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A Garland of Shakespeare&Apos;S Flowers
William Shakespeare; Rose E. Carr Smith [ed.]; Herbert Carr Smith [foreword] · 1911 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)
London, Elliot Stock, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this beautifully illustrated collection of quotations from Shakespeare concerning flowers. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the front bo…
Poetica Erotica: A Collection of Rare and Curious Amatory Verse
T. R. Smith [ed.] · 1921 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)
New York, For Subscribers Only by Boni and Liveright, 1921-1922 . First edition. Leather. An exceptionally lovely example of the limited edition, three volume first edition, of T. R. Smith's anthology of erotic poetry. The title page versos read 'This work is limited t…
The Country Gentlemen&Apos;S Catalogue
None stated · 1969 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, The Garnstone Press, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A facsimile of the 1894 edition of the 'Country Gentlemen's Catalogue', with many fascinating historical advertisements and illustrations. A facsimile of the original 1894 edition. Heavily illustrated throu…
Dickens to His Oldest Friend: The Letters of a Lifetime from Charles Dickens to Thomas Beard
Charles Dickens; Walter Dexter [ed] · 1932 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
New York, Putnam, 1932. First edition. Cloth. The limited and vanishingly scarce first edition of this work featuring letters from the noted Charles Dickens to his friend Thomas Beard. The vanishingly scarce first edition, limited to only 500 copies. In the publisher's ori…
The Myth of the Golden Age in the Renaissance
Harry Levin · 1970 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Faber and Faber , 1970. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully written critical and historical interpretation of the myth of the golden age in Renaissance, being the publisher's review copy. A review copy of the first edition. With the publisher's review slip tip…
Burlington Magazine Monograph III: Georgian Art (1760-1820) an Introductory Review of English Painting, Architecture, Sculpture, Ceramics, Glass, Metalwork, Furniture, Textiles and Other Arts During the Reign of George III
Roger Fry; J. B. Manson et al · 1929 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, B. T. Batsford, Ltd, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this profusely illustrated volume about Georgian Art, published for The Burlington Magazine's Monograph Series. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding.A terrific tour o…
The Birds of Lancashire
F. S. Mitchell; Howard Saunders; R. J. Howard · 1892 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Gurney & Jackson, 1892. Cloth. A smart second edition of this illustrated study on the birds of Lancashire. Second edition. Illustrated with a folding map frontispiece and numerous in-text images. A detailed study of the birds of Lancashire, with chapters on individual s…
Ancient Stone Crosses of England
Alfred Rimmer · 1875 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
London, Virtue & Co. Limited, 1875. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this highly illustrated historical study of stone crosses from artist and author Alfred Rimmer. First edition. Illustrated throughout with seventy-two illustrations on wood. An appreciation of English a…
Memorials of Scarborough: A Compilation of Historic Sketches, Anecdotes, Remarkable Occurrences, Reminiscences of Olden Times, Etc.
C. Meadley · 1890 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Limited, 1890. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of historical memorials of Scarborough, England. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and the odd in-text image. A collection of historical ske…
Literature and Politics in the Age of Nero
J. P. Sullivan · 1985 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
Ithaca and London, Cornell University Press, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this detailed study into the literature and politics of the Age of Nero. First edition. A detailed scholarly study into the literature and politics of the age of Nero, a Roman …
The Propagation of Alpines
Lawrence D. Hills · 1950 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of the propagation of Alpines, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, forty-three photographs across thirty-two …
The Illustrated London News (No. 5117: Volume 190) & the Strand Coronation Souvenir
Various · 1937 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, The Illustrated London News"; George Newnes Limited , 1937 . First edition. Magazine. Bright copies of the 1937 Coronation Ceremony edition of The Illustrated London News, with the Coronation Souvenir of the same year. Bound in the publisher's original pictorial pap…
Selected Works of James Grant
James Grant · 1837 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)
London, Henry Colburn; Saunders & Otley, 1837-1841 . First edition. Leather. First and early editions of six works by newspaper editor James Grant, including four first editions. Bound in eleven volumes. Present here are six works by the author, bound in eleven volumes. Four wor…
Huntsmen Past and Present
Lionel Edwards · 1929 · Rooke Books
£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1929 . First edition. Vellum. The first edition of Lionel Edwards's signed limited edition celebration of hunting and huntsmen. A fine first edition.No. 55 of 150 limited edition copies produced, signed by the author.Illustrated with twenty-one …
Histoire Amoureuse Des Gaules
Bussi Rabutin [Roger de Rabutin, comte de Bussy; Bussy-Rabutin] · 1780 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
A Londres, Not Stated, 1780 . Leather. A charmingly bound six volume edition of Bussy-Rabutin's satirical novel about the morality of the French court. In the original French.First published in 1665, this 1780 edition is complete in six volumes.The work of Count Roger de Bu…
Sip! Swallow!
A. P. Herbert · 1937 · Rooke Books
£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)
London, Methuen and Co, 1937. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of these satirical commentaries from English humourist and law reformist, A. P. Herbert. The first edition, first impression. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. A delightful series of witty c…
Report of the Proceedings of the International Free Trade Congress, London, August, 1908
1908 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Cobden Club, 1908 . First edition. Cloth. A report of proceedings at the International Free Trade Congress in 1908, including a speech given by Winston Churchill on the subject, the first edition of the work, presented by the publisher at the Cobden Club. The first editi…
Original Songs
Robert Gilfillan · 1831 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
Edinburgh; London; Leith, John Anderson Jun; Whittaker Treacher and Co; James Burnet, 1831. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of this anthology of poetry by Scots writer Robert Gilfillan, signed by the author. The first edition of this scarce work.Signed by the a…
Opere Di Antonio Raffaello Mengs
Anton Raphael Mengs; Nicolla D'Azara; Carlo Fea · 1787 · Rooke Books
£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)
Roma, Stamperia Pagliarini, 1787. Vellum. A scarce two volume edition collecting together the artistic writings of Neoclassical painter Anton Raphael Mengs. Complete in two volumes, the scacer edition by Pagliarini, who also published an edition in one volume.Illustrated with a …
Fables in Verse
Henry Rowe · 1810 · Rooke Books
£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)
London, J. J. Stockdale, 1810 . First edition. Leather. The uncommon first edition of Henry Rowe's charmingly illustrated volume of verse fables. An uncommon first edition, in a straight grain morocco binding, with gilt detailing. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece …