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Ten Years&Apos; Wandering Among the Ethiopians; with Sketches of the Manners and Customs of the Civilized and Uncivilized Tribes, from Senegal to Gaboon
Thomas J. Hutchinson · 1861 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1861. First edition. Cloth. A scarce work of travel writing by Thomas J. Hutchinson, documenting his observations from his time spent in Africa. In the publisher's original cloth binding, this work offers an interesting insight into t…
Original Letters, Written During the Reigns of Henry VI. Edward IV. And Richard III. By Various Persons of Rank of Consequence; Containing Many Curious Anecdotes, Relative to That Turbulent and Bloody, But Hitherto Dark, Period of Our History; and Elucidating, Not Only Public Matters of State, But Likewise the Private Manners of the Age: Digested in Chronological Order; with Notes, Historical and Explanatory; and Authenticated by Engravings of Autographs, Fac Similes Paper-Marks, and Seals. In T
John Fenn (Editor) · 1787 · Rooke Books
£500.00 (€599.33 | $660.57 | ¥105,484)
London, G G J and J Robinson, 1787. Leather. The complete two volumes of this important correspondence from the fifteenth century. This work is the largest surviving English family correspondences of this century, being of the Paston family and the high figures connected to them…
Cavis Calendaria; or, a Compendious Analysis of the Calendar: Illustrated with Ecclesiastical, Historical, and Classics Anecdotes
John Brady · 1815 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Ormer, and Brown, 1815. Leather. A two volume set of John Brady's look at the history of significant days of the year. Complete in two volumes. This work looks at the history of significant days of the year, including saints days, days of coron…
Painting Illustrated in Three Dialogues
William Aglionby · 1685 · Rooke Books
£990.00 (€1,186.67 | $1,307.93 | ¥208,859)
London, Published by John Gain, for the Author, 1685 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Aglionby"s important treatise on painting, one of the earliest substantial English works of art theory, with the biographies of eleven Renaissance artists and a glossary of artist…
The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex. Compiled from the Best and Most Ancient Historians; from Domesday-Book, Inquisitiones Post Mortem, and Other the Most Valuable Records and Mss. &C.
Philip Morant · 1768 · Rooke Books
£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)
London, T. Osborne , 1768. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this important county history by Essex historian Philip Morant, with copper plates. Issued with the second edition of his Colchester history. First edition. Issued with the second edition of the author&apo…
Louis de Bernieres: The War of Don Emmanuel&Apos;S Nether Parts & Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord
Louis de Bernieres · 1990 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)
London; New York, Secker & Warburg; William Morrow and Company, 1990-1991. First edition. Cloth. A very smart set of first editions of the first two novels in Louis de Bernieres Latin American trilogy, with a signed copy. A two volume set, one of which is signed by the author to…
Blackie&Apos;S Children&Apos;S Annual
Various · 1922 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
London, Blackie and Son Limited , 1922-1934. First edition. Cloth. A delightful selection of four illustrated children's annuals from Blackie and Son. First edition. A set of four bright children's annuals from Blackie and Son, offering a substantial range of short sto…
Southey&Apos;S Common-Place Book
Robert Southey · 1849 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1849-1850. Leather. An early edition set of three volumes from Southey's Common-Place Book series, comprised of an interesting range of essays and extracts. First and Second Editions, Three Volume Set.Bound in half-calf binding on…
Doublets a Word Puzzle
Lewis Carroll · 1879 · Rooke Books
£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1879. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, very smart, first edition copy of this word-puzzle guide by Lewis Carroll. Carroll is often cited as the inventor, or at least the popularizer of these 'doublets' or 'word ladders' This book is &…
Hints to Young Barbados-Planters
[Robert Reece] · 1857 · Rooke Books
£4,500.00 (€5,393.96 | $5,945.13 | ¥949,360)
Barbados, Israel Bowen, 1857. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce first edition of this compelling treatise on agriculture in Barbados, which is known for being prominently focussed on sugar. Written by the plantation owner Robert Reece. The first edition of this work. No…
Roland Cashel
Charles Lever · 1848 · Rooke Books
£2,100.00 (€2,517.18 | $2,774.39 | ¥443,035)
London, Chapman and Hall, 1848-49. First edition. Leather. An extremely scarce example of Charles Lever's novel 'Roland Cashel' in the original parts. Being twenty parts in nineteen, and held in a very smart custom-made morocco case. The custom-made morocco case i…
The Polite Repository, or Pocket Companion: Containing an Almanack, the Births Marriages, &C. Of the Sovereign Princes of Europe. Lists of Both Houses of Parliament, Officers of State Navy and Army, the Baronets of England, and Various Other Articles of Useful Information: Ornamented with Elegant Engravings, and Ruled Pages for Occurrences &C. &C.
