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UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND HIS SAYINGS

HARRIS, Joel Chandler · 1895 · Charles Agvent

$3,437.50 (€3,118.81 | £2,601.92 | ¥548,924)

New York. D. Appleton and Company. First Limited Edition. Originally published in vellum, this copy has been rebound in early 20th century 3/4 red morocco leather with marbled boards and endpapers, a gilt-lettered and decorated spine with five raised bands, top edge gilt. BAL 71…

The Coquet or a Political Courtship (Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux; Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey)

Doyle, John ("H.B.") (1797-1868) · 1830 · Wittenborn Art Books

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

London: Thomas MacLean, 1830. Original lithograph. 12.5 x 10 inches. Very Good. Inserted into light matting. Published 23 November, 1830. Sitters: Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868), Lord Chancellor. Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764-1845), Prime Minister. J…

1924 Diary of a Jewish Working Girl Dating and Coming-of-Age in the Bronx

SYLVIA COHN · 1924 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,155.99 (€1,048.82 | £874.99 | ¥184,597)

Havana, Cuba, 1924. Softcover. On offer is a delightful, well-written diary of a young single Jewish woman from the Bronx, dating and relating during the vibrant years of New York’s Roaring TwentiesThe author of the diary is Sylvia Cohn (b. C1905). Cohn lived in the Bronx distri…

The Memoirs of the Life of Daniel Mendoza

Daniel Mendoza; Paul Magriel [editor] · 1951 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated memoir from English prize fighter Daniel Mendoza. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one colour plate, and sixteen monochromatic plates. Collated co…

Boston Courier. Thursday, September 2, 1847. Volume XI, No. 555

[Massachusetts][Harvard] Buckingham, Joseph T. & Foster, Been B. · 1847 · Kaaterskill Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Boston, Buckingham, Joseph T. & Foster, Been B. 1847. First edition. Self wrappers. 4 pp. Folio. Article that Harvard had named its new science buildings the "Lawrence Scientific School" after Massachusetts industrialist and entrepreneur Abbott Lawrence, founder of Lawrence, Mas…

Old English Household Life Some Account of Cottage Objects and Country Folk

Gertrude Jekyll · 1925 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated work on the history of rural life in England, written by the renowned gardener Gertrude Jekyll. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and over two-hundred and fifty …

British Ballads Old and New

George Barnett Smith · 1881 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. 1881. Leather. A smart complete two volume set of this illustrated collection of British ballads. Complete in two volumes. Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous in-text and full-page illustrations. A collection of Briti…

Zoological Recreations

W. J. Broderip · 1873 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Ward, Lock, and Tyler , c1872. Leather. Illustrated zoological studies by W. J. Broderip in a full calf binding. Dated from Jisc, a later edition of this work. A book of natural history with zoological studies of singing birds, owls, turkeys, swans, cats, dogs, apes and …

Comune Di Venezia Case Sane Economiche E Popolari

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

Bergamo, Istituto Italiano D'Arti Grafcihe, c1911. Paperback. A scarce text, 'City of Venice Economics and Health of the population&apos. A scarce text, 'City of Venice Economics and Health of the population&apos. Illustrated throughout with a number of fold-out d…

"A Hundred Years of Education " - King William’s College - Isle of Man 1830—1930

Owen, E. C. · 1930 · Bookbarrow

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Trustees of King William's College, Douglas, Isle of Man, 1930. First Edition, Softcover (Side-stapled). Very Good Condition. b/w. frontis. illustration of King William's College. This little book will fill a long felt want. It is a curious fact that, apart from the ordinary reg…

Jan van Kessel I (1626-1679): Crafting a Natural History in Early Modern Antwerp.

KESSEL - Baadj, Nadia: · 2016 · Scriptum Art Books v.o.f.

