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A Portfolio Honoring Harold Hugo
Various Contributors · 1978 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)
Not Stated , Meriden Stinehour Incorporated, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A charming portfolio in honour of printed Harold Hugo and his work, the first edition. A complete group of thirty eight unbound portfolios collected in their cloth casing honouring the work of Harold Hugo. …
William Morris in Private Press and Limited Editions: A Descriptive Bibliography of Books by and About William Morris 1891-1981
John J Walsdorf · 1983 · Rooke Books
£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,916)
Phoenix, Oryx Press, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this extensive bibliography of books by and about William Morris, an important figure in the Victorian era. The first edition of this bibliographical work on the works by and about William Morris by John …
On Her Majesty&Apos;S Secret Service
Ian Fleming · 1963 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, The Book Club , 1963. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first book club edition of Ian Fleming's acclaimed Bond novel, published in the same year as the true first. The first Book Club edition of 1963, published in the same year as the true first. An acclaimed Bond no…
The History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peter, Westminster
Edward Wedlake Brayley · 1818 · Rooke Books
£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)
London, J. P. Neale, 1818. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated history into the architecture and antiquities of Westminster Abbey, a wonderful work on the important landmark. The first edition of this work.Volume I only out of a total of II volumes. Vol…
Islands of Enchantment, Many Sided Melanesia
Florence Coombe · 1911 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1911. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this work on the South West Pacific islands by Florence Coombe. This work includes the islands of Southern Melanesia (New Hebrides and Banks Islands) as well as the islands of Central Melanesia (Torres…
By Italian Seas
Ernest C. Peixotto · 1907 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1907. Cloth. A scarce early impression of the first UK edition of this charming travelogue by artist Ernest C. Peixotto, illustrating scenery by the Italian seas. An early UK impression of this work in the original publisher's mustard cloth bin…
Essay on the Construction of Cottages
George Smith · 1834 · Rooke Books
£300.00 (€359.60 | $396.34 | ¥63,291)
Glasgow, Blackie & Son, 1834. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of George Smith's essay on constructing cottages. Illustrated, with an engraved title page and eleven folding plates. The folding plates demonstrate many plans and elevations of single and combined cott…
The Social Science Review
1862 · Rooke Books
£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)
London, James Wilson, 1862. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first volume of this periodical regarding social sciences. The first edition of vol. I of 'The Social Science Review' published by James Wilson. Comprising the continuous run of 1862 from June 14th to De…
The Hermit in London; or, Sketches of English Manners
[Felix M'Donogh] · 1819 · Rooke Books
£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)
London, Henry Colburn, 1819-20. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this comical Georgian work, guiding the reader, in a satirical manner, on the customs and manners of society of the day. The first edition of this work.Complete in five volumes.A comical work satirising…
Felicite Etude Sur la Poesie de Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
Robert De Montesquiou-Fezensac · 1894 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
Paris, A Lemerre Editeur, 1894. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Robert de Montesquiou's essay on the poetry of Marceline Desbordes-Valmore. The first edition, with the original wraps bound in. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Marceline Desbordes-Valmor…
Pompeiana: The Topography, Edifices, and Ornaments of Pompeii
Sir William Gell; John P Gandy · 1819 · Rooke Books
£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)
London, Rodwell and Martin, 1819. Cloth. A very bright copy of Sir William Gell's noted study of the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii. A large margined copy of this work in a wonderful condition. Some of the plates have been trimmed down. Each of the engraved p…
Miss Browne, the Story of a Superior Mouse
Madeline Hall · 1885 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, Ernest Nister, 1885. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition copy of this illustrated work by Madeline Hall. A retelling of Aesop's classic fable about the town mouse country mouse. A first edition copy of this classic Aesop fable about the town mouse and cou…
The Capel Letters: Being the Correspondence of Lady Caroline Capel and Her Daughters with the Dowager Countess of Uxbridge from Brussels and Switzerland,1814 - 1817
The Marquess of Anglesey [ed.] · 1955 · Rooke Books
£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1955. First edition. Leather. A first edition collection of correspondences between the English nobility, from 1814-1817. Illustrated, and with a folding genealogical table. The first edition of this work, in a signed binding from Sangorski and Sutcliffe.I…
Wavell Scholar and Soldier to June 1941
John Connell · 1964 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)
London, Collins, 1964. First edition. Leather. The first edition of John Connell's biography on Archibald Wavell, an important figure in the British Army, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.In a signed binding by Harry Bailey & Raymond Whitaker.A biograp…
From Sea to Sky 1910-1945
Arthur Longmore · 1946 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)
London, Geoffrey Bles, 1946. First edition. Leather. A Sangorski & Sutcliffe bound copy of the first edition of Arthur Longmore's memoir of his time spent working in the Royal Navy. The first edition of this work.In a Sangorski and Sutcliffe binding.The memoir of Arthur Lon…
Our Indian Protectorate
Charles Lewis Tupper · 1893 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1893. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of Charles Lewis Tupper's account of relations between the British government and its Indian feudatories. An author's presentation copy with 'with the author's compliment…
The Secret of Flodden: With &Apos;the Rout of the Scots&Apos;. A Translation of the Contemporary Italian Poem &Apos;la Rotta de Scocesi&Apos;.
W. Mackay Mackenzie · 1931 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
Edinburgh, Grant and Murray, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A first edition historical work on the Battle of Flodden Field, with illustrations and very scarce publisher's original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, in the very scarce publisher's original price …
Summoned by Bells
John Betjeman · 1960 · Rooke Books
£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,751)
Boston; Cambridge, Houghton Mifflin Company; The Riverside Press, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A first American edition of John Betjeman's autobiography, naturally written in verse. Complete with an unclipped pictorial dust wrapper. The autobiographical poetry of Sir John Be…
Junius
Junius · 1801 · Rooke Books
£425.00 (€509.43 | $561.48 | ¥89,662)
London, T. Bensley, 1801. Leather. A smart, early edition of Junius' satirical and scathing letters, attacking the government of George III. Illustrated throughout. An early edition of this selection of letters from Junius, complete in two volumes. Each volume features the …
Blasting and Bombardiering
Wyndham Lewis · 1937 · Rooke Books
£525.00 (€629.30 | $693.60 | ¥110,759)
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of the great Wyndham Lewis' autobiography. With the publisher's original unclipped dustwrapper.Wyndham Lewis co-founded the artistic Vorticist movement and edited their literary magazin…