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The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East

Colonel Henry Yule · 1875 · Rooke Books

£1,350.00 (€1,618.42 | $1,783.84 | ¥284,890)

London, John Murray, 1875 . Leather. The second edition of Colonel Henry Yule's discussion of the travels of Marco Polo, in a beautiful half morocco signed binding by Bayntun. The second edition of this work, first published in 1871.Complete in two volumes.Scottish Oriental…

The Apes of God

Wyndham Lewis · 1930 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.68 | $356.77 | ¥56,978)

London, The Arthur Press, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first limited edition of this satirical novel on London literary society by Wyndham Lewis, signed by Lewis himself. The first limited edition, one of seven hundred and fifty signed and numbered copies, of which this is nu…

Correspondance de M. De Remusat

Paul de Remusat · 1883 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Paris , Calmann-Levy, 1883-1884. Leather. A half calf bound French three-volume set of the correspondence of notable politician, Charles de Remusat, published by his son, Paul de Remusat. Three volumes containing the correspondence of Charles de Remusat, a French politician and …

An Inquiry Into the Difference of Style Observable in Ancient Glass Paintings

Charles Winston · 1867 · Rooke Books

£745.00 (€893.13 | $984.41 | ¥157,217)

Oxford , James Parker and Co. 1867 . Leather. A wonderfully illustrated second edition of Charles Winston's study of ancient glass painting, bound in full morocco by Zaehnsdorf. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in full morocco. Complete in two volumes. The second edition. First publishe…

The Works of Henry Fielding

Henry Fielding; Arthur Murphy · 1806 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, J. Johnson; J. Nichols and Son et al, 1806 . Leather. A very smart ten volume edition of English novelist and playwright Henry Fielding's collected works, in tree calf bindings. A complete ten volume edition of Fielding's works.With an engraved portrait frontis…

The Adventures of Gil Blas de Santillane

Alain-Rene Lesage; Tobias Smollett · 1819 · Rooke Books

£159.00 (€190.61 | $210.10 | ¥33,554)

London, Thomas McLean; John Bumpus; W. H. Reid; John Brumby; Priestley and Weale, 1819. Leather. A colourfully illustrated edition of this picaresque novel, the popular Tobias Smollett translation. Complete in three volumes.First edition thus, being the first edition with these …

Gimlet Comes Home

Captain W. E. Johns · 1946 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, University of London Press, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition, first impression of the third "Gimlet" King book by Biggles creator Captain W. E. Johns. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth bind…

What I Said About the Press

Randolph S. Churchill · 1957 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1957 . Hardback. An amazing assocaition signed presentation copy with a signed letter from W. Somerset Maugham regarding the resulting court case. An amazing association copy of this work from journalist, writer and politician Randolph Churchill,…

A Tour in Wales

[Thomas Pennant] · 1784 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.33 | $759.78 | ¥121,342)

London, Benjamin White, 1784. Leather. The second and best edition of Thomas Pennant's beautiful look at the scenery of Wales, an illustrated set complete with folding plates. The second and preferred edition of this workComplete in two volumes.ESTC citation number T213985.…

The Pilgrim&Apos;S Progress from This World to That Is to Come Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream

John Bunyan; George Cheever · 1850 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, David Bogue, 1850 . Leather. A leather-bound copy of John Bunyan's religious allegory, with illustrations by William Harvey engraved by the brothers Dalziel. In a full morocco binding with gilt tooling to the spine. This work is comprised of John Bunyan's &apos…

Love Among the Ruins: A Romance of the Near Future

Evelyn Waugh · 1953 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Evelyn Waugh's satire, set in a dystopian future, from the library of the son of Joyce Gill, his life-long friend. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with…

The History of Jack and the Bean-Stalk, and Michael Scott

0 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Glasgow, Privately printed, c1840. Unbound. A very scarce mid-19th century chapbook containing a retelling of the children's story of Jack and the Beanstalk, and the story of Michael Scott. A very scarce work, unbound but intact. A mid-19th century chapbook containing a ret…

Nouveau Dictionnaire Francois-Italien, Compose Sur Les Dictionnaires de L&Apos;Academie de France Et de la Crusa, Enrichi de Tout Les Termes Propres Des Sciences Et Des Arts

Francois Alberti; Francesco Alberti di Villanova · 1771 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Paris; Marseille, Boudet; Durand; Le Jai; Delalain; Jean Mossy, 1771-72. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this important French-Italian dictionary compiled by the noted lexicographer Francesco Alberti de Villanova. The first edition.Complete in two volumes.An extensi…

The Yellow Fairy Book

Andrew Lang · 1894 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1894. First edition. Cloth. Andrew Lang's sixth colourful volume in his popular fairy book series, a first edition copy complete with the original H. J. Ford illustrations. The first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-one plates…

1900 Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania

Winston Spencer Churchill · 1900 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

New York, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1900. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the true first edition, the US edition of Winston Churchill's only major novel The first American edition of Winston Churchill's only major novel. With speeches of agitators and scenes of s…

Trial of Mrs Maybrick

H. B. Irving · 1912 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Edinburgh, William Hodge & Company, 1912 . First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this account of the trial of a famous London murderer, a case that has since been linked to the unsolved identity of Jack the Ripper. The first edition of this account of the trial of Mr…

Three Plays

Ugo Betti; Henry Reed (trans) · 1956 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltc, 1956. First edition. Leather. A nicely bound first edition copy of three of Ugo Betti's plays, including The Queen and the Rebels, The Burnt Flower-Bed, and Summertime. First Edition Thus, being the first time these plays were collated together …

The History of India

The Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone · 1843 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, John Murray, 1843. Cloth. The scarce second edition of Mountstuart Elphinstone's fascinating and incredibly detailed 'The History of India', complete in two volumes, with one folding map. First published in 1841, this is the scarce second edition. 'Th…

Una Page D&Apos;Amour de Ferdinand Lassalle

Ferdinand Lassalle · 1959 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

Sanford , The Overbrook Press, 1959. Cloth. A limited edition in the original French of this collection of love letters by Ferdinand Lassalle, an excellent copy. An edition limited to two hundred and fifty unnumbered copies, an uncommon work. In the original French, with an intr…

The Coldstream Guards 1914-1918

John Ross-of-Bladensburg · 1928 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.73 | $310.52 | ¥49,592)

London, Oxford University Press, 1928. First edition. Cloth. Three volumes concerning the oldest serving regular regiment of the British Army, the Coldstream Guards. The first edition, complete with the third volume of maps. An extensive account of the history of the Coldstream …