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A Narrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain, Commanded by His Excellency Lieut. -General Sir John Moore, K.B. &C. &C. &C. Authenticated by Official Papers and Original Letters, by James Moore, Esq. The Third Edition
James Moore · 1809 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
London, J Johnson, 1809. Leather. A smart copy of this important account regarding the military campaign of Sir John Moore during the Peninsular War, and therefore the Napoleonic Wars. The third edition of this work, printed the same year as the first. Illustrated, with two hand…
The Complete Angler or Contemplative Man&Apos;S Recreation Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing with an Abridgment of the Lives of the Authors by Sir John Hawkins, Knt. Edited, with Notes from a Naturalist&Apos;S Point of View, by J.E. Harting, Librarian of the Linnean Society, of London
Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, J E Harting · 1893 · Rooke Books
£800.00 (€959.07 | $1,057.09 | ¥168,824)
London, Samuel Bagster and Sons, 1893. First edition. Leather. A lovely copy of the tercentenary edition of Izaak Walton's best known work, 'The Complete Angler&apos. Complete with Charles Cotton's continuation and notes by J E Harting. First thus, the first and o…
The Medieval Manuscripts of Keble College, Oxford a Descriptive Catalogue with Summary Descriptions of the Greek and Oriental Manuscripts
M. B. Parkes · 1979 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London, Scolar Press, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this fascinating catalogue of the Western, Greek and Oriental medieval manuscripts of Keble College, Oxford. Many of the manuscripts listed in this catalogue were given to the college from the monum…
Sertum Carthusianum Floribus Trium Seculorum Contextum
Gulielmi Haig Brown [William Haig Brown} · 1870 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
Cantabrigiae; Londini, Deighton, Bell, Et Sec; Bell et Daldy, 1870. Leather. A uncommon work of Latin and Greek poetry with an ink inscription by the author to the front blank. This copy is handsomely bound in Bickers and Son full calf binding. Uncommon. In a handsome full calf …
Plays and Pageants
Edward Thompson · 1931 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)
London, Ernest Benn Ltd. 1931. First edition. Vellum. A first limited edition copy of Edward Thompson's 'Plays and Pageants', signed and numbered in ink by the author. Complete with the original slipcase. This edition was limited to sixty signed and numbered copie…
The Plain Dealer Being Select Essays on Several Curious Subjects
Aaron Hill; William Bond · 1730 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)
London, S Richardson and A Wilde; A Bettesworth, J Osborn et al. 1730. First edition. Cloth. An expanded edition of this essay collection, which was first published in 1724 as one volume. A very scarce work, with essays on various subjects. First thus, the first edition in two v…
Epistles in Verse, between Cynthio and Leonora, in Three Cantos, Descriptive of a Voyage to and from the East Indies. With Several Occasional Pieces.
George Marshall; John Thurston · 1812 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
Newcastle, Printed for the Author by Preston and Heath, 1812. First edition. Leather. An uncommon, illustrated poem by George Marshall. The first edition of this work, with engravings from designs by John Thurston and one by Dodd. Illustrated, with a frontispiece, engraved dedic…
Leãâ§Ons de Clinique Medicale Faites a L&Apos;Hopital de la Charitãâ©
S. Jaccoud · 1874 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
Paris, Adrien Delahaye, Libraire-Editeur, 1874. Leather. A nicely bound collection of illustrated medicals lessons by the Swiss physician Sigismond Jaccoud. Including lectures on the treatment of pneumonia, bronchial dilatation, aortic insufficiency, and pericarditis. Sigismond …
Two Monsoons
Theon Wilkinson · 1976 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, Duckworth, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of this fascinating travel work, profusely illustrated by Bill Smith. The first edition of the work, presented in the original unclipped dustwrapper designed by Bill Smith. Signed by the author to the tit…
Black Roses
Francis Brett Young · 1929 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, William Heinemann, 1929. Leather. A signed limited edition copy of Francis Brett Young's famous work, from the Port Lympne Mansion library in Kent. Limited edition of five hundred and twenty five copies of which this is number five hundred and twenty. Signed by the …
The Wench Is Dead
Colin Dexter · 1989 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
London, Macmillan, 1989. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this detective novel from the popular 'Inspector Morse' series by Colin Dexter. Signed by the author. Signed by the author to the title page 'For Peter and Lisa - Its been a great joy to know you …
K" Is for Killer
Sue Grafton · 1994 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1994 . First edition. Cloth. A smart signed first edition, first impression copy of Sue Grafton's eleventh novel in the "Alphabet" series, with a signed card for Peter Owen. The first edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the…
The Black Ice
Michael Connelly · 1993 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1993 . First edition. Hardback. A smart signed first edition, first impression copy of American crime author Michael Connelly's second book in the Harry Bosch series. The first edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title…
To Themis: Poems on Famous Trials, with Other Pieces
Edmund Blunden · 1931 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, The Beaumont Press, 1931. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first limited edition of this pleasing poetry collection, containing the illustrations of Randolph Schwabe. First edition. Uncommon. No. 362 of a limited edition of 405 numbered copies printed on hand-made pape…
Mr Chesterton Comes to Tea, or: How the King Captured Redskin Island
Aiden Mackey; Richard Ingrams [intro.] · 1978 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)
Cambridge, Vintage Publications, 1978 . First edition. Cloth. A superb signed limited edition copy of this novel by Aidan Mackey, written to celebrate the drawings of G. K. Chesterton. The first edition of this limited edition work, number 218 of 370 copies produced. Signed by t…
Windows
George Montagu, Earl of Sandwich · 1924 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
London, Elkin Mathews Limited , 1924. First edition. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of this scarce anthology of poems by the 9th Earl of Sandwich, George Montagu. Author's presentation copy, signed to one Pamela Grey "from her affectionate friend" to the front f…
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare; Herbert Farjeon [Ed.]; Ivor Brown [Intro.] · 1953 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London; New York. The Nonesuch Press; Random House Inc, 1953 . Cloth. A handsome complete four-volume Nonesuch Press Edition of Shakespeare's Works, complete with the scarce publisher's slipcase. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding over marbled cloth…
Philips International Atlas
George Philip [Compiler]; George Goodall [ed.] · 1940 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, George Philip & Son, 1940 . Cloth. The interim edition of this colourfully illustrated international atlas from George Philip, with maps and flags. The scarce 1940 interim edition. In the publisher's original maroon cloth binding. Illustrated with 160 plates of co…
G.K. Chesterton&Apos;S Evangel
Sister Marie Virginia · 1937 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
New York, Benziger Brothers, 1937 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed first edition of Sister Marie Virginia's study of the presentation of Christian ideas within the works of G. K. Chesterton. The scarce first edition of this work. Inscribed by the author, Sister Marie…
Curious Questions
Robert B. Shaw · 1970 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
Oxford, Carcanet Press, 1970. First edition. Paperback. One of forty limited editions of this compelling anthology written and signed by wry American poet Robert B. Shaw. The signed limited edition of Curious Questions, an attractive anthology, written by award-winning American …