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The Dunciad. With Notes on Variorum, and the Prolegomena of Scriblerus

Alexander Pope · 1729 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Lawton Gilliver, 1729 . Leather. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece of a donkey, this is the uncommon second Gilliver edition of Pope's mock-heroic, described by Pope himself as being the eighth edition. An early edition of Pope's mock-heroic narrative p…

Sketches and Observations Taken on a Tour Through a Part of the South of Europe

Jens Wolff · 1801 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, W. Wilson, 1801. First edition. Leather. A very rare early 19th-century southern European travelogue from Danish Consult, Jens Wolff. The first edition of this very scarce travel work.  In a full mottled calf binding with decorative gilt borders. Retaining the original …

When We Were Very Young

A.A. Milne · 1932 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1932. Cloth. A.A. Milne's popular anthology inspired by the imagination of Christopher Robin, including the first illustrations of the beloved Pooh bear. When We Were Very Young, a lovely anthology of children's verse, written by iconic child…

The Yellow Fairy Book

Andrew Lang · 1911 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Longmans, Green, and Co, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1911 . Cloth. A 'new impression' of the fourth work in Andrew Lang's popular fairy book series, beautifully illustrated throughout by H. J. Ford and in the publisher's original cloth binding. First published i…

Le Menage Des Champs Et de la Ville; Ou Nouveau Cuisinier Franãƒâ§Ois, Accommodãƒâ© Au Goãƒâ»T Du Tems

[Louis Liger] · 1739 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Paris, Christ. David, 1739. Leather. A wonderful, new edition of this early eighteenth-century universal guide to rural and urban French cookery; originally published in 1710 by agronomist and naturalist, Louis Liger. A newly anonymised edition of this French cookery book, first…

The New Pilgrim&Apos;S Progress. A Book of Travel in Pursuit of Pleasure

Mark Twain · 1867 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, John Camden Hotten, c1872. Paperback. A sequel to Mark Twain's 'Innocents Abroad', in which he amusingly chronicles his travels in the Holy Land. In the very scarce original wraps. Described as a continuation to the author's work 'Innocents Abroa…

Marcus Flaminius, an Historical Novel: In a Series of Letters

E. Cornelia Knight [Ellis Cornelia Knight] · 1795 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London, C. Dilly, 1795 . Leather. The second edition of E. Cornelia Knight's epistolary novel about the life of a Roman soldier. A work that is scarce in all early editions, here handsomely bound in tree calf. The second edition of this work, first published in 1792. Comple…

The Scientific and Literary Treasury

Samuel Maunder, [rev. James Yate Johnson] · 1870 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1870. Leather. A revised edition of a popular reference work for scientific terms, including thousands of newly inserted articles, bound in full calf. A new edition of the Scientific and Literary Treasury, a comprehensive glossary of scientific an…

The Magic Finger

Roald Dahl · 1995 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Viking, 1995 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this children's book by noted author Roald Dahl to be illustrated by Quentin Blake. The first edition, first impression to be illustrated by Blake.  In the publisher's original green c…

A Book of Fifty Drawings; a Second Book of Fifty Drawings

Aubrey Beardsley · 1897 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.12 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,357)

London, Leonard Smithers, 1897-1899 . First edition. Cloth. Strikingly illustrated with fifty plates to each volume, present here are two limited edition works celebrating the illustrations of key aesthetic figure Aubrey Beardsley. The first editions of two limited edition celeb…

English Bards and Scotch Reviewers; a Satire

Lord Byron · 1809 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, James Cawthorn, 1809. Leather. The second edition of Lord Byron's early satirical poem, 'English Bards and Scotch Reviewers&apos. The second edition, with considerable additions and alterations.Rebacked and recornered in half calf, with the contemporary brown b…

A Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language Arranged According to the Wu-Fang Yuan Yin

S. Wells Williams · 1909 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

Tung Chou , North China Union College , 1909. Leather. A handsome revised edition of this authoritative Chinese dictionary, compiled by American sinologist and missionary Samuel Wells Williams. Revised edition, being the first to replace Williams' romanisation system with s…

Mr. Charles King of England Cromwell a Character Study

John Drinkwater · 1929 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Hodder and Stoughton Publishers, 1929; [1927] (Dated from author&apos. Cloth. London: Hodder and Stoughton Publishers, 1929; [1927] (Dated from author's ink inscription). Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 5". None. A very smart, very scarce signed pair of biographies of histo…

Uganda to Khartoum Life and Adventure on the Upper Nile

Albert B. Lloyd; Victor Buxton · 1906 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A signed, scarce first edition of missionary, Albert B. Lloyd's memoires, compiled during his voyage across Africa. A first edition and first impression of Albert B. Lloyd's Uganda to Khartoum with a preface by Victo…

The Street Trader&Apos;S Lot, London 1851: Being an Account of the Lives, Miseries, Joys and Chequered Activities of the London Street Sellers As Recorded by Their Contemporary Henry Mayhew

Henry Mayhew; Stanley Rubinstein [ed.]; M. Dorothy George [intro.] · 1947 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Sylvan Press, 1947. First edition. Cloth. // An uncommon first edition. In the original cloth binding.                This intriguing volume comprises contemporary accounts of the lives of London street sellers in 1851,  recorded first by Henry Mayhew and …

The White Book & Greek Lessons

Han Kang · 2017 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London; New York, Hogarth Press, 2017-2023. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first US translated editions of these novels from South Korean author Han Kang. Two volumes. First US edition, first printing. Written by Han Kang, a South Korean writer who taught creative writing at th…

Histoire de Don Quichotte de la Manche

Michel Cervantes [Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra]; M. L'Abbe Lejeune · 1845 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Paris, P.-C. Lehuby, 1845. Leather. Two volumes of Cervantes' famous novel Don Quixote bound into one, with illustrations. A new edition, translated into French. French. Complete in two volumes, bound into one. A new edition, reviewed and corrected by M. L'Abbe Lejeune…

Annals de Normandie: Revue Trimestrielle D&Apos;Etudes Regionales (8e Annee - No. 2)

Various · 1958 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Caen , Laboratoire d'Ethnographie regionale , 1958. First edition. Leather. A morocco-bound copy of this particularly scarce issue from 'Annales de Normandie', a French periodical focused on Normandy. This is the eighth year, No. 2 volume from 'Annales de Nor…

Here&Apos;S How to Be Healthy

Bengamin Gayelord Hauser · 1934 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

New York City , Tempo Books, Inc. 1934. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce juice recipe book of "health cocktails" using various vegetables from American nutritionist Gayelord Hauser. First edition.With the original unclipped dust wrapper. This recipe book centres on variou…

Mr. Clarinet, King of Swords, Voodoo Eyes, & the Verdict

Nick Stone · 2006 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Michael Joseph; Sphere, 2006-2014. First edition. Cloth. Four excellently presented first edition thrillers from British author Nick Stone, signed by the author. Four volumes. First edition, first impression. Each volume is signed by the author to the title page. Written…