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Oeuvres Completes de M.T. Ciceron
Cicero; Jos. Vict. Le Clerc [ed.] · 1827 · Rooke Books
£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)
Paris, Werdet et Lequien Fils, 1827. Leather. A scarce thirty-five volume set of Cicero's complete works, written in French and in attractive half-calf bindings. A towering figure of Roman philosophy, Cicero was a notable polymath, finding his profession in philosophy, poli…
A Selection of Science Fiction Works
Various · 1975 · Rooke Books
£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)
New York; London, Advent; Harper and Row; Nelson Doubleday; Robson Books et al , 1975-1990. First edition. Cloth. A terrific selection of science fiction books, all complete with the publishers' striking unclipped dust wrappers. An attractive collection of fifteen science f…
The Shakespeare Head Edition of the Works of Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope; Michael Sadleir · 1929 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)
Oxford, The Shakespeare Head Press by Basil Blackwell, 1929. Cloth. A smart limited set of thirteen volumes of work by English novelist, Anthony Trollope. Thirteen volumes. Lacking An Autobiography. Limited to five hundred and twenty-five copies. The Shakespeare Head edition. Wr…
Sean Dana; le Oisian, Orran, Ulann, &C. Ancient Poems of Ossian, Orran, Ullian &C. Galic Antiquities
John Smith; Various · 1780 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)
Edinburgh; London, Charles Elliot; C. Elliot, T. Kay, and Co, 1780-87. First edition. Leather. The first edition of two works by John Smith, both focusing on Gaelic history, with a selection of ancient poetry, and an exploration of the druids. Two first edition works by John Smi…
The Virginians
William Makepeace Thackeray · 1858 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)
London, Bradbury & Evans, 1858-59. First edition. Leather. The first impression of Thackeray's important historical novel, complete with the original Thackeray plates. The first edition, first impression of this work. Issue points as follows; 'actresses' on page 2…
The Woodlands: Or, a Treatise on the Preparing of Ground for Planting; on the Planting; on the Cultivating; on the Pruning; and on the Cutting Down of Forest Trees and Underwoods; Describing the Usual Growth and Size and the Uses of Each Sort of Tree, the Seed of Each, the Season and Manner of Collecting the Seed, the Manner of Preserving and of Sowing It, and Also the Manner of Managing the Young Plants Until Fit to Plant out; the Trees Being Arranged in Alphabetical Order, and the List of Them
William Cobbett · 1825 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)
London , William Cobbett , 1825. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this interesting book regarding the planting and cultivating of forest trees and underwoods, written and published by William Cobbett. The first edition. Rebound in half calf with gilt lettering to …
Game Birds and Shooting-Sketches Illustrating the Habits, Modes of Capture, Stages of Plumage and the Hybrids & Varieties Which Occur Amongst Them
John Guille Millais · 1894 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Henry Sotheran & Co, 1894. Cloth. The second edition of John Guille Millais' fascinating sporting work, an entertaining treatise on hunting complete with illustrations throughout. The second edition of this work.John Guille Millais' entertaining series of shoot…
The Terrific Register: Or, Record of Crimes, Judgments, Providences, and Calamities
Anon · 1825 · Rooke Books
£2,200.00 (€2,637.05 | $2,906.51 | ¥464,132)
London, Sherwood, Jones, and Co, 1825. First edition. Leather. A scarce copy of this first edition of the collected edition of the penny dreadful, 'The Terrific Register' a crime magazine enjoyed by Charles Dickens. A very scarce work. The first edition of this sensati…
An Election Ball, in Poetical Letters from Mr. Inkle at Bath, to His Wife at Glocester: With a Poetical Address to John Miller, Esq, at Batheaston Villa
[Christopher Anstey] · 1776 · Rooke Books
£775.00 (€928.96 | $1,023.88 | ¥163,501)
Bath; Bathoniae, S. Hazard, 1776. First edition. Disbound. The first and second editions of the Latin and English editions of Christopher Anstey's popular didactic satirical poem about society life in Bath in the eighteenth century, illustrated, including with the very scar…
The Genuine Account of the Trial of Eugene Aram, for the Murder of Daniel Clark, Late of Knaresborough, in the County of York. Who Was Convicted at York Assized, August 5, 1759, Before the Honorable William Noel, Esq. , One of His Majesty&Apos;S Justices of the Court of Common Pleas. To Which, After a Brief Narration of the Fact, Is Prefixed, an Account of the Remarkable Discovery of a Human Skeleton at Thistle-Hill: A Detail of All the Judicial Proceedings from the Time of the Bones Being Found
