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[Three Tours of Doctor Syntax, the]

ROWLANDSON, Thomas; COMBE, William · 1812 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$6,500.00 (€5,897.39 | £4,919.99 | ¥1,037,966)

London: R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1812. The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax The Fitz Eugene Dixon Copy In the Original Publishers Boards, Uncut. [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator]. [COMBE, William]. The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque. A Poem. London: Pu…

Historiography and Identity V: The Emergence of New Peoples and Polities in Europe, 1000-1300

Walter Pohl, Veronika Wieser, Francesco Borri (eds) · 2023 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€125.00 ($137.77 | £104.28 | ¥22,001)

, Brepols, 2023 Hardback, xiv + 501 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:2 b/w, 9 maps b/w, Language: English. ISBN 9782503588490. Summary In many countries in Northern and Eastern Europe, the period after 1000 saw the emergence of new Christian kingdoms. This process was s…

Ecoforestry Journal - Volume 16, Number 2 Summer 2002

VIPOND, DON: EDITOR · 2001 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$49.95 (€45.32 | £37.81 | ¥7,976)

British Columbia: Ecoforestry, 2001. First Edition. Paperback. 44 pages. Topics include: Ecoforestry at the Landscape Scale; Hill Holt Wood; Wave Hill Farm; Magnifica Comunitaa Di Fiemme (in Italy); Fungus Roots in the Forest; Review of 'In Search of Sustainability'; Reaction Wo…

ARCHIVE OF 4 AUTOGRAPHED LETTERS SIGNED

BESTON, Henry · 1941 · Charles Agvent

$1,875.00 (€1,701.17 | £1,419.23 | ¥299,413)

A fine archive of 4 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED in Beston's neat hand consisting of 10 pages and 2 hand-addressed and SIGNED envelopes along with a small photograph of Beston and his wife, Elizabeth Coatsworth, annotated in another hand on the rear. Three of the letters are address…

Pressing on: The Graphic Art of Wilmer Jennings

Elliott, Claude (and) Corinne Jennings · 2000 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

Providence, Rhode Island School of Art and Design, 2000. Staplebound. A sage green softcover book. There is a window cut in the front cover to display a black-and-white illustration. Pages: (2), 3-52. Contains both black-and-white and color illustrations. "The Museum of Art, Rho…

Canadian Geographic: September/October 1999, Vol. 119, No. 6 (Norwegian Connection and Trans-Atlantic Sail in the High Arctic)

Canadian Geographic (ed. by Rick Boychuk with Eric Harris et al) · 1999 · Books on the Web

$7.50 (€6.80 | £5.68 | ¥1,198)

Vanier (ON): Canadian Geographic Enterprises, 1999. Paper bound, Vol. 119, No. 6. As new. 260 grams. Note: We have over 200 issues of Canadian Geographic Journal in stock; contact us directly for your orders! This issue includes: Sea Lions of the Deep by Paul Nicklen; Backwo…

From Sun-Day to the Lord's Day. The Cultural History of Sunday in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

Uta Heil (ed) · 2023 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€135.00 ($148.79 | £112.63 | ¥23,761)

, Brepols, 2023 Hardback, 528 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:8 b/w, 2 tables b/w., 1 maps b/w, Language(s):English, German. *new ISBN 9782503598260. Summary Ever since the Christianization of the planetary week in Late Antiquity, the notion of Sunday as a day of rest…

The Illustrated London News, Saturday January 5, 1918 - the Great Halifax Explosion / Victorious British Advance in Palestine

CHESTERTON, G.K. · 1918 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$495.00 (€449.11 | £374.68 | ¥79,045)

London: The Illustrated London News and Sketch, Ltd, 1918. First Edition. Stapled. Illustrated by S.B.; Dodd, Francis; Price, Julius M.. Features: Title page illustration of British despatch-rider delivering Christmas pudding by bicycle in deep snow; G.K. Chesterton makes the ca…

Garden Ornament: Five Hundred Years of History and Practice

PLUMPTRE, GEORGE · 1989 · Little Lane Books

A$25.00 (€15.37 | $16.94 | £12.82 | ¥2,705)

UK, Thames & Hudson. 1989. Card Cover with dust jacket, 30.5cm. Book, 256pp & 1.3kg to post. Faults? corner areas of cover creasy (not to be confused with greasy, it's creasy - is there such a word?) About the book >>> The tremendous upsurge of interest in garden history and des…

The Iceman and his Natural Environment: Palaeobotanical Results Man in the Ice

Sigmar Bortenschlager (Autor), Klaus Oeggl (Autor) · 2000 · LLU Buchservice

€99.99 ($110.21 | £83.42 | ¥17,599)

, Springer, 2000. 166, 28 x 21,3 x 1,4 cm, Hardcover. Zustand: 2. Volume 4 of the series The Man in the Ice contains the newest results of the scientific research groups working on the Iceman during the last years. By means of different methods - AMS-radiocarbon dating, bryology…

