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Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, the

POTTER, Beatrix · 1908 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$9,500.00 (€8,619.07 | £7,189.55 | ¥1,517,209)

London: Frederick Warne and Co. 1908. Presentation Copy of One of Beatrix Potter's Greatest Tales Inscribed by the Author Only One Year After Publication POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck. London: Frederick Warne and Co. 1908. First edition. Presentation copy inscr…

In Powder & Crinoline

NIELSEN, Kay; Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur · 1913 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$5,500.00 (€4,989.99 | £4,162.37 | ¥878,384)

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. Edition De Luxe in the Original Green Vellum Binding [NIELSEN, Kay, illustrator]. QUILLER-COUCH, Sir Arthur. In Powder & Crinoline. Old Fairy Tales Retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d.…

Works

WILDE, Oscar · 1908 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$4,500.00 (€4,082.72 | £3,405.58 | ¥718,678)

London: Methuen & Co. 1908. First Collected Edition Handsomely Bound by Birdsall of Northampton WILDE, Oscar. Works. London: Methuen & Co. [1908-1922]. The Picture of Dorian Gray with imprint: Paris: Charles Carrington, 1908. First collected edition including For the Love of the…

Poems

PAINTED BINDING; PHILLIPS, Stephen · 1898 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$450.00 (€408.27 | £340.56 | ¥71,868)

London: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1898. A Charming Hand-Painted Binding in the Pre-Raphaelite Style [PAINTED BINDING]. PHILLIPS, Stephen. Poems. London: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1898. Second edition. Small octavo (7 9/16 x 4 5/8 inches; 192 x 118 mm.). viii, 108, [2, Some P…

Armée Des Souverains Alliés Année 1815. [Army of the Allied Sovereigns]

GODEFROY, Adrien · 1815 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$7,500.00 (€6,804.53 | £5,675.96 | ¥1,197,796)

Paris: Chez Martinet, 1815. Fourteen Magnificent Hand Colored Caricature Plates Depicting The Armies of the Allied Sovereigns GODEFROY, Adrien. Armée des Souverains Alliés année 1815. [Army of the Allied Sovereigns] Paris: Chez Martinet, [1815]. First edition. Oblong folio (10 3…

Poems

CLOUGH, Arthur Hugh · 1877 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.28 | ¥35,934)

London: Macmillan and Co. 1877. Poems by Arthur Clough Florence Nightingale's Devoted Assistant CLOUGH, Arthur Hugh. Poems. With a Memoir. Fifth edition. London: Macmillan and Co. 1877. Octavo (6 1/2 x 4 7/16 inches; 166 x 113 mm.). xxiv, 350 pp. Contemporary full olive green mo…

Sketches of Mr. Mathews's Celebrated Trip to Paris

CRUIKSHANK, Robert; MATHEWS, Charles · 1825 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$850.00 (€771.18 | £643.28 | ¥135,750)

London: Printed by and For J. Limbird, [1825]. With Hand-Colored Folding Frontispiece By Robert Cruikshank [CRUIKSHANK, Robert, illustrator]. MATHEWS, Charles. Sketches of Mr. Mathews's Celebrated Trip To Paris. Comprising a Full Account of His Admirable Lecture on Peculiarities…

Birds of Arabia

Meinertzhagen, Col. R. · 1954 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

Oliver and Boyd Edinburgh xiii, 624, 19 col + 9 b/w photogaphic plates, 53 text figs, 35 maps, large folding map in rear pocket. . HB. 4to, orig. buckram, gilt title to spine, top edge tinted. Vg in d/w (light soiling; minor edge wear; not price-clipped; in removable protective …

Trains - the Illustrated Magazine of Railroading, April 1950 - Cover Photo of the Milwaukee Road Express to Chicago Behind a 4-6-4

MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTORS · 1950 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$99.95 (€90.68 | £75.64 | ¥15,963)

USA: Kalmbach, 1950. First Edition. Paperback. 58 pages. Features: Western Pacific orders Budd car after successful 10-day trial (short story); The Rutland Railroad - article with photos; The Locomotive in 1949 - railroads cut back diesel orders, almost forgot steam & admired th…

The New York Times Magazine, October (Oct. ) 11, 1970 - Pistol Pete Maravich / Bombay / the Rediscovery of Elvis

WOOL, ROBERT; KKAISER, ROBERT BLAIR; BRENNER, JOSEPH; SANDERS, NOAH; MORAES, DOM; JORDAN, JUNE; ELKIND, DAVID; CAIN, HARRIET; HEWITT, JEAN; SKURKA, NORMA · 1970 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.20 | ¥39,927)

