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Palmerston&Apos;S Borough: A Budget of Electioneering Anecdotes, Jokes, Squibs, and Speeches
F. J. Snell · 1894 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
Tiverton, Gregory, Son, & Tozer, 1894 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this fascinating study of Lord Palmerston's elections at his constituency, Tiverton. The first edition of this very scarce work from historian Frederick John Snell.Illustrated wit…
The Dickens Country
Frederick G. Kitton · 1905 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Adam and Charles Black, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive documentation of the array of abodes of Charles Dickens, alongside fifty illustrations. In the original publisher's green cloth binding, with a gilt motif to the front board. A first edition of the …
The Naming of the Dead & Standing in Another Man&Apos;S Grave
Ian Rankin · 2006 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, Orion, 2006-2012. First edition. Cloth. Two very smart first editions of these thrilling novels by Ian Rankin, signed by the author. First edition. Both novels are signed by the author to the title page, with a sticker insert to the title page of The Naming of The Dead. …
Istoria D&Apos;Italia
Francesco Guicciardini · 1803 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)
Milano, Societa Tipografica de' Classici Italiani, 1803. Leather. The magnum opus of Francesco Guicciardini, exploring the political history of Italy from 1490 to 1534 Complete as ten volumes bound in five.In the original Italian.The important history of Italy by Francesco …
Fortaelling Om Haldor; Minder Fra Min Barndom Og Min Ungdom
Carsten Hauch · 1864 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
Copenhagen, [CA Reitzels, 1864-1867 . First edition. Leather. Two very scarce first edition works from the nineteenth century Danish poet Johannes Carsten Hauch. In the original Danish. A lovely set of two very scarce first editions from Danish poet, playwright and novelist Car…
The Prospect Before Us. Being a Series of Papers, Upon the Great Question Which Now Agitates the Public Mind. To Which Is Added a New Postscript
Anonymous [Denis O'Bryen] · 1788 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
London, Printed for J Almon, 1788. Disbound. Very scarce pamphlet concerned with the prospect of a regency. The third edition of this work. ESTC T125879. Published anonymously, attributed to Denis O'Bryen, Irish surgeon, dramatist, and political writer. A very scarce pamphl…
Four Works from the Dreamtime Series
Melva Jean Roberts; Dale Roberts; Charles P. Mountford · 1989 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
Australia, Art Australia , 1989 . Cloth. Four works of Australian Aboriginal Myths in paintings from The Dreamtime Series. Four works from the Dreamtime Series in the original publisher's cloth bindings and unclipped dust wrappers. An illustrated collection of Australian A…
Rudiments of Architecture, Practical and Theoretical. Comprising Sections Upon the Materials Employed in Building. The Methods of Combining the Principals Materials. The Five Orders of Architecture with Their Parts, Profiles, and Proportions. A Cursory View of Ancient Architecture. A Dictionary of Technical Terms Used by Architects and Artificers. A Table of Foreign Measures of Length.
Joseph Gwilt · 1839 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, M. Taylor, 1839. Cloth. An uncommon work by Joseph Gwilt, exploring the fundamentals of architecture in both practice and theory, complete with detailed plates. The second edition of this uncommon work.Illustrated with seventeen plates.Collated, complete.An extensive tre…
Fairy Tales
None · 1974 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
Budapest, Mora Ferenc Book Publisher, 1974. Hardback. An exciting and interactive collection of fairy tales with beautiful illustrations and pop-ups. Hungarian language. Hungarian language. An exciting and enchantingly animated retelling of a collection of classic children'…
Loss of the American Brig Commerce, Wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa, in the Month of August, 1815. With an Account of Tombuctoo, and of the Hitherto Undiscovered Great City of Wassanah.
James Riley · 1817 · Rooke Books
£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,210)
London, John Murray, 1817. First edition. Leather. The first UK edition of Captain James Riley's shocking account of the wrecking of his ship and subsequent enslavement of him and his crew by marauding Sahrawi natives. The uncommon first UK edition of American merchant ship…
Play Hours with Pegasus
A.P. Herbert · 1912 · Rooke Books
£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.76 | ¥67,510)
Oxford, B.H. Blackwell, 1912. First edition. Paperback. A signed, first edition copy of an early collection of poetry by A.P. Herbert, the personal copy of British novelist Dennis Wheatley. The first edition of this collection of poetry, Play Hours with Pegasus, written by twent…
The Spire
William Golding · 1964 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, Faber and Faber, 1964 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this popular novel from William Golding, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this novel from Nobel Prize for Literature winning author Wil…
Campaign in Italy 1796, or the Debut of General Bonaparte
Major Conyers Surtees · 1897 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, Edward Stanford, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Surtees' historical work, which gives a detailed account of the 1796 campaign that resulted in Napoleon's rise to fame, with three folding maps. First Edition, very scarce. Part of the '…
Paris After Waterloo
James Simpson · 1853 · Rooke Books
£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,907)
Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1853. First edition. Cloth. A first edition work of military history, offering Simpson's reflections following the Battle of Waterloo, with two colour maps to rear of text. First Edition, uncommon. Bound by John Gray. Illu…
The Virginians
William Makepeace Thackeray · 1902 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, J.M. Dent, 1902. Cloth. An illustrated edition of this novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, complete in three volumes. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original binding.'The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century' is a historical novel by William Makepe…
The Plays of William Shakespeare: A Midsummer-Night&Apos;S Dream, Love&Apos;S Labour&Apos;S Lost, the Comedy of Errors, and As You Like It
William Shakespeare · 1868 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, [1868]. Hardback. A collection of four pocket sized plays by Shakespeare from the Bernhard Tauchnitz's series of 'The Plays of William Shakespeare in 37 Parts.' A collection of four plays by the national bard William Shakespeare, from …
Every Man in His Humour a Comedy Written by Ben Jonson
David Garrick · 1755 · Rooke Books
£4,900.00 (€5,873.43 | $6,473.58 | ¥1,033,748)
London, J and R Tonson, 1755. Leather. David Garrick's own copy of this Ben Jonson work he revived with adaptations in 1751. With manuscript additions by Garrick. 'Every Man in his Humour' was a 1598 play by Jonson which belongs in the sub-genre of the 'humou…
Substance of the Speeches Made in the House of Commons, on Wednesday, the 15th of December, 1779. On Mr. Burke&Apos;S Giving Notice of His Intention to Bring in a Bill After the Christmas Recess, for the Retrenchment of Public Expences, and for the Better Securing the Independence of Parliament
Edmund Burke · 1779 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, J. Almon, 1779. First edition. Disbound. An uncommon first edition of this condensed excerpt of Edmund Burke's speech on the financial drains of Britain. The first edition of this work.An uncommon work.ESTC citation number T48799.This work is a condensed excerpt fr…
A Monograph of the Recent Cephalopoda Based on the Collections in the British Museum (Natural History)
G. C. Robson · 1929 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, The British Museum, 1929-32. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of these volumes by G. C. Robson on the twentieth century discoveries in the Cephalopod family, illustrated throughout. The first edition of these works. This work is a look at the contemporary recent d…
Anecdotes, Observations, and Characters. Of Books and Men. Collected from the Conversation of Mr. Pope, and Other Eminent Persons of His Time
Joseph Spence; Samuel Weller Singer · 1820 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
London, W. H. Carpenter, 1820. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this comical and insightful collection of anecdotes by Joseph Spence. The first edition of this work. This is a humorous collection of literary and historical anecdotes, featuring anecdotes on Queen Anne…