The Wide World, the Magazine for Men, October [Oct. ] 1915, Vol. 35, No. 210 - Volcano on Ambrim Island / Whale-Hunting / from the Source of the Amazon

FRATER, THE REV. MAURICE; MCINTOSH, JOHN H.; SHEPSTONE, H.J.; RUNDALL, W.H.; BESLEY, J. CAMPBELL; WOOD, R.G.; DONOVAN, THOS. B.; STOCK, RALPH; WILLOUGHBY, JAMES; BUCK, MAJOR C. · 1915 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$750.00 (€680.47 | £567.69 | ¥119,765)

New York: The International News Company, 1915. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Reynolds, Warwick; Holloway, W.H.. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Volcanic Eruption on Ambrim Island in the New Hebrides in 1913 - article with sp…

It Never Dies

John Farleigh · 1946 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Sylvan Press, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this work on the arts by wood-engraver John Farleigh. John Farleigh was an English wood-engraver who is known for illustrating George Bernard Shaw's The Adventures of the Black Girl in Search for God …

Graven Image an Autobiographical Textbook

John Farleigh · 1940 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1940. First edition. Hardback. The illustrated first edition of John Farleigh's autobiographical work, a wonderful memoir married with advice for wood engravers. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original unclipped du…

Working with the Merlin Healing People and Planet

HUGHES, GEOFF · 1997 · Pegasus Books

$168.75 (€153.11 | £127.73 | ¥26,947)

Chievely, Berkshire, UK: Capall Bann Publishing, 1997. Softcover. ISBN: 1861630018. B & W ; 5 3/4 x 8\"; 194 pages; Soft cover has grey spine with white lettering. Some rubbing, scuffing, and corner creasing. Illustrated with b/w pictures. Pages are clean and tight. 'The Merlin …

The Wide World Magazine - the Magazine for Men, Vol. XXXV - No. 208, August (Aug. ) 1915 - a Woman Alone in China / My Chinese God

DAVIDSON, R.V.; WILLOUGHBY, J.; STOCK, R.; GAUNT, M.; HAMILTON, H.A.; SHEPSTONE, H.J.; BANKS, R.; ET AL · 1915 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$395.00 (€358.38 | £298.98 | ¥63,076)

London: George Newnes, Ltd, 1915. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. G. Henry; Wood, Stanley L.; Pape, Frank C.. Pages 289-382, plus 16 pages of great ads. Features: When the Water Came Down - the author and his Gurkha orderly are fishing in the Himalayas when a sudden 'spate…

Graven Image, an Autobiographical Textbook

John Farleigh · 1940 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1940 . First edition. Hardback. The illustrated first edition of John Farleigh's autobiographical work, a wonderful memoir featuring advice for wood engravers. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original price clipped …

Verhandeling over de vernissen, waar in de wyze opgegeeven wordt, om 'er een toe te stellen, dat 't Chineesch vernis volmaakt gelykt: benevens verscheyde andere zaken rakende de schilderkunst, 't vergulden, 't etsen, etc. ...Leiden, Jacobus Willeke, 1742. 8vo. With the title printed in red and black, 4 full-page engraved plates illustrating the necessities for varnishing and lacquering. Contemporary brown sprinkled paper wrappers.

[BUONANNI, Filippo]. · 1720 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€2,850.00 ($3,141.22 | £2,377.66 | ¥501,612)

16, 218, [24] pp.Very rare first Dutch edition of the most influential manual on Chinese lacquer and the adaptation of lacquer techniques in Europe (Bomford). This treatise includes many different recipes for lacquers and other varnishes, for use on either wood or metal, with ad…

MATER MISERICORDIAE HOSPITAL. 23rd St. Q & R Sacramento 1895 [caption title]

[Photograph - California Local History] · 1898 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.45 | ¥13,174)

[Sacramento]: , 1898. Housed in an old, faded black wood frame. Frame: 10-1/4" x 12-5/8". Photograph: 6-1/8" x 8-1/4" "The Sisters of Mercy broke ground on Sacramento's first private hospital, Mater Misericordiae (Latin for "Mother of Mercy") in the mid-1890s. The hospital was o…

Wool To Weta: Transforming New Zealand's Culture And Economy

Paul Callaghan · 2009 · Book Haven

$15.50 (€14.06 | £11.73 | ¥2,475)

Auckland University Press 2009 Paperback 176 New Zealand has built its economy around natural resources - exporting wool, wood, meat and dairy and importing tourists. But can that economy sustain us in the twenty-first century? From the second most prosperous country on earth fi…

The Gods Had Wings Legends, Folklore and Quaint Beliefs About Birds

W. J. Brown · 1936 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London, Constable & Co. 1936. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of legends, folklore and beliefs about birds, with beautiful wood engravings by John Farleigh. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original …