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The Crown of Wild Olive. Four Lectures on Industry and War. Sesame and Lilies
John Ruskin · 1904 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)
London, George Allen, 1904-06. Vellum. A smartly bound two volume collection of interesting essays by the influential John Ruskin. Complete in two volumes. In a full vellum binding, signed by Bumpus. 'The Crown of Wild Olive' is a collection of four lectures by Ruskin,…
An Atlas for School, Containing Ancient and Modern Maps, Drawn from the Best Authorities ; Prefaced by Twenty-Four Problems on Maps, and by a Copious Table of Latitudes and Longitudes
Rev J Goldsmith · 1813 · Rooke Books
£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.34 | ¥68,561)
London, Richard Phillips, 1813. Leather. A very scarce works of cartography profusely illustrated with folding maps. A very scarce work. By the author of several geographical and educational works, the Rev. J. Goldsmith. This volume includes a chapter defining map related terms …
Things Japanese Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan for the Use of Travellers and Others
Basil Hall Chamberlain · 1927 · Rooke Books
£950.00 (€1,138.71 | $1,255.01 | ¥200,409)
London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co Limited, 1927. Leather. A beautifully bound copy of this fascinating Japanese travel work, signed by the author and with an excellent folding map to the rear of the work. With binder's stamp of Henry Sotheran to recto of front free…
The Route Book of Devon, for Rail and Road, a Guide for the Stranger & Tourist. With Maps and Plans
Anonymous · 0 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)
Exeter, H. Besley & Son, c1870. Cloth. A delightful route guide to England south-western county of Devon. The volume is illustrated throughout with eight folding maps documenting the region. An interesting work of British Topography. A new edition this work is designed for the s…
Paolo & Francesca a Tragedy in Four Acts
Stephen Phillips · 1916 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)
London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1916. Leather. A lovely leather bound copy of Stephen Phillips's tragedy 'Paolo & Francesca', in a signed Bumpus binding. Stephen Phillips was a notable English poet and dramatist, widely renowned for this play, 'Paolo & Fr…
Letters from His Late Majesty to the Late Lord Kenyon, on the Coronation Oath with His Lordship&Apos;S Answers: And Letters of the Rt. Hon. William Pitt to His Late Majesty, with His Majesty&Apos;S Answers, Previous to the Dissolution of the Ministry in 1801.
George III; Lord Kenyon; William Pitt; · 1827 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)
London, John Murray, 1827. First edition. Leather. A selection of letters from George III to two political figures regarding the proposition of Catholic emancipation and his Coronation Oath. He writes to British politician and barrister, Lord Kenyon and the then Prime Minister W…
Voltaire Et L&Apos;Encyclopedie
Raymond Naves · 1938 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)
Paris, Les Editions des Presses Modernes, 1938. Cloth. An interesting look on Voltaires pamphlet arguing for the ban on 'l'Encyclopedie' to be lifted in France. An uncommon work. This is a critical work looking at Voltaire's 1774 pamphlet 'De l'Ency…
A Cape Horn Calm and Other Verses
R. M. Ballantyne · 1911 · Rooke Books
£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)
Edinburgh, James Nisbet & Co. Limited, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A charming copy of this collection of poetry, inscribed by the author's daughter. First edition. Scarce. With an inscription by the author's daughter, Isobel, to the title page reading: "Robert James Gr…
Excursions British Association for the Advancement of Science
Various · 1900 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)
Bradford, William Byles and Sons, 1900. First edition. Cloth. An interesting and scarce source used by members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Bradford, for their excursions. Being a collection of useful guides for various activities and locations ar…
Queer Fish: Character Sketches
Robert Overton · 1883 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)
London, Dean & Son, c.1883 [as stated by Copac]. Paperback. A scarce second edition copy of Robert Overton's 'Queer Fish: Character Sketches&apos. Containing nine character sketches: 1- Peter Adair: a CURATE'S Story. 2- Two Scars: a COCOANUT-MAN'S Story. 3- O…
The Age of Longing
Arthur Koestler · 1951 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)
London, Collins, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of 'The Age of Longing' by Hungarian-British author and journalist Arthur Koestler. In the original publisher's green cloth binding, complete with a pictorial unclipped dustwrapper. Koestler, origin…
Dear Illusion
Kingsley Amis · 1972 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)
London, Covent Garden Press Limited, 1972. Paperback. A limited edition copy of this short story, signed by Amis to the colophon. Limited edition of six hundred copies, of which one hundred are signed. This is number forty two. In this short story, Amis tells the story of an age…
The Anti-Death League
Kingsley Amis · 1966 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)
London, Victor Gollancz, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this novel by Kingsley Amis. With a tipped in signature of the author to the title page. The first edition of this work. Held in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Critically, this intellectual thril…
Gerald Scarfe
Gerald Scarfe · 1983 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)
London, Thames and Hudson, 1983. Paperback. A collection of Gerald Scarfe's cartoons and illustrations. Signed by the author to the half-title page, 'To the Denetts Best Wishes Gerald Scarfe, Royal Festival Hall April 29th 1983&apos. A reprint of this work, which was f…
Rhymes for the Irreverent
E Y Harburg · 1965 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)
New York, Grossman Publishers, 1965. First edition. Hardback. A signed, first edition of this collection of rhymes. Signed by the author to the half title page, with his name 'E Y Harburg&apos. Gift inscription to the recto of front endpaper from two individuals who were fr…
W Shakespeare Gent. His Actual Nottebooke
Graham Clarke · 1992 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)
Maidestone, Ebenezer Press, 1992. First edition. Hardback. A witty, humorous work posing as William Shakespeare's diary. Signed by the author, stated as discoverer, Graham Clarke. Inscription reads 'For Mollie with all good wishes from Graham Clarke&apos. This is the f…
Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe
Walter De La Mare · 1930 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)
London, Faber and Faber, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating work of literary criticism on 'Desert Islands' in literary fiction. First trade edition. Issued the same time as a limited, signed edition. Held in the original dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout with …
Sabine&Apos;S Notebook in Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin and Sabine Continues
Nick Bantock · 1993 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)
London, Macmillan, 1993. First edition. Hardback. The first U.K edition of this wonderful interractive epistolary work, which won the 'Bill Duthie Bookseller's Choice Award' for 1993 This is the second work in 'The Griffin and Sabine Trilogy&apos. Alike to hi…
The Temptation of St Antony; Bouvard and Pãâ©Cuchet
Gustave Flaubert; D. F. Hannigan [trans.] · 1895 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)
London, H. S. Nichols, 1895-96. First edition. Cloth. An excellent matching set of two first English edition titles by Gustave Flaubert, charmingly illustrated with plates after original designed by S. Gòrski. Two first edition, first impression copies of this English translati…
Letters from a Lost Uncle
Mervyn Peake · 1948 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)
London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this eccentric Arctic adventure, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper and illustrated throughout in Peake's unmistakable style. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth bind…