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Opium and the Romantic Imagination

HAYTER, Alethea · 1968 · Cotswold Internet Books

£27.50 (€32.96 | $36.33 | ¥5,802)

Faber & Faber, 1968. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket First Edition. 1968 1st edition with B&W illustrations; tightly bound in light red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Dust jacket not price-clipped; a little discoloured with a tiny bit of wear to top edge. A …

De flatibus humanum corpus molestantibus, commentarius nouus ac singularis. In quo flatuum natura, causae, et symptomata describuntur, eorumque remedia facili & expedia methodo indicantur.Antwerp, Jan van Ghelen for Henricus Henricius, 1582. 8vo. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page and last page. Contemporary limp vellum with the manuscript title on the spine.

FIENUS, Joannes. · 1585 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)

215, [5], [4 blank] pp.First edition of a treatise on flatulent gas and its discomforts in the human body, written by the Antwerp physician Joannes Fienus (or Feyens, d. 1585). Fienus was born in Turnhout, Belgium, and probably studied medicine at the University at Leuven. He de…

BOOK SOURCE MONTHLY MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 1997

Huckans, John · 1997 · Gibson

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Book Source Magazine Cazenovia, NY Very Good with no dust jacket; Articles include R. G. Collingwood Checklist, Not a Collector Rather a Reader, Mark Twain, Auction Reports, and more. Filled with wonderful advertising and ilustrations. Magazine is complete and in very good condi…

The Modern Cook: Containing Instructions for Preparing and Ordering Public Entertainments for the Tables of Princes, Ambassadors, Noblemen, and Magistrates

Mr. Vincent La Chapelle · 1744 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

London, Thomas Osborne , 1744. Leather. The third edition of Vincent La Chapelle's influential culinary work. Third edition.Rebacked in full calf, with the original spine laid down. Lacking endpapers.Adorned with six folding copper plates to the rear. Collated, complete. T…

The New Universal Magazine, or Gentleman and Lady&Apos;S Polite Instructor

1751 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.80 | $1,182.42 | ¥188,817)

London, M. Cooper, 1751-1752. First edition. Leather. A very rare volume comprising the first monthly issues of this 18th-century 'New Universal Magazine', with folding copper plates. Very scarce in commerce, with Jisc recording 1751 as the earliest appearance of this …

Per le nozze del Sig.r. Marchese Guglielmo de' Fulcis, cavalier di Malta, maggiore attuale al servizio delle LL. MM. II. RR. con la Sig'.ra. Contessa Francesca de' Migazzi de Vaal e Sonnenthurn.[Venice], (colophon: nella stamperia Albrizzi con privilegio dell' Ecc.mo Senato per tutti li rami che adornano le di lui stampe, 1776). Folio (35 x 25 cm). Engraved frontispiece with a decorative rococo border, engraved title in a rococo border incorporating the coat-of-arms of Guglielmo de' Fulcis, engraved full-page colophon on the last leaf; 7 pp. with additional engraved allegorical vignettes, one on C3 signed ''Piazzetta inv.''. Contemporary light green paper wrappers with gold rococo ornamental borders and a gold centre piece with allegorical seated figure on the front and back side of the wrappers, probably made for presentation to the bride, groom or an important person who attended the wedding.

[ALPAGO, Cesare et al.]. · 1776 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€5,500.00 ($6,062.00 | £4,588.46 | ¥968,023)

[57], [1 blank] pp.Very rare collection of laudatory poems in Italian, edited and collected by Cesare Alpago, for the occasion of the marriage of Marchese Guglielmo de' Fulcis, Knight of Malta, with the Contessa Francesca de' Migazzi de Vaal e Sonnenthurn in 1776. It includes po…

Een groote Ziel. Een groot Werk. De Zeer Eerwaarde Moeder Maria van de Passie. Stichtster der Franciscanessen Missionarissen van Maria. Naar het Fransch door E. P. Ladislas Kerckhove o.f.m..

HYGONET Marie Bernard o.f.m. : · 1926 · Antiquariaat W. de Goeij

€34.00 ($37.47 | £28.37 | ¥5,984)

2. Woluwe Brussel, Sint Michiels Drukkerij, 1926, in-8°, 281 pp, several b/w plates h.t., sewn, orig. wrapper Text in Dutch. (There is also a French edition, not available here).

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn. Tableaux dans les musées de l'Union Soviétique.

