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The Court of Queen Elizabeth, Originally Written by Sir Robert Naunton Under the Title "Fragmenta Regalia
Sir Robert Naunton; James Caulfield. · 1814 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)
London, G. Smeeton; J. Caulfield, 1814 . Leather. A scarce subscriber"s copy of the Caulfield edition of Naunton"s Elizabethan court portraits, with twenty-one proof engravings and an additional hand-coloured portrait of Caulfield, one of just fifty large paper copies. In a cont…
Brides of Reason: A Selection of Poems
Donald Davie · 1955 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)
Oxford, Fantasy Press, 1955 . First edition. Paperback. A smart file copy of the first edition of Donald Davie's second collection of poems, signed by the founder of The Fantasy Press, Oscar Mellor. The first edition. A file copy, signed by English surrealist artist and p…
The Oxford Union 1823-1923
Herbert Arthur Morrah · 1923 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)
London, Cassell & Company, Ltd, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed presentation copy of the first edition of this illustrated historical account of one of the world's most prestigious private students' societies. The first edition. A very scarce signed…
The Wasp Factory
Iain Banks · 1984 · Rooke Books
£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)
London, Macmillan, 1984 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Iain Banks's debut novel, a fascinating and disturbing tale about a teenager living with his unusual father on a remote Scottish island. Inscribed 'To John with best wish…
Microscope: Its History, Construction, and Applications
Jabez Hogg · 1854 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)
London, Published at the Office of the Illustrated London Library; W. S. Orr and Co. 1854 . First edition. Cloth. A highly illustrated first edition of this contemporary introduction to microscopy, featuring the signature of Henry William Lett. First edition. In the publisher&ap…
Poems
Peter Quennell · 1926 · Rooke Books
£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.94 | ¥12,446)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A first and limited edition volume of charming poetry, doubly signed by Sir Peter Quennell. A doubly signed copy, with the author's signature to title page, where Quennell has struck off his printed name and written a cur…
The Rob Roy on the Jordan
J. MacGregor · 1869 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)
London, John Murray, 1869. First edition. Cloth. A first edition account of MacGregor's exciting canoe expeditions, with colour and folding illustrations. A first edition, in the publisher's red cloth. Decorated with enchanting gilt motif to front board, comprised of t…
Selection of Poems, Designed Chiefly for Schools and Young Persons
Various [ed. by Joseph Cottle] · 1823 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)
London, T. Cadell, 1823. Leather. The third edition of a scarce selection of didactic, lyrical and sentimental poems from the great writers of early modern England. The third edition of Selection of Poems, Designed Chiefly for Schools and Young Persons, a scarce anthology edited…
Hounds, Horses, and Hunting
Frances Pitt · 1948 · Rooke Books
£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.08 | ¥55,904)
London, Country Life Limited, 1948 . First edition. Cloth. A smart, signed first edition of Frances Pitt"s richly illustrated celebration of hounds, horses and the English hunting field, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher"s original green cloth b…
One Across, Two Down
Ruth Rendell · 1971 · Rooke Books
£270.00 (€323.63 | $356.69 | ¥56,958)
London, Hutchinson, 1971 . First edition. Cloth. A smart signed first edition of Ruth Rendell"s darkly comic psychological thriller, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original brown cloth binding. First edition. Complete with the orig…
(1982) Indemnity Only; (1984) Deadlock; (1986) Killing Orders.
Sara Paretsky · 1982 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1982-86. First edition. Cloth. The first three V. I. Warshawski detective novels, smartly encased in the original Gollancz dust wrappers, including one signed edition. Collection comprised of: (1982) Indemnity Only; (1984) Deadlock; (1986) Killing Or…
La Guerre de 1914: Documents Sur Ses Origines
None Stated [Albert Bonnard, ed.] · 1914 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)
Geneve, Imprimerie du Journal de Genève, 1914. First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound, very scarce collection of early speeches of WWI, from Swiss publication Journal de Genève. Signed by the editor. Signed by the author Albert Bonnard to Volume I, with a handwritten dedi…
The Microscopic Cabinet of Select Animated Objects; a History of Microtechnique; 18th-Century Microscopes: A Synopsis
[eds. by J.B. McCormick, Suzanne McCormick], Andrew Pritchard; Brian Bracegirdle; J.B. McCormick · 1987 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)
Lincolnwood, Illinois, Science Heritage Ltd. 1987. Cloth. Three attractive volumes within a scarce series celebrating microscopes and their contribution to science, profusely illustrated. Three volumes within the scarce History of Microscopy series, edited by microscope speciali…
Les Deux Hermites Dedie a Mylord Lyttelton Discours Qui a Remporteãâoeãâ le Prix aãâoeãâ L&Apos;Academie de Dijon, En L&Apos;AnneãâoeãâE 1750 Rãâ©Ponse Au Discours de Mr. Rousseau, Qui a Remportãâ© le Prix de L&Apos;Acadãâ©Mie de Dijon. Sur Cette Question: Si le Rãâ©Tablissement Des Sciences & Des Arts a Contribuãâ© ãâ ãâ©Purer Les Mãâoeurs
Noel Joseph Desenfans; Jean-Jacques Rousseau; [StanisÃÂ-ÃÂaw I LeszczyÃÂ-ÃÂski] · 1751 · Rooke Books
£5,750.00 (€6,892.19 | $7,596.10 | ¥1,213,002)
Londres [London]; Geneve [Geneva] , R Davis; J. Ridley; Chez Cl.& Any. Philibert Freres; [Not Stated], 1751-1773. First edition. Leather. An exceptional literary and philosophical snapshot of Enlightenment thinking, from some of the great writers of the period. Four volumes boun…
Casino Royale; Moonraker; Diamonds Are Forever; Thunderball
Ian Fleming · 1964 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)
London, Pan Books Ltd. 1964-1965. Paperback. Four Pan paperbacks of Fleming's classic series, with smart graphic covers designed by Raymond Hawkey after the release of the first films. Four out of nine unabridged volumes within the early Pan paperback series of James Bond, …
The Byways of Montgomeryshire
John Bancroft Willans · 1905 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)
London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a very scarce exploration of the scenic county in the heart of Wales, written and signed by a national historian and philanthropist. The very scarce first edition of The Byways of Montgome…
Mr. Jorrocks&Apos; Lectors from Handley Cross
R.S. Surtees · 1910 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. First edition. Leather. The signed limited edition of a collection of amusing lectures delivered by the vulgar Vicotrian protagonist, illustrated by Punch artist George Denohlm Armour. The deluxe signed limited edition of Mr. Jorrocks' Le…
Selections from the Poems of William Wordsworth, Esq. Chiefly for the Use of School and Young Persons
William Wordsworth; Joseph Hine [ed.] · 1831 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)
[London], [Edward Moxon], [1831]. Leather. The first edition of Joseph Hine's major school anthology dedicated to the verses of William Wordsworth. The first edition of this Wordsworth collection edited by schoolmaster Joseph Hine, who sought the Poet Laureate's author…
Cassiope and Other Poems
Boleyne Reeves · 1890 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)
London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd. 1890. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first-edition poetry collection from the harpist Boleyne Reeves, signed and presented by his wife. First edition. Very scarce.  In the publisher's original quarter-cloth binding.  …
A Vendetta
Guy de Maupassant; Mary R. Folwell · 1892 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)
Philadelphia, Not Stated, 1892. Leather. A vanishingly scarce translation of this tale from Guy de Maupassant - rarely found in a separate edition. Signed by the translator. A signed presentation copy, inscribed "compliments of the translator" to the front blank. A vanishingly s…