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Peter the Whaler, His Early Life and Adventures in the Arctic Regions

W. H. G. Kingston · 1814 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London and Glasgow, Collins' Clear-Type Press, c1900. Cloth. A splendid, pictorially bound later reprint of W. H. G. Kingston's first of many adventure novels for boys, illustrated by W. X. Symons. The thrilling juvenile tale narrating Peter's time at sea whaling …

Through Jungle and Desert Travels in Eastern Africa

William Astor Chanler · 1896 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.86 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,324)

New York, Macmillan and Co, 1896. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Astor Chanler's illustrated hunting journal on his time spent in East Africa. The first edition of this work.The New York edition, with a gilt hippo to the front board.An exploration of Eas…

La Traviata and IL Trovatore Opera

Giuseppe Verdi · 1813 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.54 | $455.79 | ¥72,784)

Paris and Belgium, Léon Escudier, c1850. Leather. A wonderful binding of sheet music of two of Verdi's most renowned operas, arranged for piano. This is a French edition of this piano arrangement of Verdi's operas 'La Traviata' and 'Il Trovatore&apos. G…

Pharmacopoeia Homoepothica

F F Quin · 1834 · Rooke Books

£5,750.00 (€6,892.29 | $7,596.55 | ¥1,213,071)

London, Veneunt Apud S Highley, 1834. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition copy of the first systematic work on homeopathy published in England. A presentation copy, presented from the author to his pupil and friend, John Calthorp Williams. Interleaved throughout, …

Gravissimae Quaestionis de Christianarum Ecclesiarum in Occidentis Praesertim Partibus

James Ussher · 1613 · Rooke Books

£1,350.00 (€1,618.19 | $1,783.54 | ¥284,808)

London, Bonham Norton, 1613. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the first work by major theologian James Ussher. A very scarce title, this was intended as a continuation of Bishop Jewel's 'Apologia&apos. With errata tipped in to the final leaf. James Ussher w…

Diana the Goddess Who Hunts Alone [with] the Crystal Frontier a Novel in Nine Stories [with] the Campaign [with] Happy Families [with] Constancia and Other Stories for Virgins

Carlos Fuentes · 1990 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Bloomsbury, Farrar, Deutsch Et al, 1990-2008. First edition. Cloth. A fine collection of first edition novels by Mexico's most celebrated novelist, Carlos Fuentes. Comprising of: Diana The Goddess Who Hunts Alone (1995), The Crystal Frontier a Novel in Nine Stories …

This Rol Was Laburd & Finished by Master John Rows of Warrewyk

John Rous · 1845 · Rooke Books

£12,000.00 (€14,383.90 | $15,853.68 | ¥2,531,627)

London, William Pickering, 1845. Leather. Vanishingly scarce and in lovely condition this beautifully illustrated work by historian John Rous, tells a pro-Yorkist rendition of English history. This 'Rous Roll' is told in the style of the 'Warwick Roll' which …

Q. Horatii Flacci Eclogae, Cum Scholiis Veteribus. Castigavit Et Notis Illustravit Guilielmus Baxterus: Varias Lectiones Et Observationes Addidit Jo. Matthais Gesnerus; Quibus Et Suas Adspersit Jo. Carolus Zeunius

Horatii Flacci · 1809 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, J. Johnson, 1809. Vellum. A collection of works by Quintus Horatius Flaccus, with notes by WIlliam Baxter, Johann Matthais Gesner, and Zeunius. A collection of works by Horace. Quintus Horatius Flaccus was a Roman poet, and was one of the most popular poets of the August…

Windfalls of Observation Gathered for the Edification of the Young and the Solace of Others

Edward Sandford Martin · 1894 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, J M Dent, 1894. Cloth. A guide for the edification of young people, including chapters on courtship, wills and heirs, college, death, and occupation. Edward Martin became the first literary editor of 'Live Magazine' in 1883, and was the chief editorial writer a…

The &Apos;Pope&Apos; of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and His Friends 1813-1840

