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Life, Religious Opinions and Experience of Madame de la Mothe Guyon

Thomas C. Upham · 1856 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, Sampson Low, Son, and Co.; Thomas Constable and Co. 1856 . Cloth. A smart second edition of this religious biographical work on the leading seventeenth-century Quietist from Thomas Upham. Second edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding by Bone & Son. With …

2 Vols Reminiscences of a Literary Life; the Reverend Thos. Frognall Dibdin, D.D.

Thomas Frognall Dibdin · 1836 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, John Major, 1836. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Dibdin"s engaging memoir of the rare book world, a vivid glimpse into early 19th century bibliomania, complete in two volumes. In a contemporary half calf calf binding with marbled paper boards. First editio…

Recipes Showing How to Prepare Libby, Mcneill & Libby&Apos;S Canned Meats and Soups, for the Table, Excursion Parties, Etc.

Thomas J. Murrey · 1888 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Chicago, Libby, McNeill & Libby, 1888 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce survivor of culinary and marketing history, this likely first edition Libby, McNeill & Libby pamphlet (the only known copy at present) showcases inventive recipes for their canned meats, from Coll…

Eyes, Ears, and Daggers Special Operations Forces and the Central Intelligence Agency in America’S Evolving Struggle Against Terrorism

HENRIKSEN, THOMAS H. · 2016 · Pegasus Books

$14.75 (€13.38 | £11.16 | ¥2,356)

Stanford University, California: Hoover Institution Press, 2016. Hardcover. ISBN: 0817919740. 9.1 X 6.1 X 1.0 inches; xi, 194 pages; Hard cover is brown with gold lettering on spine. DJ. 'Both the Special Operations Forces (SOF) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have ser…

The Manufacture of Leather Being a Description of All of the Processes for the Tanning and Tawing, Currying, Finishing, and Dyeing of Every Kind of Leather

DAVIS, CHARLES THOMAS · 1885 · S. Howlett-West Books

$195.00 (€176.92 | £147.58 | ¥31,143)

Philadelphia, PA: Henry Carey Baird & Company, 1885. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Leather_Bound. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Good only and was possibly issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the have bumping, rubbing, several small edge tears, some begi…

Landscape Illustrations of the Bible, Consisting of Views of the Most Remarkable Places Mentioned in the Old Testaments

Horne, Thomas Hartwell · 1836 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$228.00 (€206.86 | £172.55 | ¥36,413)

London, John Murray, 1836. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Complete in two volumes, bound most handsomely in heavy dark brown cloth in a short quarto format, measuring 9 1/2" x 7" tall and wide, respectively, with blind-stamped rulings to both front and rear …

L'art de nager, demontré par figures, avec des avis pour se baigner utilement. Paris, Thomas Moette, 1696. 12mo. With 35 engraved plates of people swimming by Charles Moette. Contemporary calf.

THEVENOT, Melchisedech. · 1620 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€7,500.00 ($8,266.55 | £6,256.09 | ¥1,320,219)

[12], XII, 47, [1 blank] pp.First edition of a delightfully illustrated manual on swimming. It is one of the earliest works on the subject, being preceded, according to the author's preface, only by the works of the Englishman Everard Digby and the Dutchman Nicholas Wijnman. Mel…

Chesterfield Travestie; or, School for Modern Manners

[G. M. Woodward] · 1808 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, T. Plummer for Thomas Tegg, 1808 . First edition. Hardback. A colourfully illustrated, first edition of George Woodward's satirical work containing humorous tips for "modern manners", complete with ten plates. The first edition. Scarce work. Bound in the publisher&a…

The historie of the holy warre; by Thomas Fuller, B.D. prebendarie of Sarum, late of Sidney Colledge in Cambridge; [bound with] The Holy State [and the Profane State]

FULLER, Thomas (1608-1661) · 1647 · Fine Editions Ltd

$1,624.00 (€1,473.41 | £1,229.04 | ¥259,363)

Cambridge printed by Roger Daniel, and are to be sold by John Williams at the signe of the Crown in Pauls Church-yard [through 1648] Small Folio: [16], 286, [28, chronological table and index]pp, with additional engraved title page depicting the crusades and folding map of Pale…

An Eakins Masterpiece Restored: Seeing the Gross Clinic Anew

Foster, Kathleen A. and Mark S. Tucker · 2012 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press, 2012. Softcover. Color glossy wraps. 170 pp. profusely illustrated in color and bw. "Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) is acknowledged as one of the preeminent American painters of the 19th century. As a…

William

Richmal Crompton · 1929 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, George Newnes, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The second impression of the tenth 'Just William' volume, a collection of entertaining short stories following the young schoolboy. The first edition, second impression, being the first cheap edition.In the original un…

Picturing Performance, the Iconography of the Performing Arts in Concept and Practice.

