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Anonymous · 1958 · Chystikov Paper and Silk

€111.90 ($123.34 | £93.34 | ¥19,698)

Moscow: Voennoe izdatelstvo Ministerstva oborony SSSR, 1958. 932 pp. Hardcover. Language: Russian. Condition: poor. Defects: rubbing, signs of use, soiling, worn (corners), rubbing (spine), creases, yellowing, signs of age, spots (pages), soiling (pages), tears, rubbing (cover),…

New Voyages and Travels Consisting of Originals, Translations and Abridgements

Count de Forbin [Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste de Forbin] · 1819 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.37 | $1,849.91 | ¥295,441)

London, Sir Richard Phillips and Co. 1819. First edition. Leather. The first English edition of these travel writings by Count de Forbin, issued originally for the 'New Voyages and Travels' series. Count de Forbin's travels, originally issued for Volume I and II o…

Cranford & Our Village

Mrs. Gaskell; Mary Russell Mitford · 1892 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1892-1893. First edition. Cloth. Two smart volumes of these illustrated novels from English writers Elizabeth Gaskell and Mary Russell Mitford. Two volumes. Both illustrated throughout with in-text images from Hugh Thomson, an Irish illustrator…

Poems

William Mason · 1774 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.70 | $343.55 | ¥54,868)

London, University of Glasgow, Robert & Andrew Foulis, 1774. Leather. Two pocket sized volumes of William Mason's poetry, in a uniform leather binding. The first Foulis edition of Mason's poetry. Robert and Andrew Foulis were brothers who worked in partnership as print…

A Series of Letters between Mrs. Elizabeth Carter and Miss. Catherine Talbot

Elizabeth Carter; Catherine Talbot · 1809 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, F. C. and J. Rivington, 1809. Leather. Volumes I and III only of the four volume second edition of the published correspondence of the Blue Stockings Catherine Talbot and Elizabeth Carter. First published in two volumes the previous year, and expanded to four volumes in …

Harvest-Home: Consisting of Supplementary Gleanings, Original Dramas and Poems, Contributions of Literary Friends, and Select Re-Publications in Three Volumes

Samuel Pratt · 1805 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Richard Phillips, 1805. Leather. The collected works of the prolific English poet, dramatist and novelist, Samuel Jackson Pratt, including the revised edition of his poem Sympathy. Complete in three volumes with a frontispiece portrait of the author to Volume I. Pratt au…

Six to Sixteen, and, a Flat Iron for a Farthing

Juliana Horatia Ewing · 1894 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1894-1908. Hardback. Two of the popular children's tales of Juliana Horatia Ewing, both illustrated by Helen Allingham. Two charming tales by Juliana Horatia Ewing, 'Six to Sixteen', and 'A Flat Iron For a Farthing&apos.Ewing was…

Gallé Lamps.

Duncan, Alastair & Georges de Bartha: · 2013 · Scriptum Art Books v.o.f.

€69.50 ($76.60 | £57.97 | ¥12,234)

December 2013, (23,7 x 30 cm), 240 pp. English, 800 colour & 74 b/w. ills., hardcover. A comprehensive survey of the glass lamps designed by a towering figure of the Art Nouveau era. Although renowned for his work as a verrier, lamps did not form a significant part of Gallé's re…

Master&Apos;S Ready Reckoner New Edition Revised and Improved

John Heaton [ed.] · 1866 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London; New York, George Routledge & Sons, c. 1866 (Undated, dated approxim. Cloth. London; New York: George Routledge & Sons, c. 1866 (Undated, dated approximately from copies held by the Trinity College Dublin Library and Newcastle University Libraries). Cloth. Very Good. 6" b…

Old Faces in New Masks

Robert Blakey · 1859 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, W. Kent and Co, 1859. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this intriguing collection of essays - some concerning fish - including 'Fishwives', 'Dances of Death' and 'Historical Sketch of British Caricature&apos. Bound in red cloth …

Holland House Volume II

Princess Marie Liechtenstein · 1874 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1874. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition, in lovely original boards, richly illustrated, with folding plates. An uncommon first edition, in lavishly decorated original gilt and blue cloth, decorated with a gilt top edge.The second volume of…

