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A Selection of Works Surrounding Virginia Woolf

Various · 1971 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Various, 1971-2003 . First edition. Cloth. A collection of biographical works surrounding celebrated author, Virginia Woolf. A collection of six separate works surrounding Virginia Woolf. Each book is bound in the publisher's original cloth, or paper-covered boards,…

Picturesque Old Bristol

John Taylor · 1885 · Rooke Books

£1,850.00 (€2,217.52 | $2,444.11 | ¥390,293)

Bristol, Frost and Reed, 1885. Leather. A very scarce limited edition study on the beauties of old Bristol, one of one-hundred and twenty-five copies of this illustrated work. A very scarce work.The Unlettered Proof Edition, a limited edition of one-hundred and twenty-five copie…

A Collection of Novels from the Crime Club Choice

Nicholas Blake [Cecil Day-Lewis]; Joan Fleming; Harry Carmichael [Leopold Horace Ognall]; James Henderson; Rex Stout · 1968 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1968-1974. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of exciting thrillers and detective stories from the Collins Crime Club, with the original dust wrappers. Five volumes. Crime Club Choice. This set includes: The Private Wound, 1968. First edi…

Death Has Many Doors

Frederic Brown · 1951 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, Incorporated, 1951. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the fifth Ed and Am Hunter novel, this novel seeing the uncle and nephew set up their own detective agency. The first edition, first printing.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.T…

A Collection of Novels and Historical Works by Len Deighton

Len Deighton; A. J. P. Taylor · 1977 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Jonathan Cape; Grafton Books, 1977-1987. First edition. Cloth. A very smart collection of first edition novels and historical works surrounding World War Two, by Len Deighton. First editions, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original dust wrappers…

Pocket Edition of W M Thackeray Works

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1909 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Smith, Elder & Co. c1890. Cloth. Pocket sized edition of the collected works of William Makepeace Thackeray in twenty-seven uniform volumes. Dated via Jisc. Complete in twenty seven volumes as issued, with fourteen volumes being the novels, and fourteen volumes being mis…

High-Ways and by-Ways; or, Tales of the Roadside, Picked Up in the French Provinces

[Thomas Colley Grattan] · 1825 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Henry Colburn, 1825. First edition. Leather. The second series of Thomas Colley Grattan's popular travel works, recounting his voyages across France, the first edition of this series. First edition.The second series of the Continental travel work 'High-Ways and…

A Practical Discourse, Upon the Epistle, by Jude

Thomas Tomkinson · 1823 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,916)

Not Stated, Deal; James May & Joseph Gandar, 1823. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon copy of this religious work by Thomas Tomkinson, which breaks down the Muggletonianism perspective, in the original paper wraps. Uncommon, First Ed Thus being the first trade edition to be p…

Lothair

Benjamin Disraeli · 1870 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1870. First edition. Leather. The first American edition of ex-Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli's work of fiction, which provides an allegory of the relationships between different Christian denominations, bound in half-crushed morocco bin…

The Works of Tobias Smollett, M.D.

Tobias Smollett; John Moore · 1797 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, B. Law, J. Johnson, C. Dilly et al. 1797. Leather. The first two volumes containing the works of Scottish poet Tobias Smollett, bound in half-calf with a memoir by John Moore. First Collected Edition.This is Vol I and Vol II of the eight volume set. Bound in half-calf o…

Works by Robert Ludlum

Robert Ludlum · 1984 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, HarperCollins; Granada; Grafton; et al. 1984-97. First edition. Cloth. A lovely collection of seven thriller novels by Robert Ludlum, first UK editions, first impressions, each in its dust wrapper. A collection of seven thrilling novels by Robert Ludlum, prolific America…

Inside Africa

John Gunther · 1955 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of John Gunther's exploration of Africa, a detailed and exciting travel work inscribed by the author to his friend Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this work, stating 'First Edition&…

Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of Europe

A Kenneth Snowman · 1966 · Rooke Books

£112.00 (€134.25 | $147.97 | ¥23,629)

London, Faber and Faber , 1966. First edition. Cloth. A large paper first edition copy of this charming volume concerning the gold boxed of Europe in the eighteenth century. Gold boxes were some of the most luxurious items in eighteenth century Europe, presented as gifts to frie…

The Freedom of Poetry

Derek Stanford · 1947 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, The Falcon Press, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A first edition signed by the author of this literary study on modern verse by Derek Stanford. The first edition of this work in its original, unclipped dustwrapper. A study on the modern verse by Derek Stanford. The author h…

Ecclesiastical Cases Relating to the Duties and Rights of the Parochial Clergy, Stated and Resolved According to the Principles of Conscience and Law a Discourse Concerning Bonds of Resignation of Benefices, in Point of Law and Conscience

Edward Stillingfleet · 1698 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, J. H. for Henry Mortlock, 1698. Leather. Two very scarce Anglican works by the Bishop of Worcester Edward Stillingfleet, in a lovely condition considering it's age. A very scarce work.Two volumes bound in one.ESTC citation number R33861.One page of publisher's…

The Lives of the Chief Justices of England. From the Norman Conquest Till the Death of Lord Tenterden Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV

John Lord Campbell · 1868 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.45 | $2,510.17 | ¥400,841)

London, John Murray, 1868-74. Leather. A beautifully bound set of John Lord Campbell's influential biographies on the Lord Chancellors and Chief Justices of England. Complete in fourteen volumes, being four volumes of 'The Lives of the Chief Justices of England', …

Repertoire General Des Causes Celebres Anciennes Et Modernes, Redige Par Une Societe D&Apos;Hommes de Lettres

B. Saint-Edme; [Edme-Theodore Bourg] · 1834 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)

Paris, Louis Rosier, 1834-5. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this extensive French work discussing the causes celebres throughout history in France, written by the man of letters Edme-Theodore Bourg. In the original French. The first edition of this work. In thirtee…

Selected Works of James Blish

James Blish · 1972 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Faber and Faber, 1972-1975. First edition. Hardback. An eight volume set of science fiction works of James Blish, including four UK first editions. This set of thrilling science fiction works by celebrated author James Blish collects eight volumes, of which four are UK f…

History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada

James Anthony Froude · 1900 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1900. Leather. A popular edition of James Anthony Froude's detailed history of England from around the years 1530 to 1588, looking in detail at the reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. A popular edition of this work. Complete in twelve volu…

An Estimate of the Manners and Principles of the Times [with] Characteristics of the Present Political State of Great Britain

John Brown; Robert Wallace · 1758 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)

London, L Davis and C Reymers; A Millar, 1758. First edition. Leather. Two interesting pieces of social commentary from the eighteenth century, bound together in one volume. Both works are first editions. Being the second volume only of 'An Estimate of the Manners and Princ…