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Peeps into Nisterland. A Guide to the Children's Books of Ernest Nister. [N° 199/500 signed copies.]

Julia Hunt and Frederick Hunt. · 2006 · SomeThingz, books etcetera

€175.00 ($192.88 | £146.00 | ¥30,801)

Chester, Cheshire. Casmelda Publishing 2006 Bound, cloth with original dustjacket (protected with removable cellophane), vi+357pp., 22x30.5cm., illustr. in col. and b/w., in very good condition. As new. Limited edition: 500 numbered copies, signed by the authors. ISBN 978095521…

Etudes de Medecine Homoeopathique

Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann · 1855 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

Paris, Chez J B Bailliere, 1855. Paperback. A collection of medical works by Samuel Hahnemann. A collection of medical works by Samuel Hahnemann. Complete in two volumes. Scarce in two volumes in original printed wrappers. Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann was a German physic…

The Works of the Learned Isaac Barrow. The Second Volume, Containing Sermons and Expositions Upon All the Articles in the Apostles Creed

Isaac Barrow; Dr. Tillotson [ed.] · 1683 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, M. Flesher, for Brabazon Aylmer, 1683. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this second volume of the collected works of Anglican theologian Isaac Barrow, with this volume containing his sermons on the Apostle's Creed. A very scarce, posthumously…

ZIGZAG JOURNEYS TO THE ORIENT; The Adriatic to the Baltic. a Journey of the Zigzag Club from Vienna to the Golden Horn, the Euxine, Moscow, and St. Petersburg

Butterworth, Hezekiah · 1882 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Very Good+ Estes & Lauriat Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Former owner's name on first blank page. Hinges have a bit of play.; Beautiful colored boards with pictures of several castles. Decorative endpapers with illustrations and maps. Profusely illustrated. Including…

The Architecture of Ancient Greece: An Account of Its Historic Development

William J. Anderson; R. Phene Spiers; William Bell Dinsmoor · 1927 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, B. T. Batsford, [1927]. Cloth. A thoroughly illustrated account of the important architecture of Ancient Greek civilisation. A comprehensive volume on the history and development of architecture in Ancient Greece.Penned by William J. Anderson, author of 'The Archite…

Traité général du commerce, contenant des observations sur le commerce des principaux etats de l'Europe... les productions naturelles, l'industrie de chaque païs... des détails sur les monnoies, poids et mesures... des règles sur différentes opérations de négoce... enfin les ordonnances et usages établis à Amsterdam, touchant les assurances et le réglement des avaries.Amsterdam, E. van Harreveld and A. Soetens, 1781. 2 volumes. 4to. With the title pages printed in red and black, a woodcut headpiece in each volume, and numerous tables in the text. Contemporary gold-tooled calf with a modern spine.

RICARD, Samuel. · 1700 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)

[8], 624; [8], XVI, 530 pp.Unrecorded issue of the best edition of Ricard's classic on commerce, finance, and insurance, including commercial laws and customs, with an emphasis on the Low Countries. First published in 1700, the work has by now grown into two stout volumes. The p…

The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith · 1837 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Charles Tilt, 1837. Cloth. A pocket sized copy of the complete poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith. The complete poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith. With an illustrated frontispiece. Pocket-sized and published by Charles Tilt. Prior owner's signature to recto of fron…

[Kingsmill primer]. [Ponape Island (Micronesia), Mission Press, 1858]. 4to (24 x 20 cm). Set in roman type with rules dividing the page into 5 compartments.

[BINGHAM, Minerva Clarissa (née Brewster)]. · 1858 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€2,950.00 ($3,251.44 | £2,461.08 | ¥519,212)

[1] leaf.A rudimentary one-page primer for the language of the Gilbert Islands in the South Pacific, printed in "a few copies" for the missionary Hiram Bingham junior (stationed on Apaiang Island), whose wife had prepared it, and produced by the printing office of the American B…

Novelty and Romancement

Lewis Carroll; Randolph Edgar [intro.] · 1925 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Boston, B. J. Brimmer Company, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first printing of Lewis Carroll's short story in book form, with an introduction by Randolph Edgar. The first edition, first printing of this work in book form, in the publisher's original quar…

The Gardener's Pocket Journal, and Daily Assistant in the Modern Practice of English Gardening. In a Concise Monthly Display of all the Practical Works of General Gardening, Throughout the Year.

JOHN ABERCROMBIE. · 1804 · Clearwater Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

B. Crosby & Co. London, 5th or later Edition, Eighth edition, corrected and enlarged, with a new preface by the author plus a twelve-page 'Complete Description of the Implements of Gardening' which was not included in any prior edition. 8vo. [ii], 366pp. Bound in half-calf with …

Het Verhael, Van het Leven en de Doot van sijn Doorluchtige Hoogheyt Olivier, gewesen Protecteur. In het welck, van sijn Wiege af, tot aen sijn Graf, oprechtelijck, aen de Nakomelingen, al de gewichtigste dingen, so buyten als binnen - landtsche verrechtingen, de welcke in sijn tijdt zijn voorgevallen, soo in Rechts - saken, als in Oorlogs, Kerck, en Staet - saken, worden nagelaten en voorgestelt. in het Engels beschreven Door S. Carrington. [Transl. by] L. v. B(os).

