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The Pilgrim"S Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come
John Bunyan · 1766 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)
London, W. Johnston, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin, B. Law, and J. Fuller, 1766 . Leather. A richly illustrated edition of Bunyan"s "Pilgrim"s Progress," with both parts in one volume, twenty engraved plates and a contemporary panelled calf binding. In a cont…
Self Condemned & the Red Priest
Wyndham Lewis · 1954 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)
London, Methuen & Co. 1954-1956. First edition. Cloth. A smart set of two first edition novels by co-founder of the Vorticist art movement Wyndham Lewis, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. A two volume set. The first editions, In the publisher's original cloth binding…
The Revelation of Saint John the Divine
1946 · Rooke Books
£1,295.00 (€1,552.49 | $1,711.16 | ¥273,283)
London, Collins , [1946]. First edition. Vellum. A scarce signed limited edition copy of this striking collection of lithographs by post-war painter Hans Feibusch, bound in vellum, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A scarce signed limited edition copy, with this being no.1…
A Treatise on the Art of Painting, and the Composition of Colours
Constant de Massoul · 1812 · Rooke Books
£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)
London, R. AckermannÂs Repository of Arts, 1812 . Hardback. A very scarce Ackermann edition of Constant de Massoul"s pioneering practical manual of painting techniques, pigments and artists" materials. In the publisher's original paper boards. A later edition, following …
The Yellow Fairy Book
Andrew Lang [ed.] · 1894 · Rooke Books
£235.00 (€281.73 | $310.52 | ¥49,592)
London, Longman, Green, and Co, 1894 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the fourth work in Andrew Lang's popular fairy book series, beautifully illustrated throughout by H. J. Ford and in the publisher's original cloth binding. A first edition. Illustrated wi…
Memoirs of the Cardinal de Retz Containing All the Great Events During the Minority of Lewis XIV
Cardinal de Retz [Jean François Paul de Gondi]; Peter Davall [transl.] · 1723 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)
London, J. Brotherton, 1723. First edition. Leather. The first English abridged edition of Cardinal de Retz's memoirs, in an attractive gilt crushed morocco binding. The first abridged edition of the English translation, published the same year as the four-volume edition. …
Twelve Perspective Views of the Exterior and Interior Parts of the Metropolitical Church of York; Accompanied by Two Ichnographic Plates, and an Historical Account; an Illustration of the Architecture of the Cathedral Church of Lichfield; an Illustration of the Architecture of the Cathedral Church of Chester
Charles Wild · 1809 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)
London, Published by the Author, 1809-1813. First edition. Cloth. Three large scarce architectural studies of cathedral churches in York, Lichfield and Chester. Beautifully illustrated by Charles Wild. A series of three works bound together.First editions.A collection of histori…
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb
Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb; E V Lucas (Ed) · 1903 · Rooke Books
£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)
London, Methuen and Co. 1903-05. Leather. A beautifully bound, seven volume collection of the works of Charles and Mary Lamb, edited by E.V. Lucas and illustrated throughout. Complete in seven volumes.A later two volumes were produced on The Life of Charles Lamb, this set is onl…
The Devotional Family Bible with Practical and Experimental Reflections on Each of the Old and New Testament and Rich Marginal References
Rev. Alexander Fletcher · 0 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)
London, George Virtue, c1880. Leather. A comprehensive family bible, profusely illustrated with ninety-seven plates across both volumes. Edited by Reverend Alexander Fletcher. Illustrated throughout, with forty plates to vol I and fifty seven plates to volume II. An engraved tit…
Two Years Ago & Yeast: A Problem
Charles Kingsley · 1890 · Rooke Books
£83.99 (€100.69 | $110.98 | ¥17,724)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1890. Leather. A late nineteenth century edition of two of Charles Kingsley's novels, attractively bound together in leather with gilt lettering, decoration, and spine label. Yeast: Fourth Edition. Bears the insignia of the School of St John the Di…
Photograph Album of Renaissance Artwork and Bibliographical Clippings
James S. Dearden · 1980 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
Not Stated, None, c1900 -1980. Leather. A handsome Birdsall half morocco binding housing photographic images of Renaissance artworks, and with further text leaves from James S. Dearden's bibliographical writings. An attractive half morocco signed binding by Birdsall, housin…
Old Saint Paul&Apos;S: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire
William Harrison Ainsworth · 1855 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)
London, George Routledge and Sons, 1855. Leather. The illustrated edition of William Harrison Ainsworth's historical romance set, containing illustrations by Halbot Knight Browne and John Franklin. The first illustrated edition of Old Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague…
The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the Calendar Including Anecdote, Biography, & History, Curiosities of Literature, and Oddities of Human Life and Character.
