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Palaeolithic Man in N.W. Middlesex. The Evidence of His Existence and the Physical Conditions Under Which He Lived in Ealing and Its Neighbourhood, Illustrated by the Condition and Culture Presented by Certain Existing Savages
Palaeolithic Man in N.W. Middlesex. The Evidence of His Existence and the Physical Conditions Under Which He Lived in Ealing and Its Neighbourhood, Illustrated by the Condition and Culture Presented by Certain Existing Savages
Jno. Allen Brown; John Allen Brown · 1887 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Macmillan & Co, 1887. First edition. Cloth. A scarce work by John Allen Brown exploring human life in the Paleolithic era, and illustrated first edition copy. The first edition of this scarce work.An interesting archaeological account of life of a palaeolithic man in Mid…
The Forge in the Forest, Being the Narrative of the Acadian Ranger, Jean de Mer, Seigneur de Briart; and How He Crossed the Black Abbe; and of His Adventures in a Strange Fellowship; a Sister to Evangeline, Being the Story of Yvonne de Lamourie, and How She Went Into Exile with the Villagers of Grand Pre; by the Marshes of Minas
The Forge in the Forest, Being the Narrative of the Acadian Ranger, Jean de Mer, Seigneur de Briart; and How He Crossed the Black Abbe; and of His Adventures in a Strange Fellowship; a Sister to Evangeline, Being the Story of Yvonne de Lamourie, and How She Went Into Exile with the Villagers of Grand Pre; by the Marshes of Minas
Charles G. D. Roberts · 1896 · Rooke Books
£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,667)
Boston , Lamson, Wolffe and Company; Silver, Burdett and Company , 1896-1900. First edition. Cloth. Three handsome works by the prolific Canadian writer, Charles G. D. Roberts. The first editions. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original full cloth binding with gilt deta…
D. Wolff and the Glasses He Engraved
D. Wolff and the Glasses He Engraved
Wilfred Buckley · 1935 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)
London, Methuen & Co. 1935. First edition. Cloth. One of 250 copies of this fascinating study of D. Wolff and his engraved glasses. Complete with price-clipped dust wrapper, A study of D. Wolff's life and engravings, with discussions on his techniques, and a classification …
A Letter to Dr. E.S. Concerning His Late Letter to Mr G. And the Account He Gives in It of a Conference between Mr. G. And Himself
A Letter to Dr. E.S. Concerning His Late Letter to Mr G. And the Account He Gives in It of a Conference between Mr. G. And Himself
[Edward Meredith] · 1687 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, Henry Hills, 1687. First edition. Disbound. A very scarce first edition of Edward Meredith's response to Edward Stillingfleet's pamphlet against the Catholics in a time of religious turmoil in the reign of James II, in the lead up to the Glorious Revolution. Th…
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Compositions, Never Before Published; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain for Near Half a Century During Which He Flourished
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Compositions, Never Before Published; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain for Near Half a Century During Which He Flourished
James Boswell · 1823 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)
London, J Richardson and Co et al. 1823. Leather. A very smart four volume leather set of James Boswell's famous biography of the life and work of Samuel Johnson This classic work was a huge critical success, and is a significant landmark in the development of genre of biog…
The Dog Who Wasn&Apos;T What He Thought He Was
The Dog Who Wasn&Apos;T What He Thought He Was
Walter Emanuel · 1914 · Rooke Books
£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)
London, Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd, 1914. Cloth. A charming children's work written from the point of view of the diary extracts of Gibus the dog, with Cecil Aldin's colour plates. Illustrated by British artist Cecil Aldin in his signature style. Aldin is best known for…
Eugene Aram; Pelham; Ernest Maltravers; Alice; the Last Days of Pompeii; the Caxtons; Devereux; Godolphin; Paul Clifford; a Strange Story; Lucretia; Rienzi; What Will He Do with It? Volume I; What Will He Do with It? Volume II; Kenelm Chillingly; the Parisians: Volume I; Falkland and Zicci; Pausanias the Spartan.
Eugene Aram; Pelham; Ernest Maltravers; Alice; the Last Days of Pompeii; the Caxtons; Devereux; Godolphin; Paul Clifford; a Strange Story; Lucretia; Rienzi; What Will He Do with It? Volume I; What Will He Do with It? Volume II; Kenelm Chillingly; the Parisians: Volume I; Falkland and Zicci; Pausanias the Spartan.
The Right Hon. Lord Lytton · 1828 · Rooke Books
£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)
London; New York, George Routledge and Sons, c1870. Leather. An impressive, half-calf collection comprising eighteen of twenty-eight novels in the Knebworth edition of the works of Edward Bulwer-Lytton. The Knebworth edition. Eighteen of twenty-eight volumes, lacking: Night and …
The Works of Mr. Abraham Cowley: Consisting of Those Which Were Formerly Printed, and Those Which He Design&Apos;D for the Pres. Now Published out of the Author&Apos;S Original Copies. With the Cutter of Coleman-Street
The Works of Mr. Abraham Cowley: Consisting of Those Which Were Formerly Printed, and Those Which He Design&Apos;D for the Pres. Now Published out of the Author&Apos;S Original Copies. With the Cutter of Coleman-Street
Mr. Abraham Cowley · 1700 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)
London, Henry Herringman; Mary Clark for Charles Harper, 1700. Leather. Three parts bound into one, forming the popular large collected edition of Abraham Cowley's works. Ninth edition, "now published out of the Author's original copies". Bound together with 'The …
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence, Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Original Pieces of His Composition: The Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literarry Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During Which He Flourished.
