A Handbook for the Study of the Science by Simple Experiments.

Various · 1855 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Henry G. Bohn; George Bell and Sons, 1855-1887. Cloth. Three fascinating volumes from the Bohn's Scientific Library' series. Containing the following three works: 'Scientific Dialogues for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young People;' by the Rev…

The British Institution 1806 - 1867 a Complete Dictionary of Contributors and Their Work from the Foundation of the Institution

Algernon Graves · 1908 · Rooke Books

£287.99 (€345.25 | $380.54 | ¥60,774)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1908. First edition. Leather. A copy of the Scarce British Institution, with notes from the author. Scarce First Edition Bound in quarter leather with green cloth boards The book has been inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper as shown a…

Evidently Not Content

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

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

London: Thomas MacLean, 1830. Original lithograph. 11.5 x 10 inches. Very Good. Light signs of foxing near edges. Inserted into light matting. Published 7 December, 1830. Sitters: John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838), Lord Chancellor. Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and…

Historia Delle Guerre CIVILI Di Francia. Nella Quale Si Contengono le Operationi de Quattro Re, Francesco II. Carlo IX. Henrico III. & Henrico IV. Cognominato IL Grande.

Henrico Caterino Davila; [Enrico Caterino Davila] · 1641 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Venetia; [Venice], Not Stated, 1641. Leather. A smartly rebound copy of an early edition of Enrico Caterino Davila's enriched and illuminating history of the French Civil Wars between the years 1562 and 1598, written here in the original Italian. With a half-title. Written …

Hudibras

Samuel Butler · 1819 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Charles and Henry Baldwyn, 1819. Leather. A three-volume set of Samuel Butler's renowned poem, 'Hudibras&apos. A New Edition, corrected and enlarged. With Dr Grey's annotations. Illustrated titles to each volume, frontispieces, and five plates (collated co…

An Inquiry Into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth

The Earl of Lauderdale [James Maitland] · 1804 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

Edinburgh , Printed for Arch. Constable & Co, 1804. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this significant work of political economy, in which James Maitland introduces the "Lauderdale Paradox". First edition.Rebacked, with marbled paper covered boards and recent cloth spin…

Aunt Charlotte&Apos;S Stories of English, German, and French History for the Little Ones

Charlotte M. Yonge · 1876 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Marcus Ward & Co. 1876-1884. Cloth. A smart collection of illustrated stories from English, German, and French history for children, from English novelist, Charlotte Mary Yonge. Three volumes. Written by Charlotte Mary Yonge, an English novelist who wrote in the service …

History of England

Lord Macaulay [Thomas Babington Macaulay] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.95 | $1,182.62 | ¥188,871)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1903-1906. Fine Binding. A near fine copy of Thomas Babington Macaulay's History of England. The Albany edition of Thomas Babington Macaulay's historical account of late seventeenth century England. With frontispieces selected by the Dir…

Travels in the Interior of Mexico: In 1825, 1826, 1827, & 1828

R.W.H. Hardy · 1829 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley , 1829. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition travelogue of an exciting voyage to Mexico, with numerous illustrations. The scarce first edition. In a half calf binding on marbled boards. Lacking the pages A-A4, at the front of t…

The Comic History of England

Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett · 1847 · Rooke Books

£365.00 (€437.57 | $482.30 | ¥77,026)

London, The Punch Office, 1847-48. First edition. Leather. The first edition in book form of this entertaining satirical history of England, complete with the hand-coloured caricature plates of John Leech. The first edition in book form, originally published in parts between 184…

The Novels of George Meredith

George Meredith · 1887 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Archibald, Constable and Co, 1887-1896. Fine Binding. A finely bound, four volume selection of George Meredith's novels. Meredith was an important Victorian novelist and poet who was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times. Comprising of 'The Am…

English Coloured Books and and Illustrators of Children&Apos;S Books 1744-1945

Martin Hardie; James Laver; Bertha E. Mahony; Louise Payson Latimer; Beulah Folmsbee · 1970 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London; Boston, Fitzhouse Books; The Horn Book Inc. 1970-1990. Cloth. An copiously illustrated two volume set of works on illustrated books, in the original dust wrappers. A lovely two volume set of illustrated works.Both in the publisher's original cloth bindings, in the o…