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Good Words; the Adventurer in Spain

Donald Macleod; S. R. Crockett · 1903 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Isbister & Company Limited, 1903 . Cloth. The very scarce 1903 edition of the religious "Good Words" periodical, featuring S. R. Crockett's "The Adventurer in Spain". The very scarce 1903 edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with a fr…

Institutions de Mã©Decine, Ou Exposã© Sur la Thã©Orie Et la Pratique de Cette Science, D&Apos;Aprã¨S Les Auteurs Anciens Et Modernes

Philippe Petit-Radel · 1801 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

Paris, Agasse et al. 1801. First edition. Leather. Bound in lovely decorative tree calf, a complete two volume set of educational handbook teaching medicine through the history of discoveries. The signed first edition of Institutions de Médecine, ou Exposé sur la Théorie et la P…

Pieta

R. S. Thomas · 1966 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1966. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this pleasing poetry collection from the major Welsh poet R. S. Thomas, with the original dust wrapper. First edition. In the publisher's original paper-backed boards, encased in the matching, un…

The Lost Cases of Ed London

Lawrence Block · 2001 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

Norfolk, Virginia, Crippen & Landru Publishers, 2001 . First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition signed copy of three novellas about the private eye Ed London by crime author Lawrence Block, with a separate pamphlet. A limited edition, with this being number 295 out of a 650…

American Maps and Mapmakers: Commercial Cartography in the Nineteenth Century

RISTOW, WALTER W · 1985 · Pegasus Books

$141.25 (€128.15 | £106.90 | ¥22,558)

Detrioit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 1985. First Edition. First Printing; Hardcover. ISBN: 0814317685. B&W Illustrations & Maps; 10.2 X 8.7 X 1.3 inches; 488 pages; AUTHOR SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE, below his printed name. Oblong shaped book has tan colored boards with black l…

A Chesterton Celebration at the University of Notre Dame

Rufus William Rauch [Ed.]; Ralph McInerny; Frederick J. Crosson; et al. · 1983 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Notre Dame; London, University of Notre Dame Press, 1983 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition presentation copy of this commemorative Chesterton collection, inscribed by editor Rufus William Rauch and accompanied by personal correspondence and a photograph. In the…

Hysterie Et Traumatisme: Paralysies, Contractures, Arthralgies, Hystero-Traumatiques; de L&Apos;Apoplexie Hysterique; Atrophie Musculaire: D&Apos;Origine Cerebrale, Avec Integrite Des Cornes Anterieures de la Moelle Et Des Nergs Moteurs; Publications Du Progres Medical: Recherches Servant a Etablir Que Certaines Manifestations Hysteriques; Du Role Du Reve Dans L&Apos;Evolution Du Delire; Contribution a L&Apos;Etude Pathogenique de L&Apos;Amyotrophie Tabetique; de L&Apos;Etiologie Hereditaire de

Dr. Paul Berbez; Charles Achard · 1886 · Rooke Books

£6,500.00 (€7,792.41 | $8,588.85 | ¥1,371,692)

Paris, Aux Bureaux du Progres; A. Delahaye et Lecrosnier et. al. 1886-1887. Leather. A smart medical Sammelband offering scarce 19th-century French studies on the nervous system, including a rare offprint written by prominent professor of neurology, Joseph Babinski. An impressiv…

Sammelband of Religious and Political Pamphlets

John Latham; James Sloss; Mr Toland; Anonymous · 1717 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

London, W. Parker; R. Hett; J. Noon; J. Oswald; J. Noon; J. Brotherton, 1717-37. First edition. Leather. A collection of scarce eighteenth-century pamphlets, all concerning religious dissent and controversies. A sammelband of eighteenth-century pamphlets concerned with religious…

A Rich Full Death

Michael Dibdin · 1986 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, scarce in its signed state, and featuring the original unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition work by British crime fiction writer Michael Dibdin. A scarce example of a signed copy, with the author&a…

