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Kotto: Being Japanese Curios, with Sundry Cobwebs
Lafcadio Hearn · 1902 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
New York, The Macmillan Company, 1902. First edition. Cloth. The first edition a beautifully illustrated collection of folk tales and insightful studies which enlighten Western audiences on Japanese culture. The first edition of Kotto: Being Japanese Curios with Sundry Cobwebs, …
The Great Lone Land
Capt. W. F. Butler [William Francis Butler] · 1872 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1872 . Cloth. The third edition of Butler"s classic Canadian travel narrative, illustrated and retaining the large coloured folding map of his route. In the publisher's original brown cloth binding with gilt vignette and blind st…
Death Goes to a Party
Michael Jaffe · 1942 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
New York , Phoenix Press, 1942. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this American detective novel, retaining its striking and scarce original unclipped pictorial dust wrapper. In the publisher's original beige cloth binding. First edition. Complete with th…
2 Vols Masterpieces by Hiroshige and Selections from Hokusai"S Views of Mount Fuji
Utagawa Hiroshige; Katsushika Hokusai · 1914 · Rooke Books
£850.00 (€1,018.86 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,324)
Tokyo, T. Hasegawa, c1905-[1914]. Paperback. Two very scarce early Hasegawa woodblock albums, comprising twenty-four beautifully printed reproductions after Hiroshige and Hokusai, in the striking original pictorial wrappers. In the publisher"s original dark grey pictorial paper …
The Ingoldsby Legends Mirth & Marvels
Thomas Ingoldsby [Richard Harris Barham] · 1909 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
[London], William Heinemann, 1909. Cloth. A beautifully Rackham-illustrated book of fantastical tales and poems written and compiled by cleric Richard Harris Barham. An Edwardian edition of this captivating collection of folklore tales, myths, and poems. A copy of the 1909 Chris…
Pilgrimage: Memorials of a Journey
S.F.A. Coles · 1931 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, The Columbia Press, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A lovely limited edition of a poetry anthology focusing on the travels of an English journalist, with a signed inscription to a friend. The limited edition of Pilgrimage: Memorials of a Journey, a charming anthology, writte…
Memoirs of the Wesley Family; Collected Principally from Original Documents
Adam Clarke · 1823 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, J. & T. Clarke; J. Kershaw, 1823. First edition. Leather. The first edition of a scarce biography observing how the founding family of Methodism became among the most respected in British history. The first edition of Memoirs of the Wesley Family, a biography on the dist…
Paris Und Umgebung: Handbuch Fur Reisende
Karl Baedeker · 1923 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
Leipzig, Karl Baedeker, 1923 . Cloth. A richly illustrated interwar Baedeker guide to Paris, with seventeen maps and forty-one plans. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Nineteenth edition. Illustrated with seventeen maps and forty-one plans and ground plans,…
2 Vols England As It Is, Political, Social, and Industrial, in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century
William Johnston · 1851 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, John Murray, 1851 . Leather. The first edition of this extensive survey of Britain at the close of the early Victorian period, examining the social consequences of industrialisation alongside politics, labour, poverty, education and the national economy. In contemporary …
The Lord of the Isles
Sir Walter Scott · 1815 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
Edinburgh; London, Archibald Constable and Co.; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815 . Leather. The fifth edition of Scott's sweeping historical poem of Robert the Bruce and Bannockburn, issued in the same year as the first. In a contemporary full calf binding. Fif…
The Roman Catacombs; or, Some Account of the Burial-Places of the Early Christians in Rome
Rev. J. Spencer Northcote · 1857 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
Philadelphia , Peter F. Cunningham, 1857 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of this mid-nineteenth century account of the Roman catacombs, illustrated with folding plates. The scarce first edition. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Illustra…
The Adventures of the Young Soldier in Search of the Better World
C.E.M. Joad · 1943 · Rooke Books
£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)
London, Faber and Faber, 1943 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this illustrated tale of a soldier searching for promised post-war world, illustrated by Mervyn Peake throughout. The first edition, first impression. In the publisher's original beige clo…
Quest for Sita
Maurice Collis · 1947 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
New York, The John Day Company , 1947 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition copy of this charmingly illustrated retelling of the 'The Ramayana' by Maurice Collis, with drawings by Mervyn Peake. The first US edition. In the publisher's original black c…
Walks Through London
David Hughson · 1817 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Sherwood, Neely & Jones; Murray, 1817. First edition. Leather. The illustrated first edition of the first volume of Hugh Davidson's illustrated guide to Regency London, in a tree calf binding. The first edition of this work. Volume I only of a two volume work. Illus…
Magiciens Et Logiciens
Andre Maurois · 1935 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
Paris, Editions Bernard Grasset, 1935 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of Maurois's examination of major English-language writers, a signed presentation copy from the author, complete with the original glassine. In the publisher's orignial wraps, complete …
The Toff and the Sleepy Cowboy
John Creasey · 1974 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1974 . First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition of the fifty-sixth Toff mystery, featuring John Creasey's celebrated gentleman detective, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original black cloth bindin…
A Study in Scarlet
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · 1961 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, Ward Lock & Co, 1961 . Cloth. In a vibrantly illustrated dust wrapper, this is a charming edition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's celebrated Sherlock Holmes novel. First published in 1887, this is a wonderful mid-20th century edition of one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle&apo…
The Descent Into the Cave and Other Poems
James Kirkup · 1957 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Oxford University Press, 1957 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this collection of the poetry of English poet, translator and travel writer James Kirkup, in the original dust wrapper. A signed first edition, first impression. Flat signed to the title page…
A Tour from Alston-Moor to Harrowgate, and Brimham Crags
Thomas Pennant, [ed. by David Pennant] · 1804 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London, C. Mercier and Co. 1804. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the final tour of Thomas Pennant, taking us through the beautiful northern regions of Northumbria and the Pennines. The first edition of A Tour from Alston-Moor to Harrowgate, and Brimham Crags, the fina…
Mervyn Peake: Twelve Poems 1939-1960
Mervyn Peake · 1975 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)
Hayes, Middlesex, BranÂs Head Books Ltd, 1975 . First edition. Paperback. A smart copy of this posthumous poetry collection by Mervyn Peake, combining twelve previously unpublished poems with nine drawings in an edition of just 350 copies, complete with the original glassine wr…