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The Fables of Aesop
Samuel Croxall [trans]; Sir Roger L'Estrange [Trans]; G. F. Townsend; L. Valentine; Aesop · 0 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, Frederick Warne and Co, c1887. Cloth. A strikingly bound copy of Aesop's fables, with charming illustrations throughout, bound by Eric Sweet with moire cloth panels and a cloth chemise and slipcase. A new edition. Part of the 'Chandos Classics' series. Bo…
South Sea Bubbles
The Earl and the Doctor; [The Earl of Pembroke]; [George Henry Kingsley] · 1872 · Rooke Books
£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)
London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1872. First edition. Leather. The first edition of The Earl of Pembroke and G. H. Kingsley's account of their travels through the south seas, including his controversial chapter on missionaries, bound in quarter leather. The first edition, w…
The Natural History of Selborne
Gilbert White; Grant Allan · 1902 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1902. Leather. A smart edition of the important work of natural history by Gilbert White, an illustrated work bound by Riviere. Bound by Riviere.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and many full-paged and in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.…
By Request: An Autobiography
Andre L. Simon · 1957 · Rooke Books
£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)
London, The Wine and Food Society, 1957 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Andre Simon's autobiography, with a signed letter from the author. Flat signed by the author to the front free endpaper, with a tipped in signed letter to the …
The Eighteen Nineties
Holbrook Jackson · 1913 · Rooke Books
£590.00 (€707.21 | $779.47 | ¥124,472)
London, Grant Richards Ltd, 1913. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Holbrook Jackson's study on society and culture of the 1890s, complete with plates, the author's presentation copy to his brother. The first edition.Author's presentation copy, inscribed …
A Narrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain
James Moore · 1809 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, J. Johnson, 1809 . Leather. The third edition of this military memoir, concerning Moore's Campaign in Spain during the Peninsular War, illustrated with two folding maps. The third edition of this work, published in the same year as the first edition.Illustrated with…
The Sheltering Sky
Paul Bowles · 1949 · Rooke Books
£2,250.00 (€2,696.98 | $2,972.56 | ¥474,680)
London, John Lehmann, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition, second impression of Paul Bowles' compelling novel set in North Africa following World War Two, complete with the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, second impression of thi…
Through the Dark Continent
Henry M. Stanley · 1899 · Rooke Books
£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)
London, George Newnes, 1899 . Leather. Henry Morton Stanley's thrilling account of his expedition through Africa between 1874 and 1877, richly illustrated throughout, complete with two volumes bound in one. Henry Morton Stanley's account of his expedition through Afric…
Avery&Apos;S Mission; a Palace of Art; Our England Is a Garden; Mungo&Apos;S Dream
J. I. M. Stewart · 1971 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)
London, Victor Gollancz, 1971-1979 . First edition. Cloth. Four first editions of the works of Scottish novelist and academic J. I. M. Stewart, with three of these works being the author's own copies. Four first editions, first impression.In the publisher's original un…
Tropic of Cancer
Henry Miller · 1963 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, John Calder, 1963 . First edition. Cloth. 'Notorious for its candid sexuality', this is the first UK edition of this important work of twentieth century literature from controversial American author Henry Miller. The first UK edition, first impression of this w…
A Collection of Novels by Charles Kingsley
Charles Kingsley · 1888 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1888-1889. Leather. A smart collection of works from English historian, novelist, and poet, Charles Kingsley. Four volumes. New edition. With a portrait frontispiece to Westward Ho!. Written by Charles Kingsley, a broad church priest of the Chu…
The Expedition of the Florentines to Chios (1599)
Philip P. Argenti · 1934 · Rooke Books
£900.00 (€1,078.79 | $1,189.03 | ¥189,872)
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1934 . First edition. Cloth. A bright example of the very scarce first edition of this account of the 1599 expedition of the Florentines to the Greek island of Chios, in the publisher's original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impre…
Jungle Girl
Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1933 · Rooke Books
£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)
London, Odhams Press Limited, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this popular Edgar Rice Burroughs novel set in Cambodia, in the original illustrated dust wrapper. The first U.K. edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'Jungle Girl&…
The Testament of Beauty
Robert Bridges · 1930 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1930. Hardback. Robert Bridges' popular long philosophical poem, in the original dust wrapper. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The seventh impression of this incredibly popular poem by Robert Bridges, the work that sparked great popularity in…
History & Campaigns of the Rifle Brigade
Colonel Willoughby Verner · 1912 · Rooke Books
£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)
London, John Bale, Sons & Danielson, 1912-1919 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Colonel Willoughby Verner's two volume illustrated history of the Rifle Brigade. The first edition of this work, with volume I dated 1912, and volume II dated 1919.The work of Colone…
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq
William Makepeace Thackeray · 1852 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Smith, Elder, & Company, 1852. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this brilliant example of historical fiction, by William Makepeace Thackeray. The first edition.Complete in three volumes.Half-title present to Volume I.Bound without half-titles to Volumes II an…
African Idylls: Portraits and Impressions of Life on a Central African Mission Station & the Autobiography of an African
Donald Fraser · 1923 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1923-1925. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first editions on the author's experiences as a missionary in Central Africa, with illustrations. Two volumes. First edition. Written by Donald Fraser, a Free Church of Scotland missionary in …
The Progress of the Nation: In Its Various Social and Economic Relations from the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century
G. R. Porter; F. W. Hirst [ed.] · 1912 · Rooke Books
£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)
London, Methuen and Co Ltd , 1912. Cloth. A pleasing new edition of this impressive history of the United Kingdom, as seen through its statistical, social and commercial development. A new edition of this work, edited by F. W. Hirst. In the original gilt stamped cloth binding.…
Doctor Dolittle&Apos;S Return
Hugh Lofting · 1941 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1941 . Cloth. The third impression of Hugh Lofting's ninth 'Doctor Dolittle' children's novel, retaining the original illustrated dust wrapper. First published in 1933, this is the 1941 third impression of this work.In the publisher&apo…
Literary Relics: Containing Original Letters from King Charles II, King James II, the Queen of Bohemia, Swift, Berkeley, Addison, Steele, Congreve, the Duke of Ormond, and Bishop Rundle
George-Monck Berkeley · 1789 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)
London, C. Elliot; T. Kay; C. Elliot, 1789. First edition. Leather. A very scarce volume of biographical pieces and edited correspondence by eminent historical figures, the first edition of this work by George Monck Berkeley. The first edition of this very scarce work.The '…