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Mes Souvenirs de Vingt Ans de Sejour a Berlin; Ou Frederic le Grand, Sa Famille, Sa Cour, Son Fouvernement, Son Academie, Ses Ecoles, Et Ses Amis Litterateurs Et Philosophes
Dieudonne Thiebault · 1804 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)
Paris, F Buisson, 1804. Leather. Signed work of reference concerned with Frederic the Great in three French volumes by Dieudonne Thiebault. Three of five volumes. In the original French. Concerned with the life and times of Frederic the Great of Prussia, by French man of letter …
Album of the Brenner Railway
None · 0 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)
Brenner, Not Stated, c1870. Cloth. A scarce collection of images of the Brenner Railway, with original German captions. German language. Twelve drawings of areas along the Brenner Railway, including: Sillfall am Berg Jsel, Arnwaldtunnel, Brenner-Post, Gossensass, Franzensfeste, …
La Vie de Disraeli
Andre Maurois · 1927 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)
Paris, Gallimard, 1927. Leather. A smart leather bound, limited edition copy of this French biography of Benjamin Disraeli. Limited edition, being number 448 of 1020. In the original French.From the series, the lives of great men, this is a biography of Benjamin Disraeli. Disrae…
MaiãoeâTresses
Laurent Duhamel Surville de Balzac · 1904 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)
Paris, Albin Michel, [1904]. Leather. A very scarce novel by Laurent Duhamel Surville de Balzac, the great nephew of French realist writer Honoré de Balzac. A very scarce novel by Laurent Duhamel Surville de Balzac, the great nephew of French realist writer Honoré de Balzac. Pub…
Flashman
George MacDonald Fraser · 1969 · Rooke Books
£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.16 | ¥71,725)
London, Herbert Jenkins, 1969 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of George MacDonald Fraser's first Flashman novel, the first of twelve works know collectively as 'The Flashman Papers&apos. The first edition, first impression in the publisher's original pri…
The Art of Jane Austen
Samuel Alexander · 1928 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)
Manchester , The University Press, 1928. Paperback. A very scarce signed copy of Samuel Alexander's study of Jane Austen's work. A very scarce work, rarely seen in commerce and found institutionally in six libraries including the British Library and the National Librar…
The Parisian Grammar
Louis Philippe R. F. de Porquet · 1839 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)
London, Fenwick de Porquet, 1839. Cloth. A very scarce grammar book for those English speakers wanting to improve their French. This very scarce nineteenth century grammar book is designed to help English speakers to develop their French language skills. Divided into four parts,…
La Dame Blanche de Blacknels, Divertissement Impromptu En Trois Actes Pour Une Fete de Famille Donnee Par Trois Enfants a Leur Mere
Thomas Arthur, Comte de Lally, Baron de Tollendal · 1827 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)
Paris, Imprimerie de Jules Didot Aine, 1827. Leather. A very scarce play called 'The White Lady of Blacknels', to be acted by three children for the entertainment of their mother, signed by the author Baron Tollendal. A very scarce work in a quarter calf binding. Inscr…
Letter from Walter William Ouless
Walter William Ouless · 1876 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)
-, -, 1876. Loose Pages, Articles. A letter written a signed by British portrait painter Walter William Ouless. In this letter, British portrait painter Walter William Ouless informs his friend Aquer of his plans to leave London, and requests to see the addressee if they can. Ou…
Italy, a Poem
Samuel Rogers · 1824 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)
London, John Murray, 1824. Hardback. A presentation copy of the fourth edition of Samuel Roger's poem on Italy. The volume contains the first part only. A presentation copy of the first part of Samuel Roger's longest poem. With an ink inscription to the title page that…
Ettrick Verse
William Addison · 1949 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
Edinburgh and London , The Ettrick Press, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition copy of this poetry collection by William Addison, with the original dust wrapper. A first edition copy. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. A collection of poems by Willi…
Sheridan: A Biography
W Fraser Rae · 1896 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)
London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1896. First edition. Leather. A signed presentation copy of W Fraser Rae's biography of Richard Brinsley Sheridan in two uniform volumes in Eyre & Spottiswoode binding. The first edition of this work. Complete in two volumes. Inscribed by th…
D.H. Lawrence and Maurice Magnus, a Plea for Better Manners
Norman Douglas · 1925 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)
London, Privately Printed, 1925. Paperback. A signed presentation copy of Norman Douglas's response to D.H. Lawrence's attack on American travel writer Maurice Magnus, including a signed letter from Douglas to sculptor John Tweed. Flat signed to the title page 'to…
The Dwellings of the Labouring Classes
Henry Roberts · 1867 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)
London, Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes, 1867 . Cloth. The fourth edition, sixth thousand of British architect Henry Roberts' illustrated study of the homes of the Victorian era labouring classes. First published in 1850, this fourth edition is …
Rex Whistler: Hist Life and His Drawings
Laurence Whistler · 1948 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)
London, Art and Technics, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this biographical sketch of Rex Whistler, by his brother. With inscription and drawing from Christopher Fry. First edition. Illustrated throughout with frontispiece and forty-eight plates, with m…
The Navigator
Jules Roy; Mervyn Savill [trans] · 1955 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)
New York, Alfred A. Knopf , 1955. First edition. Cloth. The first American edition of this novel by Jules Roy, complete with its scarce dust wrapper. The first American edition of this work, published in English in the UK edition in the same year. Translated from the French by M…
The St Frank&Apos;S Jubilee Companion: A Symposium to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Creation of St Frank&Apos;S
Robert Blythe [ed.] · 1977 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
Kent, John Wernham at the Museum Press, 1977. First edition. Paperback. A lovely first edition of this scarce collection celebrative of sixty years since St Frank's appearance in 'The Nelson Lee Library', signed by six contributors. The first edition of this work.…
Shadowmancer
Graham Peter Taylor · 2003 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)
London, Faber and Faber, 2003 . Cloth. The special hardback edition of G. P. Taylor's best selling novel, signed by the author. Special edition of Shadowmancer by G. P. Taylor in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. The first impression of…
Elise Venner a Romance of Destiny
Oliver Wendell Holmes · 1895 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)
Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1895. Leather. A lovely leather bound copy of Elise Venner, a romance of destiny by Oliver Wendell Holmes. From the series of The Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, being volume five of thirteen of the Riverside edition. Elise V…
Disraeli in Love; Disraeli Rising
Maurice Edelman · 1972 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)
London, Collins, 1972-1975 . First edition. Cloth. Two fine copies of Maurice Edelman's novels based on the life of Victorian Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. Signed by the author In the first two novels in this trilogy, Maurice Edelman reimagines the life of Benjamin Disr…