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5 Vols the Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson Volumes III-VII

Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson; Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas [Ed.] · 1845 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

London, Henry Colburn, 1845-1846 . Leather. The first edition of the concluding five volumes of Nelson's extensive correspondence, spanning the Battle of the Nile through to his final months and death at Trafalgar. In contemporary quarter calf over cloth boards, with remnan…

Escape: A Book of Escapes of All Kinds

[ed. by Francis Yeats-Brown] · 1937 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1937. Cloth. An anthology of daring escapes across modern history, stretching from Charles II to a British spy in Lenin's Russia. An early edition of Escape: A Book of Escapes of All Kinds, arranged and edited with introductions by British offic…

Monthly Changes of Japanese Street-Scenes: Calendar for 1901

T. Hasegawa · 1899 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

Tokyo, T. Hasegawa, [1899]. First edition. Paperback. The smart first edition of this Hasegawa crepe-paper calendar, richly illustrated in colour with twelve vivid seasonal scenes of Meiji-period Japan. In the publisher's original colour-printed crepe-paper wrappers.  First…

An Englishwoman&Apos;S Love-Letters

Laurence Housman · 1901 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, John Murray, 1901 . Vellum. The sixth impression of this scandalous collection of love-letters by Laurence Housman, in the original paper vellum binding. The sixth impression, with the first being published the year prior.  In the publisher's original full paper vel…

2vols in 1 Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1772

William Gilpin · 1786 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, R. Blamire, 1786 . First edition. Leather. A smart first edition of Gilpin"s seminal work on the Picturesque, illustrated with 30 plates, smartly rebound in half calf. Smartly rebound in a later half calf binding with marbled paper boards. Retaining first and final blank…

&Apos;Twixt Sand and Sea: Sketches and Studies in North Africa

Cyril Fletcher Grant; L. Grant · 1911 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1911 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this interesting early twentieth-century account of travelling in North Africa, illustrated throughout. The first edition.  In the publisher's original blue cloth binding.  With a …

An Accurate Description and History of the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St. Peter, York

Francis Drake · 1768 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, S. Crowder; N. Frobisher, c1770 . Leather. From antiquary and surgeon Francis Drake, this is a detailed 18th century study of the Church of St Peter in York. First published in 1768, this is an early edition of this work, not recorded by the ESTC. Undated; dated circa 17…

Complimentary Dinner to Mr J.C. Squire December 15 1932

J. C. Squire [in Honour of]; G. K. Chesterton [Chairman] · 1932 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Not Stated, 1932. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce and beautifully illustrated menu card and seating plan for a dinner head in honour of English author, J. C. Squire in December 1932, with some 500 guests. A very scarce illustrated menu for a dinner held in honour…

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Maisie Ward · 1943 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Sheed & Ward, 1943. First edition. Cloth. A very smart copy of the first edition of this early biography of one of England"s most distinctive literary and religious figures, written by a friend and fellow Catholic intellectual. In the publisher's original red cloth …

A Nip in the Air

John Betjeman · 1974 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

London, John Murray, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A pristine first edition of this pleasing poetry collection from former Poet Laureate John Betjeman, neatly presented in the original dust wrapper. First edition. In the publisher's original yellow cloth, neatly presented in …

Beresford Egan

Adrian Woodhouse · 2005 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Carlton-in-Coverdale, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, Tartarus Press, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A limited first edition of this highly illustrated biography of Beresford Egan, in the original dust wrapper. First edition. No. 49 of a limited run of 750 hand-numbered copies. In the pu…

Rambles in Japan: The Land of the Rising Sun

H. B. Tristram · 1895 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

New York, Fleming H. Revell Company , [1895]. Cloth. The first American edition of Tristram's richly illustrated journey through Japan, with forty-five illustrations by Edward Whymper, and a folding map to the rear. In the publisher's original pictorial green cloth bin…

Rylands

George 'Dadie' Rylands; Lord Rothschild [intro.] · 1988 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Hackney, The Stourton Press, 1988 . First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition collection of literary criticism by George 'Dadie' Rylands, with an introduction by Victor Rothschild. An uncommon limited edition volume, with this being No.57 of a two-hundred copy limi…

A Memoir of William Bagshawe (of Ford Hall)

William H. G. Bagshawe · 1887 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Mitchell and Hughes, 1887. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition biography of writer and minister William Bagshawe or Bagshaw, illustrated, and once owned by a member of Abney Hall's Watts family. A very scarce first edition biography. Bound in publisher…

The Microscope and Its Revelations

William B. Carpenter; W. H. Dallinger · 1901 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, J. & A. Churchill, 1901. Cloth. A very smart two volume set of this illustrated work, detailing the abilities of the contemporary microscope. A very smart two volume set, detailing the contemporary microscope, and demonstrating a variety of insights it offers. Both volum…

Some Appreciations of William Morris 24 March 1934

Geo. Ed. Roebuck [ed.] · 1934 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Walthamstow, Walthamstow Antiquarian Society, 1934 . First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition copy of this collection of essays on William Morris, with contributions from notable authors such as John Drinkwater. The first edition. In the publisher's original brown ca…

Poems

John Wilson · 1825 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood, 1825. First edition. Leather. A new and complete edition of the poems of the Edinburgh Romantic poet John Wilson, bound in full decorative contemporary calf. A new edition of Poems, the scarce anthology of a complete collection by the prolific Edinb…

The Ebb-Tide: A Trio and Quartette

Robert Louis-Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne · 1894 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, William Heinemann, 1894. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a nautical adventure by Robert Louis Stevenson considered among his greatest novels, an insightful exploration of colonialism. The first edition of The Ebb-Tide: A Trio and Quartette, a nuatical adventur…

The Treasure of the French and English Languages. Part I. Containing, I. A Vocabulary, French and English. II. Familiar Forms of Speech Upon the Most Common and Useful Subjects. Being Equally Necessary to the French, and Other Foreigners Understanding French, to Learn English: And the Best, If Not the Only, Help Extant for Them to Attain to the Knowledge of It.

Lewis Chambaud · 1750 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, A. Millar, 1750. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this eighteenth-century English to French dictionary by lexicographer, Lewis Chambaud. The first edition of this work, ESTC T53576. Bound in contemporary, full calf.  A comparative dictionary of English…

The Comedians

Graham Greene · 1966 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, The Bodley Head, 1966. First edition. Cloth. An exciting first edition of this acclaimed political novel from Graham Greene, in the original dust wrapper. First edition. In the publisher's original green cloth binding, presented in the unclipped dust wrapper. A high…