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A Taste for Death
Peter O'Donnell · 1969 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)
London, Souvenir Press, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Peter O'Donnell's 'A Taste For Death', part of the Modesty Blaise series. The fourth novel to feature, O'Donnell's heroine, Modest Blaise. Featuring the return of the villai…
Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia: Being a Narrative of Events in Matabeleland
Frederick Courteney Selous · 1896 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, Rowland Ward, 1896. Cloth. A prolific adventurer's fascinating personal account of experiences leading an expeditionary force during the Second Matabele War. The second edition of Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia: Being a Narrative of Events in Matabeleland, Both Befo…
The Beauties of Tom Brown: Consisting of Humorous Pieces, in Prose and Verse, to Which Is Prefixed a Life of the Author
Thomas Brown, [int. by Charles Henry Wilson] · 1808 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)
London, T. and R. Hughes, 1808. First edition. Leather. The first edition of a charming collection of witty satire from the Restoration writer Thomas Brown, including a folding hand-coloured frontispiece by Thomas Rowlandson. The first edition of The Beauties of Tom Brown: Consi…
2 Vols Abecedaire Ou Rudiment D&Apos;Archeologie: (Architectures Civile Et Militaire); (Architecture Religieuse)
M. De Caumont [Arcisse de Caumont] · 1853 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
Paris; Caen; Rouen, Derache, Didron, Dentu, Hardel, Le Brument , 1853-1854 . Leather. A richly illustrated two-volume archaeological survey by one of the leading figures in the study and preservation of medieval French architecture. In a contemporary half calf binding. Two com…
An Historical Relation of Ceylon
Robert Knox · 1981 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
Dehiwala; Sri Lanka, Tisara Prakasakayo Ltd. 1981. Hardback. A full calf facsimile of this account of Robert Knox's time held in Sri Lanka, with folding map. A full calf reproduction of the 1681 text, together with the introductory pages of an autobiography by Knox from 16…
Foure Bookes of Du Bartas I. The Arke II. Babylon III. The Colonnyes IV. The Columuesor Pyllars
William L'Isle of Wilburgham · 1637 · Rooke Books
£500.00 (€599.42 | $660.68 | ¥105,515)
London, T. Paine, 1637. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of L'Isle's translation of the works of Du Bartas Rebacked with a new spine label and gilt lettering. With a large commentary by Simon Goulart de Senlis. Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (1544ÂJuly …
The Koran Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed Translated from the Original Arabic with Explanatory Notes Taken from the Most Approved Commentators to Which Is Prefixed a Preliminary Discourse
George Sale · 1795 · Rooke Books
£1,400.00 (€1,678.37 | $1,849.91 | ¥295,441)
Bath; London, S Hazard, J Johnson, Vernor and Hood, Ogilvy and Speare et al, 1795. Cloth. George Sale's English translation of the Koran. This is a 'New Edition' of the work, which was first published in 1734. Four plates to volume I including three genealogical t…
Five Blank Notebooks and Unused Photograph Albums from the Library of Holbrook Jackson
Holbrook Jackson · 0 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)
Not Stated, Not Stated, c1940. Hardback. Not Stated: Not Stated, c1940. Hardback. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 5.5"; 5.5" by 8.5"; 5" by 7"; 5.5" by 4"; 3.5" by 4.5". None. A wonderful collection of five unused blank notebooks and photograph albums from the library of prominent Briti…
Lectures on the English Poets. Delivered at the Surrey Institution
William Hazlitt · 1819 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, Taylor and Hessey, 1819. Hardback. The second edition of William Hazlitt's early 19th-century lectures on English poets, delivered at the Surrey Institution. Second edition.Rebacked, with the original paper boards and original paper spine label. Archival repair to o…
Aislinge Meic Conglinne: The Vision of Macconglinne a Middle-Irish Wonder Tale
Kuno Meyer [Trans.]; Wilhelm Wollner [Intro.] · 1892 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London, David Nutt, 1892 . Cloth. A scarce first modern English translation of a Middle Irish satirical vision tale, recounting MacConglinne"s fantastical cure of a gluttonous king, from the library of Captain Richard J. Campbell OBE In the publisher's original cloth bindin…
The Reading of Books
Holbrook Jackson · 1946 · Rooke Books
£475.00 (€569.45 | $627.65 | ¥100,239)
London, Faber and Faber, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. Inscribed to the author's brother and with a personal letter, this is a wonderful example of the first edition of this study of the art of reading by leading bibliophile, Holbrook Jackson. The first edition, first impres…
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind
H.G. Wells · 1920 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, George Newnes Limited, 1920. Leather. The illustrated and abridged edition of H.G. Wells's world history, beginning with Darwin's Natural Selection and ending with a utopian conclusion of the end of war. The illustrated and abridged edition of The Outline of Hi…
The Forest Pruner; or, Timber Owner&Apos;S Assistant; the Profitable Planter; a Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Planting Forest Trees
William Pontey · 1808 · Rooke Books
£270.00 (€323.68 | $356.77 | ¥56,978)
London, J. Harding, 1808-1809 . Cloth. Early editions of two informative and charmingly illustrated works on forestry, agriculture and trees by William Pontey. Early editions of two early nineteenth century works on tree planting and forest management are present here, both the …
The Fear of Books
Holbrook Jackson · 1932 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)
London; New York, The Soncino Press; Charles Scibner's Sons, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of an interesting work of literary criticism by Holbrook Jackson, inscribed by the author to his brother. The first edition, limited to two thousand copies, o…
Rags, M.D. , Again Rags, & Rags and Buttons
Lewis Dutton · 1935 · Rooke Books
£109.00 (€130.67 | $144.03 | ¥23,002)
London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1935-1936. First edition. Cloth. Three charming volumes of children's tales from English writer Lewis Dutton, with illustrations throughout. Three volumes. Scarce works. "Michael said that Rags and Tatters were the very nicest puppies he had …
Le Origini Della Architettura Lombarda
G. T. Rivoira · 1908 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)
Milano, Ulrico Hoepli, 1908. Vellum. A smartly bound second edition of this illustrated study on Lombard architecture, limited to one thousand one hundred copies. In the original Italian. Italian. Second edition, corrected and expanded. Limited to one thousand one hundred copies…
Poems
Robert Southey · 1797 · Rooke Books
£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)
Bristol; London, N. Biggs; Joseph Cottle; Messrs. Robinsons, 1797. Leather. The second edition of this early anthology of poems by Robert Southey. The second edition, published in the same year as the first.This work was followed by a second volume in 1799.One page of adverts to…
Autobiography of Leonard Woolf
Leonard Woolf · 1960 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
London, The Hogarth Press, 1960-69. First edition. Cloth. A smart set of the complete autobiography of Leonard Woolf, a set of first editions in their original dust wrappers. The first editions, first impression.Complete in five volumes.Each volume is in the original unclipped d…
Mountains and Caverns
Alan Sillitoe · 1975 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)
London, W. H. Allen, 1975. First edition. Hardback. The scarce double-signed first edition, first impression of this collection of essays by the author Alan Sillitoe, with the original unclipped dust wrapper and with a personal dedication to the poet Yehuda Amichai. The first ed…
Romola
George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans] · 1492 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)
Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, c1878 . Vellum. An excellent copy of a new edition of George Eliot's historical novel set in Florence, in a decorative binding. A new edition. Bound in decorative full vellum. Dated using Jisc from a copy of the new edition held at the…