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Société Des Automobiles Delahaye Catalogue 1937-1938 . First Edition

Société des Automobiles Delahaye · 1937 · Wittenborn Art Books

$350.00 (€317.54 | £264.88 | ¥55,897)

Paris: Delahaye, 1937-. Original wraps. 12pp. 20.5 x 18cm. 1933 was a turning point in the make's history. From that year on, the Morane family directed Delahaye towards the manufacturing of prestige cars and the participation in famous motor racing events, while maintaining the…

Through Connemara in a Governess Cart

Edith ÂÂOenone Somerville; Violet [Martin Ross] Martin · 1893 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, W. H. Allen & Co. Limited. 1893. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this richly illustrated and humorous travelogue by Somerville & Ross, capturing their spirited journey through Connemara, with illustrated plates by W.W. Russell. In the publisher's original pic…

Mon Journal Recueil Hebomadaire Illustre de Gravures En Couleur Et En Noir Pour Les Enfants de 8 a 12 Ans

Various · 1895 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Paris, Librairie Hachette , 1895-6. First edition. Leather. A collection of the issues from October 1895 to June 1896 of this French weekly juvenile magazine, with illustrations both in colour and in black and white. A collection of thirty-eight issues from this weekly illustrat…

Two Books by C.A. Johns: British Trees and British Birds

C. A. Johns · 1911 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, George Routledge and Sons, Ltd.; George Routledge & Sons, Limited. 1911-1935. Cloth. Two lovely illustrated books by C. A. Johns, on British trees and birds respectively. Two books in original publisher's binding by C. A. Johns.Charles Alexander Johns was a nineteen…

Hannah in Yorkshire (Signed By Author + Signed Invitation Card From Hannah Hauxwell Laid in)

Cockroft,Barry · 1973 · Richard Thornton Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

J.M. Dent & Sons Limited This is a Very Good Copy of this hardcover book in green cloth with gilt title lettering to spine,in a Good Only Dust-Jacket which has two closed tears to it's extremities and also further rubbing along it's edges.Not Price clipped.This copy has been SIG…

I Dieci Libri D'Architettura, Secondo I Precetti Di Vetruvio, Novamente Ristampati, Et Accresciuti Della Prattica Degl'Horologi Solari. First Edition

Rusconi, Giovanni Antonio; Francesco Valvasense,; Francesco Nicolini; Lucile Council (1898-1964); Florence Yoch (1890-1972), provenance · 1660 · Wittenborn Art Books

$1,750.00 (€1,587.72 | £1,324.39 | ¥279,486)

Venice: Appresso il Nicolini : [per Francesco Valvasense], In Venetia, 1660. Small folio. (20.5 x 31cm . Contemporary calf, raised bands, spine lettered in gilt. Second edition.(12¼x8"), [12], 148 pp. (a-c² A-2O²). Illustrated with large woodcuts throughout. Condition: Moderate …

Revue Illustree

F. G. Dumas · 1886 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

Paris, Ludovic Baschet, 1886-1893. Leather. Nine volumes of Revue Illustree, richly illustrated and in the original French. Nine volumes of Revue Illustree from 1886 to 1893. Revue Illustree was a French language biweekly arts magazine which was published between 1885 and 1912 …

Mãƒâ©Moires D&Apos;Une Cãƒâ©Lãƒâ¨Bre Fille Publique, Ou, Aventures Galantes, Civiles, Politiques Et Militaires de Pauline, Depuis Sa Naissance Jusqu&Apos;ãƒâ  Ce Jour

1831 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1831. Leather. A very scarce pastiche of 'Memoirs of a Contemporary', following Pauline's escapades among the Parisian bourgeoisie of the Restoration. A very scarce work in a half calf binding. Bookplate to the front paste down. A novel des…

Spoken Cree, West Coast of James Bay: Part I

Ellis, C. Douglas; John Wynne; Anne Scott; Zavier Sutherland · 19581962 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$385.00 (€349.30 | £291.37 | ¥61,487)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada The Department of Missions (M.S.C.C.), The Anglican Church of Canada (Church House, 600 Jarvis Street) First Edition, First Printing Twenty-five, various unpaginated units ([1], 158-230 leaves], includes a stapled three-page "Errata and Notes". Thick 4to…

Sparrowhawk. [Original watercolour].

