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Hot Pressed Doctors Outwitted; or, Who&Apos;S Afraid.

Hugo de la Loy [pseud] · 1808 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

Edinburgh, J. Robertson, 1808. Cloth. A scarce second edition of this amusing record of legal proceedings in Scotland. This text, written by Hugh Leslie using the pseudonym Hugo De La Loy, contains a witty account of the author's dispute with the authorities of King's …

The Raid of the Kers

The Ettrick Shepherd [James Hogg] · 1830 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.61 | $376.50 | ¥60,123)

London , Privately Printed , c1888. Cloth. A delightfully illustrated and rare copy of James Hogg's The Raid of the Kers. Originally published in Blackwood's Magazine, December 1830. The last v pages comprise notes on the Armorial Bearings of the Family of Ker. Designe…

The Election

George Brittaine · 1840 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.84 | ¥48,520)

Dublin , Richard Moore , 1840 . Cloth. A scarce copy of this fictional work, focusing on political issues of the victorian era. Inscribed to the title page "With the author's affectionate regards". From the author "Recollections of Hyacinth O'Gara", and "Confessions of…

Royal Greenwich

Olive Hamilton; Nigel Hamilton · 1969 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, The Greenwich Bookshop, 1969. Cloth. A signed limited edition on this history of Greenwich. With photographs by Stanley Devon and Elizabeth Lewis as well as historical illustrations drawn from archives, galleries and collections throughout Britain. One of a signed and nu…

Bacchanales

Nicos Nicolaidis · 1996 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

Paris, Elyette Peyre, 1996. Cloth. An excellent and scarce proof copy of this collection of lithographs by artist Hastaire, a limited, signed edition. This is a scarce proof copy of this collection of lithographs by artist Hastaire. One of 115 limited edition copies signed by th…

Jeanne D&Apos;Arc Apres Cinq Cents Ans

Gabriel Hanotaux · 1929 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Paris, Librairie Plon, 1929. Leather. A copy of Hanotaux's Jeanne d'Arc Apres Cing Cents Ans, with dedication by the author. A copy of Hanotaux's Jeanne d'Arc Apres Cing Cents Ans. Albert Auguste Gabriel Hanotaux, known as Gabriel Hanotaux, (1853 1944) was a …

Glossarium Graecum in Sacros Novi Foederis Libros

Joannes Alberti · 1735 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Lugdunum Batavorum, Samuelem Luchtmans, 1735. Vellum. Two well preserved and scarce religous texts in Latin bound in one. 'Glossarium Graecum in Sacros Novi Foederis Libros Ex Mss' and 'Joannis Alberti Periculum Criticum In Quo Loca Quaedam Cum Veteris Ac Novi Foe…

Traite D&Apos;Analyse Des Matieres Agricoles

L. Grandeau · 1897 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.67 | ¥16,874)

Paris, Berger-Levrault, 1897. Leather. A signed copy of this interesting scientific study on agriculture, in the original French. In the original French.Complete in two volumes.An author's presentation copy, with an ink inscription to a front blank of volume I, dated 1897.T…

Contes de la Vie Intime

Andre Theuriet · 1890 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.93 | $59.43 | ¥9,491)

Paris, N. Martinet, c1890. Leather. A collection of short stories, offering an insight in people's private lives. In the original French. In a signed binding by Birdsall and Son. Andre Theuriet gives natural, simple pictures of rustic and especially of woodland life, and Th…

Le Jardin D&Apos;Amour Ou le Vendangeur Poeme Traduit Litteralement de L&Apos;Italien de L Tansillo

C F Mercier · 1798 · Rooke Books

£1,300.00 (€1,558.23 | $1,717.38 | ¥274,244)

Paris, Chez Les Marchands de Nouveautes, 1798/VI. First edition. Leather. C F Mercier's translation of L Tansillo's famous work. With a charming frontispiece of the grape harvest of Nole in 1550. A male grape picker is surrounded by three women. Signed by Mercier. Prio…

Face to Face

Nadine Gordimer · 1949 · Rooke Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.30 | $1,651.33 | ¥263,696)

Johannesburg, Silver Leaf Books, 1949. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this collection of short stories by South African author, Nadine Gordimer. Signed by the author to the title page With the scarce original dustwrapper. Including 'A Commonplace Story',…

A Victorian Album of Engravings Illustrated for Friendship&Apos;S Offering and Forget Me Not, Including Proofs

None · 0 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

London, Smith, Elder & Co; R. Ackermann, c1830. Leather. A beautiful series of proof engravings designed for two Victorian literary annuals, bound in full decorative morocco. Comprising forty-five mounted engravings, from the hands of J. W. Cook, T. Garner, W. Wellis, S. S. Smit…

Joao Penalva: Works with Text and Images

Various [inc. Rachel Withers, Bruno Marchand, Joao Nisa] · 2011 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Lisbon/Odense, Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian Lisboa & Kunsthallen Brandts, 2011. First edition. Paperback. The signed first edition of an illustrated catalogue celebrating the work of award-winning Portuguese conceptual artist Joao Penalva, with his work often focusing on memory …

Sir William Petty&Apos;S Plan for a System of Instruction Relative to the Business of the Marine Department

Sir William Petty; Samuel Bentham · 1779 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, M'Creery, printer, Black Horse Court, Fleet-Street, 1779 . First edition. Unbound. The very scarce first edition of Samuel Bentham's broadsheet, based on the 1694 work 'What a Compleat Treatise of Navigation Should Contain' by Sir William Petty. This …

The Conquest of the South Pole; the Conquest of the North Pole

J. Gordon Hayes · 1932 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.14 | ¥146,615)

London, Thornton Butterworth, 1932-1934 . First edition. Cloth. The impressively illustrated first editions of J. Gordon Hayes's accounts of early 20th century Polar exploration, with his study of the North Pole being a signed presentation copy from the author himself. The …

The Allies&Apos; Fairy Book

Edmund Gosse [intro.] · 1916 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, William Heinemann, 1916. First edition. Cloth. Beautifully illustrated with colour plates by Arthur Rackham, this is the first trade edition of this wartime fairy tale anthology, gathering short stories native to the Allied powers. The first trade edition of this work. T…

Choice Poems from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1883 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Paris & New York, Cassell & Company, Limited, [1883]. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this delightful poetry collection by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, illustrated from paintings by his son. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.With the prize bo…

Oswald Bastable and Others

E. Nesbit · 1905 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. 1905. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this witty collection of Nesbit"s Edwardian stories, illustrated by Charles Edmund Brock and Harold Robert Millar. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.First edition. A charming col…

The Country Wife

William Wycherley · 1934 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Hutchinson & Co Ltd, 1934 . Hardback. Limited edition of Wycherley's popular Restoration satire, profusely illustrated in colour. Signed by renowned illustrator Steven Spurrier. Limited edition. No. 328 of 1000 copies.In publisher's original quarter-cloth bindi…

South Bank: Memories of Riverside Lambeth Before the Festival Exhibition

Noel Spencer · 1955 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Norwich , Norwich Art School, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. An illustrated memoir of Lambeth before the Festival Exhibition, singed by the author and illustrator, and accompanied by a revealing letter attesting to the value of Spencer"s London work. In the publisher's origin…