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POEMS From SIR KENELM DIGBY'S PAPERS. In the Possession of Henry A. Bright. Roxburghe Club

Digby, Sir Kenelm [1603 - 1665] · 1877 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$825.00 (€748.52 | £624.46 | ¥131,742)

London: Nichols and Sons, 25, Parliament Street, 1877. 1st Edition, a paper copy. Original brown quarter leather binding over red paste-paper boards. Gilt stamped title lettering to spine. [6], vi, [2], 51, [1] pp. T.p printed in red & black. Laid in at front a printed slip, "Ei…

19th Century Handwritten Anthology of Poetry and Quotations Compiled by an Educated Somerville, Massachusetts Woman

SARA ABIGAIL STONE · 1861 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$975.99 (€885.51 | £738.75 | ¥155,853)

Somerville, Massachusetts. Hardcover. On offer is a beautiful, sentimental handwritten journal of both popular and obscure 19th century (and earlier) poetry and quotations. This book was transcribed and organized by Sara Abigail Stone (later Carpenter) (1861-1942). She used her …

1899 Original, Superb Log and Travel Journal of a Busy Working Schooner Trading Around the World

CAPTAIN RUSSELL EDWARDS · 1899 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$2,585.99 (€2,346.25 | £1,957.39 | ¥412,949)

At Sea Aboard The Corby Castle, 1899. . On offer is the super, original manuscript log and journal of the schooner 'Corby Castle' handwritten by, we believe, Captain Russell Edwards. [A number of the first pages bear the heading with this name.] The Captain writes a wonderful ac…

1884-1961 Incredible Massachusetts, New England Birthday Scrapbook and Journal: Almost 80 Years of Genealogical and Historical Data

MABEL LAVINIA EARLE · 1884 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,485.99 (€1,348.23 | £1,124.78 | ¥237,293)

Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, New England, 1884-1961. Hardcover. On offer is the Birthday Book Scrapbook and Journal of Mabel Lavinia Earle (1873-1963). Mabel was the daughter of a prominent American Civil War lieutenant, from Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts [SEE BIO NOTE…

George Wollsten: Expert Stock & Grain Trader.

GEORGE BAYER., · 2006 · Sacred Science Institute

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

Sacred Science Institute, 2006. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall, Hardcover, Hard Cover Maroon Suede Guilt, No Jacket, As New. ¶ Exact Facsimile Reprint of Original Edition Published: 1946. 239p. A Very Entertaining Autobiographical Novel, Similar To Gann's Tunnel Through The Air, Deve…

Nouvelle collection de costumes suisses

Franz Niklaus KÖNIG · 1809 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€800.00 ($881.75 | £667.41 | ¥140,803)

Chez l'auteur et chez J. J. Burgdorfer | Berne s. d. [1809-1810] | 15.8 x 19.5 cm | Relié | Edition originale de la Nouvelle collection, connue sous le nom de "König pointillé". Elle est illustrée de vingt-quatre planches hors-texte gravées à l’eau-forte en manière pointillée, a…

An Illustrated Natural History of British Butterflies and Moths

Newman, Edward · 1880 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

W.H. Allen London viii, xvi, 176; [2], 486, numerous woodcut illustrations in text. . HB. Roy. 8vo, nicely rebound, recent green buckram, raised bands to spine, gt rules, leather title piece, aeg. Some foxing, heavy in places. One page corner torn and repaired without loss.An in…

The Ugly Duckling

Hans Christian Andersen · 1894 · Verzamelaars kabinet

€300.00 ($330.65 | £250.28 | ¥52,801)

Staat: Very Good. Title: The Ugly Duckling Author: Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator - Theo Hoytema First edition - London 1894!! only edition Condition: Very Good ( please consider the description ) Contents: The book block is in very neat condition ( truly beautiful ) the bi…

Dirty Wars. The World Is a Battlefield

Scahill, Jeremy · 2013 · Boekhandel - Antiquariaat Emile Kerssemakers - Member ILAB/NVvA

€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.03 | ¥5,280)

Nation Books, 2013 Hardcover, with dust jacket. 642 pages. Text in English. Small marker line on front endpaper, otherwise as new. Dirty Wars , Jeremy Scahill, author of the New York Times bestseller Blackwater , takes us inside America's new covert wars. The foot soldiers in th…

Poland, Lithuania - Homann Heirs, 1750

Homann Heirs · 1750 · Inter-Antiquariaat Mefferdt & De Jonge

€425.00 ($468.43 | £354.56 | ¥74,802)

