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The Colloquies of Desiderius Erasmus Concerning Men, Manners and Things
Desiderius Erasmus; N. Bailey [translator]; Rev. E. Johnson [editor] · 1900 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)
London, Gibbings & Company, Limited, 1900. Cloth. A smart three volume set of the Colloquies of Erasmus, a collection of dialogues or skits on a wide variety of subjects. Complete in three volumes. With a portrait frontispiece to volume one. Erasmus' Colloquies are a collec…
The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by Existing Examples of Gardens in Great Britain and Ireland Followed by a Description of the Plants, Shrubs and Trees for the Open-Air Garden and Their Culture
W. Robinson · 1907 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, John Murray, 1907. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated tenth edition of William Robinson"s groundbreaking work on wild and naturalistic gardening, celebrating individuality and the charm of the English cottage garden. The tenth edition, reprinted March, 1907. In the publis…
The Wreck of the Golden Fleece & Dreadnoughts of the Dogger
Robert Leighton · 1904 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)
London, Blackie & Son Limited; Ward, Lock and Co. 1904-1906. Cloth. Two smart volumes of illustrated works from Scottish writer of boys' fiction, Robert Leighton. Two volumes. Written by Robert Leighton, a Scottish journalist, editor, and writer of boys' fiction. Best …
Westminster Abbey: The Church, Convent, Cathedral and College of St. Peter, Westminster
Herbert Francis Westlake · 1923 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Philip Allan and Company , 1923. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first and limited edition two-volume set of Herbert Francis Westlake"s authoritative history and architectural study of Westminster Abbey, illustrated with plates and a fold-out map. In the publisher's …
The London Pleasure Gardens of the Eighteenth Century
Warwick Wroth; Arthur Edgar Wroth · 1896 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd. 1896. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Warwick Wroth"s richly illustrated history of London"s eighteenth-century pleasure gardens, with colour plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding. This volume is a first edition. This vol…
Austral Africa, Losing It or Ruling It
John Mackenzie · 1887 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1887 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout, this is an attractive example of the two volume first edition of John Mackenzie's defence of the rights of African peoples to their lands. The first edition of this work, …
The Works of Charles Sumner
Charles Sumner · 1870 · Rooke Books
£4,500.00 (€5,393.96 | $5,945.13 | ¥949,360)
Boston, Lee and Shepard , 1870-1880. Leather. A handsome 'Subscriber's Copy' collection of Charles Sumner's influential speeches and other works, signed by him to the first volume. A 'Subscriber's Copy', signed by Charles Sumner to the half tit…
War Impressions
Mortimer Menpes; Dorothy Menpes · 1901 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Adam and Charles Black , 1901. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this richly illustrated volume, comprising Mortimer Menpes' works from his time as war artist during the Boer War. First edition.In the original cloth binding.Illustrated with ninety-nine colo…
The Path of the King, Prester John, and the Thirty-Nine Steps
John Buchan · 1925 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1925-1959. Hardback. A smart collection of three works from Scottish novelist and historian John Buchan for the Teaching of English Series. Three volumes. The Teaching of English Series. Being volumes no. 52, 54, and 251. Written by John Buchan, a S…
Printing Types: Their History, Forms, and Use
Daniel Berkeley Updike · 1951 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1951. Cloth. A smart two volume set of the second edition of Updike's illustrated study of printing types. Complete in two volumes. Second edition, second printing. Illustrated with three hundred and sixty-seven images, including one…
Memoirs of Guy Joli, Private Secretary to Cardinal de Retz; Claude Joli, Canon of Notre-Dame, and the Dutchess de Nemours
Guy Joli; Edward Taylor · 1777 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)
Dublin, W. Watson; W. Whitestone; et al, 1777. Leather. A very scarce Dublin edition of this autobiography of French magistrate Guy Joli. A scarce Dublin edition.Complete in two volumes.The memoirs of Guy Joli, also spelt as Joly.Joli was a French magistrate of the seventeenth c…
The Dust That Falls from Dreams; Blue Dog
Louis de Bernieres · 2015 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, Harvill Secker , 2015-2017. First edition. Cloth. A lovely pair of signed first edition works by Louis de Bernieres, novella 'Blue Dog' and WWI novel, 'The Dust That Falls from Dreams&apos. Both works signed by the author to the title pages. The first edi…
The Fables of Aesop
Samuel Croxall [trans]; Sir Roger L'Estrange [Trans]; G. F. Townsend; L. Valentine · 0 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)
London and New York, Frederick Warned & Co Ltd, c1900. Leather. A beautifully bound copy of the fables of Aesop, adorned with charming illustrations throughout, bound by Eric Sweet in crushed quarter morocco and housed in a lovely cloth chemise and uniform slipcase. An illustrat…
Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists
Aesop; R. Dodsley · 1770 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London, J. Dodsley, 1770. Leather. A finely bound edition of Aesop's fables, in a custom clamshell, a lovely washed copy complete with plates. Smartly bound in a modern quarter morocco binding with patterned paper to the boards, in a custom cloth clamshell, bound by Eric Sw…
Scotch Whisky: Its Past and Present & the Schweppes Guide to Scotch
David Daiches; Philip Morrice · 1970 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London; Dorset, Andre Deutsch; Alphabooks, 1970-1983. First edition. Cloth. Two smart illustrate volumes on the history of Scotch Whisky from David Daiches and Philip Morrice. Two volumes. This set contains: Scotch Whisky: Its Past and Present, 1970. Second impression. Illustrat…
Through a Glass Lightly
T. T. Greg · 1897 · Rooke Books
£1,500.00 (€1,797.99 | $1,981.71 | ¥316,453)
[London], [J. M. Dent & Co], 1897. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce work, a special edition of this volume of essays on wine, including a letter from the author's younger brother. A vanishingly scarce special edition of this very scarce work, the first edition, in a silk…
Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough, with His Original Correspondence
William Coxe · 1820 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. Leather. A smart second edition of these memoirs of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, complete here in six volumes with illustrations. The second edition of this work. First published in three volumes in 1818. Very sca…
Metaphysica Sive Prima Philosophia (Venise, 1495)
Avicenna [Ibn Sina] · 1961 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)
Louvain, Bibliotheque S. J. 1961. Cloth. A smart copy of this facsimile of Ibn Sina's 'Metaphysica sive Prima Philosophia', in Latin. Latin. With two folding plates, one to each end of the text. Collated complete. An enlarged facsimile reprint of the original work…
A Collection of Works by Emile Verhaeren
Emile Verhaeren · 1904 · Rooke Books
£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)
Paris, Societe du Mercure de France, 1904-1907. Leather. A uniformly bound collection of the works and poems of Belgian writer Emile Adolphe Gustave Verhaeren, in the original French. French. Five volumes. Written by Emile Adolphe Gustave Verhaeren, a Belgian poet and art critic…
Specimens of the British Poets
Thomas Campbell [ed.] · 1819 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)
London, John Murray, 1819 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this delightful seven volume collection of the works of famous and obscure British poets, from 1400 to 1805. The first edition, complete in seven volumes.Edited by Scottish poet Thomas Campbell, chiefly remem…