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Australia Revisited in 1890, and Excursions in Egypt, Tasmania and New Zealand
Josiah Hughes · 1891 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. 1891. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of a curious travel account of a man returning Down Under following a period of personal stress. The scarce first edition of Australia Revisited in 1890, and Excursions in Egypt,…
Institutions de Mã©Decine, Ou Exposã© Sur la Thã©Orie Et la Pratique de Cette Science, D&Apos;Aprã¨S Les Auteurs Anciens Et Modernes
Philippe Petit-Radel · 1801 · Rooke Books
£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)
Paris, Agasse et al. 1801. First edition. Leather. Bound in lovely decorative tree calf, a complete two volume set of educational handbook teaching medicine through the history of discoveries. The signed first edition of Institutions de Médecine, ou Exposé sur la Théorie et la P…
Eustace Chrisholm and the Works
James Purdy · 1968 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1968 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this novel of unrequited love set in 1930s Chicago by acclaimed American author James Purdy. The first edition. In the publisher's original black cloth binding. In the original price-clipped d…
The Collier&Apos;S Wedding
Edward Chicken · 1829 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
Newcastle, J. White and T. Saint, 1829. Paperback. A revised edition of a comical poem which contains one of the first written records of Geordie, very scarce in commerce. A new revised edition of The Collier's Wedding, a comical poem, written by the first Geordie poet Rev.…
Recherches Sur Les Lois de L&Apos;Affinite
Claude-Louis Berthollet · 1801 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)
Paris, Baudouin, 1801 . First edition. Paperback. The scarce first edition of French chemist Claude-Louis Bethollet's pioneering study of chemical reactions, chemical equilibria and reversing chemical reactions. In the original French. The scarce first edition of this work,…
Pieta
R. S. Thomas · 1966 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1966. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this pleasing poetry collection from the major Welsh poet R. S. Thomas, with the original dust wrapper. First edition. In the publisher's original paper-backed boards, encased in the matching, un…
Play for Murder
Norman Deane [John Creasey] · 1946 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, Hurst & Blackett, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this atmospheric Soho-set murder mystery by John Creasey, writing as Norman Deane, complete with the original dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition. Complete with …
Paris in 1841
Mrs. Gore [Catherine Gore] · 1842 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)
London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming account of Paris from English novelist Catherine Gore, with engravings. The first edition. In the publisher's original blind-stamped cloth binding, with decorative g…
Victory Series" Geographia New Map of North Sea & Baltic Sea
Alexander Gross · 0 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
London, Geographia Ltd. c1925. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this map of the North and Baltic sea as part of Geographia's "Victory Series". A very scarce work. In the publisher's original brown paper wraps. A cloth folding map of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. …
The Lost Cases of Ed London
Lawrence Block · 2001 · Rooke Books
£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)
Norfolk, Virginia, Crippen & Landru Publishers, 2001 . First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition signed copy of three novellas about the private eye Ed London by crime author Lawrence Block, with a separate pamphlet. A limited edition, with this being number 295 out of a 650…
1914 & Other Poems
Rupert Brooke · 1915 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
London, Sidgwick & Jackson, Limited, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce second impression of this significant collection of war poetry by Rupert Brooke. First edition. The very scarce second impression, printed June 1915, only one month after the first. In the publishe…
All This and Bevin Too
Quentin Crisp · 1978 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
London, The Mervyn Peake Society, 1978. Paperback. A very scarce edition of this satirical poem, featuring the illustrations of Mervyn Peake. Very scarce The Mervyn Peake Society edition. In the publisher's original pictorial soft covers. Featuring seven full-page illustrat…
Essai Sur Les Diffã©Rentes Espã¨Ces de Fiã¨Vres: Avec Des Dissertations Sur Les Fiã¨Vres Lentes, Nerveuses, Putrides, Pestilentielles & Pourprã©Es
Jean Huxham [John Huxham] · 1776 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)
Paris, Chez D'Houry, 1776. First edition. Leather. The scarce French translation of Huxham's award-winning medical treatise, the first to mention influenza, bound in tree calf. Essai sur les Différentes Espèces de Fièvres, a scarce French translation of An Essay on the…
Household Stories from the Collection of the Bros: Grimm
Brothers Grimm; Lucy Crane [translator] · 1882 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1882. First edition. Cloth. The lovely first Walter Crane illustrated edition of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales, lavishly illustrated with over 100 drawings. The first Crane illustrated edition of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. In the publisher's …
Titus Groan
Mervyn Peake · 1946 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)
London, Eyre & Spotiswoode, 1946. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the opening novel to the celebrated Gormenghast series, considered among the greatest works in modern fantasy literature. The first edition of Titus Groan, the first novel within the groundbreaking dark…
The Court-Secret: A Melancholy Truth
[George Lyttelton] · 1741 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)
London, T. Cooper, 1741. First edition. Disbound. A scarce first edition of this intriguing anti-Walpole Oriental satire, attributed to George Lyttelton. Disbound. First edition. Published anonymously as the work of "an Adept in the Oriental Tongues" and attributed to George Ly…
Christian Principle in Little Things: A Book for Girls
1860 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, T. Nelson And Sons, 1860 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this eighteenth century children's book aiming to guide girls to religious duty, with a frontispiece. A very scarce work. The first edition. In the publisher's original blue clot…
The Andree Diaries: Being the Diaries and Records of S.A. Andree, Nils Strindberg and Knut Fraenkel
S.A. Andree; Nils Strindberg; Knut Fraenkel; Edward Adams-Ray [trans.] · 1931 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. The first authorized English edition of the Andree diaries, recounting Andree, Strindberg, and Fraenkel's balloon expedition to the North Pole. An exciting first English language edition of the Andree diaries, …
Biographical Memoirs of the Late Revd. Joseph Warton
John Wooll · 1806 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)
London, Cadell and Davies, 1806. First edition. Leather. The first edition of a charming biography on the English Enlightenment literary critic and poet, with select correspondence with notable figures to the rear. The first edition of the scarce Biographical Memoirs of the Late…
The Drunken Boat: Thirty-Six Poems
Arthur Rimbaud; Brian Hill · 1953 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition, second impression of this bilingual French-English poetry collection in the original dust wrapper. First edition, second impression. Very scarce. In the publisher's original red cloth bin…