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Annals of Scottish Printing
Robert Dickson; John Philip Edmond · 1890 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
Cambridge, Macmillan & Bowes, 1890 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this limited edition study of historical Scottish printing, signed by the co-author and editor John Philip Edmond. A limited edition work, with this copy being number 344 of 500 copies printed on sma…
The Inheritors
William Golding · 1955 · Rooke Books
£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)
London, Faber and Faber, 1955. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Golding's second novel, a work of prehistoric fiction following the extinction of a Neanderthal tribe. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper…
Ordeal by Battle
Frederick Scott Oliver · 1915 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1915. Leather. Frederick Scott Oliver's political essay about the beginning of the First World War, in a handsome half morocco signed binding by Hatchards. The second edition of this work, published in the same year as the first edition.In a half m…
Rough Leaves from a Journal Kept in Spain and Portugal, During the Years 1832, 1833 & 1834
Lieut.-Col. Lovell Badcock · 1835 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)
London, Richard Bentley, 1835 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of Lovell Badcock's account of his time in Portugal and Spain at the beginning of the civil war between Pedro and Miguel, offering a detailed eyewitness account of the siege of Porto. A scarce …
The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, K.G. , and His Times
Alexander Charles Ewald · 1883 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, William Mackenzie, 1883. Cloth. A complete set exploring the life of former Prime Minister and influential Conservative politician, Benjamin Disraeli. Complete as two volumes bound in five. An early edition. This biography was first published the year of Disraeli's …
Hampshire
Rev. Telford Varley · 1909 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Adam & Charles Black, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this colourfully illustrated work on the county of Hampshire. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seventy-four colour plates, and a folding map. Collated complete. A charming wo…
An Essay on the Application of Natural History to Poetry
John Aikin · 1777 · Rooke Books
£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)
Warrington; London, W. Eyres for J. Johnson, 1777. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce study on poetry and what the genre could learn from science, by John Aikin. The first edition.A very scarce work.An essay exploring the question of how science…
Notre-Dame Des Fleurs
Jean Genet · 1948 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)
Lyon, L'Arbalete, 1948. First edition. Paperback. The first trade edition of the debut novel of Jean Genet, an autobiographical account of life in Paris. The first trade edition, first published in a limited edition in 1943 and 1944.In the original glassine.In the original …
Farthest North": Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months&Apos; Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen with an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup Captain of the Fram
Fridtjof Nansen · 1898 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)
London, George Newnes, 1898. Cloth. Fridtjof Nansen's illustrated account of his expedition to the North Pole, in the stunning sought after second edition decorative binding. The second UK edition, being the first edition in this decorative binding. In the second edition d…
Essays on Cathedrals
Various; J. S. Howson [ed.] · 1872 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, John Murray, 1872. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this essay collection on cathedrals, edited by British divine and school master John Howson. The first edition of this work. Scarce to find in the publisher's original cloth. With a twenty-four page catalogue…
The Deer & Deer Forests of Scotland: Historical, Descriptive, Sporting
Alexander Inkson McConnochie · 1923 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, H. F. & G. Witherby, Ltd. 1923. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this fascinating study of deer in Scotland from Scottish naturalist Alexander Inkson McConnochie. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirteen plates. Collated complete. An inte…
Old Falmouth: The Story of the Town from the Killigrews to the Earliest Part of the 19th Century
Susan E. Gay · 1903 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Headley Brothers, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated history of Falmouth, Cornwall. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-four images across thirty-one plates. Collated complete. A detailed history of Falmouth, a town, civ…
With Clive in India & Under Wellington&Apos;S Command
G. A. Henty · 1896 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Blackie & Son Limited, 1896-1899. Cloth. Two smart volumes from English novelist and war correspondent G. A. Henty, with illustrations and plans. Two volumes. Written by George Alfred Henty, an English novelist and war correspondent best known for his works of adventure …
Cornwall and Its Coasts
Alphonse Esquiros [Henri-Francois-Alphonse Esquiros] · 1865 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Chapman and Hall, 1865. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first English language edition of this guide to Cornwall from French writer Alphonse Esquiros. A very scarce first edition.Esquiros authored a five volume account of his time spent living in England titled &…
The Works of John Locke
John Locke · 1714 · Rooke Books
£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)
London, John Churchill, and Sam. Manship, 1714 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of volumes I and III of the complete works of philosopher John Locke, one of the most influential figures of the Enlightenment period. The first edition of the collected works of John Lock…
The Child&Apos;S Picture Book of Domestic Animals
None stated · 1869 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London, George Routledge and Sons, [1869]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce animal picture book for children, with fantastic chromolithograph plates throughout. The first edition.Beautifully illustrated with twelve vibrant chromolithographs plates. Col…
More Biography
E. Clerihew Bentley · 1929 · Rooke Books
£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)
London, Methuen and Co. Ltd , 1929. First edition. Cloth. A humorous illustrated series of poetical biographies from inventor of the clerihew, Edmund Clerihew Bentley. The first edition. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding, with paper covered boards. Each of…
Manuel de Falla and Spanish Music
J. B. Trend · 1929 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition examining Spanish music and the works of Manuel de Falla. The very scarce first edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with charming treble clef decorations to th…
Wheel-Tracks
E. OE. Somerville; Martin Ross [Violet Florence Martin] · 1923 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1923. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated work from cousins Edith OEnone Somerville and Violet Florence Martin. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifteen plates, and fifteen in-text images. Collated compl…
The &Apos;Arabick&Apos; Interest of the Natural Philosophers in Seventeenth-Century England
G. A. Russell [editor] · 1994 · Rooke Books
£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,852)
New York, E. J. Brill, 1994. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce study on the natural philosophers of the seventeenth-century in England, inscribed by the author of one of the essays. First edition. Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, volume 47. …