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The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne
Gilbert White · 1813 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
London, White, Cochrane, and Co, 1813. Leather. An early edition of Gilbert White's seminal topographical work on Selborne, illustrated, including with a folding plate, and a hand-coloured plate. An important Mitford edition, with the text corrected and expanded from the fi…
A Collection of Crime Novels by Patricia Cornwell
Patricia Cornwell · 1994 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
New York; London, Charles Scriber's Sons; Little, Brown, and Company, 1994-2000. First edition. Cloth. A collection of first edition crime novels from Patricia Cornwell, with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Five volumes. The Body Farm is the first US edition, all othe…
A Patriotic Schoolgirl
Angela Brazil · 1918 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
London, Blackie and Son Limited, 1918. First edition. Cloth. A uncommon first edition novel set in a girls' boarding school during the First World War, a gripping tale of espionage and patriotism during the War. The first edition of this uncommon novel. Undated, dated from …
Histoire Des Celtes, Et Particulierement Des Gaulois Et Des Germains
Simon Pelloutier · 1740 · Rooke Books
£1,175.00 (€1,408.42 | $1,552.34 | ¥247,889)
A La Hague [The Hague], Isaac Beauregard, 1740. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this two volume mid eighteenth century French language study of the history of the Celts, from 'the fabulous times' to the capture of Rome. In the original French.T…
Sard Harker; the Bird of Dawning; Victorious Troy, or the Hurrying Angel
John Masefield · 1924 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)
London, William Heinemann, 1924-35. First edition. Cloth. Three first editions by once Poet Laureate and extremely notorious author John Masefield. Three first editions by John Masefield: Sard Harker, 1924; The Bird of Dawning, 1933; and Victorious Troy, 1935. Sard Harker is an …
Rowland Ward&Apos;S Records of Big Game African and Asiatic Sections
Guy Dollman; J B Burlace · 1935 · Rooke Books
£425.00 (€509.43 | $561.48 | ¥89,662)
London, Rowland Ward, 1935. Cloth. An early volume from Rowland Ward's important 'Records of Big Game' series. This copy is signed by the editor J.B Burlace. From the library of Captain J and C Brocklehurst with a gift inscription from the editor to the recto of f…
Tennyson in Lincoln
Nancie Campbell (Compiler) · 1971 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
Lincoln, Tennyson Society, 1971. Cloth. A two volume set of work being a extensive catalogue of objects and items linked to Tennyson, with the two volumes held in original dustwrappers. Each volumes are held in the original unclipped dustwrappers. In the publisher's origina…
Histoire Du Chevalier Des Grieux Et de Manon Lescaut
Abbe Prevost · 1942 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
Paris, Editions du Charme, 1942. Paperback. A limited edition of the classic French tale of the Chevalier des Grieux and his lover Manon Lescaut, following them from France, leading a life of luxury in Paris, to a tragic end in Louisiana. A limited edition, numbered number one o…
The "the Sunbeam. " R.Y. S Voyages and Experiences in Many Waters Naval Reserves and Other Matters
Earl Brassey · 1917 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)
London, John Murray, 1917. Cloth. Earl Brassey's "The Sunbeam." R.Y.S Voyages and Experiences In Many Waters" Sunbeam RYS was a british luxury yacht. Built for Thomas Brassey in Seacombe, it was designed by St Clare Byrne, who specialised in the design of luxury vessels. Th…
Dean Swift and His Writings
Gerald P. Moriarty · 1893 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, Seeley & Co. Limited, 1893. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a revisionist biography on the renowned Anglo-Irish author, which paints Swift in a calculating light compared to contemporary biographers. The first edition of Dean Swift and His Writings, a comprehe…
Works of Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle · 1866 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)
London , Chapman and Hall, 1866-1869. Cloth. A uniformly bound collection of the works of Thomas Carlyle. Carlyle (4 December 1795 Â 5 February 1881) was a Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher during the Victorian era. His combination of a rel…
Treasures of Art in Great Britain: Being an Account of the Chief Collections of Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, Illuminated Mss &C. In Three Volumes
Dr. Waagen · 1854 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London , John Murray, 1854. Cloth. Waagen's scarce seminal work, a journey of discovery into British art by an expert visiting England from Germany, cataloguing the art treasures in private collections of the 1850s. Bookseller's stamp of Knibb, Leamington to front past…
The Gaudy Shadows
John Brunner · 1970 · Rooke Books
£300.00 (€359.60 | $396.34 | ¥63,291)
London, Constable, 1970. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel by science fiction writer John Brunner. A scarce work by Brunner, especially with the original unclipped dustwrapper. With the bookplate of Brunner to the front pastedown which depicts the author in c…
Tarzan and the Foreign Legion, and, Llana of Gathol
Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1947 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
Tarzana, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1947-48. First edition. Cloth. Two illustrated first edition works by Edgar Rice Burroughs, exciting volumes from the Tarzan and Barsoom series. Two first edition copies of works by Edgar Rice Burroughs.'Tarzan and the Foreign Legion&apos…
Wellington: His Comrades and Contemporaries
Major Arthur Griffiths · 1897 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, George Allen, 1897 . First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated tribute to Wellington by Crimean War veteran and historian Major A. G. F. Griffiths, offering a compelling portrait of the Duke and his contemporaries, with 31 plates, a map of Belgium, and fold-out facsimil…
Behind Appearance: A Study of the Relations between Painting and the Natural Sciences in This Century
C. H. Waddington · 1969 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1969. First edition. Cloth. An excellently presented first edition of this intriguing dissection of the relationship between science and art. First edition. Handsomely rebound in full tan cloth, with gilt stripe detailing and spine title l…
Mainly on the Air
Max Beerbohm · 1946 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, William Heinemann LTD, 1946. Cloth. A series of essays and radio broadcasts by Max Beerbohm, a review copy, given by T. R. Fyvel to Roy Fuller An early issue, in the very scarce green dust wrapper, with the publisher's name slightly blurred to the tail of the spine.…
Paradise Lost, and, Paradise Regain&Apos;D
John Milton · 1770 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)
London, J. Beecroft; W. Strahan; J. and F. Rivington; et al, 1770-72. Leather. John Milton's two epic poems in a uniform binding, illustrated throughout. Complete in two volumes.John Milton's epic poems, 'Paradise Lost' and 'Paradise Regain'd&apos.&…
William Cotton Oswell Hunter and Explorer the Story of His Life with Certain Correspondence and Extracts from the Private Journal of David Livingstone, Hitherto Unpublished.
W. Edward Oswell; Francis Galton · 1900 · Rooke Books
£480.00 (€575.36 | $634.15 | ¥101,265)
London, William Heinemann, 1900. First edition. Cloth. The complete scarce first edition biography of the hunter and traveller William Cotton Oswell, written by his son Edward Oswell and bound over two volumes with illustrations and maps. The first edition. Scarce. Two volumes…
Historical and Descriptive Account of George Heriot&Apos;S Hospital, Including a Memoir of the Founder
Anonumous · 1827 · Rooke Books
£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)
Edinburgh, J. Cunningham and J. & J. Johnstone, 1827. First edition. Leather. An association copy of this very scare, illustrated study of the history of Edinburgh's George Heriot Hospital. An association copy of this work, with two letters tipped in.The first letter, dated…