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Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R. S. To Which Is Subjoined the Private Correspondence between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas, and between Sir Edward Hyde, Afterwards Earl of Clarendon, and Sir Richard Browne
John Evelyn; William Bray [ed.] · 1850 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)
London , Henry Colburn and Co. 1850-1852. Leather. A complete new edition of John Evelyn's correspondence, uniformly bound in half calf. A new edition, complete in four volumes.Uniformly bound in half tan calf, with marbled boards.Containing the English writer's diarie…
Kilvert&Apos;S Diary: Selections from the Diary of the Rev. Francis Kilvert
Rev. Francis Kilvert; William Plomer · 1971 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1971 . Cloth. A complete, three volume set containing selections from the diary of the Rev. Francis Kilvert, each with the publisher's dust wrapper and housed in a slipcase. Complete in three volumes. Bound in quarter cloth, with the original dust wra…
I, Lucifer
Peter OÂDonnell · 1967 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, Souvenir Press, 1967. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Peter O"Donnell"s third Modesty Blaise novel, in the vibrantly illustrated original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. In the publisher"s original unclipped dust wrapper. The third novel in …
The Claims of Mr. Wardle to the Thanks of the Country, in Consequence of His Parliamentary Conduct on the Occasion of the Charges Preferred by Him Against His Royal Highness the Duke of York; Considered in a Letter Addressed to the Mayor of a Respectable Corporation
1809 · Rooke Books
£108.00 (€129.46 | $142.68 | ¥22,785)
London, T. Collins; John Joseph Stockdale, 1809. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce report exploring the wrongdoings of Prince Frederick. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work.An account of the proceedings upon the charges against Prince Fred…
Catalogue of William Blake&Apos;S Drawings and Paintings in the Huntington Library
C. H. Collins Baker · 1938 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
California , San Marino , 1938. First edition. Hardback. A very smart reference of William Blake's works held in the Huntington Library, from the library of American diplomat and art collector, Robert Woods Bliss. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's ori…
American Society of CIVIL Engineers: English and American Railroads Compared
Edward Bates Dorsey · 1886 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
New York, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1886. First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first edition of Edward Bates Dorsey's comparative study of railway systems in the United Kingdom and the United States. With a typed compliments slip from the author. The very sc…
A General History of Quadrupeds
Thomas Bewick · 1811 · Rooke Books
£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.76 | ¥67,510)
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Edward Walker; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 . Leather. The sixth edition of Thomas Bewick's popular study of the natural history of mammals, beautifully illustrated by the author throughout. The sixth edition.'A General History of Qu…
The Steam-Boat
[John Galt] · 1822 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
Edinburgh; London, William Blackwood; T. Cadell, 1822. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this scarce novel set on the sea by John Galt. The first edition of this scarce work.Thirteen pages of adverts to the rear.Half-title and adverts are present.'The Steam-Boat…
The Girl Who Played with Fire, and, the Girl Who Kicked the Hornets&Apos; Nest
Stieg Larsson · 2009 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, Maclehose Press, 2009. First edition. Cloth. The two final novels in this popular thriller crime trilogy by Stieg Larsson, the first editions in English. The second and third novels in Stieg Larsson's popular 'Millennium' trilogy, here translated to Englis…
Thinking Black: 22 Years without a Break in the Long Grass of Central Africa
D. Crawford · 1914 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
London, Morgan and Scott Ld. 1914 . Cloth. The second edition of this insightful documentation of Dan Crawford's twenty-two years spent as a missionary worker in Africa, accompanied by illustrations throughout. The second edition, third impression. First published in 1912.B…
Vestigia Pulchra Quaerentis
Charles Francis Mason · 1940 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
Framingham, Mass, Lakeview Press, 1940 . Cloth. A signed, limited edition of this collection of poetry from the bursar of Harvard College, Charles F. Mason. The second printing, enlarged. A limited print run of fifty copies, with this one being number forty-eight.A collection of…
The Book of Nonsense
Edward Lear · 1901 · Rooke Books
£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)
London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1901 . Cloth. A charming copy of Edward Lear's much-loved humorous Book of Nonsense, with one-hundred-and-ten illustrations. The thirty-fifth edition. Originally published in 1846. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Profusely illus…
This Year: Next Year
Walter De La Mare · 1937 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)
London, Faber & Faber, 1937. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this colourfully illustrated anthology of charming seasonal poems by Walter de la Mare. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A charming anthology of poems for children, mo…
Stamboul Train
Graham Greene · 1932 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, William Heinemann LTD, 1932. First edition. Cloth. Graham Greene's second important novel, set on a long train journey, the first edition, second issue. The first edition, second issue of this work; the character is referred to as Mr. Quin Savory on pages 77, 78, 82…
Farewell to a Child
Brian W. Aldiss · 1982 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
Berkhamsted, Priapus Press, 1982. First edition. Paperback. An out-of-series copy of this small anthology of poems by Brian W. Aldiss, from the library of the author. The author's own copy of this anthology of ten poems by Brian W. Aldiss, an out-of-series limited edition o…
Poems of Pleasure
Ella Wheeler Wilcox · 1893 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
Chicago, W. B. Conkey Company, 1893. Leather. An early edition of this popular anthology of poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in a smart morocco binding. An early edition.Ella Wheeler Wilcox's companion anthology to her 1883 collection 'Poetry of Passion&apos.'Poems o…
The Works of John Milton in Verse and Prose
John Milton · 1851 · Rooke Books
£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)
London, William Pickering, 1851 . Leather. A very smart edition of John Milton's poetry and prose, complete in eight volumes, uniformly bound in tree calf. This collection is comprised of eight volumes, consisting of two volumes of John Milton's poetical works and six …
Ralegh and the Throckmortons
A. L. Rowse · 1962 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1962 . Leather. An elegantly bound copy of this interesting take on a biography of Sir Walter Raleigh, with insightful information taken from the diary of Raleigh's brother-in-law. The second impression. Published the month after the first edition.…
Poems
William Winter · 1855 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
Boston, George W. Briggs & Co , 1855. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Winter's scarce first book of poetry. The first edition of this scarce work. In the publisher's original blind stamped cloth. Dedicated to 'Henry Wadsworth Longfellow' …
The Orphan Angel
Elinor Wylie · 1926 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of Elinor Wylie's unusual 1920s novel in which she reimagines the life of Percy Shelley, and has him travel to the New World in an America Ship, rather than dying at a young age. A signed limite…