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Samurai Trails a Chronicle of Wanderings on the Japanese High Road
Lucius Swift Kirtland · 1918 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1918. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this charming account of Kirtland's journey through the Japanese highroads, with a photographic frontispiece and numerous plates throughout. The first edition of this work. Scarce. In the pu…
Marius the Epicurean, His Sensations and Ideas
Walter Pater · 1913 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Philip Lee Warner, The Medici Society, 1913 . Cloth. A wonderful two volume limited edition of Walter Pater's philosophical novel, in the scarce publisher's original dust wrappers. First published in 1885, this is a charming early 20th century limited edition o…
Sylva Britannica; or, Portraits of Forest Trees
Jacob George Strutt · 1830 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
London, For the Author, by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1830 . Leather. Illustrated with fifty plates on India paper, this is the first quarto edition of Jacob George Strutt's celebration of the greatest 19th century trees in England and Scotland. First published …
Lovely Is the Lee
Robert Gibbings · 1949 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1949. Leather. A smartly bound third impression of this delightful book on the River Lee in Ireland and its surrounding area, with engravings from the author. Third impression, first published in 1945. With engravings throughout. An exploration of …
Uncle Remus or Mr. Fox, Mr. Rabbit, and Mr. Terrapin
Joel Chandler Harris · 1902 · Rooke Books
£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,907)
London, Grant Richards, 1902. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated volumes of Uncle Remus stories from Joel Chandler Harris, illustrated by J. A. Shepherd. First edition, second impression. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, eight colour plates, ten black-and-whi…
A Bibliographical, Antiquarian, and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in Scotland
Thomas Dibdin · 1838 · Rooke Books
£3,200.00 (€3,835.71 | $4,227.65 | ¥675,101)
London, For the Author by C. Richards, 1838. First edition. Leather. The very scarce three volume extra-illustrated large paper edition of Dibdin's final work, illustrated throughout with engraved plates, and in sumptuous Riviere morocco bindings. The first edition of Engli…
British Zoology Illustrated by Plates and Brief Explanations
Thomas Pennant · 1770 · Rooke Books
£5,500.00 (€6,592.62 | $7,266.27 | ¥1,160,329)
Chester, Eliza Adams, 1770. First edition. Leather. Thomas Pennant's very scarce and beautifully illustrated accompaniment to his renowned natural history series 'British Zoology', being a collection of many fantastic additional engraved plates to accompany the ce…
A View of the Character and Public Services of the Late John Howard
John Aikin · 1792 · Rooke Books
£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)
London, J. Johnson, 1792. First edition. Leather. The first edition of John Aikin's biographical sketch of John Howard, bound in smart full contemporary calf. The first edition.Illustrated with a monochrome engraved frontispiece. Biographical sketch by John Aikin of the li…
Northern Lights: The Official Account of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition 1930-1931
F. Spencer Chapman · 1932 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated record of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition of 1930 to 1931. First edition. Illustrated with sixty-four plates and four folding maps. Collated complete. A detailed commentary, being th…
A Collection of Works on the Life, Times, and Contemporaries of Samuel Johnson and James Boswell
Various · 1952 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)
London; New York, William Heinemann; Chatto and Windus; White Lion Publishers; Macmillan & Co.; McGraw-Hill Book Company; Hodder & Stoughton; Weid, 1952-2015. First edition. Cloth. London; New York: William Heinemann; Chatto and Windus; White Lion Publishers; Macmillan & Co.; Mc…
The Annotated Capital on the Thinking Behind the Capital Letter of the Cardozo Kindersley Workshop
Lida Lopes Cardozo Kindersley · 2009 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
Cambridge, Cardozo Kindersley, 2009. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing first edition of this study of the capital letter form from Dutch designer Lida Lopes Cardozo Kindersley, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper, dated Decemb…
True to Type: A Typographical Autobiography
Ruari McLean · 2000 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
New Castle, Oak Knoll Press & Werner Shaw, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing first edition of this illustrated typographical autobiography from Ruari McLean, with a handwritten letter from the author. First edition. With three handwritten letters from the author to Jer…
In Darkest Africa, or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria
Henry M. Stanley · 1890 · Rooke Books
£345.00 (€413.54 | $455.79 | ¥72,784)
London, Sampson Low, Martson, Searle and Rivington, 1890. First edition. Leather. The richly illustrated two volume first edition of Stanley's account of his African exploration and expeditions, in a handsome half morocco binding. The two volume first trade edition of Welsh…
The Pie and the Patty-Pan
Beatrix Potter · 1905 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London, Frederick Warne and Co , 1905. Cloth. A fantastic early edition of this charming tale from Beatrix Potter, complete with her brilliant colour plates. An early edition, with the circular illustration to the front cover, ribbon endpapers, and dedication for Joan without th…
The Animal Shelf Series
Ivy L. Wallace · 1948 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)
London, Collins, 1948-1951. First edition. Hardback. A delightful collection of seven volumes from The Animal Shelf Series by British author and illustrator Ivy Lilian Wallace. Seven volumes. First editions. Illustrated throughout with numerous full-page and in-text colour image…
The Rural Economy of the Southern Counties; Comprizing Kent, Surrey, Sussex; the Isle of Wight; the Chalk Hills of Wiltshire, Hampshire & C. And Including the Culture and Management of Hops, in the Districts of Maidstone, Canterbury, and Farnham.
William Marshall · 1798 · Rooke Books
£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,210)
London, G. Nicol, 1798 . First edition. Leather. A smartly bound copy of William Marshall's topographical work exploring the agricultural practices in Britain's southern counties, illustrated with two folding maps. The first edition. Complete in two volumes. Bound in f…
A History of Ireland. From the Earliest Period, to the Present Time.
William Crawford · 1783 · Rooke Books
£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)
Strabane, John Bellew, 1783 . First edition. Leather. The vanishingly scarce two volume first edition of William Crawford's detailed history of Ireland, arranged in a series of letters addressed to the author's friend, William Hamilton. A very scarce first edition, com…
A Travelling Dictionary: Or, Alphabetical Tables
Daniel Paterson · 1792 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, T. N. Longman, 1792 . Leather. A charmingly bound example of the sixth edition of Daniel Paterson's informative guide to the distances between the 'principal cities, borough, market, and sea-port towns, in Great Britain&apos. The sixth edition of this work.A la…
The Nursery "Alice
Lewis Carroll · 1890 · Rooke Books
£8,950.00 (€10,727.99 | $11,824.20 | ¥1,888,172)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1890 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition, second issue of this unique abridgement of Lewis Carroll's beloved tale, illustrated throughout with vibrant chromolithographs. Inscribed to a personal friend of Carroll&…
Travels of a Naturalist in Japan and Manchuria
Arthur Adams · 1870 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, Hurst and Blackett, 1870. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of naval surgeon and naturalist Arthur Adams's account of his mid 19th century travels in Japan and Manchuria, offering insight into regions then little-known to Western readers. A scarce first editio…