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Little Dorrit
Charles Dickens · 1857 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)
London, Bradbury and Evans, 1857. First edition. Leather. The first edition, first impression of Charles Dickens' renowned novel set in his classic dreary setting, illustrated by Phiz with all plates present. The first edition of this work, being bound from the parts, with …
Good As Gold; God Knows; Picture This; Closing Time; Now and Then; Portrait of an Artist, As an Old Man
Joseph Heller · 1979 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
New York; London, Simon and Schuster; Jonathan Cape; Macmillan; Scribner, 1979-2000. First edition. Cloth. Six pleasing copies of the works of American novelist Joseph Heller, including four U.K. first editions. Six works from American novelist and writer Joseph Heller, each in …
Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians
George Catlin · 1841 · Rooke Books
£3,500.00 (€4,195.30 | $4,623.99 | ¥738,391)
London, Published by the Author at the Egyptian Hall , 1841. First edition. Leather. The first edition first impression of this sought-after account of north Native Americans based on the author's numerous travels, complete with three hundred and ten original illustrations.…
The Edwardians
Vita Sackville West · 1931 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
Leipzig, Bernard Tauchnitz, 1931. First edition. Paperback. The first Tauchnitz edition of this novel by Vita Sackville-West, two volumes, one for German and one for Swiss publication. The first edition of this work, part of the 'Collection of British and American Authors&a…
The Communion Plate of the Churches in the City of London
Edwin Freshfield · 1894 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)
London, Rixon and Arnold , 1894. Cloth. A interesting catalogue of objects from church across the city of London. Illustrated with several plates, Edwin Freshfield's work documents some of the most notable objects held in the countries most prestigious churches. In the publ…
Memoires de Rossignol: Ex-Inspecteur Principal de la Surete
Gustave-Amand Rossignol · 1900 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)
Paris, Societe dÂEditions Litteraires et Artistiques , 1900 . Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Rossignol"s vivid memoir of nineteen years in the Paris criminal investigation department, a gripping avvount from the 'hummingbird' of the Paris Surete. In a later g…
Two Treatises, One of the Christian Priesthood, the Other of the Dignity of the Episcopal Order.
George Hickes · 1707 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
London, W. B. for Richard Sare, 1707 . Leather. The very scarce second edition of Hickes"s important High Church defence of priesthood and episcopacy, written in answer to Matthew Tindal. In a contemporary full calf binding. The second edition, published in the same year as th…
Among British Birds in Their Nesting Haunts
Oswin A. J. Lee · 1897 · Rooke Books
£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)
Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1897-1899 . First edition. Cloth. Fourteen parts of the very scarce first edition of Oswald A. J. Lee's charmingly illustrated study of British nesting birds, illustrated with photogravure plates. The first edition of this very scarce work from Osw…
Works on Lytton Strachey, Gertrude Bell, Vita Sackville-West, Harold Nicolson, and Virginia Woolf
Lytton Strachey; Michael Holroyd [intro]; Vita Sackville-West; Harold Nicolson; Nigel Nicolson [ed.]; H.V.F. Winstone; James King · 1971 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, Heinemann; Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Jonathan Cape; Hamish Hamilton, 1971-1994. Cloth. A very smart set of four first edition volumes on notable figures Lytton Strachey, Gertrude Bell, Vita Sackville-West, Harold Nicolson, and Virginia Woolf. A four volume set of works on n…
The Dictionary of English Furniture from the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian Period Revised and Enlarged by Ralph Edwards
Percy Macquoid and Ralph Edwards · 1954 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
London, Country Life, 1954. Cloth. A beautiful reference guide to English furniture. Illustrated throughout, with hundreds of black and white photographic vignettes. Sixteen colour plates to volume I, twelve colour plates to volume II and twelve to volume III. Collated, complete…
Memoirs of John Evelyn
John Evelyn, William Bray (Ed) · 1819 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
London, Henry Colburn, 1819. Leather. A detailed edition of the life and memoirs of diarist John Evelyn. Second edition. 'Comprising his diary, from the year 1641 to 1705-6, and a selection of his familiar letters. To which is subjoined, the private correspondence between K…
La Route Chante
Eugène Hollande; Lucien Machy · 1922 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
Paris, Perrin et Cie.; Mercure Universel, 1922. Paperback. Two scarce and signed French anthologies, both sharing insightful reflections onto the recent First World War. Two scarce signed French poetry anthologies, La Route Chante (The Road Sings), written by Eugene Hollande, an…
Aesop&Apos;S Fables Retold for Children
Aesop; Elizabeth Hardie · 1915 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London; Edinburgh; Dublin; New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1915. Cloth. A lovely retelling of Aesop"s Fables by Elizabeth Hardie, designed to introduce children to these classic moral tales, with charming colour plate illustrations and frontispiece. In the publisher's ori…
The Eternal Lover, Tarzan Lord of the Jungle, and, Jungle Girl
Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1927 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Methuen; Cassel & Company; Odhams Press, 1927-33. First edition. Cloth. A set of three first U.K. edition novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs, all exciting fantasy adventure tales. Three first U.K. edition novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs.This set contains:'The Eternal Lov…
Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists in Three Books
R. Dodsley [Richard Dodsley]; Esop [Aesop] · 1761 · Rooke Books
£1,800.00 (€2,157.59 | $2,378.05 | ¥379,744)
Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1761. First edition. Leather. The renowned first Robert Dodsley edition of Aesop's fables, published by Baskerville, adorned with wood engravings, and beautifully bound in vellum and crushed morocco, with a uniform cloth slipcase and chemise. T…
The Works of William Paley
William Paley · 1805 · Rooke Books
£875.00 (€1,048.83 | $1,156.00 | ¥184,598)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme; R. Faulder, 1805-1810 . Leather. A complete eight volume collection of the sermons, tracts, and theological works of Anglican clergyman William Paley. A complete eight volume set of the works of Paley, present in mixed editions, as is commo…
Collection Complette Des Oeuvres de Mr. De Voltaire
Voltaire · 1768 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
Geneve, [Cramer], 1768. First edition. Leather. The first seven volumes only of the first folio edition of the complete collected works of Voltaire. Illustrated with fantastic engraved plates. In the original French.The first folio edition of Voltaire's collected works. Pre…
Seneca&Apos;S Morals by Way of Abstract
Seneca; Roger L'Estrange · 1682 · Rooke Books
£895.00 (€1,072.80 | $1,182.42 | ¥188,817)
London, Tho. Newcomb; Joanna Brome, 1682. Leather. The second edition of Roger L'Estrange's translation of Seneca's insightful moral essays, illustrated with a portrait frontispiece. The scarce second edition of Roger L'Estrange's translation, first publ…
Little Dorrit
Charles Dickens · 1857 · Rooke Books
£590.00 (€707.21 | $779.47 | ¥124,472)
London, Bradbury and Evans, 1857 . First edition. Leather. A smart example of the first issue of Charles Dickens's novel about a young woman who is born in a debtors prison. The first edition, first issue of this work, being bound from the parts, with puncture marks present…
The History of Comines (1596) and Sallust: The Conspiracy of Catiline and the War of Jagurtha (1608)
Thomas Danett; Thomas Heywood; Charles Whibley [Intro.] · 1897 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, David Nutt; Constable and Co, 1897-1924. First edition. Cloth. Three volumes containing the memoires of Phillipe de Commines and the historical works of the Roman historian Sallust. From the Tudor translations series. Three volumes containing reprints of fifteenth centur…