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A Choice of Enemies
Mordecai Richler · 1957 · Rooke Books
£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)
London, Andre Deutsch, 1957. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Mordecai Richler's thrilling novel set amongst dissident creatives living in London in the 1950s. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.An interesting n…
The Junkers
Piers Paul Read · 1968 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London , Secker & Warburg , 1968. First edition. Cloth. A very well presented first edition copy of Piers Paul Read's historical novel that unravels the human experiences of the Second World War through the lens of one family. Piers Paul Read is a British novelist and won t…
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Mit Einem Kritischen Katalog Samtlicher Gemalde
Donald E. Gordon · 1968 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
Munchen , Prestel-Verlag , 1968. First edition. Cloth. Sweeping study of the art of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner in the original German, featuring lovely colour plates and other illustrations. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a German painter of the expressionist movement, one of the founders…
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam · 1898 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
New York, The Roycroft Shop , 1898. Leather. Oblong edition of this famous collection of Persian verses, uncommon Roycroft edition in the original publisher's limp reverse calf binding. An uncommon Roycroft edition of the popular collection of Persian poems, the Rubaiyat by…
Denkschrift Zur Feier Der Einweihung Des Neuen Gebaudes Der Konigl. Polytechnischen
C. F. Leins · 1864 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
Stuttgard, Not Stated, 1864 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce, illustrated celebration of the construction of the Stuttgart Polytechnic, celebrating also King Charles I of Wurttemberg's visit to the site. In the original German. Illustrated with seven lithographic a…
Die Alpenpflanzen
Ferdinand Graf; Joh. Petrasch · 1881 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
Prag; Leipzig, F. Tempsky; G. Freytag, 1881-6. First edition. Cloth. A two volume set containing first and second edition copies of works on alpine plants, colourfully illustrated by Austrian painter Joseph Seboth and written by botanist Ferdinand Graf. First and 'Second Im…
Our Philadelphia
Elizabeth Robins Pennell · 1914 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A first edition topographical work on the city of Philadelphia, including history and memories of Elizabeth Robins Pennell while she lived there, with lovely illustrations by her husband Joseph Pennel…
Furniture in the Ancient World: Origins & Evolution 3100-475 B.C.
Hollis S. Baker; Sir Gordon Russell · 1966 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, The Connoisseur , 1966. First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated work on the furniture of the ancient world, written by Hollis S. Baker with an introduction by designer Gordon Russell, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition. In the original unclipp…
A Triangular View
Dilip Hiro · 1969 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
London, Dennis Dobson, 1969. First edition. Cloth. The first edition copy of this very scary work of fiction by Dilip Hiro, which follows three Indian men living in Great Britain, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Very Scarce, First Edition. In the original unclipped dust…
Costume of the Ancients
Thomas Hope · 1841 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, Henry G. Bohn, 1841 . Leather. Illustrated with 155 plates, this is the first volume of a mid nineteenth century edition of designer Thomas Hope's impressive study of costume in the ancient world. The first volume only this two volume 'New Edition, Much Enlarge…
May Day with the Muses
Robert Bloomfield; T. Park · 1822 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, For the Author; Baldin, Cradock, and Joy, 1822. First edition. Paperback. A first edition copy of English labouring-class poet Robert Bloomfield's work of poetry, containing lovely illustrated engravings throughout the text. First Edition. Illustrated with a vignet…
Happy England
Marcus B. Huish · 1904 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)
London, Adam and Charles Black, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated work on the life of Helen Allingham, including her topographical and artistic studies of England, written by Marcus B. Huish. First Edition, second printing. In the publisher's original c…
Poetics and Prosaics
W. J. Baitman; E. Lenton · 1835 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London, Whittaker & Co. 1835. First edition. Leather. A very scarce copy of this first edition collected prose and poems by W. J. Baitman and E. Lenton. A series of original papers by W. J. Baitman and E. Lenton, authors of the poetry anthology 'Harpings of Lena&apos. A ver…
Guides to Sissinghurst Castle and Sissinghurst Castle Garden
1966 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
Bedford; Hatfield, The Sidney Press; The National Trust, 1966-1984. Paperback. Three brightly illustrated volumes of visitor's guides to Vita Sackville-West's ancestral home, Sissinghurst Castle, and its gardens, designed by Sackville-West herself. Three very scarce gu…
And Where Were You, Adam?
Heinrich Böll · 1973 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Secker & Warburg, 1973. First edition. Cloth. The first English translation of this historical fiction novel by Nobel Prize winner Henrich Boll, presented in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First English Edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. This is fif…
The Life and Death of Jason
William Morris · 1867 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
Boston, Roberts Brothers , 1867. Cloth. Second edition of this romantic narrative poem by foremost poet and designer William Morris, the first US edition. Preceded by the first UK edition of the same year, The Life and Death of Jason became so popular that it was revised and re…
Select Proverbs of All Nations: Illustrated with Notes and Comments to Which Is Added a Summary of Ancient Pastimes, Holidays, and Customs; with an Analysis of the Wisdom of the Ancient, and of the Fathers of the Church
Thomas Fielding [John Wade] · 1824 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824. First edition. Leather. A pocket sized volume of proverbs by John Wade, scarce first edition of this work. Scarce first edition of this selected proverbs by John Wade under pseudonym Thomas Fielding, collect…
Golden Gorse and Uncle Mark&Apos;S Snow-Balls
Florence Wilford · 1872 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , [1872]. First edition. Leather. The first and only edition of this illustrated scarce pair of stories by Florence Wilford. Two stories by Florence Wilford, Victorian novelist best known for her novel 1869 Nigel Bartram's I…
Little Dorrit
Charles Dickens · 1855 · Rooke Books
£1,750.00 (€2,097.65 | $2,311.99 | ¥369,196)
London, Bradbury & Evans, 1855-57. First edition. Paperback. The original twenty parts in nineteen of the influential Dickens novel 'Little Dorrit', uncommon to see in the original parts like this with all the original plates present, including the dark plates. Complet…
The King of the Golden River, or, the Black Brothers: A Legend of Stiria
John Ruskin · 1859 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1859. Cloth. The fourth edition of John Ruskin's delightful fairy tale, illustrated throughout by Richard Doyle. A fascinating of fantasy first published in 1851, telling the story of two Black Brothers after they have wronged Southwest Wind, Esq…