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The Holy Carpet of the Mosque at Ardebil
Edward Stebbing · 1892 · Rooke Books
£3,900.00 (€4,674.77 | $5,152.45 | ¥822,779)
London, Robson & Sons, Limited, 1892. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition work by Edward Stebbing on the impressive Ardabil Carpet. The very scarce true first edition of this work. A folio limited edition of fifty copies was issued a year later, with colour ill…
Traite de la Maladie Venerienne
John Hunter; G. Richelot; Philippe Ricord · 1852 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
Paris, J. B. Bailliere, 1852. Leather. The second edition in French of John Hunter's important treatise on venereal diseases, an influential work with late additions by Philippe Ricord. Illustrated with nine folding plates. The second edition of this work on French.Original…
The Rose Book, a Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Rose
Shirley Hibberd · 1864 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Groombridge and Sons, 1864. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this scarce nineteenth-century work on roses and rose gardening by horticulturist and author Shirley Hibberd. Illustrated throughout. A fascinating mid-eighteenth-century work on roses and rose gar…
Un Art Fundamental le Tapis: A Fundamental Art the Rug
Albert Achdjian · 1949 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
Paris, Editions Self, 1949. First edition. Magazine. A first edition study of oriental rugs, illustrated throughout and with numerous topped in colour plates. The first edition of this work, with all text present in both English and French.The work of Albert Achdjian, who worked…
Hachette World Guides: Greece
Robert Boulanger; M N Clark; J S Hardman · 1964 · Rooke Books
£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)
Paris, Hachette , 1964. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this Hachette guide to Greece, complete with all maps and plans, in its slipcase. The first edition of one of Hachette world guides, written by Robert Boulanger and translated by J. S. Hardman and M. N. Clark…
Photography Year Book 1935
T. Korda · 1935 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, Cosmopolitan Press Ltd. 1935. First edition. Cloth. The first publication in the 'Photography Year Book' series, this work showcases photography from around the world for the year 1935. Containing over 1700 illustrations from photographs. A fascinating collecti…
The Farington Diary, Volumes I and II
Joseph Farington; James Greig · 1923 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)
London, Hutchinson & Co. 1923. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of the diary of English painter Joseph Farington, covering the years 1793 to 1804. The personal copy of British journalist William Hardcastle, with extra illustrations and newspaper articles tipped-in. T…
Good As Gold; God Knows; Picture This; Closing Time; Now and Then; Portrait of an Artist, As an Old Man
Joseph Heller · 1979 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
New York; London, Simon and Schuster; Jonathan Cape; Macmillan; Scribner, 1979-2000. First edition. Cloth. Six pleasing copies of the works of American novelist Joseph Heller, including four U.K. first editions. Six works from American novelist and writer Joseph Heller, each in …
Winston S. Churchill
Randolph S. Churchill · 1967 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
London, Heinemann, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first companion volume to the official biography of Sir Winston Churchill, complete in two parts and homes in the original cardboard slipcases. The first companion volume to the official biography of Sir Winston…
The Highfield Mole Book One: The Circle in the Spiral
Roderick Gordon; Brian Williams · 2005 · Rooke Books
£1,250.00 (€1,498.32 | $1,651.42 | ¥263,711)
Not Stated , Mathew & Son, 2005. First edition. Hardback. A superb signed copy of this novel by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams, the first hardback issue, limited to five hundred copies. A special copy featuring a cartoon doodled by Brian Williams. The first edition, first pr…
Babes in the African Wood
The Hon. R. Gorell Barnes · 1911 · Rooke Books
£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,667)
London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1911 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first edition celebration of a summer spent hunting big game in Africa. Illustrated with contemporary photographs, and a large folding map. The first edition of this British lawyer and judge's account …
Too Naked for the Nazis
Alan Stafford · 2015 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
Not Stated , Fantom Films , 2015 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this biography of legendary sand dance performers Wilson, Keppel and Betty, the first edition complete in its unclipped dust wrapper. Alan Stafford tells the story of sand dancing humorous legends Wilson, …
Triumphs and Tragedies of the Turf
Campbell Russell · 1930 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London, John Long, [1930]. First edition. Cloth. A collection of horse-racing stories by Campbell Russell, a scarce first edition inscribed by the author. A collection of stories of success and failure relating horse-racing, compiled by Russell Campbell, owner-trainer and rider.…
British Spiders
G. H. Locket; A. F. Millidge · 1952 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
Not Stated, Ray Society, 1952-74. First edition. Cloth. A complete collection of this work on arachnology by Locket and Millidge for the Ray Society, each with an unclipped dust wrapper. Written by George Hazelwood Locket and Alfred Frank Millidge, British arachnologists who sha…
The Royal George 1819-1904
Giles St. Aubyn · 1963 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
London, Constable, 1963. First edition. Leather. An illustrated first edition biography on the life of Prince George the Duke of Cambridge, a lovely copy bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this work.An insightful biography into the …
Exploration Du Parc National de la Garamba
Jacques Verschuren · 1957 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
Bruxelles, M. Hayes, 1957. First edition. Paperback. The very scarce signed first edition of this French biologist's scientific study of the bats of the Congo's Garamba National Park. In the original French.The very scarce first edition of the biologist and ornithologi…
Pitcairn: The Island, the People, and the Pastor to Which Is Added a Short Notice of the Original Settlement and Present Condition of Norfolk Island
Thos. Boyles Murray · 1860 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , [1860]. Cloth. The twelfth edition of this sought-after account of Pitcairn and island life, a lovely copy in the original publisher's cloth binding. The twelfth edition, dated from the same copies on Jisc, with a new pref…
Abraham Lincoln Mary Stuart Oliver Cromwell
John Drinkwater · 1921 · Rooke Books
£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)
London, Sidgwick & Jackson, LTD, 1921. First edition. Leather. A Hatchards bound collection of the three popular historical plays by John Drinkwater, on Lincoln, Mary Stuart, and Cromwell, from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Bound by Hatchards.A lovely volume of three …
Babel Tower
A. S. Byatt · 1996 · Rooke Books
£92.00 (€110.28 | $121.54 | ¥19,409)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of this wonderful novel by A. S. Byatt, a superb copy of this novel which is generally considered to be one of the best. A first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the ti…
Four Part Setting
Ann Bridge · 1939 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, Chatto and Windus, 1939. Fine Binding. A smartly bound, early edition of Ann Bridge's novel 'Four-Part Setting&apos. From the library of socialite and patron of the arts, Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Printed a year after the true first edition.Ann Bridge is the ps…