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Architectural Precedents with Notes and Observations

C Davy · 1841 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, John Williams, Library of Fine Arts, 1841. First edition. Cloth. Esteemed Victorian architect William Tress's scarce, first edition copy of Christopher Davy's work on architectural precedents, in decorative cloth. A fascinating work by architect Christopher Dav…

Herbert Beerbohm Tree: Some Memories of Him and His Art

Max Beerbohm · 1920 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc. 1920. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of this illustrated collection of memories relating to English actor Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. First US edition. Uncommon edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-four plates, an…

Quincaillerie Et Serrurerie Pour Ameublement. Album No. 10.

None Stated · 1924 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Paris, Fournier, 1924 . Paperback. A Parisian trade catalogue from Fournier, richly illustrating the hardware, fittings, and decorative elements at the core of French furniture craftsmanship. In the publisher's original paper wraps.A large folio trade catalogue issued by th…

A Short Introduction to English Grammar: With Critical Notes. A New Edition, Corrected.

[Robert Lowth] · 1781 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, J. Dodsley, 1781. Leather. A revised edition of this grammatical guide to English by cleric and academic, Roebrt Lowth. A later edition of this fascinating eighteenth-century grammatical guide. Originally published in 1762, by linguist and clergyman, Robert Lowth.  This…

Aunt Louisa&Apos;S London Gift Book

Laura Valentine · 1867 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1867 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout with vibrant chromolithographic plates, this is the scarce first edition of Laura Valentine's collection of poems and tales for children. The scarce first edition of this work.Laura Valentin…

Poems

Peter Quennell · 1926 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A first and limited edition volume of charming poetry, doubly signed by Sir Peter Quennell. A doubly signed copy, with the author's signature to title page, where Quennell has struck off his printed name and written a cur…

Memoirer Af Sir Hudson Lowe, Angaende Napoleons Fangenskap Pa St Helena

Sir Hudson Lowe · 1831 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Orebro, Tryckt hos N.M. Lindh, 1831. First edition. Hardback. A smart copy of the scarce first Swedish edition of Sir Hudson Lowe's account of his time as Napoleon's jailer on St. Helena. The scarce first Swedish language translation of the memoirs of Sir Hudson Lowe, …

Helen, a Tale

Maria Edgeworth · 1837 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Paris, Baudry's European Library, 1837. Leather. A very scarce 1837 edition of British-Irish novelist Maria Edgeworth's final novel, in smart half calf. An incredibly scarce 1837 edition of this already very scarce title.The final novel penned by British-Irish novelist…

Cantum ecclesiasticum precibus apud Deum animas juvandi, Corpora'que humandi, Defunctorum Officium, missam, et stationes juxta ritum Sacrosanctae Romanae Ecclesiae omnium Ecclesiarum Matris, & Magistrae: Juxta Breviarii, Miss'isque Romani novissimam recognitionem. Nunc denuo in hac secunda editione luculenter castigatum, affluenterque illustratum, sumptibus reverendi P. Francisci Alvares Victorii, Thesaurii Parochialis Ecclesiae Divi Pauli, in lucem prodiit.

VITORIO (Francisco Alvares): [MUSIC. CATHOLIC CHURCH:] · 1753 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£1,500.00 (€1,798.25 | $1,982.04 | ¥316,544)

Ulyssipponae: apud Haered. Antonii Pedrozo Galram. M. DCC. LIII. 1753 4to, 195 x 138 mms., pp. [iv], 155 [156 blank], printed throughout with music, three pages of ms. notes before title-page and 4 pages at end of book, contemporary sheepskin, spine faintly gilt in compartment…

Sound waves in air, water and solids

Krasilnikov, V. A. · 1954 · Chystikov Paper and Silk

€40.70 ($44.86 | £33.95 | ¥7,164)

Gosudarstvennoe izdatelstvo tekhniko-teoreticheskoy literatury, 1954. 440 pp. Hardcover. Language: Russian. Condition: fair. Defects: rubbing, soiling, worn, rubbing (cover), rubbing (spine), soiling (endpapers), signs of age (endpapers), yellowing (pages), signs of age (pages),…

