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Rotten Borough: A Frolic
Julian Pine [Oliver Anderson] · 1937 · Rooke Books
£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)
London, Ivor Nicholson & Watson , 1937 . First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce, first edition of this satirical novel, which was initially withdrawn after release due to its controversial nature. The first edition of this exceptionally scarce novel, with only four known cop…
The Diary of Ralph Thoresby & Letters of Eminent Men Addressed to Ralph Thoresby
Ralph Thoresby; Joseph Hunter · 1830 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)
London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830-1832. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound collection of first edition volumes from English antiquarian Ralph Thoresby. Four volumes. First edition. This set includes: The Diary of Ralph Thoresby, Author of the Topography of Lee…
A Modern Symposium
G. Lowes Dickinson · 1930 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)
London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1930 . Leather. A beautifully bound collection of essays exploring philosophical and social issues of the early twentieth century, written by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson. Bound in an elegant leather binding with gilt motif. A signed binding by B…
Thomas Tompion: His Life & Work
R. W. Symonds · 1951 · Rooke Books
£540.00 (€647.28 | $713.42 | ¥113,923)
London, B. T. Batsford Ltd. 1951 . First edition. Leather. A signed, limited edition of this profusely illustrated biographical study of English clockmaker, Thomas Tompion. A limited edition, signed by the author to the limitation page. This is copy 151 out of 350. Bound in hal…
Smiling Through the Apocalypse: Esquire&Apos;S History of the Sixties
Harold T. Hayes [editor] · 1970 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
New York, The McCall Publishing Co. 1970. Paperback. A scarce complete two volume set of original uncorrected proofs from Hayes's anthology of Esquire's best writing of the sixties. Complete in two volumes. Advance uncorrected proofs. Scarce. An anthology of Esquire ma…
Rupert Annuals for the Years 1962 and 1963
Mary Tourtel; Alfred Bestall · 1962 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
London, Daily Express Publications, 1962-1963. First edition. Hardback. Two smart first editions of the Rupert Bear annuals for the years 1962 and 1963. Two volumes. Brightly illustrated in colour throughout. A collection of stories about Rupert, a bear who lives with his parent…
Le "Detective Novel" Et L&Apos;Influence de la Pensee Scientifique
Regis Messac · 1929 · Rooke Books
£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)
Paris, Librairie Ancienne Honore Champion, 1929. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this uncommon study on the history and origins of detective fiction, inscribed by the noted American author David H. Keller. The first edition of this uncommon work.In the original Fr…
Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor
Mervyn Peake · 1945 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1945. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated comical tale by Mervyn Peake, the first edition of this work with colour illustrations. The second edition, and the first edition with colour illustrations. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Captain …
The Haunted and the Haunters
Lord Lytton; Edward Bulwer-Lytton; Harold Armitage · 1925 · Rooke Books
£850.00 (€1,018.86 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,324)
London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & Co, LTD, 1925. Cloth. A smart copy of this early and chilling Victorian ghost story by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, complete with plates and the original dust wrapper. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with a frontispiece, o…
The Grey Fairy Book
Andrew Lang · 1900 · Rooke Books
£740.00 (€887.01 | $977.64 | ¥156,117)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1900. First edition. Cloth. Andrew Lang's grey collection of fairy tales, a lovely volume of his popular series, complete with H. J. Ford's plates. The first edition, first impression.Illustrated with a frontispiece, thirty-one plates, …
Gates of the Dolomites
L. Marion Davidson; F. M. Spencer Thomson; Sir Melvill Beachcroft · 1912 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
London, John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A review copy of this fascinating work on the Dolomites, previously owned by the Rev. Henry William Gordon Kenrick. A review copy of this uncommon work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, with …
Understrike and the Corner Men
John Gardner · 1965 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Frederick Muller Ltd; Michael Joseph, 1965-1974. First edition. Cloth. First edition, first impressions of two of John Gardner's popular thriller novels. The first edition, first impressions of these two works in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with th…
The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature
Alfred Russel Wallace · 1874 · Rooke Books
£490.00 (€587.34 | $647.36 | ¥103,375)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1874 . Cloth. The fifth edition of Alfred Russel Wallace's account of his scientific exploration in the Malay Archipelago from 1854-1862. The fifth edition of this work, first published in 1896. It immediately became one of the most popular books o…
Specimens of Ornamental Art Selected from the Best Models of the Classical Epochs
Emil Braun · 1850 · Rooke Books
£1,990.00 (€2,385.33 | $2,629.07 | ¥419,828)
London, Thomas McLean, 1850. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition copy of this impressive study on ornamental art of the classical style, a beautiful work illustrated with chromolithographs. The first edition.A scarce work.An impressive work looking at ornamental art f…
The History and Antiquities of the County of Norfolk: Containing an Account of the Hundred of Forehoe
[Francis Blomefield] · 1781 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)
Norwich, Stevenson and Matchett, [1781]. Leather. Francis Blomefield's detailed history on the Hundred of Forehore, an interesting illustrated topographical work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and two plates.An extract from Francis Blomfield's important county histo…
The Observation of Savage Peoples
Joseph-Marie Degérando; F. C. T. Moore [trans.]; E. E. Evans-Pritchard [preface] · 1969 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969. First edition. Cloth. The first thus edition of Joseph-Marie Degérando's major work of anthropology, written to assist observations on an expedition to Australia. The first thus edition of this work in the publisher's original clo…
Uneasy Money
P. G. Wodehouse · 1934 · Rooke Books
£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)
London, Methuen & Co. LTD. 1934. Cloth. A very good copy of this later reprint of a unique novel by P. G. Wodehouse, following a young man who comes into an unexpected fortune. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A lesser known novel by P. G. Wodehouse , following an amiable …
A Letter from an Associator to Francis Plowden
An Associate · 1794 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London, J. Sewell, 1794. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce letter addressed to the controversial English Jesuit, barrister, and writer Francis Plowden. A very scarce late eighteenth century letter addressed to Francis Plowden from an unknown author. The author begins by praising …
The Honourable Schoolboy; Smiley&Apos;S People
John Le Carre · 1977 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1977-1979. First edition. Cloth. First editions of The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley's People by John le Carré The final two novels in John le Carré's Karla trilogy; The Honourable Schoolboy, and Smiley's People. First editions, f…
The Young Cadet; or, Henry Delamere&Apos;S Voyage to India, His Travels in Hindostand, His Account of the Burmese War, and the Wonders of Elora
Mrs. Hofland; Barbara Hofland · 0 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, John Harris, c1830. Leather. The second edition of Barbara Hofland's educational travel novel, following a young boy as he travels across India, nicely illustrated with six plates. The second edition.An entertaining and educational travel tale for children, explorin…