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The Mink
Nigel Dunstone · 1993 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, T & A. D. Poyster, 1993. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this natural history work on the mink written by Nigel Dunstone and illustrated with colour photographic plates, and in the original scarce dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.Part of the &…
Jewellery
H. Clifford Smith · 1973 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, EP Publishing Limited, 1973. Cloth. H. Clifford Smith's profusely illustrated work on jewellery from around the world and its history. A later edition. First published in 1908 with this being a recreation of that original edition. Illustrated with a monochrome front…
Geology of Yorkshire: An Illustration of the Evolution of Northern England
Percy Fry Kendall; Herbert E. Wroot · 1924 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
Not Stated, Printed for the Authors, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this vastly illustrated geological study of Yorkshire, England. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, seventy plates, of six which are folding, and numerous in-text images. Collat…
Causeries Du Lundi
C. A. Sainte-Beuve · 1880 · Rooke Books
£1,275.00 (€1,528.29 | $1,684.45 | ¥268,985)
Paris, Garnier Freres, c1850-1880. Vellum. A fifteen volume set of the Causeries du Lundi or "Monday Chats" of French literary critic Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, in the original French. French. Complete in fifteen volumes. Mixed edition with volume fifteen being a first editi…
A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions, Historical, Biographical, Literary, and Miscellaneous
Dr Johnson · 1806 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, Lackington, Allen & Co. 1806 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this collection of epitaphs, with an essay attached from Samuel Johnson, complete in two volumes. The first edition. Complete in two volumes. Bound in full calf. A charming collection of epitaphs…
Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel · 2012 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)
London, Fourth Estate, 2012. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition, first impression, of Hilary Mantel's second novel tracing the life of Thomas Cromwell. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unc…
Sighs; or, the Daughter, a Comedy
August von Kotzebue; Prince Hoare · 1799 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, Machell Stace; J. Hatchard; F. & C. Rivington, 1799. First edition. Leather. The first edition in English of this romantic and comedic play by August von Kotzebue, translated to English by Prince Hoare. The first edition in English of this scarce play.'Sighs' i…
The Pilgrim&Apos;S Progress
John Bunyan · 1837 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)
Glasgow , Blackie and Son, 1837. Leather. A smart copy of this important theological fiction, complete with notes, a memoir of John Bunyan and very scarce illustrations, including a folding plate. Bound in half calf, with marbled boards. Undated, dated from a copy held institut…
The South Wales Borderers 24th Foot 1689 - 1937
C. T. Atkinson · 1937 · Rooke Books
£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)
Cambridge, Regimental History Committee; Cambridge University Press, 1937. First edition. Leather. An illustrated history of the South Wales Borderers, a colourfully illustrated study on the regiment of the British Army. The first edition.In the original publisher's deluxe …
Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe
Walter De La Mare · 1930 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London; New York, Faber and Faber Limited; The Fountain Press, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first and limited edition of Walter de la Mare's exploration of the trope of deserted islands in fiction, signed by the author. The limited first edition, of six hundred and fifty…
Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely
Rev. Edward Conybeare · 1910 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1910. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition copy of the first edition of Conybeare's topographical study of Cambridge and Ely, illustrated throughout by F. L. Griggs. One of 250 limited edition large paper copies of the first edition of this work…
Some Notes of the Past
Sir Henry Drummond Wolff · 1892 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
London, Private Circulation [William Clowes], 1892. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this privately published autobiographical volume from Sir Henry Drummond Wolff. A scarce first edition.The work of Henry Drummond Wolff, an English diplomat and Conservative Par…
Industrial Alcohol Committee: Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Departmental Committee on Industrial Alcohol
Industrial Alcohol Committee · 1905 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, His Majesty's Stationery Office [HMSO]; Wyman & Sons, 1905. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this publication of the minutes from the 1904 meeting of the 'Departmental Committee on Industrial Alcohol&apos. A very scarce work.A publication …
Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century with Facsimiles, Notes, and Introduction
John Ashton · 1882 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Chatto and Windus, 1882. First edition. Leather. The first edition of John Ashton's work on 1700s chapbooks, with facsimiles of their original illustrations. The first edition. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and numerous monochrome vignettes and facsimi…
The Mercedes-Benz Club: Celebrating 60 Years of the Marque, Excellence and Style
Chris Bass · 2012 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Prior and Partners , 2012. First edition. Hardback. An uncommon anniversary book looking back on sixty years of the Mercedes-Benz Club, illustrated throughout with archival photography. First edition of this uncommon work. In the publisher's original boards. The f…
Just My Story
Stephen Donoghue · 1923 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Hutchinson and Co, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this illustrated autobiography from English flat-race jockey, Stephen Donoghue. The first edition of this work. Undated, dated from a copy held at the British Library. Rebound in very smart bl…
A Collection of Works on George Romney
George Paston [Emily Morse Symonds]; C. Lewis Hind; B. L. K. Henderson; S. C. Kaines Smith [editor] · 1903 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London, Methuen & Co.; T. C. & E. C Jack Ltd; Philip Allen & Co. 1903-1922. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of illustrated works on English painter George Romney. Three volumes. First edition. A collection of works on the life and art of George Romney, an English portra…
The Alchemist
Ben Jonson; H. C. Hart [editor] · 1903 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, The De La More Press, 1903. Cloth. A smart copy of this limited edition printing of Jonson's comedy The Alchemist, from The King's Library series. The King's Library - De La More Press Quartos. Limited to four hundred and eighty copies on hand-made paper. …
The Copper-Plate Museum; or, Monthly Repository of Elegance Taste and Humour
Various · 1775 · Rooke Books
£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)
London, A. Hamilton , 1775-6. First edition. Leather. A vanishingly scarce collection of early works from 'The Copper-Plate Magazine', richly illustrated with engraved copper plates by Paul Sandby. The first edition. An exceptionally scarce work, with no copies of this…
The Dictionary of National Biography 1961-85
Lord Blake [ed]; C. S. Nichols [ed] · 1981 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1981-90. First edition. Cloth. Three volumes of reference works on notable British figures throughout history, all in their original unclipped dust wrappers. The first edition.In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dus…