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Laetitia-Matilda Hawkins · 1821 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce early nineteenth-century novel by Laetitia-Matilda Hawkins, complete in four volumes. A delightful novel by noted early nineteenth-century female author Laetitia-Matilda Hawkins. The …

English Fairy Tales

Flora Annie Steel · 1918 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd. 1918. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of these retold fairy tales by Flora Annie Steel, complete with striking illustrations by Arthur Rackham. First trade edition. Published same year as a signed limited edition of the work.In the publishe…

Encomio Della Pazzia, Composto in Forma Di Declamazione Per Erasmo, E Tradotto in Italiano.

[Erasmo] Desiderius Erasmus · 1761 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Basilea , A Spese della Saviezza, 1761 . Leather. A very scarce work containing French and Italian translations of 'Encomio della Pazzia', or 'In Praise of Folly', by Erasmus of Rotterdam. The first edition thus, being the first work to contain the French-Ita…

Mrs Lincoln's Cook Book. What to Do and What Not to Do in Cooking

Lincoln, D A [Mrs] · 1892 · Barter Books Ltd

£94.00 (€112.69 | $124.21 | ¥19,837)

VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Corners bumped. Slight tearing to title page along inner hinge Boston Roberts Brothers Reprint 200mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). xiv, 536pp + ads. Mary Johnson Bailey Lincoln (July 8, 1844 December 2, 1921) was an influential Boston cooki…

Novels of George Eliot

George Eliot · 1892 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1892 . Cloth. A lovely five volume set of the novels of George Eliot in uniform cloth binding. A lovely set of the Novels of George Eliot in the original publisher's cloth bindings. A set of five works, all of which are und…

Studies in Chaucer: His Life and Writings

Geoffrey Chaucer; Thomas R. Lounsbury · 1892 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A complete three volume first edition of this detailed study on the life and work of Geoffrey Chaucer, from American literary historian Thomas Lounsbury. Complete in three volumes. First edition. With a portrait frontispie…

Tales and Novels

Maria Edgeworth · 1874 · Rooke Books

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

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1874. Leather. A smartly bound collection of tales and novels from Anglo-Irish novelist Maria Edgeworth, with illustrations. Complete in ten volumes. Illustrated with thirty-eight plates of engravings on steel across the set. Collated complete. A collectio…

Lyrics and Narrative Poems

Herbert Trench · 1912 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London; New York; Toronto, Hodder and Stoughton, [1912] (Undated, dated from a co. Leather. London; New York; Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton, [1912] (Undated, dated from a copy held by the British Library). Leather. Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A handsome, and uncommon copy of this co…

And It Came to Pass

Guy Thorne [Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull] · 1916 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Jarrold & Sons, 1916 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce, first edition of this novel surrounding ideas of religion in society, written by Guy Thorne. First edition, in the publisher's original smart cloth binding. Very scarce. Dated using Jisc, from cop…

A New Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales

James Bell · 1833 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

Glasgow, Archibald Fullarton & Co, 1833-34. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of James Bell's important gazetteer on England and Wales, complete with all forty-four folding maps, here in the scarce to find original parts. The first edition of this work.Complete in …

Roadside Songs of Tuscany

Francesca Alexander; John Ruskin (Ed.) · 1885 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Kent , George Allen, 1885. First edition. Leather. The illustrated first edition of this collection of roadside songs from Tuscany, translated and illustrated by Francesca Alexander, and edited by John Ruskin. The first edition. Rebound in half morocco on marbled boards. With a …

Lettres de Madame de Sévigné; Avec une Notice et des Notes par Maxime Formont (Complete in Two Volumes)

Madame de Sévigné [Marie de Rabutin-Chantal], 1626-1696; Maxime Formont (Preface & Notes) · 1909 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$450.00 (€408.27 | £340.56 | ¥71,868)

Paris, France Alphonse Lemerre, Éditeur (23-33, Passagge Choiseul, 23-33) pp. 312; 297. Sextodecimo (16mo.), measuring 6.75" x 3.75". Bound in sumptuous full crushed olive-green morocco with titles stamped in gilt on the spines. Five raised bands to the spines, six compartments,…

Vue du Pavillon de Harlem, prise vis à vis du bois.Amsterdam, F. Buffa et fils, [1830-1850]. Framed (61,5 x 75,5 cm).

