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Star Primer: Showing the Starry Sky, Week by Week, in Twenty-Four Hourly Maps
Richard A. Proctor · 1886 · Rooke Books
£1,995.00 (€2,391.30 | $2,635.69 | ¥420,751)
London, Longmans, Green & Co, 1886. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce and very unique series of twenty four maps of the stars, a brilliant work by the leading astronomer Richard A. Proctor. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work.A unique 'star primer&apo…
Ivanhoe and the Antiquary
Sir Walter Scott · 1821 · Rooke Books
£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,543)
Paris, A. and W. Galignani, 1821 . Leather. Scarce Galignani editions of two of Sir Walter Scott's 'Waverley' novels, attractively bound in full morocco. Two works bound in six volumes.Both published in Paris in 1821 by A. & W. Galignani, present here are the nove…
Correspondence of Mr. Joseph Jekyll
Joseph Jekyll; Algernon Bourke [ed.] · 1894 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.08 | ¥125,487)
London, John Murray, 1894 . First edition. Leather. An extra-illustrated example of the scarce first edition of the correspondence of Joseph Jekyll. The scarce first edition of this work, in a signed morocco binding by H Wood.Extra-illustrated with thirty-six plates.The correspo…
Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century
Richard Morris · 1864 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
London, Trubner & Co, 1864. Cloth. The second edition of this unique collection of 14th century alliterative poetry. The second edition, revised.Rebound in full green cloth with renewed endpapers. This work contains early English alliterative poetry, specifically using the West…
The Clerkenwell Tales
Peter Ackroyd · 2003 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)
London, Chatto and Windus, 2003. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed copy of this truly immersive historical gothic novel set during the Lollard movement of the late 1390s. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.The Clerkenwell Tales is a his…
Ethnology in Folklore
George Laurence Gomme · 1892 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)
London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Limited, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this insightful ethnological study of folklore from English antiquarian Sir George Laurence Gomme. First edition. A detailed and comprehensive ethnological study of folklore, with c…
The Folklore of Fairy-Tale
Macleod Yearsley · 1924 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)
London, Watts & Co. 1924. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Macleod Yearsley's wonderful critical study of the origins of fairy tales and folklore. First edition. With chapters dedicated to the theme of the 'outcast child' and Cinderella, the 'pr…
The Quickening of Caliban: A Modern Story of Evolution
J. Compton Rickett · 1893 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)
London, Cassell & Company, Limited, [1893]. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of J. Compton Rickett's only science-fiction novel, surrounding the evolution of a new species of human. The first edition of this scarce work.In the publisher's original green cl…
English Forests and Forest Trees, Historical, Legendary, and Descriptive
Anonymous · 1853 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)
London, Ingram, Cooke, and Co, 1853. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this charming study of the forests and forest trees of England, with an array of lovely illustrations throughout. The first edition of this work.In the publisher's original cloth binding. Wi…
The Breaking of Bumbo
Andrew Sinclair · 1959 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)
London, Faber and Faber, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Andrew Sinclair's first and best known work of fiction, with the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this comedy novel. In the publisher's origina…
Masterpieces: Catalogue 9
Dr. Jorn Gunther · 2008 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)
Hamburg , Dr Jorn Gunther, Antiquariat, 2008. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating catalogue dissecting a series of historical manuscripts, published as part of Dr Jorn Gunther's special cloth-bound catalogue series. Catalogue 9 in Dr Jorn Gunther's 'Masterpiece&ap…
Waiting for Sheila
John Braine · 1976 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)
London, Eyre Methuen, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A smart review copy of this first edition novel from English writer John Braine. First edition. Review copy with request from publisher. Outwardly, Jim Seathwaite appears the hero of a success story, but inside he is nursing a se…
The Double Crown Club: Register of Past and Present Members
The Double Crown Club · 1949 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)
London, Privately Printed for Members of the Club, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this register of members of the Double Crown Club, limited to one hundred and fifty copies. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies. With the vanishingly scarce…
Blood on Paper
Elena Foster; Rowan Watson · 2008 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)
London, Victoria & Albert Museum; Ivory Press, 2008. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. The first edition of this impressive and unique catalogue of the Victoria and Albert Museum's exhibition, 'Blood on Paper&apos. The first edition of this work.A unique work produ…
A Woman of the Ice Age
L. P. Gratacap · 1906 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)
New York, Brentano's, 1906. First edition. Hardback. A scarce science fiction novel set in the Ice Age by Louis Pope Gratacap, the first edition of this thought provoking work. The first edition of this scarce work.'A Woman of the Ice Age' is a science fiction nov…
Old English Walnut & Lacquer Furniture
R. W. Symonds; Percival D. Griffiths · 1923 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)
London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A lavishly illustrated guide to old English walnut and lacquer furniture for collectors and students. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. The Times Book Club label to the fron…
The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and Legacy
Ronald Hutton · 1991 · Rooke Books
£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)
London, BCA, 1991. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this fascinating study of Pagan religions in Ancient Britain, by the notable historian Ronald Hutton. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the…
Gimson and the Barnsleys: &Apos;Wonderful Furniture of a Commonplace Kind&Apos;
Mary Comino · 1980 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)
London, Evans Brothers Limited, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of Mary Comino's study of the Arts and Crafts architects and furniture designers Gimson and the Barnsleys. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's origin…
Silvertip&Apos;S Search
Max Brand · 1945 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)
New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1945 . Cloth. A very scarce early edition of Max Brand's thrilling tale, the eighth work in his Silvertip Western series. An early edition of Max Brand's popular Western, published in the same year as the first edition.Billed to the front fl…
The Anti-Rationalists
J. M. Richards; Nikolaus Pevsner [edited] · 1973 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)
New York, Architectural Press , 1973. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this architectural work focused on the rebellious new generation of Art Nouveau architects. The first edition of this work.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Profusely …