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PARKMAN, Francis (1823-1893) · 1931 · Fine Editions Ltd

$101.00 (€91.63 | £76.44 | ¥16,130)

New York Farrar & Rinehart First Edition thus First Printing of this edition with numerous illustrations by James Daugherty of Parkman's classic account of a summer tour, in 1846, of Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas, "with a view of studying the manners and character of I…

Double Bill 80 Years of Entertainment

Cotton, Bill · 2000 · Alpha 2 Omega Books

£13.50 (€16.18 | $17.84 | ¥2,849)

Fourth Estate. First UK edition-first printing. Book. VGC.Fourth Estate,2000.First UK edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1).Black hardback(tear on the edge of the front cover,gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(large tear on the edge of the front Dj cover,crease,nick and…

Comrades: The Rise and Fall of World Communism [Illustrated]

Harvey, Robert · 2003 · Alpha 2 Omega Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,643)

John Murray Publishers. First UK edition-first printing. Book. Mint condition.John Murray,2003.First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2).Green hardback(silver lettering to the spine) with Dj(a couple of small nicks and scratch on the Dj cover),both in mint condition.…

Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard Part XX. Study heads and Anatomical Studies - 1 Anatomical Studies

RUBENS Kwakkelstein, Michael W.: · 2022 · Scriptum Art Books v.o.f.

€152.60 ($168.20 | £127.29 | ¥26,862)

2022, (17,5 x 26 cm),220pp. English, 62 colour ills.,94 b/w. ills., hardcover. The central theme of Rubens’s paintings is the human figure, often represented nude or partially clothed and involved in dramatic action. As a history painter, Rubens’s acclaimed skill in rendering …

Diatribe Reconsidered. Pedagogical Strategies in Graeco-Roman Literature between Rhetoric and Philosophy

Pedro Pablo Fuentes González, Alberto J. Quiroga Puertas (eds) · 2025 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€95.40 ($105.15 | £79.58 | ¥16,793)

, Brepols, 2025 Paperback, Pages: 286, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:3 b/w, 1 tables b/w., Languages: English, French, Italian. ISBN 9782503619927. Summary In the study of the philosophical literature of Graeco-Roman antiquity, the 19th century scholarship coined an idea of…

Undertow

Brian Burland · 1971 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Barrie & Jenkins, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition novel by Bermudian author Brian Burland, inscribed by the author at length. The first edition, first impression.A vanishingly scarce novel.Author's presentation copy, inscribed by the author t…

Pamela&Apos;S Conduct in High Life

[John Kelly] · 1741 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Ward and Chandler, 1741. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce continuation of Samuel Richardson's influential novel, following Pamela after her marriage. The first edition of this very scarce work.Volume II only, of a total of two volumes.A …

Solving Cases, Book and Paper Artefact Restoration,

N. Scianna; · 2010 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€65.00 ($71.64 | £54.22 | ¥11,442)

Turnhout , Brepols, 2010 Paperback, IV+272 p., 217 b/w ill. + 40 colour ill., 1 CD, 210 x 270 mm. ISBN 9782503533438. Solving Cases: Books and Paper Artefact Restoration is a collection of Italian restoration experiences documented by the author during his thirty years in this …

Een Schoone Historie, van Margareta van Limburgh; en Hendrik haar Broeder die veel wonderlijke Avontuure gehad hebben: want Margareta werd Koninginne van Armenien en Hendrik door zijn groote Vromigheyt Keyser van Grieken ende nog andere Kersten Heeren die zijn Mede-helpers waaren. Als mede van de groote Victorie die zy (door Godes hulpe) verkregen tegen de Sarazynen.