Outdoors and Indoors: Pictures and Stories

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Griffith Farran Browne & Co. c1890. Hardback. A very scarce illustrated work containing many children's stories. A very scarce work, rarely seen in commerce and not catalogued in institutional libraries. Dated from previous owner's slip loosely inserted. Conta…

Programme Souvenir: 19th Le Festival du Voyageur ; [held in] Saint-Boniface, Manitoba (February 12-21 | Fevrier 1988)

[Le Festival du Voyageur] · 1988 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada Le Festival du Voyageur First Edition, First Printing pp. 142. Quarto., measuring 21 x 27 cm. Illustrated, twice-stapled, card covers. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, one fold-out map and progra…

Sainte-Genevieve, 1900-1999

[Comité culturel de Sainte-Geneviève] · 1999 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$289.00 (€262.20 | £218.71 | ¥46,155)

Sainte-Geneviève, Manitoba, Canada Comité culturel de Sainte-Geneviève First Edition, First Printing pp. 409, [12] pages of plates. 4to., measuring 29 cm. Bound in publisher's original dark-green, textured, cloth over boards with gilt lettering and illustration to the front boar…

Fifteenth Annual Vacation Suggestions [from] Mackie Travel Service ; [located at] 285 Garry Street, Winnipeg

[Mackie Travel Service] · 1949 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.08 | ¥7,826)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Mackie Travel Service First Edition, First Printing pp. 24. Tall 8vo., measuring 4" x 9.25". Illustrated, twice-stapled, card covers bearing an image in black-and-white of the Rocky Mountains. Interesting post-war catalogue issued by local Winnipeg travel firm…

A Tour from Downing to Alston Moor [ Bound with ] a Tour from Alston-Moor to Harrowgate and Brimham Crags

Pennant Thomas · 1801 · George Jeffery Books

£320.00 (€383.63 | $422.84 | ¥67,529)

Printed at the Oriental Press, By Wilson & Co Large format. Book measures 30.5x24.5.cm. Two volumes bound in one. A Tour from Downing to Alston Moor [ Bound with ] a Tour from Alston-Moor to Harrowgate and Brimham Crags. Second work. Printed by C. Mercier. London. 1804. Collatio…

Travels in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860 [ Complete in 4 Volumes ]

Abbey J. R. · 1956 · George Jeffery Books

£625.00 (€749.27 | $825.85 | ¥131,893)

Privately Printed at the Curwen Press Complete 4 volume set. Books measure 32x25.cm. Volumes 1 & 2. Travels in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860. Printed in 1956. Limited to 400 copies. Volume 3. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland 1770-1860. Printed 1952. Limited to 500 copie…

Oeuvres de Racine.

Racine,Jean Baptiste. · 1723 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€750.00 ($826.66 | £625.61 | ¥132,022)

A Londres, de l'imprimerie de J. Tonson & J. Watts, MDCCXXIII [1723]. 2 vols. [16 leaves],440, [4 leaves],488 pp. 2 engr. frontispieces (incl. portrait of Racine by [George] Vertue), 12 full page engraved plates by Dubosc, Fourdrinier, and Van der Gucht after drawings by Louis C…

Jeanne D'Arc

Delteil, Joseph and Louis Touchagues · 1926 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$300.00 (€272.18 | £227.04 | ¥47,912)

Paris, France, Marcel Seheur, 1926. Softcover. white wraps w/ blue & white jacket w/ red, white printing; glassine jacket. 239 pgs w/ 18 lithographs; 1 plate in advertisment packet. Copy 228 of 400. Pages remain rather bright with instances of light smudges, marks and the occasi…

Unknown Territory: Photographs by Ray K. Metzker

Tucker, Anne Wilkes and Ray K. Metzker · 1984 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

Millerton, New York, Aperture / The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1984. Softcover. white glossy wraps w/ multiple black illustrations, black spine printing. 143 pp. profusely illustrated with bw plates. Photo is of a PREVIOUS copy; this copy does NOT have ex-library markings or …