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A Typographic Journey: The History of the Greenwood Press and Bibliography, 1934-2000
Jack Werner Stauffacher; Glenn Humphreys · 1999 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
California , The Book Club of California , 1999. First edition. Cloth. A very smart limited edition of this typographic history of The Greenwood Press, signed and inscribed by the author. First edition. Limited to four hundred and fifty copies. This copy is signed and inscribed …
The Thirty-Nine Steps
John Buchan · 1915 · Rooke Books
£1,995.00 (€2,391.32 | $2,635.67 | ¥420,883)
Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. A bright example of the first edition, first impression of John Buchan's celebrated espionage thriller. The first edition, first impression.Originally serialised in Blackwood's Magazine, &ap…
The Game Birds of the British Isles
J. C. Harrison; Colin Laurie McKelvie; Aylmer Tryon · 1989 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
England, Ashford Press Publishing, 1989. First edition. Leather. A very smart first edition of this beautifully illustrated study of the game birds of the British Isles from English artist John Cyril Harrison. First edition. Limited to four hundred and seventy-five copies of whi…
The Campaign of Waterloo & with Wellington in the Pyrenees
Sir John Fortescue; Major-General F. C. Beatson · 1987 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
London, Greenhill Books; Tom Donovan Publishing, 1987-1993. Cloth. Two smart volumes on the campaigns of Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington during the Napoleonic Wars. Two volumes. This set contains: The Campaign of Waterloo, 1987. With numerous maps and plan…
The Royal Cookery Book (le Livre de Cuisine)
Jules Gouffé; Alphonse Gouffé [Trans.] · 1880 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington , 1880 . Leather. The third edition of this classic French cookery book written by Jules Gouffé, the renowned head chef at the Jockey Club in Paris. The third edition. First published in 1867. Bound in quarter calf with cloth bo…
Napoleon & England 1803-1813: A Study from Unprinted Documents
P. Coquelle; Gordon D. Knox; J. Holland Rose [Intro.] · 1904 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London, George Bell and Sons, 1904 . First edition. Cloth. A smart, First English edition of Coquelle"s archival study of Anglo-French relations during the Napoleonic Wars (1803Â1813), with a comprehensive introduction by Napoleonic scholar J. Holland Rose. In the publisher&apo…
The Art of Matthew Paris in the Chronica Majora
Suzanne Lewis · 1987 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
Cambridge , Scolar Press, 1987. First edition. Leather. A strikingly bound copy of this study Matthew Paris' artwork found inside his seminal thirteenth century work 'Chronica Majora', bound in illustrated full vellum and housed in a cloth chemise and slipcase. Th…
The Big Book of Fables
Walter Jerrold [ed.] · 1912 · Rooke Books
£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)
London, Blackie and Sons Limited , 1912. First edition. Leather. A striking copy of this anthology of fables, lavishly illustrated with colour plates and bound by collector and typographer, Eric Sweet. The first trade edition of this delightful book of fables edited by Walter Je…
Salome
Oscar Wilde · 1906 · Rooke Books
£1,750.00 (€2,097.65 | $2,311.99 | ¥369,196)
London; New York, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1906. First edition. Hardback. The first U.K. trade edition of Oscar Wilde's tragic play about Salome and John the Baptist, in the original dust wrapper. The first U.K. trade edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, design…
Aesop; Samuel Croxall
Aesop; Samuel Croxall [trans.] · 0 · Rooke Books
£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)
London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1868 . Cloth. A very scarce edition of The Fables of Aesop translated by Samuel Croxall, featuring eighty woodcut illustrations. In the publisher's original in mahogany cloth binding with blind stamp decorations. Undated, dated from inscript…
Lions and Lobsters and Foxes and Frogs
Ennis Rees · 1971 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
Reading, Massachusetts , Young Scott Books, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A colourful collection of Aesop"s fables adapted into verse, illustrated by Edward Gorey, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With the publisher's o…
The Domestic Architecture of England During the Tudor Period
Thomas Garner; Arthur Stratton · 1929 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
London, B. T. Batsford, 1929 . Cloth. A wonderful example of the impressively illustrated two volume second edition of Garner and Stratton's study of Tudor architecture. The revised and enlarged second edition of this work, complete in two volumes.Illustrated with a monochr…
Marston of Dunoran
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · 2015 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
Dublin, Obelisk House, 2015. Cloth. A fine edition of this scarce Gothic novella by Sheridan Le Fanu. A scarce novella by Sheridan Le Fanu. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Under the title 'Some Account of the Latter Days of the Hon. Richard Marston, of Dunoran'…
The Russian Shores of the Black Sea in the Autumn of 1852 with a Voyage Down the Volga, and a Tour Through the Country of the Don Cossacks
Laurence Oliphant · 1854 · Rooke Books
£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)
Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1854. Cloth. An early edition of Laurence Oliphant's account of his journey to Russia, written only a year before the start of the Crimean war, with this enlarged edition including remarks upon the political landscape of Russia. The th…
The Works of William Hogarth
John Trusler · 1821 · Rooke Books
£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)
London, J. Sharpe; R. Griffin & Co, 1821. Leather. A brilliant study of the work of Hogarth, faithfully reproduced here across one hundred and fifty nine plates. Complete in two volumes.A beautiful study on the works of William Hogarth, including a biography and anecdotes on the…
The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D. Lord Bishop of Down, Connor, and Dromore
Rev. Jeremy Taylor; Rev. Reginald Heber · 1828 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
London, C. and J. Rivington; T. Cadell et al , 1828. Leather. A smart leather-bound set of the works of cleric and acclaimed 17th-century English writer, Jeremy Taylor. Comprising thirteen out of the fifteen total volumes published. Lacking vols 10 and 15. Rev. Jeremy Taylor wa…
Principles of Political Economy with Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy
John Stuart Mill · 1868 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1868 . Cloth. A single volume 'People's Edition' of John Stuart Mill's important discussion of Political Economy, a work credited with helping to establish him as a leading public intellectual. The 1868 'People&…
Maigret Chez le Coroner
Georges Simenon · 1949 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
Paris, Presses de la Cité, 1949. First edition. Paperback. A first edition of this unusual Maigret novel, in which the detective witnesses a coroner's inquest in Tucson, Arizona; with the original dust wrapper. An uncommon first edition copy of this work in the publisher&a…
To Glory We Steer & Form Line of Battle
Alexander Kent [Douglas Reeman] · 1968 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, Hutchinson & Co. 1968-1969. First edition. Cloth. Two very smart first edition volumes of exciting historical novels from Alexander Kent. Two volumes. First edition. Written by Douglas Edward Reeman, under the pseudonym Alexander Kent, a British author over over sixty hi…
The Bfg
Roald Dahl · 1982 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A first impression copy of one of Roald Dahl's most beloved children's novels, complete with Quentin Blake's humorous cartoons. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrappe…