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Magistra Doctissima - Essays In Honour Of Bonnie Wheeler

Armstrong, Dorsey - Astell, Ann W - Chickering, Howell [editors] · 2013 · Eastleach Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

Medieval Institute Publications - Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo 2013 1st edition. Faux leather, dj, F/F. viii+273pp, 1pp colour & 1pp b/w plates, 15 b/w illustrations, index, a fine copy. A collection of 19 essays : Part 1. Old And Middle English Literature. Kiyoko Nag…

Essays Upon Several Moral Subjects

Jeremy Collier · 1709 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, D. Brown; George Strahan; W. B. for S. Keeble, 1709-22. First edition. Leather. A mixed edition uniformly bound set of Jeremy Collier's popular 'Essays', the third volume here being the first edition. Complete in three volumes.Jeremy Collier's 'E…

Ensemble complet du manuscrit et du tapuscrit de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Java Mondaine"

Boris VIAN - Henri SALVADOR · 1957 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€1,800.00 ($1,983.93 | £1,501.68 | ¥316,808)

S. n. | s. l. s. d. [1957] | 21.30 x 27 cm | 4 feuillets | Ensemble complet du manuscrit et des tapuscrits de travail de Boris Vian, genèse de la chanson "Java mondaine". - un feuillet à carreaux perforés rédigé à la main au stylo bille bleu par Boris Vian. En bas du feuillet, é…

[Photobook] The English at Home

BRANDT, Bill (1904-1983) · 1936 · Fine Editions Ltd

$1,024.00 (€929.07 | £775.09 | ¥163,520)

London B. T. Batsford Ltd First Edition First Printing (so stated) of the photographer's first book, introduced by Raymond Mortimer. Royal 8vo (235 x 180 mm): 8pp, with 63 full-page captioned gravure plates by Brandt. Publisher's glazed photographically illustrated boards, spine…

Hans Vredeman De Vries And The Artes Mechanicae Revisited ,

P. Lombaerde (ed.); · 2005 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€75.00 ($82.66 | £62.57 | ¥13,200)

Turnhout, Brepols, 2005 Paperback, XII+261 pages ., 157 b/w ill., 220 x 280 mm.*NEW ISBN 9782503518138. In this publication, attention is devoted to the technical aspects in the work of Hans Vredeman de Vries. Throughout his long career, he has perfected his skills as a painter…

The Light Around the Body [Inscribed Association Copy]

BLY, Robert (1926-2021) · 1967 · Fine Editions Ltd

$199.00 (€180.55 | £150.63 | ¥31,778)

New York Harper & Row First Printing First Edition (so stated) of Bly's second collection, playfully inscribed by him on the front free end paper in three colors of pen in the year of publication: "Oct. 24, '67 / For Henry / who published so many / of these poems / and for Julie…

[Hand-Colored] Glances at Character [Brent Gration-Maxfield's copy]

[ANONYMOUS]; CLARK, John Heaviside (Engraver, fl. 1789-1830) · 1814 · Fine Editions Ltd

$949.00 (€861.02 | £718.32 | ¥151,543)

London Printed by Whittingham and Rowland, Goswell Street; For John Carr, 56, Paternoster-Row First Edition First Edition of this uncommon satirical depiction of various Regency-era character types and memes, in verse. Crown 8vo: viii,158,[2]pp, with eight delicately hand-colore…

Urban History Writing in Northwest Europe (15th-16th centuries)

Bram Caers, Lisa Demets, Tineke Van Gassen (eds) · 2019 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€90.00 ($99.20 | £75.08 | ¥15,840)

, Brepols, 2019 Hardback, 231 pages, Size:178 x 254 mm, Illustrations:20 b/w, 6 tables b/w., Language: English. ISBN 9782503583761. Summary This volume aims at taking the first steps towards a revaluation of urban historiography in Northwest Europe, including rather than exclu…

The Art of the Plasterer

George P. Bankart · 1908 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, B. T. Batsford, 1908. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition work looking at the development through history of the art of plastering, complete with many illustrations throughout. The first edition of this scarce work.An important work which was often studied and o…

Languages of Love and Hate Conflict, Communication, and Identity in the Medieval Mediterranean,

S. Lambert, H. Nicholson (eds.); · 2012 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€88.00 ($96.99 | £73.42 | ¥15,488)

