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Mechelen and Aarschot - Willem + Joan Blaeu, 1635

Blaeu-- Joan · 1635 · Inter-Antiquariaat Mefferdt & De Jonge

€325.00 ($358.22 | £271.10 | ¥57,210)

MECHELEN AND AARSCHOT IN THE SPANISH NETHERLANDS, 1635 “Mechlinia Dominium, et Aerschot Ducatus”, copper engraving after a map by Michael van Langren, published by Willem and Joan Blaeu in Amsterdam in 1635, as part of the French-language edition of their atlas “Le Théâtre du…

Dombey and Son

Charles Dickens · 1848 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Charles Dickens's popular novel, illustrated throughout and including the first published example of a dark plate. With all but one first issue point. The first edition, bound from the parts with…

Three Plays by Brieux with a Preface by Bernard Shaw the English Versions by Mrs Bernard Shaw, St John Hankin and John Pollock

Brieux · 1912 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, A C Fifield, 1912. Cloth. A collection of Brieux's plays, signed by Charlotte Frances Shaw whom translated one of the plays. This work has an extensive preface by her husband, and noted playwright, George Bernard Shaw. The second edition thus of this work, which was…

Barnaby Rudge Sketches by Boz Christmas Books

Charles Dickens · 1849 · Rooke Books

£600.00 (€719.30 | $792.82 | ¥126,618)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1849-52. First edition. Leather. A smartly rebound collection of Charles Dickens' novels, with 'Sketches of Boz' and 'Christmas Book's being the first cheap editions, all volumes illustrated with a frontispiece. 'Sketches o…

Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home a New Edition [with] a Diary [with] Nature and Art [with] Two Years Before the Mast [with] Narrative of the Mutiny of the Bounty [with] the Complete English Tradesman [with] Picciola

Miss Sedgwick et al. · 1841 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

London, Edward Moxon, 1841. Leather. A sammelband of nineteenth century publications. Being a variety of topics from travelogues to adventure novels, to a diary on every day life through the eyes of an early feminist. Six of the works to this volume have the same typographical l…

Four Volumes of First Edition Novels by Howard Spring; There Is No Armour a Sunset Touch These Lovers Fled Away Time and the Hour

Howard Spring · 1948 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Collins, 1948-57. First edition. Cloth. Four first edition fiction novels by Howard Spring, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. The first edition to all. Four Volumes.In the publisher's original cloth to all but 'Time and the Hour' and 'These Lo…

The Self Interpreting Bible, with an Evangelical Commentary by the Late Revd. John Brown, Minister of the Gospel at Haddington; the Apocrypha: To Which Is Prefixed, Historical Introuction; Comprising a Brief Sketch of the Principal Events in the Jewish History Before and After the Time of the Maccabees

Revd. John Brown · 1816 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Thomas Kelly; Bartlett, Newman, and Barlett , 1816-1820. Leather. Reverend John Brown's monumental 'Self Interpreting Bible', together with 'The Apocryphia', adorned with steel-engraved plates throughout. This 17th-century edition of Reverend Joh…

17 Vols a Collection of Sir Walter Scotts Life, Poetry, and Waverley Novels

Sir Walter Scott; J. G. Lockhart · 1848 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.53 | $528.54 | ¥84,412)

Edinburgh; London, Robert Cadell; Houlston & Stoneman; Adam and Charles Black , 1848-1853. Leather. A composite collection of Sir Walter Scott"s works, uniformly bound in full calf, comprising selected volumes from the Waverley Novels, Lockhart"s Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walte…

A Collection of Novels from H.E. Bates

H. E. Bates · 1944 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Michael Joseph, 1944-1967. First edition. Cloth. A collection of eight volumes of fiction from British writer Herbert Ernes Bates. Eight volumes. First edition. Written by Herbert Ernest Bates, a British writer, known for his gritty realistic short stories and novels. Th…

