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Lyra Urbanica; or the Social Effusions of the Celebrated Captain Charles Morris, of the Late Life-Guards
Captain Charles Morris · 1840 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, Richard Bentley, 1840. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a scarce collection of poetry from the celebrated bard of the Sublime Society of Beefsteaks, including many witty ballads which poke fun at Tory opponents. The first edition of Lyra Urbanica; or The Social…
Eccentric Biography; or, Memoirs of Remarkable Female Characters, Ancient and Modern
1803 · Rooke Books
£900.00 (€1,078.79 | $1,189.03 | ¥189,872)
London, J. Cundee, 1803. Leather. A very scarce biographical dictionary of famous females through history who defied societal boundaries, from heroines to fraudsters. The first edition of Eccentric Biography; Or, Memoirs of Remarkable Female Characters, Ancient and Modern, a ver…
4 Vols the Natural History of Oviparous Quadrupeds and Serpents
Count de la Cepede [Bernard Germain Etienne de La Ville sur Illon]; Georges Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon · 1802 · Rooke Books
£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)
Edinburgh; London, Alex. Smellie; T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies; W. Creech, 1802 . First edition. Leather. The first English edition of Lacepede"s influential continuation of Buffon, in four illustrated volumes devoted to reptiles and amphibians, illustrated with forty-seven cop…
A Hall of Mirrors
Robert Stone · 1968 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, The Bodley Head, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition of American novelist Robert Stone's 'A Hall of Mirrors' - of only a 1000 estimated to have been published. 'A Hall of Mirrors' was Stone's first novel. As written in the synopsi…
Illustrations of the Bible Volume I & II
Westall and Martin · 1835 · Rooke Books
£825.00 (€988.89 | $1,089.94 | ¥174,049)
London, Edward Churton, 1835. First edition. Leather. 96 full page illustrations of Biblical scenes each with the accompanying text rarely seen. Very crsip and unusually clean copy direct from a Regency Country house library, so a one owner book. The descriptions accompanying th…
Bob Son of Battle
Alfred Ollivant · 1899 · Rooke Books
£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,217)
New York, Doubleday and McClure, 1899. Cloth. A good edition of this children's novel about two sheepdogs. Bob, Son of Battle is a children's classic written by English author Alfred Ollivant. It was published in 1898, and went on to become a popular children's bo…
An Argument for Construing Largely the Right of an Appellee of Murder, to Insist on, Trial by Battle; and for Abolishing Appeals
Edward Augustus Kendall · 1818 · Rooke Books
£1,270.00 (€1,522.30 | $1,677.85 | ¥267,931)
London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1818. Leather. The second edition, revised and enlarged, of this scarce text, by author and political writer, Edward Kendall. This copy is inscribed by the author to an Irish Earl. Very scarce -only seen once at auction in the last thirty years…
The Cocktail Party and Murder in the Cathedral
T.S. Eliot · 1938 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
New York; London, Harcourt, Brace and Company; Faber and Faber, 1938-1950 . Cloth. A lovely set of plays by leading figure in English-language Modernist poetry T.S. Eliot. A lovely two volume set of plays by T.S. Eliot.T.S. Eliot was a leading figure in English-language Moder…
The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison · 1721 · Rooke Books
£900.00 (€1,078.79 | $1,189.03 | ¥189,872)
London, Jacob Tonson, 1721 . First edition. Leather. The complete four volume large paper issue of the first edition of the collected works of Joseph Addison, containing his influential periodical publications. The first edition of the collected works of Addison, complete in fou…
A Friendship and the Spirit of France: Signed Poetry
Charles Lewis Slattery; V.H. Friedlaender · 1919 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)
London; New York, Country Life; Macmillan Company, 1919-1923. First edition. Cloth. Two signed poetic anthologies, written by prominent suffragette writer Violet Helen Friedlaender and episcopal bishop Charles Lewis Slattery. The signed first editions of poetic anthologies based…
