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Les Reports de Sir Creswell Levinz, Jades Un Del Justices Del Common Bank, En Trois Parts: Commencant En le 12 an de Roy Chales II & Fini En le 8 an de Son Majesty William III

Creswell Levinz · 1702 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.70 | $343.55 | ¥54,868)

London, Richard and Edward Atkins ESQ, 1702. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this uncommon collection of judicial reports by Creswell Levinz, detailing important trials of the reign of Charles II. The first edition of this uncommon work.Two parts in one volume, lack…

Five Have a Wonderful Time

Enid Blyton · 1952 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Hodder & Stoughton , 1952. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Enid Blyton's eleventh Famous Five novel in the original unclipped dust wrapper, illustrated with numerous line drawings by Eileen Soper.  In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Five Have a Wonder…

Picturesque London

None Stated · 1920 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, The Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd. 1920. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce, charming pictorial survey of London with 24 tipped-in colour plates by Jessie Currie and E. E. Briscoe, issued by the Anglo-American Oil Company. In the publisher's original paper wraps. …

JAR Paris volume I + II

Rosenthal, Joel Arthur & Pierre Jeannet: · 2013 · Scriptum Art Books v.o.f.

€1,850.00 ($2,039.08 | £1,543.17 | ¥325,654)

2013, 2 volumes (26 x 33,5 cm), volume I: 676 pp. English text, 450 ills., volume II: 552 pages, 370 ills. (269 in colour), both hardcover in slipcase with per volume a totebag Eleven years after the mythical Somerset House's exhibition of London, a reprint of this magnificent…

A Collection of Forty-Eight Views of Noblemen&Apos;S and Gentlemen&Apos;S Seats, Towns, Castles, Churches, Monasteries, and Romantic Places in North and South Wales

1806 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, John and Josiah Boydell, 1806. Cloth. Sir Richard Hoare's beautifully drawn views of the seats of the noblemen of Wales, presented here in forty-eight engraved views. Collated, complete with forty-eight engraved plates, principally from drawings by Sir Richard Colt-…

Little Miss Rosenburgh. A Story of Cornwall

Crona Temple · 1886 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, The Religious Tract Society. Cloth. A charming edition of Crona Temple"s captivating children"s tale, "Little Miss Rosenburgh. A Story of Cornwall." Beautifully illustrated with a colour plate frontispiece. A very scarce edition of Crona Temple"s charming children"s tale…

Les Oeuvres de Bernard Palissy

Bernard Palissy; Anatole France · 1880 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Paris, Charavay Freres , 1880. Fine Binding. A lovely copy of the compiled works of sixteenth-century French Huguenot potter, Bernard Palissy, sumptuously bound in full morocco by Morrell. A handsomely bound copy of the compiled works of sixteenth-century French Huguenot potter,…

A Patriotic Schoolgirl

Angela Brazil · 1918 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Blackie and Son Limited, 1918. First edition. Cloth. A uncommon first edition novel set in a girls' boarding school during the First World War, a gripping tale of espionage and patriotism during the War. The first edition of this uncommon novel. Undated, dated from …

A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy

Laurence Sterne · 1885 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1885 . Cloth. A lovely limited edition of Laurence Sterne's popular and influential novel with illustrations by Maurice Leloir. Limited edition of A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Laurence Sterne.In the original publisher&…

Epithetorum Joan Ravisii: Textirosi Epitome.

