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Three Hundred of Aesop&Apos;S Fables
Aesop; George Fyler Townsend [translator] · 1902 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, George Routledge & Sons, 1902. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated collection of fables attributed to Aesop, with a clamshell by Eric Sweet. Illustrated with four colour plates and one hundred and fourteen in-text images. Collated complete. A collection of three hund…
The Life of the Honourable Robert Boyle
Thomas Birch · 1744 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)
London, A. Millar, 1744. First edition. Cloth. The first separate edition of Thomas Birch's biography on the life of Robert Boyle, the seventeenth century philosopher and pioneer of modern chemistry. The first separate edition, with the called for publisher's error to …
Gobierno de Los Regulares de la Amãâ©Rica
Pedro Jose de Parras · 1783 · Rooke Books
£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)
Madrid, Joachin Ibarra, 1783. First edition. Vellum. The first edition of this important Spanish study of the missionary work in the Americas. The first edition.Complete in two volumes.In the original Spanish.Half-title is present to each volume.A brilliant exploration of the re…
The Memoirs of Baron Thiãâ©Bault (Late Lieutenant-General in the French Army)
Baron Thiébault; Arthur John Butler [editor] · 1896 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1896. First edition. Cloth. The complete two volume set of Baron Thiébault's memoir, translated by Arthur John Butler. Complete in two volumes. First translated edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and folding plate to volume one, and a fron…
La Vie Et L&Apos;Art Romantiques: Delacroix: Peintre, Graveur, Ecrivain
Raymond Escholier · 1926 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
Paris , H. Floury , 1926-1929. Leather. An exhaustive biography of French artist Eugene Delacroix, laid out chronologically across three richly illustrated volumes. The 'Edition de Luxe&apos. Complete in three volumes. In the original French. Uniformly bound in a signed h…
Tammers&Apos; Duel
K. and Hesketh Prichard [Kate O'Brien Ryall Prichard and Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard] · 1902 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, George Newnes Ltd, 1902 . Cloth. A later edition of Hesketh and Kate Prichard's vanishingly scarce tale about a thrilling duel, illustrated by Herbert Cole. First published in 1898, this work is very scarce in all editions.Illustrated with a frontispiece and fourtee…
The Water Gipsies
A. P. Herbert · 1930 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)
London, Methuen, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of A. P. Herbert's best known and most beloved work, a charming romantic comedy. In a lovely dust wrapper, with glassine. The first edition, first impression.In the the vibrant publisher's original price u…
Rupert Annuals for the Years 1971, 1972, & 1973
Alfred Bestall · 1971 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Daily Express Publications, 1971-1973. First edition. Cloth. Three smart first editions of the Rupert Bear annuals for the years 1971, 1972, and 1973. Three volumes. First edition. Brightly illustrated in colour throughout. A collection of stories about Rupert, a bear wh…
The After-War Settlement & Employment of Ex-Service Men in the Overseas Dominions
Sir Rider Haggard [H. Rider Haggard] · 1916 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, The Royal Colonial Institute, 1916 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this uncommon report from adventure novelist H. Rider Haggard, concerning the 'After-War Settlement & Employment of Ex-Service Men in the Overseas Dominions&apos. The uncommon first e…
Independence Rectorial Address Delivered at St. Andrews, October 10, 1923
Rudyard Kipling · 1924 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)
New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924. Hardback. The U.S edition of this transcript of a speech delivered by the noted Rudyard Kipling at the University of St Andrews, in the original dust wrapper. Reprint of the U.S edition. First published in the U.S in 1923. In the publi…
The Prose of Edward Thomas
Edward Thomas; Helen Thomas; Roland Gant [Ed.] · 1948 · Rooke Books
£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)
London, The Falcon Press Limited, 1948 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this compilation of the prose of Edward Thomas, with an introduction by Helen Thomas, his widow. First edition, in the original bright green cloth binding, with the original dust wrapper. Compiled …
The Proceedings Against the Right Honourable the Earl of Shaftsbury at the Old Baily, on Thursday the Twenty Fourth of November, 1681.
1681 · Rooke Books
£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)
London, H. Jones, 1681 . Unbound. A very scarce contemporary publication of the proceedings mounted against the Earl of Shaftsbury following his public support of the Exclusion Bill, at the time of the Popish Plot. ESTC Citation No. R24477. Wing P3553AWith the register [A2], B-E…
The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall at Tintagel in Lyonesse a New Version of an Old Story Arranged As a Play for Mummers in One Act Requiring No Theatre or Scenery
Thomas Hardy · 1923 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1923. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first edition of this play in one act by Thomas Hardy, enclosed in its uncommon dust wrapper. A one-act play by Thomas Hardy, one of the only two pieces of drama written by this author. This play was designed to be per…
The Farmer&Apos;S Boy; a Rural Poem
Robert Bloomfield · 1800 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)
London, T. Bensley; Vernor and Hood, 1800 . Cloth. The second edition of this poem by Robert Bloomfield with illustrations from the turn of the nineteenth century. The second edition of The Farmer's Boy; A Rural Poem by Robert Bloomfield in the original publisher's clo…
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman; Gerald Bullett · 1924 · Rooke Books
£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)
London, Grant Richards LTD, 1924. Cloth. Gerald Bullett's important admirational work on Walt Whitman, a limited edition work inscribed by Neil Munro. Limited edition, limited to 750 copies.Inscribed in pencil to the recto to the front endpaper, 'John W. Coutts, from N…
The Spire
William Golding · 1964 · Rooke Books
£108.00 (€129.46 | $142.68 | ¥22,785)
London, Faber and Faber, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this historical work of fiction by William Golding, which follows the construction of a medieval cathedral, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper…
Poems
Thomas Townshend · 1796 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
London, E. and S. Harding, Pall Mall, 1796. First edition. Leather. The first illustrated edition of this collection of poetry by Irish poet Thomas Townshend, bound in a half-calf binding and illustrated with several engravings. First Illustrated Edition. Illustrated with fourt…
The Frank Lockwood Sketch Book
Frank Lockwood · 1898 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Edward Arnold, 1898. Cloth. A collection of the caricatures and sketches by Sir Frank Lockwood, an English lawyer and M.P. containing a letter with illustrations by the author's brother as a young boy. Frank Lockwood was a Liberal politician who sat as M.P. for the …
A Picture Book
Edwin Freshfield · 1898 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, Printed by Rixton and Arnold, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition picture book by Edwin Freshfield, illustrating a series of communion plates. The author's presentation copy, signed to the front free endpaper. The first edition of this work by Ed…
Recueil de Cartes Geographiques Plans Vues Et Medailles de L&Apos;Ancienne Grece
Jean Jacques Barthelmey; Jean Denis Barbie du Bocage · 1788 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
Paris, De Bure et al, 1788. Paperback. An uncommon first edition of the Atlas collection to accompany Barthelmey's 1788 retelling of Anacharsis. Comprising 31 plates total. Collated, complete. The plates to this volume all depict ancient Greece. With the text in French. W…