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The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay
Lord Macaulay · 1860 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860. Leather. A complete two volume set off Thomas Babington Macaulay's miscellaneous writings, in a half calf binding with a frontispiece to Volume I. Complete in two volumes.Thomas Babington Macaulay was a Whig politician and…
A Journal of Transactions and Events, During a Residence of Nearly Sixteen Years on the Coast of Labrador
George Cartwright · 1792 · Rooke Books
£6,500.00 (€7,791.28 | $8,587.41 | ¥1,371,298)
Newark, Printed and sold by Allin and Ridge, 1792. First edition. Leather. An exceptional copy of the three volume first edition of English army officer, trader and explorer George Cartwright's journal relaying his sixteen year exploration of Labrador and Newfoundland. One …
Studies of Chess: Containing an Introduction to the Game and the Analysis of Chess
A.D. Philidor · 1817 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)
London, Samuel Bagster, 1817. Leather. An early English edition of François-André Danican Philidor's highly influential work on the analysis and strategies of chess, illustrated throughout. The fifth edition of this work, first published in 1749 in the original French, an…
With Gun and Guide
Thomas Martindale · 1912 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, T. Werner Laurie, 1912. Cloth. The first UK edition of this memoir by Thomas Martindale, in which the author reflects on his experiences hunting and fishing, with numerous photographic plates. First UK Edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-three other illu…
A Time to Kill
Geoffrey Household · 1952 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)
London, Michael Joseph, 1952. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of this thriller novel by Geoffrey Household, presented in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First UK Edition, Very Scarce.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. This is the thriller fiction nov…
Gammon and Espionage
Nicolas Bentley · 1938 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)
London, The Cresset Press Ltd. 1938. First edition. Cloth. A humorous mystery novel by Nicolas Bentley, with illustrations throughout the text, in the scarce dust-wrapper. First edition, uncommon. In the scarce price-clipped dust wrapper.Illustrated by the author himself, with t…
The Spot Marked &Apos;X&Apos;
Berkeley Gray · 1948 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, Collins, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The sixteenth thriller novel in Gray's 'The Norman Conquest' series, presented in the unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. 'The Spot Marked 'X'' is the six…
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare · 1981 · Rooke Books
£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)
London, Bickers and Son, c1920. Fine Binding. A smart copy of William Shakespeare's works. From the library of Peter Pleydell-Bouverie, the husband of noted doyenne of transatlantic high society Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. In a full tree calf binding. With a prize inscriptio…
The Strand Magazine, an Illustrated Monthly Vol. XIV
ed. George Newnes · 1897 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London, George Newnes, Ltd. 1897. Cloth. A smart copy of volume IV of George Newnes' 'The Strand Magazine', lavishly illustrated with vignette photographs and illustrations throughout the text. Featuring part of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel 'The Tragedy of…
Musci Exotici Containing Figures and Descriptions of New or Little Known Foreign Mosses and Other Cryptogamic Subjects
Sir William Jackson Hooker · 1818 · Rooke Books
£2,600.00 (€3,116.51 | $3,434.96 | ¥548,519)
London, Anon, 1818-20. First edition. Leather. A very scarce signed first edition of this work on mosses by William Jackson Hooker. Signed, with a gift inscription from the author to the half-titles of both volumes 'To Dr Knight with the Author's Best Compliments&apos.…
Schat Der Ongesontheydt Ofte Genees-Konste Van de Sieckten
Joh Van Beverwyck [Johan van Beverwijck] · 1663 · Rooke Books
£790.00 (€946.94 | $1,043.70 | ¥166,665)
Amsterdam, Jan Jacobsz Schipper, 1663. Vellum. An extremely scarce collection of Jan Van Beverwyck's works. Johan van Beverwijck was a Dutch doctor and author. He contributed much to the development of medical science during the seventeenth century With the signatures: *4,…
Alfred Stevens: A Biographical Study
Walter Armstrong · 1881 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
London, Remington and Co, 1881. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce volume illustrating the life and art of Alfred Stevens. The first edition of this work published simultaneously as the French copy. The biographical study of Alfred Stevens by Walter Armstron…
The Curse of Central Africa
Guy Burrows; Edgar Canisius · 1903 · Rooke Books
£600.00 (€719.20 | $792.68 | ¥126,581)
London, R. A. Everett & Co. LTD, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of Guy Burrows' treatise on the issues faced by Central Africa, including the terror of Leopold II, to whom the work is dedicated. The first edition, fourth impression, of this work.Illustrated with …
Mary of Lorraine: An Historical Romance
James Grant · 1822 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London & New York, George Routledge and Sons, c1880. Leather. A charming piece of historical fiction detailing the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, by James Grant. James Grant (1822-1887) was a Scottish novelist and a distant relation of celebrated poet, Sir Walter Scott. He wrote …
The Black Robe
Wilkie Collins · 1881 · Rooke Books
£6,500.00 (€7,791.28 | $8,587.41 | ¥1,371,298)
London, Chatto and Windus, 1881. First edition. Cloth. An incredibly scarce, first edition set of Wilkie Collins' novel 'The Black Robe&apos. In the original cloth binding. All three volumes are in the original black pictorial cloth bindings. With the library label for…
A Prayer for the Dying
Jack Higgins · 1973 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)
London, Collins, 1973. First edition. Hardback. An excellent first UK edition of Jack Higgins' provocative thriller. This first UK edition of best-selling author Jack Higgins' provocative thriller 'A Prayer For The Dying' features Higgins' hero Martin Fa…
Apercu Moral, Politiqu Et Critique de L&Apos;Espagne Ou Lettres Africaines Par le Colonel Don J Cadahalso
J Cadahalso; Froment Champ-Lagarde · 1808 · Rooke Books
£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)
Paris, J Gille Fils, 1808. Leather. A French language edition of Jose Cadalso's epistolary novel, 'Cartas Marruecas&apos. Published in French, under the title 'Apercu Moral, Politique et Critiques&apos. Translated from the original Spanish into French by Froment C…
Roundabout Papers Reprinted from &Apos;the Cornhill Magazine&Apos;
William Makepeace Thackeray · 1863 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Smith, Elder, and Co. 1863. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Thackeray's collection of essays 'Roundabout Papers', all having been originally published in 'Cornhill Magazine', illustrated throughout. The first edition of this wo…
Relation de Voyage a la Recherche de la Perouse, Fait Par Ordre de L&Apos;Assemblee Constituant, Pendant Les Annees 1791, 1792, Et Pendant la 1st Et la 2nd Anee de la Republique Francoise
La Billardiere · 1791 · Rooke Books
£1,400.00 (€1,678.12 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,357)
Paris, H. J. Jansen, c1800. Leather. Labillardiere's account of his time on the voyage in search of Jean de le Perouse's lost expedition. In two volumes. This work looks at the mysterious disappearance of the French naval officer Jean de le Perouse, who vanished on an …
Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Thomas Moore · 1826 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1826. Leather. Two volumes bound into one of Thomas Moore's interesting biography on the Irish poet and playwright Richard Sheridan. Complete as two volumes bound into one. Richard Sheridan was a satirist and poet, as well as b…