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Die Fermente Und Ihre Wirkungen
Carl Oppenheimer · 1900 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
Leipzig, Verlag Von. F. C. W. Vogel, 1900. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Carl Oppenheimer's important work on fermentation, here written in the original German. The first edition of this work. In German. A fascinating discussion on fermentation, looking at t…
Popular Lectures on Scientific Subjects
H. Helmholtz; E. Atkinson · 1884 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1884. Cloth. A very bright copy of Hermann von Helmholtz's collection of scientific lectures, illustrated with in-text engravings, A new edition. Incomplete in one volume, being the first volume of two. A collection of lectures on science de…
Handbook of Metallurgy
Carl Schnabel; Henry Louis (translator) · 1898 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first thus English edition of Carl Schnabel's fascinating treatise on Metallurgy; translated by Henry Louis and complete in two volumes. This extensive work provides a complete account of the Metal…
A Treatise of the Law of Rights of Common
Humphry W Woolrych · 1824 · Rooke Books
£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)
London, Joseph Butterworth and Son, 1824. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of this legal work by noted legal writer, Humphrey W Woolrych. Rebound in a very smart quarter cloth binding with marbled paper boards. Complete with half-title. To the preface, Woolrych …
Gladys of Harlech. An Historical Romance
Anonymous · 1858 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
London, Charles J. Skeet, 1858. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition copy of this historical romance in the original cloth binding; complete in three volumes. Often incorrectly attributed to the popular English novelist and poet Anne Beale (due to Beale's publi…
The Ban of the Bori Demons and Demon-Dancing in West and North Africa
Major A. J. N. Tremearne · 1914 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)
London, Heath, Cranton & Ouseley Ltd. 1914. First edition. Cloth. An exploration the Bori religion and the practise of Demon-Dancing in the countries in the West and North Africa. A lavishly illustrated work with a colour frontispiece, 60 photographic illustrations and 47 figure…
The Gentleman&Apos;S Magazine Library: Being a Classified Collection of the Chief Contents of the &Apos;Gentleman&Apos;S Magazine&Apos; from 1731 to 1868
George Laurence Gomme; F. A. Milne · 1894 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, Elliot Stock, 1894-1901. Cloth. A collection of articles about English topography in certain counties, originally published in the 'Gentleman's Magazine&apos. These volumes contain a collection of articles that were originally published in the 'Gentleman&a…
Pleasant Spots and Famous Places
John Alfred Langford · 1862 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Willian Tegg, 1862. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Alfred Langford's look at beautiful places in Britain, an author's presentation copy signed by the author. The first edition of this work. Author's signed presentation copy, signed by the …
An Architectural Pilgrimage in Old Mexico
Alfred C. Bossom · 1924 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Alfred Bossom's look at architecture in Mexico, profusely illustrated throughout, an author's presentation copy. The first edition of this work. A signed presentation copy, with an…
American Furniture in the Bybee Collection
Charles L. Venable; Jonathan L. Fairbanks · 1989 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
Austin, University of Texas Press, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this catalogue of the monumental Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee collection of eighteenth and early nineteenth century American Furniture, held the Dallas Museum of Art. Charles L. Bybee,…
A History of English Furniture the Age of Oak the Age of Mahogany
Percy Macquoid · 1904 · Rooke Books
£99.00 (€118.67 | $130.79 | ¥20,886)
London, Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd, 1904-1906 . First edition. Cloth. Two first edition volumes from Percy Macquoid's monumental and prolific history of English furniture, the first major survey of the subject which is an authoritative work to this day. Percy Thomas MacQuoid …
Poets, Poems and Rhymes of East Cheshire Being a History of the Poetry and Song Lore, and a Book of Biographies of the Poets and Song Writers of the Eastern Portion of the County Palatine of Chester
Thomas Middleton · 1908 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
Hyde, John Higham and Co. Ltd. 1908. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this collection of poetical works regarding Cheshire, by noted local Mayor, Thomas Middleton. Very scarce. The first edition of the work. Reprinted from The North Cheshire Herald. The aut…
The Poetical Works of Patrick Hannay, A.M. Reprinted from the Edition of 1622
Patrick Hannay · 1875 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
Glasgow, The Hunterian Club, 1875. First edition. Paperback. The very scarce collection of the poetical works of Patrick Hannay, being a facsimile of the edition of 1622 and presented in the very scarce original publisher's paper wraps. Complete in one volume with two full …
The Second Man a Comedy in Three Acts
S. N. Behrman · 1927 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
New York, Doubleday, page, & Company, 1927. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this comical play by S. N. Behrman, held in the original dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. Held in the original unclipped dustwrapper, which is adhered to the spine as issued. Th…
The Drums of the Fore and Aft; without Benefit of Clergy
Rudyard Kipling · 1899 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)
New York, Doubleday and McClure Company, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A lovely two volume set of the work of Rudyard Kipling, both first U.S. editions. This set features two fictional works by Kipling, 'Without The Benefit of Clergy' and 'The Drums of Fore and Aft&…
The Freshwater Ecosystems of Suriname
Paul E. Ouboter (ed.) · 1993 · Rooke Books
£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)
Dordrecht, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993. First edition. Hardback. A fascinating monograph on the freshwater ecosystems of the Republic of Suriname, edited by Paul E. Ouboter and copiously illustrated throughout. This work is volume 70 from the 'Monographiae Biologicae&a…
The Song of Hiawatha the Courtship of Miles Standish Tales of a Wayside Inn
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1855 · Rooke Books
£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)
London, David Bogue; W. Kent & Co; Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1855-64. First edition. Leather. Three of Henry Longfellow's most popular poems, here bound smartly together in a half calf binding, two of the poems being first editions. Three volumes in one. 'The So…
The British Dominions Year Book 1918
Edward Salmon; James Worsfold · 1918 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Eagle, Star, and British Dominions, 1918. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce yearbook of the British Empire in 1918 at the end of the First World War, illustrated throughout with folding maps. The first edition of this work. A scarce work. This 1918 y…
The Postal Services of the Gold Coast to 1901
John Sacher (ed.) · 2003 · Rooke Books
£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)
London, The Royal Philatelic Society London, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A lovely scarce copy of this fascinating history of the Postal Service in the British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa, the 'Gold Coast&apos. Complete with original unclipped dustwrapper. A …
Changing London a Book of Sketches by Hanslip Fletcher
Hanslip Fletcher; Frank Rutter · 1924 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Cassell and Company, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of these pen and ink illustrations of London by Fletcher Hanslip. Comprising of twenty-eight plates total, these illustrations have been reprinted from the Sunday Times. The first edition of the fi…