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Physico-Theology or, a Philosophico-Moral Disquisition Concerning Human Nature, Free Agency, Moral Government, and Divine Providence

T. Morgan · 1741 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Printed for T. Cox, 1741. First edition. Leather. A scarce philosophical treatise rooted in deism, discussing the relationship between divine power and empirical observations of the natural world. The first and only edition of this scarce work. Bound in full panelled sp…

Catulli, Tibulli, Et Propertii Opera

Gaius Valerius Catullus; Albius Tibulus; Sextus Aurelius Propertus · 1772 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1772 . Leather. The Baskerville edition of this anthology of poetry by the Latin elegists Catullus, Tibullus, and Propertius, issued concurrently with the quarto, in a contemporary full calf binding. In a contemporary full calf binding with gilt spi…

Pigot and Co. &Apos;S Royal National and Commercial Directory and Topography

1842 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, J. Pigot & Co; et al, 1842. Leather. A topographical guide to the counties of England, an expansive work exploring the history of the country, alongside colour folding plates. An interesting and extremely extensive topographical work for the counties of England. Illustra…

A Collection of Poems by Several Hands Most of Them Written by Persons of Eminent Quality

Various Authors · 1693 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.37 | $1,849.91 | ¥295,441)

London, T Warren, 1693. Leather. A smartly bound, very scarce poetry anthology from the late seventeenth century. Featuring poems from many noted authors such as Charles Sedley, the Earl of Mulgrave, G Granville and George Etherege. This work is an enlarged version of the previo…

Mrs. Caudle&Apos;S Curtain Lectures

Douglas Jerrold · 1866 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.60 | $455.87 | ¥72,805)

London, Bradbury, Evans, & Co, 1866. First edition. Leather. A Zaehnsdorf bound first edition of Douglas William Jerrold's comical series of lectures, complete with a chromolithograph frontispiece. The first edition in book form.Bound by Zaehnsdorf.A comical series by Dougl…

Maison de plaisir de Soestdijk, vue du coté du jardin.Amsterdam, F. Buffa et fils, [1830-1850]. Framed (61,5 x 75,5 cm).

KRUYFF, Cornelis de & Frederik Christiaan BIERWEILER. · 1650 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€6,000.00 ($6,613.24 | £5,004.87 | ¥1,056,176)

Hand-coloured aquatint view of the royal palace of Soestdijk. Originally built as a country estate in the 1650s, Soestdijk became the property of the Dutch-British king William III and his heirs before becoming a royal palace under King Louis Bonaparte. In 1815 the palace was gi…

With Clive in India & Under Wellington&Apos;S Command

G. A. Henty · 1896 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Blackie & Son Limited, 1896-1899. Cloth. Two smart volumes from English novelist and war correspondent G. A. Henty, with illustrations and plans. Two volumes. Written by George Alfred Henty, an English novelist and war correspondent best known for his works of adventure …

I.C. S. Reference Library Engineering and Construction

International Correspondence Schools Ltd. · 1907 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, International Correspondence Schools Ltd. 1907-1914 . Cloth. Two early editions of the I.C.S. Reference Library including works on engineering and construction. Two volumes from the International Correspondence Schools Ltd. Reference Library in the original publisher&apo…

Encyclopedia of Needlework

Therese de Dillmont · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Mulhouse, Editions Th. de Dillmont , c1900. Cloth. An attractive new edition of this popular twentieth century encyclopaedia of needlework by Therese de Dillmont, with coloured plates. A new, revised and enlarged edition of this comprehensive guide to needlework by Therese de Di…

Delineations of Gloucestershire

J. N. Brewer · 1827 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, Sherwood, Gilbert, & Piper, 1827 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition, large paper copy of English topographer and antiquarian James Norris Brewer's illustrated early nineteenth century study of Gloucestershire. Illustrated with an engraved fronti…

Big Game Shooting

Clive Phillipps-Wolley · 1894 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1894. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this work on big game shooting, in half morocco binding with gilt coat of arms to the front board. Part of the Badminton Library. A fascinating work on big game hunting across the world, inclu…

Girl Guides Scrapbook and Notebook

Susan Bridgman · 1910 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Shropshire, None, c1950. Cloth. A personal scrapbook recording the history of the Girl Guides, preserving photographs, handwritten notes, ephemera, and institutional history in a uniquely intimate form. In the original green cloth binding, backed with red cloth, featuring a hand…

Old Ballads Historical and Narrative

Thomas Evans · 1810 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, W. Bulmer and Co, 1810. Leather. A complete collection of the historical and narrative poetry of the bookseller Thomas Evans. Complete in four volumes.A collection of historical and narrative poems by the London bookseller Thomas Evans.Containing the poems, 'Country…

Sketches of Scarbro&Apos;, Drawn from Nature

None · 1881 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1881. Cloth. A scarce copy of this charming collection of late nineteenth century illustrations of Scarborough. This work is a charming collection of illustrations by John Dinsdale, showing life in Scarborough in the late nineteenth century. Some …

Interest Tables at Five Per Cent

George Oates · 1851 · Rooke Books

£199.99 (€239.75 | $264.26 | ¥42,204)

London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1851. Leather. A mathematical, accountancy work regarding interest tables in the nineteenth century. Leatherbound volume with gilt title to the spine. Interest Tables at Five per Cent. In which are shown the interest on any sum from on…

A Flora of Hertfordshire

Alfred Reginald Pryor; Benjamin Daydon Jackson; John Hopkinson · 1887 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Gurney & Jackson, 1887. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work on the flora of Hertfordshire, written by Alfred Pryor, illustrated with a coloured folding map. The first edition of this work. This work looks a the flora and plants that can be found growing …

Little Soldiers: How Soviet Children Went to War, 1941-1945

Kucherenko, Olga · 2011 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

New York Oxford University Press First Edition, First Printing pp. xiii, 266. 8vo. Publisher's navy-blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Black-and-white portraits. No detectable flaws: bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding; as new and housed in…

Optimal decisions under uncertainty : methods, models, and management

Sengupta, Jati K. · 1985 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

Berlin & New York : Springer, 1985. Paperback. x,286 pp. 24 cm. (Hochschultext). Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - Understanding the stochastic enviornment is as much important to the manager as to the economist. From production and marke…

Cricket of to-Day and Yesterday

Percy Cross Standing · 1902 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, The Caxton Publishing Company, 1902. Cloth. An interesting early 20th century illustrated work on the popular sport of cricket, a presentation copy signed and inscribed by cricketer Sir H. F. G. Leveson Gower. A fascinating early twentieth century work on cricket, the po…

Memoirs of Fanny Hill

John Cleland · 1888 · Rooke Books

£1,490.00 (€1,786.26 | $1,968.83 | ¥314,434)

Paris, Isidore Liseux , 1888 . Fine Binding. A beautifully bound copy of John Cleland's scandalous novel, considered to be the first erotic novel in English, this being the first time it was published in English since the first edition in 1749. Bound by Bayntun in a stunnin…