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Sketches of English Life and Character

Mary R. Mitford · 1909 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Edinburgh & London, T. N. Foulis, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this charming, pastoral work from Mary Russell Mitford, beautifully illustrated with the artwork of Stanhope Forbes, and featuring the author's signature tipped in. First edition. In the…

Lysistrata A Comedy in Four Acts

Donnay,Maurice · 1929 · Richard Thornton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Alfred A Knopf This is a Very Good Copy of this book in red cloth with paper title label to spine and upper cover.No dust-jacket.Clean copy internally.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.This copy was acquired from the impressive private library of Film Director R…

Cairo, Jerusalem and Damascus

D. S. Margoliouth · 1907 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1907. First edition. Cloth. Signed by the illustrator, a smart first edition of D. S. Margoliouth's richly illustrated history of Cairo, Jerusalem and Damascus. Signed presentation inscription by one of the illustrators, W. S. S. Tyrwhitt, to the …

Registrum Statutorum Et Consuetudinum Ecclesiae Cathedralis Saincti Pauli Londinensis

W. Sparrow Simpson · 1873 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Nichols and Sons, 1873. Leather. A comprehensive referential work referring to the customs and statues of St. Paul's Cathedral, handsomely bound in quarter morocco. A fascinating comprehensive referential work on the customs and statues of St. Paul's Cathedral …

All Manner of Folk, Interpretations and Studies

Edward Lear; Holbrook Jackson [editor] · 1912 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Grant Richards Ltd, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon work of literary criticism by Holbrook Jackson, signed by the author. The first edition of this uncommon work.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, with his bookplate to…

Fine Art: A Sketch of Its History, Theory, Practice, and Application to Industry

Matthew Digby Wyatt · 1870 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1870. First edition. Leather. An uncommon first edition documenting the eighteen lectures given by Matthew Digby Wyatt, the inaugural Slade Professor of Fine Arts at Cambridge University A first edition of these lectures on fine art delivered by Matthe…

People and manners of ancient Russia

Romanov, B. A. · 1947 · Chystikov Paper and Silk

€37.20 ($41.00 | £31.03 | ¥6,548)

Leningrad, 1947. Softcover (paperback). Language: Russian. Condition: fair. Defects: tears (pages). No illustrations. Print run: 10,000 copies. Original title: Lyudi i nravy Drevney Rusi. Photos of the copy offered are available on request. Ships from Ukraine by Nova Post with t…

Free Cuba

Merin, B. M. · 1964 · Chystikov Paper and Silk

€38.40 ($42.32 | £32.03 | ¥6,760)

Prosveshchenie, 1964. 128 pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Language: Russian. Condition: good. Defects: dedication (binding), inscriptions (binding), damaged (spine). Photographs. Print run: 19,000 copies. Original title: Svobodnaya Kuba. Photos of the copy offered are available …

Asfalt i yego primeneniya dlya ustroystva mostovykh i dlya drugikh rabot (Russian edition)

Kogan, R. L. · 1899 · Chystikov Paper and Silk

€321.70 ($354.58 | £268.34 | ¥56,629)

Tip. G. Shakht i K., 1899. 168 pp. Softcover (paperback). Language: Russian. Condition: good. Defects: damaged (cover), underlining/notes (cover). Black-and-white illustrations. Photos of the copy offered are available on request. Ships from Ukraine by Nova Post with tracking af…

Spravochnik konstruktora. Tom I (Russian edition)

Anonymous · 1962 · Chystikov Paper and Silk

€57.70 ($63.60 | £48.13 | ¥10,157)

Derzhavnyi komitet Rady Ministriv SRSR z khimii, 1962. Hardcover. Language: Russian. Condition: fair. Defects: signs of age, yellowing, rubbing (cover). Black-and-white illustrations. Print run: 200 copies. Photos of the copy offered are available on request. Ships from Ukraine …

