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Music Catalogue 103: Opera 1751-1800

Various · 1971 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Kent, Richard Macnutt Ltd. 1971. First edition. Cloth. A smartly bound first edition of this very scarce issue of Richard Macnutt's Music Catalogue. First edition. From Music Catalogue, issue number 103. Very scarce work. Illustrated throughout. The first of three catalogue…

Love & Early One Morning

Walter De La Mare · 1943 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Faber and Faber, 1943-1949. First edition. Cloth. Two smart volumes from English poet and novelist Walter de la Mare. Two volumes. Written by Walter John de la Mare, an English poet, short story writer and novelist. This set contains: Love, 1943. First edition, first imp…

Saemmtliche Gedichte Michelangelo&Apos;S in Guasti&Apos;S Text

Michelangelo Buonarroti; Alessandro Guasti [editor]; Sophie Hasenclever [translator] · 1875 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

Leipzig, Verlag Von Alphons Durr, 1875. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this collection of Michelangelo's poems from Guasti's text, translated into German. German. First edition of this translation. A collection of all of the poems of Michelangelo di Lodovic…

A Manual of the Coniferae

James Veitch; Harry Veitch · 1881 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, James Veitch and Sons, 1881. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this in-depth manual to conifers, complete with folding plates. Signed by the publisher. The first edition.Signed by the publisher, Harry J. Veitch, to the half-title.Illustrated with a folding plate…

George Canning and His Times

Augustus Granville Stapleton · 1859 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, John W. Parker, 1859 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of A. G. Stapleton's biography of Conservative Prime Minister and statesman George Canning, in a handsome full calf binding. A first edition.Illustrated with one facsimile plate.Written by biographer a…

MILL&Apos;S Subjection of Women

Margaret Oliphant; John Stuart Mill · 1869 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Edinburgh; London, Edinburgh Review; Longmans, Green & Co, 1869. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce article from the popular 'Edinburgh Review' periodical, discussing John Stuart Mill's feminist work 'The Subjection of Women&apos. The first edition.Bound …

Members of Parliament: Return of the Names of Every Member Returned to Serve in Each Parliament to the End F 1885, Specifying the Names of the County, City, University, Borough, or Place for Which Returned (in Continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 69-I. , of Session 1878)

Mr. Dixon-Hartland · 1887 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode , 1887. Unbound. A very scarce parliamentary report of all those returned to the House of Commons, carried out by Conservative politician Frederick Dixon-Hartland. A very scarce report detailing the names of every Member of Parliament returned to se…

A Collection of Works by James Purdy

James Purdy · 1956 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

New York , New Directions; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1956-1980. First edition. Cloth. An excellent set of novels and short-story collections by James Purdy, including a signed new edition of 'Color of Darkness&apos. Including one novel and six short-story/novella collectio…

Flugblatt-Propaganda IM 2. Weltkrieg Europa (Band 1 & Band 4)

Klaus Kirchner · 1974 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Erlangen , Verlag fur zeitgeschichtliche Dokumente und Curiosa, 1974-1978 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating set of two volumes showcasing a variety of WWII propaganda leaflets. Offering volumes 1 and 4 from this extensive bibliographic series on WWII propaganda leaflets. Bo…

The Dial August 1926 Volume LXXXI Number 6

Marianne Moore [editor] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

New Jersey, The Dial Press, 1926. Paperback. A scarce copy of this issue of the political review and literary criticism magazine The Dial. Volume LXXXI, Number 6. Scarce issue. With a colour tipped in plate from Renoir and five black-and-white plates. Collated complete. The Dial…

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Robert Browning · 1888 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1888. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Robert Browning's poem dedicated to the legendary Pied Piper, adorned with delightful plates by Kate Greenaway. First edition. Mixed issues, meeting the following first issue points: thirty-fi…

The Motion of Fluids, Natural and Artificial; in Particular That of the Air and Water

M. Clare [Martin Clare] · 1735 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Edward Symon , 1735 . First edition. Leather. A scarce, first edition of this remarkable early eighteenth-century study of hydrostatics and pneumatics, written by Martin Clare, based on lectures he had given on the subject. The first edition. Bound in full paneled calf.I…

Mrs Beeton&Apos;S Household Management

Mrs. Beeton [Isabella Beeton] · 1861 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited , c1950 . Cloth. A wonderfully bright, new edition of Mrs. Beeton's book of household management, complete with sixteen colour plates and many other illustrations. A new edition. Bound in the publisher's cloth. Dated using Jisc, from a …

Round About Calcutta

R. J. Minney · 1922 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.86 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,324)

London, Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this charming book providing a glimpse of life in Calcutta, written by Calcutta-born author R. J. Minney, with an additional letter from the author loosely inserted. First e…

Les Cathedrales de France

Auguste Rodin; Charles Morice · 1914 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Paris, Armand Colin, 1914. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Auguste Rodin's monograph on the cathedrals of France, an impressive illustrated work. The first edition.In the original French.A beautiful work exploring the architecture of French cathedrals, a treati…

Traictãƒâ© Et Abrãƒâ©Gãƒâ© de la Chasse Du Lievre Et Du Chevreuil

Rene de Maricourt · 1858 · Rooke Books

£625.00 (€749.16 | $825.71 | ¥131,856)

Paris, Madame Veuve Bouchard-Huzard, 1858. First edition. Leather. A very scarce copy of this seventeenth century treatise on hunting, in the original French. A very scarce work.In the original French.Bound by de Samblancx. Illustrated with three plates of coats of arms. Collat…

Kirkstead! or the Pleasures of Shooting: A Poem

Richard Ellison · 1837 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, Painter, 1837 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of Richard Ellison's anonymously authored poem about the 'pleasures of shooting' in Lancashire. A vanishingly scarce first edition.A delightful poem about the 'pleasures of sho…

David Dreadnought; or, Nautic Tales and Adventures, in Verse

Samuel Whitchurch · 1813 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Wood and Co, 1813 . First edition. Leather. A signed presentation copy of this very scarce nautical poem, in a sumptuous straight grain morocco binding with gilt detailing. A signed presentation copy of this scarce first edition, inscribed to a front blank 'Henry an…

The Brain and Its Functions

J. Luys [Jules Bernard Luys] · 1881 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co, 1881 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first English language edition of Jules Bernard Luys's fascinating discussion of the functions and behaviours of the brain. Translated from the original French work titled 'Le Cerveau et Ses Fonc…

Principles of Political Economy

John Stuart Mill · 1852 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, John W. Parker, 1852 . Cloth. Liberal Party politician Augustine Birrell's copy of the two volume third edition of John Stuart Mill's important discussion of Political Economy, a work credited with helping to establish him as a leading public intellectual. The …