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The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb

Mervyn Peake · 1962 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons LTD, 1962. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated narrative poem set in wartime London by Mervyn Peake. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb' is set durin…

Memories & Portraits, Men & Books, and Virginibus Puerisque

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1901 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1901. Leather. Three smartly bound volumes of works from Scottish novelist and essayist, Robert Louis Stevenson. Three volumes. Written by Robert Louis Stevenson, a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet, and travel writer best known for his works Treasure Is…

The Municipal Parks, Gardens, and Open Spaces of London: Their History and Associations

Lieut-Col J. J. Sexby · 1905 · Rooke Books

£53.00 (€63.53 | $70.02 | ¥11,181)

London, Elliot Stock, 1905. Cloth. A fascinating history work exploring the open and communal spaces in England's capital, illustrated throughout and written by the important designer Lieut-Col J. J. Sexby. Cheap edition. Profusely illustrated with sketches, photographs and…

Robert Louis Stevenson&Apos;S Edinburgh Days

E. Blantyre Simpson · 1913 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. Cloth. The charming third edition of an illustrated literary biography on the early years of Robert Louis Stevenson in Edinburgh. The third edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's Edinburgh Days, a tour of the prolific author's youth spent…

Londoniana

Edward Walford · 1879 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Hurst and Blackett, Publishers , 1879. Cloth. A first edition two-volume collection of historical anecdotes and facts about London, from Edward Walford. The first edition. Complete in two volumes. In the original cloth bindings.  These volumes provide a charming series…

London and Its Sights: Being a Comprehensive Guide to All That is Worth Seeing in the Great Metropolis

No author · 1858 · The Book Merchant Jenkins, ANZAAB / ILAB

A$110.50 (€67.92 | $74.86 | £56.67 | ¥11,955)

Thomas Nelson and Sons London First Edition Fair Condition 14.5cm x 9.5cm. 48 pages, 12 colour plates, black and white illustrations in the text. Illustrated wrappers. Rare 19th century travel guide to the city with 12 colour plates depicting views of London from Blackfriars Bri…

French history 1704-1709 | Histoire de la rebellion et des guerres civiles d'Angleterre, depuis 1641 jusquáu établissement du roi Charles II, Tome 1, 2, 4, 5 & 6, La Haye Meyndert Uytwerf 1704-1709. Octavo edition.

Edward, comte de Clarendon · 1641 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€218.00 ($240.28 | £181.87 | ¥38,369)

History of the civil wars of England from 1641 until the restoration of King Charles II, text in French.Written by Clarendon who, after the execution of Charles I, joined Charles II. He was appointed Grand Chancellor of England in 1657. Very detailed work of this important perio…

Mr Frederic Harrison Ma; an Apostle of Positivism. Issue 899. (First Edition Before the Bound Volumes. )

Ape (Carlo Pellegrini, 1839 - 1889) (Lith.) · 1886 · Wittenborn Art Books

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

London: Vanity Fair, 1886. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm (15.75 x 10.6 inches). Good. Minor edge wear and quarter inch tear in left margin, not affecting image. Dated 23 Jan 1886. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (Lith.). Scarce. Frederic Harrison (18 October 1831 - 14 January…

Under The Wide & Starry Sky. the tempestuous of love story of Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife Fanny

Nancy Horan · 2014 · Klondyke BV

€7.95 ($8.76 | £6.63 | ¥1,399)

Paperback; 1e druk, 2014; Onbekend; 466pp.; Conditie: Goed; From New York Times bestselling author Nancy Horan comes the passionate and turbulent story of Robert Louis Stevenson and his tempestuous American wife, Fanny, and their creative life and travels together. 'FABULOUS' Th…

SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH

STEVENSON, Robert Louis · 0 · Charles Agvent

$5,625.00 (€5,103.51 | £4,257.69 | ¥898,240)

Sepia-colored albumen photographic print (5-3/8" x 7-5/8") of Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) after Sir Percy Florence Shelley SIGNED "Robert Louis Stevenson" on the verso of the brown paper mount to Will H. Low/from phot. of Sir P. Shelley Bart." Low has date…

THE PUBLIC MEN OF THE REVOLUTION: INCLUDING EVENTS FROM THE PEACE OF 1783 TO THE PEACE OF 1815. IN A SERIES OF LETTERS

[ROOSEVELT, Franklin Delano] SULLIVAN, Hon. William · 1847 · Charles Agvent

$3,750.00 (€3,402.34 | £2,838.46 | ¥598,827)

Philadelphia. Carey and Hart. First Edition. Original blindstamped brown cloth. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author. First published in 1834, this is an enlarged edition with a biographical sketch of the author by his son. Howes S-1130; Sabin 93559: "An attack…

The Engineer. Weekly issue. Vol. XCI- from January to June 1901.

