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The Antiquaries Journal, Being the Journal of The Society of Antiquaries of London, Volume XVIII 1938, Numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4. January, April, July and October 1938

Sir Leonard Wooley; Sir Frederic Kenyon etc. · 1938 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford, London, Glasgow etc. 1938. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Clean firm brown cover, gilt lettering on the spine, sound binding, clean pages. Many black and white illustrations including fold-out plans and di…

My Life

Clinton, Bill · 2004 · Alpha 2 Omega Books

£22.50 (€26.97 | $29.73 | ¥4,748)

Hutchinson. First UK edition-first printing. Book. VGC.Hutchinson,2004.First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2).Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small crease on the edge of the spine) with Dj(watermark on the edges of the outer and inner of the Dj cover,sm…

1845 American Missionary Letters from Erzurum, Ottoman Turkey, Where Mary Lawrence Herbert Peabody Describes Armenian Protestant Work Against “Satan’S Seat”

MARY LAWRENCE HERBERT PEABODY · 1845 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$3,889.99 (€3,529.27 | £2,943.93 | ¥621,255)

ERZROOM [ERZURUM] TURKEY, 1845. Non-Book. On offer are two [2] original manuscript autograph letters handwritten by the wife of Mary Lawrence Herbert Peabody (1817-1899) , wife of Reverend Josiah Peabody (1807-1873) , while the two were stationed in Erzurum, Turkey. They were se…

Mit Sphaera und Astrolab. 'Die Entdeckung der Natur' in südostdeutschen Klöstern im hohen Mittelalter

Michael Schonhardt · 2023 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.10 | ¥21,124)

, Brepols, 2023 Hardback, 432 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:30 b/w, 21 col., 16 tables b/w., 5 maps b/w, Language: German. ISBN 9782503598901. Summary This book offers a study of the scientific landscape of medieval Bavaria during the higher Middle Ages. Based on man…

Der Stuhl. [German text.]

Heinz Rasch and Bodo Rasch · 1992 · SomeThingz, books etcetera

€65.00 ($71.64 | £54.22 | ¥11,442)

Weil am Rhein Vitra Design Museum 1992 Portfolio with booklet (68pp.) and a seperate 6-sheet supplement, 18x25.5cm., ills. in b/w., in very good condition. . ISBN 3980253996. Facsimile reprint of the 1928 edition published by Akademischer Verlag Dr. Fritz Wedekind, Stuttgart, w…

Scultori Fiamminghi. Artistic Exchange in Sculpture between the Low Countries and Italy 1500-1620

Marjan Debaene, Babette Rummens (eds) · 2026 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€132.50 ($146.04 | £110.52 | ¥23,324)

, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2026 Hardback, 432 pages, Size:240 x 300 mm, Illustrations:20 b/w, 330 col., 10 tables b/w., Language: English. *new ISBN 9781912554973. Summary From the late medieval period onwards, an interplay of different factors stimulated sculptors from the Lo…

Turning the Page Archaeological Archives and Entangled Knowledge

Olympia Bobou, Rubina Raja, Maria Stamatopoulou (eds) · 2025 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€170.00 ($187.38 | £141.80 | ¥29,925)

, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2025 Hardback, Pages: xx + 486 p., Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:676 b/w, 96 col., 9 tables b/w. Language(s):English, NEW. ISBN 9782503616858. Summary Throughout the nineteenth, and for much of the twentieth century, archives were considered to b…

Turning the Page Archaeological Archives and Entangled Knowledge

Olympia Bobou, Rubina Raja, Maria Stamatopoulou (eds) · 2025 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€165.00 ($181.86 | £137.63 | ¥29,045)

, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2025 Hardback, xx + 486 Pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:676 b/w, 96 col., 9 tables b/w., Language:English, *new. ISBN 9782503616858. Throughout the nineteenth, and for much of the twentieth century, archives were considered to be containers o…

1801 Post-War French Republic Legal Bulletin

THE DIRECTORY · 1801 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$99.99 (€90.72 | £75.67 | ¥15,969)

France, 1801. Ephemera. On offer is an excellent edition of the French Republic Legal Bulletin from the early days of the Republic. The manuscript is entitled BULLETIN DES LOIS DE LA REPUBLIC (Legal Bulletin of the Republic) and was published, according to the new revolutionary …

On Good Authority Tradition, Compilation and the Construction of Authority in Literature from Antiquity to the Renaissance

Reinhart Ceulemans, Pieter De Leemans (eds) · 2015 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€128.00 ($141.08 | £106.77 | ¥22,532)

, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2015 Hardback, 470 p.,156 x 234 mm,Illustrations:1 col., 15 tables b/w., English, French, German. *NEW . ISBN 9782503554792. This book brings together views from various disciplines on the concept of authority in Greek and Latin literature from Antiq…

[Original Cloth] Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile

SPEKE, John Hanning (1827-1864) · 1864 · Fine Editions Ltd

$349.00 (€316.64 | £264.12 | ¥55,737)