John Masefield, O.M. The Queen&Apos;S Poet Laureate

Geoffrey Handley-Taylor · 1960 · Rooke Books

£43.00 (€51.55 | $56.82 | ¥9,074)

London, The Cranbrook Tower Press, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A smart first limited edition of this work of reference concerning the works by John Masefield, illustrated throughout. The first edition, an out-of-series volume of a limited edition of 999 signed copies - this unsi…

Flowers & Leaves (Jargon 46)

Guy Davenport · 1966 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Highlands; California, The Nantahala Foundation; Jonathan Williams, Publisher, 1966 . First edition. Paperback. A signed scarce first edition of this attractively illustrated long poem from Guy Davenport. Scarce first edition. Signed by the author to the half-title page. In the …

Jock of the Bushveld

Sir Percy Fitzpatrick · 1907 · Rooke Books

£5,750.00 (€6,893.29 | $7,597.83 | ¥1,213,420)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1907 . First edition. Cloth. Inscribed by the author to Director of Military Intelligence Cedric Rhys Price, this is an exceptional first edition of Sir James Percy FitzPatrick's classic account of his travels with his dog. Beautifully illus…

Anton Pieck. Zyn leven, zyn werk (GESIGNEERD)

Eysselsteijn, Bem van/VOGELESANG, HANS · 1973 · Antiquariaat Schot

€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.02 | ¥5,281)

Den Haag, Ad. M.C. Stok Zuid-Hollandsche Uitgeversmaatschappij B.V. 1973. 257 (3) p. Linnen band met stofomslag, groot formaat (In goede staat, gesigneerd door Pieck onder zijn portret voorin. Dit betreft de eerste uitgave, genummerd met 3868.)

Remembering the Future: The Physics of the Soul and Time Travel (SIGNED)

Agnew, Brooks A. · 2010 · Antiquariaat Schot

€10.20 ($11.24 | £8.51 | ¥1,795)

Privately Published 2010. 207 p. Paperback (In very good condition, signed by the author on the titlepage.)

EXETER ENGRAVED The Secular City Volume One [&] The Cathedral Churches Chapels and Priories Volume Two

GRAY Todd · 2000 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Exeter: Mint Press, 2000 [&] 2001 1st edn (vol II signed by author on title page). 2 vols. Oblong 4to. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine). Pp. xx + 208 [&] xix + 207, illus throughout with b&w plates and maps (previous owner's neat inscription on h…

A SCHOLAR AND A GENTLEMAN Edward Hasted the Historian of Kent

BLACK Shirley Burgoyne · 2001 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Darenth Valley Publications, 2001. 9780950733487 1st edn signed and inscribed by author on title page. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xiv + 469, with b&w illus (no other inscriptions).

A SHORT HISTORY OF THE APOCALYPSE

BOYLE Frankie, SKELTON Charlie · 2024 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

John Murray, 2024 1st edn signed by author (Boyle). 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. xx + 540, with b&w illus by Frank Quitely (no other inscriptions).

AN INNKEEPER'S DIARY

FOTHERGILL John · 1931 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Chatto & WIndus, 1931 1st edn 1st printing signed by author on title page. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (spine chipped at headcap and boards lightly marked - in protective cover), no dustwrapper. Pp. x, 294, illus with b&w plates and folding facsimile of the 'Height Wa…

THE FISH EAGLE'S LAMENT Travels in Southwest Ethiopia

PILLAI Gerard Dominic · 2009 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Gerard Dominic Pillai, 2009 1st edn signed and inscribed by author on front endpaper. 4to. Original silver lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. xviii + 227, with coloured illus throughout (no other inscriptions).

FROM PLATO TO NATO The Idea of the West and Its Opponents

GRESS David · 1998 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

New York: Free Press, 1998. 9780684827896 1st edn 1st printing signed and inscribed by author on front endpaper. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue and cream cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xiv + 610 (no other inscriptions).