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Rhopalocera Africae Australis; a Catalogue of South African Butterflies
Roland Trimen · 1862 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)
Cape Town, W. G. Mathew, 1862-1866. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this record of the butterflies of South Africa from British-South African naturalist Roland Trimen. First edition. Both part one and two bound into one volume. Lacking the original plates, being one e…
Mr. Sponge&Apos;S Sporting Tour, Handley Cross, Ask Mamma
Robert Smith Surtees · 0 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)
London, Methuen & Co, c1900. Cloth. Three of the popular sporting novels of Robert Smith Surtees bound in one volume, illustrated throughout by John Leech. Three sporting novels by Robert Smith Surtees bound in one volume.Part of the 'Methuen"s Sixpenny Books' Series.T…
The Light That Failed, Captains Courageous, & the Naulahka
Rudyard Kipling · 1925 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1925-1928. Cloth. A smart collection of three of the novels of English writer Rudyard Kipling. Three volumes. Later editions. Written by Joseph Rudyard Kipling, an English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer who was awarded the N…
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova
Jacques Casanova [Giacomo Girolamo Casanova]; Arthur Machen [trans.] · 1894 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, Privately Printed, 1894 . Hardback. Eleven volumes only of this limited edition set of the memoires of the eighteenth century Italian adventurer and author, Casanova. Eleven volumes only of a twelve volume work. Lacking volume V.This edition was limited to 1000 numbered …
Autobiography
John Stuart Mill · 1873 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
London, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1873 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first issue of the posthumously published autobiography of John Stuart Mill. The first edition, first issue. Without the errata leaf to the rear, and with page 113, line 9, uncorrected.Ret…
Renegade of Halo2, an Insular Possession, and the Redundancy of Courage
Tomothy Mo · 1986 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Chatto & Windus; Paddleless, 1986-99. First edition. Cloth. Three first edition novels by Tomothy Mo, in their original dust wrappers, including two 'Booker Prize' shortlisted novels. The first editions, first impressions. In the publisher's original clot…
Past and Present Vegetation of the Isle of Skye: A Palaeoecological Study
H. J. B. Birks · 1973 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
Cambridge, Cambridge at the University Press, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study into the vegetation of the Isle of Skye. First edition. Illustrated with seven folding plates inserted into a pocket at the rear of the text, with numerous i…
English Books with Coloured Plates 1790 to 1860: A Bibliographical Account of the Most Important Books Illustrated by English Artists in Colour Aquatint and Colour Lithography
R. V. Tooley · 1954 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this comprehensive bibliography pertaining to English books with coloured plates. The first edition. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This reference offers an accurate a…
Velazquez; George Romney
A. De Beruete; Arthur B. Chamberlain · 1906 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, Methuen and Co, 1906-1910. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing duo of first edition biographies exploring the works of two leading painters of their times, Diego Velazquez and George Romney, profusely illustrated throughout. The first edition of these works. A very smart d…
The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond
William Makepeace Thackeray · 1849 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)
London, Bradbury & Evans, 1849. First edition. Vellum. A smartly bound copy of this illustrated novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, the first edition in book form. The first edition in book form. A short and sombre novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, following a man who fin…
Biggles Og Den Tyske Spion & Biggles Lander I Rusland
Captain W. E. Johns · 1952 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
Kobenhavn, Grafisk Forlage, 1952-1953. Paperback. Two smart Biggles adventure stories from English pilot and author Captain W. E. Johns, in Danish. Danish. Two volumes. Scarce works. Written by William Earl Johns, an English First World War pilot and writer of adventure stories,…
The True History of a Little Ragamuffin
James Greenwood · 1866 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
London, S. O. Beeton, [1866]. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this uncommon novel following a young boy on the streets of London. The first edition, with the original vanishingly scarce blue wraps to the ten parts bound in. Parts 5-10 have the wraps for Part 1 and 2…
The Collegians
Gerald Griffin · 1829 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
London, Saunders and Otley, 1829 . First edition. Hardback. Volumes I and II of the first edition, and volume III of the second edition, of Gerald Griffin's novel about the murder of a young Irish Catholic girl. Very scarce in all early editions, present here are the first …
A Biographical Dictionary: Containing Concise Notices of Eminent Persons of All Ages and Countries: And More Particularly of Distinguished Natives of Great Britain and Ireland
Thompson Cooper · 1892 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)
London, George Bell and Sons , 1892. Leather. A very smart two-volume set containing the biographical dictionary from notable compiler of reference, Thompson Cooper, both in full calf prize binding. An impressive biographical dictionary from English reference compiler and man of…
The Culprit Fay and Other Poems
Joseph Rodman Drake · 1835 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)
New York, George Dearborn, 1835. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this important anthology of poetry by Joseph Rodman Drake, posthumously published. The first edition.In a custom cloth chemise.An anthology of poems by the early American poet Joseph Rodman Drake.Drake i…
Biggles Sweeps the Desert
Captain W. E. Johns · 1943 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
Toronto, The Musson Book Company Ltd. 1943. First edition. Cloth. The first Canadian edition of this thrilling Biggles novel from English writer and pilot Captain W. E. Johns. First Canadian edition. Large format. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and many in-text images. W…
Stamboul Train
Graham Greene · 1932 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, Heinemann, 1932 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, second issue of Graham Greene's first commercially successful novel. The first edition, second issue of this work; the character is referred to as Mr. Quin Savory on pages 77, 78, 82, 98, and 131, rather tha…
The History of England
Lord Macaulay [Thomas Babington Macaulay] · 1908 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1908-14. Leather. The Albany edition of Lord Macaulay's 'History of England', bound in crushed half morocco with cloth to the boards. The Albany Edition. A new impression. Six volume, complete set of 'The History of England&a…
The Mountain. From the French of Michelet. By the Translator of "the Bird
Jules Michelet; W. H. Davenport Adams [trans] · 1872 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1872. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of the English translation of this natural history work by Jules Michelet, with illustrations by Percival Skelton. The first edition of the English translation of this work in the publisher's original c…
Kim
Rudyard Kipling · 1901 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1901 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this classic novel from Rudyard Kipling, with illustrations. First edition, first impression. Bound in the publisher's original red cloth, with a gilt elephant to the fron…