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Music for Chameleons

Truman Capote · 1981 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London , Hamish Hamilton , 1981. First edition. Hardback. A very smart first British edition of Capote's short story collection. The first edition. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first British edition of this work with the original dust wrapper was designed b…

The Select Melodies of Scotland, Interspersed with Those of Ireland and Wales

George Thomson; Various · 1822 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

London, Preston, 1822. Leather. A smartly bound volume of the popular songs of Scotland, put to music for piano, signed by the editor to the title page. Signed by George Thomson to the title page.Volume III of five volumes.A selection of Scottish songs, with some Irish and Welsh…

The Eclogues and the Georgics: Translated Into English Verse

Virgil; R. C. Trevelyan [trans.] · 1944 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1944 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the scarce first edition of Robert Trevelyan's translation of Virgil's Eclogues and Georgics. The scarce first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher&apo…

Twentieth of July

Hans Hellmut Kirst; John Maxwell Brownjohn · 1966 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Collins, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first English translation of this historical work on a failed assassination attempt of Hitler, signed by the author with an inscription in German. First U.K. edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endpap…

East, West

Salman Rushdie · 1994 · Rooke Books

£78.00 (€93.49 | $103.04 | ¥16,455)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1994 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed first edition of this collection of short stories by Salman Rushdie. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author to the title page…

Temora, an Ancient Epic Poem

Ossian; James Macpherson · 1763 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, T. Bicket and P. A. de Hondt, 1763. First edition. Leather. An uncommon first edition copy of James Macpherson's poetry, a purported series of poems written by a third century Scottish bard. The first edition of this uncommon work.Title page is provided in facsimile…

Hokusai&Apos;S Wave

Kenneth Graham · 1988 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1988 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this novel by Kenneth Graham, in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. First edition in the publisher's original black cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the au…

The Vicar of Wakefield

Oliver Goldsmith · 1896 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Bliss Sands & Foster, 1896. Leather. Goldsmith's popular Victorian novel, in a half morocco binding, with illustrations by William Mulready. An illustrated edition of this work in in a half morocco binding, with gilt detailing to the spine. Top edge gilt. The Vicar …

Alex Dunsmuir&Apos;S Dilemma

James Audain · 1964 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Victoria, Sunnylane Publishing Company, 1964. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this history of the life of Alex Dunsmuir, known as the coal king of San Francisco, signed by the author. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with …

Lavoisne&Apos;S Complete Genealogical, Historical, Chronological and Geographical Atlas

C. V. Lavoisne; C. Gros · 1814 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.96 | $1,981.59 | ¥316,435)

London, J. Barfield, 1814. Leather. A scarce new edition of this comprehensive Atlas, complete with sixty five colour atlas inspired maps. A new edition. First published in 1807. Folio.With sixty five double page leaves of colour plates, including the *48 plate entitled Genealo…

Cotswold Ballads

Frank Mansell; Laurie Lee [Foreword] · 1974 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.69 | ¥137,122)

Stroud, Richard Courtauld, 1974 . Cloth. A signed copy of this expanded, illustrated edition of Frank Mansell's very scarce volume of ballads about the Cotswolds. Flat signed by the Gloucestershire based poet Frank Mansell to the front free endpaper.In the publisher's …

Eccentric Travellers

John Keay · 1982 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, John Murray; British Broadcasting Corporation, 1982 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of John Keay's biographical study of the lives of prominent explorers, with a loosely inserted letter discussing the publishing rights of his work. The first edition, …

Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance

Thomas Moore · 1880 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1880. Leather. Thomas Moore's popular Oriental romance, illustrated by Sir John Tenniel. An illustrated work in a half morocco binding. Top edge gilt. Illustrated throughout from drawings by Sir John Tenniel (1820-1914) and engraved by the B…

Jackanapes

Juliana Horatia Ewing · 1884 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.16 | ¥71,725)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , 1884 . First edition. Leather. The first issue of Juliana Horatia Ewing's moral children's tale, in a signed half morocco binding by Zaehnsdorf. The first edition, first issue of this work, with last word of page 27 r…

Jack and the Bean-Stalk

Hallam Tennyson · 1886 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.69 | ¥137,122)

London, Macmillan, 1886 . First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound copy of the first edition of Hallam Tennyson's 'Jack and the Bean-Stalk', in a half morocco Zaehnsdorf binding, illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. This classic English fairy-tale first appeared …

Monkeyana, or Men in Miniature

Thomas Landseer · 1827 · Rooke Books

£875.00 (€1,048.81 | $1,155.93 | ¥184,587)

London, F.G. Moon; Moon, Boys & Graves, 1827-1828. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this humorous collection of satirical etchings of monkeys in human clothing, by prominent Victorian era engraver and etcher Thomas Landseer. The first edition of this work, illustrate…

Narrative of a Pedestrian Journey Through Russian and Siberia Tartary, from the Frontiers of China to the Frozen Sea and Kamtchatka; Performed During the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, and 1823

Capt. John Dundas Cochrane · 1824 · Rooke Books

£3,950.00 (€4,734.63 | $5,218.19 | ¥833,280)

London, John Murray, 1824 . First edition. Leather. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of John Cochrane's scarce account of his Russian and Siberian travels, inscribed by the author to his sister, Lady Napier. A signed association copy of this scarce first edit…

Darwinism and Human Life: The South African Lectures for 1909

J. Arthur Thomson · 1911 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Andrew Melrose, 1911 . Cloth. A signed copy of the third impression of Scottish naturalist Sir John Arthur Thomson's publication of his lectures on Darwin. With a slip reading 'With Prof. J. Arthur Thomson's Compliments' to the front free endpaper.Tho…

The Poetical Works of William Collins

William Collins · 1853 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London , William Pickering, 1853. Leather. The Poetical works of William Collins in an Edmonston and Douglas signed binding. Bound in an Edmonston and Douclas signed binding. William Collins was an important 18th century poet. His lyrical odes mark significant literary progress …

Twenty-Five Lyrical Poems from the Hand of Richard Church

Richard Church · 1967 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Heinemann, 1967 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited first edition copy of this collection of poetry by Richard Church. First edition of the work, in the publisher's original maroon cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. A limited edition, numb…