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Natural History of British Butterflies
F. W. Frohawk · 1924 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)
London, Hutchinson & Co, 1924. Cloth. Frohawk's extensive and beautifully illustrated study on British butterflies, complete with sixty colourful plates. In the original uncommon unclipped dust wrappers.Complete in two volumes.An impressive study on the varieties of British…
Imprimerie Wetterwald Freres Modeles Pour Vins Assortiment D&Apos;Etiquettes
1937 · Rooke Books
£3,500.00 (€4,195.91 | $4,624.76 | ¥738,603)
Bordeaux, Imprimerie Wetterwald Freres , 1937. Cloth. An exceptional and vanishingly scarce catalogue of wine label designs, including those for many of the most luxurious appellations in winemaking, published by noted wine label designer, Wetterwald. Modèles pour Vins, No. 619…
The New Forest Its History and Its Scenery
John R. Wise · 1883 · Rooke Books
£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)
London, Henry Sotheran and Co, 1883. Leather. A sought after limited 'artist's' edition of John Wise's popular work on the New Forest, a beautifully illustrated work bound in wooden boards. A limited edition, the 'Artist's Edition', limited to …
A Collection of Novels by James Purdy
James Purdy · 1968 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
London; Surrey; New York, Peter Owen; Jonathan Cape; W. H. Allen; Black Sheep Books; The Viking Press, 1968-1997. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of fourteen first editions and first UK edition novels by American author, James Purdy. A collection of fourteen novels, com…
Palestina IM Bild
Leo Kahn [Leo Kann] · 1912 · Rooke Books
£2,750.00 (€3,296.79 | $3,633.74 | ¥580,331)
Berlin, Judischer, 1912 . First edition. Hardback. A fascinating and very scarce collection of one-hundred and seventy photogravures by Leo Kahn, depicting early twentieth century Palestinian life. In the original German.The photographs reproduced here were taken in 1912 by Kahn…
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, and the Apocrypha
Anonymous · 1815 · Rooke Books
£2,400.00 (€2,877.20 | $3,171.27 | ¥506,471)
London, White, Cochrane and Co, 1815 . Leather. A beautifully bound and very scarce three volume edition of the Holy Bible, illustrated with engraved plates by Charles Heath and Richard Westall. A very scarce three volume folio edition of the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha,…
Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians
Geo. Catlin · 1841 · Rooke Books
£1,400.00 (€1,678.37 | $1,849.91 | ¥295,441)
London, Published by the Author, 1841 . Leather. A brightly bound example of the second edition of George Catlin's insights into the lives of American Indians, based upon his 1830s travels amongst them. The two volume second edition of this work, bound in four volumes. Publ…
The Complete Works of J. Fenimore Cooper:
James Fenimore Cooper · 0 · Rooke Books
£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)
New York, G. P Putnam's Sons, c1890. Cloth. A 32 volume complete set of the Leather-Stocking edition of The Complete Works by James Fenimore Cooper. Thirty two volume complete set of the complete works of James Fenimore Cooper. A Leather-stocking limited edition set number …
Les Oeuvres de M. Pope Traduite En Francois. Les Principes de la Morale Et Du Gout. La Boucle de Cheveux
Alexander Pope; Resnel; Desfontaines · 1738 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
Paris, Briasson, 1738. Leather. Two of the popular poetical works of Alexander Pope translated into French, an early French edition. Two of the popular poetical works of Alexander Pope, translated into French.Issued together as 'Les Oeuvres de M. Pope&apos. This volume inc…
The Magic Barrel; the Fixer; Rembrandt&Apos;S Hat
Bernard Malamud · 1960 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode; Eyre Methuen, 1960-1973. First edition. Cloth. Smart first UK editions of three works by the American novelist Bernard Malamud, with the original dust wrappers. The first UK editions of these three works in the publisher's original cloth binding…
De Pictura Veterum Libri Tres
Francisci Junii [Franciscus Junuis the Younger]; J.G. Graevius [ed.] · 1694 · Rooke Books
£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)
