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Pinnock&Apos;S Epitome of Classical Geography with Historical Notices of the Most Important Ancient Nations

W C Taylor · 1827 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Geo B Whittaker, 1827. Cloth. An uncommon historical work from the Pinnock's series, revised and improved by W C Taylor. This work is supported by many folding map plates. This is a new edition of this work, which has been revised and improved by W C Taylor. This ep…

Collection de Carlo Giovene de Girasole: Catalogue Des Objets D&Apos;Art Et de Haute Curiosite

C. Galardelli · 1925 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

Florence, C. Galardelli, 1925. Cloth. An unusual catalogue of the objets d'art from the collection of Carlo Giovene de Girasole. An unusual catalogue of the objets d'art from the collection of Carlo Giovene de Girasole. Containing a written catalogue of the items in a …

[Portfolio with photographic prints of landmarks in Turkey, Palestine, and Egypt].1898. With 32 albumen prints (ca. 18.5 x 25.7 cm and ca. 23.5 x 27.7 cm) mounted on cardstock, most signed and captioned in French the negative, a German manuscript caption in red ink below. Contemporary portfolio, half green morocco and dark blue pebble-grained cloth sides, with "Orient-Reise 1898" and "H. B." stamped in gold on the front board, lined with floral paper, green closing ties.

IRANIAN, Mihran; Maison BONFILS; ZANGAKI BROTHERS & AMERICAN COLONY PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT. · 1898 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€5,000.00 ($5,510.91 | £4,171.33 | ¥880,021)

Collection of 32 albumen photographs of Turkey, Palestine, and Egypt, assembled by a German traveller who took part in an organised journey accompanying Kaiser Wilhelm II's state visit to the Ottoman Empire in 1898. Preserved in a portfolio with the title "Orient-Reise 1898. H.B…

A TALE Of TWO CITIES.; Petersons' Uniform Edition of Charles Dickens' Works. Complete in One Volume. Price Fifty Cents

Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870] · 1859 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$8,250.00 (€7,485.15 | £6,244.61 | ¥1,317,418)

Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson and Brothers, 806 Chestnut Street, 1859. 1st US book edition, first issue, second state, with the advert for the 25 different editions at front. Cf Smith AMERICAN 12, especially note 5). Original publisher's printed buff paper covers with wood engrav…

Trudy seti opytnykh poley Vserossiyskogo obshchestva sakharozavodchikov (Russian edition)

Frankfurt, S. L.; Rozhestvensky, B. N.; Pokhodnya, N. K.; Damberg, I. I. · 1905 · Chystikov Paper and Silk

€172.00 ($189.58 | £143.49 | ¥30,273)

1905. Language: Russian. Condition: not graded in detail, please see the photos. The photos show the actual copy offered. Ships from Ukraine by Nova Post with tracking after receipt of payment (bank transfer or PayPal); delivery time 12–28 business days including customs clearan…

Tapestry Weaving in England from the Earliest Times to the End of the Xviiith Century

W. G. Thomson · 1620 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, B. T. Batsford, c1914. Cloth. A lovely copy of this work on English tapestry weaving, with 60 plates and illustrations. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Frontispiece depicts the tapestry of Vulcan and Venus from the Victoria and Albert Museum, made between…

The Seasons

James Thomson · 1802 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Printed by T. Bensley. for F.J. Du Roveray; and sold by W. Miller, E. Lloyd, R. Dutton, and B. Crosby and Co, 1802 . Leather. An attractively bound illustrated edition of James Thomson's popular four part Romantic poem, illustrated throughout and with engravings aft…

Northward Ho! The last voyage of the Karluk. [2nd printing / With dedication by R.A. Bartlett].

Bartlett,Robert A. & Ralph T.Hale. · 1919 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€350.00 ($385.76 | £291.99 | ¥61,601)

Boston, Small, Maynard & Company Publishers, [1919]. [XVI],329 pp. [26] full-page b./w. plts, incl. a map, a plan and photographic plates (incl. frontispiece). Orig. publisher's hardcover binding (dec. blue linen with print in red, white and gilt, and gilt lettering). 8vo. - Ver…

A Brief Account of Some Travels in Divers Parts of Europe, Viz. Hungaria, Servia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Thessaly, Austria, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, and Frivli. Through a Great Part of Germany, and the Low-Countries. Through Marca Trevisana, and Lombardy on Both Sides the Po. With Some Observations on the Gold, Silver, Copper, Quick-Silver Mines, and the Baths and Mineral Waters in Those Parts. As Also, the Description of Many Antiquities, Habits, Fortifications and Remarkable Places

Edward Brown · 1685 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.86 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,324)

London, Benj. Tooke, 1685. Leather. A very scarce early edition of Edward Brown's extensive European travel account, illustrated with folding engraved plates. The second edition, with many additions. The first collection of all Brown's travels in one folio volume.  Ve…

Le Caire Alexandrie Et Leurs Environs

Francis Ambriere · 1962 · Rooke Books

£77.99 (€93.48 | $103.04 | ¥16,453)

London, Librarie Hachette, 1962. Leather. A scarce lovely travel guide to Cairo in French in a fine binding. Includes folding maps as well as illustrations in the text, some photographic. Francis Ambrière (September 27, 1907 – 1 July 1998) was a French author who was selected …

(1937) the Land of Wales; (1938) the Face of Britain: West Country (Somerset, Devon and Cornwall); (1938) Welsh Border Country; (1947) the Alps; (1949) the West of England; (1950) the Face of Wales.

