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Light from the East, or, the Witness of the Monuments: An Introduction to the Study of Biblical Archaeology
C. J. Ball · 1899 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, Eyre and Spottiswood , 1899. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated and charming volume containing a thorough introduction to the study of Biblical Archaeology by C. J. Ball. The first edition of this vast work by J C Ball of 1899. A detailed and im…
The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison · 1761 · Rooke Books
£900.00 (€1,078.79 | $1,189.03 | ¥189,872)
London, J and R Tonson, 1761. Leather. A very smart first Baskerville edition of Joseph Addison's works. Comprising his works of fiction and non-fiction. Illustrated, with a frontispiece and three engraved plates to volume I. An additional six plates of medals to volume I a…
Devon Holiday
Henry Williamson · 1935 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A diverting 1935 first edition in which four friends walk and tell tales while hiking over moors A first edition in the scarce original dustwrapper, unclipped. A light hearted narrative in which Henry Williamson intended to evok…
The Phasian Bird
Henry Williamson · 1948 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Faber and Faber , 1948. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of this novel by Henry Williamson recounting the story of a game bird. The first edition of this fictional work by Henry Williamson recounting the story of a game bird, a hybrid pheasant, durin…
A Treatise on Muscular Action
John Pugh · 1794 · Rooke Books
£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)
London, Printed for the members of Editions Medicina Rara; The Curwen Press, c1972. Leather. A limited edition of John Pugh's medical treatise on muscular action, a facsimile of the 1794 edition. Illustrated with impressive plates. A limited edition to twenty eight hundred …
A Satirical View of London & Narratives
John Corry · 1815 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)
London, J. Ferguson, 1815. Leather. Two volumes by British writer John Corry bound as one. John Corry was an Irish historian and topographer, whose works included biographies of William Cowper, Joseph Priestley and George Washington. He also penned histories on Liverpool, Bristo…
A History of London; from Its Foundation by the Romans, to the Accession of Queen Victoria: With Some Account of the Progress of Its Institutions, and Sketches of the Manners and Customs of the People in Early and Later Times
Charles Mackay · 1838 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, John W Parker , 1838. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this very scarce work comprising the history of the city of London by Charles Mackay. The first edition in the original publisher's cloth of this very scarce work by Charles Mackay. A very bright…
The Caliph of Fonthill: The Story of William Beckford
H A N Brockman · 1956 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London , Werner Laurie , 1956 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this illustrated biography of the eccentric novelist William Beckford by H. A. N. Brockman. The first edition of this exciting work by H. A. N. Brockman. Concerning the life and environment of t…
Original Double Acrostics: Amusing and Instructive
[Anne Bowman] · 1866 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)
London, George Routledge and Sons, 1866. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition collection of acrostics by Anne Bowman, a popular trend of Victorian society. The very scarce first edition of this work.Anne Bowman's selection of original puzzling and educational d…
The Isles of Scilly
Jessie Mothersole · 1919 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, The Religious Tract Society , 1919. Cloth. A lovely and uncommon guide to the Isles of Scilly by Jessie Mothersole. With beautiful coloured plates to embellish the volume. The third edition of this work, reprinted with two additional plates. A lovely work by Jessie Moth…
Observations on the Different Species of Asiatic Elephants
John Corse · 1799 · Rooke Books
£2,500.00 (€2,996.65 | $3,302.85 | ¥527,422)
[London?], From the Philosophical Transactions, 1799. First edition. Paperback. A signed, presentation copy of this very scarce study on Asiatic elephants. The first and only edition of this work. In contemporary paper wraps. A scarce work, regarded to be one of the most detaile…
T E Lawrence to His Biographer Robert Graves and Liddell Hart: Information About Himself, in the Form of Letters, Notes, Answers to Questions and Conversations
T E Lawrence; Robert Graves; Liddell Hart · 1938 · Rooke Books
£895.00 (€1,072.80 | $1,182.42 | ¥188,817)
London, Faber and Faber , 1938. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating set complete in two first editions illustrating T E Lawrence's intimate work with his biographers Robert Graves and Liddell Hart. A limited edition signed by Graves and Hart in slipcase. The first edition o…
A Mine of Serpents
Jocelyn Brooke · 1949 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, The Bodley Head, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of the second work in Brooke's Orchid trilogy, complete with a superior unclipped dust wrapper and illustrated throughout. Handling the themes of childhood, soldiering and travelling, this semi-autobiograp…
The Prince of Storytellers: The Life of E. Phillips Oppenheim
Robert Standish · 1957 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Peter Davies, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A lovely and very scarce first edition of this volume illustrating the life of E. Phillips Oppenheim. The first edition of this work. A very scarce volume, held institutionally by two libraries only. A fascinating work by Robert…
De Coniuratione Catilinae
Sallust · 1556 · Rooke Books
£675.00 (€809.09 | $891.77 | ¥142,404)
[Lyon], [John and Francis Frelon], 1556. Leather. A sixteenth century edition of Sallust's popular historical account of the second Catilinarian conspiracy. A Latin edition of 'The Conspiracy of Catiline', a history chronicling the attempts to overthrow the govern…
From North Pole to Equator Studies of Wild Life and Scenes in Many Lands
Alfred Admund Brehm; J Arthur Thomson; Margaret R Thomson · 1896 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)
London, Blackie and Son, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A superior copy of the first English translation of zoologist Alfred Edmund Brehm's account of his travels. The first English translation, by Margaret R Thomson and edited by J Arthur Thomson.Illustrated throughout, with …
Unconditional Surrender
Evelyn Waugh · 1961 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)
London, Chapman and Hall , 1961. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of the conclusive novel for Men at Arms and Officers and Gentleman by the popular author Evelyn Waugh, in the original, unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. The conclusion to Evelyn …
The Reminiscences of Thomas Dibdin
Thomas Dibdin · 1827 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, Henry Colburn, 1827. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Thomas Dibdin's reminiscences of his time spent at various Theatres Royal in London, a wonderful look behind the scenes at Georgian theatre. The first edition of this work.Complete in two volumes.A se…
Gunmen&Apos;S Holiday
Charles Maxwell Knight · 1935 · Rooke Books
£3,400.00 (€4,075.44 | $4,491.88 | ¥717,294)
London, Philip Allan, 1935. First edition. Cloth. An extremely scarce first edition copy of Charles Maxwell Knight's detective fiction novel 'Gunmen's Holiday&apos. With fascinating association. Accompanied by a hand-painted wooden diorama of a dalmation and chick…
The Book of Wonderful Characters Memoirs and Anecdotes of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in All Ages and Countries
James Caulfield, Henry Wilson · 1790 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
London, John Camden Hotten , c1869. First edition. Cloth. A highly compelling and scarce book comprising biographies of remarkable people compiled by Henry Wilson and James Caulfield. A first edition of this scarce work.An ode to individuality, this book groups together people t…