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16 Vols a Collection of the Works of Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling · 1899 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited , 1899Â1937. Cloth. A substantial sixteen-volume collection of Rudyard Kipling"s works, including several first editions and illustrated volumes, charting his literary career. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original red cloth binding, …
London and Its Environs Handbook for Travellers
Karl Baedeker · 1955 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)
Hamburg, Karl Baedeker, 1955. Cloth. An attractive twenty first edition of this comprehensive guide to London, with 19 maps and plans and illustrations throughout. The revised twenty first edition of the work.In publisher's original red cloth binding, with original very sca…
The Pageant of the Lamp
The Edison Swan Electric Company Ltd. · 1948 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)
London, The Edison Swan Electric Company Ltd. [1948]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon work from the Edison Swan Electric Company providing a short illustrated history of the electric lamp, with a letter from Edison Swan to Ambrose Heal, a notable furnitu…
Masterpieces of English Furniture and Clocks
R. W. Symonds · 1940 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)
London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1940. First edition. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of this limited edition study on furniture and clocks by R. W. Symond's, inscribed by the author to Ambrose Heal, the noted furniture designer. A limited first edition, being one of …
Furniture Making in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century England
R. W. Symonds · 1955 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)
London, The Connoisseur, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Symonds' illustrated study on seventeenth and eighteenth century furniture making, signed and inscribed by the author to the noted furniture designer Ambrose Heal. The first trade edition. Also p…
Reliques of Old London
Henry B. Wheatley · 1896 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, George Bell & Sons, 1896. Cloth. A fantastic limited edition illustrated work on old London, signed and illustrated with brilliant lithographic plates by Thomas R. Way. A limited edition, being number 245 out of 275 copies. Signed by the artist, J. R. Way, to the editio…
Some Account of the Hospital and Parish of St. Giles in the Fields, Middlesex
Mr. John Parton · 1822 · Rooke Books
£1,400.00 (€1,678.37 | $1,849.91 | ¥295,441)
London, Luke Hansard and Sons , 1822. First edition. Leather. A desirable large paper association copy of this very scarce survey of St. Giles' Parish, from the library of prominent furniture designer, Ambrose Heal. A large paper copy of the first edition, of which only twe…
Norway, Sweden, and Denmark with Excursions to Iceland and Spitzbergen
Karl Baedeker · 1912 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
Leipzig , Karl Baedeker, Publisher , 1912. Cloth. A pleasing copy of this Baedeker handbook to Norway, Sweden and Denmark, complete with the scarce dust wrapper. Tenth edition, revised and augmented. In the publisher's red cloth binding. With the scarce original unclipped …
Irish Melodies
Thomas Moore · 1829 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, J. Power et al. 1829. Leather. The ninth edition of Thomas Moore's most beloved collection of writings in full dark green morocco, and complete with intricate gilt detailing and a gilt fore edge. The ninth edition of Thomas Moore's Irish Melodies in full dark g…
Birds and Beasts of the Greek Anthology
Norman Douglas · 1927 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)
Florence , Privately Printed, 1927. First edition. Cloth. First and limited edition of five hundred copies signed by the author, in the publisher's original blue cloth binding with a monochrome frontispiece and two further tipped-in plates. First and limited edition of five…
Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems
William Edmondstoune Aytoun · 1887 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1887. Leather. A full morocco edition of William Edmonstoune Aytoun's beloved Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers, with subtle gilt decoration to the corners of the boards and along the spine, complete with a gilt fore edge. A full morocco e…
Poems by Thomas Gray
Thomas Gray · 1887 · Rooke Books
£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)
London, Chiswick Press, 1887. Leather. A finely bound Eton College prize copy of Thomas Gray"s poetry by Riviere & Son, illustrated with engraved plates. Bound in signed full armorial calf by Riviere and Son, with gilt detailing to the boards and dentelles. An Eton College priz…
Skrine of Warleigh in the County of Somerset
E. W. Ainley Walker · 1936 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
Taunton, The Wessex Press, 1936. First edition. Leather. A wonderful example of the very scarce first edition of this genealogical and antiquarian study of the Skrine family. A limited edition, privately printed work. No. 153 of 200 copies of this very scarce work printed.Illust…
The Riviera
A. Ansted · 1894 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)
London, Seeley and Co, 1894 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this large paper illustrated study of the Riviera, illustrated with signed proof etchings. No. 27 of 50 large paper copies of this work produced. A very scarce work.Illustrated with twenty signe…
Francis Kilvert
Francis Kilvert; David Lockwood · 1990 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)
Mid Glamorgan, Seren Books, 1990. First edition. Leather. A signed first edition biography of Francis Kilvert, finely rebound by Ipsley Bindery with illustrations, offering a richly researched portrait of the Victorian diarist. Rebound in a handsome quarter calf binding with mar…
Agrippina: Empress-Mother; "Amid the Alien Corn
F. A. Evelyn · 1932 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)
London, Heath Cranton Ltd. 1932-1940 . First edition. Leather. Signed presentation copies of two very scarce first editions from F. A. Evelyn, a 20th century translator of Greek tragedies and poetry. Signed presentation copies of two very scarce first editions, being 'Agrip…
A Tour in Sutherlandshire
Charles St. John · 1884 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1884 . Leather. Handsomely bound in full calf, this is the second edition of Charles St. John's comprehensive two volume account of field sports and natural history in Sutherland. The second edition of this work, complete in two volumes.The author&…
Some Notices of the Family of Master, of East Langdon and Yotes in Kent, New Hall and Croston in Lancashire, and Barrow Green in Surrey
Rev. George Streynsham Master · 1874 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)
London, For Private Circulation only by Mitchell and Hughes, 1874 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce signed presentation copy of this limited edition privately published genealogical study, with a signed letter from the author to Lord Hawkesbury. A signed presentation copy …
Public Letters, Addresses and Defences Regarding the Law
Robert Dickenson; Thomas Hague; Matthew Concanen; et al. · 1783 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)
London, J. Parsons; et al. 1783-1812. First edition. Leather. A sammelband of very scarce public letters, addresses and defences, including a signed work by its author, commenting on matters relating to the law and court cases, such as the 1812 race horse poisoning case. All fir…
Lutyens Houses and Gardens
Lawrence Weaver · 1921 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)
London, Offices of "Country Life" , 1921. Cloth. A very smart second edition of this architectural study of Sir Edwin Lutyens. Second edition. First published in 1913.In the original quarter cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece and many full-page and in-text monochrome …