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The Peerage of England; Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the Peers of That Kingdom

Arthur Collins · 1768 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)

London, H. Woodfall, J. Beecroft et al, 1768. Leather. The complete seven volume fourth edition of Arthur Collins's genealogical history of England, illustrated with a wealth of engraved plates. Antiquarian Arthur Collins examines the history and lineage of the peerage fami…

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William Temple · 1696 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Jacob Tonson; Awnsham and John Churchill, 1696-97. Leather. The collected essays of the leading statesman William Temple, including his works pondering politics and medical issues. Complete as two volumes in one. Part One is the fifth edition, dated 1697. Part Two is the…

The Works of Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb, William Macdonald [ed.] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.85 | $1,122.90 | ¥179,313)

London, J. M. Dent & Co, 1903. Cloth. Twelve very neat volumes of works by English essayist, Charles Lamb. Complete in twelve volumes. The collected works of Charles Lamb, an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian best known for his Essays of Elia and the children's book T…

The Lessing Murder Case

Sydney Horler · 1935 · Rooke Books

£94.00 (€112.67 | $124.18 | ¥19,830)

London, Collins, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, signed copy of this thrilling mystery novel by best-selling author, Sydney Horler. The scarce first edition, second impression. Published in the same month as the first. In the publisher's original, full cloth binding. …

Astro-Meteorologica, or Aphorisms and Discourses of the Bodies Coelestial

John Goad · 1686 · Rooke Books

£2,850.00 (€3,416.13 | $3,765.02 | ¥601,227)

London, Obadiah Blagrave, 1686. First edition. Leather. John Goad's scarce late seventeenth-century meteorological and astrological work on weather prediction and celestial bodies, previously owned by Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale. A fascinating and curious late …

Jerzyk: Diaries, Texts, and Testimonies of the Urman Family

Jerzy Feliks Urman; Sophie Urman; Izydor Urman; Anthony Rudolf (Ed); Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Trans) · 2016 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Bristol, Shearsman Books, 2016. First edition. Paperback. A collection of diaries and testimonies of the Urman family, who lived in Poland during the events of World War II, signed by the editor to Michael Berkeley, the English compose and House of Lords member. First Edition Th…

The Royal George 1819-1904

Giles St. Aubyn · 1963 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Constable, 1963. First edition. Leather. An illustrated first edition biography on the life of Prince George the Duke of Cambridge, a lovely copy bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this work.An insightful biography into the …

The Man with the Golden Gun

Ian Fleming · 1965 · Rooke Books

£365.00 (€437.50 | $482.19 | ¥76,999)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Ian Fleming's final novel in the James Bond series, published posthumously. 'The Man with the Golden Gun' is the best-selling final novel of Fleming's Bond series. The work follows Bo…

The Fall of Torngak or the Moravian Mission on the Coast of Labrador

J W Davey · 1905 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.14 | ¥146,615)

London, S W Partridge & Co. 1905. First edition. Cloth. J W Davey shares a depiction of what was considered the dominion of the evil spirit of Torngak, the first edition of this very scarce volume. The first edition of this work, only published in 1905. A very scarce volume. On …

By Italian Seas

Ernest C. Peixotto · 1907 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1907. Cloth. A scarce early impression of the first UK edition of this charming travelogue by artist Ernest C. Peixotto, illustrating scenery by the Italian seas. An early UK impression of this work in the original publisher's mustard cloth bin…

The Universities and Regional Life

Bonamy Dobree · 1943 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1943. Paperback. The author's presentation copy of this insightful lecture on society and education, inscribed lovingly by the author to his friend John. Author's presentation copy, letter loosely inserted, '9 Sep 45, My dear John, It was d…

Beauties of Claude Lorraine

1825 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, W. B. Cooke, 1825. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this beautiful work looking into the landscape art of the French Baroque artist Claude Lorrain. The first edition of this work. A scarce work. An interesting collection of plates by the noted French paint…

The New Foundling Hospital for Wit. Being a Collection of Fugitive Pieces, in Prose and Verse, Not in Any Other Collection. With Several Pieces Never Before Published

[John Almon] · 1786 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, J. Debrett, 1786. Leather. A uniformly bound collection of satirical pieces and poems, compiled by the political journalist John Almon. A new edition. Incomplete in five volumes out of six, lacking Volume I. 'The New Foundling Hospital for Wit' is a collection …

The Gentleman&Apos;S Magazine Library: Being a Classified Collection of the Chief Contents of the &Apos;Gentleman&Apos;S Magazine&Apos; from 1731 to 1868

George Laurence Gomme; F. A. Milne · 1894 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Elliot Stock, 1894-1901. Cloth. A collection of articles about English topography in certain counties, originally published in the 'Gentleman's Magazine&apos. These volumes contain a collection of articles that were originally published in the 'Gentleman&a…

The Works of Shakspere Imperial Edition Edited by Charles Knight [and] a Biography of William Shakspere

William Shakespeare; Charles Knight (Ed) · 1791 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.35 | $627.50 | ¥100,205)

London, J. S. Virtue and Co, c1900. Leather. A desirable copy of the Imperial Edition of the Works of Shakespeare, profusely illustrated throughout. This particular volume is two volumes bound in three. In a uniform half calf binding, with gilt detailing to the front board of ea…

Old English Plate. Ecclesiastical, Decorative, and Domestic: Its Makers and Marks

Wilfred Joseph Cripps · 1906 · Rooke Books

£54.00 (€64.73 | $71.34 | ¥11,392)

London, John Murray, 1906. Cloth. An illustrated work on the history of English plate, a helpful guide to collectors with advice of the makers and marks of antique plate. This work is an interesting history on English plate, offering advice on the care for plate, as well as info…

The Physiography of the River Nile and Its Basin

Captain H. G. Lyons · 1906 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.21 | ¥42,191)

Cairo, National Printing Department, 1906. Leather. An interesting and thorough study of the River Nile, illustrated with folding maps and plates. This work offers a thorough geographical study of the River Nile, a river in Africa which is commonly regarded as the longest in the…

The New Flora and Silva January 1932 April 1932

E. H. M. Cox (ed.) · 1932 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London, Dulau & Co. Ltd. 1932. First edition. Paperback. A charming 2 volume set of the 'The New Flora and Silva' quarterly magazine, edited by E. H. M. Cox. Euan Hillhouse Methven Cox was a Scottish plant collector, botanist, and horticulturist, who accompanied Regina…

The Great Lone Land

Capt. W. F. Butler [William Francis Butler] · 1872 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1872 . Cloth. The third edition of Butler"s classic Canadian travel narrative, illustrated and retaining the large coloured folding map of his route. In the publisher's original brown cloth binding with gilt vignette and blind st…

The Lord of the Isles

Sir Walter Scott · 1815 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Edinburgh; London, Archibald Constable and Co.; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815 . Leather. The fifth edition of Scott's sweeping historical poem of Robert the Bruce and Bannockburn, issued in the same year as the first. In a contemporary full calf binding.  Fif…