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Materials Handbook. An Encyclopedia for Managers, Technical Professionals, Purchasing Ad Production Managers, Technicians, Supervisors, and Foremen

Brady, George S. And Clauser, Henry R. And Contributing Editors · 1991 · Valley Books

$15.00 (€13.36 | £11.15 | ¥2,370)

McGraw-Hill 1056pp. Laminated covers. Photos sent on request. 13th Edition, First Printing NY Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Twenty-Four Pamphlets on Socialism

William Ward; Henry George; Henry Varley; Leo Tolstoy; Hermann Adler; J. Keir Hardie et al. · 1879 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,437.28 | $1,614.08 | ¥255,023)

London; Glasgow, Exeter Publishing; Alfred Holness; Simpkin, Marshall and Co; Ward, Lock; Brotherhood Publishing et al, 1879-1905 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating collection of twenty-four very scarce pamphlets and articles on socialism in late nineteenth and early twenti...

The Dog, Its Varieties and Management in Health

John Henry Walsh (Stonehenge); George Armitage · 0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.91 | $53.80 | ¥8,501)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1896. Cloth. A revised edition of a handbook on dogs health and maintenance with illustrations. Revised edition in original publisher's binding of The Dog, a guidebook on pet maintenance and welfare. Originally by 'Stonehenge' (...

The Diary of the Late George Bubb Dodington, Baron of Melcombe Regis: From March 8, 1748-9, to February 6, 1761. With an Appendix Containing Some Curious and Interesting Papers, Which Are Either Referred to, or Alluded to, in the Diary

George Bubb Dodington; Henry Penruddocke Wyndham · 1784 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.85 | $87.43 | ¥13,814)

Salisbury , E. Easton, 1784. Leather. A calf-bound first edition of the diaries of George Bubb Dodington, offering an interesting source on 18th-century British politics. First edition.  In a full contemporary calf binding. Bound with the half title and original endpapers.  ...

Sea-Side Studies at Ilfracombe, Tenby, the Scilly Isles, and Jersey

George Henry Lewes · 1860 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.80 | $121.06 | ¥19,127)

Edinburgh & London , William Blackwood and Sons, 1860. Cloth. A detailed study of the sea-sides at Ilfracombe, Tenby, the Scilly Isles, and Jersey with a frontispiece and 6 further plates. The second edition of the work. In publisher's original decorative green cloth bin...

South Sea Bubbles

The Earl and the Doctor; [The Earl of Pembroke]; [George Henry Kingsley] · 1872 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.58 | $248.84 | ¥39,316)

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1872. First edition. Leather. The first edition of The Earl of Pembroke and G. H. Kingsley's account of their travels through the south seas, including his controversial chapter on missionaries, bound in quarter leather. The first edition,...

A Review of the Financial Situation of the East India Company in 1824

Henry St. George Tucker · 1825 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.11 | $531.30 | ¥83,945)

London, Kingsbury, Parbury, and Allen, 1825. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce study of the financies of the East India Company as of 1824, the first edition, by a future Director of the Company, Henry St George Tucker. The first edition.A very scarce work.A unique look at t...

The Dawn of British Trade to the East Indies

Henry Stevens; George Birdwood · 1886 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.81 | $114.33 | ¥18,064)

London, Henry Stevens & Son, 1886. First edition. Cloth. A scarce history of the first few years of the East India Company, the first edition of this work by Henry Stevens. The first edition of this scarce work.A history of British trade to the East Indies. The author used the...

On Actors and the Art of Acting

George Henry Lewes · 1875 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.86 | $80.70 | ¥12,751)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1875. First edition. Cloth. An excellent second edition of this interesting work on the art of acting by the English theatre critic, George Henry Lewes. The second edition, published the same year as the first edition. In the publisher's origi...

The Life of Goethe

George Henry Lewes · 1864 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.93 | $40.35 | ¥6,376)

London, George Routledge & Sons Limited, No date [1864]. Cloth. This scarce second edition of The Life of Goethe, an erudite biography by George Henry Lewes who is now best known as the partner of the celebrated author George Eliot. The second edition of the work; undated, but...

Garibaldi and the Thousand: May 1860 & New Paths of Helicon

George M. Trevelyan; Sir Henry Newbolt · 1936 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.67 | $79.36 | ¥12,539)

London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1936-1938. Cloth. Two smart volumes from British writers and historians George Macaulay Trevelyan and Sir Henry John Newbolt. Two volumes. Library edition. This set includes: Garibaldi and the Thousand: May 1860, 1936. Illustrated with six maps to...

