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Portrait of Darwin - Rare Russian carte de visite.

[Darwin, Charles Robert] · 1874 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

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

Saint Peterburg, Wesenberg [Down and London, Elliott & Fry], [1874]. Albumen print, mounted on cardboard with a red ink border (10.3 x 6.1 cm). With the printed name Darwin in Cyrillic and printed Cyrillic text on recto and verso. Name of Darwin stamped in cyrillic on verso. Pre…

Oeuvres Compleãƒâoeã‚âTes de P.L. Courier: Ornees Du Portrait de L&Apos;Auteur

Paul Louis Courier · 1828 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

Brussells, Librarie Parisienne , 1828. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this scarce set containing the works of French Hellenist and political writer Paul Louis Courier. A first edition of the works of French Hellenist and political writer Paul Louis Courier. Published…

Our Mutual Friend

Charles Dickens · 1865 · Rooke Books

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

London, Chapman and Hall, 1865. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition copy of the final completed novel of Charles Dickens, a nice copy with the original plates by Marcus Stone. The first edition of this work in book form. The first issue, with the three page pos…

Histoire de Gil Blas and de L&Apos;Amour

Alain-René Lesage; Stendhal · 1500 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Paris, Garnier Freres, c1926 . Leather. Two excellent uniformly bound works by notable French authors in three volumes, both limited editions. Two uniformly bound works by notable French authors. The first two volumes comprise of Alan-Rene Lesage's picaresque novel Gil Bla…

A Treat a Treat with Verses Good and Sweet

Dean and Son · 1882 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London , Dean and Son, c1882. Hardback. The third book from Dean's new series of Cheap Chromo Toy Books. Dated 1882 to the rear board. A scarce work, with none on Copac. An advertisement to the rear board notes the Dean's Chromo Toy Books 'are acknowledged. to be …

Poems by William Cowper

William Cowper · 1815 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

Edinburgh; London, W. M'William and P. Brown; F. C. and J. Rivington; et al, 1815-17. Leather. A pocket-sized three volume set collecting together the works of Romantic poet William Cowper. Complete in three volumes; Volumes I and II published in 1817, Volume III in 1815.Il…

Pick-Me-Up

Various · 1892 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, [Wertheimer, Lea & Co.], 1892-94. Cloth. Eleven issues of this uncommon Victorian magazines bound in one. Eleven issues of the 'Pick-Me-Up' magazine bound in one, an uncommon work.'Pick-Me-Up' was a weekly penny paper published from 1888 to 1909. The …

Thomas Hardy&Apos;S Wessex

Hermann Lea · 1913 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating literary and topographical study of Hardy"s Wessex, enhanced by a highly desirable tipped-in signature of major English novelist, Thomas Hardy, to the frontispiece. In the publisher's original red…

A Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic Architecture

John Henry Parker · 1850 · Rooke Books

£365.00 (€437.57 | $482.30 | ¥77,026)

Oxford, John Henry Parker, 1850 . Leather. The complete three volume fifth edition of this enormously informative glossary of architectural terms, with two volumes of plates and one of text. The enlarged and expanded fifth edition of this work, first published during the Gothic …

Peter Ibbetson

George du Maurier · 1892 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of George du Maurier's romantic novel, illustrated by du Maurier throughout. The first edition, second issue, stamped in black to the front boards.Complete in two volumes.In two custo…

Le Lys Dans la Vallãƒâ©E; Grandeur Et Decadence de Cesar Birotteau; Honorine; la Peau de Chagrin; Petites Miseres de la Vie Conjugale

Honoré de Balzac · 1857 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

Paris, Michel Levy Freres; Librairie Nouvelle , 1857-63. Leather. Ten novels in five volumes from the complete works of Honore de Balzac, uniform bindings in the original French. Ten novels in five volumes by Honoré de Balzac in uniform bindings, from the 'Complete Works&a…

