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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Charles Dickens · 1839 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1839 . First edition. Leather. An early issue of the first edition in book form of Charles Dickens's classic novel, illustrated throughout with plates from Phiz. The first edition in book form, a very early issue, with the following issue points:Pa…

R. Caldecott&Apos;S Picture Books: Volumes I and II

Various · 1880 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1880-1895. Cloth. Two volumes, each comprising eight of Randolph Caldecott's colourfully illustrated children's books, with the original wraps bound in. Sixteen volumes rebound in two volumes in cloth bindings, with gilt detailing to the…

Twenty-Eight Years of Co-Partnership at Guise Being the Second Edition of "Twenty Years of Co-Partnership at Guise. " Translated from the French of Madame Dallet, M. Fabre, and M. And Madame Prudhommeaux by Aneurin Williams. With an Introduction by the Right Hon. Thomas Burt, M.P.

Emilie Moret Dallet; M. Fabre; Mr and Mrs Prudhommeaux; Aneurin Williams [translator] · 1908 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Labour Co-Partnership Association; Garden City Press, 1908. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this translated work on the social innovations of Jean-Baptiste Godin in the French town of Guise. In the publisher's original cloth binding. This is an author'…

A Winter in Lapland and Sweden, with Various Observations Relating to Finmark and Its Inhabitants; Made During a Residence at Hammerfest, Near the North Cape

Arthur de Capell Brooke · 1827 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)

London, John Murray, 1827. Cloth. A unique and likely pre-publication undated copy of this beautiful travel work by Arthur de Capell Brooke, in which he explores the wonders of Lapland and Sweden during the winter, complete with illustrations. Undated. There are no reprints so t…

Menandri Et Philemonis, Emendationes in Menandri Et Philemonis, & Theodori Sellii

Menander; Philemon; Hugo Grotius & Jean Le Clerc [ed.] · 1709 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

Amsterdam; , Thomas Lombrail; Ex Officina Gulielmi Vande Water; Lugduni Batvaorum, 1709-18. First edition. Hardback. Three scarce early 18th-century Latin works, bound in one volume and previously owned by British politician, The Right Hon. Charles Bathurst. A truly fascinating …

The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare

William Shakespeare · 1815 · Rooke Books

£675.00 (€809.09 | $891.77 | ¥142,404)

London, Whittingham and Arliss, 1815. Leather. A scarce, early 19th century edition of the dramatic works of Elizabethan playwright William Shakespeare, handsomely bound in full calf. A charming set of the dramatic works of William Shakespeare, including all of his comedies, his…

Fourteen Songs from When We Were Very Young

A. A. Milne; H. Fraser-Simson · 1926 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1926. Cloth. A lovely work containing a selection of Milne's children's poems, set to music by the composer Harold Fraser-Simson, with illustrations to each page of sheet music. Eighth impression from 1926. Illustrated with decorations to eac…

The Cruise of the Midge

Anonymous [Michael Scott] · 1836 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Edinburgh; London, William Blackwood and Sons; T Cadell , 1836. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this description of the cruise of the Midge in two volumes. The first edition of this work, reprinted from Blackwood's Magazine with additions and corrections, complet…

A Fairy Garland Being Fairy Tales from the Old French

Charles Perrault; Madame d'Aulnoy; Count Anthony Hamilton · 1928 · Rooke Books

£980.00 (€1,174.69 | $1,294.72 | ¥206,750)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1928. Vellum. A signed limited edition of Edmund Dulac's beautifully illustrated collection of French short stories, illustrated in colour throughout. A signed limited edition, being numbered five-hundred and eighty of one-thousand copies…

The History of England from the Earliest Dawn of Authentic Record to the Commencement of Hostilities in the Year 1803 Including an Ample and Faithful Account of All the Memorable Transactions of the Last War [with] the History of England from the Earliest Dawn of Authentic Record to the Ultimate Ratification of the General Peace at Amiens in 1802 and the Subsequent War in 1803

George Courtney Lyttleton · 1808 · Rooke Books

£600.00 (€719.20 | $792.68 | ¥126,581)

London, J Stratford, 1808. First edition. Leather. A mixed edition set of this beautifully illustrated historical work. Uniformly rebound in a lovely half calf binding. Collated using the binder's directions to the rear of volume III. 'Philip of Spain' plate is ac…

Scribbleomania; or, the Printer&Apos;S Devil&Apos;S Polichronicon: A Sublime Poem

Anser Pen-Drag-on [William Henry Ireland] · 1815 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1815. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of a fascinating series of satirical poems poking fun at the current literary scene, written by the devilish yet talented Shakespeare forger William Henry Ireland. The first edition of Scribbleo…

