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The Looking-Glass for the Mind; or, Intellectual Mirror

Arnaud Berquin · 1806 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, J. Harris; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; et al, 1806. Leather. An English translation of the popular tales of Berquin, strikingly illustrated by John Bewick. A translation of the tales of 'L'Ami des Enfants' by Arnaud Berquin, a popular anthology of ente…

Catalogue of Mr. Edward Runge's Collection of American Paintings Which Includes Examples of George Inness, Winslow Homer, Sargent, Homer D. Martin, Eastman Johnson, Chuch, de Forest Brush, Blakelock, and Other Artists of Prominence

American Art Galleries · 1902 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

New York, American Art Galleries, 1902. Softcover. Tan wraps, [82 pp.], no illus. An art auction catalog from 1902. Lists 75 pieces by 50 artists, and gives brief info about each painting and its artist. Artists are: Ralph Albert Blakelock, Charles F. Blauvelt, Robert Blum, Will…

Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society for 1945, Volume Sixty-six (66)

Roland Austin; (ed) · 1947 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£14.50 (€17.38 | $19.16 | ¥3,060)

The Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Bristol, 1947. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Covers protected by non-adhesive plastic film. Pages uncut (untrimmed) at lower edge. Crisp clean fold-out plans. Contents include: Medieval Glouces…

[African Americana] The Conjure Woman

CHESNUTT, Charles W. (Waddell, 1858-1932) · 1899 · Fine Editions Ltd

$1,024.00 (€929.05 | £774.96 | ¥163,539)

Boston and New York / Cambridge Houghton Mifflin / The Riverside Press First Trade Edition First Printing of the author's first book, seven interrelated folk tales set in antebellum North Carolina and told "in Negro dialect" by an old gardener. Crown 8vo (175 x 110mm): [4],229,…

The Ruins of Palmyra, otherwise Tedmor, in the Desart [sic Desert].

WOOD (Robert) · 1753 · Forest Books

£3,440.00 (€4,123.98 | $4,545.48 | ¥725,942)

London: [Published for the Author], 1753. First edition, large folio, [6], 50pp., printed in thick paper, the text is followed by 59 etched and engraved plates, the first plate consists of three coppers, forming together a panoramic view of the ruins (sometimes found pasted toge…

Sporting Anecdotes; Original and Select, including Characteristic Sketches of Eminent Persons who have appeared on the Turf: With an interesting Selection of the most extraordinary events which have transpire in the Sporting World; A correct Description of The Animals of Chase; and of every other subjected connected with the various Diversions of the Field. By an Amateur Sportsman.

[EGAN (Pierce)]: · 1807 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

[London] Albion Press Printed, for J. Dundee..., and J. Harris..., no date. [1807]. 12mo, 172 x 98 mms., pp. xv [xvi blank], 379 [380 - 374 adverts], steel-engraved frontispiece, vignette on title-page, contemporary tree calf, spine richly gilt, red morocco label; spine split b…

Glossographia Anglicana Nova: Or, a Dictionary, Interpreting Such Hard Words of Whatever Language, As Are at Present Used in the English Tongue.

None Stated · 1707 · Rooke Books

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

London, Dan. Brown; Tim. Goodwin; John Walthoe; M. Newborough; John Nicholson; Et al. 1707 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this important English dictionary, notable as one of the earliest English dictionaries to incorporate illustrations, featuring woodcut…

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Various · 1805 · Rooke Books

£3,500.00 (€4,195.91 | $4,624.76 | ¥738,603)

Edinburgh, Archibald Constable & Co.; Bell & Bradfutt, 1805-32. Paperback. A scarce collection of six volumes from 'Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh', with a wide variety of important scientific and geological writings. Illustrated with folding and colour…

Quinti Horatii Flacci Carmina. The Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Seculare of Horace: With Three English Translations and Notes Critical and Explanatory.

HORACE. · 1753 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

Patingham: Printed for the Editor, 1753. FIRST EDITION. 4to, 258 x 202 mms., pp. v [vi blank, vii - viii Index Odarum], 407 [408 Errata], contemporary calf, rather curiously rebacked with a lighter calf overlaying the spine and the corners, with bands more-or-less in art deco …

Maclean's Magazine, July 15, 1954: Donkerbos Diamonds

MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTORS · 1954 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.20 | ¥39,927)

Toronto: Maclean Hunter, 1954. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Illustrated by Winter, William. Features: Cover illustration of a sailing scene by William Winter; Allis-Chalmers - Tractor Division colour ad inside front cover extolls the virtues of the new technique of sani…

Maclean's Magazine, September 1, 1952 - How Social Credit (the Socreds) Took B.C.

MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTORS · 1952 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$350.00 (€317.54 | £264.88 | ¥55,897)

Canada: Maclean-Hunter, 1952. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Illustrated by Arbuckle, Franklin (cover art); Cahen, Oscar. 60 pages. Features: Nice colour-photo ad for International Trucks inside front cover features a Model L-195 Roadliner; Full-page Parker Pen ad; Editor…

The Antiquaries Journal, Published for The Society of Antiquaries of London, Volume 95 2015

Alan Saville et al. · 2015 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.18 | ¥2,743)

Oxford University Press;, London, Glasgow etc. 2015. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Contents are: A Neolithic carved stone ball from Scotland acquired by Sir John Lubbock (Lord Avebury) with comments on the Scottish connections of Lubbock and his c…

Country Gentleman Magazine - the Magazine for Better Farming, Better Living, November (Nov. ) 1951 - Birthplace of the Breeds

KNOX, JOE; DOAN, DANIEL; ATHANAS, VERNE; ET AL · 1951 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$149.95 (€136.05 | £113.48 | ¥23,948)

USA: Curtis Pub Co, 1951. First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated by Garland, George; Gramatky, Hardie. 164 pages. Features: They'll reach for your milk - milk vending machines; Family-size feed mills; One-man stock loading; Birthplace of the breeds; Long grass silage; A doctor fo…

Fores's Hunting Accomplishments

ALKEN, Henry · 1850 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$4,500.00 (€4,082.72 | £3,405.58 | ¥718,678)

London: Messrs. Fores, 1850. Hunting Accomplishments" Six Magnificent Hand Colored Aquatint Plates ALKEN, Henry. Fores's Hunting Accomplishments. Set of Six Plates Drawn by Henry Alken [Engraved by J. Harris]. London: Messrs. Fores, 1850. First edition. Oblong folio (12 3/4 x 19…

Maclean's Magazine, October 1, 1952

MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTORS · 1952 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$295.00 (€267.64 | £223.25 | ¥47,113)

Canada: Maclean-Hunter, 1952. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Illustrated by Woods, Rex (cover art); Comfort, Charles. 68 pages. Features: Editorial - Why are We Afraid to Grow (i.e. why are we afraid of immigration); Mr. Gromyko is welcomed to London, England; The Last Da…

Michael Jackson: On the Wall

Cullinan, Nicholas & Margo Jefferson: · 2018 · Scriptum Art Books v.o.f.

€44.95 ($49.54 | £37.49 | ¥7,913)

07-2018, 28,2 x 28,7 cm), 252 pp. numerous colour ills., hardcover, De King of Pop door de ogen van meer dan 40 gerenommeerde kunstenaars. Michael Jackson, one of the most successful recording artists of all time, also has the distinction of being the most depicted cultural figu…

Choice Emblems Natural, Historical, Fabulous, Moral and Divine, for the Improvement and Pastime of Youth

John Huddlestone Wynne · 1812 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, J. Harris, Longman and Co. et al. 1812. Leather. A quaint, pocket-sized eleventh edition collecting short, humorous and inscructive anecdotes. This work comprises the marvellous wood engraved vignette illustrations of the emblems, followed by descriptions in verse and pr…

THE POETICAL WORKS OF JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

LOWELL, James Russell · 1876 · Charles Agvent

$1,875.00 (€1,701.13 | £1,418.99 | ¥299,449)

Boston. James R. Osgood & Company. Household Edition. Publisher's gilt-decorated green cloth in red cloth dustwrapper with gilt-lettered red morocco spine labels. Presentation copy INSCRIBED on the front blank from the author to John Owen, the publisher of Lowell's CONVERSATIONS…

Maclean's Magazine, August 15, 1937 *Rabbit Maranville - Manager of the Montreal Royals*

MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTORS · 1937 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$350.00 (€317.54 | £264.88 | ¥55,897)

Toronto: The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited, 1937. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Illustrated by Aldwinckle, Eric (Cover Art). 48 pages. Cover illustration by Eric Aldwinckle shows dapper tourist inspecting totem pole. Contents: Short article with photo on North Amer…

Collier's Magazine, August 23, 1947 - the Story of Eddie Condon

HAYCOX, ERNEST; TAYLOR, SAMUEL W.; MEYER, ERNEST L.; JEPSON, SELWYN; PHILLIPS, JOHN RANDOLPH; MANN, PEGGY; CONDON, EDDIE; ET AL · 1947 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.20 | ¥39,927)

USA: Crowell-Collier, 1947. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Maury; Chiriacka, Ernest; Bischoff, H.E.; Martin, Fletcher. 82 pages. Features: Nice RKO photo ad advertises 'I Remember Mama', 'Tycoon', 'If You Knew Susie' and 'Magic Town'; 1-page ad for Philco entertainment pr…