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Revolutionary Days: Recollections of Romanoffs and Bolsheviki, 1914–1917: Including Passages from My Life Here and There, 1876-1917

CANTACUZENE, PRINCESS JULIA, COUNTESS SPERANSKY · 1999 · Round Table Books, LLC

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1999. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt medallion on front cover, t.e.g. Illustrated with B&W frontispiece and B&W photographs. Julia Dent Grant Cantacuzène Spiransky, Princess…

Temple Bar a London Magazine for Town and Country Readers

Various · 1868 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London , Richard Bentley, 1868-1870. Cloth. Three volumes of this popular Victorian periodical. In the original publisher's cloth bindings. Comprising of volumes XXIII, XXIV and XXVIII. With works such as A Gentleman- According to Shakespeare, 'In Memoriam of Charles K…

Selected Biographical Works of Jean-Baptiste Capefigue

Jean-Baptise Capefigue · 1858 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Paris, Amyot, 1858-60. Leather. A uniformly bound set of selected biographical works by noted French historian Jean-Baptiste Capefigure. In French. Included in this set are the following works: La Marquise de Pompadour, published in 1858. The biography of noted member of the mi…

Select Westerns by T.A. And E. Pemberton

Norman A. Fox; Nelson C. Nye; J.E. Grinstead; Glen Colt · 1948 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Manchester, T.A. and E. Pemberton , 1948-9. Paperback. Early editions of these scarce mid-twentieth-century Westerns, all in their original pictorial paperback binding by T.A. and E. Pemberton. A delightful four volume collection of scarce mid-twentieth-century Westerns, in thei…

England and Wales Delineated

Thomas Dugdale · 0 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Tallis & Co, c1845. Leather. A lavishly illustrated picturesque study of England and Wales, illustrated with over three-hundred maps and plates throughout. Complete in three volumes.An extensive topographical work looking into the beautiful picturesque scenes of England …

Eagle and Earwig: Essays on Books and Writers

Wilson, Colin (1931-2013) · 1965 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.33 | ¥13,575)

London John Baker First Edition, First Printing pp. 278. 8vo., measuring 5.5" x 8.75". Publisher's original dark-green cloth over boards with gilt lettering over orange spine label. Lightest bumps to the head-and-tail of spine otherwise, the extremities remain remarkably well-pr…

SNOW & CO's [CALLING / VISITING CARD] SAMPLE BOOK. Meriden, Conn. [Cover title]

[Trade Catalogue]. Long, Miss Jennie M. - Former owner · 1880 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$825.00 (€748.50 | £624.36 | ¥131,758)

Meriden, Conn: , (n. d.). Ca late 1880s, cf. OCLC entries 19890210 & 20010622 [both held by CHS]. Snow & Co not found in Romaine. Original publisher's brown cloth binding, with gilt stamped lettering to front cover. 20 leaves of mounting stock, of which 19 have 122 samples, typi…

3 Vols Pontificale Romanum Clementis VIII Et Urbani VIII

Catholic Church; Annibale Albani [Ed.] · 1485 · Rooke Books

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

Louvain, Ludovicus Josephus Urban, c1730 . Leather. An appealing three-volume Roman Pontifical, profusely illustrated with engravings after Richard van Orley, uniformly bound in a full dark morocco with large blind-stamped crosses. Bound in a later dark morocco, with blind stamp…

Bibliotheque En Miniature

Berquin; Demoustier; La Fontaine; Millevoye; Voltaire; Florian · 0 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

Paris, Chez Marcilly, c1835 . Paperback. A charming set of six miniature volumes of French poetry and literature, including volumes of the works of Voltaire and La Fontaine. Housed in the publisher's slip case, each volume of this 'Bibliotheque en Miniature' featu…

Cassell&Apos;S Children&Apos;S Book of Knowledge

Cassell and Company Ltd · 1922 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Cassell and Company Ltd , 1922-1924. Cloth. A five-volume set of Cassell's Children's Book of Knowledge, with illustrations by Dudley Tennant, Archibald Webb, G.H. Davis and more. Five volumes of Cassell's Children's Book of Knowledge, lacking volumes…

