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The Vanity and Danger of Modern Theories: A Sermon Preach&Apos;D at St. Mary&Apos;S Church in Cambridge
Richard Marsh · 1699 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)
Cambridge, Cambridge at the University Press, 1699. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce first edition of this pamphlet of the sermon on the danger of modern planetary theories. First edition, first printed in 1699. This work references gravitational pull and the orbi…
The Ballad of Beau Brocade and Other Poems of the XVIII Century
Austin Dobson · 1892 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)
London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1892 . First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of this charming collection of poetry by Austin Dobson, illustrated throughout by Hugh Thomson. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding with a decorative design to the fron…
The New Suffolk Garland
John Glyde · 1866 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
London, Simpkin, Marshall and Co. 1866 . First edition. Leather. A first edition of this compilation of anecdotes, romantic ballads, poems and historical notices relating to Suffolk, written by John Glyde. First edition, in half morocco binding with marbled boards. This work is …
Wit and Mirth; or, Pills to Purge Melancholy
Thomas d'Urfey · 1719 · Rooke Books
£1,900.00 (€2,277.43 | $2,510.18 | ¥400,716)
London, Not Stated, c1876. Leather. A large paper issue of this smart and faithful facsimile of Thomas d'Urfey's extensive poetry collection 'Wit and Mirth&apos. The scarce large paper issue.Complete in six volumes.A smart undated facsimile of the original 1719-20…
An Unofficial Rose
Iris Murdoch · 1962 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Iris Murdoch's sixth novel, 'An Unofficial Rose', with the unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipp…
The Ballad of Beau Brocade and Other Poems of the Xviiith Century
Austin Dobson · 1892 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)
London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1892. First edition. Cloth. A later impression of this delightful collection of poems by Austin Dobson, with lovely illustrations by Hugh Thomson. A first edition, later impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth bind…
Knole and the Sackvilles
Vita Sackville-West · 1949 · Rooke Books
£1,275.00 (€1,528.27 | $1,684.46 | ¥268,901)
London, Lindsay Drummond, 1949 . Cloth. A signed presentation copy of Vita Sackville-West's ode to her ancestral home Knole House, in Kent. Inscribed by Sackville-West herself to the front free endpaper, with 'for Galby, with love from the author, Christmas 1954.The 19…
Lays for Leeches
Auld Reekie [Herbert William Crosse] · 1929 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)
Norwich, A.E. Soman & Co; H.W. Hunt, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce volume of 'rhymes for physicians, sages, surgeons and medical students&apos. The first edition of this very scarce work.A humorous volume of twenty-three short rhymes and…
Country Calender
A. G. Street · 1935 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1935. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this autobiographical work by farmer and writer A. G Street, illustrated by Lionel Edwards. The first edition. In the original publisher's cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustr…
A Doctor of the Old School
Ian Maclaren · 1895 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)
London, Hodder & Stoughton , 1895. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated novel by Ian Maclaren. The first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignettes and 31 plates.In the publisher's original cloth. This novel about a a doctor was written by "Ian…
Edmund Blunden : A Selection of His Poetry and Prose Made by Kenneth Hopkins
Edmund Blunden; Kenneth Hopkins [ed] · 1950 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)
London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of Edmund Blunden's poetry and prose chosen by Kenneth Hopkins. The first edition of this collection of poetry. Blunden's works were first published between 1914 and 1967. In the…
Wild England of to-Day and the Wild Life in It
C. J. Cornish · 1895 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)
London, Seeley and Co. Limited, 1895 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this exploration of the British countryside and wildlife, with illustrations. First edition, in the publisher's original green cloth binding, with bird motif in gilt to the front board. This wor…
Would You Call This Murder? the Truth About Boxing
Colonel Harvey L. Miller; Lewis F. Atchison · 1951 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)
Washington, C. K. and H. L. Miller, 1951 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce work depicting the merits of boxing, written by boxer, coach and enthusiast, Harvey L. Miller. Very scarce, first edition of the work. Rebound in black cloth, with the original wraps bound in. Originally p…
Memoirs of Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordova
Don Manuel Jose Quintana; Joseph Russell · 1851 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)
London, Edward Churton, 1851. First edition. Leather. A very scarce biography on the Great Captain Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba, the first edition in English. The first edition in English of this very scarce work, translated into English by John Russell.Originally written in Spa…
Little Dorrit
Charles Dickens · 1857 · Rooke Books
£590.00 (€707.20 | $779.48 | ¥124,433)
London, Bradbury and Evans, 1857 . First edition. Leather. A smart example of the first issue of Charles Dickens's novel about a young woman who is born in a debtors prison. The first edition, first issue of this work, being bound from the parts, with puncture marks present…
A Historical Account of His Majesty&Apos;S Visit to Scotland
Robert Mudie · 1822 · Rooke Books
£299.00 (€358.40 | $395.02 | ¥63,060)
Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd, 1822 . First edition. Leather. An attractively bound, very scarce first edition of this contemporary account of George IV's visit to Scotland. The very scarce first edition of this work, without edition remarks to the title page. Four editions were…
Ballads and Legends of Cheshire
Leigh Egerton · 1867 · Rooke Books
£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,341)
London, Longmans & Co , 1867. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated collection of legends and ballads collected by Egerton Leigh. The first edition of the work. In the publisher's original cloth. With an illustrated title page, headpieces, tailpieces…
Guardian Angel
Sara Paretsky · 1992 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)
Bristol, Scorpion Press, 1992. First edition. Leather. A signed limited edition of this work of detective fiction by Sara Paretsky. A limited edition of the work. Number 20 out of 99 copies produced. Signed by the author to the front blank. In the publisher's original qua…
The Crowning Privilege the Clark Lecturers 1954-1955 Also Various Essays on Poetry and Sixteen New Poems
Robert Graves · 1955 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)
London, Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of essays on poetry with sixteen new poems by Robert Graves. The first edition of the work.In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper.This work i…
Expressionist Portraits
Frank Whitford · 1987 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)
New York, Abbeville Press, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this collection of portraits from Expressionist artists, with historical commentary on their work. First edition. With one hundred and sixty-three illustrations, forty-three of which are in full…