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Flandricarum rerum tomi X ... Cum Hymno de sanctissimo nomine Iesu. Chronica Flandriae.Antwerp, Willem Vorsterman, 1531. 8vo. With several woodcut decorated initials, and a woodcut illustration incorporating Vorsterman's device at the end. 17th-century mottled calf, with a gold-tooled spine, and the title lettered in gold, sewn on 5 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine.

MEYERE, Jacobus de. · 1491 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,250.00 ($1,377.76 | £1,042.68 | ¥220,037)

67, [5] ll.Second edition of the Flandricarum rerum tomi X, first printed the same year by the Bruges printer Hubert de Croock. It is the first original work of the historian, poet, and humanist Jacob de Meyere (Vleteren 1491/92-1552). Within months, the Antwerp printer Willem V…

North Dakota History: July 1957, Vol. 24, No. 3

REID, RUSSELL (ED) · 1957 · Clausen Books

$8.99 (€8.16 | £6.80 | ¥1,436)

Bismarck, The State Historical Society. 1957. Staple-bound Wraps, 8vo - Over 7 3/4" -9 3/4 " Tall. Ill.: B & W Photographs. Historical Pamphlet, very clean and tight copy, minimal edge wear, binding tight, no inner markings, pp129-166 including the following articles:. Very Good…

Dorothy Q Together with a Ballad of the Boston Tea Party & Grandmother&Apos;S Story of Bunker Hill Battle

Oliver Wendell Holmes · 1892 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Gay and Bird, [1892]. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Oliver Wendell Holmes' popular collection of poems, illustrated throughout by Howard Pyle. The first UK edition. From the U.S first issue sheets, with the 'flashed' left unchanged to pp. 5…

Chahar Maqala ("the Four Discourses") of Ahmad Ibn &Apos;Umar Ibn &Apos;Ali an-Nizami Al-Arudi As-Samarqandi

Mirza Muhammad · 1927 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Luzac & Co, 1927 . Cloth. A Persian copy of Chahar Maqala by Ahmad ibn Umar ibn AlÄ«. This is a copy of the student's cheap edition of this work, without notes and indices. This volume contains Chahar Maqala ("The Four Discourses") of Ahmad Ibn 'Umar Ibn '…

Corncrake in October

Dugdale, Norman · 1978 · The Victoria Bookshop

£6.17 (€7.40 | $8.15 | ¥1,302)

Belfast, Blackstaff, 1978. First Edition. Paperback. 085640134X. 8vo. A good copy with some minor scuffing to cover edges, corners and spine top and tail. signed & dedicated to John Smith, Poet G+.

A Select Collection of Original Scotish Airs for the Voice: To Each of Which Are Added Introductory & Concluding Symphonies, & Accompanyments for the Violin & Piano Forte by Pleyel & Kozeluch; with Select and Characteristic Verses by the Most Admired Scotish Poets, Adapted to Each Air; the Greater Number of These Written for This Work by Burns

[George Thomson, ed.] · 1794 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

London, Printed and Sold by Preston & Son; [George Thomson], 1794-1799. First edition. Cloth. Three signed "sets" bound into two of George Thomson's sought after Scottish song collection. Signed by the publisher and editor George Thomson to the foot of the titles, with numb…

The Choyce Letters of Monsieur de Balzac Written to Severall Grand and Eminent Persons in France Whereunto Are Annexed the Familiar Letters of Monsieur de Balzac to His Friend Monsieur Chapelain

Jean-Louis Guez Balzac. · 1658 · Rooke Books

£2,200.00 (€2,637.43 | $2,907.00 | ¥464,265)

London, Thomas Dring, 1658. Leather. An English translation of Jean-Louis Guez Balzac's letters. A very scarce work. Not seen at auction for over thirty five years. With a portrait frontispiece of Balzac. With two title pages, the first title page is in Red and Black and wi…

Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick&Apos;S Dublin, in a Series of Letters from John Earl of Orrery to His Son, the Honourable Hamilton Boyle

John Boyle · 1752 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, A. Millar, 1752. Leather. A smartly bound early edition of this interesting biography on the author Jonathan Swift, written by John Boyle. The fourth edition of this work. A biography about the author, poet, and satirist, Jonathan Swift. Swift is best known for his works…

The Works of Robert Burns; with an Account of His Life, and a Criticism of His Writings

Robert Burns; James Currie · 1824 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Jones and Company, 1824. Leather. An extensive collection of the popular poetical works of Robert Burns, including a commentary on his life and a critical essay on his works. A collection of the poetical works of Robert Burns, including a critical look at his works and a…

Chaucer and the Mediaeval Sciences by Walter Clyde Curry Chaucer&Apos;S Early Poetry by Wolfgang Clemen

Walter Clyde Curry; Wolfgang Clemen · 1960 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd. ; Methuen, 1960-1963. Cloth. A two volume set of works on Chaucer in original binding, with both original unclipped dust wrappers. A 2 volume set analysing the works of Chaucer.This set offers a variety of critical engagement with the writings o…

Life of Horatio, Lord Viscount Nelson, &c. &c. &c. (Abridged from Southey, With Consent of the Proprietor).

