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Ferishta&Apos;S History of Dekkan from the First Mahummedan Conquests: With a Continuation from Other Native Writers, of the Events in That Part of India, to the Reduction of Its Last Monarchs by the Emperor Aulumgeer Aurungzebe: Also, the Reigns of His Successors in the Empire of Hindoostan to the Present Day: And the History of Bengal, from the Accession of Aliverdee Khan to the Year 1780

Jonathan Scott; Ferishta [Muhammad Qasim Hindu Shah Astarabadi] · 1794 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)

Shrewsbury, Printed for the Editor by J. and W. Eddowes , 1794. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this translation of Firishta's important history of Deccan dynasties, followed by the work of Deccan nobleman, Shaw-nowauz Khan. The first edition of this English tr…

Chronicles of Ancient Darkness

Michelle Paver · 2004 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.50 | $488.82 | ¥78,059)

London, Orion, 2004-2020. First edition. Cloth. A very smart six volume set from Paver's Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series, signed by the author. Six volumes. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author. Written by Michelle Paver, a British novelist best known…

Dombey and Son

Charles Dickens · 1848 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition. Leather. The first edition of one of the popular novels of Charles Dickens, complete with the original illustrations by Phiz, including the first published example of a dark plate. The first edition, first issue, bound from the pa…

The Antient Chronicles of Sir John Froissart

Sir John Froissart; John Bourchier · 1814 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

London, J. Davis, 1814-16. Leather. John Bourchier's translation of Froissart's brilliant history of the first part of the Hundred Years War. Complete in four volumes.'Chronicles of England' are a collection of stories about the Hundred Years' War, start…

Works of the English Poets with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical & Index to the English Poets

Dr. Samuel Johnson · 1779 · Rooke Books

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

London, J. Nichols, 1779-1781. Leather. Forty-three volumes of the sixty-eight volume set of The Works of the English Poets, with prefaces and biographies by Dr. Samuel Johnson. Forty-three volumes of sixty-eight volume set. Scarce collection. Written by Dr. Samuel Johnson, an E…

Paradise Lost and Paradise Regain&Apos;D

John Milton; Thomas Newton · 1753 · Rooke Books

£1,600.00 (€1,917.85 | $2,113.82 | ¥337,550)

London, C. Hitch and L. Hawes; J. Hodges; J. and R. Tonson; et al, 1753-57. Leather. An early set of John Milton's important epic poems, an illustrated set edited by biblical scholar Thomas Newton. ESTC citation numbers T132846 and T134240.The fourth Newton edition of &apos…

Series I, III, V, VI of Bibliotheca Sanctorum Patrum

Josephe Vizzini [ed.] · 1904 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

Rome, Forzani et Socii, 1904-1905. Leather. Seven Latin volumes reproducing the works of the Apostolic Fathers, early Christian Apologists, and St. Augustine's Confessions. Series I, III, V and VI from the Library of the Holy Fathers, edited by Joseph Vizzini. Published in …

Thirty Three Volumes of Science Fiction by Larry Niven

Larry Nivon; Jerry Pournelle; Edward M. Lerner · 1971 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London; New York; Sydney, Sphere Books Limited; Orbit Books; Ballantine Books; Futura; Various, 1971-2011. Paperback. A large collection of thirty four early paperback editions of science fiction works by Larry Niven. Thirty Three Volumes of Science Fiction by Larry Niven.A love…

The Life and Career of Major John Andre, Adjutant-General of the British Army in America

Winthrop Sargent · 1861 · Rooke Books

£825.00 (€988.89 | $1,089.94 | ¥174,049)

Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1861. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce biography of the head of the British Army's Secret Service in America during the War of Independence, with a signed letter from the author. The first edition of this very scarce biographical study of spy …

Golden Leaves from the Works of the Poets and Painters

Robert Bell; Various · 1863 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Griffin, Bohn & Co, 1863. Leather. A nice collection of various poetical works by the likes of Lord Byron and Robert Burns, a beautifully illustrated volume from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. 'Golden Leaves' is a charming collection of poems by popul…

Plain or Ringlets?