Loewinson-Lessing, Vladimir (ed.). · 1982 · Antiquariaat De Boekenbeurs

€24.00 ($26.45 | £20.02 | ¥4,224)

Leningrad; 1982; Éditions d'art Aurore; hardcover with dust jacket; 4o; 30 plates in colour; ills. with the text in b&w; introduction by X. Egorava; French-language text; 31 pp. (introduction) followed by plates and text (not paged).Dust jacket just a trifle worn along extremiti…

Folk Religion: Friend or Foe? (Grove Pastoral Series No.25).

SILVERSIDES, MARK. · 1986 · Chilton Books

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

Bramcote: Grove Books. 1986. 1st ed. "Folk Religion is the religion practised by a certain group of people, in our case the English, in relation to a religios institution to which such people do not belong, in our case the Church of England". Pp 25. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

The Pattern of Expectation: 1644-2001

CLARKE, I. F. · 1979 · Cotswold Internet Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Jonathan Cape First Edition Used - Good. Good hardback in dust jacket 1979 1st edition with B&W illustrations; tightly bound in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Dust jacket not price-clipped with yellowing to white areas and very light wear to top edge. A little sidelin…

THE BATTLE OF THE RUHR POCKET April 1945

KESSLER Leo · 1989 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,004)

Leo Cooper, 1989. 9780850528862 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (lightly bumped and a little faded at head of spine, top edge lightly dust stained - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (a little rumpled at head of spine - otherwise VG in protective cover, not price clippe…

PORT ARTHUR

Wpa [Federal Writers' Project] · 1940 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.31 | ¥35,930)

Very Good- Anson Jones Press First Edition Boards a bit browned and lightly worn. Spine slightly cocked. Binding not tight. Endpapers browned and with very light waterstaining. First page missing. Bold bookseller's stamp on one of the first pages.; First and only edition. Scarce…

LATIN AMERICA History, Culture, People.

Pauline, Lawrence J. · 1968 · Foundling Books

$6.00 (€5.44 | £4.54 | ¥958)

Bronxville, NY: Cambridge Book Company, 1968. Paperback; First Printing. Ex lib with only 2 rubber stamps on last page, illustrated wraps, rubbed, some creases to front cover and spine, foxed, a few pages have blue ink underlining. ; Illustrated throughout with b&w drawings and …

More by Accident

GREENHILL, Denis · 1993 · Cotswold Internet Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Wilton65, 1993. Used - Very Good. VG SIGNED hardback in VG dust jacket 2nd edition. 1993 2nd edition with B&W illustrations, signed by author on front free endpaper; tightly bound in blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. Dust jacket not price-clipped with faded spine. A lit…

The tale of Beatrix Potter

LANE, Margaret · 1946 · Cotswold Internet Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. 1946. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket . 1946 1st edition with colour and B&W illustrations; tightly bound in green cloth with black lettering to front and gilt lettering to spine; spine foot lightly worn. Dust jacket not price-clipped…

Bevis and Butt-head: Huh Huh for Hollywood

Larry Doyle · 1996 · Pat Cramer, Bookseller

$23.50 (€21.32 | £17.79 | ¥3,753)

Book Near Fine First Edition/First Printing MTV Books/ Pocket Books New York, U.S.A. A square solid tight clean carefully used copy. This copy was released with a B&Wheadshot picture of Bevis and Butt-head that have not been removed from the book. This copy has some light cover …

Turbott Wolfe

PLOMER, Wiiliam · 1965 · Cotswold Internet Books

£27.50 (€32.96 | $36.33 | ¥5,802)

Hogarth Press, 1965. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket . 1965 reissue with B&W illustrations; tightly bound in turquoise cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Dust jacket not price-clipped and protected by removable clear film; pale spillage stains to inner surface; …

West Country

Geoffrey Grigson · 1951 · West Wessex Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Book Illustrated Good + Good First Edition Collins London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 92pp. Illustrated title, colour and b/w photographs, maps, illustrated boards, not price clipped or inscribed, wear to dj corners/head/heel of spine, some tiny marks to back of dj, a little wear …

The Fall Of Singapore

Frank Owen · 1960 · West Wessex Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Book Illustrated Good Good First Edition Michael Joseph London 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 184pp with index and b/w photographs, maps to endpapers. The Malayan Campaign in the Far East 1941-42. An angry story about the fall of Singapore. Pictorial dj, with some chipping and wear, …

Wild Flowers of Chalk and Limestone (New Naturalist 16)

Lousley, J.E. · 1950 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Collins London xvii, 254, 48 col + 24 b/w plates. . HB. Very good, bright copy; a little foxing to edges and endpapers; in slighly worn d/w (d/w spine lightly sunned, some foxing, a little wear to head of spine, small chip to one corner; not price-clipped; in removable protectiv…