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An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, LL. D. Late Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic in the Marischal College and University of Aberdeen. Including Many of His Original Letters.
Sir William Forbes · 1807 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
Edinburgh, Arch. Constable and Co; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; T. Cadell; W. Davies; John Murray , 1807. Leather. A complete three volume set of this biographical work regarding the Scottish poet, James Beattie. The scarce second edition. Complete in three volumes. Uniformly…
Divine Landscapes
Ronald Blythe · 1986 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
San Diego, New York, London, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986. First edition. Cloth. The first American edition of this topographical work by Ronald Blythe, which depicts 'the enchanted places of Britain', with photographs by Edwin Smith and an ink inscription from the …
The Mint
T. E. Lawrence · 1955 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1955. First edition. Leather. A limited edition copy of T. E. Lawrence's autobiographical account on his time in the Royal Air Force, bound in quarter-leather on cloth boards. First Edition, Limited Edition, being No. 901 of two-thousand copies. Boun…
Travelling Sketches on the Rhine, and in Belgium and Holland
Leitch Ritchie · 1833 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1833. First edition. Leather. A charming travelogue of Rhine, Belgium and Holland by Leitch Richie, the first edition, first impression in the original publisher's morocco binding. The first edition, first impression o…
Things to Come
H G Wells · 1935 · Rooke Books
£3,850.00 (€4,614.84 | $5,086.39 | ¥812,230)
London, The Cresset Press , 1935. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, signed, first edition copy of HG Wells' 'Things to Come' dedicated in Wells' hand to his son, Anthony. Wells has signed the half title to his son, Anthony West. Lacking dustwrapper, as is usual…
The Friend: A Series of Essays, in Three Volumes, to Aid in the Formation of Fixed Principles in Politics, Morals, and Religion, with Literary Amusements Interspersed
Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1818 · Rooke Books
£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)
London, Rest Fenner, 1818. Hardback. A complete three volume set of the essays Coleridge published in his 'The Friend' periodical, each volume with the half-title present. A new edition of this work. This new edition was expanded from the first. Complete in three volum…
Histoire Des Revolutions D&Apos;Angleterre Depuis le Commencement de la Monarchie
Pierre-Joseph of Orleans · 1729 · Rooke Books
£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)
The Hague, Isaac van der Kloot, 1729. Leather. A French work on the history of English Revolutions, written by the French historian Pierre-Joseph of Orleans. With a frontispiece. Complete, being three volumes bound as one. In the original French. This is a new, revised, and corr…
Parliamentary Elections of the Borough of Shrewsbury, from 1283 to 1859.
Edward Edwards · 1859 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
Shrewsbury, Edward Edwards, 1859 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Edward Edwards"s illustrated history of Shrewsbury"s parliamentary elections, tracing the borough"s political representation from 1283 to 1859. In a later red cloth binding, with the original il…
A Compleat History of Europe; or, a View of the Affairs Thereof, CIVIL and Military, for the Year 1705.
David Jones · 1705 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, H. Rhodes; J. Nicholson; Andr. Bell, 1705 . First edition. Leather. The original 1706 annual of David Jones"s expansive European chronicle, documenting the War of the Spanish Succession and Queen Anne"s government in contemporary calf. In a contemporary full calf binding…
Pictures of Life and Characters from the Collection of Mr Punch
John Leech · 1854 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. c1865. Cloth. A wonderful collection of illustrations by John Leech, extracted from Punch magazine. The first to the third series of this set, lacking the fourth and fifth. The first edition of this series was published between 1854-1869 by Bradb…
A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis: Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors by Which Public and Private Property and Security Are, at Present, Injured and Endangered: And Suggesting Remedies for Their Prevention.
Patrick Colquhoun · 1806 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London, J. Mawman, Cadell and Davies, R. Faulder et al. 1806. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this foundational work on maintaining urban public safety, written by the founder of the first English, centralised police service. The seventh edition of this important work by Patric…
Lives of the British Admirals Containing and Accurate Naval History from the Earliest Periods
Dr John Campbell · 1817 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
London, C J Barrington, 1817. Leather. Dr John Campbell's biographical work, 'Lives of the British Admirals&apos. With a frontispiece to each volume. Complete in eight volumes. With the bookplate of one John Foster to the front pastedown of all volumes. The bookplate f…
Alfonso, King of Castile, by M.G. Lewis the Minister, by M.G. Lewis the Manager in Distress, by George Coleman Songs Duets &C. &C. In the Musical Farce of Too Many Cooks
Various · 1780 · Rooke Books
£259.99 (€311.64 | $343.48 | ¥54,850)
London, Various Publishers, 1780-1805. First edition. Leather. Four entertaining plays bound as one. With two being first editions and two being second editions. Four plays bound in one. Being: Alfonso, King of Castile, By M. G. Lewis, 1802 - London - J. Bell The Minister, By M.…
Choix Des Poãâ©Sies de CLãâ©Ment Marot Et de Ses Devanciers. Depuis le Xiie, Jusqu&Apos;Au Xvie Siãâ¨Cle
Clément Marot · 1825 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
Paris, Chez Werdet , 1825 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce 1825 Parisian anthology reviving Clément Marot and his poetic peers from the 12th to 16th centuries. Smartly bound in red cloth with decorative blind-stamped patterns.This copy features a frontispiece engraving of …
The Book of Household Management
Mrs. Beeton [Isabella Beeton] · 1869 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London, Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1869 . Leather. The two hundred and sixty-fifth thousand of Isabella Beeton's renowned work of cookery and household management, illustrated with colour plates. The two hundred and sixty-fifth thousand of this work.Illustrated with twelve chro…
The Expedition of the Florentines to Chios (1599)
Philip P. Argenti · 1934 · Rooke Books
£1,500.00 (€1,797.99 | $1,981.71 | ¥316,453)
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1934 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptional example of the very scarce first edition of this account of the 1599 expedition of the Florentines to the Greek island of Chios. In the superior quarter paper vellum binding. The first edition, first …
The Pictorial Gallery of English Race Horses
Wildrake [George Tattersall] · 1847 · Rooke Books
£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)
London, Henry G. Bohn, 1847 . Leather. An early edition of George Tattersall's highly illustrated work on English race horses, including portraits of the winning horses of recent years at the Derby, Oaks and St Leger races. An early edition, with this work first appearing i…
Doctor Huguet: A Novel
Edmund Boisgilbert [Ignatius Donnelly] · 1892 · Rooke Books
£1,495.00 (€1,791.99 | $1,975.10 | ¥315,399)
London, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1892. Cloth. A very scarce first UK edition, first impression of this novel exploring racism in the American South. The first UK edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding.Bookplate of 'Hambl…
The History of Lewis the Eleventh. With the Most Memorable Accidents Which Happened in Europe During the Two and Twenty Yeares of His Raigne
Pierre Mathieu; Edward Grimeston · 1614 · Rooke Books
£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)
London, George Eld, 1614. First edition. Leather. The scarce first English edition of Pierre Matthieu's life and history of King Louis XI of France, a detailed biography translated into English by Edward Grimeston. The scarce first edition of this work in English.ESTC citat…
Lord Lytton Novels the Knebworth Edition
Lord Lytton · 1874 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)
London, George Routledge & Sons, 1874-1877. Cloth. The complete twenty-eight volume set of the Knebworth Edition of Lytton's Works. Twenty-eight volumes. The Knebworth edition. Written by Lord Lytton, an English poet, novelist, playwright and politician who coined famous ph…