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James Orrock, R.I. : Painter, Connoisseur, Collector

Byron Webber · 1903 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Chatto and Windus , 1903. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition of James Orrock's illustrated biography by Byron Webber, complete in two volumes. Inscribed and signed by Orrock to his niece to the front free endpaper. The first edition of this work, limited to fiv…

Beeton&Apos;S Dictionary of Universal Information

Samuel Orchart Beeton (ed.); John Sherer (ed.) · 0 · Rooke Books

£215.00 (€257.75 | $284.09 | ¥45,371)

London, S. O. Beeton, c1859. Hardback. A comprehensive and copiously illustrated Victorian dictionary of general knowledge, published and edited by Samuel Orchart Beeton. Samuel Orchart Beeton was a renowned English publisher, who notably founded and published the first and most…

Picturesque Views, and Descriptions of Cities, Towns, Castles, Mansions, and Other Objects of Interesting Features in Staffordshire & Shropshire

William West · 1830 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Birmingham, William Emans, 1830-1831. First edition. Leather. The first edition of an illustrated guide through the historic counties of Staffordshire and Shropshire, showcasing the talent of Irish artist Frederick Calvert. The first edition of Picturesque Views, and Description…

Le Diable Boiteux a Paris

SCHEFFER, Jean-Gabriel J.S -.; J.S. · 1830 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$3,500.00 (€3,175.45 | £2,648.78 | ¥558,972)

Paris: Chez Ostervald ainé, 1830. The Lame Devils of Paris" Exceptionally Rare Suite of Six Hand Colored Lithographed Plates [SCHEFFER, Jean-Gabriel]. J.S -. Le Diable Boiteux A Paris, Par Gabriel Scheffer. [Paris: Chez Ostervald ainé, 1830. First edition. Part one only (of two)…

Feathered Favourites: Twelve Coloured Pictures of British Birds

Wolf, Joseph · 1854 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£600.00 (€719.30 | $792.82 | ¥126,618)

Thomas Bosworth London [vi], 54, 12 col plates. . HB. Sm. 4to (250x183mm), cont. red full morocco, blind-stamped dec. frame to both boards, with gilt-ruled border and gilt motifs to corners; spine with raised bands, gilt tooling to compartments, edges of boards and inner dentell…

First Editions of American Authors : A Manual for Book-Lovers [George Herbert Palmer's copy]

STONE, Herbert Stuart (1871-1915); Eugene Field (1850-1895) · 1893 · Fine Editions Ltd

$199.00 (€180.55 | £150.60 | ¥31,782)

Cambridge, MA Stone & Kimball First Trade Edition (a numbered edition of 50 large-paper copies signed by the publishers also was issued) of the first bibliography of American authors. Introduced by the poet Eugene Field. Foolscap 8vo (162 x 100mm): xxiv,223,[3]pp. Publisher's ol…

Dombey and Son [Original Cloth]

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870) · 1848 · Fine Editions Ltd

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

London Bradbury & Evans, 11 Bouverie Street First Edition in book form of Dickens's seventh novel, in original cloth. With the half-title. 8vo: (iii)-xvi,[2,errata],624pp, with the engraved title page ("Dealings with the firm of Dombey and Son, wholesale, retail and for exportat…

1862 French Manuscript Agreement for Sale of a Vineyard in Nancy, France

CREPIN · 1862 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$349.99 (€317.54 | £264.87 | ¥55,896)

Malzeville, France, 1862. Ephemera. On offer is a beautiful example of an 1862 French Acquet (or Acquisition) , an agreement for the sale of lands. It was prepared by Monsieur Crepin, Notary in the city of Nancy, in northeastern France. The parties listed in the document include…

A Collection of Cookery and Home Science Books

Mary J. Lincoln; Anna Barrows; Beatrice Quarracino; Jessie Lindsay; V. H. Mottram · 1902 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Boston; London, Home Science Publishing Company; T. Fisher Unwin; University of London Press, 1902-1938. First edition. Cloth. Three smart copies of these uncommon cookery and home economics handbooks. Three volumes. Uncommon works. This set contains: The Home Science Cook Book,…

Humphry Clinker

T. Smollett · 1857 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, G. Routledge & Co. 1857. Loose Pages, Articles. A smartly bound Victorian edition of Smollett"s final picaresque masterpiece Humphry Clinker, complete with eight lively Phiz engravings. Bound in a half green calf with marbled paper boards. Originally published in 1771, …

How to Build a House an Architectural Novelette

E. Viollet-Le-Duc; Bejamin Bucknall [Trans.] · 1874 · Rooke Books

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

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1874. First edition. Cloth. A charmingly bound first English edition of this richly illustrated French title. A very scarce first English edition, translated from the original French by influential French architect and writer Eugene…

Zingel - Markus Elieser Bloch, 1782-1795

Bloch-- Marcus Elieser (1723-1799) · 1782 · Inter-Antiquariaat Mefferdt & De Jonge

€275.00 ($303.11 | £229.39 | ¥48,408)

THE ZINGEL “Perca Zingel/Der Zingel/Le Cingle/The Singel” (plate 106), copper engraving made by Ludwig Schmidt after the drawing of Krüger jr, for Markus Elieser Bloch's "Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Fische” published in Berlin between 1782 and 1795. With original hand colouri…

MARCEL DUCHAMP.

