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The Joker
Edgar Wallace · 1926 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Hodder and Stoughton Limited , c1933. Cloth. A contemporary printing of this 'Elk of Scotland Yard' crime novel from Edgar Wallace, with the publisher's very scarce dust wrapper variant. An undated edition of this work, circa dated from gift inscription to…
Man Who Could Work Miracles: A Film Story Based on the Material Contained in His Short Story "Man Who Could Work Miracles
H. G. Wells · 1936 · Rooke Books
£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)
London, The Cresset Press, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of H. G. Wells' "treatment" of the fantasy-comedy film developed from his short story of the same name, with the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. An uncommon first edition of this film "treatmen…
Field-Studies of Some Rarer British Birds
John Walpole-Bond · 1914 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Witherby & Co, 1914 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fascinating work on rare British birds by avian expert John Walpole-Bond, in the publisher's original cloth The first edition.In the publisher's original cloth.Written by John Walpole-Bond, a…
Rural Bird Life
Charles Dixon · 1880 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1880. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition of a book on the different species of birds populating the British countryside, in decorative green cloth. The first edition of Rural Bird Life, Being Essays on Ornithology with Instructions fo…
A Picnic Party in Wildest Africa Being a Sketch of a Winter&Apos;S Trip to Some of the Unknown Waters of the Upper Nile
C. W. L. Bulpett · 1907 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Edward Arnold, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of Barrister Charles Bulpett's exploration of Central Africa. A first edition of the travels of C. W. L. Bulpett, with accounts contributed by other members of his party. In publisher's cloth b…
Market Harborough: Or, How Mr. Sawyer Went to the Shires; Inside the Bar; or, Sketches at Soakington
G. J. Whyte-Melville · 1862 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Chapman and Hall, 1862. Leather. A spirited hunting novel by Whyte-Melville, depicting the ambitions and absurdities of Leicestershire sporting society. Bound in a smart full grained calf. First published in 1861, in three volumes, this is the fourth edition, issued in …
Works on Lytton Strachey, Gertrude Bell, Vita Sackville-West, Harold Nicolson, and Virginia Woolf
Lytton Strachey; Michael Holroyd [intro]; Vita Sackville-West; Harold Nicolson; Nigel Nicolson [ed.]; H.V.F. Winstone; James King · 1971 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, Heinemann; Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Jonathan Cape; Hamish Hamilton, 1971-1994. Cloth. A very smart set of four first edition volumes on notable figures Lytton Strachey, Gertrude Bell, Vita Sackville-West, Harold Nicolson, and Virginia Woolf. A four volume set of works on n…
Les Bords de L&Apos;Adriatique Et le Montenegro
Charles Yriarte · 1878 · Rooke Books
£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)
Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1878 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Charles Yriarte's beautifully illustrated study of Montenegro and the surrounding region, in a beautiful binding designed by Auguste D. Souze. In the original French.The first edition of this wor…
The Golden Primer, Part I
J. M. D. Meiklejohn · 1884 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1884 . First edition. Paperback. The scarce first edition of the first part of this charming children's educational work by J. M. D. Meiklejohn, illustrated throughout by Walter Crane. The scarce first edition of this work.Part I only of …
The Novels of Jane Austen
Jane Austen · 1898 · Rooke Books
£1,800.00 (€2,157.59 | $2,378.05 | ¥379,744)
London, Grant Richards, 1898. First edition. Leather. Complete in ten volumes, this is the first Winchester edition of the works of Jane Austen, in half calf signed bindings by Bickers. The first Winchester Edition of Austen's novels, complete in ten volumes.Uniformly bound…
The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse
Beatrix Potter · 1919 · Rooke Books
£159.00 (€190.59 | $210.06 | ¥33,544)
London, Frederick Warne & Co, 1919 . Hardback. Beautifully illustrated with colour plates, this is an early edition of Beatrix Potter's charming retelling of Aesop's 'The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse&apos. First published the year prior, this is an early editi…
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
Beatrix Potter · 1903 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1903 . First edition. Hardback. A first edition of this popular Beatrix Potter tale about a troublesome squirrel, beautifully illustrated with her original charming colour plates. The first trade edition, first or second issue of this work, with &…
The Life of William Ewart Gladstone
John Morley · 1903 · Rooke Books
£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1903. Cloth. The highest authority on the life of William Gladstone by his 'main prop': his close friend and key orchestrator of his public success, John Morley Includes tissue-guarded frontispieces to each volume. Complete in three volumes. T…
Palicio Return of Ulysses Achilles in Scyros Humours of the Court
Robert Bridges · 1890 · Rooke Books
£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.76 | ¥67,510)
London, E Bumpus and George Bell, 1890-3. First edition. Paperback. Four plays by Robert Bridges from the Bumpus series of plays. Volumes ii, iii, v and vi of the Robert Bridges play series. First editions from this series. Printed on Van Gelder paper, watermarks most visible to…
The History of the Rebellion and the CIVIL Wars in England to Which Is Added an Historical View of the Affairs of Ireland and the Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon Written by Himself Printed from His Orignal Manuscripts
Edward Hyde · 1761 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)
Oxford, Clarendon Printing House, 1761-1826. Leather. Eight volumes of Edward Hyde's famous account of the Civil War along with his Life. Volume I and II of his Rebellion and Civil War [1829] are complete over the first four volumes of this set. Volume V is the first part o…
The Public General Acts with Tables of the Short Titles and of the Effect of Legislation
Various · 1885 · Rooke Books
£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)
London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1885-1957. Leather. An important collection of the acts and statutes passed by the British Parliament between 1885 and 1953. Containing the records of 1885 (forty-eighth and forty-ninth years of Victoria's reign, sixth session of the twenty-se…
The History of Ancient Greece, Its Colonies, and Conquests Part the First; from the Earliest Accounts Till the Division of the Macedonian Empire in the East Including the Literature, Philosophy and the Fine Arts
John Gillies · 1820 · Rooke Books
£425.00 (€509.43 | $561.48 | ¥89,662)
London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1820. Leather. A four volume leather set of John Gillies' comprehensive history of Ancient Greece. John Gillies' comprehensive history of Ancient Greece. Sixth edition. Volume I is part of the first four volumes of an eight-volume set, …
The Works of Lord Lytton in Twelve Volumes
Lord Lytton · 1874 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
London , George Routledge and Sons, 1874-1875. Leather. An attractive collection of some of The Works of Lord Lytton. In twelve volumes. With a black and white frontispiece in each volume. The set consists of: Harold the Last of the Saxon Kings, Alice; or, the Mysteries, Night a…
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Baronet
Sir Walter Scott · 1830 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)
Edinburgh, Cadell and Co, 1830. Leather. The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Baronet with engraved frontispiece and illustrated title to each volume. In eleven volumes complete. With an introduction to each work and notes to the end of each work. Poetical works included are:…
Philip Augustus or the Brothers in Arms
G. P. R. James · 1831 · Rooke Books
£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.86 | ¥48,523)
London , Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley , 1831. First edition. Cloth. The complete set uniformly bound, making up this romantic, adventure novel from English novelist and historical writer, George Payne Rainsford James. First edition. George Payne Rainsford James was for many…