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The Life of William Warburton, D.D. , Lord Bishop of Gloucester from 1760 to 1779: With Remarks on His Works
Rev. John Selby Watson [Ed.] · 1863 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863. First edition. Leather. A pleasing first edition of this fascinating biography of William Warburton, Bishop of Gloucester and friend of Alexander Pope The first edition of this work. Bound in half morocco with marbled pape…
A Narrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain, Commanded by His Excellency Lieut. -General Sir John Moore, K.B. &C. &C. &C. Authenticated by Official Papers and Original Letters
James Moore · 1809 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, Printed for Joseph Johnson, 1809. Leather. The fifth edition of this important account concerning Moore's campaign in Spain during the Peninsular War, with folding maps. Fifth edition. Bound in modern half calf. Renewed rear endpaper, frontispiece is laid down to r…
Memoirs of Benvenuto Cellini, a Florentine Artist, Written by Himself. Containing a Variety of Information Respecting the Arts, and the History of the Sixteenth Century
Benvenuto Cellini; Thomas Roscoe [transl.] · 1823 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, Henry Colburn and Co. 1823. Vellum. A vellum-bound third edition of Thomas Roscoe's translation of Benvenuto Cellini's memoirs. Third edition of Thomas Roscoe's English edition. Complete sets of this translation are uncommon.Complete in two volumes. Unif…
A Catalogue of Books Relating to the Discovery and Early History of North and South America Forming a Part of the Library of E.D. Church
George Watson Cole [ed, annotated] · 1951 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
New York, Peter Smith, 1951. Cloth. An uncommon complete 5 volume set of this illustrated catalogue, detailing over 400 years of Americana. A detailed and uncommon complete five volume set catalogue, detailing works of American spanning from 1482-1884, which were collected and h…
On the Black Hill
Bruce Chatwin · 1982 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1982. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an award-winning flashback novel set in rural Britain, written by Bruce Chatwin, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of On the Black Hill, a novel written by English travel writer and a…
The Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes. In Thirteen Volumes
Oliver Wendell Holmes · 1891 · Rooke Books
£540.00 (€647.28 | $713.42 | ¥113,923)
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1891. Cloth. A scarce set of the writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, one of the popular American 'Fireside Poets&apos. The Riverside Edition. Comprising: Volume I, entitled 'The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table: Every M…
A Catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors
Horatio Walpole · 1806 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
London, John Scott, 1806. Cloth. A catalogue of the works of noble and royal authors of Britain, including Elizabeth I, James II, Anne Boleyn and many more. Illustrated throughout with one hundred and forty-nine engraved portraits (collated: complete). Written by the fourth Earl…
Histoire Des Sultans Mamlouks de L&Apos;Egypte Ecrite En Arabe
Taki-Eddin-Ahmed-Makrizi, Etienne Marc Quatremere · 1842 · Rooke Books
£288.00 (€345.21 | $380.49 | ¥60,759)
Paris , Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1842. Cloth. One part of the impressive translation of this historical work on Mamluk Egypt from French Orientalist Quatremere. Volume Two, Part One only. One Part of Four. Some pages are unopened. The binding is th…
Paris: Ville de Province Et Capitale Des Arts
Louis Gillet · 1942 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
St. Felicien (Ardèche), Au Pigeonnier, 1942. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of a loving work into why Paris is a great cultural beacon, by an art historian who has spent his life there. The first edition of Paris: Ville de Province et Capitale des Arts (Paris: Provi…
The United States Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin: A Personal Narrative
Elisha Kent Kane · 1857 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
Philadelphia; London, Childs & Peterson; Trubner & Co. 1857. Leather. A smartly bound new edition of this account of the expedition to determine the fate of the lost Franklin Northwest Passage expedition. New edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a folding map, five plates, …
The Works of David Mallet
David Mallet · 1759 · Rooke Books
£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)
London, A. Millar, 1759. Leather. A beautiful eighteenth century binding on this collection of works by the Scottish poet and dramatist David Mallet. The new edition, corrected. A complete three volume set. Bound in contemporary eighteenth century full calf with decorative gilt …
What About Wine?
Andre L. Simon · 1953 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Newman Neame, 1953 . First edition. Cloth. A charming guide to wine appreciation and oenology, with woodcut illustrations throughout. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. This volume is a first edition…
The Gothic Revival: An Essay in the History of Taste
Kenneth Clark · 1929 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of this illustrated study into the Gothic Revival from British art historian Kenneth Clark. First US edition. Very scarce edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and nineteen plates. Co…
North-South: A Programme for Survival
Willy Brandt; Et Al. · 1980 · Rooke Books
£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)
London, Pan Books, 1980 . First edition. Leather. A leather-bound copy of Willy Brandt's important report highlighting the North-South divide, signed by the author with a dedication to one of the report's contributors, Edward Heath. First edition.Bound in full morocco,…
Hilton&Apos;S Guide to Lucknow and the Residency
Edward H. Hilton · 1928 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
Calcutta, H. R. Hilton, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce detailed guide to the city of Lucknow, an illustrated first edition copy of this vivid history. The first edition of this very scarce work.A comprehensive guide to Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh in North In…
The D.A. Takes a Chance, and the D.A. Breaks an Egg
Erle Stanley Gardner · 1957 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, The Thriller Book Club; William Heinemann, 1957. First edition. Cloth. Two thrilling crime novels featuring the popular D.A, Doug Selby, written by Erle Stanley Gardner, in their original dust wrappers. The first edition to 'Breaks an Egg', and the 'Thrill…
The Virginians
William Makepeace Thackeray · 1858 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)
London, Bradbury & Evans, 1858-59. First edition. Leather. A smart first issue copy of one of the popular novels of William Makepeace Thackeray, complete with his original illustrations. The first edition, first impression of this work. Issue points as follows; 'actresses&a…
Prose Fancies
Richard Le Gallienne · 1894 · Rooke Books
£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)
New York, Elkin Mathews & John Lane; G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1894. First edition. Cloth. This first edition, first impression of Prose Fancies by the fin-de-siecle English essayist and poet Richard Le Gallienne. The first edition, first impression of the work in book format, w…
A Collection of Novels by Barbara Trapido
Barbara Trapido · 1994 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
London, Hamish Hamilton; Bloomsbury, 1994-2010. First edition. Cloth. A collection of four smart first edition volumes from British novelist Barbara Trapido. Four volumes. First edition, first impression. Written by Barbara Louise Trapido, a British novelist born in South Africa…
Ralph the Heir
Anthony Trollope · 1871 · Rooke Books
£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)
London, Strahan & Co, 1871. First edition. Leather. The first edition in one volume of Anthony Trollope's novel on a spendthrift young man, complete with plates by F. A. Fraser. The first edition of this work, being the first edition bound in one volume.Illustrated with ele…