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The Pickwick Papers Martin Chuzzlewit
Charles Dickens · 1913 · Rooke Books
£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,210)
London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1913-20. Cloth. Pocket-sized editions of two of Charles Dickens' popular novels, illustrated with frontispieces, and in the original scarce dustwrappers. In the original scarce unclipped dustwrappers.Part of Nelson's pocket-sized classics se…
Elementos de Quimica Aplicada a Las Artes, a la Industria Y a la Medicina Curso de Ciencias Fiisicas Para El Uso de Los Alumnos de Filosofia
A. Bouchardat; D. P. Boffil; D. J. Marti et al · 1843 · Rooke Books
£300.00 (€359.60 | $396.34 | ¥63,291)
Barcelona; Valencia, A. Gaspar; Gimeno, 1843. Leather. Two fascinating volumes on the works of the renowned French pharmacist and hygienist Apollinaire Bouchardat; translated from the original French into Spanish and rebound in a uniform binding. Bouchardat is best remembered as…
A New and Universal History of England, from the Earliest Authentic Accounts, to the End of the Year 1770
William Henry Mountague [Montague] · 1775 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
London, J. Cooke, 1775. Leather. An early edition of William Henry Montague's very scarce history of England, embellished with copper plates throughout. A very scarce example of this work, determined as the second edition based on Jisc and ESTC records which indicate the fi…
The Gentleman&Apos;S and Connoisseur&Apos;S Dictionary of Painters a Complete Collection and Account of the Most Distinguished Artists Who Have Flourished in the Art of Painting
Rev. M Pilkington · 1797 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)
London, W C Spilsbury, 1797. Leather. An eighteenth century edition of what became known as Pilkington's Dictionary. A scarce edition published by Spilsbury. Direct from the Regency library of Elizabeth Greenly, later Lady Elizabeth Coffin Greenly. Elizabeth Greenly, born a…
Transformation or the Romance of Monte Beni
Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1860 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)
Leipzig, Bernard Tauchnitz, 1860. Vellum. A Tauchnitz edition of this major Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne, in a lovely vellum binding. The two volumes bound as one. Transformation, Or The Romance of Monte Bene was the last of the four major romances by Hawthorne. It is set in a…
Caravan
Witter Byner · 1925 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. First edition. Hardback. The signed first edition of a fascinating anthology written by prolific American poet Witter Bynner, signed to American composer Rosamond Johnson. The signed first edition of Caravan, a anthology, written by prolific Amer…
Aesop&Apos;S Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources
Aesop; Rev. Thomas James · 1882 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)
London, John Murray, 1882 . Cloth. A charming collection of four 19th century copies of Aesop's fables, all of which feature the illustrations of John Tenniel. Four volumes of Rev. Thomas James edition of the fables of Aesop, which were first published in this edition in 18…
The Works of Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson; W. Gifford · 1816 · Rooke Books
£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)
London, G. and W. Nicol, 1816. Leather. A smart eight volume set of this collection of works from English playwright and poet Ben Jonson. Eight volumes of a nine volume set, lacking volume nine. With a portrait frontispiece to volume one. A collection of the works of Benjamin Jo…
A Practical Treatise on Painting in Three Parts
John Burnet · 1827 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, James Carpenter and Son, 1827. First edition. Cloth. The first collected edition of John Burnet's popular treatises on painting, looking in particular at composition, light and shade, and colour. Illustrated with plates, including colour plates. The first collected …
The Life of Samuel Johnson
James Boswell; Edmund Malone · 1826 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, Baynes, Cowie, Low & Co. et. al. 1826. Cloth. The four volume complete set of James Boswell's iconic biography of Samuel Johnson, here with notes by Edmund Malone and, for the first time, anecdotes of Hesther Lynch Piozzi. A fascinating edition of James Boswell&apos…