Roterodami [Rotterdam], Typis Regneri Leers, 1694. Leather. The second edition of Franciscus Junius's treatise on the art of the ancient Greeks and Romans. In the original Latin.First published in 1637, this second edition was greatly expanded and enlarged, with an added in…
Three Letters to the Right Honourable the Earl of Liverpool, on the Distresses of Agriculture in the United Kingdom: In Which the Influence of These Distresses on Our Manufactures, Trade, and Commerce Is Considered; As Well As the Justice, Policy, and Necessity, of Legislative Relief. With Observations on Cash Payments and a Free Trade
Lord Stourton; William Stourton · 1822 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)
London, J. Mawman, 1822. Hardback. A vanishingly scarce volume of three letters from Lord Stourton to the Prime Minister of the day, Earl of Liverpool. A new edition of this vanishingly scarce work.Three written please from William Stourton to the Earl of Liverpool, Robert Jenki…
Marilyn
Steve Crist; Shirley T. Ellis de Dienes · 2002 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
London, Taschen, 2002. Cloth. A moving tribute to Marilyn Monroe, showing her life in photographs taken by Andre de Dienes, and her growth into the blonde bombshell icon. Complete, including the additional facsimile corrected typescript by de Dienes, and small booklet showing th…
Apologie Pour Herodote. Ou Traite de la Conformite Des Merveilles Anciennes Avec Les Modernes
Henri Estiene; Henri Estienne · 1735 · Rooke Books
£475.00 (€569.45 | $627.65 | ¥100,239)
Haye, Henri Scheurleer, 1735. Leather. A smart edition of Henri Estienne's controversial attack on sixteenth century society, veiled as a look at the life of the Greek historian Herodotus. In the original French.Complete in three volumes.Illustrated with a frontispiece to e…
A Jacobite Exile
G. A. Henty · 0 · Rooke Books
£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)
London, Blackie & Son, c1895 . Cloth. An exceptionally lovely copy of this early edition of G. A. Henty's historical novel, in the very scarce original dust wrapper. An early edition of this thrilling historical novel, set in the eighteenth century during the Jacobite rebel…
History of England
Lord Macaulay [Thomas Babington Macaulay] · 1903 · Rooke Books
£895.00 (€1,072.95 | $1,182.62 | ¥188,871)
London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1903-1906. Fine Binding. A near fine copy of Thomas Babington Macaulay's History of England. The Albany edition of Thomas Babington Macaulay's historical account of late seventeenth century England. With frontispieces selected by the Dir…
Notes on Indian Ants; Descriptions of a New Species of Indian Aculeate Hymenoptera; Descriptions of a New Species of Bees
George Alexander James Rothney; Frederick Smith · 1875 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, Entomological Society, 1875-1895. Leather. Four essays on scientific discoveries regarding ants, bees and other insects, signed by respected entomologist George Rothney. Four essays in a half calf binding. Inscribed by the author George Alexander James Rothney to the fir…
The History of Sandford & Merton: A Work Intended for the Use of Children
Thomas Day · 1818 · Rooke Books
£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)
London, F. C. and J. Rivington; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; et al, 1818. Leather. The incredibly popular children's work of Thomas Day, an educational novel imbued with the ideals of Rousseau. Two volumes bound in one, Volume II is bound without the title page.Il…
Fraulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther Being the Letters of an Independent Woman
[Elizabeth von Arnim] · 1907 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
London, Smith, Elder, & Co, 1907. First edition. Leather. A finely rebound first edition of one of the enchanting love stories written by Elizabeth von Arnim. The first edition, first impression, of this uncommon work.Scarce to see rebound in a leather binding, bound by Worsfold…
Selected Tales of Beatrix Potter
Beatrix Potter · 1955 · Rooke Books
£128.00 (€153.45 | $169.13 | ¥27,012)
London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1955-1965 . Hardback. Eight smart copies of later editions of Beatrix Potter's brightly illustrated beloved children's tales. Eight volumes of later editions of the classic children's tales of author and illustrator Beatrix Potter, …