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A Familiar Treatise on Asthma, Difficulty of Breathing, Wheezing, Winter Cough and Consumption of the Lungs, Containing, with Other Information, Explicit Directions for the Use of the Stramonium Herb
Fisher · 1811 · Rooke Books
£420.00 (€503.44 | $554.88 | ¥88,607)
London, Sherwood and Jones, 1811. Paperback. A very scarce, third edition copy of this medical treatise regarding asthma and its treatment in relation to the Stramonium Herb. In the original paper wraps. Written by James T Fisher, a surgeon based in England. This work explores A…
Notebooks of a Naked Youth
Billy Childish · 1997 · Rooke Books
£700.00 (€839.06 | $924.80 | ¥147,678)
Hove, Codex, 1997. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, limited edition copy of Billy Childish's semi-autobiographical novel 'Notebooks of a Naked Youth&apos. The first edition of this work. To the rear board the limitation statement is written '44/100' Next …
South Mimms
Frederick Charles Cass · 1877 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
Westminster, Nichols and Sons, 1877. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated work on the history of the village and parish South Mimms in Hertfordshire, written by the rector Frederick Charles Cass. The first edition of this work. An interesting history of …
The Balloon Travels of Robert Merry and His Young Friends
Peter Parley [Samuel Griswold Goodrich] · 1856 · Rooke Books
£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,303)
London, William Tegg and Co,, 1856. Cloth. A pleasing and copiously illustrated copy of this charming children's travel tale by Samuel Griswold Goodrich; detailing a party of adventurers exploring Europe in a hot air balloon. Samuel Griswold Goodrich, best known by his pseu…
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott · 1831 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
Paris, A. and W. Galignani, 1831. Leather. A nicely bound collection of poetry by Sir Walter Scott, illustrated with a frontispiece. A collection of poetry by Walter Scott, including 'he Lady of the Lake', 'The Lay of the Last Minstrel', 'Rokeby', &…
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
Charles Dickens · 1912 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)
London, The Westminster Press, Limited, 1912. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated copy of Charles Dickens' 'The Pickwick Papers', illustrated throughout by Frank Reynolds. 'The Pickwick Papers' was Dickens' first novel. Originally written in a serial f…
The Dance an Historical Survey of Dancing in Europe
Cecil J. Sharp; A. P. Oppe · 1924 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, Halton & Truscott Smith, LTD, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated history of dance in Europe, written by Cecil Sharp and Paul Oppe, illustrated with numerous plates, including four colour plates. The first edition of this work. This work loo…
The Bachelor of Salamanca or Memoirs of Don Cherubim de la Ronda
Alain-Rene Lesage · 1767 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)
London, Richardson and Urquhart, 1767. Leather. A very scarce early English translation of Alain-Rene Lesage's novel 'The Bachelor of Salamanca&apos. First published in 1736, this novel followed Le Sage's popular picaresque work, 'Gil Blas&apos. An early tran…
A Cape Horn Calm and Other Verses
R. M. Ballantyne · 1911 · Rooke Books
£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)
Edinburgh, James Nisbet & Co. Limited, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A charming copy of this collection of poetry, inscribed by the author's daughter. First edition. Scarce. With an inscription by the author's daughter, Isobel, to the title page reading: "Robert James Gr…
My Wood Fires and Their Story Showing the Beauty and Use of the Wood Fire: Of the Way to Secure Good Draught and Combustion: Of the Native Woods Best for Fuel: Of the Abolition of the Fender: And of the Economy and Value of Wood As Fuel.
W. Robinson · 1917 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, Country Life, 1917. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fascinating and unusual work detailing the uses and beauty of wood fires. Profusely illustrated with fifteen full page illustrations, including photographs of notable wood fires and demonstrative diagram…
The Eye of the Earth
Lennox Kerr · 1936 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, c1955. Cloth. An adventure novel by Scottish children's author, Lennox Kerr. With original, unclipped dustwrapper. This copy is undated and from the 'Triumph Series' by Nelson. Copy on copac dated [1936] is from the 'New Era Se…
A Walk Through Wales, in August 1797
Richard Warner · 1810 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
Bath, R. Crutwell, 1810. Leather. The fifth revised edition of a charming ramble across Wales, with a route itinerary for readers to follow, by a travel writer admired by Wordsworth. The fifth edition of A Walk through Wales, a charming ramble of the scenic country and the March…
(1883) Dickens&Apos;S Dictionary of London; (1893) Dickens&Apos;S Dictionary of the Thames.
Charles Dickens Jr. · 1883 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, Macmillan & Co.; Charles Dickens & Evans, 1883-1993. Cloth. Two delightful London dictionaries from the son of Charles Dickens. Collection comprised of: (1883) Dickens's Dictionary of London; (1893) Dickens's Dictionary of the Thames. Â In the publisher's…
Sunways: A Record of Rambles in Many Lands
William Copeland Borlase · 1878 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
Plymouth, W. Brendon and Son, 1878. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce travel diary recording a budding antiquarian's travels across North America, Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean. The first edition of Sunways: A Record of Rambles in Many Lands, a very scarce travelogue…
Memoires Du Geant
Nadar [Gaspard-Felix Tournachon] · 1865 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)
Paris, E. Dentu, 1865 . Cloth. The second edition of Nadar"s vivid memoir of "Le Geant," his colossal experimental balloon, a presentation copy, signed by the author. In a contemporary green quarter cloth binding with marbled paper boards, with the original wraps bound in. Ill…
Paris Moderne, Ou Choix de Maisons
Normand Fils [Louis-Marie Normand] · 1837 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)
Paris, L'Auteur; Bance; Carilian-Goeury, 1837 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated with over two-hundred plates - many of which are folding or in colour - this is the first volume of Louis-Marie Normand's study of the architecture of houses built in 19th century Paris…
The Byways of Montgomeryshire
John Bancroft Willans · 1905 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a very scarce exploration of the scenic county in the heart of Wales, written and signed by a national historian and philanthropist. The very scarce first edition of The Byways of Montgome…
Autumns in Argyleshire with Rod and Gun
A.E. Gathorne Hardy · 1900 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1900. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a thirty-year account of hunting and shooting within the Scottish highlands, with illustrations by Scottish painter Archibald Thoburn. The first edition of Autumns in Argyleshire with Rod and Gun, …
Early Chronicles of Shrewsbury, 1372-1603
Rev. W. A. Leighton · 1880 · Rooke Books
£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)
Not Stated, Reprinted from the Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1880 . First edition. Leather. Attractively bound in half calf, this is the very scarce first edition in book form of Rev. W. A. Leighton's collection of early modern c…
Index Testaceologicus; or, a Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign
William Wood · 1828 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London, W. Wood, 1828. Cloth. The second edition of Wood"s conchological catalogue, illustrated with thirty-eight hand-coloured plates, arranging British and foreign shells according to the Linnean system. Rebound in a later full red cloth binding, endpapers renewed. First pub…