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Jackson, Lisa · 1985 · Gibson

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.05 | ¥1,278)

Silhouette New York First Edition Very Good- with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Previous owner's name. Upper corner of front cover is clipped. ; Becca Peters, Thoroughbred breeder, was devastated when Jason Chambers died. Now she would have to deal with his son, Brig, who would want…

[SCRAP ALBUM OF CAMBRIDGE INTEREST]. Numerous reproductions of famous paintings, family? portraits, portraits of friends? A Poem ‘A Farewell’, pencil sketch of Doverfields, various written pieces, engraving of Sunset at St Helliers Jersey after A. Clint, 2 lithographs of York Cathedral by W. Bevan, 1 Landseer engraving etc. etc.

Stocks, J[oseph] H[alliley]. · 1838 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

4to. From the Library of Jerrold Northrop Moore, marbled e.ps., inner gilt dentelles, padded morocco boards embossed in blind, some wear and marking, ornamental brass corners with working brass clasp, a.e.g. Inscribed ‘J.H. Stocks Emm. College Nov. 26th/58.’Joseph Halliley Sto…

THE BOOK OF NORTH WALES. Scenery, Antiquities, Highways and Byeways, Lakes, Streams, and Railways.

Cliffe, Charles Frederick. · 1851 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co. 1851. 2nd Ed. Sm. 8vo. 308pp. + 16pp. Engraved frontis., folding map at rear, ills. Frontis. and title page lightly spotted, upper inner corner of frontis. sl. waterstained, ex.-libris Charles R. Robinson, gilt lettered blind embossed khaki green…

SÜDDEUTSCHLAND. Oberrhein, Baden, Württemberg, Bayern und die Angrenzenden Teile von Österreich.

Bædeker, Karl. · 1903 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Leipzig: Verlad von Karl Bædeker 1903. Achtundzwanzigste Auflage. Sm. 8vo. xxvi + 454pp. 42 maps, 30 plans and 10 text plans including many colour/folding. German text. Tear to frontis. map repaired, ownership signature to title page, light marginal browning, a few corners sl. c…

THE WORK OF JAN VAN KRIMPEN. A Record in Honour of his Sixtieth Birthday by ... With a foreword by Stanley Morison.

(Krimpen). Dreyfus, John. · 1952 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Sylvan Press 1952. 1st UK Ed. Royal 8vo. [xviii] + 160pp. Illustrated by reproductions of drawings, specimens of types, lettering and bookwork. Some very light marginal age toning, f.e.ps. very lightly browned, original cloth sl. faded at head and tail of spine, in chipped d/w. …

THE PREHISTORIC & ROMAN REMANS OF DENBIGHSHIRE.

Davies, Rev. Ellis. · 1929 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Cardiff: Printed by William Lewis (Printers) Limited, Cambrian Works 1929. 1st Ed. Large 8vo. [xxiv] + 426pp. 146 figures including several folding. Taped and browned d/w. with loss. Ex.-libris Edward Tegla Davies (1880–1967) Welsh Wesleyan Methodist minister and a popular Wels…

AN ACCOUNT OF THE MODE OF PERFORMING THE LATERAL OPERATION OF LITHOTOMY. With Illustrations.

Stanley, Edward. · 1829 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green 1829. 1st Ed. Thin 4to. [vi] + 23pp. 7 litho. plates including 5 partially hand cold. each with letterpress leaf. Some light browning, ex-Birmingham Medical Institute with sm. ink stamps to t.p. and to plates not intruding onto images, sm. pr…

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

J. K. Rowling · 2007 · Book Haven

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Bloomsbury 2007 Hardback 607 'His hand closed automatically around the fake Horcrux, but in spite of everything, in spite of the dark and twisting path he saw stretching ahead for himself, in spite of the final meeting with Voldemort he knew must come, whether in a month, in a y…

Peaks and plains of Central Asia by Colonel R.C.F.Schomberg. With colour photographs by Captain George Sherriff.

Schomberg,R.C.F. · 1933 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€90.00 ($99.20 | £75.07 | ¥15,843)

London, Martin Hopkinson Ltd., 1933. 288 pp. Col. frontispiece, 7 col. plts & 1 fold. b./w. map. Orig. publisher's blue cloth, lettered gilt to spine, blind stamped vignette to upper board. 8vo. - Bottom of boards & spine with waterstain; corners sl. worn. Rather rare first edit…

Losse gedachten over 's lands weerbaarheid in den geest van, en als vervolg op l'Homme gris. [Complete set of three parts].