New York Harper & Brothers First American Edition of this controversial account, but an "absolutely vital source of evidence on the history of east Africa in the nineteenth century." (ODNB) Thick demy 8vo (233 x 140mm): xxx,31-590,[6]pp. with tissue-guarded photogravure portrait…

The Miscellany of the Spalding Club

John Stuart · 1842 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.95 | $46.23 | ¥7,384)

Abderdeen, The Spalding Club, 1842. Cloth. An anthology of the scholarly editions of texts and archaeological studies relevant to the history of Aberdeenshire and its region, which were published on behalf of The Spalding Club. The original club was founded by Joseph Robertson i…

THE ART OF THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK : 700 Years of History and Design

Julius Bryant · 2022 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€62.50 ($68.89 | £52.13 | ¥11,002)

, Thames and Hudson , 2022 Hardcover, 288 pages, ENG, 300 x 235 mm, NEW, dustjacket, illustrations in colour and b/w. ISBN 9780500480694. The story of the illustrated book from the earliest printed books to the present day, told through the collections of the V&A's National Art…

Oriental Ceramic Art

PRANG, Louis · 1897 · Boston Book Company

$15,000.00 (€13,609.06 | £11,351.93 | ¥2,395,592)

1897. [PRANG, Louis]. ORIENTAL CERAMIC ART Illustrated by Examples from the Collection of W. T. Walters. Text by S. W. Bushell, M.D. Physician to H. B. M. Legation, Peking. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. From an edition limited to 500 copies (although it is unlikely th…

The New York Times Magazine, August 26, 1945 - General Macarthur Cover Portrait

WOLFE, HENRY C.; SMITH, BETTY; LASKI, HAROLD; NEUBERGER, RICHARD; BROGAN, D.W.; HUGHES, CHARLOTTE; WOOD, LEWIS; JAMES, SARAH; HOLT, JANE; MACKENZIE, C; ET AL · 1945 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$295.00 (€267.64 | £223.25 | ¥47,113)

New York: The New York Times Company, 1945. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Illustrated by Kallem, Morris J.; Kent, Rockwell. 48 Pages. Features: Portrait of General Douglas MacArthur on front cover; Charming one-page color ad for HArriet Hubbard Ayer's Pink Clover fragran…

Maclean's Magazine - Canada's National Magazine, July 1, 1933

MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTORS · 1933 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$295.00 (€267.64 | £223.25 | ¥47,113)

Toronto: The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited, 1933. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Illustrated by Mitchell, Thomas W.: Cover Art. 52 pages. Cover painting by Thomas W. Mitchell features man with ax and oxen. Content: Fantastic International Trucks ad features photos o…

The History of Chinese Geographical Discovery

Frederick Seguier Drake · 1962 · Rooke Books

£47,000.00 (€56,345.12 | $62,103.99 | ¥9,918,389)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1962. First edition. Cloth. A unique type written manuscript draft of Frederick Seguier Drake's work on Chinese Geographical Discovery with excellent original, hand-annotated maps and charts throughout. An incredibly unique original type written man…

ARCHIVE Discussing Proposal for French Production of His Musical SIMPLY HEAVENLY

HUGHES, Langston · 1959 · Charles Agvent

$10,625.00 (€9,639.75 | £8,040.95 | ¥1,696,878)

New York. Interesting archive consisting of 4 SIGNED (as “Langston”) items in green ink and various other pieces concerning a French production of his musical SIMPLY HEAVENLY, all to Léo Sauvage. Included are a TYPED LETTER SIGNED, two AUTOGRAPH NOTES SIGNED, and a SIGNED offpri…

Ceiling Decoration of the Banqueting Hall / Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, vol. 15

Gregory Martin · 2006 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€149.00 ($164.23 | £124.29 | ¥26,228)

, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2006 hardcover, 2 vols, 524 pages,Size:180 x 265 mm, Illustrations:220 b/w, 12 col. Language(s):English. *NEW ISBN 9780905203720. Rubens's nine paintings in the ceiling of the Banqueting Hall, in Whitehall, London, provided the main decoration of thi…

[Hyacinths] Traité sur la connoissance et la culture des jacintes [offered with:] Traité des tulipes qui non seulement réunit tout ce qu'on avait précédemment écrit de raisonnable, mais est augmenté de quantité de remarques nouvelles sur l'éducation de cette belle fleur, par l'auteur du traité des Renoncules [Tulips]

ARDÈNE, Jean-Paul de Rome d' (1690-1769) · 17591765 · Fine Editions Ltd

$1,399.00 (€1,269.27 | £1,058.76 | ¥223,429)

A Avignon chez Louis Chambeau, imprimeur-libraire, près les RR PP. jésuites Two superb editions, on tulips (second edition) and hyacinths (first), in closely matched original bindings, each in twelve chapters with two folding copper-engraved plates. Hyacinths: 12mo (147 x 86): …