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The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster
Edward Baines; James Croston · 1888 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)
Manchester; London, John Heywood, 1888-93. Leather. Baines' detailed history of Lancashire, an illustrated exploration of the county complete in five volumes. Complete in five volumes.An extensive history of County Palatine and Lancaster. This work goes into great detail in…
The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew. King of the Beggars - Containing His Life - a Dictionary of the Cant Language and Many Entertaining Particulars of the Extraordinary Man.
Robert Goadby · 1812 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)
Everton , W. Salter and sold by W. Crosby's & Co. 1812 . Leather. An excellently bound, new edition of Robert Goadby's entertaining "autobiography" of English rogue Bampfylde Moore Carew. Bound by J. Fellowes in half calf with marbled paper-covered boards. A new editi…
Who Walk in Darkness
Chandler Brossard · 1952 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
New York, A New Directions Book, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of the debut novel of American novelist Chandler Brossard. First edition. The author's debut novel. A novel portraying the bohemian life of the late 1940s Greenwich Village, sometimes called …
The Fantasy Poets Pamphlets
Various; Oscar Mellor [ed.] · 1952 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
Oxon , The Fantasy Press , 1952-1954. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A delightful set of seven poetry booklets from the 'Fantasy Poets' series, including a selection from Thom Gunn. The first editions of these works.Featuring seven booklets bound in the publisher&ap…
The Literary History of the Adelphi and Its Neighbourhood
Austin Brereton · 1908 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1908. Cloth. A smart second edition of this illustrated history of the Adelphi Theatre in London, signed with an inscription by the publisher. Second edition. Signed with an inscription from the publisher, Thomas Fisher Unwin, an English publisher who fo…
Mr. Sponge&Apos;S Sporting Tour
Robert Smith Surtees · 1873 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London, Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. 1873. Cloth. An illustrated early edition of Surtees' popular sporting novel, with colour plates by John Leech. An early edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the front board.Prev…
Sudan & Nubia: The Sudan Archaeological Research Society Newsletters and Bulletins
Derek A. Welsby; Vivian Davies · 1993 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)
London, The Sudan Archaeological Research Society, 1993-2020. First edition. Magazine. A collection of thirty-one newsletters and bulletins, and one publication, concerning the work of the Sudan Archaeological Research Society. A collection of newsletters and bulletins, as well …
Just a Little Bit of String
Ellaline Terriss · 1955 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
London, Hutchinson, 1955. First edition. Cloth. The compelling autobiography of popular actress and singer Ellaline Terriss, signed by the author to her "luncheon partner" William Foyle, co-founder of Foyles bookshop, with the vanishingly scarce original dust wrapper. The first …
The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins
Robert Paltock; A. H. Bullen [preface] · 1884 · Rooke Books
£475.00 (€569.45 | $627.65 | ¥100,239)
London, Reeves & Turner, 1884 . First edition. Leather. A fine first edition thus of Robert Paltock's 'Gulliver's Travels' inspired novel, in crushed half morocco Bayntun bindings. The first edition thus, being the first edition to feature the significant exp…
The Polaris Trilogy
Charles B. Stilson · 1966 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
New York, Avalon Books, Thomas Bouregy and Company Inc, 1966-68. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition set of this intriguing science fiction trilogy following a Tarzan-like man, by Charles B. Stilson. The first edition, first printings, in book form. Each volume is in th…
Vintage Murder
Ngaio Marsh · 1941 · Rooke Books
£475.00 (€569.45 | $627.65 | ¥100,239)
London, Geoffrey Bles, 1941. Cloth. A lesser known Roderick Alleyn murder mystery by Ngaio Marsh, a second impression copy in the original dust wrapper. The second printing of this uncommon novel. The earliest obtainable copy. First editions from 1937 are vanishingly scarce.In t…
The Making of Buffalo Bill a Study in Heroics
Richard J. Walsh; Milton S. Salsbury · 1928 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this detailed biography on the life of American showman Buffalo Bill. The first edition.An entertaining biography on the life and career of Buffalo Bill.Buffalo Bill was an American showman…
The Marquis de Fraud
Philip Reed · 2001 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
California, Epic Press, 2001 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this horse-racing mystery novel, by American author Philip Reed. A signed, first edition in the original publisher's cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author…
The Children of HãâºRin
J. R. R. Tolkien · 2007 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
London, HarperCollins, 2007 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this work of fiction set in Middle-Earth, by J. R. R Tolkien. This is a first edition of the work, in the original publisher's blue cloth binding, with the original, unclipped, dust wrapper. T…
Cathedral
Ian Maitland · 1992 · Rooke Books
£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)
London, Headline, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this novel by Ian Maitland, in the original, striking, unclipped dust wrapper. A smart, first edition of the work, in the original publisher's cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. W…
Black Mischief
Evelyn Waugh · 1932 · Rooke Books
£345.00 (€413.60 | $455.87 | ¥72,805)
London, Chapman and Hall LTD, 1932. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of one of Evelyn Waugh's popular novels, an interesting association copy, from the library of a lover of the author. The first edition, first impression.'Black Mischief' is Waugh's th…
Opere Teatrali Edite Ed Inedite
Cammillo Federici · 1802 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)
Venezia, Per Francesco Andreola Stampatore dell'E. Governo, 1802-1816. First edition. Leather. Seven volumes from the scarce first edition of the collected theatrical works of Cammillo Federici in the original Italian. Seven of fourteen volumes only. The first edition of th…
Le Avventure Di Telemaco, Figliuolo D&Apos; Ulisse
Fenelon; P. N. Rabaudy · 1801 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)
London, A Spese di Vernor e Hood; T. Boosey; J. Cuthell; et al, 1801. Hardback. An Italian translation of Fenelon's brilliant novel following the adventures of Telemachus, illustrated throughout. Translated into Italian, translated by P. N. Rabaudy.Complete in two volumes.F…
A True Relation of the Unjust Accusation of a Certain French Gentleman, (Charged with a Robbery, of Which They Were Most Innocent) and the Proceedings Upon It, with Their Tryal and Acquittance in the Court of Kings Bench, in Easter Term Last
Denzil Holles · 1671 · Rooke Books
£725.00 (€869.15 | $957.99 | ¥152,996)
London, J. Darby for Richard Chiswel, 1671. Paperback. A very scarce pamphlet by Denzil Holles, defending a group of Frenchmen who were accused of highway robbery. The first edition of this very scarce work.ESTC citation number R28675.An account of the endeavours of Denzil Holle…
Placita de Quo Warranto Temporibus Edw. I. II. & III. In Curia Receptae Scaccarij Westm. Asservata.
William Illingworth [ed.] · 1818 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, By Command of His Majesty King George III; The House of Commons of Great Britain; G. Eyre and A. Strahan, 1818 . First edition. Leather. A bright copy of this scarce reproduction of the records of the Westminster treasury in the times of Edward the I, II and III. With pr…