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence, Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Original Pieces of His Composition: The Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literarry Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During Which He Flourished.
James Boswell; Edmond Malone and Hester Lynch Piozzi [eds.] · 1826 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London, Baynes and Son, 1826 . Leather. The Baynes edition of Bowell's famous biography of Johnson; smartly bound in armourial, pannelled calf bindings. The first of this revised edition of Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, published by Baynes et al.  Popular from the…
He Knew He Was Right
He Knew He Was Right
Anthony Trollope · 1869 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)
London, Strahan & Co. 1869. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope, with numerous illustrated plates by Marcus Stone. He Knew He Was Right provides a view of Victorian relationships and social dynamics, set in nineteenth-century Lon…
Pacchiarotto and How He Worked in Distemper: With Other Poems
Pacchiarotto and How He Worked in Distemper: With Other Poems
Robert Browning · 1876 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, Smith, Elder and Co, 1876 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of Robert Browning's collection of poetry, 'Pacchiarotto, and How He Worked in Distemper&apos. The first edition of this collection of poems from beloved Victorian era poet Robert Brow…
The History and the Life of King Henry the Second and of the Age in Which He Lived in Five Books to Which Is Prefixed a History of the Revolutions of England
The History and the Life of King Henry the Second and of the Age in Which He Lived in Five Books to Which Is Prefixed a History of the Revolutions of England
George Lord Lyttelton · 1767 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)
London, J Dodsley, 1767-71. First edition. Leather. Two volumes from George Lyttelton's biographical work on King Henry II. In lovely contemporary bindings, this comprehensive work looks at this esteemed monarch. Lacking volume II, and IV, being volumes I and III only. Ther…
The Dog Who Wasn&Apos;T What He Thought He Was
The Dog Who Wasn&Apos;T What He Thought He Was
Walter Emanuel · 1914 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd, 1914. Cloth. Colourfully illustrated by Cecil Aldin, this charming children's work is written from the point of view of Gibus the dog. Illustrated by British artist Cecil Aldin in his signature style. Aldin is best known for his charming p…
Hassan: The Story of Hassan of Bagdad and How He Came to Make the Golden Journey to Samarkand
Hassan: The Story of Hassan of Bagdad and How He Came to Make the Golden Journey to Samarkand
James Elroy Flecker · 1922 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
London, William Heinemann, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally bright example of the first edition of Jame Elroy Flecker's thrilling five act play, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. In the publisher's original unc…
He and She or a Poet&Apos;S Portfolio
He and She or a Poet&Apos;S Portfolio
W. W. Story [William Wetmore] · 1884 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1884. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce book of poetry by W. W. Story, in the original nineteenth century dust wrapper. The first edition. A very scarce work. In the publisher's original paper covers wit…
The Dog Who Wasn&Apos;T What He Thought He Was
The Dog Who Wasn&Apos;T What He Thought He Was
Walter Emanuel · 1914 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Raphael Tuck & Sons LTD, [1914]. Cloth. A charming children's book following a mongrel named Gibus, colourfully illustrated by Cecil Aldin. A charming children's novel following the adventures of a dog, a Mongrelian named Gibus.Illustrated by Cecil Aldin in his…
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Andrew Lang; Walter Herries Pollock · 1887 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
London, Longmans, Green & Co, 1887 . First edition. Paperback. The uncommon first edition of this humorous contemporary parody of H. Rider Haggard's 'She', co-authored by Haggard's friend, Andrew Lang. The uncommon first edition of this work. Likely the secon…
Black As He&Apos;S Painted Last Ditch Grave Mistake Photo-Finish Light Thickens
Black As He&Apos;S Painted Last Ditch Grave Mistake Photo-Finish Light Thickens
Ngaio Marsh · 1974 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Collins; The Crime Club, 1974-1982. First edition. Cloth. A smart five volume set of detective novels by New Zealand author Ngaio Marsh, with dust wrappers. A collection of five smart first edition detective novels, all of which feature their original unclipped dust wrap…
Dr. Quicksilver 1660-1742 He Life and Times of Thomas Dover
Dr. Quicksilver 1660-1742 He Life and Times of Thomas Dover
L. A. G. Strong · 1955 · Rooke Books
£22.99 (€27.56 | $30.37 | ¥4,850)
London , Andrew Melrose, 1955. First edition. Cloth. This first edition biographical work explores the life of Thomas Dover the London physician noted as the inventor of "Dover's Powder" for provoking sweating. Illustrated throughout, featuring a frontispiece of Dover as th…
An Apology for the Conduct of a Late Celebrated Second-Rate Minister, from the Year 1729, at Which Time He Commenc&Apos;D Courtier, Till Within a Few Weeks of His Death, in 1746. Giving a Clear View of His Real Principles and Design, and Containing Many Curious and Interesting Particulars, Relative to the Times and to Persons in the Highest Stations
An Apology for the Conduct of a Late Celebrated Second-Rate Minister, from the Year 1729, at Which Time He Commenc&Apos;D Courtier, Till Within a Few Weeks of His Death, in 1746. Giving a Clear View of His Real Principles and Design, and Containing Many Curious and Interesting Particulars, Relative to the Times and to Persons in the Highest Stations
Anonymous · 1746 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
London, W. Webb, 1746. Hardback. An uncommon pamphlet attacking the Walpole administration, written in the guise of an apology left by Whig politician Thomas Winnington. A disparaging pamphlet on Robert Walpole's administration, implied as being written as an apology by Whi…