Turnhout, Brepols, 2012 Hardback, XXX+286 p., 9 b/w ill., 156 x 234 mm. ISBN 9782503520643. This volume of essays examines the role of language in cultural exchanges and clashes in a range of European cultures at the time of the crusades. This book probes the nature of the clas…

TWO RIVULETS INCLUDING DEMOCRATIC VISTAS, CENTENNIAL SONGS, AND PASSAGE TO INDIA

WHITMAN, Walt · 1876 · Charles Agvent

$9,375.00 (€8,505.85 | £7,096.15 | ¥1,497,066)

Camden, NJ. (New Republic Print). First Author's Edition. Bound in full green polished calf leather by Bayntun Riviere with double gilt rules, gilt spine decorations with the date in gilt at the bottom, contrasting gilt-lettered morocco spine labels, five raised bands, gilt dent…

Heisenberg. Gesammelte Werke. Collected papers. Abteilung C. Band I -V. [Complete].

[Heisenberg, W.] Blum, W., and H. P. Dürr and H. Rechenberg (eds.) · 1984 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)

Berlin, Piper, 1984-1989. In five volumes. Large 8vo (24.0 x 16.0 cm). 2640 pp. [C I (1984) vii, 440 pp.; C II (1984) x, 453 pp.; C III (1985) viii, 542 pp.; C IV (1986) x, 505 pp.; C V (1989) xiii, 652 pp.]. Uniform blue buckram with gilt titles on the spines and front boards, …

Baker's Best Chocolate Recipes

GENERAL FOODS CORPORATION · 1932 · S. Howlett-West Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Dorchester, MA: Walter Baker & Company, Inc, 1932. Stapled wraps. B&W & Color Illustrations; This book is in Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean condition. The book covers have several spots of ground-in dirt and …

Ceiling Zero

WARNER BROS. · 1936 · S. Howlett-West Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

New York, NY: Lynn Publishing Co, 1936. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This is a Little Big Book (though not labeled as such) This book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bri…

The Antiquaries Journal, Being the Journal of The Society of Antiquaries of London, Volume XLIV, 1964, Part II

Joan Evans; John S Wacher; etc. · 1964 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£11.00 (€13.19 | $14.53 | ¥2,321)

Oxford University Press, Glasgow etc. 1964. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Grey paper covers, sound binding, clean pages. Bumped lower corner.Many black and white illustrations including fold-out plans and diagrams. Contents include: Anniversary Ad…

Three Generations on the Land *Signed by Author*

WEIGHILL, RICHARD · 1984 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$399.95 (€362.87 | £302.73 | ¥63,867)

Nanaimo, British Columbia: Self-Published, 1984. First Edition. Plastic Comb. Illustrated by Weighill, Richard. 201 pages of profoundly fascinating and delightful illustrated history. Author's father (b. 1870) left Yorkshire, England with his young family for Canada in 1909 and …

Gregory and Lady Turtle in the Valley of the Music Trees

DE BRUNHOFF, LAURENT · 1971 · S. Howlett-West Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

New York: Pantheon Books, 1971. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Laurent de Brunhoff. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ to Near Fine- condition. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning rubbing to …

Les péchés capitaux. [The Seven Deadly Sins].

Detouche, H. (illustrator) · 1900 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)

Paris, Boudet, 1900. Folio (35.3 x 28.0 cm). Title-page in grey and red. Contents leaf with hand-coloured pictorial border; seven plates in double suite (tinted, with additional hand-colouring, and in fine and detailed watercolouring), all tissue-guarded, with additional text on…

The Dorp and the Veld; or, Six Months in Natal

Charles Barter · 1852 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, William S. Orr and Co., 1852. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce account of the author's time spent in Natal. The first edition of this very scarce work.A travel work accounting the author's six months spent in Natal, South Africa. The…

Corpus Christianorum. Folchinus de Borfonibus Cremonina Grammatica, orthographia et prosodia,

C. DeSantis (ed.); · 2003 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€326.50 ($359.86 | £272.39 | ¥57,465)

Turnhout, Brepols, 2003 Hardback, CLXXIX+336 p., 2 b/w ill., 155 x 245 mm. ISBN 9782503050195. This work presents the first edition and study of the grammatical compendium commonly attributed to Folchino dei Borfoni. Based on two main manuscripts, it is the first complete moder…