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Lysbeth; Pearl-Maiden; Stella Fregelius

H. Rider Haggard · 1901 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1901-1904. First edition. Cloth. A smart trio of classic novels from British writer H. Rider Haggard, comprising two first UK editions and one true first edition. This set offers three smart volumes from H. Rider Haggard, an English writer predom…

In Our Convent Days Books and Men

Agnes Repplier · 1906 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, c1900. Leather. A collection of essays by the popular American essayist Agnes Repplier, looking at the effect of reading on children, and her school days. In two volumes. These two woks are collections of essays by the America…

Westminster Abbey

William Loftie · 1890 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Seeley and Co, 1890. Cloth. A fully illustrated history to Westminster Abbey, written by the clergyman William Loftie, and illustrated by Herbert Railton. William Loftie was a clergyman, who wrote extensively about the history of London and architecture. After working at…

STURTEVANT AERONAUTICAL MOTORS. Model 5A. Type 8. 140 H. P. Sturtevant Engineering Series. Bulletin No. 229. August, 1916

[Aviation Trade Catalogue] · 1916 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$544.50 (€494.01 | £412.08 | ¥86,960)

Hyde Park, Boston, Mass: B. F. Sturtevant Company, 1916. 1st printing. Printed grey paper wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. 23, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated with 28 b/w images from photographs + one schematic. 11" x 8-3/8". Age toning to wrappers. A VG+ copy.…

Theatrum Sympatheticum

[Kenelm Digby] · 1661 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

Amstelaedami; Amsterdamn, Thomae Fontani, 1661. Leather. The second edition of this scarce alchemy work on the powder of sympathy, a fascinating work, in Latin. The second edition of this scarce work.In Latin.'Theatrum Sympatheticum' is one of the best collections of t…

Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists

Various · 1886 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Bickers & Son, 1886. Leather. A lovely collection of prose essays by twelve important writers, bound for Grosvenor School, Twickenham. Containing twelve essays: 'The Mutability of Literature' by Washington Irving, 'Imperfect Sympathies' by Charles Lam…

Welsh Scenery from Drawings

Robert Batty · 1825 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, R. Jennings, 1825. Leather. A large paper copy of Captain Robert Batty's beautiful work on the picturesque scenery of Wales, illustrated with thirty-five plates. A large paper copy.In a full morocco binding by Colnaugh.Illustrated with thirty-five plates.Collated, c…

Things New and Old

Max Beerbohm · 1923 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A first edition light-hearted portfolio of caricatures by Sir Max Beerbohm. A first edition volume of entertaining and insightful caricatures by English essayist and parodist Sir Max Beerbohm. The work makes light of fig…

Gibson&Apos;S Treatise on Land Surveying

Robert Gibson; Marcus Trotter · 1839 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Dublin, John Cumming, 1839. Cloth. Marcus Trotter's very scarce edition of Robert Gibson's mathematical guide to methods of land surveying. Illustrated with three folding plates. First published in 1752 under the title 'A Treatise of Practical Surveying', thi…

Les Oeuvres de Jean Racine

Jean Racine · 1874 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.57 | $488.90 | ¥78,081)

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1874-75. Leather. A strikingly bound set of the original French dramatic works of Jean Racine, containing all of his important plays, complete with illustrations throughout. In a signed binding by Canape.Complete in five volumes.In the original French.Th…

Mrs. Beeton&Apos;S Cookery Book

Mrs. Beeton [Isabella Beeton] · 1922 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1922. Cloth. A lovely copy of the New and Revised Edition of Mrs. Beeton"s Cookery Book, complete with the scarce unclipped dust wrapper, richly illustrated throughout. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Complete with the ver…

Prostho Plus & Transfigurations

Piers Anthony; Michael Bishop · 1971 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1971-1980. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first UK edition volumes from American authors Piers Anthony and Michael Bishop. Two volumes. First UK edition. This set contains: Prostho Plus, 1971. A science-fiction novel created as a 'fix-up' …

