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Journey to Turkistan

Sir Eric Teichman · 0 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Hodder and Stoughton Limited, c1937. Cloth. An excellently illustrated early edition of Teichman"s wonderful journey from Peking to Kashgar via motor car. The first edition edition of this work. Undated, with the date estimated from the British Library record.  Smartly r…

Drawings by Mervyn Peake

Mervyn Peake · 1949 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Mervyn Peake, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this work devoted to Peake's art, combining sixty-two plates with his own manifesto on the art and language of drawing, complete with the original dust wrapper. In the publisher's pale gre…

Loquitur

Basil Bunting · 1965 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Fulcrum Press, 1965. First edition. Hardback. A smart first and limited edition volume of verse from Briggflatts poet Basil Bunting. A first edition, bound in the publisher's original pictorial boards.  This copy belongs to a limited edition, being one of 1000 copie…

The Hidden Church of the Holy Graal Its Legends and Symbolism

Waite Arthur Edward · 1909 · George Jeffery Books

£425.00 (€509.43 | $561.48 | ¥89,662)

Rebman Limited Book measures 23.5x15.5.cm. xix,713,[1]pp. Bound in original publishers red cloth, with gilt lettering. Cloth lightly rubbed, some minor abrasion wear, gilt lettering and symbol faded. Generally binding in good clean condition. Internally, previous owners name, da…

The Trial of John Frost, for High Treason: under a special commission, held at Monmouth, in December 1839, and January 184

Gurney Joseph and Thomas [ Taken in Short-hand By ] · 1840 · George Jeffery Books

£425.00 (€509.43 | $561.48 | ¥89,662)

Saunders & Benning, Law Booksellers Book measures 23x15.5.cm. iv,778pp. Bound in period boards. At some time, the book has been sympathetically rebacked, retaining the period label. Some minor abrasion wear on edges. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, many pa…

Aegypten 1894

Fircks A. Freiherrn v · 1895 · George Jeffery Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

Geographische Verlagshandlung Two volumes bound in one. Book measures 21.5x16.cm. vii,300, iv,290pp, folding map, original covers bound in. Bound in modern buckram, gilt lettering. Cloth rubbed, abrasion wear, short split on hinge joint, institutional library stamp and label. Ge…

Thirty-Eight Years in India. From Juganath to the Himalaya Mountains [ Volume 2 Only ]

Tayler William · 1882 · George Jeffery Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

W. H. Allen VOLUME 2 ONLY.Book measures 23x15.5.cm. xiv,[2]565,[2]pp, 15 plates, including frontis, text illustrations. Bound in original publishers green decorative cloth, with black and gilt lettering. Cloth lightly rubbed, some abrasion wear, lean on spine. Binding in good co…

Too Strange Not to be True

Fullerton Lady Georgiana · 1864 · George Jeffery Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

Richard Bentley VOLUMES 2 & 3 ONLY. Books measure, 20.5x13.5.cm.[4],266pp, [4],296pp. Bound in original publishers embossed green cloth, with gilt lettering. Cloth very lightly rubbed, slight lean on spines. Both bindings in very good clean condition. Internally, possible period…

Perfidia De Alemania y de Castilla en la prisión, entrega, accusación y processo del Serenissimo Infante de Portugal Don Duarte

Francisco Velasco de Gouveia · 1652 · George Jeffery Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

Emprenta Craesbeekiana LACKING PORTRAIT. Book measures 29x20.cm. (24) 390 (53)pp. Bound in modern full leather, blind and gilt stamped tooling, raised bands, leather labels. Calf lightly rubbed, marked. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, previous owners bookp…

Halifax the Life of Lord Halifax

Birkenhead the Earl of · 1965 · George Jeffery Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Hamish Hamilton Signed binding. Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Gift inscription '' To Lady Halifax with warmest regards from the author, Freddy. Christmas, 1965. Bound in full leather, raised bands, gilt lines, leather label, full gilt edges. Leather lightly rubbed, hinge joints have we…

A Narrative of the Proceedings at the Laying of the First Stone of the New Buildings at Bethlem Hospital on Thursday, the 26th day of July M.DCCC.XXX.VIII

