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Katawampus Its Treatment & Cure

Edward Abbott Parry · 1895 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, David Nutt, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A scarce to see signed first edition copy of this charming children's fantasy moral tale by Edward Abbott Parry. Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the recto of the front endpaper, 'Wm. Blair, with the authors …

Palmyra and Other Poems

Thomas Love Peacock · 1806 · Rooke Books

£1,300.00 (€1,558.26 | $1,717.48 | ¥274,260)

London, T. Bensley; W. J. and J. Richardson, 1806. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of Thomas Love Peacock's poetry collection, illustrated here with a romantic frontispiece. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.'Palmyra' is a colle…

Poems

William Mason · 1774 · Rooke Books

£159.99 (€191.77 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

York, A Ward, 1774. Leather. A collection of William Mason's poetry. Leatherbound volume with gilt title to the spine. William Mason (1724 – 1797) was an English poet, editor and gardener. He was born in Hull and studied at St John's College, Cambridge. He was ordaine…

La Belle France

David Irving Janes · 1919 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

New York, Duffield and Company, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce first edition of Janes"s WWI poetic cycle, a presentation copy inscribed by the author, reflecting on the war"s devastation through three solemn, interconnected cantos. In the publisher's orig…

Oraisons Funebres

Jacques-Bénigne Lignel Bossuet · 1825 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Paris, Chez Lefevre, Libraire, 1825. Leather. A collection of the funeral orations of Jacques-Benigne Bossuet, and early French preacher renowned for his sermons, in the original French. French. With a portrait frontispiece. Bossuet's 'Funeral Oraisons' are religi…

Mona Antiqua Restaurata an Archaeological Discourse

Henry Rowlands · 1766 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, J Knox, 1766. Leather. A smart second edition copy of this archaeological study of Anglesey written by Reverend Henry Rowlands. This book was responsible for popularising interest in Druid culture. This publication was issued forty-four years after the first, in Dublin 1…

Dictionarium Etymologicum Latinum, Antiquissimum & Novissimum Nunc Demum Infinitis Pene Laboribus

John Rider; Thomas Holyoke · 1640 · Rooke Books

£725.00 (€869.03 | $957.83 | ¥152,952)

London, Felix Kingston for Philip Nevill, 1640. Leather. John Holyoke's revised edition of John Rider's important Latin-English dictionary, the definitive reference dictionary of the century. The fifth edition of this work. Scarce in any edition, particularly this earl…

Scenes and Services in South Africa

Robert Moffat · 1876 · Rooke Books

£500.00 (€599.33 | $660.57 | ¥105,484)

London, John Snow & Co, 1876. First edition. Cloth. An exceptional copy of the first edition of Robert Moffat's description of his time spent as a missionary in South Africa, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.A look into Robert Moffat's work as a m…

Earth from above 365 days (3 foto's)

Arthus-Bertrand, Yann met tekst van Hervé Le Bras · 2001 · De Boekentuin Alkmaar

€18.90 ($20.83 | £15.77 | ¥3,326)

Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, Hard cover, 2001, kleurenfoto's, Goed, minimale verkleuring, Met het aantal genoemde foto’s in de titel geven we een indruk van het boek. Uiteraard kan het boek meer foto’s en/of afbeeldingen bevatten. Bladzijden schoon en netjes. Het boek word…

Poems of Walter Scott and John Greenleaf Whittier

Walter Scott; John Greenleaf Whittier · 1906 · Rooke Books

£77.00 (€92.30 | $101.73 | ¥16,245)

London, Caxton Publishing Co, 1906. Cloth. Two 'Golden Poets' volumes containing the popular poetry of Sir Walter Scott and John Greenleaf Whittier, both volumes illustrated beautifully in colour throughout. Two volumes from Caxton Publishing Company's 'The G…

Della Probita Naturale. Libri Due. Di Giambatista AB. Conte Roberti. RARE TURIN PRINTING

ROBERTI G. · 1825 · Island Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

Alliana E Paravia, Torino, 1825. 2 books in one vol., 8vo., text in Italian, on laid paper, some very light spotting (mainly marginal); neat nineteenth signature on front free endpaper; contemporary pebble-grain cloth, calf back with five bands ruled in gilt, second compartment …

Praeterita. Outlines of Scenes and Thoughts Perhaps Worthy of Memory in My Past Life [ Complete in 3 Volumes ]

Ruskin John · 1886 · George Jeffery Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

George Allen Books measure 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches. Collation, vii, [1], 432pp, 442pp, viii,182,vi,171pp, with 3 plates including frontispieces. Volume1, published, 1886, volume 2 published, 1887, volume 3, published 1900, with Two Plates. Consists of the Four Chapters published by…

Selected Stories of Andre Dubus

DUBUS, ANDRE · 1988 · S. Howlett-West Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

New York: David R. Godine, Publisher, Inc, 1988. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0879237368. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. T…

Summer Songs and Sketches

E Nesbit and Robert Ellice Mack · 1886 · Richard Thornton Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Griffith Farran & Company Produced and Printed By Ernest Nister.Rare title graded Very Good + in the Rare Dust-Jacket graded Very Good + with red silk bow binding with coloured pictorial Summer scene to the front cover.All the page edges are in gilt.These Summer songs and sketch…

London Lyrics

Frederick Locker [Frederick Locker-Lampson] · 1874 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, W. Isbister and Co. 1874 . Hardback. A signed presentation copy of the seventh edition of Frederick Locker's popular volume of verse. A signed presentation copy of the scarce seventh edition of this volume of poetry from English man of letters, bibliophile and poet …

A History of London

W. J. Loftie · 1883 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Edward Stanford, 1883. First edition. Cloth. A first edition history of the British capital through the ages, with numerous folding colour maps. With 38 plates between both volumes, many of which are folding maps. Collated, complete.A two volume history of the British ca…

Montevideo Bajo El Azote Epidemico

Heraclio C. Fajardo · 1857 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Montevideo, Imprenta del Sr. Rosete, 1857. First edition. Cloth. Colorado Party politician Heraclio C. Fajardo's contemporary account of the mid eighteenth century Uruguayan Yellow Fever epidemic. The very scarce first edition. In the original Spanish.The very scarce first …

Poems, Chiefly Religious

Henry Francis Lyte · 1833 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, James Nisbet, 1833. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this collection of Anglican poems by Anglican divine, hymnodist and poet Henry Francis Lyte. The very scarce first edition of this work, a charming volume of religious poetry, with titles includin…

Mr. Sponge&Apos;S Sporting Tour

Robert Smith Surtees · 1853 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. [1853]. Cloth. A decoratively bound volume of Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Victorian novelist and sporting writer Robert Smith Surtees A decoratively bound volume of Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Victorian novelist and sporting writer Ro…

John Pettie

Martin Hardie · 1908 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1908. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this fascinating biography of the renowned Scottish painter John Pettie; copiously illustrated throughout. Renowned for his heroic and historical scenes of Scottish History with their rich colour…