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Photographs of English and Scottish Scenery. Dunkeld. 12 Views

WILSON, G. W. (George Washington, 1823-1893) · 1866 · Fine Editions Ltd

$499.00 (€452.73 | £377.64 | ¥79,693)

Aberdeen: 24 and 25, Crown Street Printed by John Duffus First Printing A superb copy in original cloth, with twelve albumen prints by Wilson, from his series on towns and villages. Demy 8vo (220 x 179mm): twelve albumen photographs of Dunkeld (97 x 80mm) mounted on card with pr…

[Graphic Novel] Gods' Man. A novel in woodcuts

WARD, Lynd (1905–1985) · 1929 · Fine Editions Ltd

$499.00 (€452.73 | £377.64 | ¥79,693)

New York Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith First Printing First Trade Edition of the first of Ward’s stories without words, relying solely on visually striking woodcuts to tell a Faustian tale of an artist who signs away his soul for a magical paintbrush. Demy 8vo (205 x 140mm): …

A journey to Paris in the year 1698

LISTER, Martin (1638?-1712) · 1699 · Fine Editions Ltd

$851.00 (€772.09 | £644.03 | ¥135,910)

London printed for Jacob Tonson, at Gray’s-Inn Gate next Grays-Inn Lane Early Reprint Third Edition (so stated) of this account of the author's travels to Paris, overflowing with observations of natural history collections, estates, and libraries, as well as commentary on scien…

Israel Potter : His Fifty Years Of Exile

MELVILLE, Herman (1918-1891) · 1923 · Fine Editions Ltd

$251.00 (€227.72 | £189.96 | ¥40,086)

London Constable [through 1924] First Edition thus Limited Edition (one of only 750 copies printed) of Melville's eighth book, first published in serial form in Putnam's Monthly magazine between July 1854 and March 1855, then in book form by G. P. Putnam & Co., in March, 1855. R…

Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings, Pastels, Drawings and Woodcuts illustrating Col. T. E. Lawrence's Book "Seven Pillars of Wisdom." With Prefaces by Bernard Shaw and T. E. Lawrence

LAWRENCE, T. E. (1888-1935); George Bernard Shaw (introduces) · 5211927 · Fine Editions Ltd

$964.00 (€874.61 | £729.55 | ¥153,957)

London Ernest Brown & Phillips, The Leicester Galleries, Leicester Square First Edition A superb copy of the rare First Printing of this catalog of art works (later printings are noted at top of front wrapper) accompanying Lawrence's account of his legendary part in the Arab reb…

[Photobook] Berühmte Zeitgenossen in unbewachten Augenblicken [Celebrated Contemporaries in Unguarded Moments]

SALOMON, Erich (1886-1944) · 1931 · Fine Editions Ltd

$401.00 (€363.82 | £303.47 | ¥64,042)

Stuttgart J. Engelhorns Nachf First Edition First Printing of this pioneering photobook by one of the originators of photojournalism. Tall 8vo (250 x 185 mm): 46,[1]pp, with 116 full- and half-page plates with picture legends in German, English, French, and Italian on versos. Or…

A Railway History of New Shildon: From George Stephenson to the Present Day

George Turner Smith · 2019 · Winkles Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,583)

Book New New 1st Edition Pen & Sword Transport Barnsley 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall On the 27th September 1825, the first public railway steam train left New Shildon for Stockton-on-Tees. The driver was George Stephenson and the engine he was driving was the Locomotion No.1'. It s…

Maclean's Magazine, 17 October 1964 - the Arctic Today

MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTORS · 1964 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$199.95 (€181.41 | £151.32 | ¥31,933)

Toronto: Maclean-Hunter, 1964. First Edition. Paperback. 100 pages. Features: Fold-out front cover reveals a 3-panel colour ad for Ford cars; How Montreal's favourite cop chased away a persistent ghost - the Payfer familiy's apartment; Nice full-page colour-photo ad for the 1965…

A tour in Switzerland; or, a view of the present state of the governments and manners of those Cantons: with comparative sketches of the present state of Paris. In 2 volumes. (The second vol. incudes the appendix of 83 p. on the ÔObservations on the Glaciers, by M. RamondÕ.

WILLIAMS, Helen Maria: (1769-1827). · 0 · Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

CHF 950.00 (€1,027.71 | $1,132.74 | £857.26 | ¥180,906)

London: G. and J. Robinson, M.DCC.XCVIII, (1798), in-8vo, Vol. 1) 8 leaves (first blanc, half-title - title - preface - contents) + 354 p. ; (Vol 2) VIII + 352 p., some foxing here and there, ex libris Peter E. Obergfell, contemporary half morocco, gilt. A fine copy. RŽŽdition…

WeldÕs and John LeightonÕs sketch book ,Zermatt, Monte Rosa 1862 with John LeightonÕ.

WELD, Charles Richard: · 1862 · Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

CHF 1,200.00 (€1,298.15 | $1,430.84 | £1,082.85 | ¥228,513)

1862, sm. in-8vo, 35 leaves, different kinds of paper. Most of the pages are fully illustrated with sketches by the artist + 7 loosly inserted leaves, engraved exlibris Charles Richard Weld, contemporary half-leather binding. Charles Richard Weld (1813-1869) was an accomplished …

TraitŽ de mŽdecine lŽgale. 4e Ždition, revue, corrigŽe et considŽrablement augmentŽe, contenant en entier le TraitŽ des exhumations juridiques, par MM. Orfila et Lesueur. Tome I, II, III.1 et III.2, reliŽs en 2 volumes.

