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Cairo, Petra, and Damascus, in 1839. With Remarks on the Government of Mehemet Ali, and on the Present Prospects of Syria
John Kinnear · 1841 · Rooke Books
£775.00 (€928.95 | $1,023.89 | ¥163,450)
London, John Murray, 1841 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first and only edition of John Kinnear's informative collection of writings on his life in the Near East. The uncommon first edition of this work.Kinnear was a member of the well-known family of Scottish bankers…
The Disabilities and Injuries of Sport
Sir Adolphe Abrahams; Harold Abrahams [foreword] · 1961 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)
London, Elek Books Limited , 1961. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce discussion of sports-related injuries, from the hugely authoritative founder of British sports science, Adolphe Abrahams. The first edition, first impression of this vanishingly scarce work.With the pu…
The Golden Age
Kenneth Grahame · 1915 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)
London, John Lane, The Bodley Head , 1915 . Cloth. A bright copy of Kenneth Grahame's collection of short stories, with charming illustrations by R. J. Enraght-Moony. First thus, being the first to contain illustrations by R. J. Enraght-Moony.Bound in the publisher's o…
Specimens of English Dramatic Poets Who Lived About the Time of Shakespeare: Volume II
Various; Charles Lamb [ed.] · 1835 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)
London, Edward Moxon, 1835. Leather. A lovely leather bound copy of Volume II of Lamb's 'Specimens of English Dramatic Poets' from the library of the Reverend Edward Francis Witts. A new edition of this work in a full calf binding with gilt detailing to the spine …
Jungle Girl
Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1933 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)
London, Odhams Press Limited, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this popular Edgar Rice Burroughs novel set in Cambodia, in the original illustrated dust wrapper. The first U.K. Edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'Jungle Girl&…
The Ascent of Everest
John Hunt · 1954 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)
London , Hodder and Stoughton, 1954. Cloth. The fourth impression of this illustrated account of the 1953 British expedition to Mount Everest by their leader John Hunt, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The fourth impression. In the publisher's original cloth with th…
New Verse Written in 1921; Three Friends: Memoirs of Digby Mackworth Dolben, Richard Watson Dixon, Henry Bradley
Robert Bridges · 1925 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
Oxford; London, Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press, 1925-1932. First edition. Hardback. A poetry anthology and collection of memoirs by Robert Bridges, who was Poet Laureate from 1913 to 1930. The first editions of these two works uniformly bound in the publisher's or…
A Tangled Web
Nicholas Blake · 1956 · Rooke Books
£52.00 (€62.33 | $68.70 | ¥10,967)
London, Collins, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A First Edition copy of Nicholas Blake's crime thriller. This is a First Edition copy of the work in original publisher's black cloth binding with original unclipped Dust Wrapper. Nicholas Blake was the pseudonym of Cecil Da…
A Poem on the Last Day. Love of Fame, the Universal Passion
Edward Young · 1713 · Rooke Books
£585.00 (€701.21 | $772.87 | ¥123,378)
Oxford; London, Edward Whistler; J. Tonson, 1713-28. Leather. A smartly bound volume of two second edition poems by Edward Young, early examples of his popular poetry. Two second edition poetical works by Edward Young bound in one volume.'A Poem on the Last Day', publi…
Germany, from the Baltic to the Adriatic; or, Prussia, Austria, and Venetia with Reference to the Late War
Captain Spencer [William Spencer Beaumont] · 1867 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)
London, George Routledge and Sons, 1867. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of William Spencer Beaumont's scarce history of Prussia, Austria, and Venetia, with reference to the Austro-Prussian War. The first edition of this scarce work in the publisher's origin…
A Concise History of the Origin and Progress of Printing; with Practical Instructions to the Trade in General
Philip Luckombe · 1770 · Rooke Books
£1,395.00 (€1,672.11 | $1,843.00 | ¥294,210)
London, W. Adlard and J. Browne, 1770 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of Philip Luckombe's history of the printing press, with vignette illustrations throughout. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Johannes Gutenburg - inventor of the movable…
The Tragedies of Algernon Charles Swinburne
Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1905 · Rooke Books
£490.00 (€587.34 | $647.36 | ¥103,342)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1905-1906 . Leather. The complete set of Swinburne's tragedies in lovely Riviere signed half calf bindings. Early edition of The Tragedies of Algernon Charles Swinburne in Riviere & Son signed half calf bindings and cloth boards. Complete in five v…
Reminiscences of Old Edinburgh
Daniel Wilson · 1878 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1878. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of David Wilson's investigation into Edinburgh's historic buildings Reminiscences of Old Edinburgh continues in a similar vein to Daniel Wilson's 1848 publication, the Memorials of Edinburgh in …
Memoirs of the Life and Adventures of Signor Rozelli
[Abbe Olivier] · 1713 · Rooke Books
£1,800.00 (€2,157.56 | $2,378.06 | ¥379,625)
London, J. Morphew and J. Woodward, 1713. Leather. A vanishingly scarce comical novel following the life and adventures of Signor Rozelli, this volume being the second edition. The second edition, a vanishingly scarce work.ESTC citation number T139041.Illustrated with a frontisp…
A Glossary of North Country Words in Use
John Trotter Brockett · 1825 · Rooke Books
£1,250.00 (€1,498.31 | $1,651.43 | ¥263,629)
Newcastle, Hodgson for Chanley, 1825. First edition. Leather. An annotated author's proof copy of John Trotter Brockett's glossary of northern dialect, with a letter from the author tipped in. With a letter from the author to Robert Davidson tipped in following the pro…
Trent&Apos;S Own Case
E. C. Bentley; H. Warner Allen · 1936 · Rooke Books
£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,290)
London, Constable & Co LTD, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this sought after murder mystery sequel by Edmund Clerihew Bentley and H. Warner Allen, uncommon to see in the original dust wrapper. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The long aw…
Happy England
Marcus B. Huish · 1904 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)
London, Adam and Charles Black, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated work on the life of Helen Allingham, including her topographical and artistic studies of England, written by Marcus B. Huish. First Edition, second printing. In the publisher's original c…
Appleby at Allington
Michael Innes [J. I. M. Stewart] · 1968 · Rooke Books
£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,225)
London, Victor Gollancz, 1968 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this country house murder mystery novel from Michael Innes, following John Appleby as he solves a murder at a grand country estate. The first edition, first impression of the twentieth Detective…
Memoirs of John Evelyn, Comprising His Diary from 1641 to 1705-6. And a Selection of His Familiar Letters
John Evelyn; William Bray [ed.] · 1666 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)
London, Frederick Warne & Co. c1879. Vellum. A beautiful copy bound in full vellum of the memoirs of John Evelyn. A beautiful copy of this volume comprising John Evelyn memoirs and diary from his adult life until his death, as well as a selection of family letters, rebound in a …
Notes on the Ecclesiastical and Monumental Architecture and Sculpture of the Middle Ages in Bristol
George Pryce · 1850 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)
London, Houlston and Stoneman, 1850. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition work examining the ecclesiastical sculpture and monuments of Bristol. The first edition of this study of the history of middle ages architecture in Bristol. From historian George Pryce, autho…