R. Chambers [Ed.] · 1883 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London; Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, 1883-1886. Leather. A profusely illustrated two-volume compendium of history, folklore, and daily curiosities, smartly bound in full calf by Bickers & Son and edited by Robert Chambers, co-founder of W. & R. Chambers In a handsome full calf b…
The History of the King&Apos;S Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard: (Valecti Garde Domini Regis) Oldest Permanent Body Guard of the Sovereigns of England 1485 to 1904
Colonel Sir Reginald Hennell · 1904 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)
Westminster, Archibald Constable and Co. Ltd. 1904. First edition. Cloth. A detailed illustrated history of the Yeomen of the Guard, detailing over four centuries of royal service, ceremony, and tradition from Henry VII to Edward VII. In the publisher's original red cloth b…
The Delmonico Cook Book: How to Buy Food, How to Cook It, How to Serve It
Alessandro Filippini · 1893 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, Gay and Bird, 1893. Cloth. A new and revised edition of this fascinating cookery book based on the author's time as the head chef at Delmonico's in New York. New and revised edition. With two pages of facsimile letters of Filippini and Delminco. Collated comple…
The High Mountains of Portugal; in the Heart of Hidden Things; the Romantic
Yann Martel; Kit Whitfield; William Boyd · 2016 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)
London; Edinburgh, Canongate; Jo Fletcher; Viking, 2016-2022. First edition. Cloth. A smart three-volume set of signed first editions, spanning magical realism, folklore, and sweeping historical fiction. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, and one copy in the publis…
Phaedri Aug. Liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum Libri V. Ex Recensione Petri Burmanni
Phaedri; Petri Burmanni [Pieter Burman] · 1787 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
Venetiis [Venice], Thomas Bettinelli, 1787 . Paperback. An eighteenth-century, Venice edition of this collection of Phaedrus's fables of Aesop, compiled by Dutch classical scholar, Pieter Burman. A Venice edition of Phaedrus's fables of Aesop, written in Latin. Bound i…
The Stuttgart Psalter: Biblia Folio 23 Wuerttembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart
Ernest T. De Wald · 1930 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)
New Jersey, Princeton University, 1930. Leather. A finely bound set of volumes containing a facsimile of the Stuttgart Psalter and a study of the work from American scholar Ernest T. De Wald. Complete in two volumes. Volume one contains a colour frontispiece. Volume two contains…
A True Description of Three Voyages by the North-East Towards Cathay and China
Gerrit de Veer; Charles T. Beke [ed.] · 1853 · Rooke Books
£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)
London, Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1853. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first Hakluyt society edition of De Veer's accounts of his late sixteenth century voyages, signed by the editor, Charles Tilstone Beke. A very scarce first edition thus, being the first edi…
Historical Antiquities, in Two Books. The First Treating in General of Great-Britain and Ireland. The Second Containing Particular Remarks Concerning Cheshire
Peter Leycester · 1673 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)
London, W. L. For Robert Clavell, 1673. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this important and early county history of Cheshire by Peter Leycester. The first edition.Collated, bound without the folding map, as is usual, and the final blank. With woodcut and engraved vig…