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India in 1858
Arthur Mills · 1858 · Rooke Books
£480.00 (€575.36 | $634.15 | ¥101,265)
London, John Murray, 1858. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this contemporary account of the British administration in India during the nineteenth century. This work is the definitive work on the costs and conditions of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. It is an imp…
A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine Von Gravenitz
Marie Hay · 1909 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, Constable & Company LTD, 1909. Leather. A Hatchard bound semi-fictional biography on the life of the royal mistress Wilhelmine von Gravenitz, from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Bound by Hatchards.A semi-fictional biography on Wilhelmine von Gravenitz, a German…
Marion Alive
Vicki Baum · 1943 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, Michael Joseph, 1943. Fine Binding. A finely bound, early English language edition of Vicki Baum's novel 'Marion Alive&apos. From the library of socialite and patron of the arts Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. From the library at Julians Park, the former home of Audr…
English Rooms and Their Decoration at a Glance
Charles H Hayward · 1925 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)
London, The Architectural Press, 1925. Fine Binding. A finely bound, two volume set of this work regarding the history of English home decor. From the library of socialite and patron of the arts, Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Two volumes bound as one. Being volume I 1066-1620 and vo…
The Heart of the Matter
Graham Greene · 1948 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, William Heinemann, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression copy of this award-winning novel by Graham Greene. The personal copy of twentieth-century English socialite Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this novel by Graham Greene, recoun…
A History of the Birds of Suffolk
Claud B. Ticehurst · 1932 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)
London, Gurney, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A first edition ornithological history of Suffolk, a fascinating illustrated study on the country from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this work.A charming ornithological history of Suffolk, an in-depth di…
The Wounded Don&Apos;T Cry
Quentin Reynolds · 1941 · Rooke Books
£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)
London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1941. Leather. An immensely scarce war memoir by Quentin Reynolds', his vivid first hand account of World War Two. From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. A very scarce work, this copy being the fourth edition, published in May 1941…
Not So Deep As a Well Collected Poems
Dorothy Parker · 1937 · Rooke Books
£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1937. First edition. Fine Binding. A finely bound, first UK edition of this poetry collection by Dorothy Parker. Dorothy Parker was an American poet and satirist. She was a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table. Gift inscription to the recto of fr…
Queen Victoria
Richard R. Holmes · 1897 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
London, Boussod, Valadon & Co, 1897. First edition. Leather. A striking first edition biography on Queen Victoria, written by her librarian Richard R. Holmes. A lovely work from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this work.Bound by Zaehnsdorf.A charmin…
Four Part Setting
Ann Bridge · 1939 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, Chatto and Windus, 1939. Fine Binding. A smartly bound, early edition of Ann Bridge's novel 'Four-Part Setting&apos. From the library of socialite and patron of the arts, Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Printed a year after the true first edition.Ann Bridge is the ps…
Bubbles from the Brunnens of Nassau
An Old Man [Francis Bond Head] · 1835 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, John Murray, 1835 . Cloth. A scarce edition of this Baronet's amusing account of his time recuperating among the bubbling waters of Nassau. Illustrated throughout. The scarce third edition of this work from Sir Francis Bond Head, an author and the Lieutenant-Governo…
La Plume, 172 Numero Special Consacre a Felicien Rops
Karl Boes [ed.] · 1896 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
Paris, La Plume, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating tribute to Belgian symbolist movement artist Felicien Rops from Paris's 'La Plume' magazine. In the original French.A special edition of French bi-monthly literary, artistic and social magazine, 'La P…
The Fowler in Ireland, or Notes on the Haunts and Habits of Wildfowl and Seafowl Including Instructions in the Art of Shooting and Capturing Them
Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey · 1882 · Rooke Books
£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)
London, John Van Voorst, 1882. First edition. Cloth. An informative and illustrated first edition instructional guide to the art of wildfowl hunting in Ireland. The first edition of this study of the art of hunting wildfowl in Ireland, complete with an instructional account of h…
Chamois Hunting in the Mountains of Bavaria and in the Tyrol
Charles Boner · 1860 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)
London, Chapman and Hall, 1860. Cloth. The second expanded edition of Charles Boner's account of hunting in Bavaria, a fascinating and exciting volume with chromolithograph plates. The second edition of this work.An exciting account of hunting in the Tyrol and the mountains…
Handbook of Field and General Ornithology
Elliott Coues · 1890 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1890. Cloth. A lovely copy of Elliott Coues' useful handbook for the study of ornithology, from the library of the zoologist L. Harrison Matthews. A conclusive handbook of ornithology, a manual of the structure and classifications of birds imperive…
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy
Laurence Sterne · 1936 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
Stamford, The Overbrook Press, 1936. Leather. A fine, limited edition copy of Laurence Sterne's sentimental travel novel. 'A Sentimental Journey' is sometimes regarded as an epilogue to Tristram Shandy and as an answer to Tobias Smollett's 'Travels Throu…
My Russian Journey
Santha Rama Rau · 1959 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
New York, Harper & Brothers, 1959 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this fascinating account of an Indian woman's visit to the Soviet Union with her young family. A signed US first edition of Indian-born American writer Santha Rama Rau's account of her …
You Only Live Twice
Ian Fleming · 1964 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A superb first impression of the eleventh James Bond novel, later made into a film with Sean Connery as Bond. From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. A first edition, first impression of this work, with 'First Publish…
The Passionate Climate
Geoffrey Wagner · 1945 · Rooke Books
£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)
London, Resurgam Books, 1945. First edition. Leather. The author's presentation copy of this scarce collection of poetry, presented to his friend Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, with Wagner's ink manuscript poem to the rear endpaper. The first edition of this scarce work.Aut…
Poems
Thomas Gray · 1946 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Riccardi Press for Eton College, 1946. Vellum. A nice privately printed edition of the poetical works of the Romantic Thomas Gray, printed for Eton, from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Privately printed by Riccardi Press for Eton College, with an Eton presentat…