POLAND AND LITHUANIA BEFORE THE PARTITIONS OF POLAND, 1750 “Mappa Geographica Regni Poloniae …” [Geographical Map of the Kingdom of Poland]. Copper engraving by Tobias Mayer, published by the heirs of Johann Baptist Homann in Nuremberg in 1750. Original hand-colouring with late…

Yoga for dummies

Feuerstein, Georg · 1999 · Boekhandel Louis Tinner

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

IDG Books Worldwide. 1999; paperback; lichte gebruikssporen aan kaft / light wear on cover. Yoga is not a fad. It has been around in the United States for over a hundred years and has a history of approximately five millennia. It is clearly here to stay. Yoga has brought health …

Speak like a CEO. Secrets for commanding attention and getting results

Bates, Suzanne · 2005 · Boekhandel - Antiquariaat Emile Kerssemakers - Member ILAB/NVvA

€17.00 ($18.74 | £14.18 | ¥2,992)

McGraw Hill, 2005 Hardcover, with dust jacket. 221 pages. Text in English. As new. Suzanne Bates, an award-winning TV news anchor turned consultant-to-the-CEOs, has seen it all. In more than 10,000 interviews, she has witnessed business leaders stumble and crumble, and political…

3 Vols an Estimate of the Manners and Principles Vol II; the Roman History

Oliver Goldsmith; [John Brown] · 1758 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, S. Baker and G. Leigh; T. Davies; L. Davis; C. Reymers, 1758-1770 . Leather. The second edition of Oliver Goldsmith's popular Roman History, together with Volume II of John Brown's influential 18th century critique of British manners and morals. In contemporary…

Institutions de Mã©Decine, Ou Exposã© Sur la Thã©Orie Et la Pratique de Cette Science, D&Apos;Aprã¨S Les Auteurs Anciens Et Modernes

Philippe Petit-Radel · 1801 · Rooke Books

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

Paris, Agasse et al. 1801. First edition. Leather. Bound in lovely decorative tree calf, a complete two volume set of educational handbook teaching medicine through the history of discoveries. The signed first edition of Institutions de Médecine, ou Exposé sur la Théorie et la P…

The Works of the Famous and Worthy Knight Sir David Lindesay of the Mount Alias Lyon King of Armes

Sir David Lindesay · 1696 · Rooke Books

£2,250.00 (€2,696.98 | $2,972.56 | ¥474,680)

Glasgow, Robert Sanders, 1696 . Leather. The poetical works of Sir David Lindesay (c 1490- c1555). A scarce edition of this work in a pocket sized format. The entire text of this work is in blackletter. ESTC states that there are two contents leaves to the rear, this copy is lac…

The Queen&Apos;S Matrimonial Ladder; the Political House That Jack Built; a Parody on the Political House That Jack Built

William Hone; M. Adams · 1819 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)

London, William Hone; Chapple, 1819-1820 . Paperback. Two very scarce political parodies by William Hone, illustrated by George Cruikshank, present alongside a very scarce response to Hone's satire on the Peterloo Massacre. The first of these works is the 1820 sixth edition…

Railway Practice: A Collection of Working Plans and Practical Details of Construction in the Public Works

S. C. Brees · 1847 · Rooke Books

£2,750.00 (€3,296.31 | $3,633.13 | ¥580,165)

London, John Williams and Co, 1847 . First edition. Cloth. A complete four volume set of S. C. Brees's impressive study of railway engineering and construction in the nineteenth century, illustrated with over 250 folding and double paged plates. Present here are the third e…

A Collection of First Uk Editions from Paul Gallico

Paul Gallico · 1957 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Michael Joseph; William Heinemann, 1957-1968. First edition. Cloth. A collection of six smart first edition volumes from American writer Paul Gallico. Six volumes. First UK edition. Written by Paul William Gallico, an American novelist and short story and sports writer. …

The Charles Dickens Library from the Educational Book Co.

Charles Dickens · 1910 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, The Educational Book Co. Ltd. 1910. Leather. A charmingly illustrated collection of works from Victorian novelist and social critic, Charles Dickens. Thirteen volumes of an eighteen volume set. A collection of novels from Charles Dickens, an English novelist and social c…

Soldier Tales and &Apos;Captains Courageous&Apos;: A Story of the Grand Banks

Rudyard Kipling · 1896 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1896-1898. Cloth. Two smart early printings of the first editions of these works by the popular author Rudyard Kipling. The second printing (first reprint) of the first edition of Soldier Tales, published November 1896, a month after the first edition, …