Robert Lebel, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Harald Falckenberg · 2022 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€112.00 ($123.45 | £93.42 | ¥19,715)

, Koenig Verlag, 2022 hardcover+booklet + slipcase, 330 x 250 mm, 254 pages, ENG edition. ISBN 9783906915517. Marcel Duchamp, the artist's first legendary monograph and draft catalogue raisonné, was written by art historian and novelist Robert Lebel and published in French in 1…

A Nova Politica Do Brasil

Getulio Vargas · 1933 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Rio de Janeiro, Jose Olympio, c1940. Paperback. Getulio Vargas' explanation of the new regime of Brazilian politics, for which he was a the forefront. Incomplete with four volumes of eleven. Included here are volumes I, II, IV, and V, missing volume III, "A realidade nacion…

Zorzi: Gioielli, Argenti, Disegni 1973-2009 Jewelry, Silver, Drawings

Casazza, Ornella et al (editors) · 2009 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

Livorno, Italy, Sillabe, 2009. Softcover. Glossy, color-illus. wraps with hot pink lettering. French flaps. 208 pp. with color plates throughout. Catalogue of Zorzi's exquisite works of jewelry exhibited at the Pitti Palace (Florence/Firenze) in 2009. Subsequent showings of the …

Mr. Sponge&Apos;S Sporting Tour

[Robert Smith Surtees] · 1831 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Printed for Subscribers; Bradbury, Agnew, and Co. c1891. Cloth. A handsome subscription edition of Robert Smith Surtees' 'Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour'; copiously illustrated throughout and in the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Robe…

Gaudy Night (with remarkable cover of somebody hanging from a gateway)

SAYERS , DOROTHY L. · 1970 · Sigma Antiquariaat

€70.21 ($77.39 | £58.57 | ¥12,359)

New York : Avon Books/ A Division Of Hearst Corporation 1970 2nd Printing (first 1968). 383 p., code of N284 on cover SOFTCOVER: (Orig. paperback, bottom spine bit torn, cover lacks very small part of corner, pages bit darkening, elseVERY GOOD) Collector's item! Rare and sought…

Historisch Verhael en Politique Bedenckingen Aengaende de Bestieringe van Staets- en Oorloghs- Saken, Voor-gevallen onder de Bedieningen van de Heeren Cornelis en Johan de Witt. Beginnende Ao 1653. en Eyndigende in het Jaer 1672. met hunne Doot. Waer in alles seer naeukeurigh en oprechtelijck is waer-genoomen.

WITT, J. DE [Author: BRANDT, G.] · 1677 · Antiquariaat B.M.Israel B.V.

€380.00 ($418.84 | £316.98 | ¥66,891)

Amsterdam, By J.B.H., 1677. Sm 8vo. W. engr. front., small woodc. vign. on title, 2 engr. portrs. [1 preceding folio 1 and 1 between pp. 362 & 363], 1 engr. folding plate [at pp. 624/5] & 2 engr. (medallion) textills. [at pp. 632 & 633] by Romeyn de Hooghe. Very nice contemp. f…

Batavia (Jakarta) - Herman Moll, 1744

Moll-- Herman · 1724 · Inter-Antiquariaat Mefferdt & De Jonge

€475.00 ($523.55 | £396.22 | ¥83,614)

A Plan of the City and Castle of Batavia” Copper engraving after the design by Herman Moll, published in London between 1724 and 1738 by Thomas Salmon as part of his "Modern History: or the Present State of All Nations …" Coloured by a later hand. Size: 41.9 × 32.3 cm. This fin…

4 Vols Arabian Nights Entertainments: Consisting of One Thousand and One Stories

None Stated; Antoine Galland [French Trans.] · 1783 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.96 | $2,312.38 | ¥369,302)

London, T. Longman, 1783 . Leather. A complete four-volume English edition of the "Arabian Nights," preserving the enormously influential 18th century English version derived from Antoine Galland's French translation. Uniformly bound in full contemporary calf. The front boa…