None Stated · 1791 · Rooke Books
£1,800.00 (€2,157.59 | $2,378.05 | ¥379,744)
London, W. Peacock, 1791-1804. First edition. Leather. A collection of sought after early copies of 'Peacock's Polite Repository', adorned with engravings from the original landscape drawings of Humphry Repton. Three very scarce early examples of this pocket diary…
The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray · 1868 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)
London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1868. Cloth. A complete set of the novels and stories of popular nineteenth-century novelist William Makepeace Thackeray. Including: The Newcombes (In two volumes) The Four Georges/The English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century The Christmas Books of …
The Novels of Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott · 1862 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)
Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1862-1867. Leather. This is an attractive set of the Waverley novels by Sir Walter Scott. Complete in twenty-five volumes. Titles are as follows: Volume I- Waverely Volume II- Guy Mannering Volume III- Antiquary Volume IV- Rob Roy Volume V- Old…
Winston S. Churchill
Randolph S. Churchill; Martin Gilbert · 1966 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, Heinemann, 1966-1983. First edition. Cloth. A five-volume collection of first editions of the official multi-volume biography of Winston Churchill, in original cloth and dust wrappers, richly illustrated with plates throughout. First editions.In the publisher's orig…
Bad Faith
Carmen Callil · 2006 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)
New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. First edition. Hardback. The author's own copy of this insightful biography on Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, with her notes throughout. An advance first edition copy, the author's own copy, with her corrections throughout the text. Most …
Les Arts Au Moyen Age; Moeurs, Usages Et Costumes Au Moyen Age; Jesus-Christ
Paul Lacroix; Louis Veuillot; E. Cartier · 1869 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
Paris , Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres, 1869-1875. First edition. Cloth. A selection of extensive French works, two on the art, morals and costumes of the Middle Ages, together with a religious study. This set comprises three richly illustrated artistic studies, two of which e…
A Dance to the Music of Time
Anthony Powell · 1966 · Rooke Books
£370.00 (€443.50 | $488.82 | ¥78,059)
London, Heinemann, 1966-1975 . First edition. Cloth. A five volume set of Anthony Powell's monumental literary achievement, 'A Dance to the Music of Time&apos. Present here are the first editions of the final five volumes in the series. A five volume set of Powell&apos…
Skelton&Apos;S Engraved Illustrations of the Principal Antiquities of Oxfordshire
Joseph Skelton · 1823 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)
Oxford, J. Skelton, 1823 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this impressive collection of fifty engravings of Oxfordshire antiquities. Engraved by the author, John Skelton, after the work of Frederick Mackenzie. The first edition of English engraver Joseph Skelton&ap…
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis Baron de Pollnitz
Karl Ludwig Pollnitz; Charles-Lewis Baron de Pollnitz · 1739 · Rooke Books
£425.00 (€509.43 | $561.48 | ¥89,662)
London, Daniel Browne, 1739. Leather. The complete four volume set of these memoirs by Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz. The second edition of this work, which was originally issued in two volumes. These four volumes are the observations the Baron of Pollnitz made during his lat…