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Poems by the Rev. Thomas Penrose, Late Rector of Beckington and Standerwick, Somersetshire
Thomas Penrose; [Anna Laetitia Barbauld] · 1774 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)
London, J. Walter; Joseph Johnson , 1774-1781. First edition. Leather. A sought after first edition of Thomas Penrose's posthumous poetical volume, bound together with the fourth edition of 'Poems' by Anna Laetitia Barbauld. A delightful volume comprising two poet…
Writing at the Kitchen Table: Elizabeth David
Artemis Cooper · 1999 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Michael Joseph, 1999. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a biography on the fascinating food pioneer who brought European cuisine to British audiences, written and signed by biographer Artemis Cooper. The first edition of the authorised biography of food pioneer …
Comparative Studies in the Development of Complex Societies
Various [Org. by Tim Champion, Michael Rowlands] · 1986 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
Southampton, Allen and Unwin, 1986. Paperback. The scarce three volume set of fascinating comparative studies on pre-modern societies across the globe, in a defining conference for the organisation. The scarce three volume complete set of Comparative Studies in the Development o…
L"Office Divin ãâ L"Usage de Rome, Pour Les Dimanches Et Les FãâªTes de L"Annãâ©E, En Faveur Des laãâ¯Ques Qui Frãâ©Quentent Les Paroisses.
None Stated · 1775 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)
Paris, Claude Herissant, 1775 . Leather. A smart pre-Revolutionary French-Latin devotional, uniting formal Latin liturgy with vernacular guidance for everyday religious observance, handsomely bound in full red crushed morocco. In a handsome full red crushed morocco binding with …
George Villers, First Duke of Buckingham: The Stanhope Essay for 1882
W. Hudson Shaw · 1882 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
Oxford, B.H. Blackwell , 1882 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition copy of W. Hudson Shaw's essay on the life of George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham. A very scarce work.The first edition.In a full black calf binding, with gilt to fore edge.An essa…
Animal Life and Intelligence
C. Lloyd Morgan · 1890 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)
London, Edward Arnold, 1890-1891. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition copy of this comprehensive account of the life and behaviour of animals by ethologist Conwy Lloyd Morgan. The scarce first edition.In a full black calf binding. A prize binding for Merchiston Castle…
Mille Miglia 1927-1957 Pole Position the Inside Story of Williams-Renault
Giovanni Lurani; Jon Nicholson; Maurice Hamilton · 1981 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
Lausanne; London, Automobile Year; Macmillan, 1981; 1995. First edition. Cloth. A pair of richly illustrated motor racing titles, both in dust wrappers, and featuring a first edition, first impression. A pair of riveting motor histories, in lovely condition.Volume one is the fir…
Flower Decoration in the House
Gertrude Jekyll · 1907 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
Covent Garden, Country Life," Ltd.; George Newnes, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated, scarce first edition, detailing a variety of flower arrangements to be displayed in the home. A scarce first edition, in publisher's original blue cloth binding, with gilt l…
The English Flower Garden
W. Robinson · 1883 · Rooke Books
£895.00 (€1,072.80 | $1,182.42 | ¥188,817)
London; New York, John Murray; Scribner & Welford, 1883. First edition. Cloth. A smart and heavily illustrated and highly influential horticultural title, very scarce in the first edition. A scarce title, very scarce in the first edition, with no other copies earlier than 1889 c…
Enoch Arden, Etc.
Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1865 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, Edward Moxon, 1865. Leather. A celebrated anthology in which Tennyson aspired to become the 'people's poet', bound in lovely purple decorative full calf. An early edition of Enoch Arden Etc. originally called Enoch Arden and Other Poems, an anthology writt…
Tolstãâ¶I&Apos;S Works Anna Karenina, 3vols. War and Peace, 6vols. Resurrection, 2vols. Essays, Letters, Miscellanies, 2 Vols. The Invaders. Master and Man & Kreutzer Sonata. Cossacks & Sebastopol. Russian Proprietor the Long Exile Boyhood Youth What Is to Be Done? My Confession & My Religion. What Is Art? Kingdom of God. Ivan Ilytch.
Count Lyof N. Tolstoi · 1898 · Rooke Books
£3,750.00 (€4,494.97 | $4,954.27 | ¥791,134)
New York, E. R. DuMont, 1898-1899. Cloth. An exquisite early US edition of the complete works of Leo Tolstoy, in twenty-four matching volumes. An excellent twenty-four volume set of Leo Tolstoy's complete works. Published as The Emancipation Edition by E. R. DuMont of New Y…
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott Baronet: With a Biographical and Critical Memoir
Sir Walter Scott; Francis Turner Palgrave · 1906 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1906 . Leather. A prize binding of this collection of poetry by acclaimed Victorian writer Sir Walter Scott. A later edition, first published in 1866.In a full green calf prize binding, for Marlborough College.A collection of the works of Sir W…
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
Beatrix Potter · 1903 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)
London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1903. First edition. Hardback. A delightful first edition of this early Beatrix Potter tale about Nutkin the troublesome squirrel. The first trade edition, first or second issue of this work, without 'Author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit' …
Le Livres Des Rois D&Apos;Egypte
Henri Gauthier · 1907 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)
Cairo, French Institute of Oriental Archaeology, 1907-1914. Cloth. Three volumes of a scarce and fascinating history of the rulers of Ancient Egypt, stretching from their origins to the Twenty-Fourth Dynasty, including Ramases III. Le Livre de Rois Ãgypte (The Book of the Kings…
Battle Cry
Leon Uris · 1953 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, Alan Wingate, 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of a popular semi-autobiographical war novel following a marine's struggles in the Pacific Theater. The first UK edition of Battle Cry, a novel based on the American Marines in the Pacific Theater, writt…
Through Egypt in War-Time
Martin S. Briggs · 1918 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1918. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of a personal account from a soldier of Egypt during the First World War, including sketches and photographs by the author. The scarce first edition of Egypt Through War-Time, written by British histor…
3 Vols the Persian Adventurer: Being the Sequel of "the Kuzzilbash
J. B. Frazer [James Baillie Fraser] · 1830 · Rooke Books
£360.00 (€431.52 | $475.61 | ¥75,949)
London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830 . First edition. Hardback. The scarce three-volume first edition of this adventure novel set in Persia by the noted traveller and author James Baillie Fraser, sequel to his popular work The Kuzzilbash. In a contemporary quarter pap…
St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks. Vol. XX, No. 3. January 1893.
Rudyard Kipling; Helen Gray Cone; Et al. · 1898 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
New York, The Century Co. 1898 . Paperback. A scarce copy of the January 1893 issue of the celebrated monthly children"s magazine St. Nicholas, featuring the first appearance of Rudyard Kipling"s story "The Potted Princess," profusely illustrated throughout. In the publisher&apo…
The Eagle&Apos;S Prophecy; the Blood of Rome
Simon Scarrow · 2005 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, Headline, 2005-2018. First edition. Cloth. Two lovely signed first impressions from Simon Scarrow's popular Roman Empire series, 'Eagles of the Empire&apos. Signed by the author to both works, to the title pages. The first edition, first impression.With the pu…
Qataban and Sheba, Exploring Ancient Kingdoms on the Biblical Spice Routes of Arabia
Wendell Phillips · 1955 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1955. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition, with unclipped dust wrapper, once owned by evolutionary biologist and eugenicist Julian S. Huxley. A first UK edition, penned by American archaeologist and oil magnate who led some of the firs…