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The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton: The Story of Her Life
Isabel Burton; W. H. Wilkins · 1897 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)
London, Hutchinson & Co. 1897. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this fascinating biography of Isabel Burton, the writer, adventurer and wife of Richard Francis Burton. The scarce first edition. Complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in a neat half morocco bindin…
A Bibliographical List of the Works That Have Been Published, or Are Known to Exist in Ms. , Illustrative of the Various Dialects of English
Rev. Walter W. Skeat; J.H. Nodal · 1877 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
London, English Dialect Society, 1877. Leather. A comprehensive referential work published by The English Dialect Society containing a bibliography of works in various English dialects. A detailed bibliography of all of the works that have been published, or are known to exist i…
Pageantry of Sport: From the Age of Chivalry to the Age of Victoria
John Arlott; Arthur Daley · 1968 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, Paul Elek Productions, 1968. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this large paper volume concerning the history of a vast array of sports, featuring numerous charming illustrations. The first edition of this work. A charming sporting work telling of the history of var…
The Badminton Library: Shooting: Field & Covert and Moor & Marsh; Hunting; Golf
Various · 1889 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1889-98. Cloth. Some later impressions of four volumes from the Badminton Library series of sporting books in the original publisher's uniform cloth bindings. The Badminton Library was a sporting project edited by Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of…
The Keepsake for Mdcccxxix
Various [ed. by Frederic Mansel Reynolds] · 1829 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)
London, Hurst, Chance and Co. 1829. Cloth. A desirable volume within the steel plate illustrated literary annual, including tales by Mary Shelley and Sir Walter Scott. The Keepsake for MDCCCXXIX (1829), a desirable volume within the distinguished annual of short stories and poet…
Lysbeth: A Tale of the Dutch
H. Rider Haggard · 1901 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London; New York; Bombay, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1901. First edition. Cloth. The first U.K. edition of this popular historical novel from H. Rider Haggard, containing the illustrations of G. P. Jacomb Hood. First U.K. edition. In the publisher's original navy cloth bindin…
All Manner of Folk, Interpretations and Studies
Edward Lear; Holbrook Jackson [editor] · 1912 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
London, Grant Richards Ltd, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon work of literary criticism by Holbrook Jackson, signed by the author. The first edition of this uncommon work.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, with his bookplate to…
The Lodging House Fire
W H Davies · 1993 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
Harvington, The Waseley Hills Press, 1993. Paperback. A very scarce and beautifully produced copy of this poem by Welsh author, William Henry Davies. Being one of seven copies produced. In a wonderful condition, this poem has been printed on hand-made paper from the Wookey Hole …
The Comic History of England
Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett · 1847 · Rooke Books
£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)
London, The Punch Office, 1847-8. Leather. A two volume set of Gilbert Becket's comical retelling of British history, illustrated with coloured plates by John Leech. Complete in two volumes. 'The Comic History of England' is a humorous re-telling of British histor…
A Complete Collection of State-Trials, and Proceedings for High-Treason, and Other Crimes and Misdemeanours
Francis Hargrave · 1778 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)
London, T. Wright; C. Bathurst, Wilson, and Nicholl; J. F. and C. Rivington; et al, 1778. Leather. Volumes VII and VIII of this extensive study of trials of English history, in particular relating to treason. The fourth edition.Two volumes bound in one.Volumes VII and VIII of a …
Dictionaire Universal D&Apos;Histoire Et de Gographie
M. N. Bouillet · 1884 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1884. Cloth. A popular dictionary of History and Geography, in French by the renowned Bouillet. An association copy with Sir Robert Lindsays armorial nameplate and Elizabeth Sherman Cameron's signature. Written by Marie-Nicolas Bouillet, wh…
An Inquiry Into the Difference of Style Observable in Ancient Glass Paintings
Charles Winston · 1867 · Rooke Books
£745.00 (€893.13 | $984.41 | ¥157,217)
Oxford , James Parker and Co. 1867 . Leather. A wonderfully illustrated second edition of Charles Winston's study of ancient glass painting, bound in full morocco by Zaehnsdorf. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in full morocco. Complete in two volumes. The second edition. First publishe…
El Toro. A motor car story of interior Cuba. [First edition].
