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BROTHER JONATHAN. A Weekly Compend of Belles Lettres and the Fine Arts, Standard Literature, and General Intelligence. 1842. Vol. I, From January 1, to April 23. Vol. II, From April 30, to August 27. Vol. III, From September 3, to December 31

Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870] - Subject · 1842 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$825.00 (€748.50 | £624.36 | ¥131,758)

New York: Wilson & Company. 162 Nassau-Street, 1842. 1st printing. Later light brown full buckram, with period leather title/volume labels to spine. Later marbled eps. 3 volumes. Index in each volume. Illustrated with 52 wood engravings. Small Folio. 11-1/2" x 8-3/8" Vol I has a…

THE PREMIER LINE - The Story of the London and North Western Locomotives.

Nock, O. S., · 1952 · A Book for all Reasons

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

Ian Allan, London, 1952, 1st edn. (but see note)239pp, numerous in text half tone plates, line drawings and tables, black cloth lettered in silver, pictorial dustwrapper, a history of the LNW locomotives from the early days to the 1923 grouping with a complete list of engine na…

Poems, Songs and Essays

Ulanda (Kathleen Whitford Turner) · 1946 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£66.00 (€79.12 | $87.21 | ¥13,928)

Clowes and Sons Ltd, privately published, Beccles, 1946. 3rd Edition, Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Inscribed by Author. Blue leather with gilt decoration and lettering, bright gilt blocks, tissue protected frontis and other plates, framed text. Leather is very good but i…

The Parochial History and Antiquities of Stockton-Upon-Tees

John Brewster · 1971 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£18.50 (€22.18 | $24.45 | ¥3,904)

Patrick and Shotton, Stockton-On-Tees, 1971. Facsimile Edition, Paperback. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. 9780903169011 Facsimile ediition of the 2nd edition. Darkened pale blue card covers, blocks of text and occasional pages are detached, clean pages. Previous owner's name on …

Ethics and Atonement

W F Lofthouse · 1906 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,583)

Methuen & Co, London, 1906. First Edition, Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Firm blue covers with gilt lettering marked by residue of library tape, lightly bumped corners, sound binding, freckled uncut (untrimmed) blocks, darkened endpages, title-pages are freckled, cle…

The Mirror: A Periodical Paper, Published at Edinburgh in the Years 1779 and 1780 (Three Volumes, Complete)

MACKENZIE, HENRY (ED) · 1794 · Round Table Books, LLC

$400.00 (€362.91 | £302.72 | ¥63,882)

London and Edinburgh: A. Strahan, T. Cadell (London), and W. Creech (Edinburgh), 1794. Tenth Edition. First Printing. Leather. Three volumes, Full leather. Spines in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering on black labels in one compartment, gilt volume number…

Decorative Printed Map of the 15th to 18th Centuries

SKELTON, R. A. · 1965 · Godley Books

£5.75 (€6.89 | $7.60 | ¥1,213)

London, Spring Books. 1965. Hard Cover, 11 x 8.75 inches. Ex-library book with usual (minimal) marks and stamps. Light foxing to last few pages. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy in a library binding with very slightl…

The Formation of Mineral Deposits: Second Edition

BATEMAN, ALAN M. · 1959 · Bluebird Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1959. Hardcover. Stated fourth printing of the second edition. A scholarly examination of the various means by which minerals are created. With a history of the evolution of ideas on the subject, as well as detailed looks at the processes result…

Knock: Ou le Triomphe de la Médecine (the Century Modern Language Series, in French for the English Speaking Student)

ROMAINS, JULES (AUTHOR); MENUT, ALBERT DOUGLAS & CHAPMAN, DWIGHT INGERSOLL (EDITORS) · 1927 · Bluebird Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1927. Hardcover. A French language edition, for the English-speaking student, of the play by Jules Romains. The play is an example of the author's Unanimism literary movement. With English-language introduction, notes, and vocabulary by the…

Schillers Werke in Zwei Bänden (the Works of Schiller in Two Volumes)

SCHILLER, FRIEDRICH · 1962 · Bluebird Books

$29.00 (€26.31 | £21.95 | ¥4,631)

München: Droemersche Verlagsanstalt Th. Knaur Nachf, 1962. Hardcover. A German-language two-volume set offering the major works of the great German polymath Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805). Includes a large selection of his poetry, plays, historical and philosophical writings. Al…

Cargoes for Crusoes

OVERTON, GRANT · 1924 · Bluebird Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York/Boston: Appleton & Company/George H. Doran/Little, Brown, and Company, 1924. Hardcover. Stated first printing, September 1924. The author imagines Robinson Crusoe, marooned on his desert island, discovering a sealed shipment of books featuring famous authors and reviewi…

