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The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas

STEIN, GERTRUDE · 1981 · Little Lane Books

A$12.00 (€7.38 | $8.13 | £6.15 | ¥1,298)

UK, Penguin. 1981. Paperback with dust jacket. Book, sticker removal mark at rear, o/wise 272 clean well bound pp, For Gertrude Stein and her companion Alice B. Toklas, life in Paris was based upon the rue de Fleurus and the Saturday evenings and 'it was like a kaleidoscope slow…

Beyond the Blue Mountains

PLAIDY, JEAN (ELEANOR ALICE HIBBERT) (AKA: VICTORIA HOLT AND PHILIPPA CARR) · 1947 · S. Howlett-West Books

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1947. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Robert Graves. Cover Art; First Edition, with the number 1 in parentheses on the last page of text. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book …

The Christian Directory

Robert Parsons · 1650 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,798.25 | $1,982.04 | ¥316,544)

Anon, Anon, 1650. Leather. A scarce second edition of The Christian Directory by Robert Parsons, published in protest against Edmund Buny's Protestant revision. Bound in leather with blindstamped decoration.The Second Edition, Revised.Possibly Antwerp but this is conjecture…

Belisarius

Jean-Francois Marmontel · 1773 · Rooke Books

£385.00 (€461.55 | $508.72 | ¥81,246)

London, P. Vaillant & G. Robinson, 1773. Leather. An attractive copy of Jean-Francois Marmontel historical work on the life and times of the Byzantine military leader, Belisarius. Translated into English from the original French. Despite writing tragedies and operas in his early…

Japanomania in the Nordic Countries, 1875-1918

Weisberg, Gabriel P.; Bonsdorff, Anna-Maria von; Selkokari, Hanne (editors) · 2016 · Jorge Welsh Works of Art Lda

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,801)

Book Good No Jacket 1st Edition Mercatorfonds, Brussels English text.; Hardcover (without dust jacket - as issued).; 24 x 29 cm.; 1.9 kg.; 296 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The exterior shows edge wear, scuffs ans scratch…

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott in Seven Volumes

Sir Walter Scott · 1826 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Paris, A. and W. Galignani, 1826. Leather. A collection of the poetry of Sir Walter Scott. In seven volumes. Volume I contains: The Lay of the Last Minstrel, volume II contains: Marmion, volume III contains: The Lady of the Lake, volume IV contains: Rokeby, volume V contains: Th…

The Honourable Schoolboy; Smiley&Apos;S People

John Le Carre · 1977 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1977-1979. First edition. Cloth. First editions of The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley's People by John le Carré The final two novels in John le Carré's Karla trilogy; The Honourable Schoolboy, and Smiley's People. First editions, f…

Joannis Meursii Elegantiae Latini Sermonis Seu Aloisiae Sigeae Toletanae Satyrae Sotadicae de Arcanis Amoris, Et Veneris Pars Altera Veneres

[Nicolas Chorier] · 1776 · Rooke Books

£500.00 (€599.42 | $660.68 | ¥105,515)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1770. Leather. A very scarce, duodecimo copy of this erotic novel by Nicolas Chorier. In the original Latin, this work is extremely scarce in any edition, due to its content. This novel is considered to be the first pornographic work written in Latin. It…

Making the Most of All Nine Lives the Extraordinary Life of Buffy the Cat

ROBINS, SANDY & PAUL SMULSON · 2016 · Pegasus Books

$11.25 (€10.21 | £8.51 | ¥1,797)

Chicago: Triumph Books, 2016. Hardcover. ISBN: 1629371637. Illustrated by Paul Smulson. Color Illustrations; 6.1 X 5.2 X 0.9 inches; Unpaginated pages; Hard cover is glazed boards. Orange spine with black lettering. NEW. Illustrated with color photographs. Pages not numbered ; 1…

The Works of Mr. Henry Needler

Mr. Henry Needler · 1728 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.54 | $515.33 | ¥82,302)

London, Mr. Duncombe, 1728. Leather. A second edition of this very rare literary collection from one Henry Needler, a public servant who The second edition of this posthumous volume of original poems, translations, essays and letters of Mr. Henry Needler. Very scarce, with first…

The Invisible Host

Bristow, Gwen · 2021 · Alpha 2 Omega Books

£17.50 (€20.98 | $23.12 | ¥3,693)

