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Sir Hornbook; or, Childe Lancelot&Apos;S Expedition
[Thomas Love Peacock] · 1843 · Rooke Books
£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)
London, John Cundall, 1843. Hardback. A very scarce reprint of this satirical Thomas Love Peacock poem about Lancelot, illustrated beautifully throughout. Very scarce illustrated edition.A new edition of this work, published thirty years after the equally scarce first edition.An…
Midsummer Eve: A Fairy Tale of Love
Mrs S. C. Hall; Anna Maria Hall · 1848 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1848. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce novel by Anna Maria Hall, a beautifully illustrated fairy tale. The first edition of this scarce work.Signed to the recto of the front endpaper, "Miss Chance, with the respe…
A Vertebrate Fauna of Sutherland, Caithness and West Cromarty
John Alexander Harvie-Browne; Thomas E. Buckley · 1887 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1887. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this work cataloguing the animals inhabiting mainland Scotland's northernmost region Naturalists John Alexander Harvie-Brown and Thomas Buckley provide a comprehensive catalogue of the animals found in…
Frank Fairlegh
Frank E. Smedley · 1846 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)
London, A.Hall, Virtue & Co. c1850. Leather. An early edition of this classic Victorian novel, complete with the engravings by George Cruikshank. An early reissue, using the first edition sheets, but without date on title. With the bookplate of one "J. H. Burton" to front paste …
Historical Notes on Old Tottenham and EdmontonEdmonton
Griffin,H.J. · 1926 · Richard Thornton Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
Trusha & Son This is a Good Only Copy of this Book in Publisher's original grey paper covered soft wraps with title lettering to black on thre front cover.The grey paper spine has torn with approx 1'' chip to head of spine and further rubbing.thinning and wear present to the cen…
Galérie microscopique, (traduction du microscopic cabinet de M. Pritchard), augmentée de notes....collection choisie d'objets microscopiques, de test objects, etc. Contenant en outre la description des microscopes en pierres précieuses, un mémoire du docteur Goring sur la vérification des phénomènes microscopiques, et suivie d'une instruction pratique;
LEREBOURS, N.-P. · 1843 · Antiquariaat B.M.Israel B.V.
€425.00 ($468.44 | £354.51 | ¥74,812)
Paris, N.-P. Lerebours; Fortin, Masson et Cie., 1843. W 12 (of which 10 handcol.) engr.pls. and some figs. i.t.t. Contemp.pr.wr. (Sl.soiling, spine end dam., 1 hinge split.). (VIII, 224 pp.). Clay/Court, p. 76: "In 1824 Pritchard, at the suggestion of Dr. Goring...succeeded on …
A Collection of Biggles Stories
Captain W. E. Johns · 0 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, Dean & Son Ltd. c1970. Hardback. Six smart volumes of Biggles stories from English pilot and writer Captain W. E. Johns. Six volumes. Written by William Earl Johns, an English First World War pilot, and writer of adventure stories best known by his pen name Capt. W. E. J…
Londres Et Ses Environs, Ou Guide Des Voyageurs
M.D.S.D.L [Alphonse de Serres de la Tour] · 1788 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)
Paris, Chez Buisson, 1788. First edition. Leather. Illustrated with five folding plates, this is a charming and scarce French language guide to the London of the late eighteenth century. In the original French.Volume I only of Alphonse de Serres de la Tour's scarce two volu…
A Naturalist on Lake Victoria
G. D. Hale Carpenter · 1920 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)
London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1920. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Carpenter's important study of Lake Victoria and the natural science of the area, illustrated throughout. The first U.K. edition of this work.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one colour plate, …
Flora of Marlborough
Rev Thomas Arthur Preston · 1863 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)
London, John Van Voorst, 1863 . First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, first edition of this informative catalogue of the flora of Marlborough, illustrated with a photographic map. The first edition. Uncommon work. Bound in the publisher's original green cloth. This informative…
Chamber&Apos;S Cyclopaedia of English Literature a History, Critical and Biographical of British Authors with Specimens of Their Writings
Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers · 1889 · Rooke Books
£79.00 (€94.71 | $104.39 | ¥16,671)
London, W and R Chambers, 1889. Leather. A fascinating two volume set of this reference work regarding English Literature in a uniform leather binding. The fourth edition. Complete in two volumes. Illustrated, with twelve full page monochrome plates depicting notable literary fi…
Dolores: A Historical Novel of South America
Harro Harring · 1847 · Rooke Books
£320.00 (€383.63 | $422.84 | ¥67,529)
New York, By The Author, 1847. Cloth. A very scarce historical novel set in South America by Harro Paul Harring, this being the second stereotyped U.S. edition. A very scarce work.The second stereotyped U.S. edition.'Dolores' is a vivid historical fiction novel, set in…
Under Drake&Apos;S Flag
G. A. Henty · 1883 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)
London, Blackie & Son, 1883 [1882]. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this sixteenth century adventure novel by Henty, complete with plates. The scarce first edition, dated 1883 to the title page, though this work was published on the 31st August 1882, as stated …
Remarks on Secular & Domestic Architecture Present & Future
George Gilbert Scott · 1858 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London , John Murray , 1858. Cloth. A second edition copy of this work on domestic architecture by George Gilbert Scott. A second edition copy. Remarks on Secular & Domestic Architecture Present & Future explores the state of domestic architecture in the mid 1800s, the revival …
Oeuvres de Moliere Precedees D&Apos;Une Notice Sur Sa Vie Et Ses Ouvrages Par Sainte-Beuve
Moliere · 1844 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
Paris, J.J. Dubochet et Copagnie, 1844. Leather. An extensive, illustrated edition of the works of French playwright and poet, Moliere. Bound in half calf and in the original French. An extensive collection of the works of French playwright and poet, Moliere. Containing his boo…
Scotland Illustrated, in a Series of Eighty Views
Professor Wilson; Various · 1845 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, A. Fullarton, 1845. First edition. Fine Binding. A handsomely bound copy of this work on Scotland, illustrated and in the first edition. Fully illustrated with eighty plates, collated and complete. Including illustrations by John C. Brown, William Brown, Andrew Donaldson…
Combat: A Motor Racing History
Barré Lyndon; Earl Howe · 1933 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A brilliant first edition history of motor-racing by Barré Lyndon, illustrated with photographs throughout and a colour frontispiece. This history emphasizes the role of motor cars designed Cecil Kimber, the man behind …
Essex
A. R. Hope Moncrieff · 1909 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)
London, Adam and Charles Black, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this beautiful and colourful look at the county of Essex, scarce to see in the original dust wrapper. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. A beautiful exploration of t…
Beeton&Apos;S Boy&Apos;S Annual
S.O. Beeton · 1868 · Rooke Books
£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)
London, Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1868. Leather. An uncommon edition of 'Beeton's Boy's Annual', in leather binding. 'Beeton's Annual' was a popular annual publisher for boys in the nineteenth century. Including a colour frontispiece plate and man…
Turner and Girtin&Apos;S Picturesque Views of English, Scotch, & Welsh Scenery, a Hundred Years Ago
Thomas Miller [ed.] · 1873 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
London, Frederick Bentley , 1873. First edition. Cloth. Ode to the beautiful scenery of the United Kingdom from the picturesque views of J. W. M. Turner and Thomas Girtin. The first edition of this work, 'One Hundred Years Ago', following the 1854 publication of &apo…