ORFILA, M(athŽo JosŽ Bonaventure) (1787.1853): · 1848 · Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

CHF 250.00 (€270.45 | $298.09 | £225.59 | ¥47,607)

Paris, (Paul Renouard pour) LabŽ, 1848, in-8¡, 831 p. / 659 p. / 1091 p. (pagination cont.), avec au total 7 planches lithographiŽes dont 4 en couleurs (cadavres inhumŽs, lith. Fourquemin d'aprs Vander Burch), quelques rousseurs, cachet ˆ sec - Girod de Boeck Avocat Fribourg -…

Gem Therapy

BHATTACHARYYA, BENOTOSH · 1981 · Sigma Antiquariaat

€105.61 ($116.40 | £88.09 | ¥18,590)

Calcutta: Firma KLM Private LTD 1981 Revised and Enlarged by A.K. Bhattacharya. Fourth revised ed. 123 p., ills SOFTCOVER: (Original paperback, litlle traces of use. VERY GOOD) VERY RARE AND SOUGHT AFTERIn India at least, people do believe in the concept of wearing gemstones as …

The making of intelligence

RICHARDSON, KEN · 1988 · Sigma Antiquariaat

€23.01 ($25.36 | £19.19 | ¥4,050)

London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1988 First Edition, First printing. Stated First edition with "1" in number row. 218 p., notes, register HARDCOVER: (Orig. bound in cloth.Some few light pencil underlining.. Dust jacket. AS NEW) What do we mean when we describe a person as intelli…

Ministry of Time

BRADLEY, KALIANE · 2025 · Sigma Antiquariaat

€23.01 ($25.36 | £19.19 | ¥4,050)

Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster 2025 9781668045152 368 p. , map SOFTCOVER: (Orig. wrpprs with little sign of wear or use. else VERY GOOD) 'In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project she'll be working …

The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes

CONRAD, JOSEPH · 1974 · Sigma Antiquariaat

€105.61 ($116.40 | £88.09 | ¥18,590)

London : Dent 1974 [Dent’s (Everyman Paperbacks Edition, nr 1187 First edition isbn 9780460011877 IX + 352 p.,extensive bibliography SOFTCOVER: (Orig. papeback. VERY GOOD) VERY RARE Edition. The pages which follow have been extracted from a pile of manuscript which was apparen…

Burr. A novel

VIDAL, GORE · 1973 · Sigma Antiquariaat

€34.81 ($38.37 | £29.04 | ¥6,128)

Random House 1973 First Edition First Printing. ADDED newspaper clip. [4], 430, [2] p. HARDCOVER: (Orig. burgundy cloth boards with gilt-stamped titles, top fore-edges tinted red. spine is unned, owner inscription to first endpaper VERY GOOD) The first in chronological order (se…

The Life-History of the Salmon

HUTTON J. Arthur · 1924 · Fortuna Books

$145.00 (€131.55 | £109.74 | ¥23,157)

Aberdeen Natural History and Antiquarian Society with an introduction by Professor J Arthur Thomson 4to, xvi,56,+xvii plates with captioned tissue guards, quarter-cloth over papered boards in original dustwrapper with photograph of a salmon on upper panel DUSTWRAPPER; worn to…

Romare Bearden, American Modernist (Studies in the History of Art Series 71)

Fine, Ruth; Jacqueline Francis · 2011 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$80.00 (€72.58 | £60.54 | ¥12,776)

Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, 2011. Hardcover. Gray cloth boards, silver spine titling, [vii] 296 pp. 95 black and white ills. and 105 color plates. Romare Bearden (1911-1988) was a modernist artist renowned for his experimental and socially conscious works. Bearden i…

Seven Pillars of Wisdom, A Triumph. London, Jonathan Cape, 1935.

LAWRENCE, THOMAS EDWARD: · 1916 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€2,900.00 ($3,196.40 | £2,419.02 | ¥510,485)

Large 4to. Pp. 672. With four folding maps, 51 full page plates, of which 4 coloured and 3 facsimile manuscripts. Publisher's quarter morocco on buckram covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, gilt vignette on upper cover, marbled endpapers. Upper edges gilt, others uncut. A few…

Le Chou-King, un des livres sacrés des chinois. Qui renferme les fondements de leur ancienne histoire, les principes de leur gouvernement & de leur morale; ouvrage recueilli par Confucius. Traduit & enrichi de notes, par Feu le P. Gaubil, missionaire à la Chine. Revu & corrigé sur le texte chinois, accompagné de nouvelles notes, de planches gravées en taille-douce & additions tirées des historiens originaux, dans lesquelles on donne l'histoire des princes omis dans le Chou-king. Paris, N.M. Tilliard, 1770.

GAUBIL, ANTOINE / DE GUIGNES, JOSEPH (Translators): · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€2,600.00 ($2,865.74 | £2,168.78 | ¥457,676)

4to. Pp. (iv), cxliv, 474, (2). With 4 engraved plates (redrawn from those presented in the Chinese editions of the Book of Documents as De Guignes found them in the Royal Library). Small piece of paper pasted to half title, to cover library stamp. Contemporary calf, rebacked wi…