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Le Second Livre de la Jungle
Rudyard Kipling · 1937 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
Paris, Librarie Delagrave, 1937. Fine Binding. A near fine, handsomely bound copy of this lavishly illustrated French edition of Rudyard Kipling's classic sequel, including the very scarce original dust wrapper. A beautiful copy of the sequel to Rudyard Kipling's class…
A Christian
Paul Howard; Xavier de Vismes · 1991 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
Hong Kong, Emphasis International, 1991. First edition. Cloth. An extensive and beautifully presented folio collection of the artistic works of Anthony Christian, replete with reproductions of his work in vivid colour and enclosed in the original slipcase. A beautifully presente…
Europe and England 1715-1815
Victor Cohen · 1931 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, LTD. 1931. First edition. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated book from 'The Parallel Histories Series', with history of Europe and England from 1715 to 1815, and a range of illustrated plates. First Edition, very scarce. Book IIIB in &apo…
The Dungeons of Old Paris: Being the Story and Romance of the Most Celebrated Prisons of the Monarchy and the Revolution
Tighe Hopkins · 1897 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
New York and London, G. P. Putman's Sons , 1897. First edition. Cloth. A historical sketch of the history of the most renowned Parisian prisons of the Monarchy and Revolution, the first edition. The first edition of this work exploring the history of celebrated dungeons and…
The Sacred and Profane Love Machine
Iris Murdoch · 1974 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of Iris Murdoch's Whitbread Novel Award winner novel, the first impression complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. A favourably received novel dealing with…
Nordeuropãâ¤Ische Fayencen Auf Schierensee
Gerhard Wietek · 1972 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
Hamburg, Ladstedter, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated first edition German work on faience pottery, a beautiful study by Gerhard Wietek. The first edition of this work, in the original slipcase. Slipcase is in a very good indeed condition.In the original G…
Pauline Favourite Sister of Napoleon
W. N. C. Carlton · 1931 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Thornton Butterworth, Limited, 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this touching biography on the life of Napoleon's sister Pauline Bonaparte. The first edition of this work.An insightful biography on Pauline Bonaparte, an imperial French princess and t…
Appleby at Allington
Michael Innes [J. I. M. Stewart] · 1968 · Rooke Books
£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)
London, Victor Gollancz, 1968 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this country house murder mystery novel from Michael Innes, following John Appleby as he solves a murder at a grand country estate. The first edition, first impression of the twentieth Detective…
Death in the Forest
Jeremy Potter · 1977 · Rooke Books
£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.26 | ¥18,565)
London, Constable and Company, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A historical crime novel, set in England following the years of the Norman conquests, presented in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Death in the Forest'…
Wanderings and Memories
J. G. Millais · 1919 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1919. Cloth. A lovely first edition of John Guille Millais' autobiography detailing his fondness for game hunting, illustrated by the author. An autobiographical work describing the author's love of game hunting and for Scotland, where h…
Ford Madox Brown and the Pre-Raphaelite Circle
Teresa Newman and Ray Watkinson · 1991 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1991. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this exploration of Ford Madox Brown and his role within the Pre-Raphaelites, illustrated in colour and monochrome. Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893) was a British painter, remembered in particular for…
The Spectacle Salesman&Apos;S Family
Viola Roggenkamp; Helena Ragg-Kirkby · 2007 · Rooke Books
£29.00 (€34.76 | $38.31 | ¥6,118)
London, Virago, 2007. Cloth. A flawless copy of the debut novel of German author, Viola Roggenkamp, the first English edition translated by Helena Ragg-Kirkby. A fine copy of the debut novel by German author Viola Roggenkamp. Originally published in German in 2004 under the nam…
Citizeness Bonaparte
Imbert de Saint-Amand; Thomas Sergant Perry [trans.] · 1891 · Rooke Books
£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)
London, Hutchinson & Co, 1891 . Cloth. An English language translation of Arthur-Leon Imbert de Saint-Amand's biographical study of the Empress Josephine Bonaparte. Translated from the original French by Thomas Sergeant Perry, this is French historian and diplomat Arthur-Le…
Memoirs of the Life of the Late George Morland
John Hassell · 1806 · Rooke Books
£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)
London, James Cundee, 1806. First edition. Leather. The first edition of John Hassel's beautifully engraved biography of painter George Morland, published only two years after his death. The first edition of landscape painter John Hassell's illustrated biography of his…
William Dyce 1806-1864: A Critical Biography
Marcia Pointon · 1979 · Rooke Books
£77.00 (€92.30 | $101.73 | ¥16,245)
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A biography on the Scottish painter William Dyce, with over one-hundred pages of illustrations to the rear of text. First edition, uncommon, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrations include a colour frontispiece a…
Microcosmic God: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon
Theodore Sturgeon · 1994 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
Berkeley, North Atlantic Books, 1994-95. Cloth. The first two volumes in a collection of short stories by Theodore Sturgeon, including his well-regarded 'Microcosmic God&apos. First edition. In the original unclipped dust wrappers. Illustrated with frontispieces depicting T…
Clone
Richard Cowper · 1972 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1972. First edition. Cloth. An uncorrected proof copy of Cowper's science fiction novel, which centres around four human clones in the year 2072. Uncorrected proof copy. In the publisher's paper wraps, with a price-clipped dust wrapper. &…
The Shadow of Heaven
Bob Shaw · 1991 · Rooke Books
£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)
London, Victor Gollancz , 1991. Cloth. The uncommon first Gollancz edition of this science fiction by Bob Shaw, an excellent copy. The first edition thus by Gollancz featuring the author's revisions. a fast-moving science fiction thriller by Bob Shaw following the disappear…
The Annals of the Heechee
Frederik Pohl · 1987 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Victor Gollancz , 1987. First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of the uncommon first UK edition of this Heechee novel by Frederik Pohl, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first UK edition of this science fiction by Frederick Pohl, preceded by the true fi…
Shock and Awe
David Isaak · 2007 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Macmillan New Writing, 2007. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first impression of this thrilling first novel by David Isaak, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression of this novel by David Isaak, first by this author. Struggling to accept her brother'…