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The Genuine Poetical Works of Charles Cotton, Esq.
Charles Cotton · 1771 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, J. Rivington; W. Johnston; T. Davies; T. Caslon; S. Crowder; et al, 1771. Hardback. An early rebound collection of the poetical works of Charles Cotton, an illustrated edition including one striking folding plate. ESTC citation number N18243.The sixth edition.Illustrated…
The Gun; or, a Treatise on Various Descriptions of Small Fire-Arms
William Greener · 1835 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)
Longman, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, Longman, 1835 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of firearms expert and inventor William Greener's pioneering study of the gun. A very scarce work on the principles of gunnery by English inventor and gunmaker Wi…
Lord Lilford on Birds: Being a Collection of Informal and Unpublished Writings by the Late President of the British Ornithologists&Apos; Union, with Contributed Papers Upon Falconry and Other Hunting, His Favourite Sports
Aubyn Trevor-Battye [ed.] · 1903 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
London, Hutchinson & Co. 1903. First edition. Cloth. The bright first edition of this posthumous ornithological study by Thomas Powys, 4th Baron Lilford, complete with numerous plates. The first edition of this work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twelve further full page p…
The Memoirs of Field-Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, K.G.
Field Marshal The Viscount Bernard Montgomery of Alamein · 1958 · Rooke Books
£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)
London, Collins, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's autobiography, covering the full span of his career, from boyhood to the post-war years. Signed 'Montgomery of Alamein F. M.' to the front free endpaper.The f…
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald [trans.] · 1909 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London and New York, Hodder and Stoughton, 1909 . Cloth. A lovely copy of Edmund Dulac's illustrated edition of Fitzgerald's translation of Omar Khayyam's 'Rubaiyat&apos. Omar Khayyam was a Persian mathematician and astronomer, born in the 2nd Century. He gai…
Maiwa&Apos;S Revenge; or, the War of the Little Hand
H. Rider Haggard · 1888 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1888. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of H. Rider Haggard's classic adventure novel, featuring his protagonist Allan Quatermain. The first edition. In the original cloth binding with red lettering. 'Maiwa's Revenge' is…
A Proposal for Uniformity of Weights and Measures in Scotland, by Executions of the Laws Now in Force.
John Swinton, Lord Swinton · 1789 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
Edinburgh, Peter Hill, 1789 . Leather. The very scarce second edition of John Swinton's proposal for the enforcement of a uniform system of weights and measurements in Scotland in the late eighteenth century. The very scarce second edition of this work, published ten years …
Galahad at Blandings
P. G. Wodehouse · 1965 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Herbert Jenkins, 1965. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of one of Wodehouse's brilliant comic novels set at Blandings Castle. The first edition, first printing.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Galahad at Blandings' is the ninth novel in Wodeh…
Watkins&Apos; Last Expedition
F. Spencer Chapman; Augustine Courtauld [intro.] · 1934 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1934. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated account of Gino Watkins's fatal East Greenland Expedition, enclosed in the original scarce dust wrapper. The first edition of British Army Officer Freddie Spencer Chapman's accou…
The Works of Robert Burns; with an Account of His Life, and a Criticism of His Writings
Robert Burns; James Currie · 1824 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Jones and Company, 1824. Leather. An extensive collection of the popular poetical works of Robert Burns, including a commentary on his life and a critical essay on his works. A collection of the poetical works of Robert Burns, including a critical look at his works and a…
The Vicar of Wakefield
Oliver Goldsmith · 1843 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, John van Voorst, 1843. Leather. A nicely bound illustrated edition of one of the most popular novels of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, 'The Vicar of Wakefield&apos. 'The Vicar of Wakefield' was one of the most popular and widely read novels upon …
The Angel and the Donkey
James Reeves · 1969 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated advanced review copy for Reeves' religious children's book, with colour illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. First Edition, Review Copy. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrations…
The Death of the Red King
Paul Doherty · 2006 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Greenwich Exchange, 2006. First edition. Cloth. A first edition historical work, set in the forests of medieval England and featuring William II of England, signed by the author to the title page. First edition, in the unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author to the…
Lewis Arundel; or, the Railroad of Life
Frank E. Smedley · 1852 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)
London, Virtue, Hall, & Virtue, 1852. First edition. Leather. A first edition novel from Frank E. Smedley, illustrated throughout with the charming plates of popular Victorian artist 'Phiz', Hablot Knight Browne. The first edition in book form of this mid nineteenth ce…
The Best of Clifford D. Simak
Clifford D. Simak; Angus Wells (ed) · 1975 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A first edition collection of short stories by science fiction writer Clifford D. Simak, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Uncommon first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. This work includes a selection…
The Works of Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore · 1823 · Rooke Books
£790.00 (€946.94 | $1,043.70 | ¥166,665)
Paris, A. and W. Galignani, 1823. Leather. A beautiful collection of the works of Thomas Moore bound in excellent straight-grain morocco with gilt edges and borders. Comprising 'Lalla Rookh', 'Epistles, Odes and Other Poems', 'Intercepted Letters; or, th…
No Laughing Matter
Joseph Heller; Speed Vogel · 1986 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
Lonon, Jonathan Cape, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of Joseph Heller's autobiography, covering his struggle with Gullain-Barre syndrome. First edition, first impression in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by author Joseph Heller on titl…
Winston S. Churchill: Youth; Young Statesman
Randolph S. Churchill · 1966 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Heinemann, 1966-7. First edition. Cloth. The first two volumes of the official biography of Winston S. Churchill by his son Randolph, two first impressions. The first edition, first impressions of this work. The first two volumes of the official biography of Sir Winston …
The Genuine Dying Speech of the Reverend Parson Coppock, Pretended Bishop of Carlisle: Who Was Drawn, Hanged and Quartered There, Oct 18. 1746, for High Treason and Rebellion. Containing an Account of His Education, His Method of Obtaining Orders, the Motives of His Going Into the Rebellion, and the Conduct of Some of His Brethren, with Many Other Curious Particulars
Thomas Coppock · 1746 · Rooke Books
£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)
Carlisle, Thomas Harris, 1746. Leather. A vanishingly scarce fabricated final speech by Thomas Cappock, a Jacobite who was executed during the 1746 Uprising. A vanishingly scarce work.ESTC citation number T40762.Half-title is present.The fabricated speech purported to be the fin…
The Portfolio, an Artistic Periodical Volume XX
Philip Gilbert Hamerton (ed) · 1889 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London, Seely and Co. Limited, 1889. Cloth. A scarce copy of 'The Portfolio', compiled and edited by Philip Gilbert Hamerton, who wrote extensively on the subject of printmaking throughout the nineteenth century. A fascinating nineteenth century monthly periodical feat…