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The New Decameron: The Sixth Volume
Vivienne Dayrell [ed]; Gerald Bullet; Evelyn Waugh; et al. · 1929 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London, Basil Blackwell, 1929. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this sixth volume in the 'New Decameron' series, containing various pieces by a variety of authors including Evelyn Waugh. Modern retelling of the classical work of the 'Decameron,' the six…
Les Ecrivains Militaires de la France
Theodore Karcher · 1866 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)
London, Trubner & Co. 1866. First edition. Cloth. Scarce first edition of this study of French military literature by Theodore Karcher. The first edition of this work, in the original French. Printed in London with a address to the English reader in English language. A study of …
Carte Blanche
Jeffrey Deaver · 2011 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
Great Britain, Hodder & Stoughton, 2011 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of the thirty seventh James Bond novel, signed by the author and with the ticket to the book signing. First edition, first impression of Carte Blanche by Jeffrey Deaver in the ori…
Biographie Universelle Ancienne Et Moderne in Forty Five Volumes
M. Michaud · 1843 · Rooke Books
£1,750.00 (€2,097.65 | $2,311.99 | ¥369,196)
Paris and Leipzig, A. Thoisnier Desplaces; Chez Madame C. Desplaces; Lirairie de F. A. Brockhaus, 1843-1860 . Leather. This vast collection of biographies of writers and scholars throughout history complete in forty five volumes. The complete set of Biographie Universelle Ancien…
Tales of Hearsay
Joseph Conrad; R. B. Cunninghame Graham · 1925 · Rooke Books
£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)
London, T. Fisher Unwin LTD, 1925. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this posthumously collected anthology of four stories by Joseph Conrad, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression, with not subsequent printings listed.In the original unclipped…
Mustard and Cress: Their Surprising Adventures and the Downfall of Burdock
C.O. Murray · 1879 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1879. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, late nineteenth-century children's fairy tale about two little elves, Mustard and Cress, colourfully illustrated throughout. A delightful, late nineteenth-century children's tale about two lit…
Morley Ernstein; or, the Tenants of the Heart
G. P. R. James · 1842 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
New York, Harper & Brothers, 1842. First edition. Cloth. The first american edition of George Payne Rainsford James' 'Morley Ernstein', complete with two volumes bound in one. The scarce first American edition. Complete in two volumes, bound in one. In the origina…
The Snowman
Raymond Briggs · 1978 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
London , Hamish Hamilton , 1978. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first edition copy of this beautiful children's illustration book, The Snowman. A lovely first edition copy of the popular children's book The Snowman.Raymond Briggs was an English illustrator, cartoon …
The History of the Adventure of Joseph Andrews and His Friend Mr. Abraham
Henry Fielding · 1929 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
London , John Lane The Bodley Head , 1929. Cloth. 1 A first thus of this illustrated edition of The History of the Adventure of Joseph Andres and his Friend Mr. Abraham by Henry Fielding. The novel was the first full length novel by Henry Fielding and is described as a 'co…
The Lady and the Squire
Terry Jones · 2000 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London , Pavilion, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed first edition copy of this fantastic adventure The Lady and the Squire. A signed first edition copy of the children's book The Lady and the Squire by Terry Jones. Signed to the title page. First edition, first…
The Lamb and the Child
Dean Frye · 1964 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London , The Bodley Head , 1964. First edition. Hardback. A lovely illustrated adaptation of Second Shepherd's Play, in the original dust wrapper. A charming first edition copy of this simple adaptation of the fifteenth century Second Shepherd's Play from the Wakefield…
An African Adventure
Isaac F. Marcosson · 1921 · Rooke Books
£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)
London, John Lane Company, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A very smart and illustrated work regarding American travel through Africa. Complete with 48 illustrations including photographs, maps and frontispiece of King Albert. Collated complete. The first UK edition of the work. Pub…
A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words Are Deduced from Their Originals, and Illustrated in Their Different Significations by Examples from the Best Writers. To Which Are Prefixed, a History of the Language, and an English Grammar
Samuel Johnson · 1775 · Rooke Books
£2,500.00 (€2,996.65 | $3,302.85 | ¥527,422)
Dublin, Thomas Ewing, 1775. First edition. Leather. A striking and important edition of Samuel Johnson's dictionary of the English language, the first complete edition to be printed in Ireland. The first edition thus, being the first quarto edition and first complete editio…
Le Roman D&Apos;Un Jeune Homme Pauvre
Octave Feuillet · 1859 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, Libraires Ãditeurs, 1859. Leather. A smart copy of Octave Feuillet's most popular novel, which has been adapted for film multiple times. A new edition, part of the publisher's 'Oeuvres Completes d'Octave Feuillet' series. Pu…
Plan Topographique de la Campagne de Rome; Pantogramma Ou Vue Descriptive Generale de la Campagne de Rome
F. Ch. L. Sickler D. · 1821 · Rooke Books
£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)
Rome, Imprimerie de Romanis chez Venance Monaldini, 1821. Paperback. The fourth edition of Dr Friedrich Charles Louis Sickler's topographical guide to Rome, containing both his 'Plan Topographique' and 'Pantogramma ou Vue Descriptive Generale', and illus…
The Emperor&Apos;S Last Island a Journey to St Helena
Julia Blackburn · 1991 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London, Secker & Warburg, 1991 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this historical study of Napoleon's exile on St Helena, including a letter from the publisher. First edition of The Emperor's Last Island A Journey to St Helena by Julia Blackburn in the origin…
Career of Evil
Robert Galbraith; [J. K. Rowling] · 2015 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, Sphere, 2015. First edition. Cloth. The first impression, second state, of J. K. Rowling's third murder mystery novel in her Cormoran Strike series. The first edition, first impression, second state, with copyright of 'Robert Galbraith Limited' to the limi…
The Royal Arms: Its Graphic and Decorative Development
Charles Hasler · 1980 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Jupiter Books, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition copy of this brightly illustrated historical work on the British Royal Arms, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. A comprehensive history of Great Britain's Royal Arms, with a particular focus on the…
The Lures of the Bronze Age
H.C. Broholm; William P. Larsen; Godtfred Skjerne · 1949 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
Copenhagen, Gyldendalske Boghandel, 1949. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this detailed history of the lures and other antiquities of the Bronze Age in Scandinavia, illustrated throughout. A fascinating history of the lures of the Bronze Age in Denmark, Norway, Germ…
Letters of Horace Walpole Earl of Orford, to Horace Mann, British Envoy at the Court of Tuscany. Now First Published from the Originals in the Possession of the Earl of Waldegrave.
Horace Walpole; Lord Dover (ed.) · 1833 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)
London, Richard Bentley, 1833. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, three volume set of letters by the English writer and politician, Horace Walpole to Sir Horace Mann. The first edition and first publication of the original letters. Uniformly rebound in full cloth binding w…