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Television Seeing by Wire or Wireless
Alfred Dinsdale · 1926 · Rooke Books
£2,950.00 (€3,536.04 | $3,897.36 | ¥622,358)
London, Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, 1926. First edition. Paperback. A scarce, first edition copy of this important work on television. This was the first book in English on television, and Dinsdale discusses the timeline and technical challenges of the technological marvel. With …
The Life of the Right Honorable Charles James Fox
1807 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, Albion Press, 1807. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this faithful biography of Charles James Fox, the prominent and controversial Whig politician. The first edition of this work.A biography on the life and political work on the Honourable Charles James Fox, …
The Misfortunes of Elphin
[Thomas Love Peacock] · 1829 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
London, Thomas Hookham, 1829. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Peacock's historical romance based on Arthurian legend, one of the finest work of Arthurian literature of the Romantic period. The first edition of this work.'The Misfortunes of Elphin' is Pe…
Un Epicurien Anglais Thomas Love Peacock
Jean-Jacques Mayoux · 1933 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)
Paris, Nizet et Bastard, 1933. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition of Mayoux's biography on Thomas Love Peacock, a very scarce work inscribed from the author to a fellow professor. The first edition of this work. A very scarce work.Signed by the author to the …
The Voyage of the Scotia
Robert N Brown; Robert Mossman Rudmose; J H Harvey Pirie · 1906 · Rooke Books
£700.00 (€839.06 | $924.80 | ¥147,678)
Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this scientific account to the Weddell Sea and the Establishment of a Meteorological Station in the South Orkneys. From the library of Kenn Back, with his bookplate to the front pastedown. Lo…
Another Time
W H Auden · 1940 · Rooke Books
£1,850.00 (€2,217.52 | $2,444.11 | ¥390,293)
London, Faber and Faber, 1940. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce, first edition copy of W H Auden's poetry anthology. With the vanishingly rare dustwrapper. Collated, complete with the unclipped dustwrapper. A very scarce survival.'Another Time' is a collect…
The Life and Opinions of Walter Richard Sickert
Robert Emmons · 1942 · Rooke Books
£1,500.00 (€1,797.99 | $1,981.71 | ¥316,453)
London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1942. Cloth. Graham Greene's presentation copy of this work, with his intimate ink inscription to the front endpaper. A biography on the life of the Post-Impressionist Walter Sickert. Presentation copy from Graham Greene, with his ink inscri…
Illustrations of British Entomology; or, a Synopsis of Indigenous Insects: Containing Their Generic and Specific Distinctions; with an Account of Their Metamorphoses, Times of Appearance, Localities, Food, and Economy, As Far As Practicable
James Francis Stephens · 1829 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)
London, Baldwin and Cradock, 1829. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this volume discussing Mandibulata in great detail, by James Francis Stephens, illustrated with six beautiful hand-coloured plates. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with six hand-coloured pla…
Directions for the Gardiner at Says-Court But Which May Be of Use for Other Gardens
John Evelyn; Geoffrey Keynes · 1932 · Rooke Books
£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)
London, Nonesuch Press, 1932. First edition. Paperback. A signed bright, limited edition copy of John Evelyn's advice to gardeners. Held in a custom slip-case. Geoffrey Keynes' copy, with his signature. First edition thus. Limited edition, numbered 73 of 625 copies pri…
The Principal Corrections and Additions to the First Edition of Mr. Boswell&Apos;S Life of Dr. Johnson
James Boswell · 1793 · Rooke Books
£9,000.00 (€10,787.93 | $11,890.26 | ¥1,898,721)
London, Henry Baldwin , 1793. First edition. Fine Binding. A finely bound copy of this very scarce work with manuscript corrections and additions to Boswell's 'Life of Johnson&apos. The first edition. With nine contemporary manuscript corrections in black in to referen…
Sabrinae Corolla in Hortulis Regiae Scholae Salopinensis Contextuerunt Tres Viri Floribus Legendis
[Benjamin H. Kennedy]; [James Riddell] · 1850 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Impensis Georgii Bell, 1850. Vellum. A collection of poetry translated into Latin and Greek, showing the original English, illustrated with a lithographic frontispiece, compiled by Benjamin Hall Kennedy and James Riddell. A collection of poetry translated from English in…
The Monuments of Nineveh, from Drawings Made on the Spot
Austen Henry Layard · 1849 · Rooke Books
£2,750.00 (€3,296.31 | $3,633.13 | ¥580,165)
London, John Murray, 1849. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this important account of excavations at Nineveh by Sir Austen Henry Layard. A collection of plates from this noted work. These plates were drawn during Layard's expedition to explore the ruins of Assyr…
Laurence and Eleanor Hutton Their Books of Association
M. E. Wood · 1905 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
New York, Privately Printed, 1905. Vellum. A signed, limited edition copy of this reference work of the library of Laurence and Eleanor Hutton. Inscribed to Henry Mills Alden by Eleanor Hutton. Inscribed by Eleanor Hutton to the front pastedown, 'To Henry M. Alden, with who…
The Report of the Trials of the Rioters, at the Assizes Held at Warwick, August 20, 1791, Before the Right Hon. Mr. Baron Perryn. Taken in Short-Hand by Marsom & Ramsey
1791 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)
Birmingham, John Thompson, 1791. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this account of the 1791 Birmingham Riots, presided over by Richard Perryn. A very scarce work. The first edition of this work. An account of the 1791 Priestley Riots, or the Birmingham Riots o…
Correggio&Apos;S Drawings
Arthur E. Popham · 1957 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
London, Published for the British Academy by the Oxford University Press, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Arthur E. Popham's fascinating study of the drawings of the renowned sixteenth century artist Antonio da Correggio. Arthur E. Popham was a renowned Briti…
The History of the County of Cumberland and Some Places Adjacent, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time: Comprehending Local History of the County
W Hutchinson · 1794 · Rooke Books
£775.00 (€928.96 | $1,023.88 | ¥163,501)
London, B Law and Son et al, 1794. First edition. Fine Binding. The first edition of this topographical guide to Cumberland. Profusely illustrated, with many plates and a large folding plan. A scarce work, being the two volumes bound as one. Written by the British topographer, W…
Memoirs of an Ex-Minister an Autobiography
Earl of Malmesbury · 1885 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1885. Leather. An interesting memoir by James Harris, the Earl of Malmesbury, offering insight into Victorian political proceedings, in a full calf prize binding. In a full calf prize binding from the Sydney Grammar School, with a presentation la…
Secret Journal of a Self-Observer or, Confessions and Familiar Letters of the Rev. J.C. Lavater
J C Lavater; Peter Will · 1795 · Rooke Books
£345.00 (€413.54 | $455.79 | ¥72,784)
London, T Cadell and W Davies, 1795. First edition. Leather. An English translation of the Swiss poet, writer and philosopher Johann Kaspar Lavater's journal. Complete in two volumes. First thus, the first English translation. J C Lavater was a pastor in the Zwinglian Churc…
Treasure Trove in Art
Arthur Kay; Henry M Hake · 1939 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
Edinburgh; London, Oliver and Boyd, 1939. Cloth. A uncommon and handsomely illustrated work by Arthur Kay, showcasing his lifelong passion for the arts. With a introduction by Henry M. Hake, the former Director of the National Portrait Gallery in London. With two appreciations t…
The Xanadu Talisman
Peter O'Donnell · 1981 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Souvenir Press, 1981. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of O'Donnell's novel The Xanadu Talisman, featuring Modesty Blaise A first edition copy of the tenth novel to feature Modesty Blaise, 'The Xanadu Talisman', by Peter O'Donnell. With…