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[Thomas Cooper] · 1578 · Rooke Books

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

[London], [Henry Denham], c1578. Leather. An early edition of Thomas Cooper's monumental Elizabethan Latin-English dictionary, in a full reverse calf binding. In a later reverse calf binding.  The present copy is bound without the first three leaves, including the title pa…

The Reformed Pastor Being an Abridgment of the Work of [... ] Richard Baxter

Mr. Richard Baxter · 1810 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Bingham, John Stafford, 1810 . Cloth. A handsome abridged edition of Nonconformist minister Richard Baxter's discussion of pastoral ministry and the oversight of congregations. First published in the 1600s, this is an abridged edition of English Nonconformist minister Richa…

The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality

Edward Young · 1743 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.34 | $647.36 | ¥103,375)

London, R. Dodsley and T. Cooper; G. Hawkins, 1743-1745. First edition. Leather. Six very scarce first editions and three early editions of Edward Young's enormously popular and personal blank verse poem, 'The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts&apos. Edward Young's bes…

An Ode, Humbly Inscrib&Apos;D to the Queen. On the Late Glorious Success of Her Majesty&Apos;S Arms.

Matthew Prior · 1706 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London, Jacob Tonson, 1706 . First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first edition of poet Matthew Prior's ode to the Duke of Marlborough and his defeat over the French, and of the reign of Queen Anne. The very scarce first edition of this work. Matthew Prior's celeb…

Ten Sermons on the Power and Grace of Christ

Philip Doddridge · 1736 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, R. Hett, 1736 . First edition. Leather. A smart example of the very scarce first edition of this collection of ten sermons from English Congregationalist minister Philip Doddridge. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this work. A collection of sermons from English No…

Shropshire: A Beautiful English County: Its Scenery, Its History, Its Industries

1936 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Shrewsbury, Wilding & Son, Ltd. [1936]. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce limited de luxe first edition of this illustrated topographical insight into the county of Shropshire. Very scarce. De luxe first edition. No. 14 of a limited run of 200 copies. In the publisher's…

Shropshire: A Beautiful English County: Its Scenery, Its History, Its Industries

1936 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Shrewsbury, Wilding & Son, Ltd. [1936]. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce limited de luxe first edition of this illustrated topographical insight into the county of Shropshire. Very scarce. De luxe first edition. No. 169 of a limited run of 200 copies. In the publisher'…

The Complete Guide to Soilless Gardening

W. F. Gericke · 1940 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.16 | ¥14,557)

London, Putnam, 1940. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this illustrated gardening guide from the inventor of hydroponics, presented in the very scarce dust wrapper. First U.K. edition, third printing. Uncommon. In the publisher's original green cloth bindi…

The Interpreter: A Tale of the War

G. J. Whyte Melville · 1858 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, John W. Parker and Son, 1858. First edition. Leather. A half-calf first edition of this Crimean War novel from George Whyte-Melville. The first edition. In a contemporary half-calf binding. Originally published in serialised form in Fraser's Magazine, this military …

Les Nuits Chaudes de Cap Francais

Hugues Rebell [Georges Grassal de Choffat] · 1902 · Rooke Books

£2,700.00 (€3,236.38 | $3,567.08 | ¥569,616)

Paris, Editions de la Plume, 1902. First edition. Hardback. The important and scarce first edition, by erotic writer Hugues Rebell, original and rarely seen covers inserted. A very smart first edition, in the original French. The novel for which Hugues Rebell - also known as ero…

Peter Pan and Wendy: Retold for Little People

J.M. Barrie [adapt. May Byron] · 1940 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Hodder and Stoughton Limited, c1940. Cloth. A lovely illustrated edition of a popular retelling of Peter Pan for young children, with colour gravure plates by Golden Age illustrator Mabel Lucie Atwell. A lovely illustrated edition of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan and Wend…

A Tour Thro&Apos; the Whole Island of Great Britain, Divided Into Circuits or Journies

Daniel Defoe, [intro. by G.D.H. Cole] · 1927 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Peter Davies, 1927. Cloth. A complete two volume set of Daniel Defoe's brilliant guided tour around Great Britain, illustrated with numerous maps and this edition limited to 1,000 copies. A charming limited edition of A Tour Thro' the Whole Island of Great Brit…

A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes by Several Hands

Various · 1755 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, R. Dodsley, 1755. Leather. Two volumes from the fourth edition of Dodsley's poetic miscellany, with a leaf of sheet music bound to the rear. The fourth edition of Dodsley's popular collection of poetry, with the first and second editions originally published in…

The Saint&Apos;S Everlasting Rest: Or a Treatise on the Blessed State of the Saints, in Their Enjoyment of God in Heaven

Richard Baxter; Benjamin Fawcett [ed.] · 1813 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Nottingham, H. Barnett, 1813. Leather. A later edition of the Fawcett revision of this devotional work by Nonconformist, Richard Baxter. A revised, eighteenth-century edition of this work, first published in 1650 for Thomas Underhill and Francis Tyton. Benjamin Fawcett first pub…

The Clandestine Marriage, a Comedy

George Colman; David Garrick · 1766 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, T. Becket, P.A. De Hondt; R. Baldwin; R. Davis; T. Davies, 1766. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of the scarce first edition of Colman and Garrick"s comedy of secret marriage, manners, and social ambition, first performed at Drury Lane in 1766. Rebound in a modern red…

All My Life with Hunting Birds

Lorant de Bastyai · 1982 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Suffolk, Neville Spearman, 1982 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated account of falconry, with historical and autobiographical information about the sport by Lorant de Bastyai. The first edition. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. …

(1974) Titus D&Apos;Enfer; (1977) Gormenghast; (1979) Titus Errant.

Mervyn Peake; Patrick Reumaux; Gilberte Lambrichs; Andre Dhotel · 1974 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Paris, Editions Stock, 1974-1979. Paperback. The scarce first French edition of Peake's fantastical Gormenghast trilogy. The scarce first French edition of the Gormenghast trilogy. Collection comprised of: (1974) Titus d'Enfer;  (1977) Gormenghast; (1979) Titus erran…

The Elizabethan Stage: Volume I, II, III & IV

E. K. Chambers · 1923 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

Oxford, At the Clarendon Press, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The complete first edition of this significant study of Elizabethan theatre. First edition. Complete in four volumes. In the publisher's original red cloth bindings. Each work features a frontispiece, followed by a…

The Real Latin Quarter

F. Berkeley Smith; F. Hopkinson Smith · 1901 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New York, Funk & Wagnalls Company , 1901. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of F. Berkeley Smith's charmingly illustrated Parisian sketches. First edition.  In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding.  Colour frontispiece and introduction by F…

Elegy for Alan Clodd

Jeremy Reed · 2003 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, Enitharmon Press, 2003. First edition. Paperback. A very smart first and limited edition copy of this uncommon poetry title, signed to the limitation page. A very smart first edition of this uncommon poetry title in honour of Irish publisher and collector Alan Clodd, who…