The Three Trials of William Hone, for Publishing Three Parodies; Viz. The Late John Wilkes&Apos;S Catechism, the Political Litany, and the Sinecurist&Apos;S Creed; on Three Ex-Officio Enformations, at Guildhall, London, During Three Successive Days, December 18, 19, & 20, 1817; Before Three Special Juries, and Mr. Justice Abbot, on the First Day and Lord Chief Justice Ellenborough, on the Last Two Days. And Trial by Jury and Liberty of the Press. The Proceedings at the Public Meeting, December 2

William Hone · 1818 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, William Hone, 1818. Leather. A fascinating account of these three sedition trials, printed and published by the accused, William Hone. A fascinating series of accounts of The Three Trials of William Hone. The 20th edition of the first trial, 18th edition of the second tr…

The Gene. An Intimate History.

Mukherjee, Siddhartha. · 2016 · Fahrenheit 451

€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,920)

London, The Bodley Head, 2016, XI,(3),593,(1) pag., (col.) illustrations, hardcover with dustjacket (as new). = Selected as a Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Economist, Independent, Observer and Mail on Sunday THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER BBC RADIO 4 BOO…

Chinese Roundabout. Essays in History and Culture.

[China]. Spence, Jonathan D. · 1992 · Fahrenheit 451

€11.00 ($12.12 | £9.18 | ¥1,936)

New York/ London, W.W. Norton and Company, 1992, XIII,(1),400 pag., illustrations, hardcover with dustjacket (as new). = The spirit of adventure is at the heart of Jonathan Spence's widely acclaimed scholarship on the modern history of China. This vitality, fleshed out with dee…

Great Streets

[Architecture]. Jacobs, Allan B. · 1993 · Fahrenheit 451

€125.00 ($137.77 | £104.28 | ¥22,001)

Cambridge/ London, MIT-Press, 1993, 1st ed., 331 pag., illustrated, original clothbacked boards with dustjacket (price-clipped), quarto. = This book received Honorable Mention in the category of Architecture and Urban Studies in the 1993 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Annual…

1434. The Year a Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance.

[China]. Menzies, Gavin. · 2008 · Fahrenheit 451

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

London, Harper Collins, 2008, 368 pag., plates, paperback (as new). = In his bestselling book 1421:The Year China Discovered the World, Gavin Menzies revealed that it was the Chinese that discovered America, not Columbus. Now he presents further astonishing evidence that it was …

Anvers mondain. Year 1 (1904) - 3 (1905-06), CONTINUED AS: Le carnet mondain, théâtral, littéraire et sportif. - Anvers, Year 6 (1908-09) -11 (1910-11), 14 (1913-14).

Josse, Armand (ed.). · 1904 · Fahrenheit 451

€750.00 ($826.64 | £625.70 | ¥132,003)

Anvers, Le Carnet Mondain, 1904-1914, numerous illustrations, programmes, adverts, contemporary unif. gilt brown halfmorocco with raised bands and marbled boards, marbled endpapers, original unif. wrappers in Art Nouveau-style by G. Roosen bound with, 24 x 17 cm. = Contains a w…

Wiener Kindergraphik. Arbeiten von Schulern der von Professor Franz Cizek geleiteten Jugendklasse an der Wiener Kunstgewerbeschule. Sonderabdruck aus den "Graphischen Kunsten" Wien, 1922.

[Wiener Werkstatte]. Cizek, Franz (ed.), Weixlgartner, Arpad (introd.). · 1922 · Fahrenheit 451

€1,750.00 ($1,928.82 | £1,459.97 | ¥308,007)

Wien, (Gesellschaft fur vervielfa¨ltigende Kunst), (1922), (20) pag., 6 original linocuts by Auguste Richter, Willy Obransky, Hellmut Stanzel, Ine Probst, Alfred Schilder and 3 original woodcuts by Ine Probst and Gretl Hanus, and b/w reproductions, original woodcut wrappers by …

Retour de Guyane

Léon-Gontran DAMAS · 1938 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€2,800.00 ($3,086.11 | £2,335.94 | ¥492,812)

"pour ou contre l‘Assimilation, je réponds franchement non." | Librairie José Corti | Paris 1938 | 11.9 x 18.5 cm | Relié | Edition originale, un des 50 exemplaires numérotés sur alfa, seuls grands papiers. Reliure en pleine basane fauve, dos à cinq nerfs sertis de filets noirs,…

A Fable

William FAULKNER · 1955 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.11 | ¥21,121)

Roman couronné de deux prix en 1955 : le Prix Pulitzer et le National Book Award | Chatto & Windus | London [Londres] 1955 | 13.6 x 20.1 cm | Broché | Première édition britannique de 1955 (l'édition originale, américaine, fut publiée en 1954) complète de sa jaquette rose foncée …