1808 · Rooke Books
£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)
Knaresborough, Hargrove and Sons, 1808. Leather. A pleasing ninth edition of this popular work describing in depth the 1759 trail of Eugene Aram for the murder of Daniel Clark. The ninth edition of this work. A very scarce edition, with none of this ninth edition held institutio…
Travels in the Two Sicilies, and Some Parts of the Appenines
Abbe Lazzaro Spallanzani · 1798 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)
London, G. G. and J. Robinson, 1798. First edition. Leather. The scarce complete first English edition of this scientific work on the Italian volcanic islands, with beautiful folding engraved views. First English edition. Complete in four volumes. Volumes III and IV in a ful…
The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray in Twenty-Four Volumes
William Makepeace Thackeray · 1867 · Rooke Books
£490.00 (€587.34 | $647.36 | ¥103,375)
London , Smith, Elder and Co. 1867-1869. Cloth. A set of novels from nineteenth-century novelist William Makepeace Thackeray. It is missing one volume. Including The Newcombes (In two volumes), The Four Georges/The English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century, The Christmas Books…
The Virginians a Tale of the Last Century
W. M. Thackeray · 1858 · Rooke Books
£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)
London, Bradbury and Evans, 1858-59. First edition. Leather. The scarce and important first issue of this novel by William Makepeace Thackeray. Bound from the parts with "actresses" on page 207 line 33 and misnumbered chapter 47 and 48. Complete in two volumes and illustrated wi…
Round the World in Eighty Days and the Tanglewood Tales
Jules Verne; Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1900 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, Hutchinson; A. & C. Black, 1900-1935. Cloth. Two scarce and illustrated editions of classic children's books by French author Jules Verne and American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Two scarce editions of beloved children's books: Round the World in Eighty Days an…
Some Account of the Hospital and Parish of St. Giles in the Fields, Middlesex
Mr. John Parton · 1822 · Rooke Books
£1,400.00 (€1,678.12 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,357)
London, Luke Hansard and Sons , 1822. First edition. Leather. A desirable large paper association copy of this very scarce survey of St. Giles' Parish, from the library of prominent furniture designer, Ambrose Heal. A large paper copy of the first edition, of which only twe…
Fables of Aesop; with Instructive Applications
Aesop; Samuel Croxall · 1855 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, T. Allman, [1855]. Cloth. Two pocket sized copies of Samuel Croxall's noted edition of Aesop's fables, one in the original cloth and the other smartly bound by Eric Sweet in gilt cloth, and both housed in a cardboard clamshell casing. A two volume set, featurin…
Aesop&Apos;S Animal Fables Picture and Story
Aesop · 1947 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)
London, Juvenile Productions Ltd. c1947. Leather. Two copies of a charmingly illustrated mid-twentieth century juvenile edition of the fables of Aesop, vibrantly illustrated in colour by E. H. Davie. Present here are two copies of this children's edition of the animal fable…
The Travels of Richard and John Lander Into the Interior of Africa
Robert Huish · 1836 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)
London, John Saunders, 1836. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Robert Huish's illustrated travel work on the Lander Brothers, following their important exploration of Africa. The first edition.Collated, illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title, and seven p…
A Collection of Volumes from Maurice Collis
Maurice Collis · 1938 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)
London; New York, Faber and Faber; Alfred A. Knopf, 1938-1948. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of four first edition volumes from British administrator for Burma Maurice Stewart Collis. Four volumes. Written by Maurice Stewart Collis, an administrator in Burma (now Myan…
A Collection of Novels from the Strangers and Brothers Series
C. P. Snow · 1954 · Rooke Books
£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1954-1964. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of five first edition novels from English writer Charles Percy Snow. Five volumes. First edition. A collection of novels from the Strangers and Brothers series which deal with questions of pol…