Sbornik materialov po istorii Sovetskogo voennogo iskusstva v VOV 1941–1945. Albom skhem (Russian edition)

Anonymous · 1956 · Chystikov Paper and Silk

€100.90 ($111.21 | £84.17 | ¥17,761)

Voennoe izdatelstvo Ministerstva oborony SSSR, 1956. Hardcover. Language: Russian. Condition: poor. Defects: rubbing (binding), soiling, rubbing, worn, yellowing, signs of age, spots (pages), signs of use, creases, tears, inscriptions (cover), water stains, mould, damaged, soili…

Alice&Apos;S Adventure in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll · 1907 · Rooke Books

£3,250.00 (€3,896.21 | $4,294.42 | ¥685,846)

London , Cassell and Company, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful, first illustrated Cassell edition of Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland, with colour plates. This is a first UK edition of this illustrated edition published by Cassell and Company. Stated as first i…

Thoughts Upon Hunting: In a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend

Peter Beckford · 1802 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London , J. Debrett, 1802 . Leather. The fourth edition of Peter Beckford's important and thorough work on hunting, clearly and eloquently presenting his thoughts on the sport, writing to a less-knowledgeable friend. The fourth edition. First published in 1781. Bound in hal…

La Venus de Gordes le Parricide

Adolphe Belot; Ernest Daudet; Jules Dautin · 1867 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Paris, Achille Faure, Libraire-Editeur; E. Dentu; Libraire de la Societe des Gens de Lettres, 1867-1873. Leather. A half calf binding of two Adolphe Belot novels in French, bound together, and including the very scarce 'La Venus de Gordes&apos. A very scarce binding of thes…

Cetywayo and His White Neighbours

H. Rider Haggard · 1891 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, Ltd. 1891. Cloth. A lovely reprint of this non-fiction work by H. Rider Haggard, detailing his time in South Africa. 'Cetywayo and his White Neighbours' was H. Rider Haggard's first full-length work to be published, and te…

Russia Illustrated; an Historical & Descriptive Account of That Immense Empire, Particularly As Regards St. Petersburgh and Moscow

Linney Gilbert · 0 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, For the Proprietor, c1840. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first edition of this illustrated descriptive work on Russia, by Linney Gilbert. The first edition of this work.  Bound in the original publisher's cloth. Both boards disbound but present.  Illustrated w…

Our Mutual Friend and Dombey and Son

Charles Dickens · 1873 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1873-77. Leather. Two popular novels by Charles Dickens from the illustrated 'Household Edition', with engravings by J. Mahoney and F. Barnard. The Household Edition of 'Our Mutual Friend' and 'Dombey and Son&apos.'Our Mutu…

Across Coveted Lands, or, a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, Overland

A. Henry Savage Landor · 1902 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1902. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Arnold Henry Savage Landor's brilliant travel work recounting his expedition overland to India, complete with many plates. The first edition.Complete in two volumes.An exciting travel work b…

Reales Ordenanzas Para la Direccion, Regimen Y Gobierno Del Importante Cuerpo de la Mineria de Nueva-Espana, Y de Su Real Tribunal General. De Orden de Su Magestad

Galvez, Josef de; compiler. New Spain. Tribunal de minería · 1783 · Kaaterskill Books

$2,000.00 (€1,814.54 | £1,513.59 | ¥319,412)

Madrid, n.p. 1783. First edition. Full contemporary cat's paw vellum. [2 lvs], xlvi, 214 pp. Illus. with an engraving by Joaquin Fabregat of the Spanish arms and depicting mining implements. Folio. Signed in ink with Galvez' paraph under his printed name. First edition of this "…

Our Village Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery

Mary Russell Mitford · 1827 · Rooke Books

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

London , Geo. B. Whittaker; Whittaker, Treacher & Co. 1827-1832 . Cloth. A very scarce mixed early edition of this influential series of rural sketches of life in the United Kingdom. A mixed edition, as is common with early editions of this work. Volume one is the fourth edition…