Nieuwe ordonnantie doen maaken, en emaneren by burgemeesters en regeerders der stadt Vere. Op den visch-tol, afslag der visch, en wat verder daar toe zyn relatie is hebbende. [Middelburg], Suenonius Mandelgreen, [24 December 1746]. With:(2) Ordonnantie op den afslag der Verschen visch, binnen de stadt Vere, gelyk mede op den pligt van den keurmeester en den afslager.Middelburg, widow of Jakobus Pauwelsen, [6 July 1754, published 25 July]. (3) Ordonnantie op den afslag der Verschen visch, binnen de stad Vere.Vere, Chrristiaan Hendrik Held, [18 May 1771]. (4) [MANUSCRIPT]. Extract uit de notulen van weth[ouders] en raad der stad Vere.[Veere?], [18 July 1772-19 June 1773, 7 April 1787]. (5) Reglement voor die van de haven der stad Vere ter vis-vangst vaaren.Middelburg, Adriaan de Vin, [1 June 1774].With a woodcut Veere coat of arms on the title-page of each of the 4 printed ordinances (3 different blocks). 5 items in 1 volume. 4to. Contemporary marbled wrapper backed with plain paper.

[VEERE - FISHERY]. · 1771 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,750.00 ($1,928.86 | £1,459.75 | ¥308,051)

12; [1, 1 blank], 21, [1 blank]; 22; [8, 4 blank]; 9, [1 blank] pp.Contemporary collection of 4 extremely rare printed ordinances and regulations concerning fishery and the fish trade at Veere, near Middelburg in Zeeland, none recorded in NCC or STCN, plus 7 manuscript extracts …

Shibai Kinm? Zui ??????

Shikitei Sanba (Samba) ????, illustrator. ?? · 1890 · Boston Book Company

$950.00 (€861.91 | £718.96 | ¥151,721)

189. Shikitei Sanba (Samba) ????, illustrator. ??. Shibai Kinm? Zui ??????. T?to [Tokyo]. Aoki Suzando, publisher. c. 1890s. 8 volumes bound as 5, 22 x 15cm bound Japanese style fukuro-toji. Original, black and white woodblock prints with Japanese text. Each volume centers on a …

Nunchaku and Sai: Ancient Okinawan Martial Arts.

Ryusho Sakagami. · 1974 · SomeThingz, books etcetera

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

Tokyo Japan Publications 1974 Softcover with flaps, 175pp., 18.5x26cm., richly illustr. in b/w., in very good condition. ISBN 0870403338. Nunchaku and Sai: Ancient Okinawan Martial Arts documents the origin, techniques, and historical applications of the nunchaku and sai, two …

Onze Schutter-Vendels en Schutterijen van vroeger en later tijd, 1550-1908. [Major General Van Lier's Copy].

Lintum, C. te., J. Hoynck van Papendrecht, P. J. Blok. · 1909 · Librarium of The Hague

€47.50 ($52.35 | £39.62 | ¥8,361)

's-Gravenhage, Van Stockum, (1909/1910). Hardcover. ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Oblong quarto. Pp. 22 (text). Plus 50 plates printed in various techniques, some in colour, each preceded by a leaf of captions and explanations, with interleaving ti…

The Sampler Quilt Book

Lynne Edwards · 2003 · Book Haven

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,837)

David & Charles 2003 Paperback 144 With encouragement and sound advice on a variety of hand and machine methods, design tips and practical guidance from internationally renowned expert Lynne Edwards, anyone can work through the chapters of this inspirational guide at their own p…

A Set of Woodcuts by Stephen Bone, Being the Illustrations to a Farmer&Apos;S Life by George Bourne

Stephen Bone · 1922 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1922. Unbound. A fascinating set of woodcuts by Stephen Bone, limited to fifty five copies and signed by the author. A limited edition to fifty five copies printed from the original wood blocks on Japanese Vellum. A signed set of woodcuts by English paint…

Gysbrecht [Gijsbrecht] van Aemstel, d'ondergang van zijn Stad en zyn Ballingschap. Treurspel. Met Inleiding van L. Simons. Tooneel-decoratie ontwerpen van H.P. Berlage, Muziek van Bern. Sweers en A.J. Diepenbrock. Boekversieringen van A.J. Derkinderen. [Splendid set in original instalments of one of the highlights of Dutch art nouveau book illustration].

Derkinderen, A.J. (1859-1925), Vondel. Joost van den. · 1894 · Fahrenheit 451

€1,450.00 ($1,598.20 | £1,209.51 | ¥255,242)

Haarlem, F. Bohn, 1894-1901, 20 parts in 11 separate instalments as issued, 122 pag., abundantly illustrated and decorated in colour lithography, printed in green, gold, ochre, reddish brown, etc. in art nouveau style after A.J. Derkinderen, stage designs by H.P.Berlage also ill…

The Best American Humorous Short Stories; (Modern Library #87. 2)

LINSCOTT, ROBERT N. (EDITOR) · 1945 · Bluebird Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1945-63]. Hardcover. A collection of humorous stories by 31 noted American authors such as Mark Twain, S. J. Perelman, Dorothy Parker and O. Henry (43 stories in all) in a Modern Library edition. Edited and with an introductory not…

Penguin Island; (Modern Library #210. 1)

FRANCE, ANATOLE · 1952 · Bluebird Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1952]. Hardcover. A Modern Library reprint edition of Anatole France's satirical fantasy novel which was cited as a major factor in his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921. Includes an introduction by H. R. Steeves…