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Lucii Coelii Lactantii Firmiani Opera Quãƒâ¦ Extant, Ad Fidem Mss. Recognita Et Commentariis Illustrata a Tho. Spark A.M. Ex ãƒâ†de Christi.

Thomas Spark · 1684 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)

Oxford, E Theatro Sheldoniano, 1684. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce Latin work regarding the works of early Christian author, Lacantius, by noted classical scholar, Thomas Spark. Very scarce. ESTC Citation No. R14307. The first edition of the work.…

The Publications of the Harleian Society Volume LXV the Register of St Mary the Virgin Aldermanbury London Part III

A W Hughes Clarke · 1935 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,916)

London, The Harleian Society, 1935. Cloth. A lovely copy of this work from the Harleian Society's records regarding St Mary the Virgin church, Aldermanbury, London. A register of the Marriages and Christenings from 1722 to 1837 and Burials from 1722-1859 for St Mary The Vir…

Marii Mercatoris S. Augustinus Aequalis Opera Quaecumque Extant Prodeunt Nunc Primum Studio Joannis Garnerii Qui Notas Etiam Ac Dissertatioines Addidit

Marii Mercatoris; Marius Mercator; Jean Gernier · 1673 · Rooke Books

£410.00 (€491.45 | $541.67 | ¥86,497)

Parisiis, Apud Sebastianum Mabre-Cramoisy, 1673. First edition. Leather. A scarce, first edition of Jean Garnier's editorial of Marii Mercatoris' works. In Latin. Mercator was a Latin Christian ecclesiastical writer. He was a strong advocate of Augustinian theology dur…

The Poetical Works and Remains of Henry Kirke White

Henry Kirke White; Robert Southey · 1852 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, George Routledge and Co. 1852. First edition. Leather. A scarce first thus edition of the collected poetical works of the renowned English poet Henry Kirke White. Henry Kirke White, who died at the tragically young age of twenty one, had a short but prolific literary car…

The Birth-Place, Home, Churches, and Other Places Connected with the Author of "the Christian Year," Illustrated in Thirty-Two Photographs by W. Savage; with Notes by the Rev. J.F. Moor, Jun. , M.A. , Incumbent of Ampfiled

Rev. J. F. Moor · 1866 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)

Winchester; London, William Savage; James Parker and Co, 1866. First edition. Cloth. A scarce work on the Oxford Movement founder Rev. Keeble, illustrated by 32 real photographs. First edition, published the year after John Keble's death. Illustrated with 32 photographs by …

The Ullage Cask Gauger, Comprised in a Series of Tables Calculated with the Utmost Accuracy, and Showing at One Reference, the Ullage Contents of Any Cask, from Five to One Hundred and Sixty Gallons, Inclusive; with Rules for Ascertaining the Ullage Contents of All Other Casks, However Large; As Also the Foot or Sediment in Oil Casks. Claudette Upon the Principle Used by the Excise.

James Boydell · 1784 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Henry Kent Causton, c1790. Cloth. A interesting work designed to aid with the calculating void spaces in casks. A very scarce work being a mathematical aid. A new edition, revised. Undated. The first edition of this work was published in 1784, with this copy being a late…

Airshipwreck

Len Deighton; Arnold Schwartzman · 1978 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1978. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated work on the heyday of airship travel, complied by Len Deighton and Arnold Schwartzman. The first edition of this work. Held in the original unclipped dustwrapper. 'Airshipwreck' is…

The Sunday at Home Family Magazine for Sabbath Reading 1881

Various · 1881 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Religious Tract Society, 1881. Leather. A scarce 1881 copy of this copiously illustrated family magazine for 'Sabbath Reading', published by the Religious Tract Society. 'The Sunday At Home' magazine was first established in 1854, promptly gaining con…

Berlin Game

Len Deighton · 1983 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Hutchinson, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of the first novel in the 'Game, Set and Match' trilogy by Len Deighton, best known as one of the top three spy novelists of his generation. This work is the first novel in the first of three t…