PACKARD. Estep,E.Ralph. · 1909 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.
€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.41 | ¥17,603)
Detroit, Packard Motor Car Company, 1909. 107 pp. B./w. frontispiece & [19] b./w. photograpic ills on [13] plates, all plts with tissue guards with red-printed captions, each chapter provided with a small photographic image at the head of the page. Orig. publisher's hardcover b…
Historical and Legendary Ballads and Songs by Walter Thornbury. Original Edition
Keene, Charles (1823-1891), Thomas Morten (1836-1866) and John Lawson (active 1865-1909) · 1876 · Wittenborn Art Books
$350.00 (€317.54 | £264.88 | ¥55,897)
Boston: Gill, 1876. 4to, Original gilt cloth and brown eps, AEG, repaired. xxiv, 282 pp. + adverts. Gordon Ray, The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914, no. 163; The contributors are: Author:Walter Thornbury (British, London 1828-1876 London) Artist: After Edwa…
Original Watercolour of Mrs. Susan Hodson's (Widow of Major W.S. R. Hodson) Drawing Room at Hampton Court Palace, London, 1884
Atkinson, J.J. · 1884 · Wittenborn Art Books
$750.00 (€680.45 | £567.60 | ¥119,780)
London: 1884. Watercolor. 30 x 50cm. Signed and dated. Provenance: Christie's. Lot 24/2. Sale 7261 of 27-9-2006.. Ref: "Grace & Favour A handbook of who lived where in Hampton Court Palace 1750 to 1950," by Sarah E Parker.. MRS SUSAN HODSON: 9 January 1860 Susan (d 1884), daught…
Americans
Carr, Carolyn Kinder · 2002 · Books & Bygones
£11.00 (€13.19 | $14.53 | ¥2,321)
Book Very Good First Edition National Portrait Gallery London "Americans" is an introduction to the history of the United States of America through the art of portraiture. Bringing together over 120 famous American figures, this book draws on the vibrant collections of the Natio…
Pursuit. The uncensored memoirs of John Calder.
CALDER, John · 2001 · Boekhandel - Antiquariaat Emile Kerssemakers - Member ILAB/NVvA
€29.00 ($31.96 | £24.19 | ¥5,105)
Calder Publications 2001, 621pp. Illustrated. Cloth, with dust jacket. In good condition. Pakketzending. """Publish and be damned"", Wellington's famous adage, runs like a leitmotiv through John Calder's memoirs. He has been damned by a censorious press, by politicians, by other…
Science and Religion / A Historical Introduction
Gary B. Ferngren · 2002 · Boekhandel Louis Tinner
€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)
JHU Press. 2002, paperback, goed exemplaar, naam voorin / good copy, name on first page. <p>Written by distinguished historians of science and religion, the thirty essays in this volume survey the relationship of Western religious traditions to science from the beginning of the …
Hand-written letter and plan signed M. Masterman, Sledmore House, Yorkshire: June 10th, 1802.
SYKES (Sir Mark Masterman) · 1771 · Forest Books
£209.63 (€251.31 | $277.00 | ¥44,238)
Letter to unknown architect requesting a monument to be designed to fit in a church, with neat plan below. The sheet of paper measures 13\" x 8\", top outer corner chipped, light toning and a few spots to paper. All of the text on one side, the verso blank lightly soiled, and on…
Twylight Tower : An Elizabeth I Mystery.
HARPER, KAREN · 2001 · Kalamos Books
$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.81 | ¥4,392)
New York, Delacorte Press. 2001, 1st US Edition. (ISBN: 038533477X) Hardcover. Book, Elizabethan England-in all its pomp and pageantry, deadly intrigue and scandal-comes alive in Karen Harper's magnificent new novel, the third work in her acclaimed Elizabeth I mystery series. No…