Dean Street Press. First UK edition-first impression. Book. Mint condition. Dean Street Press, 2021. First UK edition-first impression. Small format paperback in mint condition. 186pp. The book is new. <p>This is another paragraph</p> Book Description: New Orleans, 1930. Eigh…

1899-1901 Shocking, Remarkably Detailed Frontline Account of the Philippine-American War from the Perspective of a Us Soldier

UNKNOWN SOLDIER IN THE PHILIPPINO-AMERICAN WAR · 1899 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$15,500.00 (€14,062.69 | £11,730.33 | ¥2,475,446)

Donsol, Pilar, Manila, Philippines, New York, Malta, 1899-1901. Other. On offer is an unbelievable handwritten account of 19 months of action on the frontlines of the Philippine Insurrection (the Philippine-American War) between November 1899 and June 1901. An unknown American s…

The Passage

Cronin, Justin · 2010 · Pat Cramer, Bookseller

$59.50 (€53.98 | £45.03 | ¥9,503)

Book Fine N-Fine Signed by Author(s) First Edition/First Printing Ballantine Books New York A square solid tight un-read clean very carefully read copy. The priced jacket has some light rubbing wear. This copy includes a picture of Jason at the signing event and a copy of my tic…

A Letter to a Friend Upon Occasion of the Death of His Intimate Friend

Sir Thomas Browne · 1690 · Rooke Books

£11,900.00 (€14,266.10 | $15,724.20 | ¥2,511,252)

London, Charles Browne, 1690. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition copy of Sir Thomas Browne&apos;s important treatise, from the library of noted antiquarian, and lawyer Robert S Pirie. This work is a literary elaboration of a clinical report of a real patient who …

Canones Et Decreta Sacrosancti Oecumenici Et Generalis Concilii Tridentini: Suv Paulo III. Julio III. Pio IIII. Pont. Max.

1564 · Rooke Books

£2,975.00 (€3,566.53 | $3,931.05 | ¥627,813)

[Dilingæ], [Excvdebat Sebaldvs Mayer], 1564. First edition. Leather. One of the first editions of the published text of the teachings and doctrines of the Catholic Church, published after the culmination of the Council of Trent. Including the &apos;index libororum&apos; to the …

Excursion British Association Bradford 1900

Unamed · 1900 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Bradford, Byles and Sons, 1900. Brochure/Pamphlet. A delightful set of seventeen pamphlets, published for the British Association for the Advancement of Science, with an additional Address by the societies president, Sir William Turner. A unusual and very scarce work. A 17 volum…

DIARY Of A TRIP To SOUTH AFRICA 1951 - 1952. S. S. Stirling Castle. [cover title]

Finnie, T. J. · 1952 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$1,650.00 (€1,497.00 | £1,248.71 | ¥263,515)

(n. p.): , 1952. 1st (and only?) printing. Bound in dark green buckram cloth, with gilt stamped title lettering to front board. 38 ll, text recto only. ~ 46 lines per page, ~ 10 words per line, ~ 17500 words. Date of entry in left margin. Running titles, primarily locations (e.g…

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)

TOKLAS, Alice B · 61947 · Charles Agvent

$2,187.50 (€1,984.65 | £1,655.49 | ¥349,357)

Paris. Superb closely written four-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED composed within a year after Gertrude Stein's death on an 8" x 10-1/2" sheet folded into fours to friend Tony Scott SIGNED "Alice Toklas." With the original envelope addressed in Toklas's hand and SIGNED by her. Fin…

Two Als from Paul Cambon to the Salonnière Mme. Edmond Archdeacon (Née Anne-Françoise de Rocquigny Du Faye)

Cambon, Paul (1843-1924) · 1920 · Wittenborn Art Books

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

Paris : 146, boulevard Haussman, circva 1920. Carte de visite, and letter all signed with handwritten messages..M. Paul Cambon was born on Jan. 20, 1843, and is the elder brother of the equally famed Jules Martin Cambon, French Ambassador to Germany (1907-14). He entered the pub…

1855 Diary of a 21-Year-Old Student at Fairfield Academy, Herkimer County, New York: A Profound Spiritual Self-Examination Suggestive of Repressed Desire and Inner Conflict

BOYNTON, MILO S. · 1855 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$3,055.99 (€2,772.61 | £2,312.76 | ¥488,060)

Rodman, New York, Fairfield, Herkimer County, 1855. Hardcover. On offer is the diary of a 21-year-old Rodman, New York man who chronicles his tortured semester living and studying on campus at Fairfield Academy in Herkimer County before returning home and ultimately boarding a f…