English Engineer's Transit, T. Cooke& Sons Ltd. London & York, c.1900 serial no. 10216, signed on the silvered compass dial height 11 in — 26.7 cm...
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English Engineer's 16 inch Wye Level,T. Cooke & Sons, London & York, late 19th century signed on the black lacquered brass frame, serial no.10331 8.5 x 16 in — 21.6 x 40.6 cm...
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TWO EARLY 20TH CENTURY BOOKS ON THENILE To include: The Nile: Notes for Travellers in Egypt and in the Egyptian Sudan (London and Cairo: Thos. Cook & Son, 1912) by noted Egyptologist E. A. Wallis Budge, gilt...
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SIX TITLES ON STONEWALL JACKSON To include:
Prof.R. L. Dabney, D.D. LIFE AND CAMPAIGNS OF LIEUT.-GEN. THOMAS J. JACKSON, (STONEWALL JACKSON). New York: Blelock & Co., 1866. Hardcover. Half bound leather with marbled paper-covered...
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Fifteen various 19th and 20th centurybooks, c/o nine volumes of the works of Robert Louis Stevenson (New York, 1906; the "Aldus Edition De Luxe"; volume III alone appears to be missing); Uncle Tom's Cabin by...
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Cescinsky (Herbert), English Furnitureof the Eighteenth Century, three-volume set, London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited, [1909]-11, illustrated, contemporary green half-morocco over cloth, 4to, Lyon (Irving...
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4 EARLY AMERICAN MAPS: OVERTON, THIERRY,CAPTAIN COOK, ...1st item: AN ACCURATE MAP OF THE ENGLISH COLONIES IN NORTH AMERICA BORDERING ON THE RIVER OHIO. Printed map describing New England, New York, New Jersey,...
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GRP: 19 BOOKS ON COOKING & "THE EPICUREAN"Largegroup of books on cooking including the celebrated Charles Ranhofer's "The Epicurean," New York: 1903. Other books include:
Lorenza de'Medici, "The Renaissance of Italian...
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RARE 19TH C. COOK ISLANDS WOOD NO'OANGA,EX-ROSMANPolynesia, Cook Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A stunning, extremely rare example of a no'oanga, a curved stool masterfully carved by hand from a single piece of tropical...
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19TH C. PORTRAITS IN GILT FRAMES - ITALY'SKING & QUEEN...Giacomo Brogi (Italian, 1822-1881). Two pendant royal portraits of Queen Margherita and King Umberto I by Italian photographer, Giacomo Brogi, mounted in magnificent...
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[A PRIVATE SCOTTISH COLLECTION, EDINBURGH]COLLECTION OF ART REFERENCE BOOKS
ON CHINESE ART: MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS ?????????????????????Including but not limited to:Art Chinois: Musée Cernuschi acquisitions...
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(23) BOOKS: HISTORICAL, VARIOUS REFERENCE& POETRY(lot of 23) Historical, reference, and poetry books, including: (1) "The Shropshire Lad," A.E. Housman, 1932, 110 pages, loss and wear to book sleeve, (1) "Mayhew's...
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NINE VARIOUS BOOKSIncluding The Masteringof French Cooking, Julia Child, Simone Beck & Louisette Bertholle, Alfred Knopf, NY, 1961, (second printing); The History of Don Quixote, Cervantes, illustrated Gustave Dore,...
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ELLEN LANYON, NEW YORK, ILLINOIS / ENGLAND(1926-2013), OH, OH, OSTRICH, 1967, LITHOGRAPH, 22”H X 30”WEllen Lanyon, New York, Illinois / England, (1926-2013) Oh, Oh, Ostrich, 1967, lithograph Titled lower left,...
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An English Brass Telescope by Cookeand Sons, York-London
19th Century
on a mahogany tripod stand.
Height 63 x length of scope 72 inches....
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CHINESE IMPERIAL YELLOW GLAZED DISH,ZHENGDEPERIOD A Chinese imperial yellow glazed plate, dating from the ZhengDe period (1505-1521) with shallow rounded sides rising from a short tapered foot to a slightly everted...
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T. COOKE & SONS, YORK & LONDON, ASTRONOMICALREGULATOR WITH SEVEN-LEGGED GRAVITY ESCAPEMENT AND SHOWING MEAN AND SIDEREAL TIME T. Cooke & Sons, York & London, Astronomical Regulator with Seven-legged Gravity Escapement...
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Fifteen various 19th and 20th centurybooks, including Everyman & Other Plays, illus. by John Austen (n. p., 1925), a large 19th century Bible (Philadelphia, n.d. but c. 1880); another Bible (London and New York,...
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A lot of eleven books, 18th through20th centuries, including a copy of Eliza Leslie’s cookbook Seventy-Five Receipts (lacks the title page, but c. 1830), A Tour Thro’ the Whole Island of Great Britain,...
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EIGHT CLASSIC BOOKS: QUALITY IN LIFESIGNED BY AUTHOR PERCY J. SMITH, LONGFELLOW'S HYPERION, MILLAY'S RENASCENCE AND OTHER POEMS, IRVING'S THE SKETCH BOOK, WINTER'S THE JEFFERSONS, MOORE'S LALLA ROOKH, LISZT'S...
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(BINDINGS) A group of seven folio orquarto-sized leather bound works comprising: The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1881. 2 vols. A Gallery of Illustrious Literary Characters...
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11 vols. Japanese Military Subjects& C - Chiefly relating to The Samurai: Jisl, Lumir. Swords of The Samurai. (Prague): Artia, (1967). Sm. 4to, orig. pictorial bds.; moderate wear. Color & b/w plates. * Robinson,...
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[AMERICAN REVOLUTION] Early Historyof America Lot of 7 vols. Botta Charles. History of the War of the Independence of the United States of America. New Haven: T. Brainard 1840 2 vols. 8vo full leather marbled...
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Twenty-Nine Books on Exotic Locales,Travel and Adventure, including Fitzgerald's translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam with the Edmund Dulac (1882-1953) illustrations, New York and London: Hodder and...
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TEN LEATHERBOUND BOOKS. Includes OfficialLetters to the Honorable American Congress... London: Printed for Cadell Junior et al 1795 vol. 1 only; a four-volume set of Cervantes' Don Quixote Exeter: J. and B. Williams...
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Boston Classical carved mahogany sofaattributed to William Hancock circa 1820 cylindrical crestrail ending with foliate carved finials resting upon an upholstered back having armrests with carved vasiform supports...
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