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A Handbook for Travellers in Japan

Basil Hall Chamberlain; W. B. Mason · 1894 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.34 | $647.36 | ¥103,342)

London, John Murray, 1894. Cloth. A bright, early edition of Basil Hall Chamberlain's popular Japanese travel guide. The 'Handbook for Travellers in Japan' was first issued in 1891 and ran through several editions in quick succession. Chamberlain was a professor o…

Aulae Turcicae Othomannicique Imperii Descriptio: Qua Turcarum Palatina Officia Mores Religio Sectae Item Mahometicae, Imperiorumq III Ex Ea Prodenntium Status Luculenter Enarruntur

Antoine Gueffroy · 1577 · Rooke Books

£4,900.00 (€5,873.36 | $6,473.61 | ¥1,033,424)

Basileae, Per Sebastianum Henricpetri, 1577. Fine Binding. A finely bound set of this scarce history regarding the Ottoman empire and Turkey. Finely bound in uniform calf bindings, and held in a custom slipcase.Being two volumes with the signatures, [alpha]-[epsilon]8, [zeta]4, …

The Second Man a Comedy in Three Acts

S. N. Behrman · 1927 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

New York, Doubleday, page, & Company, 1927. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this comical play by S. N. Behrman, held in the original dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. Held in the original unclipped dustwrapper, which is adhered to the spine as issued. Th…

A Narrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain Commanded by His Excellency

James Moore · 1809 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.59 | $396.34 | ¥63,271)

London, J Johnson, 1809. Leather. An informative and illustrious narrative of the British army in Spain during the revolutionary war. Illustrated, with two folding plates that have hand coloured portions. One map is Spain and Portugal with the march of the British columns and th…

The Dramatic Works of Sir George Etherege, Volume I-II

Sir George Etherege; H. F. B. Brett-Smith · 1927 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1927 . Cloth. A complete set of the plays of Sir George Etherege, accompanied by the exceedingly scarce dust wrappers. A complete set of the plays of Sir George Etherege, comprising Volume VI of The Percy Reprints series. In the publisher's original…

One Hundred Fables, Original and Selected

James Northcote · 1828 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Geo: Lawford, 1828 . First edition. Cloth. The large paper first edition of this collection of fables gathered together by James Northcote, with vignette illustrations throughout. The large paper first edition of this work. The text on the title page and lack of further …

Bracebridge Hall or the Humourists

Washington Irving · 1896 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

New York and London, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1896. Cloth. A smart complete two volume set of this episodic novel from American author Washington Irving, illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Complete in two volumes. The Surrey edition. In the publisher's original blue decorativ…

Knights of Araby: A Story of the Yaman in the Fifth Islamic Century

Marmaduke Pickthall · 1917 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Collins, 1917. First edition. Cloth. The scarce review copy of an intriguing historical fiction based around the First Crusades, written by a noted novelist and Islamic scholar. The scarce review copy of Knights of Araby: A Story of the Yaman in the Fifth Islamic Century…

The Age We Live in: A History of the Nineteenth Century from the Peace of 1815 to the Present Time

James Taylor · 1813 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, William Mackenzie, c1899. Cloth. James Taylor's history of Great Britain in the nineteenth century. A new and enlarged edition, supplied to subscribers only. Illustrated throughout with thirty-five coloured plates, including coloured maps (no collation available). J…

The Constitution of England or, an Account of the English Government.

J L De Lolme · 1816 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, G. Wilke, J. Cuthell and J. Stockdale. 1816. Leather. A scarce history of English government as told by the revolutionary political theorist, De Lolme. The account compares the English system with the Republican form of government and the other monarchies in Europe. With…

Les Travailleurs de la Mer

Victor Hugo · 1866 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Paris, Librairie Internationale, 1866. Leather. A set of Les Travailleurs de la Mer by Victor Hugo. A set of Les Travailleurs de la Mer by Victor Hugo. Two of the complete three volumes. The set consists of volumes II and III, and is missing volume I. Eighth edition. The book wa…

Oeuvres Du Comte Antoine Hamilton

Comte Antoine Hamilton · 1812 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

Paris, Antoine-Augustine Renouard, 1812. Leather. Antoine (or Anthony) Hamilton (1646 – 21 April 1720) was an Irish classical author of near Scottish ancestry, who wrote in French. In imitation and satiric parody of the romantic tales which Antoine Galland's translation of…

The Lake Regions of Central Africa: A Picture of Exploration Vol II

Richard F. Burton · 1860 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.86 | ¥158,177)

London, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts , 1860. First edition. Cloth. The second volume of Richard F. Burton's explorations of East Africa, documenting largely uncharted lakes and regions at the time. Volume II only.The first edition, second issue, with folding map bou…

Poetical Amusements

William Woty · 1789 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

Nottingham, Printed for the Author by G. Burbage , 1789. First edition. Leather. A very scarce copy of this poetical anthology from English law clerk and hack writer, William Woty. The first and only edition of this very scarce volume. In a library half calf binding, with later…

The Heraldry of the Campbells

G. Harvey Johnston · 1920 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,671)

Edinburgh, W. & A. K. Johnston, Ltd, 1920-1921. Cloth. A very scarce, limited first edition of the definitive twentieth-century heraldic history of Clan Campbell, one just of one hundred and fifty copies offered to the public, richly illustrated. In the publisher's original…

The History of India

Mountstuart Elphinstone · 1841 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.22 | $759.66 | ¥121,269)

London, John Murray, 1841 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Mountstuart Elphinstone's fascinating and incredibly detailed 'The History of India', complete in two volumes, with one folding map. The very scarce first edition of this work, comp…

The Poetical Works of Joseph Addison; Gay&Apos;S Fables; and Somerville&Apos;S Chase. With Memoirs and Critical Dissertations.

Joseph Addison; John Gay; William Somerville; Rev. George Gilfillan · 1859 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

Edinburgh, James Nichol, 1859. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this collection of literary work from Addison, Gay, and Somerville. First edition. A collection of works, containing: The poetical works of Joseph Addison, a British writer and politician usu…

The Return to Nature; or, a Defence of the Vegetable Regimen

John Frank Newton · 1822 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.54 | ¥209,848)

London, The Pamphleteer, 1822. Disbound. The final part of John Frank Newton's highly influential early nineteenth century argument in favour of vegetarianism, published in parts in 'The Pamphleteer&apos. The final part of a three part series, published in 'The Pa…

The Paper-Bag Cookery Manual

C. Herman Senn · 1911 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, The Food and Cookery Publishing Agency , 1911. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this paper-bag cook book, written by C. Herman Senn in response to the method's growing popularity at the time. The very scarce first edition of this volume. Also ver…

Ismalia: A Narrative for the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade Organized by Ismail, Khedive of Egypt

Sir Samuel W. Baker · 1886 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1886. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this account of English explorer Sir Samuel White Baker's expedition to Central Africa, with maps and illustrations. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a folding map, and forty-five plates. Collated com…