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Stamboul Train

GREENE, Graham · 1932 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$1,100.00 (€998.00 | £832.47 | ¥175,677)

London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1932. Greene's Breakthrough "Entertainment" The Novel That Established His Reputation GREENE, Graham. Stamboul Train. London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1932. First edition, second printing. Octavo (7 3/16 x 4 3/4 inches; 186 x 121 mm.). xii, [1-2], 3-…

La Vie de Troupier

RANDON, Gilbert · 1860 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$1,750.00 (€1,587.72 | £1,324.39 | ¥279,486)

Pont-a-Mousson: Haguenthal, 1860. Barracks, Blunders, and Bonhomie - Randon's Comic Life of the French Trooper" RANDON, Gilbert. La Vie de Troupier Charges et Fantasais, À Pied, À Cheval &.a Par Randon. Paris: Maison Martinet, [ca. 1860]. Folio (13 1/2 x 10 inches; 343 x 254 mm.…

Citadel, the

CRONIN, A.J. · 1937 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$1,500.00 (€1,360.91 | £1,135.19 | ¥239,559)

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1937. The Landmark Medical Novel - The Citadel Warmly Inscribed by A. J. Cronin to Ingle Barr CRONIN, A.J. The Citadel. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1937. First edition, warmly inscribed by A.J. Cronin to the distinguished British barrister Ingle Bar…

Under the Window

GREENAWAY, Kate · 1879 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$450.00 (€408.27 | £340.56 | ¥71,868)

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1879. The First Book Both Written and Illustrated by Kate Greenaway GREENAWAY, Kate. Under the Window. Pictures & Rhymes for Children. Engraved & Printed by Edmund Evans. London: George Routledge & Sons, [1879]. First edition, second issue, wit…

Poetical Works and Other Writings, the

KEATS, John · 1938 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$3,500.00 (€3,175.45 | £2,648.78 | ¥558,972)

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. The Finest Collected Edition of John Keats's Works KEATS, John. The Poetical Works and Other Writings of John Keats. Edited with notes and appendices by H. Buxton Forman. Revised with additions by Maurice Buxton Forman. With an introducti…

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

ELIOT, T[homas] S[tearns] · 1939 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$1,250.00 (€1,134.09 | £945.99 | ¥199,633)

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1939. First Edition of Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot ELIOT, T[homas] S[tearns]. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. London: Faber and Faber, [1939]. First edition, first printing with the words "First Published in September …

Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil

DICKENS, Charles; KITTON, Frederic G. · 1890 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$2,250.00 (€2,041.36 | £1,702.79 | ¥359,339)

London: Frank T. Sabin [&] John F. Dexter, 1890. A Finely Bound, Profusely Illustrated Remembrance of Charles Dickens [DICKENS, Charles]. KITTON, Frederic G. Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil. Including anecdotes and reminiscences collected from his friends and contemporaries by…

Le Pélerin, Ou Souvenirs de Rome

BONNARD, Camille · 1829 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$2,850.00 (€2,585.72 | £2,156.87 | ¥455,163)

Paris: Camille Bonnard, 1829. The Pilgrim, or Memories of Rome Illustrated with Thirty Fine Hand Colored Copper Engraved Plates BONNARD, Camille. Le Pélerin, ou Souvenirs de Rome. Tome Premier [all published]. Paris: Camille Bonnard, 1829. First and only edition. Octavo (8 x 5 i…

Waiting for Godot

BECKETT, Samuel · 1956 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$450.00 (€408.27 | £340.56 | ¥71,868)

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1956. First Edition of "The Most Significant English-language play of the 20th Century BECKETT, Samuel. Waiting for Godot a tragicomedy in two acts.. London: Faber and Faber Limited, [1956]. First edition, second impression (without tipped-in pub…

Madeleines, Les

CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé) · 1840 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$5,500.00 (€4,989.99 | £4,162.37 | ¥878,384)

Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. 1840. Exceedingly Scarce Caricatures of Repentant Ladies of Easy Virtue CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Les Madeleines. Varieté de L'Espece Lorettes. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie, [n.d. ca. 1847]. First edition. Large folio (13 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 336 x …

British Proverbs

ALKEN, Henry · 1824 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$4,850.00 (€4,400.26 | £3,670.46 | ¥774,575)

London: E. & C. Mc.Lean, 1824. It's Not How Long - But How Well We Live" ALKEN, Henry. British Proverbs. London: E. & C. Mc.Lean, 1824. First edition. Oblong quarto (10/1/4 x 13 3/4 inches; 261 x 350 mm.). Six amusing hand-colored soft-ground etchings, five with five and one wit…

Some British Ballads

RACKHAM, Arthur · 1919 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$350.00 (€317.54 | £264.88 | ¥55,897)

New York: Dodd Mead & Co. 1919. First American Trade Edition RACKHAM, Arthur. Some British Ballads. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. New York: Dodd Mead & Co. n.d. [1919]. First American trade edition. Quarto (10 x 7 1/2 inches; 254 x 190 mm.). x, 170, [1, imprint], [1, blank] pp.…

Day in a Child's Life, A.