Wrack at Tidesend [Vol II], and, on the Continent : A Book of Inquilinics [Vol III]

Osbert Sitwell · 1952 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Macmillan and Co Ltd, 1952-1958. First edition. Hardback. The first edition, first impression of the second and third volumes from Osbert Sitwell's England Reclaimed poetry series, with the original unclipped illustrated dust wrappers. The first edition, first impre…

Dombey and Son

Charles Dickens · 1848 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition. Leather. The first edition, first issue, of this popular novel by Charles Dickens, including all of the original plates by Phiz, such as the first example of a dark plate. The first edition, first issue of this work, bound from th…

The History of the Rebellion and CIVIL Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641

Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon · 1702 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.78 | $2,510.59 | ¥400,956)

Oxford, Theatre, 1702-04. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Edward Hyde's important first-hand account and history of the English Civil War, an immense and essential historical resource on the War. The first edition of this work.Complete in three volumes.Volumes …

The Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare; Alexander Dyce (ed.) · 1877 · Rooke Books

£1,100.00 (€1,318.72 | $1,453.50 | ¥232,133)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1877. Fine Binding. A charming nine volume collection of the works of William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) remains one of the most influential and recognisable figures in the history of English literature, seen as the world's greates…

The Australian Army Medical Service in the War of 1914-1918

A. G. Butler; R. M. Downes; F.A. Maguire; R. W. Cilento · 1930 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,997.08 | $3,303.40 | ¥527,574)

Melbourne, Australian War Memorial, 1930-1943. First edition. Cloth. A complete three volume first edition set of this important and highly detailed medical work, complete with many maps, plates and diagrams. The first edition. Very unusual to find a complete set of this work wi…

The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The Biographical Edition

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1898 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.95 | $1,182.62 | ¥188,871)

London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1898-1899 . Leather. A smartly bound complete thirteen volume set of the illustrated Biographical edition of witty Victorian writer William Makepeace Thackeray's works. Complete in thirteen volumes.  The Biographical edition. Uniformly bound in h…

Pearson&Apos;S Magazine Volumes I, II, III, V, and IX

1896 · Rooke Books

£1,100.00 (€1,318.72 | $1,453.50 | ¥232,133)

London, C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd. 1896-1900. Cloth. Five volumes of this monthly periodical specialising in speculative literature, with illustrations throughout. Five volumes, being volumes I, II, III, V, and IX only. Illustrated throughout. Pearson's Magazine was a monthly …

Archaeological Survey of India

J. D. Beglar; Alexander Cunningham · 1878 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

Calcutta, Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, 1878-80. Cloth. A very scarce set of reports on the archaeology of India, an illustrated work by Alexander Cunningham. A very scarce work.Five volumes, being Volumes VII, VIII, IX, X, and XI, of a total of XXIII volu…

The Fireside Dickens

Charles Dickens · 0 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

London, Chapman & Hall, c1900. Leather. A smartly bound collection of volumes from English novelist Charles Dickens, with illustrations, from the Fireside Dickens. Complete in twenty-two volumes. The Fireside Dickens. Written by Charles Dickens, an English novelist, journalist, …

Romola

George Eliot · 1880 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Smith, Elder, and Co. 1880. Cloth. A limited edition two volume copy of 'Romola' by George Eliot, set in fifteenth century Italy. Illustrated throughout by Frederick Leighton. A limited edition work, being numbered copy 504 of 1000. Complete in two volumes. &ap…

The British Essayists

James Ferguson (ed) · 1823 · Rooke Books

£1,100.00 (€1,318.72 | $1,453.50 | ¥232,133)

London , J Richardson et al. 1823. Leather. A collection of essays from numerous British periodicals. he second edition of this work. With a frontispiece to volumes I, V, VI, XIII, XXIII, XXVI, XXXII, Comprising of: Volumes I-IV The Tattler Volumes V-VIII The Spectator Volumes X…