1604 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€1,437.50 ($1,584.42 | £1,199.08 | ¥253,042)

Amsterdam, By d'Erve H. van der Putte en B. Boekhout, [1604], 4to., beautiful later half leather spine with marbled paper with title on spine, [120 pp.], without pagenumbers but the book consists of 15 signatures with each 8 pages, the book has been rebound with skill and eye fo…

THE MAGIC OF OIL (Signed Copy)

Bethers, Ray; Illustrated with diagrams by the author + photographs · 1949 · Robert W. Reiner

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

NY, Aladdin Books, 1949. [ ] Assumed First Edition (no additional printings). Hardback, octavo, appx 7 x 8 3/4 inches, 48 pages, VG+ in G- dj (dj in mylar). Author Bethers (1902-1973), a listed artist, has SIGNED the book by lettering his name across the center of the FFEP. Prev…

THE ADVENTURES OF THE BLACK GIRL IN HER SEARCH FOR GOD

(SHAW, George Bernard) · 0 · Charles Agvent

$2,500.00 (€2,268.18 | £1,891.99 | ¥399,265)

London. Constable & Company Limited. First Edition. Pictorial boards and twenty woodblock illustrations within by John Farleigh. Laurence A210a. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED to “Catherine Inge/from/Bernard Shaw” and dated “30/11/32” on the half-title page. Pasted to the facing…

Los Gangsters De Stalin [The Gangsters of Stalin]

TROTZKY [Trotsky], León (1874-1940) · 1940 · Fine Editions Ltd

$476.00 (€431.86 | £360.23 | ¥76,020)

Mexico Editorial América First Edition First Printing of Leon Trotsky's fragile, final book, published one month after his assassination, apparently at the behest of Joseph Stalin. In Spanish, with a prologue by Adolfo Zamora. 8vo (194 x 125mm): 191,[1]pp. Original Illustrated w…

Nel Cielo tra gli Astri in compagnia di Orazia.

LIUZZI, Dora, · 1993 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€17.50 ($19.29 | £14.60 | ¥3,081)

Congedo Editore, Galatina, 1993. 85p. Sewn. ills.(B&W reproductions). (Rare). ‘Dans cet opuscule, D. Liuzzi nous convie à un voyage ‘Nel ciel tra gli astri in compagnie di Orazio’. Connue des spécialistes pour l’intérêt qu’elle porte à Manilius (…) et à l’astronomie / astrologi…

The Search for the Ancient Novel.

TATUM, J., (ed.), · 1994 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€42.50 ($46.84 | £35.45 | ¥7,481)

Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore / London, 1994. XIII,463p. Paperback. Spine with slight reading trace. Remains of name and date on half title. A.o.: J. TATUM: The Search for the Ancient Novel (pp.1-23); D. de ARMAS WILSON: Hommage to Apuleius: Cervantes' Avenging Psyc…

Sarah Bernhardt

Maurice Baring · 1938 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1938. Hardcover. Grey cloth. 162p. Cover is lightly soiled. Otherwise, this is a clean and tight book in very good condition. Sarah Bernhardt (22/23 October 1844 – 26 March 1923) was a French stage and early film actress. She was referred to as "the…

History of the Johnstown Flood Including All the Fearful Record; the Breaking of the South Fork Dam; the Sweeping out of the Conemaugh Valley,. . . . .

JOHNSON, WILLIS FLETCHER · 1889 · S. Howlett-West Books

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.19 | ¥10,381)

Boston, MA / Philadelphia, PA: Edgewood Publishing Co, 1889. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This copy is in Good only condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have noticeable edge wear, rubbing, spots of paint on the spine, frayin…

Tarzan and the Foreign Legion

BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE · 1947 · S. Howlett-West Books

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

Tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1947. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by John Coleman Burroughs. B&W Illustrations; Stated First Edition. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, brigh…

Echoes from an Iron Harp

HOWARD, ROBERT E. · 1972 · S. Howlett-West Books

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc, 1972. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Alicia Austin. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed, with a very short inscription by the Illustrator Alicia Austin. This book is in Very Good+ …

Alone to Everest

DENMAN, EARL · 1954 · S. Howlett-West Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, NY: Coward-Mccann, 1954. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations and Photographs; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. There is some lightish bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text …

Cosmic Fishing an Account of Writing Synergetics with Buckminster Fuller

APPLEWHITE, E. J. · 1977 · S. Howlett-West Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York: MacMillan Company, 1977. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0025027107. B&W Illustrations & Photographs; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some li…