Joan Ravisii; Hadr. Junii · 1673 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.57 | $488.90 | ¥78,081)

Londini , E. T. &. R. H. pro Societate Stationar , 1673 . Leather. A very scarce seventeenth-century printing of the collected epithets and writings of French humanist scholar, Jean de Ravisi, or Joan Ravisii. Bound in full calf. Vanishingly scarce work.Register runs A-S12. A se…

Life of Napoleon Buonaparte

John Gibson Lockhart · 1975 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Preston, James Askew, c1890 . Cloth. A very scarce late nineteenth century abridged edition of J. G. Lockhart's biographical exploration of the life and career of Napoleon Bonaparte. A late nineteenth century edition of Scottish writer and editor John Gibson Lockhart's…

Dictionaire Italien, Latin, Et Francois; Dictionaire Francois, Latin, Et Italien

M. L'Abbe Antonini [Annibale Antonini] · 1743 · Rooke Books

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

Paris, Prault, 1743 . Leather. The very scarce first French edition of Italian scholar Annibale Antonini's French, Latin and Italian dictionary. In Italian, Latin, and French.Antonini published a successful Italian grammar in 1726 in Paris, and an Italian dictionary in 1735…

Emin Pasha in Central Africa being a Collection of his Letters and Journals

Pasha, Emin; Schweinfurth, G.; Ratzel, R.; Felkin, R.W.; Hartlaub, G. · 1888 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

George Philip & Son London xxviii, 547, 2 plates (portraits), folding col map. . HB. 8vo, orig. brown cloth, minor wear to extremities, gilt title to spine and gilt Arabic text to front board; orig. brown coated endpapers, paper split at head and foot of front hinge, but hinge s…

Richard F Burton His Early,Private and Public Life An Account of His Travels and Explorations

Hitchman,Francis · 1887 · Richard Thornton Books

£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

Sampson,Low,Marston,Searle & Rivington Two Volume set in Black cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spines and upper covers.With red lined borders to top and bottom and there is printer's inprint stamped in blind to the centre of the rear covers.Graded Very Good Copies,ligh…

On Cape Three Points

WAKLING, CHRISTOPHER · 2005 · Lady Lisa's Bookshop

£35.07 (€42.04 | $46.34 | ¥7,401)

ISIS Large Print Books. 2005. (ISBN: 9780753170281). Paperback. Paperback in good condition, ex library book. 2003 ISIS LARGE PRINT. Newsday, April 17, 2003 - This is a thriller, all right. But one with a subplot that makes for intriguing psychological ambiguity. Radar Magazine …

Notices of Brazil in 1828 and 1829.

Robert Walsh · 1830 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

London, Frederick Westley and A. H. Davis, 1830. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of the second volume of Robert Walsh's fascinating work on Brazil, written as a part of an effort to abolish the slave trade. Robert Walsh was a renowned Irish clergyman, historian, …

Nugae Literariae, Prose and Verse

Reverend Richard Winter Hamilton · 1841 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)

London, Hamilton, Adams and Co et al, 1841. Leather. A fascinating collection of writings from a devout and passionate character. Includes essays, prose and poems on subjects from religion, to the olympic games, to craniology, to Shakespeare. Richard Winter Hamilton (1794–1848)…

A Trip to Europe

C. E. Davies · 1900 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Hobart, Published at "The Mercury" and "The Tasmanian Mail" Offices, 1900. First edition. Cloth. A very scare first edition copy of this travel work on Europe, signed by the author and copiously illustrated throughout. No collation available, but appears to be complete. Featurin…

Les Quinze Joyes de Mariage: Ouvrage Tres Ancien. Auquel on a Joint le Blason Des Fausses Amours, le Loyer Des Folles Amours, & le Triomphe Des Muses Contre Amour

1726 · Rooke Books

£255.00 (€305.70 | $336.95 | ¥53,813)

A La Haye, A. de Rogissart, 1726. Leather. A very smart contemporary binding of this anonymous French satire prose work, published by French writer and traveller Alexander de Rogissart. This edition attributed to Alexander de Rogissart, a French writer and traveller active betwe…

English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers; a Satire

Lord Byron · 1809 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, James Cawthorn, c1809. Leather. A forgery of the first edition of English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers, a Satire by Lord Byron. English Bards and Scotch Reviewers is a satirical poem written by Lord Byron. It was first published, anonymously, in March 1809; the opening pa…