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Rosita Forbes · 1925 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Cassell and Company, 1925 . First edition. Cloth. A bright example of the uncommon first edition of Rosita Forbes's illustrated account of her journey across Ethiopia in the early 20th century. An uncommon first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, a folding map…

Les Marechaux de Napoleon

Desire Lacroix · 1896 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

London, Garnier Freres, 1896. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this historical work on Napoleon, in the original French. A detailed and fascinating French history book about Napoleon's Marshalls. Featuring fifty four portraits and engravings. Two armorial bookplates to fron…

Street Plans of Cities in Australia - Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Canberra, with map of Federal Territory, from Harmsworth's 1922 Atlas of the World - Single Sheet

Edited by J. A. Hammerton; Miss H. B. Leach, H. W. Cribb and J. T. Rankin · 1922 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,743)

The Educational Book Co. Ltd. London, 1922. Early Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Single disbound map page from Harmsworth's Atlas of the World and Pictorial Gazetteer. Single sheet only which is divided into 5 panels, plans are in colour and sheet is sui…

Street Plans of Sheffield, Leeds, Birmingham and Newcastle on Tyne from Harmsworth's 1922 Atlas of the World - Single Sheet

Edited by J. A. Hammerton; Miss H. B. Leach, H. W. Cribb and J. T. Rankin · 1922 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,743)

The Educational Book Co. Ltd. London, 1922. Early Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Single disbound map page from Harmsworth's Atlas of the World and Pictorial Gazetteer. Single sheet only, divided into 4 panels, plans are in colour and sheet is suitable fo…

Gothic Architecture in England

Francis Bond · 1912 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1912. Cloth. A smart reimpression of this detailed and illustrated study on Gothic architecture in England, with corrections. Reimpression with corrections. Illustrated with over one thousand images, comprising seven hundred and eighty-five photograph…

Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society

W. G. Collingwood et al. · 1908 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

Kendal, Titus Wilson, 1908-1974. First edition. Cloth. A collection of the journals published by the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, illustrated profusely throughout, included with folding plates and maps. A collection of the journal, 'Tra…

Tradition Redefined: Rosanjin and His Rivals

Joan B. Mirviss Ltd. and Shibuya Kurodatoen Co. Ltd · 2021 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

New York, Joan B. Mirviss, Ltd. / Shibuya Kurodatoen Co. Ltd, 2021. Softcover. Quarto. Softcover. Grey wraps with color illustration, with blue and gilt lettering; 80 pp.; richly illustrated. Text in English, with some Japanese. "Kita ji Rosanjin (1883-1959) has long been hailed…

The Affairs of Rhode-Island. A Discourse Delivered in the Meeting-House of the First Baptist Church, Providence, May 22, 1842

Wayland, Francis · 1842 · Mare Booksellers

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.09 | ¥7,825)

Providence, B. Cranston and Co. and H.H. Brown, 1842. Pamphlet. Stated second edition, with an added note not issued in the first edition, being a statement from Judge John Pitman to Reverend Wayland. Pamphlet, lacking any wrappers issued. 32 pp. A work reflecting on the events …

Epidemies Et Ephemerides: Traduites Du Latin Avec Une Introduction Et Des Notes Par Prosper Yvaren

Guillaume de Baillou · 1858 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

Paris, J.-B. Baillere et Fils, 1858. Leather. A scarce edition of this important work on epidemiology. A scarce edition of this important work on epidemiology. In French. With an introduction and notes by the translator. Guillaume de Baillou (Latin: Ballonius) (15381616) was a F…

Sinks of London Laid Open. A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to which is added a Modern Flash Dictionary containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases now in vogue, with a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves, the Whole forming a True Picture of London Life, Cadging made easy, the He-She Man, Doings of the Modern Greeks, Snooking Kens depicted, the Common Lodging House Gallants, Lessons to Lovers of Dice, the Gaming Table, etc. Embellished with Humorous Illustrations by George Cruikshank

[CRUIKSHANK, George, 1792-1878] · 1848 · Fine Editions Ltd

$439.00 (€398.30 | £332.29 | ¥70,103)

London J. Duncombe First Edition thus First Edition (under this title) of a colorful guide to London's underbelly in the mid-1800s. Crown 8vo (182 x 109mm): 131,[1]pp, with folding hand-colored frontispiece (dated March 22, 1822) and woodcuts throughout by George Cruikshank. Ori…