Vrubel: Life and creativity

Yaremich, S. · 1911 · Chystikov Paper and Silk

€453.80 ($500.18 | £378.54 | ¥79,882)

I. Knebel, 1911. Hardcover. Language: Russian. Condition: good. Defects: rubbing (binding), signs of age (binding), dedication (pages), inscriptions (pages), soiling (binding), spots, damaged, rubbing, rubbing (spine). Colour illustrations. Original title: Vrubel: Zhizn i tvorch…

Poliublasia ya na pechal svoiu (Ukrainian edition)

Shevchenko, T. G. · 1939 · Chystikov Paper and Silk

€51.90 ($57.20 | £43.29 | ¥9,136)

1939. Softcover (paperback). Language: Ukrainian. Condition: good. Defects: signs of age. No illustrations. Original title: Noty 1939 Poliublasia ya na pechal svoiu slova. Photos of the copy offered are available on request. Ships from Ukraine by Nova Post with tracking after re…

Cathedrals of Southern France; Cathedrals of Northern France

Francis Miltoun · 0 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, T Werner Laurie, c1904. First edition. Cloth. A charming two volume set from Francis Miltoun's 'Cathedral Series', in decorative cloth binding. A lovely two volume set from Francis Miltoun's Cathedral Series. Including 'Cathedrals of Southern Fra…

Air of Glory: A Wartime Scrapbook

Cecil Beaton · 1941 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1941 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work of Cecil Beaton photographs depicting the early days of the British in World War Two. In the scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work from renowned fashi…

Combat A Motor Racing History

Lyndon,Barre (Epilogue by Earl Howe) · 1933 · Richard Thornton Books

£200.00 (€239.77 | $264.27 | ¥42,206)

William Heinemann This is a Very Good Copy of this in Publisher's beige coloured cloth with green and gilt title lettering to both spine and upper cover with it's rare Dust-Jacket still present and graded only 'Good' The wrapper has several small chips and closed tears to the ex…

Catalogue Des Objets D&Apos;Art Et D&Apos;Ameublement Du Xviiie Siãƒâ¨Cle. Anciennes Porcelaines de Chine, Saxe, Sãƒâ¨Vres, Etc. Objects de Vitrine, Porcelaines Montãƒâ©Es En Bronze, Sculptures, Bronzes D&Apos;Ameublement, Meubles Anciens. Composant la Collection de Madamme la Baronne S. De Gunzburg.

M. F. Lair-Dubreuil; MM Paulme & B. Lasquinn Fils · 1912 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 1912. First edition. Leather. A scarce auction catalogue from the influential Parisian art dealership, Galerie Georges Petit. A scarce auction catalogue from the influential Galerie Georges Petit. Published in French. Within a few years of its estab…

Christmas Tyde

[Sara Coleridge]; Various · 1849 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, William Pickering, 1849. Cloth. First Edition illustrated collection of Christmas songs and poems, from the library of Ottoline Morrell. First Edition uncommon collection of sacred songs and Christmas themed poems by various authors, including William Shakespeare, John M…

Strictures on Military Discipline; in a Series of Letters, with a Military Discourse

[James Cuninghame] · 1774 · Rooke Books

£800.00 (€959.07 | $1,057.09 | ¥168,824)

London, John Donaldson, 1774. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of Colonel James Cuninghame's military letters, from the library of his great-great-grandson. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.From the library of Adrian Grand Duff, who was t…

Scarce and Valuable Tracts and Sermons

John Abernethy · 1751 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, R Griffiths, 1751. First edition. Leather. The first collected edition of the scarce tracts and sermons, 'occasionally published', of the Presbyterian minister John Abernethy. By the 'author of The Discourses on the Being and Perfections of God&apos. John …

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

J. M. Barrie · 1914 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.43 | $647.47 | ¥103,404)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1914. Cloth. An early edition of J. M. Barrie's popular Peter Pan tale, a charming fantasy story with colourful and whimsical illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Early trade edition, without 'Limited' to the publisher's name, Hodder…