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Historiarum Ex Trogo Pompeio
Pompeo Trogo; Justin · 1640 · Rooke Books
£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)
Batavorum Lugdunum, Elzeviriana, 1640. Leather. A Latin history by Pompeo Trogo and Justin, a fascinating look into ancient history. In the original Latin.The collected works of Pompeo Trogo, containing his universal history in forty-four books. Looking at the history of the wo…
The Fables of la Fontaine
La Fontaine, Walter Thornbury [trans.] · 0 · Rooke Books
£975.00 (€1,168.68 | $1,288.03 | ¥205,683)
London, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin , c1870. Leather. A lovely copy, stunningly illustrated, containing an anthology of fables by French author La Fontaine. An undated volume, dated from copies on Jisc c1870. A lovely volume printed on large paper containing various fables by F…
The More Deserving Cases Eighteen Old Poems for Reconsideration
Robert Graves · 1962 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)
London, Marlborough College Press, 1962. First edition. Cloth. An excellent copy of this collection of old poems by Robert Graves, limited to three hundred and fifty bound in cloth and signed by the author. The first edition of this work, limited to seven hundred and fifty copie…
The Cope
Gertrude Bone · 1930 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)
London, The Medici Society , 1930. First edition. Hardback. A superb and very scarce limited edition copy signed by the author of this lyrical tale by Gertrude Bone, illustrated by her son Stephen Bone. The limited edition, published simultaneously as the first edition. Signed b…
Quasimodo Mouse
Bernard Stone · 1984 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)
London, Andersen Press, 1984. First edition. Hardback. A signed first edition copy of this illustrated children's book by Bernard Stone and Ralph Steadman. The first edition of this work. A lovely copy of this story for children written by Bernard Stone, and illustrated pro…
Merchantman Rearmed
David W. Bone · 1949 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)
London, Chatto and WIndus, 1949. Leather. A lovely limited edition copy, signed by both author and artist, of this memoir by David Bone, profusely illustrated and in the original publisher's box. The limited edition of this work, published simultaneously as the first editio…
The Grey Area
Sean Hughes · 1995 · Rooke Books
£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,096)
London, Pavilion, 1995. First edition. Cloth. A marvellous first edition, first impression copy of this miscellaneous of writings by Sean hughes, inscribed by the author. The first edition of this work. The first impression inscribed by the author to front free endpaper: "Much l…
A Perfect Spy
John Le Carre · 1986 · Rooke Books
£1,950.00 (€2,337.35 | $2,576.07 | ¥411,366)
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1986. First edition. Cloth. An unique signed set of John Le Carre's novel 'The Perfect Spy' Comprising a first edition, fourth impression and an uncorrected proof of the same novel. With association to television adaptations of Le Carre…
At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances
Alexander McCall Smith · 2003 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)
Edinburgh, Polygon, 2003. First edition. Paperback. A pristine signed first edition copy of this novel by Alexander McCall Smith. The first edition of this novel, signed by author to title page. A book following Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld and his troubled relationshi…
1991 the Redundancy of Courage
Timothy Mo · 1991 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1991. First edition. Cloth. A charming limited edition of Timothy Mo's Booker Prize nominated novel, signed by the author. 'The Redundancy of Courage' is set in Danu, a fictitious country in Southeast Asia. The tale is narrated by Adolph N…
Chosen Poems by Frederic Prokosch
Frederic Prokosch · 1944 · Rooke Books
£105.00 (€125.86 | $138.71 | ¥22,150)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1944. Cloth. A super copy of this selection of poems by Frederic Prokosch. A collection of Frederic Prokosch' poems, in the original, unclipped dustwrapper. Comprising fifteen lyrics, eleven elegies, eleven landscapes, seven legends, and one ode by …
Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century a Factor Overlooked by the Philosophes: The Population Explosion
Julian Huxley · 1963 · Rooke Books
£900.00 (€1,078.78 | $1,188.95 | ¥189,861)
Geneve, Not Stated, 1963. Paperback. A very scarce signed essay on the growth of population in the eighteenth century, signed by the author, Julian Huxley. Signed by the author to the front wrap. A very scarce work.A short treatise on the population explosion of the eighteenth …
Honour the Light Brigade a Record of the Services of Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men of the Five Light Cavalry Regiments, Wich Made Up the Light Brigade at Balaclava on October 25th 1854 and Saw Service in the Crimean from September 1854 to the End of the War.
Canon William Murrell Lummis, Kenneth G. Wynn [ed.] · 1973 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)
London, J. B. Hayward and Son , 1973. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic first edition of this work in the original unclipped dustwrapper on the Light Brigade, inscribed and signed by the editor. The first edition of this work. Signed by the editor to front free endpaper, dated 1…
The Theory of Intuitive Morals
Frances Power Cobbe · 1902 · Rooke Books
£440.00 (€527.40 | $581.27 | ¥92,821)
London, Swan Sonnenschein , 1902. Cloth. A corrected reprint of the third edition of this essay on intuitive morals, inscribed and signed by author. Very scarce. The fourth edition of this work, being a corrected reprint of the third edition of An Essay on Intuitive Morals wit…
The Last Records of a Cotswold Community: Being the Weston Subedge Field Account Book for the Final Twenty-Six Years of the Famous Cotswold Games Hitherto Unpublished and Now Edited with a Study on the Old Time Sports of Campden and the Village Community of Weston
Charles Robert Ashbee · 1904 · Rooke Books
£1,750.00 (€2,097.62 | $2,311.86 | ¥369,175)
Essex, Essex House Press, 1904. Cloth. A signed limited edition of this work written by the noted architect Charles Robert Ashbee. Limited edition numbered 47 of 75 copies issued. A scarce account of Gloucestershire by Robert Ashbee. Intended as a permanent account of a Cotswol…
The Imitation of Christ
Thomas A Kempis; Cedric Chivers · 1908 · Rooke Books
£4,800.00 (€5,753.48 | $6,341.09 | ¥1,012,593)
London, Chatto and Windus, 1908. Vellum. A finely bound copy of Thomas A Kempis' 'Of the Imitation of Christ&apos. In a beautiful vellucent binding by Cedric Chivers of Bath. A fantastic vellucent binding by the noted bookbinder Cedric Chivers. Chivers created this tec…
Unlikely Exploits 2 Heir of Mystery or Four Legs Good
Philip Ardagh · 2003 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)
London, Faber and Faber, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic first edition copy of this dark humour novel by Philip Ardagh, signed by both author and illustrator David Roberts. The first edition, first impression stated of this dark humour novel by Philip Ardagh. Thoroughly …
The Son of the Ruler
Derek McCulloch · 1954 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)
London, John Murray, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this work for children by a renowned BBC Radio presenter, known as 'Uncle Mac&apos. This is a fast-paced adventure novel for children detailing a plot to kidnap a native prince who is studying in Eng…
The Works of Dick Francis
Dick Francis · 1957 · Rooke Books
£6,500.00 (€7,791.17 | $8,586.90 | ¥1,371,220)
London, Michael Joseph, 1957-2000. First edition. Cloth. A complete run of the works of the prolific equestrian author, Dick Francis, with three signed by the author, including the early work 'For Kicks&apos. An exceptional set for any collector. Contains: The Sport of Quee…
The Tarns of Lakeland
W. Heaton Cooper · 1970 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)
Not Stated, Frederick Warne & Co. 1970. Cloth. An illustrated account of the tarns of the Lake District, written, illustrated and signed by W. Heaton Cooper. William Heaton Cooper (1903-1995) was an English impressionistic landscape artist who mostly used water colours and was r…