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Louisa of Prussia and Other Sketches
Rev. John Kelly · 1888 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)
London, The Religious Tract Society, 1888. Leather. A late 19th century collection of biographical sketches of notable individuals from Prussia and Hesse, signed by the author and presented to his wife. A fascinating collection of biographical sketches of important individuals f…
The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes · 2011 · Rooke Books
£108.00 (€129.45 | $142.67 | ¥22,783)
London, Jonathan Cape , 2011. First edition. Cloth. Signed first impression of this Booker Prize winning novel by Julian Barnes. Winner of the Booker Prize in 2011. The first edition, first impression of this work. Narrating of retired Tony Webster's reminiscences on his li…
Gerald Seymour&Apos;S Novels
Gerald Seymour · 1982 · Rooke Books
£496.00 (€594.53 | $655.25 | ¥104,635)
London, Bantam Press; Hodder & Stoughton; Harper Collins; Collins Harvill, 1982-2019. First edition. Cloth. Beautiful group of sixteen first impressions of the crime and espionage novels of Gerald Seymour, including some signed copies. Gerald Seymour is a British author known fo…
My Autobiography and Reminiscences
W. P. Frith · 1887 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)
London, Richard Bentley , 1887. First edition. Leather. The first edition of William Powell Frith's autobiographical work, complete in two uniform volumes. William Powell Frith was a prominent English painter, known for his genre subjects and panoramic narrative works of li…
Motor Boat Expenses 1936
Anonymous · 1936 · Rooke Books
£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.74 | ¥27,424)
None, None, 1936 . Leather. A signed half morocco Bumpus binding containing seven leaves of logs for 1946 journeys around England via motor boat, and hundreds of blank leaves for further log notes to be contributed. A bright half morocco signed binding from Bumpus, with the titl…
An Historical Essay on the Original of Painting
Henry Bell · 1728 · Rooke Books
£850.00 (€1,018.85 | $1,122.90 | ¥179,313)
London, J. Worrall, 1728 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this study of the history of the origins of painting, beginning prior to the great flood, and concluding in 1276. The very scarce first edition of British architect Henry Bell's posthumously…
Industrial Traffic Management
Geo. B. Lissenden · 1921 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)
London , Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons , 1921 . Cloth. An interesting second edition copy of Industrial Traffic Management with folding plates throughout. This is a second edition copy of Industrial Traffic Management, written by Geo. B. Lissenden with a foreword by Lord Leverhulme. T…
Three Tracts Published at Amsterdam, in the Years 1691 and 1692, Under the Name of Letters of General Ludlow to Sir Edward Seymour, and Other Persons, Comparing the Oppressive Government of King Charles I in the First Four Years of His Reign, with That of the Four Years of the Reign of King James II. And Vindicating the Conduct of the Parliament That Began in November 1640
General Edmund Ludlow · 1812 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)
London, Robert Wilks; White, Cochrane, and Co, 1812. Leather. The three tracts of Edmund Ludlow in which he justifies the execution of Charles I in 1649, in which Ludlow played a large part, signing the warrant for the exuecution. A volume of three tracts written by Edmund Ludlo…
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
Charles Dickens, · 1837 · Rooke Books
£590.00 (€707.20 | $779.43 | ¥124,465)
London, Chapman and Hall, 1837 . First edition. Leather. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' immensely popular first novel. With many first issue points present, and illustrated throughout. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' first novel, …
Jonah and His Mother
Montague Haltrecht · 1964 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)
London, Andre Deutsch, 1964. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work that tells the story of a young man struggling with his identity, written by Montague Haltrecht. A compelling tale of Jonah, a young man who struggles with his relationship with his mother, his sex…
Acres and Pains
S.J. Perelman · 1972 · Rooke Books
£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)
New York, Simon & Schuster, 1972. Hardback. A signed, presentation copy of this humorous novel by noted American author S.J. Perelman, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. A humorous novel about a writer who moved from New York City to the Eastern American countryside and expe…
The Horses of Winter
A.A.T. Davies · 1967 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)
London, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1967. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thrilling crime novel by A.A.T. Davies, enclosed in its original dust wrapper. A thrilling crime novel about two psychopaths, Peter Keevil, the disillusioned scholar, and John Morann, the seduc…
Sussex Depicted: Views and Descriptions 1600-1800
John H. Farrant · 2001 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)
Lewes, Sussex Record Society , 2001. First edition. Cloth. An attractive first edition book that depicts Sussex through images, illustrations and words. This beautiful book was published to celebrate the centenary of the Sussex Record Society and considers the depiction of Susse…
The Albert N&Apos;Yanza Great Basin of the Nile and Exploration of the Nile Sources
Samuel W. Baker · 1867 · Rooke Books
£390.00 (€467.47 | $515.21 | ¥82,273)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1867. Leather. Samuel Baker's important account of his journey through the Albert N'Yanza and exploration of the Nile, an early edition complete in two volumes bound in one. An early edition of this important account of Samuel Barker's ex…
The Garden That I Love
Alfred Austin · 1895 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1895. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of this poetical gardening tale by Alfred Austin, inscribed and with a letter loosely inserted signed by the author. Third edition of this work, published first in 1894. A charming tale by Alfred Austin c…
The Sporting Club
Thomas McGuane · 1968 · Rooke Books
£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.84 | ¥31,433)
New York, Simon & Schuster, 1968. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of this sporting novel by Thomas McGuane, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. The debut novel of twentieth-century American author Thomas McGuane, about a friendship rivalry between two …
Jumping the Line
William Herrick · 1998 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)
Madison, Wisconsin, The University of Wisconsin Press, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this memoir written by American novelist William Herrick, signed by Herrick and including a personal letter from him to his former agent. A near fine copy of this memoir wr…
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
Charles Dickens · 1837 · Rooke Books
£4,400.00 (€5,274.02 | $5,812.67 | ¥928,210)
London, Chapman and Hall, 1837 . First edition. Leather. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' first and immensely popular novel. With many first issue points present, and containing the two suppressed Buss plates. The first edition in book form of Charles Dick…
David Gentleman: Watercolours from Andalusia to Zanzibar
David Gentleman · 2004 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)
London , The Fine Art Society, 2004. First edition. Paperback. A beautiful first edition fifty year survey of artist David Gentleman's watercolours with a letter written by the artist included. David Gentleman's watercolours with a letter written by the artist included…
The Season of the Witch
James Leo Herlihy · 1971 · Rooke Books
£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,282)
New York, Simon & Schuster, 1971. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel about a teenage runaway in New York City by James Leo Herlihy, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. A compelling novel by James Leo Herlihy. Set in the 1960s, it tells the story of a teenag…