No author. · 1901 · Antiquariaat De Boekenbeurs

€115.00 ($126.75 | £95.94 | ¥20,240)

London; 1901; Office for Publication and Advertisements; halfcloth with marbled boards; 4o; with a wide range of articles and reviews; relating industrial developments and overlooking innovative projects, machinery, engines, tools, etc.; numerous ills., fig., plates, plans, diag…

Colliers, the National Weekly Magazine: 27 June, 1936

MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTORS · 1936 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$249.95 (€226.78 | £189.19 | ¥39,914)

USA: Crowell, 1936. First Edition. Paperback. Features: The Singular Horseman - how a Chinese poet came to the aid of a fox-hunting man (Max Brand); Bumping Down to Mexico - Abroad by car, the road to Mexico City (Owen P. White); Bushwacker Brew - Romance and the federal governm…

A Toute Epreuve

Eluard, Paul · 1984 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$180.00 (€163.31 | £136.25 | ¥28,744)

New York, George Braziller, 1984. First Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A superior copy inside and out that is bound in large quarto format and with a facsimile signature of Joan Miro at the page of limitation of the 75th copy of the original. The texts …

Street Plan of London from Harmsworth's 1922 Atlas of the World

Edited by J. A. Hammerton; Miss H. B. Leach, H. W. Cribb and J. T. Rankin · 1922 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£19.00 (€22.77 | $25.10 | ¥4,008)

The Educational Book Co. Ltd. London, 1922. Early Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Disbound street plan of Paris from Harmsworth's Atlas of the World and Pictorial Gazetteer. Sheet is in colour and has vertical centre join. Sheet size is approximately 37 x…

Northwest Sportsman Magazine - Fishing, Hunting and Boating in B.C. , June 1959 - the Shuswap-Mara-Mabel Lakes Area / Longest Outboard Cruise

STEWART, DAVE; FOLLIS, MERRIL; FURNISS, HARRY · 1959 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$149.95 (€136.05 | £113.50 | ¥23,945)

Vancouver, B.C.: Jim Railton, 1959. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 34 pages. Features: Nice illustrated ad for the Western Fishing Line Company shows fisherman smooching with mermaid; Mailbag; Old Vienna one-page ad features photo of Cutthroat and asks what is a good fly …

Colliers, the National Weekly Magazine: 18 July, 1936

MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTORS · 1936 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$199.95 (€181.41 | £151.35 | ¥31,929)

USA: Crowell, 1936. First Edition. Paperback. Features: The last stretch - in which a man squares himself with a horse (Max Brand); The Natural Thing - the happy consequences of bringing strangers home for dinner (Petere Paul O'Mara); Manila (Philippines) Merry-go-round - Mr. an…

Satirical Poems

Siegfried Sassoon · 1926 · Rooke Books

£2,250.00 (€2,696.98 | $2,972.56 | ¥474,680)

London, William Heinemann, 1926. Cloth. A collection of poetry by important poet Siegfried Sassoon, presented by the author 'from an old friend&apos. This work contains a number of poems focused on London and a number of experiences in the city, such as 'Observations i…

Tallis&Apos;S Illustrated London; in Commemoration of the Great Exhibition

William Gaspey · 1851 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London and New York, John Tallis and Company, 1851 . First edition. Leather. The two volume first edition of this illustrated guide to London and its environs by William Gaspey, in commemoration of the Great Exhibition, bound in half calf. The first edition of this work, complet…

Where There Is Nothing: Being Volume One of Plays for an Irish Theatre

W. B. Yeats · 1903 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, A. H. Bullen , 1903. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of W. B. Yeats' forgotten play, housed in a contemporary morocco slipcase. First edition. In the original quarter cloth, with paper covered boards and paper spine label. Preserved in a handsome c…