KRUYFF, Cornelis de & Frederik Christiaan BIERWEILER. · 1735 · 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 Paviljoen Welgelegen near Haarlem, originally built for the banker Henry Hope (1735-1811). The building was converted into a palace under King Louis Bonaparte and later become the property of the Dutch royal family and used as the …

Family Album A Personal Selection From Four Generations of Churchills

Soames,Mary (Copy From Her Own Personal Library) · 1982 · Richard Thornton Books

£55.30 (€66.30 | $73.07 | ¥11,670)

Houghton Mifflin Company This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in a Very Good Dust-Jacket which has some rubbing and wear to the outer edges of the dust-jacket.Not price clipped.This copy came from the private library of Winston Churchill's Youngest Daughter Mary Soames who pass…

Pharmacopoeia extemporanea, sive praescriptorum chilias, in qua remediorum elegantium & efficacium paradigmata, ad omnes fere medendi intentiones accommodata, candidade proponuntur.Amsterdam, R. & J. Wetstein, & G. Smith, 1731. 8vo. Title in red and black with woodcut device.Contemporary calf, ribbed, gold-tooled spine with red morocco label.

FULLER, Thomas · 1702 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€950.00 ($1,047.10 | £792.44 | ¥167,228)

[32], 382, [34] pp.One of many editions (the eighth according to the title-page) of the very popular Latin Pharmacopoeia extemporanea, first published at London in 1702 and in the Netherlands from 1709, when the Wetsteins published the first Amsterdam edition. It contains remedi…

Radiotelemetry

Tepper, M. · 1961 · Chystikov Paper and Silk

€43.20 ($47.62 | £36.04 | ¥7,604)

Voenizdat, 1961. Softcover (paperback). Language: Russian. Condition: poor. Defects: rubbing (cover), soiling, creases, tears, worn, underlining/notes (cover), yellowing, water stains (pages), spots, creases (pages), tears (corners), creases (corners), stamps (pages), ex-library…

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks in a Circus

James Otis, illustrated by Louis Glanzman, introduction by May Lamberton Becker · 1947 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York, 1947. Edition Unstated, Hardcover, Illustrated by: Louis Glanzman. Very Good Condition/Fair. Dust-jacket is a little darkened with nicks andshort closed tears on upper and lower edges with light wear at spine ends. Clean, fir…

Les Animaux Domestiques: Leurs Moeurs, Leur Intelligence, Leur Utilisation Et Les Benefices Qu&Apos;Ils Produisent Publies Sous la Direction de Gos. De Voogt

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Paris , Ernest Flammarion, c1920. Leather. A lovely book containing advice on pet care, and the benefits of keeping certain pets, in French. With advice on keeping geese, dogs, horses, rabbits and cats, amongst others. Complied by various vets, sportsmen, amateurs and breeders. …

Photographic Album of Teignmouth and Dawlish

1899 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Teignmouth, Lucy & Co. c1899. Hardback. A very scarce photographic album of Teignmouth and Dawlish. Collated, complete with sixteen views. A very scarce volume. Featuring charming photographic plates in black and white of traditional coastal and seaside English towns of Teignmou…

Nordpolfahrten Fridtjof Nansen&Apos;S Seiner Vorganger Und Nachfolger

W C Drogger and N Rolfsen · 1902 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.87 | $132.12 | ¥21,101)

Berlin, Schreiter'sche Verlagsbuchahandlung, 1902. Cloth. Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen's journeys to Greenland and the North Pole, chronicled with thorough background information and illustrated with plates of relevant individuals, arctic scenes, and polar maps. …