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The Modern Speaker Or Complete Manual of Elocution Being a Choice Treasury of New and Popular Recitations, Readings, Dialogues, Original and Adapted Comedies, Tableaux, Etc.

NORTHROP, HENRY DAVENPORT (COMPILER AND EDITOR) · 1896 · S. Howlett-West Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Philadelphia, PA: J. H. Moore Company, 1896. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners …

A Catalogue of a Most Superb and Distinguished Collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch Pictures, a Selection Formed with peculiar Taste and Judgment by John Trumbull, Esq. During his late Residence in Paris, From some of the most Celebrated Cabinets in France. Consisting of the undoubted Works of the following great Masters, in the highest State of Preservation: Raphael, Titian, Pordenone, Bassan, Spagnoletto, Guercino, Guido, Salvator Rosa, Murillo, Poussin, Rubens, V. Dyck, Teniers,

TRUMBULL (Colonel John) · 1831 · Forest Books

£2,418.75 (€2,899.26 | $3,195.51 | ¥510,281)

New York: Nathaniel B. Holmes, 1831. 8vo (210 x 135 mm), 32pp., original blue printed wrappers, some light chipping and staining, corners a little dog-eared, the 3 items housed in a custom-made folding portfolio. “John Trumbull (1756-1843) is known for his portraits and histor…

Lloyd Loom Woven Furniture & Baby Carriages

W. Lusty & Sons · 1928 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Edward Hughes & Co, 1928 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce 1928 advertisement catalogue for the woven furniture and carriages sold by W. Lusty & Sons. With a loosely inserted sixteen page price list, and with a loosely inserted card featuring seventeen mounted co…

Lei de Elecciones de la República de Chile Con Las Modificaciones à Probadas Por Leyes NúM. 343 de 18 de Febrero de 1896, NúM. 1295 de 26 de Diciembre de 1899 I Núms. 1806 I 1807 de 8 de Febrero de 1906. Edicion Oficial

[Chile] · 1908 · Kaaterskill Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Santiago de Chile, Imprenta Cervantes, 1908. First edition. Paper wrappers. 79 pp. Illus. with 2 b/w drawings. Election law. This imprint not at BN Chile. A good- copy with soiled wrappers, chipping along spine, loose signatures, ink stain along fore edge.

2 Vols John Sherman and Dhoya; Makar&Apos;S Dream and Other Stories

Ganconagh [W. B. Yeats]; None Stated; [Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko]; [F. Volkhovskii] · 1891 · Rooke Books

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

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1891-1892. Paperback. An interesting pair from T. Fisher Unwin"s Pseudonym Library, uniting early prose by Yeats with satirical Russian moral stories in their original paper wraps. In the publisher's original paper wraps.A charming two-volume collec…

Glossographia Anglicana Nova: Or, a Dictionary, Interpreting Such Hard Words of Whatever Language, As Are at Present Used in the English Tongue.

None Stated · 1707 · Rooke Books

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

London, Dan. Brown; Tim. Goodwin; John Walthoe; M. Newborough; John Nicholson; Et al. 1707 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this important English dictionary, notable as one of the earliest English dictionaries to incorporate illustrations, featuring woodcut…

The Life of Samuel Johnson LLD Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order With His Correspondence and Conversations A New Edition with Copious Notes and Biographical Illustrations By Edward Malone.

Boswell, James and Malone, Edward · 1862 · Hessay Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Griffin Bohn and Company, 1862. Hard Cover, 580pp, including Index. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt vignette illustration of Johnson and Boswell at a table to the front board and of Dr Johnson to the spine. B + w engraved illustrations of poets. Small but clear text in two c…

Flowers of Literature

F. Prevost; F. Blagdon; Various · 1803 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

London, B. Crosby and Co, 1803-10. Leather. A very scarce set of Francis William Blagdon's collection of the contemporary treasures of literature. A very scarce work.Complete in seven volumes, for the years 1801 to 1809, these seven volumes were the only ones published. Il…

Great-Britain's True System: wherein is clearly shown, I. That an increase of the Public Debts and taxes must, in a few years, prove the ruin of the Monied, the Trading, and the Landed Interests. II. The necessity of raising the Supplies to carry on War, within the year. III. That such a design, however seemingly difficult, is very practicable: with a sketch of various schemes for that purpose. IV. An Expedient which will support the Public Credit, in all times of Public Distress and Danger. To

POSTLETHWAYT (Malachy) · 1757 · Forest Books

£317.13 (€380.13 | $418.97 | ¥66,905)

London: Printed for A. Millar; J. Whiston, and B. White, and W. Sandby, 1757. First edition, 8vo (200 x 125 mm), [8], cl, 363, [1]pp., blind stamp on title and following leaf, library bookplate on front paste-down, contemporary calf, rubbed and chipped, joints broken and just ho…

Tribute to Walter de la Mare on His Seventy-Fifth Birthday

Various · 1948 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this birthday tribute to renowned poet and writer Walter De La Mare, containing the work of Graham Greene, T. S. Eliot, Siegfried Sassoon and J. B. Priestley. This anthology, published in celebration…

Singing in the Saddle: The History of the Singing Cowboy

DOUGLAS B. GREEN - SIGNED BY ALL THE "RIDERS IN THE SKY · 2003 · Peter Austern & Co. / Brooklyn Books

