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Biggles Goes to War; Biggles in Borneo; Biggles Hits the Trail; Biggles Flies West; Biggles in Spain; Biggles in the South Seas
Captain W. E. Johns · 1951 · Rooke Books
£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)
London, Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege, 1951-1953. Cloth. A smart collection of Biggles novels from this 'Flying Jacket' series of editions. All complete with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Offering six volumes from Captain W. E. Johns' popula…
Don Juan: Cantos I. To V.
Lord Byron · 1822 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)
London, W. Benbow; Sudbury [printers], 1822 [1824]. Paperback. An uncommon Benbow pirated edition of Cantos I-V of Lord Byron's 'Don Juan&apos. A personalised copy from the library of Arts and Crafts architect Norman Jewson. A later state of this early pirated edition …
The Mediterranean: Seaports and Sea Routes Including Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Coast of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia
Karl Baedeker · 1911 · Rooke Books
£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)
Leipzig , Karl Baedeker, Publisher , 1911. First edition. Cloth. The first English edition of Karl Baedeker's guide to the Mediterranean, complete with the very scarce original dust wrapper. The first English edition of this work. First published in German in 1909.With the …
Curious Survivals Habits and Customs of the Past That Still Live in the Present
Dr. George C. Williamson · 1923 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of Williamson's 1923 reflection on the societal ripples of England's ancient traditions into his present. A first edition copy, bound in original green pictorial boards.In lovely c…
Algiers and Beyond
M. W. Hilton-Simpson · 1906 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Hutchinson & Co. 1906. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition copy detailing the travels of the author, including plates of original photography, and map. A very scarce first edition of this 1906 publication, in original green cloth binding.In this work, anthr…
The Works of Nigel Balchin: Six Selected Novels
Nigel Balchin · 1949 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, Collins; Collins and the Book Society, 1949-1967. First edition. Cloth. The first editions of six gripping thriller novels by author and psychologist Nigel Balchin, praised for his sense of humour and realism. The first editions of six thriller novels by Nigel Balchin, a…
Brick Upon Brick 50 Years of the Co-Operative Permanent Building Society 1884-1934
Albert Mansbridge · 1934 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London and Toronto, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1934. First edition. Cloth. An abundantly illustrated first edition of this account on the Co-Operative Permanent Building Society, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original brown …
Memorials of the Hon. Ion Keith-Falconer, M.A.
Rev. Robert Sinker, B.D. · 1888 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
Cambridge , Deighton, Bell and Co. 1888. First edition. Cloth. A detailed recollection of the life of Scottish missionary and Arabic scholar Ion Grant Neville Keith-Falconer, with a frontispiece, map and plate. The first edition of the work. In publisher's original red clo…
Sinister Service, the Adventures of Lance Lovell, Counter-Espionage Officer
Captain W. E. Johns · 1942 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Oxford University Press, 1942 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thrilling WWII novel from 'Biggles' author W. E. Johns, following the adventures of a British counter-espionage officer. The first edition, first impression.Illustrated with a colou…
The People&Apos;S History of Great Britain, from the Earliest Times to the Close of the 19th Century
Anonymous · 1895 · Rooke Books
£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)
Liverpool, The Liverpool Courier and the Evening Express, 1895 . First edition. Paperback. The vanishingly scare first edition, in the original parts, of this impressively illustrated and detailed history of Great Britain, published in Liverpool at the close of the 19th century.…
The Garrick Year; the Needle&Apos;S Eye; the Ice Age; a Natural Curiosity; the Gates of Ivory; the Peppered Moth.
Margaret Drabble · 1964 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson; Viking, 1964-2000. First edition. Cloth. Varied collection of first-edition Margaret Drabble novels, including a signed copy of The Garrick Year. All copies are first editions.The Garrick Year is signed to the title page with the inscription, "wi…
In Darkest Africa or, the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria
Henry M. Stanley · 1890 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1890. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of Henry M. Stanley's illustrated account of his successful, but damning Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. The first edition. Complete in two volumes. In the publisher&apos…
The Tor Hill
Horace Smith · 1826 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, Henry Colburn, 1826. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this historical novel from Horace Smith, complete in three calf-bound volumes. First edition. Complete in three volumes. Uniformly bound in half calf, with marbled paper covered boards. A novel of the En…
The Dominion of Man
Rev. J. G. Wood · 1889 · Rooke Books
£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)
London, Bentley and Son, 1889 . First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing copy of the first edition of this very scarce, illustrated study of man and animal throughout history, bound in the publisher's original blue cloth with gilt wolf, with numerous animal illustrations. The …
Recipes from No. 10: Some Practical Recipes for Discerning Cooks
Georgina Landemare; Clementine S. Churchill [Foreword] · 1958 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
London, Collins, 1958 . First edition. Cloth. A smart, first edition copy of this collection of 360 recipes by Georgina Landemare, former cook to the Churchills, with a foreword by Lady Churchill and the original clipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth bindi…
Vies Des Grands Capitaines Du Moyen-ãâ¢Ge: Louis II de Clermont Et Jean le Meingre de Boucicaut.
Alexandre Mazas · 1845 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
Paris, Jacques Lecoffre et Cie, Libraires, 1845. Leather. The third edition and first volume of Alexandre Mazas"s Vies des Grands Capitaines du Moyen Ãge, offering a richly detailed account of the lives of Louis II de Clermont and Jean Le Meingre de Boucicaut. Bound in a green …
Humorous Tales from Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling · 1931 · Rooke Books
£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,705)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of 'Humorous Tales' from Rudyard Kipling, illustrated with twenty-three lively drawings by Reginald Cleaver. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. First edition. With twent…
5 Vols Works by Maurice Hewlett
Maurice Hewlett · 1901 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London; Westminster , Macmillan and Co. Limited; Archibald Constable & Co, Ltd. 1901-1905. Leather. A smartly bound five-volume collection of first editions and reprints by Maurice Hewlett, in full green crushed morocco, a signed binding by Hatchards. In a smart full green crush…
Robin Hood and the Men of the Greenwood
Henry Gilbert · 1912 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
Edinburgh & London , T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1912. Cloth. A delightful retelling of the classic Robin Hood Tale, with a frontispiece, illustrated title page, and 15 colour plates by Walter Crane. The first edition of this retelling of the classic Robin Hood Tale. In publisher's …
The Gregynog Press a Paper Read to the Double Crown Club on 7 April 1954
Thomas Jones · 1954 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London , Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition copy of a paper on the Gregynog Press, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A limited edition copy, with only 750 having been printed.In publisher's original blue cloth b…