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Jean-Francois Marmontel · 1767 · Rooke Books
£210.00 (€251.75 | $277.49 | ¥44,316)
Paris, Merlin, 1767. First edition. Leather. The original French first edition of Jean-Francois Marmonetal's controversial and banned novel on the life of Belisarius, illustrated. The first edition of this work. In the original French. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and t…
Sanders&Apos; Orchid Guide, and, Orchid Hybrids
Henry Frederick Conrad Sander · 1901 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
St. Albans, Sander & Son, 1901-06. Leather. A set of three important orchidologist reference works, compiled by the eminent botanical figure Henry Frederick Conrad Sander. Three detailed reference works on orchids, containing detailed lists on orchids and their hybrids.Detailing…
Exposition de la ReãâoeãâGle Des FreãâoeãâRes Mineurs : D&Apos;ApreãâoeãâS Les deãâoeãâClarations Des Papes, Les deãâoeãâCrets de la S. CongreãâoeãâGation, Les deãâoeãâCisions de Nos Chapitres GeãâoeãâNeãâoeãâRaux Et la Doctrine
T. R. P. Georges de Villefranche · 1893 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
Toulouse, Imprimerie Catholique Saint-Cyprien, 1893. Leather. A very scarce leather bound work outlining the rules for the for young clerics wishing to join the Order of Friars. A very scarce work on the rules of the Order of Friars, also known as the Franciscan Order or the Ser…
Hudibras
Samuel Butler; Zachary Grey · 1801 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, Vernor and Hood, 1801. Leather. An illustrated edition of this popular long narrative poem by Samuel Butler. Complete in two volumes.'Hudibras' is a long narrative poem which was published four years after Charles II was restored to the throne. The poem follows…
Scarlet Feather
Maeve Binchy · 2000 · Book Haven
NZ$13.50 (€6.77 | $7.46 | £5.64 | ¥1,191)
Orion 2000 Hardback, 501pp. Scarlet Feather is set in contemporary Dublin, and is the story of Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather, who go into business together as caterers. Tom is the son of a builder and his fanatically devout wife, both of whom are disappointed that he hasn't join…
More Spring Flowers and Summer Blossoms
F.; M. · 1849 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)
London, Thomas Dean and Son, [1849]. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce anthology of verse and prose, strikingly illustrated, included with a hand-coloured frontispiece. A vanishingly scarce work.Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, a hand-coloured title page, and four monoch…
Vols I, III, V-VII Dorset Parish Registers Marriages
W. P. W. Phillimore [ed.]; Edmund Nevill [ed.] · 1906 · Rooke Books
£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)
London, Phillimore & Co, 1906-1914. Cloth. Five volumes from a scarce, limited edition set detailing the marriage registers of Dorset county between the sixteenth and nineteenth century. Volumes I, III, V-VII of this scarce limited edition set containing all of the extant marria…
Les Adventures de Telemaque, Fils D&Apos;Ulysse
Francois Salignac · 1807 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
Paris , Chez Bossange , 1807. Leather. A tree calf bound new edition of Francois Fenelon's compelling insert to Homer's 'Odyssey', decorated with engravings. New edition. In the original French. Bound in full tree calf.Illustrated with twelve engraved plates…
Reminiscences of Captain Gronow Recollections and Anecdotes Being a Second Series of Reminiscences
Captain Gronow · 1889 · Rooke Books
£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)
London, John C Nimmo, 1889. First edition. Leather. A very smart first illustrated edition of Captain Gronow's recollections. A limited edition, with this set belonging to Sir Winston Churchill's brother. Limited edition, numbered 143 of 870 copies produced with the 25…
Dictionary of Daily Wants
[Robert Kemp Philp] · 1859 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)
London, Houlston & Wright, [1859-61]. First edition. Cloth. A complete three volume set of this illustrated dictionary of daily necessities and helpful guides for the household. The first combined edition. Originally published in monthly instalments for subscriber's, then p…