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.31 | ¥35,930)

Nashville, Vanderbilt University Press. 2003, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, 2003. 1st ed, 2nd printing. Signed. Douglas (Ranger Doug) Green & band members of 'Riders in the Sky'. 140+ photos and an extensive index. A bit of history: As the US expanded west in 1800s, and cattle b…

"Alchimistes, Rimbaud ! Eclair ouvre le ciel de mon adolescence ! Je me sens poète et c'est bien le moment de m'arrêter !" • Lettre autographe signée adressée à Bolette Natanson

Georges AURIC · 1916 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€600.00 ($661.31 | £500.56 | ¥105,603)

s. l. s. d. [vers 1916-1918] | 12.40 x 17 cm | 2 pages sur un feuillet remplié | Lettre autographe signée de Georges Auric adressée à Bolette Natanson. Deux pages rédigées à l'encre noire sur un feuillet remplié.  Pliures inhérentes à l'envoi. Belle lettre poétique aux influence…

Poroid Fungi of Africa (Synopsis Fungorum Vol. 45)

Masuka, A.; Decock, C.; Mossebo, D.; Ryvarden, L. (Eds) · 2022 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£83.00 (€99.49 | $109.65 | ¥17,510)

Fungiflora 271, 140 col photos + b/w illus. A4. HB. NEW. . Since the authors first systematic collection of poroid fungi in the 1970s in various parts of Africa, it became apparent that each subsequent collection foray yielded more undescribed species. This book has been produce…

Recherches Expérimentales, Physiologiques Et Chimiques, Sur La Digestion, Considérée Dans Les Quatre Classes D'Animaux Vertébrés [ 2 volumes complete ]

Tiedemann, Friedrich & Gmelin, Leopold - Jourdan, A J L [translator] · 1826 · Eastleach Books

£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.46 | ¥84,388)

Chez J B Baillière, Libraire Éditeur, rue de L'École de Mèdecine N°147, Paris - Même Maison, 3 Bedford Street, Bedford Square, London 1826 1st French edition. Original cloth spined boards, VG. 2 volumes, G+. tp+v-xxiv+417pp, tp+326+1pp, tables, index to each volume, boards & spi…

Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire for the Year 1967, Volume 119

edited by J J Bagley, K B Drake and James Murphy · 1968 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, Liverpool, 1968. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Clean red covers with bright gilt lettering and decoration, sound binding, clean pages and end-papers. Includes black and white illustrations and maps. Pap…

1913 Diary of a Chatty, Widowed New York Grandma Enjoying Old Age While Giving All She’S Got to Her Children and Grandchildren

ELIZA J. WEBSTER MASON · 1913 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$799.99 (€725.82 | £605.53 | ¥127,748)

Brooklyn, New York: Brooklyn, New York, Rhode Island, Civil War Veteran, Maine, 1913. Hardcover. On offer is an excellent example of a Wanamaker diary and detailed NYC map dating from pre-WWI America. The diary belonged to Eliza J. Webster Mason (1842-1926) , wife of George E. M…

Correct Social Usage a Course of Instruction in Good Form, Style and Deportment: Being Also an Authoritative Work of Ready Reference, Covering All Essentials of Good Manners

NEW YORK SOCIETY OF SELF-CULTURE / SEVENTEEN DISTINGUISHED AUTHORS · 1905 · S. Howlett-West Books

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

New York: New York Society of Self-Culture, 1905. Trade Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This is a two volume set. The books are in Very Good- condition and were possibly issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have noticeable edge wear, bumping and rubbing. The spin…

A True ACCOUNT Of The Author of a Book entituled Eikon Basilike [in Greek] or The Pourtraiture of His Sacred Majesty in His Solitudes and Sufferings. With An Answer to all Objections made by Dr. Hollingsworth and others, in Defence of the said Book. ; Published for Publick Satisfaction, and in Vindication of the Author hereof

[Walker, Anthony] · 1692 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$522.50 (€474.06 | £395.49 | ¥83,436)

London: Printed for Nathanael Ranew at the Kings - Arms in St. Paul's Church - Yard, 1692. 1st edition, issue without the Author's name, and with Basilike correctly spelled (Madan 167; Wing W-310A). Modern grey boards, red leather title label to spine, gilt lettering. [2], 37, […

The Journal of the Iron & Steel Institute: No. I 1927. Volume CXV

Edited by George C Lloyd. J Seigle; W A Bone; L Reeve; H L Saunders; B Yaneske; etc. · 1927 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Iron & Steel Institute, London, 1927. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Dark red covers with gilt lettering on lightly sunned spine. Light wear to corners and spine-ends. Sound binding. Clean pages. Fold-out drawings and plates are intact, crisp and c…

Moralistes Francais - Pensees de Blaise Pascal; Reflexions et Maximes de La Rochefoucauld, Suivies d'une Refutation, etc. (French moralists - Thoughts of Blaise Pascal; Reflections and Maximes de La Rochefoucauld, a Rebuttal, etc)

Blaise Pascal · 1864 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Chez Firmin Didot Freres, Fils Et Cie Libraries, Paris, 1864. Early Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Full title: Moralistes Francais - Pensées de Blaise Pascal; Réflexions et Maximes de La Rochefoucauld, suivies d'une Réfutation, par M L Aime-Martin. Carac…