CARRINGTON, S. · 1659 · Antiquariaat B.M.Israel B.V.

€350.00 ($385.76 | £291.99 | ¥61,601)

Amsterdam, Abraham de Wees, 1659. 12mo. W. woodcut vignet, engr. front. w. portrait of Cromwell. Contemp. full vellum. (XII, 342 pp.). (Upper free endp. w. 19th c. manuscript annotations; righthand margin occasionally a bit short, cutting into a few marginal annotations here an…

The History of the Parishes of Whiteford, and Holywell

Thomas Pennant · 1796 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, B. and J. White, 1796 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated study of two parishes local to Thomas Pennant, the author best known for his 'History of Quadrupeds&apos. The first edition of this delightfully illustrated historical …

Famous Fantastic Mysteries: February, Feb. 1940 ("the Radio Man"; 'the Moon Pool")

FAMOUS FANTASTIC MYSTERIES (AUSTIN HALL; CHARLES B. STILSON; A. MERRITT; EANDO BINDER; RALPH MILNE FARLEY; LAURA WITHROW; LEONARD GROVER) · 1940 · Books from the crypt

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

NY, Munsey. 1940. SingleIssueMagazine. Book, Vol. 1, No. 5. Pulp magazine. [Edited by Mary Gnaedinger.] Cover is not illustrated. Includes "The Man Who Saves the Earth" by Austin Hall; "The Sky Woman" by Charles B. Stilson; "The Conquest of the Moon Pool" (pt. 4 of 6) by A. Merr…

1943-1947 Jam-Packed Diary of a Dedicated Teacher on the Home Front Chronicling Daily Life in the Boston Area During Ww2

GERTRUDE E. WOOD · 1909 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,655.99 (€1,502.47 | £1,253.46 | ¥264,440)

Boston, Massachusetts. Hardcover. On offer is a very thorough 5-year diary written by a Massachusetts teacher who comments almost as frequently on the US war effort as she does on her teaching job, about which she is passionate. The diary was written by Gertrude E. Wood of Bosto…

A Classified Catalogue of the Works on Architecture and the Allied Arts in the Principal Libraries of Manchester and Salford with Alphabetical Author List and Subject Index

Edited for The Joint Architectural Committee of Manchester. Henry Guppy; Guthrie Vine · 1909 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Manchester University Press; B T Batsford; Sherratt & Hughes, Manchester & London, 1909. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Darkened grey covers with sunned blue linen spine, sound binding, sound binding, darkened end-papers, previous owner's details o…

Hand Book and Gazetteer of East Africa

1959 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

Nairobi, Royal East African Automobile Association , 1959. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this hand book and gazetteer of East Africa from 1958 to 1959. A useful handbook of East Africa for motorists of 1958-9, with information on motoring and the physical requirements of …

Journal of Fish Biology. Volume 8, Number 2, February 1976

D W Jolly (Ed). R A Shotter; R J Arcement & J W Rachlin; D B Lewis; etc. · 1976 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Fisheries Society of the British Isles; Academic Press, London, New York, San Francisco, 1976. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. ISSN 0022-1112. Light staining to vertical edge of front cover with occasional light foxing to first five pages. Contents …

Western Decorative Arts, Part I, Medieval, Renaissance, and Historicizing Styles Including Metalwork, Enamels, and Ceramics

Distelberger, Rudolf, Alison Luchs, Philippe Verdier, Timothy H. Wilson · 1993 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$22.40 (€20.32 | £16.96 | ¥3,577)

Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Authored by Rudolf Distelberger, Alison Luchs, Philippe Verdier, and Timothy H. Wilson, and with contributio…

The Decorative Designs of C.F. A. Voysey from the Drawings Collection, the British Architectural Library, the Royal Institute of British Architects

DURANT, STUART · 1991 · Pegasus Books

$28.50 (€25.86 | £21.57 | ¥4,551)

Ny, NY: Rizzoli Internaitonal Publications, Inc, 1991. First US Edition. Soft Cover. ISBN: 0847813010. Illustrated by C. F. A. Voysey. Pages are clean and tight [except as noted]; printed on high quality, glossy paper. Has 64 full colour plates, plus some smaller color and b/w i…

Medieval Yeghegis, Armenia History, Archaeology, Society. Local Multiplicities and Global Connections of a Rural Centre on the Silk Road(s)

Zaroui Pogossian, Michele Nucciotti (eds) · 2026 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€82.50 ($90.93 | £68.83 | ¥14,520)

, Brepols, 2026 Paperback, 333 p., 210 x 270 mm, Illustrations:18 b/w, 164 col., 4 tables col., Language(s):English. *New . ISBN 9788028008109. This collective volume explores the rich history and archaeological heritage of Yeghegis, a modest village nestled in the Vayots? Dzo…