Eiluned Lewis; Peter Lewis; C. Henry Warren; P. Thoresby Jones; R. L. G. Irving; Ruth Manning-Sanders; Tudor Edwards · 1937 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

New York; London; Malvern Wells; Toronto; Sydney, Charles Scribner's Sons; B. T. Batsford Ltd. 1937-1950. First edition. Cloth. A delightful, illustrated selection of Batsford geographical guides, each presented in its original dust wrapper. Collection comprised of: (1937) …

N.U.T. Conference Souvenir, Brighton 1934. Includes: Footprints of Prehistoric Man around Brighton; Early History of Brighton; Short History of the Royal Pavilion; Modern Brighton; A Few Interesting Sussex Churches; The Sussex Downs; Chichester etc.

Foreword by T W Gardner. E Cecil Curwen; George Aitchison; Henry D Roberts; T W Gardner; Frank Mott Harrison; F H Toyne; J S North; S P B Mais; Ian C Hannah; W Budgen; · 1934 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Printed by Brighton Herald Ltd, 1934. 1st Edition, Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Firm dark blue cloth covers with gilt lettering and crest, lightly rubbed at spine ends, binding sound except most of front portrait photograph pages have been cut out and removed, all plates rela…

Orality and Literacy in the Middle Ages Essays on a Conjunction and its Consequences in Honour of D. H. Green<br>

M. Chinca, C. Young · 2005 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€50.40 ($55.55 | £42.05 | ¥8,871)

, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2005 Hardcover. X 259 p., 19 b/w ill., 160 x 240 mm, Languages: English, Fine copy. Including an index. ISBN 9782503514512. ?The most important part of the title of this book is the word ?and?.? These words form the memorable conclusion to D.H. Gree…

[Exhibition Catalog] Catalogue of Modern Loan Exhibition. November, 1917 [with notes on the paintings by a contemporary visitor to the show].

[Grosvenor Gallery] · 0 · Fine Editions Ltd

$199.00 (€180.55 | £150.63 | ¥31,778)

London The Gallery Scarce catalogue of an exhibition, held November, 1917, at the Grosvenor Gallery, 51A New Bond Street, London, featuring works by Corot, Degas, Augustus John, Monet, Pissarro, Rodin, Rossetti, Sargent, Sickert, and Whistler, among others. Foolscap 8vo (151 x 1…

The "Flint Implements" from Drift, Not Authentic. Being a Reply to the Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man [Bound with] Address Delivered at the Anniversary Meeting of the Geological Society of London, on the 19th of February, 1875 [Bound with] Notes on Indian Ants [Read April 3rd, 1889] [Bound with] the Nation&Apos;S Glory Leader, by Identifying the British People with the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel [Vol. VII. No. 219] [Bound with] Report on the Excavation of the Earthwork Known As Ambr

Nicholas Whitley; John Evans; George Alexander James Rothney et. al. · 1865 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green; Taylor and Francis et. al. 1865-1897. Leather. A very scarce selection of pamphlets pertaining to geological and archaeological research, bound together. An interesting and very scarce collection of extracts and addresses extr…

Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery; Including Researches and Discoveries on the Eastern Coast of West Greenland, Made in the Summer of 1822, in the Ship Baffin of Liverpool

Scoresby, William · 1823 · Barter Books Ltd

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.03 | ¥80,168)

G : in good condition. Modern rebind with new eps. Loss to top margin or prelims, not impinging. Some set-off and slight foxing Edinburgh Archibald Constable & Co First Edition 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). xliii, 472pp + plates.. 8 b/w plates (4 fold-out).

La Chevalerie: Nouvelle Edition Accompagnee D&Apos;Une Table Par Ordre Alphabetique Des Matieres

Leon Gautier · 1891 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Paris, Charles Delagrave, 1891. Leather. An uncommon history of the Knights Templar in French. An uncommon history of the Knights Templar in French. New edition. Illustrated throughout with numerous vignette engravings. mile Thodore Lon Gautier (8 August 1832 - 25 August 1897) w…

The Volcano's Deadly Work from the Fall of Popeii to the Destruction of St. Pierre

MORRIS, CHARLES (EDITOR) · 1902 · S. Howlett-West Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Washington D. C. / Philadelphia (?): W. E. Scull, 1902. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and was likely issued without one. The book is in clean, bright condition. The spine and spine joints of the book has some toning…

Griechische Plastik Von Den Anfangen Bis Zum Ausgang Des Hellenismus

Reinhard Lullies · 1960 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

Munchen, Hirmer Verlag, 1960. Cloth. A lavishly illustrated work on Greek sculpture from Reinhard Lullies. A lavishly illustrated work on Greek sculpture from Reinhard Lullies. Second, extended edition. In German. With hundreds of photographic illustrations, many of which are co…

The Saga of the West Coast Loggers

George L. McInnis · 1968 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Vancouver, Vancouver, B. C. 1968 . First edition. Paperback. The uncommon first edition of this collection of poems inspired by loggers in America. First edition of The Saga of the West Coast Loggers by George L. McInnis in the original publisher&apos;s paper covered boards. Wi…