Thomas F. Heck · 1999 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€99.00 ($109.12 | £82.58 | ¥17,427)

, University of Rochester Press , 1999 Hardcover with dusjacket in fine condition. 255 pages, illustrated. only page 117 damaged. ISBN 9781580460446. There has long been a need to introduce performing-arts enthusiasts and students to the fascinating field of iconography, both …

God at War. Power in the Exodus Tradition

Thomas B. Dozeman · 1996 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€75.00 ($82.67 | £62.56 | ¥13,202)

Oxford University Press, 1996, Gekartonneerd met stofomslag, 222, The destruction of the Egyptian army in the Book of Exodus is the primary story of salvation for Israel and center stage is a portrait of God in combat. Indeed, the annihilation of the enemy is commemorated by a v…

Bibliotheca Americana; or, A Chronological Catalogue of the Most Curious and Interest Books, Pamphlets, State Papers, &c. upon the Subject of North and South America, from the Earliest Period to the Present, in Print and Manuscript; for which Research has been made in the British Museum, and the Most Celebrated Public and Private Libraries, Reviews, Catalogues, &c. with an Introductory Discourse on the Present State of Literature in those Countries.

[REDE (Leman Thomas)] · 1789 · Forest Books

£962.13 (€1,153.43 | $1,271.32 | ¥203,038)

London: Printed for J. Debrett, J. Sewell, R. Baldwin, J. Bew and E. Harlowe, 1789. First edition, 4to (270 x 215 mm), [4], 271, [1]pp., upper fore-corner of title and first leaf torn away, and repaired with 4 letters of title supplied in manuscript, first few leaves stained at …

Strange Bedfellows Sex and Science Fiction

SCORTIA, THOMAS N · 1972 · S. Howlett-West Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

New York, NY: Random House, 1972. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0394481550. This is a stated First Edition (starting with the number 2 on the number line, as was used during this period at Random House). The book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good+ dust …

Klosterheim: or, The Masque.

DE QUINCEY (Thomas): · 1832 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Edinburgh and London William Blackwood, 1832. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 176 x 105 mms., pp. 305 [306 blank, 307 - 308 adverts], including half-title, edges uncut, early 20th century binding of half chocolate morocco, linen boards, title and author in gilt on spine; rear hinge a litt…

The cool knife : imagery of gender, sexuality, and moral education in Kaguru initiation ritual.

Beidelman, Thomas O. · 0 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press , c1997. Orig. cloth binding. Dustjacket. xv,312 pp. 23 cm. (Smithsonian series in ethnographic inquiry). Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - In The Cool Knife, T. O. Beidelman analyzes in rich de…

Ideal Commonwealths Plutarch&Apos;S Lycurgus, More&Apos;S Utopia, Bacon&Apos;S New Atlantis, Campanella&Apos;S City of Tghe Sun and a Fragment of Hall&Apos;S Mundus Alter Et Idem

Henry Morley [introduction] · 1885 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1885. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of excerpts from important 'Utopia' novels, edited with an introduction and by Henry Morley. The first edition of this collection of stories.An uncommon work.Number 25 of 'Morley&apos…

The Lochaber Geographic Compendium - Especially As It Relates to Clan Cameron

Cameron, Thomas & Muir, Denis · 2009 · Creaking Shelves Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,643)

Privately Published By Authors, 2009. Soft Cover. Unpaginated but c.200 pages. Illustrated in colour .A detailed compendium of Lochaber and Cameron history indexed through place names in Lochaber - of towns, villages, settlements, townships, Glens, rivers, burns, geographical fe…

The History of England from the Accession of James the Second. Volumes I-V. First Editions

Macaulay,Thomas Babington = Lord Macaulay (1800-1859); Hannah More Macaulay Trevelyan = Lady Trevelyan, editor · 1861 · Wittenborn Art Books

$750.00 (€680.45 | £567.60 | ¥119,780)

London,: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861. 8vo. 13.5 x 21.5 cm. Contemporary smooth calf (4 vols.) and tree calf (1 vol.). Uniform gilt spines, repaired . Bookplate of J.B . Newnum. It covers the 17-year period from 1685 to 1702, encompassing the reign of James II, the …