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MAN, JOHN · 2001 · Lady Lisa's Bookshop

£13.36 (€16.01 | $17.65 | ¥2,818)

Headline Book Publishing Ltd. 2001. (ISBN: 9780747264477). Paperback. Paperback in very good condition. Un read. How 26 letters shaped the western world. Times Educational Supplement: Book of the Week/ September 8, 2000 This book comes at the perfect moment.. as we rediscover th…

The Key to the True Kabbalah: The Kabbalist As a Perfected Sovereign in the Microcosm & the Macrocosm

FRANZ BARDON, · 1996 · Sacred Science Institute

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Merkur Press. Softcover, Soft Cover, New. ¶ 1996 279p. In The Key to the True Kabbalah, Franz Bardon demonstrates that the mysticism of letters and numbers the true Kabbalah is a universal teaching of great antiquity and depth. Throughout the ages, adepts of every time and plac…

The Young Man&Apos;S Companion: Or, Arthimetick Made Easy.

W. Mather [William Mather] · 1750 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.16 | ¥71,725)

London, R. Ware; T. Longman; W. Johnston , 1750 . Leather. A smartly bound, mid-eighteenth century edition of William Mather's 'Young Man's Companion', providing direction to young men in society of the time. The eighteenth edition. Bound in full calf, with t…

Russland: Handbuch Fur Reisende

K. Baedeker · 1901 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

Leipzig , Karl Baedeker , 1901. Cloth. The fifth edition of this turn-of-the-century guide to Russia from authoritative German publisher, Karl Baedeker. Fifth edition. In the original limp cloth binding.A fascinating traveller's guidebook to Russia from Baedeker, named aft…

The Children&Apos;S Bells: A Selection of Poems

Eleanor Farjeon · 1957 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of children's poetry from English writer Eleanor Farjeon. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A collection of charming poems for children and young readers, …

The Book: The Story of Printing & Bookmaking

Douglas C. McMurtrie · 1943 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Oxford University Press, 1943. First edition. Cloth. The third revised edition of this illustrated book on printing and bookmaking by Douglas C. McMurtrie, in the scarce dust wrapper. The third revised edition under the present title. In the publisher's original cl…

Alliterative Anomalies for Infants and Invalids with Coloured Illustrations

John Cowie and William Hammond · 1913 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

London , Gay and Hancock Ltd. 1913. Cloth. An interesting alliterative text aimed at 'infants and invalids&apos. Illustrated throughout with a full page image per letter of the alphabet by William Hammond. Unfortunately disbound due to gutta percha binding, though appears c…

La Grande danse macabre des hommes et des femmes. Précédée du dict des trois mors et des trois vifz, du débat du corps et de l'áme et de la complaincte de l'áme dampnée.

1860 · Antiquariat Reinhold Pabel

€375.00 ($413.30 | £312.85 | ¥65,999)

Paris, Baillieu / Druck von Horemans, Lille, [ 1860]. 3 Bll., 67 (recte 66) S., mit 56 Illustr. nach mittelalterl. Holzschnitten. 26 cm. Schwarzes HLdr. d. späteren 19. Jhdts. auf 5 Bünden, mit marmor. Vorsätzen (Kamm-Muster) u. Lesebändchen. Beilage: Alte Fotografie "Todentan…

[Egyptian ABC book].[Cairo, ca. 1925]. 8vo. Illustrated throughout with numerous black and white illustrations in the text. The title-page with a frame of foliage (oval inside, rectangular outside) and part of its text printed from a woodblock. Further with a portrait of King Fuad I of Egypt and illustrations of animals, etc. Original publisher’s printed-paper wrappers, matching the title-page but with the frame in green and the text in red.

MUHAMMAD ALI UTAY. · 1925 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€950.00 ($1,047.03 | £792.56 | ¥167,197)

46, [2 blank] pp.Only copy located of a charming Egyptian primer which includes the Arabic alphabet (accompanied by black and white illustrations, mostly of animals), the basics of calligraphy, and shorter texts. This educational pamphlet was printed for the education of childre…

[Trompe-l'oeil drawing of country maps on a decorated background, titled:] Ciels Saint-Vincent.[France?], August 1888. Brown and black ink, watercolour, chalk and gold paint on paper, mounted on several laminated sheets of paper (69.5 x 52.5 cm).

[DRAWING - TROMPE-L'OEIL - MAPS]. · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€2,750.00 ($3,030.86 | £2,294.26 | ¥483,991)

Charming trompe-l'oeil of maps of European countries, on a decorated background, somewhat reminiscent of a church ceiling. It contains a French inscription "to my beloved parents", which together with some inconsistencies in the use of perspective, suggest a young French artist.…

La Grande Danse Macabre, des hommes et des femmes, preŽcŽdŽe du dict des trois mors et des trois vifz du dŽbat du corps et de lÕ‰me et de la complaincte de lÕame dampnŽe. 1862. ReliŽ avec: Dufour, V. Recherches sur la Dance macabre peinte en 1425 au cimetire des Innocents. Paris 1873.