The Excursion of a Village Curate; or, the Fruits and Gleanings of a Months Ramble in Quest of Health

[George Henry Taylor] · 1827 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.46 | $322.82 | ¥51,005)

London, Lupton Relfe, 1827 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this charming topographical work by George Henry Taylor, detailing an excursion in quest of health. The very scarce first edition of this work. Very scarce in all editions.A charming travel work ...

The Diary of the Late George Bubb Dodington, Baron of Melcombe Regis: From March 8, 1749, to February 6, 1761

George Bubb Dodington; Henry Penruddocke Wyndham · 1784 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.69 | $181.58 | ¥28,690)

Salisbury; London, E. Easton; G. and T. Wilkie, 1784. Leather. The political diaries of George Bubb Dodington, an insightful look into Whig politics of the eighteenth century. A new edition, published in the same year as the first.Half-title and final leaf of adverts present.E...

The Works of Henry Fielding , Edited and with an Introduction by George Saintsbury

Henry Fielding; George Saintsbury [ed.] · 1893 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€538.98 | $605.28 | ¥95,634)

London, J.M. Dent, 1893. Leather. An illustrated twelve volume set of the works of Henry Fielding, including his novels Tom Jones, Jonathan Wild and Amelia. A very smart late nineteenth century twelve volume edition of the works of English novelist and dramatist Henry Fielding...

The Life of Mr Jonathan Wild the Great; Amelia, Volumes I-III; the History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, Volumes I-II; the History of Tom Jones: A Foundling, Volumes I-VI.

Henry Fielding; George Saintsbury · 1926 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.68 | $188.31 | ¥29,753)

London, The Navarre Society Ltd. [1926]. Cloth. A well-presented, complete, limited edition of Henry Fielding's novels, featuring illustrations from Cruikshank, and accompanied by the very scarce dust wrappers. Limited edition. One of two thousand copies printed for Engla...

The Street Trader&Apos;S Lot, London 1851: Being an Account of the Lives, Miseries, Joys and Chequered Activities of the London Street Sellers As Recorded by Their Contemporary Henry Mayhew

Henry Mayhew; Stanley Rubinstein [ed.]; M. Dorothy George [intro.] · 1947 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.92 | $47.08 | ¥7,438)

London, Sylvan Press, 1947. First edition. Cloth. // An uncommon first edition. In the original cloth binding.                This intriguing volume comprises contemporary accounts of the lives of London street sellers in 1851,  recorded first by Henry Mayhew an...

Engravings from Ancient Seals Attached to Deeds and Charters in the Muniment Room of Sir Thomas Hare of Stowe-Bardolph

George Henry Dashwood · 1847 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.38 | $369.89 | ¥58,443)

Stowe-Bardolph, Privately Printed, 1847-1862. Cloth. Two scarce privately printed volumes illustrating the seals from the Muniment Room of Sir Thomas Hare of Stowe-Bardolph. Two volumes. One of only one hundred copies printed. Collected and written by George Henry Dashwood, a ...

The Works of Henry Fielding

Henry Fielding; George Saintsbury [ed.] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.73 | $161.41 | ¥25,502)

London, The Navarre Society Limited, 1926. Cloth. A complete twelve volume set of this collection of works by Henry Fielding, decorative limited edition. Twelve volumes. This is a limited edition set by Navarre of only 2000 copies. This set includes: The History of Tom Jones a...

An Anatomical Atlas of Vegetable Powders

Henry George Greenish; Eugène Collin · 1904 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.69 | $65.91 | ¥10,413)

London, J. & A. Churchill, 1904. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this early twentieth century guide to the microscopic analysis of food First Edition. Designed as a practical guide for the examination of food and drugs in their entire, crushed, and powdered states, this...

Notice Sur Bernard Overberg, Directeur Du Seminaire Ecclesiastique Et Instituteur a L&Apos;Ecole Normale de Munster [with] de L&Apos;Enseignement Mutuel Comme IL Est Impose a Toutes Les Ecoles Primaires Du Canton de Geneve Et Formule Par le Manuel Public En 1827 [with] Considerations Sur le But de L&Apos;Instruction Populaire Et Les Objets D&Apos;Enseignement Dont Elle Doit Se Composer Ou Essai de Reponse [with] le Miroir Des Instituteurs Ou Conseils Sur L&Apos;Education [with] Affectionate Advi

J H Schubert; J A Dufour; Marc Viridet; Henry George Watkins · 1827 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.46 | $322.82 | ¥51,005)

Various, Various Publishers, 1827-1840. Leather. A sammelband of nineteenth century, mostly French, essays and biographies on education and the role of education in a lovely quarter calf binding with marbled boards Comprising of five separate works bound as one. The first work...