Trivia or the Art of Walking T the Streets of London

John Gay · 1716 · Rooke Books

£2,200.00 (€2,637.05 | $2,906.51 | ¥464,132)

London, Bernard Lintott, 1716. First edition. Leather. The first edition of John Gay's poem 'Trivia', with the embellished head and tail pieces. This scarce work is one of 2000 copies printed for this run. This is the first edition of the work, undated to title pa…

A True Copy of the Last Will and Testament of Her Grace Sarah, Late Duchess Dowager of Marlborough with the Codicil

Sarah, Dowager Duchess of Marlborough; · 1744 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, M Cooper, 1744. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the last will and testament of the influential courtier, formidable character, and close friend of Queen Anne, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Malborough. The first edition of this work. Several printings were issu…

The Story of a Life

Moyle Sherer · 1825 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. First edition. Leather. Two volumes bound as one of this novel by Moyle Sherer, describing the life of a man who is down on his luck. The first edition of this work. Complete with two volumes bound as one. The protagoni…

Richard Parkes Bonington: His Life and Work

A. Dubuisson; C. E. Hughes (translator) · 1924 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. 1924. First edition. Cloth. A first limited edition of this fascinating study of the English Romantic landscape painter Richard Parkes Bonington. This monograph provides a coherent and fascinating introduction to Bonington's works, ide…

Barnaby Rudge Sketches by Boz Christmas Books

Charles Dickens · 1849 · Rooke Books

£600.00 (€719.20 | $792.68 | ¥126,581)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1849-52. First edition. Leather. A smartly rebound collection of Charles Dickens' novels, with 'Sketches of Boz' and 'Christmas Book's being the first cheap editions, all volumes illustrated with a frontispiece. 'Sketches o…

Lord Byron Vindicated; or Rome and Her Pilgrim

Manfred; [E W Preston] · 1876 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, Simpkin, Marshall and Co, 1876. First edition. Leather. An interesting very scarce work, being a long poem covering the topics of Rome, Fame, Love, Byron and more. The first edition of this work penned under the pseudonym 'Manfred&apos. An interesting poetical work,…

A Narrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain Commanded by His Excellency

James Moore · 1809 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.60 | $396.34 | ¥63,291)

London, J Johnson, 1809. Leather. An informative and illustrious narrative of the British army in Spain during the revolutionary war. Illustrated, with two folding plates that have hand coloured portions. One map is Spain and Portugal with the march of the British columns and th…

The Cud Being the Experimental Poems of Lancelot de Giberne Sieveking

Lancelot de Giberne Sieveking · 1922 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Mills and Boon Limited, 1922. First edition. Hardback. A first edition copy of Lancelot de Giberne Sieveking's collection of experimental poetry, with an inscription and several annotations by the author throughout the volume. First edition. Limited edition copy, 1 …

The Complete Works of Thomas Otway

Thomas Otway; Montague Summers (ed). · 1926 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,852)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition set of 'The Complete Works of Thomas Otway' edited by Montague Summers and complete in three volumes. First thus, the first Nonesuch edition of these works. Each volume contains the following wor…

The Seasons, a Hymn [with] a Poem to the Memory of Sir Isaac Newton [with] Britannia, a Poem

Mr Thomson · 1730 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.60 | $396.34 | ¥63,291)

London, J Millan, 1730. Leather. An early and uncommon collected edition of James Thomson's four poem cycle 'The Seasons' with his poem to the memory of Sir Isaac Newton and his 'Britannia&apos. Being the ESTC citation number N21182. Issued the same year as t…

Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home a New Edition [with] a Diary [with] Nature and Art [with] Two Years Before the Mast [with] Narrative of the Mutiny of the Bounty [with] the Complete English Tradesman [with] Picciola

Miss Sedgwick et al. · 1841 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)

London, Edward Moxon, 1841. Leather. A sammelband of nineteenth century publications. Being a variety of topics from travelogues to adventure novels, to a diary on every day life through the eyes of an early feminist. Six of the works to this volume have the same typographical l…