[Nepveu,Charles]. · 1866 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€40.00 ($44.09 | £33.37 | ¥7,041)

Amersfoort, A.H.van Cleeff, 1866. 3 parts in 1. 51; 56; 51,[1] pp. Bound together in later hardcover binding, original front cover preserved. - Sl foxed.Published under the pseudonym l'Homme Blanc. - - Charles Baron Nepveu (Zeist, 5 October 1791 - Amersfoort, 6 October 1871) wa…

The Donkeys

CLARK, ALAN · 1994 · Round Table Books, LLC

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

London: Pimlico, 1994. 0712650350. Reprint. Soft Cover. ISBN: 0712650350. Publisher's glossy wraps. NB: Alan Clark (1928-1999) was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. He served in the Household Cavalry before qualifying for the Bar in 1955. In 1974 he became Conservative…

Seeker of Souls & Gold. William Hough, Pioneer Preacher and Prospector

BARKER, MARY TROUP · 1985 · Tinakori Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Christchurch, Self published. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 0908673507) Soft cover, 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book, 124 pages, b/w illustrations. William Hough was a seeker and crusader. Pledging himself to help lead a Pacific Island race to the Christian God he forsook home and f…

Apologos: contos para crianças

NETTO, COELHO · 1910 · Sigma Antiquariaat

€115.05 ($126.81 | £95.97 | ¥20,252)

Porto : PLivraria Chardron 1910 First edition. 282 p., frontisp. portrait author HARDCOVER: (Orig. green cloth wiith gilt titles and ill. Cover lightly spotted, top spine reinforced with tape, one small lib. stamp VERY GOOD) Very rare first edition. . Henrique Maximiano Coelho …

Conrad's Eastern World

CONRAD, JOSEPH / NORMAN SHERRY · 1964 · Sigma Antiquariaat

€46.61 ($51.37 | £38.88 | ¥8,205)

Cambridge University Press 1964 First paperback ediition X + 340 p, plus ., 16 p., illus, maps SOFTCOVER: (Orig.paperback. VERY GOOD) Professor Sherry establishes how well Conrad knew the East and how the original material he garnered there was supplemented from other sources;…

The Paper Lovers

Gerard Woodward · 2018 · Book Haven

NZ$17.50 (€8.77 | $9.67 | £7.32 | ¥1,544)

Picador 2018 Hardback, 320pp. Arnold Proctor’s quiet life is thrown off balance when he falls obsessively in love with Vera, a religious woman and one of his wife’s friends. Vera seems untroubled by her wrongdoing, yet faithless Arnold is wracked with guilt. He has never believe…

The Fainter

Damien Wilkins · 2006 · Book Haven

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Victoria University Press 2006 Paperback 340 Luke is a young diplomat on his first overseas posting. He's in New York, preparing for the 50th anniversary of the United Nations. His photo has appeared in the New York Times. He has a knack for success. Then he witnesses a crime, t…

A Grammar of the Sunscrit Language, on a New Plan. Calcutta, Printed and sold by the Baptist Mission Press, 1820.

YATES, WILLIAM: · 1792 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€450.00 ($495.99 | £375.37 | ¥79,213)

Pp. viii, v-xxviii, 426. Missing last leaf; page 427 and the errata. Small wormholes running through the text. Expertly rebound in half calf (by Bernard Middleton). With inscription by the author. First edition. William Yates (1792-1845), British baptist missionary and renowned …

Fosterling

Emma Neale · 2011 · Book Haven

NZ$11.50 (€5.76 | $6.35 | £4.81 | ¥1,015)

Vintage New Zealand 2011 Paperback. A young man is found unconscious in a remote forest. He is over seven-feet tall, his skin covered in thick hair, which reminds onlookers of an animal's pelt. When he wakes in a city hospital, he is eerily uncommunicative. Speculation begins. D…

Fauna coleopterorum Helvetica. Pars I [all published].

Heer, O. · 1839 · Hermann L. Strack, Antiquarian Book Dealer

€203.50 ($224.30 | £169.75 | ¥35,822)

1839-1841 xii, 652 p., contemporary half sheepskin leather (basane) with marbled boards, author/title and decorations blind-stamped on spine. Some wear on extremities. Ex library H. Müller (with his small bookplate on half-title), ex library H. Bickhardt (with his stamp). Rare.…

Mao: The Unknown Story

Jung Chang and Jon Halliday · 2005 · Book Haven

NZ$14.50 (€7.27 | $8.01 | £6.06 | ¥1,279)

Jonathan Cape 2005 Hardback, 884pp. Based on a decade of research, and on interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China who have never talked before - and with virtually everyone outside China who had significant dealings with him - this is the most authoritative life of M…