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The History of Hertfordshire

Nathaniel Salmon · 1728 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Not Stated, 1728. First edition. Leather. A scarce history on Hertfordshire, a detailed topographical study by Nathaniel Salmon, the first edition. The first edition of this scarce work, one of only 187 copies published by the author.Collated, bound without the folding m…

The Fiery Dive and Other Stories

Martin Armstrong · 1929 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1929. Vellum. A limited edition short story anthology by Martin Armstrong, one of one hundred and fifty signed copies. A limited edition of one hundred and fifty unnumbered copies printed on hand-made paper.Signed by the author to the copyright page.…

White Python

Mark Channing; Leopold Aloysius M. Jones · 1934 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1934. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon to see science fiction novel by Mark Channing, a presentation copy to his friend J. H. H. Gaute. The first U.K. edition of this uncommon work.Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the recto of the front end…

Louder and Funnier

P. G. Wodehouse · 1932 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

London, Faber and Faber, 1932. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this anthology of entertaining essays by P. G. Wodehouse, on a wide variety of subjects. The first edition, first impression, in later state green cloth.In the original price-clipped second state dust wrap…

Excerpts from the Diary of Samuel Pepys, Esq. F.R. S.

Horace N. Pym · 1889 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

Not Stated, Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. 1889 . First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce, limited edition copy of this collection of excerpts from Samuel Pepys' diary, presented by the editor, Horace Pym. First edition, in the publisher's original smart navy cloth bindin…

Carry on, Jeeves

P. G. Wodehouse · 1931 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1931. Cloth. An early printing of this collection of ten entertaining Wooster and Jeeves stories by P. G. Wodehouse. The fifth printing, 'completing 62,230 copies&apos.Undated, dated from the list of Wodehouse's titles, the last listed …

The North-West Amazons; Notes of Some Months Spent Among Cannibal Tribes

Thomas Whiffen · 1915 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Constable and Comapany, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Thomas Whiffen's account of his travels among tribes in the North-West Amazon. With a publisher's presentation copy blind stamp to the head of the title page.Thomas Whiffen was a Brit…

Between the Woods and the Water. On Foot to Constantinople from the Hook of Holland: The Middle Danube to the Iron Gates

Patrick Leigh Fermor · 1986 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, John Murray, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of this fascinating and vividly described travel work by Patrick Leigh Fermor, following his expedition on foot from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. The first edition, first impression.In the original u…

Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera

Horace · 1722 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Londini; [London], J. Knapton; R. Wilkin; B. & S. Tooke; D. Midwinter; et al, 1722. Leather. A collection of the poetical odes of Horace in the original Latin, a conclusive collection of his Roman poetry. A collection of the works of Horace, here in the original Latin.ESTC citat…

Comment J&Apos;Ai Retrouve Livingstone Voyages Aventures Et Decouvertes Dans le Centre de L&Apos;Afrique

Henry M. Stanley; H. Loreau · 1880 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1880. Leather. A French translation of Henry Morton Stanley's popular account of his discovery of the lost David Livingstone in Central Africa. The third edition of this work in French, translated into French by H. Loreau.Illustrated with a frontispi…

The Story of My Life

Augustus J. C. Hare · 1896 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, George Allen , 1896-1900. First edition. Cloth. Augustus Hare's autobiography complete in six volumes, bright first edition. A collection complete in six volumes of this extensive autobiographical work by Augustus Hare. The first edition, published between 1896 and …

Vathek

William Beckford · 1816 · Rooke Books

£670.00 (€803.10 | $885.16 | ¥141,349)

London, W. Clarke, 1816. Leather. The third edition of this Gothic novel 'Vathek', written by William Beckford and largely inspired by the eighteenth-century interest in the Orient and eastern culture. A scarce copy of Vathek, alternatively titled Vathek, an Arabian Ta…

Tom Brown&Apos;S School Days

An Old Boy [Thomas Hughes] · 1875 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Macmillan & Co. 1875. Leather. A nice Mudie bound copy of Thomas Hughes's iconic children's fiction novel Tom Brown's School Days A Mudie bound 1875 copy of Thomas Hughes's popular children's fiction book Tom Brown's School Days. This editio…

Flora and Sylva. A Monthly Review for Lovers of Garden, Woodland, Tree or Flower; New and Rare Plants, Trees, Shrubs, and Fruits; the Garden Beautiful, Home Woods, and Home Landscape

William Robinson [ed.] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)

London, Not Stated, 1903-1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition in book form of the complete run of the 'Flora and Sylva' periodical, a beautifully illustrated monthly publication for gardeners and lovers of nature. Illustrated throughout with full colour chromo…

Mirabeau&Apos;S Love-Letters

Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau · 1909 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Arthur L. Humphreys, 1909 . Hardback. A bright copy of this English language translation of the erotic love letters of French nobleman and prominent figure in the early French Revolution, the Count of Mirabeau. An English language translation of the love letters of Honor…

Something About Guns and Shooting by "Purple Heather" Sixth Thousand

Purple Heather · 1891 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Alexander & Shephard, 1891. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of a unique work on guns and shooting from popular sporting writer of the time, "Purple Heather". A smart first edition of commendable shooting title. Now considered a highly prized item in the libra…

Flora, a Book of Drawings by Pamela de Bianco

Walter De La Mare · 1919 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)

London, William Heinemann, 1919. Hardback. A first edition collection of the artwork of child prodigy Pamela Bianco, with poetry to accompany by Walter de la Mare. Complete with the dust wrapper. Pamela Bianco (1906-1994) was a painter and illustrator who was a child prodigy kno…

James and the Giant Peach

Roald Dahl · 1967 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, George Allen & Unwin LTD, 1967. First edition. Hardback. A lovely copy of the first U.K. edition, first impression, of Roald Dahl's beloved macabre and magical children's novel, with the original illustrations by Michel Simeon. The first U.K. edition, first imp…

The King&Apos;S Own Borderers: A Military Romance

James Grant · 1822 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London & New York, George Routledge and Sons, c1880. Leather. A classic military romance by Scottish novelist James Grant in a lovely binding. James Grant (1822-1887) was a Scottish novelist and a distant relation of celebrated poet, Sir Walter Scott. He wrote around ninety book…

The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams

Henry Fielding · 1808 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, J. Johnson; et al, 1808. Leather. A nice edition of Henry Fielding's best known comic novel, the influential novel that was one of the first in English. Complete in two volumes. 'Joseph Andrews' is the story of a good-natured footman and his adventures on …