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A Training School for Elephants

Sophy Roberts · 2025 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Doubleday, 2025 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated blend of travel and history in author Sophy Roberts' second novel. The first edition of the work.In the original white cloth binding. In the original unclipped wrapper.The author&apos...

The Navy List for 1830-1831

British Navy · 1830 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, John Murray, 1830-1831. First edition. Leather. Four very scarce first edition volumes of 'The Navy List' bound in a single volume, updating the list from 1830 to 1831. Four volumes of 'The Navy List' bound in one volume, for 1830 and 1831.'The...

An Album of Photographs of the Aftermath of the Paris Commune

Anonymous · 0 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.90 | $2,378.45 | ¥379,853)

None, None, c1871 . Hardback. An exceptional and striking collection of thirty albumen prints depicting the destruction wrought on Paris and the surrounding region after the suppression of the Paris Commune. Thirty albumen prints inserted in a handsome full morocco binding, mo...

Commemorative Photo Album for the Black Ship Festival, Shimoda

None · 1939 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Shimoda , Issuing Office of the Black Ship Association , 1939. First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally rare photo album commemorating the annual Black Ship Festival held in Shimoda, Japan. A vanishingly scarce photo album depicting scenes from the past six annual Black Ship Fes...

The Lake Regions of Central Africa: A Picture of Exploration Vol II

Richard F. Burton · 1860 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

London, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts , 1860. First edition. Cloth. The second volume of Richard F. Burton's explorations of East Africa, documenting largely uncharted lakes and regions at the time. Volume II only.The first edition, second issue, with folding map b...

A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada

Fray Antonio Agapida [Washington Irving] · 1829 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Philadelphia , Carey, Lea & Carey, 1829. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Washington Irving's vivid Spanish history, the small paper issue. First edition, small paper issue. Complete in two volumes. Limited large paper issue was published in the same year. In t...

A Topographical History of Surrey

Edward Wedlake Brayley; Gideon Mantell · 1850 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, G. Willis , 1850. Leather. An extensive and copiously illustrated topographical history of Surrey, complete in five volumes in full signed morocco by Eedy. The second edition. Complete in five volumes. Originally issued from 1841-1848. Handsomely bound in signed full ...

Cosmopolis Nothing If Not Critical Empire

Don DeLillo; Robert Hughes; Gore Vidal · 2003 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Picador; Collins Harvill; Andre Deutsch, 2003; 1990; 1987. First edition. Cloth. An engaging and varied collection of American novels, accompanied by a book of literary criticism from Australian-born critic Robert Hughes. A collection comprised of 2 American novels, an...

Books on Bees

Herbert Mace; J.M. Dunning; D'Arcy Chapman; Karl von Frisch [ed. by Nathaniel Tarn] · 1921 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London; Oxford, Hutchinson and Co.; Kingsgate Press; Basil Blackwell; Jonathan Cape, 1921-1968. First edition. Cloth. A lovely little set on Bees, largely concerning their behaviours, their scientific attributes and their important role in our ecosystem. A lovely little group ...

The Public and Private Life of Lord Chancellor Eldon in Three Volumes

Horace Twiss · 1844 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, John Murray, 1844. Hardback. A smart half morocco biography published across 3 volumes, and punctuated with illustrations. A complete 3 volume set of this biography, bound in smart half morocco, and marbled boards, with marbled endpapers.Each volume features a monochro...

Dead and Done for

Robert Reeves · 1939 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1939 . First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition copy of this very sought after and scarce hard-boiled mystery by Robert Reeves, in the publisher's original cloth with the original bright, unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's origina...

The Heraldry of the Campbells

G. Harvey Johnston · 1920 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)

Edinburgh, W. & A. K. Johnston, Ltd, 1920-1921. Cloth. A very scarce, limited first edition of the definitive twentieth-century heraldic history of Clan Campbell, one just of one hundred and fifty copies offered to the public, richly illustrated. In the publisher's origin...

Within the Rim and Other Essays

Henry James · 1918 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, W. Collins Sons & Co, 1918. First edition. Cloth. An attractive example of the first edition of this collection of essays, published late in the career of the celebrated novelist Henry James, and concerning the First World War. The first edition of this work. Edel & La...

The Beauty of London: A Varied Set

Charles G. Harper; T. Michael Pope; E. Beresford Chancellor; Walter Jerrold; Paul Cohen-Portheim; Thomas Burke; Ivor Brown · 1902 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)

London, Chapman and Hall; Cassell and Company; Richards; Blackie and Son Limited; B.T. Batsford; George Allen and Unwin; Collins, 1902-1951. First edition. Cloth. A varied set of books that showcase the beauty of London, including short stories, first editions, local interest,...

The Old English Country Squire

P.H. Ditchfield · 1912 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1912 . First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition of this historical account of English squires, with coloured plates. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original blue cloth binding, with a decorative spine.Written by Peter Ham...

Davidis Camerarii Scoti de Scotorum Fortitudine, Doctrina, & Pietate: Ac de Ortu & Progressu Haeresis in Regnis Scotiae & Angliae

David Chalmers, Lord Ormond [David Chambre; David Chambers]; Jean Morin [ed.] · 1631 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Parisiis, Petri Baillet, 1631 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of David Chambers's impassioned account of the threat to Catholicism faced by Scotland in the 1500s. In the original Latin.The very scarce first edition of this work.16th century Scottis...

Bombay Church: Or, a True Account of the Building and Finishing of the English Church

Richard Cobbe · 1766 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, J. and W. Oliver; John Rivington, 1766 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated with a folding engraved plate, this is the very scarce first edition of Richard Cobbe's account of the construction of Bombay's first Anglican church. The vanishingly scarce first ed...

Origen Against Celsus: Translated from the Original Into English

Origen of Alexandria; James Bellamy [trans.] · 1660 · Rooke Books

£980.00 (€1,174.86 | $1,294.93 | ¥206,809)

London, B. Mills and J. Robinson, c1660 . First edition. Cloth. A bright example of James Bellamy's very scarce first English language translation of Origen's 'Contra Celsum', offering an impassioned defence of Christianity. The very scarce first English la...

Armistice and Other Poems

W. Thornton Wakeford · 1934 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Arthur H. Stockwell, Ltd. [1934] Undated, dated from a cop. First edition. Hardback. London: Arthur H. Stockwell, Ltd. [1934] Undated, dated from a copy held by the British Library. First edition. Hardback. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. An incredibly scarce first editio...

History of England

H. W. Moggridge · 1937 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Shakespeare Head Press, 1937 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating poem on the history of England, signed by the author. In the publisher's original cloth. Signed by the author to the first free endpaper.A fascinating poem on the history of England, written entir...