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Love&Apos;S Cross-Currents: A Year&Apos;S Letters

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1905 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1905. First edition. Leather. An epistolary novel in thirty letters by the controversial author Algernon Charles Swinburne, the first edition. Algernon Charles Swinburne was an English author, known for writing about taboo and controversial topics of t...

Jean-Dominique Ingres: Master of Pure Draughtsmanship

Arsène Alexandre; Walter Shaw Sparrow · 1905 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1905. Cloth. A smart, heavily illustrated work on the life and career of French draughtsman and artist Jean-Dominique Ingres. Originally written by Arsène Alexandre and edited by Walter Shaw Sparrow. A fascinating biographical work on the life an...

The History of the Parish and Manor of Wookey; Being a Contribution to Towards a Future History of the County of Somerset

Thomas Scott Holmes · 1885 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

Bristol, Printed by C. T. Jefferies and Sons, [1885]. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon copy of Thomas Scott Holmes' history of the village and civil parish of Wookey. An undated copy, dated from Jisc 1885, the first and only edition of this work, an uncommon copy. Britis...

Out of the East" Reveries and Studies in New Japan

Lafcadio Hearn · 1903 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. [1903]. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this work illustrative of Japanese life from the author's own experiences. The first UK edition of this work, preceded by the US edition of 1895. A copy dated from Jisc, only...

The Game Birds and Waterfowl of the Sudan

W. Wedgewood Bowen · 1925 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Not Stated , Not Stated , 1925-8. Paperback. Two uncommon articles extracted from 'Sudan Notes and Records' recording of the game birds and waterfowls of the Sudan. An account of the game birds and waterfowl of the Sudan, by W. Wedgewood Bowen. Two articles extracted...

Venture to the Interior

Laurens van der Post · 1952 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, The Hogarth Press, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this work on travels through Nyasaland, written by South African writer and explorer Laurens van der Post. In the original pictorial dust wrapper. A fascinating work on travels and exploration in Ny...

Letters of the Late Lord Lyttelton

Thomas Baron Lyttelton · 1806 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; Ogilvy and Son; J. Walker; et al. 1806. Leather. A new edition of the letters of Lord Lyttelton, in an attractive half calf binding. A new edition of this work, originally published in 1780. A publication of the correspondences of ...

The Meare Lake Village

Arthur Bulleid; Harold St George Gray; Mrs M Aylwin Cotton · 1948 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Taunton, Privately Published, 1948-1966. Cloth. A fascinating report on the excavations and relics from the Iron Age settlement on the Somerset Levels at Meare Lake Village, complete with illustrated and folding plates. Complete in three volumes.A comprehensive report and desc...

A Report to the Convocation of the Province of Canterbury on the Ecclesiastical Records of the Diocese of Bath and Wells to Which Is Attached a Short Account of the Church Plate Now in the Custody of the Dean and Chapter of Wells and of the Parochial.

T. Scott Holmes · 1914 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)

Taunton, Barnicott and Pearce, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first edition account of church plate and parish records in Bath, Wells and Somerset. The first edition of this study of local history and parish records from Thomas Scott Holmes.This informative work con...

The Golden Carpet

Somerset de Chair · 1943 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1943. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this first-hand account of a World War II campaign in the desert, a signed edition, limited to five hundred copies. The first edition of this work, offering a personal account of a British de...

L&Apos;Angleterre Et Les Anglais (Lectures Choisies)

J Lecoq · 1918 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

Paris, Edouard Cornely & Cie , c1918. Cloth. J Lecoq's lectures on the history of England, a very scarce volume in a prize binding, re-backed with a morocco spine. J Lecoq's study of the history of England, a very scarce French publication with English text. Some cho...

Memoirs of Count Grammont

Anthony Hamilton; Sir Walter Scott · 1896 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, John C. Nimmo, 1896. Leather. Anthony Hamilton's important memoir of the life of Count Grammont, a striking copy in a Zaehnsdorf binding from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. In a Zaehnsdorf binding.The memoir of the life of Philibert de Gramont, a French ...

Roedean School 1885-1955

Dorothy E. de Zouche · 1955 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Not Stated, Printed for Private Circulation, 1955. Cloth. A scarce work relating to the history of this Sussex girls' school, illustrated with photographs throughout. This work was published to commemorate the school's seventieth anniversary. Founded in 1885, Roedea...

The Darker Superstitions of Scotland, Illustrated from History and Practice

Sir John Graham Dalyell · 1834 · Rooke Books

£5,900.00 (€7,073.11 | $7,796.03 | ¥1,245,074)

Edinburgh, Waugh and Innes, 1834 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of antiquarian Sir John Graham Dalyell's fascinating study of the occult lore of Scotland, featuring tales of sorcery and the devil. The very scarce first edition, first issue of this s...

The Ocean in English History: Being the Ford Lectures

James A. Williamson · 1941 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition collection of essays on the ocean's role in British history over the centuries, by James Williamson. This work was written from the Ford Lectures delivered by the author between 1939 and 1940.Conta...

Old Provence

Theodore Andrea Cook · 1905 · Rooke Books

£62.00 (€74.33 | $81.92 | ¥13,084)

New York , Charles Scribner's Sons , 1905 . First edition. Cloth. A set complete in two volumes, the first edition of this history of Old Provence by Theodore Andrea Cook. A charming history of old Provence, the first edition complete in two illustrated volumes. An explor...

Orateurs and Sophistes Grecs: Choix de Harangues, D&Apos;Eloges Funebres, de Plaidoyers Criminels Et Civils, de Dissertations, de Prodicus. Pericles, Antiphon, Andocide, Lysias, Isocrate, Isee, Lycurgue, Hegesippe, Hyperide, Dinarque, Dion Chrysostome, Et Maxime de Tyr.

Various · 1842 · Rooke Books

£43.00 (€51.55 | $56.82 | ¥9,074)

Paris, Charpentier, 1842. First edition. Leather. A scarce first and only French edition of this volume concerning Greek orators and sophists. A volume concerning ancient Greek orators and sophists, translated to the French by 'a member of the university.' The first ...

Mr. Churchill in Norway

1948 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Oslo, Alb. Cammermeyers Verlag, 1948 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce illustrated account of Winston Churchill's 1948 visit to Norway, with text in both the English and Norwegian languages. The very scarce first edition of this short account of Winston Churchill&apos...

Historic Scenes in Forfarshire

William Marshall · 1875 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Edinburgh, William Oliphant and Co. 1875 . First edition. Leather. A handsomely bound volume first edition describing historic scenes in Forfarshire, Scotland; a very scarce volume. The first edition of this work by William Marshall. With a history of Forfarshire, detailing hi...

Armee Du Rhin Campagnes D&Apos;Allemagne Sous le General Moreau

Charles Fortin · 1899 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Anon, Anon, 1899. First edition. Vellum. A facsimile diary of soldier Charles Fortin who fought in a German campaign under General Moreau. The first printed edition of this diary, which belonged to a cavalry conscript in the 13th regiment. This diary was originally written fro...