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Work and Adventure in New Guinea

James Chalmers · 1902 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

London , The Religious Tract Society, 1902. Cloth. Missionary James Chalmers offers a compelling chronicle of his time in Papua New Guinea between 1877 and 1885 Missionary James Chalmers offers a compelling chronicle of his time in Papua New Guinea between 1877 and 1885. With 6 …

Rhymes and Roundelayes in Praise of a Country Life

Various · 1857 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.65 | $396.41 | ¥63,309)

London, David Bogue, 1857. First edition. Leather. A wonderful first edition of this collection of poetry about country life, containing illustrations by the likes of Birket Foster, George Dodgson and John Absolon, containing the bookplate of John Liddell, a distant relative of …

Poems Volume I, Two Years Ago Volume I, & Yeast: A Problem

Charles Kingsley · 1890 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.69 | $350.16 | ¥55,923)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1890-1902. Leather. Three smart volumes from English novelist and poet Charles Kingsley. Three volumes. Later editions. Written by Charles Kingsley, a broad church priest of the Church of England, university professor, social reformer, historia…

L&Apos;Examen de Soy-Mesme, Pseaumes

Jean Claude · 1682 · Rooke Books

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

Charenton, Samuel Perrier; Samuel Perier, 1682. Leather. Two French religious works bound in one, including the psalms, and an exploration on how to prepare for Communion. Two volumes bound in one.Both works are in French. 'L'Examen de Soy-Mesme, Pour se Bien Preparer…

Station Studies

Lionel Portman · 1902 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

1902, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1902. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this account of a British Colonialist administrator's time in Uganda at the start of the twentieth century. The first edition of this work, part biography, part travelogue and cultural study. Th…

History of South Africa

George McCall Theal · 1891 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1891-93. Cloth. Two volumes of George Theal's informative history of South Africa from the years 1795 to 1854, illustrated with multiple folding plates. In two volumes, comprising of Volumes III and IV of the five volume 'History of Sout…

Coleridge&Apos;S Ancient Mariner

Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1883 · Rooke Books

£875.00 (€1,048.98 | $1,156.19 | ¥184,651)

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1883. Cloth. Coleridge's popular poem about a sailor's long voyage, beautifully illustrated by David Scott. A scarce example of David Scott's illustrations, first found in the first illustrated edition of this renowned work. A later ill…

Curiosities of Natural History

Francis T. Buckland · 1861 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Richard Bentley, 1861-1868. Cloth. Two smart volumes of Buckland's extensive work on natural history, from the second and third series. Two volumes. Written by Francis Trevelyan Buckland, an English surgeon, zoologist, and natural historian born to a noted family of…

Funeral Etiquette and Ceremonies

[Clark-Leatherdale Co. Ltd., Funeral Home] · 1950 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$135.00 (€122.48 | £102.17 | ¥21,560)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Clark-Leatherdale Co. Ltd., Funeral Home First printing pp. 20. Small 16mo., measuring 6.25" x 4". Cream stapled card covers with the crest of the Clark-Leatherdale Co. embossed in raised gilt to the front cover. A handy booklet issued to those attending funer…

Glenfield Gazette A Special Edition Wartime Activities Vol XXVII No 3 1947

Not Stated · 1947 · Richard Thornton Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Glenfield & Kennedy Ltd Very Good Copy in Large quarto format,green cover in soft covers.Well illustrated with several coloured plates.No previous names or inscriptions present.Contents remain clean internally,binding is firm with no hinge weakness.The company was founded back i…

Children of Darkness (Signed by Author and her Husband Wilbur Smith)

Thomas,Danielle · 1992 · Richard Thornton Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Macmillan This is a Near Fine Copy of this Book in blue cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine in a Fine dust-jacket that has no chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-jacket.The book has just a little light spotting along the page edges and also a little to the …

Biblioteka Pionera. Znay i Umey (Russian edition)

Anonymous · 1975 · Chystikov Paper and Silk

€40.10 ($44.20 | £33.45 | ¥7,059)

1975. Hardcover. Language: Russian. Condition: fair. Photos of the copy offered are available on request. Ships from Ukraine by Nova Post with tracking after receipt of payment (bank transfer or PayPal); delivery time 12–28 business days including customs clearance. Shipping for…

Coaching Days and Coaching Ways

W. Outram Tristram · 1893 · Rooke Books

£139.00 (€166.64 | $183.67 | ¥29,333)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1893 . Cloth. An excellent, illustrated edition of this interesting travel work by W. Outram Tristram, with numerous vignettes by Hugh Thompson and Herbert Railton. Bound in the publisher's original bright cloth. The second edition of William Outra…

Romance of Low Life Amongst Plants. Facts and Phenomena of Cryptogamic Vegetation.

M. C. Cooke · 1893 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. Scarce first edition of Cooke's study of botany and natural science regarding vegetation. First edition of Romance of Low Life Amongst Plants by M. C. Cook, in original publisher's cloth b…

What I Remember in Two Volumes

Thomas Adolphus Trollope · 1887 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1887 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Thomas Adolphus Trollope's autobiographical work complete in two volumes. Told in two volumes in original publisher's cloth bindings. Trollope's autobiography includes topics …

Trilby

George du Maurier · 1895 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Osgood, McIlvaine & Co, 1895. First edition. Leather. The first illustrated edition of George du Maurier's important Gothic novel. The first illustrated edition, with illustrations by the author.This novel was originally published as a serial in 'Harper's …

A Book of English Prose: Character and Incident 1387-1649

William Ernest Henley; Charles Whibley; Various · 1894 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Methuen and Co, 1894. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this anthology presenting the best writings of English prose across a period of almost three centuries. The first edition.This volume collects together the best examples of writing character and incident …

Jane Bown. Observer

Billen, Andrew (introd.) and Jane Brown (photogr.) · 1996 · SomeThingz, books etcetera

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

New York Thames & Hudson 1996 Softcover, xv+112pp., 25x29cm., richly illustr. in b/w., in very good condition (mild traces of use). ISBN 9780500278918. Jane Bown's photographs are telling, distinctive and completely unaffected. She admits to no technique other than an unclutte…

Ernest Maltravers

Edward Bulwer-Lytton · 1837 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Paris, A. and W. Galignani, 1837. Cloth. An early edition of this novel by noted nineteenth-century writer, Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Published in Paris the same year as the first edition. A very early edition of this work, published in 1837, the same year as the first edition. Erne…

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1790. VOGEL, S.G. · 1790 · Antiquariaat Fokas Holthuis (ILAB/NVVA)

€390.00 ($429.86 | £325.32 | ¥68,651)

Haarlem, A. Loosjes Pz., 1790. Contemporary calf-backed boards. XXXVI, 196 p., with two tiny illustrations of children's straitjackets. 1st edition. Binding rather worn, too large for this book, and casing loosening. Lacks halftitle. Inside a very good copy, uncut and clean. 'In…