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Exploration Du Parc National de la Garamba

Jacques Verschuren · 1957 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Bruxelles, M. Hayes, 1957. First edition. Paperback. The very scarce signed first edition of this French biologist's scientific study of the bats of the Congo's Garamba National Park. In the original French.The very scarce first edition of the biologist and ornithologi…

Abraham Lincoln Mary Stuart Oliver Cromwell

John Drinkwater · 1921 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, LTD, 1921. First edition. Leather. A Hatchards bound collection of the three popular historical plays by John Drinkwater, on Lincoln, Mary Stuart, and Cromwell, from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Bound by Hatchards.A lovely volume of three …

Babel Tower

A. S. Byatt · 1996 · Rooke Books

£92.00 (€110.28 | $121.54 | ¥19,409)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of this wonderful novel by A. S. Byatt, a superb copy of this novel which is generally considered to be one of the best. A first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the ti…

An Introduction to the Study of Costume, from Nudity to Raiment

Hilaire Hiler · 1929 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, W. & G. Foyle, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first edition study of costume around the globe, beautifully illustrated in colour, and with numerous photographic examples. The first edition of this history of fashion, clothing and costume around the world from…

Race Rock

Peter Matthiessen · 1954 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1954 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this emotional novel from prominent American writer Peter Matthiessen, in the publisher's original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this novel from American author, naturalist…

Double Defector

Patrick Wayland · 1964 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

New York, The Crime Club by Doubleday and Company, 1964 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this exciting Crime Club thriller, following the lives of agents of a privately funded, top secret organization. The very scarce first US edition of this thrilling adve…

In Chancery

John Galsworthy · 1920 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, William Heinemann, 1920. First edition. Fine Binding. A finely bound, first edition of the second novel in John Galsworthy's Forsyte Saga. From the library of socialite and patron of the arts Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. 'In Chancery' is set fourteen years af…

The Birds of Pembrokeshire and Its Islands

Rev. Murray A. Mathew · 1894 · Rooke Books

£330.00 (€395.56 | $435.98 | ¥69,620)

London, R. H. Porter, 1894 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this ornithological study of the Pembrokeshire region of Wales, illustrated with photographic plates and folding colour maps. The first edition of Reverend Murray A. Mathew's study of Pembrokeshire&apos…

The Stick and the Stars

Commander William King · 1958 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Hutchinson of London, 1958 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this decorated submarine commander's memoir of the Second World War, dedicated to the socialite in whose house he wrote the work. The first edition of this autobiographical work from Britis…

Westward Ho!

Charles Kingsley · 1899 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, Macmillan and Co , 1899 . Leather. Charles Kingsley's exciting work of historical adventure fiction, in a charming full calf school prize binding. A smart edition of Charles Kingsley's famous historical novel, in a full calf signed school prize binding from Rel…

Byron

Andre Maurois · 1930 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

Paris, Bernard Grasset, 1930. First edition. Fine Binding. A very smartly bound first edition set of Andre Maurois' biography of Byron. From the library at Julians Park, once home to socialite and patron of arts Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. This work is numbered 516 of copies …

Sixteenth-Century Bristol

John Latimer · 1908 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith, 1908 . Cloth. A fascinating historical study of Bristol in the sixteenth century, drawing information from contemporary account books. A lovely example of historian John Latimer's study of Bristol in the 1500s, discussing Bristol history during th…

The Life of Joseph Wolf, Animal Painter

A. H. Palmer · 1895 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1895 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this biographical study of German artist Joseph Wolf, illustrated throughout with examples of Wolf's work. The first edition of Alfred Herbert Palmer's study of the life of German artist an…

Ripe Howlers

Cecil Hunt · 1939 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Methuen Publishers, 1939. First edition. Hardback. A signed first edition of one of Cecil Hunt's popular howlers, humorous volumes of mistakes made by schoolchildren, signed by the author, from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. A first edition of this work.Si…

The Waterloo Lass

Mary H Debenham · 1901 · Rooke Books

£176.00 (€210.96 | $232.52 | ¥37,131)

London, National Society's Depository, 1901. First edition. Fine Binding. A very smart first edition copy of this children's novel. From the library of socialite and patron of the arts, Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. An uncommon novel. Undated, dated from LibraryHub. Illu…

Love in the Eighteenth Century

Edmond et Jules de Goncourt · 1905 · Rooke Books

£590.00 (€707.21 | $779.47 | ¥124,472)

London, Arthur L Humphreys, 1905. Fine Binding. A finely bound copy of this scarce study of how love is portrayed in the eighteenth century by Edmond and Jules Goncourt. In a beautiful binding by Hatchards of Piccadilly, with their binder's stamp to the verso of the front e…

The Chronicle of Bristol No. VI

1829 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Bristol, Philip Rose, 1829-1830. Cloth. Five issues of a very scarce Bristol periodical, providing insight into the interests of the city inhabitants in 1829. Volume No. VI of this very scarce Bristol based periodical, consisting of five consecutive issues published between Augu…

Abraham Lincoln

Lord Charnwood · 1917 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1917. Fine Binding. A finely bound, early edition of this biography of the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. From the library of socialite and patron of the arts, Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The third edition of this work. A co…

Les Chats

Champfleury · 1870 · Rooke Books

£2,300.00 (€2,756.91 | $3,038.62 | ¥485,229)

Paris, J. Rothschild, 1870. Cloth. A lovely edition du luxe of this unique and charming work by Champfleury, a series of illustrated essays on cats. The fifth edition of this work, an impressive edition du luxe.In the original French.An entertaining series of essays on cats, hig…

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare · 1981 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Bickers and Son, c1920. Fine Binding. A smart copy of William Shakespeare's works. From the library of Peter Pleydell-Bouverie, the husband of noted doyenne of transatlantic high society Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. In a full tree calf binding. With a prize inscriptio…