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British Military Prints

Ralph Nevill · 1909 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, The Connoisseur Publishing Company , 1909. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming collection of military prints by Ralph Nevill. The first edition of this work. Dedicated to military prints, featuring a series of illustrations illustrative of the milita…

Celibates

George Moore · 1895 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Walter Scott, Ltd. 1895 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of three short stories by George Moore. First edition of Celibates by George Moore in the original publisher's cloth binding. A collection of three short stories including Mildred …

La Bibliotheque de Pierre Berge

Pierre Berge & Associates; Sotheby's · 2018 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Not Stated, Pierre Berge & Associates; Sotheby's , 2018 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the catalogue of the fourth sale from the collection of Pierre Berge after his passing. First edition of La Bibliotheque de Pierre Berge in the original publisher's clo…

An Address Before the Convention of the American Banker&Apos;S Association at Saratoga, September 3, 1890

Edmund J. James · 1891 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

New York, William B. Greene, 1891. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce record of the address given by Edmund J. James at the Saratoga American Banker's Association Convention in 1890. Scarce work. An address written and given by Edmund J. James, an American academic, president of t…

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet&Apos;S Nest

Stieg Larsson; Reg Keeland [trans.] · 2009 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Maclehose Press; Quercus, 2009. First edition. Cloth. The first English edition of the last instalment of Stieg Larsson's award-winning Swedish crime novels. A fine copy. Reg Keeland translates the third novel in Stieg Larsson's best-selling Millennium series. …

The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; Triumph and Tragedy

Winston S. Churchill · 1949 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Cassell and Co. Ltd, 1949-1954. Cloth. Winston Churchill provides his unique insights into the events of the Second World War in this interesting memoir. In the original unclipped dust wrapper Volumes I, II, and VI of Winston Churchill's memoirs of the Second World …

Oskar Morgenstern-Symposium on Mathematical Economics and Econometrics: Vienna, May 28-30, 1980

Various · 1980 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Not Stated, Privately printed, 1980. First edition. Paperback. A program and some fascinating abstracts from lectures at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna, on mathematical economics and econometrics. The first edition of this very scarce work in the publisher's o…

Waverley; or, &Apos;Tis Sixty Years Since

Sir Walter Scott · 1814 · Rooke Books

£800.00 (€958.93 | $1,056.91 | ¥168,775)

Edinburgh, James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable; Longman, 1814 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of the first two volumes of Sir Walter Scott's historical novel, set at the time of the Jacobite uprising. The first two volumes only of the three volume f…

The Glyptic or Musee Phusee Glyptic

John W. Jarvis · 1875 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London , John Russell Smith , 1875. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this scrapbook of the Musee Phusee Glyptic, with illustrations. A first edition copy of The Glyptic or Musee Phusee Glyptic. This work is a scrap book of jottings from Stratford-On-Avon and elsewh…

I.C. S. Reference Library Engineering and Construction

International Correspondence Schools Ltd. · 1907 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, International Correspondence Schools Ltd. 1907-1914 . Cloth. Two early editions of the I.C.S. Reference Library including works on engineering and construction. Two volumes from the International Correspondence Schools Ltd. Reference Library in the original publisher&apo…

Lace Making and Collecting: An Elementary Handbook

A. Penderel Moody · 1909 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Cassell and Company Ltd, 1909. First edition. Paperback. A scarce illustrated work on lace making and collections of lace, first edition. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with twenty-six plates. Collated complete. A guide to collecting and making lace, with illust…

Pictures from Sicily

[William Henry Bartlett] · 1853 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Arthur Hall, Virtue, & Co. 1853. First edition. Cloth. The picturesque landscapes of Sicily, and its Grecian, Norman, and Saracenic buildings are captured beautifully captured in this first edition of William Henry Bartlett's work The varied architecture and picture…

Nonsense Songs and Stories

Edward Lear; Sir E. Strachey · 1894 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1894 . Cloth. The illustrated ninth edition of Edward Lear's popular collection of nonsense songs and verse. The ninth edition of this work, first published in 1870.The work of English illustrator, author and poet Edward Lear, most renowned f…

L&Apos;Ami Des Enfans

Arnaud Berquin · 1787 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, J. Stockdale; J. Rivington; B. Law, 1787 . Leather. The scarce first two volumes of this late eighteenth century edition of the children's tales of Arnaud Berquin. In the original French.The first two volumes only of the scarce 1787 four volume edition of these work…

An Academic Question

Barbara Pym · 1986 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1986. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this intriguing novel by Barbara Pym. A first edition, first impression copy of this work. Barbara Pym was an English novelist. This work was published posthumously in 1986 and follows Caroline Grims…

Of Mortal Love

William Gerhardi · 1936 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,962)

London, Arthur Barker , 1936. First edition. Cloth. Excellent copy of the scarce first edition of William Gerardi's novel. A bright example of the scarce first edition of this work.Beautiful novel concerned with fresh love-lore, eroticism, and imagination. William Gerhardi…

Frog&Apos;S Cricket Club Devon Tour 1907-1950 a Short History

R. L. Prain · 1951 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Nottingham, D. H. Vaulkhard Limited, 1951 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition documenting the tour of the Frogs' Cricket Club in the original dust wrapper. First edition of Devon Tour 1907-1950 A Short History by R. L. Prain in the original publisher'…

A Description of the Hugh Stream of Arundel

Water-Bailiff of Thomas Howard; Joseph Fowler [ed.] · 1929 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Hertford, Simson & Co. Ltd. 1929 . Cloth. The first thus of this seventeenth century manuscript edited with notes and a map, signed, inscribed, and dated by the editor. First thus of A Description of the Hugh Stream of Arundel, the Heads and Risings THereof; The sundry Kings of …

Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History

Lytton Strachey · 1928 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1928. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition copy of this work which chronicles the relationship of Elizabeth and Robert Devereux. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and five additional plates. Collated complete. A retelling of Quee…

Reports from the Select Committee Appointed to Inquire Into the State of the Public Records of the Kingdom &C.

Charles Abbot; House of Commons · 1800 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, The House of Commons , 1800. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of these reports into the Public Records of the United Kingdom, ordered by the House of Commons. The scarce first edition. In a half calf binding on marbled boards. With seven folding plates, four …