Laurie Peter · 1838 · George Jeffery Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Printed for the Governors of Bridewell and Bethlem Hospital Book measures 23.5x14.5.cm. 62pp, large folding plan, 2 other folding plates. Bound in original publishers green embossed cloth, with gilt lettering. Cloth lightly rubbed, monor abrasion wear. Binding in good condition.…

History of Hertfordshire: Containing an Account of the Descents of the Varoius Manors; Pedigrees of Families Connected with the County; Antiquities, Local, Customs, Etctera

Cussans John Edwin · 1870 · George Jeffery Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

Stephen Austin Complete in 3 volumes.Books measure 15 1/2 x 12 inches, ( 39.5x30.5mm ) Collation, 203pp, 334pp, 346pp, 21 lithographic plates, 1 double page coloured folding map. Bound in period half calf, raised bands, gilt title lettering, cloth boards, marble endpapers. Some …

The History of the Reigns of Edward and Richard II. With Reflections and Characters of their Cheif Ministers and Favourites

Howard Sir Robert · 1690 · George Jeffery Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

Printed By F. Collins, for Thomas Fox North Library bookplate. Book measures 17.5x11.5.cm. xli,[1],183pp. Bound in period panelled calf, raised bands. Calf rubbed, worn, hinge joints split, top board nearly detached. Internally, heavy foxing to endpapers, moderate browning to a …

The Natural, Experimental, and Medicinal History of the Mineral Waters of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire, particularly those of Scarborough [ Large Paper Copy ]

Short Thomas · 1734 · George Jeffery Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

Printed for the Author, and Sold by F. Gyles Book measures 26x21.cm. [20],xxii,359,[3], 1 single page, and 4 folding plates. Bound in full period panelled calf, raised bands, gilt lines, gilt stamped, leather label. Calf rubbed, hinge joints split, but boards attached. Internall…

Dartomoor a Descriptive Poem

Carrington N. T. · 1826 · George Jeffery Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Hatchard and Son Book measures 24.5x16.5.cm. cv,[2],[3],4-204pp, 4pp subscribers, 4pp catalogue, 12 full page plates. Bound in full period calf, raised bands, leather label. Calf rubbed, worn on edges, top board deatched. Internally, previous owners bookplate, minor spotting. Pa…

The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Edmonton, in the County of Middlesex.

Robinson William · 1819 · George Jeffery Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

J. Nicholls Book measures 21.5x14.cm. xiii,[1],331pp, 12 plates, illustrations. Lacking folding map. Bound in period half calf, calf corners, marble boards, flat bands, gilt lettering. Binding rubbed, worn, hinge joints split, but boards holding, library number on spine. Interna…

The Great Diamonds of the World. Their History and Romance. Collected fron the Official, Private and Other Sources, During Many Years of Correspondence and Inquiry. Edited and annotated by Joseph Hatton and A.H.Keane

Streeter Edwin W. · 1892 · George Jeffery Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

George Bell Book measures 23x15.5.cm. xxiii,[2],26-321pp, 9pp catalogue. Bound in original publishers green blind and gilt stamped cloth, gilt lettering, coloured endpapers. Cloth has minor wear, very slight lean on spine. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, pages …

Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott

J G Lockhart · 1837 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

Edinburgh, Robert Cadell, 1837. Leather. A first edition of this biography of Sir Walter Scott. First Edition, complete in seven volumes. With a frontispiece and folding facsimile plate of handwriting to volume I. Publisher's catalogues to the front and rear of most volumes…

Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son Philip Stanhope.

Eugenia Stanhope · 1774 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.79 | $1,189.03 | ¥189,872)

London, J Dodsley, 1774. First edition. Leather. A second edition collection of letters from the Earl of Chesterfield This collection of letters, provides a wealth of information of the lives of the upper-class in the eighteenth century. The letters are mostly instructive, detai…

Memoirs of the Reign of George III to the Session of Parliament Ending A. D 1793

W Belsham · 1795 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)

London, G G and J Robinson, 1795. Leather. A biographical work on George III, in four volumes. With the bookplate of John Jeffreys Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden. Pratt was a British politician and was the Earl Camden from 1794-1812 before being styled 1st Marquess Camden. Written by po…