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The Last Adam
Ronald Duncan · 1952 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Dennis Dobson Limited, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this brilliant 'Last Man' science fiction novel by Ronald Duncan, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A 'Last Man' genr…
Cursory Remarks of the Importance of Agriculture in Its Connection with Manufactures and Commerce, Adapted to the Present Situation of Great Britain
William Lamport · 1784 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)
London, J. Buckland; R. Dodsley; T. Cadell; J. Sewel; Tucker and Sweetland, 1784. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce first edition treatise on British agriculture, an interesting work by William Lamport. A vanishingly scarce first edition of this work.ESTC citation numbe…
The Uganda Protectorate
Sir Harry Johnston · 1902 · Rooke Books
£985.00 (€1,180.68 | $1,301.32 | ¥207,804)
London, Hutchinson, 1902 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Sir Harry H. Johnston's two volume study of the history and people of Uganda. To the recto of each frontispiece is the presentation inscription 'E. Irby From H. J.&apos.…
Anthinea, D&Apos;Athenes a Florence
Charles Maurras · 1920 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
Paris, Honore et Edouard Champion, 1920 . Leather. A very smart copy of the eighteenth edition of Charles Maurras's account of his travels in Europe. In the original French.First published in 1901, this is the eighteenth edition of the work, an account of the author's …
Lelia
George Sand · 1833 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)
Paris, Henri Dupuy; L. Tenre, 1833. First edition. Leather. A very scarce complete two volume second printing of George Sand's philosophical French novel. In the original French.While each title page refers to these as a fictional second edition, the true second edition was…
Light and Shade
Maida Stanier · 1953 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
Abingdon-on-Thames, The Abbey Press, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this collection of poetry with the author's presentation slip. First edition. Scarce work. With author's presentation slip, inscription reads: With Christmas Greetings A collecti…
Description Routiere Et Geographique de L&Apos;Empire Francais
[Regis-Jean Francois Vaysse de Villiers] · 1813 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
Paris, Potey, 1813. First edition. Paperback. A first edition topographical exploration of the South East of France, detailing a total of five routes across the country, complete with a folding map. The first edition.In the original French.One part only of a set of six volumes, …
Bibliotheca Manualis Ecclesiae Patrum
Petro Josepho Tricaletio; Pierre Joseph Tricalet; Eudoxio Philenio · 1783 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)
Venice, Bassini; Remondini, 1783. Vellum. A scarce set detailing the lives and works of the Church Fathers from across the world, translated into Latin. Complete in nine volumes.Scarce to see as a setIn Latin, translated from French to Latin by Eudoxius Philenius.An extensive re…
La Nouvelle Paysanne Parvenue, Ou, L&Apos;Histoire de Jeannette
Pierre-Alexandre Gaillard de la Bataille · 1759 · Rooke Books
£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)
La Haye, Henri Scheurleer, 1759. Leather. An uncommon novel set in provincial France by Pierre-Alexandre Gaillard de la Bataille. An uncommon novel.In the original French.Complete with three parts bound in one.Following a farmer as he arrives in a new area in provincial France.W…
Mr N. Vansittart&Apos;S Speech on Moving Certain Resolutions on Finance
- · 1820 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London, W. Pople, 1820. Disbound. A very scarce transcription of this important speech delivered by one of Britain's longest serving Chancellors. In the speech Nicholas Vansittart argues for thirty eight financial resolutions, that were all passed without opposition. These …
Jaboune
Franc-Nohain · 1910 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
Paris, Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1910. First edition. Leather. A limited edition copy of Franc-Nohain's uncommon novel. Published in French. A limited edition copy of Franc Nohain's novel. Published in French. The present copy is one of fifteen numbered copies printed …
God Knows All About It
Thomas Lewis Johnson · 1836 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Morgan & Scott, [c1890s]. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce pamphlet containing a religious poem by ex-slave Thomas Lewis Johnson. A very scarce pamphlet containing a religious poem by ex-slave Thomas Lewis Johnson. Born into slavery in Virginia in 1836, and soon separate…
Debita Flacco: Echoes of Ode and Epode
E. H. Pember · 1891 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
London, Privately printed, 1891. First edition. Leather. A limited edition of this collection of poems, inscribed by the author to the Earl of Strafford. No. 51 of 250 limited edition copies of this work in a quarter calf binding. Inscribed by the author to the first blank page …
Histoire de Marie-Antoinette
Edmond et Jules de Goncourt · 1858 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
Paris, Firmin Didot Freres, Fils et cie , 1858. First edition. Leather. A French history of Marie-Antoinette. In the original French. First edition copy. This history of Marie-Antoinette is written by Edmond and Jules de Goncourt. Marie-Antoinette was the last Queen of France …
Oeuvres Posthumes de Marmontel
Jean-Francois Marmontel · 1804 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
Paris , Chez Xhriuet, 1804. First edition. Leather. Four volumes of the memoirs of writer and historian Jean-Francois Marmontel. Four volumes of the posthumous works of Jean-Francois Marmontel, in the first edition. In the original French. Jean-Francois Marmontel was a French …
Monumenta Ad Constitutiones Ordinis Fratrum Minorum Capuccinorum Pertinentia
P. Venatius a Lisle-en-Rigault · 1916 · Rooke Books
£215.00 (€257.71 | $284.05 | ¥45,358)
Rome, Curia Generalitia , 1916. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this Latin reference work. In the original Latin. This is a first edition reference text which contains records of the principles and precedents of the Friars Minor Capuchin and how they should be g…
L&Apos;Homme de Champs, Ou Les Georgique Francoises
Jaques Delille · 1800 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
Strasbourg, Levrault, 1800 . First edition. Leather. A first French translation of the Georgics by Jacques Delille, with a frontispiece. A first edition of this French translation of Virgil's Georgics.Jacques Delille came to national prominence with this translation of the …
Vorlesungen Uber Allgemeine Arithmetik
Dr. Otto Stolz · 1885 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
Leipzig , Druck und Verlag Von B. G. Teubner, 1885. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this German mathematics volume. A first edition. In the original German. This is a volume of lectures on general arithmetic, being the first part considering General Arithmetic …
The Horrors of Bribery; a Penitential Epistle, from Philip Hamlin, Tinman, to the Right Hon H Addington, Prime Minister to Which Is Added a Postscript; Containing Sensible Animadversions on Judge Grose&Apos;S Solemn and Serious Address to the Unfortunate Tinman
Peter Pindar [ed.] [John Wolcot] · 1802 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, Printed by W and C Spilsbury , 1802. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce pamphlet discussing bribery by Philip Hamlin, edited by Peter Pindar, Esq. The first edition of this work. A very scarce pamphlet, containing a discussion on the horrors of bribery from tinman P…
Dawn
H. Rider Haggard · 1887 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, John and Robert Maxwell, 1887. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel in one volume by H. Rider Haggard. First edition in one volume. The first edition was 1884 in three volumes. With frontispiece. Inspired by "a singularly beautiful and pure-faced young l…