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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…

Marie la Fille de L&Apos;Aveugle, Ou, Ce Que Dieu Fait Est Bien Fait

Madame de Civrey · 1827 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Paris, Eug. Balland, 1827. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce French novel follows a young girl named Marie, an illustrated work by Madame de Civrey. The scarce first edition.In the original French.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and engraved title.A touch…

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Madame La Comtesse De Genlis · 1823 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Paris, Lecointe et Durey, 1823. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this scarce nineteenth century French novel by Caroline-Stéphanie-Félicité, Madame de Genlis. A first edition of this scarce novel by Caroline-Stéphanie-Félicité, Madame de Genlis. Published in Fren…

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…

Le Lays Dans la Vallee le Cousin Pons le Medecin de Campagne Contrat de Mariage

Honore de Balzac · 1900 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Paris, Societe d'Editions Litteraires et Artistiques, 1900-8. Leather. An illustrated collection of four of Honore de Balzac's most popular novels, including 'Cousin Pons', illustrated throughout, in the original French. In the original French. A set of four …

Memorials of St. Paul&Apos;S Cathedral

William Macdonald Sinclair · 1909 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1909. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated historical commentary on St Paul's Cathedral in London. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, thirty-one plates, and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A history of …

Voyage A La mer Du Sud Fait Par Quelques Officiers Commandants

Anson,Georges · 1756 · Richard Thornton Books

£600.00 (€719.30 | $792.82 | ¥126,618)

Freres Duplain This is a Good Copy of this book in what I suspect is it's original leather bound boards,with moroccan title labels in red to spine compartments 2 & 3 other compartments adorned in gilt.Five raised bands to spine.The book has marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns…

De Maisse a Journal of All That Was Accomplished by Monsieur de Maisse Ambassador in England from King Henri IV to Queen Elizabeth Anno Domini 1597

G. B. Harrison; A. Jones · 1931 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , The Nonesuch Press, 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first English edition of this history of the court of Elizabeth I, and the place of Monsieur de Maisse. Translated from the original French. G. B. Harrison (14 July 1894 – 1 November 1991) was one of the leading Shake…

South Mimms

Frederick Charles Cass · 1877 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Westminster, Nichols and Sons, 1877. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated work on the history of the village and parish South Mimms in Hertfordshire, written by the rector Frederick Charles Cass. The first edition of this work. An interesting history of …

Parker Guns [Catalog Circa 1930, Flying Geese on Cover]

1930 · Pegasus Books

$133.50 (€121.12 | £101.03 | ¥21,321)

Livonia, NY: Parker Brothers, 1930. Reprint. Paperback. ISBN: 1884849156. B&W Illustrations; 9 1/4 x 6 1/4; 32 pages; This is a modern reprint, possibly from the 1980s or 1990s. Originally published in 1930. Oblong shaped soft cover book, stapled wraps. Cover has minor scuffing,…

Þættir: ljóð [Scenes: Poetry] [Cover Title: Ljóðaþættir]

Þorsteinsson, Þorsteinn Þ. [Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn, Th.] (1879-1955) · 1918 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Hecla Press, Limited First Edition, First Printing pp. 91, [1], one errata leaf. 12mo., measuring 18 cm. Bound in thick, textured, cream paper boards with title appearing in black (housed within elaborate borders) on the front board on original paper pastedown…

What Set Him Right

Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd · 1885 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Isbister, 1885. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this very scarce volume of literary sermons by Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd. A first edition of this very scarce collection of sermons by Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd. Boyd's sermons have been described as l…

Recollections of Travel in New Zealand and Australia

James Coutts Crawford · 1880 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Trubner & Co, 1880. First edition. Cloth. A scarce account of the history, scenery, and culture of New Zealand and Australia, an illustrated first edition copy. The first edition of this scarce work.James Coutts Crawford's account of his life in New Zealand, among s…

Chorographia, or, a Survey of Newcastle Upon Tyne

William Gray · 1818 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Newcastle, Emerson Charnley, 1818. Leather. The very scarce 1818 facsimile edition of William Gray's seventeenth century study of Newcastle. A presentation copy from the editor. The very scarce 1818 large paper copy facsimile edition of this 1649 work. With the title page o…

Little Dinners: How to Serve Them with Elegance and Economy

Mary Hooper · 1874 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Henry S. King & Co. 1874. Cloth. The second edition of this recipe book for small dinners from English cookery writer Mary Ann Hooper. Second edition. A charming guide offering tips and recipes for hosting elegant dinner parties for smaller numbers and on a budget. From …

Anglican Church Architecture with Some Remarks on Ecclesiastical Furniture

James Barr · 1842 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

Oxford, John Henry Parker , 1842. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this fascinating architectural work with illustrations. A first edition copy. Anglican Church Architecture with Some Remarks on Ecclesiastical Furniture is written by James Barr and explores the arc…