Ladd, T. · 1983 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€450.00 ($495.99 | £375.37 | ¥79,213)

Ditchling, the artist, 1983. Framed watercolour (38 x 27 cm). Signed and dated [19]83 in lower right corner. = A beautiful illustration of one of the most spectacular European and North African birds of prey. Made by the British bird artist Tony Ladd. "Ladd is an accomplished ar…

A Tangled Tale

Lewis Carroll · 1886 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1886. Cloth. An 1886 early printing of Lewis Carroll"s witty collection of mathematical puzzles, charmingly illustrated by Arthur B. Frost. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.States 'Third Thousand' to title page.With six illus…

Old Sports and Sportsmen

John Randall · 1875 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

London; Salop, Virtue, Spalding, & Co.; Bunny and Evans; And Randall, 1875. Cloth. An early edition of this sporting work, inscribed by the aging author. An early edition, reflecting on historic sporting figures. Bound in original green decorated cloth. Featuring a monochrome fr…

Poems: Third Series

Jean Ingelow · 1885 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1885. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Ingelow's third series of 'Poems&apos. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Third Series. Bound by Spottiswoode & Co. with a bookbinder's label to the rear pasted…

Jack Lenor Larsen: A Weaver's Memoir

Larsen, Jack Lenor · 1998 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, H.N. Abrams, 1998. Softcover. Green, blue and color illustrated wraps, with white and yellow lettering on spine, 160 pp. bw and color illustrations. "It has been said that world-renowned textile designer Jack Lenor Larsen could have been a painter, an architect, or a p…

Film Pictorial Annual

Various · 1934 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, The Amalgamated Press, 1934-36. Cloth. Two beautiful 'Film Pictorial' Annuals, profusely illustrated annuals showing the film news of the years, with plates of the stars of the day. Two volumes of 'Film Pictorial Annual', being the annuals for 1935 an…

Queechy

Elizabeth Wetherell (Susan Bogert Warner) · 1852 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

London, James Nisbet & Co; Hamilton Adams & Co, 1852. First edition. Cloth. First English edition of Queechy widely admired for its depiction of rural American life. Complete in two volumes. Elizabeth Wetherell was the pseudonym of the writer, Susan Bogert Warner. Susan Bogert W…

Histoire de la Campagne de 1815 Waterloo

Jean-Baptiste-Adolphe Charras · 1858 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Londres, Jeffs, 1858. First edition. Leather. The first London printing of this account of Waterloo by noted French military historian and War Minister, Jean-Baptiste-Adolphe Charras. From the library of Cefntilla Court which belonged to Richard Somerset, 2nd Baron Raglan. Follo…

Histoire Des Revolutions D&Apos;Angleterre Depuis le Commencement de la Monarchie

Pierre-Joseph of Orleans · 1729 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

The Hague, Isaac van der Kloot, 1729. Leather. A French work on the history of English Revolutions, written by the French historian Pierre-Joseph of Orleans. With a frontispiece. Complete, being three volumes bound as one. In the original French. This is a new, revised, and corr…

A State of Mind [SIGNED]

Lane, Jane (1905-1978) · 1964 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$245.00 (€222.28 | £185.41 | ¥39,128)

London Frederick Muller Limited First Edition, Second Printing pp. 203, [1]. Small 8vo. Publisher's bright-red paper boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Exceptionally well-preserved extremities, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and fir…

Rivers Pollution (Scotland) Report to Her Majesty's Secretary for Scotland

Fletcher, Alfred · 1888 · Creaking Shelves Books

£19.00 (€22.78 | $25.11 | ¥4,010)

HMSO (Eyre & Spottiswoode), 1888. Soft Cover. Small stamps of the Scottish Office Library to front, vgc inside with 27 pages plus a part-coloured 16 by 12 folding map of Loch Long and surroundings, with red figures indicating where samples of mud were taken, and blue figures for…