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Flaminio de'Nobili · 1580 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,996.65 | $3,302.85 | ¥527,422)

Bologna, Pellegrino Bonardo, 1580. Vellum. The second edition of Flaminio De Nobili's very scarce treatise on Human Love. In a contemporary vellum binding. A very scarce work, with all sixteenth century editions of this work seldom found. This is one of two editions in the …

Tom Brown&Apos;S School-Days; Wanderings in South America; Old Christmas; Bracebridge Hall

Thomas Hughes; Charles Waterton; Washington Irving · 1882 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1882. Cloth. A scarce collection of popular works by Thomas Hughes, Charles Waterton and Washington Irving, in the original cloth binding. A scarce new collection. Complete with four works in one volume. Bound in the original pictorial cloth. Comprising…

A Legend of Argyle; or &Apos;Tis a Hundred Years Since in Three Volumes

David Carey · 1821 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, G. & W. B. Whittaker, 1821. Leather. A scarce set of 'A Legend of Argyle; or 'Tis a Hundred Years Since' by David Carey. A very scarce set of 'A Legend of Argyle; or 'Tis a Hundred Years Since' by David Carey. Complete in three volumes. Care…

As in a Looking Glass

F. C. Philips [Francis Charles Philips] · 1889 · Rooke Books

£77.00 (€92.30 | $101.73 | ¥16,245)

London, Ward & Downey, 1889. Cloth. A Limited Edition novel depicting upper class life in the late nineteenth century, illustrated by George du Maurier. A delightfully illustrated diary of a socialite from British army officer, actor, journalist and novelist Francis Charles Phil…

MR. DICKENS And MR. BENTLY. [accompanied by] ANs [3] by Richard Bentley [1839], 2 to Rev Richard Barham

Bentley, George. Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870] - Subject. Bentley, Richard [1794 - 1871] - Subject & ANs Correspondent. Barham, Richard Harris [1788 – 1845] - Letter recipient · 1871 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$1,650.00 (€1,497.03 | £1,248.92 | ¥263,484)

London: , 1871. 1st separate printing. Not in Gimbel. Self-wrappers, now housed in a custom red cloth chemise & slipcase. Leaflet: 4 pages. Each ANs, 2 pages [each one sheet, writing both sides]. ANs dates: Saturday May 6 1837 [to Rev R. H. Barham], July 28 1837 [to Rev R. H. Ba…

Our Mutual Friend

Charles Dickens · 1865 · Rooke Books

£525.00 (€629.30 | $693.60 | ¥110,759)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1865. First edition. Leather. A nice Mansell bound first book form edition of one of Charles Dickens' most popular novels, with all of Marcus Stone's plates present. The first edition of this work in book form. The first issue, with the three …

Dramatic Works of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare · 1883 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)

Edinburgh , William Paterson, 1883. Leather. A very scarce complete limited edition set of William Shakespeare's works, illustrated with etched plates and presented here in half morocco. One of five hundred and fifty copies printed, of which this is number 404. Very scarce…

Catalogue des tres belle[!] oignons des fleurs, comme jacinthes, tulipes, ranuncules, anemones, bouquet-narcissen, etc. Qu'on trouve à vendre chez Isaak Moerbeek, fleurist à Harlem en Hollande.[Haarlem?], 178[4]. 12mo. Contemporary half brocade paper wrappers with floral paper sides.

[NURSERY CATALOGUE - FLOWER BULBS - HAARLEM]. · 1784 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€4,500.00 ($4,959.82 | £3,754.20 | ¥792,019)

40 pp.Only known copy of the 1784 nursery catalogue of the company of Isaak Moerbeek in Haarlem, listing the prices of several hundred varieties of flower bulbs, including numerous cultivars of hyacinths, tulips, ranunculus, anemones, and daffodils, alongside lilies, fritillaria…

Land: A Journal for All Interested in Landed and House Property

1881 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Edward J. Knight, 1881. Leather. A very scarce journal on land and property in Britain, this illustrated volume containing the first twenty-six issues of the publication. Vanishingly scarce.A journal "for all interestested in landed and house property", a weekly newspape…

PRANCING NIGGER With an Introduction by Carl van Vechten.

Firbank, Ronald [1886 - 1926]. van Vechten, Carl [1880 - 1964] - Contributor. Richards, Grant [1872 - 1948] - Presumed prior owner · 1924 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$385.00 (€349.31 | £291.42 | ¥61,480)

New York: Brentano's Publishers, 1924. 1st US edition (Benkovitz A10). Benkovitz quotes van Vechten implying a print run of 300 cc. Black cloth binding lettered in gilt. Black topstain. White dust jacket with front panel graphic duplicating the frontis. xi, [1], 126 pp. Richards…

2 Vols Wild Beasts and Their Ways: Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America.

Sir Samuel W. Baker · 1890 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1890. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Baker's richly illustrated survey of wild animals and big-game encounters across Europe, Asia, Africa and America, in a handsome full calf binding by H. Sotheran. In a uniform full red calf binding…

A Book of Sporting Painters a Companion Volume of New Research to British Sporting Artists and "Angling in British Art

Walter Shaw Sparrow · 1931 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1931. Cloth. A scarce first limited edition copy of this profusely illustrated work on sporting painters by Walter Shaw Sparrow. Walter Shaw Sparrow was a notable Welsh writer on art and architecture with a special interest in British sporting …

Opera [8 works in 5 volumes]

