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Fables of Aesop
Samuel Croxall [trans]; George Fyler Townsend · 0 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)
London, Frederick Warne and Co, c1866. Leather. A beautifully bound copy of Aesop's fables with George Townsend's application and morals, bound by Eric Sweet in crushed quarter morocco and housed in a cloth slipcase. A new edition.Bound by Eric Sweet, a keen collector …
A Collection of Translations by William Morris
William Morris [translator]; Maurice Hewlett · 1898 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)
Maine, Thomas B. Mosher, 1898. Vellum. A collection of limited edition titles of classical tales translated by English designed and poet William Morris. A collection of four classical tales bound into one volume. Each individual volume is limited to four hundred and twenty-five …
Essays on Subjects in Political Economy
William Pollard Urquhart · 1850 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)
Aberdeen, D. Wyllie and Son; R. Grant & Son et al, 1850 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of William Pollard Urquhart's discussion of the ethical and social dimensions of political economy. A vanishingly scarce work.Urquhart, an Irish landowner and Membe…
The Untilled Field
George Moore · 1903 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)
London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of short stories from Irish novelist and short story writer George Moore, signed and inscribed by the author. First edition. Singed and inscribed by the author to the half title, dated 1922. …
The Laureate of Pessimism: A Sketch of the Life and Character of James Thomson ("B.V. ")
Bertram Dobell · 1910 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
London, Published By The Author, 1910. First edition. Cloth. Three different first edition issues of Bertram Dobell's brief biography on the life of his friend, James Thomson. A set of three first editions of 'The Laureate of Pessimism: A Sketch of the Life and Charact…
George Duke of Cambridge: A Memoir of His Private Life
Edgar Sheppard [editor] · 1907 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1907. Cloth. A smart two volume set of the third impression of this biography of Prince George, Duke of Cambridge. Complete in two volumes. Third impression. Volume one is illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, two photogravure plates, and ele…
Lucian of Samosata. From the Greek. With the Comments and Illustrations of Wieland and Others
William Tooke · 1820 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1820. Leather. The complete two-volume first edition of William Tooke's translations of the works of Lucian of Samosata, uniformly bound in half calf. The first edition of this work, uniformly bound in a half calf binding with m…
George Grenfell and the Congo
Sir Harry Johnston · 1908 · Rooke Books
£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)
London, Hutchinson & Co, 1908. First edition. Cloth. Exceptionally bright examples of the richly illustrated first edition of Johnston's study of Grenfell's travels. The two volume first edition of British explorer, botanist, artist, colonial administrator Sir Harry Jo…
The Blithedale Romance
Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1852 · Rooke Books
£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,053)
London, Chapman and Hall, 1852 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce two volume first UK edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel about life on a utopian farming commune. The scarce first UK edition of this work, complete in two volumes.This edition of 'The Blithdale Romanc…
Biggles Hunts Big Game: A Story of Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I. D. And His Special Air Police
Captain W. E. Johns · 1948 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thrilling Biggles adventure, featuring the colour illustrations of Leslie Stead. First edition, first impression. Illustrated throughout with monochromatic colour images. The thirty-fourth book in …
The Story of Sylvie and Bruno
Lewis Carroll · 1932 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)
London, Macmillan and Co Ltd, 1932. Cloth. A novel set in Fairyland by the noted author of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', Lewis Carroll, with illustrations by Harry Furniss. A reprint. First published by Macmillan in 1889. Illustrated by Harry Furniss with a…
A Hundred Years Hence: The Expectations of an Optimist
T. Baron Russell · 1905 · Rooke Books
£575.00 (€689.22 | $759.66 | ¥121,269)
London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1905 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A signed first edition of this vanishingly scarce work in which the author makes predictions about society one hundred years in the future. The first edition of this very scarce work. A US edition, also very scarc…
Conradi Gesneri Historia Plantarum
Heinrich Zoller Martin Steinmann and Karl Schmid · 1972 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)
Zurich, Urs Graf-Verlag. Hardback. A stunning three volume set of this German history of plants, with lovely watercolour illustrations. Three volumes of Conradi Gesneri Historia Plantarum, or Conrad Gesner's History of Plants. The volumes are facsimile limited edition copi…
Two Tracts. First, Thoughts Concerning the Uses of Clay Marl, As Manure: Second, Thoughts or Queries Concerning the Uses of Agricultural Salts in the Manufacture of Manure
James Cochrane · 1804 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)
York, Wilson and Spence, 1804-1805 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition thus of this publication of two agricultural tracts by James Cochrane, discussing agricultural salts, and the use of clay marl as manure. The first edition thus of this publication of two very scarce…
A Caveat Against the Whiggs
Charles Hornby · 1712 · Rooke Books
£1,400.00 (€1,678.10 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,264)
London, J. Morphew, 1712-1713. First edition. Leather. Charles Hornby's very scarce complete four part argument against the Whig party, warning against the threat they posed to the monarchy and country. Consisting of:The 1712 third edition of Part I, ESTC Citation No. T2651…
A Widow&Apos;S Tale and Other Poems
Bernard Barton · 1827 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)
London, B. J. Holdsworth, 1827 . First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of this scarce first edition volume of early nineteenth century poems by Bernard Barton, presented to Sir John Bowring. The scarce first edition of this work, signed by the author with the inscr…
The Way We Die Now
Charles Willeford · 1988 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)
New York, Random House , 1988. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this popular detective novel by Charles Willeford, with a letter from the publishers. The first edition. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper.…
Jethro: A System of Lay Agency, in Connection with Congregational Churches, for the Diffusion of Gospel Among Our Home Population
Anonymous; [John Campbell] · 1839 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)
London, Jackson and Walford, 1839. First edition. Cloth. Very scarce first edition of this work in which John Campbell enumerates the importance of laymen in the spread of the gospel. First Edition. Very Scarce. Although no author is given, the work is generally attributed to 19…
Sacred Hunger
Barry Unsworth · 1992 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition, first impression copy of Unsworth's Booker Prize winning historical novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition, First Impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. This is a…
Cinder Thursday
Herbert E. Palmer · 1931 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)
London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of the humorous and satirical attack on T. S. Eliot's Ash Wednesday, written in poetic form by Herbert E. Palmer. Scarce First Edition. This poetic work by Herbert E Palmer is a 'celebrated …