(Southey, Robert). · 1822 · Librarium of The Hague

€175.00 ($192.89 | £145.98 | ¥30,805)

London, Printed for F. C. & J. Rivington, Booksellers to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1822. 1st Edition. Hardcover. ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Small octavo. Pp. 249, (1) publisher's catalogue. HARDCOVER, bound in the original f…

The History of Great Britaine Under the Conquests of Ye Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans Their Original Manners Warres, Coines & Seales with Ye Sucessions, Lives, Acts & Issues of the English Monarchs from Iulius Caesar to Our Most Gracious Soveraigne King James

John Speed · 1614 · Rooke Books

£5,500.00 (€6,593.58 | $7,267.49 | ¥1,160,663)

London, William Hall and John Beale, 1614. Leather. A very scarce edition of this highly historically significant work of British history, written by an extremely influential historian and cartographer and offering a thorough exegesis of early British history from Julius Caesar …

Joan Miró - Gérald Cramer. Une Correspondance à Toute épreuve. An Illustrated Archive of the Letters from Joan Miró to the Art Publisher Gérald Cramer, 1947-1980. First Edition. New Condition

Miró, Joan; Jean-Charles Giroud, Editor · 2002 · Wittenborn Art Books

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

Geneva: Patrick Cramer, 2002 (Alan Wofsy Fine Arts distribution). Laminated boards. 22 x 31cm. 200pp. 108 reproductions including 50 in colors.. The livre d'artiste A toute épreuve, was a collaboration between the poet Paul Éluard (1895-1952), the artist Joan Miró (1893-1983) an…

Things I Didn't Know My Father Knew: The Best Short Stories of Peter Crowther

Peter Crowther · 2021 · Pat Cramer, Bookseller

$59.50 (€53.98 | £45.03 | ¥9,503)

Book Tomislav Tikulin New New First Edition/First Printing Cemetery Dance Publications A square solid tight clean unread unopened copy. The newest collection by acclaimed British horror master Peter Crowther, these stories are the very best of his incredible short works of ho…

Designed for Pleasure: The World of Edo Japan in Prints and Paintings, 1680-1860

Meech, Julia and Oliver, Jane (editors); with essays by: Carpenter, John T.; Clark, Timothy; Davis, Julie Nelson; Hockley, Allen; Jenkins, Donald; Pollack, David; Thompson, Sarah E.; Waterhouse, David · 2008 · Jorge Welsh Works of Art Lda

€75.00 ($82.67 | £62.56 | ¥13,202)

Book Very Good No Jacket Asia Society, New York and Japansese Art Society of America English text.; Paperback. 24.5 x 30.5 cm; 1.5 Kg; 256 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with minor signs of wear. Interior in very good condition.; Catalogue from the exhibition held at the…

The HOTEL ST. GEORGE. All About It.; Santa Cruz, California. Pacific Avenue - Front St

[California Central Coast Local History]. Leonard, J. J. C. - Lessee. Raymond, Isabel Hammel - Contributor · 1910 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$269.50 (€244.51 | £203.96 | ¥43,041)

(n. p.): , (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca 1910. Not found in Rocq. Original publisher's red paper covers, printed in black, with yellow accents, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 31, [1] pp. The narrative was written by the California author, poet Isabel Ham…

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O'Conor, Norreys Jephson · 1952 · Books On The Boulevard

$26.65 (€24.18 | £20.17 | ¥4,256)

Near Fine W. Ritchie Press First Inscribed on front free-endpaper by Evan O'Conor, to whom poet dedicated this volume.; 96 pages

As We Know: Poems (Photo of Author Included)

ASHBERY, JOHN · 1979 · Bookshop Baltimore

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.19 | ¥10,381)

Penguin Classics, 1979. Softcover. ISBN: 0140422749. Includes a separate, black and white glossy PHOTO of John Ashbery dated 1979. Review copy with review slip along with a Viking newsletter. Clean text, cover has some creases and scratches; some pages are creased at the top edg…

Book and Magazine Collector : No 138 Sep 1995

CRISPIN JACKSON (EDITOR) · 1995 · Godley Books

£4.95 (€5.93 | $6.54 | ¥1,045)

London, Diamond Publishing Group Ltd. 1995. Soft Cover, 8.25 x 6 inches. No marks or inscriptions . No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 147p. This issue includes AA Milne life and works, Richard Townshend Bic…

Life of William Congreve

Edmond Gosse · 1888 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Walter Scott, 1888. First edition. Leather. This first edition copy of William Congreve's biography is in an attractive green leather binding. An attractive first edition of Edmond Gosse's biography of the Restoration playwright and politician William Congreve.…