GREENAWAY, Kate; Foster, Myles B.; Evans, Edmund · 1881 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$950.00 (€861.91 | £718.96 | ¥151,721)

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1881. One of the Books That Relieved John Ruskin's Depression Rare in Dust Jacket [GREENAWAY, Kate]. FOSTER, Myles B. A Day in a Child's Life. Music by Myles B. Foster. Engraved and Printed by Edmund Evans. London: [n.d. 1881]. First edition. Q…

The End of Reparations

Schacht, Hjalmar; Gannett, Lewis (Trans.) · 1931 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines, Member of

$4,500.00 (€4,082.72 | £3,405.58 | ¥718,678)

Good in Good dust jacket Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith First American Edition "A history of the evil effects of the reparations system upon the world; includes Dr. Schacht's story of French intrigue, of treachery at home in Germany, of international weakness. Includes many orig…

Nikola Tesla's Untersuchungen uber Mehrphasenstrome und uber Wechselstrome hoher Spannung und Frequenz. Mit besonderer Berucksichtigung seiner Arbeiten auf den Gebieten der Mehrphasenstrommotoren und der Hochspannungsbeleuchtung - Friedrich Raschig's Copy

Tesla, Nikola; Martin, Thomas Commerford (Compiler); Maser, H. (Translator); [Raschig, Friedrich] · 1895 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines, Member of

$5,000.00 (€4,536.35 | £3,783.98 | ¥798,531)

Very Good No dust jacket as issued Halle a.S. First German Edition "This book essentially reproduces all those important publications which Tesla himself made in American electrical engineering journals up to about the middle of 1893 concerning his inventions and investigations.…

Entrée de Clownesse - E. Charle Lucas, 1897

1897 · Inter-Antiquariaat Mefferdt & De Jonge

€275.00 ($303.11 | £229.39 | ¥48,408)

LULU, THE CLOWNESS OF FÉLICIEN CHAMPSAUR, CA. 1897/1900 “Entrée de Clownesse”, French Belle Époque poster designed by E. Charle Lucas, ca. 1897. Colour lithograph, here issued in reduced format by Imprimerie Chaix in Paris in 1900 as part of the celebrated series Les Maîtres …

James Casebere: The Spatical Uncanny, 2001

Jeffrey Eugenides, Anthony Vidler, (Milan) · 2001 · Wittenborn Art Books

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.20 | ¥39,927)

Milan, IT: Sean Kelly Gallery and Edizioni Charta, 2001. First Edition. 4to. Hard Covers with off-white cloth. 176 pp. Very Good. Color plates. For the last 20 years, James Casebere has constructed increasingly complex small-scale architectural models that are carefully built an…

Clark Gable and Constance Bennett. (Scene from the Motion Picture "After Office Hours")

[20th Century Photographer] · 1935 · Wittenborn Art Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

London: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, [Ca. 1935]. Original hand colored real photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good+. Penciled notation on verso, else fine. Printed on verso: "Film Partners" Series, 85, Long Acre, London; No. PC 187. Made in Great Britain. After Off…

Sonnie Hale and Jessie Matthews

[20th Century Photographer] · 1930 · Wittenborn Art Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

London: Gaumont British, [Ca. 1930s]. Original hand colored real photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good. Printed on verso: "Film Partners" Series, 85, Long Acre, London; No. PC 196. Made in Great Britain. Gaumont-British was founded in 1898 as the British s…

Photograph of Muhammad Ali Along Side Björn Borg at the Victoria Club, London

Wooloughan, John provenance · 1979 · Wittenborn Art Books

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

London: Circa July 7, 1979. Original color photograph. 9 x 13cm.. July 7, 1979, was the day Björn Borg secured his fourth consecutive Wimbledon singles title by defeating Roscoe Tanner.. Following the tournament victory, celebrations spilled over into London's elite social and c…