New York: The New York Times & Arno Press, 1970. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Susan; Aller, Bill; Satterwhite, Al; Silano. 156 pages. Features: Cover photo of clinic for street people; Many gorgeous color fashion ads; Hubert Humphrey article; The Rediscovery of Elvis - …

Topographical Sketches of Brighthelmston and Its Neighbourhood

HAVELL, Robert; BRAYLEY, Edward Wedlake · 1825 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$1,850.00 (€1,678.45 | £1,400.07 | ¥295,456)

London: T. Flook, 1825. Thirteen Fine Hand Colored Plates of Brighton and its Neighborhood By Robert Havell Jr. HAVELL, R[obert] Junr. illustrator. BRAYLEY, Edward Wedlake. Topographical Sketches of Brighthelmston and its Neighbourhood.. Illustrated with Twelve Engravings by R. …

Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction

J. D. Salinger · 1963 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, William Heinemann, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this volume of two long pieces from American writer Jerome David Salinger. First UK edition. Previously published in The New Yorker. Two novellas revolving around the character of Seymour Glass: R…

Walker&Apos;S Quarterly Numbers 9-12

Various · 1922 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Walker's Galleries, 1922-23. First edition. Leather. A finely bound collection of four artist's biographies from Walker's quarterly magazine. Being six issues of these biographies regarding popular artists and their works. Bound by Lloyd London, with their…

Eighteenth-Century Woodworking Tools: Papers Presented at a Tool Symposium, May 19-22, 1994

Gaynor, James M. (editor) · 1997 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.20 | ¥39,927)

Williamsburg, Va, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1997. Softcover. Gray & illus. wraps, 248 pp. BW illus. Volume III of the series Colonial Williamsburg Historic Trades. Contains 15 papers presented at the 1994 conference: Woodworking Tools before 1700 / Philip Walker -- T…

The Mystery of Stonehenge

Franklyn M. Branley · 1972 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful copy of this children's book on Stonehenge, this copy including eleven postcards of ancient structures such as Stonehenge and Avebury. The first U.K. edition of this work.In the original unclipped dust w…

The World of Raymond Chandler

Miriam Gross (Ed.) · 1977 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1977. First edition. Hardback. A fascinating first edition collection of essays regarding the life and works of Raymond Chandler. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding with unclipped dust wrapper designed by David Godf…

An Archive of Annotated Photographs and Documentation of the Gerald E. Buck Collection (Now at the University of California Irvine)

Selz, Peter and Paul Karltrom · 2012 · Wittenborn Art Books

$450.00 (€408.27 | £340.56 | ¥71,868)

Berkeley and Laguna Beach: 2012. Draft essay (19pp.) by Selz; "The Human Image" for a proposed exhibition "Art on the Edge of the Pacific; Extensive illustrated inventory of the Buck collection; 32 -8.5 x 11 inch annotated color photographs Now at the The Buck Collection is at T…

An Irish Precursor Of Dante - A Study Of The Vision Of Heaven And Hell Ascribed To The Eighth Century Irish Saint Adamnán With Translation Of The Irish Text

Boswell, C S · 1908 · Eastleach Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

David Nutt at the sign of the Phoenix. Long Acre 1908 1st edition. Cloth spined boards, G+. xiv+262pp, index, boards rubbed along the edges & at the corners, cloth likewise to the spine, occasional light foxing, a fair copy on an uncommon item. Grimm Library volume 18. Bookselle…

Regni Davidici et Salmonaei descriptio geographica et historica, una cum delineatione Syriae et Aegypti ... juncta est huic operi Consideratio Urbium maximarum veterum et recentiorum. Two parts in one volume. Norimbergae, Officina Homanniana, 1739.

HASE, JOHANNES MATTHIAS: · 1684 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€1,250.00 ($1,377.76 | £1,042.68 | ¥220,037)

Folio. Pp. (vi) + clns 320, pp. 4 appendix + (ii), + clns 132, pp. (2) adv. With title printed in red and black, 5 (of 6) folding engraved maps, coloured in outline and 14 engraved plates of which 13 hand-coloured plans of cities, temples and pyramids. Old inscription on title.…

Dominion

C. J. Sansom · 2012 · Book Haven

NZ$13.50 (€6.77 | $7.46 | £5.64 | ¥1,191)

Mantle 2012 Hardback, 592pp. 1952. Twelve years have passed since Churchill lost to the appeasers and Britain surrendered to Nazi Germany after Dunkirk. As the long German war against Russia rages on in the east, the British people find themselves under dark authoritarian rule: …