Souvenir aan Zwitserland

Schroeder & Cie · 1900 · Klondyke BV

€700.00 ($771.54 | £583.90 | ¥123,220)

Gebonden, hardcover; ca. 1900; Zurich : Schroeder & Cie; Leather worn -- Conditie: Goed; Beautiful souvenir album of Switserland, quarto oblong in red imitation morocco binding (30 x 40 cm), made by the Rotterdam firm 'Drukkerij en Binderij Cornelis Immig & Zoon'. Album with 17 …

One Man Caravan

Robert Edison Fulton Jr · 1939 · Richard Thornton Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

The Travel Book Club This is a Very Good + Copy of this book in publisher's grey and blue speckled hardcover boards with bright blue titole lettering to spine in a superb Dust-Jacket Graded Very Good + with only modest light rubbing and wear along the outer extremities of the du…

Radio engineering

Izyumov, N. M. · 1946 · Chystikov Paper and Silk

€50.10 ($55.22 | £41.79 | ¥8,819)

Voenizdat NKO SSSR, 1946. Hardcover. Language: Russian. Condition: poor. Defects: rubbing, soiling, spots, worn, creases (corners), rubbing (spine), water stains, yellowing (endpapers), signs of age (endpapers), inscriptions (endpapers), owner's marks (endpapers), soiling (pages…

Pro nebesnu irarkhiyu (Russian edition)

Areopahit, Dionisii · 1848 · Chystikov Paper and Silk

€185.60 ($204.57 | £154.82 | ¥32,671)

Moscow: Sunodalna Drukarnya, 1848. 70 pp. Format: 22.5 x 14 cm. Hardcover. 3rd edition. Language: Russian. Condition: good. Defects: rubbing (binding), soiling (binding), damaged (spine), ex-library, spots, foxing, owner's marks; minor restoration. No illustrations. Original tit…

Morskaya sborka. Tom XXXVII. No. 10 (Russian edition)

Anonymous · 1858 · Chystikov Paper and Silk

€458.90 ($505.80 | £382.79 | ¥80,780)

Saint Petersburg: Drukarnia Morskoho Ministerstva, 1858. Pages: 82, 354, 392, 156, 22, 148. Format: 23.5 x 16.5 cm. Hardcover. Language: Russian. Condition: good. Defects: rubbing (binding), soiling (binding), owner's marks, stamps, ex-library, tears (pages), spots, foxing. Blac…

Introduction to Cybernetics

Glushkov, V. M. · 1964 · Chystikov Paper and Silk

€73.40 ($80.90 | £61.23 | ¥12,921)

AN USSR, 1964. 324 pp. Hardcover. Language: Russian. Condition: poor. Defects: rubbing, rubbing (corners), creases (corners), warped (spine), yellowing (pages), signs of age (pages), soiling, inscriptions (pages), damaged (pages), stamps (corners), tears (corners), mould, damage…

vangeli vid Matviya, Marka, Luki ta Ioanna (Russian edition)

Mikhail · 1899 · Chystikov Paper and Silk

€237.20 ($261.44 | £197.86 | ¥41,754)

U Drukarni Kyievo - Pecherskoi Lavry, 1899. Hardcover. 4th edition. Language: Russian. Condition: good. Defects: rubbing (binding), soiling (binding), tears (binding), spots, foxing, soiling (pages), stamps. No illustrations. Original title: vangeli vid Matviya, Marka, Luki ta I…

Complete Works. Volume 1. Poems

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

€335.40 ($369.68 | £279.77 | ¥59,040)

Derzhlitvydav, 1939. Hardcover with dust jacket. Language: Ukrainian. Condition: good. Defects: tears (dust jacket), spots (pages), signs of age (pages), stamps, ex-library, damaged (dust jacket), yellowing, rubbing (binding), soiling (corners), damaged (corners), worn (spine). …