[Robert Smith Surtees] · 1860 · Rooke Books

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

London, Bradbury & Evans, 1860. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this popular Surtees hunting novel, illustrated beautifully with hand-coloured plates throughout, with an impressive provenance. The first edition of this work.'Plain or Ringlets' is one of Ro…

Billington: Victorian Executioner

Alison Bruce · 2009 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,705)

Stroud, The History Press, 2009. First edition. Cloth. An interesting work looking at the true crimes committed in Victorian England, the criminals of such crimes all executed by James Billington. The first edition, signed by the author. The first edition of this work by Alison …

Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland from the Dissolution of Parliament Until the Capture of the French and Spanish Fleets at Vigo

Sir John Dalrymple · 1771 · Rooke Books

£1,240.00 (€1,486.34 | $1,638.21 | ¥261,601)

London, W Strahan, T Cadell; A Strahan, T Cadell, 1771-8. First edition. Leather. The complete three volumes of Sir John Dalrymple's comprehensive history of Great Britain and Ireland from the dissolution of the last Parliament of Charles II until the turn of the eighteenth…

British Essayists with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical

Alexander Chalmers · 1802 · Rooke Books

£2,750.00 (€3,296.31 | $3,633.13 | ¥580,165)

London, J Johnson, J Nichols and Son et al. 1802-1803. Hardback. The complete 45 volumes of this edition of British Essayists. With prefaces, both historical and biographical by Alexander Chalmers. Chalmers was a Scottish writer. He published a General Biographical Dictionary, G…

The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare; Shakspeare&Apos;S Himself Again: Or the Language of the Poet Asserted

William Shakespeare; Andrew Becket · 1812 · Rooke Books

£1,975.00 (€2,367.35 | $2,609.25 | ¥416,664)

London, Thomas Tegg; A. J. Valpy for Messrs. Law and Whittaker, 1812-1816 . First edition. Leather. Thomas Tegg's very scarce twelve volume illustrated edition of the plays of William Shakespeare, uniformly bound with Andrew Becket's very scarce study of Shakespeare&ap…

A Collection of Works by William Hayley

William Hayley · 1781 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London , J. Dodsley , 1781-2 . Leather. A collection of first, second and third editions of six uncommon works by William Hayley, bound together in one volume. A collection of six essays and epistles written by English author and biographer, William Hayley.William Hayley's …

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M. Bulatov · 1989 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

ÐÂÂoeОСКВА [Moscow], ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО „ÐÂÂoeАЛЫШ", 1989. Paperback. A very scarce and vibrantly illustrated children's p…

A Dance to the Music of Time

Anthony Powell · 1964 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, Heinemann, 1964-73. First edition. Cloth. A smart set of four volumes from Anthony Powell's important roman-fleuve 'A Dance to the Music of Time&apos. Four volumes of Anthony Powell's 'A Dance to the Music of Time&apos.In the original dust wrappers, &…

The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V. With a View of the Progress of Society in Europe, from the Subversion of the Roman Empire, to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century

William Robertson · 1769 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London, W. Strahan, 1769. First edition. Hardback. A complete first edition set of William Robertson's detailed and exciting history of the life and reign of Emperor Charles V. The first edition of this work. Still in the publishers' original paper boards.Complete in t…

The Pictorial Arts of Japan with a Brief Historical Sketch of the Associated Arts and Some Remarks Upon the Pictorial Art of the Chinese and Koreans

William Anderson · 1886 · Rooke Books

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

Boston; New York, Houghton Mifflin, 1886. Cloth. A scarce four volume work on Japanese art, by William Anderson, fully illustrated throughout. Illustrated throughout with numerous plates and vignettes demonstrating examples of the art. 39 of forty plates to volume III. Part IV h…