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History of the United Netherlands; from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Years Truce - 1609
John Lothrop Motley · 1875 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, John Murray, 1875-1876. Leather. Four attractive volumes on the formation of the Dutch Republic by American historian and diplomat John Lothrop Motley. Historian and diplomat John Lothrop Motley describes the formation of the Dutch Republic across these four attractive v…
Alarms and Diversions
James Thurber · 1957 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)
New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A first edition anthology of short stories and essays by James Thurber, inscribed by the author. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Inscr…
Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists
Washington Irving; Charles Lamb; Thomas de Quincey et al. · 1886 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
London, Bickers and Son, 1886 . Leather. A smart anthology of prose pieces by leading essayists of the nineteenth century, complete with twelve photographic portrait plates. A series of twelve abridged prose pieces by leading essayists of the 1800s, including works from Irving, …
The Pilgrim&Apos;S Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come
John Bunyan · 1678 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
London, James Blackwood & Co, c1870. Cloth. A nicely illustrated copy of John Bunyan's religious allegory, containing a frontispiece and several other illustrated plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrations include a frontispiece and three illustr…
The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
William Makepeace Thackeray; Arthur Pendennis [ed.] · 1854 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)
London, Bradbury and Evans , 1854-5. First edition. Leather. The first book form edition of this notable novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, illustrated by Richard Doyle. A first book form edition of this novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, volume one published in 1854 and v…
The Complete Detective Inspector Jack Frost Series
R. D. Wingfield · 1989 · Rooke Books
£2,350.00 (€2,817.26 | $3,105.20 | ¥495,919)
London, Constable; Bantam Press, 1989-2008. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon to find complete first edition set of the six Inspector Detective Jack Frost novels by R. D. Wingfield, 'Night Frost' being signed by the author to the title page. The complete Detective Insp…
History of the Irish Guards in the Second World War
Major D. J. L. Fitzgerald · 1949 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)
Aldershot, Gale & Polden, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this historical account of the involvement of the Irish Guards in WWII, illustrated throughout and compiled from the diaries of Intelligence Officers. The scarce first edition of this illustrated …
Surveys of Gower and Kilvey, and of Several Mesne Manors Within That Seigniory
Charles Baker (ed.); G. G. Francis (ed.) · 1861 · Rooke Books
£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)
London, T. Richards, 1861-1870. First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound collection of historical survey documents, including Cromwell's Survey of Gower, with colour plate illustrations. First edition thus, being the first time these 1583-1689 survey documents were put t…
Winston S. Churchill, Volume IV, Including Companion Volumes Part 1 and Part 3
Martin Gilbert · 1975 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
London, Heinemann, 1975-77. First edition. Cloth. A near fine, first edition copy of Volume VI of Martin Gilbert's celebrated biography of Winston S. Churchill, including Part 1 and Part 3 Companion Volumes. Presenting a near fine copy of Volume VI of Martin Gilbert's …
Classical Excursion from Rome to Arpino
Charles Kellsall · 1821 · Rooke Books
£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)
London, Richard Phillips and Co, 1821. Leather. The second edition of this travel work about an excursion through classical Italy, from Rome to Arpino, illustrated with a folding plate and four plates. The second edition of this work. A scarce work. Illustrated with a folding pl…
Lewis Arundel or the Railroad Life
Frank E Smedley · 1852 · Rooke Books
£3,200.00 (€3,836.26 | $4,228.36 | ¥675,295)
London, Virtue, Hall and Virtue, 1852. First edition. Paperback. An extremely scarce set of the complete original twenty one parts (in twenty) of Frank E Smedley's novel 'Lewis Arundel or the Railroad Life&apos. In the original wraps and held in a charming clamshell bo…
The George Cruishank Edition Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha
Miguel de Cervantes Saaverda; Charles Jarvis (Trans.) · 1885 · Rooke Books
£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)
London; New York, George Routledge and Sons, 1885. Cloth. A very scarce limited George Cruikshank edition of Miguel de Cervantes Saaverda's famous novel. With beautiful illustrations by George Cruikshank. A very clean copy. This very scarce work is number 345 of only 400 co…
A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq. From 1831 to 1847: Comprising Reminiscences of Social and Political Life in London and Paris During That Period
Thomas Raikes · 1856 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)
London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1856. Cloth. A fascinating two volume set of work, taking extracts from the journal of the notorious London dandy, Thomas Raikes. A wonderful insight into the life and times of this charismatic man. Very scarce. Two volumes of a four v…
Old English Houses of Alms a Pictorial Record with Architectural and Historical Notes
Sidney Heath · 1910 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
London, Francis Griffiths, 1910. First edition. Cloth. An interesting illustrated book looking at almshouses, charitable housing generally to help the poor. 'Old English Houses of Alms' offers an interesting historical insight into the life and running of almshouses ar…
Work in Hand
Alan Hodge; Norman Cameron; Robert Graves · 1942 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, The Hogarth Press, 1942. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, binding the works of three friends and contemporary poets together, with the original dust wrapper. A very smart copy of the first edition. Bound in publisher's original green cloth, with the…
The Decameron; or, Ten Days Entertainment
[Giovanni Boccaccio]; [Charles Balguy] [Trans.] · 1741 · Rooke Books
£139.00 (€166.64 | $183.67 | ¥29,333)
London, R. Dodsley , 1741. Leather. The first edition of Charles Balguy's English translation of Boccaccio's "Decameron," an influential 18th century rendering of this captivating collection of one hundred tales. In a contemporary full calf binding. The first edition o…
Chine Moderne; Histoire Des Croyances Religieuses Et Des Opinions Philosophiques En Chine Depuis L&Apos;Origine, Jusqu&Apos;a Nos Jours; la Chine a Travers Les Ages Hommes Et Choses Precis, Index Biographique. Index Bibliographique
Leon Wieger · 1920 · Rooke Books
£1,350.00 (€1,618.42 | $1,783.84 | ¥284,890)
Hien-hien, Imprimerie de Hien-hien, 1920-1924. Leather. Six volumes from this scarce study of modern China, from French Jesuit missionary and sinologist Leon Wieger. Comprising Volumes II-V of X voumes published for 'Chine Moderne' as well as the second edition of &apo…
Anglia Rediviva; Being a Full Description of All the Shires, Cities, Principal Towns and Rivers, in England. With Some Useful Observations Concerning What Is Most Remarkable, Whether in Relation to Their Antiquity, Situation, Buildings, Traffick, or Inhabitants
Mr. [Samuel] Dunstar · 1699 · Rooke Books
£625.00 (€749.27 | $825.85 | ¥131,893)
London, Printed for T. Bennet , 1699. First edition. Leather. A very scarce topographical survey of late 17th-century England, from Anglican clergyman and classical translator Samuel Dunstar. The sole edition. The first and only edition of this very scarce work. In a later ful…
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Edward Gibbon · 1802 · Rooke Books
£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)
London, A. Strahan; T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1802 . Leather. An impressive twelve volume edition of Gibbon's magnum opus, handsomely bound in tree calf, tracing Western civilization from the height of the Roman Empire to the fall of Byzantium in the 15th century. Com…
The Works of Horace, Translated Into Verse
Christopher Smart · 1767 · Rooke Books
£490.00 (€587.43 | $647.47 | ¥103,404)
London, W. Fleyney; T. Caslon, 1767 . First edition. Leather. In full tree calf bindings, this is the very scarce complete four volume first edition of Christopher Smart's verse translation of Horace's 'Odes&apos. The very scarce first edition of this work, comple…