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Mrs Claude&Apos;S Curtain Lectures
Douglas Jerrold · 1866 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)
London, Bradbury, Evans, & Co. 1866. First edition. Leather. Bright first edition of this comical series by Douglas Jerrold, strikingly rebound in full morocco by Leighton. First book form edition of this work. Comic series by English dramatist and writher Douglas Jerrold, givin…
Armadillo
William Boyd · 1998 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1998. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first impression of this novel by William Boyd, signed by the author. William Boyd's seventh novel, first to be set in Britain. Following Lorimer Black, a successful loss adjuster, as his life starts to unrav…
The Ingoldsby Legends of Mirth and Marvels
Thomas Ingoldsby [Richard Harris Barham] · 1936 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1936. Hardback. A beautiful Zaehnsdorf morocco bound edition of the famous Ingoldsby Legends. A popular collection of myths, legends, ghost stories, and poetry by English clergyman Richard Harris Barham, published under pen-pane Thomas Ingoldsby of Tapp…
Some Particulars Contributed Towards a Memoir of Mrs. Myddelton
G. Steinman Steinman · 1864 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)
Not Stated, Not Stated, 1864. First edition. Cloth. A scarce and privately printed biographical account of Jane Myddelton, one of the 'Windsor Beauties', written by G. Steinman Steinman and signed by the author to the title page. First edition, scarce, 'printed fo…
A World of Love Eleanor Roosevelt and Her Friends 1943-1962
Joseph P. Lash · 1984 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)
Pennsylvania , The Franklin Library , 1984. First edition. Leather. A stunning, limited first edition signed book containing the letters of Eleanor Roosevelt collated by her close friend Joseph Paul Lash. This is a stunning limited first edition of A World of Love, which has bee…
The Unfortunate Traveller
Thomas Nash · 1930 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)
London , The Verona Society , 1930. Cloth. An illustrated re-print of the adventurous and enthralling novel The Unfortunate Traveller. This is a reprinted copy of Thomas Nash's novel The Unfortunate Traveller: Or the Life of Jack Wilton first published in 1594. The text has…
Depositio Cornuti Typographici: A Mirthful Play Performed at the Confirmation of a Journeyman
William Blades [rans.]; James Moran [ed.] · 1962 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
Colchester , Maximilian Editions/Bertram Rota, 1962. Brochure/Pamphlet. A lovely copy of this limited edition play complete with slipcase, signed by the editor. A limited edition, one of five hundred copies signed by the editor James Moran, this number three-hundred and twenty s…
Sidney Nolan
T.G. Rosenthal · 2002 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)
London, Thames and Hudson, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated work on the career of Australian painter Sidney Nolan, signed by the author and editor, Tom Rosenthal, to the half title page. A fascinating work on the artistic career of twentieth-century Australi…
Lettre de Monsieur, Et de M. Le Comte D&Apos;Artois, Au Roi Leur Frere, Avec la Declaration Signã©E a Pilnitz le 27 Aoust 1791, Par L&Apos;Empereur Et le Roi de Prusse. Lettre Au Roi Par M. Le Prince de Condã©, M. Le Duc de Bourbon, M. Le Duc D&Apos;Enghien.
Charles X; Louis XVIII · 1791 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)
Koblenz, Chez Brille, 1791 . Unbound. A contemporary printing of an important 1791 letter sent by the future Charles X and Louis XVIII, advising their bother, King Louis XVI, on the course of the Revolution. In the original French. An important document marking a turning point i…
Collection of New Year&Apos;S Greetings
Various · 1967 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)
New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1967-79. First edition. Cloth. A collection of seven limited edition works published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, containing promotional extracts of a range of then un-released books by authors such as Mary McCarthy, John Pearson, and Charle…
A New and Compendious History of the County of Warwick, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time
William Smith · 1830 · Rooke Books
£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.46 | ¥209,902)
Birmingham, W. Emans, 1830 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce and richly illustrated study of the history of Warwick, in a bright half morocco signed binding. The scarce first edition of this detailed and illustrated study of the history and topography of…
Floral Rambles in Highways and Byways by Rev. Prof. G. Henslow, M.A. F.L. S. , F.G. S. , Etc. With Thirty-Two Coloured Plates and One Hundred Black and White Illustrations
Professor G. Henslow · 1915 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)
London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1915. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated edition of this scarce work from Professor G. Henslow. Complete with 32 colour plates. A scarce first edition of Professor George Henslow"s "Floral Rambles in Highways and By…
Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush
Ian Maclaren · 1896 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1896 . Hardback. A scarce, signed, Limited Edition of this charming collection of Scottish stories by Ian Maclaren, complete with the very scarce original dust wrapper, and illustrated throughout by William Hole. The scarce signed Limited Edition of…
My Name Was Judas
C.K. Stead · 2006 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Harvill Secker, 2006. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition copy of this reimagining of the life and betrayal of Jesus's disciple, Judas, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. A charming and enthralling reimagining of the life of one of the twelve disciples…
Fool&Apos;S Gold
Jane Jakeman · 1998 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Headline, 1998 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed first edition of this historical mystery novel set in 1830s England. A signed first edition, first impression of this very scarce historical mystery novel from art historian and author Jane Jakeman. In the publi…
Poems by Thomas Gray
Thomas Gray · 1894 · Rooke Books
£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.74 | ¥27,424)
Eton, Eton College Press, 1894. Leather. The collected poems of Thomas Gray, in an elegant full calf Eton College binding signed Spottiswoode & Co. featuring decorations throughout. The collected poems of Thomas Gray, English poet known for his 1751 Elegy Written in a Country Ch…
Bertie and the Seven Bodies: From the Detective Memoirs of King Edward VII
Peter Lovesey · 1990 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Century: A Mysterious Press Book, 1990. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this engaging mystery novel by Peter Lovesey, signed by the author. The first edition of this work, published in the same year as the first US edition. A mystery novel following a series o…
Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold
Matthew Arnold · 1913 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1913. Leather. A lovely copy of the collected poetical works of Matthew Arnold, in a Lancing College school prize binding signed Bickers & Son. A later printing of this work collecting the poetical works of Matthew Arnold. Victorian poet and cultural cr…
Framley Parsonage
Anthony Trollope · 1861 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)
London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1861. First edition. Leather. Illustrated by Millais, this is the first edition of this instalment of Anthony Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire, a series praised for their insight into Victorian life and society. The first edition in book form …
Castaways of the Flying Dutchman
Brian Jacques · 2001 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)
London, Viking, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful first edition copy of the first book in Brian Jacques' 'Castaways' series, with in-text illustrations. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the half-title page. In the original unclipped d…