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The Fowler Architectural Collection of the John Hopkins University Catalogue
Laurence Hall Fowler (ed); Elizabeth Baer (ed) · 1991 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
Baltimore, The Evergreen House Foundation, 1991. Cloth. A unique proof copy of the 1991 facsimile for the Fowler Architectural Collection at John Hopkins University, with 30 plates and folding tables to rear. A unique proof copy of the 1991 facsimile for The Fowler Architectural…
Voyage to the Great South Land: Willem de Vlamingh, 1696-1697
Gunter Schilder [ed.] · 1985 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
Sydney, Royal Australian Historical Society, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating study of Dutch Captain William de Vlamingh's late seventeenth century exploration of the west coast of Australia, here in the first English language edition. The first English language e…
A New Manual of Private Devotions, in Three Parts
1810 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Ginger, Rivington, Longman, et. al. 1810. Leather. A scarce, early nineteenth-century manual of daily Christian devotions and prayers, anonymously written. The twenty-fourth edition of this work, originally published in 1771. A fascinating manual of Christian daily devot…
The History of the Rebellion and CIVIL Wars in England to Which Is Added an Historical View of the Affairs of Ireland
Edward Earl of Clarendon · 1819 · Rooke Books
£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)
Oxford , At the Clarendon Press , 1819. Leather. A collection complete in three volumes in six of Edward Hyde's notorious account of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon was also the former advisor to Charles I and Charles II, position which al…
Explorations & Adventures in Equatorial Africa
Paul B. Du Chaillu · 1861 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
London, John Murray, 1861. First edition. Cloth. A smartly rebacked first edition of Paul Du Chaillu's significant work on his explorations across Africa, which details his encounters with gorillas. Written by Paul du Chaillu, a traveller and zoologist known for being the f…
The Five Nations
Rudyard Kipling · 1903 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
London, Methuen & Co. 1903. First edition. Leather. A lovely first trade edition, first impression of Rudyard Kipling's collection of poems, in a full morocco binding. The first edition, first impression of this collection of poems by Rudyard Kipling, with 'David'…
The Works of the Late Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1821 · Rooke Books
£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.86 | ¥48,523)
London, John Murray, 1821. Leather. An early posthumous collection of the plays of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, bound in impressive full leather. 'The School for Scandal' is a satirical comedy play first performed at Drury Lane Theatre in 1777. Featuring widow Lady Sneer…
A Life of Francis Amasa Walker
James Phinney Munroe · 1923 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
New York , Henry Hold and Company , 1923. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce biography of American economist Francis Amasa Walker, the first edition. A very scarce first edition of this biography of American economist Francis Amasa Walker by James Phinney Munroe. Francis Amasa…
More Poems
A. E. Housman · 1936 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
London, Jonathan Cape , 1936. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first trade edition of this illustrated collection of poems by A. E. Housman, in the unclipped dust wrapper. A collection of poems by A E Housman, the first trade edition, published simultaneously as a limited edition …
History of the Reign of Philip II and Charles V
William H. Prescott · 1855 · Rooke Books
£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)
London, Richard Bentley; Routledge, 1855-1859 . First edition. Cloth. A collection of informative biographies and histories of the reigns of these two important Spanish kings. The history of Philip II, as well as an additional account of Charles V's life post-abdication, wa…
Life of Sir John Lubbock, Lord Avebury
Horace G. Hutchinson · 1914 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Macmillan & Co , 1914. First edition. Cloth. Hutchinson's scarce two volume biography of John Lubbock, with a signed letter from the subject of the work. The scarce two volume first edition of this two volume work from celebrated English amateur golfer Horace Hutchi…
The Speech of the Right Honourable John, Earl of Clare, Lord High Chancellor of Ireland, in the House of Lords in Ireland, Monday, February 19, 1798, on a Motion Made by the Earl of Moira
John FitzGibbon · 1798 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
Dublin, Printed for John Milliken, 1798. First edition. Disbound. A very scarce disbound pamphlet comprising a speech by the Lord of Clare in response to a motion made by the Lord of Moira in the House of Lords in Ireland in 1798. A very scarce pamphlet, rarely found on the mark…
Letters of Lady Russell from the Manuscript in the Library at Woburn Abbey
Lady Rachel Russell · 1801 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
London, J. Mawman, 1801. Leather. A collection of the correspondences of Lady Rachel Russell, the seventeenth-century noblewoman. In the sixth edition. Containing a frontispiece portrait of Lady Rachel Russell, and a plate of Lord William Russell to the verso of page cxli. Rache…
The Engagement
Bryan Guinness · 1969 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
Hertfordshire, The Stellar Press, Undated (dated 1969 by British L. First edition. Cloth. Hertfordshire: The Stellar Press, Undated (dated 1969 by British Library). First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good. 8.5" by 5". Olwyn Bowey. A charming, limited edition copy of Bryan Guinness&…
Landet Der Genopbygges: Indtryk Fra En Rejse Gennem Palaestina
M Friediger · 1936 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
Copenhagen, Berlingske Forlag, 1936. First edition. Paperback. An excellent very scarce first edition in the original Danish of this charming travelling journal of Palestine by M Friediger. In the very scarce dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the original Danish la…
The Life and Correspondence of Sir Thomas Lawrence
D. E. Williams · 1831 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. First edition. Leather. The scarce two volume biography of this immensely popular Regency era portrait artist. The scarce two volume biography of leading Regency era portrait artist Sir Thomas Lawrence. With a frontispiece to each…
Gad&Apos;S Hill Place and Charles Dickens
Edwin Harris · 1910 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)
Rochester, Edwin Harris & Sons, 1910. First edition. Leather. A signed scarce first edition copy of Edwin Harris' wonderful study of Dickens' association with Gad's Hill Place. The scarce first edition of this work.Signed postcard of the author adhered to the vers…
Tabulae Anatomicae
Bartolomeo Eustachi · 1977 · Rooke Books
£96.00 (€115.07 | $126.83 | ¥20,253)
Germany, Medicinia Rara; Druckerei Holzer, 1977. Leather. A lovely limited edition facsimile of Bartolomeo Eustachi's important anatomical study, a work that help found the science of human anatomy. Illustrated with Eustachi's original engravings. A limited edition wor…
The Linhay on the Downs and Other Adventures in the Old and the New World
Henry Williamson · 1934 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Jonathan Cape , 1934. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming work by Henry Williamson containing a miscellaneous of wildlife writings such as essays, reviews, and short pieces of writings. The first trade edition of this excellent work by Henry Williams…
The Book of Beauty
Cecil Beaton · 1930 · Rooke Books
£3,200.00 (€3,835.71 | $4,227.65 | ¥675,101)
London, Duckworth, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Cecil Beaton's first published photographical work, containing a variety of portraits of the beautiful women of the day. The first edition of this work.In the original torn dustwrapper, dustwrapper is very …