Kim
Rudyard Kipling; C. W. Parish · 1901 · Rooke Books
£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1901 . First edition. Cloth. Holbrook Jackson's first edition copy of this classic spy novel by Rudyard Kipling, with a loosely inserted very scarce copy of Parish's account of Kipling's sister's visit to his home, 'Mrs. Fleming…
Some Notices of the Family of Master, of East Langdon and Yotes in Kent, New Hall and Croston in Lancashire, and Barrow Green in Surrey
Rev. George Streynsham Master · 1874 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)
London, For Private Circulation only by Mitchell and Hughes, 1874 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce signed presentation copy of this limited edition privately published genealogical study, with a signed letter from the author to Lord Hawkesbury. A signed presentation copy …
The Nursery "Alice
Lewis Carroll · 1889 · Rooke Books
£2,950.00 (€3,536.04 | $3,897.36 | ¥622,358)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1889 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout with vibrant chromolithographs, this is the scarce first edition, first issue of this unique abridgement of Lewis Carroll's beloved tale. The scarce first edition, first issue.Identified as the fi…
The Fables of Aesop, and Others
Aesop · 1818 · Rooke Books
£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)
Newcastle , E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son; Longman and Co, 1818 . First edition. Leather. Thomas Bewick scholar Thomas Hugo's own copy of the Royal 8vo edition of Bewick's Aesop's fables, illustrated throughout with vignette engravings. One of 500 copies on Roya…
Neues Teutsch-FrantzoãâoeãâSisches Und Teutsch-FrantzoãâoeãâSisches WoãâoeãâRter-Buch, Nouveau Dictionnaire Franãâ§Ois-Allemand Et Allemand-Franãâ§Ois
Pierre Rondeau; Peter Rondeau; Johann Theodor Jablonski · 1711 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
Leipzig, Thomas Fritschen, 1711-12. First edition. Vellum. The very scarce first edition of Johann Jablonski's impressive German-French dictionary, The very scarce first edition.German is printed in black letter.Publisher's woodcut device to the title page, and to the …
Winston S. Churchill
Randolph S. Churchill; Martin Gilbert · 1966 · Rooke Books
£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)
London, Heinemann, 1966-1976. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated set of the first five volume of Winston Churchill's authorized biography, detailing his life from birth to the start of the Second World War. The first five volumes of the official biography of Winston Churc…
The Legend of the Wandering Jew
Pierre Dupont; Paul Lacroix; George Thornbury · 1857 · Rooke Books
£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,210)
London , Addey and Co. 1857. First edition. Cloth. The strikingly illustrated, first Dore edition of Pierre Dupont's depiction of The Wandering Jew, with twelve plates from Gustave Dore. A first edition thus, being the first edition of this work with Dore's illustratio…
A Collection of Novels from Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje · 1987 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Secker & Warburg; Bloomsbury; Jonathan Cape, 1987-2018. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of five novels from Sri-Lankan born Canadian writer Michael Ondaatje. Five volumes. First edition, first impression. Written by Philip Michael Ondaatje, a Sri Lankan-born Can…
The Pinetum, Report on the Unusual Intensity of the Frost of December 1860
George Gordon; Duncan Forbes · 1867 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
London; Aberdeen, Henry G. Bohn; Simpkin Marshall & Co; Geo. Clark & Son, 1867-80. Leather. Two arboricultural works bound in one volume, by George Gordon and Duncan Forbes, Forbes' work being signed. Bound by Henderson & Bisset. Two volumes bound in one. 'Report on …
A History of Italian Painting
J. A. Crowe; G. B. Cavalcaselle · 1864 · Rooke Books
£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)
London, John Murray, 1864-1885 . First edition. Leather. A wonderfully illustrated collection of works surrounding the history of Italian art and artists, written by Crowe and Cavalcaselle. Bound by Hatchards in a half crushed morocco with cloth to the boards.A collection of ten…