John Wishaw [ed. by Lady Seymour] · 1906 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1906. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the correspondence of the Commissioner of Audit and a leading Whig pundit, bound in half red morocco. The first edition of The 'Pope' of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of Joh…

Les Vrais Riches

François Coppée · 1892 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1892. First edition. Leather. The first edition of a romance novel in the aristocracy, from an acclaimed French writer nicknamed as 'The Humble Poet', in half morocco, half green pebbled boards. The first edition of Les Vrais Riches (The Really…

Discours Sur L&Apos;Histoire Universelle, a Monseigneur le Dauphin: Pour Expliquer la Suite de la Religion, & Les Changemens Des Empires

Jacques Benigne Bossuet · 1758 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

Paris , Christophe David , 1758. Leather. A lovely calf-bound new edition of Jacques Benigne Bossuet's theological discourse, intended for the education of the Dauphine. New edition. Complete in two volumes. In the original French. First published in 1681.Uniformly bound i…

2 Vols the Russia House

John Le Carre · 1989 · Rooke Books

£159.00 (€190.59 | $210.06 | ¥33,544)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1989. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of former intelligence officer John le Carré"s Cold War spy novel of late-Soviet intrigue, accompanied by the scarce presentation proof copy. In the publisher's original cloth binding with the origin…

The Every-Day Book or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events. Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-Five Days in Past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Months and Seasons

William Hone · 1826 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Hunt and Clarke, 1826-7. Leather. Two volumes of The Every Day Book by William Hone. Both volumes are illustrated throughout. With one hundred and seventy engravings to volume I and three hundred and twenty engravings to volume II A collection of curious information on m…

Mounted Plates from Fortsetzung Der Mikrogeologischen Studien

Anon from Gottfried Ehrenberg · 1876 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

London, Privately Published , c1875. Leather. A mounted collection of plates taken from a work by Gottfried Ehrenberg. With a letter explaining the origin of this volume. Consisting of 30 photographic plates believed to be photographs of the original plates in the work by Ehrenb…

L&Apos;Oeuvre de Francisco Delicado la Lozana Andaluza (la Gentille Andalouse)

Francisco Delicado, Guillaume Apollinaire (Editor) · 1912 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

Paris, Bibliotheque des Curieux, 1912. Leather. A French edition of Delicado's La Lozana Andaluza. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. With an illustrated frontispiece, a reproduction of a frontispiece from a…

Letters of Certain Jews to Monsieur Voltaire. Containing an Apology for Their Own People and for the Old Testament; with Critical Reflections and a Short Commentary Extracted from a Greater

Antoine Guenee; Rev. Philip Lefanu [trans.] · 1795 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Philadelphia , William Young , 1795. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first US edition of this collection of letters from Jewish contemporaries to Voltaire, responding to his attacks on their faith. The scarce first US edition. Two volumes bound in one. In a later library cloth.…

Poems

Maurice O'Reilly · 1919 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Sands and Company, 1919. First edition. Cloth. The signed first edition of a poetic anthology written by Irish poet and Catholic figure Maurice O'Reilly, referencing his personal experiences, including as a priest in Australia. The signed first edition of Poems, wri…

The Society of Others Seeker

William Nicholson · 2004 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Doubleday; Egmont , 2004-2005 . First edition. Cloth. A set of signed first edition William Nicholson novels, in both publishers' original cloth bindings with the original bright, unclipped dust wrappers.  A set of signed first edition William Nicholson novels, in b…

A Picturesque and Descriptive Tour in the Mountains of the High Pyrenees

J. Hardy · 1825 · Rooke Books

£2,995.00 (€3,589.98 | $3,956.81 | ¥631,852)

London, R. Ackermann, 1825 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Joseph Hardy's scarce account of his tour of the Pyrenees, beautifully illustrated with mounted hand-coloured aquatints, in a full morocco Sangorski & Sutcliffe binding. A scarce first edition, in a v…