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Merchantman Rearmed
Merchantman Rearmed
David W. Bone · 1949 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)
London, Chatto and Windus, 1949. Leather. A fascinating memoir of Captain and novelist Sir Captain David William Bone. Limited edition of one hundred and sixty copies of which this is number twenty one. Signed by the author to colophon, with original etching of the author, signe…
The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton
The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton
Gilbert White · 1900 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1900. Leather. A charming copy of this work on natural history by Gilbert White Gilbert White was a pioneering naturalist and ornithologist. He is best known for his The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne.This book was a compilation of…
Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice an Historical Tragedy in Five Acts with Notes the Prophecy of Dante, a Poem
Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice an Historical Tragedy in Five Acts with Notes the Prophecy of Dante, a Poem
Lord Byron · 1821 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)
London, John Murray, 1821. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this play and poem by Lord Byron. The first edition of this work.Bound by Bayntun's of Bath.First impression, with Doge's speech on p.151 five and a half lines long.The play is set in Venice in 1355.…
Comic Dramas in Three Acts
Comic Dramas in Three Acts
Maria Edgeworth · 1817 · Rooke Books
£380.00 (€455.56 | $502.12 | ¥80,191)
London, R. Hunter, 1817. First edition. Leather. A fantastic first edition of three comic plays by Maria Edgeworth. A very original near fine copy.Bound without publisher's advertisments. Containing her plays Love and Law, The Two Guardians and The Rose, Thistle and Shamroc…
The Exodiad: A Poem
The Exodiad: A Poem
Richard Cumberland; Sir James Bland Burges · 1807 · Rooke Books
£59.99 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,660)
London, Lackington, Allen and Co. 1807. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this collaborative epic poem from Richard Cumberland and Sir James Bland Burges. Richard Cumberland (19 February 1732 7 May 1811) was an English dramatist and civil servant. His plays are…
An Encyclopaedia of Agriculture; Comprising the Theory and Practice of the Valuation, Transfer, Laying out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property; and the Cultivation and Economy of the Animal and Vegetable Productions of Agriculture, Including All the Latest Improvements; a General History of Agriculture in All Countries; and a Statistical View of Its Present State, with Suggestions for Its Future Progress in the British Isles
An Encyclopaedia of Agriculture; Comprising the Theory and Practice of the Valuation, Transfer, Laying out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property; and the Cultivation and Economy of the Animal and Vegetable Productions of Agriculture, Including All the Latest Improvements; a General History of Agriculture in All Countries; and a Statistical View of Its Present State, with Suggestions for Its Future Progress in the British Isles
J. C. Loudon; F.L.S.; H.S.; & c. · 1825 · Rooke Books
£210.00 (€251.75 | $277.49 | ¥44,316)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. First edition. Leather. An Encyclopaedia of Agriculture comprising detailed examinations of the agricultural structures and skills as well as the general history in all countries. First edition. With engraved illustrati…
The Times 1885 October to December
The Times 1885 October to December
Various · 1885 · Rooke Books
£895.00 (€1,072.95 | $1,182.62 | ¥188,871)
London, Times Newspaper, 1885. Leather. An impressively large, heavy collection of The Times newspaper. Containing each daily issue of The Times between the 1st of October and the 31st of December, 1885. The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London …
Real Sailor-Songs
Real Sailor-Songs
John Ashton · 1891 · Rooke Books
£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)
London, The Leadenhall Press, 1891. Vellum. A collection of nautical songs and poems, collected by John Ashton. With two hundred woodcut illustrations throughout. Including sections on Sea Fight, Press-gang, Disaster, Ashore and Love. Including poems entitled The Battle of Trafa…
Gilbert; or, the Young Carrier. An Amatory Rural Poem, in Four Books.
Gilbert; or, the Young Carrier. An Amatory Rural Poem, in Four Books.
James Templeman · 1808 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, H. D. Symonds, 1808. First edition. Leather. A first edition of a scarce rural poem, illustrated with plates and a fold-out map. Bound in leather with gilt lettering and decoration. With two engraved plates, and a fold-out map. The fold-out map is missing the top third. …
Sir Thomas More: Or Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society
Sir Thomas More: Or Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society
Robert Southey, Esq. · 1829 · Rooke Books
£370.00 (€443.57 | $488.90 | ¥78,081)
London, John Murray, 1829. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this political and social commentary from poet laureate Robert Southey in a fine binding. Complete in Two Volumes. With seven plates, collated complete. "His Colloquies of Society (1829) is a calm exposition…
Age without Pity
Age without Pity
John Prebble · 1950 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
New York, Henry Hold and Company, 1950. First edition. Leather. The first American edition of John Prebble's Age Without Pity. The author's copy with his signature to the title page. First edition, first printing of the American edition of this novel. John Prebble was …
Seventeen Sermons of the Rev. And Learned Dr. William Hopkins, Late Prebendary of the Cathedral of Worcester. Published with a Preface Containing a Short Account of His Life.