Extrait Des Airs Francois de Tous Les Operas Nouveaux Qui Ont Ete Representes
0 · Rooke Books
£1,750.00 (€2,097.65 | $2,311.99 | ¥369,196)
Amsterdam; Haye, J. J. Hummel; B. Hummel, c1770. Hardback. Four volumes of very scarce French operatic extracts, an interesting work from the Viennese Classical period that shows their love for opera. In French.Very scarce.In four volumes.A series of operatic excerpts suitable f…
Romola
George Eliot · 1895 · Rooke Books
£1,550.00 (€1,857.92 | $2,047.77 | ¥327,002)
London, Merrill and Baker, 1895. First edition. Fine Binding. A very scarce, finely bound copy of George Eliot's noted novel 'Romola&apos. A finely bound copy of this work.Being a first edition thus, the first 'The Gentleman's Library' edition. This copy…
A Is for Alibi a Kinsey Millhone Mystery
Sue Grafton · 1982 · Rooke Books
£3,900.00 (€4,674.77 | $5,152.45 | ¥822,779)
New York, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition, first impression, of Sue Grafton's influential debut detective novel ''A' is for Alibi', signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first impression …
Rattlin the Reefer
Edward Howard; Capt F Marryat · 1836 · Rooke Books
£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)
London, Richard Bentley, 1836. Leather. The second edition of this gripping maritime novel by English novelist and magazine editor, Edward Howard. An illustrated triple decker, with nine plates across the volumes by Auguste Hervieu. This sea-faring novel is noted to the title pa…
The Heart of Midlothian; Harry Lorrequer; Westward Ho!; John Halifax, Gentlemen; Scenes of Clerical Life; Lavengro; Coningsby; the Caxtons; the Scarlet Letter; After Dark; Ormond
Various · 1900 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)
London, The Gresham Publishing Co, 1900. Cloth. A handsome eleven volume set of works, in a decorative cloth binding designed by prolific artist Talwin Morris. A handsomely bound set 11 volume set, featuring numerous popular and cultural significant literary works. Uncommon to f…
Illustrations of the Passes of the Alps, by Which Italy Communicates with France, Switzerland, and Germany
William Brockedon · 1828 · Rooke Books
£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)
London, The Author, 1828-29. First edition. Leather. A charming first edition copy of this monumentous illustrated work, with over one-hundred engravings of original drawings after the artist and author. The first edition of this well regarded work. Two volumes bound together …
Memorials of the Rev. Robert Brickel, B.A. , Rector of Hoole, 1848-1881
W. Miles Myres [ed.]; Robert Brickel · 1864 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
Preston, Henry Oakey, 1864-1884 . Cloth. A very scarce copy of this memorial volume of Robert Brickel, including five works in one, to commemorate the life and writings of the Rector of Hoole. A vanishingly scarce work, with no copies held institutionally. In the publisher&apo…
Rip Van Winkle
Washington Irving · 1905 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London; New York, William Heinemann; Doubleday, Page, & Co, 1905. Cloth. The second impression of Rackham"s landmark illustrated edition of Washington Irving"s Rip Van Winkle, issued with its suite of fifty-one charming tipped-in colour plates. In the publisher's original g…
R.P. Ionnis de Lugo Hispalensis, E Societate Iesv, in Collegio Romano Eiusdem Sociatatis Theologiae Professoris, Disputationes Scholasticae, Et Morales, de Virtve, Et Sacramento Poenitentiae. Item de Svffragiis, Et Indvlgentiis. Opus Confessariis Omnibvs Maxime Vtile.
John de Lugo · 1638 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)
Lyon, Jacobi & Petri Prost, 1638. First edition. Leather. The incredibly scarce first edition of Spanish Jesuit and Cardinal, John de Lugo's treatise on the sacrament of penance. The first edition of John de Lugo's 1638 treatise on the virtue of penance, published in L…
The Barsetshire Novels of Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope · 1929 · Rooke Books
£959.99 (€1,150.70 | $1,268.28 | ¥202,528)
Oxford, The Shakespeare Head Press, Basil Blackwell, 1929. Cloth. The complete set of this well known and very sought after edition of Trollope, edited by Michael Sadleir The complete set of this well known and very sought after edition of Trollope, editied by Michael Sadleir st…