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Les peintures de la synagogue de Doura-Europos 245-256 après J.-C.

Mesnil du Buisson,Robert M.E.L. (Comte) Du. · 1939 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€42.50 ($46.84 | £35.46 | ¥7,480)

Roma, Pontifici Instituto Biblico, 1939. XXIV,190 pp. B./w. frontispiece, 114 b./w. text-figs & [62] b./w. plts. Orig. wrappers.- Few margins slightly dagamed, not effecting the images.With an introduction by Gabriel Millet. - French text.

The Arithmetic and Geometry of Algebraic Cycles

B. Brent Gordon , James D. Lewis , Stefan Müller-Stach , Shuji Saito , Noriko Yui · 2000 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,200)

Springer Science & Business Media, 2000, Paperback, 615, The subject of algebraic cycles has thrived through its interaction with algebraic K-theory, Hodge theory, arithmetic algebraic geometry, number theory, and topology. These interactions have led to such developments as a d…

Unnatural Exposure and Trace

Patricia Cornwell · 1997 · Rooke Books

£29.00 (€34.76 | $38.31 | ¥6,118)

London, Little, Brown, 1997 - 2004. First edition. Hardback. A two volume collection of UK first editions by Patricia Cornwell in their original dustwrappers. Including the works 'Unnatural Exposure' and 'Trace', both novels involve the heroine Dr. Kay Scarpe…

Oeuvres de Alfred de Musset, Ornees de Dessins de M. Bida

Alfred de Musset · 1867 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Paris, Charpentier, 1867. Leather. The works of poet, dramatist and novelist Alfred de Musset. The works of poet, dramatist and novelist Alfred de Musset. In original French. Illustrated, with 28 plates. Musset was born in Paris from an upper-class but poor family. From a young …

Trade Taste & Transformation: Jingdezhen Porcelain for Japan 1620-1645

Curtis, Julia B. with contributions fro Little, Stephen; and Rogers, Mary Ann · 2005 · Jorge Welsh Works of Art Lda

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

Book Very Good No Jacket 1st Edition China Institute In America English text; Hardcover (without dust jacket); 22.5 x 29 cm; 1 kg; 135 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior, namely minor edge wear, scuffs and scracthes. Interior as new. Very g…

The Industrial Arts of the Anglo-Saxons

Baron Joseph de Baye; T.B. Harbottle [trans.] · 1893 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Swan Sonnenschein, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this richly illustrated study of the industrial arts of the Anglo-Saxons, with a 'publisher's compliments' stamp to the verso of the front free endpaper. The first edition of this work fr…

THEY GAVE THEIR ALL FOREVER - YOU LEND A LITTLE For A WHILE. The Victory Liberty Loan is in Liquidation of the Debt for Men and Munitions we Amassed, and Which Brought About the End of the War - Saving for Every Day it was Shortened Billions More in Money and Thousands More in Lives

World War I Poster. [Morris Brothers, Inc. Advertising Publication - John L. Etheridge] · 1919 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$192.50 (€174.65 | £145.71 | ¥30,740)

Portland: Morris Brothers, Inc. the Premier Municipal Bond House, (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed). Ca. 1919-20. White printed paper. Broadside, printed recto only. B/w graveyard illustration to left edges. 20" x 11-1/4". Minimal wear to broadside. Faint vertical crease to middl…

Modern Cabinet Work Furniture and Fitments

John Hooper · 1952 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London , B. T. Batsford, 1952 . Cloth. A sixth edition copy of this work on modern cabinet work and furniture, with plates. A sixth edition copy. This volume has been deemed the 'Cabinet Makers Bible' and is a treatise for dealing with the construction, design, and ma…

[Outlaws] A compleat history of James Maclean, the gentleman highwayman, who was executed at Tyburn, on Wednesday, October 3, 1750, for a robbery on the highway. Containing the particulars of his life, from his Birth to his Death. In which is included, An Account of the Robberies he committed with his Companion Plunket, and A Series of Letters, that pass'd between him and Plunket; as well during the Time he was in Holland, as in England; in which are open'd some extraordinary Scenes. Also, The Particulars of their Fortune-Hunting Schemes; in which Maclean generally pass'd for a Gentleman of Worth, and Plunket personated his Footman. Likewise A Number of Original Letters sent to Maclean by different Ladies, some of which contain Narratives of Facts so exceeding tender, as must raise Pity and Compassion in the Breast of every Reader. The Whole adorn'd with a very neat Picture of Maclean, taken from the Life, while under Sentence. Drawn and engrav'd by Mr. Boitard

[MACLANE, James] · 1750 · Fine Editions Ltd

$724.00 (€656.88 | £548.01 | ¥115,613)

London Charles Corbett Early Printing Third Edition of this rare piece of British outlaw history (ESTC and OCLC identify only one copy, at Northwestern University, and neither ABPC nor RBH record copies at auction). Crown 8vo (183 x 115mm) [2],54pp. (Even though the extended tit…

Crazy Tales

John Hall-Stevenson · 1762 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Printed in the Year, 1762 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of John Hall Stevenson's mid-18th century poetry collection, based upon his meetings with friends at Skelton Castle, sometimes known as 'Crazy Castle&apos. A very scarce first editi…

The Shepherd Lady and Other Poems

INGELOW, JEAN · 1876 · S. Howlett-West Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Boston, MA: Roberts Brothers, 1876. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have som…

Memoirs of **** Commonly known by the Name of George Psalmanazar; A Reputed Native of Formosa. Written by himself In order to be published after his Death. Containing An Account of his Education, Travels, Adventures, Connections, Literary Productions, and pretended Conversion from Heathenism to Christianity; which last proved the Occasion of his being brought over into this Kingdom, and passing for a Proselyte, and a Member of the Church of England.

