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Poinsot [Maffeo Charles Poinsot]; Normandy · 1903 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)
Paris, Society of British Bibliophiles, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce erotic work by the renowned French authors Poinsot and Normandy; translated into English and privately printed in a limited edition run by the Society of British Bibliophiles. Georges Charles Segau…
Miscellaneous Works of His Late Excellency Matthew Prior Esq in Two Volumes Volume the First Containing the History of His Own Time Compiled from the Original Manuscripts Revised and Signed by Himself and Copied Fair for the Press by Mr Adrian Drift, His Executor Volume the Second Containing a New Collection of Poems Consisting of Epistles, Tales, Satires, Epigrams &C.
Matthew Prior; Adrian Drift · 1740 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)
London, For The Editor, 1740. Cloth. Two volumes of Matthew Prior's works, issued following his death and edited by the executor of Prior's will. ESTC No. T75984. Published in two volumes, with a separate title page to each volume but with an additional title page to v…
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son.
George Meredith · 1875 · Rooke Books
£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)
Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1875. Leather. George Meredith's first full length novel, looking at the inability of the educational system to control human passions. Two volumes, bound as one. 'The Ordeal of Richard Feverel' is a semi-autobiographical novel by the …
Second Poems
Stephen Coates · 1947 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London, Editions Poetry, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A first edition review copy of this book of verse, with original dust wrapper and bookplate of Jonathan and Phillida Gili. A first edition volume of verse. Bound in publisher's original cream cloth. In original unclipped …
To Verhaeren and Other Poems
William Kean Seymour · 1917 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, John G. Wilson, 1917 . First edition. Paperback. The very scarce limited first edition of William Kean Seymour's second poetry collection, a special signed copy. First edition. Very scarce. One of a limited run of three hundred copies. Signed by the author to the ha…
The Poetical Works of Lord Byron
Lord Byron · 1882 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1880 . Leather. A handsome, full-morocco edition containing the poetry of the notorious Romantic figure Lord Byron. The "Lansdowne Poets" edition, reprinted from the original editions and including explanatory notes, etc. In a fine red full-moroc…
Almanach Henri Boutet 1901 (3e Annee. Nouvelle Serie) Un Siecle de Parisiennes
Hippolyte Devillers · 1901 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
Paris , Librairie Melet , 1901. First edition. Leather. An elegantly illustrated French women's almanac, complete with twenty-five hand-coloured engravings by Henri Boutet. Number 67 of 1000 copies printed on vellum. 3rd Year, New Series. In a contemporary half calf bindin…
High Speed and Carlotti Takes the Wheel
Mike Hawthorn; Clinton H. Stagg · 1929 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, Cassell & Company Ltd; John Hamilton, 1929-1959. Cloth. Two charming novels about cars and racing from the mid-twentieth century in the original bright, unclipped dust wrappers. Both in the publisher's original cloth. In the original bright, unclipped dust wrappers.…
Humming Birds, Described and Illustrated; with an Introductory Sketch of Their Structure, Plumage, Haunts, Habits, Etc.
H. G. Adams · 1856 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, Groombridge and Sons, 1856 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this natural history of hummingbirds by H. G. Adams, illustrated with eight charming hand-coloured plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition. Illustrated with eight h…
The Mystic Rose from the Garden of the King
Fairfax L. Cartwright · 1898 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)
[London], Privately Printed, [1898]. Hardback. A very scarce privately printed philosophical work in its original paper vellum binding, presenting Fairfax Cartwright"s mystical interpretation of a vision attributed to Sheikh Haji Ibrahim of Kerbela. In the original publisher&apo…
Ammonia and Ammonium Compounds
Dr. R. Arnold [Ralph Arnold] [trans. by Harold G. Colman] · 1889 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1889. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an uncommon practical and comprehensive manual on the chemistry of ammonia and the manufacturing of ammonium compounds. The first edition of Ammonia and Ammonium Compounds, an u…
The Prince&Apos;S Person
Roger Peyrefitte; Peter Fryer [Trans.] · 1964 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, Secker & Warburg , 1964 . Leather. A handsome copy of this work, offering an insider account of post-war French power politics, from the library of Captain Richard J. Campbell OBE, in a half morocco binding by Bayntun-Riviere Bound in a handsome blue half morocco with cl…
The King&Apos;S High Way
John Oxenham [William Arthur Dunkerley] · 1916 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Methuen and Co. 1916. Cloth. A charmingly traditional anthology filled with rousing Christian poems, signed by bestselling poet and author William Arthur Dunkerley under the pseudonym John Oxenham. The signed third edition of The King's High Way, written by English …
The Kreutzer Sonata and Family Happiness
Count Lyof N. Tolstoi · 1890 · Rooke Books
£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)
London , Walter Scott, [1890]. Cloth. A lovely volume featuring two of renowned author Leo Tolstoy's novellas in one. This work features two of Tolstoy's novellas in one, The Kreutzer Sonata and Family Happiness.Leo Tolstoy is a Russian writer, regarded as one of the g…
The Family Arsenalãâ (1976) First Edition Picture Palace (1978) First Edition the Mosquito Coast (1981) First Edition Doctor Slaughter (1984) First Edition Chicago Loop (1990) First Edition
Paul Theroux · 1976 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)
London, Hamish Hamilton , 1976-1990. First edition. Cloth. A fine set of five first edition Paul Theroux novels in the original cloth with the original bright, unclipped dust wrappers. A set of five first edition Paul Theroux novels in the publisher"s original cloth with the ori…
The Story of New Zealand, a History of New Zealand from the Earliest Times to the Present
Prof. Frank Parsons · 1904 · Rooke Books
£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)
Philadelphia, Equity Series, 1904 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Professor Frank Parson"s illustrated and informative history of New Zealand. The first edition of this work. Inscribed to the front free endpaper "To the Editor of The Ma…
The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais
Sir John Everett Millais; John Guille Millais · 1899 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)
London, Methuen & Co, 1899. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated biography on the life of Pre-Raphaelite painter Sir John Everett Millais. The first edition.Complete in two volumes.A biography detailing the life alongside the letters of Sir John Everett Mi…
Two Letters on Causation and Freedom in Willing, Addressed to John Stuart MILL
Rowland G. Hazard · 1869 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
Boston, Lee and Shepard, 1869. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon philosophical treatise by Rowland Gibson Hazard, signed by the author. The first edition of this uncommon work.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, "Samuel C. Gilman LLD w…
The Mint: A Day-Book of the R.A. F. Depot between August and December 1922 16
352087 A/c Ross [T. E. Lawrence] · 1955 · Rooke Books
£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1955 . First edition. Leather. An exceptional limited edition example of T. E. Lawrence's memoirs of his time enlisted in the Royal Air Force. A first edition, limited issue, with this copy being no. 150 of 2,000 copies produced.In the publisher'…
Winter Words in Various Moods and Metres
Thomas Hardy · 1928 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of Thomas Hardy's posthumously published, final collection of poetry, in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. A posthumously publi…