€137.00 ($151.00 | £114.29 | ¥24,113)

2016, (22 x 28 cm), vi + 208 pp. English / Dutch text, 50 b/w/ an 50 colour ills., hardcover. The curious art of Jan van Kessel provides an intriguing lens through which to explore the intersections between craft practices, collecting, and the pursuit of natural knowledge in ear…

My Wanderings. Being Travels in the East in 1846-47, 1850-51, 1852-53; between 1846 and 1860

John Gadsby · 1859 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Gadsby, 1859-1860 . Leather. A two volume edition of John Gadsby's account of his travels, with one volume signed by the author, with a presentation inscription. The scarce 1859-60 two volume 'Stereotype Edition' of this work, with volume II being an Appen…

Space for Mankind's Benefit a Space Congress Held at Huntsville, Alabama, November 15-19, 1971

NASA (EDITED BY JESCO VON PUTTKAMER AND THOMAS J. MCCULLOUGH) · 1971 · S. Howlett-West Books

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Washington D. C.: NASA, 1971. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book with cardstock covers and a glued spine. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The covers of the book have lightish, but …

Caldecott's Picture Book.Containing: The Diverting History of John Gilpin; The House that Jack Built; The Babes in the Wood; and An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog.

Caldecott, R. · 1879 · Grimbergen Boeken Antiquariaat

€27.50 ($30.31 | £22.94 | ¥4,840)

London George Routledge and Sons Limited [1879]. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Original pictorial boards. Wear to spine, mild wear to edges. endpapers mild browning.With full page coloured engravings and numerous b/w. illustrations. Not so good copy of a wonderful chi…

Catalogue of the Heads and Horns of Indian Big Game Bequeathed by A. O. Hume, C.B., to the British Museum (Natural History)

Lydekker, R. · 1913 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

British Museum (Natural History) London xvi, 45, portrait frontis, 16 b/w figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. brown cloth, some staining to rear board. Withdrawn from the library of the Natural History Museum, London: a few ink stamps. Good.. Allan Octavian Hume (1829-1912) was a British pol…

Letters Addressed to Francis O.J. Smith, Representative in Congress from Cumberland Disctrict, (Me. ). Being a Defence of the Writer Against the Attacks Made on Him by That Individual-and a Sketch of Mr. Smith's Political Life

Greene, H.W. · 1839 · Mare Booksellers

$43.00 (€39.01 | £32.55 | ¥6,867)

No Place, No publisher, 1839. First Edition. Pamphlet. Printed wraps. Pamphlet. 22 pp. Two letters written to Francis O.J. Smith refuting Smith's claims that Greene is a 'scoundrel and coward,' as well as a 'liar.' Greene then calls into question the character of Smith, as well …

A Practical Exposition on the Offices of Baptism and Confirmation; and on the Communion Service of the Church of England

Yardley, Edward · 1763 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$44.00 (€39.92 | £33.30 | ¥7,026)

London, Printed by J. and W. Oliver, for B. Dod, Bookseller to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, at the Bible and Key in Ave-Mary Lane, near St. Paul's, 1763. . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Comprises the substance of eight sermons, preached at the Chapel at H…

The Einstein Myth and the Ives Papers a Counter-Revolution in Physics with Excerpts from Ives' Correspondence, the Einstein Myth By Dean Turner, a Condensation of Euclid Or Einstein By J.J. Callahan, and Papers and Comments By Others

TURNER, DEAN AND RICHARD HAZELETT (EDITED WITH COMMENTS) · 1979 · S. Howlett-West Books

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

Old Grennwich, CT: Space-Time Studies), 1979. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. …

House of Coates

Brad Zellar 277450, Lester B. Morrison , Hans Seeger 252733 · 2012 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,200)

Little Brown Mushroom, 2012, spiral binding, 118, Publisher's description: \"In House of Coates, writer Brad Zellar pieces together the story of legendary recluse Lester B. Morrison. Working from a handful of encounters and contradictory conversations, a sketchy paper trail and …

Contributions to the Archaeology of Point Reyes National Seashore: A Compendium in Honor of Adan E. Treganaza

SCHENK, ROBERT E. (EDITOR) · 1970 · S. Howlett-West Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

San Francisco, CA: Harper Collins, 1970. 1st Edition; 2nd Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bump…