Bank of England Reference Library Catalogue

Mr. K. W. Cotton, Bank Librarian; Miss G. F. Little, Assistant Librarian · 1936 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Printed for the Governor and Company of the Bank of England by Stanley B. Chamberlain, St. Luke's Printing Works, 1936. Cloth. A very scarce 1936 catalogue of the Bank of England Reference Library, compiled by the Bank Librarian and Assistant Librarian. A very scarc…

English Decoration and Furniture of the Early Renaissance (1500-1650) an Account of Its Development and Characteristic Forms

M. Jourdain · 1924 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

London, B. T. Batsford, 1924. First edition. Cloth. This handsome first edition of the fourth volume in Margaret Jourdain's illustrated study of English decoration and furniture with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This is the fourth volume in Margaret Jourdain's …

The Rubaiyat of &Apos;Umar Kaiyam

'Umar Khaiyam; J B Nicolas; Frederic Baron Corvo · 1924 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful edition of the Rubaiyat by Omar Khaiyam, translated from the French of J B Nicolas. The first edition by the Bodley Head illustrated by Hamzeh Carr. A beautiful first Bodley Head edition of the Rubaiyat b…

A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Second Series, Volume XI. Sulpitius. Vincent of Lerins. John Cassian

Translated into English with Prolgomena and Explanatory notes, ed. Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. Alexander Robrts; C A Heurtley; Edgar C S Gibson · 1991 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

T & T Clark; Wm B Erdmans Publishing Company, Edinburgh; Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1991. Facsimile Edition, Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. 9780567094209 Erdmans ISBN 0802881254. Reprint. 641 pages. Text is in English . Fresh covers, tight binding, clean pages and e…

American Science and Invention: A Pictorial History. The Fabulous Story of How American Dreamers, Wizards and Inspired Tinkerers Converted the Wilderness Into the Wonder of the World.

WILSON, MITCHELL · 1954 · Round Table Books, LLC

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1954. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Profusely illustrated with 1,200 drawings, engravings, photographs, and paintings, all faithfully reproduced. Front flap of dust jacket laid in.. Small stain on bottom edge only, not affecting any text…

West-End Gazette of Gentlemen&Apos;S Fashions

Various; E. B. Giles [ed.]; F. T. Prewett [ed.]; P. Donlan [ed.]; F. J. Terry [ed.]; Walter S. Ward [ed.] · 1889 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, Simpkin Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. 1889-1892. Leather. An incredibly scarce illustrated publication of the magazine, containing sketches, articles, and diagrams of sewing patterns. A very scarce publication of the men's fashion magazine title that began publishi…

1854 Diary of a New Yorker Who Collected Life Lessons and Wrote Simply of Life in 19th Century Nyc

UNKNOWN · 1854 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$459.99 (€417.34 | £348.18 | ¥73,454)

New York City, United States, 1854. None. On offer is an interesting diary/notebook dating from mid 19th century New York City. Nearly one half of the book is devoted to what the diarist refers to as “Maxims” - a collection of sayings and reflections that he feels are important …

The Courser&Apos;S Manual or Stud-Book

Thomas Goodlake · 1828 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Liverpool, Harris and Co for Geo. B. Whittaker, 1828 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Thomas Godlake's detailed greyhound stud-book. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of the author, and with a small number of greyhound vignettes.A scarce and highly…

7 DAYS In CHICAGO. A Complete Guide to the Street Cars, Omnibuses, Railroads, Notable Buildings, Union Stock Yards, Churches, Charitable Institutions, Etc. Packing Houses, Tunnels and Water System, Etc., together with a map and historical sketch of the City and the Great Fire

Wing, J. M. · 1877 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$522.50 (€474.06 | £395.49 | ¥83,436)

[Chicago]: J. M. Wing & Co. Publishers, Times Building. Press of the Land Owner, Times Building, Chicago, 1877. 1st Printing. Not found in Sabin. OCLC shows 9 holding institutions, primarily those in the mid-West. Green paper wrappers, title printed in red, cuts & amplifying tex…

Four. Philip Larkin; Thom Gunn; R S Thomas; Ted Hughes. Critical Quarterly Poetry Supplement Number 9

Philip Larking; Thom Gunn; R S Thomas; Ted Hughes. Selected by C B Cox and A E Dyson · 1968 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

The Critical Quarterly Society, London, 1968. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 24.00. Crisp clean covers, sound binding, clean pages and inside covers, corners are lightly rubbed. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: u…