Daddy Darwin&Apos;S Dovecot Dandelion Clocks and Other Tales

Juliana Horatia Ewing · 1884 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1884-7. Hardback. Two beautiful children's stories by Juliana Horatia Ewing, illustrated throughout by the likes of Randolph Caldecott and Gordon Browne. Two charming Victorian children's works by Juliana Horatia Ewing…

Life and Letters of James David Forbes

John Campbell Shairp; Peter Guthrie Tait; A. Adams-Reilly · 1873 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1873. First edition. Fine Binding. A handsomely bound, first edition copy of James David Forbes's biography, written by John Campbell Shairp, Peter Guthrie Tait, and A. Adams-Reilly. A first edition copy of this biography of the life of James David…

Paradise Regain&Apos;D. Poem, in Four Books. To Which Is Added Samson Agonistes: And Poems Upon Several Occasions

John Milton; Thomas Newton · 1773 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)

London, J. Beecroft; W. Strahan; J. and F. Rivington; et al, 1773. Leather. A Georgian edition of John Milton's sequel to 'Paradise Lost', a biblical blank verse poem illustrated with a frontispiece and plates. Complete in two volumes.An eighteenth century edition…

A Collection of Works from Annales Du Service Des Antiquites de L&Apos;Egypte

Various · 1900 · Rooke Books

£2,200.00 (€2,637.43 | $2,907.00 | ¥464,265)

Paris, Not Stated, c1900. Cloth. A smartly bound collection of twenty-three works on Egyptian antiquities and archaeological findings, in the original French. French. Twenty-three volumes or essays bound into one. The Annales du Service des Antiquités de L'Egypte is a resea…

Les Voyages Extraordinaires Les Enfants Du Capitaine Grant Un Capitaine de Quinze Ans

Jules Verne · 1868 · Rooke Books

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

Paris, J. Hetzel et Cie, 1868-78. First edition. Leather. Early French editions of two of Jules Verne's 'Voyages Extraordinaires', two novels beautifully illustrated throughout. In the original French.Two volumes from Jules Verne's 'Voyages Extraordinair…

Kolhosp Tvaryn: Kazka (Kolgosp Tvarin) [Animal Farm: A Fairy Tale]

Orwell, George [Eric Arthur Blair] (1903-1950); Igor Shevchenko (Ihor Šev enko) [John Chernyatynskyy] (Trans.) · 0 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$3,995.00 (€3,624.55 | £3,023.40 | ¥638,026)

[Munich, Germany] Vidavnitstvi Prometei [Prometheus Publishing House] First Ukrainian Edition pp. 91. Slim 8vo. Illustrated card covers measuring 15 x 20.5 cm. Black-and-white portrait of Orwell, accompanying the only known preface he penned for this work, wherein, he details hi…

Photograph Album of 48 Photographs Following a Journey from London to Algiers

Anon · 1908 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.65 | $396.41 | ¥63,309)

London , Anon, c1912. Cloth. A collection of travel photographs from London to Algiers. Photographs follow a journey from London to Folkestone, across the channel through Dijon to Marseilles and then from Marseilles to Algiers by boat. Dated from the two boats in the photographs…

Rural Recreations, or Modern Farmer&Apos;S Calendar; Elements of Botany

'A Farmer' [A. C. H.]; R. Hall · 1802 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, E. Hodson for Vernor and Hood, 1802. First edition. Leather. The first edition of these two illustrated works concerned with plant life and agriculture; 'Rural Recreations, Or Modern Farmer's Calendar' and R. Hall's 'The Elements of Botany&apos. …

Cassier&Apos;S Magazine Engineering Illustrated Volume X May, 1896- October, 1896 Vol X. September, 1896. No. 5. Vol X. October, 1896. No. 6.

Various · 1896 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, The Cassier Magazine Company, 1896. Cloth. A rebound copy of two issue of the 'Cassier's Magazine', copiously illustrated throughout. 'Cassier's Magazine' was an engineering magazine, published by Cassier Magazine Company, that ran from 1891…