Seventeen Sermons of the Rev. And Learned Dr. William Hopkins, Late Prebendary of the Cathedral of Worcester. Published with a Preface Containing a Short Account of His Life.
William Hopkins · 1708 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, Sare, 1708. Leather. A diligent biography of a gregarious and well-loved minister. William Hopkins (1647-1700) was educated at Oxford before travelling to Sweden as chaplain to the English ambassador. Having returned to England in 1675 he was made prebend of Worcester, a…
The Life of Richard Nash of Bath
The Life of Richard Nash of Bath
Oliver Goldsmith · 1762 · Rooke Books
£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)
London, J Newbery and W Frederick, 1762. First edition. Leather. A First Edition copy of 'The Life of Richard Nash of Bath' Written by Oliver Goldsmith (November 1730 – April 1774), the celebrated author and poet best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766),…
Catalogue of the Herald&Apos;S Visitations; with References to Many Other Valuable Genealogical and Topographical Manuscripts in the British Museum
Catalogue of the Herald&Apos;S Visitations; with References to Many Other Valuable Genealogical and Topographical Manuscripts in the British Museum
Anon · 1825 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)
London, James Taylor, 1825. Leather. An extremely scare genealogical reference book organised by area. Second Edition. Armorial bookplate of Henry Thomas Ellacombe to front pastedown. In a half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally sound although rubbed. Internally, firml…
The Posthumous Papers, Facetious and Fanciful, of a Person Lately About Town
The Posthumous Papers, Facetious and Fanciful, of a Person Lately About Town
Cornelius Webbe · 1828 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)
London, William Sams, 1828. Leather. A scarce first edition of Webbe's illustrated collection of stories. First Edition. Featuring several illustrated plates. In a half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally, a trifle rubbed. Internally, firmly bound. Some scattered f…
Coaching, with Anecdotes of the Road
Coaching, with Anecdotes of the Road
Lord William Pitt Lennox · 1876 · Rooke Books
£444.00 (€532.28 | $586.68 | ¥93,697)
London, Hurst and Blackett Publishers, 1876. First edition. Fine Binding. An historical and anecdotal glance at the history of coaches, in a smart Hatchards fine binding, with gilt horseriding decoration to the spine. A first edition. With the armorial bookplate of David M. Ritc…
Glyn Severn&Apos;S School Days
Glyn Severn&Apos;S School Days
George Manville Fenn · 1904 · Rooke Books
£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)
London, W and R Chambers, 1904. First edition. Fine Binding. A beautifully bound copy, and first edition, of this early twentieth-century novel. First Edition. Featuring an illustrated frontispiece. 'With eight drawings by Charles Pears&apos. In a decorative full morocco bi…
Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson, Governor of Nottingham Castle and Town
Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson, Governor of Nottingham Castle and Town
Lucy Hutchinson · 1808 · Rooke Books
£59.99 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,660)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1808. Leather. A biography of Lord Hutchinson written by his widow, Lucy. Second edition. Mrs. Lucy Hutchinson (1620–1681) was an English biographer as well as probably the first translator into English of the complete text of Lucr…
A New Universal History of the Rites, Ceremonies and Customs of the Whole World: Or, a Complete and Impartial View of All the Religions in the Various Nations of the Universe.
A New Universal History of the Rites, Ceremonies and Customs of the Whole World: Or, a Complete and Impartial View of All the Religions in the Various Nations of the Universe.
William Hurd · 1780 · Rooke Books
£785.00 (€941.08 | $1,037.27 | ¥165,658)
London, Alexander Hogg, 1780. Leather. A scarce early edition of Hurd's brilliant work on comparative religion and obscure religious practices, in leather binding. Contains sixty engraved plates, matching the collation of the 1780 edition. 'Both antient and Modern, fro…
An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of English Architecture from the Conquest to the Reformation, with Notice of Eight Hundred English Buildings: Preceded by a Sketch of the Grecian and Roman Orders and the Art of Drawing in Perspective Made Easy
An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of English Architecture from the Conquest to the Reformation, with Notice of Eight Hundred English Buildings: Preceded by a Sketch of the Grecian and Roman Orders and the Art of Drawing in Perspective Made Easy
Thomas Rickman, James Ferguson · 1775 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)
London , Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; W Strahan and T Cadell, 1775-c1819. First edition. Leather. Two fascinating works on drawing bound as one. Two volumes bound in one. First edition of The Art of Drawing. Second edition of An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of English Arc…