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The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family.
Arthur Pendennis [William Makepeace Thackeray] · 1855 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)
London, Bradbury and Evans, 1855 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of Thackeray's celebrated novel, bound in the publisher's rebacked cloth, with illustrations by Richard Doyle throughout. Bound in the publisher's cloth, rebacked, and with a conte…
Sekon&Apos;S Dictionary of Railway Words and Phrases
G. A. Sekon; [George Augustus Nokes] · 1901 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, The Railway Publishing Company, Limited, 1901. First edition. Leather. A very scare first edition dictionary on railway terms, by George Augustus Nokes. The first edition of this very scarce work.A comprehensive dictionary on railway words and phrases, a useful reference…
Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum in Archivis Publicis Asservatum
Thomas Thomson · 1814 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, By Command of His Majesty King George the Third, 1814. First edition. Leather. A scarce volume on the history of Scotland by Thomas Thomson, the first edition of this illustrated Latin work. The first edition of this scarce work.Text is in Latin, with the prefatory mater…
The Story of a Beautiful Duchess
Horace Bleackley · 1908 · Rooke Books
£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)
London, Archibald Constable and Co, 1908 . First edition. Leather. The third impression of Horace Bleackley's very scarce biography of society hostess and celebrated beauty Elizabeth Hamilton, in a signed Bumpus binding. The third impression of this work, published the year…
Skelton&Apos;S Engraved Illustrations of the Principal Antiquities of Oxfordshire
Joseph Skelton · 1823 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)
London, J. Skelton, 1823 . First edition. Leather. A large paper copy of the first edition of this impressive collection of fifty engravings of Oxfordshire antiquities. Engraved by the author, Joseph Skelton, after the work of Frederick Mackenzie. The first edition of English en…
Better Than Life
Grant Naylor · 1990 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
London, Viking, 1990. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce science fiction comedy novel, inspired by the 'Red Dwarf' TV series and written by the show's co-creators. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unc…
Oxford
Edward Thomas · 1903 · Rooke Books
£88.00 (€105.50 | $116.28 | ¥18,571)
London, A. & C. Black, 1903. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of this lovely depiction of Oxford, illustrated throughout with watercolours by John Fulleylove. The first trade edition of this work, published simultaneously with the signed Edition de Luxe.In the publi…
Letters on the Improvement of the Mind. Addressed to a Lady.
Mrs. Chapone [Hester Chapone] · 1822 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, John Sharpe, 1822 . Leather. The first Westall edition of Hester Chapone's popular educational work, intended to encourage self-improvement in women, with illustrations by Richard Westall. The first Westall edition. Bound in full crushed morocco with gilt detailing.…
The Nurse, a Poem. Translated from the Italian of Luigi Tansillo.
Luigi Tansillo; William Roscoe · 1800 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
Liverpool, J. M'Creery for Cadell and Davies, 1800 . Leather. The second edition in English of Luigi Tansillo's poem 'The Nurse', written to encourage women to nurse their own children. Second edition. First English translation published in 1798. Bound in ful…
The Diamond Jubilee in Cheshire
John H. Cooke · 1899 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
Warrington and London, Mackie and Co. 1899 . First edition. Vellum. A limited edition Royal Quarto copy of this richly illustrated account of how Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee was celebrated in Chester, compiled by John H. Cooke. Limited edition of the Royal Quarto copy,…
The Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, June 1953: A Book Compiled by the City and County of Bristol Education Committee for the Boys and Girls of Bristol Schools
City and County of Bristol Education Committee · 1953 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
Bristol, Partridge & Love Ltd. 1953. First edition. Paperback. An illustrated educational booklet on the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, produced for the school children of Bristol. A very scarce work in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. Illustrated with twe…
Shakespeare in the Theatre
William Poel · 1913 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1913 . First edition. Hardback. The very scarce first edition of English actor, theatrical manager and dramatist William Poel's detailed discussion of the staging of the plays of Shakespeare. The very scarce first edition of this work from the fo…
Top of the Heap
A. A. Fair [Erle Stanley Gardner] · 1957 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, William Heinemann Ltd , 1957. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of this Cool-Lam mystery novel from American author Erle Stanley Gardner. The first UK edition of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A Cool and Lam novel fr…
Cut Thin to Win
A. A. Fair [Erle Stanley Gardner] · 1965 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
New York, William Morrow and Company , 1965. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this 'Lam Cool' mystery by American author Erle Stanley Gardner. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappe…
Strange Encounter
A. L. Rowse · 1972 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
London, Jonathan Cape , 1972. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition collection of poetry from British historian and writer, A. L. Rowse. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition of this poetry collection by A. L. Rowse, an English historian and writer wh…
The D.A. Calls It Murder
Erle Stanley Gardner · 1942 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1942 . Cloth. A brilliant, early edition of this thrilling murder mystery novel written by American author, Erle Stanley Gardner, in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Early edition. First published in 1937. In the publisher's unclipped …
Lawrence of Arabia Memorial
Various · 1935 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
Not Stated, Not Stated, 1935 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. An excellent copy of this pamphlet discussing plans for the memorial bust of T. E. Lawrence, which was unveiled at St. Paul's Cathedral the following year. The first edition of this work. A single sheet of pap…
Coleridge, the Clark Lectures 1951-52
Humphry House · 1953 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Humphry House's critical work on Coleridge, from the libraries of James Reeves and Martin Seymour-Smith. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A volume of three lectures on Col…
Travel in England; Outline of English Architecture; the English Interior
Thomas Burke; A. H. Gardner; Ralph Dutton · 1946 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
New York; London, Charles ScribnerÂs Sons; B. T. Batsford, 1946-1948. First edition. Cloth. A lovely illustrated three volume set on the history of British architecture, interior design and travel; all with their original unclipped dust wrappers. The first edition of Travel in …
The Mystery of the Blue Train
Agatha Christie · 1961 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)
London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1961 . Cloth. An attractive 1961 edition of Agatha Christie's entertaining murder mystery, which was first published in 1928. A 1961 edition of this novel, in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A price label to the dust w…