Tuldenus, Diodorus (Theodoor van Tulden died 16-11-1645) · Antiquariaat Berger & De Vries

€1,000.00 ($1,102.18 | £834.27 | ¥176,004)

Lovanii / Leuven Typis & Sumptibus Aegidii Denique Leather bindings with ribbed spines, gilted ornamentation and lettering. Vol. I: (XIV) 520 pp. Vol. II: (XVI) 771 (99) pp. Vol. III: (XII) 700 (20) pp. Vol. IV: (IV) 294 (30) + (IV) 162 (4) + (2) 71 (5) + (IV) 66 (1) pp. Vol. V:…

Prehistoric Japanese Arts: Jomon Pottery

Kidder, J. Edward; with contributions by Teruya Esaka · 1968 · Jorge Welsh Works of Art Lda

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,600)

Book Good Dust Jacket Included 1st Edition Kodansha International Ltd., Tokyo and Kodansha International/USA Ltd., New York, San Francisco English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 27 x 37.5 cm.; 2.5 kg.; 308 pages with black and white and colour illustrations.; Used with si…

A collection of voyages and travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts, others translates out of foreign languages, and now first published in English.London, printed by assignment from Messrs Churchill, 1732. 6 volumes. Folio. With 164 engraved plates (folding, double-page and full-page), 2 portrait frontispieces, 2 engraved titles, numerous illustrations in text, and engraved arms of 28 named subscribers. Contemporary gold-tooled brown calf, with a red morocco title label on the spine.

CHURCHILL, Awnsham and John CHURCHILL. · 1704 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€30,000.00 ($33,065.46 | £25,027.98 | ¥5,280,127)

Second, enlarged edition of this important and profusely illustrated collection of travel reports, with accounts of voyages to every part of the globe. Many of them appeared here in English, or even in print, for the first time. The work is noteworthy because it included the ori…

Daegelyksche aenteekening van alle de goederen te verwen komende bij Joannes Baptista Joffroy begonst 1734. [Mechelen (Malines, Belgium), 1 April 1734-31 August 1759]. Folio (32.5 x 21 cm). Manuscript journal of accounts in dark brown ink on paper, written in Dutch in an upright gothic hand, with each page ruled in double and single lines to make 4 or 5 columns and up to 22 rows, decorated with hundreds of pen flourishes, three forming pictures of birds as tailpieces and with a decorative cross to begin 1750 (some other years with a simpler cross), a couple headings with additions in red. Contemporary vellum.

[MANUSCRIPT]. JOFFROY, Joannes Baptista (Jean-Baptiste). · 1699 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€3,750.00 ($4,133.18 | £3,128.50 | ¥660,016)

[268] pp.Journal of accounts of the cloth dyeing factory of Joannes Baptista Joffroy (1699/1708-post 1772?) in Mechelen (Malines) in the Southern Netherlands (now Belgium) under the Austrian Habsburgs, beginning on 1 April 1734 and ending with 21 August 1759. Most of the entries…

L'Art des armées navales, ou traité des évolutions navales. [together with:] Théorie de la Construction des vaisseaux, qui contient plusieurs traitez de mathématique. [ Sir Maurice Denny. John Weir copy ]

Hoste P. Paul · 1697 · George Jeffery Books

£4,250.00 (€5,094.30 | $5,614.84 | ¥896,618)

Chez Anissson, & Posuel Two gift inscriptions. '' Centenary gift to Mess'' William Denny & Brothers Ltd Shipbuilders, Leven ship yard, Dunbarton, for their esteemed and distinquished Chairman Sir Maurice E. Denny , BL. CBE. BSc. From John Weir ex Dunbarton and Blackwell yard Lon…

Hippiatria, Ein vast schönes und nutzliches Buech von der Rossartzney …

SEUTER Mang · 1599 · Antiquariaat Garcia

€1,500.00 ($1,653.27 | £1,251.40 | ¥264,006)

Augsburg, Johann Schultes, 1599 . In-folio. Blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards. Raised spine, clasps ( one missing). Binding firm. [10][10] 440 pp. Bound with" FUGGER Markus " Von der Gestüterey, Das ist ein grundliche beschreibung wie und wa(nn) man ein Gestüt von guten e…

Paul Wilmott Introduces Quantitative Finance. mit CD-ROM Paul Wilmott Bloomberg Financial Engineering Derivatives Visual basic code option classification tables Derivatives financial theories Financial Engineer Finanzmathematik Informatik Angewandte Mathematik BWL Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft Management Finanzierung Finanzen Börse Aktien Stocks Derivate Finanzprodukte Finanztechniken Paul Wilmott Introduces Quantitative Finance.

Paul Wilmott · 2006 · LLU Buchservice

€99.90 ($110.11 | £83.34 | ¥17,583)

, Wiley-Vch Verlag Gmbh, 2006. 1500, 179 x 290 mm, Hardcover. Zustand: 2. The new edition of this finance classic serves as a comprehensive reference on both traditional and new derivatives and financial engineering techniques. Explaining finance in an accessible manner, Wilmott…

Meditations Poetiques de Lamartine

M. de Lamartine · 1857 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

Paris, Furne et Cie, Pagnerre, L. Hachette et Cie. 1857-59. Leather. A smart set of selected poetical and literary works by French writer Alphonse de Lamartine, handsomely bound in full calf prize binding from Christ's Hospital. A two volume set of selected literary works o…