3 Vols Flora Britannica

Jacobo Edvardo Smith [James Edward Smith] · 1800 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Veneunt Apud J. White, 1800-1804. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this detailed survey of Britain"s native flora by the founder of the Linnean Society and custodian of Linnaeus"s legacy, James Edward Smith. In a contemporary half calf binding with blue paint…

Richard Wagner&Apos;S Werke, Opern Und Musikdramen

Richard Wagner · 0 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Berlin, Furstner, c1909. Leather. Eleven volumes of the musical works of Richard Wagner. These volumes are: I. RienziII. Der Fliegende Hollander III. Tannhauser IV. Lohengrin Romantische Oper In Drei AktenV. Tristan Und Isolde VI. Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg VII.…

Ouvrages Posthumes

Jean Mabillon; Thierry Ruinart; Vincent Thuillier [ed.] · 1724 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

Paris, Francois Babuty, 1724. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this three volume posthumous publication of the works of French theologians Jean Mabillon and Thierry Ruinart. In the original French.The very scarce first edition of this posthumously publish…

Synopsis of British Seaweeds, Compiled from Professor Harvey&Apos;S Phycologia Britannica

[William Henry Harvey] · 1857 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

London, Lovell Reeve , 1857. Cloth. A charming abridged edition of William Henry Harvey's very scarce study of British seaweeds, 'Phycologia Britannica&apos. This uncommon abridged edition on British seaweeds is compiled from Professor Harvey's Phycologia Britanni…

Aucassin & Nicolette

Anonymous; Eugene Mason · 1910 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, J.M. Dent & Sons, 1910. Fine Binding. A beautifully illustrated English translation of this medieval French story, handsomely bound in half calf by Hatchards. 1910 Edition, part of the 'Some Tales of Old Romance' series.This is a wonderful medieval French story…

A Double Barrelled Detective Story

Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens] · 1902 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

New York; London, Harper & Brothers, 1902 . First edition. Cloth. The smart first edition of this anti-detective satire in which Twain transports the notorious detective, Sherlock Holmes, to a California mining camp, illustrated with seven plates by Lucius Hitchcock. In the publ…

Journey Through Arabia Petraea to Mount Sinai

M. Leon de Laborde · 1836 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, John Murray, 1836 . Leather. The first English edition of Laborde"s influential travel narrative, with folding map and plates, documenting early European exploration of Petra and the Near East. In a contemporary half calf binding with marbled paper boards. Originally pub…

Boswell&Apos;S Life of Johnson

James Boswell; George Birkbeck Hill [ed.] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Clarendon Press, 1887 . Cloth. James Boswell's complete six volume biography of Samuel Johnson, illustrated throughout. A complete six volume set of James Boswell's biography of English writer Dr. Samuel Johnson. Edited by George Birkbeck Hill, and including bo…

History of British Birds. Vol. I: Land Birds [and] Vol. II: Water Birds

Bewick, Thomas · 1797 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£1,000.00 (€1,198.83 | $1,321.36 | ¥211,030)

Printed by Edward Walker, for T. Bewick Newcastle xxx, [2], 335, [1]-ad; xx, 400, numerous wood engravings, vignettes, etc.. . HB. 2 vols, roy. 8vo (240x148mm), 19th-century full tan calf, boards framed by a neat outer gilt fillet, featuring an elegant inner panelled calf layout…

Reizen over Moskovie, door Persie en Indie: verrykt met driehondert konstplaten, vertoonende de beroemste lantschappen en steden, ook de byzondere dragten, beesten, gewassen en platen, die daer gevonden worden ...Amsterdam, Willem and David Goeree for the author, 1711. Folio (40 x 25.5 cm). With engraved frontispiece by Bernard Picart, engraved author's portrait, 2 folding engraved maps, 109 engraved plates (13 folding, 55 double-page, 41 full-page) and 36 engraved illustrations in text. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum.

BRUYN (LE BRUN), Cornelis de. · 1652 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€9,000.00 ($9,919.86 | £7,507.30 | ¥1,584,263)

[8], 472, [12] pp.First edition of one of the most richly illustrated accounts of a voyage to Russia, Persia and adjacent countries and territories by the Dutch artist and traveller Cornelis de Bruyn (1652-1726/27). De Bruyn sailed for Archangel in 1701, proceeding to Moscow, wh…