PSALMANAZAR (George): · 1765 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

Dublin: Printed for P. Wilson, J. Exshaw, E. Watts, B. Cotter, J. Potts, and J. Williams. M,DCC,LXV. 1765. FIRST DUBLIN EDITION. 12mo, 160 x 95 mms., pp. [iv], 234, later 18th century calf, panelled in blind, spine with raised bands, sides with blind fillet borders. A very goo…

1893 + 1895 Diaries of the Widow of a Prominent Massachusetts Reverend Whose Children Are Grown and Who Is Enjoying Her Golden Years in New York

FANNY MARIA HOYT BEAN · 1837 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$2,155.99 (€1,956.11 | £1,631.92 | ¥344,284)

New York, United States. Softcover. On offer are two diaries dating from the late 19th century in New York City. The author of these diaries is Fanny Maria Bean (1837-1919). She was born in 1837 in New York City to Seymour Hoyt and Fanny Stevens. In 1863, Fanny married Reverend …

Journal Asiatique Periodique Trimestriel Publie Par la Societe Asiatique Avec le Concours Du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (Tomes CCLVI-CCLXI)

Various · 1968 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

Paris , Societe Asiatique , 1968-1973. First edition. Cloth. A handsome collection of six volumes from the 'Journal Asiatique', an academic journal published by the Societe Asiatique. Six volumes from the 'Journal Asiatique', a biannual peer-reviewed academic…

The Private Palaces of London, Past and Present

E. Beresford Chancellor · 1909 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott , 1909 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first US edition of this richly illustrated architectural work on the important houses of London, by E. Beresford Chancellor. First published in London the year prior, this is the vanishingly scarce fi…

VEGETATIEVE VERMENIGVULDIGING VAN OENOTHERA'S

LODEWIJKS,J.A. · 1908 · Moby Dick

€7.50 ($8.27 | £6.26 | ¥1,320)

Haarlem 1908, 114 pp., not ill., a thesis, not a nice binding (code B-244)

The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq. , with Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself: Illustrated from His Letters, with Occasional Notes and Narrative

Edward Gibbon; John, Lord Sheffield · 1837 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.62 | $376.52 | ¥60,126)

London, B. Blake, 1837. Leather. A nicely bound collection of miscellaneous works writing by the important historian Edward Gibbon, with a memoir of his life. Illustrated with a frontispiece. A collection of miscellaneous works by Edward Gibbon. This work contains 'Account …

HANDICRAFTS FOR CHILDREN

DRYAD HANDICRAFTS LEICESTER · 1950 · Green Meadow Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

PROLIFICALLY ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT WITH PHOTOS, DIAGRAMS, INSTRUCTIONS ETC. IN COLOUR AND B/W Very Good Very Good First edition Dryad Handicrafts, Leicester Everything you could ever wish to know about handicrafts, with instructions for just about everything you would wish to m…

English Place-Name Society Volume XVIII, The Place-Names of Middlesex Apart From The City of London

J. E. B. Gover, Allen Mawer, F. M. Stenton and S. J. Madge · 1942 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Cambridge at the University Press, London, 1942. First Edition, Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Bright blue covers show significant water damage. Gilt lettering on spine. Pages are clean and crisp. Dust jacket has tears on the top and bottom of all folds and is worn, darkened an…

A New and Accurate Description of All the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales [bound with] A travelling dictionary: or, alphabetical tables of the distance of all the principal cities, borough, market, and sea-port towns, in Great Britain, from each other. Shewing by Inspection The Number of Miles every City or Town in the Kingdom is Distant from any other, according to the nearest Direct or Cross Road. Comprehending Above Fifty Thousand Distances, carefully collected from the best Authorities, and arranged in a Manner entirely new and plain. To which is Added, A Table, shewing the Distance of the Towns, Bridges, &c. upon the River Thames, from each other by Water. The whole being a second part to the New and accurate description of the roads.

PATERSON, Daniel (1738-1825) · 1794 · Fine Editions Ltd

$289.00 (€262.21 | £218.75 | ¥46,150)

London printed for T. N. Longman, Pater-Noster-Row [from 1771] Early Reprint 8vo: xxxvi,380 numbered columns,381-394pp, with double-page copper-engraved map as frontispiece; [4],216pp. ESTC Citation No. T93564 and T93553. Finely bound to style by Fitterer in stiff beige wraps, …