18621873 · Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

CHF 450.00 (€486.77 | $536.49 | £406.11 | ¥85,671)

Paris, Baillieu, libraire, (ˆ la fin : Lille Imprimerie de Horemans), (1862 - 1873), Kl.4to, 3 ff. + 67 (recte: 66) p. Avec le titre dans un alphabet figurŽ, vign. gravŽes sur bois et 56 gravures dans le texte / 2) 2 ff. + 52 p.+ 1 planche gravŽe, Exlibris gravŽ ÔWindham Bel…

Das moderne Monogramm. 676 Entwürfe von Hans Nowack k.k. Professor an der Kunstgewerbl. Fachschule in Bozen.

Nowack, H. · 1903 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€650.00 ($716.39 | £542.28 | ¥114,398)

Wien, Ferdinand Schenk, [1903]. Folio (37.0 x 29.5 cm). Pictorial title page and 26 woodcut plates printed in green. Contemporary half morocco over marbled boards. Gilt title on the spine. Patterned endpapers. Top edge gilt. Original printed wrappers bound in. = This is a collec…

Greek Letters: From Tablets to Pixels

Macrakis, Michael S. · 1996 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

New Castle, DE, Oak Knoll Press, 1996. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Bound in green cloth with white titles in green illustrated jacket. xxviii, 325 pages : illustrations, map ; 29 cm. Greek Letters follows the history and development of Greek types and printing: their role in t…

John Lewis contributes an illustrated article, 'Book Illustrations by John Minton', to the inaugural issue of the periodical 'Image. A Quarterly of the Visual Arts'. No. 1, summer 1949. Edited by Robert Harling.

JOHN MINTON. · 1949 · Clearwater Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Art and Technics Ltd., London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). Small 4to. 84pp. Lettered card wrappers, very slightly discoloured at the margins. A lovely crisp copy in slightly faded and spotted non-price-clipped dust wrapper, with a lengthy crease to the spine pan…

Biographical Dictionary of Parapsychology with Directory and Glossary 1964-1966

HELIX PRESS (GARRETT PUBLICATIONS) (HELENE PLEASANTS, EDITOR) · 1964 · S. Howlett-West Books

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

New York: Helix Press, 1964. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some edge wear, rubbing, s…

Die Vögel. Nach dem Aristophanes. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe.

Goethe, (Johann Wolfgang von). · 1787 · Hellmut Schumann Antiquariat

CHF 350.00 (€378.60 | $417.27 | £315.86 | ¥66,633)

1787 Titel, 64 SS. 8vo. Mod. Ppbd. mit RSchild, unbeschnitten. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1787. Erste "ächte" Einzelausgabe aus dem 4. Band von "Goethe's Schriften" (8 Bde. Göschen, 1787-90) nach Entfernung der Kupfer und der Bogennorm. Goethe macht aus der bei Aristophanes ursprün…

IN MEMORIAM JAMES JOYCE. From a Vision of World Language. With decorations by John Duncan Fergusson.

MACDIARMID. HUGH. · 1955 · Paul Foster Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.34 | ¥68,561)

Published on behalf of the subscribers by William MacLellan. Glasgow. 1955. FIRST EDITION, first impression. 4to. (11.2 x 8.9 inches). Illustrated with several full page and smaller illustrations by Fergusson, one in green ink, the others all in black. Publishers green cloth wit…

Linotype Matrix Special National Book Fair Number - Volume I No. 3, Autumn 1938. "A Journal Published from Time to Time by Linotype and Machinery Limited"

Linotype and Machinery Ltd. · 1938 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Journal Linotype and Machinery Ltd. London, 1938. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Loose leaf journal or paper. Page size 44cm by 27cm, 8 pages. Pages are clean and free from annotation. Journal has been stored folded and resulting horizontal creases…

Linotype Matrix - Issue Number 5, Summer 1939 "A Journal Published from Time to Time by Linotype and Machinery Limited"

Linotype and Machinery Ltd. · 1939 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Journal Linotype and Machinery Ltd. London, 1939. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Loose leaf journal or paper. Page size 44cm by 27cm, 8 pages. Pages are clean and free from annotation. Journal has been stored folded and resulting horizontal creases…

Handwritten 1817 Ledger from L.S. Walkley from Haddam, Ct

Walkley, L. S. [Haddam, Connecticut] · 1817 · Parigi Books

$600.00 (€544.40 | £454.18 | ¥95,812)

1817. Wrappers. Original marbled wrappers, stitched. [72]pp. Two folded sheets with a handwritten Alphabet to the Ledger laid in. The first ten leaves show financial statements with lines for tobacco, broad cloth, muslin, wine, brandy, etc. and then the balance for the ledger. T…