Temora, an Ancient Epic Poem
Ossian; James Macpherson · 1763 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)
London, T. Bicket and P. A. de Hondt, 1763. First edition. Leather. An uncommon first edition copy of James Macpherson's poetry, a purported series of poems written by a third century Scottish bard. The first edition of this uncommon work.Title page is provided in facsimile…
South Devon Coast;
Charles G. Harper · 1907 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London, Chapman and Hall Ltd , 1907-1910. First edition. Cloth. A delightfully illustrated series of English coastal surveys from Charles G. Harper. The first edition, first impressions of these works. In the publisher's original blue cloth bindings. Charles George Harper i…
Voyages Et Avantures de Jacques Masse
[Simon Tyssot de Patot] · 1710 · Rooke Books
£1,275.00 (€1,528.51 | $1,684.74 | ¥269,063)
Bordeaux, Jaques L'Aveugle, 1710 [c1742]. Leather. A very scarce early imprint of this controversial work of enlightenment fiction, being an early example of Utopian fiction and a precursor to Robinson Crusoe in the 'voyage imaginaire' tradition. Rosenberg edition…
Poems
Elizabeth Barrett Browning · 1862 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
London, Chapman & Hall, 1862. Leather. A smartly bound set of the collected poetical works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, inscribed by the great-nephew of Samuel Taylor Coleridge to his sister, Mary Frances Keble Coleridge. The fifth edition, published one year after Elizabeth&a…
Souvenir de St. Petersbourg.
DAZIARO, J., · 1860 · Antiquariaat Goltzius
€690.00 ($760.52 | £575.56 | ¥121,460)
Souvenir de St. Petersbourg. Moscou/Moscow, J. Daziaro, [1860-1865?], oblong 8vo (70 x 110mm), 24 albumen prints (each approximately 60 x 11mm.), mounted as cabinet cards in a concertina (leparello), original red tooled linen covers with gilt lettering \"Souvenir de St. Petersbo…
Then and Now: A Novel as Told in 112 Original Drawings
Matulay, Laszlo; Friedrich Bergammer (Foreword) · 1981 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts
$119.00 (€107.97 | £90.06 | ¥19,005)
New York Alpine Fine Arts Collection, Ltd. First Edition, First Printing Unpaginated. 4to., measuring 9.5" x 12". Publisher's full black cloth over boards, silver lettering to the spine. Replete with one hundred and twelve full-page plates of Matulay's gorgeous drawings. Excepti…
Anthozoa Polyactinia. Astroides calycularis [stony cup coral polyps]. Tab. 1.
Pfurtscheller, P. · 1902 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg
€900.00 ($991.99 | £750.73 | ¥158,426)
Wien, Pichler's Witwe & Sohn, 1902. Very large (140 x 130 cm) broadsheet. Lithographed on two half-sheets, combined into one. Printed in chromolithography on one side. = A very rare pictorial teaching chart depicting the morphology and anatomy of a stony coral, showing the anato…
A Bristol Printing House Spoken of in Several Fragments
Edward Everard · 2007 · Rooke Books
£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)
London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & Co. c1903. Cloth. A scarce, fascinating work on Edward Everard's Printing Works, a Bristol-based historical printing press designed in the Art Nouveau style. A fascinating historical and topographical work on the Bristol-based pr…
Two Gallant Sons of Devon
Harry Collingwood · 1913 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
London, Glasgow and Bombay, Blackie and Son Limited, 1913. Cloth. A captivating piece of boys' nautical adventure fiction by Harry Collingwood, bound in smart pictorial cloth. Set at sea, this work covers exciting incidents such as sailing ships, an attack by natives, sea r…
Mrs. Beeton&Apos;S All About Cookery with over 2,000 Practical Recipes
Mrs Beeton [Isabella Beeton] · 1923 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
London; Melbourne , Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1923. Cloth. A comprehensive household guide by Isabella Beeton, offering over 2,000 practical recipes and domestic tips, richly illustrated throughout with colour plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Illustrated wi…